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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09PORTAUPRINCE805 | IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered the demarche regarding the USG's position on the IAEA General Conference in Vienna to Mr. Azad Belfort on September 16. Mr Belfort is the Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is currently attending the meeting in Vienna. Post will relay [...] | 2009-09-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE806 | IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered the demarche on Iran's Nuclear Program to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 16. Post relayed the relevant information to Mr. Belfort, Director of International Affairs, and Mr. Izidore, Director of Political Affairs, at the Ministry. Post will report any substant [...] | 2009-09-17 13:00:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM AA IAEA IR KNNP HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE818 | HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 7 TO SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Budget ------ 2. (U) The lower house of the Haitian parliament voted in the FY10 budget with numerous changes on September 9 (septel). 3. (U) The European U [...] | 2009-09-21 12:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE820 | IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered the demarche regarding the USG's position on the IAEA General Conference in Vienna to Mr. Azad Belfort on September 16. Mr. Belfort is the Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is currently attending the meeting in Vienna. Post will rela [...] | 2009-09-21 13:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM AORC KNNP IAEA EG IS HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE821 | IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered the demarche on Iran's Nuclear Program to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 16. Post relayed the relevant information to Mr. Belfort, Director of International Affairs, and Mr. Izidore, Director of Political Affairs, at the Ministry. Post will report any substant [...] | 2009-09-21 13:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM AA IAEA IR KNPP HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE822 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONFUSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 14, the last day of the ordinary session, the Parliament voted with over a two thirds majority for amending the Haitian Constitution of 1987. The approved text makes substantial changes to Parliamentary mandates, effectively consolidating the electoral calendar into o [...] | 2009-09-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE827 | DEMARCHE ON CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEETING AND HAITI [...] (U) Post extended invitations for the Caribbean Leaders meeting and the Haiti Key Players meeting to the appropriate members of the Haitian Delegation who plan to attend the UNGA. President Preval will be attending both meetings, according to the Secretary General at the National Palace, Frit [...] | 2009-09-22 16:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA UNAUS SNAR XL KPKO UNSC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE834 | Leahy Vetting Request for 9 HNP officers & 7 Intelligence [...] This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following nine (9) Officers of the Haitian National Police (Fight against Drug Trafficking Unit)and seven (7) members of the Ministry of Interior (Intelligence Unit) who have been nominated to [...] | 2009-09-25 16:50:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE837 | HAITIAN CRIMINAL ALIEN BACKLOG ELIMINATED: RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of twenty-eight Haitian criminal aliens via flight(JPAT) to Port-au-Prince on September signaled the successful elimination of the ''backlog'' of individuals with criminal convictions awaiting deportation to Haiti. Inadequate technological capacity, unreliable acce [...] | 2009-09-28 12:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE839 | HAITI ECONOMIC WEEKLY UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 14 TO SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Summary. This is a weekly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. Debt Reduction -------------- 2. (U) On Friday, September 18, Ambassador Kenneth Merten and GOH Finance Minister Daniel Dorsainvil signed a U.S.-Haiti Bilateral [...] | 2009-09-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE841 | HAITI APPROVES NEW PARLIAMENTARY POLICE UNIT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, the Haitian Legislature approved a law which proposes to establish an additional security unit within the Haitian National Police (PNH). This initiative was not consulted with PNH leadership or MINUSTAH. At best, this is an effort to formalize existing police [...] | 2009-09-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PHUM HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE848 | INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) Post delivered the demarche regarding the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. The diplomatic note and aide-memoire were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 28, as requested in reftel. Haiti is not a candidate for the Council. Post wi [...] | 2009-09-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IO HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE85 | HAITIANS CELEBRATE PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION [...] (U) The inauguration of President Barack Obama caused general exuberance in Haiti that at times has spilled over into unrealistic expectations. Commentary has portrayed his election as the culmination of the struggle of African-Americans which turned a page in history. A more general sentime [...] | 2009-01-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE86 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HAITI [...] (U) Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Import and export policies are non-discriminatory and are not based upon nationality. There is no significant public opposition to foreign investment in Haiti. The Government of Haiti (GoH) has made notable progress in rece [...] | 2009-01-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV ECON EFIN PGOV HA OPIC USTR KTDB ETRD |
09PORTAUPRINCE863 | PRESIDENT PREVAL DISCUSSES COURT REFORM AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a September 30 - October 1 visit to Port-au-Prince, Department Counselor Cheryl Mills met with President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis. Preval discussed justice reform and his intent to replace potentially all (or all but one) Supreme Court judges. He als [...] | 2009-10-06 17:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE878 | A MORE EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT IS SIGN OF DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE881 | A MORE EFFECTIVE PARLIAMENT IS SIGN OF DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A historically discredited legislature greatly improved its performance in the current parliamentary session by passing a record number of laws. For the first time in many years, many parliamentarians are considering presenting their candidacies for a second term. The professionaliz [...] | 2009-10-15 11:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE887 | LESPWA STALLS POLITICAL PARTIES LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. LESPWA has stalled progress in Parliament on the draft political parties law, as the approval of the current version would undermine the preferential access and influence it has as the party allied with President Preval. The proposal would reduce the number of political parties a [...] | 2009-10-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE888 | SUSPECTED TRAFFICKER AND NOTED JUDICIAL REFORMER LOSES SENATE LEADERSHIP POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Haitian Senate's Justice and Security Commission elected a new president and vice-president on October 19, tossing out the controversial chairman Youri Latortue. Although an opposition member was selected as the new president of the commission, the new vice-president is likely to [...] | 2009-10-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE892 | SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER, OCTOBER 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at an important point in Haiti's democratic development. After food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working hard to meet the basic needs of the [...] | 2009-10-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL PMIL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE895 | PREVAL CONSOLIDATING POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Senate convocation of Prime Minister Pierre-Louis and her government for a probable vote of no confidence is the latest of a series of moves (reported in reftels) by the Senate with the suspected approval - tacit or active - of President Preval. This will consolidate his powe [...] | 2009-10-26 20:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE903 | DEMARCHE UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [...] (U) Post delivered the International Civil Service Commission Demarche to Azad Belfort, Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 23. Belfort indicated that Haiti was inclined to vote for the US candidate, Ms. Myers, but would not confirm. He noted that U [...] | 2009-10-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA AORC |
09PORTAUPRINCE904 | PRIME MINISTER PIERRE LOUIS RESPONDS ON RADIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis gave an address on a major radio station on October 27, ahead of her convocation at Parliament on October 29. She did not resign, as some had expected. She instead defended the record of her government, focusing on investments, job creation a [...] | 2009-10-27 16:54:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE916 | PRIME MINISTER PIERRE LOUIS OUSTED AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At midnight on October 29, the Senate ousted Prime Minister Pierre Louis, who refused to appear at the interpellation session. 18 Senators out of 29 gave Pierre Louis a vote of no confidence, after opposition Senators had left the session in the expectation that a vote could no [...] | 2009-10-30 18:04:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE917 | UN CONVENTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 18:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE926 | GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Post delivered talking points from the Goldstone Report demarche to Patrick Isidore and Azad Belfort, respectively Director of Political Affairs and Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 3. Post will convey any relevant response. LINDWALL [...] | 2009-11-04 13:51:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE927 | US AND CANADA UNDERLINE INCLUSIVITY WITH NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Preval replaced four members of the Provisional Electoral Council, including the president and vice-president, by sidelining political parties and reaching out instead to the voodoo sector and communal leaders. In a joint meeting with the CEP on November 3, Charge and [...] | 2009-11-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAID PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE935 | PM BELLERIVE PROPOSES NEW CABINET: NOTHING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Bellerive proposed a new cabinet to Parliament on November 9, 2009. Bellerive appointed seven new Ministers to key positions including Minister of Justice and Finance, drawn mostly from President Preval's allies. Bellerive also reached out to former President Ar [...] | 2009-11-09 18:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAID PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE936 | PROSPECTS FOR FANMI LAVALAS IN THE 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The two main factions of Fanmi Lavalas, the political party of ousted former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, are collaborating to mitigate the risk of their exclusion from legislative and presidential elections in 2010. Although a united Lavalas would be the largest party in H [...] | 2009-11-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE94 | LEAHY VETTING RECONSIDERATION [...] (U) This is an action message. 2. (S/NF) Post requests Department's reconsideration of a negative finding regarding Leahy vetting of the following individual in order to allow him to participate in future USG-sponsored training: Jean Brice (or Bryce),Ralph Stanley DOB: March 25, 1968 [...] | 2009-01-29 17:23:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE941 | PREVAL SETS DATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) On November 11, President Preval issued an executive order setting the date for the first round of the next parliamentary elections. This announcement officially launches the election campaign and allows the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to begin registering parties and candidates. [...] | 2009-11-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAID PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE96 | HAITI'S INTERIOR MINISTER WORRIED ABOUT ELECTIONS, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's January 21 call, Minister of Interior Paul-Antoine Bien-Aime informed that Haiti is creating an intelligence coordination body. He admitted that Haiti is vulnerable to movements of nationals from countries of concern. The country needs not an army but a national s [...] | 2009-01-29 17:26:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE961 | Donor Ambassadors Initiate Dialogue on Election Support [...] (C) Summary: At a December 1 meeting of Ambassadors representing the election donor group (US, Canada, UN, EU and Brazil),there was general agreement that the international community should provide assistance to help carry out the upcoming elections in Haiti despite donor frustration over the dec [...] | 2009-12-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE964 | Haiti Response to Action Request: Demarche on [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on Tuesday November 17, Ambassador Merten and poloff met with Marie-Michele Rey, Haiti's Minister of Foreign Affairs to convey the reftel talking points and request Haiti's support as outlined in the reftel. Rey acknowledged that the Iran sit [...] | 2009-11-19 18:14:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE972 | Haiti Accepts Registration of Fanmi Lavalas for [...] (U) On November 20, the Provisional Election Council (CEP) announced that it accepted the registration of the Famni Lavalas party (FL) for participation in the parliamentary elections scheduled for February - March 2010. This action by the CEP comes in response to a letter addressed to [...] | 2009-11-20 20:44:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE974 | NAS Haiti August 2009 Monthly Report [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. Summary: The month of August saw significant developments in several areas regarding Haitian National Police (HNP) development and capacity building. Organizational Development 3. (U) On Monday, [...] | 2009-11-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE975 | President Preval Defends Election Antics Before Diplomatic [...] (C) Summary: At a 10 December meeting with the diplomatic corps, President Preval outlined his priorities for his last year in office and responded to criticisms about manipulation of the electoral process. Preval said that in his remaining 14 months he will dedicate his energies to consolid [...] | 2009-12-14 18:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE977 | Preval Seeks International Donor Support for Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: President Preval convoked the diplomatic corps, the board of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and several members of his Cabinet to a 16 December meeting at the Palace to discuss arrangements for the upcoming parliamentary elections. He asked potential donors to confirm [...] | 2009-12-17 17:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE983 | DAY OF INACTION: LAVALAS FAILS TO MOBILIZE ITS BASE [...] (SBU) A small group of Fanmi Lavalas (FL) supporters gathered on December 16 for a "Day of Action" commemorating the 1991 exile and 1994 return of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti. Protestors also used the occasion to demand the return of Aristide and called for the ouster [...] | 2009-12-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM ASEC HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE991 | TOGETHER WE'RE STRONG: LAVALAS, "QUALITY ROOSTER," AND SOME [...] (C) Summary: Six days after the poorly-attended Lavalas demonstration (ref A),several high-profile and hard-line former Lavalas party members announced that they would support a new platform, "Ansamn Nou Fo" ("Together We're Strong," in Haitian Creole) in the upcoming 2010 parliamentary e [...] | 2009-12-31 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC KCRM PHUM SNAR HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE994 | Fanmi Lavalas Excluded from Elections, but Given Another [...] (SUB) Summary. Early 25 November the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) withdrew its earlier, provisional, authorization for former President Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas to register candidates for February's parliamentary elections, due to inconsistent and insufficient documentation. At [...] | 2009-11-25 20:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR AID HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE996 | Aristide Speaks Out on Fanmi Lavalas' Exclusion from [...] (U) Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide unexpectedly intervened on the radio on November 25 in response to the exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). 2. (U) Answering questions in Creole from the Solidarite Radio reporter, Aristide dispelle [...] | 2009-11-25 20:55:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR AID HA |
09PORTLOUIS101 | GOS REQUEST FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE AGAINST PIRATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, Post received a GOS diplomatic note requesting more frequent surveillance patrols by U.S. forces in Seychellois waters to help deter piracy. The diplomatic note was a follow-up to an earlier telephone call between the Acting Foreign Minister (A/FM) and the Charge. Cha [...] | 2009-04-02 06:01:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MOPS SE |
09PORTLOUIS103 | SEYCHELLES: USG ASSISTANCE SOUGHT TO COMBAT SOMALI PIRATES' [...] (SBU) On April 6, Post received by fax a diplomatic note dated April 2 from the Seychelles' Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) stating that the vessel "Indian Ocean Explorer" had been captured with a crew of seven Seychellois nationals in Seychelles' territorial waters, and was heading toward th [...] | 2009-04-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO SE |
09PORTLOUIS109 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION WITH MAURITIUS [...] (SBU) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM) Arvin Boolell to discuss ref A points regarding Mauritian willingness in the future to prosecute piracy suspects. In order to obtain a legal opinion of Mauritian laws on piracy, the FM said he would to send the technical points t [...] | 2009-04-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP |
09PORTLOUIS118 | MAURITIUS ON RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL RULE IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM),Arvin Boollel, to discuss reftel points. The FM commented that while Mauritius concurs with the need to push for new elections in Madagascar, the GOM prefers working under the IOC model and plan, even while noting that it is "known [...] | 2009-04-15 13:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID PGOV PREL MA MP |
09PORTLOUIS127 | SEYCHELLES SUBMITS A SECOND SOFA COUNTERPROPOSAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has received Seychelles' proposed changes to the Washington-approved SOFA text submitted to the GOS in October 2008. The main concerns of the GOS revolve around ceding criminal jurisdiction, exemptions from inspections [...] | 2009-04-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS SE MP |
09PORTLOUIS128 | SWINE FLU: MAURITIUS CONVENES "CRISIS COMMITTEE" TO PLAN [...] (U) On April 27 the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life convened a meeting of the "Crisis Committee which has been set up this morning" (according to the notice faxed to the Embassy) to plan ahead for the eventuality of swine flu affecting the island nation. Health Minister Rajeshwar Jeetah [...] | 2009-04-27 13:29:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMED PGOV KFLU MP |
09PORTLOUIS131 | GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE - NO DEFINITE MAURITIAN [...] (SBU) On April 20, Charge d'Affaires and the Russian Ambassador jointly delivered ref points and agenda to Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvin Boolell and Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multi-Lateral Division at the MFA. Both were pleased to receive the updated information, but noted that, [...] | 2009-04-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP RS NI PREL PTER MNUC KGIC MP |
09PORTLOUIS132 | SEYCHELLES ARRESTS NINE SUSPECTED PIRATES, BUT [...] (C) Summary. As reported in the press, the Seychelles Coast Guard recently brought into the country for prosecution nine suspected pirates captured by a Spanish warship in Seychelles waters. The suspects are thought to have attacked an Italian cruise ship, the MSC Melody, before the Melody r [...] | 2009-04-30 10:34:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE |
09PORTLOUIS139 | MAURITIAN RESPONSE: ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD [...] (SBU) A/DCM put reftel questions to Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, Head of Bilateral Directorate I at Mauritius Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Q.1) The only special procedures required would be that any weapons would have to be declared to Customs and eithe [...] | 2009-05-08 08:58:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS KOMC EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA MP |
09PORTLOUIS14 | AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Ambassador Cabrera (with DCM as note taker) conducted his final official meeting with Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam. The 90-minute meeting reinforced the close US-Mauritian ties, and provided Ramgoolam an opportunity to thank the Ambassador for his service to b [...] | 2009-01-13 11:07:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ABLD KREC ZI MP |
09PORTLOUIS143 | PROBLEMS WITH PIRACY TRIALS IN SEYCHELLES - LACK [...] (C) As of 7 May, the Seychelles had 23 suspected Somali pirates in detention on the main island of Mahe. These arrests were largely a result of international partners providing surveillance and pursuit capabilities. GOS legal and political leaders voice no consistent analysis on how to succe [...] | 2009-05-12 09:20:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE |
09PORTLOUIS144 | WILL SEYCHELLES SWAP PIRATES FOR HOSTAGES? [...] (C) Pressure is mounting on the President of Seychelles to take measures to secure the release of the ten Seychellois being held hostage in Somalia by pirates. The leader of the opposition in the Seychelles claims to be in direct contact with both of the two Somali groups holding the Seychelloi [...] | 2009-05-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE |
09PORTLOUIS146 | HOW SEYCHELLES CAPTURED 23 SUSPECTED PIRATES [...] (U) On May 7, the Seychelles government-controlled daily "Seychelles Nation" (or the "Nation") reported that since April 28, the Seychelles Police Force has captured 23 Somali pirates in its Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ),in three separate operations carried out with the help of European and I [...] | 2009-05-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO SE |
09PORTLOUIS147 | TIFA DELEGATION MEETS MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Florizelle Liser, accompanied by CDA and other USG officials, called on Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam April 20. Ramgoolam claimed some credit for efforts to diversify Mauritius exports and the resulting resiliency of his country in [...] | 2009-05-13 07:43:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP |
09PORTLOUIS151 | USTDA GRANT TO CENTRAL ELECTRICITY BOARD SIGNED [...] On May 14, Embassy Charge d'Affaires, Virginia Blaser, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Renewable Energy and Public Utilities, Dr. Rashid Beebeejaun, signed a Grant Agreement whereby the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (TDA) will provide $325,000 to the Central Electricity Board [...] | 2009-05-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP |
09PORTLOUIS159 | SEYCHELLES SILENT ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL SE |
09PORTLOUIS162 | MAURITIUS- FY2007 SELF-HELP FINANCIAL STATUS REPORT [...] Summary: During FY 2007, Embassy Port Louis granted the $45,000 allotment for the Ambassador's Self Help Program to fourteen projects in Mauritius. Eleven of these projects were located on the lesser developed island dependency of Rodrigues. The majority of the projects are complete, and the f [...] | 2009-05-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID MP |
09PORTLOUIS163 | LACK OF COMMUNICATION MAY DELAY MAURITIAN VOTE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 29, Post delivered demarche points (ref A) to Minister Counselor Deepak Gokulsing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Likewise, on June 1, Post spoke with Second Secretary and U.S. Desk Officer for the Mauritius MFA, Mrs. Brinda Trilok, on the issue. The MFA officials insisted tha [...] | 2009-06-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MP |
09PORTLOUIS164 | SEYCHELLES STILL SILENT ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS SE |
09PORTLOUIS168 | MAURITIUS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, PRIME MINISTER SAYS [...] (C) On 4 June, Prime Minister Ramgoolam called CDA to report that he had decided Mauritius would recognize Kosovo on or soon after 17 July. When asked the reason for the complete shift of GOM position (see refs),the PM said that he had been swayed by the series of talking points delivered o [...] | 2009-06-05 08:02:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV MP |
09PORTLOUIS169 | SEYCHELLES PRISON SYSTEM: BAD ENOUGH WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of piracy have threatened the economic livelihood of the Seychelles, yet the small and troubled island nation lacks the infrastructure to house a potential influx of pirates, and is barely capable of detaining the alleged pirates in custody now. A recent preliminary re [...] | 2009-06-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM MARR PREL MASS MOPPS KCRM SE |
09PORTLOUIS17 | PORT LOUIS CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR OSAC [...] (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime in Mauritius is relatively low. Violent crimes are generally uncommon and when they do happen, oftentimes it involves some type of family dispute. Due to the large tourist industry, petty crime is a problem. There is a potential for pick pocketi [...] | 2009-01-14 12:06:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER MP |
09PORTLOUIS174 | MAURITIUS TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] On June 12 Post received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade (MFA) informing Post that Mauritius will be attending the 5th plenary meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in The Hague. [...] | 2009-06-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MP |
09PORTLOUIS176 | MAURITIUS ASKS FOR HELP AGAINST PIRACY [...] On June 10, Post received a diplomatic note from the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade soliciting USG assistance to intensify the combat against piracy in the Indian Ocean. On the morning of June 11 Post was asked by telephone to send representa [...] | 2009-06-15 13:47:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT MARR MASS MOPS SO MP |
09PORTLOUIS181 | MAURITIUS' EMERGENCY PIRACY MEETING: A TENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A public outcry from the fisheries and shipping sector, coupled with fishing ships fleeing the Indian Ocean for safer waters and a 20 percent drop in fish suppliers for Mauritius since January, prompted Foreign Minister (FORMIN) Arvin Boolell and Attorney General (AG) Rama Valayde [...] | 2009-06-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PBTS EWWT MARR MOPS MP |
09PORTLOUIS183 | MAURITIUS CONSIDERS NEW EU PROPOSED INDEPENDENT [...] (C) On June 17, CDA, accompanied by POLOFF as notetaker, used reftel demarche to push the GOM for a decision on the UN Special Rapporteur mandate renewal. The MFA delegation, which included First Secretary Nivedita Sohawon and First Secretary Martine Young Kim Fat, confirmed that despite rece [...] | 2009-06-17 12:55:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU MP |
09PORTLOUIS185 | MAURITIUS TO VOTE FOR 'INDEPENDENT EXPERT' IN LIEU OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SU MP |
09PORTLOUIS186 | SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR: MAURIITUS AGREES WITH USG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC MA MP |
09PORTLOUIS187 | SEYCHELLES MAY NOT ATTEND JUNE 20 SADC MEETING BUT SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AORC MA SE |
09PORTLOUIS194 | RELIGION, WOMEN'S ROLE IN MAURITIUS: ROUNDTABLE ON OBAMA'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: At an Embassy roundtable discussion of President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world, secular-leaning reporters participated in a lively and wide-ranging discussion, with many ideas about religion in multi-confessional Mauritius. A subsequent flyer distributed at Mauritian [...] | 2009-06-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KMDR SCUL PGOV PREL MP |
09PORTLOUIS205 | SEYCHELLES SOFA IN THE FINAL STRETCH [...] (C) A U.S. inter-agency delegation met with Government of Seychelles (GoS) stakeholders in early July to discuss issues associated with the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). The discussions, which were built on multi-level country team lobbying efforts over the past two years, led to [...] | 2009-07-07 09:43:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MOPS SE |
09PORTLOUIS218 | SEYCHELLES SEEKS GREATER US TIES IN CDA MEETING [...] (SBU) Charge D'Affaires Virginia Blaser's June 30 courtesy call on President James Michel celebrated the U.S. - Seychelles bilateral relationship and addressed cooperative efforts to combat piracy and secure the seas. Set against the festive backdrop of the first July 4th celebration the Embas [...] | 2009-07-14 06:06:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA PBTS MARR MOPS EWWT SE |
09PORTLOUIS22 | AMBASSADOR'S DEPARTURE CALL ON MAURITIAN FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cabrera's departure call on Mauritian Foreign Minister Arvind Boolell ran the gambit of Economic and Political issues. From Bilateral Investment Treaty remarks to questions about trafficking in persons, the friendly, one-hour meeting brought key issues forward. END SU [...] | 2009-01-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EAIR SOCI MP |
09PORTLOUIS236 | TRIPARTITE APPROACH REVEALS LEGAL AND LOGISTICAL CONCERNS OF GOM PROSECUTING PIRATES [...] On July 20, Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser convened a meeting with British High Commissioner (BHC),Dr. John Murton, and the visiting Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Legal Adviser, Katherine Shepherd, along with French Ambassador Jacques Maillard and his Minister Counselor, to discuss [...] | 2009-07-24 09:20:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHSA MARR MASS MOPS MP EWWT PBTS |
09PORTLOUIS243 | SEYCHELLES ASSEMBLY RATIFIES SOFA UNANIMOUSLY ON FIRST [...] (SBU) On July 29, the Principal Secretary to the President of the Seychelles, Jean-Paul Adam, informed Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser that on the previous day, the Seychelles Legislative Assembly had unanimously ratified the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). 2. (U) Also on July [...] | 2009-08-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS SE |
09PORTLOUIS247 | SEYCHELLES SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to the Seychelles. The U.S. government enjoys positive but limited relations with the government of Seychelles (GOS). Over the past few years, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA [...] | 2009-08-11 12:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SE |
09PORTLOUIS248 | MAURITIUS SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to Mauritius, a diverse democracy currently led by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. The USG enjoys excellent bilateral relations with Mauritius, including strong cooperation on security issues an [...] | 2009-08-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PGOV KPKO MP |
09PORTLOUIS255 | H1N1 CATCHES HOLD IN MAURITIUS [...] SUMMARY. Since the first confirmed case H1N1 flu in June, the Government of Mauritius (GOM) has confirmed five deaths and 44 laboratory-confirmed cases, and expects the number to grow in coming months. While the GOM urges the public not to panic, hospitals are reporting difficulty coping wit [...] | 2009-08-20 13:14:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KFLO KPAO KSAF AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC TBIO MP |
09PORTLOUIS265 | MAURITIUS: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Mauritius from 17 to 18 August 2009. During his visit to Mauritius, he met with Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam, Minister of Foreign Affairs Arvin Boolell, and Police Commissioner Dhun Iswar Rampersad. [...] | 2009-09-04 06:50:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MASS MP |
09PORTLOUIS271 | SEYCHELLES: GENERAL WARD/U.S. AFRICA COMMAND VISIT 19 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General William Ward, Commander, United States Africa Command, visited Seychelles on August 19, 2009. Accompanied by Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser, he met with President James Michel, Minister for Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay, and Chief of the Seychelles Peoples Defense For [...] | 2009-09-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Port Louis | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL MASS SE |
09PORTLOUIS28 | PORT LOUIS' PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Port Louis requests funding from the FY 2009 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund to provide a basic biotechnology, biosafety, and food safety introduction to Mauritian officials and other stakeholders. This proposal was developed by FAS/Pretoria in coordination with Embassy [...] | 2009-01-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV TBIO MP |
09PORTLOUIS280 | MAURITIAN IDEAS CONCERNING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure noted that the Mauritian mission to the Human Rights Council had sent him some suggestions and proposals, which he was considering. The reelect [...] | 2009-09-11 04:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MP |
09PORTLOUIS290 | MAURITIUS DIFFIDENT ON EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 05:53:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC MP |
09PORTLOUIS292 | SEYCHELLES: OCEAN LOOK TOPS AGENDA DURING [...] (SBU) This is an action message for Department and Africa Command. Please see paras 3d(i),3h, and 3j below. 2. (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: On September 18, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with President James Michel to deliver ref A points on the issue of piracy and the role of the Ocean Look operat [...] | 2009-09-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Port Louis | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS SE |
09PORTLOUIS313 | MAURITIUS SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON SOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since receiving ref A Status of Forces boilerplate to present to the GOM in July 2008, Emboffs of all levels have engaged the Mauritians repeatedly for comments or reactions. Over the past year, the issue has been raised with the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Minister [...] | 2009-10-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS MOPS MP |
09PORTLOUIS324 | MAURITIUS: LUKEWARM ON U.S. POINTS RE GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MP |
09PORTLOUIS327 | MAURITIUS DOWNBEAT ON PROGRESS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MP AF IR |
09PORTLOUIS328 | (C) MAURITIUS: INSIGHTS ON SADC ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI |
09PORTLOUIS332 | MAURITIUS INTERESTED IN CERTAIN ASPECTS OF UNGA 64 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MP |
09PORTLOUIS334 | MAURITIUS DISTANT FROM U.S. POSITION ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS MP |
09PORTLOUIS335 | MAURITIUS: A COOL RESPONSE TO U.S. BRIEFING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 12:34:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR MP |
09PORTLOUIS337 | SEYCHELLES: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATE FOR GICNT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC SE |
09PORTLOUIS341 | MAURITIUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATE FOR GICNT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 04:31:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MP |
09PORTLOUIS349 | SEYCHELLES: REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION OF SOFA'S [...] (C) The Seychelles' SOFA negotiations were successfully completed in July of 2009. The GOS sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. Embassy in Port Louis on July 22, 2009, confirming that the SOFA was approved by the GOS and was active as soon as receipt was confirmed by the Embassy. The Embassy [...] | 2009-10-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC MARR PREL SE |
09PORTLOUIS350 | SEYCHELLES: REQUEST FOR CLARIFICATION OF SOFA'S [...] (C) The Seychelles' SOFA negotiations were successfully completed in July of 2009. The GOS sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. Embassy in Port Louis on July 22, 2009, confirming that the SOFA was approved by the GOS and was active as soon as receipt was confirmed by the Embassy. The Embassy [...] | 2009-10-26 10:48:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC MARR PREL SE |
09PORTLOUIS351 | MAURITIUS LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. UN THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 06:55:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN MP |
09PORTLOUIS354 | MAURITIUS: PARTNERING FOR FOOD SECURITY PROPOSAL: NO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD MP |
09PORTLOUIS356 | MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT MYERS' CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MP |
09PORTLOUIS359 | MAURITIUS STILL COOL ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 04:14:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MP |
09PORTLOUIS360 | SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 12:19:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL SE |
09PORTLOUIS365 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 11:39:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA MP |
09PORTLOUIS366 | CHARGE'S QUARTERLY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) enjoyed a cordial one and a half hour meeting with Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam to discuss a variety of issues, including the PM's position on counter-piracy cooperation, peacekeeping deployments, the pending Status of Forces Agreement [...] | 2009-11-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MP |
09PORTLOUIS37 | MAURITIUS CONSIDERING PARTICIPATION IN 5TH PLENARY GI [...] On January 22, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and the Russian Ambassador to Mauritius, Mrs. Olga Ivanova, jointly delivered a demarche regarding the 5th plenary GI meeting to Foreign Minister Dr. Arvin Boolell (FORMIN) and Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of Multilateral Division at the Ministry of Forei [...] | 2009-01-28 11:56:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MP |
09PORTLOUIS378 | MAURITIUS SOFA DISCUSSION: SMALL STEPS [...] (C) This is an action message. Please see para 10 below. 2. SUMMARY: On November 17, in a meeting arranged at the Prime Minister's request, Embassy officials met with the Mauritian Foreign Minister and officials from his ministry, the Prime Minister's office, and the State Law Office. The [...] | 2009-11-24 06:52:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV MP SE |
09PORTLOUIS383 | SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON IAEA REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM IAEA KNNP SYR SE |
09PORTLOUIS384 | MAURITIUS UNAWARE OF IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA KKNP SYR MP |
09PORTLOUIS385 | MAURITIUS HOPES FOR AN IAEA SOLUTION ON IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR IAEA MP |
09PORTLOUIS392 | MAURITIUS AND SEYCHELLES: FY 2010 1206 PROPOSAL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MASS MARR PGOV MP SE |
09PORTLOUIS394 | SEYCHELLES PRESIDENT VISITS CUBA, DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seychelles President James Michel visited Cuba November 29-30 to discuss additional Cuban medical assistance. At the request of the Cubans, Michel provided a briefing on ways his country has pursued economic reform. Michel believes that Raul Castro recognizes that economic chang [...] | 2009-12-04 07:49:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CU SE |
09PORTLOUIS395 | MAURITIUS STAYS THE PATH FOR DECEMBER VOTE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 09:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PHUM UNGA MP |
09PORTLOUIS396 | SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 09:42:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PHUM UNGA SE |
09PORTLOUIS397 | SEYCHELLES REQUESTS CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF US AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 02 meeting with the Charge, Seychelles President James Michel praised US assistance in combating Somali piracy, supported the presence of US UAVs and requested the continued deployment of P-3s (currently scheduled to conclude December 22). Secretary-of-State Jean P [...] | 2009-12-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHSA PBTS MARR SO SE |
09PORTLOUIS399 | MAURITIUS HOPEFUL REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S WAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOM reacted positively to the President's speech on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (reftels) while Mauritius media coverage of the policy speech was mostly factual. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On December 1, the DCM delivered reftel points to Ambassador Gokulsing, Bi [...] | 2009-12-07 12:28:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK MP |
09PORTLOUIS400 | STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN KEY FOR SEYCHELLES [...] (SBU) On December 2, Charge Walkley personally discussed reftel A points with Seychelles President James Michel. The CDA stated that the Al-Qaeda planning for September 11 came out of Afghanistan and that the stability in Afghanistan is a matter of international security. Michel agreed, addin [...] | 2009-12-07 12:38:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK SE |
09PORTLOUIS402 | SEYCHELLES CAPTURES SOMALI PIRATES AFTER ATTACK ON COAST [...] (SBU) The Office of the President of Seychelles has announced that on December 6, officers of the Seychelles Coast Guard (SCG) arrested 11 Somali pirates, after the pirates opened fire on the SCG vessel Topaz. According to Joel Morgan -- Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Transport [...] | 2009-12-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS MARR KPIR SE |
09PORTLOUIS403 | SEYCHELLES OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS OPENING OF [...] (SBU) On December 4, The Seychelles National Party (SNP),the main opposition party in the Seychelles, boycotted the inauguration of the new Chinese-built Seychelles National Assembly building. The official inauguration ceremony was attended by President Michel, former President James Mancham [...] | 2009-12-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CH SE |
09PORTLOUIS404 | PRIME MINISTER BRIEFED ON PIRATE TRANSFER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNODC representative Alan Cole briefed Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam December 8 on the UN program to assist the transfer and prosecution of suspected pirates captured in the Indian Ocean region. Ramgoolam was receptive to the programs and ideas but raised concerns regarding [...] | 2009-12-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | KPIR PREL MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS MP |
09PORTLOUIS410 | MAURITIUS AND PIRATE TRANSFERS/PROSECUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: To contribute to the international anti-piracy effort, Prime Minister Rangoolam seeks a formal "understanding" with UNODC which would authorize the transfer to Mauritius and prosecution in Mauritius courts of a number (unspecified) of suspected pirates seized by international forc [...] | 2009-12-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA PBTS KPIR MARR MP |
09PORTLOUIS411 | SEYCHELLES SERIOUS ABOUT PIRACY PROSECUTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seychelles will charge the eleven recently-captured Somalis with piracy, but arraignment has been delayed for two weeks. Seychelles has accepted an offer from UNODC and the EU to construct a 40-bed maximum-security wing at the country's only prison to house pirates and other high [...] | 2009-12-22 12:07:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPIR MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS SE |
09PORTLOUIS412 | SEYCHELLES TO DROP CASE AGAINST LXE SOLAR AND JIE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a U.S. District Court, LXE Solar and Jie (George) Xiao have charged Seychelles with seizing an 8.5 million dollar bank account; the suit seeks the return of the funds plus 30 million dollars in damages. Seychelles has denied the allegations, stating that the account was legally [...] | 2009-12-23 11:00:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN SE |
09PORTLOUIS413 | SEYCHELLES APATHETIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" [...] (C) The Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the UN, Ambassador Ronald (Ronny)Jumeau, was present for only one of the 88 votes at the 63rd UN General Assembly in 2008, and Jumeau was also absent at the 64th 3rd Committee vote on the resolution on "defamation of religion." Given, that the [...] | 2009-12-24 07:50:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC SE |
09PORTLOUIS414 | MAURITIUS AND THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" ISSUE [...] (C) After initially voting in favor of a resolution on defamation of religions, Mauritius -- thanks in part to U.S. initiatives -- has since 2008 changed its vote to an abstention. Post believes that it will be extremely difficult at this point to convince Mauritius to be more active on the [...] | 2009-12-24 08:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC MP |
09PORTLOUIS419 | SEYCHELLES: CONSTITUTION INTERPRETED TO PROTECT HOMOSEXUAL [...] (SBU) The constitution of the Seychelles includes an anti-discrimination provision which is open-ended and is widely interpreted to include the rights of homosexuals. Homosexuality is not specifically mentioned in any legislation, but the act of sodomy is on the books and is criminalized. Des [...] | 2009-12-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SE |
09PORTLOUIS421 | MAURITIUS: HOMOSEXUALITY NOT LEGISLATED, BUT RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) In Mauritius, homosexuality is not specifically mentioned in legislation, but the act of sodomy is on the books and is criminalized. The constitution's anti-discrimination provisions mention "sex" but not "sexual orientation." There is no legislation pending which would penalize gays or [...] | 2009-12-30 11:34:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MP |
09PORTLOUIS422 | SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:52:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC SE |
09PORTLOUIS423 | MAURITIUS INFORMED OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GICNT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 11:53:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MP |
09PORTLOUIS44 | MAURITIUS AIRPORT UPGRADE: MADE IN CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A planned overhaul of the passenger terminal of Mauritius' international airport is moving ahead, with French design assistance and Chinese funding. When work is completed, the airport should be able to handle four million passengers annually. The Chinese funding is part of a [...] | 2009-02-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ICAO MP |
09PORTLOUIS5 | AIR MAURITIUS CAN'T FLY OVER THIS HEDGE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Air Mauritius made a very bad bet. After increasing its hedge ratio to 80 percent of its projected fuel requirements until mid-2010 at an average price of USD 105 per barrel, the airline is losing about USD 8.4 million per month. These severe self-inflicted losses have led to st [...] | 2009-01-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EFIN ECON ETRD OPIC USTR MP |
09PORTLOUIS54 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:THE CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 10:16:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MP |
09PORTLOUIS55 | MAURITIUS NO ON KOSOVO REMAINS LINKED TO CHAGOS [...] (U) On February 12, POLOFF made ref A points to Brinda Trilok, U.S. Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interestingly enough, Ms. Trilok was just rotated back into the position after working on Eastern European issues, including Kosovo, for several months. While acknowledging the [...] | 2009-02-17 04:30:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ UNGA MP |
09PORTLOUIS63 | NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN MAURITIUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG MP |
09PORTLOUIS64 | CHINESE PRESIDENT SPREADS LARGESSE AND BRUISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although diplomatic relations between China and Mauritius date back to 1972, the first visit to Mauritius of a Chinese President took place this week from February 16- 17. President Hu Jintao visited Mauritius as part of a four- leg African tour that also included Senegal, Mali, [...] | 2009-02-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY CH MP |
09PORTLOUIS66 | CHARGE'S QUARTERLY CALL ON MAURITIAN PRIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 07:00:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZI MP |
09PORTLOUIS67 | NO CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES IN SEYCHELLES [...] (C) Seychelles is a small, developing island nation without significant mineral or other natural wealth. Post does not believe Seychelles possesses critical infrastructure or key resources the loss of which would have a critical impact on the public health, economic security, or national secur [...] | 2009-02-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG SY |
09PORTLOUIS69 | DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP: MAURITIUS PARTICIPATION [...] In a follow-up to CDA's meeting and discussion with Prime Minister Ramgoolam (ref A),on February 24, acting Poloff met with First Secretary Martine S.C. Young Kim Fat to discuss the upcoming Review Conference to evaluate progress made in achieving the goals set by the 2001 World Conference Ag [...] | 2009-02-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MP |
09PORTLOUIS73 | DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: POINTS DELIVERED TO SEYCHELLES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 12:21:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SY |
09PORTLOUIS80 | MAURITIUS NOT READY FOR OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On February 24, Charge d'Affaires met with Premila Roy, Permanent Secretary at the External Communications Division of the Ministry of Tourism, Leisure and External Communications. One of the issues raised during the meeting was the U.S. proposal for an Open Skies agreement with Mauritiu [...] | 2009-03-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MP |
09PORTLOUIS89 | RODRIGUES--LOW ON WATER, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Conoff traveled to Rodrigues to provide consular services to American citizens, meet with the Chief Commissioner, and view progress on a community project partly funded by an Embassy Self-Help Grant. Slow going on the construction side of the community project, as well as high [...] | 2009-03-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AFIN EAID ECON EGOV MP |
09PORTLOUIS93 | PRIME MINISTER OFFICIAL REQUEST TO MEET WITH [...] (SBU) On March 17, Post received a courtesy copy of a letter dated March 13 addressed to President Barack Obama from Mauritian Prime Minister, Navinchandra Ramgoolam. Post was informed by the Prime Minister's Private Secretary that the letter already had been provided to the Department by Kai [...] | 2009-03-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PREL OVIP MP |
09PORTLOUIS97 | DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS: MAURITIUS WILL ABSTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 12:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KIRF MP |
09PORTLOUIS98 | SEYCHELLES LARGELY IN LINE WITH U.S. STANCE ON MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 12:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM MA SE |
09PORTLOUIS99 | MAURITIUS WANTS MADAGASCAR CONSTITUTION RESPECTED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM MA MP |
09PORTMORESBY11 | PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM - LEADERS' DECISIONS [...] Summary: Pacific Islands leaders met in Port Moresby today to discuss the situation in Fiji. They reached consensus and stated they were committed to helping Fiji achieve the goal of democratic rule if it wishes. They called on the Interim Fiji Government to take action and demonstrate its co [...] | 2009-01-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PP FJ |
09PORTMORESBY13 | PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM LEADERS TAKE STRONG ACTION ON FIJI [...] (C) Summary: Despite early indications that Forum leaders would adhere to the conciliatory "Pacific Way" of dealing with Bainimarama, they instead issued a strong statement (Reftel A) on January 27 calling on the Interim Government to take action to hold elections and restore democracy in Fiji [...] | 2009-01-28 07:44:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PP FJ |
09PORTMORESBY148 | GPNG KEEN TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] Emboff delivered reftel invitation on August 7 to Fred Sarufa, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's International Organization Branch, who accepted for the Government of Papua New Guinea (GPNG) to participate in the Regional Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Counter [...] | 2009-08-10 06:47:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | PP PREL XB XV XC XD PARM |
09PORTMORESBY149 | SITUATION REPORT - TRIBAL VIOLENCE NEAR AMERICAN MISSIONARY [...] Summary: Post was notified today by the director of the Summer Institute of Learning (SIL) compound that the neighboring village of Ukarumpa is experiencing heavy tribal conflicts in response to a gang rape that occurred near the village on Tuesday. The SIL compound houses 450 to 500 American [...] | 2009-08-12 09:32:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PTER ASEC APER CMGT AMGT |
09PORTMORESBY158 | VANUATU PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Per Reftel, Embassy Port Moresby, in coordination with the Australian High Commissions in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, is pleased to report that the Government of Vanuatu has nominated four representatives to participate in the Regional Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Counterproli [...] | 2009-08-27 04:20:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | NH PREL XB XV XC XD PARM |
09PORTMORESBY166 | DISASTER ALERT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA: CHOLERA AND HUMAN [...] Summary: An outbreak of cholera and A(H3) seasonal human influenza in Morobe Province has affected hundreds, resulting in the deaths of 28 in August. . It marks the first time cholera has been confirmed in PNG. The Health Department has been working closely with the World Health Organizatio [...] | 2009-09-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED PP SOCI |
09PORTMORESBY180 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA: FORMER PM FEARS 'SOCIAL IMPLOSION' IF LNG [...] Summary. Leader of the Opposition and former Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta told us he fears a `social implosion' if Government proceeds from Exxon Mobil's LNG project flowing into Government-supervised trust accounts is misspent. He said current PM Somare, who served briefly as Foreign Mi [...] | 2009-09-21 07:56:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PP |
09PORTMORESBY21 | DISASTER DECLARATION: SEVERE FLOODING IN SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. SUMMARY: Ambassador Leslie Rowe declares the situation in Solomon Islands (SI) a disaster which qualifies for emergency assistance funding per the Ambassador's Authority. The SI government has declared a national disaster due to severe [...] | 2009-02-13 07:20:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID PREL BP |
09PORTMORESBY225 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA DISASTER UPDATE -- DISEASE OUTBREAKS [...] Summary: The Government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) declared a State Of Emergency in September to address outbreaks of cholera, dysentery and A(H3) seasonal human influenza in Morobe Province. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) latest Situation Report, the number of new cases re [...] | 2009-11-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED ECON PREL SOCI CASC PP |
09PORTMORESBY30 | SOLOMON ISLANDS FEELING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Solomon Islands (SI) is beginning to feel the effects of the current global economic crisis. Donors view the situation as serious. SI leaders are looking for options to replace logging revenues that are quickly disappearing due to a drop in demand caused by the current economic c [...] | 2009-03-06 08:06:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BP |
09PORTMORESBY58 | PAPUA NEW GUINEA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN DISPOSING OF [...] Summary and Action Request: Embassy has received a request from Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Somare for USG assistance in cleaning up unexploded ordnance and other WWII debris in and around the island of Bougainville. We request Department's assistance in responding to the request, and sugg [...] | 2009-04-09 06:52:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM MASS OPDC PP |
09PORTMORESBY60 | PNG DEFENSE FORCE COMMANDER PREDICTS PASSAGE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Papua New Guinea (PNG) Defence Force Commander Ilau told Ambassador April 15 there is now agreement within the Government on introduction and passage of the International Obligations Bill allowing PNG armed forces to participate in international peacekeeping operations. Secretary [...] | 2009-04-15 07:49:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPKO MARR MCAP MOPS PP FJ |
09PORTMORESBY62 | U.S. WWII WEAPONS DEBRIS THREATENS PEACE IN BOUGAINVILLE [...] Summary: Papua New Guinea (PNG) has formally requested U.S. assistance to clean up unexploded World War II ordnance, live weapons, and ammunition still littering areas of Bougainville Island near the former U.S. base at Torokina, reported reftel. Political leaders there believe the continuing a [...] | 2009-04-16 07:36:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINR PINS MASS MOPS MARR PP |
09PORTMORESBY87 | ANTI-CHINESE OUTBREAKS HIT PORT MORESBY AND LAE [...] (U) Summary. A May 12 Port Moresby protest march against Chinese ownership of small businesses led to two days of looting and business shutdowns in some areas of the city. Just as calm was returning to Port Moresby, rioting and looting broke out in Lae, PNG's second-largest city. PNG politica [...] | 2009-05-15 05:33:00 | Embassy Port Moresby | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV SNAR PTER CASC PP |
09PORTOFSPAIN101 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN117 | TRINIDAD ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#1-09) [...] India-T&T joint venture signs PSC for NCMA2 2. More PSCs and bid rounds coming in 2009? 3. Upstream companies look to cut costs 4. Petrotrin 2008 loss, credit rating downgraded 5. BG/Chevron have 4 TCF of uncommitted natural gas 6. Plastics project still on stream? 7. Aluminum: Venezue [...] | 2009-03-13 23:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN119 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PRIME MINISTER MANNING [...] (C) Prime Minister Patrick Manning met CDA Charles Shapiro March 16 to discuss Summit of the Americas issues. Manning envisions a major role for the President, including an event in Port of Spain's main park (the Savannah) for 100,000s. The PM will make a quick March 18-21 trip to six natio [...] | 2009-03-17 10:33:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN121 | RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's lack of compliance with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML/CTF) recommendations jeopardizes its role as a regional financial leader. CFATF's executive director is calling on the GOTT to [...] | 2009-03-17 17:09:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR KTFN TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN172 | FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] (U) Post provides the following responses to ref (A) questions on fiscal transparency in Trinidad and Tobago. A more complete assessment of fiscal transparency in T&T is contained in ref (B). 2. (SBU) QUESTION: Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. fo [...] | 2009-04-10 18:52:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN175 | MANNING HIGH ON OBAMA, WANTS TO DEEPEN [...] (C) I met with Prime Minister Patrick Manning the morning of April 21 to discuss the Summit and to take my leave of him. Also participating were the PM's Special Assistant Kirt St. Bernard and two aides; DCM Kusnitz was with me. I thanked Manning, on behalf of the President, for hosting a succe [...] | 2009-04-21 19:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN189 | PRACTICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions in ref A. Watch Listing ------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) maintains both an alert list of individuals who should be immediately detained upon entry and a watch list of people whose entry into Trinidad and Tobago ( [...] | 2009-04-28 21:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR PER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN197 | CODEL Engel meets LAC leaders at Fifth Summit of the [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Eliot Engel, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a Congressional delegation to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago April 17-19, 2009. The delegation consisted of Representative Connie Ma [...] | 2009-04-30 22:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG MARR SNAR TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN198 | NO CONFIRMED H1N1 CASES IN TRINIDAD, PORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in T&T. Seven individuals returning from Mexico were quarantined, of which six tested negative for Type A Influenza and were released and one is still under observation. No facility in T&T currently has the capacity to test for th [...] | 2009-05-01 21:31:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN210 | U.S.-CARIBBEAN TECHNICAL DISCUSSION TO ADVANCE CBSI [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon told the Charge May 5 that the GOTT viewed the CBSI initiative, and upcoming technical meeting, very positively. She promised to follow up on the initiative inside the GOTT. 2. (SBU) National Security Ministry International Affairs Director Antoinet [...] | 2009-05-05 22:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XL MARR MASS MOPS PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN222 | PRIVY COUNCIL RULES AGAINST EXTREMIST LEADER, YASIN ABU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 5 Privy Council ruling against Jamaat al-Muslimeen (JAM) leader Yasin Abu Bakr has cleared the way for local courts to order the sale of Bakr's real estate holdings in Trinidad in settlement of a US$5 million debt pending from the JAM's 1990 attempted coup. Bakr's perceive [...] | 2009-05-13 19:24:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KICC KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN223 | SHRIMP-TURTLE: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State/OES requested Post follow up on the January 2009 Turtle Excluder Device (TED) Certification Visit. EconOff spoke with GOTT Fisheries officials Elizabeth Mohammed and Luanna Martin concerning their progress. No progress has been made since GOTT failed to regain the Section 6 [...] | 2009-05-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SENV ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN230 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is not aware of any GOTT initiatives promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Has the host country made public statements or [...] | 2009-05-22 23:04:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL |
09PORTOFSPAIN233 | CARICOM: HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: CARICOM heads of government met May 24 in Port of Spain to discuss a regional response to the economic crisis. They encouraged member countries intending to approach the IMF to do so sooner rather than later, but also stressed the need for a medium-term regional approach to th [...] | 2009-05-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN ECIN TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN250 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION TASK FORCE REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The long-promised report on advancing regional economic (by 2011) and political (by 2013) integration was released May 30. Weighing in at 394 pages (with a separate shorter 164-page "Summary" version),the report is in line with CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) goals of fr [...] | 2009-06-05 20:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN PGOV XL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN251 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CONFIRMS FIRST H1N1 CASE [...] (U) GOTT Minister of Health Jerry Narace announced Trinidad and Tobago's first confirmed H1N1 case on June 5. The patient was described as an adult female national of Trinidad and Tobago. Her history of recent travel to several countries affected by the virus makes it impossible to pinpoint w [...] | 2009-06-05 23:30:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAID SOCI TBIO XL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN256 | US EMBASSY MEETS WITH OPPOSITION TO DISCUSS LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives met with leaders of the opposition United National Congress (UNC) party to discuss legislation to deal with Trinidad and Tobago's immense crime problem. The UNC parliamentarians agreed T&T's efforts to reduce crime would be assisted by new legislation (e. [...] | 2009-06-09 20:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN26 | 2008 COUNTRY CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] This cable contains updated information for required reporting under the Trade and Development Act (TDA) concerning child labor in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. (TT). A. Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: The Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) [...] | 2009-01-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN261 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S SOCIAL SAFETY NET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad's social safety net for adults able to work consists of two major work programs and a variety of training programs. While successful in alleviating extreme poverty, they have not lifted individuals permanently out of poverty nor made them self sufficient. The economic d [...] | 2009-06-18 19:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SCUL SOCI TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN28 | SUMMIT OF AMERICA LOGISTICS: A RACE TO THE FINISH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is working hard on preparations for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas, but it is somewhat behind schedule. The GOTT, however, has begun a concerted effort to pull off the event, now less than three months away. For its part, the public [...] | 2009-01-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AORC AMGT KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN289 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gopee-Scoon told the Charge July 10 she appreciated her talk with USTR on a partial scope energy agreement and on packaging. In other comments, she noted GOTT displeasure with the TIP report; it plans to send a complaint letter. The CDA raised the need for Trin [...] | 2009-07-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN295 | BFIF FY-09 PROJECTS IN TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Port of Spain thanks EEB/CBA for providing BFIF funding to improve Post's commercial training and outreach. To date in FY-09, Post used BFIF funding to allow the Political-Economic Officer and Economic Assistant to attend commercial training in Santo Domingo. Knowledge gaine [...] | 2009-07-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO CVIS ABUD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN302 | TRINIDAD GASBAG - ENERGY SECTOR NEWS (#3-09) [...] GOTT signs two Production Sharing Contracts 2. Fewer energy investment dollars for TT 3. BG to purchase stake in TT gas field 4. TT to develop renewable energy framework 5. TT to revisit gas supplies to Jamaica 6. Partial Scope Agreement with U.S. on energy  [...] | 2009-07-21 19:35:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN308 | POST'S RESPONSE FOR BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-SHIPMENT [...] Per request, Post conducted a post-license pre-shipment check on license 050134513 for the export of rifles to Trinidad & Tobago. 2. The following is a list of the specific actions taken and results of the inquiry: 3. On 7/22/09 post received a Blue lantern request for the above. [...] | 2009-07-24 21:28:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN33 | JOINT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP FOR T&T AND COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) During a January 15 meeting with a local International Organization of Migration (IOM) representative, EmbOffs learned of a planned workshop between the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) and the Government of Colombia (GOC) to strengthen their ability to combat trafficking in per [...] | 2009-01-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN334 | WHA/CAR DIRECTOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Caribbean Office Director Velia De Pirro discussed the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative on August 3 with National Security Minister Martin Joseph, who expressed pleasure over the nascent program. Joseph urged a regional approach and was pleased that his thinking was consis [...] | 2009-08-08 14:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS EAID ECON KCRM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN344 | 64TH UNGA ATTENDANCE: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-18 19:18:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP AORC CVIS UNGA TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN360 | DROP IN T&T PROVEN GAS RESERVES [...] (U) Summary: Ryder Scott's annual audit of Trinidad and Tobago's gas reserves released on September 2 showed a decline in the country's proven gas reserves from 16.99 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in December 2007 to 15.37 tcf in December 2008. The audit found, however, an increase in the nation's [...] | 2009-09-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ENGR EPET EIND TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN361 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY [...] Airline boss quits ---------------------- State-owned Caribbean Airlines'(CA) CEO Philip Saunders recently tendered his resignation citing personal reasons. Saunders joined the airline in October 2007, and his resignation comes amidst reports that the airline has been unable to turn a profit [...] | 2009-09-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB ELTN ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN370 | FY2010 BUDGET - IN THE RED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FY 2010 GOTT budget totals $7.03 billion with a projected deficit of $1.2 billion, about 5.3 percent of GDP, based on average annual oil prices of $55/barrel and natural gas at $2.75/million cubic feet. This would be the second year in a row of budget deficits after a string [...] | 2009-09-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET ETRD EWWT BEXP PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN376 | BAKR ALLEGATION AGAINST PM AGAIN SURFACES [...] (SBU) Summary: A judge has directed that the 2006 allegation by Jamaat al Muslimeen (JAM) leader Yasin Abu Bakr that he cut a deal with Prime Minister Manning on the eve of the 2002 election to provide foot soldiers for the PNM campaign be investigated. Bakr claims that, in exchange, Manning [...] | 2009-09-16 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN377 | INCREASED OVERSIGHT OF TRINIDAD'S CCT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Seeking to get a better handle on those fraudulently receiving benefits, the GOTT will remove on September 18 approximately 6,000 individuals from its "Smart Card" program, a conditional cash transfer (CCT) effort. The remaining 25,000 participants will receive a benefit increa [...] | 2009-09-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SCUL SOCI TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN38 | TT POLICE IMPROVES IPR ENFORCEMENT, REQUESTS TASK FORCE [...] SUMMARY: Following recent INL funded workshops on IPR enforcement, local police conducted two successful raids on brick and mortar stores and a series of raids on street vendors selling pirate DVDs. A senior police official asked Post's assistance in generating support for IPR enforcement. END [...] | 2009-01-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | TD ETRD KCRM KIPR |
09PORTOFSPAIN39 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 2008 [...] Inflation falling says CBTT 2. Tourism slows in Tobago 3. Legislative Agenda for 2009 - 2010 4. GOTT Encourages Comparison Shopping 5. GOTT Invests US $16.3 Million in Food Security 6. PriceSmart a Good Investment  [...] | 2009-01-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN40 | AGREEMENT WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON THE STATUS [...] Post provided GOTT on January 28 with ref proposed exchange of notes that would address matters typically covered by a bilateral SOFA for U.S. personnel participating in the Summit of the Americas and other events in 2009. Since provision of the proposed note exchange, we have been following [...] | 2009-01-29 13:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN405 | TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 2009 [...] Foreign exchange crisis or not?! 2. Trinidad and Tobago off credit watch list 3. TT Eximbank line of credit for exports to Cuba 4. Inflation/Repo rate continues to fall 5. Ship building ... way to economic diversification 6. India to set up weather station 7. Lack of funds halts [...] | 2009-10-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND TPHY TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN409 | TRINIDAD SEEKS BILAT AGREEMENT ON SMELTER WASTE [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 3. 2. SUMMARY. Post received a letter October 15 signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and addressed to the Secretary requesting the conclusion of a bilateral agreement for the reception and treatment in the United St [...] | 2009-10-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PREL EIND ECIN EMIN EWWT ETRD ECON TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN423 | Libertad Act Review: Trinidad and Tobago [...] (U) This message responds to reftel questions. 2. (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is not aware of any GOTT initiatives promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba. [...] | 2009-11-23 19:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN430 | SETTLEMENT OFFER ON GTL DISPUTE IN TRINIDAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The commercial dispute continues between U.S.-based fuel processing company World GTL (WGTL) and Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (ref). In recent weeks, the CDA has urged the GOTT to be flexible and consider a commercial settlement during separate conversat [...] | 2009-11-03 18:20:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV ECON KIDE TRGY BTIO PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN432 | LEAHY FAST TRACK VETTING: GOTT/SAUTT FOR JCET [...] (SBU) Pursuant to STATE 87762 regarding Leahy Fast Track vetting, Post conducted Leahy vetting on 33 names contained in a fax dated October 16, 2009 under the letterhead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2009 (CHOGM 2009, Operations Planning and Coordinating Staff, with the refe [...] | 2009-11-03 20:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN436 | REQUEST FOR TDY CUSTOMS CONTRACT ADVISOR IN PORT OF SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOTT Customs and Excise Division (TTCED) requests technical assistance to complete an overtime study designed to help it begin nationwide 24/7 port operations. Such a study would bolster GOTT efforts against drug transshipments, providing oversight at ports at all hours, [...] | 2009-11-04 18:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV EWWT TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN460 | CLIMATE CHANGE TO HEADLINE COMMONWEALTH MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago hosts the 21st biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) November 27-29 in Port of Spain, with several related forums beginning as early as November 20. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip are to pay a state visit just before the event, and the Qu [...] | 2009-11-19 20:29:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG KSUM EINT TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN462 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO CONTINUE VOTING YES ON UNGA ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Margaret Rousseau November 19. Rousseau said that Trinidad and Tobago will generally continue to vote in favor of resolutions on the Middle East as outlined in reftel, particularly, she said, "given recent developme [...] | 2009-11-19 20:34:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE |
09PORTOFSPAIN468 | WGTL SETTLEMENT DEADLINE MAY PASS WITHOUT GOTT ACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World GTL's (WGTL) dispute with Trinidad and Tobago's national oil company Petrotrin (reftels) is reaching a watershed moment as its offer for settlement expires December 3. The Minister of Trade told Charge that the GOTT considers the dispute a commercial matter, and Pe [...] | 2009-11-25 18:26:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN480 | PETROTRIN REJECTS DEMAND TO SETTLE WGTL DISPUTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lawyers for Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned oil company Petrotrin sent a letter dated December 2 to attorneys representing US-based World GTL (WGTL) rejecting that firm's claims that Petrotrin expropriated its property and fraudulently and negligently deprived WGTL of its inve [...] | 2009-12-04 20:55:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE ECON EPET PGOV TRGY BTIO TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN482 | COMMONWEALTH DECLARES CLIMATE CHANGE THE CHALLENGE OF OUR [...] SUMMARY. Commonwealth heads of government issued a declaration November 28 that called climate change the "challenge of our time." The declaration, ironed out by leaders participating in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) after presentations by special guests French President [...] | 2009-12-04 21:27:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGHG KSUM TSPL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN484 | Demarche Delivered on USG Goals at COP-15 [...] (SBU) Charge Len Kusnitz delivered talking points suggested by the Special Envoy for Climate Change regarding COP-15 to Sandra Marchak, the Permanent Secretary at the Office of the Prime Minister. In addition to being the head of the GOTT civil service, Marchak is a close confidant of the PM a [...] | 2009-12-04 21:44:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN50 | INVITATION TO FIFTH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND [...] Embassy Port of Spain has received Diplomatic Note Number 264, dated February 3, 2009, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America [...] | 2009-02-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM AORC PREL OAS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN506 | TIGHT RACE FOR BOEING IN CARIBBEAN AIRLINES DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boeing's bid to sell ten 737-800 aircraft to Trinidad and Tobago's national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is reaching a watershed as an intra-governmental board is expected to decide on a vendor by early January. Boeing is competing against Airbus for a potential $790 millio [...] | 2009-12-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV PREL KPRV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN51 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COMMENTS ON MESSAGE FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 13:12:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN52 | T&T RESPONSE TO U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post delivered a non-paper regarding U.S. assistance programs to combat illicit trafficking in small arms to Trinidad & Tobago's Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Director of International Affairs in the Ministry of National Security Antoinette Lucas-Andrews; Special Advis [...] | 2009-02-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KCRM PREL PGOV TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN53 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: AMBASSADORS MORALES AND ROBINSON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning received USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson on February 4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. Ambassador Morales underscored the import of getting logistical and se [...] | 2009-02-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN54 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: MEETINGS OF AMBASSADORS MORALES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson visited Trinidad February 3-4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. In addition to a session with Prime Minister Manning (septel),the Ambassadors met with the Na [...] | 2009-02-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN67 | SHRIMP-TURTLE: TRINIDAD & TOBAGO NOT RECERTIFIED UNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their January 7-9 visit, OES and NOAA officials found that T&T continues to fall short of certification requirements for the Turtle Regulatory and Conservation Program. USG officers cited three reasons for their decision: use of Turtle Exclusion Devices (TEDs) is not unifo [...] | 2009-02-19 19:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN70 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: SIDE FORUMS AND PEOPLE'S SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Private Sector Forum and the Youth Forum of the Summit of the Americas (SOA) will take place April 15-16 on the cruise ship Caribbean Princess, and the Civil Society Forum will be held the same days on the Carnival Victory. Both ships, to be docked near the SOA site at the [...] | 2009-02-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN78 | INVITATION TO FIFTH SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND [...] Embassy Port of Spain has received Diplomatic Note Number 373, dated February 19, 2009, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago. Text follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United Stat [...] | 2009-02-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM AORC PREL OAS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN79 | COUNTERPROPOSAL - AGREEMENT WITH TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ON THE [...] (SBU) Post delivered ref counterproposal to the GOTT February 25, the first day the government reopened after Carnival. Charge contacted Foreign Minister Gopee-Scoon and Summit Inter-Ministerial Committee Chair Mariano Browne that day on the note and its urgency and also spoke to the Attorney [...] | 2009-02-27 13:49:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MOPS PREL PM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN85 | SWORDFISH/MARINE MAMMAL CONSERVATION LETTER DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Reftel letter regarding marine mammal conservation and swordfish exports to the US, with enclosures, was delivered on March 2, 2009 to the Acting Director of Fisheries Elezabeth Mohammed. Telephone: (868) 623-6028 Address: Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources Fisheries Divi [...] | 2009-03-02 18:22:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV OTRA TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN93 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PM ASSURES NATION ALL IS WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manning spoke to the nation March 4 on the benefits of the Summit of the Americas and preparations for the event. The PM followed his televised remarks with a press conference during which he read a letter from President Obama confirming attendance at the Summit. [...] | 2009-03-05 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KSUM TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN98 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN99 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PRAGUE101 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO COLLISION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | TSPA TPSL EZ RU |
09PRAGUE102 | URANIUM RENAISSANCE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO RU EZ |
09PRAGUE103 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the February 23-24 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Gaza, Afghanistan, the Western Balkans, [...] | 2009-02-20 18:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ PGOV PREL IS SU HR XG |
09PRAGUE109 | CZECH FINANCE MINISTER KALOUSEK ON EU, G-20 [...] (C) Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek stressed to Charge February 25 the importance of global coordination of financial market regulatory reform and noted the Czech Republic favored evolutionary rather than revolutionary changes. The February 22 informal G-5 meeting in Berlin had discussed s [...] | 2009-02-27 06:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE11 | CZECH REPUBLIC: HOLOCAUST ERA ASSETS CONFERENCE IN JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Top Czech officials are urging attendance at the highest possible level by the United States and 46 other invited countries at the June 26-30 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets (HEA). The Czechs see the conference as a follow up to the 1998 Washington Conference and [...] | 2009-01-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ KNAR SCUL |
09PRAGUE111 | CZECH REPUBLIC WILLING TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORG UNGA KJUS EZ |
09PRAGUE112 | EUR PDAS RIES MEETINGS WITH CZECH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 25 PDAS Marcie Ries met with Czech officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra's Department for European Policy Coordination. The Czechs welcomed our "consultative approach," particularly with respect to Afghanistan. They a [...] | 2009-03-02 06:36:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF PK NATO |
09PRAGUE113 | CZECH REPUBLIC: POST INPUT 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Over the past 12 month, Czech authorities have made significant progress on combating IPR violations. Customs and the Czech Trade Inspection Office (CTIO) have increased raids on, and presence at, the roughly 50 markets that dot the border with Germany and Austria. As a result, most pi [...] | 2009-03-02 10:25:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EZ |
09PRAGUE116 | CZECH REPUBLIC: TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | EFIN ETRD ETTC KTFN EZ |
09PRAGUE120 | CZECH REPUBLIC: INFORMATION REQUEST IN ADVANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech Government (GoCR) views the EU response to the financial crisis as an important test of its EU presidency. Within EU fora, the GoCR has consistently warned against protectionism and beggar-thy-neighbor policies, as well as revolutionary changes to regulation and overs [...] | 2009-03-04 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE121 | CZECH DPM VONDRA ON UPCOMING VISIT OF PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 3 meeting which included DFM Tomas Pojar and other key Czech officials, Czech DPM Alexandr Vondra reiterated the Czech government's appreciation for and excitement over the April 4-5 visit to Prague by President Obama. He expressed the Czech government's full commitme [...] | 2009-03-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE123 | CZECH REPUBLIC REQUESTS A SCIENCE FELLOW FOR AGENTFLY [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Prague requests a Science Fellow who would work with the Czech Technical University to adapt AGENTFLY military project for civilian air traffic control use. Current points of contact for this proposal are ODC/Maj. Matthew Kime, KimeMJ@state.gov, 420-257-022-350 [...] | 2009-03-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL ECON AMGT EZ |
09PRAGUE128 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 15:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EZ |
09PRAGUE129 | CZECH REPUBLIC WELCOMES ADDITIONAL US SOF TROOPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE130 | CZECHS PLEASED WITH USG PRESENCE AT UNHRC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff provided the reftel points to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Director Gabriela Dlouha and UN Department Director Jan Michal on February 27. Dlouha noted that our presence at UNHRC proceedings is most welcome news and inquired whether we planned to engage in a [...] | 2009-03-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EZ PHUM |
09PRAGUE134 | CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SEEK TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In less than two weeks, the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) will hold their national party congress, which comes at a time when the party has much to celebrate, but also faces several challenges. Following their sweeping victories in the October 2008 regional and senate elections, [...] | 2009-03-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE138 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: VISIT BY INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 Acting DCM Stuart Hatcher and emboffs met with Czech Ministry of Interior officials at the request of the Czechs to discuss the upcoming visit of Minister of Interior Ivan Langer to the United States March 15-17. While the EU Justice and Interior Ministers, like the [...] | 2009-03-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM |
09PRAGUE144 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the March 16-17 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Transatlantic Relations, Bosnia and Herzegov [...] | 2009-03-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SU |
09PRAGUE147 | DEFENSE PROCUREMENT IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: SHADY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARR EZ KCOR MARR MCAPP |
09PRAGUE15 | CZECH GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC CHALLENGES WEIGH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Czech government's January 1 assumption of the EU Presidency comes at a time when the Topolanek coalition is at the most precarious position in its two years of existence. The coalition government, which has always been shaky at best, never fully recovered from the sweeping [...] | 2009-01-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE153 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S PRAGUE VISIT [...] (C) Summary/overview: We warmly welcome your visit to Prague. Twenty years after the Velvet Revolution, ten years after joining NATO, and five years after joining the European Union, your visit during the Czech Republic,s EU presidency symbolizes this country's remarkable journey from communis [...] | 2009-03-19 12:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP OBAMA PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EUN MARR SENV |
09PRAGUE155 | SCENESETTER FOR DPM VONDRA'S VISIT TO DC TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra will visit Washington on March 23-24, at the same time that his government faces a critical March 24 no-confidence vote, the result of which is unclear. Despite this uncertainty, Vondra's chief goal is to set the agenda and settle outstandin [...] | 2009-03-19 17:39:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE157 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (S) Post recommends the following additions to the list of critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) for the Czech Republic. -- Baxter International pharmaceutical plant at Bohumil. This is one of the few plants in the world that produces an avian influenza (H5N1) vaccine. Baxter i [...] | 2009-03-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP EZ |
09PRAGUE159 | CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A CRITICAL VOTE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the embattled government of PM Mirek Topolanek will likely face a critical vote of no-confidence. PM Topolanek has faced down four previous attempts to unseat him. However, the current situation is probably the most significant threat to his government, in a large [...] | 2009-03-23 06:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE160 | CZECH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS OFFER FEW SURPRISES AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 20-22 congress of the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) was relatively uneventful, despite the charged political atmosphere before the planned March 24 vote of no confidence. All but one candidate for the party's top posts ran unopposed and were elected, although CSSD cha [...] | 2009-03-24 09:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE165 | CZECH GOVERNMENT FALLS, UNCERTAINTY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After 26 months in power, the embattled Topolanek government lost a vote of no-confidence in the Lower Chamber of the parliament on March 24. The vote's result was uncertain until the very end, but 101 lawmakers, the minimum required by the Czech constitution, finally voted aft [...] | 2009-03-25 10:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE166 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON NATO MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 12:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV |
09PRAGUE167 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON NATO MISSION [...] (C) Embassy Officer delivered the reftel a demarche to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, the Czech MFA's Director of Security Policy, and her deputy, Petr Chalupecky on March 25. They appreciated receiving our points, agreed with our position and said that the Czech Republic is fully committed to [...] | 2009-03-26 12:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV |
09PRAGUE168 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON INFORMING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ MOPS MARR |
09PRAGUE169 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS EZ |
09PRAGUE170 | CZECH REPUBLIC TO ATTEND AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ AF IR PK UN |
09PRAGUE171 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE -- U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ PREL EU SY |
09PRAGUE172 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON U.S. SPACE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP NATO PARM PREL TSPA EZ |
09PRAGUE174 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: HALFWAY POINT, BUT TO WHERE? [...] (SBU) Summary: As noted in Reftels, the March 24 no-confidence vote in the Czech Parliament has placed the Czech government in the awkward position of leading the EU, while in a state of flux on the domestic political front. Czech MFA officials nonetheless recognize that they are still respons [...] | 2009-03-26 16:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE175 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes the President's and your April 4-5 visit and participation in the U.S.-EU Summit. You will arrive at an extremely tense time in Czech domestic politics. The government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was toppled on March 24, but he continues to [...] | 2009-03-26 18:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EG EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE176 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PK AF EZ |
09PRAGUE179 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON HCOC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA EZ |
09PRAGUE180 | CZECH REPUBLIC WILL NOT ATTEND APRIL KOREAN GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PTER EZ |
09PRAGUE196 | CZECHS WELCOME USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HRC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 15:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE199 | FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL [...] (SBU) The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The Czech Republic receives FMF and IMET funds. 3. (SBU) The Czech Republic's state budget is publicly available. The Ministry of Finance posts the Czech Republic's state budget on its website. 4 [...] | 2009-04-10 09:07:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE200 | CZECHS TO ATTEND TO PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK PREL EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE201 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY - EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EUN PREL IR EZ |
09PRAGUE202 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AERO VODOHODY NOW FOCUSED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EZ MAPP PREL |
09PRAGUE203 | CZECHS WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK BID [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarch April 9 and 10 to MFA South and South East Europe Director Tomas Szunyog, Finance Ministry International Department Head Eva Anderova, and Czech National Bank International Organizations Department Head Petr Prochazka. Szunyog and Anderova reported that the C [...] | 2009-04-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE204 | CZECH REPUBLIC: CONCLUSIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS EZ AF PK |
09PRAGUE210 | CZECHS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 17:06:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE213 | CZECH REPUBLIC: TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Post's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Michael S. Dixon, Senior Economic Officer; phone 420-257-022-319; unclassified e-mail: DixonMS@state.gov; classified e-mail: DixonMS@state.sgov.gov. The deputy to TFCO is: until June 15, 2009 -- Malgorzata "Margaret" Bula-Duane, Econom [...] | 2009-04-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER EZ |
09PRAGUE22 | ANNUAL OSAC CRIME SAFETY REPORT 2008 - PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 18:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
09PRAGUE222 | CZECH REPUBLIC: FOREIGN POLICY DRIFT EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 24 downfall of the Czech Government and the subsequent political upheaval, as well as the planned Czech parliamentary elections in the fall, will affect a range of Czech foreign and security policy priorities. In this cable we focus on three of the most visible and sign [...] | 2009-04-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE228 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON THE BALKANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Czech MFA South and South East Europe Director Tomas Szunyog reviewed the Czech EU Presidency's progress in the Western Balkans. According to Szunyog lack of EU consensus has been impeding progress. The Czechs expect few significant advances during the remainder of the Czech EU [...] | 2009-04-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EUN EZ PGOV PREL XG |
09PRAGUE237 | MGSF01: PRAGUE EAC REGARDING H1N1 [...] Prague EAC met on April 30, 2009 to discuss the H1N1 influenza in light of the WHO Pandemic Influenza Alert Level increase from Phase 4 to Phase 5. Charge, A/DCM, RSO, POL/EC, DATT, ORA, LEGATT, CONS, MGT, FCS, PAS and MED were in attendance. 2. MED briefed on WHO phase guidelines and prov [...] | 2009-04-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF PINR PREL |
09PRAGUE239 | A/S FRIED MEETS WITH CZECH POLDIR ON U.S.-EU [...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting, A/S Fried and Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil agreed that we explore developing a non-binding joint U.S.-EU statement on accepting Guantanamo detainees cleared for release to complement an internal EU framework document on the subject. Both ag [...] | 2009-04-30 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM |
09PRAGUE24 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED DISCUSSES GAS CRISIS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian gas crisis dominated Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings with EU and Czech officials during his visit to Prague January 8-10. The Czechs agreed with A/S Fried on the need to diversify both routes and sources of Europe's energy imports, as well as o [...] | 2009-01-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE25 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER EZ EUN UNSC LE SY |
09PRAGUE258 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has a strong record of active engagement and support for democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel established the Czech government's principled position on Cuba during his administration, following the Czech Republic' [...] | 2009-05-15 10:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC EZ PREL XG |
09PRAGUE26 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC APER UNGA PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE260 | CZECH REPUBLIC - FAST TRACK LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Per reftel, Post has reviewed the available records of the below named Czech military personnel and found no derogatory information: -Czech Army Lieutenant Colonel Zdenek KOLAR, Battalion Commander, 43rd Airborne Battalion, 4th Rapid Deployment Brigade, Czech Ground Forces, Zatec Czech Repub [...] | 2009-05-15 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EZ PGOV PHUM PM PREL |
09PRAGUE263 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING MAY GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 14 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the May 18-19 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the EU's Anti-Piracy efforts, Georgia, the EU-Ru [...] | 2009-05-15 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL CE XF ZJ XA |
09PRAGUE269 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS MAY 23-25 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes you to the Czech Republic May 23-25. Nearly 20 years after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution," the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic h [...] | 2009-05-19 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE27 | A/S FRIED AND EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS' TROIKA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 9 Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met in troika format (Czech EU Presidency and following Swedish Presidency, European Commission, and European Council Secretariat) at the Political Director level. The discussion primarily focused on the Middle East and the Western B [...] | 2009-01-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU CD |
09PRAGUE271 | MAY 8 EU SOUTHERN CORRIDOR -- NEW SILK ROAD SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 8 EU Southern Corridor ) New Silk Road Summit in Prague, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Egypt, and the EU signed a political declaration that, among other things, underscores the EU and Turkey's intent to sign the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) "in Turkey by [...] | 2009-05-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV ECON PREL PGOV EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE276 | INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH A WEAK MANDATE TAKES POWER [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, President Vaclav Klaus appointed the interim technocratic government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer, after Prime Minister Topolanek,s government fell in a vote of no confidence on March 24. The Fischer government is the result of a compromise among the Civic Democratic [...] | 2009-05-22 11:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EZ |
09PRAGUE281 | EU-CHINA SUMMIT - A RELATIONSHIP BACK ON TRACK? [...] (U) Summary: Emboffs called on MFA Asia Pacific Director Jiri Sitler and Human Rights and Transformation Policy Director Gabriela Dlouha for debriefs of the May 20 EU)China summit and the 27th EU-China human rights dialogue. Sitler said that there were few surprises during the summit discuss [...] | 2009-05-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ EUN CH |
09PRAGUE288 | CZECHS VOTED IN FAVOR OF KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) In response to ref a demarche, Finance Ministry staffer Vlkova confirmed that the Czech Republic submitted its vote in favor of Kosovo World Bank membership on or about May 11. Vlkova added that the Czech Republic has been actively lobbying other World Bank members to vote in a similar [...] | 2009-05-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KV EZ |
09PRAGUE29 | CZECH AND DUTCH AG MINISTERS MEET ON CAP AND DAIRY REFORM. [...] Summary: On January 12, 2009, Gerritje Verburg, Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality met in Prague with Czech Minister of Agriculture, Petr Gandalovic. They discussed the agenda of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development, priorities of the Czech Presidency, and also [...] | 2009-01-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE292 | GENERAL PETRAEUS MAY 22-24 VISIT TO THEQCZECH [...] (C) Summary: USCENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus visited the Czech Republic May 22-24 May 2009 at the invitation of the Czech Ministry of Defense. General Petraeus met with senior Ministry of Defense, General Staff, and Foreign Ministry officials, conducted several press interviews, [...] | 2009-05-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EZ MARR OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE296 | CZECHS TO HELP SUPPORT PAKISTAN IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 07:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREF PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE299 | CZECH COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA'S ACTIONS RELATED TO [...] (SBU) Czech MFA Office of South and South East Europe Deputy Director Josef Zrzavecky commented that the Czech MFA reached out on May 29 to its Embassy in Chisinau. According to Zrzavecky, the MFA instructed its Ambassador to raise Czech bilateral concerns that Kosovo representatives are not [...] | 2009-06-01 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE300 | CZECH RESPONSE: U.S. POSITION ON IRAN AS A SOURCE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche May 28 to MFA Energy Envoy Vaclav Bartuska and MFA North and East Europe Director Daniel Kostoval. Kostoval reported that since the Nabucco pipeline would not flow through the Czech Republic, the Czechs were not directly involved in negotiating the Nabucco In [...] | 2009-06-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE306 | CZECH EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN MIRED [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic,s two dominant parties, former PM Topolanek,s right-of-center Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Jiri Paroubek,s left-of-center Social Democratic Party (CSSD),have turned the European Parliamentary (EP) election into a bare-knuckled mudslinging campaign dominated [...] | 2009-06-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE313 | CZECH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT PARTY CONGRESS ELECTS NEW [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, the Czech Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) held their party congress and elected a new chairman, Cyril Svoboda, a seasoned, pro-U.S. KDU leader. Svoboda,s chairmanship represents a shift to the left for the party and his major task is party unification, fundraising and p [...] | 2009-06-04 14:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE314 | CZECH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT PARTY CONGRESS ELECTS NEW [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, the Czech Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) held their party congress and elected a new chairman, Cyril Svoboda, a seasoned, pro-U.S. KDU leader. Svoboda,s chairmanship represents a shift to the left for the party and his major task is party unification, fundraising and p [...] | 2009-06-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE316 | CZECH REPUBLIC: POSITIVE SIGNALS ON MI-17S FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 12:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PARM PK EZ |
09PRAGUE318 | CZECHS TO SUPPORT PAKISTAN IDPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EC PGOV PHUM PK EZ EUN PREF |
09PRAGUE321 | ODS WINS CZECH EP ELECTIONS DUE TO LOW VOTER [...] (C) Summary: Four of the Czech Republic's parliamentary parties: the right-of-center Civic Democratic Party (ODS),the left-of-center Social Democratic Party (CSSD),the Communist Party (KSCM) and the Christian Democratic Party (KDU-CSL) obtained seats in the June 5-6 European Parliamentary [...] | 2009-06-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE324 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the June 15-16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the Middle East, Lebanon, the Western Balkans, [...] | 2009-06-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SU LE CU BM |
09PRAGUE332 | CZECH DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERIOR LAYS OUT PLAN TO [...] (C) Summary: One of the few issues the interim technocratic government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer will address is extremism. Interior Minister Martin Pecina named former police official Jiri Komorous as his First Deputy Minister and assigned him to lead the Interior Ministry's new anti-ex [...] | 2009-06-15 13:09:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EZ |
09PRAGUE334 | CZECH REPUBLIC 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES [...] (U) The United States Government is generally aware of many United States citizens of Czech descent who have outstanding claims against the Czech Government, but who were not U.S. citizens at the time their claims arose. As noted in the introduction, the Act does not require a report on their [...] | 2009-06-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE335 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON US PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on June 8 to Pavla Hycova, a Czech Environment Ministry official working in the Department for the International Protection of Biodiversity. Hycova, who represents the Czech Republic in the IWC small working groups, had no immediate substantive response. Hyco [...] | 2009-06-16 09:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC EZ |
09PRAGUE338 | PART 1: U.S.-EU COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the first of two cables reporting on the U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidency of the European Union (EU),in partnership with the upcoming Swedish Presidency, hosted the eighth in a [...] | 2009-06-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE339 | PART 2: U.S.-EU COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING WORKSHOP [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the second of two cables reporting on U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidency of the European Union (EU),[...] | 2009-06-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE340 | FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS PROPOSAL PASSES CZECH LOWER [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, the Czech parliament's lower house approved a 2010 troop deployment proposal that, among other deployments, includes 535 Czech troops for Afghanistan. Senate approval should follow. This smooth approval is a stark contrast to the contentiousness of the 2009 deployme [...] | 2009-06-17 14:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR EZ AF |
09PRAGUE344 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON US MOVE TO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Czech Environment Ministry International Organizations Unit Head Iveta Spaltova and Industry Ministry IRENA Desk Officer Alice Trombikova on June 16 and 18 respectively, Both expected that the Czechs would join IRENA soon. The Czechs, however, were still [...] | 2009-06-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV EZ |
09PRAGUE348 | CORRECTED VERSION OF PRAGUE 338 -- PART 1: U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable contains significant revisions to Prague 338 and should be regarded as replacing that cable. This is the first of two cables reporting on the U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidenc [...] | 2009-06-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE350 | PART 2: CORRECTED VERSION OF PRAGUE 339 - U.S.-EU [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable contains significant revisions to Prague 339 and should be regarded as replacing that cable. This is the second of two cables reporting on U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague [...] | 2009-06-23 14:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE354 | CZECH REPUBLIC: INPUT FOR HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) Per Ref A, Post is providing input for a demarche prior to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw from September 28 - October 9, 2009. ---------------------- The Interim Government ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The government of the Czech Republic (GOC) is c [...] | 2009-06-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EZ |
09PRAGUE36 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 11:36:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KACT KTIA MCAP PARM PREL TSPA EZ |
09PRAGUE374 | REPONSE TO GUIDANCE ON INVITING IRANIAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 15:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ODIP IR EZ |
09PRAGUE38 | CZECH REPUBLIC COMMENTS ON GAZA [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke with Ambassador Josef Koutsky of the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department on January 15 and again on January 16. Koutsky noted that Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg has been highly engaged in reaching out to his counterparts to advance efforts to attain a sustainable ce [...] | 2009-01-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PARM KWBG PHUM IS EZ PREL |
09PRAGUE381 | CZECH COMMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S PRESIDENT NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUREM IR ET CA EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE382 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHES ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches on June 29 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit official Jaromir Neuzil and Foreign Ministy United Nations Department officials David Masek and Ladislav Steinhubel. Officials in both ministries said that the Czech Republic will instruct its financia [...] | 2009-07-01 15:14:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EZ KNNP PARM PREL |
09PRAGUE383 | CHARGE'S JULY 1 MEETING WITH CZECH FM KOHOUT [...] (C) Summary: In a July 1 meeting, Charge congratulated Czech FM Kohout on the just-completed Czech EU presidency and thanked him for Czech support in various areas, including for the Holocaust Assets Conference. Kohout thought the presidency had made the Czech Republic more "EU-involved" and [...] | 2009-07-01 16:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE386 | EMBASSY PRAGUE SPONSORS DISCUSSION ON EXTREMISM [...] (U) Summary: On June 24, the Embassy, in cooperation with the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust, hosted a panel discussion on extremism in the Czech Republic attended by approximately 60 people. The debate featured the Ministers of Human Rights and Interior, the Human Rights Omb [...] | 2009-07-07 08:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EZ |
09PRAGUE39 | BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING REQUEST. [...] This is a joint cable from missions in Prague, Warsaw, Vilnius, and Bratislava requesting Agricultural Biotechnology Outreach Funds announced ref A. The joint mission proposal intends to develop a biotechnology outreach program using the Czech Republic as a hub for the central Europe and Balt [...] | 2009-01-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD EZ PL LO LH |
09PRAGUE395 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: PRELIMINARY INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE408 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UN 1267 [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on July 8 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) Director Milan Cicer and on July 9 to MFA UN Department Official David Frous. Cicer replied that the FAU welcomes U.S. efforts to meaningfully review the first two tranches of the UN 1267 Consolida [...] | 2009-07-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC EZ |
09PRAGUE41 | MISSILE DEFENSE: CZECHS LOOKING FOR A POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the November 27 Czech Senate approval of the two missile defense (MD) agreements, the Czechs have been unable to advance the MD agreements in the Lower Chamber, where ratification has been temporarily put on hold due to domestic political problems and questions about the f [...] | 2009-01-22 09:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE410 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON USG AND UN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on July 8 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) Director Milan Cicer and on July 9 to MFA UN Department Official David Frous. Cicer replied that Czech law enforces asset freezes, travel bans, and embargos against people or entities appearing on [...] | 2009-07-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK EZ |
09PRAGUE411 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC CBW EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE412 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CZECHS ON GICNT PARTNER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 14:33:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE413 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON UN 1267 [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on July 8 to Finance Ministry Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) Director Milan Cicer and on July 9 to MFA UN Department Official David Frous. Cicer replied that the FAU welcomes U.S. efforts to meaningfully review the first two tranches of the UN 1267 Consolida [...] | 2009-07-15 08:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC EZ |
09PRAGUE414 | MOVING FORWARD WITH CZECHS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the Czech EU Presidency has come to a close, emboffs have noticed several notable shifts within the GoCR - in tactical engagement within the EU, in Czech centers of power, and interestingly in high-level outreach to the USG. The Czechs remain committed Euro-Atlantists [...] | 2009-07-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE418 | CZECHS POSITIVE ON U.S. EUMM PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Embassy Prague Political-Economic Counselor delivered ref e-mail points on the Georgia EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) to Czech MFA Security Policy Department Director Veronika Kuchynova-Simgolova and Deputy Director Petr Chalupecky on July 17. They said the Czech Republic would welcome and [...] | 2009-07-17 12:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EU GG EZ |
09PRAGUE432 | RELEASE OF MISSILE DEFENSE POLICY REVIEW: TIMING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Czech officials have consistently raised their concerns that any announcement of the results of the U.S. strategic policy review before the October 9-10 national elections could make this a campaign issue and might even affect the outcome of the elections themselves. Defe [...] | 2009-07-24 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE433 | CZECH COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JULY GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23 emboff spoke with Katerina Sequensova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the July 27-28 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). She offered comments on the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, and on [...] | 2009-07-27 11:31:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SO |
09PRAGUE44 | CZECH CABINET RESHUFFLE COMPLETED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Czech President swore in new ministers who will be taking over the health, transportation, regional development, human rights, and legislative affairs portfolios. The Prague castle ceremony completed a protracted and mismanaged cabinet reshuffle, which began [...] | 2009-01-23 16:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE443 | CZECH REPUBLIC: COUNTER TORTURE INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel, the former Czechoslovakia signed the United Nations Convention Against Torture in 1986. The Czech Republic considers itself bound by international treaties entered into by Czechoslovakia. The fourth and fifth periodic reports of the Czech Republic to the UN Comm [...] | 2009-07-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EZ |
09PRAGUE444 | THE IMPACT OF A PRE-ELECTION MD ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: A U.S. announcement on the results of the missile defense policy review prior to October 9-10 will affect the results of the Czech elections by favoring the Social Democratic Party (CSSD) and harming the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). It will open the door to a CSSD-KSCM coalition [...] | 2009-08-03 12:24:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MCAP EZ RS EUN |
09PRAGUE45 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the January 26-27 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Gaza, the Balkans, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Belar [...] | 2009-01-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU AF BO |
09PRAGUE453 | TOP 09: THE CZECH REPUBLIC'S NEWEST POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Former Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek split from the Christian Democratic Party (KDU-CSL) shortly after the fall of PM Topolanek's government in March, ostensibly because of its shift to the left. After the European Parliament elections in early June, Kalousek launche [...] | 2009-08-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE454 | EXTREMISM IN CZECH REPUBLIC GAINS VISIBILITY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Czech Republic, extremists have been involved in several notable public events over the last year targeting the Czech Roma population. These events, such as the two recent arson attacks against Roma houses, generated public outrage across the country. Right-wing extrem [...] | 2009-08-04 14:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON HU LO EZ |
09PRAGUE455 | CZECH ATTENDANCE AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (SBU) As an update to Ref A, Czech MFA Department of the Americas official Marketa Balkova informed emboff August 5 that currently the plan is for five MFA officials to accompany Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout to the UNGA. The Czech officials traveling with FM Kohout are: Czech Political D [...] | 2009-08-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE463 | CZECHS PLAN TO ATTEND MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MTCR PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE465 | CZECH CARDINAL DISCUSSES POPE'S VISIT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE467 | CZECH PUBLICLY CONDEMN BURMESE SENTENCE AGAINST [...] (U) On August 11, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout called on the Burmese regime to immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi. Calling the verdict "scandalous" and typical of "the political cynicism of one of the toughest totalitarian regimes in the world", former Czech president Vaclav Havel also [...] | 2009-08-13 09:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM BM EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE471 | CZECH REPUBLIC: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION PROGRESS [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Deputy Minister Czeslaw Walek of the Ministry of Human Rights and National Minorities and to Deputy Minister and Anti-Extremism Task Force leader Jiri Komorous of the Interior Ministry on July 29. The Ministry of the Interior deferred its response to the [...] | 2009-08-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE EZ |
09PRAGUE473 | PROPERTY RESTITUTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States has an interest in three broad categories of property restitution in the Czech Republic: U.S. citizen, religious communal (including Jewish communal) and Jewish private property. The restitution process started in the early 1990s, yet some restitution issues r [...] | 2009-08-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EZ |
09PRAGUE475 | OPEN LETTER REACTION PART II: CZECH POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czechs have a multi-faceted relationship with Russia which varies according to the issue, as well as the fora involved (whether NATO, the EU, or on a bilateral basis). As the July 16 open letter to President Obama from Central European leaders illustrates, many in this reg [...] | 2009-08-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL ENRG EPET EUN EZ RU |
09PRAGUE477 | CZECH REPUBLIC NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION CONTACT [...] (U) Amembassy Prague POCs for nuclear nonproliferation issues are Political Officer Christopher D. Doehle (Tel: 420 257 022 432; Mobile: 420 602 576 873; Fax: 420 257 022 808; E-mail: doehlecd@state.gov) and Political Officer Dan Gelman (Tel: 420 257 022 316; Mobile: 420 602 324 273; Fax: 420 2 [...] | 2009-08-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09PRAGUE484 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the global financial crisis are evident in the migration patterns of both skilled and unskilled workers to the Czech Republic (CR). In the two years prior to the economic slowdown, third-country workers poured into the CR to satisfy a growing labor shortage, espe [...] | 2009-08-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG EZ |
09PRAGUE489 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the global financial crisis are evident in the migration patterns of both skilled and unskilled workers to the Czech Republic (CR). In the two years prior to the economic slowdown, third-country workers poured into the CR to satisfy a growing labor shortage, espe [...] | 2009-08-20 13:36:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG EZ |
09PRAGUE494 | UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KAWC KUNR PREL UN EZ |
09PRAGUE495 | TURBULENCE AHEAD FOR CSA PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions for Czech Airlines (CSA) privatization worsen by the day. The Unimex-Travel Service consortium is the only remaining bidder in the tender and CSA's reported losses soar. Czech officials say they are past the point of no return in the privatization process, but at the [...] | 2009-08-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE496 | CZECH SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Special Operations Group (SOG),composed of 50-100 military police, was investigated by Czech authorities for alleged wrongdoing in Afghanistan, including wrongful deaths of Afghan civilians during its deployment, and irregularities in operations, procurement and chain [...] | 2009-08-25 14:25:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS EZ AF |
09PRAGUE5 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Fried, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which received a boost from the Czech Republic's entry into the Visa Waiver Program, but which also [...] | 2009-01-05 17:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE500 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON SOY ISSUE AT [...] (SBU) On August 25 EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Agriculture Ministry Food Safety Division Head Petr Benes, who will represent the Czech Republic at the September 7 EU Agriculture Council Meeting. Benes said that he and Agricultural Minister Sebesta became aware of the soy issue in Jul [...] | 2009-08-26 12:43:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN TBIO EZ |
09PRAGUE503 | UNREFORMED COMMUNISTS COURT SOCIAL DEMOCRATS [...] (C) Summary. Despite declining membership, the unreformed Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) has a stable and loyal voter base that consistently garners 12 to 15 percent of the vote and makes them the Czech Republic's third largest party. KSCM currently has 26 seats in the Chamber [...] | 2009-08-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE518 | UNRWA AT 60: SPEAKING ROLE FOR ISRAEL: CZECH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 13:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL UNGA IS KPAL EZ |
09PRAGUE523 | SURPRISE CZECH COURT RULING CASTS DOUBT ON EARLY [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise ruling, the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court announced September 1 it will consider a challenge to a law passed in May and signed by President Klaus in June shortening the current term of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament's lower house. The court ruling ind [...] | 2009-09-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE526 | CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 2 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova in advance of the September 4 EU Foreign Ministers' informal meeting (Gymnich). She offered comments on Afghanistan, Iran sanctions, and the non-pap [...] | 2009-09-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE527 | TWO TRACKS UNDERWAY TO RESOLVE CZECH ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The fallout from the Czech Constitutional Court's decision to review the law setting early parliamentary elections is branching in two directions. The Court will convene on September 10, and could dismiss the complaint filed by MP Milos Melcak, invalidate the law, or defer a dec [...] | 2009-09-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE532 | CZECH ELECTION TURMOIL: WHAT CAUSED THIS MESS? [...] (C) Summary: The turmoil surrounding the date of Czech elections was generated by a legal complaint alleging that the law Parliament passed to call early elections is unconstitutional. The Czech Constitution provides four procedures for dissolving the Chamber of Deputies and calling early el [...] | 2009-09-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE540 | CZECH COMMENTS ON SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 9 and 11 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova in advance of the September 14-15 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). She offered brief comments on Iran, Afghanistan, and the EU's Easter [...] | 2009-09-11 12:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG IR AF ZJ PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE542 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER BARTAK,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the 20th anniversary of the 1989 "Velvet Revolution" approaches, the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and the European [...] | 2009-09-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EZ |
09PRAGUE548 | CZECH DFM BAMBASOVA LIKELY TO ATTEND UNGA FOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID UNGA ETRD EAGR PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE549 | CZECH MFA STATEMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (U) On September 10 the Czech MFA issued a statement (see para 3) regarding the September 9 vote in the U.S. Senate on the Travel Promotion Act which proposes the establishment of a fee for ESTA applications. In addition to commenting on the ESTA fee, the statement also references the Canadian [...] | 2009-09-14 14:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE553 | NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Czech government and Czech political parties have historically backed strong non-proliferation measures and their universal application. As an EU member, the Czech government's public position is consistent with the EU position. The Czech government and public support U.S. [...] | 2009-09-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA NPT |
09PRAGUE555 | CZECHS SUPPORT AN IAEA CONSENSUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Poloffs met on September 15, 2009, with Mr. David Masek of the Czech MFA's UN Department to deliver the points outlined in reftel. Masek assured us that, while both the Czech Republic and the EU seek to achieve a workable consensus during the IAEA General Conference -- particular [...] | 2009-09-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC PARM PREL EZ IS IAEA |
09PRAGUE560 | EARLY ELECTIONS SCRAPPED, INTERIM GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Early parliamentary elections have been halted and it appears the interim government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer will continue to govern until the regular parliamentary elections in May 2010, although early elections are still possible. Fischer is focused on the economic cris [...] | 2009-09-21 07:32:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE562 | CZECHS APPRECIATE KNOWING USG REDLINES FOR UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 15:02:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE563 | CORRECTED COPY: EARLY ELECTIONS SCRAPPED, INTERIM [...] (C) Summary. Early parliamentary elections have been halted and it appears the interim government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer will continue to govern until the regular parliamentary elections in May 2010, although early elections are still possible. Fischer is focused on the economic cris [...] | 2009-09-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE564 | CZECH GOVERNMENT DELEGATION REACTS CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Czech officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, and Prime Minister's Office, a USG delegation headed by USD/P Flournoy briefed on President Obama's decision regarding missile defense (MD) in Europe. Overall the Czech off [...] | 2009-09-22 10:30:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ PL RS |
09PRAGUE568 | CZECH RESPONSE: FAO BUDGET - DEMARCHE FOR ZERO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 17. The AgMin Officer responsible for relations with the FAO Katerina Tomasova replied September 22 that the GoCR was "disconcerted" by the new FAO budget proposal at a [...] | 2009-09-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN AORC EAGR EAID CZ |
09PRAGUE57 | CZECH COMMENTS ON GAZA AND ARMS INTERDICTION EFFORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met with Czech MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Josef Rychtar on January 28. Noting that Palestinian President Abbas would be in Prague on February 2, he stated that getting things right on humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians would be a key el [...] | 2009-01-28 17:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EG IR IS KPAL MARR MOPS PREL EZ XG PHSA |
09PRAGUE572 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on September 25 to Environment Ministry Department of Climate Change Director Pavel Zamyslicky. Zamyslicky said he is pleased that the U.S. is taking strides to combat climate change outside of the Waxman-Markey bill, which he fears will not sufficiently pro [...] | 2009-09-25 15:04:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE58 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In response to reftel, Political officers conducted a site visit at Kozap uh. Brod on January 14 to establish the bona fides of the firm as a legitimate recipient of 150 NAA revolvers (.22 , .22M, and 224 M caliber pistols). During their visit, the team met with Petr [...] | 2009-01-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EZ KOMC |
09PRAGUE580 | CZECH STATEMENT ON IRAN MISSILE LAUNCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE585 | CZECH REPUBLIC: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE [...] Post is not aware of any disparaging or derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. Post supports OPIC's proposed investment in the USRG Emerging market Fund ("the fund"). 2. The Fund's objective's are consistent with the Czech Republic's [...] | 2009-10-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE589 | CZECH COMMENTS ON U.S.-CZECH STRATEGIC COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE59 | GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: CZECH DOMESTIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the domestic banking system has remained relatively healthy, the small, open, export- oriented Czech economy is suffering from a significant drop in external demand for Czech exports. According to recently released figures, exports fell a record 18 percent, industrial [...] | 2009-01-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE591 | SCENESETTER: THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes at a key moment to shape a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists have expressed disappointment about the results of our missile defense policy review, they have constructively engaged with us and [...] | 2009-10-05 14:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL EUN EZ |
09PRAGUE592 | GOING GREEN IN THE GOLDEN CITY: EMBASSY PRAGUE PROMOTES [...] Summary: Embassy Prague works diligently to improve understanding of U.S. environmental policies and accomplishments, promote environmentally-responsible behavior, strengthen ties between Czechs and Americans in this field, and create eco-friendly economic opportunities. Management has impleme [...] | 2009-10-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ENRG EUN KGHG KPAO OEXC PREL SENV SW EZ |
09PRAGUE598 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GICNT PARTNERS' EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) On 7 October 2009, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to David Masek of the United Nations Department at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Masek commented that the Czech Republic understood the reasons for the postponement of the Exercise Planning Group meeting and added that members [...] | 2009-10-08 11:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
09PRAGUE601 | PART II: CZECH COMMENTS ON FURTHERING U.S.-CZECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Czech MFA Political Director Ivo Sramek, accompanied by MFA Security Policy Director Ivan Pocuch and MOD Director of Strategic and Defense Planning Division Ivan Dvorak provided emboffs on October 9 with two papers: "Specific Ideas for Further Strategic Cooperation between the [...] | 2009-10-09 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE604 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC PREL |
09PRAGUE605 | CZECHING RATIFICATION OF LISBON TREATY? [...] (SBU) Summary: With the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in Poland on October 10, European eyes now have turned to the Czech Republic - the last country remaining to ratify. While the treaty has been approved by both chambers of Czech Parliament, it is now before the Czech Constitutional Cour [...] | 2009-10-14 11:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE608 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON BIOTECH VOTES [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel to Ministry of Agriculture Food Safety Division Head Petr Benes on October 15. Benes said that the Czech Republic intends to support renewal of previously approved maize varieties and to support approval of three new biotech maize varieties at the October 19 Sta [...] | 2009-10-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO EZ |
09PRAGUE609 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, POLOFF conducted multiple interviews regarding the Czech firm Glomex MS to establish the bona fides of the firm in relation to its participation in the export of aviation equipment to the Czech Republic. In addition to an interview with the President of Glomex MS, [...] | 2009-10-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EZ GM KOMC |
09PRAGUE612 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON OBJECTIONS TO [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel on October 13 to Ministry of Industry and Trade Bilateral Trade Policy and Common EU Trade Policy Director Alena Hnidkova. Hnidkova said she recognizes the significance of the Geographical Indications (GIs) and Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) issues. Th [...] | 2009-10-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD |
09PRAGUE621 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Emboffs visited the offices of KINGFISHER, s.r.o. to establish the bona fides of the company. Mr. Martin Hoza, KINGFISHER's director, indicated that his company has operated exclusively within the arms trade for a decade, specializing in consignment for the last [...] | 2009-10-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | ETTC EZ KOMC |
09PRAGUE622 | CZECH MOD ASKS ABOUT SUPERSONICS, C-130, AND L-159 [...] (SBU) On October 20, 2009, Deputy Minister of Defense for Foreign Affairs Jan Fulik requested a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires. Fulik will represent the MoD during Prime Minister Fischer's meeting with Vice President Biden on October 23, because Minister Bartak will be in Bratislava for [...] | 2009-10-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE632 | OCTOBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - PRAGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Country conditions in the Czech Republic have reacted to the financial crisis but the Czech financial system remains relatively healthy. Public debt is low, the current account is small and manageable, and Czech households have not borrowed in foreign currency. The small, open, [...] | 2009-10-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EZ |
09PRAGUE637 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REPLY TO PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On October 20 EconOff delivered reftel letter to Agriculture Minister Jakub Sebesta. Also on October 20 EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Agriculture Ministry Food Authority Director General Frantisek Sladek and to Foreign Ministry Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid D [...] | 2009-10-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD |
09PRAGUE640 | VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN DISCUSSES DEFENSE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: While much of Vice President Biden's discussions with Czech officials focused on missile defense, he also spoke in depth about Afghanistan, research cooperation and energy security. Biden said the U.S. looks forward to Czech participation in a new phased, adaptive approach (PAA [...] | 2009-10-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE642 | H1N1 PREPAREDNESS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: Although cases of H1N1 in the Czech Republic (CR) have generally been few and mild, the Czech government is taking a number of steps to prepare for a potential pandemic. Steps include anti-viral stockpiles, vaccine purchases, a PR campaign about preventing infection, and updating [...] | 2009-10-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU KSTH PREL SENV CDC HHS EZ WHO NIH |
09PRAGUE649 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRAGUE HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Vershbow: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes as we move forward from Vice President Biden's October 23 visit and Secretary Gates participation at the NATO Ministerial toward shaping a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists expresse [...] | 2009-11-02 16:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS AF EZ |
09PRAGUE65 | PM TOPOLANEK TALKS ECONOMY DURING JANUARY 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 28 meeting with the heads of American and five European chambers of commerce, an engaged Prime Minister Topolanek spoke energetically about the economic slowdown and possible Czech government responses. The PM repeated his government's promise to set a target date [...] | 2009-02-03 11:41:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE654 | CZECHS SUPPORT A COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENGAGING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF EZ |
09PRAGUE657 | HOW TO SUCCEED IN LAW SCHOOL WITHOUT REALLY TRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: A scandal at the Plzen-based University of West Bohemia law school, where a number of graduates allegedly received degrees on a fast-track basis, has several elements of a classic corruption story: potentially undue influence on state tenders, lack of transparency in school pro [...] | 2009-11-06 17:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE661 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO PRAGUE OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (C) Under Secretary Tauscher: Your visit to the Czech Republic comes as we move forward from Vice President Biden's October 23 visit and the November 6 High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting toward shaping a vision for the future of our partnership. While Czech transatlanticists expressed i [...] | 2009-11-09 16:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
09PRAGUE662 | (S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 12:15:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | IR MTCR PARM PREL TU |
09PRAGUE664 | CZECHS SHARE USG GOALS REGARDING NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) On November 6 Emboff provided USG perspective on NATO Enlargement to MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Petr Chalupecky contained in Ref B. Chalupecky thanked emboff for points and noted that the Czechs think very similarly to the USG on Montenegro and Bosnia, while noting that Montenegro [...] | 2009-11-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA EZ EG |
09PRAGUE666 | CZECH COMMENTS ON UPCOMING NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova in advance of the November 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). She noted that this is the "jumbo" GAERC as the Defense and Development Mini [...] | 2009-11-12 18:03:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF SO |
09PRAGUE668 | FIRST U.S.-CZECH HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP: CZECHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first-ever U.S.-Czech High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting on November 6 in Prague, led by Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow, was productive and cordial, covering: NATO issues, U.S.-Russia relations, the new Phased [...] | 2009-11-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS EZ |
09PRAGUE670 | CZECH REPUBLIC: REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) The Czech Republic has a strong record of active engagement and support for democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Former Czech President Vaclav Havel established the Czech government's principled position on Cuba during his administration, following the Czech Republic' [...] | 2009-11-13 15:27:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC EZ PREF XG |
09PRAGUE671 | PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS FOR [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche and non paper on November 12 to Milan Cicer, Director of the Czech Financial Intelligence Unit at the Ministry of Finance, and Katerina Sequensova, Director of the MFA UN Department. There was no immediate response. Thompson-Jones [...] | 2009-11-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC EZ |
09PRAGUE672 | WHAT LISBON REMINDS US ABOUT PRESIDENT KLAUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With no more excuses or options for delay, euroskeptic Czech President Klaus signed the Lisbon Treaty on November 3, the same day as the Czech Constitutional Court ruling. His signature eliminated a major distraction within the EU, allowing the U.S. and EU to refocus on important [...] | 2009-11-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE674 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) On November 16, we followed up our September 22 delivery of reftel dipnote and accompanying aide memoire with MFA Multilateral Economic Relations Director Zikal who is responsible for IMO issues for the Czech government. He reported that so far the Czech government had been approached b [...] | 2009-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EWWT PHSA EZ |
09PRAGUE676 | 20 YEARS AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION: POLITICS NOT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 17, 1989, an officially sanctioned student commemoration on the fiftieth anniversary of Jan Opletal's burial (he was killed by the Nazis during a student demonstration in 1939),sparked a violent confrontation with the Czechoslovak state security serv [...] | 2009-11-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE677 | 20 YEARS AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION: POLITICS NOT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 17, 1989, an officially sanctioned student commemoration on the fiftieth anniversary of Jan Opletal's burial (he was killed by the Nazis during a student demonstration in 1939),sparked a violent confrontation with the Czechoslovak state security serv [...] | 2009-11-19 13:02:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE681 | CZECH INTERIM GOVERNMENT EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The interim, technocratic government of Jan Fischer was appointed on May 8, 2009 by President Klaus, after Mirek Topolanek's ODS-led coalition government lost a vote of confidence on March 24. Topolanek and CSSD leader Jiri Paroubek agreed on Fischer, a previous unknown who he [...] | 2009-11-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE687 | TOPOLANEK SURVIVES ODS CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Despite calls from some party leaders for the center-right Civic Democrat Party (ODS) platform congress to also include a vote on Mirek Topolanek's (age 53) leadership of the party, Topolanek was able to vanquish his detractors (for now) and retain the party chairmanship. There [...] | 2009-11-23 16:05:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE69 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a year when the Czech Republic will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its Velvet Revolution, nothing symbolizes better the truly remarkable journey this country has traveled since 1989 than the Czech Foreign Minister's arrival in Washington as the representative of the Europea [...] | 2009-02-04 15:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE692 | U/S TAUSCHER'S NOVEMBER 16 VISIT TO PRAGUE: CZECHS [...] (C) Summary: During Arms Control and International Security Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher's November 16 meetings in Prague, Czech officials signaled they wanted more technical information on shared early warning (SEW) before making a decision on whether to go ahead. U/S Tauscher said the U [...] | 2009-11-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | MARR MCAP MASS PREL PGOV EZ RS |
09PRAGUE695 | CZECH REACTION TO ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN [...] (C) We presented reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Department Director Ivan Pocuch on November 25. Pocuch was already working on a response to the President's expected announcement and said that the Czech government would give its full political support to the President's decision. [...] | 2009-11-25 15:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF EZ |
09PRAGUE696 | CZECHS HOST NATIONAL SEMINAR ON NATO STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 24, the Czech MFA hosted a seminar, "Seeking a New NATO Strategic Concept: The Czech Perspective", attended by Group of Experts member Ambassador Hans-Friedrich von Ploetz, NATO Assistant Secretary General Jiri Sedivy, parliamentarians, MFA and MOD representatives, [...] | 2009-11-25 16:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS MCAP EZ RU |
09PRAGUE698 | PM FISCHER MEETS WITH AMCHAM AND EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Fischer and members of the American Chamber of Commerce discussed the current investment climate in the Czech Republic at a November 23 dinner hosted by the Charge. AmCham said concerns about the lack of government stability are beginning to take a toll on inves [...] | 2009-11-27 06:10:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ |
09PRAGUE700 | CZECHS PLANNING TO ANNOUNCE MODEST CONTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) We presented reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Department Deputy Director Petr Chalupecky on December  [...] | 2009-12-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PK AF NATO EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE705 | RECOMMENDATION TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In his October 21 letter to Czech PM Fischer, Energy Secretary Chu wrote that he "would welcome discussion on a bilateral technology agreement that would promote cooperation in nuclear energy research and development in areas such as next generation design." The Government of [...] | 2009-12-04 10:21:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY ENRG BTIO PREL TNGD BEXP EZ |
09PRAGUE707 | CZECHS HAVE THEIR OWN QUESTIONS FOR THE DPRK [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Officers Jana Rezna and Petra Ali Dolakova on December 3 regarding the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK). Petra Ali Dolakova indicated that like the USG, the Czechs are [...] | 2009-12-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA EZ |
09PRAGUE708 | CZECH REPUBLIC PLANNING TO RUN IN 2011 FOR UN [...] (SBU) In a conversation covering several Human Rights Council matters, such as the upcoming DPRK Universal Periodic Review (Ref A),Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy officer Jan Kaminek commented in depth on the Spring 2010 Human Rights Council elections. Kaminek indicated that the [...] | 2009-12-04 15:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM EZ EUN PREL |
09PRAGUE711 | NO SURPRISES AS TWO SMALLER PARTIES ELECT LEADERS [...] (C) There were no surprises during the recent TOP 09 and the Green Party congresses. TOP 09 delegates unanimously chose Karel Schwarzenberg as their party chairman, and the Green Party elected Ondrej Liska as its leader. Polls have consistently shown TOP 09 gaining votes (at the expense of [...] | 2009-12-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EZ |
09PRAGUE713 | BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO. K-2022 [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Emboff visited the offices of BANZAI spol. s.r.o. and met with its owners, Lukas Tracha (general sales manager) and Vaclav Siroky (president),to establish the bona fides of the company. As indicated on its commercial registration certificate, BANZAI is licensed b [...] | 2009-12-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EZ KOMC |
09PRAGUE719 | CZECHS AGREE ON NEED TO PRESS FOR DIALOGUE IN BURMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 16:09:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BM EZ |
09PRAGUE722 | CZECH VIEWS ON THE VISEGRAD FOUR (C-RE9-02125) [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Poloff met on December 14 with Jiri Cistecky, Director of the Czech MFA's Central European Department, and Petr Maryska, a member of the Central European Department's Visegrad 4 (V-4) working group, to discuss Czech perceptions of the current state of V-4 cooperat [...] | 2009-12-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL EZ PL HU LO |
09PRAGUE727 | EMBASSY SPONSORS WORKSHOP ON EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, the Embassy's Political Section, in cooperation with the Legal Attache, hosted a workshop on extremism in the Czech Republic. The debate featured the Deputy Interior Minister, judges, prosecutors, police, and two FBI special agents. The Czech Deputy Interior Min [...] | 2009-12-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EZ |
09PRAGUE79 | CZECHS CONSIDERING MEASURES TO HELP AUTO INDUSTRY; [...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech Republic produced almost a million road vehicles in 2008, making it one of the largest car manufacturers per capita in the world. The Czech government, however, has yet to introduce any measures to assist the car industry during the current economic slow down, althoug [...] | 2009-02-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE82 | CZECHS TO ENCOURAGE DG AGRI ON INTERIM BEEF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: A key Czech EU Presidency staffer told us February 6 that Agriculture Minister Gandalovic will encourage Agriculture Commissioner Fischer Boel to take immediate steps to resolve the U.S.-EU beef hormone conflict during [...] | 2009-02-10 15:59:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD ECON PREL EZ EUN |
09PRAGUE88 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISCUSSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 13:04:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PREL EZ NATO OSCE |
09PRAGUE89 | Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Czech [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is meeting the Minimum Standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons as set forth in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005, in that: a) The government provide [...] | 2009-02-12 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09PRAGUE91 | CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12 S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with Czech Minister of Interior Ivan Langer, MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil and MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Department Director (European Correspondent) Vaclav Balek. They discussed Guantanamo detainees and [...] | 2009-02-13 18:00:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PTER |
09PRAGUE92 | CZECH REPUBLIC -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LIABILITY [...] (SBU) On February 12 we delivered reftel demarche to Environment Ministry Representative for the Cartagena Protocol Hana Jirakova and her colleague Josef Kubicek. Jirakova, who co-ordinates the respective EU member states positions, reported that the European Commission is the only body compet [...] | 2009-02-17 06:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBKIO KPAO EZ |
09PRAGUE94 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EZ |
09PRAGUE95 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO THE DEMARCHE ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC |
09PRAGUE99 | SUPPORT FOR DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE WORKING [...] We delivered reftel points February 18 to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Department Deputy Director Martin Boucek and UN Department official Ladislav Steinhubel. Boucek welcomed U.S. involvement in the February 16-19 working group and understood this does not mean the U.S. woul [...] | 2009-02-19 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC EZ |
09PRAIA10 | CORRECTED COPY: THIRD CASE OF RELEASED MURDERER SHOCKS CAPE [...] (SBU) According to the local press, an individual convicted of triple murder in Holland and sentenced to 25 years in a Cape Verdean jail, is set to be released due to a judicial error. The prisoner, who is currently being held awaiting appeal, by law must be released if the Supreme Court of Ju [...] | 2009-01-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA106 | CAPE VERDEAN PM REQUESTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SUPPORT OF CIDADE [...] (U) Post received a letter from Cape Verdean Prime Minister Jose Maria Pereira Neves to President Obama, dated June 10. The original letter, which was received yesterday June 15, will be sent via diplomatic pouch to S/ES-CR. Text as follows: Begin Text ---------- Praia, June 10, 2009 [...] | 2009-06-16 17:18:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OPDC CV |
09PRAIA12 | JUSTICE REFORM AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The obstacles between government and opposition forces that had been blocking reform in the justice sector appear to have been overcome. On January 09, 2009, Prime Minister Josi Maria Neves and Movement for Democracy (MpD) opposition leader Jorge Santos reached an agreement on t [...] | 2009-01-26 18:09:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA178 | FRAUD SUMMARY - PRAIA [...] (U) Per reftel, the following is Embassy Praia's semi-annual fraud reporting cable covering March 2009 to August 2009. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (U) A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Cape Verde is an archipelago located 500 kilometers west of Senegal. Cape Verde gained its independence from [...] | 2009-09-30 16:42:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CV |
09PRAIA194 | 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FOR CAPE VERDE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, post provides the following information on Cape Verde's AGOA Eligibility Report. The full text will also be sent in Word format by e-mail. END SUMMARY --------------------------------------------- ----------------- TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLE [...] | 2009-10-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR ENRG PHUM XY CV |
09PRAIA204 | DECLARATION OF DISASTER FOR FLOODING IN SAO NICOLAU, CAPE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. SUMMARY: Torrential rains have fallen on the island of Sao Nicolau, Cape Verde, during September and October 2009, causing flooding that has killed at least three people, displaced at least 41 families, and destroyed homes, personal p [...] | 2009-10-28 17:59:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SOCI EAID PREF CV |
09PRAIA208 | DENGUE FEVER EPIDEMIC IN CAPE VERDE [...] In a meeting on October 29 with the Diplomatic Corps in Cape Verde, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health provided information about the mushrooming epidemic of dengue fever that is afflicting the country. The following details were provided: --there are over 3,700 sus [...] | 2009-11-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG |
09PRAIA209 | DENGUE FEVER EPIDEMIC ACCELERATES, WITH INCREASING [...] Summary. The Dengue epidemic in Cape Verde has affected almost five percent of the population of the capital city of Praia, and five deaths have now occurred. Eighteen more patients are hospitalized with the hemorrhagic form of the disease. The number of suspected Dengue cases doubled over [...] | 2009-11-03 18:21:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG |
09PRAIA211 | CAPE VERDE SUBMISSION FOR 2010 INCR REPORT, PART I [...] Per reftel, Embassy Praia submits the following draft text for the 2010 INCSR report in addition to the e-mail version we have sent in for review. Please direct questions or comments to Dana Brown (browndml@state.gov) Cape Verde I. Summary Because of its location in the At [...] | 2009-11-05 19:58:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL EFIN ASEC CV |
09PRAIA215 | CORRECTED COPY: DENQUE EPIDEMIC CONTINUES IN CAPE VERDE [...] Summary. The number of confirmed and suspected cases continues to increase, but the rate of increase has slowed. The Minister of health has informed the diplomatic corps that, in the view of the GoCV, the peak of the epidemic was reached on November 4. However, the views of the World Healt [...] | 2009-11-13 18:46:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI CDC TBIO UN CV SG |
09PRAIA22 | CAPE VERDEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS TWO JUSTICES, DISCUSSES NEW [...] (U) Summary. During the first parliamentary session of the year, ruling party PAICV and lead opposition party MpD reached agreements on a number of important issues, including choosing two Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) justices. Parliament also approved the composition of a commission to con [...] | 2009-02-13 19:31:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA23 | INFIGHTING DISPLEASES PARTY LEADERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. Internal party disagreements are affecting all three Cape Verdean political parties. The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) is divided over who will be presidential candidate in the 2011 elections, while factions are fighting over the party presidencies of b [...] | 2009-02-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA239 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 17:11:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XA UNGA CV |
09PRAIA25 | CAPE VERDE: LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING NEEDS [...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions contained reftel. 2. (C) Cape Verde's greatest law enforcement challenge is the broad territorial waters under its jurisdiction and its very limited capacity to exert rule of law over those waters. Sitting astride major smuggling routes from South Americ [...] | 2009-02-18 13:42:00 | Embassy Praia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MASS MARR PREL KJUS CV |
09PRAIA261 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | UN PHUM UNGA CV |
09PRAIA262 | CAPE VERDE 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 18:41:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR ECON |
09PRAIA265 | CAPE VERDE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Per reftel, Post submits the following text for submission in the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC is Jeffrey E. Zinsmeister, +238 260-8995, email: ZinsmeisterJE@state.gov. 2. (U) Begin text: Terrorist organizations have not historically operated in Cape Verde due to i [...] | 2009-12-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC SMIG CV |
09PRAIA36 | CAPE VERDE WELCOMES US RETURN TO UNHRC [...] Per reftel, on February 27 Ambassador delivered demarche points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Brito. Brito warmly welcomed the news of the United States intent to return to the United Nations Human Rights Council. It was his view that the U.S. could be a more effective advocate for [...] | 2009-03-02 10:46:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL CV |
09PRAIA39 | (C) HELPING CAPE VERDE MOVE FROM DATA TO INTELLIGENCE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Post has engaged the GOCV in a sweeping dialogue on the future of GOCV interagency collaboration in interdicting drug smuggling, combating illegal fishing, and countering arms smuggling and related terrorist activities. At the heart of this dialogue is a two phase USG proposal to [...] | 2009-03-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Praia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS SNAR PREL ETRD KJUS CV |
09PRAIA59 | CAPE VERDE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] In response to reftel, Cape Verde's budget is highly transparent, and should not prevent normal disbursement of government to government assistance (including IMET, FMF, 1206, and others). 2. The information is publicly available and can also be accessed in the following link of [...] | 2009-04-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL CV |
09PRAIA63 | CAPE VERDE TO HOST ECOWAS GUINEA BISSAU ROUND TABLE; INVITES [...] (C) Summary. Cape Verde Foreign Minister Jose Brito convoked Ambassador on 27 March for a briefing on the results of the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) that took place in Praia on Wednesday 25 March. According to Brito, the CPLP count [...] | 2009-04-02 18:48:00 | Embassy Praia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SNAR PU CV |
09PRAIA65 | GOVERNMENT OF CAPE VERDE TO HOST A MEETING ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 20:28:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO SNAR PU CV |
09PRETORIA100 | PRETORIA'S PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria's proposal for the FY 2009 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund requests funding to bring two experts in the subject matter to South Africa to meet with regulators, academia, consumers, and legislators on currently relevant topics such as regulation of stacked genes, [...] | 2009-01-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO |
09PRETORIA1004 | GOSS REPRESENTATIVES TALK POLITICS AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Southern Africa Liaison Office representatives delivered a message to Poloff intended to "counteract Khartoum's propaganda." They discussed the political situation in Sudan and South Africa's role. They are optimistic about South Africa's engag [...] | 2009-05-18 15:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SF SU |
09PRETORIA1005 | A/S CARSON DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE WITH TSVANGIRAI AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 17:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA1007 | PART 2 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the second of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet a [...] | 2009-05-19 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1009 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, May 2009, Volume 4, Number 5, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Scientists Develop New Carbon Emission Reduction Process -- South Afri [...] | 2009-05-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA1017 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-05-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA1018 | CUBA: SOUTH AFRICA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 08:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SF |
09PRETORIA1029 | PART 3 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the third of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet ap [...] | 2009-05-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA103 | SAG APPROVES RETURN OF U.S.-ORIGIN SPENT FUEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 06:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF |
09PRETORIA1031 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT NEED TO PROMOTE SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points on Somalia and Eritrea to Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Deputy Director Phindile Xaba on May 20, 2009. Xaba acknowledged that Eritrea's public actions, including not recognizing Somalia's Transitional Federal Governme [...] | 2009-05-20 15:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO SF |
09PRETORIA1033 | VODACOM COURT DECISION PROVIDES TEMPORARY REASSURANCE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vodacom listed its shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on May 18 after legal actions by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and ICT regulator the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) failed to stop the unbundling of state-contr [...] | 2009-05-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ELAB EIND EINV EINT PGOV PREL USTR SF |
09PRETORIA1046 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MAY 22, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 21 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Moody's Upbeat on South Africa's Growth after 'Brief' Recession - Strong Vote of Confidence as Largest South African Bond is Snapped [...] | 2009-05-22 11:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1054 | SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009 [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...] | 2009-05-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF |
09PRETORIA1055 | SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009, [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...] | 2009-05-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF |
09PRETORIA1063 | FORMER MININSTER OF EDUCATION NAMED NEW MININSTER OF [...] (U) Summary: Newly-elected President Jacob Zuma has appointed former Minister of Education Naledi Pandor as the new Minister for Science and Technology. Long-standing Deputy Minister Derek Andre Hanekom remains in place, as do key officials in the quasi-governmental S&T entities. No major c [...] | 2009-05-27 08:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA1072 | SAG NOTES TO SECSTATE REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR MINTY [...] On May 26, Post received two official letters from the former and the current Ministers of the Department of Foreign Affairs (newly renamed "Department of International Relations and Cooperation"),urging Secretary Clinton to support the candidacy of Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty for the positi [...] | 2009-05-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1078 | SOUTH AFRICA FY07 SPECIAL SELF HELP (SSH) STATUS REPORT [...] Summary: In FY07, Embassy Pretoria selected ten projects for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program with total allocations of USD 100,000. Nine of the projects are ongoing and performing satisfactorily in providing social and economic services to the vulnerable populations of the affected [...] | 2009-05-29 09:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SF |
09PRETORIA1103 | FREEDOM FRONT PLUS YOUTH LEADER BARELY HANGING ON [...] (SBU) Freedom Front Plus Youth League leader Cornelius van Rensburg offered his version of why he was suspended after criticizing party leader Pieter Mulder's decision to join President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet on May 10. Van Rensburg sees little hope for resuming his position -- he has retained [...] | 2009-06-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1118 | SCENESETTER FOR DUSTR MARANTIS VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...] | 2009-06-03 16:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA1129 | ZUMA'S CABINET IS BRILLIANT POLITICALLY, BUT WILL [...] (C) Newly elected President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet is settling in following the swearing in ceremony on May 11. Most political analysts and pundits have praised Zuma's selections -- lauding some for their managerial skills, some for their willingness to bring new ideas to government, and some f [...] | 2009-06-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1134 | DELTA AND SAA INCREASE SERVICE BETWEEN U.S. AND AFRICA TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch for Delta officials on May 14. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders discussed Delta's expansion strategy in Africa and provided an update on the impact of the global economic crisis [...] | 2009-06-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA1135 | AIR CARGO TRADE GROWS AS AIRLINES EXPAND SERVICE BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge La Lime hosted a lunch on May 14 for Delta officials and representatives of the Commercial, Consular, Economic, and Management sections of the mission. Delta Southern Africa General Sales Manager Margaret Copeland and outsourced Cargo Manager Anne Sanders provided an upd [...] | 2009-06-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV ETRD SOCI SNAR SF |
09PRETORIA1139 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 22 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Zuma Lays Out Ambitious Program - Recession Adds More Strain to Motor Industry - Mboweni in Bid to Talk Down Currency - South Africa Re [...] | 2009-06-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1145 | FREE STATE STRUGGLES WITH GOLD GEOLOGY AND ILLEGAL MINERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Gold-mining in the Free State Province is emblematic of broad challenges in profitably mining gold in South Africa. Controlling costs, managing labor, assuring safety and power, and exploiting remaining low-grade deposits are difficulties that have caused South Africa's product [...] | 2009-06-08 10:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB ENRG KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA1148 | SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES SIGN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland signed the interim EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Brussels on June 4. South Africa did not sign the EPA, nor did Angola or Namibia. The signing of the EPA has raised questions about the future of the Southern Afr [...] | 2009-06-08 14:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINT SF |
09PRETORIA1190 | SOUTH AFRICA LIKELY TO RAISE SOME TARIFFS IN [...] (C) Summary: South Africa is likely to raise "a few" tariffs to WTO-bound levels in response to the global economic crisis, according to an official at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Industrial policy will have greater prominence under President Jacob Zuma, as Trade and Industr [...] | 2009-06-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1191 | 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Post confirms that there are no investment disputes or expropriation claims that would be candidates for inclusion in this report. 2. (U) Post point of contact is Trade and Investment Officer Ann Marie Chiappetta, chiappettaam@state.gov, 27-12-431-4343. LA LIME [...] | 2009-06-15 07:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ENIV KIDE SF |
09PRETORIA1192 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 23 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa's Reserves Rise - No Tax Money to Bail Out Firms - Minister Confident South Africa Will Weather Recession - Indian Auto Ma [...] | 2009-06-15 08:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1246 | SOUTH AFRICA'S RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloffs met with the Department of International Cooperation's (DICO) Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Chief Director Pitso Montwedi and Deputy Director Raymond Sithole on June 15 to deliver the final text of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on South [...] | 2009-06-19 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG |
09PRETORIA1247 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JUNE 19, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 24 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Weak Exports Put Pressure on Current Account Deficit - Consumers Avoid Spending - Employment Outlook Still Weak - Zuma and Manuel Scold [...] | 2009-06-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1259 | THE STATUS OF SOUTH AFRICA'S MEGA-HYDROCARBON PROJECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Africa is aiming at a number of mega-hydrocarbon projects, highlighted at a recent oil and gas conference. U.S. firm Forest Oil is very close to gaining its long-awaited production license for an offshore gas field in the Western Cape, which could alleviate regional power [...] | 2009-06-23 11:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV SENV SF |
09PRETORIA1261 | Westinghouse China Manager Promotes Technology Transfer and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge hosted a luncheon on June 17 for Westinghouse where the company's Technology Transfer and Localization Director for its China project show-cased Westinghouse's track record for technology transfer localization, and punctuality for its nuclear power plants under constru [...] | 2009-06-23 11:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV EIND ETRD SF CH |
09PRETORIA1264 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 06:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SF |
09PRETORIA1266 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 06:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SA SF |
09PRETORIA1288 | SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to the items requested in paragraph four of Reftel A. Post delivered the demarche to South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO) Deputy Director of Maritme and Antarctic Policy Patrick Jacobs on May 7. Jacobs presented the req [...] | 2009-06-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON ETRD MARR PARM PREL PHSA KOMC SF |
09PRETORIA129 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS LAUNCHES PROBE AFTER CREW IS BUSTED [...] (SBU) Summary. South African Airways has launched a probe into the arrest of South African Airways crew members in London on suspicion of drug trafficking on January 20. The fifteen-member SAA crew, including three pilots, who were arrested in London and detained for 24 hours, has been releas [...] | 2009-01-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SF |
09PRETORIA1293 | SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria has checked its files and finds no credible information regarding gross human rights abuses by the following officials who will attend the Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border training event in Durban July 20-24. Name: John Alwin Matroos [...] | 2009-06-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SF SOCI PREL |
09PRETORIA131 | CHIEF JUSTICE WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT WITH NEWLY [...] SUMMARY: Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) recently met with Chief Justice Pius Langa of the Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, analogous to the U.S. Supreme Court. This meeting in Chief Justice Langa's chambers, was also attended by representatives of the United States [...] | 2009-01-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI EAID PGOV |
09PRETORIA1330 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...] | 2009-07-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZIM NI SF |
09PRETORIA1343 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JULY 2, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 26 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Deficit Yawns Wider as Spending Accelerates and Revenues Decrease - Credit Growth Slows - Consumer Confidence Surprises - Moody's Says [...] | 2009-07-02 15:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1354 | NON-PAPER DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel non-paper to Ms. NP Notutela, the Director of United Nations at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation on June 30. Ms. Notutela had no comment on the SAG position on the matter. Post will report any substantive responses septel. [...] | 2009-07-06 09:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP |
09PRETORIA1356 | POLICE ARREST 244 ZIMBABWEAN MIGRANTS IN JOBURG [...] On July 3 police in Johannesburg conducted a midnight raid of the area around the Central Methodist Church, arresting 344 mainly Zimbabweans sleeping in the street. Rights organizations condemned the police action as "heavy-handed" and "disproportionate" and promised to defend the detainees i [...] | 2009-07-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA136 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 23, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 4 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manuel: First Wave of Unemployment Being Seen in Africa - Retail Nosedive Raises Clamor for Big Rate Cut - Tata Increases Stake in Neotel [...] | 2009-01-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1376 | SOUTH AFRICA INITIATES SUNSET REVIEW OF [...] (U) South Africa's International Trade Administration Commission provided post with notice that it has initiated a sunset review of the anti-dumping duties on acetaminophenol originating in or imported from the U.S. ITAC is currently in the process of contacting all known manufacturers of th [...] | 2009-07-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SF USTR |
09PRETORIA1392 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...] | 2009-07-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZIM NI SF |
09PRETORIA1409 | CONGRESS OF THE PEOPLE SHAKEN BY LEADERSHIP RIFT [...] (U) The Congress of the People (COPE),South Africa's newest parliamentary opposition party, was hit by two high-level resignations this week. Second Deputy President Lynda Odendaal and Head of Elections Simon Grindrod handed in their resignations to the national leadership. Both Odendaal an [...] | 2009-07-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1418 | "HAWKS" PRIORITY CRIMES POLICE UNIT LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) Summary: Accompanied by a great deal of government-generated fanfare, the chief of South Africa's disbanded elite crime fighting unit, the "Scorpions," handed over pending investigation files to the newly appointed chief of a new elite crime-fighting unit organized within the South Afric [...] | 2009-07-13 17:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1429 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-07-15 06:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA1450 | A DIASPORA PERSPECTIVE ON ZIMBABWE POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff on July 15, 2009, George Sibotshiwe, former spokesman for Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai and a Zimbabwean national residing in South Africa, provided his analysis of changing political dynamics in Zimbabwe. He said Tsvang [...] | 2009-07-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM |
09PRETORIA1463 | SOUTH AFRICA RECEIVES AN A-CATEGORY CURRENCY RATING FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA1482 | SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...] | 2009-07-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV |
09PRETORIA1495 | SOUTH AFRICAN ACADEMICS ASSESS 2009 ELECTION; LOOK [...] (SBU) South African scholars agree that the 2009 election was one of the country's most important elections and argue the character and results of the poll hold clues to the future. At a seminar on July 21 to launch the newly published book, "Zunami: The 2009 South African Election," some of [...] | 2009-07-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1499 | GILL MARCUS APPOINTED SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR [...] Summary. South African President Jacob Zuma announced the appointment of ABSA Group Non-Executive Chairperson Gill Marcus as South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor on July 19, 2009. Born in 1949 to African National Congress (ANC) activist parents, Marcus went into exile in 1970 and joined [...] | 2009-07-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA1500 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The global economy remained firmly in the grips of a recession in the first quarter of 2009, causing South Africa to record its first recession in 18 years. Declining export demand and lusterless prices of most export commodities acted as powerful brakes on South Africa's growth. [...] | 2009-07-24 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA1513 | SOUTH AFRICA: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-27 13:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA |
09PRETORIA1519 | AMBASSADOR ERIC GOOSBY'S MEETING WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN [...] Summary: On July 19, Office of Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Eric Goosby met with recently appointed South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi. Minister Motsoaledi was accompanied by Department of Health Deputy Director General Yogan Pillay. The meeting took place on the margin [...] | 2009-07-28 08:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV AMED KSTH KSCA KHIV SENV SF |
09PRETORIA1537 | SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...] | 2009-07-29 12:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF |
09PRETORIA1543 | SOUTH AFRICA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (U) Guidance Request. Please see paragraph four. Â [...] | 2009-07-30 06:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC KNNP MNUC PARM NPT RS SF |
09PRETORIA1551 | G/TIP AMBASSADOR LUIS CDEBACA'S JULY 6-10 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In his first country visit as G/TIP Director, Ambassador Luis CdeBaca met on July 6-7 and July 9-10 with South African government officials; police, prosecutors, and judges; civil society organizations and G/TIP grant recipients; and radio and newspaper reporters regarding the country's [...] | 2009-07-31 07:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KTIP PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1560 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JULY 26-AUGUST 1 [...] (SBU) This cable is our first weekly South Africa Political newsletter. It is written in partnership with Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-07-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ELAB |
09PRETORIA1573 | SAG CONFIRMS TRANSFERRED NUCLEAR MATERIAL SUBJECT [...] The South African Government (SAG) Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO) confirmed that two shipments of U.S. obligated nuclear material transferred from EURATOM will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement for Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, responding [...] | 2009-08-03 15:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA SF |
09PRETORIA159 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-01-27 09:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA1592 | South Africa: Demarche Request for Donor Support for [...] Senior Agricultural Attache provided reftel demarche points to South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO),Directorate of the Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, Mr. Gabriel P. Setlhoke, Director. 2. Mr. Setlhoke accepted the demarche on behalf of DICO, [...] | 2009-08-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF DJ ER KE SO UG |
09PRETORIA1613 | ZUMA HANDLING SOME ISSUES BETTER THAN OTHERS AFTER [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma, barely in office 90 days, has faced a multitude of challenges so far in his tenure. He so far has been confronted with making tricky Cabinet and diplomatic appointments, dealing with striking doctors and municipal workers, and settling protests across the country [...] | 2009-08-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1614 | CAUTIOUS HOPES FOR ZUMA AMONG SOME SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) South African civil society groups are cautiously optimistic about President Jacob Zuma, believing his promises of openness and meaningful dialogue will improve their working environment. Under former President Thabo Mbeki, many groups felt isolated from leadership and shut out from me [...] | 2009-08-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA KJUS KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1615 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-08-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA1618 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2-AUGUST 8 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA163 | NO NEW PROTECTIONIST INVESTMENT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any new plans to restrict sovereign wealth fund investments or to impose other new investment barriers in South Africa since the November 15 G-20 summit in Washington. Post will report on any future protectionist moves by the SAG, should they occur. LA LIME [...] | 2009-01-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA164 | COMMUNIQUE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF THE SADC [...] The following is the text of the Final Communiqu of the Extraordinary Summit of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Heads of State and Government regarding the crisis in Zimbabwe held in Pretoria, South Africa on January 26-27, 2009. Heads of State from South Africa, Botswana, L [...] | 2009-01-27 16:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM |
09PRETORIA1657 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 9-AUGUST 15 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1694 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 16-AUGUST 22 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-24 06:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1697 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ADVISOR ROBERT J. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to help make your trip a success. The Control Officers for the visit are Acting Political Counselor Madeline Seidenstricker and Energy Officer David Young, who can be reached at [...] | 2009-08-24 08:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG SF |
09PRETORIA1707 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-08-24 14:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA1717 | SOUTH AFRICA'S NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER HITS THE [...] (U) Summary: President Zuma recently appointed Bhekokwakhe Hamilton Cele as South Africa National Police Commissioner (SAPS). Cele replaces former Jackie Selebi, who was placed on administrative leave in January 2008 following allegations of corruption. In the interim, the SAPS suffered fro [...] | 2009-08-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PINR SF KCRM WMN SOCI PREL |
09PRETORIA173 | NRC DISCUSSES 2007 PELINDABA SECURITY INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: South African officials attribute the November 2007 Pelindaba break-in to criminal - rather than terrorist - intent. The police have not arrested the culprits. Officials stress that facilities containing nuclear materials were not threatened or impacted by the attack. Official [...] | 2009-01-29 13:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF |
09PRETORIA1737 | ZUMA'S FIRST STATE VISIT INTENDS TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: South African President Jacob Zuma made a strategic choice to go to Angola for his first state visit August 19-21. At the top of Zuma's agenda were economics and cooperation on regional issues. The bilateral relationship suffered due to personal conflicts between former South Af [...] | 2009-08-26 16:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SF AO |
09PRETORIA1739 | BIG BUSINESS PLEASED WITH ZUMA BUT UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Summary: South Africa's business community believes that Jacob Zuma has put together a good team of economic ministers, according to Business Unity South Africa (BUSA). Business is also gratified that the new government is accessible and eager to get input from business. However, BUSA s [...] | 2009-08-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1740 | XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA: ROOT CAUSES REMAIN, [...] South African townships remain at risk of renewed xenophobic violence, such as was seen in the mid-2008 mob attacks on African migrants. Foreigners make easy scapegoats for enduring grievances of poverty, unemployment, housing shortages, and poor public services, and the SAG has not taken de [...] | 2009-08-27 10:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1745 | TRADE MINISTER ON THE FUTURE OF TIDCA AND AGOA [...] (U) Summary. The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will "engage energetically" on the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment, and Development Cooperative Agreement (TIDCA),said South African Minister of Trade and Industry Dr. Rob Davies at a breakfast briefing for the American Chamber of Commerce [...] | 2009-08-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINT ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA1752 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 23-AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-08-31 06:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA176 | ANC YOUTH LEAGUE DOWNPLAYS CHALLENGES [...] (S) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leaders discussed their defense of President Kgalema Motlanthe against allegations of infidelity, the party's list process, and the prospects for the Congress of the People (COPE) in a lengthy discussion with Poloffs on January 26. ANCYL spok [...] | 2009-01-30 06:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1760 | THREE YEARS UNTIL PARTY CONGRESS, BUT ANC [...] (C) Barely five months into the Jacob Zuma administration, the race to replace him -- or retain him -- at the 2012 African National Congress (ANC) party congress is heating up. With so much time to go, and so much work to accomplish even before the 2011 municipal elections, it seems prematur [...] | 2009-09-01 08:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1761 | SOUTH AFRICA TAKING STEPS TO BOOST RENEWABLE ENERGY; MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at a recent conference on climate change and development in Pretoria reviewed the status of renewable energy in South Africa, including regulatory and market barriers to development of the renewables sector. Industry insiders were skeptical that the government's t [...] | 2009-09-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF |
09PRETORIA1762 | SOUTH AFRICA TAKING STEPS TO BOOST [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at a recent conference on climate change and development in Pretoria reviewed the status of renewable energy in South Africa, including regulatory and market barriers to development of the renewables sector. Industry insiders were skeptical that the government's [...] | 2009-09-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF |
09PRETORIA1766 | WOMEN MIGRANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A HARD ROAD TO [...] In an August 27 panel discussion, three speakers discussed the plight of female migrants in South Africa. Compared to men, women on the move are more vulnerable to robbery and attack, facing more limited job options, and often encumbered by children. Border crossings are extremely risky for [...] | 2009-09-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA177 | MOTOROLA CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF DUE PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. Motorola is concerned that a South African Police Service (SAPS) tender for the acquisition of a provincial radio network system did not follow due process. The company has solicited USG support to seek clarification of the process to ensure transparency in future tenders. End S [...] | 2009-01-30 07:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS EIND EINT SF |
09PRETORIA178 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 30, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 5 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Big Rate Cut Expected as Inflation Plummets - South Africa's Leading Indicator Confirms Dismal Growth Outlook - Sharp Rise in Company [...] | 2009-01-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1782 | LEKOTA PERSONAL ASSISTANT WARNS "WATCH OUT FOR [...] (SBU) The Congress of the People (COPE) has been in the news recently not for the party's stance on key issues or for its plans for tackling problems at the national and provincial levels. Rather, COPE has been in the news for the continued political infighting that has plagued the party sin [...] | 2009-09-02 08:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA179 | ESKOM BENEFITS FROM A REPRIEVE OF REDUCED DEMAND WHILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The economic downturn has given state power utility Eskom a reprieve of reduced demand, but the supply and margin remain vulnerable. Eskom has managed to avoid controversial load-shedding since April 2008. Chief Nuclear Officer Clive Le Roux briefed NRC Commissioner Peter Lyon [...] | 2009-01-30 08:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF |
09PRETORIA1790 | ANC AND MANDELA MOURN DEATH OF "CHAMPION OF [...] (U) On Wednesday, August 26th, both the African National Congress (ANC) and Nelson Mandela's office issued press releases mourning the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. Each recognized and expressed gratitude for his role in the anti-apartheid movement. Local press ran wire stories concentra [...] | 2009-09-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1808 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 4, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 34 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Consumers in Debt Trouble - Outlook for Vehicle Sales Brightens - National Broadband Policy Expected "Shortly" - Governme [...] | 2009-09-04 14:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA1809 | THE ROYAL BAFOKENG: TRIBE, COMMUNITY, AND [...] When Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi was crowned king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) cloaked in African leopardskin over a Western business suit, his attire reflected his dual role as both tribal chief and modern executive. The RBN he leads is a traditional community, defined by cultural heritage a [...] | 2009-09-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SF EMIN EFIN SOCI |
09PRETORIA1810 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-09-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA182 | UDM WELL-ORGANIZED, BUT LACKS SUPPORT NEEDED TO [...] (SBU) The United Democratic Movement (UDM) ran a well-organized, nationally televised manifesto launch in Johannesburg on January 24 that on the face of it suggests Bantu Holomisa's party is ready to make inroads in the upcoming election. The party drew roughly 5,000 supporters, almost all f [...] | 2009-01-30 11:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1823 | NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS -- LAUNCHING A LISTENING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF |
09PRETORIA1824 | SOUTH AFRICA PLANNING NEW ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: South Africa has given R300 million ($40 million) of budget support to Zimbabwe's Finance Ministry since the formation of the Government of National Unity in Harare. Pretoria is now weighing a Finance Ministry request for additional support of R1,000 million ($134 million). The [...] | 2009-09-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA1829 | BALEKA MBETE GIVES A FEW CLUES ABOUT BALANCE OF [...] (SBU) Among local observers of South African politics, one key question during the election campaign and in the aftermath of the April vote was whether the balance of power would reside at the Union Buildings or in Luthuli House. Former Deputy President, and current African National Congress [...] | 2009-09-09 07:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA1857 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 6-SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-09-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1859 | DIPLOMATS STILL WAITING TO SEE CHANGE IN SAG'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 8 September, Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Senior Researcher Takawira Musavengana spoke at a roundtable with western diplomats, admonishing diplomats for believing that Zimbabwe would be discussed during the 7-8 September SADC summit, downplayed Zuma's willingness to tak [...] | 2009-09-11 12:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SF ZI |
09PRETORIA1860 | SOUTH AFRICA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHRC 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) On September 10 poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO),to deliver message (ref A) on USG priorities for the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). On the [...] | 2009-09-11 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1914 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-09-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA1921 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 13-SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...] | 2009-09-19 13:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1927 | SOUTH AFRICA: NO KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF [...] Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Meeting with POL and Econ Deputies on September 14, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Director for UN Security Council Issues Ilia Dubuisson made it clear that, notwithstanding South Africa's suppor [...] | 2009-09-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL KV SF |
09PRETORIA1928 | SOUTH AFRICAN VIEWS ON G-20 SUMMIT [...] (C) Reftel talking points on the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit were delivered to Director Pebetsa Maleka and Senior Economist Mukondi Mpeiwa of National Treasury's International Finance and Development division on September 21. Maleka and Mpeiwa made the following points in response: -- Reforming [...] | 2009-09-21 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SF |
09PRETORIA1930 | THREAT TO BOMB US EMBASSY PRETORIA [...] (S/NF) On 09/21/09, Post's core EAC comprised of representatives from: EXEC, A/DCM, RSO, ADM, POL, PAO, DAO, ORI, ECON and LEGAT convened to discuss threat information in (REF). Based on this threat information, RSO Pretoria submitted a written request to the South African Police Service's (S [...] | 2009-09-21 17:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER |
09PRETORIA1937 | MISSION SOUTH AFRICA'S CY 2010 HOLIDAY SCHEDULE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 09:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ACOA |
09PRETORIA1943 | UPDATE: THREAT TO US EMBASSY PRETORIA [...] (SBU) Post's EAC comprised of AMB, A/DCM, RSO, DAO, ORI, ECON, POL, PAO, MGT and CONS met to discuss the threat and Post actions detailed in reftels A and B. 2. (S/NF) On September 23, 2009, RSO and ORI received information from the South African Police Service (SAPS) that SAPS officers, in [...] | 2009-09-23 16:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER SA |
09PRETORIA1944 | SOUTH AFRICA TOUGHENS ANTITRUST LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa has enacted a law to criminalize cartel activity and regulate abusive oligopolies. The law is largely a reaction to the disclosure of pervasive cartel activity in South Africa. However, the law could complicate the work of the Competition Commission. The Commis [...] | 2009-09-25 06:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND AID SF |
09PRETORIA1949 | TOUR D'HORIZON OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS IN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 18 September, EmbOff met with members of the Institute for Security Studies' (ISS) Security Sector Governance Programme to discuss the state of peacekeeping operations on the African continent. The ISS team lamented the AU's lack of capacity, the international community's pie [...] | 2009-09-25 10:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PKO MCAP AU AO NI RW SF SU |
09PRETORIA1950 | SOUTH AFRICA: FORMER GENERAL TROUBLED BY THE STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (Ret) George Kruys, now a lecturer at University of Pretoria, shared with Poloffs his perspective on the current state of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF). Kruys discussed lack of discipline as a function of pressure on the institution from ex [...] | 2009-09-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PGOV MASS SF |
09PRETORIA1955 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 20-25 [...] (SBU) Written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau, the POL newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, or to m [...] | 2009-09-25 16:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA1959 | RESETTLEMENT SET TO GROW (CAUTIOUSLY) FROM S.AFRICA [...] (SBU) On a September 7-10 visit, U.S. Regional Refugee Coordinator met with key counterparts in an ongoing effort to expand the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in Southern Africa. The program vets African applicants (of diverse nationalities, but from South Africa likely mainly Somal [...] | 2009-09-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF |
09PRETORIA1977 | SOUTH AFRICA - EU SUMMIT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, President Jacob Zuma met with European Union (EU) head of delegation Swedish Prime Minister Frederick Reinfeldt, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and other EU leaders at the second South Africa - EU Summit in Kleinmond [...] | 2009-09-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SF EU |
09PRETORIA1981 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The South African economy recorded negative real growth in the second quarter of 2009, the third successive quarterly contraction. Some 475,000 jobs were lost in the first half of 2009. The trade data continued to reflect depressed global as well as domestic demand conditions. The [...] | 2009-10-01 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA1983 | SOUTH AFRICA REAFFIRMS PROGRESSIVE STANCE ON [...] (SBU) In a September 21 keynote speech to a regional intergovernmental workshop on migration, Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba forcefully reiterated the SAG's commitment to freedom of movement. Nations must shift their paradigms on migration, he said, to see it a [...] | 2009-10-01 14:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1984 | SADC STATES PREPARE FOR U.N. MIGRATION FORUM (GFMD) [...] At a September 21-23 forum in Cape Town, government officials from fourteen states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) discussed policies and programs to leverage migration for economic development. The workshop was a regional precursor for a wider U.N. event, the Global For [...] | 2009-10-02 10:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA1997 | SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-10-05 06:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation confirmed that Pretoria will respond mid-January to the U.S. criteria-based proposal for enhancing control over transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology. DFA [...] | 2009-01-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGV |
09PRETORIA2012 | CHINA NOW SOUTH AFRICA'S LARGEST EXPORT MARKET [...] (U) Summary. China was South Africa's largest export market in the first half of 2009, according to the South African Revenue Service. End Summary. 2. (U) China has become South Africa's largest export market and biggest trading partner. Total bilateral trade between China and South [...] | 2009-10-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2017 | SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 12:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS |
09PRETORIA2018 | SOUTH AFRICA: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN; [...] (C) Summary: Embassy delivered REF A message on Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility at Qom jointly with the UK High Commission and the Embassy of France to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). In light of the September 27 - October 1 visit of South African [...] | 2009-10-06 12:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR SF |
09PRETORIA2019 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] Please see guidance request at Paragraph Five. 2. Deputy Political Counselor visited the entity discussed in reftel, Dynamic Instrumentation Company, and met with owner Clive Dignon on October 2. Post confirms that the company is in business at the location listed in reftel, 8 Methwold Ro [...] | 2009-10-06 12:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC SF |
09PRETORIA2020 | ANC OFFICIAL RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT STATE OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 13:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV |
09PRETORIA203 | IFP MANIFESTO LAUNCH FEATURES NO VIOLENCE, SAME [...] (SBU) The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) launched its party manifesto before a small, heavily guarded crowd in Soweto on January 25. IFP leaders spoke briefly about the party's agenda -- economic growth, job creation, law and order, education, health, land reform, and morality -- before turning [...] | 2009-02-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJU PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2030 | TREVOR MANUEL OFFERS NEW APPROACH TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Minister in the Presidency for National Planning Trevor Manuel's "National Strategic Planning" paper (often referred to here as the "Green Paper") offers a new approach to the way South Africa does government business. The paper suggests that greater planning and coordination will lead to [...] | 2009-10-07 14:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV |
09PRETORIA2037 | CRIME THAT BEGETS CRIME: YOUTH VICTIMIZATION IN [...] On September 29 the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention (CJCP) released two studies on the relation between South African youth and anti-social behaviors. The first presents results of its 2008 survey of 12 to 22-year-olds measuring the incidence of crime and violence suffered by young p [...] | 2009-10-08 11:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2039 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Newsletter, September 2009, Volume 4, Number 9, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SUMBANDILASAT FINALLY SHOOTS INTO ORBIT -- HIGH-SPEED DATAT LINK TO BE I [...] | 2009-10-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2070 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 5-OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-10-09 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2091 | AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Ref A, post provides the following input for the AGOA eligibility review. -------------------------- Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of South Africa was 49.3 million in mid-2009. In 2008, South African Gross National Income (GNI) [...] | 2009-10-14 12:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA21 | MONTHS SINCE PIETERMARITZBURG COURT DECISION TEST [...] (C) The months since Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Chris Nicholson handed down his verdict declaring the state's case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma invalid have been among the toughest times in the ruling party's history. The split between rival ANC factions [...] | 2009-01-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2103 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 13-OCTOBER 16 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-10-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2127 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA 7579 - UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVES [...] This ATA 7579 completed on October 14. Post requests that vetting be completed by October 30 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Â [...] | 2009-10-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR ASEC SA |
09PRETORIA213 | SOUTH AFRICA FOCUSES ON EDUCATIONAL ACCESS, NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Government policy since 1994 has sought to ensure that all population groups in South Africa have equal access to education. However, the quality of education has been neglected, leaving many learners unqualified for university or to join South Africa's workforce, which needs [...] | 2009-02-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SF |
09PRETORIA2141 | COURT SELECTIONS SHOW HOW CONCERNS ABOUT JUDICIAL [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma finalized his appointment of five new justices to the Constitutional Court, the nation's highest legal body, on October 11. For most of the past year, and particularly during the election campaign period ahead of the national election in April, opposition leaders and [...] | 2009-10-21 16:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR SF |
09PRETORIA2142 | LEADING POLICY STRATEGIST WALKS AWAY FROM [...] (SBU) Joel Netshitenzhe, Director-General of Policy and Coordination Services (PCAS) in the South African Presidency, and the government's chief policy strategist, announced his resignation on October 19. Netshittenzhe had served in the post since 1994. There is speculation that he resigned [...] | 2009-10-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA215 | NRC STEPS UP COOPERATION WITH SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Peter Lyons used a January 18-24 familiarization visit to South Africa to visit the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) testing facilities and discuss its status; augment cooperation with its counterpart the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR),an [...] | 2009-02-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP KNNP SF |
09PRETORIA2150 | South Africa: Partnering for Global Hunger and Food [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EAID |
09PRETORIA2155 | SOUTH AFRICA: NGO'S CONSIDER CYCLE OF CRIME AND [...] The cycle of crime plaguing South Africa has been documented by two recent surveys of young people -- showing they are victimized at even higher rates than adults (reftel),and this can lead to their own violent behavior. Looking for ways to break the cycle, the surveys identified factors rel [...] | 2009-10-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA2157 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ATA 7579 - UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the ATA 7579 - Underwater Explosives Incident Countermeasure Course, in Durbin, South Africa, which will begin November 2-20, 2009. Post vetting for the two individuals listed belo [...] | 2009-10-23 07:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SNAR ASEC SA |
09PRETORIA2163 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 19-OCTOBER 23 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...] | 2009-10-23 13:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2164 | ICT COMPANIES HIGHLIGHT BROADBAND AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips hosted a luncheon discussion with leading executives of U.S. ICT companies in South Africa on September 25. The executives called for improvements in South African Government (SAG) decision-making processes and for increased public-private collaboration. Leadership shortf [...] | 2009-10-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC SOCI SF |
09PRETORIA2166 | Electricity - Economy's Driver or Achilles Heel? [...] (SBU) South African power utility Eskom is struggling belatedly to increase capacity to meet demand, while working to engage the private sector, secure financing, and correct its pricing to reflect market realities. The utility suffered an electricity supply emergency, resulting in rolling bl [...] | 2009-10-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV SF |
09PRETORIA2169 | RECONFIGURED MINISTERIAL CLUSTERS LEAD TO [...] (C) The South African Government on October 19 announced plans to reconfigure ministerial clusters (committees within the Cabinet intended to improve coordination within government). The announcement set off immediate speculation by political analysts and economists over whether the reconfig [...] | 2009-10-23 17:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF ECON EFIN EINV |
09PRETORIA217 | COURT SETS ZUMA TRIAL FOR AUGUST [...] (U) The Pietermaritzburg High Court set August 25 as the trial date for African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma in a decision announced on February 4. The state charged Zuma with corruption, fraud, money laundering, and racketeering in December 2007. The Pietermaritzburg High C [...] | 2009-02-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJU PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2170 | SOUTH AFRICAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Per action request in Ref A, post requested a meeting with South African climate negotiators, but was told they are not available until November. In the meanwhile, this cable lays out context for South Africa's negotiating positions to date, based on Septemb [...] | 2009-10-26 07:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG SF |
09PRETORIA2180 | Climate Change - South African Views Post-Bangkok [...] (SBU) In an October 23 meeting with Emboffs, South African climate change negotiator Joanne Yawitch argued for: (1) Negotiating "within the framework that exists" rather than "reopening the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change"; (2) Committing major public funds for mitigation and adaptat [...] | 2009-10-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG SF |
09PRETORIA2181 | SOUTH AFRICA: DRC WATCHER'S ROUND-UP, BOLSTERING [...] (SBU) South Africa's engagement with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace process has waned since early 2008, when the ANC leadership showdown at Polokwane eclipsed the Goma Conference, but Pretoria's influence remains significant as a major troop contributor to MONUC and as the key in [...] | 2009-10-27 06:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN CG SF |
09PRETORIA2197 | ANC OFFICIAL RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT STATE OF THE [...] (SBU) Dumisani Ntuli, the spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng Province, told Poloffs on September 30 that the party remains torn between supporters of President Jacob Zuma and former President Thabo Mbeki. Ntuli, who clearly falls into the latter camp, projected tha [...] | 2009-10-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV |
09PRETORIA22 | SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES EXPECTED TO SIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Several members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique and Angola) are expected to sign the interim EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement when the EU Trade Commissioner visits Southern Africa in February. Tariff [...] | 2009-01-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2207 | POSSIBLE UN CONVENTION ENDANGERING FREEDOM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 29 Poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to deliver the demarche (ref A) urging support for a U.S. "draft action plan" of proposals ( [...] | 2009-10-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SF |
09PRETORIA2210 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 26-OCTOBER 30 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-10-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2228 | SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 10:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC KE SF |
09PRETORIA2229 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS NEAR THE S.A.-MOZAMBIQUE [...] On an October 21-23 field visit to rural farming areas bordering Mozambique, emboffs investigated rights and labor concerns including trafficking in persons (TIP). The view from NGOs in the provincial capital was that law enforcement was not taking sex-related TIP seriously; and that labor TI [...] | 2009-11-02 10:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA223 | U.N.'S OHCHR SPREAD THINLY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (U) On January 20, poloff met with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) Resident Representative for Southern Africa David Johnson, in response to Department tasker (reftel) to assess the nature and scope of OHCHR's activities. Covering 14 countries with t [...] | 2009-02-05 12:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SA |
09PRETORIA2240 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-11-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA2245 | AMBASSADOR’S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's first official call with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was warm and frank. Mashabane thanked the USG for its partnership and support through PEPFAR and acknowledged past mistakes in HIV/AIDS policies. The Ambassador thanked [...] | 2009-11-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC KHIV SF ZI |
09PRETORIA2251 | MBEKI SHYS AWAY FROM IDEA OF POLITICAL LEGACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Thabo Mbeki gave his first extended press interview since being removed from the presidency in September 2008 by the African National Congress (ANC). In the interview with the "Sunday Independent," Mbeki sought to distance himself from some of the more contro [...] | 2009-11-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2254 | COMMENTS FROM COPE SENIOR LEADERS SHOW DIVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of the People (COPE),which marked its first anniversary on November 1, remains divided between competing factions who support either Mosiuoa Lekota or Mbhazima Shilowa. Competing newspaper stories in "City Press" and the "Sunday Independent" recently underscored [...] | 2009-11-04 11:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2257 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, poloff made phone contact with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to advise of the U.S. message (reftel). Mr. Montwedi was engaged in meetings in New York, [...] | 2009-11-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA2263 | CONTROVERSIAL YOUTH LEAGUE PRESIDENT RETAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema probably has received more publicity from the news media in recent months than any other ruling party figure. (Note: "Mail and Guardian" political writer Mandy Rossouw has even recently published a book about Male [...] | 2009-11-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SF |
09PRETORIA2266 | ANC GOES FAR, PERHAPS TOO FAR, IN ASSISTING [...] (SBU) The African National Congress (ANC) made special arrangements for Mozambican citizens living in the South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces to vote in Mozambique's elections on October 28. ANC members -- unaffiliated with South Africa's Independent Electoral Commiss [...] | 2009-11-05 16:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2267 | SAG "NEGLECTING" AND "FAILING" RURAL CONSTITUENTS, [...] (C) From October 21 to 23 emboffs visited rural Mpumalanga province, where human rights NGOs said the SAG was failing to protect the rural poor and neglecting to provide public services to remote communities. While township residents have protested violently over poor service delivery, rural [...] | 2009-11-05 16:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB EAGR SF |
09PRETORIA2271 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR BONNIE JENKINS' [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 11:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC PARM KNNP TBIO SF |
09PRETORIA2272 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2-NOVEMBER 6 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-11-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2276 | SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CRIME STRATEGY REPORT [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary  [...] | 2009-11-09 06:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR ASEC SF |
09PRETORIA2277 | SOUTH AFRICA: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Draft International Narcotics Control Strategy Report South Africa I. Summary  [...] | 2009-11-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM SNAR ASEC SF |
09PRETORIA228 | NRC VISITS ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI GOLD AND URANIUM MINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NRC Commissioner Peter Lyons visited AngloGold Ashanti's Moab Khotsong gold and uranium mine west of Johannesburg on January 22. The mine boasts the world's deepest single-lift shaft at 3,106 meters. Moab Khotsong has been mining deep-level, moderate-grade gold and uranium dep [...] | 2009-02-05 15:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF |
09PRETORIA2280 | FOREIGN OPERATORS AND PRIVATIZATION INCREASE COMPETITION IN [...] (SBU) Neotel executives briefed Ambassador Gips on the creation of the second fixed-line operator on October 27. Neotel began operations in 2005 and is working with new undersea fiber-optic cable companies to boost broadband capacity in the region. Neotel executives outlined impending changes [...] | 2009-11-09 07:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ETTC EAID SOCI SF |
09PRETORIA229 | Announcing an Election Date: What's at Stake [...] Summary: Following a meeting between President Kgalema Motlanthe and Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chief Electoral Officer Brigalia Bam on Wednesday, February 4, the Presidency announced that President Motlanthe would not/not announce the date of upcoming national and provincial in [...] | 2009-02-06 06:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2293 | ANC SHOWS ALLIANCE WHO IS BOSS [...] (C) Summary: The African National Congress (ANC) on November 8 reaffirmed the party's support for Minister in the Presidency for National Planning Trevor Manuel's controversial plan for a National Planning Commission, making it clear to ruling tripartite alliance members in the trade unions [...] | 2009-11-10 13:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF ECON ECIN ELAB EINV |
09PRETORIA2312 | SOUTH AFRICA FEARS ZIMBABWE MAY BE SLIDING BACK [...] (U) Summary: During a press conference on November 10, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Director General Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba said regional leaders feared Zimbabwe could be sliding back from progress on the political and humanitarian fronts since the inception of the [...] | 2009-11-13 14:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZI |
09PRETORIA2314 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 9-NOVEMBER 13 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers i6Q*Q}th Africa," found on intelink.gov. ------------- Domestic News ------------- Weekly Says President Zuma Faces Real Challenge Over Feuding Po [...] | 2009-11-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2315 | Eskom Leadership Crisis Exacerbates Capacity Challenges [...] (SBU) South African power utility Eskom is in crisis with recent resignations of Board Chair Godsell and CEO Maroga, just as the company and its shareholder, the South African Government, grapple with financing for huge capital investments needed to meet electricity demand and avoid brown-outs [...] | 2009-11-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA233 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 6 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Cuts Interest Rate - South African Notes Pare Gains as Inflation Measure Changes - Trade Deficit Revised Lower - January [...] | 2009-02-06 10:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA2331 | SAG OFFICIAL: SADC TO FOCUS ON CONSOLIDATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Trade flows within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) remain disappointingly limited in spite of the SADC free trade agreement, according to the SADC desk officer at South Africa's Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Poor infrastructure, non-tariff barriers, [...] | 2009-11-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2365 | SOUTH AFRICA: GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE [...] (SBU) Summary: Great Lakes Special Advisor Howard Wolpe's message on Washington's enhanced Great Lakes engagement was welcomed warmly during the Special Advisor's October 30-November 2 visit to South Africa. Wolpe renewed contacts with Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim, SAG Great Lakes Special [...] | 2009-11-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CG BU RW UG SF EAID KDEM |
09PRETORIA2377 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 16-NOVEMBER 20 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-11-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA238 | SAG READY TO SIGN AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) South Africa is ready to sign the Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy. The SAG would like to sign this agreement at the Ministerial level and implement it as a "living" and broad agreement. The SAG will follow the USG lead on whether it is signed by th [...] | 2009-02-06 15:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL BEXP IAEA SF |
09PRETORIA2385 | PRETORIA RESPONSE ON CANDIDATES FOR HEAD OF UN/OIOS [...] (C) With respect to the three South Africans under Department consideration for possible nomination as head of the U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) (reftel),post herein provides assessments of the three individuals' backgrounds, reputations, and overall suitability. While a [...] | 2009-11-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2387 | SOUTH AFRICA: Request Funding Re-obligation [...] Summary: This is a request for approval for the use of funding, previously obligated for the immigration and Border Patrol, under obligation code: 1911461022-0584-0584402002-2721-2156-142204. The re-obligated funds will be used for narcotics detection by the U.S. Customs and Border Protectio [...] | 2009-11-23 06:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SF KCRM SNAR |
09PRETORIA2392 | SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IR SF |
09PRETORIA2393 | SOUTH AFRICA: NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 17:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG SF |
09PRETORIA2395 | AMBASSADOR JENKINS DISCUSSES MOLYDENUM-99 WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins met with Nuclear Energy Corporation of South Africa (NECSA) Chief Executive Officer Rob Adam on November 10. They discussed the Nuclear Security Summit, the bilateral agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy R&D, and cooperation on production of medi [...] | 2009-11-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL MNUC KNNP EMIN ETRD TRGY TBIO SF |
09PRETORIA2402 | SOUTH AFRICA: SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN'S LETTER TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENERG NP PARM PREL SF |
09PRETORIA2406 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] Embassy Pretoria has received no feedback from the South African government regarding reftel points. On November 19 the text of the talking points was formatted as a non-paper, scanned, and emailed to Megan Govender, Deputy Director of the UNGA desk within the multilateral unit of the Departm [...] | 2009-11-24 13:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA241 | SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK CUTS INTEREST RATE BY ONE [...] (U) Summary. The South African Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has reduced the key policy interest rate, the repo rate, by 100 basis points to 10.5 percent. The rate cut was made possible by declining domestic inflation, which the MPC expects to fall within the target range of [...] | 2009-02-09 09:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA2435 | AMBASSADOR JENKINS DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins called on South African Department of Energy Acting Chief: Nuclear, Ditebogo Kgomo, on November 9. They discussed the Nuclear Security Summit and the bilateral agreement on cooperation in nuclear energy R&D. Kgomo said the SADOE ha [...] | 2009-11-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET EMIN MNUC KNNP SF |
09PRETORIA2443 | SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 20-27 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker for more information, or to make contribution [...] | 2009-11-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA245 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, January 2009, Volume 4, Number 1, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY BILL PASSED INTO LAW -- SOUTH AFRICA CELEBRA [...] | 2009-02-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2453 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, October 2009, Volume 4, Number 10, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- Super-Thin Film Solar Panels Readied for Production in South Africa [...] | 2009-12-01 06:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2463 | PRESIDENT ZUMA ANNOUNCES HE WILL TEST FOR AIDS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Zuma called for a renewed struggle against AIDS in South Africa, leading by example as he promised to have himself tested for AIDS. Zuma emphasized that prevention was the key and called for wide testing. He announced a number of new initiatives to give more AIDS pat [...] | 2009-12-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV EAID KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA2470 | SOUTH AFRICA: OBSERVATION OF MARITIME RESPONSE SQUADRON [...] (SBU) Naval Attache and Deputy Political Counselor visited Saldanha Naval Base on November 24 to observe a State Department Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) course in progress for members of new South Africa's Maritime Response Squadron. The visit was coordinate [...] | 2009-12-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MARR ASEC SF |
09PRETORIA2474 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-12-02 13:21:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA2478 | JOHANNESBURG'S TWO BILLION RAND BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. Emboff tested Johannesburg's new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, the Rea Vaya, on November 20. The Rea Vaya was launched on October 20, to improve public transport infrastructure and alleviate traffic gridlock in South Africa's most congested and economically productive city. [...] | 2009-12-03 07:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELTN SOCI SF PREL PGOV |
09PRETORIA2481 | SOUTH AFRICA: NEW PROSECUTOR APPOINTMENT [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma has appointed Menzi Simelane as the country's new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The selection raised criticism both because of Qmelane's involvement in political infighting at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and because of Zuma's continued push to a [...] | 2009-12-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS SF |
09PRETORIA249 | SOUTH AFRICA RESPONSE TO TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Information Communications and Technology (ICT) Officer met with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),industry analysts, and ICT firms to discuss the ICT regulatory environment in South Africa. Officials noted that ICASA faced major challenges in i [...] | 2009-02-10 12:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT SF |
09PRETORIA2493 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE:"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 13:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA2498 | ESKOM REDUCES TARIFF HIKE REQUEST, LOOKS FOR PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State power utility Eskom backtracked on its controversial 45 percent tariff hikes for each of three years, at the last moment revising its application to the regulator down to 35 percent per year. At the same time it announced a number of new strategic initiatives, a desire fo [...] | 2009-12-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD ECON SENV PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2503 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 4 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-12-07 06:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2506 | WWF HOSTS NEW ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ROUDTABLE DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (U) The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in South Africa hosted a one-day "National Roundtable on New Electricity Supply" on November 18 in Johannesburg. The meeting was a follow up to calls from various stakeholders in the energy sector who attended the National Climate Change Summit in March [...] | 2009-12-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG EPET SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2507 | AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH DIRCO DEPMIN EBRAHIM [...] (C) On December 3, Ambassador Gips met with Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Ebrahim cordially listed points on which the SAG was content with its relations with the U.S., he cited areas for collaboration in resolving Afri [...] | 2009-12-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KGHG AF WI ZI IR SF |
09PRETORIA2509 | PROMOTING MODERATE ISLAM IN SOUTH AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 courtesy call on the Ambassador, former Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and his Special Advisor Tahir Saleh discussed South Africa's Western Cape Muslim community as a political base and as a model for a Muslim path of moderation within a culturally diverse so [...] | 2009-12-07 15:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL EAID SF |
09PRETORIA254 | APRIL 22 SET FOR ELECTION DATE; OUT-OF-COUNTRY [...] President Kgalema Motlanthe, during February 10 remarks to the National Assembly, announced that national elections will take place on April 22. The announcement followed consultations with the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and the nine provincial governments. Motlanthe stressed tha [...] | 2009-02-10 17:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2542 | SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER SAYS CHINA TRADE SHOULD [...] (U) In a forum on China-Africa economic relations, SAG Minister for Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said trade with China must be aligned to the SAG's domestic priorities, especially job creation and economic diversification into higher-value manufactured goods. China is now South Africa's [...] | 2009-12-10 06:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2543 | ZUMA'S POPULARITY AT ALL-TIME HIGH [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma is more popular than ever, according to a research survey conducted by TNS Research Surveys. (Note: TNS Surveys provides market research, global market research, and business analysis in hundreds of countries and claims to be the largest provider of customized res [...] | 2009-12-10 07:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2545 | ANC LAUNCHES VETERAN'S LEAGUE [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) announced on December 3 that it would create a party branch for veterans of the movement. The formation of the league -- known as the ANC Veteran's League (ANCVL) -- comes after the party resolved in 2007 to form a branch for veterans. The ANCVL will [...] | 2009-12-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2546 | SOUTH AFRICA: ZUMA'S HOTLINE FAILING TO OVERCOME [...] (SBU) The South African government admitted on December 2 that the presidential hotline, launched in September with great fanfare, is failing to handle thousands of callers seeking to register complaints with the administration. President Jacob Zuma established the telephone hotline as a way [...] | 2009-12-10 12:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2547 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH AARON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Ambassador Gips and Minister of Health Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi on November 30, 2009 marked a new partnership between the United States and South Africa in health coordination and cooperation. The Minister thanked the United States for the extensive support we ha [...] | 2009-12-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KHIV PGOV SF TBIO |
09PRETORIA2565 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 7-DECEMBER 11 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-12-11 13:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2567 | SOUTH AFRICA CONFIDENT OF TIP LAW PASSAGE IN 2010 [...] (C) South African officials are more optimistic than ever that the long-awaited Bill providing comprehensive provisions for preventing and combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is nearing passage by Parliament. Extended consultations with the public and civil society groups caused delays in [...] | 2009-12-11 14:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA2569 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, November 2009, Volume 4, Number 11, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SA Accelerates Preparations for Copenhagen -- 2010 World Cup Cou [...] | 2009-12-14 05:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA2578 | G/TIP FY07 GRANT UPDATE - WORLD HOPE INTERNATIONAL [...] Per Department request (reftel),Pretoria's officer for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) met on December 10 with G/TIP grantee World Hope International (WHI) to monitor progress in the first six months of an 18-month $200,000 FY'07 grant. The funds will be used to support anti-trafficking awarenes [...] | 2009-12-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA2581 | COMMUNIST PARTY ANNUAL CONGRESS MORE ABOUT [...] (C) The South African Communist Party (SACP) held its second annual special congress on December 10 at the University of Limpopo-Turfloop campus in Polokwane. Lengthy speeches, predictable displays of solidarity with traditional allies such as China and Cuba, and pointed questions (without a [...] | 2009-12-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA2590 | SAG EAGER TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and Action Request: The SAG is eager to develop a Strategic Dialogue led by the Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister. The idea would be to use existing and prospective working groups and the existing Annual Bilateral Forum, which would produce a summary document to info [...] | 2009-12-17 10:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG KNNP ETRD SENV SF |
09PRETORIA2594 | ZUMA SEEKS UNITY AS HIS COALITION COMES UNDER [...] (C) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA),and the South African Communist Party (SACP) have been trading public barbs during the past week, a clear sign that the loose coalition of forces which broug [...] | 2009-12-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2602 | SERIES OF AIRLINK INCIDENTS TESTS SOUTH AFRICAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent accidents/incidents involving South African Airlink has raised concerns about the safety record of the carrier. Privately owned Airlink also provides regional service to Lesotho, Mozambique, Madagascar, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe with over 3,500 flights p [...] | 2009-12-18 11:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL CASC OTRA ATRN FAA ICAO SF |
09PRETORIA2603 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] (SBU) Embassy Pretoria believes that success in reversing South Africa's support for the Defamation of Religion (DoR) resolution (reftel) will be highly improbable, and the effort may be counterproductive. Post is open to elevating our dialogue on DoR to a higher level, such as a request for [...] | 2009-12-18 14:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA2605 | SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER SAYS CHINA TRADE SHOULD [...] (U) In a forum on China-Africa economic relations, SAG Minister for Economic Development Ebrahim Patel said trade with China must be aligned to the SAG's domestic priorities, especially job creation and economic diversification into higher-value manufactured goods. China is now South Africa's [...] | 2009-12-18 15:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SF |
09PRETORIA2606 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 14-DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-12-21 06:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2607 | DEATH OF FORMER HEALTH MINISTER SHOWS HOW FAR SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang died on December 16 from complications arising from a 2007 liver transplant surgery. Having served as Health Minister from 1999 until September 2008, Tshabalala-Msimang was the most outspoken proponent of the Mbeki government's [...] | 2009-12-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2608 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 14-DECEMBER 18 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-12-21 06:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2611 | RURAL SOUTH AFRICA: CHANGE COMES SLOWLY TO MANDELA'S HOME [...] (SBU) PolCouns and PolAssist visited Nelson Mandela's birthplace of Mvezo, and also the former President's current rural home in Qunu in Eastern Cape Province December 7-8. Qunu is located along the main N2 highway, 30 km south of Mthatha, the district headquarters, in an area that was part of [...] | 2009-12-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SF |
09PRETORIA2618 | SOUTH AFRICA: 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM SEMINAR: IS [...] (U) Summary: Kicking off South Africa's observance of the 16 Days of Activism, Commissioner for Gender Equality Dr. Yvette Abrahams led a discussion on the social norms and material conditions that give rise to gender-based violence in South Africa. Activists in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria [...] | 2009-12-22 12:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM ECON AORC SF |
09PRETORIA2622 | SAG'S HOME AFFAIRS MINISTRY IN OPERATIONAL OVERHAUL [...] The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) is a notoriously dysfunctional bureaucracy long due for an overhaul. Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, formerly Foreign Affairs Minister and ex-wife of the President, is leading a "Turnaround" project aiming to increase efficiency, tighten security, cut out [...] | 2009-12-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2656 | SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...] | 2009-12-28 05:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON |
09PRETORIA2660 | AFRICAN UNION CONFERENCE RATIFIES MARTIME CHARTER [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa hosted a week-long African Union (AU) Conference for Ministers responsible for maritime transport in Durban during the week of October 12. The AU Maritime Charter was initially developed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1993, and was adopted by 36 AU member states at t [...] | 2009-12-28 08:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EWWT PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA2663 | SOUTH AFRICA: U.S. APPROACH TO 2010 NPT REVCON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 10:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT PAS SF |
09PRETORIA2665 | SOUTH AFRICA: NO OFFICIAL WORD ON JOINT IAEA [...] (SBU) Meeting with Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Johann Kellerman on December 22, DepPolCouns underscored the message US UNVIE Vienna reported Ref A on U.S.-South African partnership to secure further [...] | 2009-12-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL IAEA SF |
09PRETORIA2670 | PRETORIA RESPONSE: RIGHTS VIS-A-VIS SEXUAL [...] Laws against homosexuals or transgendered persons are not a concern in contemporary South Africa, which may have the most progressive legal framework vis-a-vis gay rights anywhere in the world. Discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is explicitly outlawed by the Constitution, and th [...] | 2009-12-29 12:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA2671 | CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN [...] (U) On December 8-9, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF),in cooperation with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and numerous civil society organizations, launched the Champions for Children Campaign to ensure the protection and safety of children during the FIFA World Cup 2010 a [...] | 2009-12-29 12:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA2679 | ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer General Mathews Phosa hosted Ambassador Donald Gips and Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime for a meeting that covered current domestic political dynamics, President Jacob Zuma's policies, and the relationship between the United States and South [...] | 2009-12-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN EINV ECPS ETRD MARR MASS SF |
09PRETORIA2686 | SOUTH AFRICA: KUDOS FOR U.S. COOPERATION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 13:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC |
09PRETORIA271 | PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD |
09PRETORIA294 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 7 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Budget 2009 - Finance Minister Cushions the Blow - Factories Put in Worst Performance in a Decade - Trade Conditions Survey Shows Cautiou [...] | 2009-02-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA298 | PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Post hereby submits responses to the Department's action request (Refs A,B) for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, covering the period from March 2008 through mid-February 2009. Following an overview of South Africa's counter-trafficking efforts, and of its unique capacity [...] | 2009-02-17 10:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD |
09PRETORIA3 | ANTI-APARTHEID POLITICAL LEADER HELEN SUZMAN DIES [...] (U) Helen Suzman, the internationally renowned anti-apartheid political leader who befriended the imprisoned Nelson Mandela in the 1960s, died in Johannesburg on January  [...] | 2009-01-02 09:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA306 | ONE EXPERT SEES MORE CHINESE INVESTMENT "IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Chinese investors are reportedly preparing to make large equity investments in South African companies in the mining, telecom, civil construction, and other sectors. The target companies have operations across Africa and could help Chinese companies tap African markets outside [...] | 2009-02-19 11:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV SF CH |
09PRETORIA309 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-02-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA323 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 13, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 8 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Retail Sales Growth Remains Negative - Rand Vulnerable to Higher Risk Aversion - Special Duty on Textiles Considered - SAA Tells Governm [...] | 2009-02-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA329 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CORRUPTION PROBE COULD [...] This cable is a collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg Labor Office. 2. (C) Summary: South African Airways, (SAA) Board of Directors has launched an investigation into allegations of high-level mismanagement and corruption. CEO Khaya Ngqula has been placed on sp [...] | 2009-02-23 06:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EIND EAIR ECON PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA333 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS CREATES TASK TEAM TO PROBE SECOND [...] (SBU) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) announced the creation of a task team to probe a second drug bust of SAA crew members in London on suspicions of carrying five kilograms of cocaine. Crew members were detained in London and released to South Africa pending further in [...] | 2009-02-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON KHLS SOCI SNAR SF |
09PRETORIA348 | SAG, BUSINESS AND LABOR ADOPT FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT [...] (C) Comment: A working group comprised of government, business and labor representatives has agreed on a strategy to guide South Africa's response to the global economic crisis. Key components of the plan include infrastructure spending, jobs programs, interventions to minimize job losses, [...] | 2009-02-24 07:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA354 | ONE SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND [...] (C) Summary: The South African government is concerned that the global economic crisis might significantly worsen in 2009, causing world trade to implode and capital flows to emerging markets to dry up. Protectionism in the U.S. and Europe is a major concern. The SAG believes the G-20 shoul [...] | 2009-02-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA355 | SUPPORTERS, DETRACTORS VIEW SPRINGBOK SYMBOL OF [...] (SBU) Few symbols in South Africa are as recognizable, or as controversial, as the Springbok logo worn by the 2007 World Cup champion South African rugby team. Worn by the rugby team since 1906, many saw the logo as a symbol of strength during the years the national team was banned from play [...] | 2009-02-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA356 | NIEHAUS SCANDAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANC [...] (SBU) Carl Niehaus, former spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC),resigned this week after newspapers reported that he grossly mismanaged his personal finances and abused his office and authority in recent years. His longstanding financial difficulties and his abrupt resignati [...] | 2009-02-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA357 | SOUTH AFRICA AGREES TO MEGAPORTS INITIATIVE WITH CAVEATS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post delivered Megaports Initiative talking points (Reftel A) to South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials. SARS officials agreed to proceed with the Megaports initiative, given cabinet approval, but requested additional information before finalizing approval for a consulta [...] | 2009-02-25 06:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ENRG ETTC EWWT PINS SF |
09PRETORIA358 | RELIGIOUS LEADER AND PEACE ACTIVIST SET TO LEAD [...] Summary: The 57 years old Reverend Doctor Hamilton Mvumelwano "Mvume" Dandala, a religious leader and peace activist, is the presidential candidate for the new Congress of the People (COPE) party. He was educated in South Africa and Cameroon as well as Cambridge University. Dandala has good c [...] | 2009-02-25 07:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA361 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS TO [...] AGATTACHE collected information on access to genetic resources in South Africa through discussions with Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and private sector contacts. The following provides a brief overview of this complex issue. While this cable is intended to answer questions [...] | 2009-02-25 09:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO |
09PRETORIA375 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS PUSHES SOUTH AFRICA INTO BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his 2009 budget speech that the FY 2010 budget deficit would be 3.9 percent of GDP. To finance the deficit, government debt will increase from 22.6 percent of GDP in FY 2009 to 25.6 percent of GDP in FY 2010. South Africa's short-term econo [...] | 2009-02-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA377 | SAG CONVEYS READINESS TO SIGN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT IN WRITING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SAG sent a diplomatic note (see full text below) conveying its readiness to sign the bilateral Agreement on Cooperation in Research and Development of Nuclear Energy, as promised in a February 20 conference call. The SAG conveyed that it must sign the Agreement at the level [...] | 2009-02-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EPET SENV EINV EIND KNNP SF |
09PRETORIA378 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 27, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 9 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Q4 GDP Down 1.8% - U.S. Trade with South Africa - Government and Auto Industry Officials to Discuss Loan Package - Task Team Recommen [...] | 2009-02-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA38 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 9, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 2 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Optimistic Outlook with Rates, Inflation Easing - Rand at Mercy of Global Forces - Permission to Raise Prices a Relief to Pharmaceutic [...] | 2009-01-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA393 | AFRICAN MINING INDABA WATCHING GLOBAL MARKETS WITH GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 14th African Mining Indaba took place in Cape Town February 9-12 under the cloud of an unprecedented global commodity downturn and economic malaise, in great contrast to last year's celebration of the commodity boom (Ref E). Last year's worry of regional power shortages has [...] | 2009-03-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EPET SENV BEXP EINV SF |
09PRETORIA4 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 2, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 1 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Growth in Credit Slows - COSATU Slammed on Labor Plans - South Africa's Trade Gap Swells - Vodacom Ponders Launching Mobile Money Servic [...] | 2009-01-02 10:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA43 | MDC WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Standing Committee, consisting of 19 leaders, met near Johannesburg, South Africa for a strategy meeting from January 6-8, 2009. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Bost, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai said the party leaders resolved t [...] | 2009-01-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM |
09PRETORIA432 | URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL UNSC CG IN SF |
09PRETORIA436 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 10 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Government Still Sees Growth in 2009 - Job Growth Data Sparks Disbelief - South Africa's House Prices Still Falling - New Vehicle Sales [...] | 2009-03-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA449 | SOUTH AFRICA'S GDP CONTRACTS AFTER FORTY QUARTERS OF [...] Summary. South Africa's real GDP contracted by a seasonally adjusted and annualized rate of 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008. This was the first quarterly contraction since the third quarter of 1998. Growth was pulled down by weakness in the manufacturing; electricity, water and ga [...] | 2009-03-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA451 | COPE STRUGGLING WITH DIVISIONS, PESSIMISM [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) is struggling with divisions and pessimism throughout the organization, underscoring the difficulties the newly formed party faces as the national election approaches on April 22. Personal assistant to COPE President Mosiuoa Lekota, Tseliso Phomane, met [...] | 2009-03-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA453 | VISIT TO SANDF 46TH BRIGADE ACOTA TRAINING [...] On February 26, Deputy Political Counselor visited the greater Johannesburg headquarters of the South Africa National Defense Force (SANDF) 46th Brigade to witness in progress a two-week computer-aided command post exercise conducted under the auspices for State Department's African Contingenc [...] | 2009-03-10 06:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP MARR SF |
09PRETORIA47 | SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL CLEARS WAY TO RECHARGE ZUMA [...] Summary: South Africa's five-member Supreme Court of Appeal overturned on January 12 a September decision setting aside a corruption indictment against ANC President Jacob Zuma. Speaking for the court, Deputy Judge President Louis Harms upbraided the lower appeals court judge, Chris Nicolson [...] | 2009-01-12 18:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA473 | SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES AND SACKS CEO [...] This cable is based on collaboration between Embassy Pretoria and Consulate Johannesburg. 2. (U) Summary. State-controlled South African Airways (SAA) reached an agreement to terminate CEO Khaya Ngqula's contract following charges of mismanagement and corruption. SAA continues to face fin [...] | 2009-03-12 05:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ELAB ECON SF |
09PRETORIA475 | STATE MEDIA GIANT SINKS INTO FINANCIAL QUAGMIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: South Africa's state broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation, recently admitted serious financial difficulties and is applying to the Treasury for immediate help. This follows on a year of political infighting between the Thabo Mbeki-appointed Board and the Jacob Zu [...] | 2009-03-12 07:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV ECPS EINT SF |
09PRETORIA476 | SHAIK PAROLE KEEPS SPOTLIGHT ON ZUMA'S PAST [...] (C) The government's decision to parole on medical grounds convicted fraudster, and former Jacob Zuma business associate, Schabir Shaik is keeping the spotlight on the ANC President's past in the run-up to the April 22 election. Shaik, convicted in 2005 of bribing Zuma, was released from pris [...] | 2009-03-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF KDEM |
09PRETORIA478 | SOUTH AFRICAN MINING EXECUTIVES DISCUSS GLOBAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of South African mining executives expressed concern about the effects of the global commodity downturn on the mining sector and associated social transformation in South Africa. They highlighted a number of challenges of doing mining business in South Africa, many dir [...] | 2009-03-12 09:44:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG EINV ETRD EPET KHIV ZI SF |
09PRETORIA484 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING WILL IMPACT APRIL 22 [...] (U) The Constitutional Court ruled on March 12 that South African voters living and working abroad may vote in the national component of the April 22 election. This means that thousands of voters overseas, many of whom have left South Africa for good, will have a chance to vote and influence [...] | 2009-03-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS SF KDEM |
09PRETORIA487 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 6, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 11 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Confidence Hits 10-Year Low on Slowdown - State 'Will Not Give Up' on Car Industry - South Africa Needs a Homegrown Response to [...] | 2009-03-13 09:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA488 | SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON DURBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal meetings with the DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Poloffs have explored USG-SAG differences on the upcoming Durban Review Conference (DRC) on racism and xenophobia. Montwedi was amenable to the notion of a pared-down DRC document, emphasizing broad principles in a modern conte [...] | 2009-03-13 09:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SF |
09PRETORIA5 | SOUTH AFRICA: A/S FRAZER'S CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer reached out to South African and regional leaders to outline U.S. policy on Zimbabwe and explain why the U.S. no longer believes President Robert Mugabe can be part of a power sharing solution to Zimbabwe [...] | 2009-01-02 13:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PGOV EAID SF ZI |
09PRETORIA510 | SOUTH AFRICAN COAL IS KING - AND WILL REMAIN SO [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa is unique in its dependence on coal. The country is dependent on coal for over 90 percent of its electricity, almost 25 percent of its gasoline and diesel fuels, 90 percent of its iron and steel reduction, and large volumes of foreign exchange from exports. The go [...] | 2009-03-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET ENRG EINV EIND ETRD SENV SF |
09PRETORIA529 | SOUTH AFRICA VIEWS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABHAZIA [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel message at a March 19 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine Maria de Freitas and DFA Deputy Director for Security Counsel issues Ilia Du Buisso [...] | 2009-03-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS |
09PRETORIA533 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 20, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 12 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Has Steepest Fall in Almost Two Decades - Gold Production Declines Sharply - Retail Sales Grow - Moody's to Re [...] | 2009-03-20 13:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA538 | PRE-ELECTION TOUR D'HORIZON WITH ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The Chairperson of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa gave us a glimpse into the operation of an institution key not only to the successful conduct of the 2009 elections but also to the preservation of South Africa's young democracy. The IEC officials briefe [...] | 2009-03-20 17:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM EAID PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA539 | PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-03-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA543 | PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...] | 2009-03-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA544 | PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-03-23 07:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA553 | STUDY FINDS XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS DRIVEN BY LOCAL [...] On March 11, a Wits University team unveiled the results of their research into the direct triggers of last year's xenophobic attacks in South African townships. Interviews and focus groups with over 300 residents of seven areas found the attacks were premeditated and organized by community [...] | 2009-03-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF |
09PRETORIA561 | SOUTH AFRICA TO VOTE YES ON 'DEFAMATION OF [...] South Africa will vote in favor of the "Combating defamation of religions" resolution, if the latter is put to vote in the U.N. Human Rights Council. The DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, said that South Africa has supported the resolution in the [...] | 2009-03-24 16:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA |
09PRETORIA570 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, February 2009, Volume 4, Number 2, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- DEBATE CONTINUES OVER QULALITY OF DRINKING WATER IN SMALL TOWNS - [...] | 2009-03-25 14:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA581 | SAG'S DALAI LAMA VISA REFUSAL SPARKS OUTCRY [...] (U) The South African Government's (SAG) refusal to issue a visa for the Dalai Lama has caused outrage among the country's opposition parties, human rights NGOs, and some political leaders. The Dalai Lama was invited to appear at a peace conference on March 27 in Johannesburg hosted by South [...] | 2009-03-26 15:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA59 | SOUTH AFRICA ADOPTS NEW WEAPON IN THE BATTLE [...] Summary: South Africa's cabinet recently passed a DNA Bill that will allow police officials to collect DNA from suspects of crimes, particularly, suspects of rapes and murders. This is a step in the right direction toward combating Sexual Offenses, but manpower and training still continue to [...] | 2009-01-13 11:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SF PHUM KWMN SOCI PREL |
09PRETORIA595 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER MARCH 27, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 13 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SARB Cuts Interest Rates - Current Account Deficit Lowest in Almost Three Years - Slowdown 'May Bring Manufacturing Sector to its Knees' [...] | 2009-03-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA596 | South Africa: Minerals and Energy Newsletter "THE ASSAY" - [...] (SBU) Introduction: The purpose of this newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chromium, z [...] | 2009-03-27 11:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EMIN EINV EIND ETRD ELAB KHIV SF |
09PRETORIA600 | SOUTH AFRICA'S GREEN INVESTMENTS IN STIMULUS [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for information on South African green investments in economic stimulus packages in preparation for the G-20 meeting. South Africa relies on coal for over 90 percent of its power generation. It aspires to commit to carbon emission reducti [...] | 2009-03-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET EMIN EINV SENV KGHG SF |
09PRETORIA612 | WELCOME TO POST [...] the date and time of arrival; 2. the airline and flight number; 3. the number of accompanying family members; 4. any pets scheduled to arrive with you, including their sizes and breeds; and 5. a personal e-mail address so that we may contact you after you leave your current assignment with [...] | 2009-03-30 09:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AMGT SF |
09PRETORIA628 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM 2009 SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Post submits two proposals for Science Fellows. Proposal One requests a Science Fellow for May 2009. Proposal Two requests three dimensional modeling of the world's largest repository of the platium-group elements in the Bushveld complex. --------------------------------------------- -- [...] | 2009-03-31 07:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER |
09PRETORIA631 | SAG'S FOREIGN POLICY: TRADING PRINCIPLES FOR POWER? [...] In a March 25 forum assessing South Africa's foreign policy from the standpoint of global human rights, prominent political commentator Professor Adam Habib acknowledged that the SAG's stances in multilateral fora often disappointed local and international rights advocates. The underlying ca [...] | 2009-03-31 11:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SA |
09PRETORIA658 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 3, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 14 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Activity Slumps to Record Low - Vehicle Sales, Exports Continue to Plummet - South Africa Must Try to Save 'Distressed' Se [...] | 2009-04-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA659 | SOUTH AFRICA: SHIPPING INTENTIONS UNDER U.S. WTO RAW SUGAR [...] In response to questions raised in ref cable, South Africa's sugar authorities note that South Africa recently shipped 22,860 metric tons of raw sugar to the United States, which fulfills this year's quota allocation. 2. If there were a reallocation of the current quota amount, South Afri [...] | 2009-04-03 12:29:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SF EAGR ETRD |
09PRETORIA66 | TO ANC WAR VETS ZUMA REMAINS "SPEAR OF THE NATION" [...] (C) Summary: Former fighters in Umkhonto we Sizwe, some of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma,s strongest supporters, have high expectations for the ANC leader and are expecting him to address their interests. Umkhonto we Sizwe, translated to &Spear of the Nation8 and ofte [...] | 2009-01-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS SF |
09PRETORIA661 | PART 2 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 3 on the South African election. End Summary. --------------------------------- The Issues That Will Drive Voters --------------------------------- 2. (C) In the 2006 local elections around the country, the delivery of services such as water, sanitation, an [...] | 2009-04-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA662 | PART 3 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) This cable is part 3 of 3 on the South African election. End Summary. ----------------------------------- Important Political Markers to Watch ------------------------------------ 2. (C) There are at least five political markers for this election: -- The possibility of violence [...] | 2009-04-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA663 | SOUTH AFRICAN AUTO INDUSTRY SUFFERING [...] (SBU) Summary. The global economic crisis may cause South African auto exports to drop by 35 percent in 2009, according to the National Automobile Manufacturer's Association of South Africa. The downturn in the export market combined with a sharp decline in domestic sales have lead the bel [...] | 2009-04-03 14:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON EIND ETRD |
09PRETORIA664 | PART 1 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) South Africa on April 22 will hold its fourth national election since the end of apartheid in 1994. From all indications, the government and its institutions are ready for this poll, and turnout is expected to be the highest since former President Nelson Mandela's victory 15 years ago. [...] | 2009-04-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA665 | LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTY LISTS AHEAD [...] (C) Poloff worked with Political Section officers to gain their perspectives and insights into South Africa's main political parties ahead of the April 22 national election. Officers provided thoughts about the parties' candidate lists and how they may help or hinder their electoral chances. [...] | 2009-04-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA666 | ZUMA CONTINUES HARD PRESS FOR AFRIKANER SUPPORT [...] (SBU) One of the more interesting trends to emerge during this election season is the intense focus by Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC) in lobbying the Afrikaner vote ahead of the election. Many pundits and political analysts have speculated that the Afrikaner vote would go [...] | 2009-04-03 15:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA67 | ANC LOYALIST THRONG TO EAST LONDON FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma launched the party,s election manifesto in front of a packed stadium in East London on January 10. Zuma said the ANC intends to focus on job creation, education, health, rural development, crime, and corruption during the nex [...] | 2009-01-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA674 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, March 2009, Volume 4, Number 3, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- SOUTH AFRICANS JOING EARTH HOUR - REDUCE POWER USANGE BY 15% -- [...] | 2009-04-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA68 | SUPREME COURT RULING ON ZUMA CASE SPARKS REACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The South African Supreme Court's January 12 judgment allowing corruption charges against Jacob Zuma to move forward drew various reactions from across the political landscape. African National Congress (ANC) alliance parties expressed their continued support for ANC President Jac [...] | 2009-01-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KDEM PGOV AA SF |
09PRETORIA684 | STATE DROPS CHARGES AGAINST ZUMA [...] (U) The legal saga surrounding African National Congress (ANC) leader, and future South African President, Jacob Zuma continued on April 6 as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dropped its case against the former Deputy President. Acting NPA Director of Public Prosecution Mokotedi Mpshe [...] | 2009-04-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA687 | ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA DISCUSSES WAYS [...] (C) ANC Treasurer General Dr. Mathews Phosa met on April 2 with Charge and AmCham representatives to discuss ways to strengthen the bilateral relationship and promote U.S. investment. Dr. Phosa encouraged a closer relationship between the U.S. Embassy and the ANC Foreign Policy Committee; cl [...] | 2009-04-07 11:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA704 | PRETORIA'S PERSPECTIVE ON HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS [...] (C) In accordance with Department guidance, we urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to ensure that South Africa's annual declaration under the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) would be submitted in a timely fashion. On April 9 we informed DFA that t [...] | 2009-04-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MTCRE PARM AORC SF |
09PRETORIA707 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 9, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 15 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Recession Rules Out Post-Election Policy Shift; Mboweni and Manuel Agree on Rate Cuts - Significant Rise in Reserves - Treasury Wil [...] | 2009-04-09 12:42:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA708 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: South Africa did not escape the negative consequences of the international financial turmoil, despite the fact that its domestic financial institutions had virtually no direct exposure to the troubled assets that were central to the deterioration of credit markets. Deteriorating [...] | 2009-04-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA71 | QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY WITH KEY [...] (U) Summary: The deterioration in the global economic landscape affected South Africa's third quarter 2008 economic performance. Weaker international demand, falling commodity prices, and the tight domestic economic environment resulted in the lowest quarterly real GDP growth in ten years. Une [...] | 2009-01-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD BEXP KTDB SF |
09PRETORIA713 | LETTER FROM PRESIDENT MOTLANTHE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] Post received a letter from President Motlanthe addressed to President Obama in response to the invitation to the Major Economies Forum. Text of the letter follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: 03 April 2009 Your Excellency, I refer to your letter of 24 March 2009 proposing the Major Economies F [...] | 2009-04-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL SF |
09PRETORIA728 | PRETORIA PROPOSAL -- FY'09 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Post hereby submits a proposal (ref B) for PRM's FY 2009 Julia V. Taft Fund for Refugees (ref A),recommending a grant of $20,000 to Ikenze Kungwe Mazwi Community College, a start-up elementary and high school serving children of Zimbabwean migrants in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Funds will be u [...] | 2009-04-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI ASEC CASC SF ZI |
09PRETORIA742 | China Sustains Interest in African Minerals and Energy [...] (SBU) Summary. The African Mining Indaba in Cape Town February 9-12 provided verve for discussion on China's interest in African resources (Reftel). The consensus view was that China is taking a long-term perspective on its resource investments in Africa, but driving harder bargains in the gl [...] | 2009-04-16 07:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EPET ENRG EINV ETRD SF CH |
09PRETORIA745 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING THE AU'S EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed objectives for supporting the African Union's (AU) efforts to ensure an early return to constitutional rule in Madagascar with Department of Foreign Affairs Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Deputy Director Wolf Rothkegel on April 14. He said the South Afri [...] | 2009-04-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EAID MA SF |
09PRETORIA758 | BUSINESS UNCERTAIN ABOUT IMPACT OF ZUMA PRESIDENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 10:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA769 | UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE [...] AmEmbassy Pretoria's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO are as follows: a. TFCO: Bruce Neuling; Deputy Economic Counselor; office 27-12-431-4347; cell 27-79-111-3200; class e-mail NeulingB@state.sgov.gov; unclass e-mail NeulingBX@state.gov. b. Deputy TFCO: A [...] | 2009-04-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER SF |
09PRETORIA770 | SOUTH AFRICA ANNOUNCES PERMIT FOR ZIMBABWEANS [...] The SAG's April 3 announcement of a temporary permit for Zimbabweans to remain in South Africa is a potentially groundbreaking step in assistance to the continuing mass influx of Zimbabwean migrants. Compared to the asylum channel, the permit is much better suited to Zimbabweans' mainly econ [...] | 2009-04-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF PGOV SA |
09PRETORIA771 | SA PERMIT FOR ZIMBABWEANS (PART 2) [...] There are currently more questions than answers surrounding the SAG's implementation of a temporary permit for Zimbabwean migrants to remain in South Africa (ref A). The Minister of Home Affairs' (DHA) April 3 announcement of the new policy was a surprise, albeit a welcome one, to the rights [...] | 2009-04-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SF |
09PRETORIA779 | South African Political Parties Have Embraced Social Media, [...] SUMMARY: (U) Reportedly inspired by the dynamic e-campaign of President Obama, South African political parties have launched multifaceted digital platforms to reach voters in advance of the April 22 elections. Most parties now have targeted websites, voter activism forums, interactive media opp [...] | 2009-04-20 15:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SA KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA78 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post?s two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...] | 2009-01-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB |
09PRETORIA797 | SOUTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN FUNDING [...] (C) Summary: The Helen Suzman Foundation hosted a seminar on April 15 to discuss the country's laws on political party funding, an issue which the media and electorate have largely ignored in the run-up to South Africa's election on 22 April. Panelists agreed that both the source and amounts [...] | 2009-04-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA80 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - SOUTH AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents the first part of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009 6.1 Op [...] | 2009-01-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB |
09PRETORIA802 | PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...] | 2009-04-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA805 | SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] Summary: Mission observer teams and local media outlets report generally smooth operations as polls opened April 22 for South Africa's fourth national election since democracy was established in 1994. Days before the vote, the Independent Electoral Commission predicted an eighty percent turn ou [...] | 2009-04-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM ASEC SF |
09PRETORIA806 | SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #2 [...] Summary: South Africans remain focused on the unfolding drama of national elections as voting continued through midday. Voter turnout remains strong overall, but there are significant differences between polling places. Observer teams are reporting minor irregularities and procedural problems, [...] | 2009-04-22 15:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM ASEC SF |
09PRETORIA81 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SOUTH AFRICA (PART [...] (U) Summary. In response to Ref A, this cable presents part two of post's two-part 2009 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide for South Africa 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY2009, continued [...] | 2009-01-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR SF |
09PRETORIA810 | South Africa makes slow progress on renewable energy, but [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa is a coal-based economy and little attention to date has been given by the government and the private sector to the country's significant renewable energy potential. Even the minimal target set for renewable energy in the country's energy mix by 2013 is likely to be [...] | 2009-04-23 10:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD SENV SF |
09PRETORIA817 | SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #3 [...] (U) Summary: National and provincial election results began trickling in on April 23. Early numbers show that the African National Congress (ANC) will again receive a huge mandate from the electorate, but there are signs of strength from the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Western Cape. The Co [...] | 2009-04-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM ASEC SF |
09PRETORIA818 | SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's National and Provincial elections of April 22 were well organized and peaceful. Charge d'Affaires and Poloff on April 23 visited the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Results Centre to see how political parties were faring and to gain a better understanding of [...] | 2009-04-23 17:15:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA821 | Media Coverage of South African Elections [...] SUMMARY: Across the spectrum - from the daily newspapers to television broadcasts to community radio - coverage of the 2009 elections in South Africa dominated the media in the weeks leading up to the April 22 vote, and ruled the airwaves on election day itself. In what is widely considered South [...] | 2009-04-24 09:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SA KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA831 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 17, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 17 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Business Index Shows Light at End of Tunnel - Empowerment Fund Changes Strategy to Help Smaller Firms - Telkom and AT&T Launch Strategic [...] | 2009-04-24 14:12:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA832 | SADC MISSION DECLARES SOUTH AFRICAN ELECTION FREE [...] (U) The Southern African Development Community (SADC) concluded that South Africa's national and provincial election on April 22 was "peaceful, free, fair, and transparent." SADC's delegation, which comprised 108 observers from the region, was led by Swaziland's Minister of Agriculture Cleme [...] | 2009-04-24 14:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA840 | FINAL RESULTS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL 22 ELECTION [...] (U) The April 22, 2009 national and provincial election in South Africa saw the African National Congress (ANC) earning the right to form the fourth consecutive government since the end of apartheid in 1994. The ANC leader will be its party president, Jacob Zuma, who will be inaugurated in P [...] | 2009-04-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA841 | ANC PREVAILS, WINS GOVERNING MAJORITY [...] (C) The ruling African National Congress (ANC) prevailed in the April 22 national and provincial election with a total of 65.96 percent of the national vote; slightly down from their total of 69 percent in 2004, and 67 percent in 1999. The second highest vote total went to the multi-racial De [...] | 2009-04-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA842 | MINING FOR VOTES IN THE FREE STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa's Free State Province once ranked among the world's greatest producers of gold, rivaling the gold deposits west of Johannesburg. The Free State's high-grade deposits have been mined out to a great extent, leading to long-term decline in production and jobs in and a [...] | 2009-04-28 15:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ELAB PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA843 | IEC ANNOUNCES ELECTION RESULTS ON APRIL 25 [...] (C) The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) was proud of the efficiency of polling day activities, saying this was "a long way from 1994." The IEC said campaigns were conducted peacefully and there were no incidents of political violence or intimidation on election day. The ruling African [...] | 2009-04-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA844 | PRETORIA DRC WATCHERS HOLDING ON [...] (SBU) Summary: South Africa's interest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been eclipsed by domestic politics and more acute Southern African Development Community (SADC) emergencies, but it has not disappeared. The United Nations Organization Mission in the DRC (MONUC) maintains an [...] | 2009-04-29 08:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CG RW SF |
09PRETORIA856 | Demarche on Status of New Port States Agreement [...] (U) As requested reftel, Post has delivered subject demarche to the following South African government officials: Â [...] | 2009-04-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV SF |
09PRETORIA872 | SOUTH AFRICAN ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY MONTHLY [...] (U) Summary: This is the South African Environment, Science and Technology Monthly Briefings Newsletter, April 2009, Volume 4, Number 4, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. Topics of the newsletter: -- ANC OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN ABALONE BUST -- SADC SKIPPER FINED R1.5M FO [...] | 2009-04-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA875 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER APRIL 30, 2009 [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 18 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Reserve Bank Cuts Repo Rate - Company Failures Rise - Finance Minister Will Have Role in Next ANC Government - South Afri [...] | 2009-04-30 14:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA88 | SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER JANUARY 16, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 9, issue 3 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News Weekly Newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Economy to "Feel Pressure" - Manufacturing Output, Business Confidence Dive - South Africa's House Prices Fall - Stadiums [...] | 2009-01-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET ENRG BEXP KTDB SENV |
09PRETORIA884 | South Africa's Response to CCFL Demarche [...] Ag Attache provided reftel demarche points to the South African Codex Point of Contact, Malose Daniel Matlala, Deputy Director, Inter-agency Liaison and Regulatory Nutrition, Department of Health, Directorate of Food Control on April 24, 2009. The official responded that South Africa will not s [...] | 2009-05-04 09:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO |
09PRETORIA893 | SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY [...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...] | 2009-05-04 13:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA924 | CHARGE D'AFFAIRES CALLS ON DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Trade and Industry Director General Tsheido Matona said the time was right to move forward on the U.S./SACU Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA). In a meeting with the Charge d'Affaires on April 29, he saw TIDCA as a venue for promoting [...] | 2009-05-08 10:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA930 | COMMUNIST PARTY LOOKS FOR GAINS FOLLOWING ZUMA WIN [...] (SBU) The South African Communist Party (SACP),whose membership totals have slowly eroded in recent years, is looking to rebound following African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's selection as the country's next ruler. SACP members can belong both to the ANC and to the Congress [...] | 2009-05-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA939 | PART 1 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (SBU) Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, is a controversial but not well understood personage who emerged from obscurity to where he now occupies the apex of South Africa's political pyramid. He is deeply loved and revered by his closest [...] | 2009-05-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA941 | WESTINGHOUSE PERSEVERES FOR NEW NUCLEAR BUILD IN [...] (C) Westinghouse Regional Vice-President - South Africa Rita Bowser told Economic Counselor that Westinghouse remained cautiously optimistic about winning a contract for building new nuclear power stations in South Africa. The Westinghouse rep believes that the key period to influence the pr [...] | 2009-05-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EMIN EINV ETRD BEXP KNNP SF |
09PRETORIA942 | FINAL LIST OF PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (U) Newly elected President Jacob Zuma completed his Cabinet appointments May 10. Attached is the completed list of all Cabinet ministers and their deputy ministers. National President - Jacob Zuma Deputy President - Kgalema Motlanthe * National Planning Commission in the Presidency - Tr [...] | 2009-05-11 06:11:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM ASEC SF |
09PRETORIA953 | PART 2 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (SBU) This is the second of three messages that aim to reveal a comprehensive background picture of Jacob Zuma, the President of the ruling African National Congress party (ANC),who was inaugurated as the fourth post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first message was released befor [...] | 2009-05-12 08:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA954 | PART 3 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S [...] (SBU) This is the third of three messages that aim to reveal a comprehensive background picture of Jacob Zuma, the President of the ruling African National Congress party (ANC),who was inaugurated as the fourth post-apartheid president of South Africa. The first message was released before [...] | 2009-05-12 08:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SF |
09PRETORIA981 | AT&T PURSUES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH TELKOM SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. AT&T officials met with post to discuss a new strategic partnership with Telkom South Africa on April 16. The officials noted that increasing numbers of international corporations were finding opportunities for investment in Africa and agreed that improvements in bandwidth capa [...] | 2009-05-14 05:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EIND EINV EINT ECIP PGOV USTR SF |
09PRETORIA986 | SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE CELEBRATES WORLD [...] (U) Summary: The South African Weather Services (SAWS) hosted a World Meteorological Day seminar for over one hundred government, private sector, academia and civil society participants in Pretoria on March 23 - 24, 2009. Discussion topics included weather-related disasters and their impact o [...] | 2009-05-14 12:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ETRD SF |
09PRETORIA988 | PART 1 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Zuma increased the Cabinet's size from 28 to 34 ministries. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This i [...] | 2009-05-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM ASEC SF PGOV |
09PRETORIA99 | THE AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF HEALTH - FINALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador had a productive meeting with Minister of Health Barbara Hogan January 19 on the eve of his departure from post. The Ambassador conveyed his frustration that he had not been able to meet with the Minister's predecessor, emblematic of challenges in working with th [...] | 2009-01-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV EAID KHIV SF ZI |
09PRETORIA990 | INDUSTRY APPLAUDES CREATION OF DEDICATED TOURISM MINISTRY [...] (U) Summary. President Zuma announced a split in the existing Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) when he revealed his cabinet on May 9. Former Minister of DEAT Marthinus van Schalkwyk will head the new Department of Tourism. Industry analysts welcomed the creation of a ca [...] | 2009-05-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD SENV PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA993 | SOUTH AFRICA SPLITS ITS MINING AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The South African government announced the long-anticipated split of the Ministry of Minerals and Energy into two separate ministries to aim for greater focus on these key sectors. Industry is cautiously open-minded about the new appointments. Minister of Mining Susan Shabangu [...] | 2009-05-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV SENV SF |
09PRETORIA994 | SA-ZIMBABWE BORDER: COPING WITH CONTINUED HEAVY [...] A May 7-8 visit to the South African and Zimbabwean border towns of Musina and Beitbridge found the border zone was beginning to normalize despite continued heavy flows of Zimbabwean migrants into South Africa. The SAG's halt in deportations has reduced migrants' vulnerability to police hara [...] | 2009-05-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KTIP SF |
09PRETORIA995 | SWAZI KING CONVEYS REGIONAL POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Summary: King Mswati III of Swaziland met with Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson in Johannesburg, South Africa following the inauguration of Jacob Zuma as South Africa's fourth democratically elected president. He raised SADC's concerns regarding the crisis in Madagascar and the region [...] | 2009-05-15 15:45:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SF |
09PRISTINA114 | KOSOVO: DS PARTY SHOWING NEW ASSERTIVENESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, Serbian government officials responsible for the southern part of Kosovo (south of the Ibar river) have sounded a seemingly more moderate political line and have even contacted Serbs working in the Kosovo government. These officials, all from Serbian President [...] | 2009-03-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV SR |
09PRISTINA131 | KOSOVO: MOMENTUM BUILDING ON DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent meetings, Minister for Local Government Administration Sadri Ferati shared his evolving thinking about decentralization and how he sees his role in the process. His fear that the differential pace of decentralization in Kosovo's north and south will lead to [...] | 2009-03-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA146 | KOSOVO: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SHRINKS PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prompted at least in part by the financial crisis and the burden of subsidizing parallel structures in Kosovo, Serbian officials from the Ministry for Kosovo have taken steps to curtail the power and influence of Serbian parallel municipal governments in some southern enclaves. T [...] | 2009-04-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA147 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON SERBIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY Recent developments related to issues surrounding the Serbian Orthodox Church's (SOC) patrimonial sites in Kosovo have produced a mixture of progress in some areas and continued challenges in others. At the urging of moderate SOC leaders in Kosovo, the SOC's ruling Synod has giv [...] | 2009-04-08 16:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA148 | KOSOVO/EULEX: AT FULL OPERATING CAPABILITY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 6 the European Union's rule-of-law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, declared full operational capability (FOC). Four months after its initiation, EULEX can claim some significant successes, including a complete and violence-free roll-out of the police component; the reopening of the [...] | 2009-04-08 17:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA149 | USAID ROMA RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: PROGRESS AFTER A [...] (U) Summary: USAID has initiated a long term resettlement project for 50 Roma families residing in two camps for internally displaced persons in north Mitrovica. The camp residents continue to suffer life-threatening health effects from lead poisoning over nine years after moving into the UN [...] | 2009-04-08 17:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL UNMIK KV |
09PRISTINA150 | KOSOVO: MAJOR ELECTION-RELATED CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political scene is increasingly focusing on municipal elections widely expected to take place in autumn-winter 2009, though no date has yet been set. Coalition and opposition parties alike see municipal elections as an opportunity to gain momentum for national elections, [...] | 2009-04-08 18:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID UNMIKV KV |
09PRISTINA159 | KOSOVO: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] (U) Per reftel, Post is pleased to provide the following terrorism finance coordination officer contact information: - Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO): Valerie Bilgri Holm, Economic Officer Tel: (381) (38) 59 59 3243 Email: BilgriHolmVK@state.sgov.gov; Bilgri-HolmVK@state.gov [...] | 2009-04-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER KV YI |
09PRISTINA160 | KOSOVO: FY09 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following responses about host country fiscal transparency and eligibility to receive U.S. foreign assistance. 2. (U) The central government of Kosovo expects to receive FY09 U.S. foreign assistance funding. 3. (U) Once Kosovo's central budge [...] | 2009-04-22 16:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL KV |
09PRISTINA162 | KOSOVO: HOUSING RECONSTRUCTION IN NORTH MITROVICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The return of warm weather in Kosovo brings with it annual interest among Kosovo Albanian displaced persons in rebuilding houses north of the Ibar River. Suvi Do/Suhadoll, a village just west of the Kosovo Serb populated north Mitrovica area, has been the site of interethnic cla [...] | 2009-04-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA163 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON CIVAIR BUT MORE WORK TO BE DONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's civil aviation regime has seen significant changes in the past ten years, with Pristina International Airport (PIA) evolving from a military airport run by KFOR in 1999 to assuming full operational control over commercial flights and establishing nascent national civil [...] | 2009-04-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09PRISTINA17 | KOSOVO: MODERATE SERBS BLAME NORTHERN HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Certain key moderates in Kosovo's Serb community, such as Rada Trajkovic, director of the Serbian government health clinic in the southern enclave of Gracanica, and Oliver Ivanovic, a fellow Kosovo Serb serving as State Secretary in the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo, are blaming h [...] | 2009-01-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA176 | KOSOVO: H1NI INFLUENZA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no reports of confirmed cases of H1NI influenza in Kosovo to date. The Government of Kosovo has implemented a public awareness campaign, and several GOK institutions have already disseminated World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on the precautions [...] | 2009-04-30 14:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AMED ASEC CASC YI KV KFLU |
09PRISTINA178 | KOSOVO EFFORTS TO SECURE RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary: Since the initial rush of recgonitions after its declaration of independence in February 2008, Kosovo has had to work intensively for each additional recognition, using all tools available to move the undecideds into the "yes" column. Support from the USG and other friendly nat [...] | 2009-05-04 10:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV |
09PRISTINA18 | KOSOVO: RETURNS DOWN SHARPLY IN 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) numbers, only 569 persons returned to Kosovo in 2008, compared to 1815 returnees in 2007. This decline can be attributed to many factors, chief among them Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, which appea [...] | 2009-01-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK PREF |
09PRISTINA183 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: You last saw the President and Prime Minister of Kosovo in Washington during their first meetings with the new Administration in February, just after the one year anniversary of Kosovo's independence. That meeting proved a huge boost for a Kosovo public anxious to be reassur [...] | 2009-05-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK KV |
09PRISTINA20 | KOSOVO GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SHELTERS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2008, the Government of Kosovo's (GOK) Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MLSW) took effective measures to ensure the continued operation of victims of trafficking (VOT) shelters in Kosovo. In 2007, two of the three VOT shelters in Kosovo -- Hope and Homes (HAH) and the Ce [...] | 2009-01-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09PRISTINA216 | KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON ELECTRICITY FOR SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY. We have seen significant progress towards reaching a comprehensive solution to the problem of Kosovo Serbs and the electricity supply. As of June 2, thanks to sustained effort by the Embassy and USAID Kosovo, every Kosovo Serb village south of the Ibar river - with the exceptio [...] | 2009-06-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA22 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO SECURITY FORCE POISED TO START [...] (C) SUMMARY: At 2400 on January 20 Kosovo will deactivate the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) and will activate the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) at one minute past midnight on January 21. At the same time, approximately 2900 current KPC members will receive notification whether or not they will [...] | 2009-01-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA225 | KOSOVO REQUESTS NATIONAL GUARD STATE PARTNER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of the Kosovo Security Force Fehmi Mujota sent a letter to the Ambassador on May 13 requesting entry into the United States National Guard State Partnership Program. Embassy has forwarded this letter through channels, and USNATO informed us on May 18 that SHAPE had sent [...] | 2009-06-10 15:25:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA23 | KOSOVO 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared the independence of Kosovo. The United States immediately recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with Kosovo. Prior to the declaration, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo [...] | 2009-01-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ELAB ETRD YI KV OPIC USTR EINV EGOV KTDB |
09PRISTINA249 | KOSOVO: ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MANAGE IMMIGRATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please seen paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: Increasing numbers of foreigners are entering Kosovo and requesting stay and asylum. Kosovo's laws governing asylum and migration are good, but border authorities lack the technological and physical resources to prop [...] | 2009-07-01 13:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SMIG KV |
09PRISTINA25 | KOSOVO: DAS STUART JONES DISCUSSES PRACTICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/SCE DAS Stuart Jones visited Kosovo January 12-13, and discussed events since the European Union's rule-of-law mission, EULEX, started its operations on December 9, 2008. In meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Thaci, Foreign Minister Hyseni, EULEX Chief de Kermabo [...] | 2009-01-22 06:57:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA250 | KOSOVO: A CHALLENGING ELECTIONS PROCESS AMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sejdiu on June 16 called for municipal elections to take place on November 15. Preparations for these elections, set to occur amid increasing activity on decentralization, will present several policy challenges. Decentralization will create five new Serb-majority munic [...] | 2009-07-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA251 | KOSOVO: DECANI LAND ISSUE REACHES LEGAL [...] (C) The long-running land dispute between the Visoki Decani Serbian Orthodox monastery and the municipal government of Decani municipality has reached a legal conclusion. On May 19, the Special Chamber of the Kosovo Supreme Court for Kosovo Trust Agency Matters endorsed a settlement proposal [...] | 2009-07-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KV |
09PRISTINA255 | KOSOVO: GOK STILL LOOKING FOR CEFTA BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since independence was declared in 2008, Kosovo has struggled to find its voice on the international stage. The Government of Kosovo's (GOK) strong desire to shed the shackles of UNMIK in all realms has been particularly frustrating in organizations where Kosovo is represented b [...] | 2009-07-04 09:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09PRISTINA256 | KOSOVO: EULEX AT THE SIX MONTH POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months after EULEX's deployment, we are getting a better sense of the mission's strengths and weaknesses. EULEX Police, as an example, were active and successful in suppressing protests in north Mitrovica during Albanian efforts to rebuild destroyed homes in Kroi i Vitakut. [...] | 2009-07-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA257 | KOSOVO'S DIVIDED OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo's three opposition parties lack the unity and parliamentary strength to challenge the PDK-led coalition. Ramush Haradinaj has failed to unify the opposition behind him and the remaining opposition parties do not embrace his party's leadership against the government. The [...] | 2009-07-04 10:37:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA287 | KOSOVO: ENERGY SECTOR REFORM MOVES AHEAD (FINALLY) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After years of delay, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) has officially announced it will build a large lignite-fueled power plant -- the "New Kosovo Power Plant" (NKPP) -- to address the country's unmet and growing energy needs. Prime Minister Hashim Thaci announced the governmen [...] | 2009-07-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON EAID EAIR ETTC PTER KTFN UNMIK |
09PRISTINA30 | KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA AMERICAN CORNER STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The American Corner in the UNMIK library of northern Mitrovica remains open, but its existence continues to be threatened by the Kosovo Serb parallel municipal government. UNMIK has refused to hand over control of the building to parallel mayor Nenad Toplicevic, a member of the [...] | 2009-01-26 16:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA314 | STEADY PROGRESS ON KOSOVO'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo devotes high-level government attention to anti-trafficking and continues to make steady progress. A recent investigation into five Kosovo Police officers suspected of involvement in trafficking resulted in suspensions, and prosecutors are continuing the investigation. T [...] | 2009-07-31 05:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KV |
09PRISTINA323 | KOSOVO: KEEPING DECENTRALIZATION AND THE NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint ambassadors here still lack consensus on whether Kosovo should conduct November 15 municipal elections in any of the new, as yet unformed Serb-majority municipalities mandated in the Ahtisaari Plan. The UK Embassy, once in favor of conducting elections only in the 33 exist [...] | 2009-08-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA331 | KOSOVO: TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) In the past week, Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) has confirmed the country's first two cases of the H1N1 virus. From six samples sent to WHO laboratories for further testing, the first case, a nine-year old resident of the U.K., was confirmed on July 28. The child a [...] | 2009-08-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT CASC ECON PINR PREL KFLU YI KV |
09PRISTINA332 | EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2009 [...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS None to report. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD None to report. 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) July 14, 2009 - EXBS Advisor Milam and Program Assistant met with Ms. [...] | 2009-08-06 16:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV |
09PRISTINA336 | KOSOVO: QUINT FACING CRITICAL DECISIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Municipal elections in Kosovo are scheduled to take place on November 15, and the Quint embassies in Pristina--U.S., UK, France, Germany, and Italy--continue to lack consensus on fast-approaching critical decisions on election organization. At the August 7 meeting, the Deputy In [...] | 2009-08-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA344 | KOSOVO: EMBASSY URGES GOK TO COOPERATE WITH [...] (C) During an August 13 courtesy call, Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci expressed his desire for continued cooperation with the Embassy, and pledged to make no important policy decisions without prior consultation. The Charge noted that the United States shared Kosovo's strategic priority [...] | 2009-08-14 08:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA345 | KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION SEQUENCING AND TIMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the August 14 Quint meeting, the International Civilian Office (ICO) outlined its plans for establishing additional Municipal Preparation Teams (MPTs) following the August 13 announcement of the formation of the Gracanica MPT. The ICO indicated that it will proceed with i [...] | 2009-08-14 17:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA351 | KOSOVO: SERBIAN PARALLEL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Serbian parallel municipal elections held in Kosovo on August 16 resulted in a lower than expected voter turnout. The Government of Kosovo downplayed the significance of these elections, notwithstanding substantial opposition and media criticism. END SUMMARY. PARAL [...] | 2009-08-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KV SR |
09PRISTINA356 | KOSOVO: SIGNS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS SURFACING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's limited international financial exposure has allowed the country to remain relatively untouched by the global financial crisis. Heavily dependent on international donor assistance, rising public expenditures have managed to stave off any major decline in growth. Howev [...] | 2009-08-20 05:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV |
09PRISTINA357 | KOSOVO: TOWARD REFRAMING THE DEBATE ON DECENTRALIZATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disputes within the international community on the process of decentralization and the timing for elections have overshadowed our unanimity on the most basic goals - the need for successful decentralization and successful elections. As August ends, and deadlines for finalizing [...] | 2009-08-20 09:18:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA362 | KOSOVO: GOK OPPOSES EULEX AGREEMENT WITH SERBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kosovo (GOK) continues to object to a draft law enforcement agreement that EULEX plans to sign with Serbia. Kosovo's objections center around an implied reference to the "six points," some terminology in the agreement, and the negative impact that it may have on [...] | 2009-08-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA368 | KOSOVO: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador presented letters of credence to Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu Monday, August 24, at the President's Office. In statements before a large contingent of press following the ceremony, President Sejdiu warmly welcomed the Ambassador, while the Ambassador pledged the USG's [...] | 2009-08-25 16:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KV |
09PRISTINA378 | KOSOVO: KP PARAMILITARY POLICE SENT NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: A standoff between ethnic Albanians and ethnic Serbs in Mitrovica over the reconstruction of several Albanian houses destroyed in the war escalated Thursday evening when Prime Minister Thaci ordered Kosovo paramilitary police (ROSU) to Mitrovica to protect Albanian construction [...] | 2009-08-28 17:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA379 | KOSOVO: ASSESSING LIKELY ELECTION PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Debate among stakeholders continues on modalities for and risks associated with holding elections on November 15 in the new Serb-majority municipalities formed through Ahtisaari-mandated decentralization, but we are edging towards a solution along U.S.-shaped lines: elections i [...] | 2009-08-28 17:19:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA389 | EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009 [...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS n/a 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD n/a 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A). August 5, 2009 - EXBS Advisor Milam and Program Assistant met with Major General Behar Selim [...] | 2009-09-04 17:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV |
09PRISTINA395 | KOSOVO: AMBASSADOR MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER HARADINAJ [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party leader, and former prime minister, Ramush Haradinaj on September 9. The two discussed a range of international and domestic political issues in a frank and friendly exchange. Ambassador told Haradinaj that a key part of hi [...] | 2009-09-11 15:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA397 | KOSOVO: AMBASSADOR MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER PACOLLI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Alliance for a New Kosovo (AKR) leader Behgjet Pacolli and Pacolli's senior advisor, Essad Puskar, on September 11 for an introductory meeting to discuss several domestic and foreign issues including AKR's role in Kosovo's opposition, the importance of te [...] | 2009-09-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KV |
09PRISTINA398 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER PROMISES PROTOCOL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Kosovo Assembly Speaker Jakup Krasniqi, in a meeting with the Ambassador on September 9, promised his support to reduce political tensions over the EULEX-Serbia law enforcement protocol. The Ambassador thanked Krasniqi for previous public comments the Speaker made to reduce political vola [...] | 2009-09-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA40 | KOSOVO: 2009 BFIF PROPOSALS [...] Post thanks EEB/CBA for the opportunity to submit proposals for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). Per reftel instructions, USEP is submitting three proposals for consideration. 2. International Franchise Expo: There has been a steady increase in inquiries from U.S. companie [...] | 2009-02-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD YI EINV KV |
09PRISTINA404 | KOSOVO: URGENT DECISIONS NEEDED IN NKPP PROCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In July 2009, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) publicly announced its decision to move forward with the World Bank-funded New Kosovo Power Project (NKPP). The announcement, made in close consultation with key international donors, was long-awaited. After years of delay, it appea [...] | 2009-09-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL KV |
09PRISTINA412 | KOSOVO: RUSSIAN AND SLOVAK REPS PRESS OSCE ON [...] (U) Heads of Mission from the Russian and Slovak Liaison Offices in Kosovo offered pointed questions to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo (OMIK) regarding activities related to upcoming municipal elections during a September 24 meeting reviewing OMIK's r [...] | 2009-09-25 06:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV |
09PRISTINA417 | KOSOVO: NEW COMKFOR CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, the new COMKFOR, Lieutenant General Markus Bentler paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador. The two discussed KFOR's planned drawdown and the importance of creating a mechanism to ensure close coordination between military and civilian organizations as KFOR's pre [...] | 2009-09-29 06:04:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MARR KV |
09PRISTINA427 | KOSOVO: ALLEGATIONS OF POISONING ALBANIAN STUDENTS CAUSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dozens of Albanian students from three schools in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje have been admitted to Pristina's University Hospital over the past two days with complaints of dizziness, fatigue, and loss of consciousness amid media speculation that the students were the victims of i [...] | 2009-10-01 18:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA428 | KOSOVO: SCENSETTER FOR DAS JONES' VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, the ninth meeting of the International Steering Group (ISG),the oversight body for the International Civilian Office (ICO),will begin a conversation on the future of the organization, and indeed on its exit strategy. This discussion takes place just as Kosovo be [...] | 2009-10-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA43 | KOSOVO: MONTENEGRO DELEGATION DISCUSSES [...] (U) Summary. Montenegrin Deputy Assembly Chairman Rifat Rastoder led a government delegation on a visit to Pristina on January 27-28. Montenegro, which recognized Kosovo on October 9, sent the delegation to discuss establishing diplomatic relations with Kosovo, the status of ethnic Montenegri [...] | 2009-02-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KV MW |
09PRISTINA447 | KOSOVO: EU(LEX)-SERBIA CUSTOMS AGREEMENT PRESENTS POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European representatives, both in Brussels and in Kosovo, are developing a framework to negotiate a customs protocol between EULEX -- on behalf of the GOK -- and Serbia, which would include both data sharing on customs activity and the restart of revenue collection at Gates 1 and [...] | 2009-10-13 07:39:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA456 | KOSOVO: CAMPAIGN OPENS FOR NOVEMBER 15 MUNICIPAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for Kosovo November 15 municipal elections kicked off on October 15. The elections, the first since independence and the first managed by domestic institutions, mark an important milestone in Kosovo's democratic growth. Kosovo Albanian and Serb par [...] | 2009-10-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV |
09PRISTINA457 | KOSOVO: HUNGARY IN TALKS TO REPRESENT SPANISH EU [...] (SBU) Atilla Fodor, First Secretary of the Hungarian Embassy in Pristina, briefed us Friday, October 16, on Hungary's hopes to represent Spain in Kosovo, during Spain's January-June 2010 EU presidency. According to Fodor, intensive bilateral talks are underway, and a decision is expected no la [...] | 2009-10-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV HU SP |
09PRISTINA458 | KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO SEDM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We delivered the points instructed (reftel) on our support for Montenegro's and Serbia's membership in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM) both to Kosovo's Acting Foreign Minister Vlora Citaku and to Minister for the Kosovo Security Force Fehmi Mujota. 2. (SBU) In her m [...] | 2009-10-19 11:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL SR MW KV |
09PRISTINA461 | KOSOVO: GOK SET TO REMOVE USG-PROVIDED BORDER [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph five. 2. (SBU) The USG-developed product PISCES (Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System),Kosovo's current border control system which is installed in all but two of Kosovo's border crossing points (BCP),could be [...] | 2009-10-21 05:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ASEC ELTN PTER SMIG PBTS PGOV PREL KCRM KV |
09PRISTINA463 | KOSOVO: BELGRADE PRESSURES MUNICIPAL PREPARATION TEAM [...] (SBU) We were told on October 21 by the International Civilian Office that Serbia's Ministry of Education is ordering Kosovo Serb teachers in parallel Serb-language schools to resign from temporary employment on Municipal Preparation Teams (MPTs) in Kosovo's new municipalities or face dismissal [...] | 2009-10-21 17:31:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA465 | KOSOVO: WEATHER AND TECHNICAL PROBLEMS CAUSE POWER OUTAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, increased demand for electricity due to unseasonably cold weather and technical problems threatened to cause catastrophic failure to the Valac electrical sub-station and distribution lines in northern Kosovo. This prompted the Kosovo Electricity Company (KEK) to c [...] | 2009-10-22 10:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA466 | EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A. 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) September 15, 2009 - EXBS Program Advisor and Assistant met with Bajram Rexha, Direct [...] | 2009-10-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV |
09PRISTINA470 | KOSOVO: LOCAL ELECTIONS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ETHNIC SERB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Serbs will vote in municipal elections on November 15 for the first time in four of six new decentralized municipalities formed under the Ahtisaari Plan. Encouraging voter participation among Serbs in the new municipalities is critical to decentralization's success, and U [...] | 2009-10-28 07:48:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV |
09PRISTINA471 | KOSOVO: KEK READY TO SUPPLY POWER TO NORTH, WAITING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a nine-day outage due to weather and line maintenance (Reftel),the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) is prepared to reestablish electrical power supply to northern Kosovo without insisting on collecting for energy use at this time. In an attempt to meet the power needs [...] | 2009-10-28 16:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA474 | KOSOVO: 2009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDEOM REPORT [...] (U) As per refs A and B we delivered an oral summary of the Kosovo section of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom (IRFR) to Venera Llunji, political adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs at 16:00 local time (11:00 EST) on October 26, and transmitted a hard copy of the [...] | 2009-10-30 08:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OPRC KIRF KPAO KV |
09PRISTINA477 | KOSOVO: AAK'S NEW BLOOD ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's leading opposition party, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),is attempting to refashion itself from a regional party dogged by its own corruption-plagued past into a national party that can convince voters to give it a second chance at governing. As part of th [...] | 2009-11-02 13:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA480 | KOSOVO: 2009 INCSR REPORT PART ONE [...] Following is Part One of Kosovo's 2009 INCSR report (narcotics and chemical control). 2. Begin report. I. Summary Though Kosovo is primarily a transit country for Afghan drugs destined for Europe, anecdotal evidence from the Kosovo Police (KP) suggests a growing domestic narcotics m [...] | 2009-11-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM KV |
09PRISTINA481 | KOSOVO: LACK OF MOVEMENT BY BELGRADE ON ENERGY IN NORTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than a week ago, the Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) finished repairs on two power lines that supply electricity to northern Kosovo, and informed the Valac sub-station operators that it is ready to restore power disconnected on October 18 for technical reasons. At the same [...] | 2009-11-04 07:34:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA482 | KOSOVO: BELGRADE REFUSES TO DISCUSS KEK SUB-CONTRACT [...] (SBU) On November 4, two KEK advisors met with Serbian Deputy Minister for Kosovo Dragan Petkovic and Ministry of Energy State Secretary Nikola Rajakovic in North Mitrovica. According to our contacts, the Serbian officials were not prepared to talk seriously about a commercial sub-contract for [...] | 2009-11-04 16:57:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA487 | KOSOVO: H1N1 PREP UNDERWAY AS VIRUS STRIKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first suspected cases of H1N1 influenza have appeared in Kosovo, according to the Director of Kosovo's National Institute of Public Health (NIPH). At the same time, NIPH and other elements of Kosovo's public health infrastructure continues preparations to deal with a possibl [...] | 2009-11-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV |
09PRISTINA49 | KOSOVO: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ADDRESSES [...] (C) Summary. Over the course of several meetings among international representatives in various formulations between January 15 and February 9, the urgent need to address a number of so-called "practical issues" (which more or less correspond to the "six-points" from the UN Secretary General' [...] | 2009-02-10 13:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV |
09PRISTINA492 | KOSOVO: LDK'S ELECTION STRATEGY: FROM PROBLEM CHILD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),Kosovo's oldest and second largest political party appears reinvigorated going into the November 15 local elections, following its 2007 electoral flop. LDK is more united and organized than at any time in the last three years, and it is e [...] | 2009-11-12 15:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA493 | KOSOVO: LDK'S ELECTION STRATEGY: FROM PROBLEM CHILD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),Kosovo's oldest and second largest political party appears reinvigorated going into the November 15 local elections, following its 2007 electoral flop. LDK is more united and organized than at any time in the last three years, and it is e [...] | 2009-11-12 15:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA494 | KOSOVO: LDKQS ELECTION STRATEGY: FROM PROBLEM CHILD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),KosovoQs oldest and second largest political party appears reinvigorated going into the November 15 local elections, following its 2007 electoral flop. LDK is more united and organized than at any time in the last three years, and it is e [...] | 2009-11-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA495 | KOSOVO: PDK'S CHALLENGE -- DEFENDING GAINS FROM '07 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK),Kosovo's ruling party since 2007, is heading into the November 15 local elections facing tough competition in municipal races from both the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and from its national coalition partner the Democr [...] | 2009-11-13 05:47:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA497 | KOSOVO: ELECTION PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The November 15 municipal elections in Kosovo, the first since independence in 2008, will test both the relative strength of Kosovo's political parties and the capacity of Kosovo's Central Elections Commission to organize the polls. We expect negative campaigning and concerns a [...] | 2009-11-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR KV |
09PRISTINA498 | EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE OCTOBER [...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A. 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A. 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) October 21, 2009: EXBS Program Advisor and Assistant met Col. Shaban Guda, Head of Borde [...] | 2009-11-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV |
09PRISTINA501 | KOSOVO: STRONG TURNOUT, RELATIVE CALM MARK LOCAL POLLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's November 15 local elections, the first organized by Kosovo authorities and the first since independence, were marked by higher than expected turnout, in both the Serb community and in Kosovo at large. Voters cast ballots for mayors and municipal assembly persons in 36 [...] | 2009-11-15 21:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA509 | KOSOVO - GETTING KFOR DRAWDOWN RIGHT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: KFOR is close to completing the first phase of its ultimate drawdown to "deterrent presence" force of 2,500 troops. By February 2010, KFOR troop levels will decline to 10,000, so-called Gate 1 in KFOR's three-phase plan. We believe that the Gate 1 decision was justified, but [...] | 2009-11-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL MARR KV |
09PRISTINA510 | KOSOVO: EARLY MAYORAL RESULTS SHOW FEW SURPRISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 16, Kosovo's Central Elections Commission (CEC) released preliminary results for the November 15 mayoral races. In 36 municipalities, 16 mayoral races were decided in the first round, with the ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) taking five, the junior coalition [...] | 2009-11-18 05:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA511 | KOSOVO: FIRST H1N1 DEATH CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) On November 15 Kosovo authorities reported the first death attributable to the H1N1 influenza virus -- also known as swine flu. The patient was a 31-year old man from Gllogovc/Glogovac, approximately 30 km from Pristina. He was hospitalized in critical condition on November 12 and treat [...] | 2009-11-19 05:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TBIO KFLU KV |
09PRISTINA518 | KOSOVO: PM RETHINKS DISSOLVING COALITION [...] (SBU) Late-breaking local news on November 19 that Kosovo's junior coalition partner Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) was entering into a pre-election agreement with the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) for December 13 municipal runoffs, sparked a brief and tense coalition cr [...] | 2009-11-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA522 | KOSOVO: NEW KOSOVO POWER PLANT REIGNITED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After several months of delay and intensive background work in Washington, Brussels and Pristina, the long-overdue restructuring of Kosovo's energy sector appears to be reinvigorated thanks to two recent decisions. On November 13, the Government of Kosovo (GOK) finalized a cont [...] | 2009-11-23 15:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA524 | KOSOVO - KFOR MOVES ON POWER STATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unannounced deployment on November 23, KFOR, along with EULEX, sent forces to establish a dual security perimeter around the Valac electrical substation in northern Kosovo. The Valac substation, currently controlled by Serbian Power Company (EPS) employees, has been the focu [...] | 2009-11-24 15:19:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG MARR ECON EAID PTER KV YI |
09PRISTINA527 | MAINTAINING KOSOVO'S POST-ELECTION MOMENTUM: CREATING AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: November 15 municipal elections in Kosovo saw levels of Serb turnout not seen in years, with Serbs winning the mayor's offices of three new Serb-majority municipalities outright and gaining an opportunity to contest "new" Novo Brdo and Strpce in December runoffs. This turnout pr [...] | 2009-11-25 13:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV |
09PRISTINA531 | KOSOVO READY TO SUPPORT AF-PAK POLICY IN WORD AND DEED [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Michael Murphy met Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu Tuesday, December 1 to preview the main thrust of President Obama's announcement on the way forward for Afghanistan and Pakistan and to seek his support (reftel). The Charge noted that the main U.S. goal for the region r [...] | 2009-12-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KV |
09PRISTINA533 | KOSOVO: HITMAN'S CONFESSION SHAKES KOSOVO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political establishment has been shaken following allegations that Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) officials were involved in assassination plots during an effort to consolidate power from 1999 to 2003. A Democratic League of Dardania (LDD) member of parliament, Gani G [...] | 2009-12-01 19:29:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KAWC KV |
09PRISTINA541 | KOSOVO: SERBIA ATTEMPTS TO HIJACK ELECTRICAL SERVICE AREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A dispute between Serbia and Kosovo over control of the Valac substation and electricity distribution in the northern part of Kosovo has escalated, with Serbian state-owned firms unilaterally declaring new "service territories" covering Kosovo's northern municipalities. This re [...] | 2009-12-08 16:20:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA543 | KOSOVO: SECOND ROUND OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS COULD SET STAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission (CEC) certified the November 15 first round mayoral election results on December 4, which sets the stage for runoff elections on December 13 in the 21 municipalities where no mayoral candidate won an outright majority. The election results, thus fa [...] | 2009-12-09 17:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV |
09PRISTINA545 | EXBS: KOSOVO MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS N/A 2. (SBU) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD N/A 3. (SBU) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD A) November 4, 2009: EXBS Program Advisor Chris Milam attended a steering committee meeting h [...] | 2009-12-10 10:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV |
09PRISTINA546 | KOSOVO: AIRSPACE CONTROL MORE THAN TECHNICAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Civil Aviation Authority has expressed growing concerns to us about NATO-led negotiations regarding control of the airspace over Kosovo. NATO still retains full authority over Kosovo's airspace, but recently announced that it will release control of upper airspace to al [...] | 2009-12-10 16:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CNAR PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA548 | KOSOVO: VOTING OVER, ELECTIONS FAR FROM DONE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo held runoff mayoral elections in 21 municipalities on December 13. According to early comments from election observers -- including 17 teams of Embassy observers -- the election process was generally fair and transparent, but there are allegations of isolated irregularit [...] | 2009-12-14 16:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV |
09PRISTINA550 | KOSOVO: USG's PISCES Border Management System On Track For [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph eight. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) As we reported previously (reftel),the U.S. border management system PISCES is scheduled for removal early next year due to the installation of a new European funded border management system as soon as th [...] | 2009-12-17 07:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR ASEC ELTN PTER SMIG PBTS PGOV KCRM KV |
09PRISTINA558 | KOSOVO: DEBUNKING MYTHS ON NORTH KOSOVO POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions on electricity in the North of Kosovo have become clouded by the introduction of arguments in defense of Serbia's control of the Valac substation, in favor of the start of political negotiations on electricity, and/or for the introduction of a second (Serbian) [...] | 2009-12-17 17:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA56 | KOSOVO: EDUCATION ISSUES LEAD TO POLITICAL FERMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The issue of access to higher education in Serbian universities has evoked a strong political reaction from Kosovo's Bosniak community. Widespread unhappiness over the handling of education issues by Bosniak political representatives in Pristina has led to the formation of a new [...] | 2009-02-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA57 | KOSOVO: AAK'S ELECTORAL AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),Kosovo's leading opposition party, is restructuring itself in a bid to return to power in future elections. Founded by former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, AAK is attempting to expand from its core base of support in western Kosovo [...] | 2009-02-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KV |
09PRISTINA578 | KOSOVO: ELECTRICITY IN THE NORTH-ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Energy Corporation (KEK) employees were only partially successful in conducting a December 24 visit to read meters at three substations in the northern part of Kosovo. The limited success of these visits was marred, however, by the Serbian state electrical conglomerate EP [...] | 2009-12-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV KV SR |
09PRISTINA58 | KOSOVO: CONTINUED PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AT KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) continues to operate successfully despite lack of cooperation from the Serbian government. As of November 2008, 18,839 out of the near 40,000 claims filed with KPA had been adjudicated. (Note: KPA's caseload consists mainly of commercial and a [...] | 2009-02-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK |
09PRISTINA582 | KOSOVO: THREE CONTENTIOUS RACES MAR SECOND PHASE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of the December 13 runoffs, three of Kosovo's mayoral elections remain undecided and mired in partisan accusations of electoral fraud between governing coalition partners PDK and LDK. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) and the independent Elections Complaints and [...] | 2009-12-30 17:23:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV |
09PRISTINA62 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AT CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo's future rests on efficient development of its vast lignite coal reserves, which can propel investment and improved living standards for the next half century or more if properly exploited. After years of frustrating delay, Kosovo's government is ready to take the final [...] | 2009-02-14 12:41:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNMIK KV ECON |
09PRISTINA63 | KOSOVO: ON THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary. In the first year since its declaration of independence, Kosovo has made real progress in consolidating its sovereignty and pursuing its democratic objectives, including adoption of a new constitution that meets the highest European standards and grants broad protection to Koso [...] | 2009-02-16 12:40:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KV |
09PRISTINA64 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Pristina's submission for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. From 1999 to 2008, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244. [...] | 2009-02-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09PRISTINA65 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09PRISTINA66 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09PRISTINA77 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF KOSOVO PRESIDENT [...] (C) It has been a difficult but in many ways successful year since Kosovo declared its independence on February 17, 2008. Though we spent much time planning for the possibility of large-scale population flows after the declaration and took precautions lest the independence move sparked outright con [...] | 2009-02-23 17:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK KV |
09PRISTINA78 | KOSOVO: DECENTRALIZATION'S CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahtisaari-mandated decentralization that, among other things, creates new Serb-majority municipalities empowered with sweeping competencies for local self-governance is building momentum, though the question of whether adequate conditions are in place for successful implementatio [...] | 2009-02-24 17:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV |
09QUITO1 | ANOTHER U.S. ARBITRATION RESOLVED: GOE PAYS DUKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE paid U.S. firm Duke Energy $10.7 million in settlement of an ICSID arbitral award December 16, resolving the company's long standing dispute over improper fines levied against its Ecuadorian subsidiary by the state electricity company. Duke Energy is evaluating whether [...] | 2009-01-05 21:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO100 | CORREA ANGRY OVER CONDITIONS ON VETTED UNIT [...] (C) Summary: During his February 7 weekly radio/TV address, an indignant President Correa, reading from a January 8 letter from the DHS/ICE Attache in Quito, rejected coordinated selection of personnel for an anti-smuggling/contraband unit and announced the Attache's expulsion, apparently un [...] | 2009-02-09 21:33:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SMIG SNAR EC CO |
09QUITO1005 | PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...] | 2009-11-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO |
09QUITO1009 | UNASUR Establishes Confidence Building Mechanism [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 27 UNASUR meeting of foreign and defense ministers managed to reach agreement on a resolution establishing a "confidence building mechanism," with provisions designed to improve transparency and information sharing, provide guarantees regarding the use and/or threat [...] | 2009-12-01 22:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AORC EC CO XM XR |
09QUITO1011 | Delivery of Letters on U.S.-Colombia DCA [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered Ref B letters under cover of a diplomatic note to the Foreign Minister's office, as well as the MFA's Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Coordination Office and Directorate General of North America, by e-mail on November 25, and delivered the original on the m [...] | 2009-12-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KTIA AORC US CO EC |
09QUITO1012 | Request for Source/Origin Waiver: Procurement of Four [...] Issue: Post requests a source origin waiver from geographic code 000 (United States only) to geographic code 935 (Special Free World) to permit the procurement of vehicles in the Host Country local market for operational use by the Ecuadorian National Police's Sensitive Investigative Uni [...] | 2009-10-16 18:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AMGT KCRM |
09QUITO1015 | Ecuador's Position Towards the upcoming Copenhagen Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ecuadorian Government will continue to support G-77 positions related to climate change at the upcoming COP-15 in Copenhagen. According to Ambassador Federico Meneses, Director General for the Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ecuador has placed adaptation [...] | 2009-12-02 21:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO1017 | President's Announcement on Afghanistan and Pakistan [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Defense Javier Ponce on December 1. Ponce expressed interest and asked to be updated as more information became available. The Embassy also delivered reftel points on December 1 to the MFA's Directorate General of North America and [...] | 2009-12-02 22:06:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK EC |
09QUITO1023 | ECUADOR ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points on December 2 to the MFA's Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Leon Avila. Avila said he would not be able to respond substantively until he spoke with Director General Lourdes Puma, who was out of the country until December 6, and who had already [...] | 2009-12-03 22:47:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PHUM EC |
09QUITO1026 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS: ECONOMY CONTRACTS, BALANCE OF [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-10-20 19:37:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO103 | BACKGROUND TO CORREA'S ATTACKS ON U.S. COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A PAIS provincial leader and former Under Secretary of Government under Minister Gustavo Larrea, Ignacio Chauvin, turned himself in February 4 to face charges of narco-trafficking. Calling himself a revolutionary, Chauvin admitted to meeting deceased FARC member Raul Reyes. [...] | 2009-02-10 23:25:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR SMIG SNAR MOPS EC CO |
09QUITO1033 | Government Commission Report on Colombian Attack and FARC [...] (C) Summary: A government-appointed commission's report revives allegations about the FOL's support (specifically in regard to satellite intelligence) for the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of inappropriate U.S. direction of loca [...] | 2009-12-11 18:45:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO |
09QUITO1035 | GOE REQUEST FOR DEMINING ASSISTANCE PRESENTS UNIQUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ecuadorian government seeks USG assistance in its humanitarian demining program. After years of inconclusive discussion with the GOE, the MFA's recent requests for USG assistance, combined with extension of the GOE's commitment to the Ottawa Convention, increasingly close pol [...] | 2009-12-15 21:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV MCAP KHDP EC PE |
09QUITO1045 | Government Commission Report on Colombia Raises Criticism [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government-appointed commission on the 2008 Colombian military attack against a FARC camp in northern Ecuador admitted that its report was not exhaustive, but defended it against charges that it provided nothing new and lacked proof for its conclusions. The GOE has stressed th [...] | 2009-12-18 20:18:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS EC CO |
09QUITO1049 | Ecuadorian Navy Proposes Info-Sharing Agreement [...] (C) Summary: Navy Commander Admiral Molestina approached the Embassy on September 1 to propose formalizing information sharing between the Ecuadorian Navy and USG. While Molestina's motivation for signing such an agreement may include protecting his own position and his personnel, other cont [...] | 2009-12-21 20:12:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PINR SNAR MASS MOPS EC |
09QUITO1053 | Ecuador Gradually Solidifies Relationship with Iran's Export [...] (C) The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) continues to make inroads in Ecuador, according to press reports, although it appears to face resistance at mid-levels in the Ecuadoran government and Central Bank - and even more so in the private sector. In delivering Ref A demarche on EDBI, and [...] | 2009-12-22 19:22:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO1057 | Power Blackouts Continue in Ecuador [...] (SBU) Having failed to end energy blackouts by Ecuadorian President Correa's arbitrary deadline of December 15, Minister of Electricity and Renewable Resources Esteban Albornoz resigned December 16 and was replaced by Miguel Calahorrano. In the face of continuing energy shortages, President Cor [...] | 2009-12-23 22:12:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO1059 | Ecuador's 2010 Budget: Optimistic Assumptions, large [...] (SBU) Marked by optimistic growth and revenue assumptions, a record-level fiscal deficit, and a conspicuous lack of detail about sources of financing, Ecuador's 2010 budget passed the National Assembly December 22. President Correa's administration submitted the 2009 and 2010 budgets simultaneo [...] | 2009-12-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EC |
09QUITO1061 | Progress on Finalizing Agreement on the New Quito Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: Although numerous hurdles remain, negotiations between Quiport, the private consortium building the new Quito International Airport, the project lenders (including OPIC and Ex-Im),and the Mayor of Quito led to a release of funds on December 7 for continued construction of [...] | 2009-12-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL IDB EXIM OPIC EC |
09QUITO1068 | ECUADOR ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that are not reported by individual cables. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and should not be posted on the internet. ------- [...] | 2009-10-29 14:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EC |
09QUITO108 | COMMERCIAL MEDIA IN ECUADOR WORRIED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 20:33:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO1080 | NOBLE ENERGY FEARS DISPUTE WITH GOE [...] (SBU) Summary. Noble Energy, the last U.S. company operating in the oil and gas sector in Ecuador, fears the GoE may soon initiate a process to terminate the contract of one of its subsidiaries, claiming breach of contract. Noble has 100% ownership of a fully-integrated gas-to-power proje [...] | 2009-10-30 18:55:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EPET ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO1098 | ECUADOR'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ITS [...] SUMMARY: Ecuador intends to use the entire amount of its sugar tariff rate quota (TRQ) for fiscal year (FY) 2010, and is able to supply additional sugar if needed. END SUMMARY. 2. On September 25, 2009, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the FY 2010 TRQ for sugar (re [...] | 2009-11-10 21:43:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EC |
09QUITO1100 | NO GOE REPRESENTATIVE TO ATTEND IICA MEETING [...] In response to reftel demarche request, Post contacted AGROCALIDAD, the Ecuadorian agency in charge of sanitary and phytosanitary matters, to discuss the upcoming Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture meeting in Santiago, Chile on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. In [...] | 2009-11-10 22:36:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EC |
09QUITO1108 | QUARTERS LEASE FOR POLICE [...] (SBU) NAS requests authorization to sign a two-year lease for administrative facilities for a specialized police intelligence unit of the Ecuadorian National Police that cooperates with DHS/ICE. The police unit conducts operations against money laundering, trafficking in persons, human smuggli [...] | 2009-11-13 21:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR |
09QUITO1110 | GOE STRUGGLING IN FACE OF ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. Shrinking reservoirs caused by a delay in the start of seasonal rains have reduced output of Ecuador's hydroelectric plants, causing a severe electrical power shortage and prompting the government to ration electricity usage throughout the country. The government is negotiat [...] | 2009-11-13 21:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EC |
09QUITO112 | GOE REMAINS ON ATTACK AGAINST EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Both President Correa and Minister Carvajal condemned the Embassy's actions with regard to vetted units publicly throughout the week of February 9. The Department's February 9 statement that the USG would work through diplomatic channels to address Correa's concerns and Carvaj [...] | 2009-02-13 22:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER KCRM EC |
09QUITO1148 | ATPDEA Still Key to Many Ecuadorian Industries and Jobs [...] (U) Ecuador has benefitted substantially from the Andean Trade Preference Act (ATPA) program since its inception in 1991. ATPA currently provides duty-free access to the U.S. market for approximately 5,600 Ecuadorian products. According to GoE estimates, approximately 350,000 jobs are tied [...] | 2009-11-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL EC AGR FAS EPET EMIN |
09QUITO117 | ANALYSTS OFFER DIVERGENT VIEWS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the Ecuadorian political debate was on display during a breakfast with WHA/AND Director Whitaker. Some analysts saw President Correa staking out the electoral center amidst waning voter interest, while another participant highlighted what he considered successfu [...] | 2009-02-17 16:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EC CO IR |
09QUITO120 | LEGISLATIVE HEAD CORDERO OPEN TO U.S. COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In... id: 192653 date: 2/18/2009 17:11 refid: 09QUITO120 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0120/01 0491711 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 181711Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0037 INFO RUEH [...] | 2009-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO1202 | FLACSO: ONE ACADEMIC INSTITUTION'S IDEAS AND PEOPLE PERMEATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting new government officials, or reading the bios of long-standing ones, we are struck by how many of them come out of one small university, namely FLACSO Ecuador. Many of these individuals have more experience developing academic theories than real world policy. This situ [...] | 2009-12-18 18:47:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EC |
09QUITO1204 | REQUEST FOR SOURCE/ORIGIN WAIVER: PROCUREMENT OF VEHICLES [...] Issue: Post requests a source origin waiver from geographic code 000 (United States only) to geographic code 935 (Special Free World) to permit the procurement of vehicles in the Host Country local market for operational use by the Ecuadorian National Police Antinarcotics Units (DNA). [...] | 2009-12-18 19:11:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AMGT KCRM |
09QUITO1206 | Letter from Ecuador's President Correa Regarding the U.S. - [...] The Embassy received under cover of a diplomatic note a letter from President Rafael Correa, responding to the Secretary's letter dated November 25, 2009, regarding the U.S. - Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. The text of the letter follows, and the original will be sent by pouch to WHA/ [...] | 2009-12-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO121 | A Somber U.S. Business Forum Briefs the Ambassador [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, U.S. companies briefed the Ambassador on the business climate in Ecuador. The tone was somber, as the representative outlined challenges and risks, but also opportunities for their companies, which are representative of many business sectors in Ecuador. Most wer [...] | 2009-02-18 20:41:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EFIN EPET ECON EC |
09QUITO1218 | ECUADOR: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Embassy submits the narrative in paragraphs 2-9 for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism: 2. (U) Ecuador's greatest counterterrorism and security challenge remained the presence of Colombian narcotics, criminal and terrorist groups in the northern border region. In order to evade Colom [...] | 2009-12-21 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS EC |
09QUITO122 | GOE DECLARES EMBASSY OFFICER PERSONA NON GRATA [...] (SBU) The Embassy received two diplomatic notes on February 18 related to Embassy officer Mark Sullivan's expulsion. The first, dated February 16 and delivered in hard copy on the morning of February 18, requests that Sullivan depart the country this week. The second, dated February 18 and [...] | 2009-02-18 20:42:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EC |
09QUITO126 | MFA CONVERSATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR ON PNG DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, in February 18 conversations with FM Falconi and Vice Minister Pozo, stressed the harm the expulsion of an Embassy officer would do to our relationship and her regret that she had not had an opportunity to try to address GOE concerns through diplomatic channels. [...] | 2009-02-19 00:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SNAR EC |
09QUITO127 | HEAVY RAINS ISOLATE QUITO FROM ECUADOR'S COAST [...] Heavy rains in February washed out sections of the roads that connect Quito to Ecuador's coast. The three northern-most roads that link the highlands (Sierra) to the coast were all blocked over the weekend of February 14. The main coastal-highland highway that connects Quito to Santo Domingo [...] | 2009-02-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELTN ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO13 | GOE TALKS OF TERMINATING FRENCH, ITALIAN OIL CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Petroleum Minister announced January 8 that the GOE would terminate oil contracts with two European oil companies, Perenco (French) and AGIP (Italian),in order to comply with an OPEC-mandated production cut. Minister Palacios justified terminating the contracts becaus [...] | 2009-01-13 19:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO136 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. RATIFICATION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 20 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma noted that the GOE supports the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) as well as the [...] | 2009-02-21 00:39:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM |
09QUITO137 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports non-proliferation efforts, especially against non-State actors. Sh [...] | 2009-02-21 00:42:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP GM EC |
09QUITO138 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. PROGRAMS ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports efforts to combat illicit arms trafficking. PolOff noted that t [...] | 2009-02-21 00:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MCAP EAIR ETTC OAS PE EC |
09QUITO139 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on February 18 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 20. Puma thanked PolOff for the information, noted that the topic was important to the GOE, and that the MFA [...] | 2009-02-21 00:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC EC |
09QUITO145 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON REBUILDING BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary. Foreign Minister Falconi told the Ambassador on February 26 that Ecuador wanted to move beyond the difficulties created by expelling two U.S. diplomats and continue counternarcotics cooperation. He said that the GOE is developing ideas on how the two countries can continue to [...] | 2009-02-27 17:35:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR EFIN EC |
09QUITO15 | WHITHER CORREA: A SHIFT FURTHER LEFT [...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric and actions in the last two months have veered off the pattern we witnessed during much of his earlier presidency. A harder left orientation is evidenced by his trips to Iran and Cuba, debt default, and sharp attacks on the U.S. In the past, while c [...] | 2009-01-14 00:18:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN PGOV SNAR MARR EAID EC VE CU IR |
09QUITO151 | ECUADOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendation. No U.S. industry entities submitted complaints or comments regarding Ecuador for the 2009 Special 301 review. Ecuador has made some progress on IPR during the past year, but enforcement remains a serious problem. The enforcement problem warrants that Ecuado [...] | 2009-03-03 18:38:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO154 | NEW COORDINATING MINISTER FOR ECONOMIC POLICY BORJA [...] (C) Sum... id: 195027 date: 3/3/2009 21:03 refid: 09QUITO154 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0154 0622103 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 032103Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0110 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 799 [...] | 2009-03-03 21:03:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR ETRD PREL EC |
09QUITO160 | ECUADOR'S NEW VISION FOR RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, MFA U/S Orbe, speaking on instructions from FM Falconi, set the stage for Ecuador's vision for future relations with the U.S. He then called for a meeting between President Obama and President Correa to set a strategic agenda for future cooperation on the [...] | 2009-03-05 16:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR EINV PGOV ETRD KJUS EC IR |
09QUITO173 | GOE PRESSURES FRENCH, SPANISH OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: In another move to pressure foreign oil companies to sign new contracts, on February 21 the GOE told French Perenco and Spanish Repsol that they had 72 hours to pay monies owed under Ecuador's windfall petroleum revenue sharing law or their oil shipments could be withheld by the [...] | 2009-03-10 19:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO175 | DESPITE PROMISES, GOE FAILS TO ACT IN AVIATION TAX DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. On March 3, 2009 EconOff met with Foreign Ministry representatives to discuss the GOE's taxation of U.S. carriers in violation of the U.S.-Ecuadorian aviation agreement. The Embassy has been engaged in discussions with GOE officials about this matter since March 2008. Although [...] | 2009-03-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EC |
09QUITO176 | GOE PEACE OVERTURES, THEN ANTI-U.S. JABS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The past week has seen President Correa veer from an awkward attempt to propose a new relationship with the U.S. to outbursts against the use of polygraphs and insinuations that the U.S. Embassy activities did not square with the Obama administration's policy. He also reiterated [...] | 2009-03-10 22:56:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR KCRM PTER EC |
09QUITO177 | ONE YEAR AFTER BREAK WITH COLOMBIA, GOE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government ramped up its rhetoric against Colombia in recent weeks, spurred by a desire to defend itself against accusations of narco-politics, the first anniversary of the March 2008 Colombian attack on a FARC camp in Ecuador, and Colombian remarks. The GOE was deli [...] | 2009-03-11 23:43:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF SNAR OAS EC CO |
09QUITO178 | HIGH-LEVEL CHINESE VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met privately with Chinese Ambassador Cai Runguo on February 27 to discuss the February 13 visit by Vice Prime Minister Hui Liangyu in Ecuador, as well as the Ecuador-China relationship more generally. Ambassador Cai downplayed the importance of the visit, and was [...] | 2009-03-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EAID ETRD ENRG SMIG CVIS EC CH |
09QUITO18 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE--INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the GOE U/S of Fisheries Guillermo Moran and newly-appointed Director of Projects and International Cooperation Ramon Montano on January 8 and delivered the demarche points from reftel a. The GOE representatives stressed their desire to achieve progress through [...] | 2009-01-14 12:17:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD EC |
09QUITO185 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW (ECUADOR) [...] (U) Post seeks an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) to assist USAID, USDA, and ECON with the development of projects for a viable biofuels sector in Ecuador. The ESF will perform studies on the viability of certain crops for use in biofuel production from both agricultural and industrial standpoin [...] | 2009-03-13 20:34:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TSPL AMGT OTRA APER SENV ECON EC |
09QUITO188 | Minister Borja on GOE Response to the Economic Crisis [...] (C) Summary. During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on March 11, Diego Borja, Coordinating Minister for Economic Production, described the broad parameters of how the government will adjust its budget because of falling oil prices. The GOE plans to cut investment spending in half and con [...] | 2009-03-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL EC |
09QUITO191 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for information on critical foreign infrastructure and resource dependencies. In the Embassy's view, Ecuador does not have critical infrastructure or key resources comparable to those listed in reftel. Ecuador produces petroleum, and its trans-Andean [...] | 2009-03-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP |
09QUITO196 | ANOTHER U.S. OIL COMPANY LEAVES ECUADOR [...] (U) On March 12, as planned, Spanish oil company Repsol signed a new oil contract with the Government of Ecuador (details of the agreement can be found in reftel A). The same day, it bought out U.S. minority partner Murphy Oil's share of the petroleum consortium. On March 13, Murphy announce [...] | 2009-03-18 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ECON EC |
09QUITO202 | ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICKOFF CONTENTIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: T... id: 198604 date: 3/24/2009 17:31 refid: 09QUITO202 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 08QUITO616 header: VZCZCXYZ0007 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0202/01 0831731 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 241731Z MAR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 018 [...] | 2009-03-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EC |
09QUITO204 | ECUADOR'S MFA PITCHES YASUNI ITT CONSERVATION PROJECT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 5, 2009 the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry presented a revised proposal to forego development of oil fields in the environmentally sensitive Yasuni Park in exchange for international compensation. The new initiative focuses on compensation based on carbon credits rather [...] | 2009-03-24 19:15:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PREL SENV ECON EC |
09QUITO206 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez on March 23, 2009. Villagomez reiterated the position previously expressed by the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs (Ref B),that the GOE was sensitive to issues of sovereignt [...] | 2009-03-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KPKO GG RS EC |
09QUITO207 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - HCOC ANNUAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on March 19. Puma said that the GOE had submitted its Annual Declaration during the week of March 2. She noted that the GOE submitted a simplified "nil form" as Ecuador does not have a space launch [...] | 2009-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA EC |
09QUITO208 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In light of recent bilateral tensions over the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats (Ref B),Post did not deliver the demarche on Kosovo until March 23, when PolOff conveyed Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez. Villagomez reiterated the GOE's pos [...] | 2009-03-25 12:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ICJ UN KV EC |
09QUITO216 | SLOW-ROLLING THE GOE REQUEST TO PURCHASE F-16S [...] (C) Summary: The Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) Commander signed an official memorandum on November 25, 2008 requesting a quote from the U.S. on the cost of purchasing 24 F-16 C/D Block 50 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) aircraft, with the intention of replacing its outdated fighter fleet. Post delayed [...] | 2009-03-27 19:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS EC |
09QUITO22 | U.S. MACHALA POWER REACHES AGREEMENT WITH GOE ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. electricity generator Machala Power signed an agreement with the GOE December 19 to drop its arbitration claim in exchange for payment of approximately $70 million to cover past due GOE debts (payment and termination of the arbitration claim are still pending). The company [...] | 2009-01-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON EC |
09QUITO220 | GOE Policy for a Vulnerable Economy: Buying Time and [...] (C) Summary. The Ecuadorian economy, which is dollarized and heavily dependent on oil exports, is under considerable stress because of falling oil prices and the global economic crisis. Oil prices have risen in March, providing some relief. If oil prices remain at current levels or rise, th [...] | 2009-03-30 13:35:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD EPET EC |
09QUITO223 | ECUADOR FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2009 [...] The Government of Ecuador is a recipient of U.S. assistance monies under the FY2009 Foreign Operations Appropriations Act. The following is a narrative on fiscal transparency in Ecuador, as requested in reftel. 2. The Government of Ecuador publishes budget data, which is reasonably trans [...] | 2009-03-30 21:54:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN ECON PREL EC |
09QUITO224 | US EMBASSY QUITO REQUEST FOR DVC TO SUPPORT THE SUMMIT OF [...] Post would like to request a Digital Video Conference (DVC) to support U.S. Mission Ecuador's outreach efforts to support the Summit of the Americas. The DVC will cover topics including the Summit process, energy security, human prosperity, environmental sustainability, and a discussion on ex [...] | 2009-03-31 15:22:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP ES |
09QUITO225 | PRESIDENT CORREA REJECTS CRITICISM FROM INTERAMERICAN PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At its midyear meeting in Paraguay March 13-16, the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) criticized President Rafael Correa and his government's attitudes and actions toward the Ecuadorian media. On March 17, Correa responded to the IAPA's declarations by rejecting its legitim [...] | 2009-03-31 20:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO EC |
09QUITO227 | COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE 2008 COLOMBIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government established a new commission to investigate the events surrounding the March 1, 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of GOE ties to the FARC. The commission, whose members were chosen by Correa, will receive its [...] | 2009-04-01 14:52:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS SNAR KCRM EC CO |
09QUITO23 | ECUADORIAN TRADE WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in President Correa's trip to Iran in December, an Ecuadorian business leader explained to Emboff how potential commerce with Iran could work. To disguise trade with Iran, goods would be routed through Singapore and payments through Dubai. Funds from [...] | 2009-01-15 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN IR EC |
09QUITO233 | POLICE UNIT INVESTIGATED WHILE CHAUVIN CASE INCHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ecuador's "narco-politics" scandal is playing out in perverse ways. The good guys ) key personnel of a specialized police unit that was responsible for most of the GOE's success against narco-traffickers ) are under investigation by the GOE for returning USG computers and fear [...] | 2009-04-02 22:27:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PTER PREL PGOV KCRM EC CO |
09QUITO244 | ECUADOR'S GOALS AT THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOE's focus for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas has included seeking a one-on-one meeting between the presidents. One issue that Ecuador would want to stress during the Summit is the financial crisis. Other issues are currently being defined by the Foreign Minister's [...] | 2009-04-06 23:57:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KSUM EC CU |
09QUITO246 | GOE EXPLAINS HIGH LEVEL TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: FM Falconi and Government Minister Jalkh on April 6 expressed concern to the Ambassador about an Embassy official's meeting with unsavory characters, and said that President Correa had asked a delegation to go to Washington to express GOE concern. The Ambassador made clear that [...] | 2009-04-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Quito | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL SNAR PINR MARR KCOR EC CO |
09QUITO253 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had received the USG's diplomatic note, and views the USG's change in policy toward the Human Rights Council as a positive move. However, she noted that the GOE wa [...] | 2009-04-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EC |
09QUITO254 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC. She sai [...] | 2009-04-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA |
09QUITO255 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ECUADOR ON U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had its own candidate, Ambassador Luis Moreno, for another OAS body, the Juridical Committee and that the GOE was seeking an exchange of votes. There are four candi [...] | 2009-04-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EC PHUM AORC OAS IAHRC |
09QUITO256 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER VITERI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made an introductory call on Finance Minister Elsa Viteri on April 8. Viteri justified Ecuador's debt default and planned restructuring, supported Ecuador's balance of payment safeguard trade measures and mentioned the possibility of further measures, and expresse [...] | 2009-04-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON EC |
09QUITO257 | DESPITE DELAYS, QUITO HOPES TO COMPLETE ROAD TO NEW AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from Quito's municipal government told EconOff on March 31 that, despite delays, they still hoped to complete a road to Quito's new airport in time for the airport's scheduled inauguration on August 10, 2010. The representatives detailed progress in securing lan [...] | 2009-04-14 21:18:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON BTIO EAIR EAID EINV ECIN EC MARR MCAP |
09QUITO261 | ECUADOR'S PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) MFA Multilateral Affairs' Alternate Coordinator of Summits Marjorie Ulloa confirmed on April 15 that Foreign Minister Fander Falconi will attend the April 18 UNASUR meeting as the "Plus One" with President Rafael Correa (Ref A). 2. (SBU) Ulloa also noted that Coordinating Minister of [...] | 2009-04-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG AMGT APER KSUM |
09QUITO269 | ECUADOR BLUE LANTERN - END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy attempted to carry out a post-shipment check on license 050118116 for the export of inertial measurement units (IMUs) to Ecuador. However, the IMUs, a component to the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) sold to the Ecuadorian military by Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI),have no [...] | 2009-04-17 19:32:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC EC IS |
09QUITO271 | ECUADOR BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON LICENSE 050128842 [...] (SBU) Embassy confirms notification of the Ecuadorian military of the denial of license application 050128842 for the export of spare parts of MK 46 Mod 2 torpedoes. The Embassy spoke initially with the Head of Ecuadorian Navy Logistics, Captain Pablo Gordillo, in January and followed up wit [...] | 2009-04-17 22:31:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC EC |
09QUITO272 | QUITO'S DESIGNATION OF TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] In response to reftel, Quito has assigned Economic Counselor David Edwards as post's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO). Edwards' phone number is +593-2-398-5304; IVG: 644-5304. His email is edwardsdb@state.gov; his classified email is edwardsdb2@state.sgov.gov. 2. Quito's Dep [...] | 2009-04-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
09QUITO277 | Ecuador Proposes to Repurchase Bonds with 70 Percent [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Ecuador announced that it provided a bond repurchasing proposal to bondholders on April 20. The GOE said that it will repurchase defaulted bonds at a 70 percent discount, but provided few details as to how it will manage the process. End summary. 2. (U) Ac [...] | 2009-04-21 22:01:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EC |
09QUITO283 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 203768 date: 4/23/2009 13:38 refid: 09QUITO283 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0283/01 1131338 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 231338Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0283 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY [...] | 2009-04-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO289 | Scenesetter for President Carter: U.S. Engagement in Ecuador [...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy's o [...] | 2009-04-23 21:04:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC |
09QUITO296 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SBU) Summary: With three days remaining before the April 26 elections, President Correa sits comfortably ahead of all other candidates, with polls showing him with enough votes for a first-round win. Recently arrived international election observation teams have reported concern with how the [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO297 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT CARTER: U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy,s [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC |
09QUITO298 | COUNTDOWN TO ELECTIONS; PRESIDENT'S RACE FOREGONE [...] (SB... id: 204247 date: 4/27/2009 12:09 refid: 09QUITO298 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0002 OO RUEHWEB DE RUEHQT #0298/01 1171209 ZNY CCCCC ZZH O 271209Z APR 09 FM AMEMBASSY QUITO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0304 INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY B [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO299 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT CARTER: U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] Embassy Quito warmly welcomes former President Carter to Ecuador on April 27-29. Your visit comes at a time of change, as Ecuador prepares to install new national and local officials elected on April 26 and restructures its government institutions under the 2008 constitution. The Embassy,s [...] | 2009-04-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS SNAR PTER EAID OVIP MOPS EC |
09QUITO300 | CORREA VICTORY GIVES HIM BLANK CHECK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Correa received the Ecuadorian people's vote of confidence on April 26 in a generally problem-free election, winning the presidency in the first round with 52% of the valid votes. This election, only 27 months into Correa's term, was required under Ecuador's new constitution. [...] | 2009-04-27 19:28:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPLS OAS EC |
09QUITO307 | ECUADOR'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO H1N1 FLU [...] (SBU) In response to global outbreaks of H1N1 influenza, the GOE has declared a national "State of Exception." The GOE response is continuing to take shape, but as of today, it has implemented the following measures: --The GOE banned imports of pork and pork products from the United States [...] | 2009-04-30 22:50:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC |
09QUITO308 | NOT SO CALM AFTER THE STORM - ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contrary to initial reports that Ecuador's April 26 election went smoothly, cases of violence and fraud in a few provinces are coming to light in the days following the elections. Although these incidents are unlikely to alter the outcome in the Presidential race, general disc [...] | 2009-04-30 23:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV OAS EC |
09QUITO322 | COMBATTING ECUADOR'S INCREASING REFUGEE POPULATION [...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes a review of the World Food Program's (WFP) assistance to Colombian refugees (defined in this cable as persons of concern) in northern Ecuador. The review was conducted by Barry Burnett, USAID/DCHA/FFP, over the period April 6 - April 10, 2009 and included field [...] | 2009-05-06 15:58:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG EC |