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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
05YEREVAN257	TIP: CONCERNS ABOUT PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT [...] (SBU) Balancing Armenia's considerable progress over the past year in successfully prosecuting trafficking in persons (TIP) cases are serious, persistent allegations that senior members of the Prosecutor General's office are susceptible to outside influence. We have raised our concerns about [...]	2005-02-14 11:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP

05YEREVAN287	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV: ARMENIA'S PLACE IS BY RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Armenia and Russia are "old friends, reliable allies and strategic partners" declared Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on February 17. The GOAM and Russia broke no new ground during the FM's high-profile visit to Yerevan February 16-17, but used the occasion to cement their existing strong relati [...]	2005-02-18 10:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AJ AM RU
05YEREVAN312	LITTLE PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATING SEIZURE OF [...] (C) Armenia asserts that it has still not received formal notification that from either the IAEA or from the Turkish authorities that Cesium-137 seized on the Georgia-Turkey border in December 2004 originated in Armenia. Armenian MFA experts tell us they will insist on a formal investigation [...]	2005-02-24 09:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM TU KPRP
05YEREVAN34	EMBASSY YEREVAN SUPPORTS U.S. JOINING BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary. Post strongly supports the United State's joining the Black Sea Economic Council (BSEC) as an observer, per ref A. There could be multiple benefits for the U.S.: we focus here on those that intersect with our regional goals in the South Caucasus. Due to Armenia's political isola [...]	2005-01-11 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETTC KFPC PARM AM
05YEREVAN35	ARMENIA: UPDATE ON CLAIMS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION [...] (C) We reported reftel our initial investigation of an allegation of religious persecution in Armenia's armed forces. On January 11, we spoke with Levon Margaryan, Deputy Board Member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Armenia, about the recent media claims that Armen Grigoryan was abused while se [...]	2005-01-11 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN391	ARMENIA LOOKING TO IRAN TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON [...] (C) In a February 25 meeting, Armenia's Minister of Energy, Armen Movsesian, told us that Armenia's energy market was too dependent on Russia, especially for the supply of gas, and that Gazprom has proved an unreliable source in the past. Armenia's number one energy priority is to complete [...]	2005-03-04 04:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AM IR RU
05YEREVAN435	ARMENIA'S TENTATIVE STEPS TOWARDS NATO [...] (C) Armenia is making steady progress in preparing its NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) and plans to have a document ready for presentation to the Alliance on April 7. Armenia's plans for its developing relationship with NATO do not include membership, but it is exploring ways [...]	2005-03-11 07:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM NATO
05YEREVAN439	ARMENIA REFUSES TO SEND "GENOCIDE" BACK TO THE [...] (C) In a March 10 interview, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian said that the question of the 1915 "genocide" is no longer an issue for historians and now must be decided in the political sphere. This statement was in response to Turkish PM Erdogan's proposal for a new joint historical study of the [...]	2005-03-11 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM TU
05YEREVAN449	CHR-61: ARMENIANS WITH US ON CUBA, SHAKY ON [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) upcoming annual session to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan March 11 per reftel instructions. Mkrtumyan predicted that the GOAM would vote with the USG on the expected [...]	2005-03-14 09:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM CHR
05YEREVAN451	SPIKE IN N-K CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS "SEASONAL" [...] (C) The number of cease-fire violations along the line of contact between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijan forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has increased dramatically since the beginning of March. Although accusations of responsibility and casualty figures vary according to the source of th [...]	2005-03-14 11:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL AJ AM
05YEREVAN476	DESPITE IRAN PIPELINE HEADLINES, ARMENIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) Despite headlines suggesting that the March 11-12 visit of Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli focused on energy issues including the announced Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project, sources tell us that this was only casually mentioned during one of the sessions and that the quick series [...]	2005-03-16 13:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG IR AM
05YEREVAN500	PUTIN'S UPCOMING VISIT TO ARMENIA: CEMENTING TIES [...] (C) Russian president Vladimir Putin will visit Yerevan March 24 to 25 on what the Russian Embassy describes as a "working visit." He will make only a few stops during his roughly 24-hour visit, and Russian diplomats told us to expect "no surprises." While the visit may be routine from Mosco [...]	2005-03-21 13:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG AM RU
05YEREVAN517	ARMENIAN DEFMIN ON POW'S, CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan was to blame for the recent increase in cease-fire violations on the line of contact with Azerbaijan. If the International Community was now concerned about the effect of violations on the negotiation process, t [...]	2005-03-23 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR AM AJ
05YEREVAN521	CHR-61: FM OSKANIAN SUGGESTS "LIMITED OPTIONS" ON [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, Ambassador Evans met with FM Vartan Oskanian March 24 to ask the GOAM to rethink its position on a no-action motion on Belarus at the UN Commission on Human Rights. Oskanian said the GOAM would give "serious consideration" to our request given the emphasis the U [...]	2005-03-24 11:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM CHR
05YEREVAN53	KOCHARIAN SENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW UKRAINIAN [...] (U) The GOAM announced January 11 that President Robert Kocharian sent a congratulatory message to Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yushchenko. The news sparked a flurry of media reports about Armenia-Ukraine-Russia relations and re-ignited discussion on the applicability of recent events in [...]	2005-01-13 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN532	GOAM DEFERS TO PUTIN COMMENTS ON KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) The GOAM offered limited public reaction to the unrest in Kyrgyzstan, due to the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin which has dominated both headlines and GOAM attention. During a March 25 press conference, President Robert Kocharian deferred outright to Putin on the Kyrgyzstan issue [...]	2005-03-25 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC KG AM RU
05YEREVAN575	PUTIN VISIT DEMONSTRATES KOCHARIAN'S TIGHT HOLD ON [...] (C) President Robert Kocharian's spin doctors continue to portray the March 24-25 visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most important official visit for the GOAM in recent memory. One week after Putin's whirlwind stop, however, GOAM contacts outside Kocharian's inner circle are ha [...]	2005-04-01 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG AM RU
05YEREVAN583	HEARINGS ON N-K OPEN NEW SPACE FOR PUBLIC DEBATE [...] (C) Public hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh hosted by Armenia's National Assembly March 29-30 continue to dominate local political discussions and appear to have opened a new space for public debate on the issue. Reports by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian and pro [...]	2005-04-04 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ TU AM
05YEREVAN611	CHR-61: US-EU DEMARCHE ON BELARUS, BUT ARMENIA [...] (C) On April 6, together with the EU Presidency rep, we urged Armenia to vote against a no-action motion on the Belarus resolution at the UNCHR. MFA reps said they appreciated the joint approach and also the substance of the demarche, but said that no decision had yet been taken on how Armen [...]	2005-04-07 05:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AM BO CHR
05YEREVAN615	OSCE SPECIAL REP ON N-K POW ISSUE, CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) OSCE Special Rep Andrzej Kasprzyk told the Ambassador on April 7 that although OSCE CiO Rupel had secured agreement during his March 31 visit from "N-K" authorities for three Azerbaijani POWs to be returned, this action was complicated by the April 1 capture of an Armenian soldier by Azerba [...]	2005-04-07 13:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM AM AJ
05YEREVAN634	UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH [...] (C) We recently met with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) to follow-up on any details concerning the December 2004 Cesium-137 seizure at the Georgian/Turkish border per ref A. Martirosyan stated that ANRA had still not received any official notification [...]	2005-04-12 02:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN666	CHR-61: ARMENIA WON'T SUPPORT US ON BELARUS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baibourtian told us April 15 that the GOAM would vote in favor of the no-action motion on the Belarus resolution at the UNCHR. Baiburtian acknowledged the high-level demarches by the Ambassador and an April 6 approach with the local EU Presidency rep (ref a),[...]	2005-04-15 12:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BO AM CHR
05YEREVAN675	CHR 61: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR USG "LIKELY" ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AM UNHRC
05YEREVAN703	MCHR 61: MFA CONFIRMS ARMENIANS WILL VOTE WITH US [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AM UNHRC
05YEREVAN707	KOCHARIAN RESPONSE TO ERDOGAN LETTER [...] (C) On April 20, FM Oskanian told us that President Kocharian had drafted a response to PM Erdogan's letter and the letter would be transmitted on April 21. Oskanian described the letter as agreeing to some of the substance in PM Erdogan's letter, but proposed -- instead of creating a joint [...]	2005-04-21 07:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS TU AM
05YEREVAN83	MORE WORDS OF WARNING FOR OLIGARCHS -- OR FODDER [...] (C) A strongly-worded January 15 speech by Chief Presidential Advisor for Economic Issues Vahram Nercessiantz raised eyebrows during the recent Armenia International Policy and Research Group (AIPRG) Conference in Washington but did little to convince skeptics that real efforts by the GOAM to [...]	2005-01-19 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AM
05YEREVAN84	ARMENIANS UNITED IN PROTESTING USG STATEMENT THAT [...] (C) The Armenian body politic has come together to protest Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Jones' comments on Nagorno-Karabakh as reported in the January 14 edition of the Moscow Times. The story dominated media coverage on a day when the other big news in the bilateral relationship was the sen [...]	2005-01-19 12:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN847	MARKARYAN'S STATEMENT ON ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER [...] (C) A loosely translated May 12 statement by Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan regarding the possible opening of the Armenia-Turkey border by the end of the year sparked speculation in Yerevan about potential developments in the bilateral relationship. The statement, which appears to [...]	2005-05-13 12:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
05YEREVAN865	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING ARMENIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-16 11:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AM
05YEREVAN901	ARMENIA ENACTS ELECTORAL REFORMS, BUT DOES NOT [...] (C) In an extraordinary session May 19, the Armenian Parliament voted to increase the number of its seats apportioned on the party list basis, to nominally curtail President Robert Kocharian's authority to directly appoint members of electoral commissions, and to reform the way the government [...]	2005-05-20 13:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN997	FM OSKANIAN ON ARMENIA'S CURRENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) On June 2, FM Oskanian briefed Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions resident in Yerevan. He characterized the May 17 Warsaw meeting of Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev as "positive," with a critical step forward, but rejected Azerbaijan's assertion that Armenia had agreed to return all "occupied [...]	2005-06-07 11:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PHUM
05ZAGREB1115	LOCAL ELECTIONS -- HORSE-TRADING NEARLY OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After six weeks of unprecedented horse-trading following Croatia's May 15 local elections, city councils and county assemblies have elected mayors and county prefects in all but a handful of jurisdictions. Political parties turned to coalitions of all stripes in the [...]	2005-07-06 16:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1254	OSIJEK WAR CRIMES - DELAYED JUSTICE, PRIMITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A preliminary investigation into killings of dozens of ethnic Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991-92 is serving as a test of the capacity of the criminal justice system and the GoC's political will to prosecute war crimes perpetrated by Croatians. Chief suspect in the in [...]	2005-07-29 12:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1303	REACTION TO GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] (C) As requested, Ambassador delivered talking points on Guantanamo Bay to the State Secretary of the MFA, Hidajet Biscevic, who accepted them without comment. Post also delivered points to Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department at the MFA, Romana Oluic. Ms. Oluic appreciated the add [...]	2005-08-09 10:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05ZAGREB1320	CROATIA SEEKS COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic called in Charge on August 9 to preview a GOC non-paper outlining a framework for U.S.-Croatian cooperation in South East Europe over the next two years. Biscevic cited the resolution of the Kosovo question, the future of the Serbia-Montenegro [...]	2005-08-10 14:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
05ZAGREB155	PSI: CROATIA SOON READY TO CONSULT ON OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff and DATT delivered reftel demarche to MFA North America Office Director Andrea Bekic and Multilateral Affairs Office Director Marina Vasilj on January 19. Bekic responded that the legal review of the draft bilateral shipboarding agreement was near completion and that interministeria [...]	2005-02-02 07:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KTIA PARM MNUC PHSA PREL HR NATO
05ZAGREB1553	WAR CRIMES: CROATIA PROSECUTING ITS OWN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC welcomed the September 14 decision by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (IChY) to refer the war crimes case against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac to the Croatia, saying it shows the credibility of the country's judiciary. Recent domest [...]	2005-09-22 15:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1829	IMF LIKELY TO EXTEND CROATIA STAND BY ARRANGEMENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The IMF expects to extend its current $142.8 million Stand-By Arrangement for Croatia to the end of 2006. However, it considers the GOC's 2006 budget projections anticipating a deficit of 3.5 percent of GDP to be out of line with its commitments, and is also concerne [...]	2005-11-16 13:13:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HR
05ZAGREB183	ADRIATIC CHARTER DEFENSE MINISTERIAL BILATERAL [...] (SBU) The U.S. delegation to the Adriatic Charter (A3) Defense Ministerial, led by Ambassador Frank, met with the State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January 2005 and the Minister of Defense of Croatia on 25 January 2005. Mr. Alan Van Egmond, OSD Director of Balk [...]	2005-02-07 06:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB1833	NATO'S MIXED MESSAGE TO CROATIA [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: NATO DSYG Minuto Rizzo made a brief stop in Zagreb on November 11 on a whirlwind tour of MAP countries Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia. Minuto Rizzo carried a useful message about NATO being a community of values. It [...]	2005-11-16 15:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR
05ZAGREB335	CROATIA SOON READY TO TALK SOFA & ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) New Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy Igor Pokaz told the DCM in a introductory call on February 24 that he is planning to lead a delegation to Washington around March 29-31 to restart talks on Supplemental SOFA and Article 98 agreements. Pokaz would like to finalize an agreement on [...]	2005-03-03 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KNNP HR NATO
05ZAGREB369	CROATIA DELIVERS WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT ASSURANCES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) On March 4 State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Hidajet Biscevic delivered the diplomatic note (para 3) to Ambassador Frank in response to our demarche per reftels on support for Croatia's Wassenaar Arrangement Membership. Request Depart [...]	2005-03-08 11:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL MASS HR
05ZAGREB391	KHATAMI VISIT: MESIC HITS KEY NON-PRO AND MIDEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Mesic made good use of the ill-timed March 7-8 visit of Iranian President Mohammad Khatami (ref A) to stress that Croatia shares the international community's key concerns about Iran, including its uranium enrichment program and its support for groups that je [...]	2005-03-11 12:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XF IR HR
05ZAGREB418	GOTOVINA HUNT BRINGS FAR RIGHT OUT OF THE WOODWORK [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As March 17 looms and pressure to apprehend Gotovina builds, Croatia's small but vocal far right-wing has again found its voice, loudly protesting what it sees as foreign interference in domestic issues. The several recent poster campaigns supporting the fugitive gene [...]	2005-03-16 10:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC HR
05ZAGREB429	ICTY PREDICTS NO PROBLEMS IN BOSKOSKI TRANSFER [...] (C) Thomas Osorio, head of the ICTY Liaison Office in Zagreb, told PolOff March 16 the court expects no problems with the transfer of Ljube Boskoski, former Macedonian Minister of Interior, from detention in Croatia to The Hague. The GoC's Office for ICTY Cooperation confirmed for Post that t [...]	2005-03-17 16:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC MK HR
05ZAGREB431	EU DELAY: SANADER SAYS GLASS STILL HALF FULL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PM Ivo Sanader did his best to put a positive spin on the GAERC's March 16 decision to delay negotiations with Croatia, focusing on the approval of the negotiating framework and the fact that more countries were in favor of opening negotiations than against it. During [...]	2005-03-17 16:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU HR
05ZAGREB586	CROATIA IN AFGHANISTAN: MAY UP CONTRIBUTION & [...] (C ) Rel UK) The GoC MFA NATO Coordinator Pjer Simunovic and MoD Director for International Defense Cooperation Davor Cutic responded on April 7 to reftel demarche that the GoC would reconsider caveats on Afghanistan ISAF deployments. The GoC is currently reviewing increasing its ISAF military [...]	2005-04-13 09:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF HR NATO
05ZAGREB590	USG REHABILITATING MASS MURDERER? - AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Both President Stjepan Mesic and PM Ivo Sanader have called in Ambassador Frank in the past 24 hours to express grave concern over press reports of a planned U.S. presentation of the Legion of Merit (LoM) medal a [...]	2005-04-14 05:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR HR
05ZAGREB625	ANOTHER RIGHT WING MAKEOVER - PARTY OF RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) re-introduced itself to the international community April 12 as a modern, pro-European, center-right party based on tolerance, democracy, and love of the homeland. At a lunch for diplomats, HSP President Anto Djapic, under the tutela [...]	2005-04-20 12:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB716	A/ASD RICARDEL MEETINGS WITH CROATIAN PRIME [...] (C) On April 28, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security, Ms. Mira Ricardel, accompanied by Ambassador Ralph Frank, met with Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister. In addition to a tour of regional issues, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader asked for U.S. support both in delaying the [...]	2005-05-05 11:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB718	ASD RICARDEL MEETINGS WITH CROATIAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) On April 29, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (Acting),Ms. Mira Ricardel, accompanied by Ambassador Ralph Frank, met with President Stjepan Mesic and Berislav Roncevic, Minister of Defense. In both meetings defense reform and the possibility of expanding C [...]	2005-05-05 12:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB724	CROATIA'S COAST GUARD: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Formation of a Croatian Coast Guard remains a work in progress. Although the Ministry of Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development is nominally the first among equals in the interagency committee created to coordinate Coast Guard (CG) activities, the Ministries of Interior and Defense are a [...]	2005-05-06 12:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS ETTC HR NATO
05ZAGREB926	ICTY'S DEL PONTE ON CROATIA: COMMITMENT BUT NOT [...] (C) At the close of her short visit to Croatia, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed that she was convinced that GoC efforts to arrest fugitive Ante Gotovina are sincere but that commitment does not equal full cooperation with the Tribunal. She indicated that by September she would [...]	2005-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL HR
05ZAGREB973	IMF GIVES WAY IN CROATIA - AGAIN [...] (SBU) The IMF mission that departed Croatia June 6 hopes to assemble a package that will pass IMF Board muster in August, despite Croatia's serial failure to come close to its budget targets. The team is clinging to GOC commitments to structural reforms (not yet implemented) to justify the a [...]	2005-06-08 15:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID HR
06ABIDJAN1005	COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL REACTIONS TO [...] (C) Reactions to the resignation: Minister of Cooperation and African Integration Albert Mabry Toikeuse told the Ambassador in a private meeting yesterday that Prime Minister Banny did not tell his ministers before he announced their resignation on September 7 (reftel). New Forces spokes [...]	2006-09-08 17:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN1006	COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL REACTIONS TO [...] (C) Opposition UDPCI party leader and Minister of Cooperation and African Integration Albert Mabri Toikeuse told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Banny did not consult with his ministers before he announced the cabinet's resignation on September 7 (reftel). New Forces (NF) spokesman Sid [...]	2006-09-08 18:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN1027	COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT BY AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo and current Chairman of the African Union (AU),visited Abidjan September 10-12. He met individually with each of the five principal Ivoirian political leaders: President Gbagbo, principal opposition party leaders Bedie and Ouattara, a [...]	2006-09-12 15:14:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1036	COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The tenth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) produced a somewhat bolder than usual communique challenging the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to devise new, better transition arrangements to take effect after October. T [...]	2006-09-14 11:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1037	THE CYCLES OF THE IVOIRIAN POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire is currently at an impasse, which is the most vulnerable point in the cycle that characterizes the political crisis. The cycle is composed essentially of four stages. First, the principal political actors sign a new agreement to relaunch the political process. Secondly, the [...]	2006-09-14 16:26:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1042	COTE D'IVOIRE SITREP 15 SEPTEMBER 2006, 1430 GMT [...] (U) A number of roadblocks were established in Abidjan on the morning of September 15. By early afternoon, some of these had been dismantled although roadblocks remained primarily in the Riviera district of Abidjan, where the Embassy is located. A group of about 50 protesters gathered in the [...]	2006-09-15 15:56:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SENV CASC IV
06ABIDJAN1043	GBAGBO HARDENS RHETORIC ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) In a September 14 speech to senior officers and other members of the Ivoirian Defense and Security Forces (FDS) that was later televised, President Gbagbo delivered a hard-line, uncompromising message on the peace process. Gbagbo averred that he had made numerous compromises (including 23 [...]	2006-09-15 16:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1050	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER FORMS A NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny has formed a new cabinet, replacing the former Ministers of Transport and Environment, dividing the Ministries of Justice and Interior in twoministries each, and naming two new Secretaries of State, a rank slightly below that of minister. Thus, the new cabin [...]	2006-09-18 16:35:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1070	COTE D'IVOIRE: EVENTS AND RHETORIC HEATING UP AS [...] (C) Summary. Events and rhetoric are heating up but proceeding largely as expected as October 31 approaches. The local press is reporting that the September 20 meeting in New York chaired by Secretary General Annan and attended by key African leader and all the key Ivoirian political leaders [...]	2006-09-22 16:52:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1099	COTE D'IVOIRE: WORLD BANK'S CHIEF OF MISSION [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Chief of Mission Doffonsou told EconChief September 28 that the Ivorian Government has failed to make headway on its $348 million (m) in arrears to the Bank, and that without action, that sum continues to steadily mount. While the government has been offered the [...]	2006-10-02 15:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON IV ASEC
06ABIDJAN1105	GBAGBO AND SUPPORTERS ADOPT A TOUGHER LINE IN [...] (C) Summary. Tensions are running higher in Abidjan as President Gbagbo's mandate nears its end and in the run-up to the October 6 ECOWAS meeting on Cote d'Ivoire. President Gbagbo and his supporters, particularly FPI President N'Guessan, have adopted a tougher, uncompromising stance, and t [...]	2006-10-03 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN112	GBAGBO USES ARTICLE 48 POWERS TO EXTEND NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 27 extension by Presidential decree of the Mandate of the National Assembly (NA) has further weakened Prime Minister Banny, and continued President Gbagbo's challenge to the International Community. The New Forces, who do not have any deputies in the assembly, have [...]	2006-02-01 15:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1150	COTE D'IVOIRE: FORCES NOUVELLES COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: FN Spokesman Lobognon expressed deep disappointment at the outcome of the Abuja Summit on Cote d'Ivoire, suggesting it would allow President Gbagbo to drag his feet on the identification process for yet another year. Lobognon added that Gbagbo acted to obstruct the consensus adop [...]	2006-10-12 15:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1207	COTE D'IVOIRE - TENSE BUT CALM AND LIKELY TO [...] (C) Cote d'Ivoire remains tense on the eve of the end of the current one-year mandate of President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Banny and a new UNSC resolution for the country. While there is no doubt that both Gbagbo and Banny's terms will be extended, doubts and fears linger over the relative a [...]	2006-10-30 14:27:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IV
06ABIDJAN1212	LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from October 10-19 to discuss ongoing Liberian refugee repatriation efforts. UNHCR figures show that a total of 80,617 Liberian refugees returned between November 2004 and September 28, 2006 and th [...]	2006-10-31 15:12:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM LI IV
06ABIDJAN1228	COTE D'IVOIRE: INITIAL REACTIONS OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Abidjan were calm in the wake of the adoption of UNSCR 1721 (reftel) and the business of the country's economic capital went on without incident. Ambassador Hooks and Emboffs sought out the initial impressions of major political groups and figures, and found amon [...]	2006-11-03 16:58:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1234	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN HIGH REP FOR ELECTIONS DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gerard Stoudmann, UN High Representative for Elections, is cautiously optimistic that elections in Cote d'Ivoire will happen in 2007, but that positive scenario will require all the parties to exhibit substantially more political will than they have shown heretofore. He caution [...]	2006-11-06 16:00:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1237	PRESIDENT GBAGBO: FULLY COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) President Gbagbo invited the Ambassador on November 6 to the Presidential Residence to express appreciation for the support of the United States in protecting the Constitution of Cote d'Ivoire during the negotiation of Resolution 1721 in the UN Security Council. President Gbagbo also said [...]	2006-11-07 14:01:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1250	OPPOSITION PARTIES UNHAPPY WITH UNSCR 1721; PM [...] (C) Summary. The Ivorian political class continues to react to UNSCR 1721 and the President's ongoing efforts to shape the political terrain to his liking. Both the Forces Nouvelles (NF) and major unarmed opposition parties expressed disappointment with 1721, specifically the decision to av [...]	2006-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV UN
06ABIDJAN1251	RESIDENTS OF YOPOUGON ROUT PRO-GOV'T MILITIA [...] (SBU) On November 3, residents of the Azito neighborhood in the populous Yopougon suburb of Abidjan engaged in a daylong battle with members of a pro-government militia, the Groupe des Patriotes pour la Paix (GPP),and eventually succeeded in ejecting them entirely. Long-simmering tensions e [...]	2006-11-09 14:32:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IV MARR PREL
06ABIDJAN1253	FRENCH ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ADDRESSES COTE [...] (SBU) Econ Chief met with French Economic and Commercial Counselor Jean Dolle at the French Embassy on November 8. Dolle began by discussing French economic interests in Cote d'Ivoire, which, despite the political crisis and its resultant effects on the economy, remain strong. Economic act [...]	2006-11-09 14:52:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON IBRD IV PREL
06ABIDJAN1257	COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE RE U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...]	2006-11-09 17:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA CU IV
06ABIDJAN1258	COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (C) On November 8, Econ Chief delivered relevant talking points from reftels to Ambassador Bernard TANOH BOUTCHOUE, Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Speaking frankly, and drawing upon his eight years [...]	2006-11-09 17:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNHCR IV UNGA
06ABIDJAN1277	DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor delivered ref A demarche to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue,Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 16. We strongly urged Cote d'Ivoire to vote against the three anti-U.S. resolutio [...]	2006-11-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO IV PHUM
06ABIDJAN1303	COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBIGUOUS ROLE OF THE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The armed forces are playing a very ambiguous role in Cote d'Ivoire's political process. No one trusts the security forces: not President Gbagbo, not Prime Minister Banny, and not the public. FANCI (Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire) Chief of Staff Mangou's loyalty to Gbagbo goes w [...]	2006-11-24 14:36:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1316	GBAGBO HEADED FOR COLLISION COURSE WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo unexpectedly reinstated three senior officials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are stalwarts in Gbagbo's FPI (Ivoirian Popular Front) party. He also sacked the director general of the state-owned newspaper, Fraternite Matin, for carrying a r [...]	2006-11-28 18:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1317	PM BANNY: THE TANDEM WITH GBAGBO IS BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador on November 28 that Cote d'Ivoire is again in crisis: the tandem with President Gbagbo has not been working well since UN Resolution 1721 was adopted November 1 and is now broken. The PM said he was not even informed of the decrees that [...]	2006-11-29 12:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV
06ABIDJAN1323	UN TRYING TO SORT OUT RECENT VIOLENCE IN DUEKOUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Francois Sonon, Head of the Duekoue Field Office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),confirmed five deaths as a result of ethnic clashes between local Guere and Burkinabe in several villages just north of Duekoue in the Zone of Confidence (ZOC). [...]	2006-11-29 17:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF IV
06ABIDJAN1331	PRESIDENT GBAGBO WILL NOT DISMISS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Gbagbo made the following points: -- he will not fire Prime Minister Banny, although he did not appreciate the PM's communiqu7 dealing with presidential decrees; instead, he fired the Director of the radio and televi [...]	2006-12-04 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV
06ABIDJAN1334	AMBASSADOR VISITS FN-HELD NORTHEAST; QUIET, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hooks led a small delegation of Emboffs and the DATT on a tour of northeastern towns Bondoukou and Bouna. While government-held Bondoukou and FN-held Bouna are peaceful compared to other areas of the country, Bondoukou is notably more prosperous and Bouna's administ [...]	2006-12-04 17:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CONS IV
06ABIDJAN134	COTE D,IVOIRE'S TRANSITION: STRUGGLING TO GET OFF [...] (C) Summary. The October 6 decision by the African Union (AU) that President Gbagbo should remain as head of state and a new Prime Minister be appointed to bring the country to disarmament and elections has failed to generate the hoped-for momentum among the Ivoirian actors. The peace proces [...]	2006-02-08 14:32:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1342	SUDAN: URGING COTE D'IVOIRE'S ABSENCE FROM AFCARPAC [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 15:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI SU IV
06ABIDJAN1343	PROPOSAL FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL PERMREPS TO VISIT [...] (C) I believe it would be most useful for the Permreps or acting Permreps of the P-5 to come to Abidjan, to deliver in person a message of support for UN Security Council Resolution 1721. Though he nominally welcomed UNSCR 1721, President Gbagbo has said from the outset that it contains attac [...]	2006-12-06 15:14:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNSC ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1345	COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...]	2006-12-07 07:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF
06ABIDJAN1346	COTE D'IVOIRE: FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIALS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary. Finance Ministry officials are telling us that Cote d'Ivoire does not intend to pay the balance of the arrears Cote d'Ivoire owes the World Bank. Bank staff tell us the Bank would be willing to accept partial repayment, but will not resume normal assistance until it receives th [...]	2006-12-07 07:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IMF IV PGOV PREF
06ABIDJAN1347	COCOA STRIKE ENDS WITH HARDLY A WHIMPER, [...] (C) Summary. The strike in the cocoa sector has come to a quiet, almost stealthy end although most of the putative demands made by strikers remain unaddressed. The harvest is proceeding, and a good crop is expected. According to industry observers, the government was essentially able to b [...]	2006-12-07 07:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON AID PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1351	ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF PLAYING THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR? [...] (U) Today the local press widely reported that Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) Chief of Staff General Philippe Mangou met with lead opposition leader Professor Alphonse Djedje Mady on December 6th. Mangou reportedly wants to calm the increasingly acrid political environment in Abidjan b [...]	2006-12-07 17:05:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
06ABIDJAN1355	ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. At the eleventh meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny sought to persuade the group that significant progress has been made to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1721, especially on re-launching identification, returning civil servants to the [...]	2006-12-08 14:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC UNSC IV
06ABIDJAN136	MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...]	2006-02-08 16:30:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI
06ABIDJAN1364	MEDIATION TEAM TO BRIEF ECOWAS AND AU LEADERS ON [...] (C) General Jean Marie Michel Mokoko, the Special Representative for the Presidency of the African Union, informed the Ambassador on December 11 that the Mediation Group, composed of himself, D/SRSG Abou Moussa, HRE Gerard Stoudmann and ECOWAS Chairman Chambas will be meeting this week with [...]	2006-12-12 16:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV
06ABIDJAN1372	COTE D'IVOIRE: MILITARY REPORTS ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (C) Summary. On December 12 the press spokesman of the defense and security forces announced that a coup plot had been uncovered, involving the assassination of President Gbagbo, the armed forces chief of staff, and several other top security force commanders. The man accused of being the ma [...]	2006-12-13 12:26:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1376	COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL PROCESS DRIFTING [...] (C) Summary. Well into the second month of Cote d'Ivoire's second year of transition to postponed elections, the political process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is essentially ignoring UN Security Council Resolution 1721 and defying the peace process, and the political opposition has [...]	2006-12-14 14:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1377	OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGES IMPOTENCE IN THE FACE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, Alphonse Djedje Mady, spokesman for the RHDP (Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace) coalition of opposition parties, acknowledged the opposition's frustration and lack of resolve to fight against President Gbagbo and his FPI (Ivoiria [...]	2006-12-14 14:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
06ABIDJAN1402	GBAGBO OFFERS PROPOSALS, NOT SOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a speech made December 19 evening, President Gbagbo offered five proposals designed to bring the country out of crisis: (1) direct talks with the Forces Nouvelles (FN) rebels aimed at encouraging them to disarm and free the country; (2) elimination of the Zone of Confidence; ( [...]	2006-12-21 09:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
06ABIDJAN1405	COTE D'IVOIRE: FN LEADER SORO PUSHES FOR BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Forces Nouvelles leader Guillaume Soro took surprise advantage of a December 11 courtesy call by Econ Chief and Econ/Pol JO to FN HQ in Bouake to make a very public push to reopen the banking sector in FN-held territory. Soro also sharply criticized President Gbagbo for his un [...]	2006-12-21 11:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IV

06ABIDJAN1406	DIAMOND MINING IN COTE D'IVOIRE'S NORTH-CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: In the north-central region of Cote d'Ivoire near Korhogo, diamonds are mined using traditional methods of searching riverbeds with sieves. The yield from this particular region is small--perhaps a few hundred stones a month collectively--and offers a subsistence living for the [...]	2006-12-21 16:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN IV
06ABIDJAN1430	COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO GAMBLES WHILE THE POLITICAL [...] (C) As 2006 comes to an end, the Cote d,Ivoire peace process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is waiting for rebel FN (New Forces) leader Guillaume Soro to respond to the five "proposals" he unveiled December 20 (Reftel). The pro-opposition newspaper Le Patriote reported December 27 that [...]	2006-12-28 16:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN150	COTE D'IVOIRE: MOVING THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD [...] (C) Since 2002, the Cote d'Ivoire peace process has gone through multiple mediators and mediations including Lome, Linas-Marcoussis, Accra, and Pretoria. Each has petered out in turn, leaving Cote d'Ivoire far short of reunification, disarmament, and elections. Per reftel, the new government [...]	2006-02-12 08:03:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN179	ECHOES OF ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE REBELS WANT RESPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a three-day trip to Bouake and Korhogo, in New Forces (FN) territory in the North, to urge the ex-rebels to help move the political process forward. We found a relatively relaxed security environment and a population whose most pressing concerns were not the [...]	2006-02-17 10:30:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN190	COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny briefed the fourth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) on his plans to adopt the IWG's road map as his government's work plan. In light of the four days of street disturbances in reaction to the previous IWG's stance on the National Assembly, it [...]	2006-02-22 14:45:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS IV
06ABIDJAN199	COTE D'IVOIRE: SORO AND GBAGBO TO MEET FEBRUARY 27 [...] (C) On February 22, Sidike Konate, spokesperson for the New Forces (NF),called on the Ambassador to inform him that a meeting between President Gbagbo and NF Secretary General Guillaume Soro is scheduled to take place February 27. There will also be a second meeting between Gbagbo and all thr [...]	2006-02-23 16:27:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN217	COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS' SUMMIT MEETING [...] (U) The meetings that were scheduled to take place February 27 between President Gbagbo and New Forces Secretary General Guillaume Soro; and between Gbagbo, Soro, former Prime Minister Ouattara and former President Bedie (reftel) did not happen, because of a disgreement over security arrangeme [...]	2006-02-28 14:06:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN228	COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS HOLD SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's five principal political leaders met in Yamoussoukro February 28, the first such meeting since the current crisis began in 2002. They reaffirmed their commitment to the Pretoria Agreement and to holding elections as scheduled, and agreed on six sets of issues: im [...]	2006-03-01 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN238	COTE D'IVOIRE: TRANSPORTATION MINISTER PROMISES [...] (U) On March 1 the Minister of Transport, Innocent Anaky Kobanan (who is from the opposition Movement of Forces for the Future (MFA) party),announced the introduction of a new "single ticket" system for public transportation (mini-busses and taxis). In addition to the single ticket system, th [...]	2006-03-03 14:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN246	COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH FORCES CONFRONT IVOIRIAN [...] (U) Most newspapers reported March 3 the French Defense Minister's official letter of protest to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan regarding recent incursions of Ivoirian military forces into the Zone of Confidence (ZC) separating the government-controlled south from the rebel-controlled north. [...]	2006-03-06 14:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CI
06ABIDJAN255	ALASSANE OUATTARA RESTRUCTURES THE RDR [...] (U) On March 4-5, presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara's political party, the RDR (Rally of Democratic Republicans),met at the UN-protected Golf Hotel in Abidjan, to restructure the party and increase the number of leadership positions at the top. More than 700 [...]	2006-03-08 15:22:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN261	COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION DEADLOCK IS [...] (U) On March 7, the outgoing executive board of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) met with the incoming board, to officially hand over governance of the board. 2. (U) This formalizes the agreement that was reached at the February 28 Yamoussoukro summit of Cote d'Ivoire's four princ [...]	2006-03-09 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOVE PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN284	REBEL LEADER GUILLAUME SORO RETURNS TO ABIDJAN [...] (U) New Forces (FN) leader Guillaume Soro arrived in Abidjan from the northern rebel capital of Bouake on March 14 around 1100, via UN helicopter. He met with President Gbagbo around noon, immediately after arriving, and then met with Prime Minister Charles Banny. In the evening he met with [...]	2006-03-15 17:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN315	COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield made a very productive visit to Abidjan March 15-17. She met with leaders and top officials from all parts of the political spectrum. Her Ivoirian interlocutors praised highly the intensity of U.S. engagement here, and appealed for even [...]	2006-03-23 16:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN316	SUBJECT: COTE D'IVOIRE: IVOIRIAN WORKERS, PARTY [...] (C) On March 20, PIT (the Ivoirian Workers, Party) suspended its participation in the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),to protest the fact that the highest-ranking position it was given on the IEC's Executive Board was Deputy Treasurer. In the previous IEC, PIT held the position of Tre [...]	2006-03-23 16:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN317	COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...]	2006-03-23 16:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN320	COTE D'IVOIRE: FIFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful fifth meeting March 17. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Election (HRE) Monteiro, and the new Chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) gave presentations. Some element of dr [...]	2006-03-24 16:21:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN332	COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE IS IN THE AIR, FOR THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Peace is in the air. Prime Minister Banny has an impressive list of accomplishments, and political leaders seem to have set their minds on elections. Still, there is a daunting list of tasks yet to be completed, including issuing national identification cards and registering vo [...]	2006-03-30 15:43:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN339	COTE D'IVOIRE: EXAMS FINALLY HELD IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27 children in the New Forces (NF) controlled zone finally started taking the exams that will allow them to progress to the next level of their education. Since February 2004 the pro-Gbagbo Minister of Education had been refusing to allow the exams to be held unti [...]	2006-03-31 14:12:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN361	OIL SPILL OFF IVORY COAST [...] (C) Summary. An oil spill off the coast of Ivoiry Coast caused by the Canadian oil company CNR has largely been cleaned up. However, the Minister of Environment told the Ambassador he was unhappy with uncommunicativeness from CNR and alleged that Ivoirians close to the Presidency who are [...]	2006-04-04 08:37:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG EPET
06ABIDJAN368	COTE D'IVOIRE: TROUBLED COCOA SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's 2005-2006 cocoa harvest looks to be up slightly from last year. The share of the world market price that is going to the farmers is higher than last year but still only 50 percent. Another 37 percent goes in taxes and fees to the government and to four cocoa sup [...]	2006-04-06 10:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EIND PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN369	COTE D'IVOIRE: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary. As expected, The peace process is going through ups and downs. Pro-Gbagbo militias are threatening to take to the streets as they did in January, this time over the sequencing of identification vis a vis disarmament. Preliminary results indicate that only about 20 percent of st [...]	2006-04-06 15:40:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN409	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador that the primary objective for his upcoming visit to Washington is to request assistance for Cote d'Ivoire's peace process from the World Bank and the IMF. The Ambassador underscored the urgency of moving forward with identification and d [...]	2006-04-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN414	COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]	2006-04-21 16:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN417	COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTROVERSY OVER IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. A bitter dispute over how to identify who is an Ivoirian lies at the heart of Cote d'Ivoire's current political crisis. No new identifications have been registered since 2003, and no identity cards have been issued since 1999. Prime Minister Banny has made resuming the identifi [...]	2006-04-24 15:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN428	COTE D'IVOIRE: STUDENT UNION STAGES STREET PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Cote D'Ivoire Federation of University and High School Students (FESCI) staged street demonstrations in Abidjan April 25 to demand an end to the current teachers strike. The government-owned but generally factual newspaper Fraternite Matin estimated the number of protesters at 1500. [...]	2006-04-26 15:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN447	COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO ISSUES COMBATIVE STATEMENT [...] (C) On April 25 President Gbagbo issued a statement through his press spokesman laying out his views on how the country should move forward toward elections. The statement was typical of Gbagbo: combative, defensive, disingenuous and hardly presidential. Gbagbo denied that he had agreed at th [...]	2006-05-03 16:41:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN458	FORMER PRESIDENT BEDIE: EVERYTHING DEPENDS ON THE [...] (C) Former President Henri Konan Bedie, who was ousted in a coup in 1999, has little strategy for negotiating an end to the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire beyond demanding that the international community asssume responsibility for security and for organizing new elections. He recognizes [...]	2006-05-05 14:17:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN460	COTE D'IVOIRE: RECENT ATTACKS IN THE WEST PROVE [...] (C) Summary: UN agencies are concerned by a continuing series of inter-ethnic attacks that have occurred in recent weeks in western Cote d'Ivoire, mostly around the town of Bangolo. The attacks have resulted in several deaths, injuries, and some internal population displacement. The UN rep [...]	2006-05-05 16:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPKO PHUM IV
06ABIDJAN473	YOUNG PATRIOT LEADER BLE GOUDE: DRESSING UP HIS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 8, Charles Ble Goude, President of the Young Patriot movement, stressed that he is trying to convert the Young Patriots into a more mature political force. He explained that he is now the President of COJEP, a coalition of patriotic forces, and he [...]	2006-05-09 16:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN475	COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]	2006-05-09 17:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN483	THE FPI AFTER SIX YEARS IN POWER [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo,s ruling FPI party is feeling defensive, with little to show after almost six years in power. The party came into office in the flawed 2000 elections with a sweeping agenda of socialist reform. It has achieved few of them while failing to address the fundamenta [...]	2006-05-11 16:55:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN493	COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRTY-SIX CONVICTED FOR JULY 2005 [...] (U) Summary: On May 5, an Ivoirian Military Tribunal convicted and sentenced 36 individuals to terms ranging from two to 15 years for their role in the July 2005 attacks on Agboville and Anyama, two towns located respectivly 70 and 7 KM North of downtown Abidjan. During the attacks, 24 people [...]	2006-05-12 16:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC AEMR IV
06ABIDJAN51	COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO SHOWS BANNY WHO'S BOSS [...] (C) While the pretext for the current unrest is the International Working Group's recommendation that the mandate of the National Assembly not be extended, it is clear that the real aim is to undermine Prime Minister Banny. We have indeed heard that the National Assembly's mandate is a "red l [...]	2006-01-18 16:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN515	MORE DETAILS ON PILOT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: More details about the pilot identification process emerged on May 15, during a press conference by the Minister of Justice, Mamadou Kone. The pilot identification program will target anyone over 13 years of age who is without documents. Once the pilot phase has ended, the Mini [...]	2006-05-17 15:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN523	PILOT ID PROGRAM GETS OFF TO A GLACIAL START IN [...] (C) The pilot identification program got off to an inauspicious start with only one petitioner appearing in the Port Bouet district of Abidjan on the morning of May 18, the first day of the program. About thirty Young Patriots showed up around 9:00, along with sanctioned Young Patriot leader [...]	2006-05-18 15:01:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN526	PRELIMINARIES TO DISARMAMENT PROCESS TO BEGIN SOON [...] (SBU) The Chiefs-of-Staff of the New Forces (FAFN) and Ivoirian (FANCI) militaries agreed on May 17 to start assembling troops in preparation for a disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program. The NF will gather troops at two sites (at Botro, in the far northeast, and Bouna, [...]	2006-05-19 16:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN55	COTE D'IVOIRE: OBASANJO AND GBAGBO ISSUE [...] (U) Nigerian President Obasanjo made a brief visit to Abidjan the evening of January 18, and met at the airport with President Gbagbo. Also present were Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Pierre Schori, South African Special SIPDIS Repres [...]	2006-01-19 15:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN554	COTE D'IVOIRE: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful seventh meeting on May 19. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Elections (HRE) Studeman, Ivoirian Chief of Staff General Mangou, and New Forces Chief of Staff Bakayoko, along with the head of the Elect [...]	2006-05-26 09:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN560	UNION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS REMAIN ON STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: The National University Teachers' Union (Coordination Nationale des Enseignants du Superieur et des Chercheurs, CNEC) has been on strike since March 14, with the exception of a two-week truce from April 28 through May 12 while the union met with members of the Prime Minister's of [...]	2006-05-26 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN60	COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The subject that came in for the most discussion at the January 15 meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) was the future of the National Assembly, whose mandate expired December 16. Heads of delegation reached an initial consensus to recommend that the Assembly remain [...]	2006-01-20 16:34:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN606	COTE D'IVOIRE: ACOTA COORDINATOR VISIT SUMMARY [...] (U) Summary: ACOTA Program and Policy Coordinator, Chip Beck (Coordinator),visited Abidjan 13-14 May 2006 for a visit to, and an exchange of information with, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Headquarters Staff. He received a general briefing from the Senior [...]	2006-06-07 14:46:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS IV
06ABIDJAN623	COTE D'IVOIRE: ELECTORAL COMMISSION STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary: Four months away from the October date by which Cote d'Ivoire's postponed presidential elections are supposed to be held, the CEI (Independent Electoral Commission) has ambitious, probably unrealistic plans to carpet the country with thousands of polling stations and train tens o [...]	2006-06-09 17:45:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN627	COTE D'IVOIRE: INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is represented in Cote d'Ivoire by the Division of Human Rights (HR),which is part of the larger UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Its overarching mission is to promote human rights in Cote d'Ivoire. The HR works in a [...]	2006-06-12 14:08:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IV
06ABIDJAN647	COTE D'IVOIRE: START OF DISARMAMENT MAY BE DELAYED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 14:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN652	DEMARCHES ON NAM AND OIC STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor and Deputy POL/ECON Counselor delivered a demarche June 16 to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue, Director for the United Nations and Specialized Agencies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing U.S. disappointment with the statement on Iran's nuclear program that [...]	2006-06-16 15:37:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP UNSC IV IR
06ABIDJAN658	COTE D'IVOIRE: DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS [...] (C) Despite assurances we were given June 16 by Director of Operations for Disarmament Jean-Paul Malan that there were just a few obstacles left to mediate and that disarmament of the western militias would likely begin on June 17 (reftel),the militias continue to refuse to begin even the firs [...]	2006-06-19 15:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PREL IV
06ABIDJAN686	COTRE D'IVOIRE: EIGHTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. At the eighth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny gave a long, evasive presentation seeking to reassure the group that he is determined to succeed in bringing the country to elections, while IWG members tried to pin him down on why so little pro [...]	2006-06-28 15:23:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN688	OPPOSITION DEPUTIES RETURN TO NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. Opposition deputies agreed to return to the National Assembly on June 23 in order to receive salaries that had been withheld for three months by the FPI president of the Assembly. The denouement of what should have been a relatively minor affair is a victory for President Gbagbo [...]	2006-06-29 13:27:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN691	UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS END STRIKE, SECONDARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Close on the heels of his success in resolving the impasse over the return of opposition deputies to the National Assembly (reftel),President Gbagbo reinforced his standing as a decisive leader by persuading striking university professors (reftels) to return to work. Secondar [...]	2006-06-29 17:52:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN694	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER,S PEACE TRAIN STUCK [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny's peace train is stuck for the moment at the disarmament station. The Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) say they have completed the initial, pre-regroupment phase of the disarmament, where combatants are assembled at designated sites under their own comma [...]	2006-06-30 11:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN713	NEW FORCES PREVENTED FROM MEETING PRESIDENT [...] (U) On July 4, a delegation of New Forces (NF) soldiers led by Chief-of-Staff General Soumailo Bakayoko was refused entry to the Prime Minister's office (Primature) prior to a scheduled meeting with President Gbagbo. Gbagbo wrote the NF last week, inviting the NF military (FAFN) to meet with h [...]	2006-07-05 17:33:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN718	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECRETARY GENERAL CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. UNSYG Annan chaired a mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in which participants set several deadlines to accelerate key elements of the peace process, including identification, DDR, and organization of elections. There was no discussion of possible scenarios if presidential elections [...]	2006-07-06 18:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN731	PRIME MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REGISTRATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny, accompanied by his Justice Minister, convoked ECOWAS ambassadors and several members of the International Working Group (IWG) to Yamoussoukro on July 9 for a hastily-scheduled meeting on his government's plans to launch a program, scheduled to begin on July [...]	2006-07-11 07:44:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN759	COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCESS OFF TO A [...] (C) Summary: The launching of itinerant courts to document the approximately four million unregistered people in Cote d'Ivoire has gotten off to a shaky start. On top of administrative problems, the leader of President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has called upon Gbagbo's fo [...]	2006-07-14 16:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN760	COTE D'IVOIRE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO [...] (U) Sylvain Roy, Chief Conduct and Discipline Officer at the UN Operation in Cote D'Ivoire (ONUCI),briefed us July 12 on ONUCI's efforts to combat sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA). He explained that the Conduct and Discipline Team (CDT) is a newly formed unit; he himself arrived in Decembe [...]	2006-07-14 17:21:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN771	COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS RESUME STRIKE [...] (SBU) Primary and secondary school teachers, who suspended their strike June 20 after meeting with President Gbagbo (ref A),are threatening to resume the strike July 18. The teachers said at the time that their demands had not been met but that they would suspend the strike to allow for furth [...]	2006-07-18 13:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN778	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRO-GBAGBO MILITIAS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) The local press July 18 was full of reports of incidents throughout the government-controlled areas of the country where pro-Gbagbo Young Patriots militias successfully blocked the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant courts -- from going forward with the identification process (reftel),inc [...]	2006-07-18 16:06:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN779	COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT MISSES DEADLINE TO CLEAR [...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire missed a July 17 deadline to clear its arrears with the World Bank in time for the Bank to approve its USD 100 million contribution to the funding for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) at its July 27 Board meeting. 2. (C) Cote d'Ivoire's arrears with the [...]	2006-07-18 16:14:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON IBRD KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN782	COTE D'IVOIRE: SITUATION REPORT: YOUNG PATRIOTS [...] (C) Beginning early this morning at about 0600 local, Young Patriot militias erected a series of roadblocks at main road and intersections throughout Abidjan to protest the mobile identification teams launched by Prime Minister Banny. The roadblocks, which increased in size and number throu [...]	2006-07-19 14:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC IV
06ABIDJAN788	COTE D'IVOIRE: NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful ninth meeting July 20. The Prime Minister sought to reassure the group that his peace train is on track and moving forward, but once again he was long on promises and short on specifics. The communique from this m [...]	2006-07-21 15:35:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN789	COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS' STRIKE WIDELY IGNORED [...] (SBU) The strike by elementary and secondary school teachers that was supposed to resume on July 18 (ref A) was widely ignored. While Mamadou Soro, the leader of the teacher,s group calling for the strike, was quoted in the newspapers as saying over 70 percent of teachers boycotted, all othe [...]	2006-07-21 16:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN804	SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES OVER ID PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Several people were killed and more than twenty injured over the weekend in Divo during violent confrontations at protests aimed at blocking the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant hearings -- from going forward with the identification process. Opposition party leaders are enco [...]	2006-07-24 16:24:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN810	PRIME MINISTER BANNY ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister spoke to the nation last night on the mobile identification process, addressing concerns raised by the President's FPI party and its supporters intent on disrupting the process. The PM made clear that the mobile teams are essential to the peace process and the [...]	2006-07-25 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN812	COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY POSTPONE [...] (C) On July 25, leaders of the union representing all bank employees in Cote d'Ivoire told us they had postponed a three-day strike that the union had threatened to start on July 26. This decision was reportedly made after the banking sector employers' association offered fresh talks. Union [...]	2006-07-25 16:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EFIN PGOV ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN820	PRIME MINISTER: HELP KEEP PRESIDENT GBAGBO ON [...] (C) On July 25 Prime Minister Banny asked the Ambassador to use his influence to help keep President Gbagbo in the political process, especially on the issue of identification of citizens. The PM asserted that he never takes a decision without consulting with President Gbagbo and getting Gba [...]	2006-07-26 16:23:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV PREL
06ABIDJAN832	UN CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The United Nations is monitoring the progress of the registration of undocumented Ivoirians, in preparation for elections, and gave a briefing for embassies and international organizations July 25. Reportedly, almost all of the teams sent into rebel-held areas in the north are o [...]	2006-07-27 17:00:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN837	FPI WANTS CONSULTATIONS, NOT CONFRONTATION [...] (C) Senior members of President Gbagbo's FPI party have met twice with the Ambassador in the past week to discuss the issue of identification. They emphasized that they want to resolve their differences with Prime Minister Banny through consultations, not confrontation in the streets. They [...]	2006-07-28 15:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV
06ABIDJAN838	NEW UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE TAKES UP DUTIES IN COTE [...] (C) Summary: Saber Azam, UNHCR's new Representative to Cote d'Ivoire, met with Ambassador Hooks on July 21. Azam stated his main objective will be to complete the Liberian repatriation process by June 2007. Ambassador Hooks affirmed U.S. support for the humanitarian community in Cote d'Ivo [...]	2006-07-28 15:21:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	REF PHUM PREL IV
06ABIDJAN839	MODEST START TO DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS; [...] (U) On July 26, the disarmament/dismantling of ex-combatant, pro-Gbagbo militias got underway in the western town of Guiglo in the presence of Prime Minister Banny, DDR Commission (PNDDR) chief Ouassenan Kone, and UN officials. Approximately 150 militias reported to the demobilization site to [...]	2006-07-28 17:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN854	COTE D'IVOIRE: SECURITY AND MILITIA FORCES WAGE [...] (U) On the morning of Monday, July 31, national security forces of the Command Center for Security Operations (CECOS) fought a battle with members of the armed, pro-Gbagbo Patriotic Group for Peace (GPP) and Young Patriots militia in the busy downtown district of Plateau in Abidjan, after the [...]	2006-08-01 17:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV ELAB EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN857	WESTERN MILITIAS DISARMAMENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 18:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN86	COTE D'IVOIRE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after protesters and the Young Patriots took over the streets of Abidjan, the city has ostensibly returned to normal. President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has withdrawn its threat to quit the government, businesses are open again, and the city almost f [...]	2006-01-26 14:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IV
06ABIDJAN874	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN BRIEFS AGAIN ON IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary: The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) reports that in the first two weeks of the current identification operation, there were just over 35,000 applications for registration in one form or another, from the estimated four million undocumented Ivoirians and foreigners born her [...]	2006-08-03 16:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN876	COTE D'IVOIRE: PARTIAL DISMANTLEMENT OF MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary. The dismantling of pro-Gbagbo militias in western Cote d'Ivoire continues to experience problems. It appears that only a fraction of the militia members are included in this program, and very little real disarmament has yet taken place. End Summary. 2. (C) The dismantling of [...]	2006-08-04 11:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN885	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SUSPENDS DISMANTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The UN confirms reports that it has halted the dismantlement of militias in Guiglo over the weekend. A UN official told us that tension in Guiglo remained high as some 1000 militia members from other towns continued their protests over the weekend. Although officially the UN cl [...]	2006-08-08 18:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN903	COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REINS IN IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo has declared that the mobile courts carrying out the identification process can only issue birth certificates, not a second category of identification document that provisionally establishes Ivoirian nationality. In reaction, the rebel New Forces suspended their [...]	2006-08-10 12:36:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN906	HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) visited Guiglo from August 1-3 to meet with UNHCR field representatives and visit the Nicla Refugee Camp for Liberian refugees. There are approximately 10,500 Liberian refugees in the northern Refugee Welcome Zone (ZAR),of which 5,987 [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IV
06ABIDJAN926	COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE TRAIN SLOWS TO A CRAWL [...] (C) The Cote d'Ivoire peace train has slowed to a barely perceptible crawl. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR),dismantling of militias, and identification of Ivoirian nationals are supposed to be proceeding concomitantly but instead they are bogging down concomitantly. DDR [...]	2006-08-18 10:40:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN928	COTE D'IVOIRE: NEW FORCES AND POLITICAL [...] (U) On August 17, leaders of the political opposition and the rebel New Forces (FN) met in Daoukro (home of ex-president Bedie) to consult on the current political situation. All the major party leaders were present: ex-president Henri Konan Bedie, leader of the PDCI (Democratic Party of Cot [...]	2006-08-18 17:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN947	COTE D'IVOIRE: GETTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON [...] (C) Summary. What can the United States do to try to break the current gridlock in the Cote d'Ivoire peace process? We suggest that the United States consult with France and the UK and together with those governments jointly approach the African Union (AU) to urge that African leaders re-en [...]	2006-08-24 10:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN963	COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) The next meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) has been postponed from September 1 to September 8. In his letter notifying IWG members of the change, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Pierre Schori explained that it was made at the request of Prime Minster [...]	2006-08-25 15:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN991	COTE D'IVOIRE: UPCOMING SUMMITS IN YAMOUSSOUKRO [...] (C) Summary. So far President Gbagbo is saying he will not attend the Secretary General's September 20 mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in New York, but he might change his mind under pressure from the Secretary General and his African counterparts. Prime Minister Banny and all the opposition le [...]	2006-09-01 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN992	COTE D'IVOIRE: INTERIOR MINISTER REFUSES BRIBE, [...] (U) On Thursday August 24, General Adolphe Babi, the Ivorian Police Inspector General, announced at a press conference the arrest of Sergeant Zie Guillaume, who was charged with offering a bribe of approximately USD 226,000 (CFAF 113 million) to the Interior Minister in exchange for acceptin [...]	2006-09-01 16:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN997	COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT RESIGNS OVER ILLEGAL [...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister Banny publicly submitted the resignation of his government and President Gbagbo publicly accepted it. Banny said that he felt obliged to resign because of mounting public anger over the illegal dumping of toxic wastes at several sites around Abidjan. The was [...]	2006-09-07 12:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV IV
06ABUDHABI1006	UAE PREPARED TO DISCUSS CHARITIES AT MENA-FATF [...] (C) The UAE Central Bank will represent the UAE at the March 20-21 MENA-FATF plenary in Cairo, and Central Bank officials are prepared to discuss the UAE's implementation of the MENA-FATF charities white paper. This discussion will likely focus on the same themes that Abdulrahim al-Awadi, the [...]	2006-03-15 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE UAE
06ABUDHABI1023	UAE: CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF AKBAR GANJI [...] (C) In a meeting with UAE MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 18, Ambassador delivered reftel points and together with DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles urged the UAE to join other states in sending Iran a clear message in support of Iranian journalist and political prisoner Akbar Ganji's release. At [...]	2006-03-18 10:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI IR AE
06ABUDHABI103	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On January 16, Pol Chief met with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani to deliver ref A points on U.S. views regarding the Iran nuclear issue, and texts of both the EU-3 Foreign Ministers' Statement and the Secretary's Statement on Iran's resumption of uranium SIP [...]	2006-01-17 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC AE UN
06ABUDHABI104	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED [...] (C) Pol Chief called on MFA International Organizations Director Yacub al-Hosani January 16 to preview UN reform points (refs A, B). Ambassador has requested a meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed to discuss UN reform and other issues. 2. (C) Al-Hosani [...]	2006-01-17 11:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM ADCO AE UN
06ABUDHABI1076	UAEG RECOMMITS TO SCREENING AND PROTECTING TIP [...] (C) Summary: Between March 17-19, Ambassador and CG Dubai engaged senior-level UAEG officials to discuss TIP issues and the importance of making a firm commitment to address the specific problem of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Ambassador highlighted the need to identify [...]	2006-03-20 14:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	TAGS
06ABUDHABI1103	UAE RED CRESCENT: "AID TO NEEDY, NOT TERRORISTS" [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to the March 20, 2006 New York Times Article, "Emirates Aided Kin of Palestinian Militants," the Chairman of Board of the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) told Ambassador on March 21 that the RCA's policy is to fund needy children and that it does not aid families o [...]	2006-03-21 15:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER KTFN PHUM IS PA AE TC UAE
06ABUDHABI1104	LABOR UNIONS WILL NOT ALLOW FOREIGNERS TO VOTE, [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 8. 2. (C)Summary: On March 15, Econchief and Econoff met with Dr. Khalid Al Khazraji U/S of Labor in the Ministry of Labor Affairs (MOL) and Mohammed Al Zaabi Director of International Relations to discuss recent labor developments. An amendm [...]	2006-03-22 08:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI1120	DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR, LEBANESE MEDIA GROUP, AND AL-NOUR [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 22 to inform him of the USGÂ´s intent to designate domestically al-Manar Television, the Lebanese Media Group, and al-Nour Radio as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order 13224. Ambassador noted that the designa [...]	2006-03-22 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ETTC KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI1123	HAMAS' KHALED MESHAAL VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan received Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal March 22. According to Foreign Ministry U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi, the UAEG had originally been reluctant to host Meshaal but decided that it was important to emp [...]	2006-03-22 12:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WE GZ IS AE
06ABUDHABI1126	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 22 to raise four key issues that will be on the Arab League agenda: Darfur, Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian situation, Arab reform (ref A). On the situation in Darfur, Ambassador highlighted the need to move quickly to end the violence [...]	2006-03-22 13:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR IS GZ WE SU AE
06ABUDHABI1129	STATUS OF U.S.-UAE MLAT NEGOTIATION [...] (C) Summary. Upon learning that the UK has nearly concluded an MLAT and extradition treaty with the UAEG, Embassy sounded out UK colleagues on how they have proceeded. We have informed the MFA that following its response to our May 2005 diplomatic notes regarding unresolved requests and judi [...]	2006-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV UK AE
06ABUDHABI1222	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES HEARS UAE VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, Ambassador and DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi to discuss Iran and other bilateral issues. Iran is proceeding full speed ahead to develop its nuclear program, but al-Noaimi advised against adopting just a confrontational approac [...]	2006-03-29 06:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AE
06ABUDHABI1223	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles' March 15-18 visit to the UAE provided an opportunity to urge government action on a long-awaited amendment that would allow the creation of trade unions, as well as further movement on domestic political reforms and progress in combating human trafficking. [...]	2006-03-29 06:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELAB AE
06ABUDHABI1227	AUSTRALIA-UAE FTA: NATURAL RESOURCES A CONCERN [...] (C) On March 29, Australia's lead Australia-UAE negotiator Stephen Deady (First A/S Trade Development Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) gave EconChief a quick update on the results of the March 27-29 negotiating round. He described the week as "reasonable," but with no breakt [...]	2006-03-29 10:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON AS AE
06ABUDHABI1268	TRANSIT OR TEMPORARY DETENTION OF SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-02 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA SO AE

06ABUDHABI1301	UAE CHARITY REGULATION: EMIRATE-LEVEL, NOT FEDERAL [...] (C) Summary. The UAE does not have a unified federal system of charity oversight or regulation. Charity regulation is ultimately the responsibility of each of the seven emirates. The Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) licenses and monitors charities in Abu Dhabi, and any charity that is licen [...]	2006-04-04 11:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER KTFN PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI1327	UAE REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY PROGRESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the January 2 submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref A),there have been additional developments. During the period January 1-March 31, the UAEG created a Cabinet-level Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs that its new minis [...]	2006-04-04 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM KMPI AE
06ABUDHABI1329	UAEG REGISTERS CONCERN OVER TENSION BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: On March 29, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. Al Noaimi expressed concern about growing tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and suggested including India in trilateral talks to ease the fricti [...]	2006-04-04 15:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PK AE
06ABUDHABI1341	SUDAN: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES [...] (C) The Embassy delivered reftel points to the MFA as a diplomatic note April 3 and followed up with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani April 5. Al-Hosani told Pol chief that he was not aware that the UN had approached the UAE to date with a request for assistance, an [...]	2006-04-05 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU KPKO AE
06ABUDHABI1342	NATO SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 80 LASHES FOR OFFENSES [...] (SBU) On April 3, a Shari'a court in the northern emirate of Sharjah sentenced Estonian Master Sergeant Andrei Korol to one month in jail and 80 lashes for crimes committed at Sharjah International Airport on February 23. Korol was sentenced to 40 lashes and time served for public intoxicatio [...]	2006-04-05 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM NATO AE EN
06ABUDHABI138	UAE: SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Two years after a USG interagency team visited the UAE to discuss an agreement on remote sensing, the UAE's chief proponent of acquiring a remote sensing system, UAE Chairman of Space Reconnaissance Programs Colonel Mahash al-Hameli, says there is still a strong desire to work wit [...]	2006-01-19 13:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI1409	PREPARING FOR 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi on April 11 to discuss details of the upcoming U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) that will be held during Treasury U/S Stuart Levey's trip to the UAE on April 30. Al-Suweidi commi [...]	2006-04-11 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI1472	TREASURY U/S QUARLES VISIT TO UAE [...] (C) Summary. During Treasury Under Secretary Quarles' March 22 meetings, his interlocutors stressed their belief that the U.S. - UAE relationship was strong and that government investors in the UAE would continue to invest in U.S. assets, despite DP World. Over ninety-eight percent of the Ce [...]	2006-04-15 12:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI1520	UAE MAKES PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF PSI [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 3. 2. (C) The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the UAE MFA April 15 endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and its Statement of Interdicting Principles. In response to our query about whether the endorsement was publ [...]	2006-04-17 10:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI1531	UAE CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SUDAN, AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Pol chief met with MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Ahmed Besais April 17 to follow up on the issue of re-hatting the peacekeeping troops in Darfur (refs A, B). Besais told Pol chief the UAE supports the Arab League's "Khartoum Declaration" that affirms support for the African Union's [...]	2006-04-17 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AE
06ABUDHABI16	UAE REFORM STRATEGY: THIRD QUARTERLY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the September 30 submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref A),there have been several positive developments in our reform strategy (ref B). Most notably, on December 1, President Khalifa announced that a form of limited elections will be held f [...]	2006-01-02 14:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI AE
06ABUDHABI1610	MESSAGE TO GULF DONORS ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PA; [...] (C) On April 19 DCM delivered ref A points on Gulf Donors with information on the new U.S. Palestinian Assistance Package to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi, who was curious to know how our response to Qatar following its recent $50M donation to the PA had gone over. On April 22 DCM delivere [...]	2006-04-23 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI1644	UAE'S PRIVATE ENDORSEMENT OF THE PSI [...] (C) On April 22 Ambassador passed ref A points to UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan who expressed no objection to sharing UAE's private endorsement with the other government in the region that has privately endorsed PSI (Oman) and with other interested Gulf countries in order t [...]	2006-04-24 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI1716	UAE FM EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (U) Speaking at a press conference in Kuwait April 25, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan expressed concern about Iran's nuclear program, while urging a peaceful resolution, as reported today by the Arabic dailies "Al Khaleej" and the semi-official "Al Ittihad," as well a [...]	2006-04-26 11:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO KU AE IR
06ABUDHABI1723	MINISTER OF LABOR PROVIDES UPDATES ON THE LABOR LAW [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, Ambassador and Econoff met with UAE Labor Minister Dr. Ali bin Abdullah Al Ka,abi to discuss labor issues, including the strengthening of labor laws in the UAE. Al Ka,abi updated Ambassador on the proposed amendment to the labor law permitting a labor association, r [...]	2006-04-29 10:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI1724	TOWNSEND DISCUSSES REGIONAL STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. During an April 22 lunch meeting with Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),Townsend and MbZ discussed counterterrorism cooperation. Townsend stressed [...]	2006-04-29 12:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS EPET ETTC MCAP IR AE IQ
06ABUDHABI1772	UAEG FTA CONCERNS POST-DUBAI PORTS WORLD [...] (C) Summary. The UAEG views the upcoming investment chapter talks as crucial to the success of an FTA, especially in light of the recent Dubai Ports World episode. On April 22, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) told visiting Assistant to the President for Homeland Security an [...]	2006-05-01 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EPET EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI1835	UAE LEADERS RECEIVE IRAN'S ALI LARIJANI [...] (C) UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum separately received Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani May 3. According to local press reports, President Khalifa ur [...]	2006-05-03 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPAO IR AE
06ABUDHABI1903	UAE RESPONSE TO IRANIAN EFFORT TO REASSURE GCC [...] (U) On May 6, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) spoke to the press at the conclusion of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) consultative summit in Riyadh. According to WAM, the UAE's official news agency, when asked if the GCC had received any assurances from Iran that its n [...]	2006-05-08 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR AE
06ABUDHABI191	UAEG RE-DRAWS ITS BORDER WITH SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Ratcheting up its public stance on the border issue, the UAEG,s 2006 Yearbook includes a map of the UAE with re-drawn borders with Saudi Arabia. In a departure from earlier yearbooks, the map (both hard copy and internet version) shows the UAE's territory extending to Qatar. The book dev [...]	2006-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD ECON SA AE
06ABUDHABI192	READOUT ON WASHINGTON FTA INVESTMENT DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary: We have reached out to Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and Ministry of Finance and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority contacts to get their thoughts on the January 16-17 Washington discussions on the investment chapter of the FTA and to urge them to keep up forward momen [...]	2006-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN TC
06ABUDHABI1928	UAE WILL CONSIDER CWC CHALLENGE INSPECTION HOST [...] (C) On April 30, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the office of the Secretary of Defense, Dr. David Cooper (OSD/ISP/CbtWMD&NP/NPP),met with MFA Director of International Organizations, Yacoub al-Hosani, to discuss the outstanding bilateral Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challenge in [...]	2006-05-10 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI1948	UAE THINK TANK DIRECTOR SPEAKS OUT ON IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, al-Ittihad, a semi-official Arabic daily, published an exclusive interview with Jamal Sanad al-Suwaidi, Director General of the Abu Dhabi-based quasi-governmental think tank, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR). Al-Suwaidi, an honorary Major Gene [...]	2006-05-10 14:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2016	UAE FTA: UAEG OFFICIALS RAISE CONCERNS< BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 14, during the UAE-Korean Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Forum held in Abu Dhabi, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Governmental Sector Development and the head of the UAE Telecommunications Supreme Committee, told the English language daily Gulf [...]	2006-05-16 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECPS ECIN ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2041	UAEG DISCUSS SECURITY CONCERNS WITH NDU DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 13, senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Education met with a visiting delegation from the National Defense University's (NDU) National War College and discussed regional security issues, accompanied by Ambassador and alternatively the DCM. [...]	2006-05-17 06:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL KWBG IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2072	UAE PRESS CONDEMNS ARREST OF SYRIAN JOURNALIST [...] (C) Summary: Arabic and English language dailies prominently covered the arrest of Syrian activist Michel Kilo (who was in the UAE May 9-10 participating in a conference hosted by Sharjah-based "Al Khaleej") and widely condemned his detention. Reaction to the press coverage by the official E [...]	2006-05-17 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KMDR KDEM PHUM SY AE
06ABUDHABI209	SOME PREACHERS CRITICAL OF UAEG-APPROVED SERMONS [...] (U) Summary: The Friday sermons drafted by a committee of scholars and Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Endowments officials usually do not provoke public reaction. However, the sermons containing a more political flavor, like those we have seen in recent months with condemnations of [...]	2006-01-24 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM PGOV KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI2121	FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR AL QUDS [...] (C) DCM discussed the Al Quds University request for assistance with UAEG presidential court interpreter Zeki Nusseibeh (Al Quds President Sari Nusseibeh's brother) who said that a letter requesting U.S. Dollars five (5) million had been left by his brother for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mo [...]	2006-05-22 11:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KPAL KWBG AE
06ABUDHABI2133	PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW [...] (C) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the vessel M/T Lin 1 and its crew of 20 Filipinos seized by Somali pirates on March 29. Cabactulan said that his government wanted to know if the U.S. Navy was co [...]	2006-05-23 11:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI2175	UAE RESPONSE TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) On May 24, DCM delivered points (ref A) to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi who noted FonMin Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ)'s congratulatory phone call to the Iraqi FonMin. On the task before the new government in Iraq, al-Nuaimi expressed the hope that "they will get their act [...]	2006-05-24 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2211	UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REQUESTS TRAINING BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. At the request of the Central Bank Governor, Embassy's Joint Terror Finance Coordination Committee (JTFCC) team met with the UAE's JTFCC team May 29 to discuss the proposed U.S./UAE Cash Courier Operation. Although the Ambassador had briefed the Governor on this operation during [...]	2006-05-30 12:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2243	SYRIAN VP IN UAE TO QUELL FEARS ABOUT IRAN? [...] (U) On May 29, Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara'a met with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (MbR),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ). Arabic language [...]	2006-05-31 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IR SY AE
06ABUDHABI2276	PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG VIEWS [...] (C) On June 3 DCM delivered demarche points on Palestinian Assistance to MFA America Desk Director Ambassador Ali Al Zarouni and took advantage of the occasion to present the full scope of U.S. humanitarian aid to the Palestinians ($245M, 57% increase, $10M in emergency medical assistance, $1. [...]	2006-06-04 12:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL EAID PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2277	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN: "THE [...] (C) On June 3 DCM delivered demarche points on the NAM Statement on Iran to MFA America desk director Ambassador Ali Al Zarouni -- along with a copy of the NAM statement. MinState Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain Al Sha'ali led the UAE delegation to the May 27-30 NAM meeting in Kuala Lumpur. [...]	2006-06-04 12:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL AORC AE
06ABUDHABI2281	DRAFT U.S./UAE JTFCC MOU FOR INTERAGENCY COMMENT [...] (C) Summary. At the request of the UAE Central Bank Governor, Embassy has prepared a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and UAE to formalize the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC). The purpose of this MOU is to give the UAE chair of the JTFCC (presum [...]	2006-06-05 09:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2285	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH, PM SHEIKH MOHAMMED ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) chaired the GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Riyadh June 3 where the main point of deliberation was Iran's nuclear program. Both AbZ and UAE VP/PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR) made public statements in recent days expressin [...]	2006-06-05 11:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR AE
06ABUDHABI2420	U/S ECONOMY ON BOYCOTT, FTA [...] (SBU) On June 12, Econchief and Econoff met with Ministry of Economy Under Secretary Abdulla Al-Saleh to discuss the U.S. - UAE FTA negotiations and to try to resolve outstanding Arab League Boycott issues. Ambassador will meet with Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi on June 14 to fol [...]	2006-06-12 11:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KBCT KMPI AE
06ABUDHABI2421	DHS/ICE CONDUCTS UAE CASH COURIER TRAINING [...] (SBU) At the request of Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi (reftel),DHS/ICE attache conducted a seminar on cash courier operations on June 10, 2006 at the Dubai branch of the UAE Central Bank. The purpose of the seminar was to outline the procedures for conducting cash courier op [...]	2006-06-12 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2445	UAE ESTABLISHES NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (U) On June 13, the UAE passed a long-anticipated federal law establishing a National Security Council (NSC). According to the public announcement of the council's formation (which was the front-page headline story on all Arabic and English papers),the NSC will be responsible for formulating [...]	2006-06-14 09:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EPET PINR ASEC KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI2465	UAE - SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION AND FORUM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Syria held a joint economic commission meeting on June 10 and the Second Syria-UAE Economic Forum from June 10-11, both in Damascus (ref a). On June 14, Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi told Ambassador that the UAE held these joint economic commissions regu [...]	2006-06-14 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SY AE
06ABUDHABI2510	UAE MINECON UPSET OVER NEGATIVE PORTRAYLS OF UAE [...] (C) In a June 17 meeting with Ambassador, UAE Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna al-Qasimi expressed great frustration with the website www.portsforus.org that claims Dubai Ports World and the "Emir" of Dubai continue to execute control over U.S. ports from which it had agreed to divest itself. [...]	2006-06-18 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD EINV PREL OVIP AE
06ABUDHABI255	APPROACHING THE GULF STATES ON FINANCIAL PLEDGES [...] (C) On January 25, at the UAE cabinet level, Ambassador delivered points on Afghanistan reconstruction and significant new UAE financial pledge to Minister of State for Finance and Industry Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Khirbash. EconChief covered similar ground on January 24 with MFA Asst U/S Mo [...]	2006-01-25 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL AE
06ABUDHABI256	BASHAR'S EXPECTED TRAVEL TO GULF [...] (C) On January 25, DCM presented reftel points to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al-Haidan (former UAE Ambassador to Syria). He seemed surprised at the subject of the demarche but indicated that he had heard nothing at all of a proposed visit by Bashar Al-Asad. Al-Haidan alluded to Bashar's recent cons [...]	2006-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY AE
06ABUDHABI2567	NATO DELEGATION REPORTS ON STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary. On June 12, a Turkish admiral heading NATO delegation visiting the UAE briefed diplomats of NATO countries on progress in ICI discussions with the UAEG. UAE interlocutors were described as well-prepped and "very forward-leaning and positive," but are also perceived as having "mi [...]	2006-06-21 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IZ AE NATO GE
06ABUDHABI257	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC: UAE PERSPECTIVE, [...] (C) On January 25, in the course of delivering demarches on Afghanistan donors conference and Bashar Al-Asad's travel, DCM met with MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al-Haidan and also reviewed ref A points on Iran. Al-Haidan (who formerly served as UAE ambassador in Iran) expressed what has been increasin [...]	2006-01-25 15:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR AE UN
06ABUDHABI2643	TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On June 25, Econchief and Econoff met with Ambassador Al-Zarouni to encourage the UAE to use the temporary international mechanism to provide assistance directly to the Palestinian people. Ambassador Al-Zarouni replied that Palestinians were suffering because they do not have money or foo [...]	2006-06-26 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL EAID IS AE
06ABUDHABI2655	FNC ELECTIONS: "POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, NOT [...] (C) Summary: On June 24, Ambassador called on Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs, to discuss the FNC. Gargash described the upcoming indirect elections as "political participation, not democracy." (The FNC is at present an appointed consultative body rather [...]	2006-06-27 08:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI2771	PSI: UAE WILLING TO GO PUBLIC [...] (U) Action request contained para 4. 2. (C) On July 4, econoff met with MFA Director of International Organizations and Conferences, Yacoub al-Hosani, to discuss the UAE's level of participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Econoff delivered points in reftel demarche and [...]	2006-07-05 09:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2781	IRAQI PM MALIKI VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On July 3, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki met President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Vice-President and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Na [...]	2006-07-05 12:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2809	RE: TIP/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, PolOff delivered the trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan (ref A) to the head of the UAE National Anti-Trafficking Committee, Sultan bin Saeed Al-Badi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice. Al-Badi acknowledged UAE trafficking problems but was concerned about [...]	2006-07-09 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2812	UAE COMMENTS ON NORTH KOREA, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 10:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR AE
06ABUDHABI2875	UAE-QATAR DOLPHIN PROJECT UNDER FIRE FROM SAUDI [...] (C) Summary. The UAE-Saudi border dispute continues, albeit largely out of the public eye. Saudi Arabia claims that the Dolphin pipeline that will bring natural gas from Qatar to UAE crosses Saudi territory. As such, the SAG recently sent letters of complaint to the relevant governments, Do [...]	2006-07-12 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET SA QA AE
06ABUDHABI288	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The UAE in 2004 and 2005 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common defense are: -- (C) Providing basing for USA [...]	2006-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR MASS AE
06ABUDHABI2881	UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Since the April 6 submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref B) there has been limited substantive movement in our reform strategy (ref G). Planning for the indirect elections of the Federal National Council (FNC) continues to progress and has sparked an [...]	2006-07-12 12:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI ETRD PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2885	UAE: DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE AND UNSC ON MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL
06ABUDHABI2886	UAEG AGREES WITH SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed al Sha'ali is en route to Cairo to attend Saturday,s Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting. Ministry of Foreign Affairs acting number two Tariq Al Haidan told Ambassador July 14 morning that the UAEG had taken note of the July 13 Saudi Ne [...]	2006-07-14 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL LE AE
06ABUDHABI2893	TFLE01: PRESIDENT KHALIFA MEETS SAAD HARIRI [...] (SBU) UAE President Khalifa received Lebanese leader of the Al Mustaqbal parliamentary caucus Saad Al-Hariri July 14, during a regional visit described by Al-Hariri as "aimed at safeguarding the security of the Lebanese people and ending the Israeli aggression." 2. (SBU) Khalifa, accordin [...]	2006-07-15 14:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG LE AE
06ABUDHABI2913	UAE STATEMENTS RE INCREASING RESERVES OF EUROS - [...] (C) The UAE Central Bank is unlikely to move 10 percent of UAE reserves from dollars to Euros in the near future, despite Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suweidi's July 14 public comments to the Financial Times indicating the UAE would move 10 percent of its $29 billion foreign exchange reserves. Th [...]	2006-07-17 09:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2928	TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...]	2006-07-17 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI2940	TFLE01: UAE HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY ATTACKED [...] (C) Per reftelcon, ConGen Dubai officer received a telephone call from General Director, State Security Mohamed al Qemzi at approximately 1340 local time reporting that a UAE humanitarian aid convoy traveling from Damascus to Beirut had been attacked. The exact location of the attack was not [...]	2006-07-18 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI3026	ADNOC'S SOUR GAS DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Exxon Al-Khalij president Frank Kemnetz (protect) briefed Ambassador and Econchief on developments in Abu Dhabi's oil and gas sector including its proposal to develop its onshore non-associated gas fields near the Shah and Bab fields. Exxon and Occidental Petroleum are two of the [...]	2006-07-25 14:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PINR AE
06ABUDHABI3056	P5+1 IRAN INCENTIVE PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador emphasized reftel points on Iran with MFA's number two on July 26. An inquiry about the Minister's Iran travel plans led to a discussion of consular and legal issues between the UAE and Iran which would be addressed by an MFA team the following week. End summary. [...]	2006-07-26 13:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP AORC IR EU AE
06ABUDHABI3059	UAE ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with MFA number two, Ambassador Abdul Rahman Al-Jarman, on July 26 about the UAE's previously-stated commitment of $20 million in humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Al-Jarman confirmed that the pledge would be disbursed through the UN and said formalities for the payment were [...]	2006-07-26 13:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM LE AE
06ABUDHABI3101	CONCLUSION TO PIRATED VESSEL EPISODE [...] (C) Reftel noted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE's concerns about the safety of the 20-member Filipino crew of a UAE-based vessel, the M/T Lin 1, which was at the time in the hands of Somali pirates. We now understand, from Philippines Ambassador Libran Cabactulan and media reports that [...]	2006-07-31 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI3102	TFLE01: RESPONSE IN UAE TO ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON [...] (C) Summary: The UAE public is outraged by innocent deaths in Qana, as reflected in a statement by the UAE Foreign Minister, in press reporting, and in conversations with Embassy contacts. In some conversations, the U.S. is as much a target of this anger as is Israel; widely reported U.S. p [...]	2006-07-31 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAL LEIS AE
06ABUDHABI313	UAE NEGOTIATOR BULLISH ON ONGOING FTA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) The fourth round of FTA talks between the US and the UAE began January 30 in London. The UAE's lead negotiator, Mohammad Khalfan bin Kharbash, Minister of State for Financial and Industrial Affairs, told UAE English-language daily Gulf News the negotiations have made remarkable progress [...]	2006-01-31 12:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI3137	REPLACING FOREIGN JUDGES OVER TIME [...] (C) Summary: An IV-grantee with extensive experience in the UAE judicial system offered insights into the foreign lawyers, prosecutors and judges who now staff much of the court system in the Emirates and efforts to train UAE nationals to take over. He noted that two of the seven Emirates m [...]	2006-08-02 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS EG SU AE
06ABUDHABI3166	FAREWELL CALL BY NEPAL CHARGE, NESA ALUMNUS, [...] (C) Nepal Charge d,Affaires Madhuban Prasad Paudel paid a farewell call on CDA August 1 and said he would be assuming his new position as MFA Director of South Asian Affairs in Kathmandu later this month, having turned down the Director of Protocol job. Mr. Paudel said he had served formerly [...]	2006-08-05 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL NP AE
06ABUDHABI3195	TFLE01: ANGER SIMMERS AS WAR CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary and comment: The misery and daily tally of Lebanese casualties continue to dominate public discourse in the UAE. U.S. policy is increasingly seen as complicit in Israeli aggressions, and the draft UN resolution has thus far not been welcomed as part of a balanced solution. Membe [...]	2006-08-07 13:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMDR LE AE
06ABUDHABI3204	UAE CENSUS RESULTS FINALLY RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, the UAEG finally released results of a census conducted months earlier. Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi reported that as of December 6, 2005 the UAE's population was 4.1 million, up from 2.4 million in 1995. UAE nationals account for just over 20 percent [...]	2006-08-08 11:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3255	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (C) On August 12, the Charge and Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan (MFA's number two) discussed UNSCR 1701. Reviewing reftel points, the Charge stressed the need for strong support for the current resolution aimed at addressing the requirements 6^JY\|Q@uthan previous drafts and took into a [...]	2006-08-12 13:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UNSC UN IS LE AE
06ABUDHABI3257	UAE MFA OFFICIAL'S PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: MFA's second-in-command, Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan, offered the Charge his strong SIPDIS views on the poor security situation in Iraq on August 12. He said the Secretary's call for a "new Middle East" in the context of the Lebanon conflict begged the question of w [...]	2006-08-12 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3337	IRAQI EMBASSY IN UAE CONFUSED BY IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Iraqi DCM Mustafa Aboud August 16 to assess planning for an anticipated September 7 Iraq Compact preparatory meeting in Abu Dhabi. Aboud, conversely, sought information on the meeting. He shared the content of a message from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, which [...]	2006-08-16 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3344	UAE PRESIDENT FORMALIZES INDIRECT ELECTIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on August 15 formalized the UAE's move towards indirect elections to half the seats on the Federal National Council (FNC),the first national-level elections of any sort in the UAE since the federation's 1971 establishment. Ministe [...]	2006-08-16 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AE KDEM PGOV PREL
06ABUDHABI335	EX-BAGHDAD MAYOR EYEING FUTURE ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Abu Dhabi, former Baghdad Mayor Alaa al-Tamimi told Polchief that Iraq "desperately" needs secular personalities and technocrats )- like him -- to run the government's ministries. Al-Tamimi, in Abu Dhabi in search of employment, recounted how he was [...]	2006-02-04 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3364	UAE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 20 [...] (C) On August 19, CDA delivered demarche in advance of August 20 Arab League Ministerial to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Mohammad Abdul Rahim SIPDIS Abdul Jalil. (UAE Foreign Minister and Under Secretary are already in Cairo.) Ambassador Abdul Jalil said tha [...]	2006-08-19 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL TC
06ABUDHABI3403	SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 23 to MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan who said he appreciated the U.S. message and indicated that the UAE was "doing a lot for Lebanon and prepared to do even more," including assistance for the Lebanese army and internal security forces. Al Haidan, who a [...]	2006-08-23 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS EAID PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3404	AL MANAR NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO ECPS ETTC PREL PTER AE
06ABUDHABI3417	INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: On August 19, Econoffs attended a meeting with The Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA),the Ministry of Economy and various intellectual property industry stakeholders. The head of AAA, Scott Butler, briefed the Ministry on a variety of intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, [...]	2006-08-27 05:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIPR ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3436	REACTION TO UAE STUDENT AL-SHA'ALI DETENTION AT [...] (C) Summary: The detention and refusal of entry of returning UAE graduate student Saif Khalifa Al-Sha,ali at LAX on August 21 has generated a significant, although uneven, reaction (see reftel). All major English and Arabic dailies have covered the story, generally characterizing Al-Sha,ali,s [...]	2006-08-28 14:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PTER AE
06ABUDHABI3463	UAE FOCUS ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM: RESHAPING CIVICS [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG is taking steps in the direction of educational reform. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has made substantial changes to its curriculum, including civics and Islamic studies programs, and is placing greater emphasis on critical thinking and active learning. The highest [...]	2006-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO OEXC SOCI AE
06ABUDHABI3538	DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 15:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF LE SU AE
06ABUDHABI3616	UAEG MAKING PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN, BUT DOES [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, Ambassador and G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor, called on Minister of Justice Mohammed bin Nakhira Al-Daheri and Minister of Interior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. In separate meetings, the ministers stated that a new, comprehensive anti-trafficking law bas [...]	2006-09-12 12:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM AE
06ABUDHABI3626	UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ATTENDING NAM IN HAVANA: [...] (C) Post delivered ref B and C demarches in a series of meetings with members of the UAE delegation to the NAM conference prior to their respective departures to Havana: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ),MFA Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan, and International Organiza [...]	2006-09-13 13:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM KPKO UNSC PGOV GT SU IR
06ABUDHABI3633	UAE DECLINES TO HOST PSI EXERCISE LEADING EDGE BUT [...] (C) On the evening of September 13, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) told Ambassador that the UAE would not/not host the land-based portion of the PSI-related exercise LEADING EDGE, which is to take place in the Gulf in late October. Post continues to press the [...]	2006-09-14 11:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP XF AE
06ABUDHABI3641	UAEG ANNOUNCES FNC ELECTION GUIDELINES [...] (U) On September 13, Minister of State for Federal National Council(FNC) Affairs, Dr. Anwar Gargash, announced the establishment of the "electoral college" for the country's first FNC "election." The announcement was front page in all UAE papers. The college, consisting of more than 6,000 me [...]	2006-09-14 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI3685	EB A/S SULLIVAN'S MEETINGS IN THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Sulivan held a series of bilateral meetings with AE officials and U.S. business representatives o September 11. ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair Bin Yousef xplained that Abu Dhabi was increasing its oil poduction capacity to 4 million barrels per day ovr the next five to seven years. [...]	2006-09-18 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EPET EINV ELAB AE
06ABUDHABI3686	LEBANON: SECURITY ASSISTANCE COORDINATION WITH UAE [...] (C) Following up on a request by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) to A/S Hillen to coordinate security assistance for Lebanon, Post shared the following with MbZ's International Affairs Advisor Youssef Al-Otaiba on September 17: 1) list of items noted in ref C paragr [...]	2006-09-18 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI3689	UAE PREPARING FOR TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi's plan to host a worldwide conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) has moved forward since the July conversation noted ref B with Director General of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) Dr. Jamal Al-Suwaidi. Following coordination with the UN Off [...]	2006-09-19 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN AE
06ABUDHABI3706	POPE'S REMARKS ON ISLAM CONTINUE TO GENERATE [...] (C) As Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam continue to create a stir in the local press, PolChief attended the evening majlis of Presidential Religious Advisor Ali Al-Hashemi on September 18 and faced a barrage of questions about the Pope's intent and western misunderstanding of Islam. One [...]	2006-09-19 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMDR VT AE
06ABUDHABI371	RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS TACKLE CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE Government ushered in the Islamic New Year February 1 with an evening of preaching that emphasized religious tolerance and moderation. However, the UAE's unified Friday sermon that preachers delivered two days later castigated the Danish media for publishing a cartoon of [...]	2006-02-06 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM PREL KPAO ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI376	UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On January 30, on the margins of U.S.-UAE FTA negotiations in London, Minister of Economy and Planning Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi provided Econchief with information detailing UAE aid to Afghanistan. She stressed that the UAE would prefer that the UAE treat this information confidentially. [...]	2006-02-06 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PHUM AF AE
06ABUDHABI3816	MFA REQUESTS USG PRE-CLEAR ALL INTERACTION WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 13:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AE
06ABUDHABI3851	UAE DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (C) Estimates of the cumulative value of defense procurements by the UAE in recent decades reach well over 20 billion dollars (although the UAE does not publish its overall defense and security expenditures). Funded essentially by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, that money has been spent on sophis [...]	2006-10-02 14:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAPS PREL MASS MOPS BEXP AE
06ABUDHABI3871	DP WORLD VP ON STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: On October 2, DP World Senior Vice President (Commercial) Michael Moore told Ambassador that the company planned to conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) though the time frame had not been finalized. He confirmed that the five short-listed candidates to buy its U.S. assets wer [...]	2006-10-04 08:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT EINV PREL ETRD EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI3882	PSI: UAE PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE LEADING EDGE [...] (C) On September 3, econchief and poleconoff met with Yacoub Al-Hosani, Director of International Organizations at the MFA to encourage the UAE to participate actively in the late October Leading Edge exercise. Econchief explained that the UAE military had already received an invitation to [...]	2006-10-05 05:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL BA KU MU QA AE
06ABUDHABI3903	UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: During the summer months since the July submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref B),planning for the indirect elections of the Federal National Council(FNC)moved forward with the establishment of an "electoral college" and a National Election Commiss [...]	2006-10-09 04:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI ETRD PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI3904	UAEG SETS DATE FOR FNC ELECTIONS; CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 1, the Cabinet announced that the elections of one-half of the Federal National Council(FNC) will be held on December 16, 18, and 20. That same day, the National Election Committee published the names of the 6,689 member electoral college that will participate in the e [...]	2006-10-09 04:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI3942	AMF DIRECTOR GENERAL UNHAPPY AT IRAQ PREP GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) On the margins of the Qatari National Day reception, Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Jassem Al-Mannai expressed his disappointment to Econchief that the AMF had not been invited to participate in the Iraq Preparatory group [...]	2006-10-11 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3952	UNGA ISSUES: UAE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA UNSC GT AE

06ABUDHABI3978	NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN/IRAQ WITH MINSTATE [...] (C) Summary: During an October 10 call on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain Al-Sha'ali, PDAS Jim Jeffrey, accompanied by CDA, encouraged the UAEG to assist USG efforts in Iraq, and support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Sha'ali sta [...]	2006-10-15 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4007	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ - UAE UPDATE [...] (C) On October 16, EconChief and UK Embassy Political Officer Alison Hall met with MinFin A/US for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al-Bustani to provide an update on recent actions with regard to the international compact for Iraq and to encourage the UAE to continue its support to Iraq in its effor [...]	2006-10-17 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EIAD ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV IZ AE
06ABUDHABI408	TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETS WITH ADIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. On January 24, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey met with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) officials to discuss security of assets and tax issues in the context of ongoing U.S. - UAE FTA negotiations. ADIA of [...]	2006-02-08 08:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI4154	UAEG SEEKS TO END UNCERTAIN STATUS OF STATELESS [...] (C) Summary: President Sheikh Khalifa issued directives October 25 for federal ministries to seek a final end to the problem of the "bidoun" (stateless persons) in the UAE. The bidoun of the UAE generally fit two groups: Arabs (from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman),and non-Arabs (primarily from Ira [...]	2006-11-02 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER AE
06ABUDHABI417	RESTRICTIVE LAWS HAMPER MEPI GOALS AND ACTIVITIES [...] (U) This message from the MEPI Regional Office has been cleared by Embassies Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait, Manama, and Muscat. 2. (SBU) Summary: Restrictive laws that limit the establishment, funding, and activities of NGOs and other civil society groups have been and will continue to be a ma [...]	2006-02-08 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KDEM PHUM PGOV AE MEPI
06ABUDHABI4213	UAE ASSISTANCE TO LEBANESE INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) On November 3, International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba from the office of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) gave Ambassador a list of UAE security assistance contributions to Lebanon. The list is focused on Internal Security Forces (ISF) and police requirements only; [...]	2006-11-06 14:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EIAD LE AE
06ABUDHABI4226	DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points, under cover of a diplomatic note, to MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub Al-Hosani on November 7. Al-Hosani, MFA's expert on nonproliferation and arms control, carefully reviewed the obligations related to UNSCR 1718 and said he believed th [...]	2006-11-07 16:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UN AE
06ABUDHABI4239	UAE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (C) DATT and USLO Chief discussed UAE security assistance to Lebanon November 7 with International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba from the office of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),who said the list of contributions provided earlier (ref B) constituted the core of the UAE's [...]	2006-11-08 15:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI4253	UAE VICE-PRESIDENT MANDATES IMPROVING WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai announced a series of measures to improve the conditions of expatriate laborers including: mandatory health insurance, the creation of a labor court, an in [...]	2006-11-09 10:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI4260	IRAQ COMPACT DEBT RELIEF - UAE VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG leadership has consistently told us that, although they support the idea of debt relief for Iraq "in principle," the ultimate decision must be a GCC-wide one. The UAE has shown no interest in taking on a GCC leadership role in providing Iraq with debt relief. For it [...]	2006-11-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IZ AE
06ABUDHABI427	APPROACHING GOVERNMENTS OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani February 12. Ambassador left the points as a non-paper. Al-Hosani will brief the MFA under secretary and the new Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed. 2. (U) In the wake of the ca [...]	2006-02-14 18:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI430	ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement of a new UAE federal cabinet is likely to be made soon after the 40-day mourning period for the late UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum has passed. Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) appears [...]	2006-02-08 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI4326	UAE OFFICIALS DISCUSS OIL AND GAS EXPANSION PLANS WITH EIA [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili told the 12th Annual ECSSR Energy Conference that the UAE would increase its oil production capacity to 2.7 mb/d in 2006. He told EIA Administrator Guy Caruso that he did not know what OPEC would decide about oil production during its December meet [...]	2006-11-22 07:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI4328	PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...]	2006-11-22 09:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI440	U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES DUBAI CHARITY REGULATIONS, DIFC [...] (C) Summary. During Undersecretary Stuart Levey's trip to the UAE, Levey and his delegation met with the Dubai Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Organizations (DDIA) to discuss charity oversight in Dubai. DDIA explained that charities can be licensed to operate in an individual em [...]	2006-02-08 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4413	IRANIAN ENVOY MAHSOULI VISITS UAE [...] (U) On November 29, Iranian presidential advisor and envoy Sadiq Mahsouli traveled to Abu Dhabi and Dubai to meet with UAEG officials. Mahsouli met first with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at his palace in Al Ain, then with Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai [...]	2006-12-05 11:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR AE
06ABUDHABI4414	A/S BOHIGIAN HEARS ABOUT FTA, EXPORT CONTROLS AND INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, A/S Bohigian urged Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi and ADIA officials to re-energize FTA negotiations. Sheikha Lubna said that she and MinState Finance Dr. Khirbash would be contacting AUSTR Donnelly about having him come to the UAE to try and move dis [...]	2006-12-05 11:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KBCT EINV AE
06ABUDHABI4432	MFA INQUIRIES ABOUT USG IRAN-WATCHING FUNCTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) have had several conversations regarding the functions of the USG's Dubai Iran Regional Presence Office (IRPO),most recently on December 5. On December 6, at AbZ's request, Ambassador met with Acting MFA number two Tariq [...]	2006-12-06 15:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AE
06ABUDHABI4501	UAEG RECIEVES SYRIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hosted Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in Abu Dhabi, followed by a separate meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM),Khalifa "warmly" [...]	2006-12-18 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AE SY
06ABUDHABI4510	FTA WITH UAE ON HOLD [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, MinState Finance Kharbash and MinEcon Al-Qasimi told AUSTR Donnelly that given the time constraints imposed by the expiration of U.S. Trade Promotion Authority (TPA),the UAE did not believe that an FTA with the United States could be completed before TPA expired. [...]	2006-12-19 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV AE
06ABUDHABI452	MOVING THE FTA FORWARD-- NATURAL RESOURCES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) The issue of ownership of natural resources is one of the biggest stumbling blocks to moving FTA negotiations with the UAE forward. Senior UAE officials, including Abu Dhabi Ruling Family Member, Sheikh Abdullah, have stressed t [...]	2006-02-08 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EPET AE FTA
06ABUDHABI4529	UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE [...] (U) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. Blair held meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad b [...]	2006-12-21 17:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AE UK IR SY
06ABUDHABI4555	UAE- MONETARY UNION AND REVALUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Central Bank Governor Al-Suwaidi said that the GCC would need "to talk about" the implications of Oman's decision not to join the GCC currency union as currently scheduled. So far, the UAE Central Bank appears to be resisting any changes to the dirham's peg to the dollar or [...]	2006-12-27 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON GCC AE
06ABUDHABI46	UAE RETAINS CONTROL OF TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent decisions by the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) indicate the UAEG intends to maintain its control over the telecom market for the short and mid-term, despite the UAE's WTO obligations to liberalize. In December of 2005, TRA announced the name of the [...]	2006-01-04 08:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN TINT AE
06ABUDHABI470	ADNOC DEPUTY CEO ON ADNOC EXPANSION PLANS [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, ADNOC Deputy CEO Abdulla Nasser Al-Suwaidi (protect) told econchief that Abu Dhabi's Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) had approved Exxon/Mobil's bid for a 28% stake in the Upper Zakum field and was offering Exxon/Mobil a 20 year concession on the field. He noted that [...]	2006-02-11 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI49	DEATH OF UAE VP/PM MAKTOUM BIN RASHID [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, died January 3 in Australia at the age of 65 due to heart failure. Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (MbR) automatically succeeded his olde [...]	2006-01-04 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AE
06ABUDHABI528	UAE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ADDRESSING DOMESTIC WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: Various government authorities continue to make progress in addressing the issues of trafficking in persons and domestic worker abuse. The Dubai Police Human Rights Department is working to improve services to trafficking victims, concentrating its efforts on sex-trafficking. [...]	2006-02-15 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI578	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON FTA, DUBAI PORTS, ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador met with new UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) on February 15. ABZ raised strong concerns about negative U.S. press related to the Dubai Ports World's purchase of container operations [...]	2006-02-15 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAID AE
06ABUDHABI609	UAE CENTRAL BANK ON CASH COURIERS, DRAFT FINCEN MOU [...] (C) On February 13 econoff met with Abdulrahim al-Awadi, Executive Director and In-Charge of the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU) to preview the points on cash couriers as provided in reftel. Al-Awadi said that the UAE had not sent a delegate to the FATF [...]	2006-02-20 10:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI650	BAD US PRESS ABOUT DP WORLD RAISES UAE CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Negative press and Congressional reaction to DP World's acquisition of P&O's U.S. port facilities continues to concern UAE interlocutors. Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi said she was concerned that this served as a warning of the likely response that bringing a U.S. [...]	2006-02-23 04:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD PREL AE
06ABUDHABI7	PALESTINIAN LEADER GETS UAE HELP FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) During his tour of the Gulf countries, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met January 1 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). The encounter, which received front-page coverage in both the Arabic and English press, centered on Palestinian preparations for legislative [...]	2006-01-02 12:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI71	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Minister of Information and brother of UAE,s president, met visiting Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, and Ambassador Sison in Dubai January 6. They discussed the establishment of a jo [...]	2006-01-08 08:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KTFN PREL AE
06ABUDHABI713	UAE CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (U) UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan issued a statement February 22 condemning the bomb attack in Samarra earlier in the day. The widely published condemnation stated: "The UAE condemns in the strongest possible terms this terrorist act which mainly aims at sowing the [...]	2006-02-27 08:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL IZ AE
06ABUDHABI72	UAE TALKS FTA WITH A/S WAYNE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, and Ambassador Sison met Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Minister of Information and Abu Dhabi ruling family member in Dubai January 6. They discussed the Free Trade Agreement negoti [...]	2006-01-08 08:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN AE FTA
06ABUDHABI73	A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...]	2006-01-08 09:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK
06ABUDHABI75	UAE JTFCC: INTERAGENCY PARTICIPATION NEEDED [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) As the U.S. and the UAE prepare to launch the Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC),Embassy is concerned that the only confirmed agency with Washington participation is the Department of Treasury. In order fo [...]	2006-01-08 12:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN SNAR KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI779	UAE TO AID PALESTINIANS, NOT HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Abu Dhabi February 27-28, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with UAE President Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed, and Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed. The UAE leaders assured Abbas that they would not stop sending humanitaria [...]	2006-03-01 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WE GZ IS QA AE
06ABUDHABI780	UAEG APPROVES COUNTRY'S FIRST FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: On February 18, the Ministry of Social Affairs formally licensed the first human rights organization in the UAE. The new Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) will be based in Abu Dhabi, and may have a future branch office in Dubai. All members of the organization passed a se [...]	2006-03-01 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI782	NEW UAE MINISTER OF EDUCATION SETS OBJECTIVES [...] (U) Summary: PAO's call on new UAE Minister of Education, Dr. Hanif Hassan, elicited teacher training and English language preparation as priorities of the ministry. In parallel development, the perceived need for "stricter controls of private schools" has prompted the Ministry of Education' [...]	2006-03-01 14:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI814	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON HAMAS, GCC [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, Ambassador spoke with FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ) about the recent visit of Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas (reftel),and the GCC-Yemen Foreign Ministers meeting held in Riyadh on March 1. Sheikh Abdullah contradicted the report of PA [...]	2006-03-04 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI849	SHEIKHA LUBNA ON PRIMARY BOYCOT AND FTA ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: On March 5, in response to a question from CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi agreed that the UAE would lift its Arab League primary boycott of Israel if the UAE had an FTA with the U.S.. It is [...]	2006-03-06 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT KMPI ETRD IS AE
06ABUDHABI852	PSI: SEEKING ENDORSEMENT BY THE UAE [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) and MinEcon Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security David McCormick and Ambassador both urged that the UAE endorse the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles [...]	2006-03-07 07:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI864	UAE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AMENDS LABOR LAW [...] (U) On March 6, the UAE press reported that the Cabinet of Ministers Legislative Committee approved an amendment to the UAE's labor law (Federal Law Number 8 of 1980),which added an article authorizing the Minster of Labor to issue a ministerial decree authorizing labor unions. The amendment [...]	2006-03-07 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI866	UAE TELLS IRANIAN ENVOY MIDDLE EAST MUST BE [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's special envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Mustafavi, met separately March 6 with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR),to deliver letters from Ahmadinejad containi [...]	2006-03-07 13:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GCC IR AE
06ABUDHABI910	UAE MFA READOUT ON VISIT OF IRAN ENVOY MOSTAFAWI: [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi gave readout to DCM on March 6 visit of Iran Deputy FonMin Mostafawi to UAE. Al Noaimi characterized the visit as part of a P.R. campaign by Iran to reassure its Gulf neighbors that its nuclear program posed no safety or environmental hazard [...]	2006-03-08 14:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AE PNUC GCC
06ABUDHABI933	PRIME MINISTER MBR TELLS AMBASSADOR "DUBAI PORTS [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, UAE Vice President/Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, told Ambassador and CG Dubai March 11 that the recent furor related to Dubai Ports World "will not affect our relationship at all." The U.S.-UAE relationship was excellent in all fields -- military, bu [...]	2006-03-11 17:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV PNUC PTER IR IQ IS AE
06ABUDHABI945	U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE; [...] (C) In March 11 meeting with MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan, DCM delivered reftel A points which were taken on board. Discussion of President Bush's recent visit to India segued into the more urgent issue of Iranian nuclear ambitions. 2. (C) Al Haidan, a former UAE ambassador to Tehran, [...]	2006-03-13 07:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC IR AE
06ABUDHABI947	U.S. ASSISTANCE; HAMAS MEETINGS [...] (C) On March 11 DCM delivered reftel points on the review of U.S. assistance and our request that UAE not meet with Hamas to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan who immediately said that Hamas has not approached the UAE about a visit and the UAE has not invited Hamas. 2. (C) Al Haidan pointed [...]	2006-03-13 07:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL AE
06ABUDHABI948	NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) On March 11, DCM delivered to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan reftel message that OARDEC is in process of scheduling a UAE national, currently under USG control at GTMO, for ARB proceedings. Asst U/S maintained that person named, Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal, ISN [...]	2006-03-13 07:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL AE
06ABUDHABI951	UAE AID TO PALESTINIANS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly telephoned UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan March 9 to request UAE assistance in paying overdue February salaries. HbZ reportedly agreed to contribute $40 million, which would cover some of the salaries, ac [...]	2006-03-13 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WE GZ IS QA AE
06ABUDHABI975	UAE STOCK MARKETS' DOWN AS LIQUIDITY DRIES UP [...] (SBU) Both of the UAE's domestic stock markets have dropped in value sharply since the beginning of the year. Dubai's stock market dropped by five percent on March 13 to its lowest point in 11 months. Abu Dhabi's stock market dropped by about two and a half percent on the same day. Dubai's ma [...]	2006-03-14 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN AE
06ABUJA1008	POLITICAL SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: On April 10, 2006, the Ambassador and Regional Security Officer met with heads-of-mission and security officers from the Embassies and High Commissions of: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Britain, and Canada. The group discussed the increased security threats in Abuja a [...]	2006-05-04 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EPET AF NI
06ABUJA1009	PRESIDENT OBASANJO FULLY SUPPORTS DEPUTY [...] (C) During the Deputy SecretaryQs May 3 call, President Obasanjo promised his full support in the final Abuja push for an agreement between the Darfur rebel groups and the Government of Sudan (GOS). The President and the Deputy Secretary shared ideas about possible ways forward to an SIPDI [...]	2006-05-04 13:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA1086	INEC'S LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE UNDERPINS [...] (C) Summary: While the debate at the Nigerian National Assembly about the third term continues to grab the spotlight, the equally important issue of technical preparation for elections is beginning to emerge out of the shadows. With less than a year to go before elections, INEC is still send [...]	2006-05-10 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA1144	NIGERIA: PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 11:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP NI
06ABUJA1148	A TALE OF THREE CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with National Secretary of the ruling PDP Ojo Maduekwe on May 13 and PDP Senator Ben Obi on May 15, they described these as the worst of times. Both expected today's defeat of the third term agenda in the National Assembly (septel) but worried that the actual end of [...]	2006-05-16 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI THIRDTERM
06ABUJA1218	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ULRICH'S MAY 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-05-23 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM MASS NI
06ABUJA1240	ECOWAS ON GUINEA [...] (C) The recently concluded meetings between ECOWAS and the EU troika in Vienna included significant discussion about the coming political transition in Guinea. The EU expressed concern about civil society's preparation for transition, thinking that without organized civilian structures, there [...]	2006-05-25 15:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KDEM GV XG XY ECOWAS
06ABUJA1243	ASSESSMENT TEAM CONCLUDES ELECTION PREPARATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute delivered what its president called a wake-up call about election administrations deficiencies in it final report issued at the conclusion of its international pre-election assessment mission completed on May 10. The report highlighted progress [...]	2006-05-26 10:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA1370	ELECTORAL BILL PASSED, ELECTION DATES ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly passed the Electoral Act (2006) on May 31, finally clarifying the rules of the game for Nigeria's 2007 general election. The long-awaited law sets new limits on campaign finance, regulates registration of parties and nomination of candidates, and determin [...]	2006-06-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1390	INL LEA MEETING WITH AG AND NDLEA CHAIRMAN [...] (U) INL LEA Downey met separately May 31 with GON Attorney General (AG) Bayo Ojo and NDLEA Chairman Giade to discuss the AG,s proposed visit to the U.S. The Nigerian delegation requested meetings with INL A/S Patterson and the DEA Administrator to discuss certification issues. LEA advised [...]	2006-06-08 09:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM NI NARCOTICS
06ABUJA1411	EXXONMOBIL ON WAGE INCREASES AMID DELTA VIOLENCE [...] (C) On May 30, ExxonMobil Nigeria CEO, John Chaplin met with the Ambassador and told him that ExxonMobil was taking the recent rise in violent incidents in the Niger Delta and city of Port Harcourt very seriously. The company saw the two car bombs, in Port Harcourt and Warri, and the killing of [...]	2006-06-08 13:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ELAB PGOV PTER KCRM NI
06ABUJA1414	UNSC VOTE: NIGERIA LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT FOR VZ [...] (C) Because Foreign Minister Adeniji was unavailable, Polcouns spoke to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ambassador Abdul bin Rindap regarding the Guatemalan and Venezuelan candidacies for the UNSC. Rindap confirmed to PolCouns that Nigeria is leaning towards a vote for Ve [...]	2006-06-08 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VE NI
06ABUJA1417	OBASANJO WEAKENED BY THIRD TERM DEFEAT BUT STILL [...] SUMMARY: The recent tussle over constitutional amendments stirred up Nigerian politics and has had repurcussions far beyond the National Assembly debates. While President Obasanjo never publicly endorsed the effort, he was reportedly personally involved in its failed prosecution. On the dom [...]	2006-06-08 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA1427	ON THE ROAD TO 2007: REVENGE OR RECONCILIATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian political environment has undergone a seismic upheaval in the past two weeks and the aftershocks are still reverberating through the political landscape. Three issues are at the center of this rapidly evolving situation: whether President Obasanjo will seek reven [...]	2006-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1537	BAKASSI INDIGENES THREATHEN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Nigerian indigene community of Bakassi met with Embassy officers to discuss their concerns over the recent agreement to implement the ICJ decision on the Bakassi. The representatives felt betrayed by the agreement, and threatened violence to impede the im [...]	2006-06-19 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS NI CM
06ABUJA1547	GON FLEXES MUSCLE IN ARREST OF JOURNALIST [...] (U) SUMMARY. While Nigeria has a large and vocal media establishment, recent incidents may show the government is trying to flex its muscles going in to the 2007 elections. On Wednesday, June 14, Africa Independent Television (AIT) presenter Mike Aruleba was arrested by agents of the State S [...]	2006-06-20 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA1560	MINISTRY SHAKEUP PUTS NGOZI INTO FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The expected cabinet shakeup continued today with the appointment of several ministers to new portfolios. While it is difficult to interpret before all the portfolios have been announced, the cumulative effect of these changes appears to be neutral. The biggest news for the in [...]	2006-06-21 15:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN NI
06ABUJA1587	C O N F I D E N T I A L ABUJA 001587 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-24 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV
06ABUJA1653	2007: DISPUTED ELECTION RESULTS MAY BE A QUAGMIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Beyond simply holding elections in 2007, Nigeria has to work hard to make sure any disputes over election results are effectively resolved. IFES, an international democracy building NGO, conducted a series of 3 seminars in Abuja focusing on electoral dispute resolution machiner [...]	2006-06-29 13:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA1660	JOURNALISTS TO FACE TRIAL FOR SEDITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) has re-arrested Africa Independent Television (AIT) journalist Gbenga Mike Aruleba (reftel) on charges of sedition. Aruleba, along with fellow journalist Rotimi Durojaiye, is being tried under a section of the criminal code instituted in 19 [...]	2006-06-30 08:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA1661	DEFEAT OF THIRD TERM BOOSTS CREDIBILITY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The intense mobilization over efforts to lengthen President Obasanjo's tenure in office seem to have had a positive corollary effect in Northern Nigeria of injecting a much needed breath of fresh air into the stale political process. The defeat of the proposed constitutional amen [...]	2006-06-30 08:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA1703	PDP RECONCILIATION: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE [...] (C) Attempts by President Olusegun Obasanjo and the leadership of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile party members throughout Nigeria face serious problems. Incidents across Nigeria indicate that the reconciliation moves have only opened old wounds and created new suspic [...]	2006-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
06ABUJA1726	COALITION OF OPPOSITION PARTIES THREATEN BOYCOTT [...] (U) Citing a lack of confidence in the Independent Election Commission's (INEC) ability to organize free and fair elections, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) threatened to boycott the 2007 elections unless major changes were made to the composition of the election commissio [...]	2006-07-06 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1727	ATIKU TO CAMPAIGN FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION, BUHARI [...] (C) In a meeting with PolCouns, a long-time aide to Vice President Atiku Abubakar described Atiku's campaign plans and said that the Vice President was ready to "beat (President Olusegun) Obasanjo at his own game." He also described 2003 ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari as "the ma [...]	2006-07-06 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1841	NIGERIA:IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAKASSI AGREEMENT [...] (C/REL TO USA, GBR, FRA, DEU) Summary. From the Nigerian side, plans for implementation of the Greentree Accord on Bakassi are moving forward. The military fully intends to be out of Bakassi in "not a day more" than the sixty days specified in the agreement, the Nigerian police have reques [...]	2006-07-18 12:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1846	HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING BROKEN UP BY STATE SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 12, a coalition of human rights groups organized a meeting to discuss the removal of Bukhari Bello as chair of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Bello had been "redeployed" by Attorney General Bayo Ojo on June 19. Human rights groups vigorously denounced Bel [...]	2006-07-18 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA1860	PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR CLAIMS VINDICATION [...] (C) Summary. Plateau State Governor Dariye, in his first meeting with US officials since 2004, tried to put a positive spin on his last two years in office, dismissing the corruption charges against him as baseless and trumpeting his ability to remain in office despite his expulsion from the [...]	2006-07-19 14:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
06ABUJA1900	RIVERS STATE VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN OGONI LAND [...] (U) SUMMARY. A fresh wave of violence began in Rivers States on July 20, with six feared dead in Emohua and eight reported dead in Gokana. The violence appears to be between two rival gangs known as Degbam and Dewell, with each group killing several members from its rival. The fight is ult [...]	2006-07-24 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI AF
06ABUJA1921	NIGERIA:BAKASSI UPDATE [...] (C/REL USA GBR FRA DEU) On 24 July, Post hosted a meeting of the local representatives of the four witness states to the Greentree Accord on Bakassi, though the German embassy was unable to send anyone. No representatives from either the UK or France have yet traveled to the Bakassi area. [...]	2006-07-25 11:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1950	SEDITION TRIAL OF JOURNALISTS DELAYED UNTIL [...] (U) The sedition trial of journalists Gbenga Aruleba and Rotimi Durojaiye opened July 25. They stand accused of harming the Nigerian state by insulting the President when they reported that he had purchased a second hand airplane. Defense attorneys challenged the constitutionality of the sedi [...]	2006-07-27 14:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NI
06ABUJA1954	BUHARI TO RUN ON ANPP TICKET [...] (U) One of Buhari's political advisors, Sule Yahaya Hamma, told the press on July 25 that 2003 Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari would run again in 2007 on the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) platform. He said the The Buhari Organization (TBO) had continued to work for the past sever [...]	2006-07-28 08:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1960	ANAMBRA CRISIS CONTINUES [...] (C) Violence continues in Anambra state after a July 20 meeting between state government and security officials and members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). On July 22 a group of armed youth ran amok in Onitsha before moving on the Nnewi. On J [...]	2006-07-30 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC NI
06ABUJA2002	FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (C) Upon returning from an overseas trip to the August 2 public announcement that she had been replaced as the head of the Economic Team, Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. The official announcement said she was resigning for personal and family reasons. [...]	2006-08-04 06:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV NI
06ABUJA2007	SPECULATIONS REGARDING NGOZI'S RESIGNATION [...] (U) As reported reftel, Nigerian Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. This follows her unexpected redeployment June 21 from the Ministry of Finance to Foreign Affairs and the surprise announcement August 2 that she would no longer head President Obasanjo' [...]	2006-08-04 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL KCOR NI
06ABUJA2077	UPDATE ON NIGERIA'S ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's political space has opened significantly since the defeat of the third term proposal in May. There are now over 40 registered parties and many potential candidates are testing the waters. However, the political scene remains chaotic with a shifting constellation of p [...]	2006-08-11 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2081	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEBANON/HRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 06:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL LE NI
06ABUJA2131	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR/UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Adamu Emozozo, Assistant Director for African Affairs at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 17. Emozozo said that President Obasanjo continues to use every available opportunity to talk to President Bashir about Darfu [...]	2006-08-17 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU NI
06ABUJA2135	VIEWS FROM KANO ON SHARIA, HISBAH, AND THE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28, PolOff met with members of the Kano Sharia Implementation Council, including Barrister Muzzamil Sani Hanga, to discuss the hisbah, Sharia impact and popularity, inter-faith relations, and America's image in Kano. Among the Council's primary concerns at present are hin [...]	2006-08-17 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR NI
06ABUJA2150	KINGIBE ON NIGERIAN ELECTIONS, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Acting Political Counselor met with Babagana Kingibe August 16. Much of the conversation focused on domestic politics, including the 2007 presidential election. Many political commentators mention Kingibe's name as a "dark horse" 2007 presidential contender, an [...]	2006-08-18 13:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU NI
06ABUJA2170	THE BIG PLANS OF ARIK AIRLINES [...] (SBU) Summary: Alex Van Elk, the Managing Director of Arik Air, called on the Ambassador July 31 and outlined the ambitious plans of Arik Airlines. Owned entirely by Nigerian investor Arumami Johnson, according to Van Elk, the airline management was almost fully expatriate. Having bought Nigeri [...]	2006-08-22 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR NI
06ABUJA2198	IWU SAYS THAT ELECTIONS ARE ON TRACK [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 16:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2226	SCENESETTER FOR RADM GREENE'S AUGUST 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-08-25 11:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MASS KDEM PREL NI
06ABUJA225	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE CRISIS HIDES POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent hostage incident in Delta State was a political conflict masquerading as a criminal incident. Its resolution, although fortunate, does not address the underlying political issues. Consequently, more such events are likely in the future. The government response demons [...]	2006-01-31 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI HOSTAGES
06ABUJA2316	NIGERIAN NSA MUKHTAR ON SITUATION IN THE DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 31 meeting in his office with AF DAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the Ambassador to reiterate USG concern over the situation in the Niger Delta, Nigerian National Security Advisor (NSA) General Mukhtar admitted that problems were complex, and that some key militan [...]	2006-09-06 07:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EPET ASEC NI
06ABUJA232	HOPES FOR PEACE AND TALK OF WAR AT DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pace of the Darfur Peace Talks has accelerated. The parties appear to have more of a negotiating mandate, and although red-lines remain, those committed to a settlement still outnumber the spoilers. International observer corps, enthusiasm about the improved op tempo, however [...]	2006-02-01 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC SU DARFUR
06ABUJA233	SUDAN: GNU PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR VIEWS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two hour discussion with AU mediation advisors, Government of National Unity Presidential Advisor Magzoub laid out a negotiating position at sharp angles with those of both erstwhile Acting Head of Delegation Mohammed Yousuf and SPLM/GNU Darfur point-man Yasir Armin. Magzoub, [...]	2006-02-01 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU DARFUR
06ABUJA2337	PROGRESS ON ELECTIONS BUT QUESTIONS PERSIST [...] (U) Summary: A recent series of high-profile events and appearances, including a national elections forum organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),testimony by INEC's chairman before the full Senate and a well-received speech by President Obasanjo have helped focus [...]	2006-09-07 08:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA234	SUDAN: GETTING PAST "NO" ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Skilled AU mediation has wrested control out of the hands of the incapable chairman of the Security Arrangements Committee and established some promising common ground between the parties at the Darfur Peace Talks. The Movements, superficial grasp of the modalities of [...]	2006-02-01 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PINS ASEC SU DARFUR
06ABUJA2349	OBASANJO MOVES TO IMPEACH ATIKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 6, the results of an investigation requested by President Olusegun Obasanjo into alleged corrupt practices by Vice President Atiku Abubakar were presented to Senate President Ken Nnamani with a request to the Senate to take "appropriate action." The assumed ac [...]	2006-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS

06ABUJA2415	SENATE CAUTIOUSLY CONSIDERS IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Senate on September 12 reacted cautiously to President Obasanjo's efforts to impeach his political nemesis, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, by referring the matter to committee for study. The move reflects an effort to buy time in the Senate, where there is little enthusiasm [...]	2006-09-14 08:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2423	A YORUBA PLOT TO CONTROL NIGERIA'S ECONOMY? [...] (C) Chief David Serena-Dokubo Spiff, an attorney for the Halliburton subsidiary contracted for the Bonny Island LNG project (ref A),requested a meeting with Ambassador to discuss Bonny issues and the Delta situation in general. After discussing the legal and community issues that had forced [...]	2006-09-14 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON NI
06ABUJA2459	AMBASSADOR, UNDP NIGERIA CHIEF VIEW ELECTIONS, AI [...] (U) Ambassador, DCM, Political and Economic Counselors, and Embassy, Centers for Disease Control, and USAID officers met on September 14 in Abuja with Alberic Kacou, the new UN Development Program resident coordinator in Nigeria. 2. (U) The Ambassador and Kacou discussed the coordination of [...]	2006-09-19 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID PGOV NI AVIAN FLU
06ABUJA2465	ATIKU NOT CONCERNED BY IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 19. He was relaxed, confident, and betrayed no particular anxiety about the impeachment proceedings which have been brought against him. While he studiously avoided comment on the veracity of the charges, he [...]	2006-09-20 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PINR ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2478	FCT MINISTER DELIVERS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON ATIKU [...] (C) Summary: saying he was "under instruction" from President Obasanjo to touch base with American Ambassador and the UK High Commissioner as representatives of "Nigeria's closest allies," Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nasir el-Rufai met with the Ambassador on September 20. His [...]	2006-09-21 08:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL NI
06ABUJA2521	NIGERIA LURCHES TOWARD VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: INEC continues to prepare for voter registration using handheld computers for direct data capture beginning October 7. However, there are only 150 registration machines in country, there are software problems with two vendors' equipment, and training on use of the machines is i [...]	2006-09-25 18:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2524	NIGERIA'S EFCC ) THE TEMPLE OF JANUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite initial skepticism due to little action at its inception with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act of 2002, under the leadership of Assistant Police Commissioner Nuhu Ribadu, the EFCC established itself as a potent actor in President Obasanjo's war on [...]	2006-09-25 18:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM SNAR PHUM PINR NI
06ABUJA2547	SHELL TELLS THE PRESIDENT DELTA REPAIRS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Shell has halted attempts to restore production in the Western Delta due to continued security considerations. In a September 25 meeting, President Obasanjo told Shell he was willing to acknowledge the importance of security up front. He otherwise appeared poorly briefed on Shell' [...]	2006-09-27 14:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV ASEC NI
06ABUJA2551	REPORTING ON HEALTH OF AFRICAN LEADERS - OLUSEGUN [...] BACKGROUND a. Age: Although officially reported to be in his late 60s, sources close to him strongly contend that he is in his mid- 70s. b. How old does he look: As much as 5 years older than reported age c. Height/Weight: Average; 5'10"/170 lbs. d. Left or right-handed: Right 2. HEALTH [...]	2006-09-27 15:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR NI
06ABUJA2555	POLITICAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palpable tension has gripped Nigeria over the recent spate of political murders. The trend is not new. High profile killings have been a hallmark of Nigerian politics for years, though the rate clearly is accelerating as election season approaches. In late July, Funsho Williams, [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2559	SENATE TO LAUNCH ITS OWN INVESTIGATION [...] (U) The Senate has decided to launch its own investigation into allegations of high level corruption at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund Fund (PTDF). The move by the Senate on September 26 ups the political ante in the increasingly bitter political battle which pits the President agai [...]	2006-09-28 12:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2562	SENATE TO LAUNCH ITS OWN INVESTIGATION [...] (U) The Senate has decided to launch its own investigation into allegations of high level corruption at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund Fund (PTDF). The move by the Senate on September 26 ups the political ante in the increasingly bitter political battle which pits the President agai [...]	2006-09-28 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2624	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2625	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2633	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2684	ATIKU STILL UPBEAT, BUT MORE SUBDUED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 29, 2006. While his general mood remains upbeat, he was more subdued than in his last two meetings with the ambassador (reftels). He continues to use the courts to fight the corruption charges agai [...]	2006-10-12 09:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ELECTIONS NI
06ABUJA2686	STATUS UPDATE ON SEDITION CHARGES AGAINST [...] (U) On October 10, journalists Gbenga "Mike" Aruleba and Rotimi Durojaiye had a hearing in their sedition trial (reftels). The companies for which they work (Aruleba works for Africa Independent Television and Durojaiye for Daily Independent Newspapers) were also on trial. On motion of the [...]	2006-10-12 09:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NI
06ABUJA2761	CHEVRON MUSINGS ON ELECTIONS AND SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peter Williams (protect),Consultant/Special Advisor to Chevron Nigeria, met with the Charge to discuss the 2007 election and to provide an update on bunkering activities in the Delta. Williams suspects that the election cycle will be "messy, ugly and won't end the ongoing probl [...]	2006-10-17 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ASEC PTER NI
06ABUJA2766	IMPEACHMENT LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND CONFUSION IN [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to impeach Governor Joshua Dariye in Plateau State have exacerbated long simmering intra-state political rivalries and led to violence. The battle to remove the divisive and corrupt Dariye has become a proxy battle about control over local politics, with an eye toward 20 [...]	2006-10-18 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KCOR NI
06ABUJA2773	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT AND VP VOLLEY ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public volley of corruption accusations and abuse of office continues between Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar with the daily drama played out in the local press. A report of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Panel of I [...]	2006-10-18 16:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
06ABUJA2816	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTES ON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a surprise move, both chambers of the National Assembly voted October 26 to approve the state of emergency declared by the President in Ekiti State. While the press reports that the Senate vote was unanimous, Embassy contacts indicate that the results were questionable and p [...]	2006-10-29 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ELECTIONS THIRDTERM NI
06ABUJA2817	SPOT REPORT ON CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) Post reported in reftel the impeachment crisis in Plateau State and resulting violence when the police fired on a crowd of protesters. The situation became more intense over the long holiday weekend. (Note: The GON was closed for business October 23-24 for the end of Ramadan. End Note). [...]	2006-10-29 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA2839	NIGERIAN FM ON DARFUR, UNSC RACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Nigerian Foreign Minister Joy Ogwu October 27. Minister Ogwu briefed the Ambassador on her recent travel to Sudan and the GON's thinking on the way ahead in Darfur, seemed to indicate support for Venezuela in the UNSC race, and talked about her desire to im [...]	2006-10-30 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SU NI
06ABUJA2842	NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE LOOMS LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to USG elections partners, INEC is poised to miss the December voter registration deadline while a lack of planning for the election cycle is likely to severely damage INEC's reputation and further fuel conspiracy theories about election delays. With insufficient number [...]	2006-10-31 09:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2865	ELECTION REGISTRATION FALTERING IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) PolOff and PolFSN went to Jos in Plateau State October 29-31. During the trip, we visited the local headquarters of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and of the Independent National Electoral Institute (INEC). Both of these visits suggested that election preparations are going p [...]	2006-10-31 15:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2870	NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A visit by PolOff and PolFSN October 29-31 suggests that the political situation in Plateau State is growing increasingly difficult for Governor Joshua Dariye. A close reading of the Nigerian constitution reveals that even a truncated state assembly of 8 members can vote to remo [...]	2006-11-01 13:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2889	SENATOR SARAKI ON TERRORISM, DELTA, 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and visiting SFRC staff member paid an October 31 courtesy call on Senator Gbemi Saraki-Fowora at her Abuja residence. Saraki insisted that the threat of terrorism in Northern Nigeria loomed ominously, particularly given Nigeria's porous borders and the extreme poverty in [...]	2006-11-03 12:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PBTS NI
06ABUJA2890	IWU ENDORSES USG STATEMENTS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman of INEC Maurice Iwu painted a rosy picture of preparations for Nigeria's 2007 elections, singling out statements from the Embassy as helpful to the process. He said that the earlier registration practice runs had been successful and that the main registration process w [...]	2006-11-03 12:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2891	RAMADAN OUTREACH REVEALS CRITICISM, COMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the month of Ramadan (September 24-October 23),Embassy Abuja organized several public-speaking engagements, media outreach, and Iftar events to discuss U.S. policy toward the Muslim world and Muslim life in America. Local media outlets reported favorably and widely the [...]	2006-11-03 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL KPAO KIRF NI KWMN KDEM
06ABUJA2896	NIGERIA: DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION PLAN LEAKED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leaked Presidential succession strategy from within the Villa outlines a strategy for PDP political domination in Nigeria over the next 24 years. The strategy calls for President Obasanjo to name the next six candidates, who will govern in a North-South swap of the presidency a [...]	2006-11-03 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
06ABUJA2897	DEATH OF SULTAN ADDS TO POLITICAL TURMOIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The tragic death of the Sultan of Sokoto and the subsequent politicking surrounding the naming of his replacement (Alhaji Sa'ad Abubukar, currently Nigeria's Military Attach in Pakistan, was named Sultan on November 2),are but the latest factors contributing to a climate of turmo [...]	2006-11-03 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL SCUL NI
06ABUJA2913	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GON POSITION ON COUNTRY [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Chike Anigbo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 6, 2006. He was unwilling to commit the GON to a position on any of the resolutions, but agreed generally that the points made in all 5 cases are true and that the countries have [...]	2006-11-07 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA NI
06ABUJA2914	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GON NONCOMMITTAL ON CUBA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Chike Anigbo at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 6, 2006. He called the resolution "routine," and he did not commit the GON to a position on the issue. He promised to pass reftel talking points on to the Minister. 2. (C) Amb [...]	2006-11-07 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA CU NI
06ABUJA2933	VOTER REGISTRATION: DISCUSSION OF "PLAN B" EMERGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The realization that INEC's mismanagement of voter registration could have a major impact on the elections in 2007 has led the Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) to play a hands-on oversight role in ensuring the election commission is held accountable. A November 7 hearing on INEC [...]	2006-11-09 13:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2973	ECOWAS ON NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas on November 13 to discuss SIPDIS Nigeria's 2007 elections. Dr. Chambas said that ECOWAS plans to observe the elections next year and that a pre-election assesment team, led by former President Soglo of Be [...]	2006-11-14 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2981	US ACADEMIC "WORRIED" ABOUT ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a lunch for a U.S.-based academic with over forty years of Nigerian experience to exchange views on the preparations for Nigeria's widely-anticipated April, 2007 election. The academic said that in all the years of visiting Nigeria, the mood had "never been so negative [...]	2006-11-15 13:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3030	GOVERNORS AGREE PDP CONVENTION CRITICAL BUT [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with the Ambassador on November 21, three ruling party governors representing geographically distinct states agreed that the upcoming PDP political convention is a wide-open contest that could ultimately determine the direction of the party and the nation. [...]	2006-11-22 16:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3031	YAR'ADUA: THE LATEST ANOINTED SUCCESSOR? [...] (C) As the race for the presidency in the 2007 elections intensifies, there are indications that Katsina Governor Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua may be the latest "Crown Prince." Yar'Adua is the latest on the list of candidates reportedly "anointed" by the villa to replace President Obasanjo in May 2 [...]	2006-11-22 16:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3032	NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY ON ELECTION SCENARIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a November 20 luncheon for civil society elections-related organizations, participants discussed possible scenarios for Nigeria's presidential transition and the status of elections preparations. Participants maintained Obasanjo hopes to continue his rule of Nigeria -- either [...]	2006-11-24 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3099	OPPOSITION BEGINNING TO COALESCE? [...] (C) John Nwodo Jr., an Enugu based lawyer and political activist and former Minister of Information, told Poloff that he sees the need for a unified opposition to the bad governance Nigeria has suffered under the PDP. Nwodo said that there was a meeting recently in Enugu of "like-minded peopl [...]	2006-12-01 13:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3114	VICE PRESIDENT DECLARES HIS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: After more than a year of uncertainty, Vice President Atiku Abubakar declared himself a candidate for president, saying that he would follow the policies of President Olusegun Obasanajo and continue economic reforms and make the fight against corruption a priority. With a crowd [...]	2006-12-05 08:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3122	COL. UMAR WARNS THAT OBASANJO MUST GO BY MAY 29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Military Governor of Kaduna State Col. Abubakar Umar (rtd.),the Chairman of the Movement for Unity and Progress (MUP) told PolCouns recently that MUP and its partners would ensure that President Olusegun Obasanjo would leave office on May 29 regardless of Obasanjo's plans [...]	2006-12-05 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA3153	VOTER REGISTRATION IN ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Pol assistant traveled to Enugu state in mid-November and met with INEC, the PDP, journalists, and civil society activists to discuss voter registration and the pre-election climate. Voter registration in Enugu was off to a slow start with only 52 of 750 required dire [...]	2006-12-08 10:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3154	IRI TEAM SAYS ELECTIONS PREPARATION "DEFICIENT" [...] (U) Summary: The International Republican Institute sent a 9-member delegation to Abuja to assess the overall readiness of Nigeria for the 2007 election. The delegation, led by former Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, concluded that "while the government has expressed its intention to condu [...]	2006-12-08 10:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3155	IRREGULARITIES IN PLATEAU STATE BYE-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Fourteen members of the Plateau State House of Assembly were removed for leaving the ruling PDP (reftels),a decision inconsistent with the decision in Jigawa State and elsewhere, where INEC allowed those who had changed parties to join the PDP to retain their seats. Lawsuits continue to [...]	2006-12-08 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3180	NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION IN KWARA STATE [...] (SBU) Poloff visited Kwara State and met with INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner Ayo Adakeji on November 28 to discuss elections preparations in the state. Adakeji reported 59 voter registration machines (up from 44 as of November 26) to cover the 1,872 registration centers in the state, wi [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3182	BATTLELINES DRAWN IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP convention scheduled for Dec. 16 may be one of the most significant political gatherings in Nigeria's post-independence history and its outcome, for better or worse, could have a significant impact on Nigerian politics for years to come. With President Obasanjo's popularit [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3188	(C) NIGERIA: CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Gen. Martin Luther Agwai, Chief of Defense Staff and the most senior military official in Nigeria, acknowledges the danger that the current Delta crisis will evolve into civil war, acknowledges that many of the illegal arms in the Delta come from military armories, and, while af [...]	2006-12-13 09:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA3191	IGBINEDION PREDICTS YAR'ADUA-IBORI PDP TICKET [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Edo State Governor Lucky Igbinedion December 12 at Governor's request. Igbinedion said that the PDP governors planned to meet the evening of December 12 and would agree to support Katsina Governor Umaru Yar'Adua as the PDP presidential candidate. Delta Govern [...]	2006-12-13 10:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3193	VICE PRESIDENT PREDICTS SUPPORT FROM IBB, BUHARI [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on December 8, Vice President Atiku Abubakar continued his discussion of his Presidential prospects. Much of his discussion centered on well-worn topics and provided little insight into any evolution in the Vice President's thinking. Atiku appeared relative [...]	2006-12-13 17:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3196	PDP STALWART WARNS OF CONTINUING TERM EXTENSION [...] (C) Founding member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and a member of its Board of Trustees Isyaku Ibrahim discussed the continued interest of President Obasanjo in extending his term in the press and privately with PolCouns. He predicted that no elections would take place in 20 [...]	2006-12-14 12:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3217	ANPP AND AC TO PRESENT SINGLE CANDIDATE IN 2007 [...] (U) The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Action Congress (AC) announced an alliance for the 2007 elections on December 13, signing a memorandum of understanding. The Chairman of the ANPP Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke and his counterpart from the AC Chief Bisi Akande (former AD governor) "vow [...]	2006-12-15 12:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3227	PDP PRIMARY: YAR'ADUA / JONATHAN TICKET [...] (C) SUMMARY. The December 17 announcement of the landslide victory of Obasanjo's pick as presidential candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, in the PDP convention seemed inevitable; however, Yar'Adua's announcement on December 18 of Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan, who has never declared aspirations [...]	2006-12-18 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3230	ANPP PRIMARY: BUHARI WINS BY CONSENSUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the December 18 All Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP) Convention, General Muhammadu Buhari secured the Presidential nomination after all other candidates successively conceded. Throngs of Buhari supporters surrounded Eagle Square and cheered on as his motorcade approached, highl [...]	2006-12-19 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ELECTIONS NI
06ABUJA3247	ATIKU TO SEEK AC NOMINATION: WORRIED ABOUT REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Vice President will actively seek the nomination of the Action Congress (AC) on December 20 in Lagos, according to one of his closest advisers. But Atiku is also deeply concerned that President Obasanjo will react swiftly by declaring his seat vacant and replacing him with c [...]	2006-12-20 11:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3277	SOKOTO: POLITICS, RELIGION, AND PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 12-15 outreach trip to Sokoto, Country PAO, IRO, and PolOffs paid courtesy visits to Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, Senator Umaru Dahiru, Usman Danfodiyo University Department Heads and Lecturers, and State and privately-funded media. Although most our interlocutor [...]	2006-12-22 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KISL KDEM SCUL NI
06ABUJA3289	POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY STILL REIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: One week after the end of the political party presidential nomination season, Nigeria remains mired in uncertainty. One day after the Vice President picked up the presidential nomination for the Action Congress (AC) on December 21, President Obasanjo declared the Office of the V [...]	2006-12-27 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA3304	OBASANJO AND ATIKU ASK COURTS TO DECIDE [...] (U) SUMMARY: After three years of political disagreements on a wide range of issues, President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku yesterday agreed that the Nigerian court should be the arbiter in their latest dispute. Both men filed suits on Dec. 28 in the Nigerian Court of Appeals asking that [...]	2006-12-29 07:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA491	OBASANJO TAYLOR MEETING CONFIRMED [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador on Feb. 28 in Abuja asked Nigerian presidential spokesman Femi Fani Kayode about reports the President Met with Charles Taylor on Fberuary 26. The Ambassador said the USG wanted Taylor brought to justice and noted Obasanjo's repeated statements that Nigeria would ext [...]	2006-02-28 16:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI LI
06ABUJA494	PRESIDENTIAL AIDE ASSURES ON DELTA CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential spokesman Femi Fani-Kayode met with Ambassador on February 28 to deliver a message from the President that the USG could be assured the hostages would be released unharmed, after which the GON intended to address the underlying socio-economic problems in the Niger Delt [...]	2006-03-01 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PGOV KFLU PTER NI
06ABUJA644	ECOWAS CONCERNED ABOUT GUINEA [...] (C) Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, voiced concerns about the state of Guinean President Conte's health and the political stability of Guinea during a meeting with the Ambassador on March 21. Chambas said that he wants to maintain close contact with the Embassy an [...]	2006-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GV XY ECOWAS
06ABUJA650	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: INCREASING THE MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: The following is an update on USDEL's engagement with the African Union mediation and the parties. End Summary. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SUDANESE DELEGATION MEETS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) On [...]	2006-03-23 11:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA657	DELTA EVENTS AND NIGERIA'S CREDIT RATINGS [...] (C) Summary: The conclusion of the debt forgiveness deal in December greatly improved Nigeria's debt burden numbers and was a major factor in Nigeria's recent credit ratings. Though the ratings were not investment grade, they indicated a significant level of confidence in Nigeria's ability and [...]	2006-03-23 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EPET NI
06ABUJA666	ECOWAS LOOKING AT ROLE IN NIGER DELTA [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 21, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, suggested a possible entry for ECOWAS involvement in Niger Delta conflict mediation. Chambas believes the negative impact of the violence on natural gas supply to the West African G [...]	2006-03-24 12:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06ABUJA668	A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES [...] (C) Summary: A walk through the statistics and discussion with the IMF,s resident representative in Nigeria has helped to clarify the dichotomy between Nigeria's recent dramatic improvements in macroeconomic stability and the economic stress felt by most Nigerians. Nigeria,s economic policy re [...]	2006-03-24 18:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EPET ECPS NI
06ABUJA683	THIRD TERM EFFORTS CLOUD ELECTION CREDIBILITY [...] (C) Summary. American democracy organizations based in Nigeria believe that the credibility of the 2007 elections is negatively affected by President Obasanjo's attempt to amend the constitution to allow him to serve a third term. The preparations for elections are desperately behind schedul [...]	2006-03-27 17:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI THIRDTERM
06ABUJA873	VICE PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN ON MAY 29 IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Atiku Abubakar asked to see Ambassador early on April 13 before departing for his Easter break in Adamawa State. At the meeting, Atiku discussed President Obasanjo's and the PDP's efforts to intimidate him, including the protests that had occurred just a few days [...]	2006-04-20 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC NI
06ABUJA944	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SEEK SUPPORT AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of National Assembly members opposed to a third term for President Obasanjo argued that the constitutional review process now underway has been characterized by manipulation and irregularities but predicted efforts to amend the constitution would ultimately fail. The [...]	2006-04-26 13:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI THIRDTERM
06ABUJA953	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: DEMARCHES DELIVERED, INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Khartoum CDA Hume discussed the escalating violence in Darfur and US concerns about Usama Bin Laden's statements about Sudan with Sudanese Vice President Taha on April 26. Taha told USDEL that with a few changes, the Government of Sudan found the AU mediation's draft Darfur P [...]	2006-04-27 10:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA971	GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO DEVELOPING NIGER DELTA USING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second of what appears to be a series of high profile meetings aimed at creating momentum to address underdevelopment in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian government committed itself to a plan to create 20,000 government jobs and invest 20 trillion Naira of oil industry mone [...]	2006-04-28 12:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER EPET EAID NI
06ACCRA1164	MAKING SENSE OF GHANA'S CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: On April 27, Ghanaian President John Kufuor reshuffled his Cabinet, dropping six ministers, eliminating three ministries and shifting some portfolios. On May 12, he named new Deputy and Regional Ministers, reducing the overall number of ministers from 88 to 77 (see reftels). K [...]	2006-05-19 11:26:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA1259	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 11:19:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG IR AORC
06ACCRA1308	LUNCH WITH FORMER PRESIDENT JERRY RAWLINGS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted former President Rawlings, his wife, and four aides for lunch on May 19. The Ambassador explained at the start that the Embassy made it a policy to meet with all major party leaders in Ghana. She encouraged Rawlings and his entourage to share their vision [...]	2006-06-08 12:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON GH
06ACCRA14	GHANA'S PARTY CONVENTIONS: RAWLINGS CANDIDATE WINS [...] (C) Summary: Ghana's two leading political parties held conventions which elected new party leadership and will help set the stage for national elections in 2008. The ruling NPP convention was marked by a tight leadership contest and left President Kufuor weakened within his party. The main [...]	2006-01-03 17:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL GOG
06ACCRA164	IAEA AND IRAN: GHANA'S VIEWS [...] (C) On January 19, Ambassador raised ref A points on Iran and the IAEA with Ghanaian Deputy Foreign Minister Awasi Osei-Adjei (the Foreign Minister was out of the country.) The Ambassador mentioned that she had raised the IAEA issue on January 13 with Professor Bekowe, Chairman of the Council [...]	2006-01-20 12:17:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC GH KNNP PREL TRGY IAEA
06ACCRA1676	DINNER WITH GHANA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL: NARCOTICS, [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Ambassador, PolChief and RSO had dinner with Ghanaian Attorney General and Minister of Justice Joe Ghartey, at the Minister's request. Ghartey highlighted ministry reforms and assured us the GOG is serious about counternarcotics. He promised to look into updating [...]	2006-07-20 15:11:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
06ACCRA1952	GHANA ON THE BRINK OF AN ENERGY CRISIS [...] (U) This message is an action request (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary: On August 22, President Kufuor met with the Ambassador to seek urgent USG assistance to prevent an energy crisis caused by record low levels of water at the large Akosombo Dam. He hoped we could provide USG-owned gene [...]	2006-08-24 11:12:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG GH PGOV EINV
06ACCRA2012	GHANA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL REQUESTS HELP ON [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 6.) 2. (C) In an August 29 meeting with DCM, Attorney General and Minister of Justice Joe Ghartey said he and his Department are consumed with the narcotics issue, which "began as a scandal and became a crime". The Georgina Wood Commission has com [...]	2006-08-30 07:33:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV SNAR
06ACCRA2269	GHANA AND THE 2008 ELECTION: THE OPPOSITION NDC [...] (C) Summary: Ghana's main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party plans to choose its presidential candidate for the 2008 election by January 2007, probably in the scheduled December party congress. The front-runner is two-time candidate John Atta Mills. Four others are also i [...]	2006-09-26 14:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PINR
06ACCRA2270	GHANA AND THE 2008 ELECTION: PROSPECTS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Ghana,s 2008 presidential election is still far away and the ruling New Patriotic Party will not choose its presidential candidate until its scheduled December 2007 convention. Nonetheless, there are already at least twelve contenders for the NPP flag-bearer position, includin [...]	2006-09-26 15:41:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PINR
06ACCRA255	A FRENCH VIEW OF GHANA [...] (SBU) On January 26, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on French Ambassador to Ghana Pierre Jacquemot. Ghana's strengths, according to Jacquemot are its friendly people and its good management of the macroeconomy. The strong role of traditional chiefs plays a generally moderating role in soci [...]	2006-01-31 08:14:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FR GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA256	AMBASSADOR MEETS BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO GHANA [...] (U) Summary: On January 24, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on British High Commissioner Gordon Wetherell. They discussed corruption in Ghana, Muslim outreach and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy. End summary. Corruption ---------- 2. (C) The Ambassador expressed concerns abou [...]	2006-01-31 08:21:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GH PGOV PREL PTER UK
06ACCRA2578	FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS PREDICTS GHANA READY TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, DCM (as Charge) paid an initial courtesy call on former President Jerry John Rawlings, his wife and other NDC leaders at Rawlings' residence. Rawlings and his colleagues attacked the Kufuor government as ethnically biased, corrupt and autocratic. He likened Ghana [...]	2006-10-26 11:02:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA2653	UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 13:05:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM GH XX
06ACCRA303	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON GHANA'S SENIOR [...] (C) On January 24, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on GoG Senior Minister J.H. Mensah. Mensah said the GoG aimed beyond the basic poverty reduction framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with its new Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy. The goal is to increa [...]	2006-02-03 13:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH
06ACCRA3031	GHANA'S OPPOSITION NDC CHOOSES MILLS AS [...] (U) Summary: Former Vice President and two-time presidential candidate John Evans Atta Mills was chosen to be the National Democratic Congress' presidential candidate in 2008 during a December 21 NDC party Congress. Unlike the 2005 NDC Convention, this Congress was peaceful and largely conc [...]	2006-12-26 10:31:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PINR
06ACCRA335	AMBASSADOR AND CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSS [...] (C) On January 30, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on Canadian High Commissioner Donald Bobiash. They agreed Ghana has been slow to seize the opportunities it has to become a middle-income country, and also agreed the U.S. and Canada appear to care more about corruption and p [...]	2006-02-07 14:44:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH
06ACCRA355	GHANA AND KUFUOR II: IT'S BEEN A SLOW YEAR [...] (C) The first year of President Kufuor's second term brought achievements in management of the economy and in Ghana's growing international role. However, it was also marked by growing inertia and confrontation. Major distractions included repeated corruption allegations and competition am [...]	2006-02-09 07:24:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA362	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RUSSIAN ABASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 17:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV GH
06ACCRA486	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH [...] (C) Summary. On February 21, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on South African High Commissioner Rapulalne Sydney Molekane. The broad-ranging discussion covered South African investment in Ghana, the current state of Ghanaian politics, Avian Influenza preparedness, civil aviation, [...]	2006-02-27 17:56:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EAIR GH
06ACCRA590	GOG REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOT GHANAIAN CANDITATE [...] (U) Summary: Post has received a dipnote from the MFA asking for USG support of Ghana's candidate for Deputy Secretary General of the International Telecommunications SIPDIS Union (ITU). The full text of the note is included in para 2. Post reccomends against/against supporting this reque [...]	2006-03-13 17:27:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ECPS GH
06ACCRA636	AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENT KUFUOR TO SUPPORT CMS [...] (C) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 15 with President Kufuor to urge his support for CMS Energy's $200 million project to expand its thermal power plant in Ghana from 220 MW to 330 MW. CMS and the IFC-led lenders group have failed so far to convince Cabinet to approve the government guarante [...]	2006-03-17 12:17:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN EINV GH
06ACCRA638	AMBASSADOR MEETS OPPOSITION NDC LEADER JOHN ATTA [...] (C) Summary: On March 7, Ambassador met with Professor John Evans Atta Mills, former Vice President and two-time presidential candidate for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party. Mills deliberately but firmly criticized the ruling NPP government as corrupt and vindictive. [...]	2006-03-20 07:07:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH GOG
06ACCRA784	REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR RWANDAN REFUGEE GERVAIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. Resettlement Program on behalf of Rwandan refugee Gervais Rutebuka, his wife, and their niece and nephew. Rutebuka fled Rwanda in 1994 and resided in Benin for eight years, where he obtained refugee status [...]	2006-04-07 07:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM RW GH
06ACCRA833	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 24 with Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu to press for action on a number of pending issues: 1) the Minister's participation in USAID's March 30 remittance conference; 2) terrorism finance prenotifications (Ref A); 3) status of the money laundering law [...]	2006-04-11 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL ELAB ENRG KTFN GH
06ACCRA834	GOG SACKS GHANA INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES' CEO [...] (C) Minister for Presidential Affairs and Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani sacked Ghana International Airlines' (GIA) CEO Brian Presbury April 7. National Security officers closed GIA's offices later that evening. Two Amcit employees that were in the office when National Security arrived and were [...]	2006-04-11 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV GH
06ADDISABABA100	ETHIOPIA: MELES ON INTERNAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: In a discussion with Prime Minister Meles on January 9, principally on ways to deal with border demarcation and Dr. Frazer's visit, Meles made the following points regarding the internal situation: -- The bulk of the youth charged with violent acts will be released rather than [...]	2006-01-11 13:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR
06ADDISABABA1042	ETHIOPIA: MELES REACHING OUT TO SOME INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The Charge pressed PM Meles again to release on bail at least some of those facing treason charges in connection with November riots. While the PM offered no concessions now, he reaffirmed that after the trial had been completed, political options were available. Meles also prom [...]	2006-04-19 05:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC MARR ET
06ADDISABABA1055	AU SEIZED WITH CHAD-SUDAN AND SUDAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) will send a delegation to Ndjamena to gather more information on alleged Sudanese support for Chadian rebels in order to brief the Peace and Security Council (PSC),AU Commissioner for Peace and Security Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM April 17. Djinnit underto [...]	2006-04-19 14:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SU CD AU
06ADDISABABA1154	ETHIOPIA: REPORTS OF ATTACKS ON ANUAK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Addis Ababa and other embassy contacts confirmed mid-April reports of Ethiopian troop movements along the Sudanese border in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, but deemed media reports of widescal [...]	2006-04-26 04:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL MOPS ET SU

06ADDISABABA1160	ETHIOPIA: CUDP REESTABLISHED, BUT DIASPORA BRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moderate elected officials from the CUDP have finally succeeded in achieving renewed legal recognition of Ethiopia's largest opposition organization. The provisional re-registration of the party April 24 has drawn fire from hard-line members of the Ethiopian Diaspora, however, as [...]	2006-04-26 11:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1186	DARFUR AND CHAD: DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO AU [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) expects to produce a well-informed report on the internal situation in Chad and allegations of Sudanese involvement in the attempted coup as a result of its fact finding mission which concluded April 26, AU Commission Chairperson Chief of Staff Amb. John Kay [...]	2006-04-27 14:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU CD AU
06ADDISABABA1187	ETHIOPIA: IMPRISONED CUD LEADER READY TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pastor Daniel of the NGO Justice For All, Prison Fellowship Ethiopia, has informed post that imprisoned Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leader Yacob Hailemariam agreed to write a conciliatory note to the Prime Minister as a first act in beginning dialogue with the GOE. END [...]	2006-04-27 15:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1188	DAS YAMAMOTO MEETING WITH PM MELES: BORDER AND [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told DAS Don Yamamoto on April 22 that Ethiopia will participate in the next Ethiopia-Eritrean Border Commission (EEBC) meeting in order to keep the lines of communication open. He reiterated that Ethiopia accepts the EEBC decision without condition. [...]	2006-04-28 07:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ET PGOV PREL
06ADDISABABA1195	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary. At the end of her three-day trip to Addis Ababa April 23-26, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour legal analysis is needed in the high profile trial of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leadership, civil society representatives and journalis [...]	2006-05-01 17:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1284	DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING, [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]	2006-05-09 17:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1472	AU PLANNERS AND NATO DISCUSS DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A meeting between visiting DOD DASD Whelan, African Union officials working on Darfur issues, the NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning, and Embassy officials, highlighted challenges in implementing the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement. The AU DITF POLAD called for co [...]	2006-05-25 13:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA1483	ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TENSION AND ECONOMIC POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit (May 16-17) to the West Shoa Zone in the Oromia Region, Charge discussed the current political situation and economic development with the regional administrator, ruling and opposition party members, as well as leading local businessmen. On the surface, the [...]	2006-05-26 13:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ET
06ADDISABABA1539	ETHIOPIA: EVIDENCE WEAK SO FAR IN OPPOSITION TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their case against detained opposition CUD leaders, independent journalists, and civil society representatives, the prosecution in late May presented video footage of internal CUD meetings in which the party leadership and some constituents debate whether or not MPs should tak [...]	2006-06-05 11:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA1542	AFRICAN UNION'S KONARE AND DJINNIT ON CHAD AND [...] (C) African Union Chairperson Konare told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall, accompanied by Charge, AF/E Office Director Reddick and DCM (notetaker) in a meeting May 26 that the problem in Chad is bad governance, exacerbated by the Darfur conflict. According to Konare, Sudanese President Bash [...]	2006-06-06 11:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU SU
06ADDISABABA1549	SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR [...] (C) Post is seeking clarity with CJTF-HOA and the AU re the eight additional military personnel to be deployed to support the DPA (reftel, para 2D). On June 6, Charge, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Hunt and DCM met with African Union (AU) Special [...]	2006-06-07 08:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR
06ADDISABABA1558	ETHIOPIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH SENIOR ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles' public relations and political advisor Bereket Simon engaged in a relaxed tour d'horizon with Charge May 30. Bereket told the Charge that the GOE was focusing on economic development in the Somali region and winning the support of the local population in a [...]	2006-06-07 14:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1559	SUDAN/DARFUR: MILITARY SUPPORT FOR THE DARFUR [...] (C) Post is seeking clarity with CJTF-HOA and the AU re the eight additional military personnel to be deployed to support the DPA (reftel, para 2D). On June 6, Charge, Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Hunt and DCM met with African Union (AU) Special [...]	2006-06-08 05:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR
06ADDISABABA1578	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge June 7 that the GOE was increasingly concerned about a growing armed population of an estimated 60 thousand ethnic Sudanese Nuer in the Gambella region of Ethiopia and believed the problem may be directly attributable to a GOS [...]	2006-06-09 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PREF SU
06ADDISABABA1579	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM SAYS HIGH-LEVEL MIL-TO-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt June 9 that the USG military civil affairs team activities need to be defined in terms of the broader US-Ethiopia counterterrorism relationship. Tekeda called into question the [...]	2006-06-09 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS CASC
06ADDISABABA1600	ETHIOPIA: GOE CONSIDERS JUNE 15 EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda told Charge June 12 that the GOE did not understand why the June 15 EEBC meeting was being held, and predicted that the likely outcome would be conflict, if not a total breakdown in the current EEBC process. He asked that the USG consider p [...]	2006-06-12 15:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1607	ETHIOPIA: GOE OPPOSES ACCOMMODATION WITH SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge June 12 the GOE was concerned that USG "feelers" to the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Mogadishu could affect that attitudes of other players, including the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Tekeda bemoaned the fact that many a [...]	2006-06-13 11:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA1612	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions, resume progress on economic reforms and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the glob [...]	2006-06-13 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR ECON ER ET
06ADDISABABA1641	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ETHIOPIA IN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (C) Summary: According to the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),Ethiopia remains in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1640. UNMEE is more concerned about Eritrean activities than continued Ethiopian troop movements and training. A Defense Attache c [...]	2006-06-15 13:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA1645	ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION STRUGGLING TO MAKE A FOCUSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The prosecution is wrapping up the video phase of evidence in its case against detained opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives. Following the demonstration of lively internal debates among CUD leadershi [...]	2006-06-15 15:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA1648	ETHIOPIA: ETHIOPIAN MILITARY TO RESPOND IF [...] (C) Summary. On 15 June, DATT met with MG Yohannes Gebremeskel, Head, Intelligence Main Department of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF). Yohannes said the Islamic Courts are likely using "freelance" militias to expand their control beyond Mogadishu. He said they had taken Jowhar. [...]	2006-06-16 10:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA169	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION LEADERS EXPRESS FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of Ethiopia's principal opposition parties told A/S Frazer that the GOE continued to arrest and harass their supporters, particularly in the Oromiya region. They also demanded a larger voice in Parliament. Opposition representatives asked that the USG apply more leverage [...]	2006-01-22 09:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA170	AU PRESIDENCY: ETHIOPIAN PM MELES SAYS BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Frazer told PM Meles that increasing U.S. engagement with the African Union would be jeopardized if the upcoming AU Summit in Khartoum elected Sudanese President Bashir the next President of the General Assembly. Meles said he did not think that Bashir had the votes to be ele [...]	2006-01-22 09:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA1708	ETHIOPIA: SAMORA REITERATES GOE POLICY ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. LTG Samora Yonus, Chief of General Staff, Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19. Topics of discussion included CJTF-HOA presence in Ethiopia, the Somalia situation, Ethiopian military intentio [...]	2006-06-21 15:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1719	ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS ABIZAID [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin met with Commander, U.S. Central Command General John Abizaid and the Charge June 19 to discuss the GOE's growing military force along the Somali border and its warning to the UIC that any perceived threat will be met with military action. Seyoum s [...]	2006-06-22 11:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1737	A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]	2006-06-25 06:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1743	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders from major Ethiopian opposition parties gathered at the Charge,s residence June 24 to brief A/S Frazer on the current political climate for the opposition, including the status of negotiations with the GoE on reforms to Parliamentary rules. Opposition leaders were split o [...]	2006-06-26 08:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO SO ET
06ADDISABABA1744	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-26 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1779	A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]	2006-06-29 16:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1780	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-29 16:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1781	AFRICAN UNION: FRAZER URGES KONARE TO REMAIN FIRM, MOVE FAST ON AMIS TRANSITION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 16:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PTER AU SU SO
06ADDISABABA1782	AFRICAN UNION: KONARE URGES US SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare told A/S Frazer in a June 25 meeting that the Union of Islamic Courts was currently probing to see how far it could expand, but intended to take over all of Somalia if possible. An expanding UIC would inevitably provoke war with Ethiopia, he [...]	2006-06-29 16:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1783	MELES/FRAZER REVIEW APPROACH TO SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Frazer opened the meeting by telling Prime Minister Meles that we appreciate Ethiopia's restraint and contacts warning the Union of Islamic Courts (ICU) that Ethiopia would not tolerate an attack on Baidoa as the seat of the Transitional Federal Government ( [...]	2006-06-29 16:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER
06ADDISABABA1784	A/S FRAZER AND PM MELES TALK ERITREAN/ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, Prime Minister Meles and Dr. Frazer along with Charge and Admiral Hunt reviewed the Eritrean/Ethiopian talks and the road ahead. Frazer argued that progress had been made and that Ethiopia had been more flexible than Eritrea. Although the initial proposal to involv [...]	2006-06-29 16:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL
06ADDISABABA1869	ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION IN SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...]	2006-07-07 15:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1870	ETHIOPIA: MELES ENGAGES PARLIAMENT IN FINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his final address to parliamentarians prior to their summer recess, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi gave a wide-ranging overview of his governmentQs accomplishments and the political and economic progress in Ethiopia over the last year. He highlighted that the recent multi-par [...]	2006-07-07 15:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ER ET
06ADDISABABA1924	ETHIOPIA: PROMINENT EDITOR SAYS SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amare Aregawi, a prominent and well connected newspaper editor, told PAO in late June that the GOE perceived increased threats from several sources, including increased fundamentalism in Somalia and hardline factions of the CUDP. Amare pointed to pervasive signs of increasing Mus [...]	2006-07-14 06:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS ET SO
06ADDISABABA1951	ETHIOPIA: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Neither host government, local media nor NGOs report any significant sexual misconduct or trafficking in persons (TIP) attributable to UN peacekeeping personnel in Ethiopia. However, both NGOs and UNMEE headquarters report several dozen children born out of wedlock who have all [...]	2006-07-17 13:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL ET ER
06ADDISABABA2021	NATO REPORTS LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOOSTING NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Planning Maurits Jochems and other NATO representatives cite little progress in convincing African Union officials to allow NATO to expand the types of assistance it is now providing to the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),despite earlier co [...]	2006-07-24 12:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2041	SOMALIA: TFG REPORTS ICU FORCES' ADVANCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's ambassador to Ethiopia and permrep to the AU, Abdulkarim Farah, expects IGAD foreign ministers to endorse a detailed plan early next week for a peace support operation (IGASOM) to Somalia, following which the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) may take further action. [...]	2006-07-25 13:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2093	SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...]	2006-07-31 16:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET
06ADDISABABA2114	MELES ON SOMALIA: NEED UNSC ENDORSEMENT OF IGAD [...] (C) Summary and Action Report. Prime Minister Meles told Charge Huddleston that the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in Somalia is unlikely to collapse under pressure from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) if the UNSC welcomes a Ugandan battalion that would stabilize Baidoa. President Musev [...]	2006-08-01 14:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MOPS SO ET
06ADDISABABA2118	AU PSC REPRESENTATIVES OUTLOOK ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 1 meeting with staff members from the African Union Peace and Security Council - PSC Director Geofrey Mugumya, Head of the African Standby Force Maj General Ishaya Isah Hassan, Technical Advisor Dr. Aim Kamubudzi, and Conflict Management Director El-Ghassim Wane - [...]	2006-08-02 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2169	ETHIOPIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSSES OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging discussion with Minister of Justice Assefa Kessito, COM and ConsChief learned that the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) continues to evaluate the feasibility of granting pardons to certain convicted criminals for the Ethiopian New Year (September 11). The Minister also [...]	2006-08-09 08:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA217	ETHIOPIA: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary and Background: Ethiopia has a long-standing tradition of religious tolerance between Christian and Islamic communities. Christian and Muslim religious leaders are quick to point out that intermingled communities attend each others weddings, births, deaths, etc., although there hav [...]	2006-01-25 13:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2170	ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin briefed Charge and CODEL Payne on his recent trip to Baidoa to mediate among the president, prime minister, and parliamentary speaker of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),who had been divided over whether to engage in dialog [...]	2006-08-09 08:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ET SO
06ADDISABABA2178	ETHIOPIAN MILITARY ASSESSES BORDER SITUATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's senior military officer, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Samora Yonus, expressed concern that Eritrea, Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC),and Ethiopian insurgent groups are collaborating to destabilize Ethiopia. Ethiopia plans to train troops for Somal [...]	2006-08-09 15:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA2224	MELES ON DETAINEES AND WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Prime Minister Meles August 14 to discuss her visit with CUD detainees Dr. Yacob Haile-Mariam, Biruk Kebede, Birtukan Mideksa and Muluneh Eyoel. Pastor Daniel Gebresalasie and Charge spoke for two hours with Yacob who said that he had drafted a letter that he would [...]	2006-08-15 06:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA2245	ETHIOPIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) On August 14 Charge presented reftel talking points, resolution text and Secretary Rice statement to Prime Minister Meles who responded that Ethiopia is in favor of stopping the violence, supports the UN resolution, and wants a lasting peace. Meles went on to point out that Ethiopia fully [...]	2006-08-15 11:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER ET IS LE
06ADDISABABA2256	ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...]	2006-08-16 12:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2257	ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...]	2006-08-16 12:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2261	ETHIOPIA: CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO CUD DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a visit with four detained Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, CODEL Payne and Poloff had extensive discussions regarding prison conditions, evidence being presented in their treason trial, current regional politics, and what the future holds for Ethiopia. The vi [...]	2006-08-16 13:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2303	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN UNION CONCERNING [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 09:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KPKO PREL SU
06ADDISABABA2304	ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION IN CUD TRIAL DEFENDS EVIDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with prosecutors for the case against Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives, Charge Huddleston discussed the GoE's evidence against the defendants. The lead prosecutor and State Minister of Justice [...]	2006-08-18 10:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA2309	ETHIOPIA: OROMO OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: At an August 19 lunch hosted by Charge Huddleston, Oromo leaders from the opposition ONC and OFDM as well as former president Negaso Gidada indicated that most Oromos favor participation in the Parliament by Oromo opposition parties. According to these opposition leaders, two of [...]	2006-08-21 11:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA2352	ETHIOPIA: TRADITIONAL ISLAM UNDER THREAT ACCORDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge Huddleston, prominent Ethiopian Muslim leader Sheikh Elias Redman expressed grave concern about the growing Wahhabist influence in Ethiopia, which he said threatens to undermine the moderate Muslim stance of peaceful coexistence with Christians. The Shei [...]	2006-08-25 12:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ET SA
06ADDISABABA2362	ETHIOPIA: MASS ARRESTS NEAR AMBO, SIGNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 25, Post received information of mass arrests of up to 300 people in a small town in the Oromiya region. In investigating the matter, Poloff was given three very different reports on events from three different sources. Though none could specify precisely the cause of [...]	2006-08-28 14:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA2389	SOMALIA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR TO AU BRIEFS CHARGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Ambassador to the African Union Franklin Esipila told the Charge Aug. 30 that IGAD member states were fully committed to deployment of a peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) beginning Sept. 28. Esipila added that member states hoped high-level negotiations in the comi [...]	2006-08-31 10:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UNSC SO
06ADDISABABA2396	SOMALIA: KENYAN FM TALKS ABOUT IGAD PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju told the Charge and European envoys August 31 that an IGAD peace support mission to Somalia (IGASOM) would deploy with a clear mandate: protect the TFG in Baidoa, train a civil protection force, and encourage dialogue with the ICU. [...]	2006-09-05 06:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU SO
06ADDISABABA2400	SOMALIA: ADDIS TFG REP CLAIMS DEAL BETWEEN TFG AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Somalian Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Representative in Addis Ababa informed A/DCM Sept. 4 and 5 that the TFG had agreed on the broad outlines of a deal with negotiators from the Union of Islamic Courts during negotiations in Khartoum. The tentative deal called fo [...]	2006-09-05 11:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SO
06ADDISABABA2505	DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on September 13 to Head of the MFA's UN Directorate, Counsellor Abdulkadir Risku, and to UN Directorate officer Eyob Tekalegn. Ethiopia did not want a nuclear Iran, Risku said, and believed that UNSCR 1696 was binding on member states. Risku said he did not [...]	2006-09-14 14:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA UNSC IR ET
06ADDISABABA2525	ETHIOPIA: DAS YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told visiting AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 12 that his ruling coalition was developing a new strategy to deal with Eritrea's "proxy war" with Ethiopioa in Somalia. He also suggested that the Government of Sudan was reluctant to allow a transition to a UN peac [...]	2006-09-16 13:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ER SO SU
06ADDISABABA2526	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY MINISTER TEKEDA TALKS SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told AF DAS Yamamoto Sept. 16 that although the GOE does not see increased risk of conflict with Eritrea, it nevertheless would prefer a six-month extension of UNMEE. In Somalia, the GOE now hopes only to contain the Council of Islamic Courts [...]	2006-09-16 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MOPS AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2609	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R. [...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...]	2006-09-25 14:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2629	ETHIOPIA: GOE BREAKS UP TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY A recent attempt by the Ethiopian Teachers Association (ETA),an organization claiming membership of three-quarters of Ethiopia's teachers, to hold a national conference was disrupted by Addis Ababa police. The ETA has historically been viewed as opposed to the ruling EPRDF, an [...]	2006-09-28 11:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA2674	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TEKEDA ON ERITREA, SOMALIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda told the Charge that the ruling EPRDF had not adopted any significant new policies toward Eritrea at its annual conference in late September. He also said the GOE was not concerned about further expansion of the Islamic Courts in Somalia -- as long [...]	2006-10-04 07:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM SO ER ET
06ADDISABABA2731	ETHIOPIA: CUD DEFENSE ATTORNEYS OUTLINE CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Charge, defense attorneys for the accused civil society defendants in the trial of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, civil society representatives and independent journalists, reported that the evidence presented thus far against their clients [...]	2006-10-11 06:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2763	PM MELES: ETHIOPIA WILL CONTAIN THE ISLAMIC COURTS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Meles, Minister of State Tekeda and Defense Chief of Staff Samora on October 10. Whelan was accompanied by DATT Col. Zedler, OSD Rep Lt. Col. Atallah and myself. Meles argued that the best way to conta [...]	2006-10-12 13:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ET MOPS PREL PTER
06ADDISABABA2776	PM MELES: ETHIOPIA PREPARING TO GO AGAINST CIC IN [...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Business Executives for National Security (BENS) President and CEO General Charles Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.),CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, and Charge October 13 that he sees a UN-supported IGAD/Ugandan battalion station [...]	2006-10-14 10:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2791	ETHIOPIA: MISSION INTERCEDES IN CASE OF ARRESTED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 14:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2810	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ACTION NECESSARY TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Azouz Ennifar invited representatives of the United Nations Security Council permanent members to a briefing October 17 to discuss Eritrea's movement into the temporary security zon [...]	2006-10-17 15:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA2818	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ON ERITREA INCURSION, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge and United Kingdom Ambassador Bob Dewar October 18 that he had "absolutely no concern" about Eritrea's incursion into the TSZ and Ethiopia would not be provoked into action. He said that Ethiopia will continue to monitor the border, [...]	2006-10-18 14:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA2832	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM REACTS TO CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Charge October 20 that the statement from the Somalia Contact Group was positive in that it confirmed the international community's support of the TFG, but it would have been better if the contact group had publicly supported a partial lif [...]	2006-10-20 12:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA2865	ETHIOPIA: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMISSION REPORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Mekonnen Dilgasa, head of the Independent Inquiry Commission, Charge and Staffdel Phelan sought insight into the commission's official findings and the conditions surrounding submission of the final report in light of two previous commission members having sought [...]	2006-10-26 09:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA2866	ETHIOPIA: INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMISSION REPORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Mekonnen Dilgasa, head of the Independent Inquiry Commission, Charge and Staffdel Phelan sought insight into the commission's official findings and the conditions surrounding submission of the final report in light of two previous commission members having sought [...]	2006-10-26 09:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA2872	ETHIOPIA: MELES HOPES TO DELAY SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Gen. Fulford and SFRC staffer Michael Phelan that delays and problems with IGASOM deployment might leave Ethiopia to face the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) alone, but that he hoped to hold off on military intervention until around mid-November. He said th [...]	2006-10-26 17:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER UNSC SO ET
06ADDISABABA2910	ETHIOPIA: MFA EXPERT OFFERS THOUGHTS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Somalia expert sees a "dangerous situation" arising in the next two to three weeks if the international community takes no concrete action to assist Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in its struggle against the extremist Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). H [...]	2006-11-01 16:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER SO ET ER EG AU
06ADDISABABA2911	ETHIOPIA: RECENT RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN OROMIYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following reports of deadly religious conflicts in the Oromiya region, Poloff was told in meetings with religious leaders that the violence may in fact have ethnic and political undertones. Though the clashes were between Muslims and Orthodox Christians, there is evidence to su [...]	2006-11-01 17:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ET
06ADDISABABA2914	THE ISLAMISTS BATTLE FOR BAIDOA AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Meles met with Admiral Rick Hunt, DATT Don Zedler and Charge at our request October 30. We were particularly concerned by reports of the Council of Islamic Courts' (CIC) military preparations for an attack on Baidoa, and the possibility that even with Ethiopian mili [...]	2006-11-02 05:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER SO ET
06ADDISABABA2921	PUNTLAND VICE PRESIDENT URGES SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Puntland Vice President Hassan Dahir Mahamud blamed Islamic extremists in Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) for fanning Ethio-Somali tensions in order to destabilize Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. He claimed that the current (EPRDF) GOE had done much to reduce [...]	2006-11-02 13:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS MASS KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2927	ETHIOPIA: SFRC STAFFER PHELAN VISIT TOUCHES ON WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings during a visit to Ethiopia, SFRC Staffer Phelan inquired about issues at the forefront of Ethiopian politics ) engagement in Somalia and progress in deepening democracy. Regarding Somalia, Phelan was told by GoE officials that Ethiopia is ready to eliminate [...]	2006-11-03 09:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ET ER
06ADDISABABA3012	ETHIOPIA: FM SEYOUM ASKS WITNESSES TO STOP EEBC [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOE Foreign Minister Seyoum summoned representatives from the permanent five members (P-5) of the UN Security Council and Witnesses to the Algiers Accords to a meeting Nov. 14 to denounce the plans of the Eritrean-Ethiopian Boundary Commission (EEBC) to complete demarcation the b [...]	2006-11-14 17:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS UNSC ET ER
06ADDISABABA304	DARFUR: AU SITREP 1 FEBRUARY 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is working with partners in a technical committee to implement December joint assessment mission recommendations to improve AMIS performance, but this committee is not empowered to consider steps necessary to effect a transition to a UN mission. The AU f [...]	2006-02-02 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3048	AN AMERICAN/ETHIOPIAN PARTNERSHIP SO CRITICAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As I prepare to turn over my responsibilities to my good friend and respected colleague, Ambassador Don Yamamoto, I urge the USG to maintain and strengthen our partnership with Ethiopia. Ethiopia is moving in the right direction -- despite the nay-sayers -- on democracy, devel [...]	2006-11-15 15:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ET PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO
06ADDISABABA3114	ETHIOPIA: DEPUTY FM TALKS ABOUT DIALOGING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told Vicki Huddleston on November 20 (during a farewell call) that Ethiopia preferred to dialogue with the CIC rather than enter into armed conflict. Tekeda said that Ethiopia had invited the CIC to talks in Addis Ababa, and the "ball was now [...]	2006-11-28 10:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER SO SU DJ ER ET
06ADDISABABA3115	ETHIOPIA: PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS AUTHORIZATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a remarkable session on Nov. 23, Prime Minister Meles asked Parliament to approve a resolution stating Ethiopia's desire for peaceful relations with Somalia, but authorizing "any measures necessary" to respond to the Council of Islamic Court's (CIC) declared jihad against Ethi [...]	2006-11-28 10:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL ASEC ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3118	ETHIOPIA: DETAINEES NOW SEEK COMPROMISE WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Mission's efforts to broker an agreement between the GOE and the imprisoned CUD leaders have begun to show positive results. There appears to be a greater willingness to compromise on both sides. Meditation efforts have resulted in the beginning of earnest negotiations between [...]	2006-11-28 11:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA3123	SALAFIST INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary: According to a Somali clan elder, the GOE should make efforts to ease tensions within the Muslim population of Ethiopia. He noted rising Salafist and pro-CIC sentiments among both Somali and non-Somali Muslims, and an increasing willingness by Ethiopian Muslim youth to fight on t [...]	2006-11-28 14:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SO ET
06ADDISABABA3130	ETHIOPIA: DETAINEES NOW SEEK COMPROMISE WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Mission's efforts to broker an agreement between the GOE and the imprisoned CUD leaders have begun to show positive results. There appears to be a greater willingness to compromise on both sides. Meditation efforts have resulted in the beginning of earnest negotiations between [...]	2006-11-29 10:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA3175	ETHIOPIA: SEN. FEINGOLD TALKS SOMALIA, HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting U.S. Senator Feingold Nov. 30 that while the GOE was trying to avoid war with the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in Somalia, armed conflict was likely in the coming weeks. Meles expected that the CIC would move against Somalia's Transitional Federal Govern [...]	2006-12-04 05:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC PHUM ET SO
06ADDISABABA3212	SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GEDI HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN EXTREMIST SUPPORT FOR ICU [...] (C) SUMMARY. TFG PM Gedi reported that over 3,000 foreign Islamic militants are assisting the CIC, including fighters from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Libya. Eritrea and Saudi sources have provided weapons and funding respectively to the CIC, while Somali Hawiye are increasingly back [...]	2006-12-06 14:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPKO SO ET KISL MOPS
06ADDISABABA3240	ETHIOPIA: MELES ALTERS STANCE ON MILITARY ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Recent U.S. visitors to Ethiopia have advocated a message of caution to Prime Minister Meles and raised potential consequences of Ethiopian deployment of troops in possible military action in Somalia. While Meles has consistently underscored the threat of al-Shabaab and other ex [...]	2006-12-08 11:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA3289	SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA TAKING TIME TO CONSIDER NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia welcomed the UN Security Council's authorization of an IGAD/AU mission for Somalia, but did not foresee deployment until January 2007 or later, due to uncertainty relating to funding and troop contributing countries, according to Ethiopian MFA Somalia expert Fiseha Shawe [...]	2006-12-14 06:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO
06ADDISABABA3316	DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...]	2006-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR
06ADDISABABA3317	DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 16 bilateral meeting prior to UN-AU-GOS consultations on Darfur, Egyptian FM Gheit asserted that Sudanese FM Lam Akol was "very forthcoming," and highlighted Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur. While the GOS [...]	2006-12-18 16:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU EG
06ADDISABABA3318	DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS WARNS SUDANESE FM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a bilateral meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and other GOS principals, just prior to November 16 high-level consultations on Darfur chaired by the UN SYG and AU Commission Chairperson Konare (septel),Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios outlined USG pri [...]	2006-12-18 16:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3409	CORRECTED COPY; USAU AMB COURVILLE HEARS [...] (C) In the course of a December 20 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the African Union, Ethiopian Minister of State Dr. Tekeda Alemu stressed that Ethiopia looked for dialogue in good faith with the Islamic Courts in Somalia, but would not be committed to dialogue in the abstract. Ethiopia's [...]	2006-12-28 13:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO ET AU
06ADDISABABA385	A/S FRAZER AND UNMEE SRSG DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following her visit to the Ethiopian-Eritrean border, AF A/S Frazer told UNMEE SRSG Legwaila that current residents of the disputed town of Badme oppose the 2002 boundary commission decision awarding the town to Eritrea. Badme was administered by Ethiopia, but the EEBC places it [...]	2006-02-08 05:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA419	UNMEE SRSG ADVOCATES REDUCING UNMEE TO "TOKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eritrea continues to restrict freedom of movement by UNMEE MILOBs within the Temporary Security Zone, and to flaunt previously agreed upon protocols relating to UNMEE's right to challenge and inspect police and militia within the TSZ, according to UNMEE SRSG Legwaila. Such restr [...]	2006-02-13 16:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA46	AU COMMISSION FEARS A BASHIR CHAIRMANSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission believes there is a "high risk" that Sudanese President Bashir will win AU Assembly chairmanship, Deputy Chairperson Patrick Mazimhaka told Charge January 6. Mazimhaka (protect) urged high level calls to key African heads of state to encourage [...]	2006-01-06 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AU

06ADDISABABA48	AU PSC GREEN LIGHT FOR UN TRANSITION OF AMIS [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Commission has not undertaken extensive discussions either internally or with member states on the issue of an "exit strategy" for AMIS, Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit told DCM, British Ambassador, Dutch Ambassador and Canadian Charge Jan [...]	2006-01-06 14:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA615	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TEKEDA ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Ethiopia's State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda and Charge had a good exchange on the question of Ethiopia's attendance at the March 10 EEBC meeting with Tekeda promising to consider responding favorably to the EEBC invitation but with a caveat that the fi [...]	2006-03-01 10:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA680	AMIS RE-HAT: REPUBLIC OF CONGO NOTES SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Congo's foreign minister will attend the March 10 PSC on AMIS transition, as well as a March 9 briefing in Addis Ababa (requested by the GNU) at which Sudan's foreign minister will brief African Union Permanent Representative Committee members. While acknowledging the weakness o [...]	2006-03-08 15:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO NATO PREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA703	AMIS RE-HAT: SOUTH AFRICAN PERMREP SUGGESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Africa's ambassador and permanent representative to the AU Baso Sangqu notes that the January 10 Peace and Security Council meeting endorsed the transition of AMIS to a UN operation "in principle." As a member of both the AU and the UN, and as a troop-contributing country, [...]	2006-03-10 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO NATO PREL SF SU AU
06ADDISABABA714	ETHIOPIA: MELES WILLING TO RE-LEGALIZE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles says he no longer sees any reason why the CUD, whose leaders remain in jail, cannot re-register as a legal party. Party leaders at liberty are trying to overcome both internal differences and obscure legal obstacles to reconstitute Ethiopia's largest opposition politica [...]	2006-03-13 07:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06ADDISABABA897	PM MELES TO DAS YAMAMOTO: STAY ENGAGED ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Yamamoto and party met with Prime Minister Meles for over two hours on March 30. Meles asked the U.S. to stay engaged on the border "for the long term;" reiterated that dialogue is needed for lasting peace; and said that Ethiopia is "uncomfortable" with the Ethiopian-Eritrean [...]	2006-04-04 09:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ER ET PGOV PREL
06ADDISABABA898	OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS CONTINUE EFFORTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliamentarians leading the "Opposition Caucus" that represents ex-CUD MPs who have taken their seats in the House of People's Representatives are determined to form a new CUDP. (NOTE: The CUD was a coalition party that was disbanded after the elections in favor of the new CUDP [...]	2006-04-04 10:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
06ADDISABABA918	SOMALIA: AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA AND THE AU GIVES [...] (C) Summary: Success in restoring governance in Somalia requires isolation of Mogadishu armed elements, Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (AU) Abdulkarim Farai told guests at an informal AU Partners Group dinner April 3. Farai also said that Somalia has signed agreements [...]	2006-04-06 12:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO ET AU
06ADDISABABA926	PROGRESS ON INTERNAL SITUATION: DAS YAMAMOTO MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. For over two hours on March 31 DAS Yamamoto, Charge and DCM met with five members of the detained leadership of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD): Berhanu Nega, Dr. Yakob Hailemariam, Hailu Shawel, Gezachew Shiferaw, and Mesfin Woldemariam. The detainees, who appeared [...]	2006-04-06 16:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA941	ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin hailed the importance of U.S. engagement in addressing Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions, but voiced continued concern about Eritrean intentions and the presence of Eritrean troops in the Temporary Security Zone, where UNMEE had become "a hostage." FM Seyou [...]	2006-04-07 09:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA945	DSRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES UNMEE DOWNSIZING, [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMEE's outgoing Force Commander now opposes downsizing the UNMEE to an observer mission with half its current force strength, reflecting either pessimism that Ethiopia and Eritrea will proceed with demarcation, or a desire to preserve the large presence of Indian troops who now [...]	2006-04-11 08:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06ADDISABABA96	ETHIOPIA: POST DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopia's May 2005 national elections delivered a shock to the country's nascent democratic system for which no one was prepared. Opposition parties' unexpectedly strong showing frightened the GOE into rolling back some elements of what had been an unprecedented democratic open [...]	2006-01-11 12:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06AITTAIPEI1071	AMCHAM DISAPPOINTED IN TAIWAN'S FTA VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a March 17 meeting with Taiwan Minister without Portfolio Ho Mei-yueh, Taipei American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) representatives expressed disappointment that Ho advocated strongly for a US/Taiwan FTA but was unable to offer specifics on an FTA's economic benefits. [...]	2006-03-29 12:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI1115	TAIPEI AMCHAM SHARES BUSINESS CONCERNS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an initial meeting with Director Young on March 28, AmCham leaders provided AIT Director with a sneak preview of their White Paper for 2006. AmCham has seen little progress this year and expects to hit the same themes as last year's paper. AmCham members see the Chen [...]	2006-03-31 04:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI1140	AIT DIRECTOR CALLS ON TAIWAN ECONOMIC PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of Taiwan's Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Dr. Hu Sheng-cheng painted a rosy picture of Taiwan's economy for AIT Director Young in a March 29 courtesy call. Concerns about hollowing out or becoming uncompetitive are unfounded, according to Hu. Taiw [...]	2006-03-31 11:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD EINV TW
06AITTAIPEI1160	MORRIS CHANG'S REMARKS TO AIT DIR [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. (TSMC) Morris Chang waxed philosophical the need to preserve Taiwan's middle class and democratic values, and was critical of President Chen's unnecessary provocations of the PRC during a March 31 courtesy call. Chang [...]	2006-04-03 23:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI1289	POTENTIAL TAIWAN TIFA DISCUSSION ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: With meetings between Deputy USTR Bhatia and Taiwan officials scheduled for the week of May 22, 2006, AIT/T would like to begin engaging with Taiwan trade officials on specific objectives for discussions under our Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). In that spirit, [...]	2006-04-12 08:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD TW
06AITTAIPEI1381	TAIWAN IDENTIFIES FOUR LOW LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE [...] C) SUMMARY. Sandia National Lab experts on nuclear waste disposal are helping Taiwan plan for long-term disposal of low-level radiation waste (LLRW). Taiwan has identified four potential sites for long-term LLRW storage. INER officials are optimistic that by developing a legal framework cover [...]	2006-04-20 08:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG SENV TW
06AITTAIPEI1855	TAIWAN RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVE ON IRAN [...] (C) AIT Director met with Taiwan National Security Secretary General Chiou I-jen June 1 in the absence of the SIPDIS Foreign Minister,as instructed reftel. The Director reviewed the background to the Secretary's announcement of the United States' new initiative on Iran and requested that Tai [...]	2006-06-01 22:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TW
06AITTAIPEI1856	TAIWAN RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVE ON IRAN [...] (C) AIT Director met with Taiwan National Security Secretary General Chiou I-jen June 1 in the absence of the SIPDIS Foreign Minister,as instructed reftel. The Director reviewed the background to the Secretary's announcement of the United States' new initiative on Iran and requested that Tai [...]	2006-06-01 22:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TW
06AITTAIPEI2009	TAIWAN PLEASED WITH OUTCOME OF WHA MEETINGS: READY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Action request para 10. VFM Michael Kau told AIT Acting Director that Taiwan was very pleased with the outcome of its pragmatic approach to the WHA Meeting in Geneva. He expressed Taiwan's appreciation for support from the US (citing particularly Health Attache David Hohman in [...]	2006-06-13 06:25:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED TBIO SENV PREL WHO IO TW
06AITTAIPEI2138	PRESIDENT CHEN DEFENDS HIMSELF AGAINST RECALL [...] (C) Summary: President Chen presented a spirited defense against the Pan-Blue recall effort in a two-hour televised "report to the people" on June 20. Chen's speech, delivered 90 percent in Taiwanese, was intended to shore up support among the Pan-Green base rather than appeal to swing voters [...]	2006-06-21 10:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
06AITTAIPEI2167	DTC CASE 980274: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, on June 21 AIT Econ Chief hand delivered to Terry Ting, Deputy Secretary General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO),the written request for assurances in subject case. Mr. Ting said that he would consult with the Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2006-06-23 04:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC ETTC MNUC PARM
06AITTAIPEI2307	MEGA CASE LEAVES FINANCIAL REFORM IN LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: In late June, the Taiwan authorities negotiated a deal with private investors to retain control of the board of directors of Mega Holdings Co. While Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen gained stature in the financial community and with the opposition by resolving the conflict, the contro [...]	2006-07-06 08:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON TW
06AITTAIPEI2463	DTC CASE 980274: TAIWAN ASSURANCES [...] (C) On July 21, 2006, AIT Taipei received written assurances from TECRO for DTC 980274 as requested ref A. The text of TECRO's assurances follows: 2. (C) Begin text. Coordination Council for North American Affairs Headquarters for Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the [...]	2006-07-21 09:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MNUC MTCRE PARM TW
06AITTAIPEI2543	FORMER DPP CHAIRMAN LIN I-HSIUNG ON THE DPP AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER DPP CHAIRMAN LIN I-HSIUNG TOLD THE DIRECTOR ON JULY 26 THAT PRESIDENT CHEN AND THE DPP HAD SQUANDERED THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND DISAPPOINTED THE PEOPLE OF TAIWAN BY NOT CARRYING THROUGH ON THEIR PROGRAM OF DEMOCRATIZATION AND LOCALIZATION. CHEN IS ISOLATED AND WILL BE UNABLE [...]	2006-07-28 11:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI2652	TAIWAN'S LOSS OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNER CHAD HEIGHTENS [...] (SBU) IN A LATE-NIGHT PRESS BRIEFING ON SATURDAY AUGUST 5 TAIWAN ANNOUNCED THAT IT WAS SEVERING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH CHAD AFTER HAVING LEARNED THAT CHAD'S FOREIGN MINISTER WAS IN BEIJING TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS WITH THE PRC. THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE LESS THAN A DAY BEFORE PREMIER SU TSENG [...]	2006-08-07 23:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW CD
06AITTAIPEI2678	VP TSAI ON TRADE, CROSS-STRAIT, CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AIT DIRECTOR MET WITH TAIWAN VICE PREMIER TSAI ING-WEN, NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (NSC) SECRETARY GENERAL CHIOU I-JEN, AND THE NEWLY APPOINTED SIPDIS MINISTER OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS (MOEA) STEVE CHEN (RUEY-LONG) ON AUGUST 8 TO DISCUSS TRADE ISSUES IN PREPARATION FOR THE VISIT [...]	2006-08-08 11:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL CH TW
06AITTAIPEI2700	TAIWAN REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE FOR STRANDED [...] ACTION REQUEST--SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR ON AUGUST 9, TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTER JAMES HUANG REQUESTED US ASSISTANCE FOR TAIWAN DIPLOMATS AND EXPATRIATES IN CHAD WHO ARE FACING DIFFICULTIES LEAVING N'DJAMENA AFTER TAIWAN AND CHAD BROKE OFF DIPLOMATIC [...]	2006-08-09 11:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW CH
06AITTAIPEI2743	RENEWED CHALLENGE TO PRESIDENT CHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: CORRUPTION SCANDALS SURROUNDING PRESIDENT CHEN CONTINUE TO DRIVE TAIWAN'S POLITICAL DYNAMICS, WITH NO END IN SIGHT. MOST LEADERS IN PRESIDENT CHEN'S OWN PARTY (THE DEMOCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY OR DPP) AND HIS DEEP GREEN SUPPORTERS ARE STANDING BY HIM TO PROTECT THEIR OWN INTERES [...]	2006-08-11 11:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI2747	TAIWAN-JAPAN RELATIONS QUITE POSITIVE NOW BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: RELATIONS BETWEEN TAIWAN AND JAPAN HAVE IMPROVED SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER THE CURRENT DPP ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE OF CONCERNS IN JAPAN ABOUT THE PRC AND THE RISE OF A NEW GENERATION OF JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS FAVORABLE TO TAIWAN. SOME OBSERVERS PERCEIVE KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU AS ANTI- [...]	2006-08-14 02:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS JA TW
06AITTAIPEI2748	POLITICAL POLLING IN TAIWAN: FEELING THE PULSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MANY RECENT POLLS HERE HAVE CAPTURED THE CRISIS OF LEGITIMACY FACED BY PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN OVER CORRUPTION SCANDALS. PUBLIC OPINION POLLING PLAYS AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL ROLE IN TAIWAN AS A TOOL FOR MEASURING, AND IN SOME CASES INFLUENCING, PUBLIC OPINION. NUMEROUS ORGANI [...]	2006-08-14 02:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL TW
06AITTAIPEI2765	PRESIDENT CHEN'S PREEMPTIVE DEFENSE AGAINST SHIH [...] (C) IN A MOVE SEEMINGLY TIMED TO PREEMPT HIS DETRACTORS, PRESIDENT CHEN DELIVERED A HIGHLY POLITICAL SPEECH TO SUPPORTERS SATURDAY MORNING AUGUST 12 AT THE KETAGALAN INSTITUTE, AN ORGANIZATION HE FOUNDED IN 2003 TO PROMOTE HIS DEMOCRATIC AGENDA. APPEARING IN CONTROL, CONFIDENT, AND SERIOUS T [...]	2006-08-14 10:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI2780	ACER'S STAN SHIH LOOKS BEYOND POLITICAL CHAOS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE AIT DIRECTOR MET WITH ACER GROUP FOUNDER STAN SHIH ON AUGUST 9. SHIH COMPLAINED ABOUT THE CHAOTIC POLITICAL SITUATION IN TAIWAN, BUT DID NOT EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR A PARTICULAR PARTY OR CANDIDATE. HE CRITICIZED TECHNOLOGY-BASED RESTRICTIONS ON INVESTMENT IN THE PRC. IN ADDITIO [...]	2006-08-16 05:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PINR TW
06AITTAIPEI2879	LOS ALAMOS ASSISTS TAIWAN INER IN MEASURING [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 00:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG TRGY KSCA IAEA TW
06AITTAIPEI2916	DTC CASE 999050: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 08:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC ETTC MNUC PARM
06AITTAIPEI3147	CROSS-STRAIT TOURISM - OFFICIAL VENEER VERY THIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DISCUSSIONS WITH TAIWAN TOURISM INDUSTRY LEADERS INDICATE THAT PRIVATE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN CROSS-STRAIT DISCUSSIONS ON TOURISM, EVEN THOUGH A TAIWAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN AN UNOFFICIAL CAPACITY WILL SIGN ANY FINAL AGREEMENT. THEY ALL PRE [...]	2006-09-12 00:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL CH TW
06AITTAIPEI3210	TAIWAN UNCLEAR ABOUT PRC INTENTIONS WITH CCP-KMT [...] (C) SUMMARY: TAIPEI AIRLINES ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN TONY C.C. FAN TOLD AIT HE IS UNCERTAIN ABOUT PRC INTENTIONS IN ANNOUNCING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE KUOMINTANG (KMT) TO ROUTE CHARTER FLIGHTS DIRECTLY BETWEEN TAIWAN AND PRC AIRSPACE. FAN SAID IF THE PRC WISHES TO MAKE DIRECT ROUTES A PREREQUISITE [...]	2006-09-15 09:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL CH TW
06AITTAIPEI3506	DTC CASE 999050: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) Per reftel request, Econoff wrote to TECRO on August 23, 2006 and sought written confirmation of assurances provided in reftel to the export case, DTC:999050. The text of the response letter (received on October 12, 2006) from the Deputy Secretary General Terry Ting follows: 2. (C) Ref [...]	2006-10-13 06:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MNUC PARM
06AITTAIPEI3742	TAIWAN INSIDE STORY ON PRC NATIONAL JIA JIA [...] (C) Summary: PRC national Jia Jia entered Taiwan from Thailand on October 22, as part of a 26-member Chinese tour group. Jia separated from the group after passing through Customs, and afterward, met with two Taiwanese professors, both outspoken advocates of Falun Gong. Jia surrendered hi [...]	2006-11-02 10:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL HK CH NZ TW
06AITTAIPEI3782	SCIENCE ADVISER'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TAIWAN'S HIGH [...] (U) SUMMARY. Science Adviser to the Secretary of State Dr. George H. Atkinson visited Taiwan from October 12-13. Atkinson briefly toured the TSMC semiconductor factory and the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and met with Academia Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh and his successo [...]	2006-11-07 03:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EDU CH TW
06AITTAIPEI4191	REQUESTS FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY ASSURANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 05:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC MNUC MTCRE PARM TW
06AITTAIPEI646	TAIWAN'S FOREIGN AID TO CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) The following is AIT's response to questions posed in C-AL5-01181 (Ref A) on the status of Taiwan's "Co-Prosperity" project and general foreign aid policies for Central America. 2. (C) Funding for Taiwan's US $250 million "Co-Prosperity" project (Ref B) is still under consideration in th [...]	2006-03-01 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06AITTAIPEI648	TAIWAN OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER VATICAN TIES [...] (C) Taiwan Foreign Ministry and Presidential Office officials are increasingly concerned about the status of Taipei's relationship with the Vatican. In an unusual move, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) European Department Director-General Larry Wang requested a 27 February meeting with AIT [...]	2006-03-01 22:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06AITTAIPEI686	GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S NEW ROLE: MAPPING AND [...] (C) Summary: Now that Taiwan has exhausted most of its mining resources, the Central Geological Survey spends most of its resources on mapping the island. However, the Survey still conducts some mining surveys and has a major role in providing expert geologic advice for construction projects [...]	2006-03-06 05:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN KNNP TW
06AITTAIPEI719	NRC COMMISSIONER VISIT TO TAIWAN NUCLEAR PLANTS [...] (C) Summary: Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Jeff Merrifield visited Taiwan Feb 22-24 to meet with his counterparts at the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) and to visit the Institute for Nuclear Energy Research (INER) along with two nuclear power plant sites in northern Taiwan. AEC chairman Ouyang [...]	2006-03-08 07:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PARM IAEA KNNP TW
06AITTAIPEI774	AN ECONOMIC VIEW OF TAIWAN'S FUTURE, U.S. INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan Minister-without-portfolio Ho Mei-yueh emphasized that Taiwan considers a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States to be its top economic and political priority in a February 23 meeting with the AIT Acting Director. Ho also briefly discussed Taiwan's new cabinet [...]	2006-03-09 22:52:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IO PREL TW
06AITTAIPEI900	TAIWAN PUSHING FOR FTA [...] Summary: (C) Taiwan has stepped up its campaign for a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. While Taiwan often cites economic rationales, its primary motivation continues to be its political desire to trumpet an FTA as a sign of its independence from China. US business interests would want an [...]	2006-03-17 09:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI901	WHILE TAIWAN AND PRC PLAY FOR CHAD OIL, WORLD BANK [...] (C) Summary. The $30-million dollar Chad/Taiwan oil exploration agreement looks good for Taiwan on the surface, this is an energy poor island which needs oil to meet its energy needs has found a new source in Africa, and can use this latest project to assist cash-strapped Chad and maintain its [...]	2006-03-17 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EMIN ENRG PREL CH CD TW
06AITTAIPEI941	TAIWAN PREMIER EXPERIENCING SAME LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Premier Su Tseng-chang outlined his Cabinet's priorities during a brief courtesy call by AIT Acting Director Keegan March 9. There were no surprises in his list, headlined by pocket-book issues, but the meeting underscored that the legislative gridlock between the ruling and [...]	2006-03-21 08:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI951	TAIWAN'S NEW DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan has been quietly pursuing a diplomatic strategy that focuses on expanding bilateral ties in the Middle East and North Africa. In the last year, Taiwan made progress with Libya, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia and is working to expand ties with Israel. Taipei has also shown a wi [...]	2006-03-22 05:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC XR TW
06AITTAIPEI984	TAIWAN'S NCC STRUGGLES TO BUILD ORGANIZATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Communications Commission was officially appointed February 22. In its first days, it has struggled with organizational issues and turf disputes and has overturned a controversial decision on broadcast cable licenses. In a further attempt to bolster the NCC's cre [...]	2006-03-24 03:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS TW
06AITTAIPEI987	PREMIER EMPHASIZES TAIWAN'S DEMOCRACY [...] Summary: Premier Su Tseng-chang highlighted Taiwan's status as a developing democracy during an initial courtesy call March 22 by AIT Director Young. Su was responsive and expansive on topics raised by the Director, reiterating and highlighting the need to maintain social order, reaffirming [...]	2006-03-24 07:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TW
06AITTAIPEI999	NRC ADVISING TAIWAN ON NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LICENSE [...] C) U.S.Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing experts Kuo Pao-tsin and Kenneth Chang visited Taiwan March 10-20 to advise Taiwan's Atomic Energy Council(AEC) on license renewal procedures for nuclear power plants (NPP). According to Chen Yi-Bin, director of AEC's licensing department, a [...]	2006-03-24 09:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KNNP TW
06AITTAIPIE2654	THREAT OF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE HIGHLIGHTS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. THREATS BY OPPOSITION LEGISLATORS TO PUSH FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST PREMIER SU TSENG-CHANG HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO THE FOREFRONT THE PENDING MAJOR RESTRUCTURING OF THE LEGISLATIVE YUAN (LY). IF A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE PASSES THIS FALL, PRESIDENT CHEN SHUI-BIAN CAN DISSOL [...]	2006-08-08 00:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
06ALGIERS1002	POLISARIO DENIES MOROCCAN ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (U) The Algerian press June 4 ran a statement issued by the Polisario flatly denying Moroccan reports that "pro-Moroccan" demonstrations had been forcibly suppressed in the Tindouf camps (ref B). The Polisario statement included an invitation to the UN High Commission for Human Rights to vis [...]	2006-06-04 14:34:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG MO
06ALGIERS1006	ALGERIA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Given the absence abroad of Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Iran to MFA Americas Director General Selmane May 31, underscoring the major policy importance of the Secretary's announcement and our strong hope that Algeria would publicly support our initiative and [...]	2006-06-04 15:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG IR
06ALGIERS1026	ALGERIA NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) Given the absence abroad of Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Iran to MFA Americas Director General Selmane May 31, underscoring the major policy importance of the Secretary's announcement and our strong hope that Algeria would publicly support our initiative and [...]	2006-06-07 07:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG IR
06ALGIERS1221	BOUTEFLIKA ON SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) During Adviser to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend's June 18 meeting with President Bouteflika, Bouteflika said the U.S. and Algerian positions on Iraq overlapped. Algeria recognized the new Iraqi government, backed it, and wanted to assist [...]	2006-07-01 11:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL IZ AG
06ALGIERS1243	MALI PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ALGIERS JULY 4 [...] (SBU) With considerable fanfare, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of the Algerian and international media to witness the signing July 4 at the El Mithaq state guest house in Algiers of a peace agreement between the Malian government and the Touareg r [...]	2006-07-06 12:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ML AG
06ALGIERS1259	FLN PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES WOULD [...] (C) Post received an advance copy of proposed constitutional changes made by Algeria's predominant political party, the National Liberation Front (FLN). The document was recently submitted to President Bouteflika, who announced his intention July 5 to hold a national referendum on proposed ame [...]	2006-07-10 09:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
06ALGIERS1278	ALGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs Chergui briefed Ambassador July 9 on the recent agreement Algeria brokered between Malian authorities and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali (reftels) and asked for a U.S. pledge of financial assistance for the "Forum on Development" created by the agr [...]	2006-07-11 05:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MARR ML AG LY SU
06ALGIERS1290	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 11:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS KPAL LE
06ALGIERS1308	INTERIOR MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR ALGERIAN [...] (C) True to his hard-liner reputation, Interior Minister Zerhouni told Ambassador during his July 10 farewell call that Algerians supported reform but needed time to absorb and adapt to economic and political change. Forcing the pace could cause problems and set back the entire process. Zerho [...]	2006-07-16 05:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1360	POLICE BREAK UP DEMONSTRATION IN ALGIERS; OTHERS [...] (SBU) The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),a moderate Islamist party belonging to the presidential coalition, attempted to organize a peaceful march July 20 from the First of May shopping area to the UN offices in Algiers to protest Israeli military operations in Lebanon and express sol [...]	2006-07-22 14:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1403	ALI BELHADJ PROTESTS U.S. ACTIONS IN LEBANON IN [...] (U) In a deliberate challenge to the authority of the GOA, which released him from prison March 6 under the terms of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) Ali Belhadj demonstrated in front of Embassy Algiers July 31, carr [...]	2006-07-31 16:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC AG
06ALGIERS1418	GOA AND POLISARIO STATEMENTS ON ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (U) President Bouteflika's statement of congratulations to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on the seventh anniversary of the King's enthronement (Ref A) was widely reported in the Algerian press July 30. In his message, Bouteflika reiterated his steadfast determination to work with the Moroccan [...]	2006-08-02 16:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS1514	TO POSTPONE OR NOT TO POSTPONE: AMNESTY DEADLINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian terrorists seeking amnesty under the Peace and National Reconciliation process (reftels) have until August 28 to surrender to the authorities. In mid-August the military and police began ostentatious preparations to conduct what they assert will be a final mopping-up of [...]	2006-08-23 15:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KISL AG
06ALGIERS1516	PARTIES PREPARE TO RESPOND TO BOUTEFLIKA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the vacationing President Bouteflika ponders what constitutional changes he will propose to voters in the fall, Algerian opposition parties (and the lone Islamist party in the presidential coalition) are preparing their reaction. The opposition Islah Party believes that any [...]	2006-08-23 17:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1535	AN UNFINISHED JOB: ACCOUNTING FOR THE DISAPPEARED [...] (SBU) As the deadline for terrorists to lay down their arms under the National Charter for Peace and Reconciliation (reftel) arrived August 28, SOS Disparus, an Algerian NGO that advocates on behalf of victims of the civil strife of the 1990s, was still maintaining that the Charter had not gon [...]	2006-08-28 17:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AG
06ALGIERS1545	FLN OFFICIALS STATE THEIR PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two senior officials in the National Liberation Front (FLN),Algeria's predominant political party, reviewed the party's near-term priorities for us on August 29. Their top goal is implementation of President Bouteflika's Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Second is [...]	2006-08-30 14:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1572	FORMER FIS LEADERS QUESTION IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) Former Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders Rabeh Kebir and Anwar Haddam and former Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) emir Madani Mezrag gave interviews that appeared August 27 in the Arabic-language daily El Chourouk El Youmi. The interview of Haddam, who currently resides in the U.S., was t [...]	2006-09-06 06:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1595	GROWING ANGST OVER CHANGES TO ALGERIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algeria country director of a major U.S. oil servicing company (strictly protect) told us September 3 of the growing concerns among expatriate oil servicing companies in Algeria related to the proposed changes to the 2005 hydrocarbon law. Sharing the minutes of a meeting rece [...]	2006-09-06 16:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TRGY AG
06ALGIERS1703	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PRAISES ONE MEPI PROGRAM, [...] (U) The work of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) has provided a valuable model for Algeria as it builds on its democratic foundation, according to Speaker of the National People's Assembly Amar Saadani. Saadani maintained that the apolitical approach of NCSL was an importan [...]	2006-09-21 13:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
06ALGIERS1789	JUSTICE MINISTER INDICATES DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) Minister of Justice Tayeb Belaiz, in a brief October 7 introductory call by the Ambassador, placed considerable emphasis on concluding a bilateral extradition treaty with the U.S., called it a logical outcome of the joint U.S.-Algeria fight against terrorism, and linked it to mutual legal [...]	2006-10-09 16:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
06ALGIERS1816	ALGERIA'S DEMOCRACY REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political contacts from two moderate Islamist parties believe Algeria's democracy is a work in progress and that civil liberties are overly restricted. Both parties cite difficulty in organizing civic groups as a notable problem. The contacts also believe that the Islamic Salvat [...]	2006-10-15 17:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KISL AG
06ALGIERS1835	MP'S SPECULATE ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM, [...] (C) We met separately October 16 with three respected members of parliament who are also heavyweights in their parties: Nourredine Benbraham (RND),Houria Bouhired (FLN),and Lakhdar Benkhellaf (Islah). Benbraham and Bouhired belong to the two largest parties in the presidential coalition; B [...]	2006-10-17 17:47:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM AG
06ALGIERS1912	BOUTEFLIKA MAKES A SHOW OF FIRING GOVERNOR FOR [...] (U) In an October 28 communique read on national television and covered widely in the press, President Bouteflika fired Djillali Araar, the wali (governor) of El-Tarf province in northeastern Algeria. While the communique did not indicate the reason for Araar's dismissal, he was recently char [...]	2006-10-30 16:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV AG
06ALGIERS1961	SKIKDA RAMPING UP REFINING, LNG CAPACITY WITH EYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Skikda industrial zone, some 300 kilometers east of Algiers, boasts Africa's largest oil refinery and what was the country's second most important LNG terminal until half of it was destroyed in an industrial accident in 2004. Officials of the Algerian pertroleum parastatal S [...]	2006-11-12 06:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV AG
06ALGIERS1978	BOUTEFLIKA'S HEALTH BECOMES THE SUBJECT OF OPEN [...] (C) Summary: President Bouteflika's remark to the media on November 13 that his health has improved has not stopped speculation about his medical situation. Many of our political contacts speculate that the President's physical condition is behind the delay in a referendum on constitutiona [...]	2006-11-15 16:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
06ALGIERS2019	SUB-MEDITERRANEAN GAS DEALS ARE UNDERCURRENT OF [...] (U) Speculation about the details of future energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy swirled in Algerian business circles following the November 14-15 visit to Algiers by Italian Prime Minister Romani Prodi. The state-owned French-language daily El Moudjahid focused on Prodi's discussions [...]	2006-11-21 14:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL EINV IT AG
06ALGIERS2025	POLISARIO PERCEIVES CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY [...] (C) During a November 16-17 orientation visit to Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf region of Algeria, NEA/MAG desk officer and poloff met with Polisario Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz and Polisario Representative to the U.S. Mouloud Said. Abdelaziz provided his version of the history [...]	2006-11-22 11:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS PREF AG
06ALGIERS2047	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES INFORMATION ON TIP [...] (C) Ambassador raised in a November 25 meeting with MFA Director General for the Americas Selmane the lack of Algerian responsiveness on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues (reftel) and emphasized our need for maximum information on investigations, prosecutions and penalties for TIP. Ambassad [...]	2006-11-28 14:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG AG
06ALGIERS2050	FOOD DISTRIBUTION IN SAHRAWI REFUGEE CAMPS: A [...] (C) During a November 16-17 trip to the Tindouf region of Algeria, visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer and poloff met with Sahrawi Red Crescent Society (SRCS) President Yahia Bohubaini and with UN World Food Program (WFP) representative Keddi Abdellah to discuss the status of food distributio [...]	2006-11-28 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PBTS PREL AG
06ALGIERS2067	SENATE PRESIDENCY THE PRIZE OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (U) The Ministry of Interior announced last month that the wilaya councils (roughly equivalent to U.S. state legislatures) will elect 48 senators December 28 to the Conseil de la Nation (the national upper house, usually referred to as the Senate). In addition to these contested seats, Presid [...]	2006-12-05 07:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS2071	MFA SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CREATIVE SOLUTION [...] (C) In a December 4 meeting devoted to several issues, the Ambassador reviewed for MFA Secretary General Ramtane Lamamra U.S. views on the Western Sahara. The Ambassador noted that Washington would look favorably on a serious Moroccan autonomy proposal for the disputed area, provided that it h [...]	2006-12-05 15:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
06ALGIERS2082	INTERNAL CHALLENGES TO BELKHADEM'S FLN LEADERSHIP [...] (C) A number of political party contacts tell us that rivals of Prime Minister Belkhadem are increasingly seeking to thwart his presidential ambitions by painting a picture of a prime minister who is so consumed by in-fighting within his own party that he is unable to govern effectively. Party [...]	2006-12-06 11:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AG
06ALGIERS2087	HOW FREE IS ALGERIA'S PRINTED PRESS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian government exerts pressure on Algeria's independent printed media with the aim of encouraging self-censorship. Government tactics have included using the state advertising agency to reward or punish papers financially; miring journalists in lengthy legal proceedings [...]	2006-12-09 06:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO AG
06ALGIERS2108	MFA AFRICAN AFFAIRS DG ON ALGIERS ACCORD [...] (C) In a December 10 discussion prompted by ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Smail Chergui told Charge that implementation of the Algiers Accord was moving forward and had not been adversely affected by recent fighting between the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) and the Sal [...]	2006-12-11 17:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML SU AG
06ALGIERS2189	GOVERNMENT ISLAMIST PARTY SEES CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) Summary: A top official in the moderate Islamist Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) party, a member of the governing coalition, told us Algeria did not yet have the same societal consensus to support WTO accession and other economic reforms aimed at attracting investment as it did on [...]	2006-12-26 16:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETRD KDEM KISL AG
06ALGIERS246	GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN AOMAR [...] (U) Wednesday's edition of "Le Soir d'Algerie" reported that GSPC member Mohamed Keraouni, also known as Emir Kezouit, used a homemade bomb to destroy a portion of the Hassi R'mel-Cap Dijnet gas pipeline on February 6 in Aomar, approximately 100 kilometers southeast of Algiers. The article p [...]	2006-02-12 05:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PTER ENRG AG
06ALGIERS336	MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING [...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]	2006-02-28 12:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS339	ALGERIA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR PEACE BUILDING [...] (U) Post received February 26 an English-language diplomatic note announcing Algeria's candidacy for the Peace Building Commission in 2006-07, the text of which follows with Embassy minor grammatical edits. Separately, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Bouguerra asked Ambassador [...]	2006-02-28 13:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AG
06ALGIERS340	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S DISCUSSION OF SAHRAWI REFUGEES [...] (C) During visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan's February 26 courtesy call on MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Bouguerra, the latter engaged in spirited discussion of UNHCR's unilateral decision to cut food assistance to Sahrawi refugees and argued that a new census could not be carrie [...]	2006-02-28 14:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM AG WI UN
06ALGIERS392	FOREIGN MINISTER BEDJAOUI ON POLISARIO-MOROCCO [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador and DCM covering a range of issues, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui raised the Western Sahara, asking Ambassador for U.S. views about Morocco's anticipated autonomy proposal. Ambassador noted that the U.S. has been encouraging Morocco to develop its ide [...]	2006-03-07 13:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS WI AG MO
06ALGIERS399	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, delivered reftel demarche during a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, leaving points in French translation as non-paper. Ambassador stressed that IAEA DG ElBaradei's report had confirmed U.S. concerns; Iran has not taken any of the steps called [...]	2006-03-08 10:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IAEA UNSC IR AG
06ALGIERS401	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...]	2006-03-09 18:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS408	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador drew on reftel points on the Israeli-Palestinian situation in a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui (discussion of Sudan, Western Sahara, NDI visas reported septel). Ambassador stressed the importance of the international community maintaining a common position towa [...]	2006-03-12 18:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS AG
06ALGIERS409	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SUDAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui, Ambassador delivered reftel points for participants in the Arab League preparatory ministerial (discussion of Hamas reported septel). After reviewing points on Iraq and Syria, Ambassador turned to Sudan, noting that [...]	2006-03-12 18:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU AG
06ALGIERS451	PUTIN VISIT RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL DEBT [...] (C) Russian President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria, the first by a Russian president, has produced a substantial debt forgiveness package, some commercial and investment agreements, and talk about a possible energy clearing house deal. But the details of the debt forgiveness package and [...]	2006-03-15 18:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS AG

06ALGIERS455	BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH KHARTOUM SUMMIT AND [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting March 14 with President Bouteflika, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch raised Hamas, noting that the international community had made clear to Hamas what it needed to do. Arab support for that message, including at the upcoming Khartoum Arab summit, would be critical [...]	2006-03-18 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL AG
06ALGIERS456	DARFUR: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS NEA A/S WELCH ALGERIA [...] (C) Darfur was one of the main subjects covered in a two-hour meeting March 14 between NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and President Bouteflika (other subjects reported septels). A/S Welch stressed President Bush's personal interest in Darfur and U.S. concern at the continued violence an [...]	2006-03-18 08:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU AG
06ALGIERS498	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF WESTERN [...] (C) In his March 14 meeting with NEA A/S David Welch, PM Ouyahia said principles mattered in the world, and Algeria looked to the UN to stick by its principles on the Western Sahara, whose situation was a result of decolonization. Welch said the U.S. did not want to discard the UN process, bu [...]	2006-03-21 07:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EINV ETRD AG WI
06ALGIERS499	NEA A/S WELCH TELLS MFA SECRETARY GENERAL WE STILL [...] (C) In a March 14 discussion with MFA Secretary General Lamamra on other issues, NEA A/S Welch raised continuing U.S. interest in concluding a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Algeria. Such a step made sense in the context of our growing bilateral cooperation and would enable the further [...]	2006-03-21 07:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL AG
06ALGIERS500	HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...]	2006-03-21 07:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG
06ALGIERS501	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF HAMAS, [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, PM Ouyahia and NEA A/S Welch primarily focused on the Palestinian issue and dealings with Hamas. A/S Welch stressed that U.S. assistance to the Palestinians would continue but not through government channels so long as Hamas was in government and failed to reco [...]	2006-03-21 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR IZ IS PA SU AG
06ALGIERS502	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH FM BEDJAOUI [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, A/S Welch told FM Bedjaoui we would welcome his visiting Washington in April; expressed U.S. concerns about Sudan and urged Arab League support for bringing African Union forces in Darfur under a UN umbrella; and hoped Algeria would press Hamas to recognize Israel [...]	2006-03-21 07:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS PA SU AG
06ALGIERS503	(C) WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS A/S WELCH [...] (C) President Bouteflika reviewed for NEA A/S Welch March 14 Algeria's views on the Western Sahara. Covering largely familiar ground, Bouteflika stressed that resolving the Western Sahara conflict is the UN's responsibility; that Algeria will never negotiate with Morocco on the Sahrawis' beh [...]	2006-03-21 07:42:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALGIERS548	NEW ALGERIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL RULES FAVOR [...] (U) President Abdelaziz Bouteflika signed into law February 28 a general statute on military personnel that replaces a previous law dating to 1969. The explanatory preface of the new statute explained that the old law no longer responded to the current military requirements of Algerian socie [...]	2006-03-27 14:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AG
06ALGIERS565	REALITIES OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Influential segments of the Algerian public, assured by President Bouteflika last fall that voters were not approving a general amnesty for terrorists, are expressing serious reservations on its implementation after seeing prominent terrorists and FIS leaders returned to the streets and ma [...]	2006-03-29 15:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS576	EL KHABAR JOURNALIST INTERROGATED ABOUT THE [...] (U) Algeria's leading Arabic-language daily, El Khabar, claimed in April 1 that its reporter Mohamed Mourad, the author of two articles published March 27 and 29 on the dissemination of leaflets by the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC),was questioned March 30 at an Algerian police st [...]	2006-04-01 16:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KDEM PHUM AG
06ALGIERS606	NEW ALGERIAN LEGISLATION A STEP BACK FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) The Algerian parliament quietly passed legislation February 28 that, among other things, confines non-Muslim worship to church buildings approved by the state, imposes penalties for proselytizing, and treats these as criminal rather than civil offenses. The new law, which clearly impact [...]	2006-04-03 15:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS622	ALGERIA REPORTEDLY RE-ARRESTS THREE TERRORISTS [...] (U) The leading Arabic-language daily newspaper El Khabar reported April 4 on its front page the re-arrest of Abdelmadjid Dahoumen, Mourad Yakhlaf, and Adel Boumazber. According to El Khabar, the three individuals were released from prison last month in accordance with the Charter on Peace an [...]	2006-04-04 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER PGOV AG
06ALGIERS623	POLISARIO "AMBASSADOR" COMMENTS ON NEGOTIATING [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Mohammed Beissat discussed his views on possible negotiations with Morocco over King Mohammed VI's autonomy plan in a prolonged April 1 conversation with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief. Reviewing the history of Polisario-Moroccan direct negotiations since 1979, [...]	2006-04-04 17:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV WI MO AG
06ALGIERS662	RELEASED ISLAMIC LEADER ATTACKS GOA LEGITIMACY, [...] (C) Since his March 6 release from prison pursuant to the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, Ali Belhadj, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has blatantly defied the Charter's ban on those released engaging in political activity. Belhadj's most direct ch [...]	2006-04-12 13:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS686	ALGERIA NOT FAVORABLE TO PSI [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche April 12 to MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and International Security Briza, seeking support for the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and for Algerian attendance at the upcoming PSI high-level meeting scheduled to take place in Poland in June. [...]	2006-04-15 16:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER AG
06ALGIERS694	PRESIDENT BOUTEFLIKA'S PUBLIC CRITICISM OF CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 30-stop visit to government-sponsored development projects around Algiers April 8 and 9, President Bouteflika publicly rebuked several of his ministers for Algeria's slow progress in infrastructure development, educational advancement, and openness to foreign investment. [...]	2006-04-16 13:43:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ECON AG
06ALGIERS722	ATTACK ON CUSTOMS OFFICIALS SPARKS MAJOR OFFENSIVE [...] (U) According to an April 10 article in the official French daily El Moudjahid, corroborated by an announcement from the Ministry of the Interior, an orchestrated terrorist attack on Algerian Customs officials by the Group Salafist for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) on April 7 sparked a major off [...]	2006-04-18 16:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AG
06ALGIERS727	MESSAHEL TELLS AMBASSADOR MIGRATION PRIMARILY AN [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with MFA Minister-Delegate Messahel, Ambassador pressed again for an inclusive regional approach to the migration problem that included Morocco and urged Algeria to reconsider participation in the Rabat-hosted conference on migration. Messahel termed the recent AU ex [...]	2006-04-19 13:30:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG PHUM AG XA
06ALGIERS747	EXCHANGE OF HARSH WORDS BETWEEN ALGERIA AND FRANCE [...] (C) Algerian Foreign Minister Bedjaoui's successful April 12-13 visit to Washington, on the heels of what has been widely viewed as the French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's disastrous April 9-10 visit to Algiers, has underscored the dynamic nature of Algeria's growing relationship with the [...]	2006-04-24 09:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG FR
06ALGIERS751	GOA OUTLINES STEPS TAKEN TO IMPLEMENT THE CHARTER [...] (U) The Government of Algeria released April 23 a communique outlining the steps taken by the GOA in implementing the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Among the more important points of the communique were: -- Nearly 2200 detainees have been freed, which is almost the total n [...]	2006-04-25 08:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALGIERS757	GOA REJECTS SYG'S REPORT ON WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C) MFA Counselor and former UN Ambassador Abdallah Baali convoked Ambassador April 25 to explain Algeria's rejection of the recommendations in the UNSYG's report on the Western Sahara, which Baali claimed "ignored the achievements of the past" by abandoning the Baker Plan and the principle of [...]	2006-04-25 18:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
06ALGIERS851	ALGERIAN PRESIDENT PARDONS JOURNALISTS [...] (C) On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, President Bouteflika issued a communique May 2 pardoning Algerian journalists found "definitively" guilty of "insults against civil servants, offense against the President of the Republic, and insults against corporate bodies." The announcement [...]	2006-05-10 19:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS891	VISIT TO ALGERIA OF MAURITANIAN LEADER CONFERS [...] (C) The May 6-7 visit of Mauritanian Military Council President Val to Algeria has given Val a strong seal of regime approval, bilateral ties a boost in a number of areas, and the Algerians an IOU of sorts on issues of concern. We believe the visit falls in the context of Algerian efforts to [...]	2006-05-17 17:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MR
06ALGIERS916	CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN THE AIR [...] (C) Efforts for revising the 1996 Algerian Constitution, are now are now well-advanced, with a series of concrete proposals/options that have been put forward for consideration to the highest levels. Any revision supported by the President will ultimately require a popular referendum or a fav [...]	2006-05-22 17:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS935	IMMINENT CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) A Counselor to the Prime Minister phoned our senior political FSN May 21 and informed her that President Bouteflika had decided not to wait until August to reshuffle ministerial portfolios. (Note: August marks the end of the period under National Peace and Reconciliation during which te [...]	2006-05-23 19:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS936	MFA OFFICIAL'S OBSERVATIONS ON LIBYA AND THE HAMAS [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting on other issues attended by Ambassador and PolEc Chief, MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher gave the Algerian perspective on Libya and dealing with the Hamas government in the Palestinian territories. Ambassador briefed Bouzaher on the U.S. decision to rest [...]	2006-05-23 19:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PARM LY IR PA
06ALGIERS950	BOUTEFLIKA CHANGES PRIME MINISTERS, CABINET [...] (U) The Algerian press agency announced at 1800 hours local on May 24 that Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia had submitted his resignation and President Bouteflika had accepted it. This news was followed five minutes later by a second announcement that Bouteflika had appointed Minister of State a [...]	2006-05-25 11:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALGIERS953	NO CABINET SHAKEUP AS RESULT OF CHANGE IN PRIME [...] (U) Algerian media announced the evening of May 25 the only change in the cabinet, the appointment of former Presidential counselor Hachemi Djiar as Minister of Communication; other than the replacement of Ahmed Ouyahia as Prime Minister by Abdelaziz Belkhadem, there reportedly will be no fur [...]	2006-05-27 10:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
06ALMATY1042	KAZAKHSTAN: GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV SHARES HIS VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 17 meeting with the DCM, Galymzhan Zhakiyanov alleged that Kazakhstani authorities had purposely infected him with hepatitis during his imprisonment. He also claimed that the former head of the penitentiary system had been fired because he refused to carry out an ord [...]	2006-03-24 09:24:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KZ
06ALMATY1068	SECRETARY BODMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman met President Nazarbayev for nearly an hour on March 14. Bodman conveyed President Bush's desire to send VP Cheney to Kazakhstan in May, and invite Nazarbayev to the White House in the early fall. Nazarbayev accepted both parts of the proposal, but said that hi [...]	2006-03-27 07:27:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY1085	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL EXECUTIVE WARNS OF FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Martin Ferstl, Country Manager for Shell, told Ambassador on March 3 that the Kashagan project contained a "serious" design flaw in the design of its offshore facilities. As a result, the one-year design process would have to begin anew, with corresponding delays in first produ [...]	2006-03-28 02:50:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY1086	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS OIL EXECUTIVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed ExxonMobil (EM),Chevron, and ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives on Secretary Bodman's visit to Kazakhstan (Ref A) in separate March 16-17 meetings. In follow-on conversation, EM and CP representatives confirmed Shell's earlier report (Ref B) that a recently [...]	2006-03-28 03:17:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY1094	KAZAKHSTAN SCENESETTER FOR MOVE TO SOUTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Almaty welcomes the creation of a new South and Central Asian Bureau as an opportunity to rethink Kazakhstan's relationship with the region. It also offers all of us a chance to refresh our own thinking about Kazakhstan -- a country which is increasingly important to the [...]	2006-03-28 12:36:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KZ
06ALMATY1095	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL ON SARSENBAIULY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ambassador, leaders of True Ak Zhol and For a Just Kazakhstan expressed impatience with the lack of official information on the Sarsenbaiuly murder investigation and skepticism regarding the official version of events. Although supportive of the FBI [...]	2006-03-28 13:21:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KZ
06ALMATY1237	KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV DISCUSSES ENERGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion of energy issues with the Ambassador on March 30, Timur Kulibayev (President Nazarbayev's son-in-law) confirmed rumors that he would serve as Vice-President of Samruk, the newly-created state holding company. Kulibayev voiced optimism that the B [...]	2006-04-07 12:32:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV
06ALMATY1455	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with A/S Boucher, Kazakhstani civil society leaders argued that the February murder of opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly had touched off an "intra-elite struggle" which was, at its heart, a competition over who would succeed President Nazarbayev. [...]	2006-04-21 04:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1456	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher discussed Kazakhstan's business climate, regional economic integration, and oil and gas infrastructure projects on April 10 with representatives of American companies operating in Kazakhstan. While acknowledging that their companies were thriving in [...]	2006-04-21 04:09:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ AF PK
06ALMATY1457	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Boucher discussed ways to improve Kazakhstan's "Democratization Commission" with opposition political leaders April 8 in Almaty. The political leaders lobbied for an OSCE role -- perhaps in helping set the DC agenda -- and for increased opposition representation. The polit [...]	2006-04-21 04:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1489	REGIONAL ELECTRICITY: AES EXPLORES PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry told Econoff on April 17 that AES was near to signing an MOU with "KMG-Energy," a newly-created subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil-and-gas company, KazMunaiGaz (KMG),to cooperate in the construction and operation of regional electricity tra [...]	2006-04-24 10:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL TI AF
06ALMATY1583	KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR ALMATY BIOKOMBINAT EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The private company that purchased the Biokombinat veterinary vaccine production facility is moving forward with construction of a smaller production facility in Stepnogorsk, in order to observe the terms of its privatization deal and avert potential threats to its real estate de [...]	2006-05-02 11:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ
06ALMATY1584	KAZAKHSTAN: INTEREST IN MTCR MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) POEC chief conveyed Ref A points to Sergey Savelyev, deputy director of the MFA's Security Affairs division, during an April 4 meeting in Astana. Savelyev indicated that representatives from the Kazakhstani Embassy had met with ISN experts in Washington to discuss Kazakhstan's desire to jo [...]	2006-05-02 11:07:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA KZ
06ALMATY1586	KAZAKHSTAN: ARREST OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: In early April, Kazakhstani authorities arrested ten individuals accused of planning terrorist activities. This is the first such arrest in recent years in which the terrorist suspects were accused of targeting Kazakhstan. End summary. 2. (SBU) In early April, the Kazakhstani [...]	2006-05-02 11:57:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KZ
06ALMATY1722	KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTERING ATTEMPTS TO USE THE [...] (C) On May 12, Astana PO delivered reftel points to Serzhan Abdykarimov, Office Director of the North America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Abdykarimov expected that Kazakhstan would object to any anti-U.S. or anti-Western language in negotiations for this year's Shanghai Coo [...]	2006-05-16 01:53:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KZ
06ALMATY1725	A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV, [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, 2006, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met at the Ambassador's residence in Almaty with opposition political activist Galymzhan Zhakiyanov. The meeting followed the government of Kazakhstan's refu [...]	2006-05-16 11:02:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	POLITICAL
06ALMATY1835	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG TRANSPORTATION MANAGER ON PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed KazTransOil Deputy DG, Sabr Yessimbekov, told Econoff on May 18 that the recent round of BTC-IGA negotiations had gone "very badly" under the direction of the GOK's new lead negotiator, the "nationalistic" Vice-Minister of Energy, Lyazzat Kiinov (Ref A). Yessimb [...]	2006-05-23 10:47:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1846	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE STEPNOGORSK [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani officials dealing with biotechnology issues are eager to see the veterinary vaccine production facility that Betta Star is setting up in Stepnogorsk succeed, as it has the potential to commercialize innovations resulting from Kazakhstani research. According to the di [...]	2006-05-24 05:18:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ
06ALMATY1934	KAZAKHSTAN NEAR BTC IGA AGREEMENT WITH AZERBAIJAN? [...] (C) Summary: On May 31, Fabrice Mosneron-Dupin, lead investor representative in the ongoing Kazakhstani-Azeri negotiations to sign an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) governing trans-Caspian oil transport, briefed Econoff on the recent, unexpected change in the Government of Kazakhstan's (G [...]	2006-05-31 12:50:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL AJ
06ALMATY1937	KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. initiative on Iran. He will make a public statement in support of the initiative and will encourage the Iranian government to seize the opportunity to meet with the U.S. End summary. 2. (C) The Ambassa [...]	2006-06-01 12:34:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ IR
06ALMATY2069	KAZAKHSTAN: SARSENBAIULY MURDER TRIAL TO BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: The trial of the ten individuals accused in the murder of opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly and his two associates will begin June 14 in a small town several hours' drive from Almaty. The victims' families and political associates allege that Kazakhstani authorities are [...]	2006-06-12 11:07:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY211	SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11, 2006 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants in the January 11, 2006 meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette Shiner Undersecretary of Treasury for International [...]	2006-01-23 08:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GA KZ OVIP POLITICAL
06ALMATY2271	KAZAKHSTAN: NIC WATCHLIST [...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the NIC Watchlist of Internal Instability, per reftel action request. Post generally agrees with the information reflected on the NIC Watchlist. The one exception is the wording "continuing political assassinations." There have r [...]	2006-06-26 14:25:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRS KZ
06ALMATY2532	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS AMENDMENTS TO MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has taken a step backward on media freedom, but the step turned out to be much smaller than originally feared. On July 5, President Nazarbayev signed a package of controversial and hastily-considered media law amendments into law. Advocates, including the Informatio [...]	2006-07-13 03:10:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO KZ PGOV PHUM
06ALMATY2800	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 1 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Agriculture Johanns' recent visit was very successful and highlighted the importance of agriculture and water issues in Kazakhstan, according to Deputy Prime Minister Masimov. Environmental issues and migration are also serious challenges, he added, noting that the [...]	2006-08-04 11:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KZ
06ALMATY2803	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 1 MEETING WITH PA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador discussed planning for President Nazarbayev's late September visit to the U.S. with Presidential Administration head Adylbek Dzhaksybekov. Dzhaksybekov said that Kazakhstan hopes to sign a WTO accession protocol during the visit. The Ambass [...]	2006-08-05 01:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KZ
06ALMATY2935	KAZAKHSTAN WILL NOT BUDGE ON 2009 OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan has heard the U.S. message on its 2009 OSCE CiO bid but has nevertheless decided not to withdraw or defer its candidacy, according to FM Tokayev. The GOK believes it has widespread support among OSCE member states and would view withdrawing or postponing its bid as def [...]	2006-08-17 12:21:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KZ
06ALMATY3065	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway held a wide-ranging discussion with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana on August 25. Tokayev stated that Kazakhstan would continue to press its bid for the 2009 OSCE chairmanship. Feigenbaum respond [...]	2006-08-28 11:38:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY326	KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGE MEETS WITH GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov is satisfied with the conditions under which he was released, although resentful of the three-month delay in the process. He plans to stay involved in politics, but has not yet determined exactly what his role will be in the opposition. Zhak [...]	2006-01-30 08:28:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM
06ALMATY333	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV,S "NEW" CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Nazarbayev has completed naming his government, following his January 11 inauguration, and held his first cabinet meeting on January 25. While technically "new," most of the 16 ministers retained their posts or made lateral moves to other ministries. N [...]	2006-01-30 11:54:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ
06ALMATY335	KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS [...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...]	2006-01-30 12:12:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY336	KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES [...] (SBU) This cable contains a request for guidance, para. 5. 2. (C) EBO principal officer delivered Ref A demarche to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department on January 26 (re: proposed transfer of GTMO detainee Abdullah Tohtasinovich Makrubov). Konurbayev confirmed that his [...]	2006-01-30 12:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KZ
06ALMATY406	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PSI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani Government has expressed interest in information exchange with relevant USG bodies to help combat weapons proliferation, as well as training courses for its specialists to study U.S. practices. See request for guidance, para. 5. End summary. 2. (C) In respo [...]	2006-02-02 13:18:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KZ
06ALMATY410	KAZAKHSTAN-CHINA GAS PIPELINE PROJECT: STATUS [...] (C) Summary: The state-owned Kazakhstani and Chinese oil and gas companies recently completed a "pre-feasibility study" for the construction of a 30 billion cubic meter (bcm) gas pipeline from Central Asia to China. The study outlines three proposed pipeline routes across Kazakhstan, the eco [...]	2006-02-03 02:18:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ CH
06ALMATY411	EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...]	2006-02-03 02:19:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY425	KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH SECURITY [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander General Charles F. Wald Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Charge Mark Asquino Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. Corson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lee Kazakhstan Security Council Chairman Bulat Utemuratov Deputy [...]	2006-02-03 10:31:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OVIP KZ
06ALMATY541	EUCOM DCDR GENERAL CHARLES WALD DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Commander of the US European Command (EUCOM) General Charles F. Wald had separate meetings on January 20 with Minister of Defense General Mukhtar Altynbayev and Lieutenant General Bolat Zakiyev, Director of the Border Guards (BG) Service. At the Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]	2006-02-09 19:15:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS POLITICAL
06ALMATY598	KAZAKHSTAN: GOK DENIES REFOULEMENT OF UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: Three months after a group of Uzbek citizens was forcibly returned to Uzbekistan from southern Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstani MFA formally responded to UNHCR's multiple inquiries with a flat denial of any GOK involvement. This contradicts previous, informal high-level GOK acknowledg [...]	2006-02-14 11:33:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PTER KZ UZ
06ALMATY601	KAZAKHSTAN'S REACTION TO RESULTS OF 2005 MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is frustrated that the U.S. does not support its application for membership in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The MFA is seeking expert-level discussions in order to obtain a better understanding of U.S. objections and to lay out its case. Post believes [...]	2006-02-14 12:01:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC KSCA PREL TSPA KZ
06ALMATY602	KAZAKHSTAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan plans to develop its nuclear industry, from increased uranium production to nuclear power generation. The topic has attracted a significant amount of press coverage in recent weeks, primarily due to a joint statement on cooperation issued by President Nazarbayev and P [...]	2006-02-14 12:03:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL KZ
06ALMATY603	KAZAKHSTAN: LUKOIL, CHINESE BIDDING FOR "NATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick O'Mara, Vice President of the privately-held Canadian oil company "Nations Energy," told Poloff on February 10 that Lukoil and "the Chinese" were bidding to buy his company, Kazakhstan's eighth-largest oil producer. Contrary to press reports, India's Oil and Natural Gas C [...]	2006-02-14 13:48:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ CH
06ALMATY694	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Ambassador and DCM met with Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, founder of the Democratic Choice for Kazakhstan political opposition movement. Zhakiyanov, who was recently released on parole after serving 3 1/2 years in prison (ref A),had not previously met with the Amb [...]	2006-02-22 07:17:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ
06ALMATY717	KAZAKHSTAN: SEVEN ARRESTED IN SARSENBAIULY MURDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior (MVD) announced the arrest of six suspects in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) on February 20. According to the MVD, five of the suspects -- all current KNB (National Security Committee) agents -- have confessed to kidnapping the victims on orders o [...]	2006-02-22 12:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY733	KAZAKHSTAN: ALLEGED SARSENBAIULY MURDER MASTERMIND [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani law enforcement officials have detained the alleged mastermind of the Sarsenbaiuly murder (reftels),current Head of the Senate Administration, Yerzhan Utembayev. Utembayev was detained on February 22, after the alleged murderer (in custody but unidentified -- hereaft [...]	2006-02-24 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY756	KAZAKHSTAN: WHITHER IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship is broad and deep, built on a number of significant points of congruence. The GOK is a potential ally and partner on a whole range of issues that are critically important to the U.S., including diversifying Eurasian gas supplies and routes to w [...]	2006-02-24 14:00:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV KDEM PHUM PARM KPAO KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY808	KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEES UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE? [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting in Almaty, imam Abidkhan Nazarov of the Tukhtaboy mosque in Tashkent told Poloff that he fears that Uzbek and Kazakhstani authorities have recently intensified their efforts to locate him and his followers in Kazakhstan. Nazarov voiced his concerns three [...]	2006-03-01 12:29:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PTER KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY869	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Almaty welcomes your upcoming visit to Kazakhstan. We wanted to use this occasion to provide you with background on some of the most important energy and nonproliferation issues where your engagement with the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) could help us move forward. Oil a [...]	2006-03-06 12:47:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET OVIP KZ
06ALMATY886	CHEVRON'S EURASIA MANAGER OFFERS INSIGHT INTO CPC [...] (C) Summary. Guy Hollingsworth, Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit President, told Ambassador on March 2 that he believes that Russia is conditioning CPC pipeline expansion on the construction of a Burgas-Alexandroupolis (B-A) bypass in part because both Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko and Tra [...]	2006-03-07 11:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ RS
06ALMATY887	KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN, SARSENBAIULY FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: In separate messages, a prominent parliamentarian and 18 members of Alynbek Sarsenbaiuly's family harshly criticized the course of the investigation and pointed toward political motives behind the murder. The chairman of the international relations committee of the lower house o [...]	2006-03-07 13:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KZ
06AMMAN1019	JORDAN FOCUSING ON PHARMACEUTICAL IPR ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered ref (A) points from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) Director General Salah Mawajdeh February 12, noting they answered ref (B) request for the USG assessment of pharmaceutical IPR protection in Jorda [...]	2006-02-12 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR KTIA BEXP PGOV ECON EIND JO
06AMMAN1100	DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, during a February 13 meeting at the Foreign Ministry. Shamayleh agreed that the post of Secretary General should not be bound by a rotational system, and [...]	2006-02-15 10:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KS JO
06AMMAN1109	EXTRADITION TREATY WITH JORDAN [...] (C) Post is working to re-focus the GOJ on resolving the status of the extradition treaty between the U.S. and Jordan. This is a priority point in our meetings with senior GOJ officials, and we ask visiting senior U.S. officials to lend their weight as well, and to consider raising with Jordan [...]	2006-02-15 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC CJAN KTIA JO
06AMMAN1175	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON HAMAS [...] (C) While the GOJ is in full agreement with the U.S. on the need for Hamas to renounce terror, recognize Israel and respect past international agreements, Palestinian-Jordanian opinion makers believe that Hamas should be given a "fair chance" to run a Palestinian government without expressly [...]	2006-02-16 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO
06AMMAN1177	PRAGMATISTS LEAD MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S LEADERSHIP [...] ( C ) Summary and introduction: Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political auxiliary, the Islamic Action Front, have traditionally been pragmatic and established participants in Jordan's political order. Rank and file zealots -- mostly Palestinian-Jordanians and now energized by Hamas' e [...]	2006-02-16 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KPAL KDEM PINR JO
06AMMAN1199	JORDAN'S IPR CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS: PART IV - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite good intentions on the part of the Government of Jordan (GoJ) and support from the USAID program, enforcement of intellectual property rights is hampered on several fronts, notably by the overlapping jurisdiction of key government agencies, the lack of clear IPR mission d [...]	2006-02-20 17:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR KTIA PGOV ECON JO
06AMMAN1289	SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...]	2006-02-22 07:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ
06AMMAN1405	ARAB BANK REQUESTS USG GUIDANCE ON HANDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expectation of a Hamas led Palestinian government is raising a number of regulatory compliance questions for Jordanian banks, the major handlers of banking transactions in the Palestinian territories. Arab Bank, the third largest regional bank in the Middle East and largest i [...]	2006-02-27 08:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KWBG KPAL KTFN JO
06AMMAN1430	NEXT STEPS ON ELECTORAL REFORM LAWS [...] ( C ) Summary: With the recent passage in parliament of a government budget, attention is turning to Jordan,s pending political reform agenda. The King, Prime Minister and Planning Minister have emphasized to us a determination to proceed promptly with the introduction to parliament of bill [...]	2006-02-27 16:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
06AMMAN1441	HAMAS LEGISLATORS IN JORDAN FOR ARAB PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hamas PLC members Mahmoud al-Zahar and Saeed Syam, in Jordan to attend an Arab parliamentarian conference, called in local press for "close relations" between Jordan and a Hamas-led Palestinian Authority. They met with local Islamists and MPs, but did not have contact with GOJ o [...]	2006-02-28 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN1500	UPDATE ON DEMINING IN JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prince Mired bin Ra,ad, Chairman of Jordan,s National Committee on Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR),updated the Ambassador February 21 on demining efforts since the launching of the Mine Action Plan in June 2005 (reftel). He also discussed Jordan,s strategy for meeting the Ma [...]	2006-03-01 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS KHPD JO
06AMMAN1501	THREE PRISONS BACK UNDER CONTROL AFTER RIOTS [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have regained control of three prisons after overnight riots. Islamist extremists at the prisons appear to have been at the center of the disturbances. According to local security contacts, members of parliament from the Islamic Action Front took part in successful n [...]	2006-03-02 07:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN1534	AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (SBU) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Al-Khatib February 28. Discussions focused on regional concerns including Hamas, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan,s efforts to combat radical Islamist ideologies. Jordanian participants incl [...]	2006-03-02 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PTER MARR PHUM KISL SY JO IR IZ
06AMMAN1599	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IMPLICATIONS FOR JORDAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of Hamas' victory in the Palestinian elections, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) will continue to require Jordanian banks to apply terrorism-financing sanctions against all accounts held by Hamas individuals. According to CBJ Governor Umayya Toukan, deciding what to d [...]	2006-03-06 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KWBG KPAL KTFN JO
06AMMAN1692	EAST BANK MODERATE ELECTED LEADER OF MUSLIM [...] ( U ) The newly-elected Shura Council of Jordan,s Muslim Brotherhood chose a new executive board March 3, to be led by Salem al-Falahat as Controller General (&al-Muraqib al-Aam.8) Falahat succeeds 12-year incumbent Abdul Majeed Al-Thuneibat, who surprised Amman,s political pundits by withdr [...]	2006-03-07 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KISL JO
06AMMAN177	JORDANIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Most of the estimated 400,000 Iraqis living in Jordan are well-integrated. Following the November 9 Amman hotel bombings, however, the Iraqi Embassy reported several isolated physical attacks against Iraqis. Meanwhile, UN officials report an up-tick in the local detention of Ira [...]	2006-01-09 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM IZ JO
06AMMAN1790	ARAB BANK MOVES TO REDUCE RISK IN THE EVENT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Arab Bank, Jordan's largest bank and the largest provider of banking services in the West Bank and Gaza, has been steadily lowering the amount of credit it offers the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the Hamas parliamentary victory. In anticipation of a worst-case scenario with [...]	2006-03-09 16:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KWBG KPAL KTFN JO
06AMMAN1792	TRUCKING DELAYS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Queues have been getting longer since the new year on the Iraqi side of the Jordan-Iraq border at Al Karama-Trebil, due to security screening on the Jordanian side, and a lack of resources on the Iraqi side. Coalition convoys traveling eastward are also facing delays. END SUMMA [...]	2006-03-12 06:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR IZ JO
06AMMAN18	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RATIFICATION OF [...] (U) The legal committee of the Chamber of Deputies - the lower house of Jordan's parliament - on January 2 formally recommended the ratification of the U.S.-Jordan Article 98 agreement. The Chamber of Deputies had referred the agreement to the legal committee on December 7, after earlier rej [...]	2006-01-03 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO KICC
06AMMAN1848	ABU MAZEN: "ONE POLICY FOR PA" [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) met with foreign ambassadors in Amman, March 12. Abu Mazen told the ambassadors that there is only one policy for the Palestinians - to pursue peace through the Quartet-led roadmap. He signaled he would not back down [...]	2006-03-13 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV IS JO
06AMMAN1850	JORDAN,S STOCK MARKET INDEX CORRECTION RAISES [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the last two weeks, the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) suffered a 25% net drop before leveling off, tracking similar declines in neighboring bourses. Described by most Amman-based analysts as a "much-needed correction," the decline exposed some vulnerability in the Exchange. With [...]	2006-03-13 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON JO
06AMMAN1917	FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to an additional prepcon in Moscow in May [...]	2006-03-15 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO

06AMMAN1921	JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON [...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...]	2006-03-15 16:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
06AMMAN1926	JORDANIANS CONDEMN ISRAELI RAID ON JERICHO PRISON [...] (C) The GOJ, local press and post contacts denounced Israel's March 14 military raid on the Palestinian prison in Jericho. Government spokesman Nasser Judeh issued a statement to media that said the Israeli action "represents an unjustifiably serious escalation ... that will only enhance ten [...]	2006-03-16 04:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
06AMMAN1986	JORDAN ELIMINATES SOME OIL SUBSIDIES, REDUCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Bakhit's government is set to completely liberalize prices in three oil product categories, and raise fuel prices across five remaining subsidized products, effective April 1. The average weighted increase to fuel prices will be about 25 percent, but will include a [...]	2006-03-19 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG SOCI JO
06AMMAN2016	WOMEN ACTIVISTS PRESS FOR MORE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's rights activists are calling for parliament to expand quotas that guarantee women,s representation in municipal councils and the national parliament. The government agrees, at least for the municipal level, and the municipal elections law that it plans to submit to par [...]	2006-03-20 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN JO
06AMMAN2046	PALESTINIANS STRANDED AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of mid-day March 20, 89 Palestinians who left Baghdad with the assistance of an American NGO, were stranded in the no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts at the Karamah-Trebil crossing. The Jordanian Government is not admitting the Palestinians who claim [...]	2006-03-21 10:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO
06AMMAN2056	FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2006 FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the prepcon for the Forum for the Future, Russian co-chairs pushed for control over the end product of the Forum -- including drafting the Chairman's Summary and attempting to move much of the decision-making on themes to be discussed to a much-expanded prepcon in Moscow in M [...]	2006-03-21 12:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM ECON RS JO
06AMMAN2073	JORDAN'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF PHOSPHATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's recent sale of a 37% stake in the Jordan Phosphate Mining Corporation (JPMC) to the Brunei Investment Agency (BIA) for US$110 million met with public and parliamentary disapproval before the deal was concluded. Given BIA's overall size of over US$100 billion, the investme [...]	2006-03-22 07:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPRV EMIN EIND ECON JO BX
06AMMAN2114	NEW ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADER LINKED TO HAMAS? [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) has elected as its new secretary general a Palestinian-Jordanian, apparently over the objections of some elements of the East Bank establishment in the Islamic Movement and in the GOJ. However, real control over the movement rests with the newl [...]	2006-03-22 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KPAL PINR JO
06AMMAN2119	GOJ SUBMITS NEW MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS LAW TO [...] (SBU) The GOJ submitted a new municipal elections law to parliament on March 20, accompanied by a request that it be given priority status. The draft law provides for the direct election of all mayors and municipal council members in Jordan, except for the capital of Amman. The bill also set [...]	2006-03-22 16:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN JO
06AMMAN2145	NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2002 MA'AN UPRISINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The State Security Court (SSC) sentenced nine of the 108 defendants in the 2002 Ma'an uprising (refs A, B) to death on March 22. The defendants, charged with carrying out terrorist acts, possessing automatic weapons, and illegal public assembly, claimed that their confessions we [...]	2006-03-23 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC JO
06AMMAN2199	GOJ REMAINS WILLING TO SUPPORT ABU MAZEN IF ASKED [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah told LTG Keith Dayton that Jordan wants to bolster PA President Abbas' position, and, if asked, is ready to help build the capacity of security services under Abbas' direct control. Jordan will not give any assistance to forces under the authority of Hamas. Foreign [...]	2006-03-27 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO
06AMMAN2240	JORDAN'S PM MEETS U.S. SENATE STAFFERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit met with nine U.S. Senate staff members, accompanied by Ambassador, on March 23 as part of their week-long, GOJ-hosted visit. The PM discussed a range of topics from domestic reform to regional issues. Bakhit shared his concern over reactions to an i [...]	2006-03-28 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON JO
06AMMAN230	CODEL OBAMA MEETS WITH JORDAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Khatib on January 9. The Senator was joined in the meeting by his staff, the Ambassador, and poloff. 2. (C) Sen. Obama thanked Khatib for his successful efforts to persuade Jordan's parliament to ratify the Artic [...]	2006-01-12 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER JO
06AMMAN2388	ARAB BANK GLOBAL HEAD OF REGULATORY COMPLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: Arab Bank, Global Head of Regulatory Compliance Michael Matossian requested USG guidance on Palestinian Authority (PA) accounts at Arab Bank, expressed his support for Jordan's draft Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) law, and provided additional [...]	2006-04-04 11:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPAL KWBG KTFN ECON JO
06AMMAN239	FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF JORDAN'S NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah II has tasked Jordan's new government with three broad goals: --boosting security (but maintaining civil rights) in the wake of the November 9 bombings, --restoring momentum to economic and especially political reforms, and --attending to poverty alleviation an [...]	2006-01-16 07:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL EFIN KISL PINR JO
06AMMAN2452	EFFECTS OF JORDAN'S UPCOMING FUEL PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The one-time fuel price hike for 2006 - the largest jump to date, which is expected in coming days - will bring Jordan's budget to manageable levels by eliminating $415 million in fuel subsidies (Ref C),but will stretch many household budgets close to the breaking point. Some [...]	2006-04-06 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV SOCI EPET JO
06AMMAN2495	JORDAN TO HOST IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency, Petra, announced April 5 that the GoJ will host a conference of "senior Iraqi religious and tribal leaders" in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah. The conference, to be organized in cooperation between Jordan,s Aal al-Bayt Institute and t [...]	2006-04-09 14:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO
06AMMAN2496	SPOTTY RESPONSE TO CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE; [...] ( SBU )The Islamic Action Front,s call for a two-hour general strike April 9 met with a mixed response. In several East Amman lower middle-class neighborhoods known for Islamist sympathies, poloff observed between one quarter and one half of shops closed on some commercial streets. Several [...]	2006-04-09 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KISL ECON ELAB JO
06AMMAN2509	KING, QUEEN AND FOREIGN MINISTER MEET WITH SENATE [...] (C) Summary: A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation accompanied by Ambassador Hale met March 23 with King Abdullah. The King focused on Iran,s role in Iraq, Hamas,s electoral victory, and Syria. The King appreciated Capitol Hill support, but stressed Jordan will need [...]	2006-04-10 10:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KDEM JO IR SY
06AMMAN2527	CENTRAL BANK OF JORDAN RESPONSE TO GUIDANCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered Ref A talking points on the permissibility of commercial and financial relationships with private individuals and entities within the Palestinian territories to Central Bank of Jordan Governor Umayya Toukan on April 9. Toukan said that Arab Bank is moving to sever [...]	2006-04-10 14:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPAL KWBG KTFN ECON JO
06AMMAN2540	A/S WELCH TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH JORDAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Welch met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib April 3, on the coattails of the Quartet envoys meeting in Amman. Centcom J-5 Director Rear Admiral Robert Moeller and the Ambassador joined the discussions. The meeting focused on continuing assi [...]	2006-04-12 07:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
06AMMAN2572	NORTH KOREAN FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and Minister of Transportation Saud Nseirat of our position regarding any Jordanian o [...]	2006-04-12 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHSA KNNP MNUC EWWT KN JO
06AMMAN2694	MAHMOUD ZAHAR TO GET COLD RECEPTION IN AMMAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Khatib informed the Ambassador on April 16 that he would receive his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Zahar, on April 19, during the latter's regional swing. He said Zahar had a mixed delegation, with representatives of Nabil Shaath's office joining him. Khatib said [...]	2006-04-16 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
06AMMAN2711	JORDAN DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATUS REPORT: FIRST [...] (C) Prime Minister Marouf Al Bakhit continues working to build consensus within Jordan's political system for several of the recommendations contained in the report of the Commission for the National Agenda, a blue-ribbon panel which produced a ten-year plan for reform toward the end of the te [...]	2006-04-17 04:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI JO
06AMMAN2750	KING ASKS HIS GOVERNMENT TO AID THE POOR, WHILE PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a public letter addressed to Prime Minister Bakhit on April 13, King Abdullah urged the GOJ to ease the impact on the poor of the recent cut in fuel subsidies, and to make the rich shoulder more of the tax burden. Meanwhile, the Planning Minister confirmed that a more progre [...]	2006-04-17 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN ENRG SOCI JO
06AMMAN2767	JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA FINANCIAL ACTION [...] (C) ECOUNS and TREASATT delivered reftel points to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf on April 17, 2006. When asked about Jordan's position on the MENA/FATF charities paper, Sharaf had no concerns about the current draft of the paper. He asserted, however, that "for politi [...]	2006-04-18 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PERL PTER JO
06AMMAN2841	SENATOR LIEBERMAN MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) Summary: Senator Lieberman and Prince Faisal met April 17 to discuss regional issues including Iraq, Iranian ambitions, and Hamas. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman met with Prince Faisal of Jordan April 17 in Amman. Prince Faisal is King Abdullah's brother, and was [...]	2006-04-20 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IZ JO
06AMMAN2906	REACTION TO POSTPONEMENT OF ZAHAR VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (C) Summary: Most Jordanian editorials supported the GOJ decision to postpone the visit of Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar after allegations of Hamas weapons smuggling into Jordan. Several prominent columnists ) echoing the broadcasts of Arab satellite channels ) have, however, e [...]	2006-04-24 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN2907	IRAQ RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE POSTPONED [...] (U) The GOJ announced April 21 the postponement of the conference of Iraqi religious and tribal leaders that was to have taken place in Amman on April 22 under the patronage of King Abdullah and the Al Al-Bayt Foundation (reftel). The GOJ statement emphasized the fact that Iraqi President T [...]	2006-04-24 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO
06AMMAN3036	SYRIA OFFERS TO ADMIT (SMALL) NUMBERS OF [...] (U) Embassy Damascus has cleared this message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Damascus and UNRWA each report that the SARG has in fact agreed to admit Palestinian refugees fleeing Iraq during Palestinian FM Zahar's April 20 visit to Damascus (ref A). However these UN agencies caution that the SARG i [...]	2006-04-27 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL UNRWA UNHCR IZ SY JO
06AMMAN3112	FOLLOW UP TO DARFUR TROOP CONTRIBUTION DEMARCHE - [...] (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department, told poloff April 27 that Arab African states were lining up against the UN taking charge in Darfur, and that the African Union wanted to retain control of peacekeeping operations in Darfur. [...]	2006-05-01 13:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU JO
06AMMAN3229	JORDAN REJECTS IRANIAN CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref B demarche May 3 to Foreign Minister Al-Khatib, who confirmed that Jordan will not support Iran in the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) election. Khatib reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is seeking one of the Asia Group's seats on the HRC (ref C). 2. [...]	2006-05-07 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR UNHCR JO
06AMMAN3257	JORDAN LAUNCHES MAJOR ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to a highly-publicized report criticizing the labor conditions of foreign workers in Jordan's garment industry, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and the association representing the sector are launching a swift campaign to strengthen the enforcement of Jordan's labor la [...]	2006-05-08 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD KTEX ECON PGOV JO
06AMMAN3299	PRINCE FAISAL'S MEETING WITH SENATORS COCHRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Senators Cochran, Dodd, and Gregg, accompanied by Ambassador Hale, met April 19 with Prince Faisal, who was serving as Regent on that day. Faisal focused on Iran, Iraq, and Hamas' electoral victory. Faisal expressed his appreciation for Congress's support, but stressed Jordan w [...]	2006-05-10 03:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IR SY JO
06AMMAN3319	KING COVERS DOMESTIC AND REGIONAL ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah gave an extensive interview May 7 with Arab satellite station Al-Arabiya in which he discussed both domestic and regional issues. He reiterated earlier pledges to balance security with public freedoms, hailed positive signs in Iraq, and claimed there is only a "tw [...]	2006-05-10 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KPAL JO
06AMMAN3327	JORDAN'S INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTER ON QIZ LABOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Sharif Zu'bi told visiting Commerce Department official Peter Hale that he expects the GoJ to take further actions within the next days against several garment manufacturing companies accused of violating foreign workers' labor rights. Thes [...]	2006-05-11 05:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KIPR ELAB JO IZ
06AMMAN3346	CODEL PENCE MEETING WITH PM BAKHIT AND FM KHATIB [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Pence met May 6 with Prime Minister Bakhit and Foreign Minister Al-Khatib to discuss regional issues including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the situation in Iraq, and problems posed by Iran and Syria. End Summary. 2. (U) U.S. Representatives Mike Pence (R-Indiana [...]	2006-05-11 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO
06AMMAN3375	IRAQ: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES MOD NEEDS, [...] (C) During a May 9 meeting in Amman with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Lt. General Abdel Al-Qadir, Iraqi Ground Forces Commander, underlined the need for an experienced professional as the next Iraqi Minister of Defense. Al-Qadir negatively assessed the ability of the Iraqi Army [...]	2006-05-14 09:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PTER IZ
06AMMAN3551	JORDAN RELEASES INITIAL REPORT ON ALLEGED LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem released the Ministry of Labor's (MOL) initial report of its actions regarding alleged labor abuses in the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) garment industry (Ref C). The MOL report indicates serious problems with QIZ factories' underp [...]	2006-05-18 17:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD KTEX ECON PGOV JO
06AMMAN3563	A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Foreign Minister Al-Khatib May 3. Khatib expressed appreciation for U.S. aid to Jordan, but stressed the GOJ will need continued assistance to achieve reforms in a difficult security en [...]	2006-05-21 08:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IZ JO
06AMMAN3564	SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD [...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...]	2006-05-21 08:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IZ JO
06AMMAN3565	A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH JAF CHAIRMAN GENERAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with the General Khalid Sarayreh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). General Sarayreh discussed border security and expressed his appreciation fo [...]	2006-05-21 08:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IR IS IZ SY SA JO
06AMMAN3566	A/S HILLEN'S MEETING WITH PRINCE FAISAL [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs John Hillen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 2 with Prince Faisal, who is King Abdullah,s brother. Faisal expressed his appreciation for U.S. support, but stressed Jordan will need continued assistance to face rising oil prices and [...]	2006-05-21 08:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR JO
06AMMAN3602	GOJ WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, URGES COMPLETION [...] (U) King Abdullah's office issued a press release May 20 describing the King's congratulatory telephone call that day to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. The release, given prominent play in local media, described the King as expressing hope that the selection of a new Iraqi cabinet would be [...]	2006-05-22 08:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
06AMMAN3800	KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 25 SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's independence day speech included pointed references to unnamed foreign powers, a gesture to domestic critics who see him as too close to the U.S. The speech's theme of self-reliance also aimed at lowering expectations that Gulf governments will launch dramatic ne [...]	2006-05-30 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN JO
06AMMAN3834	FM KHATIB ON IRAN-HOSTED IRAQ NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib told Ambassador May 30 that there is much behind-the-scenes collusion underway among some of Iraq's neighbors to prevent an Iranian-hosted neighbors' event. Differing slightly from the assessment provided by Iraqi FM Zebari (ref B),Khatib sa [...]	2006-05-31 10:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR JO
06AMMAN3840	JORDAN WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) In the absence of King Abdullah, who is traveling outside Jordan, Ambassador made reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib the evening of May 31. 2. (C) Khatib reiterated his support for the U.S. approach to the Iran nuclear issue, and was receptive to the announcement. [...]	2006-06-01 05:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR JO
06AMMAN3901	JORDANIAN ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIANS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche May 30 to Foreign Minister Khatib. Khatib welcomed the proposed creation of a temporary international mechanism to provide direct assistance to the Palestinian people, and stated that international aid was sorely needed to prevent a humanitarian crisi [...]	2006-06-04 10:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL PREL JO
06AMMAN4030	PILLARS OF JORDAN,S HASHEMITE RULE: THE TRIBES [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of messages that will assess the traditional pillars of Hashemite rule in Jordan. 2. (C) Introduction: The three traditional pillars of Jordan's Hashemite rule - the East Bank tribes, the security and military services, and the business elite - remain [...]	2006-06-06 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL IZ JO
06AMMAN4356	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (HRC) DEMARCHE DELIVERED - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JO
06AMMAN4368	DRAFT DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 09:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JO
06AMMAN4386	BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE JO
06AMMAN4387	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 13:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IR JO
06AMMAN4388	JORDANIAN REACTION TO THE SUICIDES AT GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF) described the prisoner suicides at Guantanamo Bay as "heartbreaking news," while the head of the Islamist-led professional associations condemned the "killing" of the three prisoners. Members of Parliament and the press issued more measured, [...]	2006-06-15 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL JO
06AMMAN4440	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MDA VOTE IN GENEVA - JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-18 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM ICRC JO
06AMMAN4514	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT [...] (C) Per Ref A, Charge reiterated to Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib June 20 the U.S. position on the inaugural meeting of the HRC, and our fears that OIC delegations intend to pursue lopsided resolutions regarding Israel, noting that he was doing so on the Secretary's instruction. Khatib [...]	2006-06-20 10:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
06AMMAN4651	GOJ AND ISLAMISTS TRADE BARBS ON ARREST OF MPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite some vigorous prodding, Jordanian Islamists have to date refused to apologize for the four Islamic Action Front (IAF) MPs detained for allegedly glorifying deceased terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. King Abdullah and GOJ officials continue to defend the arrest of the MPs, [...]	2006-06-22 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL JO
06AMMAN4686	LOCAL G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The G-8 plus three (Australia, Switzerland, and Spain) Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Amman June 20 to discuss the status of counterterrorism security assistance to Jordan. Representatives from the UN's Counterterrorism Executive Directorate (UNCTED) joined the CTAG m [...]	2006-06-25 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC UN JO
06AMMAN4692	JORDAN INCREASINGLY DESPERATE FOR WATER THIS SUMMER [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's senior water officials are trapped between dwindling water supplies, fixed water obligations under treaties, and ever-growing demand from Amman and other cities for domestic water. Irrigation in the Jordan Valley is the only place they can cut some deliveries. Even unde [...]	2006-06-25 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR JO SENV XF
06AMMAN4768	NEW JORDANIAN AMBASSADORS TO ISRAEL AND LEBANON [...] (U) Jordan's new Ambassador to Israel is career diplomat Ali Al-Ayed, most recently the chief political advisor to Prime Minister Bakhit. A charge d,affaires has run the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv since August 2005. Al-Ayed is to arrive in Israel June 27. 2. (U) PM Bakhit (himself, a f [...]	2006-06-27 12:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR IS JO LE
06AMMAN4770	KING BRIEFS FOREIGN CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DOMESTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah convened chiefs of mission (COMs) from G8 and European Union nations on June 25 to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the regional threat posed by Iran, the recent arrest of four Islamist MPs in Jordan, and domestic reform efforts. END SUMMARY. ISRAEL-PAL [...]	2006-06-27 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO
06AMMAN483	NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C-Rel Jordan) An interagency team led by Dr. David Cooper, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, met December 13 in Amman with Jordanian officials to work toward conclusion of a U.S. - Jordan Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (H [...]	2006-01-23 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JO CWC BWC CBW
06AMMAN4833	JPRC EXPANSION PLANS MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The future of Jordan Petroleum Refinery Corporation (JPRC) - operator of Jordan's sole refinery - remains unclear as its 25-year concession over production, distribution, and marketing of petroleum products draws to an end in 2008. JPRC, a semi-public corporation, hopes that it w [...]	2006-06-28 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KPRV ECIN ECON JO
06AMMAN4879	UNDERCUTTING THE IRANIAN SPONSORED IRAQ'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ JO
06AMMAN4982	JORDAN REACTS TO STATEMENTS OF UN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR [...] (U) Summary: Dr. Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, visited Jordan June 25-29. Nowak visited prisons and police stations, as well as attorneys and NGOs working on human rights issues. In a June 29 press conference, Nowak said he had observed indications that torture had taken pl [...]	2006-07-03 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL JO UN
06AMMAN5033	FM KHATIB ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 09:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR JO
06AMMAN5182	FDW RECRUITING AGENTS, STRIKE FAILS [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Labor has opened a new Directorate tasked with improving the lot of Foreign Domestic Workers (FDW) in Jordan, who are usually brought here by licensed recruiting agencies. On June 1, some agencies ) led by the Recruiting Agents Association - went on strike to pro [...]	2006-07-11 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL JO
06AMMAN520	BAKHIT CABINET'S PLANS FOR POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary. The Bakhit cabinet has an ambitious agenda for political reform legislation, with five key bills developed in the National Agenda to be submitted to parliament in the next two months. Prominently absent from the list is a new national election law. The Prime Minister told Amba [...]	2006-01-23 17:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI JO
06AMMAN5219	REGIME TURNS UP THE HEAT ON JORDAN,S MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: The GOJ accused the Muslim Brotherhood,s extensive charity network of financial irregularities and announced prosecutors will soon open legal proceedings against the charities, board of directors. The move intensifies the ongoing confrontation between the GOJ and the Brotherhood [...]	2006-07-12 11:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
06AMMAN5222	GOJ TAKES OVER MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CHARITIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government suspended the board of directors of the Muslim Brotherhood's charity organization. Prosecutors released one of the four Islamic Action Front (IAF) members of parliament detained in early June (ref A). The three MPs who remain in custody were referred to the State Se [...]	2006-07-12 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
06AMMAN5250	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH KING'S ADVISOR [...] (C) A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams met with Bassem Awadallah, director of the King's office, in Amman July 12. Awadallah's political director Jafar Hassan, Ambassador, and polcouns (notetaker) joined. Discussions focused on that day's Hizballah capture of two Israeli soldiers, the Gaza crisis, [...]	2006-07-13 07:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
06AMMAN5269	TFLE01: DEMARCHE ON MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION [...] ( C ) Ambassador, along with visiting A/S Welch and DAPNSA Abrams, made ref A points July 12 to FM Khatib, intelligence chief Dhahabi, the Director of the King,s Office Bassem Awadallah, and government spokesman Nasser Judeh (ref B and septel.) The GOJ officials agreed that the vote on the [...]	2006-07-13 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG IS JO
06AMMAN534	GOJ REMAINS COMMITTED TO PEACEKEEPING IN HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO HA JO
06AMMAN5396	TFLE01: REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON, GAZA [...] (U) Summary: Several non-violent demonstrations took place after Friday prayers July 14. The leader of the Islamic Action Front implicitly criticized the July 14 joint statement of King Abdullah and President Mubarak. Jordanians are following events closely. Most feel deep sympathy with th [...]	2006-07-18 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS GZ JO
06AMMAN5397	JORDANIAN-SYRIAN HIGHER JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A Jordanian diplomat provided his views on the Jordanian-Syrian Joint Higher Committee meetings in Damascus in June. They were co-chaired by Jordanian Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and Syrian Prime Minister Otari in Damascus in late June. Septel reports a readout on water issues. [...]	2006-07-18 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY JO
06AMMAN540	PARLIAMENTARY OPPOSITION PUTS TAX REFORM OFF FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's anti-reform parliament dealt a significant, temporary blow to Jordan's economic reform agenda by rejecting a draft income tax law. Parliament was on strong constitutional grounds in doing so, as the bill had been enacted as a temporary law in the waning days of the Bad [...]	2006-01-24 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KMPI KTDB JO
06AMMAN546	A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH GOJ OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Anne Patterson met with General Mohammad Majed al-Eitan, head of Jordan,s Public Security Directorate (PSD) in Amman January 17. They discussed possibilities for the future of the Jordan International Police Tra [...]	2006-01-24 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ JO
06AMMAN5486	TFLE01: GOJ BACKS U.S. EFFORTS WHILE SEEKING TO [...] ( C ) Summary: The GOJ wants to work with the U.S. toward a long-term improvement in southern Lebanon, but is under strong public pressure, from all sectors of society, to call publicly for an immediate ceasefire. End summary. Attacks in Arab Media Sting --------------------------- 2. (SBU) News [...]	2006-07-20 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS RU JO
06AMMAN5516	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR ZALMAY KHALILZAD [...] (U) Because of recent terrorist attacks and attempted terrorist operations in Jordan (see para 9),the U.S. Government has urged all Americans to review the need for planned travel to Jordan. In addition, Embassy Amman requires U.S. government agencies and travelers to limit their official t [...]	2006-07-23 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC OTRA IZ JO
06AMMAN5529	TFLE01: PROTESTERS DENOUNCE ISRAEL, U.S. AND GOJ; [...] (C) Summary: Friday after-prayer protests remained peaceful but were larger and more widespread than the previous week's. The New York Times' report that the USG was accelerating supplies of bombs to Israel dominated local media, along with allegations that U.S. diplomatic efforts were aimed [...]	2006-07-23 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC MARR IS LE JO
06AMMAN5566	MINISTERS PROMISE ACTION ON QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador raised continuing USG concerns about the QIZ labor situation with the King's top aide and relevant ministers, in each case without aides present. GoJ leadership understands the importance of the problem but there was divergence on how different GoJ elements perceived [...]	2006-07-25 07:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO
06AMMAN5567	TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...]	2006-07-25 09:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO
06AMMAN5711	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER VISITS JORDAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki visited Jordan July 27, meeting with Jordanian PM Ma'ruf al-Bakhit and King Abdullah. Talks focused on economic and security cooperation, a proposal for a Jordanian-hosted Iraqi religious leaders' conference, and the possible resumption of preferential o [...]	2006-07-31 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ JO NOTAG
06AMMAN5745	TFLE01 - REACTIONS TO QANA TRAGEDY [...] (C) Contacts and press express anger over the Qana attack, but are still digesting the Secretary's success in gaining a 48-hour suspension of airstrikes and prospects for comprehensive action in the Security Council. In most respects, it is business as usual in Amman but we are monitoring security [...]	2006-07-31 11:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IS LE JO
06AMMAN5775	TFLE01: MORE PROTESTS AND ANGER OVER LEBANON [...] ( SBU ) Two-thousand protested outside the UN,s Amman offices July 31, burning Israeli and U.S. flags. The demonstration was organized by the professional associations. According to local media, slogans and banners denounced the UN and Arab leaders and called for the expulsion of the Israe [...]	2006-08-01 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS LE JO
06AMMAN5879	TFLE01: KING COVERS DOMESTIC FLANK WITH PUBLIC [...] ( U ) With public sympathy for Hizballah getting stronger, King Abdullah warned publicly that ending &Israeli occupation8 and establishing a Palestinian state are together the only long-term solution to the current conflict. The King,s statement, which led all local media August 3, said &the U.S. s [...]	2006-08-03 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IS LE JO
06AMMAN5889	TFLE01: JORDANIAN FM ON AL MINISTERIAL AND DRAFT [...] ( C ) Summary: Jordan welcomes the draft UNSCR, but FM Khatib warns the Arab League ministers may feel a need to endorse Siniora,s seven points without amendment. Khatib plans to work for a communique that glosses over differences between the draft UNSCR and the seven points. A UNSC vote before the [...]	2006-08-06 11:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UN LE IS JO
06AMMAN5907	PRISON TERMS FOR MPS WHO PAID CONDOLENCES TO [...] ( U ) Jordan's State Security Court convicted and sentenced two members of the Chamber of Deputies August 6 to prison terms on charges of "fueling national discord and inciting sectarianism" under Article 150 of Jordan's penal code (ref A). The Court sentenced Mohammed Abu Fares to two years [...]	2006-08-06 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL IZ JO
06AMMAN5945	PALACE-SPONSORED UNITY CONFERENCE SEEKS TO RALLY [...] ( C ) Seven-hundred Jordanian leaders and opinion-shapers assembled at the Palace's invitation for a retreat at a Dead Sea resort July 26 and 27, under the slogan "We Are All Jordan." Part scripted rally, part off-site encounter session, the gathering was aimed at strengthening a consensus [...]	2006-08-07 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCC JO
06AMMAN5953	JORDAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: RESPONSES TO JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's senior Prosecutor General told emboffs that the GoJ will assist in all judicial cooperation cases requested by the U.S. related to terrorism and narcotics because of Jordan's commitments to international agreements. One case was complete, and will be relayed to the Mini [...]	2006-08-07 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PGOV SNAR PINR PREL JO
06AMMAN5963	TFLE01: DEMONSTRATION LEADS TO SCUFFLE, ARRESTS [...] ( SBU ) Media and security contacts report that an unlicensed protest after Friday prayers August 4 at an Amman mosque led to sparring that left two police and two protesters hospitalized with minor injuries. Police detained 10 protesters, all of whom were released on bail after a few hours [...]	2006-08-07 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IS LE JO
06AMMAN5987	JORDAN AND IRAQ IN DISCUSSIONS ON CRUDE OIL [...] (C) Embassy has confirmed press reports that Jordan and Iraq have begun discussions regarding the supply to Jordan of crude oil from the Kirkuk oil fields. The article, cited by Platts Commodity news from the August 5 issue of the London-based daily Azzaman, reported that crude supplies will [...]	2006-08-08 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET JO IZ
06AMMAN6023	FEELING MORE DOMESTIC PRESSURE, JORDAN,S KING [...] (C) Summary: Following up on statements August 2 to domestic media, King Abdullah expressed concerns about Lebanon and other regional conflicts in an August 8 BBC interview that was widely covered by the local print media. The King is feeling the heat from Jordanians' resentment of perceived U.S. b [...]	2006-08-09 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IS LE JO
06AMMAN6088	LEBANON UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-12 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE JO
06AMMAN612	FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT'S FINANCE [...] (SBU) A dispute over the membership of a key committee brought the Chamber of Deputies' business to a crawl for over two weeks. The controversy froze all committee work and significantly delayed review of the government's annual budget. END SUMMARY. --------------------------- TIE VOTE S [...]	2006-01-25 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN JO
06AMMAN613	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS FLIP-FLOP ON STANCE TOWARD SARG [...] (C) Jordanian Islamists were put on the defensive after expressing support for possible cooperation between the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood and former Syrian VP Khaddam against the SARG. Faced with local accusations of interference in Syrian affairs and aiding Western governments, Islamists c [...]	2006-01-25 15:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SY JO
06AMMAN6167	KING RECALLS PARLIAMENT FOR EXTRAORDINARY SESSION [...] ( U ) King Abdullah issued a royal decree on August 10 to recall Parliament for an extraordinary session, a move Jordan's political class had been expecting and which GoJ contacts had confirmed was coming. The session, which begins August 13 and is expected to last up to two months, will con [...]	2006-08-14 10:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCC KTFN EFIN JO
06AMMAN6179	KING PHONES SINIORA, BACKS GOL [...] (U) Jordan's official news agency reported that King Abdullah telephoned Lebanese PM Siniora August 13 to "reaffirm Jordan's support for Lebanon's position on UNSCR 1701." The King reportedly assured Siniora that Jordan would continue working with Arab and other governments to "ensure the f [...]	2006-08-14 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE JO
06AMMAN629	JORDAN LEADERS START THEIR ENGINES IN WORLD [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah's address to leading U.S. garment industry CEOs February 3 in Washington marks a turning point in Jordan's rapid entry into this sector in the global market. With apparel exports topping $1 billion in 2005, Jordan has arrived on the world garments scene and will w [...]	2006-01-26 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BTIO KTIA ELAB KTEX ECON ELTN PGOV JO
06AMMAN632	JORDAN'S PACE OF PRIVATIZATION TO PICK UP SPEED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Executive Privatization Commission (EPC) Chairman, Mohammed Abu Hammour, provided upbeat prospects for privatization efforts in 2006. He forecasted $1 billion USD in revenue generated for the first six months of 2006, with an incremental $200 million in the second hal [...]	2006-01-26 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV KPRV ECON JO

06AMMAN6329	PM BAKHIT'S WORKING VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and seven Jordanian cabinet ministers traveled to Baghdad August 15 for a working visit. A new Jordanian Ambassador presented his credentials to the GOI during the visit. The trip followed PM Maliki's July 27 meeting with King Abdallah and Bakhit in [...]	2006-08-17 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET IZ JO
06AMMAN6334	PARLIAMENT OPENS UNDER SHADOW OF ISLAMIST MP TRIALS [...] (U) Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit opened the extraordinary session of parliament that began on August 16, outlining his agenda for reform legislation and briefing deputies on the court proceedings against three Islamic Action Front MPs who were convicted on charges of "fueling national discord [...]	2006-08-17 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL JO
06AMMAN6335	"STREET" EXULTS OVER HIZBALLAH "VICTORY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians who were once resigned to the view that armed resistance to Israel was no longer an option for the Arab world have changed their minds as a result of the supposed Hizballah "victory" over Israel's army. The Embassy's friends in the establishment tell us this with worr [...]	2006-08-17 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS LE SY JO
06AMMAN6432	JORDANIANS WARN CODEL SHAYS OF CHAOS IN IRAQ IF [...] (C) Summary: During its brief holiday weekend stay in Jordan August 20-21, Codel Shays met with Minister of Political Development Sabri Rbeihat and Palace Advisor for International Affairs Jafar Hassan, and lunched with a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Madaba. In the meetings, the Jord [...]	2006-08-22 13:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ JO
06AMMAN6519	SOME REFORM ACTIVISTS BOYCOTT EMBASSY OVER LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Citing U.S. policy toward Lebanon and the Palestinians, several long standing Embassy contacts among the reform activist community have begun in recent weeks to boycott Embassy functions or have ended information-sharing relationships. Those who continue to work with us report feeling [...]	2006-08-24 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IS LE JO
06AMMAN6706	FIRST TRANCHE OF JUDICIAL COOPERATION REQUESTS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Abdelelah Al-Khatib informed the Ambassador the morning of August 30 that the first tranche of documents in response to pending Department of Justice requests for judicial cooperation was ready for delivery. 2. (C) ECOUNS and EXBS Advisor obtained custody of 14 binders [...]	2006-08-30 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PGOV SNAR JO
06AMMAN6708	ANTI-TERRORISM LAW PASSES LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's lower house of parliament approved a new anti-terrorism bill. Passage of the measure was a priority for the Bakhit government because of the King's call for new anti-terrorism legislation. The law strengthens Jordan's regime for countering terrorism financing and closes [...]	2006-08-30 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KTFN JO
06AMMAN6724	PETITIONERS CALL FOR "REVIEW" OF JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (U) Summary: Citing Israeli and U.S. policies toward the Palestinians and Lebanon, one-hundred Jordanian political and tribal figures petitioned King Abdullah to "reconsider" Jordan's peace treaty with Israel. End Summary. 2. (U) Ahmed Obeidat ) Prime Minister from 1984 to 1985 and chi [...]	2006-08-31 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS LE JO
06AMMAN6917	REACTIONS TO SEPTEMBER 4 AMMAN SHOOTINGS [...] (SBU) Jordanians of all political tendencies joined the GOJ in condemning the September 4 shooting in Amman (ref A),which killed one Briton and injured five other tourists and a Jordanian policeman. From King Abdullah to Muslim Brotherhood leader Salem Al-Falahat, Jordans speaking out on th [...]	2006-09-07 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IS LE JO
06AMMAN718	IMPLICATIONS FOR JORDAN OF THE HAMAS ELECTION [...] (C) The GOJ publicly said it "respected" the outcome of the Palestinian legislative elections, while King Abdullah stressed the need for the peace process to continue. Most Jordanian political analysts viewed the Hamas victory as a reaction to Fatah mismanagement, rather than Palestinian s [...]	2006-01-29 17:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO
06AMMAN7325	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ALLEGES TORTURE IN JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch released a report accusing Jordan's lead security service of mistreating detainees. The government's official spokesman said Jordan will study the report and reply; GID officials and pro-government media attacked the report as baseless or politically motivated. [...]	2006-09-24 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL JO
06AMMAN738	JORDAN ENERGY PLAN: DIVERSIFY, RELY ON PRIVATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoJ plans to aggressively pursue policies to expand natural gas use, get the government out of the business of power generation, and end the oil refinery monopoly concession while bringing in three additional fuel distribution companies, according to the chairman of Jordan's [...]	2006-02-01 10:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV ECON JO
06AMMAN7420	JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS BACK DOWN, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: After ten months of tension between the GOJ and Jordan's legal Islamist movement, advocates for confrontation appear to have lost the debate within the movement's leadership. Some in the leadership are confident of gains in 2007 elections; others worry that more Jordanians are growing [...]	2006-09-27 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KPAL LE JO
06AMMAN7484	GCC+2 FOLLOW-UP MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 13:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG JO
06AMMAN7553	PARDONS FOR TWO ISLAMIST POLITICIANS [...] (U) King Abdullah pardoned jailed Islamists Muhammad Abu Fares and Ali Abul Sukkar on September 30. The two were imprisoned for "inciting sectarianism" for statements they made after the death of Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi in June (ref B). They also lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies up [...]	2006-10-02 15:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KISL JO
06AMMAN7592	GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA LASH OUT AT QATAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's official government spokesman sharply criticized Qatar for failing to support the candidacy of Prince Zeid for SecGen. Media and lawmakers also piled on. END SUMMARY. GOJ: QATAR BROKE FROM ARAB RANKS 2. (U) GOJ spokesman Nasser Judeh told media October 2 that th [...]	2006-10-03 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AL QA JO
06AMMAN7624	JORDAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM QATAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan escalated its row with Qatar by recalling its Ambassador from Doha. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The dispute between Jordan and Qatar escalated October 3 when Jordan recalled its Ambassador for "consultations." The GOJ's official spokesman explained that Jordan took this step in [...]	2006-10-04 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AL QA JO
06AMMAN7668	IRAQI OIL SHIPMENTS TO JORDAN: NOTHING MOVING YET [...] (C) Jordan's Energy Minister Azmi Khreisat told Ecouns October 4 that no Iraqi oil has yet been shipped to Jordan as provided for under a bilateral deal signed in August to provide cash-strapped Jordan with oil at concessionary prices for refining in the state-owned oil refinery north of Amman [...]	2006-10-09 09:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV JO IZ
06AMMAN7682	DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF UNSC ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-09 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE JO
06AMMAN7684	NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-09 16:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM JO
06AMMAN7695	MORE DETAILS ON JORDAN PROVIDING ELECTRICITY TO [...] (C) Further to reftel, Jordan's Energy Minister Azmi Khreisat told Ecouns October 5 that the country's NEPCO power company will supply the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) with electricity in a project which will require two phases. The project comes at Palestinian request, and [...]	2006-10-10 10:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KWBG JO
06AMMAN7735	NUCLEAR TEST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN JO
06AMMAN7737	PRODUCTIVE EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF PARLIAMENT [...] ( SBU ) Summary: Jordan's Parliament concluded its extraordinary session September 28, six weeks after King Abdullah recalled the legislators and handed them an ambitious 42-bill agenda (ref A). A potential crisis over two imprisoned Islamist MPs was averted when the Islamic Action Front ba [...]	2006-10-10 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMCA KDEM KMPI KTFN EFIN JO
06AMMAN7894	DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN JO
06AMMAN7992	NATO CENTER - GOJ WILLING ONLY IF NEW FUNDING [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-22 10:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR JO
06AMMAN809	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS AFTER THE HAMAS VICTORY [...] (C) Jordanian Islamists celebrated the Hamas election victory with assertive public statements and by sending a delegation to Damascus to congratulate Hamas leaders. Jordan's legal Islamists have a long history of pragmatism, but some of their leaders have adopted a new, more assertive tone i [...]	2006-02-02 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO
06AMMAN8106	RUMORS OF CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Rumors of an impending cabinet reshuffle, which are virtually constant in Jordan, have now intensified and broken onto the front pages of mainstream newspapers. Pro-government members of parliament and others close to the palace and government have for some time been trading, in poloffs' [...]	2006-10-29 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
06AMMAN8150	IRAN AND SHI'ISM - JORDANIANS' VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: GOJ establishment and popular views of Iran now diverge starkly, in part as a result of this summer's fighting between Israel and Hizballah. Many ordinary Jordanians have come to admire Iran and its partners in the region for "confronting" Israel. Many of these same Jordania [...]	2006-10-31 13:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KPAL LE IR JO
06AMMAN8272	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) The Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) for Embassy Amman is Brian Grant, Treasury Department Attach (Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes). His contact information is as follows: Tel: 962-6-590-6544, Fax: 962-6-592-7653; Email: grantbr@state.gov; SIPR email: grantbr@ [...]	2006-11-05 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN JO
06AMMAN8302	A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS MEET WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Elliot Abrams met November 2 in Amman with Foreign Minister Abdellelah Khatib. Ambassador also attended, as did U.S. and Jordanian note-takers. Palestinians and Israelis ----------- [...]	2006-11-07 08:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ LE JO
06AMMAN8303	MUTED REACTION TO SADDAM'S SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Protesting Saddam Hussein's sentencing November 5, an impromptu gathering of students burned an American flag at the University of Jordan's Amman campus before authorities peacefully dispersed them. Several Islamist and other opposition members of parliament publicly denounced Saddam's [...]	2006-11-07 08:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IZ JO
06AMMAN8318	MINISTERS REMAIN ENGAGED ON LABOR PROBLEM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Labor (MoL) Salem and Minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Zu'bi offered the Ambassador varying interpretations of the labor challenges Jordan faces in the QIZ sector. Both agreed the issue needs constant attention. With both ministers, the Ambassador covered the fo [...]	2006-11-07 16:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO
06AMMAN8363	DEMARCHE ON DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the points requested to the Foreign Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade on November 2 but received no substantive reply. Ambassador will also deliver the points to the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, who handles this issue but has been unavailable [...]	2006-11-09 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ JO
06AMMAN840	JORDANIANS REACT TO INTERNATIONAL CARTOON [...] (U) Jordanians angry over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Mohammad demonstrated peacefully in downtown Amman on February 3. Jordanian Islamists have called for a boycott of European products, while the GOJ, facing public pressure, arrested the fired editor of a weekly newspaper for [...]	2006-02-05 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI JO
06AMMAN8408	ANGRY REACTIONS TO BEIT HANUN DEATHS AND U.S. VETO [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians reacted with anger to full-page photos in local papers of dead Gazan women and children, and to Arab satellite media coverage of the story. Israel's announcement that it would investigate the incident, and the USG's expression of regret, were received by the public and [...]	2006-11-14 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC JO
06AMMAN8429	FOLLOW-UP ON DEMARCHE ON DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] (C) As reported in reftel, the Ambassador followed up earlier demarches on Iraqi debt relief in a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz on November 13. According to Fariz, he had "gotten nowhere" in his discussions on the Jordanian claims on Iraq left over from th [...]	2006-11-14 16:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ JO
06AMMAN8495	MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL BIOMETRIC CONFERENCE OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The November 7-8 Jordanian-hosted regional biometric conference was a significant success. All fourteen Middle East countries invited by Jordan attended, represented mostly by Interior Ministry officials. A number of participants told the U.S. delegation that this was the first [...]	2006-11-19 15:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL JO
06AMMAN8532	LEBANESE NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 11:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE JO
06AMMAN8557	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FM KHATIB [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KHATIB RECEIVED SENIOR U.S. OFFICIALS' BRIEFINGS ON BADR BRIGADE DEVELOPMENTS. HE EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR LEBANON'S STABILITY AND FOR SINIORA PERSONALLY. THE FM REAFFIRMED THE GOJ'S COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN LABORERS, ESPECIALLY IN JORDAN'S QUALIFYING INDU [...]	2006-11-22 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ELAB IS SY IR JO
06AMMAN8598	JORDAN AWAITS THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT [...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: JORDAN IS ABUZZ IN ANTICIPATION OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND VISIT TO THE COUNTRY. THE LEADERSHIP VIEWS THE VISIT AS A CHANCE TO ADVANCE ITS VIEWS ON IRAQ AND OTHER REGIONAL ISSUES AND BE SEEN AS A FAVORED PARTNER OF THE U.S. TRADITIONAL CRITICS ARE RAISING THEIR VOICES IN P [...]	2006-11-26 16:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
06AMMAN865	NATIONAL AGENDA ROLLED OUT SOFTLY TO THE JORDANIAN [...] (C) Jordan's 10-year comprehensive reform plan, the National Agenda, was rolled out to the public via a popular television news show and the Internet in late January. Plans to aggressively market the National Agenda and sell its benefits to a partially-skeptical public are on hold while a mi [...]	2006-02-06 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI ECON JO
06AMMAN866	JORDAN BATTLES GROWING DEFICITS; LESS THAN MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 31, global credit rating agency Moody's lowered its outlook for Jordan's sovereign rating - not the rating itself - from stable to negative. Utilizing 2003 as a benchmark, Moody's cited "ongoing deterioration" in the country's external balance of payments and fiscal [...]	2006-02-06 20:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON ENRG EINV JO
06AMMAN8687	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-03 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ JO
06AMMAN8744	DEMARCHE ON HAMAS OFFICIALS - GOJ KEEPS THE DOOR [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Khatib during a December 6 meeting. Khatib told the Ambassador that Jordan would not be receiving Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyyeh or any other Hamas figures. Khatib said that Government spokesman Nasser Joudeh's December 4 stat [...]	2006-12-06 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO
06AMMAN8745	JORDANIAN FM OFFERS SUPPORT TO LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) In a move calculated to show support for the Siniora government, Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelilah al-Khatib visited Beirut on December 4. He met twice with Prime Minister Siniora, as well as with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, former President Amin Gemayel (father of recently assa [...]	2006-12-06 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE JO
06AMMAN8907	POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN JORDAN: AN UPDATE [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: The Islamic Action Front remains the largest organized opposition group. The professional associations also continue to function as ersatz opposition parties. Liberal, leftist, Arab nationalist and other opposition points of view find outlets in the media, but political par [...]	2006-12-14 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
06AMMAN8908	KING URGES PARLIAMENT TO ACT ON POLITICAL REFORM [...] ( U ) Summary: In an address to parliament, King Abdullah urged a focus on the government's political reform agenda, as well as combating poverty. End Summary. 2. ( U ) King Abdullah addressed the opening session of parliament for 20 minutes November 28. The speech, as is the tradition [...]	2006-12-14 15:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
06AMMAN8909	SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN FM KHATIB [...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) and his delegation met with Foreign Minister Abdelilah Al-Khatib December 13. Discussions focused on Nelson's meeting earlier that day with Bashar al-Asad, the situation in Lebanon, Iran, the Baker-Hamilton Report, and the Jordan International Police Training Ce [...]	2006-12-14 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO SY IZ LE IS KWBG IR
06AMMAN8910	SENIOR INTERACTION WITH SYRIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Polcouns made reftel points to Thamer Adwan, director of the Foreign Minister's private office, on December 14. Adwan observed that Jordan agreed it was important to avoid the appearance of excusing the SARG for its negative policies, and added he would find it hard to imagine King Abdulla [...]	2006-12-14 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY JO
06AMMAN8915	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RESULTS OF 2006 MTCR PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-17 08:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA JO
06AMMAN8943	JORDANIAN AND IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez and his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bolani (along with Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Sherwan al-Wa'li) met in Amman on December 13 to discuss the formation of joint committees aimed at countering terrorism, border control, and [...]	2006-12-17 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS JO IZ
06AMMAN8947	DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK NOTE DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel diplomatic note December 12 to Thamer Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office, and to Mahmoud Hmoud, the Ministry's legal advisor. Adwan and Hmoud stated that the ministry would provide a substantive reply after studying the proposed framework th [...]	2006-12-18 08:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM JO
06AMMAN8966	JORDAN TO ABSTAIN AT UNGA VOTE ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNAUS JO
06AMMAN932	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING AT JORDANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs Kristen Silverberg met with MFA Secretary General Nabih Shuqom January 17. Discussions SIPDIS focused on the formation of the new Human Rights Council, the UN Peacekeeping Commission, and Syria. Jordanian participant [...]	2006-02-08 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IZ IS JO UN UNHRC
06ANKARA1002	NO JOY IN ANKARA OVER EU AID FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS [...] (C) Summary: FM Gul, MFA working levels and Turkish opposition politicians believe that the EU's de-coupling of trade and aid for Turkish Cypriots forecloses any possibility the EU will approve direct trade with the "TRNC," a top Turkish priority. They are also unhappy with the degree of Gre [...]	2006-02-28 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY EU
06ANKARA1003	TURKISH MFA UNREPENTANT OVER REFUSING ACCESS TO [...] (C) Northeastern Mediterranean Affairs DDG Bilman told us openly on February 27 that Turkey's February 22 refusal to grant access to the Cypriot-flagged vessel Able F reflects GOT policy of not admitting Cypriot-flagged ships. This is in contrast with the MFA's earlier technical excuses. Bil [...]	2006-02-28 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
06ANKARA1010	TURKEY,S MINISTER CALLS TCP DRIVING FORCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT Energy Minister Guler appealed February 27 to Ambassador for USG support on the Trans-Caspian Pipeline fQ natural gas from Turkmenistan and Samsun-Ceyhan Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline. He welcomed cooperation with the U.S. on approaching Turkmenistan to advance TCP, as an al [...]	2006-03-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR TX
06ANKARA1020	TURKEY/IRAQ: FM GUL AND UNSYG ANNAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador March 1 that, at a February 26 meeting in Doha, Foreign Minister Gul and UN Secretary General Annan discussed holding an "Iraq and its Neighbors" meeting of foreign ministers. This would be in the context of an existing series of " [...]	2006-03-01 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR SY IZ TU
06ANKARA1021	AEGEAN: TURKEY STOPS FILING DAILY FLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey stopped filing Daily Flights Schedules with NATO for military flights over the Aegean as of Jan. 18, but the GOT only informed us Feb. 28. MFA officials are concerned about rising tensions over the Imia/Kardak islets. End summary. 2. (C) During a Feb. 28 meeting on anot [...]	2006-03-01 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO MARR TU GR
06ANKARA1042	TURKEY: CONCERN OVER U.S. POLICY UNDERMINES [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Diyarbakir and Sanliurfa in southeast Turkey, many of our interlocutors expressed concerns about the recent Danish cartoon issue and U.S. Middle East policy. Even our more moderate contacts who tend to b [...]	2006-03-02 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA1066	TURKEY/IRAQ: PM JAFARI VISIT TO ANKARA AND [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol reviewed his visit to Baghdad (ref a),described PM Jafari's meetings in Ankara, and discussed Muqtada al-Sadr's probably visit here with Ambassador on March 1. Turmoil surrounding the Samarra bombing dominated both sets of talks, although the two [...]	2006-03-02 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR TU
06ANKARA1069	TURKISH PRESS DOUBTS U.S. INTENTIONS IN BLACK SEA [...] (C) The Turkish press on March 1 and 2 has been full of speculation that the U.S. has an aggressive policy to gain dominance over the Black Sea. When asked, we are explaining to the media and the diplomatic community that U.S.-Turkish cooperation and dialogue on potential threats in the Black [...]	2006-03-03 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US
06ANKARA1075	TURKEY/IRAQ: GETTING TURKEY TO DO MORE [...] (C) Three years after the crisis of March 2003 and long-standing doubts about the Iraq war, Turkey now seems convinced that Coalition success in Iraq is essential to this country's security. Turkey's contribution to coalition efforts in Iraq is multifaceted. The GOT has expressed a willing [...]	2006-03-03 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM ECON IZ TU
06ANKARA1101	TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...]	2006-03-03 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA1104	TURKISH MFA CAUTIOUS ABOUT CYPRUS TECHNICAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA is approaching cautiously the idea of UN brokered technical-level talks (reftel),wanting to avoid topics the GOT considers final settlement issues. MFA officials welcome the talks cautiously for what they are and recognize the importance of face-to-face discuss [...]	2006-03-03 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY UNFICYP EU
06ANKARA1114	AVIAN INFLUENZA IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: AI is present only along Iran's eastern and northern borders according to Iranian visa applicants in Ankara. Iranians in the medical field believe that the GOI does not have the plans, the resources, or vaccine stock to handle an AI outbreak. Iranians outside the medical profes [...]	2006-03-06 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR PREL TU TBIO AMED EAID CASC SENV EFIN EAGR KFLU
06ANKARA1115	TURKISH PM TAKES CRITICS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan has opened numerous legal cases against writers, politicians, cartoonists, and others whose criticism he found personally offensive. Contacts say Erdogan's aggressive response to criticism reflects a combative nature honed during his childhood in an impoverished distri [...]	2006-03-06 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE PINR TU
06ANKARA1153	TURKEY: LAWSUIT AGAINST ARMY COMMANDER RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit (slated to take the top job in TGS this Aug.) is again at the center of public controversy. On Mar. 5, the Van Public Prosecutor filed a complaint against Buyukanit for allegedly trying to influence the trial of Jandarma off [...]	2006-03-08 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA1213	TURKISH MFA READ-OUT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Arms Control and Disarmament Bulent Meric briefed select missions about the March 3 visit of a delegation led by Iranian Parliamentary Foreign Policy, National Security and Defense Affairs Committee Chair Alaadin Boroujerdi to Ankara to disc [...]	2006-03-09 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU FR UK AU GR CH IS
06ANKARA1250	TURKEY/ARMENIA: NEW TURKISH PROPOSAL? [...] (C) MFA Caucasus DDG Karslioglu told us March 8 that Turkey would present a new "paper" to Armenia on March 10, but would not elaborate on its content or method of delivery. He stated "significant progress" must be made on both Nagorno-Karabakh as well as on bilateral issues (genocide and a [...]	2006-03-10 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE AR AJ TU
06ANKARA1253	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 16-17 VISIT TO [...] (C) We look forward to your visit to Ankara, which is very timely in view of events in the Caucasus. The Turkish government has heard conflicting accounts of the Rambouillet talks, is disappointed at the apparent lack of progress, and is anxious to hear your and Steve Mann's views on the way [...]	2006-03-10 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR SY IS KWBG AR AJ TU
06ANKARA1254	TURKEY'S MILITARY AND RULING AKP GOVERNMENT: [...] (C) Summary: Since being elected in 2002, Turkey's pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has coexisted uneasily with the staunchly secular military. Direct communication between the Prime Ministry and military has dropped off demonstrably compared to previous eras; the AKP [...]	2006-03-10 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
06ANKARA1325	TURKISH RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS TU
06ANKARA1332	ERDOGAN'S RISKY ECONOMIC DECISIONS COINCIDE WITH [...] (SBU) Under pressure from exporters, the GOT announced a Value-Added Tax rate cut for the textile sector without consulting the IMF and in violation of its agreement with the Fund. At the same time, the GOT has decided not to renew the mandate of the respected Central Bank Governor. These two [...]	2006-03-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
06ANKARA1344	TURKEY: IRANIAN OBSERVATIONS ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: A recent survey of Iranian visa applicants suggests that most are distrustful of news from official Iranian sources and prefer to get their news from western media. Applicants relied heavily on satellite television and the internet to keep informed on world events. At least in Te [...]	2006-03-14 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR PREL TU
06ANKARA1353	SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ALEVI COMMUNITY UPDATE [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Southeast Turkey's Alevi population is deeply alienated by perceived Sunni attempts to change Turkey's secular identity and is asserting its concerns more widely, including in EU institutions, and seeking to establish a higher p [...]	2006-03-14 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA1415	TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with DCM, Turkish Special Representative for Iraq Oguz Celikkol outlined Turkey's efforts to bridge Iraq's sectarian divides by meeting with a wide range of interlocutors. There is still no firm date or any specific plans for an al-Sadr visit to Turkey. D [...]	2006-03-16 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA1421	U. S. EXPERTS MEET WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS ON [...] (U) Summary: Officials from the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) and Turkish National Police (TNP) shared information concerning the August 2005 seizure of uranium (ref tels) with a US delegation from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on March 2-3, 2006. TAEK officials and the US [...]	2006-03-17 12:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AU KNNP PARM RS TU
06ANKARA1442	INDICTMENT OF TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has reviewed the indictment issued against TLFC Commander GEN Buyukanit (ref a) and determined that there is no reason to approve a trial, while the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Justice Minister has launched an investigation into the p [...]	2006-03-20 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA1458	U.S. - INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) We delivered ref a and b demarches to Turkish MFA Disarmament and Arms Control First Secretary Serhan Yigit on March 17. Yigit appreciated the demarches and stated that MFA is interested in learning more about the agreement and how it could effect the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Yigit [...]	2006-03-20 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PREL TU
06ANKARA1463	TURKEY: EVOLVING VIEWS ON IRANIAN NUKES [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, AKP officials have gradually been ratcheting up public pressure on Iran, simultaneously sending messages to their domestic constituencies that the situation has reached a more serious level. Over the weekend of March 11, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla [...]	2006-03-20 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA1477	TURKEY: ATTACK ON CATHOLIC CLERGY AMID [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Catholic friar and several other church members were attacked on March 11 in the Mersin Catholic church by a Turkish man wielding a knife and yelling anti-Christian epithets. No one was injured. Catholic contacts told us tha [...]	2006-03-21 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ANKARA1478	TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steve Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are a [...]	2006-03-21 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA1479	GOT CONCERNED FRENCH PROPOSAL COULD STALL EU [...] (U) Summary: GOT and UK Embassy contacts say they are concerned about a French-led proposal that would require Turkey -- and perhaps other accession candidates -- to make progress on human rights reforms before opening talks on EU acquis chapters. GOT officials called the proposal a "headache [...]	2006-03-21 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE EU TU
06ANKARA1489	TURKEY, SEEKING UNSC SEAT, CUTS RECIPROCAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called us in March 20 to pitch Turkey's UNSC candidacy for 2009-2010 and place the Guatemala/Venezuela issue in perspective. Turkey's candidacy, within the WEU and others group, is a high GoT priority. They [...]	2006-03-21 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TU
06ANKARA1496	TURKEY: TRADE MINISTER SEEKS TO END WTO RICE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen told Ambassador March 21 that he will present a letter to USTR Portman on March 27 agreeing to abolish the tariff quota system and licensing requirement. Separately, post receive by anonymous fax an internal memo from Tuzmen to other GOT Ministers a [...]	2006-03-22 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR WTO TU
06ANKARA1513	DECLINE IN TURKISH-AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense industrial cooperation, historically the strongest area of US-Turkish bilateral relationship, has deteriorated in recent years. No US firm has won a direct commercial sale (DCS) since 2002 and post-contract negotiations hamper the few US direct sale and FMS projects that [...]	2006-03-22 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU
06ANKARA1527	TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steven Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are [...]	2006-03-23 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA1528	DISARRAY OVER CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SYMPTOMATIC OF [...] (C) Summary: The process of selecting a new Central Bank Governor moved from comedy to farce as President Sezer and Prime Minister Erdogan traded confusing statements about the state of play. The disarray over selection of a new Central Bank Governor reflects Erdogan,s pro-Islam ruling Jus [...]	2006-03-23 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA1529	TURKISH TREASURY TAKES LEAD ON IRAQ DEBT ISSUE [...] (SBU) A Turkish official confirmed that Turkish Treasury has now taken the interagency lead on the stalled Iraq debt issue. With Turkish officials receiving Iraq's debt advisors next week, Turkish officials are reviewing bilateral claims on Iraq and may report a higher figure than the $1.6 bill [...]	2006-03-23 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU IZ
06ANKARA1533	TURKEY/IRAQ: CELIKKOL-KHALILZAD CONVERSATION [...] (C) Summary. During a brief March 20 meeting in Ankara, Turkish Iraq envoy Celikkol told Ambassadors Khalilzad and Wilson that Turkey was ready to agree to a request from Muqtada al-Sadr to accept thirty Iraqi civilians wounded in recent Sadr City bombings for medical treatment. Khalilzad ur [...]	2006-03-23 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA1557	TURKEY/GEORGIA: SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD [...] (C) President Sezer's March 14-15 visit to Georgia highlighted the relationship's growing economic dimension, as the two sides agreed on the joint use of the new, Turkish-built, Batumi airport. Turkey asked for Georgian help on repatriation of Meskhetian Turks, preserving Ajara's autonomy, an [...]	2006-03-24 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GG TU
06ANKARA1568	TURKEY-SYRIA FTA: NARROW SCOPE AND MODEST [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials and businessmen do not share the SARG's optimism about the recently-approved Turkey-Syria Free Trade Agreement. Turkish officials tell us that Turkey's FTAs are dictated by European Customs Union requirements, and business contacts tell us that Syria [...]	2006-03-24 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD POL ECON TU SY
06ANKARA1570	PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER [...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum),confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...]	2006-03-24 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU
06ANKARA1575	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 31-APRIL 1 VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when Turkey is trying to balance its role as regional good neighbor with its responsibilities as a NATO member and EU candidate. The Government of Turkey (GOT) counsels engagement over isolation in dealing with countries like Iran and has presented itsel [...]	2006-03-24 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA1581	TURKISH INTEREST IN NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's need for energy diversification has become a more prominent issue after this winter's problems with the supply of hydrocarbon products provided by Iran and Russia. Nuclear power is being actively considered and several countries have offered to assist in this developm [...]	2006-03-27 04:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ECON ENRG IR KNNP PARM TRGY TU
06ANKARA1627	ANOTHER LOOK AT TURKEY'S BLACK SEA MARITIME [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 13. Summary ------- 2. (C) Turkey welcomes U.S., NATO, EU and others' active involvement in political and economic challenges facing the greater Black Sea region, such as frozen conflicts and energy flows. However, Turkey prefers that th [...]	2006-03-27 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US RO
06ANKARA1655	URGING A POSITIVE TURKISH APPROACH TO CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: DCM urged MFA Deputy U/S Apakan on March 24 to set a positive agenda for upcoming technical talks between Turkish and Greek Cypriots, and to develop a good working relationship with SRSG Moeller (refs A and B). Apakan blamed Moeller for what he termed the "professional mistake" [...]	2006-03-28 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY UNFICYP
06ANKARA1659	CJCS GEN PACE'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey continues to support the Iraqi people and coalition efforts, but the PKK, ethnic and religious strife, and Kirkuk remain difficult issues for the GOT, Prime Minister Erdogan told CJCS Gen Pace March 23. Erdogan praised the U.S.-Turkey strategic partnership and hoped the re [...]	2006-03-29 07:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PACE PETER PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU US
06ANKARA1666	TURKEY/BELARUS: TURKEY KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON [...] (C) We shared ref b points concerning our talks with EU member states on responding to Belarus elections with MFA Commonwealth of Independent States Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas on March 28. We asked if Turkey has considered making public statements concerning the fraudulent elections [...]	2006-03-29 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO TU

06ANKARA1668	GOT PLANS TO RENOVATE CHURCHES, SYNAGOGUE [...] (U) ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT's Directorate General for Foundations (DGF) is planning to renovate seven historic churches and a synagogue this year, marking the first time the agency has renovated non-Muslim places of worship. Christian and Jewish [...]	2006-03-29 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU

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