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06PANAMA125	PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS AND REP DAN BURTON [...] (SBU) Congressman Dan Burton (R-IND) and the Ambassador called on President Torrijos on January 12th to discuss on-going U.S./Panama FTA negotiations and Hugo Chavez's influence in the region. Torrijos reiterated GOP commitment to free trade and sought Burton's help in resolving a key obstacle to [...]	2006-01-20 20:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD OREP PM

06PANAMA1286	PANAMA'S CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR FORCED TO RESIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Panama's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) Director Tomas Paredes told EconOff that President Torrijos requested his resignation on June 26. On June 30, Torrijos nominated Eustacio Fabrega Lopez as the new AAC Director and sent the nomination to the National Assembly for approval. Parede [...]	2006-06-30 22:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR FAA
06PANAMA1293	TORRIJOS, URIBE AND CHAVEZ TO MEET REGARDING GAS [...] (C) VP/FM Lewis telephoned the Ambassador on July 3rd to advise him that President Torrijos will be visiting Colombia on Friday, July 7th. On Saturday July 8th, President Torrijos and President Uribe will travel to the Colombian/Venezuelan border to meet with President Chavez. The purpose of the [...]	2006-07-03 22:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EPET BTIO BEXP PREL XM
06PANAMA1371	NEW LAW BACKSLIDES ON ANTIâ€CORRUPTION, [...] (C) In a move contrary to his anti"corruption pledges, President Torrijos signed a law July 5 restoring some of the legislative immunities taken away by Panama's 2005 constitutional reforms. Attorney General Gomez may challenge the constitutionality of the new Law 25. One Supreme Court justice to [...]	2006-07-12 21:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1455	PANAMA REELS FROM LOSS TO KEY ANTI-DRUG OFFICIALS [...] (C) The sudden July 20 resignation of Panama's top anti-drug prosecutor, Patricio Candanedo, has dealt a harsh blow to a law enforcement community that was already reeling from the suspicious July 19 death of Franklin Brewster, the top counter-narcotics detective in the Judicial Technical Pol [...]	2006-07-25 20:24:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM PM
06PANAMA147	VP/FORMIN ON EVO MORALES AND U.S.-PANAMA FTA MOOD [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-24 18:41:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1477	BANK SUPERINTENDENT UNDER PRESSURE TO QUIT [...] (C) Panama's Bank Superintendent Delia Cardenas said President Torrijos had asked her to resign "voluntarily," ostensibly so he could "restructure" GOP oversight of bank and financial institutions. Cardenas also told ECON Chief on July 27 that this was the first time that any of the three Pr [...]	2006-07-28 16:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV SNAR PM
06PANAMA1518	GOP DIVIDED ON REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Ambassador and Econchief that he remains committed to the Occidental Petroleum refinery project (Ref A) but finds himself a lone voice. He said President Martin Torrijos, VP/FM Samuel Lewis Navarro, and other cabinet me [...]	2006-08-04 15:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1532	TORRIJOS PICKS EX-CHASE MANHATTAN GM AS NEW BANK [...] (C) Summary. On August 7, President Torrijos appointed Olegario "Gary" Barrelier as Panama's new Bank Superintendent. Barrelier is a well-respected, albeit elderly, banker. He replaces Delia Cardenas, whom Torrijos had forced to resign two years before her second (and final) term was due to exp [...]	2006-08-08 16:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV SNAR PM
06PANAMA1580	GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST [...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...]	2006-08-11 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAID PGOV PM
06PANAMA1586	PANAMA ORDERS ARREST OF EX-NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia ordered on 11 August 2006, via Interpol, the arrest of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and three of his accomplices who were ordered to appear in court on 25 August 2006. Aleman is accused of laundering USD 58.2 million through Panamanian banks a [...]	2006-08-14 22:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL KJUS KCRM
06PANAMA1629	SCENESETTER FOR FINCEN DIRECTOR WERNER VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides support for our Mission's anti-money laundering programs. Your dialogue with key anti-money laund [...]	2006-08-18 21:07:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER SNAR PINR KCOR KCRM PM
06PANAMA1649	CANAL EXPANSION REFERENDUM: INDECISION GROWS, [...] (C) The undecided vote for the October 22 Panama Canal expansion referendum has grown about five points to 28.5 percent in the last two months at the expense of both the &yes8 and the &no8 votes, according to a recent Dichter and Neira poll. Embassy interlocutors cite lack of confidence in the gov [...]	2006-08-24 15:01:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD PREL PM
06PANAMA1650	AMBASSADOR LUNCH WITH CFZ GENERAL MANAGER NILDA [...] (SBU) Colon Free Zone (CFZ) General Manager Nilda Quijano told Ambassador on 14 August 2006, that she is disappointed over the lack of GOP action to gain support for the Canal Referendum. A self-described "leftist radical," Quijano enjoys good support from Panama's business community and has been [...]	2006-08-24 15:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EWWT PM
06PANAMA1652	THE RULING PRD: THE CANAL REFERENDUM AND BEYOND [...] (C) The Panama Canal expansion referendum will have political implications for the Torrijos administration far beyond the tangible impact of the project itself. President Torrijos confronts the referendum from an uncertain position in his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) and with vocal opposi [...]	2006-08-24 23:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
06PANAMA1659	PANAMA'S BOLIVARIAN ALTERNATIVE POLITICAL FORCE [...] (C) Alternative Political Force (Fuerza Politica Alternativa -- FPA) leader Olmedo Beluche said his goal was to establish the Bolivarian FPA as a political party, in an August 21 meeting with POLCHIEF and POL TDYer. Beluche underscored that his more immediate concern was reforming Panama's "undem [...]	2006-08-25 16:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON
06PANAMA1836	GOP SLEIGHT OF HAND DEALING IN GAMING INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite overcoming two key bureaucratic hurdles, U.S.-based Merit Management continues to encounter what they believe to be high-level GOP obfuscation and delays in securing the license for its $8 million casino in Colon. Merit attributes its delay to financial incentives from the exi [...]	2006-09-19 20:15:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PM
06PANAMA1999	GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...]	2006-10-11 15:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2005	PANAMA'S THREE WAY RACE FOR A CENTRAL AMERICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Panama appears to be the site for up to three proposals for the construction of a regional petroleum refinery. During his June 2006 visit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered to build a 130,000 barrels per day refinery in Panama (Refs A & B). The MesoAmerican Energy Initiative [...]	2006-10-11 20:47:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2018	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY FORE [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to share our transformational diplomacy agenda and to help advance U.S. interests. Your dialogue with our Mission and key govern [...]	2006-10-13 22:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT OVIP PGOV PREL ECON PM
06PANAMA2111	AMCIT V. AMCIT IN PANAMA'S BOCAS DEL TORO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's Bocas del Toro archipelago is a complex region of islands, mainland bays, rivers and forested mountain slopes on the Caribbean side of the Panamanian isthmus 20 miles from the Costa Rican border. The area has a high diversity of marine and terrestrial ecosystems and is hom [...]	2006-10-27 14:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN BTIO CASC KMRS PM
06PANAMA2207	FM LEWIS ON UNSC, CORRUPTION, FTA, REGIONAL [...] (C) Panama will be a voice for all of Latin America on the UN Security Council and is willing to help the USG spread its message, Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador November 8. He also addressed corruption, saying the court system is the crux of Panama's co [...]	2006-11-09 21:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD KCOR PM
06PANAMA2268	FM BACKTRACKS ON TORRIJOS PUERTO RICO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) After several attempts to wiggle out of a bad position, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro admitted to the Ambassador November 21 the GOP had "screwed up" when attempting to draw a distinction between President Torrijos's role as President of Panama and as Secretary General of the PRD (the ruling party) [...]	2006-11-22 20:36:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA2269	ORTEGA WANTS TO SEND POSITIVE MESSAGE TO U.S., [...] (C) Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega told Panamanian President Torrijos November 21 that he wants good relations with the United States. His visit to Panama sends a signal that Nicaragua can be a positive player in the region, FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador the same day. Panam [...]	2006-11-22 20:43:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA233	FTA: GOP WRESTLES WITH POLITICAL STAKES AND [...] (C) Summary: President Martin Torrijos told visiting U.S. Representative Sander Levin on Jan. 26 that he is committed to resolving USG concerns on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues and to concluding a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S. Public support for the FTA has slipped dramatical [...]	2006-02-08 02:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2357	PANAMA/CUBA RELATIONSHIP: TITLE III LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained by the GoP's Comptroller General's offices, the GoP Ministry of Foreign Relations, the administrative offices of the Colon Free Zone, various industry and third country publications and conversations with various Panamanian [...]	2006-12-07 21:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PM CU
06PANAMA2412	REFINERY, FUEL HUB AND BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November, representatives from state-run Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) met with Panama's Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) to discuss the proposed refinery and tour the Puerto Armuelles site (Ref A). Favorably impressed with Panama's economic and p [...]	2006-12-19 18:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PGOV PM
06PANAMA2442	FM LEWIS ON TORRIJOS TRAVEL, PARTY FUTURE, COURT [...] (C) President Torrijos plans to visit the United States in February and may seek an appointment with President Bush, Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador December 27. The most likely day for the meeting request with President Bush is February 26, the same day Torrijos is schedu [...]	2006-12-28 19:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA303	EMBASSY ACTS TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH PANAMANIAN [...] (C) Ambassador recently held two dinners linked to Islamic religious celebrations to launch an Embassy effort to help create an atmosphere of mutual respect and candid interchange and to reverse increasing local perceptions of anti-Muslim policy bias by the United States. The Ambassador's effort [...]	2006-02-15 20:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA36	EXIT INTERVIEW WITH FORMER PANAMANIAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Former Secretary for Planning and Goals Ebrahim Asvat commented on President Torrijos's leadership style, the possibility of an early 2006 cabinet shakeup, and the timing of a future Canal referendum in a December meeting with POL Counselor. Always outspoken and provocative, the bespeckled, g [...]	2006-01-06 19:27:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR EFIN PM
06PANAMA376	PANAMA: IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN LATIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 17:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PM
06PANAMA383	PANAMA: AMBASSADOR EATON DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 18:34:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GT PM UNAUS UNSC VE
06PANAMA40	PANAMANIAN COMPTROLLER DANI KUZNIECKY ALERT TO [...] (C) Comptroller General Dani Kuzniecky recently met with Emboff to discuss questionable public bidding cases that had attracted his negative attention. They included the Tocumen airport duty free zone (which involved an American company),the unrelated Pacific "mega-port" project involving a [...]	2006-01-06 22:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BEXP PM
06PANAMA502	PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) This is part one in a three-part series. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) With over three years to go before the May 2009 presidential elections, the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is already full of ferment and rumors as potential candidates joust for position. The U.S.-educated [...]	2006-03-21 14:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA525	PANAMA: INTERNAL RULING-PARTY DYNAMICS AS JOSTLING [...] (U) "The Unwanted One" is Part II in a three-part series on Democratic Revolutionary Party inner dynamics. Part I (reftel): The Front Runners. Part III (septel): The Veeps. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Ernesto Perez Balladares (PB) is widely seen as angling for another shot at Panama's presidency, [...]	2006-03-23 22:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PM
06PANAMA533	GOP STRUGGLES TO RESOLVE FTA STUMBLING BLOCKS [...] (C) Summary: Panama's trade minister remains convinced the GOP is within reach of an FTA with the U.S. However, First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) fears the deal may be "dead" and hinted that the GOP might turn its near-term focus to the proposed expansion of the Pan [...]	2006-03-24 17:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR ECON EWWT PGOV PM
06PANAMA534	VP/FORMIN LEWIS FINDS CASTRO "HEALTHY" AND [...] (C) Panamanian First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) told Ambassador on March 23 that he met for the first time with Fidel Castro in Cuba over the March 18-19 weekend. He said Castro appeared to be in good health, as he turned what SLN expected to be a 15-minute "p [...]	2006-03-24 18:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ENRG ETRD PM CU
06PANAMA610	PANAMA: JUDICIAL PROCESS FINALLY BEGINS FOR [...] (C) Embassy is closely following the money laundering case of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman. The probable cause hearing began on March 30, 2006 following a four-month postponement (for a defense attorney's emergency dental work). Judge Adolfo Mejia, assigned as a replacement justic [...]	2006-04-03 21:53:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA629	FORMIN WEIGHS USG DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA UNSC BID, [...] (C) On April 5, Ambassador pressed First Vice President/Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis Navarro (SLN) and Minister of the Presidency Ubaldino Real on the importance of Panama's support for Guatemala's UN Security Council candidacy. Lewis Navarro revealed that Mexico's FM Derbez had called him to re [...]	2006-04-06 20:04:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR PREL PM
06PANAMA723	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR ARCOS APRIL 26-28 VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. We see your visit as a key element of our strategy to partner with Panama on its Secure Trade and Transportation [...]	2006-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA875	PANAMA TO VOTE AGAINST IRAN MEMBERSHIP IN UN HUMAN [...] (C) Pol Counselor delivered talking points (reftel A) to acting Panamanian MFA Director Ricardo Duran this morning. Duran told PolCounselor this morning that Panama will vote against Iran's membership in the UN Human Rights Council. MFA passed the instructions to their UN representative last [...]	2006-05-08 22:20:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC PREL
06PANAMA897	PANAMA SNAPSHOT FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is intended as a scenesetter for A/S Shannon and former President Bush's May 11 meeting with President Torrijos. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Embassy's relations with the Torrijos government (GOP) are warm and bilateral cooperation on security and anti-narcotics matters r [...]	2006-05-10 23:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD PM CU VE CH
06PANAMA919	PANAMA: REHABILITATING THE DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) A joke making the rounds in Panama is that the only ex-Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) officer who hasn't found a job in the Torrijos government is Manuel Noriega. The late-April elevation of former Dignity Battalions chief Benjamin Colamarco to the cabinet as Minister of Public Works is [...]	2006-05-12 21:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PM VE CU
06PARAMARIBO155	CONTINUED CONCERN OVER BOUTERSE'S NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Former military dictator and convicted narcotics trafficker Desi Bouterse's recent statements claiming current conditions in Suriname are similar to those just prior to his 1980 coup have heightened public unease over Suriname's future stability. Adding to the atmosphere was a r [...]	2006-03-14 12:22:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO442	SURINAME FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS CARICOM'S BACKING OF [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk said in a radio interview aired July 14 that CARICOM had chosen to back Venezuela in its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Kraag-Keteldijk said CARICOM members carefully considered the pros and [...]	2006-07-14 19:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC NS
06PARAMARIBO698	CHINA POPULAR WITH MINISTRIES: LOANS IN ONE DAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Ricardo van Ravenswaay, Chinese development assistance is increasingly popular with certain Ministries because loans to companies for development projects are available "in one day." Van Ravenswaay contrasted this wi [...]	2006-10-31 20:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROG NS CH CONS EAID SMIG
06PARAMARIBO705	PARAMARIBO NONCOMMITTAL ON UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY Per reftel, post delivered message and non-papers regarding the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Suriname showed interest and concern and said it would share a position paper, which we have not yet received. Po [...]	2006-11-03 15:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN NS
06PARAMARIBO722	EMOTIONS OF SURINAMESE POLITICIANS TRUMP [...] (C) SUMMARY On Tuesday, November 9, the President and Vice President of Suriname cancelled their meetings with visiting Dutch Minister of Planning and Development Agnes van Ardenne. News sources reported that the sudden change in schedules was seen as a protest against the recent security ch [...]	2006-11-09 18:05:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID NS
06PARAMARIBO729	(C) DESPITE PRESSURE, SURINAME NONCOMMITTAL BUT [...] (U) The Ambassador and Pol/Econ officers have approached the GOS Foreign Ministry on four separate occasions regarding ref A, most recently on 11/15, when the Ambassador and Pol/Econ section chief personally delivered points in reftels A and B. As with all previous approaches, and despite the [...]	2006-11-15 19:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNHRC UN XG BO NS
06PARAMARIBO771	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (C) Per Reftel Embassy Paramaribo, Suriname designating as TFCO and deputy TFCO: a. TFCO: Genton, Thomas R., Title - Deputy Chief of Mission, Phone Number - (597) 472900 Ext 2202, Email - GentonTR@state.gov) b. Deputy TFCO: Sanders, Jesse L., Title - Chief of Political-Economi [...]	2006-12-04 15:10:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER NS
06PARAMARIBO96	COMMISSION ESTABLISHED TO REVIEW SURINAME'S [...] (U) On February 9, Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi established the 'International Criminal Court Commission.' The commission's main tasks are to advise the Government of Suriname (GOS) on the country's accession to the Statute of Rome; to advise the government on signin [...]	2006-02-16 14:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EAID NS
06PARIS1010	MFA OFFERS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON IRANIAN [...] (C) During a February 15 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan offered additional details on Iranian government manipulation of the Mohammed cartoon controversy, which he said led to a violent protest last week which targeted the French em [...]	2006-02-16 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KISL FR
06PARIS1011	FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...]	2006-02-16 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CT FR
06PARIS1031	SEGOLENE ROYAL DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR 2007, TRIP [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party (PS) presidential hopeful, current media darling and president of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal left no doubt as to her determination to win election as president of France in 2007. She matter-of-factly assessed [...]	2006-02-17 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1036	DEBY BETTER OFF AFTER TRIPOLI. UN DROPPING THE [...] (C) Summary: The French Presidency is relieved at the outcome of the Tripoli summit, which has significantly defused tensions between Sudan and Chad. Elysee Africa Cell Deputy Labriolle reported that Libya was pleased to have demonstrated its diplomatic credibility and had laid the groundwo [...]	2006-02-17 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IV SU CD FR
06PARIS104	MFA, PRESIDENCY ADDRESS UPCOMING MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 discussion of ref A demarche, an MFA official indicated that President Chirac would urge Bolivian president-elect Morales January 7 to govern responsibly and inclusively. Chirac will counsel prudence in moving forward with stated plans to nationalize the natural g [...]	2006-01-06 18:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR BO CO
06PARIS105	MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]	2006-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1113	UDF LEADER FRANCOIS BAYROU REVIEWS HIS CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on February 16, Union for French Democracy (UDF) leader Francois Bayrou reaffirmed "that France needs a centrist alternative" (ref B). He admitted, however, that the French persist in thinking in terms of "right and left," making it unlikely [...]	2006-02-23 12:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1118	TOGO/FRANCE: EX-MINISTER BOKO UPSET AND AFRAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on February 17 that he was very upset by apparent press leaks concerning his testimony about the November 6, 2004, bombing incident in Cote d'Ivoire. Boko had told a French judge investigating the incident that French authorities h [...]	2006-02-23 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO IV FR
06PARIS1130	GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...]	2006-02-23 17:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR
06PARIS1186	FRENCH ON FEBRUARY 27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol Deputy delivered points to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy chief of the MFA's CFSP unit, on February 17; poloff followed up with LeDeunff on February 24. According to LeDeunff, the GAERC will issue strong conclusions on Iran, but none on Iraq or the Israeli-Palestinian situation. END [...]	2006-02-24 17:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG FR EUN
06PARIS1222	FRANCE AGREES WITH USG POINTS ON ODIHR ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-27 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PHUM PREL BE FR
06PARIS1224	MFA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points on considerations for an international tribunal for UNIIIC suspects with MFA UN action officer for Middle East issues Selina Grenet February 23. Throughout the discussion, Grenet stressed GoF support for an international tribunal, while emphasizing the need [...]	2006-02-27 19:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE KJUS FR
06PARIS1236	2/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]	2006-02-28 11:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1251	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE SHARES [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, former prime minister Raymond Barre cautioned against any overconfidence that right-wing, nativist and xenophobic sentiment in France might be something of the past. If anything, in Barre's view, popular reaction to urban unrest and other [...]	2006-02-28 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS128	PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]	2006-01-09 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1282	SUDAN -- URGENT DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Pol/MC discussed AMIS re-hatting (ref) with MFA Africa Bureau PDAS Elisabeth Barbier March 1. Barbier fully concurred with our analysis of the current situation, and undertook to review what the French might be able to do in support of the demarches we are making in Tripoli, Cairo and e [...]	2006-03-01 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1289	FRENCH DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to various MFA and MOD officials responsible for Iraq, Afghanistan and NATO. On Iraq, the regional bureau described itself as "not opposed" to providing assistance but adduced a number of preconditions to be fulfilled that make assistance unlikely. [...]	2006-03-01 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06PARIS1293	SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...]	2006-03-01 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR
06PARIS1296	(C) MFA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO EU-3 ON [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary reaction to the U.S. white paper on Syria/Lebanon (ref A),MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Thibault sought to emphasize the positive, while offering a variety of legalistic arguments on why EU sanctions on Syria were inadvisable or unachievable at this juncture. Thiba [...]	2006-03-01 18:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE FR
06PARIS130	FRENCH IMPRESSIONS OF MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Presidential diplomatic advisor for the Americas Dominique Boche characterized the 45 minute meeting January 7 between President Jacques Chirac and Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales as positive. Morales reassured Chirac that foreign investors would be provided a secure legal environme [...]	2006-01-09 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR BO
06PARIS131	MFA OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING [...] (C) In a January 5 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff (discussion of Bolivia and Colombia ref B),DAS-equivalent for Latin America Michel Pinard downplayed U.S. concerns about rumored discussions regarding the sale of Scorpene submarines to Venezuela. While acknowledging that [...]	2006-01-09 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM FR VE
06PARIS1312	VILLEPIN ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON FRENCH RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister de Villepin's cabinet economic advisor privately describes French-EU relations as being at "an all-time low" on economic issues and worries that the GOF has been unable to find much "traction" with the new German government of Angela Merkel. The advisor defended the openne [...]	2006-03-02 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS1330	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-02 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1331	IRAN/IAEA: FRENCH SHARE U.S. ASSESSMENT OF LATEST [...] (C) On March 2, we delivered ref A points, minus the "if asked" section, on U.S. views of the latest IAEA report to Etienne de Gonneville, an MFA action officer handling non-proliferation issues in the Strategic Affairs directorate. De Gonneville skimmed the U.S. text and remarked that our as [...]	2006-03-02 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR FR IAEA
06PARIS1370	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR JORDAN REVIEWS MAGHREB ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: NEA/MAG Director William Jordan's February 27 meetings with MFA counterparts addressed the Western Sahara conflict, Moroccan-Algerian relations, human rights issues in Tunisia, and Libya. On Western Sahara, MFA officials agreed with Jordan on the need for Morocco to be more forw [...]	2006-03-03 19:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AG MO TU WS FR
06PARIS1388	FRENCH DOWNPLAY SUMATE CONCERNS, OFFER NOTHING NEW [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard told us March 4 it would be improper for France to try to interfere in the Venezuelan government's case against Sumate, although it would maintain "vigilance," and encourage similar EU vigilance, in following the court proceeding [...]	2006-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL FR VE MARR
06PARIS1410	FRANCE NOT KEEN ON NORWEGIAN PROPOSAL FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Per reftel, on March 6 we informed the MFA of Norway's interest in initiating a broad security dialog with Iran and U.S. reaction against the initiative at this time. Nicolas Roche, who works on Iran-EU3 negotiations in the MFA's Strategic Affairs bureau, said the Norwegians had also share [...]	2006-03-06 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU NO FR
06PARIS1411	FM LIVNI VISIT REINFORCES UPSWING IN [...] (C) Summary: Israel embassy contacts stressed positive atmospherics during FM Livni's March 1 meetings with French PM Villepin and FM Douste-Blazy. Israeli contacts were struck by the degree to which Livni found common ground with French officials, Villepin in particular, despite differences [...]	2006-03-06 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL IR FR
06PARIS1428	PARIS-BASED HARIRI ADVISOR ON LEBANON INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion, Basile Yared, a leading Paris-based advisor to Sa'ad Hariri, praised the Secretary for delivering the right message in Beirut on the SIPDIS need for a peaceful, constitutional presidential transition in Lebanon. Yared speculated that it would take t [...]	2006-03-07 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1431	SUDAN/AMIS: FRENCH SHARE U.S. VIEW [...] (C) MFA Sudan deskoff Jerome Robert on March 7 confirmed that France shared the U.S. position on transforming the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS) into a UN operation. "We agree with you 100 percent on the need to turn AMIS into a UN mission," Robert stated in response to reftel demarc [...]	2006-03-07 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SU KPKO FR
06PARIS1455	FRENCH VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Prime Minister de Villepin received Polish President Lech Kaczynski on February 24 for his first visit to France since taking office. Chirac and Kaczynski discussed the future of the Weimar Triangle and the European constitutional treaty, and Chirac told Kaczy [...]	2006-03-07 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR PO EUN
06PARIS1486	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-08 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1488	SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Reftel points were delivered to French officials at the MFA and CEA (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique) who recommended to USG attention French President Chirac's immediate public statement in support of the U.S.-India agreement as well as his own visit to India a week prior to [...]	2006-03-08 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA KNNP PREL ENRG PARM ETTC IN FR
06PARIS1530	GOF REAFFIRMS NO CONTACT POLICY WITH HAMAS, WHILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 12:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR
06PARIS1588	MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]	2006-03-13 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS1605	FRANCE ON GUATEMALA/VENEZUELA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for IO affairs Sylvie Bermann indicated March 10 that the GOF had not yet formulated a position on the contest between Venezuela and Guatemala for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council. While the MFA favors Guatemala, Bermann made clear that the fin [...]	2006-03-13 17:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1656	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting devoted to Liberia (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire (February clash between French and Ivoirian forces in western Cote d'Ivoire was deliberately instigated by the Ivoirian side),Togo (Faure [...]	2006-03-16 08:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV TO CT FR
06PARIS166	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a non-controversial January 10 address to the assembled diplomatic corps, President Chirac touched on the foreign policy challenges of combatting terrorism, preventing nuclear weapons proliferation, fostering progress in the Middle East and Africa, strengthening European defens [...]	2006-01-10 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN FR
06PARIS1680	CHAD: FRENCH OFFER FEW COMMENTS ON UNSUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: French response to the thwarted coup attempt in Chad, both from the GOF and in the press, has been muted. Isabelle Guisnel (deputy to the DAS-equivalent for West Africa at the MFA) said that France remained vigilant but that the attempted coup had produced little visible disru [...]	2006-03-16 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CD FR
06PARIS1681	SARKOZY ADVISOR ON FIRST EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, END [...] (C) Summary: Former Industry Minister and close Sarkozy advisor Patrick Devedjian predicted March 15 that student and labor union opposition to the First Employment Contract (CPE) was spreading and might yet become a major test for the government. In any event, he believed that PM de Villepin [...]	2006-03-16 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL FR SOCI PINR EUN
06PARIS1699	FRENCH ON PM DE VILLEPIN'S MARCH 13 WORKING VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French MFA, counter-terrorism and energy policy were the two central topics of Prime Minister de Villepin's March 13 talks in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Zapateros. Prior to the ministerial, the French sent a strong message to the Spanish MFA on their dissatisfa [...]	2006-03-16 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP FR SY LE
06PARIS1700	FRENCH MFA AGREES ON NEED FOR GREATER EU [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials share U.S. concerns on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria, and have recommended that the GoF seek an EU presidency statement and joint EU demarche in Damascus to address the issue. MFA officials did not see much prospect for addressing Syria human rig [...]	2006-03-16 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE SY FR
06PARIS1706	LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 13 described Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's March 7-10 official visit to France as a success. France's primary interest in supporting Johnson-Sirleaf and stability in Liberia is to promote stability in neighb [...]	2006-03-17 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LI FR
06PARIS1719	(C) FRENCH MFA ON POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) On the margins of a March 15 discussion on human rights in Syria (reftel),MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot commented briefly on March 8-9 political consultations in Cairo between France and Egypt, for which the French delegation was led by MFA Political Director Stanis [...]	2006-03-17 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY EG KISL UNSC FR
06PARIS1720	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER RICHARD: INSIGHTS ON EU [...] (C) In a meeting March 9, Ambassador Stapleton and former defense minister Alain Richard exchanged views on the roles of NATO and the ESDP, on the steady continuity in France's defense policies under Richard's successor (current Defense Minister Michele Aliot-Marie),and on French domestic pol [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON MARR
06PARIS1721	SUDAN: FRANCE TO CONSIDER WAYS OF ENCOURAGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF PDAS Elisabeth Barbier said on March 17 that France would consider whether and how best to encourage other countries to support a rapid conversion of AMIS into a UN operation for Sudan. She agreed with us that the AU decision to transition AMIS to a UN mission was not c [...]	2006-03-17 16:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI SU FR
06PARIS1735	FRENCH ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials spent much of March 17 helping plan the EU response to the summons received by EU and US Ambassadors in Minsk late March 16; the Austrian presidency will issue a statement holding Lukashenko alone responsible for any violence surrounding this weekend's presid [...]	2006-03-17 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU FR EUN
06PARIS1776	FRENCH AF DAS DISCUSSES SUDAN (AMIS/UN),DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Helen Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East and Central Africa, on March 20 said that France would take a low-key approach to lobbying Africans on the AMIS/UN issue, to avoid exacerbating anti-Western phobias. She stressed the importance of progress in the Abuja talks. An offici [...]	2006-03-20 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SU DJ CG FR

06PARIS1843	MFA DAS DISCUSSES OFFENSIVE IN CHAD AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 21 discussed developments in Chad, notably the GOC's offensive against rebel forces that began early on March 21. Foucher said that, if successful, the offensive could solidify Deby's regime and reduce Sudan's ability to [...]	2006-03-22 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CD FR
06PARIS1851	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON SUDAN/AMIS/UN MISSION [...] (C) Per ref A, we provided on March 22 ref A talking points on Sudan and the AMIS/UN issue to MFA DAS-equivalent for Central and East Africa Helene Le Gal. In a follow-up discussion the same day, Le Gal said she considered the approach the U.S. intended to take with Arab states at the Arab [...]	2006-03-22 15:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SU FR
06PARIS1899	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON VENEZUELA AND THE [...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met March 23 with President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) March 23 to press for French support for Guatemala's candidacy for the Latin American UNSC seat opening in January 2007 (refs),emphasizing in particular the harm Venezuelan mem [...]	2006-03-24 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GT VE UNSC
06PARIS1919	MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: "I'M READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gilchrist Olympio, Paris-based UFC chief and opposition leader, told us March 23 that he was prepared to engage in national dialogue with the Faure regime but asserted that the regime was blocking the dialogue by not agreeing on the naming of a mediator/facilitator of the talks [...]	2006-03-24 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PREF PINR TO FR
06PARIS1922	FRANCE WILL SUPPORT BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on expanding a visa ban against Belarusian officials to Antoine Gosset, the MFA's Belarus desk officer. Gosset said the MFA was examining the legal implications of extending the visa ban to include Aleksandr Lukashenka, given the lack of prece [...]	2006-03-24 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO FR EUN
06PARIS1924	CHIRAC'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON, IRAN [...] (C) Amb Stapleton took the occasion of a meeting March 23 with President Chirac's Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) on another subject (septel),to discuss Middle East issues, focusing on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq. Concerning Syria/Lebanon, MGM said the GOF continues t [...]	2006-03-24 18:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR SY LE SP UNSC
06PARIS1966	FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON A TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing characterized the current social upheaval in France over the First Employment Contract as the latest episode in France's deep-seated resistance to change ("in no way pre-revolutionary"). He argued [...]	2006-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB FR EUN PINR
06PARIS2067	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]	2006-03-30 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06PARIS2083	FRENCH MFA OBJECTS TO CURTAILING NIGERIAN UNOCI [...] (C) Africa Watcher shared current U.S. thinking on how to reinforce the UN presence in both Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire during a March 29 meeting with AF Acting DAS-Equivalent Isabel Guisnel. Guisnel objected strongly to recalling the Nigerian mechanized company on loan from UNMIL to UNOCI. SC [...]	2006-03-30 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO LI IV FR
06PARIS2086	SUBURBAN UNREST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: HOW [...] (C) Summary: Unlike the anarchic violence of November, the current demonstrations by students and organized labor against the First Employment Contract (CPE) have largely proceeded peacefully despite violent acts by bands of underclass suburban youths directed against police and demonstrator [...]	2006-03-30 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON FR PINR CASC SOCI
06PARIS2137	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports into Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) corruption, the GoF has launched investigations of a number of French nationals named in the IIC reports, though so far none have been charged with a crime. The GoF investigation is being l [...]	2006-03-31 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS216	FRENCH CONCERNED WITH DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche January 12 to DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier, who said that the French Embassy in Washington had also appraised him of the issue. He stated that the GoF understood and shared our "political" concern [...]	2006-01-12 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR HA
06PARIS2177	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATIVE JUDGE VISITS [...] (C) On April 3, poloff spoke with financial investigating judge Philippe Courroye, who heads the independent judicial inquiry into potential French involvement in Oil-for-Food Program corruption. Courroye said the Le Figaro article in para 3 of reftel was "behind the times," since he had alrea [...]	2006-04-03 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2252	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Belarus, Russia and Darfur. Fried pressed French officials to remain open to offering Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan, and noted that French and U.S. analy [...]	2006-04-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS2259	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL AFRICA ADVISOR OFFERS OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor for Africa Jacques Champagne de Labriolle on April 3 provided a broad overview of French Africa policy during a meeting with AF/W Director Phillip Carter. He made the following observations: -- Chad and Cote d'Ivoire were France's main concerns at prese [...]	2006-04-06 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA IV FR
06PARIS2260	FRANCE/WEST AFRICA: AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER'S MFA [...] (C) Summary: AF/W Director Carter clarified U.S. views on addressing security needs in Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire in an April 3 meeting with MFA Acting A/S-Equivalent for Africa Affairs Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Foucher. Carter explained the significance in Monrovia of the Nigerian UNMIL com [...]	2006-04-06 13:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KFLU GV NI IV LI FR
06PARIS2267	MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...]	2006-04-06 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR VE BO CU HA
06PARIS2272	HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN COE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton received April 4 a letter from Congressman Wexler to COE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President van der Linden seeking to dissuade the parliamentary assembly from meeting with a Palestinian delegation of which one member belongs to Hamas. Embassy and CG St [...]	2006-04-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR PHUM PTER KPAL IS EUN COE
06PARIS2273	FRANCE RESIGNED ON PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel points March 28 with MFA European Affairs desk officer (filling in for an absent Romania desk officer) Virginie Bioteau March 28, who requested and received a copy of talking points for the purpose of coordinating an informed MFA response. She understood [...]	2006-04-06 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN CASC RO
06PARIS2305	FRANCE WRONGFOOTED ON LEVITZKY INCB CANDIDACY [...] (C) An abashed IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper confided to poloff on 4/7 that France had already pledged to back Belgian and German candidates for the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) prior to her learning from the Embassy on 3/27 of the USG request to support ambassador Levi [...]	2006-04-07 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR AORC PREL FR UN
06PARIS2306	POLISH EMBASSY ON FRANCO-POLISH AND FRANCO-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: Polish Embassy PolCouns described for us April 6 an improving Franco-Polish relationship and growing French interest in the Weimar triangle grouping of France, Germany and Poland. She attributed growing French activism to attempts to offset its waning influence both vis-a-vis G [...]	2006-04-07 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG
06PARIS2313	FRENCH ON HAMAS/COE: GIVE US UNTIL THE 4/10 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, post further discussed possible Hamas participation in upcoming Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meetings with MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow (responsible for CoE political affairs) and shared ref A points with DAS-eq [...]	2006-04-07 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR KHUM KTER COE EUN
06PARIS2314	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]	2006-04-07 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2315	FRENCH FULLY AGREE ON NEED TO PROTEST IRANIAN [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq/Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan confirmed the GoF's "full agreement" with reftel points on Iranian government mistreatment of religious minorities during an April 6 discussion with poloff. Sivan added that the GoF had recently sought insertion of langua [...]	2006-04-07 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI IR FR
06PARIS2318	SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]	2006-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS2348	TOGO: APRIL 5 MEETING WITH EX-MINISTER BOKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said during an April 5 meeting that the regime in Togo feared active U.S. intervention in Togo's affairs and that the U.S. could readily influence events in Togo if it chose to do so, and even compel the leadership to step down, as in Ha [...]	2006-04-10 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM TO FR
06PARIS2358	FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN [...] Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG participation. However, she admitted that she herself had urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait until 2007 [...]	2006-04-11 07:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS2391	MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS C.A.R. AND CHAD WITH DRL/CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officers Charlotte Montel (C.A.R.) and Lt. Col. Marc Conruyt (Chad) briefed DRL/CAR desk officer Stuart Crampton on April 6. Regarding C.A.R., Montel noted limited but growing contact between French and C.A.R. parliamentarians and recent calls for increased government [...]	2006-04-12 07:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR CT CD FR
06PARIS2405	FRANCE: AUSTRALIA GROUP MEMBERSHIP FOR RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 10:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS FR
06PARIS2425	CABINDA/ANGOLA: FLEC CONFUSED ABOUT USG INTENTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 11 meeting, FLEC (Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda) representative Antonio Nzita Bembe (Nzita) revealed divisions in the ranks of the Cabinda "resistance" movement caused by the apparent defection of former FLEC/Renovada head Antonio Bembe (Bent [...]	2006-04-12 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PHUM AO FR
06PARIS2450	FRENCH IN AGREEMENT ON BELARUS SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: DAS Kramer met April 11 with interlocutors from the MFA and Treasury to discuss next steps on Belarus. The French agreed on the utility and necessity of targeted financial sanctions against key members of the Belarusian regime and believed that the EU would come to consensus on th [...]	2006-04-13 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR BO RU
06PARIS2499	CHAD: FORMER PM ALINGUE PREDICTS "WAR" IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister of Chad Jean-Bawoyeu Alingue called on us April 12 to discuss events in Chad and report on his activities in Paris. Alingue said he had met last week with Presidential AF Advisor Michel de Bonnecorse and MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert in Paris, but cl [...]	2006-04-14 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS2553	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: AMBASSADOR WEISBERG'S APRIL 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 14 meeting with Ambassador Robert Weisberg, MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that Republic of Congo (ROC) President Sassou Nguesso told the French prior to the African Union's April 13 communique on Chad that the AU would not condemn Sudan. A small group of RO [...]	2006-04-19 10:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VZ SU CF FR
06PARIS2587	SUDAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHE ELICITS MFA REMARKS ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points April 19 to IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel. In response, Simon-Michel reiterated French support for levying sanctions on the individuals in question, noting French co-sponsorship for the original UK list of names proposed for designation. 2. [...]	2006-04-19 15:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PREL SU FR UNSC
06PARIS2592	FRANCE ON NATO 'GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS' [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, Nicolas Niemtchinow, on April 10. On April 17, Niemtchinow responded that France appreciated receiving the points, especially the detailed explanation of what global partnerships are and what they are not. H [...]	2006-04-19 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO
06PARIS2593	FRENCH CONDEMN TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK, WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a disappointing response to reftel points seeking GoF condemnation of the Hamas justification of the April 17 Tel Aviv suicide attack, stressing that the GoF had chosen to "regret" Hamas' reaction rather than condemn Hamas, whom they did not hold responsible [...]	2006-04-19 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2606	SUDAN: FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU FR
06PARIS2615	PSI: URGING ASSISTANCE IN SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) Ref A points were delivered to French MFA action officer for PSI, Sebastien Jaunet, on April 12. Jaunet said that the French were preparing to make their own PSI demarche and noted that that the U.S. demarche did not include a number of countries that the French were considering approach [...]	2006-04-20 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL FR
06PARIS2654	FRENCH DEMARCHE ON CHINA POUCH ISSUE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAS 6 & 7. 2. (SBU) French A/S-equivalent for Asia Herve Ladsous called in U.S. and UK Embassy representatives April 19 to share French thinking on next steps in dealing with the Beijing pouch problems. Political and Tri-Mission Management M-Cs attend [...]	2006-04-21 15:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT KREC CVIS ADPM CH FR GM JA UK EUN
06PARIS2660	FRANCE ON PRODI/HAMAS CALL: "SHOCKED," BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA officials responsible for EU CFSP and the Middle East told us April 21 that they were "shocked" by Prodi's agreement to receive a phone call from a political-level Hamas member. However, citing the fact that Prodi was not yet a government official at the time of the [...]	2006-04-21 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN IT KPAL
06PARIS2663	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with GOF energy policy officials to discuss potential areas for bilateral and transatlantic cooperation to improve energy security. GOF officials emphasized the need to maintain pressure on Russia to open its oil and gas markets and, [...]	2006-04-24 10:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS2683	FRANCE UNDERSTANDS NEED TO EXTEND CWC DESTRUCTION [...] (C) Reftel points were delivered to French MFA Director for chemical and biological weapons disarmament issues, Arnaud Roux, and desk officer, Etienne Sur. In follow up discussions April 24, Sur said that the French were well aware of the issue. He said that the GoF appreciated U.S. efforts [...]	2006-04-24 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR
06PARIS2684	FRANCE SUPPORTS WITH RESERVATIONS NATO'S MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, French MFA officials stated that France supported the establishment of NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) in principle, although they have serious concerns that it not draw resources away from existing NATO operations/programs, and believe that the p [...]	2006-04-24 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS2699	FRANCE: INPUT FOR LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and comment: France maintains a variety of investments in Cuba and is Cuba's 12th ranked supplier, down from fifth in 2001. France does not have a modern bilateral trade agreement with Cuba, and exchanges between the two countries are limited. France adheres to EU positions on C [...]	2006-04-25 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL FR CU
06PARIS2713	USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reason: 1.4 d. 2. (C) Summary and guidance request. The Director General (DG) sent the Deputy Director General, Marcio Barbosa, to see Ambassador Oliver on April 24 to pass the message that he has chosen Francoise Riviere, the DG's "Che [...]	2006-04-25 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS2717	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES FRENCH APPROACH TO "ECONOMIC [...] (C) A/S Wayne heard from a noted economic advisor to the French Government and the head of the local AmCham that one of the main reasons PM de Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda has resonated with the French people was because most people were shocked to learn that so much of the French [...]	2006-04-25 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2721	FRANCE HAS A NARROWER PERSPECTIVE FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) On April 24, in advance of the Informal Ministerial in Sofia, polmiloff followed up on reftel discussion on Global Partnerships with Nicolas Niemtchinow, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for NATO issues. Niemtchinow said France thought it timely to re-examine NATO's Partnerships, in discussion [...]	2006-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS2723	MFA DEMARCHE ON BADGES FOR FRENCH EMBASSY STAFF IN [...] This message contains an action request for Washington in para 5. 2. (C) On April 25, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan called poloff to deliver an oral demarche on issue of DoD-issued badges for staff of the French embassy in Baghdad (reftels). Sivan exp [...]	2006-04-25 17:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR
06PARIS2750	MFA PERPLEXED AT CONTINUED SNAGS ON UNOCI [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials reacted with consternation at the formal U.S. request to revisit the French draft resolution to authorize additional UNOCI reinforcements (reftel). IO DAS-Equivalent Simon-Michel and AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher both told poloff on April 25 that they hoped AF [...]	2006-04-26 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FR
06PARIS2772	EQUAL OPPORTUNITY MINISTER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Junior Minister for Promotion of Equal Opportunities Azouz Begag provided the Ambassador April 19 with a candid assessment of the current situation of minorities in France. Begag blamed discrimination for unemployment levels as high as 40 and 50 percent in many of the ghetto-like [...]	2006-04-27 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL KISL PINR KPAO FR
06PARIS2796	USUNESCO: MEDIA FREEDOM - DANISH CARTOONS [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY: Executive Board Agenda Item 46, Title, was renegotiated by a working group during the Executive Board to address concerns about respect for culture and religion raised by the Danish cartoons of Mohammed published in [...]	2006-04-27 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS282	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO LIBYA FOCUSES ON PLIGHT [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's January 5 visit to Libya focused on French assistance offers to HIV-infected children in Benghazi, in an effort to help facilitate the release of Bulgarian/Palestinian medics wrongly con [...]	2006-01-17 06:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY BG FR
06PARIS2835	HRC: FRANCE WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR UNHRC FR
06PARIS2836	MDA: FRANCE LOOKING TO ENGAGE CONSTRUCTIVELY [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper told poloff on April 26 that the French MFA concurred with U.S. demarche points on the need for the June 19-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement to amend its statutes to reflect the Third Additiona [...]	2006-04-28 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC ICRC SZ FR
06PARIS2843	4/28 ABBAS-CHIRAC MEETING: GOF PROPOSES TRUST FUND [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary readout provided to poloff, Presidential Advisor for the Middle East Dominique Boche described the April 28 meeting between President Chirac and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as focused on two topics -- ways to increase international assistance [...]	2006-04-28 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2883	COTE D'IVOIRE: PROGRESS VITAL IF OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cote d'Ivoire must show progress soon on identification and disarmament if elections in October are to remain feasible, MFA Deskoff Olivier Richard stressed on April 28. The MFA was satisfied with the results of discussions A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert had in Washington concer [...]	2006-05-03 11:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IV FR
06PARIS2928	FRENCH MFA ANTICIPATES DONATION TO OAS ELECTION [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 4 to MFA Guyana Desk Officer Eric Amblard, who indicated that the GoF was troubled by the growing violence, instability, and likely electoral delays in Guyana. According to Amblard, the precarious situation was a driving force in Guyanese immigration [...]	2006-05-04 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OAS KDEM PGOV FR GY
06PARIS3035	C.A.R.: FRENCH WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE SUDANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. Deskoff Charlotte Montel on May 5 expressed concern about a possible Sudanese presence in northeastern C.A.R., following the mysterious landing of a plane in the Tiringoulou area on April 25 (reftel). Locals reported that the 50-some soldiers who deplaned appeared to [...]	2006-05-09 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR CT FR
06PARIS3040	SLM DEPUTY COMING TO PARIS [...] (C) Discussing the prospects for bringing further Darfur rebel factions aboard the Abuja peace agreement, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Le Gal recommended in a May 9 conversation focusing on Abdulwahid Nur, the Sudan Liberation Moverment (SLM) leader who continued to reject the deal, given Abdulwahid [...]	2006-05-09 16:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID SU CD FR
06PARIS3123	UNESCO - AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Ambassador Oliver met with Director General Matsuura on May 10. The DG informed the Ambassador that he has already chosen and informed Francoise Riviere that she will be the next Assistant Director General for Culture. He also said that the Chef de Cabinet position will be chosen internal [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO
06PARIS3124	USUNESCO - ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED FOLLOW-UP TO [...] (U) Summary: Wanting to touch base following last month's Executive Board at UNESCO, Israel's ambassador to UNESCO called on Ambassador Oliver to thank the U.S. for its work on the resolution regarding Jerusalem and on the "cartoon" issue. Strategy was discussed about best ways to work togethe [...]	2006-05-11 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	IS UNESCO
06PARIS3129	MFA MEETS WITH JEM REJECTIONIST KHALIL IBRAHIM [...] (C) African Affairs DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal advised Africa Watcher on May 10 that JEM rejectionist Khalil Ibrahim had arrived in France and requested meetings. The MFA decided that Le Gal should receive him May 11, but he would not meet with A/S-Equivalent Bruno Joubert or the French Pr [...]	2006-05-11 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CD SU FR
06PARIS3152	LAURENT FABIUS ON EUROPE AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PINR EUN
06PARIS3178	CHIRAC/VILLEPIN/SARKOZY AND THE CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. As ref A Paris Points document, the "Clearstream" scandal has become a classic French "affaire d'etat," a scandal which threatens the life of the government and the careers of many leading political, judicial, and even military figures. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin continu [...]	2006-05-12 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR EUN PINR
06PARIS3181	FRENCH ON MAY 15-16 GAERC - FOCUS ON AID TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal LeDeunff on May 10 and discussed them with him on May 12. LeDeunff said that the biggest issue for the GAERC would be the question of EU assistance to the Palestinians. He noted that the GoF was refusing to agree to inclusion o [...]	2006-05-12 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KPAL UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU
06PARIS3182	MAY 11 MFA MEETINGS WITH JEM KHALIL IBRAHIM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim seemed determined to oppose the Abuja accords on Darfur despite GOF advice that he sign them, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on May 12, following her meeting with him the previous day. Khalil Ibrahim did not seemed fazed by the possible [...]	2006-05-12 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PINS SOCI SU FR
06PARIS3226	MFA OPEN TO FURTHER INTERVENTIONS ON SYRIA HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the deteriorating human rights situation in Syria with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant affairs Herve Besancenot May 15, urging a more forceful GoF public stance. While agreeing that SARG repression had increased, Besancenot conceded that the French em [...]	2006-05-16 10:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM SY FR
06PARIS3315	FRENCH FIRMLY SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF supports completely the U.S. position set forth in ref A, MFA Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert said on May 17. France will encourage non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement to sign it, and believes that Abdulwahid Al-Nur can be persuaded to sign the agreement, If no [...]	2006-05-18 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI EAID SU FR
06PARIS336	FRENCH MFA WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON UN REFORM, [...] (SBU) Political Minister-Counselor discussed demarche points on January 18 with French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann (Ref A). Joining Bermann were desk officers Donatienne Hissard and Nicolas Kassianides, who respectively handle human rights issues and Security Council reform. Bermann and [...]	2006-01-18 18:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PHUM PARM KNNP IR FR UNSC UNGA EUN
06PARIS3360	DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN ON CLEARSTREAM, HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a remarkably wide-ranging tour de force equally remarkable for its candor, former finance minister and leading Socialist party presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn shared with Ambassador Stapleton May 16 his views that: the Clearstream scandal is far from over; the Soc [...]	2006-05-19 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON FR PINR EUN
06PARIS3366	GOF INCLINED TO SUPPORT UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) Responding to a May 13 demarche by Australian, U.S., and New Zealand emboffs on the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP),MFA PDAS-equivalent for IO/UN Affairs Jean-Pierre La Croix described the GoF as inclined towards supporting the draft text, despite reservati [...]	2006-05-19 08:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UN FR
06PARIS3368	GOF INCLINED TO SUPPORT UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) Responding to a May 18 demarche by Australian, U.S., and New Zealand emboffs on the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP),MFA PDAS-equivalent for IO/UN Affairs Jean-Pierre La Croix described the GoF as inclined towards supporting the draft text, despite reservati [...]	2006-05-19 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UN FR
06PARIS3382	FRENCH COMMENT ON U.S. PROPOSAL REGARDING THE 1267 [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met May 19 with officials from the MFA to discuss proposals on UN sanctions issues, especially the U.S. proposal on procedural protections and fairness in the 1267 Committee. French officials had two primary concerns about the U.S. proposal: 1) a call for national governmen [...]	2006-05-19 13:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PGOV PREL FR UNSC
06PARIS341	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR USES JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by N. Cooper Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, reasons 1.4.(D) 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver's January 16 meeting with UNESCO DG MATSUURA focused on USG program priorities including literacy (and the Honorary Ambassador role of the First Lady) and [...]	2006-01-19 09:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SOCI UNESCO KSA
06PARIS3426	CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL: GETTING EVER CLOSER TO [...] (C) Summary: Still no smoking gun in the "Clearstream" affair aimed at smearing Interior Minister Sarkozy, but the circle of suspicion continues to tighten around Prime Minister de Villepin. A key player and Villepin confidant has now admitted to having furnished the documents that implicat [...]	2006-05-22 11:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON FR PREL PINR
06PARIS3448	GOF WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) The following is an informal embassy translation of the French MFA statement issued May 22, welcoming formation of the new Iraqi government: Begin text: France welcomes the formation of a government in Iraq, the result of the December 15 elections and which should aim to ensure a balanc [...]	2006-05-22 16:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ FR
06PARIS3453	FRENCH SHARE USG CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian activities in South Ossetia to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, and Marie Dumoulin, Georgia desk officer. Dumoulin said on May 23 that France shares our "preoccupation" with Russian int [...]	2006-05-23 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV FR
06PARIS3471	U.S.-FRENCH CONSULTATIONS ON UN ISSUES: UN REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: IO PDAS Jim Warlick's May 19 meeting with MFA IO A/S-equivalent Sylvie Bermann focused primarily on UN reform issues -- namely the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),Human Rights Council (HRC),and management reform -- with SYG elections, Darfur, Cote d'Ivoire, and UNSC elections dis [...]	2006-05-23 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC AORC SU IV FR
06PARIS3479	NSG PLENARY DISCUSSION OF IRAN - FRENCH COMMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP FR
06PARIS3487	FRANCE SYMPATHETIC TO DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 22, we delivered reftel demarche to Xavier Chatel, MFA official working on NATO, noting that U.S. negotiations with the Kyrgyzs were ongoing. Chatel observed that our request that France make a demarche to Kyrgyzstan likely would be considered favorably by the GoF and promised to g [...]	2006-05-23 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO KG FR
06PARIS3501	FRANCE PLANS LIMITED REACTION TO AHMADI-NEJAD'S [...] (C) On May 23, poloffs delivered to MFA officials reftel demarche on the implications of Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's attendance at the June SCO summit in Shanghai. Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, told poloff that France did not plan on de [...]	2006-05-24 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR
06PARIS357	" ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM " TAKES SHAPE IN FRANCE [...] (C) As reported reftels, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon,s &economic intelligence8 recommendations, as outlined in his 2003 report. The GOF issued a decree on December 31, 2005, to define which sectors merit protection from foreign control for &national [...]	2006-01-19 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON EUN PREL FR
06PARIS3571	MIXED FRENCH MFA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on U.S. views on Palestinian assistance and a proposed temporary international funding mechanism with MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot May 30. Besancenot offered a mixed response to U.S. views. He agreed that the PA government bore prima [...]	2006-05-30 13:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL FR
06PARIS3594	FRENCH ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON IPR AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF,s economic advisor assured U/S Shiner on May 18 that the GOF would take US views into consideration as it shepherds its digital copyright bill through Parliament. He defended the GOF,s &economic patriotism8 policy shielding French firms from foreign investment, but invit [...]	2006-05-30 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KIPR ETRD ECPS PGOV FR
06PARIS3611	FRENCH URGE FURTHER GROUNDWORK ON BURMA DRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy reviewed the draft resolution and talking points with French MFA, which confirmed its backing for the USG initiative to raise Burma within the Security Council (Ref A). IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel observed May 26 that it was imperative to capitalize on the [...]	2006-05-31 10:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS3668	NO INCREASE IN FRANCE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ FR NATO
06PARIS3689	U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL DISCUSSES OLMERT VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting U.S. Ambassador to Israel Richard Jones briefed French MFA A/S-equivalent for NEA Jean-Francois Thibault May 26 on the PM Olmert visit to Washington; he also stressed the need to maintain consensus on Palestinian assistance, while reiterating U.S. opposition to payment of [...]	2006-06-02 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR
06PARIS3716	(C) MFA EXPRESSES PRIVATE CONCERN ON EMBASSY [...] (C) MFA Advisor for Religious Affairs Laurent Stefanini summoned Acting Pol M/C and poloff to his office June 1 to express concern about embassy Muslim outreach efforts, in generally polite but largely elliptical terms. Stefanini, who was accompanied by Deputy MFA Religious Affairs Advisor De [...]	2006-06-05 08:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PGOV PINR FR
06PARIS3721	USNATO AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SOCIALIST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Pierre Moscovici, the Socialist Party's National Secretary for International Relations, met May 29 with visiting Ambassador to NATO Nuland to discuss transatlantic relations in the context of France's 2007 presidential elections. Moscovici insisted that a PS Administra [...]	2006-06-05 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR NATO EUN
06PARIS3783	(C) MUSLIM LEADERS IN LYON STRESS UNITY AT [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the regional Muslim Council (CRCM) in Rhone-Alpes stressed a message of unity and moderation during a joint meeting with poloff in Lyon May 31. The CRCM leaders, who represent three rival factions within the national French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM),stresse [...]	2006-06-06 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR SOCI MO AG TU FR
06PARIS3843	FRENCH MFA CFSP CHIEFS ON EU DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 6 meeting, the MFA's CFSP chiefs lamented a certain absence of political will in the EU, but argued that the EU had largely succeeded, through an increase in ESDP operations, in recapturing some momentum following rejection of the EU constitutional treaty. They indicat [...]	2006-06-07 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN COE KPAL CY TU
06PARIS3870	FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN OSCE, [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told visiting EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins that France saw a "largely negative" context for the OSCE, primarily due to Russian intransigence. Generally speaking, the West had a radically different vision of the OSCE than Russia, and it was important, they said, that [...]	2006-06-08 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL FR CFE
06PARIS3875	ADDRESSING IRAN AT THE JUNE IAEA BOG - FRANCE IS [...] (C) On June 8, we discussed upcoming IAEA BOG meeting with Nicolas Roche, MFA counselor working on Iran nonproliferation, and shared non-paper with U.S. suggestions for inclusion in National Statements at the BOG. 2. (C) Roche expressed appreciation for our reftel suggestions and noted that [...]	2006-06-08 12:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IAEA IR FR
06PARIS3876	PRO-SEPARATIST CORSICAN LAWYER SAYS MOVEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Corsican lawyer Pascal Garbarini, who represents the majority of Corsicans imprisoned on terrorism-related charges, told poloff that the long-running separatist movement is ideologically impoverished, splintered into competing factions, evolving towards common criminality [...]	2006-06-08 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PTER
06PARIS3901	SARKOZY ALLY ON CHIRAC'S ISOLATION AND SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Over lunch on June 1 with Ambassador Stapleton, center-right candidate for mayor of Paris and Sarkozy ally Francoise de Panafieu gave a somber portrait of President Chirac's growing isolation. She conveyed Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) legislators' growing apprehension that the publ [...]	2006-06-09 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS3916	FRANCE AND THE FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 7 poloff delivered reftel demarche points to French MFA Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) action officer Etienne le Harivel de Gonneville. In a follow-up conversation on June 9, Gonneville explained that the GoF, like many other countries, is in favor of the FMCT. He added t [...]	2006-06-09 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL FR
06PARIS3922	FRANCE ON JUNE 12 GAERC - RECOGNITION OF MONTENEGRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy will announce at the June 12-13 GAERC that France recognizes Montenegro, according to MFA CFSP deputy chief Pascal LeDeunff. He listed as the most important topics at the GAERC preparation of the June 20-21 U.S.-EU summit, Montenegro, Cuba, Iran, I [...]	2006-06-09 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ CU KPAL FR
06PARIS3978	CONSTRUCTIVE FRENCH MFA LINE ON MID-YEAR [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the June 15 UNSC review of the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-1) mandate and current DFI/IAMB arrangements with MFA Iraq desk officer Jean-Marie Safa and MFA UN Action Officer for Iraq Nicolas Kassianides June 12. Both Safa and Kassianides expected that th [...]	2006-06-13 13:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ FR
06PARIS40	MFA ON JANUARY 4 CHIRAC-MUBARAK DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot previewed the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac working lunch, expected to focus on Syria/Lebanon. Mubarak will brief Chirac on his January 3 discussions in Riyadh, during which the Egyptian president was expected to press King Abdallah [...]	2006-01-04 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS4010	FRANCE WANTS TO JOIN SOMALIA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal demarched Africa Watcher on June 13 to convey displeasure at France's exclusion from the newly formed Somalia Contact Group. France is among the few nations in the European Union, including the UK, Sweden and Italy, which are actively engaged on Somalia [...]	2006-06-13 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SO FR

06PARIS402	FRANCE SUPPORTS DEMARCHE ON YEMENI 1267 VIOLATION, [...] (C) Following January 11 delivery of reftel demarche, Poloff received an update on the GOF response on January 20 from Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counterterrorism. Deruffe said France wholeheartedly supported the USG's demarche, and called the Yemeni government's violat [...]	2006-01-20 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AORC EFIN ETTC FR YM
06PARIS4046	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: NO FURTHER FRENCH [...] (C) Using ref A talking points, we spoke June 8 and 14, with MFA expert on the NRF, Florian Escudie, to suggest France consider increasing its contributions or that it lobby its Eurocorps partners to make up existing gaps in the NRF-7 rotation. USNATO Ambassador Nuland and EUR/RPM Director Gar [...]	2006-06-14 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS406	CHIRAC UPDATES FRENCH NUCLEAR DEFENSE DOCTRINE TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a January 19 speech before an audience of MPs and military personnel at the L'ile Longue submarine base in Brittany, French President Chirac expanded on France's nuclear defense doctrine, last enunciated in 2001, suggesting the possibility of a nuclear response to t [...]	2006-01-20 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM PTER FR
06PARIS4080	NUDGING DEBY ON DIALOGUE. MFA REMARKS ON CHAD, [...] (C) Summary: French Minister of Cooperation Girardin will deliver a clear message to President Deby in Chad this week on the necessity for national dialogue, according to MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher. The unusual presence of French Presidential Africa Adviser Bonnecorse on Girardin's trip [...]	2006-06-15 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR IV CT TO CD FR
06PARIS4094	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO FR
06PARIS4128	FRANCE WANTS HRC ACTION ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES [...] (C) Summary: MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen concurred with the U.S. view that the first session of the Human Rights Council should avoid country-specific resolutions. However, she said the MFA was puzzled by the U.S. call for the HRC to avoid "action on [...]	2006-06-16 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS4174	FRANCE AND WORKING GROUPS SUPPORTING THE SRI [...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor and poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with French MFA A/S equivalent for Asia, Herve Ladsous. Ladsous said that the GoF had no objections in principle to forming the two working groups, though, he added, France would probably not insert itself into a leade [...]	2006-06-16 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS FR
06PARIS4175	(C) HARIRI ADVISOR ON RISING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 13 discussion, longtime Hariri family advisor Basile Yared put a positive spin on the recent Brammertz report, which he viewed as compounding pressure on Syria. Yared viewed the SARG as seeking to destabilize the GoL, via arms and money transfers to Palestinian mili [...]	2006-06-16 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR PINR PTER EAID FR
06PARIS4214	FRANCE AND NATO ID FOR GEORGIA - IT'S ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) 1. Summary: A French decision on Georgia's candidacy for NATO Intensified Dialogue is under review, according to Presidency and MFA officials, and President Chirac will have the final say. Based on conversations with an Elysee contact, France continues to view Georgia's future through the [...]	2006-06-19 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR NATO RU
06PARIS4219	AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE [...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]	2006-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4225	(C) PESSIMISTIC ELYSEE LINE ON LEBANON/SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Chirac's Middle East advisor Dominique Boche recently shared a pessimistic assessment of Lebanon/Syria developments, criticizing UNSYG Annan's passivity on the issue, and citing the potential for the Lebanese government to collapse, amid internal divisions and active undermining [...]	2006-06-20 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR PTER FR
06PARIS4247	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 [...]	2006-06-21 08:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4277	STORMY DAYS AT EADS AND AIRBUS [...] (SBU) The furor surrounding EADS, recent plunge in the stock market, following revelations last week of further delays in Airbus A380 deliveries (see Paris Points of June 14, 15, 16),has plunged Airbus and its mother company EADS into one of the deepest crises in their history. Revelations [...]	2006-06-21 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS4296	(U) UNESCO PRIZES [...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]	2006-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS4360	(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]	2006-06-23 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4386	DEPARTING MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT JEAN-FRANCOIS [...] (U) Post offers the following biographic report on Jean-Francois Thibault, newly named French Ambassador to Rabat, who leaves his current position as MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East on June 27, 2006 and is expected to arrive in Rabat shortly thereafter. His MFA successor has n [...]	2006-06-26 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR XF MO FR
06PARIS4406	FRANCE WILL LIKELY SEND A/S-EQUIVALENT TO RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PGOV PHUM SOCI FR
06PARIS4411	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN: CHIRAC SHOULD REIN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confided to Ambassador Stapleton during a June 15 lunch that he was worried by President Chirac's waning authority. Raffarin said he had advised the president on the importance of restoring the respective roles of the presidency, prime minister an [...]	2006-06-26 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4441	U/S JOSPEH, U/S LEVEY JUNE 20 MEET WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting between U/S Joseph and Treasury U/S Levey and French Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, a range of proliferation-related topics were covered, including the US-French-UK-German-Italian meeting later that day aimed at preliminary consultations regarding [...]	2006-06-27 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR KN IN FR
06PARIS4448	FRANCE/CHAD: LOOKING FOR AFRICAN OPTIONS ON CAMP [...] (C) Summary: MFA AF A/S-equivalent Bruno Joubert told visiting DASD Theresa Whelan on January 26 that France is exploring the use of 200-250 African gendarmes for refugee protection at 12 camps in eastern Chad. He said French troops would not be able to provide protection but would coordina [...]	2006-06-28 07:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO CD SU FR
06PARIS4525	FRANCE TO ATTEND THE AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MARR PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS4580	FRENCH STILL CONSIDERING OSCE BID, BOUCHER TOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Concerned officials say they will tell Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokayev that Kazakhstan will have to meet higher standards if it wants to Chair the OSCE in 2009. But, they admit, the personal relationship between the two Presidents may carry the day. During other meetings in Pari [...]	2006-07-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN
06PARIS4610	IRAQI VP ABDEL-MEHDI MEETS WITH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY [...] (C) Summary and comment: While in France for personal reasons, Iraqi Vice-President Abdel Abdel-Mehdi met on June 26 with FM Douste-Blazy and President Chirac's diplomatic advisor, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. Abdel-Medhi also gave numerous press interviews during which he described the situat [...]	2006-07-05 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR IZ
06PARIS466	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR ON FRANCO-ALGERIAN TREATY, [...] (C) During a January 19 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Algerian Ambassador to France Missoum Sbih confirmed that the long-sought Franco-Algerian friendship treaty remains stalled over differences over historical issues, namely how to address French colonization of Algeria. Original [...]	2006-01-24 17:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG MO FR
06PARIS4663	GOF CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDF HOSTAGE CRISIS; WORRIED [...] (C) Summary and comment: An MFA contact told poloff July 6 that the GOF is closely following the Israeli/Palestinian crisis that began with the late June kidnapping of IDF soldier (and French/Israeli dual national) Gilad Shalit. Although the GOF has been rumored to be involved in negotiations [...]	2006-07-07 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL FR SY
06PARIS4745	DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES: FRANCE LOOKING TO AVOID PRC [...] (C) Acting DCM spoke on July 11 with MFA Director for IO and UN Sylvie Bermann, briefing her on U.S. views per ref A. Bermann underlined that France shares the U.S. viewpoint on the gravity of the North Korean missile launches. Bermann, however, underscored the GoF concern about the importance [...]	2006-07-11 16:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KNNP KN FR UNSC
06PARIS4786	HAITIAN PRESIDENT'S JUNE 29-30 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Haitian President Rene Preval visited France June 29-30 and met with President Chirac, PM Villepin, and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie. According to an MFA contact, Preval underscored a consistent message in all his meetings: Haiti would focus on agriculture an [...]	2006-07-12 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR HA
06PARIS4812	FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT MTCR SMALL GROUP [...] (C) On July 10, we delivered to the MFA ref A invitation (and conference information) to attend the MTCR Small Group Consultations on the UAV/Cruise Missile proposal. On July 13, the MFA officer covering MTCR issues, David Bertolotti, provided the following list of French participants -- Da [...]	2006-07-13 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCR MNUC ETTC FR
06PARIS4816	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL KWBG
06PARIS4817	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (C) The visit of Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow and the Iraq Compact delegation offers the best opportunity thus far to move the French toward significant involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. The GOF has been publicly supportive of the new Iraqi government. However, its respons [...]	2006-07-17 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID IZ FR
06PARIS4850	FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]	2006-07-17 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4854	PAKISTANI FM KASURI'S JULY 5 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri discussed a range of issues with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy in meetings in Paris on July 5. According to the MFA's Pakistan desk officer, Kasuri appeared stunned when Douste-Blazy requested a list of the sensitive techn [...]	2006-07-17 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IO PK PREL
06PARIS4855	FRENCH PARTICIPATION AT IRAQ COMPACT MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 15:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV IZ FR
06PARIS4889	TFLE01: FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy traveled to Lebanon on July 17 to meet with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and the local French community. In the absence of the PM's Diplomatic Counselor, Political Minister Counselor called on the PM' [...]	2006-07-18 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4951	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON JULY 20 BAGHDAD COMPACT [...] (SBU) Embassy provided reftel points to the offices of Foreign Ministry Political Director Stansilas de Laboulaye and Ministry of Finance Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy Xavier Musca to update them after their recent meetings with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Ki [...]	2006-07-20 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ ECIN OTRA
06PARIS4955	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN [...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]	2006-07-20 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS4979	FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow briefed French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on planning for the Iraq Compact on July 18. Laboulaye welcomed the initiative for an Iraq Compact as "encouraging", calling it a good [...]	2006-07-21 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS4980	IRAQ COMPACT: FRENCH FINANCE MINISTRY OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Philip Zelikow met July 17 with Xavier Musca, Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy in the French Ministry of Finance to discuss the Iraq Compact. Musca expressed support for the goals of the Compact, but expressed concerns abou [...]	2006-07-21 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ
06PARIS4988	FRIDAY SERMONS AT PARIS GRAND MOSQUE: IN MIDST OF [...] (C) Days after the Grand Mosque of Paris issued a statement of sympathy to the Lebanese people in the wake of Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, Poloff attended the weekly Friday sermon on July 21 at the mosque. Dalil Boubakeur, rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, annou [...]	2006-07-24 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER SCUL FR
06PARIS5000	MEMBER OF PROMINENT FRANCO-ALGERIAN FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mehdi Zerhouni, a member of a prominent Franco-Algerian family and a relative of Algerian Interior Minister Yazid Zerhouni, told us July 22 that discrimination in France against young men of Arab extraction remains "a big problem" for the country. While acknowledging that Interio [...]	2006-07-24 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR FR
06PARIS5106	CHAD: FORMER FM SALEH KEBZABO CRITICIZES DEBY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Chad FM Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997) called on Africa Watcher July 6 to discuss current developments in Chad and the region. Kebzabo,s distaste for Deby and his government was easily discernible. Kebzabo saw little hope that Deby would engage with opposition figures. Kebza [...]	2006-07-27 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS5108	FRANCE CONCERNED AT FATE OF KEY SC PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Poloff relayed reftel demarche points on July 27 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon Michel, who expressed dissatisfaction that USG objections to the draft resolution would block a key deliverable for the French Security Council Presidency in July. He stressed that the initiative e [...]	2006-07-27 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CG FR
06PARIS5147	FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]	2006-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS5148	FRANCE ON NEW YORK FORCE GENERATION MEETING FOR [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns discussed reftel demarche July 29 with MFA duty officer Gilles-Henri Garrault, and subsequently faxed over a copy of reftel points. Deputy PolCouns also informed Garrault of an earlier call he had received from the Operations Center indicating that it would be placing a [...]	2006-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR KPKO LE
06PARIS5166	MICHEL ROCARD: DON'T RULE OUT A SURPRISE IN 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amb. Stapleton met with Michel Rocard on July 19 (see reftel for report on previous meeting). Rocard, who supports Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the Socialist Party (PS) presidential nomination, appeared resigned to a Royal victory in the party primary. He regretted that neither she [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5176	FRENCH ON LEBANON FOR AUGUST 1 GAERC [...] (C) In response to reftel points, MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff told us July 31 that the Finnish Presidency had not/not submitted language for a draft conclusion. Given French need for language calling for an immmediate cease-fire, and British opposition to the same, LeDeunff said, the Frenc [...]	2006-07-31 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR
06PARIS5182	TOGO: MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: UPBEAT BUT [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Togolese opposition leader and UFC chief Gilchrist Olympio told us on July 27 that he agreed to the naming of Burkina Faso President Campaore as facilitator for political dialogue between the GOT and opposition political grou [...]	2006-08-01 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO FR
06PARIS5238	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES COTE D'IVOIRE AND [...] (C) In an August 2 meeting on Chad and Sudan (septel),MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher offered brief comments on Cote d'Ivoire and Togo. 2. (C) On Cote d'Ivoire, Foucher expressed strong dismay at the lack of progress in the identification, disarmament, demobilization, [...]	2006-08-02 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CI TO FR
06PARIS5239	FRANCE: ENDING CHAD'S SUPPORT TO DARFUR MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent Foucher said on August 2 that France shared the USG's concerns about Chadian support for militias in Darfur but believed that President Deby was not responsible for this support, which was being provided by other Chadians over w [...]	2006-08-02 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
06PARIS5320	FRANCE: STATUS UPDATE ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Since we last reported on HSPD-6 in October 2005 (ref B),the GOF has continued to express reservations about it based on its experience with No-Fly watchlisting, pending issues regarding data privacy and doubts about the potential benefits of data exchange. It has been careful however [...]	2006-08-07 12:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS535	PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK [...] (U) In a first official GOF reaction to Palestinian elections, Prime Minister Villepin said on January 26 that "we are in a situation that leads me to express my concern." He added that in order to work with the Palestinian government, certain conditions had to be met, including renunciation o [...]	2006-01-26 17:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR FR KPAL
06PARIS536	UNESCO: ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (U) This is a request for guidance, see para 7. 3. (C) I am very concerned that all indications are that Francoise Riviere, a French national who currently heads the Director General's cabinet, has the inside [...]	2006-01-26 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS5400	FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO FIGHT HRC SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns presented reftel points August 9 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, stressing the U.S. political concern that Human Rights Council (HRC) discussions of Lebanon could have a negative impact on discussions in New York on a Lebano [...]	2006-08-09 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL PTER FR IS LE
06PARIS5411	GOF RESPONSE TO URGENT DEMARCHE ON LEBANON UNSCR [...] (C) DCM contacted MFA Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, to update him on USG demarches in UNSC capitals to gather support for the earliest possible adoption of a UNSCR on Lebanon. Vimont said that the GOF shared our urgency for a resolution that could bring a much needed end to hostilities. Vi [...]	2006-08-10 11:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS IS LE PREL PTER UN
06PARIS5423	EUR DAS BRYZA'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Matt Bryza met August 2 with French Deputy PolDir Baleine du Laurens to discuss developments in Georgia and Abkhazia. On Georgian reforms, Bryza countered a suggestion by Laurens that Georgia was regressing by pointing to continued improvements in press freedom, tr [...]	2006-08-10 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GG NATO KDEM
06PARIS5429	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON HCR SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (C) Deputy Polcouns shared ref A points August 10 with MFA DAS-equivalent for IO Human Rights Affairs Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen. Ref B reports the results of his initial, August 9 discussions with Le Fraper in accordance with ref C. Deputy PolCouns asked Le Fraper to bring to the attentio [...]	2006-08-10 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO UNHCR LE FR
06PARIS5463	UNESCO: POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C)Charge Koss met August 10 with Lebanese Charge d'affaires Salim Baddoura to discuss the draft resolution (DR) on Lebanon for the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) coming up in late September/early October. Koss us [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO UNSC AL
06PARIS552	FRENCH "OIL FOR FOOD" INVESTIGATING JUDGE SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Investigating judge Philippe Courroye met with Poloffs January 24 to request USG assistance regarding his planned trip to Baghdad to question four Iraqi nationals (including Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein) in his investigation into the UN's "oil for food" corruption scandal. Courr [...]	2006-01-27 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS FR IZ
06PARIS553	LONG ARM OF FRENCH LAW: INVESTIGATIONS IN AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TO DJ CI RW FR
06PARIS554	FRANCE AGREES WITH FOCUSING INTERNATIONAL MEDIA [...] (C) On January 27, Poloff met with Antoine Gosset, the MFA's desk officer for Belarus, to discuss reftel demarche encouraging international media attention on the March 19 Belarus presidential election. Gosset said the MFA agreed with the demarche points and furthermore, the MFA would be ramp [...]	2006-01-27 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL BO FR
06PARIS5544	TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said on August 16 that he hoped the political dialogue in Ouagadougou between the Togolese government and opposition would be productive, but he believed the process would result only in cosmetic changes designed to improve the internat [...]	2006-08-17 09:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TO FR
06PARIS560	FRENCH ON JANUARY 30 GAERC: HAMAS, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref (A) points on January 24th to MFA's deputy of CFSP unit, Pascal LeDeunff, and discussed the points with him on January 27th. 2. (C) Hamas Victory: LeDeunff referenced the January 27th Quartet statement and, echoing Prime Minister de Villepin's statement of January 2 [...]	2006-01-27 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL IS HIZ FR
06PARIS5608	UNIFIL: HELPING FRANCE MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (C) Summary: French-U.S. cooperation has been significant to the restoration of sovereignty and the progress of democracy in Lebanon over the past two years. We have an interest in preserving that partnership, even in the face of disappointment over France's modest contribution thus far to [...]	2006-08-21 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR LE KPKO UNSC
06PARIS563	TAORMINA INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL -- MOD [...] (C) On January 26, during the course of a previously scheduled meeting to discuss NATO issues, pol/miloff raised the recent unsuccessful debate at NATO on securing a NAC-PSC meeting on CT. In response, Camille Grand, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, said that the minister was also [...]	2006-01-27 18:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR NATO
06PARIS5639	UNSC RESOLUTION 1695: FRANCE IS SUPPORTIVE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY and Action Request: In response to Embassy demarche (reftel),the MFA reiterated France's commitment to the implementation of the UNSC Resolution on North Korea, adding that the adoption of UNSC 1695 has accelerated internal French discussions between the Ministry of Finance and th [...]	2006-08-23 15:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD PTER FR
06PARIS5657	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a delegation to France August 16-17 to discuss the Iraq Compact. French officials remained positive about the Compact's goals and were visibly engaged on the issue. Officials welcomed the briefing on USG discussions with Gulf countries, espe [...]	2006-08-24 07:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EIND EAID PREL IZ FR
06PARIS5667	FRENCH UPDATE ON CENTRAL ASIAN NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE [...] (C) On August 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Arnaud Mentre, MFA nonproliferation officer responsible for the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) issue. Mentre responded that France was involved in three demarches, either underway or planned, on CANWFZ: -- Today, on August 24 [...]	2006-08-24 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MARR PREL UN FR
06PARIS5668	LEBANON/UNFIL: CHIRAC TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (U) President Chirac will go on national television at 8:00 p.m. tonight, August 24, to announce the decision taken earlier today, in his meeting with concerned cabinet ministers (PM, MFA, MOD),regarding France's participation in UNIFIL-plus. 2. (C) In an August 24 meeting of CDA with in [...]	2006-08-24 12:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5697	FRENCH SHARE CONCERNS ON HRC; NOTE NOMINATION FOR [...] (C) Acting Polcouns shared ref A points August 21 with newly arrived MFA DAS-equivalent for UN Human Rights Affairs Jacques Pellet and discussed ref A demarche with him August 24, highlighting growing U.S. concerns with the Council's lack of balance and objectivity, particularly as demonstrate [...]	2006-08-24 17:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC FR
06PARIS5733	CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...]	2006-08-25 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR
06PARIS5734	GOF ON KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE 2009 CHAIRMANSHIP BID [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche August 25 to MFA DAS Equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, who was eager to discuss the U.S. position on Kazakhstan's candidacy for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship. Drawing on reftel points, A/Polcouns highlighte [...]	2006-08-25 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE FR
06PARIS5737	FM LIVNI'S AUGUST 22-23 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate read-outs of FM Livni's August 22-23 visit to France, French Middle East A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon and Israeli CDA Rafael Barak both emphasized that Livni was adamant on the need for full implementation of UNSCR 1701, given the explosive regional context. She [...]	2006-08-28 12:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5763	LEBANON/UNIFIL UPDATE: FRANCE SORTING OUT DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: French planners at the MOD and the MFA are meeting to assess how best to proceed with the deployment of French troops to Lebanon, as announced by President Chirac on August 24. With no specifics yet available on the composition of the deployment, as announced, the plan is to send [...]	2006-08-28 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC LE FR
06PARIS5768	(U) UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE II [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) Summary. Though the resolution tabled by Lebanon and Morocco on Lebanese reconstruction to be discussed at the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) (Sept. 26 - Oct. 12) remains just a place-holder and has yet to be [...]	2006-08-29 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL UNSC AL
06PARIS5811	FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]	2006-08-29 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5824	CHIRAC/MERKEL FOCUS ON LEBANON, MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) Summary: The August 25 informal Blaesheim meeting between President Chirac and German chancellor Merkel and their foreign ministers focused on Lebanon and the situation in the Middle East. Merkel publicly supported France's position on lifting the Israeli air/sea blockade of Lebanon, wi [...]	2006-08-30 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE MARR MOPS PHUM XF
06PARIS5829	SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: FRANCE LOOKING TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PTER FR
06PARIS5848	FRANCE/BURUNDI: AMBASSADOR MOLLER'S AUGUST 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA and MOD officials expressed views on Burundi and the Great Lakes region similar to those of the U.S. during August 22 discussions with visiting U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Patricia Moller. MFA officials expressed concern about the recent arrests in Burundi in connect [...]	2006-08-31 10:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM BY FR
06PARIS5853	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE III [...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's first evaluation mission has returned from Lebanon. While the mission leader's first report uses dramatic language to describe the situation on the ground, the Director-General (DG) issued a press release on August 30 that is decidedly more neutral and lists the particu [...]	2006-08-31 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL LE
06PARIS5861	FRANCE WILL CO-SPONSOR DARFUR RESOLUTION [...] (C) MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel confirmed that France will co-sponsor the draft resolution to extend UNMIS deployment to Darfur. France will also approach Congo-Brazzaville to request their co-sponsorship. 2. (C) Simon-Michel described the French decision as painful. [...]	2006-08-31 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO SU FR
06PARIS5865	FRENCH DISAFFECTION WITH THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: France's President, Foreign Minister and Minister-Delegate for European Affairs used their late-August remarks to France's conclave of ambassadors, each in his/her own way, to express their continuing concerns about the EU's perceived weaknesses. Chirac complained a [...]	2006-08-31 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU MARR PGOV
06PARIS5877	GUINEA-BISSAU: FRENCH MFA PROVIDES OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA deskoff Damien Syed on August 29 described Guinea-Bissau's political problems, primarily the opposition's refusal to accept the 2005 election results, and their negative effect on national unity and donor confidence. France is nonetheless crafting a Partnership Framework a [...]	2006-09-01 08:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU FR
06PARIS5944	FRANCE OFFERS UNEQUIVOCAL SUPPORT FOR PUTTING [...] (C) We delivered reftel point on September 5 to Jeremie Petit, the Burma desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, he reiterated France's staunch support for putting Burma on the U.N. Security Council's agenda. Petit said France is very concerned about Burma's ongoing conte [...]	2006-09-05 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS596	CHIRAC MEETING WITH QATARI AMIR FOCUSES ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Elysee contacts reported that President Chirac's January 27 discussion with the visiting Qatari Amir focused largely on Iran, with the Qatari leader stressing concern over Iran's nuclear program and its negative regional role. On Syria/Lebanon, Elysee contacts stressed that Chirac [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA IR SY LE KPAL FR
06PARIS5974	FRENCH ELECTION 2007: NICOLAS SARKOZY -- THE [...] (C) Eight months before France's 2007 Presidential election, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy remains the best positioned of the many contenders for France's presidency. He is a markedly different presidential heavyweight, pro-American and committed to free-market principles. Notwithstanding [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS5975	INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY ON EVE OF HIS TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy told Ambassador September 5 he was "proud and honored" to be meeting with President Bush on September 12. President Chirac had pressured him "not to go to the U.S.," Sarkozy said, but this would not stop him from "affirming my loyal friendship" for the [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS599	FORMER FM VEDRINE ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, EUROPE, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 26 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, former FM Hubert Vedrine provided a tour d'horizon on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (it all depends on Israel and, specifically, the eclipse of the Likud),Iran (the difficulties of preventing it from acquiring a nuclear [...]	2006-01-30 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN KNNP KPAL
06PARIS602	UNESCO: MORE ON COMPETITION FOR ADG CULTURE [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C) The competition for the position of ADG Culture is getting more intense. Rumors stating that Francoise Riviere has been or soon will be chosen continue to gain strength, thereby causing increased concern by t [...]	2006-01-30 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL CA FR UNESCO
06PARIS6042	FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S. ON SERBIA'S NEED TO [...] (C) French MFA officers responsible for the Balkans confirmed on September 7 that the GOF was "completely in line" with U.S. thinking on Serbia's need to demonstrate effective cooperation with the ICTY. France, he said, had been skeptical about the EU "Action Plan" from the start and was now [...]	2006-09-08 15:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI FR
06PARIS6046	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ PREL
06PARIS6118	(U)UNESCO: LEBANON RESOLUTION UPDATE IV [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli ambassador met again with Ambassador Oliver on September 12 to exchange information about resolutions for the upcoming Executive Board on Lebanon, Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. The Israeli indicated that any anti-Israeli language in the Lebanon resolution co [...]	2006-09-12 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL AL IS
06PARIS6145	DEMARCHE ON SYRIA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PREL SY
06PARIS6177	FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: AMBASSADOR SYMINGTON'S PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials at the MFA, President's office, and MOD were uniformly supportive of close and cooperative U.S.-France policies on Djibouti during their September 7-8 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti W. Stuart Symington. They welcomed U.S. engagement in Djibouti, despit [...]	2006-09-14 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR PINS ER ET SO DJ FR
06PARIS6178	MFA COMMENTS ON COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO AND CHAD [...] Summary: MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Bruno Foucher on September 12 said President Chirac would call attention to the financial cost of French support for Operation Licorne in Cote d'Ivoire in upcoming UN meetings and indicate the possibility of an adjustment to French force deployment if the peac [...]	2006-09-14 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CD TO IV FR
06PARIS6179	EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]	2006-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS6189	FRANCE WANTS MORE CONCRETE MEASURES TO GIVE TEETH [...] (C) Summary: MFA nonproliferation office, while reiterating France's steadfast support for international efforts to constrain North Korea's weapons program and enforce UNSCR 1695, expressed some concern about a perceived lack of concrete mechanisms -- whether in the Proliferation Security Init [...]	2006-09-14 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT PTER KN KS FR
06PARIS6199	FRENCH OFFICIALS WARN OF INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the anniversary of September 11 as a backdrop, the threat of terrorism is once again on the minds of the French public. Though not the leading story in most print or television media, a dramatic front page article on September 14 in the widely circulated French daily, Le Fig [...]	2006-09-15 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR ASEC
06PARIS6211	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): FRANCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 13:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV EPET FR IR
06PARIS6244	FRANCE/DARFUR: MFA CURBS MOVEMENT OF DARFUR [...] (C) JEM leader and Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) rejectionist Khalil Ibrahim is effectively grounded on European territory (Schengen Zone),after the French MFA intervened in August with national civil authorities to block renewal of his laissez-passer, AF DAS-Equivlalent Helen Le Gal informed [...]	2006-09-18 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC CD SU FR
06PARIS6246	FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: NO EASY SOLUTION TO IMPASSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on September 15 expressed frustration with the stalled peace process and said there was no easy solution. Concerned countries had to continue efforts to move the process forward, however, in order to maintain some semblance of mo [...]	2006-09-18 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR IV FR

06PARIS6274	TURKISH FM GUL IN FRANCE: GOOD ATMOSPHERICS, NO [...] (C) Summary: According to the Turkish Embassy, Turkish FM Gul's September 13-14 meetings with President Chirac, FM Douste-Blazy and Minister-delegate Colonna produced nothing new in substance from the French side. The Turks nonetheless profess to have discerned some softening in French attit [...]	2006-09-19 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN TU CY MARR
06PARIS6275	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FRANCE WANTS A SYMBOLIC QUARTET [...] (C) Summary: In a June 18 meeting, MFA DAS-equivalent Herve Besancenot (protect throughout) said that President Chirac's repeated calls for a Quartet meeting on the margins of the UNGA were meant to provide an alternative to the UNSC ministerial meeting on the Middle East proposed by the Arab [...]	2006-09-19 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6292	MFA SURPRISED BY CHIRAC CALL FOR MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: When President Chirac announced Sept. 18 that he planned to call for an international conference on the Middle East, he caught the senior ranks of the MFA by surprise. For at least 24 hours, there was considerable confusion over what the French President meant. One MFA interlocu [...]	2006-09-20 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6326	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): TOTAL ON ITS [...] (C) Summary. Total has not yet made irrevocable decisions to invest in the Azadegan Project. Until the UN Security Council agrees on international sanctions, however, Total would consider geographical, technical, and political risks in evaluating investment possibilities in Iran, a senior To [...]	2006-09-20 15:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV EPET FR IR
06PARIS6338	FRANCE URGES COLLABORATION TO INSURE WIDESPREAD [...] (C). This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: The MFA's IO bureau, while reiterating France's support for a UN Security Council resolution on Burma, cautioned against moving too quickly absent sufficient support and given the possibility of a Chinese veto. IO Office Dire [...]	2006-09-21 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
06PARIS6340	FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI [...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...]	2006-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE
06PARIS6360	FRANCE HOLDS EU DISADVANTAGED BY UN SCALE OF [...] (SBU) In response to reftel points, MFA IO Acting A/S-Equivalent Marc Giacomini expounded on the disadvantages for the EU of the current UN scale of assessments in a September 19 meeting with poloff. Giacomini observed that the present 22 percent ceiling on the USG assessment of the UN budge [...]	2006-09-22 09:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC FR KUNR UNGA UNSC
06PARIS6390	GOF TAKE ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Daniel Parfait, A/S-equivalent for the Americas Bureau at the MFA, assured a visiting California State Senate delegation on September 21 that France and the USG are in complete agreement on the way forward with Iran. He said President Chirac,s determination to prevent Iran from acquiring [...]	2006-09-25 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6435	(U) USUNESCO ? ALARMING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para. 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In a private, off-the-record meeting with John Parsons (please protect),the Director of UNESCO?s Internal Oversight Service (IOS),Mission learned this week of a variety of disturbing new allegations, as well as unsettlin [...]	2006-09-26 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6442	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER: YES TO FRANCE, BUT NO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A week after he was replaced on September 17 as a vice president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM),the body created with the support of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in 2003 as a vehicle to represent French Muslims, National Federation of Muslims in [...]	2006-09-26 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PTER PGOV KISL FR
06PARIS6498	FRANCE OPPOSES VENEZUELA UNSC SEAT BUT RELUCTANT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with poloff on other issues (prior to reception of ref A),MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini commented that Venezuela would do great harm to Security Council credibility, if elected. That said, Giacomini thought it significant that Venezuela had come up shor [...]	2006-09-28 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE UNSC FR MARR MASS
06PARIS6511	FRENCH MFA PLEADS FOR USG TO SEEK HRC SEAT [...] (C) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini welcomed reftel demarche with affirmations of broad agreement between French and U.S. positions on the Human Rights Council (HRC) during a 9/27 meeting with poloff (ref A). Giacomini concurred on the necessity of maintaining country-specific mandate a [...]	2006-09-28 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC PINR CU FR
06PARIS6512	MFA DENIES RUMORS OF RENEWED FRENCH OFFER TO TRAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi ambassador to France has picked up intimations that France may, during a visit in early November by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, renew its offer to train members of the Iraqi security forces -- this time perhaps in Jordan -- a rumor strenuously denied by the MFA. End [...]	2006-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ FR
06PARIS6536	INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON 2007 UN [...] (C) On September 28, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA counselor for missile defense and disarmament issues David Bertolotti, who stated he would discuss our message with French panel member Francois Richier. As an aside, Bertolotti cautioned that Richier had just assumed a new position at [...]	2006-10-02 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNGA CDG FR
06PARIS6537	FRANCE/GUINEA: HOW WILL THE SUCCESSION PLAY OUT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The succession question in Guinea remains a focus of French concerns, according to MFA desk officer Damien Syed. President Conte, in ill health, has not done much to prepare for it, and the GOF is concerned that the military, led by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colone [...]	2006-10-02 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID GV FR
06PARIS6542	HEAD OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT USES VISIT TO FRANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Prime Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy during his first visit to France as speaker of the Afghan Parliament, Yunus Qanooni offered a pessimistic assessment of security, poppy cultivation and Afghan-Pakistan relations. Although Qanooni reportedly offered nothing new [...]	2006-10-02 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF FR
06PARIS655	USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Louise V. Oliver met with UNESCO's Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Assistant Director Gener [...]	2006-02-01 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAO ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS6611	NIGER/FRANCE: ENCOURAGING DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Encouraging the development of Niger's budding democracy is France's principal concern for that country, according to MFA desk officer Michael Deslaimes. France shares the U.S.'s general approach to Niger. In the GOF view, Niger enjoys relative stability when compared with its [...]	2006-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PINR PHUM KDEM NG FR
06PARIS6618	LYON ISLAMIC SCHOOL CONTROVERSY: ATTEMPTS TO OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following weeks of controversy surrounding the decision by the Lyon school district to deny permission to the "al-Kindi" Islamic association to open France's second, and largest, Muslim high school, Muslim leaders in Lyon told APP Lyon Chief and visiting Poloff during October 3 m [...]	2006-10-04 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SCUL PREL PTER FR
06PARIS6619	POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) Post shared ref A points October 4 with MFA A/S equivalent for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, Political Director staffer Gael Veyssiere, and IO DAS-equivalent for Political Affairs Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel. Pending a more complete reaction, Ref B reports the MFA press spokesman's sta [...]	2006-10-05 05:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP FR
06PARIS6642	FRENCH MFA ON HIZBALLAH, ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS, [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PREL
06PARIS6655	FRANCE/DJIBOUTI: MFA COMMENTS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (C) MFA Djibouti Desk Officer Francois Gautier on October 6 commented on the Borrel case and investigative judge Sophie Clement's recent decision to issue warrants against four Djiboutians for their alleged knowledge of or involvement in the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibo [...]	2006-10-06 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ICJ DJ FR
06PARIS6696	FRENCH SEEK STRONG UNSC RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) On October 6 we provided ref A elements for UNSC action to the MFA, meeting separately with the Koreas desk officer Clea Le Cardeur and IO-equivalent action officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee told us on October 10, following receipt of ref C points, that the MFA position was one of "total soli [...]	2006-10-10 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP UNSC KN FR
06PARIS6701	FRANCE/THAILAND: NO SUCCOR FOR COUP LEADERSHIP [...] (C) During October 6 and October 11 discussions, MFA Southeast Asia DAS-Equivalent Fabrice Mauries and Thai Desk Officer Jeremie Petit explained that France was taking care to avoid any signals of encouragement to the coup leadership, while remaining pragmatic and vigilant with regard to the [...]	2006-10-11 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH FR
06PARIS6709	RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA: FRANCE ON BOARD WITH USG [...] (U) In an October 10 interview on French radio, FM Douste-Blazy termed the situation with North Korea as "extremely serious," and emphasized the need for action by the UN Security Council. Toward that end, Douste-Blazy referred to the U.S.-proposed draft resolution, stating that France "wishe [...]	2006-10-11 14:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP UNSC KN FR
06PARIS6736	FRANCE/DPRK: READY TO CO-SPONSOR DPRK RESOLUTION, [...] (C) France plans to co-sponsor the DPRK nuclear test resolution, but worries that the rush to a vote may jeopardize the degree of PRC buy-in, MFA IO Asian Affairs Desk Officer Benoit Guidee confirmed to poloff on October 12. Guidee, following up on an earlier October 12 conversation by polof [...]	2006-10-12 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC KN FR
06PARIS6740	EGYPTIANS PRESS FRENCH FOR DETAILS ON [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian officials have been pressing their French counterparts to follow up on President Chirac's call for an international conference on the Middle East by spelling out what he hopes to achieve. The Egyptians believe the French may be backing away from the idea of an internatio [...]	2006-10-12 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG FR IS SY
06PARIS6742	FRENCH MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SENV EAID EAIR ETRD FR
06PARIS6753	FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: ECOWAS MEETING FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Montel on October 10 expressed frustration that the October 6 ECOWAS summit accomplished little in moving the peace process forward, although she identified a number of points made by ECOWAS that were helpful (condemnation of Afi N'guessan, affirm [...]	2006-10-13 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM UNSC IV SF FR
06PARIS6786	FRANCE: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) Summary: In October 6 meetings with WHA Venezuela Coordinator Deborah McCarthy, French MFA officials reiterated French opposition to a Venezuelan seat on the UN Security Council but judged it remained a distinct possibility. DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard argued that overall the Chavez Admin [...]	2006-10-13 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO CU BL VE PGOV SNAR UNSC SP FR
06PARIS6787	FRENCH CONCERNS OVER ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS [...] (C) French military and civilian contacts have recently expressed serious concern to us over Israeli overflights over French UNIFIL forces, most notably the "buzzing" of French navy vessels off the coast of Lebanon on or about 25 September and on a few occasions since. According to DATT and M [...]	2006-10-13 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UN LE FR
06PARIS6788	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCE: POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared all ref A points October 11 with MFA DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, Balkans points with DAS-equivalent for the Balkans Edouard Beslay, and Middle East points with DAS-equivalent for Lebanon/MEPP Herve Besancenot and DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet. 2. (C) Ba [...]	2006-10-13 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU PGOV KPAL UNAUS YI SR BO MK SU
06PARIS680	IRAN/IAEA: FRANCE REMAINS FIRM ON REFERRAL OF IRAN [...] (C) On Feb 2, post delivered reftel demarche to Nicolas Roche, deputy to Francois Richier in the MFA's Strategic affairs and Disarmament office, as well as to the Political Director's special assistant. Embassy Polmiloff conveyed U.S. rejection of a proposed Egyptian amendment to the resolut [...]	2006-02-02 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC EUN IR FR
06PARIS6820	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (C) Poloff shared reftel points 10/16 with Martin Guillard, the MFA's Office Director equivalent for the Levant (NEA/ELA). Guillard said the French are "absolutely in agreement" on the need to support PM Siniora and to pass a sobering message to Damascus. (He did not indicate whether the Fre [...]	2006-10-16 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6831	FRENCH SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ COMPACT, TALABANI VISIT [...] (C) We raised ref A points on the International Compact with Iraq with Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, the MFA,s Inter-Ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, on October 12. Guinhut reiterated strong French support for the Compact, although he stated that President Talabani,s visit t [...]	2006-10-17 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
06PARIS6836	POLISH AMBASSADOR ON RUSSIA AND FRENCH/EU TIMIDITY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Polish Ambassador to France Jan Tombinski expressed concern about the increasing concentration of power in the Kremlin and criticized President Chirac for French reluctance to confront the Russians over their increasingly negative p [...]	2006-10-17 11:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR RU EU GG MD
06PARIS6837	UNESCO: BRASILIA FIELD OFFICE INVESTIGATION NOW OF [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary. On Friday, October 13, the U.S. Mission was discreetly provided a copy of a letter addressed to UNESCO Director-General Matsuura signed by two Brazilian Federal Prosecutors who informed the D-G that the previously civil inv [...]	2006-10-17 12:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS6845	CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER ON UNSC ELECTIONS, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: DCM met with Presidential African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 12 to follow up on French advocacy with Francophone sub-Saharan Africans to bolster the Security Council candidacy of Guatemala. Bonnecorse confirmed his intervention with the AU President and wi [...]	2006-10-17 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC SU IV FR
06PARIS6896	FRENCH DEFENSE BUDGET STABLE AMID WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's 2007 budget would increase defense spending a modest 2.2 percent to 47.7 billion euros, according to the draft budget presented by Finance Minister Thierry Breton on September 27. The draft budget dispels earlier rumors that defense spending could diminis [...]	2006-10-19 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP EFIN PINS KCFE FR
06PARIS6907	TALABANI VISIT ON TRACK [...] (C) On Oct. 19, PolMC briefed Iraqi Ambassador Mouaffak Abboud on the results (reported Ref B) of our latest demarche to the French on supporting the Iraq Compact. PolMC noted that the UK Embassy delivered a similar demarche to the French in mid-September and urged Abboud to also raise the po [...]	2006-10-19 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD FR IZ PGOV PREL
06PARIS6908	FRANCE/UNSC VOTE: NO BENEFIT TO PRESSURE ON ITALY, [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini in absence of IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman, who had earlier discussed the Italian abstention with Political Minister-Counselor (ref B). Giacomini relayed that the Italian delegation in New York, in response to a French approach, h [...]	2006-10-19 17:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC IT FR
06PARIS6938	FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...]	2006-10-20 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6945	FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...]	2006-10-20 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6946	MFA A/S-EQUIVALENT PESSIMISTIC ON TURKEY-EU TRAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S-equivalent for European Union affairs Gilles Briatta told us October 20 that Turkey understood that the French National Assembly's passage of legislation criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" was only a first parliamentary step, and that Turkey had managed the [...]	2006-10-23 06:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU TU CY PGOV RS ENRG ETRD
06PARIS6986	FRENCH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND NEW DELHI [...] (C) On October 23, we conveyed U.S. support for and encouraged French attendance at the New Delhi Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) to Pierre Fournier, Afghanistan desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fournier responded that Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy woul [...]	2006-10-24 13:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV PREL
06PARIS6995	YOUNG FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER HIGHLIGHTS GENERATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ahmed Gouffi, a young French-born Muslim civic leader, criticized the leaders of France's main Muslim organizations as out of touch with young Muslims born in France. His comments echo those of other young French Muslim contacts, and highlight a generational divide between Frenc [...]	2006-10-24 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL INR PTER SCUL FR
06PARIS7013	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PHUM PREL PTER UNGA
06PARIS7023	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS PREL UNGA
06PARIS7025	FRANCE/CHAD: STORM HAS BLOWN OVER [...] (C) Bruno Foucher, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent assured Africa Watcher late October 25 that the rebel attacks near Mongo had petered out and the rebels were dispersing -- some headed toward the southern border with the Central African Republic, others toward the north. Foucher, who leaves in Novemb [...]	2006-10-25 17:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CD FR
06PARIS7056	FRENCH MFA ON IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING, TALABANI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, and Bernard Chappedelaine, Iraq desk officer, on October 26. Chappedelaine said France would be represented at the 10/31 Preparatory Group meeting by Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, Inter-Ministerial Coordinato [...]	2006-10-26 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN FR IZ PGOV PREL
06PARIS7057	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]	2006-10-27 08:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PARIS7096	G/TIP: FRANCE MAKES CASE FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jean-Michel Colombani, Chief of the Interior Ministry's Central Office for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, made the case during an October 25 meeting that France has a strong record in preventing and addressing the trafficking of persons and continues to make significant [...]	2006-10-27 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KWMN FR
06PARIS7098	(U) USUNESCO - MORE INFORMATION ON BRASILIA OFFICE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss for reason 1.4 (d) 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Powell delivered her talking points on Brasilia to Director-General (DG) Matsuura during their meeting on October 24. Following that meeting, Ambassador Oliver had a private session with the DG to dis [...]	2006-10-27 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL BR
06PARIS7101	FRANCE CONFIRMS TO S/CRS HERBST THAT IT HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: October 19, visiting S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met with both working and senior-level French counterparts to share the USG experience in establishing a central coordinating office for reconstruction and stabilization activities and to encourage creation of a similar structure [...]	2006-10-30 09:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FR
06PARIS7104	AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE AND NATO: EVOLVING FRENCH [...] (C) In a follow up to the widely-rumored, but not yet publicly announced, French decision to withdraw its Special Forces (SOF) contribution to OEF in Afghanistan, we inquired of MOD and MFA contacts as to France's commitment to ISAF and OEF. MFA Strategic Affairs Advisor in the Cabinet Francoi [...]	2006-10-30 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF FR
06PARIS7108	MFA SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF TALKS BETWEEN POLISARIO [...] (C) Summary: The MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, Christian Testo, assessed there was little likelihood either Morocco or Algeria would agree to direct Moroccan-Polisario talks in the near future. In Testo's analysis, both Algeria and Tunisia were obsessed with their respective presidential [...]	2006-10-30 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AG FR MO PGOV
06PARIS7109	FRANCE: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA [...] (C) Summary: In October 18-19 meetings with WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA affairs Parfait agreed that Cuba was likely entering a period of transition and needed international support in evolving toward democratic governance, while cautioning against interference in Cuban [...]	2006-10-30 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU FR NU VE EAID ETTC PHUM PREL
06PARIS7118	ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON [...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...]	2006-10-30 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7139	MINISTER CONVOKES AMBASSADOR OVER COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Minister Girardin convoked the Ambassador October 31 to urge U.S. support for the French draft Security Council resolution on Cote d'Ivoire, pleading that France was in a very difficult situation. After taking into account core U.S. objections, the draft now represented [...]	2006-10-31 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC IV FR KPKO
06PARIS7151	FRANCE SUPPORTS STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) Poloff delivered Under Secretary's letter (reftel) October 30 to Benoit Guidee, IO office director-equivalent at the MFA. Guidee reiterated France's "total solidarity" with the U.S. and agreed that the U.N. Security Council must maintain a firm stance on the North Korean nuclear tests. The [...]	2006-10-31 17:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FR KN
06PARIS7153	TOGO: GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio on October 23 told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn that the UFC would be willing to participate in Togo's government of national unity under certain conditions, such as naming a UFC member to head a notional new ministry charged with over [...]	2006-11-02 07:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TO FR
06PARIS7177	FRANCE SEES POST-DEBY CHAD APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse admitted to visiting U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall in an October 20 meeting that Deby's Presidency could be nearing its close, with assassination a growing possibility. The manner and place of Deby's demise - [...]	2006-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR KPKO SU CD FR
06PARIS7178	FRANCE PROMISES VIGILANCE TOWARD KOMID AND OTHER [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 3. Poloff called November 2 upon Arnaud Mentre, desk officer for non-proliferation in the MFA's bureau of strategic affairs, to deliver demarche (reftel A). Mentre said France is aware of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) and [...]	2006-11-02 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM FR MNUC KNNP KN
06PARIS7182	TOGO: FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR'S OCTOBER 26 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Africa Advisor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 26 said that the recently announced Togolese government was a "reasonable formula," in a meeting with transiting Ambassador David Dunn. He characterized Gilchrist Olympio, his UFC associates, and other non-participant [...]	2006-11-03 07:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TO FR
06PARIS7200	TOGO/FRENCH MFA: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn, MFA DAS-equivalent Bruno Foucher said that Togo was evolving well. He complained that German caution was impeding the unblocking of EU funding for Togo; resuming economic assistance rapidly would help prevent To [...]	2006-11-03 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TO FR
06PARIS7202	TOGO/FRENCH MOD: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn met with French Ministry of Defense officials on August 24. The discussion focused on Togo's military and how to decrease its involvement in internal security affairs, which should be handled by the police and gendarmerie. However, defining a [...]	2006-11-03 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR TO FR
06PARIS7242	MFA POLICY PLANNER SEES YEARS OF VIOLENCE AHEAD IN [...] (C) Christian Nakhle, head of the Middle East and North Africa cell at the Centre d'Analyse et de Prevision (i.e., the "CAP," the Quai's S/P-equivalent),shared his views of Lebanon and Iraq with NEA Watcher on 11/3. Nakhle, whose analyses are distributed within the MFA but do not constitute [...]	2006-11-06 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7243	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In a November 3 meeting, Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, expressed general support for the U.S.-led UNGA resolution on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. Bouchez expressed surprise, however, that the U.S. had already sent a demarche t [...]	2006-11-06 16:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR
06PARIS7266	DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel November 3 to Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Bouchez commented that the suspension of the Chisinau rail link came as a surprise to France, which had expected Russia to avoid provocations on Transnistria in order to d [...]	2006-11-07 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN RS MD UP FR
06PARIS7321	EGYPTIAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL: NABIH BERRI IS A JOKE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Paris NEA Watcher met 11/7 with his Egyptian counterpart, Yahya Oda, and 11/8 with Lebanese Charge d'Affaires Ghady al-Khoury (protect),to discuss political developments in Lebanon. While Oda predicted the current dialogue between the March 14 Group and Hizballah/Aounist [...]	2006-11-09 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7322	FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...]	2006-11-09 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7335	TOGO: MEETING WITH ERIC AMERDING (UFC) [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senior UFC member Eric Amerding on November 8 said that he had discussed Togo with EU Commission members on November 7, in response to an EU request for UFC views on developments in Togo. Amerding told the EU representatives that the Faure regime was not acting in [...]	2006-11-09 16:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TO FR
06PARIS7337	FRANCE/GAERC: GOF MAD ON LEBANON; SKEPTICAL ON [...] (U) We shared reftel points November 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Herve Besancenot, DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet, DAS-equivalent for Nonproliferation (Iran) Philippe Errera and Deputy David Bertolotti, and DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet. Separately, we raised [...]	2006-11-09 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK CG IS
06PARIS7340	FRENCH AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING REFORM [...] (C) French DAS-equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, confirmed on November 3 that France would continue strongly to support reform efforts in the Ukraine, particularly in the defense field. Bouchez noted that although France in theory was in favor of a NATO m [...]	2006-11-09 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS UP FR
06PARIS7364	FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal provided the following biographical information to Africa Watcher on Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (Ref A). Le Gal confirmed on November 7 that Ibrahim remains in France, where he has been unable to renew his tr [...]	2006-11-14 10:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PTER PINS CD SU FR
06PARIS738	S/CRS DELEGATION FINDS FRENCH IN LISTENING MODE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: French interlocutors were in active listening mode during 24-25 January briefings by Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Marcia Wong and NSC Director for Stabilization Clint Williamson. Wong and Williamson invited feedback on the non-pa [...]	2006-02-03 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA CT FR
06PARIS7393	COTE D'IVOIRE/FRANCE: INVESTIGATION OF NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's judicial investigation of the November 6, 2004, bombing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire by the Ivoirian Air Force may be drawing to a close, according to recent developments reported by the press. Nine French military personnel and an Amcit civilian were killed in t [...]	2006-11-15 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IV TO BO RS UP FR
06PARIS7394	ARMS TRADE TREATY: FRANCE VIEWS IT AS A GOOD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal discussion, an MFA DAS-equivalent contact expressed qualified support for the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),even though France believes such a treaty, to be acceptable to all, would be initially weaker than the strong export control regimes already in place [...]	2006-11-15 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EIND ETTC KTIA FR
06PARIS741	TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko on January 31 discussed Togo-Cote d'Ivoire arms trafficking (planes piloted by Belarusian mercenaries were involved in the November 2004 bombings in Cote d'Ivoire and had transited Togo, but France did not pursue information Boko says [...]	2006-02-03 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO FR
06PARIS7419	FRENCH RESPONSES TO SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 9 Poloff delivered demarches seeking French support for defeating any procedural moves that could prevent voting on the substance of any resolution before the Third Committee, and defeating retaliatory resolutions brought by Iran and Belarus against Canada and the United State [...]	2006-11-17 05:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CA FR IR BM KN BO UZ
06PARIS7424	SEGOLENE ROYAL'S VICTORY MOVES HER CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Segolene Royal's overwhelming first-round victory in the November 16 Socialist Party (PS) presidential primary makes it official -- she will be the candidate of the center-left in next year's presidential election, likely in a tight race against the center-right's Nicolas Sarkozy. [...]	2006-11-17 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS7435	MFA ADVISOR WORRIED ABOUT BULGARIAN NURSES, ASKS [...] (C) Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's Advisor for the Persian Gulf and North Africa, told NEA Watcher November 16 that he was seriously concerned about the outcome of the re-trial of the Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV (some t [...]	2006-11-17 16:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LY PGOV PREL
06PARIS7436	FRENCH MOD COORDINATOR FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Admiral Jean-Marie Van Huffel, France's Coordinator for Military Assistance to Lebanon, told Emboffs November 17 that he looks forward to cooperating with the USG on meeting the equipment needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces. He spoke highly of his Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) c [...]	2006-11-17 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM LE MARR PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7437	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA action officers for Middle East UN issues Nicolas Kassianides and Selena Grenet on November 17. Grenet noted that -- due to the opposition of the UK and Germany -- the EU had been unable to come to a common position with respect to the text referred [...]	2006-11-17 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS PREL UNGA
06PARIS744	ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...]	2006-02-03 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS7444	IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] (C) David Bertolloti, office director in the MFA's Bureau of Disarmament and Non-proliferation, said the GoF "completely subscribes" to the U.S. approach toward Iran's proposed IAEA technical cooperation proposals (ref A). He said that the MFA also regards the Arak heavy water research reacto [...]	2006-11-17 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC FR
06PARIS7445	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 17 to Nicolas Kassianides, MFA action officer for UN Middle East issues. Kassianides said that France wanted to be helpful, and that the MFA agreed "almost fully" with the draft text. He noted that the French Mission to the UN had already sugge [...]	2006-11-17 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ PARM PREL
06PARIS7483	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7484	TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]	2006-11-21 14:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PARIS7485	URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...]	2006-11-21 14:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER FR
06PARIS7486	TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...]	2006-11-21 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR
06PARIS7493	FORMER SUDANESE FM ISMAIL ASSURES SUDAN ENVOY THAT [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios met with Bashir presidential advisor and former Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail in Paris on November 18. Natsios, who arrived from the Addis Ababa consultations on Darfur, sought an unambiguous public statement of GoS support for the Addis [...]	2006-11-21 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO FR SU
06PARIS7507	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS equivalent for the Levant. In response, Besancenot made the following three points: First, the isolation of the Hamas-led PA government is radicalizing the Palestinian population; second, a continuation of the st [...]	2006-11-22 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL SP SY
06PARIS7508	APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...]	2006-11-22 13:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO
06PARIS7523	ASMARA FACILITATION IS A NON-STARTER, SLM LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met SLM Abdulwahid El-Nur on October 18. Nur said he and the SLM felt shunted aside by the U.S. and appealed for a strategic alliance to end the genocide in Darfur. SE Natsios emphasized the need to unify Darfur rebel factions and bring DPA non-sig [...]	2006-11-24 11:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR ER SU FR
06PARIS754	CONTROVERSY OVER MUHAMMAD CARICATURES CONTINUES IN [...] (C) Summary: France has joined Denmark, but to a lesser degree, as a target of ire in Muslim countries following a French daily's February 1 publication of Danish-origin Muhammad caricatures (ref A),which have since appeared in other French media. Palestinian militants threw a grenade at the [...]	2006-02-06 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL XF FR
06PARIS7541	FRENCH STRESS REGIONAL FALL-OUT OF DARFUR, PLEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios and Ambassador Stapleton met on November 18 with French Presidential Africa Counselor Bonnecorse and MFA/AF A/S-Equivalent de Gliniasty Bonnecorse stressed French concern at the regional fallout of the Darfur catastrophe. The Sudanese program of [...]	2006-11-27 08:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO PINR CD CT SU FR
06PARIS7548	CHAD: FRENCH BELIEVE REBEL OFFENSIVE HAS RUNS ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials on November 27 said that the rebel offensive in Chad seemed to be subsiding after gains that peaked during the weekend. They believed that rebel elements were withdrawing eastward towards Sudan. President Deby, in contact with French officials in N'djamena, seeme [...]	2006-11-27 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PINS CD FR
06PARIS7549	RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO" [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RW FR
06PARIS7551	HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...]	2006-11-27 16:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR AF PK

06PARIS7586	COTE D'IVOIRE: GOF UPSET OVER GBAGBO'S TAKE-OVER [...] (C) MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on November 29 said that the GOF was extremely upset over Cote d'Ivoire President Gbagbo's recent actions that in effect represented a take-over of the RTI broadcasting station, Cote d'Ivoire's state-owned and principal radio and television [...]	2006-11-29 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IV FR
06PARIS7641	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ESS REGISTER OF DAMAGES [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 17:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA FR IS
06PARIS7642	PARIS III UPDATE FROM JOUYET [...] (C) Summary: Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chirac's Special Envoy for the Lebanon Donors' Conference (i.e., Paris III),told us on November 30 that he anticipates holding a Core Group meeting in Paris between January 8 and 10, prior to the conference on January 25. Chirac issued invitations on November [...]	2006-12-04 05:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL
06PARIS7661	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 1 to Arnaud Pescheux, MFA desk officer for Iran. Pescheux agreed with our analysis of the circular nature of the Iranian system. He also agreed that the new Iranian elections would likely fail to meet international standards of fairness and openne [...]	2006-12-04 12:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IR KDEM PGOV PREL
06PARIS7698	LEBANESE DIPLOMAT THINKS HIZBALLAH HAS THE UPPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEBANESE A/DCM GHADY EL-KHOURY TOLD US DECEMBER 6 HE BELIEVED HIZBALLAH HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON THANKS IN LARGE PART TO ITS DOMINATION OF LEBANON'S SHI'A COMMUNITY. EL-KHOURY ASSESSED THAT MANY LEBANESE SHIITES WITH NO LOVE OF NASRALLAH'S IDEOLOGY -- IN [...]	2006-12-07 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7705	EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]	2006-12-07 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7712	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on December 7 to Salina Grenet, MFA IO action officer for the Middle East. Grenet said that Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy had not yet decided whether to attend the thematic meeting due to a scheduling conflict (he has another engagement in Asia); she hinted t [...]	2006-12-07 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS PREL UNSC
06PARIS7714	FRANCE PROPOSES INTELLIGENCE-SHARING CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: (C) According to the MFA non-proliferatio officer, France shares the U.S.'s conviction that financial and transportation networks that facilitate North Korea's proliferation activities must be curbed. To that end, the GoF believes there is room for more coordination and intelligence [...]	2006-12-08 09:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN FR
06PARIS7716	NEA DAS GORDON GRAY'S DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Franck Gellet, the MFA DAS-equivalent for the Persian Gulf, observed that the Gulf states were privately alarmed by Iran's nuclear ambitions, although their public discourse was not particularly helpful. He asked whether the U.S. h [...]	2006-12-08 13:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL
06PARIS7731	FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT [...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points),DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo),DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...]	2006-12-08 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06PARIS7756	AMBASSADOR GODEC'S DECEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Robert Godec held bilateral meetings on December 7 with Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa, and Jean-Pierre Filiu, Associate Professor at Sciences Po and former French DCM in Tunis. Testo and Filiu each described their Tunisian interlo [...]	2006-12-12 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06PARIS7770	A/S FRIED AND MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and MFA Political Director Araud on December 6 discussed whether Russia would wield a veto at the UNSC to thwart Kosovar independence. Araud called for a resolution that would facilitate a Russian abstention. A/S Fried agreed, but insisted there must be a common diplomat [...]	2006-12-12 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RU TU SR FR
06PARIS7780	FRANCE SUPPORTS PASSING UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) We delivered December 13 reftel demarche to Fabrice Mauries, DAS-equivalent for Southeast Asia at the MFA. Mauries said France fully supports a UNSC resolution on Burma and agrees with the U.S. assessment that like-minded members of the Security Council must move forward to pass the res [...]	2006-12-14 07:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR
06PARIS7795	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH JACQUES [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Fried met with recognized intellectual and long-time Segolene Royal confidant Jacques Attali on December 6. Attali underlined that Royal, even though she is a leading contender for France's presidency in next spring's elections, has had very little experience making and [...]	2006-12-14 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EUN PINR SOCI ECON PREL FR
06PARIS7796	USUNESCO - BRASILIA OFFICE UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During a meeting on 6 December by Mission Political Assistant with Mrs. Lamia Salman-el Madini, Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Field Coordination, the subject of the Brasilia field office was raised, as she had [...]	2006-12-14 14:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL UNESCO BR
06PARIS7803	HARIRI ALLY SEES MARCH 14 IN STRONG POSITION [...] (C) Basile Yared, Sa'ad Hariri's representative in Paris, told Poloff on December 14 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa had a "difficult" meeting with Hizballah and Amal officials late December 13. According to Yared, Hizballah stunned Moussa by insisting not only that it obtain a blocking minor [...]	2006-12-15 05:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7847	S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...]	2006-12-20 09:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR IR
06PARIS7858	Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER FR
06PARIS7873	UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENT OF FRENCH UAVS TO LEBANON [...] (C) On December 20, we met with Alexandra Novosseloff, desk officer in the MOD's Crisis Management bureau, to clarify the status of France's deployment of reconnaissance drones (SDTI) to Lebanon (reftels). She noted that, contrary to press reports, the drones have not yet been deployed in Leb [...]	2006-12-20 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE FR
06PARIS7885	FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...]	2006-12-21 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF FR
06PARIS7902	FRENCH UPDATE ON THE TFTP [...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains cautious about the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP). It is still debating internally how to respond to the European Commission's queries, mindful of the priority to ensure that counter-terrorism cooperation continues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Drawing on po [...]	2006-12-26 06:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON FR
06PARIS7918	FRENCH DOUBT GOA/POLISARIO WILL AGREE TO A REFUGEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb on December 28. Testo agreed that resolving the number of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria is "a critical question," but doubted that the Polisario would agree to a census outside the context of a final res [...]	2006-12-28 09:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AG FR PREF PREL
06PARIS792	WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...]	2006-02-08 08:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA
06PARIS823	FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24 [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...]	2006-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS
06PARIS824	FRANCE: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 25 MEETING [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met French Minister of the Interior Nicholas Sarkozy for the first time in Paris on January 25. Sarkozy was accompanied by Diplomatic Advisor David Martinon, National Police Director General Michel Gaudin, and Director of the MOI Office [...]	2006-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER FR CVIS
06PARIS827	FRENCH ON TURKISH PLAN FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France not only sees nothing new in the January 24 "Gul proposal," but considers it essentially as a step backward, according to MFA DAS-equivalents responsible for Cyprus in the EU and UN. In their view, Turkey is already obliged to fulfill its Ankara protocol commitments on o [...]	2006-02-08 17:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU FR EUN
06PARIS846	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...]	2006-02-09 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF IV CD SU FR
06PARIS850	UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE [...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...]	2006-02-09 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS853	MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...]	2006-02-09 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS FR
06PARIS854	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE [...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...]	2006-02-10 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PARIS862	MOD BACKGROUND COMMENTS ON FRANCE'S EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: MOD Diplomatic advisor Camille Grand reiterated Feb 8 that President Chirac had not sought to break significant new ground on France's nuclear deterrence strategy in his January 19 speech, but rather was adapting French deterrence policy to the evolving "strategic environment." F [...]	2006-02-10 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC MARR PREL PTER FR
06PARIS891	UNESCO MARTI PRIZE, REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance?see para. 4. 2. (C) Though the newly arrived Brazilian ambassador has told Ambassador Oliver that he wants to put the negative atmosphere of the cultural diversity convention behind us and work with USDEL, his nomination of Hugo Chavez for the Marti prize [...]	2006-02-10 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	VE CU UNESCO
06PARIS907	PSI: INTERAGENCY BILATERAL MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. An interagency delegation met in Paris with French officials on January 16 to discuss the pending export to China of a vibration/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) by the U.S. company Data Physics and the French Company Actidyn Systemes. French technical experts disagreed wit [...]	2006-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR CH
06PARIS915	FRENCH MUSLIM PROTESTS OF MOHAMMED CARTOONS GROW [...] (C) Summary: Two weekend protests in Paris and Strasbourg were the largest so far in France on the cartoon controversy, but the gatherings remained peaceful and took place without incident. Both gatherings were initiated by groups outside the mainstream of French Muslim organizations, which h [...]	2006-02-13 17:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KDEM PTER IR TU FR
06PARIS945	MFA CONTACTS STRESS GOF POSITION ON HAMAS [...] (C) In conversations with us February 13, senior MFA contacts stressed that the GoF position on Hamas remained unchanged and they downplayed press reports suggesting that the GoF had endorsed Russia's initiative to invite Hamas leaders to Moscow. MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herv Besan [...]	2006-02-14 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL PTER FR
06PARIS953	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...]	2006-02-14 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS955	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...]	2006-02-14 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR
06PARIS963	SUDAN/AMIS RE-HATTING: FRENCH ON BOARD, YET FACE [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IO/PSC Director Anderson and Embassy Africa Watcher shared the non-paper on AMIS re-hatting with the French Presidency and the MFA, encouraging France to engage in a complementary effort with AU partners (reftel). Presidential Advisor Labriolle maintained France was on [...]	2006-02-14 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU FR
06PARIS986	COMOROS PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES U.S. FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Comoros President Assoumani Azali underscored to the Ambassador his cooperative relationship with the USG, including signature of an Article 98 agreement and counter-terrorism efforts. He regretted the absence of an accredited American ambassador to the Comoros. Azali related [...]	2006-02-15 18:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PTER CN FR
06PARTO1	(U) Secretary Rice's July 27, 2006 conversation [...] (U) July 27, 2006; 4:45 PM; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Amb. Christopher J. LaFleur U/S Karen Hughes A/S Chris Hill NSC Senior Director Dennis Wilder Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi Foreign Minister Hamid Amb. Rajmah Hussein MFA Depu [...]	2006-07-31 10:35:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL MY US
06PESHAWAR108	ANP CHIEF SCANS THE HORIZON [...] (C) Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan would actively support President Musharraf's government, if the GOP embraced three key ANP initiatives: (1) provincial autonomy in health, local government, education, and agriculture; (2) changing the name of the Northwest Frontier Pro [...]	2006-03-06 15:21:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR109	FRONTIER SENATE RACES [...] (C) On March 6, President Musharraf's PML-Q party and its junior partner -- the PPP-Sherpao (PPP-S) -- won four out of eleven senate seats in indirect elections held in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) assembly. This was an impressive performance since these parties commanded only a thin [...]	2006-03-07 11:44:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR141	NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 10:32:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR143	NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 06:06:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR255	NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR ON THE WAY [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman recently confided that Lt. General (retired) Ali Mohammed Jan Orakzai will soon replace him. Embittered by his premature removal, Rehman castigated his replacement, claiming Orakzai was not aggressive enough in 2003-04 tribal op [...]	2006-05-23 07:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PTER PK
06PESHAWAR346	PML-Q FACTIONS CLASH [...] (SBU) A June 29 clash between two factions of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) Pakistan Muslim League - Q (PML-Q) exposed deep fissures in the party's provincial leadership. A forward bloc supported by Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Relations Salim Saifullah Khan scheduled a pr [...]	2006-07-06 06:02:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PK
06PESHAWAR360	CORPS COMMANDER AND NWFP GOVERNOR ON FATA ISSUES [...] (C) On July 10, 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan told the Ambassador the Pakistan Army will maintain its involvement in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) development, chiefly due to the Governor's lack of civilian capacity. The Army is the only entity with a comprehensive [...]	2006-07-13 03:57:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EAID PK AF
06PESHAWAR413	11TH CORPS COMMANDER DISCUSSES JIRGA, DEVELOPMENT ISSUES AND NWFP POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan expressed optimism that the jirga organized by the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Jan Orakzai will be successful. If not, he plans to "hammer" the militants into submission. Khan does not plan to negotiate with foreig [...]	2006-08-02 12:12:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK AF
06PESHAWAR46	JUI-F OFFICIALS ON GWOT [...] (SBU) At a 1/24 meeting with South Waziristan tribal elders and parliamentarians, Opposition leader and JUI-F President Maulana Fazlur Rehman stressed his party advocated political, not armed struggle to achieve its goals. Following a lengthy closed-door session, he announced the group agreed [...]	2006-01-26 07:47:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS KISL ASEC PREL AF PK
06PESHAWAR66	SECTARIAN VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN THE SOUTH [...] (SBU) After a relatively quiet five years, the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) southern district of Hangu erupted in sectarian violence on February 9, the tenth day of Muharram. Two bomb blasts, reportedly caused by suicide bombers, shattered a Shi'a procession around noon, killing thirt [...]	2006-02-10 08:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PK
06PESHAWAR67	A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN [...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...]	2006-02-13 11:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF
06PESHAWAR68	NEW ROLE FOR TRIBAL COUNCILS?: FINDING A VOICE FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) In response to the deteriorating security situation in North Waziristan (Ref A),11th Corps Commander Hamid Khan has prodded the Political Agent there to work closely with that agency's council on new development projects. Since their establishment in late 2004, agency councils had been [...]	2006-02-13 11:59:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID PREL ECON MOPS KISL PK
06PESHAWAR77	AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY ON TRIBAL AREAS: DEMOCRACY NOW, TALIBAN [...] (SBU) On February 11, the Pashtun-based progressive Awami National Party (ANP) convened a conference of tribal elders in Peshawar to assess the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ANP National President Asfandyar Wali Khan urged tribal people to rise up against gueri [...]	2006-02-16 10:32:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK AF
06PESHAWAR79	THE POLITICS OF UNREST IN PESHAWAR [...] (C) Summary. The anti-cartoon protests in Peshawar and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) on February 15 resulted in three deaths (including a child),60 injured, and widespread looting and destruction of businesses. The extensive rioting appears to have been ignited by religious fervor [...]	2006-02-16 14:30:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL CASC PK
06PESHAWAR82	GOP/ARMY RELATIONS IN WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 13:08:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL MARR PK PTER EAID SNAR
06PESHAWAR86	CLERIC ISSUES A FATWA AGAINST DANISH CARTOONISTS [...] (SBU) On February 17, Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Qureshi (heading Peshawar's oldest mosque, the Mohabat Khan) offered a bounty in excess of $1 million for the killing of any of the Danish cartoonists who drew the allegedly blasphemous sketches of the Prophet Muhammad. He announced that Mohabat Kha [...]	2006-02-21 12:56:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL ASEC PREL PGOV CVIS PK
06PESHAWAR91	CHIEF MINISTER ON PESHAWAR RIOTS [...] (C) Summary. Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Chief Minister Akram Khan Durrani recently discussed the 2/15 Peshawar protests (Ref A) with us. He said police are currently reviewing television and video footage of the riots and will arrest protestors who broke the law. He outlined a two-pr [...]	2006-02-23 10:46:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL ASEC PREL PGOV PK
06PESHAWAR94	OPPOSITION LEADER ON DEMOCRACY [...] (C) National Assembly Opposition Leader Maulana Fazlur Rahman recently told us he supports giving the GOP a list of names for the permanent head of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) -- but only if (1) the GOP publicly solicits nominations from all political parties and (2) the GOP includin [...]	2006-02-23 12:40:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR99	NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR TO BE NAMED [...] (C) In the shadow of President Bush's imminent arrival, GOP sources have leaked President Musharraf's decision to replace Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman in the next few days, according to local press reports. Rumors regarding Rehman's departure have been rampant [...]	2006-03-01 12:14:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER PK
06PHNOMPENH1036	WORLD BANK FINDS CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: A World Bank (WB) audit has found evidence of procurement fraud in seven out of nine WB programs investigated in Cambodia, involving kickbacks to Cambodian government (RGC) officials and rigged bidding. The WB estimates that 10-15% of $5.0 million already disbursed was skimmed. [...]	2006-05-31 11:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1050	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO ANNOUNCE FORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings with members of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs suggests the Cambodian body is prepared to announce in early September the formation of a Burma Caucus comprised of MPs from the ruling CPP, FUNCINPEC and opposition Sam Rainsy Party. As a [...]	2006-06-02 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1084	CAMBODIA: UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 09:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1091	CAMBODIA: IRAN AND NAM STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Ouch Borith, Charge delivered demarche points contained in reftels. On Iran, Borith said the RGC would consider a public statement, and asked to see Secretary Rice's statement regarding the USG proposal, which the Embassy ha [...]	2006-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC CB
06PHNOMPENH1199	CAMBODIA: GENERAL STRIKE COULD PROVE POLITICAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The July 3 general strike threatened by the Free Trade Union (FTU) and the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association (CITA) presents an already vulnerable Hun Sen with the conundrum of choosing between support for workers or the business elite. Hun Sen realizes that only Camb [...]	2006-06-28 13:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON KTEX PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1396	CAN CAMBODIA'S DEMOCRATIC FORCES UNITE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 30, FUNCINPEC President Prince Norodom Ranariddh called on all parties to unite in 2008 and form an Alliance of Nationalists. In practice, the weakened FUNCINPEC leader seeks to realign his party with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and other pro-democracy forc [...]	2006-08-03 00:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1400	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO INAUGURATE BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. Cambodia's National Assembly will launch its Burma Caucus on August 25, with 25 parliamentarians from the three political parties as members, according to organizing MP Son Chhay of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP). Other AIPMC (ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus) [...]	2006-08-03 10:40:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1509	CAMBODIA'S RENEGADE POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, an arrest warrant was issued for Heng Pov, the powerful former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Interior, who reportedly was tipped off of the impending arrest and fled the country by the time the RGC moved to arrest [...]	2006-08-24 01:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1757	CORRUPT CAMBODIAN UNION UNDER INVESTIGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Cambodian government has formed a commission to investigate the Khmer Youth Free Trade Union (KYFTU),a labor union notorious for extorting garment factory management and beating rival union leaders. If the commission can find sufficient evidence of illegal activities, the [...]	2006-09-27 08:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCOR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1799	CAMBODIA: PM SUPPORTS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC SEAT [...] (C) Summary. The Cambodia government recently informed the Embassy that it would support Guatemala in the October 16 election for the GRULAC rotational seat on the UNSC. The Japanese Ambassador raised the issue with PM Hun Sen during an unrelated September 29 meeting. The RGC had hoped for [...]	2006-10-03 01:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC UNGA CB
06PHNOMPENH1821	FUNCINPEC'S POLITICAL PARALYSIS [...] (C) Summary. After nearly two months of continued removals of FUNCINPEC officials and criticism of party leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh by PM Hun Sen, Ranariddhhas sought to stave off further problems by underscoring that FUNCINPEC will remain a partner within the coalition government. The [...]	2006-10-05 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1828	CAMBODIA ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered reftel demarche to Sun Suon, Director of MFA's International Organizations Department, on October 5, emphasizing that a North Korea armed with nuclear weapons was unacceptable to the U.S., that a nuclear weapons test would be "a grave miscalculation" on Pyongyan [...]	2006-10-06 09:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN CB
06PHNOMPENH1899	FUNCINPEC OUSTS RANARIDDH AS PARTY PRESIDENT [...] SBU) Summary. On October 18, a hurriedly convened FUNCINPEC party congress voted to remove Prince Norodom Ranariddh as party leader in favor of Keo Puth Rasmei, a relative by marriage to the royal family and most recently the RGC Ambassador to Germany. Ranariddh, who is currently outside t [...]	2006-10-19 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH1908	A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSSES BURMA, NORTH KOREA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron met separately with Cambodian PM Hun Sen and Foreign Minister Hor Namhong during an October 14-17 visit to Cambodia. The PM reassured the USG of Cambodia's decision to back Guatemala for the rotational Latin American UNSC seat. Lowenkron thanked Hun [...]	2006-10-20 11:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1927	CAMBODIAN RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Chief raised the North Korean refugee issue with MFA Secretary of State Long Visalo on October 19. Visalo said that he would provide the copy of reftel non-paper to the Minister and brief him on the USG request. On the question of sensitivity to [...]	2006-10-24 08:14:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL ASEC PINR CB
06PHNOMPENH2048	CAMBODIAN MFA OFFICIAL ON HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) On November 16, P/E Chief met with Sun Suon, Director of the MFA's International Organizations Department that handles UN affairs, to provide demarche points concerning the proposed Belarus resolutions (reftel a). Suon noted that normal practice is for the Cambodian Permrep in New York [...]	2006-11-17 07:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CB
06PHNOMPENH2072	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE HELD IN MONDOLKIRI PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary. The Cambodian press reported on November 22 that Cambodian provincial police in Mondolkiri province arrested a North Korean man in the past week. According to press reports, a senior Cambodian police official confirmed the arrest, added the North Korean was deported to Vietnam [...]	2006-11-22 10:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KN VM CB
06PHNOMPENH2096	CAMBODIAN VIEW OF ASEAN-CHINA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA official, the ASEAN-China Commemorative Summit held in Nanning, China on October 30 underscored ASEAN's desire for greater Chinese trade and development assistance. However, ASEAN reportedly remains unimpressed with the level of assistance/loans offer [...]	2006-11-28 11:06:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH2138	DRUG PRECURSORS AND DEFORESTATION IN CAMBODIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In addition to being home to a multitude of endangered and threatened flora and fauna, the Cardamom Mountains in southwestern Cambodia also contain aromatic trees being harvested and processed illegally to produce high quality sassafras oil, a substance used to produce methamp [...]	2006-12-05 04:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ESTH PGOV CB VN
06PHNOMPENH2229	CAMBODIA AND DRAFT UNSCR ON BURMA [...] (C) On December 27, the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith regarding reftel demarche. (Note: P/E Chief had met separately on December 15 with MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations So Soeung Ha and delivered reftel demarche points. At the [...]	2006-12-27 09:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC CB
06PHNOMPENH317	CAMBODIA AND THAILAND FOCUS ON BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Thailand and Cambodia agreed to survey and delimit their land border over the next year and resolve their maritime border claims by the end of 2007. Nearly 90 percent of Thai business claims arising from the 2003 anti-Thai riots have been addressed, but new Thai businesses are [...]	2006-02-16 10:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CB TH
06PHNOMPENH327	SAM RAINSY'S POLITICAL STRATEGY: PUSH HUN SEN, [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says that reconciliation with Hun Sen was the only way to improve his party's position in upcoming national elections and provide hope for the democratic future of Cambodia. Rainsy hopes that his continued ability to move the government towards des [...]	2006-02-17 09:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH328	WHITHER FUNCINPEC? DOWN BUT NOT YET OUT [...] (C) Summary. Since Hun Sen's outreach to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the Prime Minister and his party have spoken about ruling coalition partner FUNCINPEC in increasingly negative and strident tones. Hun Sen recently criticized FUNCINPEC for being more interested in graft and less intere [...]	2006-02-17 09:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH348	CAMBODIAN LAND DISPUTES MORE FREQUENT, MORE VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Land disputes--which often pit poor villagers against the powerful and wealthy--have affected 12% of Cambodians and are on the rise. The disputes take many shapes, including large economic land concessions on land claimed by indigenous groups in the northeast and a plethora of [...]	2006-02-22 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH361	CAMBODIA'S PRIME MINISTER: WORKING FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. During an hour and one-half February 23 meeting with Staffdel Grove, PM Hun Sen outlined his vision for moving Cambodia forward along the path to democratic reform in concert with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and civil society, claiming that his dramatic turnaround was [...]	2006-02-24 04:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH365	ANATOMY OF A LAND DISPUTE: TWO CASESQOM WESTERN [...] SUMMARY. Land disputes affect 45% of the population of the western province of Banteay Meanchey and 10% of the population in neighboring Battambang province, according to estimates by local NGO activists. During a Feb. 1-3 trip to the region, Econoff and Econ FSN learned that such disputes [...]	2006-02-24 07:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SENV ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH442	CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION ON STATUS OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP (and Sam Rainsy spouse) Saumura Tioulong -- please protect -- told us March 6 that PM Hun Sen recently offered to take opposition leader Sam Rainsy into the government as a deputy prime minister, possibly with broad authority over various ministries. Rainsy repo [...]	2006-03-06 11:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH472	CAMBODIA: MORE ON RANARIDDH'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC Deputy Secretary General Ung Huot says that Prince Ranariddh's decision last week to resign as National Assembly President was based principally on a desire to concentrate more on strengthening the party, but Hun Sen's personal attacks and the danger that he might be [...]	2006-03-08 09:43:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH493	CAMBODIA'S LAND DISPUTE AUTHORITY: WILL IT WORK? [...] (C) Summary. The recently proposed national land dispute authority comprised of officials from ten ministries, representatives from the three political parties, and NGO representatives remains a work in progress and has already generated controversy. Three NGOs invited to participate have [...]	2006-03-13 09:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAGR KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH519	FUNCINPEC LEADER LEAVES COUNTRY, MANY QUESTIONS [...] (C) Summary. FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh left Phnom Penh for Paris on March 14, having appointed Prince Norodom Sirivudh, his half brother and the party's Secretary General, to act as the interim party leader in his SIPDIS absence. The Prince departed the country in the wak [...]	2006-03-17 10:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH585	CAMBODIA: FUNCINPEC'S ONGOING STRUGGLES [...] (C) Summary. Senior FUNCINPEC official Serey Kosal told us March 23 about the reasons for Ranariddh's resignation from the National Assembly presidency, the struggle within the party to designate candidates for government positions, CPP's role in undermining the royalists, and actions that [...]	2006-03-27 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH586	TENSIONS AMONG PRO-DEMOCRACY ADVOCATES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary. Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) leader Kem Sokha and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy are undergoing a period of tension that has the potential to undermine Cambodian democratic consolidation. Kem Sokha claims that Sam Rainsy is unnecessarily worried over Kem Sokha' [...]	2006-03-27 11:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH643	CAMBODIA'S FM ON APEC, BURMA, AND [...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador's April 5 meeting with FM Hor Namhong, the FM raised the prospect of APEC membership, PM Hun Sen's desire to participate in the November APEC Summit meeting in Hanoi as part of the ASEAN leaders' meeting with President Bush, and the FM's interest in meeting wi [...]	2006-04-05 11:51:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PHUM CB
06PHNOMPENH665	CAMBODIAN THOUGHTS ON UPCOMING ASEAN FM MEETING [...] (C) Summary. According to MFA Secretary of State for ASEAN affairs Kao Kim Hourn, ASEAN has several options for moving foward on Burma: a visit to Burma by the Eminent Persons Group (EPG),a visit by the ASEAN Troika, or an invitation from the Philippines President to Than Shwe to attend t [...]	2006-04-10 07:58:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH700	CAMBODIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ON HUN SEN'S RECENT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told the Ambassador on April 12 that he remains encouraged by his interactions with Hun Sen on land issues and opposition inclusion in the National Electoral Commission, but the key test of the PM's willingness to implement meaningful reforms will b [...]	2006-04-13 05:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCOR CB
06PHNOMPENH839	CAMBODIAN ROYALIST PARTY IN TURMOIL -- BUT [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with FUNCINPEC royal family members and loyalists suggest that some royals, including FUNCINPEC leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, are discussing the possibility of forming a new political party. Former Co-Minister of Interior Prince Norodom Sirivudh and Deputy PM [...]	2006-05-03 07:30:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH887	KRT JUDGES NAMED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, the Cambodian Government announced the names of the Cambodian and international judges selected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and approved by the King. The results are a mixed bag of good, middling, and poor choices. Initial soundings within the diplomati [...]	2006-05-09 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH894	CAMBODIA: DAS JOHN'S REINFORCES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 discussion with visiting DAS Eric John, FM Hor Namhong lauded US-Cambodia bilateral relations and said Cambodia would seriously consider DAS John's request that the RGC support Guatemala's candidacy for the UNSC. The FM was open on Burma and prospects for democratic [...]	2006-05-10 02:32:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EAID CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1012	ROLE OF PM/PRESIDENT IN HAITI [...] (C) Introduction. President Preval is set to swear in Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, along with his new cabinet, on June 9, whereupon Alexis will officially assume his duties. The authors of Haiti's constitution of 1987 deliberately created a powerful prime minister to serve as a che [...]	2006-06-08 17:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1028	LAVALAS REUNIFICATION MEETING FAILS [...] (C) A June 2 meeting among Famni Lavalas (FL) leaders in Port-au-Prince ended in acrimony, as the participants failed to select a new ad interim leader (in the absence of former President Aristide). The meeting was reportedly spurred in part by an intense effort by Aristide to orchestrate hi [...]	2006-06-12 17:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1051	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER ALEXIS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Alexis called the U.S-Haiti relationship and USG assistance "indispensable" and asked for a full briefing on all assistance programs at the earliest opportunity during his first meeting with the Ambassador since the ratification of his goernment on June 8. The Amb [...]	2006-06-14 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA

06PORTAUPRINCE1073	POLICE CHIEF ANDRESOL NOMINATED FOR THREE MORE [...] (C) President Preval on June 15 announced the nomination of current Haitian National Police (HNP) Director General Mario Andresol to continue in his position for three more years. The Senate must now approve the nomination by majority vote. The justice and security committee will begin exam [...]	2006-06-16 19:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1099	GOH WANTS ALL REMAINING ELECTIONS ON ONE DATE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Alexis on June 16 told SRSG Mullet and representatives from donor countries that President Preval wished to complete the remaining national runoffs (one senate and 11 deputy races),local, and municipal elections on the same day. Kicking off the meeting, MINUSTAH had p [...]	2006-06-22 12:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE110	HAITI: DAS PATRICK DUDDY'S ENCOUNTERS WITH FATHER [...] (C) Summary: DAS Patrick Duddy met with both Father Gerard Jean-Juste and former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune at the Pacot Prison Annex during a trip to Haiti on January 11. His visit with Jean-Juste came on the heels of his January 10th examination by a local physician, which resulted in conf [...]	2006-01-17 13:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE111	WHA/DAS DUDDY'S VISIT TO HAITI, JANUARY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary: WHA/DAS Patrick Duddy during his visit to Port-au-Prince on January 10-11 urged the IGOH, political parties, and UN and OAS officials to hold to the most recent electoral calendar, take action to improve the security environment, and encourage Haitians to participate in the elec [...]	2006-01-17 14:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE112	HAITI: FM ABRAHAM DISCUSSES DUVALIER PASSPORT [...] (C) Charge took the opportunity of a January 14 meeting with Prime Minister Gerard Latortue to fortify points DAS Duddy and DCM Griffiths raised in opposition to the interim governmentÂ´s issuance of a passport (diplomatic) to former dictator "Baby Doc" Duvalier (reftel). PM Latortue, in ChargeÂ [...]	2006-01-17 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE113	HAITI: FATHER JEAN-JUSTE, THE PM, AND THE FOMIN [...] (C) On 14 January Charge stressed to Prime Minister Gerard Latortue the need to transfer Father Gerard Jean-Juste from Haiti for medical treatment in the U.S. for what is clearly a genuine and serious illness (reftel). In Charge's presence, the PM then called Justice Minister Henri Dorleans fo [...]	2006-01-17 20:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1184	PREVAL TO GET ORGANIZED SOON [...] (C) Presidential advisor Alix Fils-Aime on July 27 told Polcouns that President Preval would complete the organization of his staff after his return from Europe on July 6, naming a chief-of-staff and moving operations to the national palace. Preval would not replace government staff below th [...]	2006-06-30 16:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1205	HAITI: PETROCARIBE IMPLEMENTATION STALLED [...] (C) Summary: The 100,000 barrels of petroleum, from the initial PetroCaribe shipment to Haiti on May 14, remain in storage facilities at the port and have not been put on the market. To date, no second PetroCaribe transport ship has been scheduled to arrive. Edouard Baussan (President Rene [...]	2006-07-07 13:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1213	NOT QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME? THE PREVAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1220	MINUSTAH, GOH ASSESS RENEWED GANG VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Government and MINUSTAH officials are taking stock of the gang shoot-out on July 6-7 which left more than 20 people dead in the "quartier chaud" of Martissant, south of the capital. Government/MINUSTAH meetings are underway to discuss how to manage the fallout from the Martissant inci [...]	2006-07-10 12:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC HA PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1241	HAITIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON QUIET SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE125	PREVAL'S CAMPAIGN OFFICE BURNED IN ST. MARC [...] (U) According to Radio Metropole, unidentified individuals burned the campaign office of L,Espwa presidential candidate Rene Preval in St. Marc (lower-Artibonite) on January 18. The demonstrators also reportedly burned a vehicle and a large poster of Preval and placed flaming barricades and [...]	2006-01-18 20:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1258	PREVAL TRIES TO DODGE ISSUE OF VENEZUELA AND UNSC [...] (C) In our early morning meeting July 10 (other topics reported septel),President Preval carefully circumvented any detailed discussion of CARICOM support for Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. He outright refused to say if Haiti would join a CARICOM consensus. Noting that Haiti took no active [...]	2006-07-12 14:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PREL UNSC
06PORTAUPRINCE1277	HAITI: PREVAL APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 19:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1279	PREVAL ON SECURITY, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT: "I [...] (C) Summary and comment. I met with President Preval early morning July 11 to discuss the current security environment, political issues, and his development priorities. I also pressed him on Haiti's position regarding Venezuela's bid for the UNSC seat (reported septel.) Preval contends Haiti [...]	2006-07-14 20:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE129	VOTING CENTERS CENTER OF CRITICISMS OF HAITIAN [...] (C) Summary: Political Parties and some Provisional Electoral Council employees continue to assert there are widespread problems with voting centers. MINUSTAH and the OAS reject their claims as politically and financially motivated. They have worked throughout January to rectify voting cente [...]	2006-01-19 19:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1336	GOH AND MINUSTAH PREPARE TO TAKE ON GANGS; MANUEL [...] (C) Summary. Although July 21 has been quiet, these days of violence along Airport Road have prompted President Preval to invite MINUSTAH to take firm military action against the gangs. But Preval refuses to go public with this request and is reluctant to authorize MINUSTAH to go into the he [...]	2006-07-21 19:23:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1342	NEW TRUCE QUELLS GANG VIOLENCE - FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH's top gang expert reports that on July 21 Cite Soleil's most powerful gang leader, Evens Jeune, re-imposed a truce to end the recent violence and kidnappings that have Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH says there have been no hostile actions reported in the Airport Road area bor [...]	2006-07-24 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS ASEC PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1371	WHA A/S SHANNON'S JULY 25 VISIT TO HAITI - OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 12:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KPKO PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1374	HAITI: THE PROVISIONAL RELEASE AND STATUS OF YVON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Haitian judicial authorities granted former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune a provisional release from prison yesterday, July 27, at approximately 1530 hours on medical grounds. MINUSTAH transported Neptune via ambulance to its field hospital near the Port-au-Prince airport, where [...]	2006-07-28 18:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1379	PREVAL SAYS CARICOM WILL SUPPORT VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) Summary: President Preval asserted to A/S Shannon July 25 that CARICOM had adopted a common position in support of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. Preval judged that Guyana had softened its opposition to Venezuela, clearing the way for a CARICOM consensus. Shannon explained that Guat [...]	2006-07-31 14:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	GT HA PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1386	HAITI: PM ASKS WHA A/S FOR HELP ON SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis told Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon July 25 that the Donors' Conference was a success and proves Haiti is ready to assert its leadership and take back nation-building responsibilities from the international community. Alexis said the gove [...]	2006-07-31 17:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1387	PREVAL SAYS CARICOM WILL SUPPORT VENEZUELA FOR [...] (C) Summary: A/S Shannon used the opportunity of a July 25 meeting with Haitian President Preval to urge Haiti to support Guatemala for the GRULAC UNSC seat. President Preval asserted that CARICOM had adopted a common position in support of Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. Shannon noted th [...]	2006-07-31 18:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VZ GT HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1389	PREVAL AND THE GOH WRESTLE WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH [...] (C) Summary. President Preval told the core Ambassadors, SRSG Mulet and UN aid officials that persuading the gangs of Cite Soleil to lay down their guns would work only if coupled with a more vigorous effort to improve the slum's conditions. He called for better coordination of assistance progr [...]	2006-07-31 19:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1392	WHA A/S SHANNON'S JULY 25 VISIT TO HAITI - OVERVIEW [...] (U) WHA A/S Thomas Shannon led the U.S. Delegation to the July 25 Haiti Donors' Conference, at which the USG pledged $210 million for the coming 12 months -- the largest amount from any donor. During his one-day visit, A/S Shannon held bilaterals with President Preval, Prime Minister Alexis, [...]	2006-08-01 11:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA KPKO PGOV PREL
06PORTAUPRINCE1393	PREVAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Shannon pressed President Preval on July 25 to demonstrate ways the Government of Haiti, with international assistance, could address the lack of security in Port-au-Prince. Preval said that Haiti needed to take control of its ports (where illegal arms enter [...]	2006-08-01 11:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1407	HAITI: A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MINUSTAH SRSG [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Edmond Mulet warned A/S Shannon on July 25 that provocations by former president Aristide and his supporters could erode Haiti's post-electoral stability. Mulet said that President Preval's public silence about security pro [...]	2006-08-02 19:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1426	UNSG ANNAN VISITS HAITI, AUGUST 3-4 [...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Secretary General (UNSYG) Kofi Annan successfully concluded his visit August 3-4 to Port-au-Prince, meeting with President Preval, Prime Minister Alexis and selected cabinet Ministers. Weather difficulties forced the UNSYG to overnight in Port-au-Prince, giving h [...]	2006-08-04 21:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UN HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1476	GOH ASKS FOR SLOWER RATE OF DEPORTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOH requested a reduction in the number of criminal deportees to 25 every two weeks, down from the 50 previously agreed to, citing the need to better enable the GOH to absorb and process them following the escape of 27 deportees after last week,s repatriation (REF B). In lig [...]	2006-08-10 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1481	PPREVAL TO GANGS: DISARM OR DIE [...] (C) Six days after announcing he preferred "dialogue" to a military solution, President Preval on August 9 publicly demanded that gangs "surrender their arms or die" in a surprise visit to Cite Militaire, a Port-au-Prince slum adjacent to the gang stronghold of Cite Soleil. Preval's visit a [...]	2006-08-10 16:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1483	GOH BUDGET UPDATE: MOVING FORWARD WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff August 8 that the new budget is almost complete and will move forward to parliament, maybe by tomorrow (August 11). Concerning the financing gap for FY06 (USD 18.5 million) and FY07 (USD 15 - 25 million),govern [...]	2006-08-10 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1522	ARISTIDE COLLABORATORS RELEASED [...] (C) The presiding judge on August 14 released Aristide allies and Lavalas activists Anette Auguste, aka So Anne, Paul Raymond, and Yvon Antoine, aka Yvon Zapzap, and dismissed the charges against them for lack of evidence. Over the course of their roughly 18-month detention, prosecutors fai [...]	2006-08-17 18:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1543	PREVAL REVIVES DDR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Preval has asked MINUSTAH to develop and prepare to implement a Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration ((DDR) plan to serve as the carrot in his "carrot and stick" policy to combat Port-au-Prince's armed gangs (reftel). MINUSTAH's DDR department is preparing [...]	2006-08-21 12:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1561	PREVAL APPOINTS FORMER JEAN DOMINIQUE PROSECUTOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 18:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR AA
06PORTAUPRINCE1588	GOH DISMISSES DISARMAMENT STUNT [...] (C) President Preval reportedly rebuffed on August 14 an offer by Cite Soleil gang leader William Baptiste, aka "Ti Blanc" to participate in a disarmament ceremony, after a series of meetings with gang leaders over the previous weeks failed to produce a result. (Note: Preval's frustration [...]	2006-08-25 15:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1597	PREVAL COMING TO DC/PENSIVE WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with President Preval on August 24 to review the bilateral agenda on the eve of her departure for leave and Washington consultations. Preval plans to visit Washington on September 18-19 in advance of the UN General Assembly meeting: he told the Ambassador dur [...]	2006-08-25 18:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON UNSC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1604	FL MILITANT RENE CIVIL ARRESTED [...] (C) The Haitian National Police (HNP) on Friday, August 25 arrested Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant Rene Civil in the upper-class Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, charging him with carrying an unlicensed firearm, driving a stolen car, and "association with malefactors." Government pro [...]	2006-08-29 17:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1622	PREVAL PRESSURES MINUSTAH FOR CLAMPDOWN [...] (C) President Preval on August 31 convened meetings with MINUSTAH leaders, including the SRSG and his military and police commander, and Haitian security officials to press for decisive action against gang leaders in Cite Soleil. A MINUSTAH official who participated in the meeting told Polco [...]	2006-08-31 16:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1661	PREVAL HOME ALONE [...] Summary. Over four months into Preval's presidency, he has yet to form a staff allowing him to carry through policy initiatives. Preval confidante and advisor Robert Manuel serves as chief counselor. Gabriel Verret, who appears to have grown in influence advises Preval on economic matters. [...]	2006-09-07 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1667	CUSTOMS DG REPLACED [...] (C) President Rene Preval on September 7 replaced Director General of Customs Edouard Vales Jean-Laurent with Jean Jacques Valentin, who was the customs' DG from 1994 until 2004 under former President Jean Bertrand Aristide and during Preval's first term. Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Ve [...]	2006-09-08 12:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1690	SUB-CABINET SHAKEUP [...] (U) Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 7 announced the replacement of 10 of 18 directors general (DGs) in cabinet ministries and four of nine DGs in government agencies. DGs are third in the bureaucratic hierarchy, serve as chief operating officers, and traditionally manage pe [...]	2006-09-11 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV PINR
06PORTAUPRINCE1734	ARREST ORDERED FOR NUMBER 3 POLICE OFFICER [...] (U) Judge Napela Saintil on September 12 issued a bench warrant for Michael Lucius, the third highest ranking official in the Haitian police (HNP) who serves as the director of the criminal investigation unit (DCPJ). The warrant stems from charges of "complicity in kidnapping" that Saintil br [...]	2006-09-14 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1755	MINUSTAH CLOSES IN ON CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary. Under continued prodding from President Preval (ref A),MINUSTAH and the HNP over the past week have taken significant steps to secure the access routes areas immediately adjacent to Cite Soleil and the major north-south artery within the district, route 9. According to MINUSTAH [...]	2006-09-15 18:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1798	PM ON COOPERATION/SECURITY/ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 19 reviewed with the Ambassador recent developments in the bilateral agenda. The Ambassador congratulated the PM on the previous day's signing of the bilateral aid agreement and pledged to coordinate our assistance with the GoH. [...]	2006-09-22 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1814	PARLIAMENTARIANS PRESS FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF [...] (U) A few parliamentarians are demanding that the 2006-2007 national budget, currently before the parliament for approval, include means for the reconstitution of the Haitian national army, an idea raised at the time the Prime Minister appeared before the Senate and Chamber of Deputies to disc [...]	2006-09-25 16:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	HA PGOV
06PORTAUPRINCE1846	CEP AND MINUSTAH DISAGREE ON ELECTION DATE [...] (C) Summary: The GoH has issued the decree, dated August 31, establishing municipal, local, and the remainder of legislative elections on December 3. MINUSTAH staff and Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) staff sharply disagreed, however, on the state of elections preparations at a September [...]	2006-09-27 17:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE185	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH HAITIAN INTERIM PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On January 20, Haitian interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon that Haiti is prepared to hold elections February 7 and March 19, and their success would be determined by Haitians' confidence in the voting structure. The PM expects [...]	2006-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1881	ROCKY START FOR DDR [...] (C) Summary. Forty-seven gang members from Cite Soleil on September 26 finished a week-long orientation program for the revamped Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) program (ref A),though follow-on activities remain in doubt as MINUSTAH DDR staff attempt to ensure with the [...]	2006-09-29 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1905	GOH INTENDS TO MEET 100% FUEL DEMAND WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval and finance minister Daniel Dorsainvil informed the four oil companies operating in Haiti of intentions to meet 100 percent of Haiti's petroleum demand through its Petrocaribe agreement. According to a Christian Porter, country manager for ExxonMobil (operat [...]	2006-10-04 19:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1932	AMBASSADOR AND EMBOFFS VISIT CITE SOLEIL: LIFE AT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and emboffs visited the impoverished Port au Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil on October 10 at the invitation of MINUSTAH Force Commander General Elito. Based on our observations, signs of life appear to be returing to what some in the past have called the most danger [...]	2006-10-11 20:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1973	PREVAL EMPHASIZES DRUG TRAFFICKING, SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 16:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2031	MINUSTAH/HNP ATTACKED IN CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary. A MINUSTAH operation to clear rubble from an area near a Cite Soleil checkpoint on October 19 generated fierce protests from local residents. The operation ultimately resulted in an armed battle between Cite Soleil gang members and HNP/MINUSTAH forces. Attackers firing three [...]	2006-10-24 15:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE204	HAITI: FISCAL PRESSURES AS INTERIM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The IMF ResRep told Econ Counselor that IGOH performance under EPCA II was satisfactory, despite some problems at the end of the year with Central Bank financing. Tax receipts and spending are up, and the IGOH is exploring the possibility of subsidies to avoid a fuel price hike. [...]	2006-01-27 13:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2104	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF INL A/S ANNE W. [...] (C) With your visit approaching, Haiti remains in a kind of suspended animation as its population awaits to see what lasting results are produced by President Preval's initiative to control criminality emanating from the slum area of Cite Soleil and break the power of the Cite Soleil gangs. P [...]	2006-11-03 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE211	HAITI ELECTIONS: SECURITY PLAN READY [...] (C) Election Day security plans remain on track, according to MINUSTAH's Chief of Elections Security and Planning, Neil Warriner. Despite rumors to the contrary, MINUSTAH UNPol and the Haitian National Police (HNP) will jointly patrol all voting centers, including those in Cite Soleil. Wa [...]	2006-01-27 20:48:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC MARR PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2122	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES UNABLE TO OBTAIN QUORUM [...] (U) In the past three weeks, the chamber of deputies has found it difficult to obtain a quorum often enough to act on proposed legislation. President Preval on October 3 called an extraordinary session of the chamber of deputies to consider legislation on the structure of the judiciary, the n [...]	2006-11-07 12:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2169	A/S PATTERSON PUSHES FOR COOPERATION WITH GOH [...] (C) Summary. INL A/S Anne W. Patterson urged increased cooperation on law enforcement and intelligence gathering to combat narcotics trafficking through Haiti during her meetings on November 3 with President Preval and senior GoH and MINUSTAH officials. Repeatedly referring to the 1997 ill [...]	2006-11-13 12:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC KCRM HA SNAR
06PORTAUPRINCE2187	JUDICIAL/POLICE BATTLE RAGES [...] (C) Summary. Judge Napela Saintil on November 11 recused himself in the case against the Michael Lucius, the third-ranking member of the Haitian National Police (HNP) and director of its investigative unit (DCPJ). Port-au-Prince prosecutor Claudy Gassant (ref B) on November 13 subsequently a [...]	2006-11-14 19:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2207	HNP NO. 3 LUCIUS RESIGNS [...] (U) Michael Lucius, the third ranking member of the Haitian police (HNP),on November 15 submitted his resignation from his post as head of Haiti,s judicial police (DCPJ) to HNP Director General Andresol. Lucius' resignation comes on the heels of Judge Napela Saintil's recusal from the cas [...]	2006-11-15 19:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE221	LAVALAS DEPUTIES GEAR UP FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Former Fanmi Lavalas (FL) Deputy Franky Exius and Rogavil Boisguene, both current Lavalas candidates for the Haitian Parliament's lower house Chamber of Deputies, met with poloff to assert that the issue of security as a bar to elections is a "faux" problem and to voice concerns [...]	2006-01-30 20:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE222	HAITI ELECTIONS: 30 SENATORIAL SEATS AT STAKE [...] (U) Summary. Voters will elect thirty members to the Haitian senate in the upcoming elections, three each from the country's ten departments. No single party is likely to gain a majority in either the senate or the chamber of deputies, thus the new President and parliament will likely have [...]	2006-01-30 20:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2227	PM: NO REPLACEMENT IN SIGHT FOR HNP'S LUCIUS [...] (C) Bemoaning the poor state of Haitian institutions, most notably the police, Prime Minister Alexis told me Sunday that he is unable to name a replacement for Michael Lucius, Director of the HNP Judicial Police (DCPJ),who resigned November 15 because there is no one in Haiti who can handle [...]	2006-11-20 17:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2230	COLLEAGUE CHRONICLES CORRUPTION OF YOURI LATORTUE [...] (C) Summary: Senator Youri Latortue may well be the most brazenly corrupt of leading Haitian politicians, according to a colleague. The XXXXXXXXXXXX recently shared with poloffs his concerns regarding Latortue's illegal or otherwise unsavory activities in the port city of Gonaives and other ar [...]	2006-11-20 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2289	PREVAL II: THE HONEYMOON'S OVER [...] (C) Summary. There is increasing talk among Haitians these days about malaise and government inertia. President Preval, now seven months into his term, i seen as isolated and distracted. Reports of dissntion within his inner circle, a poor legislativ record to date, and a failed disarmament po [...]	2006-11-30 19:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2323	PREVAL TRAVELING TO CUBA FOR FURTHER MEDICAL TESTS [...] (C) President Preval will depart for Cuba on the afternoon of December 6 for further medical tests, according to Disarmament Commission President Alix Fils-Aime and President Preval's executive assistant in the palace. Fils-Aime on December 6 told Polcouns during a meeting on other topics [...]	2006-12-06 19:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA CU
06PORTAUPRINCE2338	ELECTIONS: 4 DAYS AFTER [...] (U) Four days following Haiti,s 3rd round of elections, Provisionary Electoral Council,s (CEP) officials are closely holding all results because, according to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, several races are extremely close and he wants to be certain of the results. According to OAS, t [...]	2006-12-07 20:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2339	PREVAL WELCOMES SENATOR DEWINE AND REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval met with Senator DeWine (R-OH),Representative Schakowsky (D-IL) and the Ambassador at the National Palace November 29 in advance of a cocktail reception Preval held in honor of DeWine. Preval stressed that insecurity in Port-au-Prince is not due to politica [...]	2006-12-08 12:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2341	PM ELATED FOLLOWING MADRID CONFERENCE, BLAMES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis met with WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and the Ambassador December 3 for a cheerful meeting after returning from the donors, conference in Madrid. PM Alexis stressed the importance of the [...]	2006-12-08 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE235	HAITI ELECTIONS: FEBRUARY 7 OR BUST [...] (C) Summary: In a January 27 elections meeting with the OAS, MINUSTAH, and donors, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard stated that the only obstacle to the February 7 election date is fear; logistical matters will not keep the people from voting. He assured t [...]	2006-02-01 15:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2371	STUDENTS ARE REVOLTING [...] (U) Summary: Recent student protests culminated on December 5 with a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's office that devolved into confrontations between MINUSTAH personnel and students who threw rocks and vandalized MINUSTAH vehicles. Three groupings appear to have generated the [...]	2006-12-13 12:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2374	JACQUES BERNARD RESIGNING FROM CEP TODAY [...] (C) Summary. Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General Jacques Bernard called on the Ambassador on the morning of December 14 to inform her that he was submitting his resignation to CEP President Max Mathurin later in the day. Bernard stated that with the completion of the local [...]	2006-12-14 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2385	PREVAL TELLS MINUSTAH TO TARGET THE GANGS [...] (C) President Preval on December 15 directed SRSG Mulet to have MINUSTAH forces conduct targeted operations against known leaders in Cite Soleil and other Port-au-Prince slums, according to MINUSTAH political staff. Senior MINUSTAH civilian staff present at a birthday party for Mulet's chief [...]	2006-12-15 17:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA BR
06PORTAUPRINCE2387	SENATORS PRESS PM ON INSECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, acting in his capacity as chief of the High Council of the National Police (CSPN),testified December 13 in front of the senate commission on defense, justice and security, pledging to undertake actions against the bandits responsible for t [...]	2006-12-15 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2409	UN TAKING ACTION AGAINST INSECURITY [...] (C) MINUSTAH plans to execute one targeted operation in Port-au-Prince every other day with the goal of arresting gang members, according to Mike Center (strictly protect),deputy chief of MINUSTAH's Joint Mission Analysis Centre (JMAC). Center told Poloff on December 18 that JMAC is selectin [...]	2006-12-19 16:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KPKO MARR ASEC MOPS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2424	MINUSTAH/HNP TO MOVE ON CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and the HNP are finalizing plans to move against specific gang leaders in Cite Soleil. Acting UNPol Commissioner Richard Warren and Haitian Police (HNP) Director General Andresol completed an operational plan on December 20 and hope to conduct an operation by December 2 [...]	2006-12-21 16:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2427	PREVAL: MINUSTAH MUST ACT NOW [...] (C) Summary. I met with President Preval on the evening of December 21 to discuss the current security environment, the political machinations underway in Parliament and the Primature, and Haiti's continuing dispute with China. Preval also shared with me frank details of his health (reported [...]	2006-12-21 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ECON EAID HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE2431	(C) UNSRSG THREATENS TO SEEK GEN. ELITO'S REMOVAL [...] (C) UN SRSG Mulet told me December 20 that he will ask UN DPKO to remove MINUSTAH commander Gen. Elito of Brazil if the general balks at taking action against gangs in Cite Soleil within the next 24-72 hours, as the SRSG has instructed. According to Mulet, Elito has continued to offer objectio [...]	2006-12-21 19:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA UN
06PORTAUPRINCE2433	HIGH ANXIETY OVER SECURITY [...] (C) The recent spate of high-profile kidnappings and the GoH's stumbling response has become the singular issue in Haitian politics and public discourse. While panic has not yet set in, the Port-au-Prince population has begun to alter their work and private routines and much of daily life aga [...]	2006-12-21 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2453	POLICE CHIEF CRITICIZES JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Mario Andresol denounced Haiti's corrupt justice system December 15 at a graduation ceremony for 567 cadets. He claimed the justice system "consists of a dictatorship of some judges who arbitrate based on their own interpretati [...]	2006-12-26 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2459	MINUSTAH BEGINS TARGET OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and the Haitian National Police (HNP) carried out a joint operation in Cite Soleil on the morning of December 22, beginning at approximately 4 a.m. (ref A). MINUSTAH,s A/Deputy Commissioner OPS Neil Warriner is pleased [...]	2006-12-26 20:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE246	HAITI: FATHER JEAN-JUSTE FLIES TO MIAMI FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Haitian Court of Appeals issued an order on January 29 authorizing Father Gerard Jean-Juste to fly to Miami to seek treatment for leukemia. Initially, the IGOH attempted to let the case wind its way through the Haitian judicial system, but eventually bowed to weeks of pressure [...]	2006-02-02 19:55:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2472	MINUSTAH CONTINUES CITE SOLEIL OPERATIONS [...] (C) MINUSTAH and the Haitian National Police (HNP) ran their second joint operation in the early morning of December 28 targeting gang members, specifically Belony, residing in the Bois Neuf area of the Port-au-Prince slum, Cite Soleil. According to MINUSTAH's A/Deputy Commissioner for OPS Nei [...]	2006-12-29 12:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KPKO MOPS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2477	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT REFLECTS ON THE 48TH [...] (SBU) Summary: The first session of the 48th Legislature concluded on December 28. National Assembly President Joseph Lambert believes that the legislators laid the foundation for a stronger democratic institution with the prospect of greater productivity in the future despite the paucity of [...]	2006-12-29 15:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE253	SIMEUS URGES HAITIANS TO VOTE; NOT SUPPORTING ANY [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with disqualified AmCit presidential candidate Dumarsais Simeus February 1. Simeus said he would hold a press conference February 2 to encourage people to vote. He further explained that he would not publicly back any presidential candidate, but would fully support [...]	2006-02-03 18:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE259	WILL HAITI HOLD CREDIBLE ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: Haitian and international election authorities face uncertainties as they prepare to conduct the first round of Haiti's elections on February 7. The most serious of these are the competence and performance of poll workers, particularly at rural and isolated voting centers, and t [...]	2006-02-04 19:33:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE31	HAITI ELECTIONS: MINUSTAH LOGISTICS IN PLACE, [...] (C) Summary: The MINUSTAH head of elections operations and logistics reported that MINUSTAH will be prepared logistically to administer elections, but that Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) must take some policy decisions to avoid additional delays. MINUSTAH is ready to begin training poll [...]	2006-01-06 12:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE312	PRO-PREVAL DEMONSTRATIONS COVER PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: Preval supporters are staging demonstrations as small as 50 people and as large as 4000-5000 at the SONAPI Voting Tabulation Center. The demonstrators are chanting in support of Preval and are calling for the announcement of a first-round victory. Post is concerned that demons [...]	2006-02-13 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE317	PREVAL SPEAKS: CONTINUE PROTESTS, BUT DO SO [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential candidate Rene Preval held a press conference February 14. Preval insisted that his party stands for peace. However, he said that the party is convinced that massive fraud took place and that if results are published in their current state, L'Espwa would legally [...]	2006-02-15 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE321	HAITI ELECTIONS IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: Ninety-two percent of the vote tally sheets (Proces Verbaux or PVs) had been recorded before the CEP ordered counting stopped February 14. Based on internal projections, MINUSTAH officials do not believe that the uncounted PVs would push Rene Preval over the fifty percent mark [...]	2006-02-15 20:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE348	CEP PRESSURED TO ANOINT PREVAL UNTIL HIS [...] (C) Summary: Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) General Director Jacques Bernard and members of the CEP report that they came under extreme pressure from the executive to "throw the election" to Rene Preval as vote counting for the Haitian presidential race came to a close February 12 and 13. [...]	2006-02-22 13:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE36	PM LATORTUE ON ELECTIONS, NEPTUNE AND JEAN-JUSTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue told Charge January 5 that the interim government (IGOH) does not object to examination and diagnosis of imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste by the physician of his choice. Before options for treatment would be explored, however, Latortue [...]	2006-01-06 21:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE361	HAITI: MANIGAT'S WIFE WITHDRAWS FROM SENATE RACE [...] (U) Myrlande Manigat, the Assembly of Progressive National Democrats (RDNP) senatorial candidate for the West (Port-au-Prince),abruptly withdrew from the race February 21 despite having won enough votes to qualify for the second round run-off election. With all senatorial ballots counted ( [...]	2006-02-24 15:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE365	MAJORITY OF CEP PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR BERNARD [...] (C) Summary: Six of nine members of Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) reaffirmed their support for the CEP's Director General Jacques Bernard in a public letter February 23. CEP president chief of staff Duchatelier told poloff February 22 that Jacques Bernard was indispensable for [...]	2006-02-24 17:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE38	BAKER CAMPAIGN WORKER SHOT AND KILLED [...] (C) On the evening of January 5, three unidentified assailants shot and killed Emmanual Corneille, Charles Henri Baker's campaign director for the South and Southwest. According to DCPJ Michel Lucius, Corneille was leaving his house in Petionville and was shot in his car after resisting robb [...]	2006-01-06 21:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE418	CEP DIRECTOR GENERAL RETURNS TO HAITI [...] (C) Summary: After two weeks of uncertainty, Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) Director General (DG) Jacques Bernard returned to Haiti on March 5 to re-assume his position. A delegation of CEP members headed by CEP President Max Mathurin met him at the airport. In Bernard's absence, six [...]	2006-03-06 15:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE459	UN'S POLICE AGREEMENT CAUSES FUROR [...] (C) Summary. The Supplemental Agreement on Haitian National Police (HNP) reform (SA),signed by Prime Minister Latortue and the SRSG Valdes in New York on February 22 and has caused a political firestorm in recent days. Haitian objections center on clauses of the accord that could subordinat [...]	2006-03-08 20:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE467	HAITI ELECTIONS: DONORS PUSH FOR EARLY SECOND [...] Summary: Donors met March 7 with CEP and Minustah representatives to urge that the calendar for the second round legislative elections be established as soon as possible. Minustah and the CEP discussed a possible timeline for completion of the contestation process and necessary logistical p [...]	2006-03-09 18:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE476	HAITI ELECTIONS: ANNOUNCEMENT OF SECOND ROUND [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires met with Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Max Mathurin and CEP Councilor Josefa Gauthier over breakfast March 10. Mathurin confirmed that a press conference was scheduled for noon March 10 to announce the electoral calendar. The CEP has already prepared a [...]	2006-03-10 17:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE479	HAITI: FORMER PM YVON NEPTUNE SIGNALS WILLINGNESS [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune appears ready to negotiate a humanitarian release with the IGOH, after months of numerous attempts by emboffs and other representatives of the international community. During a visit by poloff on March 9, Neptune enumerated three conditions fo [...]	2006-03-12 17:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE511	HAITI ELECTIONS: EMBASSY TURNS OFF NATIONALITY [...] (C) Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) President Max Mathurin told Charge on March 9 that "the executive" had prepared a letter from the nationality committee, an ad hoc group of cabinet members convened to prevent candidates holding foreign citizenship to run for office (ref A),requesting t [...]	2006-03-17 16:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA

06PORTAUPRINCE543	HAITI ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is completing review of claims arising from the February 7 General Election and should finalize candidate lists for second round Senate and Chamber of Deputy candidates by March 20. According to CEP Director General Jacques Bernard, at l [...]	2006-03-23 19:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE559	PREVAL IN WASHINGTON: SEEKING STATUS [...] (C) President elect Rene Garcia Preval's goal for his visit to the White House and State Department is to send an unequivocal message to Haitians at home and observers abroad that the USG is fully committed to supporting his government. He believes that a meeting with President Bush (and the [...]	2006-03-26 16:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE637	HAITI ELECTIONS: PLANNERS APPLY LESSONS LEARNED [...] (C) Summary. UN Mission (MINUSTAH) officials are confident they will be much better prepared to conduct the second round of national elections and working to apply lessons learned from the first round. MINUSTAH has ordered its military planners to develop the overall security plan, taking o [...]	2006-04-07 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE669	HAITI: NEPTUNE CASE STALEMATED [...] (C) Summary: Embassy reports indicate that the health of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune continues to decline as both he and Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue remain locked in a stalemate. The interim government is willing to broker a humanitarian release deal, provided that the gover [...]	2006-04-12 15:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE718	HAITI ELECTIONS: ALL SET FOR SECOND ROUND [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of Haiti's CEP, Jacques Bernard, and MINUSTAH elections chief Gerardo LeChevallier expressed confidence on April 18 that elections preparations were in place and that the second round would proceed smoothly on Friday, April 21. MINUSTAH military leaders als [...]	2006-04-21 12:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE720	HAITI ELECTIONS: ORDERLY WITH LIGHT TURNOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Voting for the second round of parliamentary elections is proceeding smoothly with light turnout as of 1330. Estimates range from 10 to 20 percent participation so far. The CEP has taken to the airwaves to encourage voting, emphasizing better organization at voting centers and [...]	2006-04-21 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE758	PREVAL WILL SIGN PETROCARIBE DEAL ON MAY 15 [...] (U) President-elect Rene Preval on April 25 announced that that Haiti will join the PetroCaribe Program on May 15, the day after his inauguration. Preval explained that Haiti will pay for 60 percent of the oil from Venezuela up front and that 40 percent will be payable over a period of 25 ye [...]	2006-04-28 16:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ENRG HA VE
06PORTAUPRINCE765	HAITI ELECTIONS: SECOND ROUND LEGISLATIVE RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: With almost 98 percent of votes tabulated from the April 21 second round legislative elections, President-elect Rene Preval's L'Espwa party holds the most seats in both houses of Parliament, though L'Espwa falls short of a majority. The April 21 election results finalized 27 [...]	2006-04-28 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE807	HAITI: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY REVIEW [...] Despite their close geographical proximity, there is little or no Haitian direct investment in Cuba. 2. Haiti has no bilateral trade agreements with Cuba. 3. Haiti hosts approximately 500 Cuban doctors who provide medical services to the country. During an April 12-14, 2006 visit by [...]	2006-05-05 18:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE832	LAVALAS FEELS LEFT OUT BY PREVAL [...] (C) Summary: Newly-elected Lavalas parliamentarians Rudy Heriveaux, Coffy Jonas, and Sorel Francois complain that Preval has excluded Lavalas in his outreach to other political parties and the development of his 25-year plan. Lavalas is, nevertheless, still ready to work with Preval on mutual [...]	2006-05-11 20:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE851	PRESIDENT PREVAL PREPARES A CAUTIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rene Preval has articulated the broad outlines of an economic and political development plan for Haiti, but has not put himself in a position to launch a detailed set of programs or legislative agenda in his first days in office. USG interlocutors will likely have [...]	2006-05-12 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE865	HAITI: INAUGURATION DAY PRISON RIOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prisoners in the maximum security section of the national penitentiary (known as "Titanic") began rioting hours before President Preval assumed office on the morning of May 14. The prisoners broke the locks on the prison cells and mounted the inner prison walls shouting pro-Pr [...]	2006-05-15 19:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE867	PREVAL'S CHIEF FOREIGN POLICY FORECASTS PRAGMATISM [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Longchamp, Rene Garcia Preval's foreign policy advisor provided a circumspect review of the major foreign policy issues facing the new administration to Emboffs May 8. Longchamp claimed that the Preval team had yet to focus on external relations and develop a foreign pol [...]	2006-05-15 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE880	HAITI: FORMER POPULAR ORGANIZATION LEADER RENE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 17:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE900	HAITI ELECTIONS: WHERE ARE WE AND WHAT NEXT [...] (C) Summary: With the successful presidential inauguration and nearly 90 percent of legislators seated, Haiti's electoral process is almost completed. Municipal (mayoral) and local elections remain requiring only a relative majority and therefore just one round. Additionally, three remaini [...]	2006-05-19 18:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA
06PORTAUPRINCE92	HAITIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ELECTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (U) Interim government President Boniface Alexandre announced January 11 the Committee of Guarantee (COG) for Elections. In part reading from the executive order that will create the COG, Alexandre explained that the committee, comprised of members of political parties (five) and civil societ [...]	2006-01-12 21:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE93	HAITI: PMÂ´S RESPONSE TO DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Charge dÂ´Affaires Griffiths and DAS Duddy raised reftel points with Prime Minister Latortue during a meeting on January 11. DAS Duddy expressed USG concern over former president DuvalierÂ´s application for a Haitian passport which would facilitate his return to Haiti. Duddy asked Latortue [...]	2006-01-12 21:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE936	PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER ALEXIS NOMINATION FOR PM [...] (C) Summary: Parliament is set to open discussion on President Preval's nomination of Jacques Edouard Alexis today, May 24. Most observers expect a vote on Alexis by the end of this week. Political leaders have voiced objection to Alexis, but appear to be positioning themselves to negotiate [...]	2006-05-24 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE941	HAITI: BRAZILIANS ASSUME CONTROL OVER CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Per reftel B, the Brazilian Battalion of MINUSTAH has assumed Cite Soleil as its area of responsibility (AOR),replacing the Jordanian Battalion as of 23 May. The MINUSTAH memo ordering the change stated that the new Brazilian AOR will take advantage of the strengths of both battalions whi [...]	2006-05-25 14:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE945	SENATE APPROVES ALEXIS, DEPUTIES VOTE PENDING [...] (SBU) The senate on the afternoon of May 25 approved the nomination of Jacques Edouard Alexis by a vote of 20 to 4. The OPL bloc of four voted against Alexis, according to press reports. The vote in the chamber of deputies is pending. Alexis told the Ambassador today (May 25) that he was con [...]	2006-05-25 20:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE950	HEAD OF ANTI-CORRUPTION UNIT ARRESTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 22 arrest of the head of the Haitian anti-corruption unit, Jean-Yves Noel, on kidnapping charges has created a swirl of controversy. Many believe that his arrest is revenge for Noel's pursuit of corrupt Aristide cronies, while others think that it is payback for Noel's [...]	2006-05-26 20:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE952	DEPORTEES RETURN TO HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 13:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE972	NOEL RELEASED, TALKS ABOUT HIS ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with UCREF head Jean-Yves Noel May 30, one day after his release from prison. According to Noel, he was arrested ostensibly for having his bodyguards detain a court bailiff, but in reality his arrest was masterminded by those whose bank accounts had been frozen by U [...]	2006-06-01 15:16:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EFIN PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE983	NEW SRSG STIRS POT ON JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Remarks by the incoming SRSG, Guatemalan Edmond Mulet, suggesting he favored integrating foreign judges in Haiti's judiciary to implement judicial reform have caused a nationalist backlash. Leaders from the political, judicial, and human rights communities have protested against [...]	2006-06-02 18:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE999	PROPOSED HAITIAN CABINET [...] (U) Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis presented his "general policy" (politique general) and introduced his proposed cabinet ministers to the national assembly today, June 6. As of this writing, Alexis is answering questions from each of the 27 senators. National assembly leader [...]	2006-06-06 18:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTLOUIS290	MAURITIUS, SEYCHELLES SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Mauritius' Minsiter of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Cooperation Madan Dulloo, and to Seychelles' Minister of Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay on June 1. Charge underscored the importance of the U.S. move in pursuit of a diplomatic solution to [...]	2006-06-01 10:29:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR MP SE
06PORTLOUIS291	MAURITIUS, SEYCHELLES SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Mauritius' Minsiter of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Cooperation Madan Dulloo, and to Seychelles' Minister of Foreign Affairs Patrick Pillay on June 1. Charge underscored the importance of the U.S. move in pursuit of a diplomatic solution to [...]	2006-06-01 10:29:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR MP SE
06PORTLOUIS311	MAURITIUS: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On June 12, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the opening session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) to Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Cooperation Madan Dulloo and subsequently to Secretary for Foreign Affairs Anand Neewoor. Dulloo said Mauritius wanted the HRC to s [...]	2006-06-13 06:52:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MP
06PORTLOUIS587	MAURITIUS BACKS GUATEMALA FOR UNSC [...] (C) During a brief tour d'horizon (septel) with Charge October 3, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo said that Mauritius would support Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Security Council. He said Mauritius had established diplomatic relations with Guatemala [...]	2006-10-04 09:58:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS598	MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Mauritian Prime Minister told Charge October 6 that he has no particular problem with U.S. foreign policy, despite comments to the contrary broadcast on Mauritian radio. Ramgoolam emphasized that he has tried hard to maintain consistent principles in foreign affairs and denounced [...]	2006-10-06 13:42:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS634	MAURITIUS INQUIRIES ON BREAKING IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Regional Cooperation Madan Dulloo contacted post to inquire as to the U.S. position on the impasse and asked if Uruguay is being considered as alternate to break the impasse. Charge d'Affaires expressed points made in Ref A and requested G [...]	2006-10-19 13:31:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET UNSC VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS743	MAURITIUS MOVES TOWARDS GREATER PEACEKEEPING ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary. Top Mauritian security officials committed publicly to increasing participation in international peacekeeping efforts. U.S. military officers training Mauritians say their constabulary Special Mobile Force is ideal for PKOs. Additional Mauritian attributes are the population,s [...]	2006-12-11 10:29:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINR MP AU UN SADC
06PORTLOUIS752	MAURITIUS DENIES PLAN TO CEDE AGALEGA ISLANDS TO INDIA, BUT ISSUE SHOWS MAURITIAN SUBORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: Mauritian officials deny any intention to cede Agalega islands to India, as alleged in an Indian newspaper report. They have said that India agreed to help with economic development and infrastructure improvement but they were unable to deny categorically that India has no ulterior mot [...]	2006-12-15 08:26:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EPET PBTS ECON PHSA PINS IN MP IO
06PORTMORESBY126	MCC - LEVERAGE ON GOVERNANCE IN PNG [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 06:43:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PP
06PORTMORESBY144	GOVERNANCE BE DAMNED! ITS AN ELECTION YEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 06:21:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PP
06PORTMORESBY154	ELECTIONS MARK MODEST IMPROVEMENT IN SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 07:15:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BP
06PORTMORESBY162	SOLOMON ISLANDS/GUATEMALA/CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 01:30:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BP
06PORTMORESBY169	POLITICAL RIOT IN SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] (U) Summary: A riot has been instigated in Honiara by the losing side following the selection of a new prime minister. Youths have burned vehicles around parliament and have moved into the downtown area, attempting to trash businesses with Taiwanese affiliations. Police are now moving in. We ha [...]	2006-04-18 06:18:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV INR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY175	HONIARA STABILIZED - SOLOMON ISLANDS STILL A MESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 06:56:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY185	SOLOMON ISLANDS REMAINS TENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 07:04:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CASC BP
06PORTMORESBY188	SOLOMONS GETS DICEY - TIME FOR A U.S. STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 07:02:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY200	NEW SOLOMON ISALNDS PM WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 06:12:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BP
06PORTMORESBY203	SOLOMON ISLANDS - TOUGHER TIMES FOR AUSTRALIA AND RAMSI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 03:11:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BP
06PORTMORESBY237	SOLOMON ISLANDS: CLOSING PEACE CORPS SAVES LITTLE, MAY COST [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 04:23:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BP
06PORTMORESBY274	PONZI POLITICS [...] (C) COMMENT: Steeped in traditional magic and innocent of modern economies, PNG's citizens prove easy marks for Ponzi schemes which proliferate throughout the country. Now it's election time (May 2007) and the politicians are dusting off their bottles of snake oil. Viewed from afar, or from a [...]	2006-07-07 05:27:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PP
06PORTMORESBY299	PNG WILL GENERALLY SUPPORT US APEC PRIORITIES [...] (C) In a July 28 discussion of the points in reftel, PNG Senior Official Viali Vagi indicated general support of each U.S. priority without going into any detail beyond what we were able to provide. In particular, he agreed with extending the CTTF mandate. And said it would make sense to have [...]	2006-07-28 06:03:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON APECO
06PORTMORESBY302	HLD ON MIGRATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 02:40:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SMIG UNGA PP
06PORTMORESBY319	SAREI VS. RIO TINTO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 03:04:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PP
06PORTMORESBY338	SOLOMON ISLANDS - RAMSI FACES A BLEAK TIME [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 06:28:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BP
06PORTMORESBY351	SOLOMON ISLANDS NOT DECIDED ON UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 01:45:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BP
06PORTMORESBY353	SOLOMON ISLANDS - RIOT, ARSON, NOW MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 01:39:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY361	PNG UNDERSTANDS BUT CAN'T COMMIT ON VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 04:02:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PP
06PORTMORESBY368	VANUATU REMAINS SUPPORTIVE ON UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 01:24:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC NH
06PORTMORESBY369	VANUATU - POSSIBLE FATF CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 01:30:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL NH
06PORTMORESBY370	SOMARE COMMITS TO VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 01:50:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PP
06PORTMORESBY376	BRACING PNG ON SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 06:55:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PP
06PORTMORESBY381	SOLOMON ISLANDS: PM KICKS AUSTRALIA IN THE SHIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 07:13:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY385	SOLOMON ISLANDS: EXPRESSING USG CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 06:50:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY400	TIME TO SPEAK ON SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-22 06:00:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY401	FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF SAREI VS. RIO TINTO [...] (SBU) Summary: The PNG government of the day has taken and communicated a decision to the Embassy that it does not want to be seen as standing in the way of the hearing of the subject case in California courts. Accordingly, we must assess that there are no compelling foreign policy objections [...]	2006-09-25 00:22:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PP
06PORTMORESBY412	PNG - CHAVEZ MADE USG'S CASE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 05:15:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PP
06PORTMORESBY460	SOLOMON ISLANDS: PRIME MINISTER SOGAVARE VS RAMSI [...] (U ) SUMMARY: Ambassador traveled to the Solomon Islands to present her credentials and met with Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. Discussion centered on Sogavare's continued dissatisfaction over RAMSI presence and in particular the ongoing row between the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) an [...]	2006-11-20 07:17:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BP
06PORTMORESBY479	PAPUA NEW GUINEA PRIME MINISTER ON MOTI AND BILATERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador made her introductory office call on Prime Minister (PM) Sir Michael Somare on November 27. Somare said that he has instructed Foreign Minister Paul Tiensten to meet with Australia Foreign Minister Downer next week to resolve the current stalemate over the Moti affair [...]	2006-11-30 08:11:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PP
06PORTOFSPAIN1040	MANNING CRITICIZES USG FOR IGNORING CARIBBEAN [...] (U) GOTT Prime Minister Patrick Manning yesterday criticized the USG for ignoring the Caribbean region in general and its security, counter narcotics and trade needs in particular. Speaking at a September 5 luncheon before an audience largely comprising energy industry executives and members [...]	2006-09-07 16:04:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1125	PM MANNING SAYS T&T IS A RELIABLE ALLY, SO U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reprising public remarks from several days earlier (reftel),PM Manning characterized T&T as a reliable ally and energy supplier that was not receiving sufficient attention from the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Harbert and State/WHA DAS Duddy. He praised bilater [...]	2006-09-22 21:10:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET MARR SNAR EAID TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1126	PM MANNING FRUSTRATED OVER CARICOM RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Karen Harbert and WHA DAS Patrick Duddy, PM Manning voiced frustration with CARICOM colleagues over their stance on Petrocaribe but at the same time said he would go along with a "CARICOM decision" to support Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. [...]	2006-09-22 21:14:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET UNSC PREL PGOV VE TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1152	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES NEW T&T FM ON VENEZUELA'S [...] (C) During an October 3 courtesy call on new T&T Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott to congratulate him on his appointment, the Ambassador raised Venezuela,s candidacy for the 2007/2008 Latin American and Caribbean non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, drawing on the talking points in S [...]	2006-10-04 20:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1161	MANNING: LIFTING IMET RESTRICTIONS VINDICATES T&T [...] (U) As reported septel, Prime Minister Patrick Manning,s October 4 budget speech, was, for the most part, devoted to a discussion of T&T,s largely energy-driven revenues and of proposed expenditures on infrastructure development, manufacturing diversification and agriculture promotion, as wel [...]	2006-10-06 20:07:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCRM MARR PGOV PREL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1213	GUATEMALA-VENEZUELA: BREAKING THE IMPASSE [...] (C) Ambassador Austin delivered the demarche requested reftel to Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Manning yesterday afternoon October 18. He had previously spoken with Foreign Minister Piggott twice on this subject since Monday. PM Manning would not budge from GOTT support for the CARICOM [...]	2006-10-19 20:34:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GT VZ
06PORTOFSPAIN1214	OPPOSITION LEADER: PM HAS TERRORIST LINKS, IS [...] (C) On October 3, the Ambassador met with Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Deputy Political Leader Senator Wade Mark, at Mark,s request. Mark said his purpose was to express to the Ambassador the UNC,s shock at the &sudden assault8 on the United States unleashed by Prime Minister Pat [...]	2006-10-20 14:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1273	T&T TO USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO: BRING ON THE SOA [...] (C) SUMMARY: USOAS Permanent Representative Maisto met with T&T PM Manning and FM Piggott on October 20 to discuss the 2009 Summit of the Americas. Manning signaled that the country will be ready for the summit, and hopes to have a successful event that highlights the Caribbean as well as T [...]	2006-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD TD
06PORTOFSPAIN131	SPECIAL ANTI-CRIME UNIT OF T&T: LOOKING BACK, [...] (SBU) Brigadier General Peter Joseph, Director of the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) provided Poloff with a candid assessment of last year's performance in fighting crime, as well as a look forward to 2006. Joseph stated that 2005 was a year of building capacity, esp [...]	2006-01-26 20:14:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1344	MANNING AND CHERTOFF: CLOSER COLLABORATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: T&T Prime Minister Manning hosted DHS Secretary Chertoff for a bilateral meeting on October 26, SIPDIS prior to a multilateral meeting with CARICOM representatives (reported septel). In the meeting, Manning assured Secretary Chertoff on Cricket World Cup security preparations [...]	2006-11-22 17:58:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1349	SECRETARY AND CARICOM: BROAD DIALOGUE NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary Chertoff,s October 26 meeting with CARICOM representatives highlighted the potential for greater cooperation building on existing structures for Cricket World Cup 2007. CARICOM is happy to receive assistance for Cricket World Cup, and further collaboration on interdic [...]	2006-11-24 10:31:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN137	T&T PM MANNING SUPPORTIVE OF HAITI IN CARICOM; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Austin met Interim Haitian Prime Minister Latortue and informed him of the desirability of immediately releasing Father Jean-Juste from prison. Ambassador also asked about the outcome of Latortue's meeting with Prime Minister Manning. Latortue stated that he would ca [...]	2006-01-27 15:53:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM HA TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1385	SUDAN: URGING HOST GOVERNMENT'S ABSENCE FROM [...] On December 5, Polchief learned that MFA European Affairs Division Director Sandra Trotman was already in Khartoum for the December 7-8 ACP Summit meeting. Accordingly, we faxed selected Reftel talking points to the MFA for onward transmission to Miss Trotman. 2. Please note that all of M [...]	2006-12-05 17:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI SU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1394	DEALINE LOOMING ON APIS LEGISLATION [...] On December 5, Ambassador Austin delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, regarding the urgent need for enactment of legislation relative to the Advance Passenger Information System before December 25. In addition, the Ambassador raised the issue earlie [...]	2006-12-07 18:25:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR KJUS PGOV PREL TD XL
06PORTOFSPAIN1431	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host countr [...]	2006-12-18 18:22:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1432	TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW [...] (C) QUESTION: What is the nature of investments that host country businesses have in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is aware of no Trinidad & Tobago companies or individuals with significant presence or investments in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Are there any bilateral trade agreements between host countr [...]	2006-12-18 18:22:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1445	PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE:T&T RESPONSE [...] Ambassador Austin delivered the points contained in Reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, discussing them with the minister on three separate occasions. The Ambassador emphasized to Joseph the technical impossibility, at this late stage in the development of the software for [...]	2006-12-21 14:17:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN164	T&T'S FOREIGN MINISTER PREVIEWS CARICOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Gift previewed the agenda for the February 9-10 CARICOM Intersessional meeting. Gift expects PetroCaribe will generate significant debate at the meeting. He also anticipates that CARICOM's relations with Haiti will warm some after the meeting. Gift inquired ab [...]	2006-02-02 19:29:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN165	T&T FM GIFT POSITIVE ON UN REFORM [...] (U) Ambassador Austin met with Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift on February 1 to deliver the talking points on UN reform contained reftels. Poloff attended as notetaker, as did three representatives from the MFA's Multilateral Department. Out of the numerous points contained reftels, the discu [...]	2006-02-02 19:34:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN217	CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...]	2006-02-14 20:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN267	T&T FM AMENABLE TO SC MEMBERSHIP FOR GUATEMALA [...] (C) Ambassador called on Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, on March 1, to present him with Reftel talking points regarding Guatemala,s and Venezuela,s competing candidacies for election to the UN Security Council. The Ambassador began by acknowledging T&T,s own recent e [...]	2006-03-01 20:03:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE UN TD
06PORTOFSPAIN272	T&T FM NONCOMMITTAL ON US-RECOMMENDED BEHAVIOR [...] (C) Ambassador called on Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, on March 1, to present him with Reftel talking points regarding official contact with representatives of the newly-elected Hamas government of the Palestinian Authority. The Ambassador noted the US and EU desi [...]	2006-03-02 18:36:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
06PORTOFSPAIN445	EMBASSY PORT OF SPAIN REVIEW OF CRICKET SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago is starting to seriously prepare for the 2007 Cricket World Cup (CWC). Although we would like to assist, post operates in a complex assistance environment. The government is wealthy enough to purchase technology, but needs to invest further in its human reso [...]	2006-04-10 19:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN462	DHS CWC ASSESSMENT TEAM JUMP-STARTS T&T [...] (C) The Department of Homeland Security-funded Cricket World Cup assessment TEAM highlighted the need for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) to coordinate better with the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the form of its Local Organizing Committee (LOC). Fortunately, this trip [...]	2006-04-13 17:29:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN486	FM EVASIVE ON DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING [...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with Trinidad and Tobago,s Foreign Minister, Knowlson Gift, Ambassador Austin delivered reftel demarche requesting T&T to support the US protest against the Venezuela government-inspired attacks on US Ambassador Brownfield. 2. (C) Gift was emphatic in his response [...]	2006-04-24 20:12:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER CARICOM VZ TD
06PORTOFSPAIN501	TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT - TRINIDAD & TOBAGO [...] (c) Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and Cuba enjoy cordial relations, and are co-members of the Association of Caribbean States. There are no substantial T&T investments in Cuba, and post is aware of no/no examples of trafficking in confiscated property or other assets. 2. (c) In the six months si [...]	2006-04-26 15:18:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL TD CU
06PORTOFSPAIN521	UNC EXECUTIVE: PNM'S OUT TO GET US, BUT PANDAY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 25 meeting with Political Section officers, the United National Congress (UNC) executive indicated their belief that former Leader of the Opposition Panday's conviction and sentence is another sign of Government harassment and abuse of the Opposition. They detailed [...]	2006-04-28 17:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN530	PANDAY GRANTED BAIL; DOOKERAN TAKES A BACK BENCH; [...] (SBU) Justice Anthony Carmona of the Port of Spain 6th Criminal Court granted bail to former Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday on April 28. Panday spent four nights in the Golden Grove Maximum Security detention center while his bail application worked its way through the system. Carmo [...]	2006-04-28 21:25:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN618	PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM [...] (C) Political officer met with Imtiaz Ali, organizer of the Caribbean Muslim Forum (CMF),on May 15. Ali mentioned that initial planning was for this year's CMF to be held Easter weekend, to establish a pattern following the 2005 CMF, but that due to difficulties with organizing it for April [...]	2006-05-19 15:14:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KISL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN670	U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN DELIVERED TO TRINIDAD [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel message to Prime Minister Manning in a June 1 meeting. A/DCM accompanied Ambassador. We had attempted to get time with the PM on May 31 without success. Ambassador did not share text of points, but gave Manning a copy of the Secretary's statement from the State [...]	2006-06-02 13:53:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN676	AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF WINSTON DOOKERAN'S PROSPECTS [...] (C) On May 26, Political Chief and Political Officer met for two hours with Robin Montano, the former Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Senator who had been fired earlier in the year by then Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday as part of the internecine strife within the party. Montano i [...]	2006-06-02 15:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN677	GUATEMALA'S UNSC CANDIDACY - APPROACH TO TRINIDAD [...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Manning June 1 to discuss ref A. A/DCM accompanied the Ambassador at the meeting. No paper was left behind. 2. (C) Ambassador informed Manning that we had heard earlier (ref B) that T&T had a favorable view of Guatemala's qualifications to be a cand [...]	2006-06-02 15:42:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TD
06PORTOFSPAIN74	T&T MINISTRY OF LABOR ON OSHA REVISIONS AND [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Mr. Devnath Roopnarine, Chief Inspector of the Occupational Health and Safety Division in the Ministry of Labor to discuss the implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Roopnarine explained that the OSHA has had a long history under three differen [...]	2006-01-13 19:54:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN767	CARIBBEAN MUSLIM FORUM IN T&T [...] (U) The 2006 Caribbean Muslim Forum took place at the Trinidad campus of the University of the West Indies on June 18-19. Pol intern attended forum. Approximately 40-50 people attended, most from Trinidad but with a handful from throughout the region. The crowd was made up of about 2/3 East [...]	2006-06-22 18:56:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER KISL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN783	NEW T&T POLITICAL PARTY LOOKS TO DOOKERAN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gerald Yetming, Member of Parliament formerly with the United National Congress has forged a new political party out of three small, struggling parties. The new party, the Democratic National Alliance, has been formed in Opposition UNC Political Leader "(Winston) Dookeran's ima [...]	2006-06-28 20:36:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN806	UNC EXECUTIVE/DOOKERAN DIVORCE ALMOST FINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 28, the UNC Executive passed a motion of no confidence in UNC Political Leader Winston Dookeran and dismissed three of his leading supporters. Dookeran was unmoved, as he continued his campaign trek around the country in an effort to rally UNC and broader voter support in [...]	2006-07-06 11:39:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN807	T&T MFA ON UPCOMING UN ISSUES [...] (C) Political Officer and Political Assistant/Reader met with Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ms. Roanna Gopaul, on July 5 to discuss the UN Security Council election. Gopaul indicated that T&T had not yet decided between Guatemala and Venezuela, and was well aware of the U.S. posit [...]	2006-07-06 12:58:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SMIG XL TD

06PORTOFSPAIN809	EXTRAORDINARY COOPERATION FROM T&T ON MOVING [...] (C) On June 29, Suriname expelled Guyanese national Roger Shaheed Khan from prison. Suriname arrested Khan for drug and weapons charges, but determined to expel him from the country after determining that he was in the country illegally and that their case against him was "insufficient." Th [...]	2006-07-06 15:32:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN841	T&T MFA ON CARICOM'S UNSC CANDIDATE CRITERIA [...] (C) Political Officer met with Ms. Sandra Honore, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs CARICOM division on July 13. She stated, in no uncertain terms, that the CARICOM communique issued after the St. Kitts Heads of Government Meeting in early July outlines a clear set of criteria that any [...]	2006-07-14 19:51:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN849	IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY DETAILS CARICOM CWC [...] (C) According to Lancelot Sellman, Director of CARICOM's Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS),the decisions made at the July 3 Heads of Government meeting will allow Cricket World Cup (CWC) security preparations to move forward at full speed. He clarified the establishment o [...]	2006-07-18 11:37:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR CVIS KCRM CARICOM XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN867	T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...]	2006-07-24 11:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN868	T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...]	2006-07-24 11:43:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN922	CHIEF JUSTICE CASE HEADED TO LONDON [...] (U) T&T continues to be captivated by the convoluted Chief Justice criminal case (ref A). Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma stands accused of perverting the course of justice by inappropriately influencing the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposi [...]	2006-08-04 18:03:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN972	T&T NOT AFTER CARICOM SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA has corrected a recent press report implying a T&T push for a regional Caricom seat on the Security Council. However, we believe a T&T bid to fill an upcoming UNSC vacancy would not be surprising. According to the Guatemalan Charge here, T&T has decided to support Guate [...]	2006-08-17 12:55:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CARICOM TD
06PRAGUE1032	CZECH POLITICS: CSSD DUMPS ODS AT THE ALTAR AND [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Talks between the leaders of the two main Czech political parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) and the Social Democrats (CSSD),broke down August 24, hours after both sides had publicly stated that an agreement was in sight and expected within days. Immediately after outgoing Prim [...]	2006-08-25 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1033	CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING REQUEST TO RESETTLE CUBAN [...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA is considering reftel request to resettle Cuban political migrants in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Interior would prefer to wait until 2008, when a proposed change in resettlement policy would facilitate such resettlement, but will defer to the decision of the [...]	2006-08-25 16:37:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE1049	CZECHS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS ON UNHRC [...] (C) Polec Counselor and Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Department Acting Director Martin Boucek on August 28 to discuss U.S. concerns that the UNHRC may be unable to credibly address serious human rights situations around the world, and to deliver Ref A. Boucek said the Czechs share U.S. con [...]	2006-08-29 14:46:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC EZ
06PRAGUE1053	CZECHS SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO, EU [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs agree with the U.S. position on Kosovo and Serbia on every material point. While the Czechs support the status talks, they are pessimistic about the outcome: Serbs will never willingly agree to an independent Kosovo. Czech MFA officials plan a visit to the Balkans the w [...]	2006-08-30 12:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU EZ
06PRAGUE1060	CZECHS COMMIT AID TO LEBANON, TROOPS UNDER [...] (C) Summary and comment. The Czechs have continued to indicate a willingness to support the U.S. position throughout the Lebanon/Israel crisis, and are now committed to providing aid to Lebanon. The Czech MFA confirmed on August 28 that the Czechs will offer $1 million for Lebanon at the Stock [...]	2006-08-31 09:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR LE MARR MOPS SY XG EZ
06PRAGUE1074	CZECH EX-PRIME MINISTER PUTS U.S. AND MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Former Czech PM Jiri Paroubek took advantage of a farewell call by Ambassador to punctuate his political battle with the new government, and specifically with new Foreign Minister Vondra with whom Paroubek has had difficult relations. Ambassador used the farewell call to sound ou [...]	2006-09-05 09:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EZ
06PRAGUE1075	CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER IN PRAGUE - [...] SUMMARY (C) Czech President Klaus appointed formally appointed a minority government led by incoming Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on Monday, September 4, bringing to an end eight years of Social Democrat-led government and thirteen weeks of uncertainty following the June 2-3 elections. Topo [...]	2006-09-05 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1100	CZECHS REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF U.S. POSITION ON [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech Government is hesitant to use its upcoming meetings with Serbia to deliver a tough message on ICTY compliance because it is hearing mixed messages on how significant ICTY compliance will be i [...]	2006-09-11 05:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI EZ
06PRAGUE112	CZECH OPINION ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) PolOff Feb 2 conveyed reftel points to Tomas Szunyog MFA Director for South Eastern and Eastern Europe. Szunyog responded that the Czechs had been following the issue with concern for some time. Additionally, he knew that concern was growing both in the EU and in NATO. Vladimir Muller, Dep [...]	2006-02-02 14:48:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EZ PREL UP RS
06PRAGUE1124	CZECHS: STILL NO DECISION ON UNIFIL TROOPS (BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs remain undecided on whether to commit troops to UNIFIL (the MFA still supports it, but MOD sources say budgetary constraints make troop commitment "highly unlikely"). Nevertheless, the Czechs have committed or spent nearly $1 million in humanitarian aid and assistance i [...]	2006-09-13 13:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR LE MARR MOPS SY XG EZ
06PRAGUE1167	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cabaniss met with new Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on September 21. Topolanek offered thanks for the Ambassador's efforts to promote bilateral relations, and expressed a desire to continue close ties in the fields of joint security, intelligence sharing and bus [...]	2006-09-22 11:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1184	CZECHS ON UN SCALE ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Deputy Director of the UN Department Josef Vitek on September 25 to discuss UN scale assessment and deliver reftel talking points. Vitek said the Czechs plan to follow the EU's lead on whether to maintain the 22% ceiling rate on U.S. payments, and/or to modify the [...]	2006-09-25 16:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KUNR UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE121	CZECH MFA SPEAKS ON LATEST CUBA CLASH: CZECH NGO [...] (C) Summary and comment. A recent incident involving two Czech NGO workers, who were arrested in Cuba by secret police and detained for 11 hours without access to the Czech Embassy, has further cooled the already chilly relations between the Czech and Cuban governments. The Czech MFA demanded [...]	2006-02-07 12:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1237	CZECH VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) DCM presented reftel points to Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on October 4. Pojar immediately expressed his support for our position. He noted that the Czechs had already decided to tell the North Koreans that bilateral talks (planned for November 7) would not be possible un [...]	2006-10-04 15:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM KN EZ
06PRAGUE1239	CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PREVAILS DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent articles in the international press about reform fatigue and political instability in Central Europe have received much attention locally. There is strong consensus among local economists and financial institutions that the Czech Republic's economic situation differs sig [...]	2006-10-05 13:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1252	CZECHS ON UNGA AND CUBA RESOLUTION [...] (U) Polec Counselor and Poloff met October 6 with Czech MFA UN Department Director Jan Kara to discuss Czech impressions of UNGA to date, and specifically Ref A proposal on the Cuba embargo resolution (note that Ref B was received subsequent to our meeting. Several issues in Ref B were cover [...]	2006-10-09 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL PHUM EUN CU UN EZ
06PRAGUE1257	CZECH RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points to Czech MFA at OOB on October 10. In absence of more senior officials in Prague, DCM spoke October 10 with Director of UN Department Jan Kara. Kara referred us to the statement issued by the MFA on October 9 (text below) condemning the nuclear test. In te [...]	2006-10-10 13:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM KN EZ
06PRAGUE1267	CZECHS ON OCTOBER 12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the October 12 GAERC, the EU will focus on the Middle East, the Russia-Georgia conflict, the Balkans, Sudan, and North Korea. On the Middle East, the EU will likely support sanctions for Iran, support President Abbas in Palestine, and address the security situation in Lebanon. T [...]	2006-10-12 16:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN EUN SR LE IS KPAL RU EZ
06PRAGUE1306	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH CZECH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made his introductory call on Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy October 17. Topics discussed included missile defense, U.S. assistance for Czech defense reform, and Czech aircraft manufacturer AeroVodochody. Sedivy, just a month in the job, displayed an interest in [...]	2006-10-19 14:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR MOPS
06PRAGUE1308	CZECH RESPONSE TO UNGA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs generally support USG priorities for UNGA. They support tough sanctions on Iran and North Korea. They continue to support Guatemala for the UNSC seat, although they believe that there is now little that countries outside of Latin America can do to influence the outcom [...]	2006-10-20 11:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE1318	CZECHS VIEWS ON AMENDMENT TO CUBA EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic will support a proposed amendment to the UN resolution on the Cuba embargo that would highlight Cuban human rights abuses. They continue to question the wisdom of the move, and are certain that procedural concerns will prevent many countries who are sympathet [...]	2006-10-20 16:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1319	CZECH VIEWS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs support a tough stance on North Korea following the nuclear test. The Foreign Minister this week published a strongly worded op-ed stating that the DPRK has confirmed its position within the axis of evil. The MFA confirms that all elements of UNSCR 1718 will be adopte [...]	2006-10-22 12:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP PHUM KN EZ
06PRAGUE1331	MISSILE DEFENSE: VISIT OF DASD BRIAN GREEN TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: DASD Brian Green made a well received presentation on 19 October to a Czech Foreign Ministry co-sponsored conference on missile defense. Both supporters and opponents of possible Czech participation in a U.S. missile defense system attended the event. Following the con [...]	2006-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MOPS
06PRAGUE1333	CZECH REPUBLIC: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS' SLIDE TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate sources within the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) speak of a party in crisis with no resolution in sight. Results from the October 20-21 local and Senate elections, in addition to an October 23 opinion poll, show the party continues to lose support and could before long fa [...]	2006-10-25 08:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1340	AMBASSADOR GRABER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 23 introductory call, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) expressed his satisfaction with bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and democracy promotion, his concern about energy security in Europe, and his hope that the Ambassador w [...]	2006-10-26 14:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1343	CZECH GOVERNMENT ALLOWS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech Government has given L-159 subsonic fighter manufacturer Aero Vodochody permission to begin discussions about Venezuelan financing for the production of a new version of the L-159, which would have no U.S. content. This decision by Czech authorities stems from heavy d [...]	2006-10-26 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR VE
06PRAGUE1349	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN CLOSED SOCIETIES: LESSONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Czechs are well-known for their spirited and effective promotion of democracy and human rights in closed societies, such as Belarus, Cuba, Burma, Iraq, and elsewhere. This cable highlights examples of Czech public diplomacy efforts in these countries. The goal of these Czech [...]	2006-10-30 11:31:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE1369	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s November 1 introductory call on Civic Democrat (ODS) leader and Minister of Finance Vlastimil Tlusty, Tlusty commented on recent political developments concerning the formation of a government and conceded his party,s mistakes. Tlusty discussed growing defi [...]	2006-11-03 13:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1373	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's November 3 courtesy call on Czech Foreign Minister Alexandr (Sasha) Vondra, the primary topics were visa waiver and missile defense. FM Vondra expressed skepticism for the visa roadmap, but agreed to co-host the next Bilateral Consular Working Group (BCWG) [...]	2006-11-06 08:57:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV CVIS EZ
06PRAGUE1379	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY During an October 30 courtesy call by Ambassador Graber, former Prime Minister and current Chairman of the Social Democrats (CSSD) Jiri Paroubek said U.S.-Czech ties were very good, "with the exception of a few minor issues, such as visas." Paroubek called himself "a friend of the [...]	2006-11-06 15:57:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1386	CZECHS WILL SUPPORT AMENDMENT TO CUBA EMBARGO [...] (C) Czech MFA UN Director Jan Kara confirmed that the Czech Republic would support the amendment to the UN Cuba Embargo resolution highlighting Cuban human rights abuses that Australia intends to sponsor. Kara told Acting DCM during a conversation late on November 7 that he welcomed the news t [...]	2006-11-08 13:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU EZ
06PRAGUE1388	CZECHS AGREE WITH THE U.S. ABOUT THE [...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Eastern Europe Department Tomas Szunyog told Poloffs on November 3 that the Czechs share U.S. concerns about the disruption to the Chisinau-Moscow rail link. Szunyog said the Czechs have already discussed the issue with Ukrainian officials and within the EU, and will [...]	2006-11-08 13:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN RS MD UP EZ
06PRAGUE1400	NORTH KOREAN LABORERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) Currently, 408 North Korean laborers (almost exclusively female) are working in numerous factories throughout the Czech Republic. A Czech government taskforce of seven government agencies and an NGO conducts regular joint inspections into the work conditions of the DPRK workers. These r [...]	2006-11-09 12:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KN EZ
06PRAGUE1402	CZECH ENERGY SECURITY: MODERATE BUT INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic is moderately dependent on Russian oil and gas compared to other former Soviet bloc countries, thanks to its domestic coal production supplying over 50% of domestic energy needs, its position as a major electricity exporter in Europe, and diversified [...]	2006-11-09 12:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1406	CZECHS ON NOVEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the November 13 GAERC the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon),Russia, and the Balkans. Czech policy closely mirrors U.S. policy in these regions/countries. Specifically, the Czechs support: (1) a strong UNSC resolution with sancti [...]	2006-11-09 15:48:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK CG IS LE
06PRAGUE1407	CZECHS ON UNGA COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Czechs support the U.S. position on the five UNGA Third Committee country resolutions, but are considering negotiating on some of the Belarus-sponsored retaliatory resolutions. End summary. 2. (C) Acting DCM discussed UNGA Third Committee country resolutions and retaliato [...]	2006-11-13 05:59:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EZ
06PRAGUE1417	CZECHS COMMENT ON CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary. Czech Ambassador to Lebanon Jan Cisek fears violence could erupt as early as November 18 if Hizballah and PM Fouad Siniora's government fail to reach a compromise. In addition to Syrian meddling, the Ambassador noted additional factors contributing to the current instability: Israe [...]	2006-11-16 07:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EZ
06PRAGUE142	ERB RADIO PROJECT: CZECHS LOOKING FOR WAYS AROUND [...] (C) In Poloff's meeting on February 3 with Gabriela Dlouha, Director of Czech MFA's Transformation Coordination Unit (TRANS),Dlouha expressed concern with delays affecting the European Radio Broadcast (ERB) project. (Note: ERB plans to broadcast independent radio programs into Belarus from Po [...]	2006-02-10 16:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	BO EAID EZ PL
06PRAGUE1423	CZECHS ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) DCM raised reftel points with Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy on November 15. Pol-Econ Counselor also discussed November 16 with Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Both stressed Czech commitment to success of Riga summit and success for NATO's mission in Afghanistan. To that [...]	2006-11-16 16:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG EZ
06PRAGUE143	CUBA STRIKES BACK: CZECH NGO DENIED ECOSOC [...] (C) Summary. Czech NGO People in Need (PIN) was recently denied ECOSOC consultative status because of strong Cuban opposition. According to a PIN representative, the denial will have no impact on PIN democracy promotion activities in Cuba or elsewhere. End summary. 2. (SBU) Poloff met Ivana [...]	2006-02-10 16:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN CU EZ
06PRAGUE1437	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. POSITION ON TURKEY/EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar told DCM November 24 that the Czech Republic supports the USG position that the upcoming European Council meeting not reach any conclusions that could lead to a break in Turkish-EU accession negotiations. Pojar noted that Foreign Minister Vondra h [...]	2006-11-24 11:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EZ
06PRAGUE1448	CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. APPROACH TO GEORGIA/MOLDOVA [...] (SBU) The Czech delegation to the upcoming OSCE Ministerial in Brussels on December 4-5 will support the U.S. position on the resolution of conflicts in Georgia and Moldova. MFA Deputy Director of the Eastern Europe Department Martina Tauberova told Poloff on November 24 that Czech FM Alexandr [...]	2006-11-29 14:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO MOPS GG RU EZ
06PRAGUE1450	SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Czechs marked the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. As you will see during your visit, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transformation in [...]	2006-11-29 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EZ
06PRAGUE1466	PLANNED CZECH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR 2007 [...] (U) Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies will vote in December on a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007. The bill is likely to pass without serious opposition. Increased numbers of troops are planned for Afghanistan and the Balkans, while Iraq troop levels will re [...]	2006-12-01 13:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE
06PRAGUE1471	CZECHS ON EU-TURKEY DIALOGUE [...] (C) PolCouns met December 4 with Czech MFA Director General of the European Union Section Libor Secka to discuss Czech views on Turkey-EU negotiations over coming days. Secka emphasized that the Czech Republic strongly supports continued negotiations with Turkey; this stance had been confirmed [...]	2006-12-04 16:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EZ TU EUN
06PRAGUE1491	CZECHS ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the December 11-12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Balkans, the Middle East, Afghanistan, China, and Turkey. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these regions/countries. At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs will support (1) ICTY compliance and th [...]	2006-12-07 16:09:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06PRAGUE1502	CZECH POLITICS: STRUGGLING CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 14:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1508	GWOT INFORMATION EXCHANGE: SEEN AS LINKED TO THE [...] (C) The Czechs have a modern immigration database available at all ports-of-entry, a comprehensive watchlist is in use, and they began issuing biometric passports in early September 2006. Biometric systems will be introduced at ports-of-entry once the Czech Republic joins the Schengen zone. [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS EZ KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06PRAGUE1510	CZECH ATTITUDES TOWARD AFGHAN OPIUM PRODUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Czech authorities said that the increased production of opium in Afghanistan will not change the character of Czech operations in Afghanistan. Ministry of Interior officials doubt that the increased production would have a negative impact on Czech society as [...]	2006-12-14 07:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EAID EUN SNAR AF EZ
06PRAGUE1519	CZECH REPUBLIC DISMISSES AUSTRIAN RESOLUTION ON [...] SUMMARY: (U) The Austrian Parliament passed a resolution December 14 asking the government to pursue legal action against a nuclear power plant in the neighboring Czech Republic. Prague has responded with a mixture of tough talk and dismissive shrugs. The resolution received coverage on the fr [...]	2006-12-15 13:03:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1529	CZECH POLITICS: DEJA VU AS TOPOLANEK READIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The meandering and unpredictable negotiations on the formation of a new Czech government took another strange turn December 14 when nearly completed talks on a partnership between the Civic Democrats (ODS) and Social Democrats (CSSD) collapsed. Prime Minister-designate Mirek Top [...]	2006-12-18 16:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1539	LEBANESE ISF DISCUSSING ASSISTANCE WITH CZECHS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lebanese Internal Security Force is discussing training and equipment needs with the Czechs. Following a visit to Prague this month, the GOCR is waiting for the GOL to provide a list of requirements, and will then determine what can be provided within the context of Czech a [...]	2006-12-21 15:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS KDEM LE EZ
06PRAGUE1545	CZECHS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. During a visit to Prague December 10-11, NEA PDAS James F. Jeffrey met with MFA officials and members of the Czech Parliament Foreign Relations Committee to discuss Iran, recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, and Middle East issues generally. The Czechs responded favorably [...]	2006-12-22 09:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR EZ
06PRAGUE1549	CZECH REPUBLIC: RUSSIAN GAS SUPPLY CONTRACT [...] (SBU) The German-owned RWE Transgas issued a press release on December 21 announcing that it has renewed its contract with Gazprom Export Ltd. to supply the Czech Republic with natural gas until 2035. The contract is for 9 billion cubic meters per year. As for the price, Spokesman for RWE Tr [...]	2006-12-22 13:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EZ
06PRAGUE170	CZECHS OPPOSE VENEZUELA'S UNSC AMBITIONS; THOUGHTS [...] (U) A/DCM February 16 delivered reftel demarches on (a) Venezuela's UNSC ambitions, and (b) U.S. thoughts on the next UN Secretary General, to Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's United Nations Department. 2. (C) Kara shared that the Czech Republic is similarly opposed to Venezuela's camp [...]	2006-02-16 17:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE EZ PL
06PRAGUE171	CZECHS WARN OF EU PROBLEMS AHEAD AS A RESULT OF [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting Czech MFA UN Department Director Jan Kara warned A/DCM that he was seeing signs the EU would become more hostile to the United States as a result of the UN Special Rapporteurs Report on Treatment of Detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Reflecting on discussions he had held [...]	2006-02-16 17:48:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO EUN EZ
06PRAGUE173	CZECH REPUBLIC: COMMUNIST PARTY ALREADY DE FACTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An increasing number of observers are saying that, for all practical purposes, the governing coalition in the Czech Republic no longer rules. The ruling Social Democrats (CSSD) have turned more often to the opposition Communists (KSCM),rather than their junior coalition partner [...]	2006-02-17 12:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE184	CZECHS VIEWS ON EVOLVING EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C) A/DCM met February 17 with Jakub Skalnik, Czech MFA Director for the Americas, to discuss a range of issues, including Cuba policy. Skalnik, a self-professed hardliner on Cuba, said he hoped the Czechs would join with Poland, Slovakia, and possibly the Germans and the Dutch, in making the [...]	2006-02-17 15:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EUN CU EZ
06PRAGUE199	CZECHS ON FEB 27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the February 27 GAERC, the top priorities will be the Balkans, the Middle East, and Belarus. The Czechs stress the importance of observing international standards in Kosovo, and of managing the impact in Belgrade of any permanent solution for Kosovo. The Czechs strongly support [...]	2006-02-24 07:53:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG
06PRAGUE2	NEW CZECH DEPUTY PM FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS JIRI [...] (U) Czech Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy Martin Jahn left office as expected December 31. Jahn is expected to begin working for an unnamed private sector firm in February; he is rumored to be assuming a position on the managing board of Skoda Auto. Jahn's replacement is Jiri Havel, Ch [...]	2006-01-03 09:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR EZ
06PRAGUE204	CZECH DIPLOMATS MAY FACE EXPULSIONS FROM BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Chilly relations between the Czech Republic and Belarus have nearly frozen in the aftermath of a Belarusian television broadcast that accused the Czech Embassy in Minsk of subversive activities and distributing propaganda to extremist groups. (Note: the document is actually a UN h [...]	2006-02-24 14:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE222	CZECHS HOST COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONFERENCE ON BELARUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech MFA hosted a Council of Europe (COE) Conference on Belarus February 22. The Conference was attended by Belarusian democratic opposition members, delegates of numerous CE member states, and NGOs active in Belarus. The COE delegates discussed the value of (1) increasing [...]	2006-03-02 12:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE225	CZECHS WILL SEEK U.S. HELP TO CREATE PRT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA hopes to have joint agreement with a reluctant MOD by the end of May to field a Czech-led PRT mission in Afghanistan. Approval for the mission would fall to a post-June-election government, but keeping to the May target would protect the mission from political tamperi [...]	2006-03-02 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE237	CZECHS ALSO OPPOSE OSCE CHAIRMAN'S SEPARATE [...] (C) Poloff March 1 delivered Ref A points on the OSCE Chairman's proposed three-person team to Karel Tesar, of the MFA's OSCE Unit. Tesar responded that the Czechs have been harboring similar fears about the fielding of the proposed team and agree with U.S. concerns. He noted the work of ODHIR [...]	2006-03-06 14:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PTER VM
06PRAGUE257	CZECHS WELCOME COORDINATION ON [...] (C) A/DCM March 10 delivered reftel points on reacting to the Belarus election to Deputy Foreign Minister Thomas Pojar. Pojar welcomed the U.S. desire to ensure unified action. 2. (C) Czech officials have been positive on the idea of coordinating the international response to the election. [...]	2006-03-10 18:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO EZ
06PRAGUE258	CZECH POLICY IS NOT TO MEET WITH HAMAS [...] (C) During a March 9 meeting with A/DCM, Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil confirmed the Czech position on Hamas remains unchanged: they are a terrorist organization and high-level meetings are not appropriate. Povejsil suggested that the issue now be clarified within the Quartet. [...]	2006-03-13 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE259	CZECHS WELCOME INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, ASK ABOUT [...] (C) A/DCM March 9 met with Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil to solicit Czech support for the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative. Povejsil warmly welcomed the deal, congratulating the United States on successfully completing a difficult negotiation. He shared that the C [...]	2006-03-13 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM KNNP ETTC EZ
06PRAGUE260	PUTIN CONDUCTS FRIENDLY VISIT TO PRAGUE, LIGHTLY [...] (C) Summary. The March 1-2 visit of Vladimir Putin to Prague was aimed at throwing the best possible light on the relationship between Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic concerns were the main focus, but few agreements were signed. Difficult issues were either raised gently, or ignored. D [...]	2006-03-13 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EZ RS
06PRAGUE285	CZECHS ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs predict that the Balkans, Palestine, and Belarus will be the top priorities at the March 20 GAERC. On the Balkans, progress is being made, but some EU member states may be losing their appetite for admitting the Balkan states to the EU in the foreseeable future. On Pale [...]	2006-03-17 16:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU
06PRAGUE295	CZECHS EXPRESS CONCERN FOR FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN [...] Summary ---------- (C) On March 16, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met with representatives of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),parliamentarians, MFA officials, and private citizens actively engaged in democracy promotion in Cuba. The Czechs expressed their commitment to Cuba and Latin America gene [...]	2006-03-22 14:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU VE XM EZ
06PRAGUE298	CZECHS ASK WHETHER THE USG WILL REFUSE TO [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Eastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog March 23 to discuss the Czech response to the elections in Belarus. Szunyog said the Czechs favor strong transatlantic cooperation in response to the fraudulent election and asked whether the U.S. will refuse to recognize Lukashenko [...]	2006-03-22 16:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE309	CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR [...] (C) In a meeting on March 23, MFA Eastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog told Poloff the Czechs support travel restrictions for top Belarusian government officials, ref A. On MQch 24, Poloff called Szunyog to confirm the Czechs support travel restrictions for Belarusian President Aleksandr Luka [...]	2006-03-24 17:03:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO EZ
06PRAGUE343	CZECHS SUPPORT NATO INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Poloff April 04 discussed reftel demarche concerning NATO "Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions" with Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Balek said the Czech Republic welcomed the idea of Intensified Dialogue for Georgia with a single caveat -- t [...]	2006-04-05 05:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL GG EZ
06PRAGUE388	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] (C) Summary. On April 13, the Castro regime announced it would not renew the visa of Czech diplomat Stanislav Kazecky, effectively expelling him. The Czechs believe another Czech diplomat may be expelled next week. The Cuban Charge d'Affaires in Prague said the GOC expelled Kazecky because his [...]	2006-04-17 13:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE389	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 06:09:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE390	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 06:10:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE395	CZECHS EXPEL CUBAN DIPLOMAT, DO NOT EXPECT FURTHER [...] (C) Petr Kavan, Czech MFA Desk Officer for the Department of Americas, confirmed on April 18 that the Czech government has expelled Cuban Diplomat Manuel Angel Baltar Charnicharo, First Secretary of the Cuban mission in Prague. The decision not to renew Charnicharo's visa, which will expire on [...]	2006-04-18 12:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE425	CODEL DAVIS IN CZECH REPUBLIC: TRANSATLANTIC [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, 2006, a delegation of eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives met with Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek and President Vaclav Klaus. Both leaders stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Czech relations; Representatives expressed strong appreciation for thes [...]	2006-04-24 16:16:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS EUN EZ
06PRAGUE432	CZECHS SUPPORT NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (C) Poloff April 24 discussed reftel demarche concerning the NATO "Global Partnership" initiative with Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Smigolova said the Czech Republic welcomed the initiative and had no significant concerns relating to the conte [...]	2006-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE433	CZECHS OPPOSE ANY KIND OF ADAPTED CFE TREATY [...] (C) Poloff April 24 discussed the rumored CFE roadmap initiative for the Sofia NATO Ministerial with Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Smigolova shared that the Political Counselor at the German Embassy will call on the MFA April 25 to discuss "a C [...]	2006-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS EZ
06PRAGUE434	CZECHS AGREE THAT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE IS INEVITABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic agrees that independence for Kosovo is an inevitability. The GOCR believes UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari must make more rapid progress if he is to have any chance of completing his work within the envisaged timeframe. They believe the hope of EU accession wi [...]	2006-04-25 15:18:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE445	CZECH COUNTRY REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Czech Republic has been applauded by the USG for its strong support of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. The Czechs are actively seeking a tougher EU common position on the Castro regime, in contrast to the policy sought by Spain of increased engagemen [...]	2006-04-28 08:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL EZ
06PRAGUE456	CZECHS OPPOSE IRAN UNHCR CANDIDACY AND G-77 [...] (U) Poloffs met with Jan Kara, Czech MFA Director of the United Nations Department, to deliver demarches on Iran's candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) (Ref C),the G-77 resolution on UN Management Reform (Ref A),and the UN Democracy Fund Invitation for Grant Proposals ( [...]	2006-04-28 15:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA UN KUNR UNHCR EZ
06PRAGUE46	CZECHS IN ASIA: CONTINUED FOCUS ON CHINA, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Czech Republic plans active engagement with East and South Asia in the first half of 2006, with most attention focused on China. During a visit to Prague in December, the Chinese PM closed an investment agreement that, according to critics, noticeably favors Chinese interests [...]	2006-01-13 18:04:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EZ CH BM IN PK AF VM CB
06PRAGUE498	CZECHS EXPAND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION EFFORTS IN [...] (C) Summary. Promoting democracy and human rights in Belarus remains a top foreign policy priority for the Czech government. Following the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus in March 2006, the Czech Parliament voted to increase funding to support democracy promotion in Belarus from $ [...]	2006-05-10 15:46:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE504	CZECHS SAY CUBA CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA, in cooperation with Czech NGOs, recently hosted a Conference on Cuba in Prague to search for common ground with other EU member states active in Cuba, and share the best practice of European NGOs working there. The Conference participants included MFA representative [...]	2006-05-11 14:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE506	CZECHS SUPPORT CUBA DEMOCRACY FUND; SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary. Gretchen Birkle, DRL/FO Senior Coordinator for Global Democracy Strategies, and Paul Bonicelli, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, met with Czech MFA officials and Czech NGO representatives April 10. They discus [...]	2006-05-11 14:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE508	CZECHS ON MAY 15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the May 15 GAERC, Czechs expect the focus will be on the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa. On Serbia, the Czechs agree with the EU decision to suspend accession talks for failure to comply fully with ICTY. They urge Montenegro to use the Czech-Slovak "Velvet Divorce" as a m [...]	2006-05-12 08:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI
06PRAGUE509	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA: CAUTIONARY TALE? [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met April 28 with Stanislav Kazecky, the Czech diplomat recently expelled from Cuba (ref A). Kazecky observed that the human rights situation in Cuba appears to be worsening, and shared tips on effective "public diplomacy" in a closed society. End summary. 2. (C) Kazecky [...]	2006-05-12 12:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE539	CZECHS CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Poloff met May 17 with Veronika Stromsikova, Czech MFA's Director of the Human Rights Department, to discuss reftel on human rights abuses in Syria. Stromsikova said the Czechs are concerned about deteriorating human rights conditions in Syria, and were aware of the abuses iden [...]	2006-05-19 12:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SY EZ
06PRAGUE549	CZECH ELECTIONS: ODS, THE WOBBLY FRONT RUNNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polls have consistently shown that the center-right, pro-U.S., pro-business Civic Democrats (ODS) are likely to receive more votes in the upcoming June 2-3 general election, and consequently more seats in the next parliament, than any other party. However, ODS leadership of the ne [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE571	CZECHS CONTRIBUTE 50,000 EURO TO NATO TRAINING [...] (U) MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy Vaclav Balek informed Poloff that in response to NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer's appeal, the Czech government on May 17 approved a donation of EUR 50,000 (USD 70,625) to support the NTM-I Trust Fund. These funds follow a Czech donation [...]	2006-05-26 13:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PREL EZ IZ
06PRAGUE58	CZECHS EMBRACE TRANSFORMATION DIPLOMACY AND [...] (U) Summary and comment. Democracy promotion is at the heart of Czech foreign policy. Because GOCR efforts complement U.S. transformational diplomacy efforts, the Czechs are natural partners for cooperation in countries such as Cuba, Belarus, and Iraq. January 25-27, 2006, Gabriela Dlouha, Dir [...]	2006-01-23 06:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EZ

06PRAGUE597	CZECH PM SUPPORTS NEW U.S. IRAN POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek pledged his support for the Secretary's announcement on Iran during his June 1 meeting with the Ambassador. At a press conference with the Ambassador immediately following the meeting, the Prime Minister announced that the Czech Republic support [...]	2006-06-01 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ IR
06PRAGUE602	CZECHS VIEW RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) Poloff May 31 delivered reftel demarche on Russian action in South Ossetia to Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Division. Balek replied that the Czechs had drawn similar conclusions. According to Balek, the EU is currently discussing how to address its approach, perh [...]	2006-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EZ GG RU
06PRAGUE603	CZECHS AGREE ACCESS TO MANAS AIRFIELD IS CRUCIAL [...] (C) Poloff May 31 delivered reftel demarche on renewal of the access agreement for Manas airfield to Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Division. Balek responded that, as an active coalition ally with forces deployed in Afghanistan, the Czechs would address similar concer [...]	2006-06-02 13:40:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EZ AF KG
06PRAGUE635	CZECHS ON JUNE 12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the June 12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Cuba, the Middle East, and the Balkans. On Cuba, the GAERC conclusions are expected to contain strong language on Cuba (already negotiated by the Czechs and the Spanish) denouncing the human rights conditions in Cuba and o [...]	2006-06-09 14:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE665	CZECHS AGREE PROCEDURAL ISSUES SHOULD BE FOCUS OF [...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA Director of Human Rights said the Czechs plan to make procedural reform the focus of their one-year term on the Council, and further agree that the focus of the first UNHRC session should be procedural issues. However, they are open to discussing specific country issu [...]	2006-06-15 16:40:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EZ
06PRAGUE67	CZECH FM SVOBODA: CZECHS ARE COMMITTED PARTNERS ON [...] (C) Summary. Czech FM Cyril Svoboda warmly received Ambassador Cabaniss on January 23, 2006, and confirmed the Czechs are closely aligned with the U.S. on UN Human Rights Commission reform, UN management reform, and the need to report Iran to the UN Security Council. Other topics discussed inc [...]	2006-01-24 13:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UN IR EZ
06PRAGUE692	CZECHS SUPPORT EU CRITICISM OF VENEZUELAN NGO LAW, [...] (C) Poloff met with Petr Janousek, Czech MFA Desk Officer of the Americas Department, June 19 to discuss Venezuela's draft NGO law. Janousek said a delegation of EU Ambassadors in Caracas met in early June with Saul Ortega, President of the Permanent Commission for External Policies in the Ven [...]	2006-06-21 12:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV VE EAID EZ
06PRAGUE744	CZECHS SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH U.S. ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black visited Prague May 23-24 to meet with Czech government officials to discuss the status of Kosovo. The Czech MFA predicts an independent Kosovo (but ackno [...]	2006-07-01 09:00:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM YI ZL EZ
06PRAGUE745	RADIO FARDA DISPUTE AT CENTER STAGE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 09:48:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC ENRG PGOV PINR CVIS EZ IR
06PRAGUE747	PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 10:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE754	RADIO FARDA DISPUTE AT CENTER STAGE IN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION and SUMMARY: This is the first of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. This message looks at several aspects of current ties, notably the impact of Prague-based broadcasting to Iran. The other two cables will focus more directly on non-proliferation. Czech-Iranian r [...]	2006-07-03 15:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC ENRG PGOV PINR CVIS EZ IR
06PRAGUE755	PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: This is the final of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Government is likely to remain solidly aligned with the USG on Iran. Czech mainstream parties whose platforms are supportive of USG positions vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclear issue will occupy 174 o [...]	2006-07-03 15:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE822	CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES MILITARY DEPLOYMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 12:19:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPPS PREL EZ LA
06PRAGUE85	CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: BURMA AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. This is the fourth in a series of cables highlighting Czech democracy promotion efforts. The Czechs plan to launch new Czech democracy promotion projects in Burma and North Korea in 2006. These projects are motivated by the GOCR's interest in helping these countries peacefully ove [...]	2006-01-26 16:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BM KN EZ
06PRAGUE851	CZECHS SUPPORT PHARE ASSISTANCE, BUT ONLY UNDER [...] (C) Poloff discussed the Czech position on PHARE assistance for the Turkish Cypriot Community on July 25 with MFA Director of Southeast and Eastern Europe Department Tomas Szunyog, and MFA Director of Coordination and Institutions of EU Tomas Ulicny. Szunyog said the Czechs support the PHARE a [...]	2006-07-25 15:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID LH EUN CY EZ
06PRAGUE893	CZECHS SAY NOT TO WORRY: ASEM WILL FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 15:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN EZ
06PRAGUE9	CZECHS ON JOINT U.S.-EU STATEMENT TO LUKASHENKO: [...] (C) CDA and Poloff met January 3 with Tomas Szunyog, Czech MFA's Director of the Eastern Europe Department, to discuss the proposed U.S.-EU joint statement to Belarus President Lukashenko urging him not to run in the presidential election. Szunyog said the Czechs' support the U.S. position 100 [...]	2006-01-03 16:07:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EUN BO OSCE EZ
06PRAGUE921	CZECHS STRONGLY SUPPORT UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara on August 7 to deliver reftel and discuss the draft UNSC resolution on Lebanon. He said the Czechs support the principles and elements set forth in the text of the draft resolution. Kara called the draft "an excellent piece o [...]	2006-08-09 05:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UNAUS IS EZ LE
06PRAGUE94	CZECHS ON JAN 30 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the January 30 GAERC, the Czechs will urge the EU not to engage with the newly elected Hamas government unless it renounces violence, recognizes Israel, and accepts the two-state process. On Iran, the Czechs will support referral to the UNSC, and will continue to hope for a dip [...]	2006-01-27 16:53:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EZ
06PRAGUE966	CZECHS CONSIDER TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL; [...] (C) Poloff and Army Attache met with Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara, and Czech MOD Deputy Director of the Defense Policy Department, NATO and EU Section, Lt. Col. Petr Cech, on August 16 to discuss the possibility of Czech troop contributions to UNIFIL. Kara said the Czechs ar [...]	2006-08-16 14:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE EZ
06PRETORIA1290	SAG ON HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The SAG is likely to continue to engage Hamas, including a visit by Intelligence Minister Kasrils and Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad to the Middle East region next week and a visit by Hamas leadership to South Africa at an undetermined date. DFA Chief Director for the Middle East [...]	2006-03-30 16:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KPAL IR IZ IS SF
06PRETORIA2122	POLITICAL ANALYST WEIGHS IN ON ZUMA, ANC [...] (C) Summary: The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is currently in turmoil due to the ongoing battles between opponents and supporters of President Thabo Mbeki, according to noted political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi. Party deputy president Jacob Zuma's acquittal on rape charges and the su [...]	2006-05-24 10:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
06PRETORIA2545	THE MECHANICS OF SELECTING THE NEXT ANC PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The question of who will be elected the next president of the ruling African National Congress (and almost certainly national President in 2009) is one that has been hotly debated, from township shebeens to the op-ed pages, since Jacob Zuma was fired as Deputy President one year a [...]	2006-06-21 06:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
06PRETORIA2781	SOUTH AFRICA: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF BEE [...] Summary. (C) Black Economic Empowerment (BEE),embodied in the proposed Codes of Good Practice, is the government's policy initiative to redress the economic legacies of apartheid. While endorsing the goals of BEE, U.S. companies believe that the codes' unintended consequences will undermine t [...]	2006-07-07 14:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA3071	BEE Codes of Good Practice To Be Simplified [...] (C) Summary. The Department (DTI) will simplify the draft BEE Codes of Good Practice before they are submitted to Cabinet. The Trade and Industry Minister told business representatives that skills development was the top priority. There would be flexibility in areas such as equity equivalent [...]	2006-07-27 09:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA3182	SOUTH AFRICA EXPANDING COOPERATION IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. South Africa plans to expand its cooperation with Bolivia, particularly in the mining and energy sectors, according to DFA Director Swanepoel. Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad led a high-level delegation to Bolivia July 17-20 to discuss a South African-Bolivian bilateral c [...]	2006-08-02 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO SF
06PRETORIA3195	(C) ARISTIDE "COMFORTABLE" IN SOUTH AFRICA; SAG [...] (C) Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide remains "comfortable" in Pretoria at the University of South Africa (UNISA),according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for Mexico, Central America, The Andean Community and the Caribbean, Ambassador Pieter Swanepoel (protect). [...]	2006-08-03 15:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA SF
06PRETORIA3342	(C) SOUTH AFRICA UNLIKELY TO PUSH FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ANC-led South African Government remains intensely loyal to the Castro regime and is unlikely to support calls for a democratic transition in Cuba, according to DFA Director Pieter Swanepoel (strictly protect). The tone and tenor of the South African-Cuban relationship will [...]	2006-08-15 15:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU SF
06PRETORIA3420	BURUNDI SUMMIT POSSIBLE IN LATE AUGUST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Regional leaders may convene a high-level Burundi summit August 29 or 30 in Dar es Salaam to witness the signature of an FNL-GOB cease fire agreement, according to ISS Analyst Jan van Eck. Van Eck, a long-time Burundi watcher with close connections to the FNL, says that the FNL [...]	2006-08-18 14:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BU
06PRETORIA3889	SOUTH AFRICA MEDIATOR VISITING BURUNDI AND TANZANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Facilitator of the Burundi Peace Process, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula, will travel to Burundi and Tanzania September 19-20 to "remove obstacles" to the implementation of the September 7 FNL peace agreement. Nqakula will seek international donor [...]	2006-09-18 16:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF BU
06PRETORIA3952	(C) DFA OFFICIAL SUGGESTS SUDAN UNLIKELY TO AGREE [...] (C) Sudan is unlikely to agree to a UN force in Darfur, suggested Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Horn of Africa Director Graham Maitland (protect). Maitland told PolOff September 21 that the working levels of DFA are discussing the possibility of a "greatly enhanced" AMIS operation if Kh [...]	2006-09-22 09:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS KPKO KDEM SU SF
06PRETORIA3965	(C) SOUTH AFRICA OFFERS TO ASSIST LRA MEDIATION [...] (C) South Africa has offered to serve as a "friend of the mediator" in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-Government of Uganda peace process, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Horn of Africa Director Graham Maitland and East Africa Director Rasheeda Adam. Maitland and Adam sepera [...]	2006-09-22 12:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UG SF
06PRETORIA4074	INDIAN PM VISITING SOUTH AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian PM Singh will visit South Africa September 30 - October 3 to discuss political and economic issues, as well as to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence. South African President Mbeki hopes to deepen his political partners [...]	2006-09-29 14:55:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG IN SF
06PRETORIA4208	SOUTH AFRICA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (U) The Government of South Africa (SAG) expressed "deep concern" about North Korea's reported nuclear test and urged Pyongyang to "terminate any nuclear weapons program" (full text of statement at para 5). The October 9 statement also encouraged all parties to "intensify efforts" to return to [...]	2006-10-11 05:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM KN SF
06PRETORIA4310	SOUTH AFRICA: VIEWS ON JACOB ZUMA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. This is the first in a series of cables that will explore strengths and weaknesses of emerging candidates for the ANC and national presidencies in South Africa. Ref A provided brief profiles of possible contenders. This message presents current views of South [...]	2006-10-17 13:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KHIV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA4598	NEC MEMBER EBRAHIM SAYS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the second in a series of cables on the strengths and weaknesses of the emerging candidates for the ANC and national presidencies in South Africa (Ref A). This messages presents the view of Ebrahim Ebrahim, ANC National Executive Council member and forme [...]	2006-11-06 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
06PRETORIA4619	SHAIK APPELLATE DECISION PAVES ROAD FOR ZUMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. US Department of Justice Intermittent Legal Adviser (ILA) believes that the Supreme Court of Appeal's (SCA) 7 November verdict upholding Schabir Shaik's conviction is legally sound, provides little to nothing for Shaik to credibly challenge, and further bolsters the State's cas [...]	2006-11-07 15:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KJUS SF
06PRETORIA4632	(C) IDASA'S MASAMVU SAYS SOUTH AFRICA PUSHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa wants Zimbabwean President Mugabe to annouce at the upcoming ZANU-PF congress that he will retire in 2008, according to IDASA analyst Sydney Masamvu. Masamvu says that former President Mandela met privately with Mugabe October 23 to encourage him to retire. Senior A [...]	2006-11-08 12:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON ZI SF
06PRETORIA4661	REACTION TO BOTHA'S DEATH SUBDUED [...] (U) Official South African Government responses to the 31 October death of former South African President P.W. Botha -- whose temper, ruthlessness, and overbearing leadership style earned him the nickname the "Big Crocodile" -- have been overwhelmingly magnanimous, illustrating how far South Af [...]	2006-11-09 15:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
06PRETORIA4710	MORALES HOPES TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA IN EARLY 2007 [...] (C) Bolivian President Morales is seeking to travel to South Africa in early 2007 for the first meeting of the South African-Bolivian Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM),according to Annelize Schroeder, DFA Deputy Director for the Andes and Cuba. Schroeder said that Bolivia hopes to open an e [...]	2006-11-14 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO SF
06PRETORIA4726	VAN ECK SAYS FNL LOSING FAITH IN CEASEFIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY. ISS Burundi Analyst Jan van Eck says the Palipehutu-FNL is losing faith in the Burundi peace process and is "at the point of declaring the ceasefire agreement dead." At an ISS seminar in Pretoria November 14, van Eck outlined the FNL's major concerns: problems with the immunity [...]	2006-11-15 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BU SF
06PRETORIA4838	ANC RESPONDS TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS [...] (SBU) ANC National Assembly Chief Whip Mbuelo Goniwe was effectively stripped of his powers on 17 November, pending the outcome of a hearing by the party's National Disciplinary Committee (NDC). Goniwe is alleged to have demanded sex from a 21-year-old ANC intern on 25 October after she serve [...]	2006-11-27 14:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KWMN KJUS SF
06PRETORIA4927	ANC WOMEN'S LEAGUE PRESENTS BLEAK PICTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In sharp contrast to President Mbeki's actions and statements in support of women in politics, the General Secretary of the ANC Women's League, Bathabile Dlamini, presented a beleaguered picture of an organization that lacks members, funding, leadership, and vision to PolOffs on [...]	2006-12-05 12:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PWMN SF
06PRETORIA5017	SOUTH AFRICA TO PROVIDE MILITARY TRAINING IN CAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: South Africa plans to provide military training and technical assistance to the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR). Minister of Defense Lekota traveled to Bangui December 8 to discuss the possible military training program. A SANDF military team departed for CAR D [...]	2006-12-14 04:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CT SF
06PRETORIA5018	ZUMA CAMP REMAINS OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 28, the Durban Consul General met with Rieaz "Mo" Shaik, a former South African diplomat, long-time ANC member, and brother of Durban businessman Schabir Shaik who was convicted of fraud and corruption charges stemming from his relationship with ANC Deputy President J [...]	2006-12-14 08:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA5076	MBEKI MUM ON CALL FOR 3RD TERM AS ANC PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. With only eleven months to go until the ANC national conference, the succession battle is beginning to be played out publicly. Earlier this month, Mbeki was both heckled by pro-Zuma supporters in KwaZulu-Natal and "encouraged" to run for a third term as party president by Easter [...]	2006-12-20 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
06PRETORIA782	SOUTH AFRICA TO DEPLOY 400 TROOPS TO COMOROS FOR [...] (C) In response to an AU request, South Africa will deploy 400 troops to Comoros for the upcoming elections, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Peacekeeping, Wooter Zaayman. Zaayman told PolOff February 23 that the AU wants to send a 436-person force to Comoro [...]	2006-02-23 13:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CN SF
06PRETORIA801	SOUTH AFRICA ASKED TO MEDIATE CHAD-SUDAN DISPUTE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chad asked President Mbeki to mediate the dispute with Sudan at the AU Summit in Khartoum in January, according to DFA Director Graham Maitland (protect). Both Sudan and Chad were to send "experts" to South Africa to continue discussions, but since the summit nothing has happene [...]	2006-02-24 15:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SF
06PRISTINA1015	KOSOVO: SECOND MOBILE TENDER PROCESS COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary. Nenad Popovic, the Government of Serbia's (GOS) economic advisor to the Kosovo final status negotiations team and Serbian CCK representative, has requested that UNMIK stop the Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) from dismantling equipment owned by Telecom Serbia [...]	2006-11-28 17:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON PREL YI
06PRISTINA1052	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERBS SKEPTICAL ABOUT PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Croatian MP Dr. Milorad Pupovac is discretely working at the behest of Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku to organize an all-Kosovo Serb Congress to unify Kosovo Serbs and help them better represent themselves. Kosovo Serbs are skeptical about this endeavor, and key leaders are spl [...]	2006-12-09 12:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1053	'TIS THE SEASON ... SERB CCK OBSTRUCTION FORCES [...] (C) Summary: A newly appointed hard-line Serb CCK leader in Gjilane/Gnjilane reportedly exerted strong pressure on the parents of Serb children who were allowing their children to sing in a USOP holiday concert. The Serb children from the Gjilane area are members of Kosovo's only mixed-ethnic [...]	2006-12-09 12:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PINR KDEM YI
06PRISTINA1054	KOSOVO: ARMED MASKED MEN REAPPEAR IN WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Repeating a pattern we saw last year, armed masked men have sporadically reappeared on the roads of western Kosovo, illegally stopping people and conducting vehicle checkpoints. In 2005, these incidents began as supposed "political statements" but quickly turned into opportuniti [...]	2006-12-09 12:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM KJUS ASEC UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1055	KOSOVO: POST-STATUS ECONOMIC TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. The Provisional Institutions of Self-Government and the international community have yet to develop serious contingency plans for the economic challenges confronting Kosovo immediately after the resolution of final status. The PISG has allocated only 6.5 million euros for post-s [...]	2006-12-09 13:25:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV YI
06PRISTINA1059	KOSOVO: LDK CONVENTION GIVES SEJDIU NARROW VICORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party elected Kosovo President Sejdiu as party president over former Speaker Nexhat Daci in an orderly vote at a December 9 party convention. But when Sejdiu presented his list of candidates for the party's powerful General Council, Dac [...]	2006-12-11 11:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1063	KOSOVO: DAS DICARLO AND EU COLLEAGUES REASSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and her European colleagues reassured Kosovo Albanians on status process timing and told Kosovo Serbs that Ahtisaari,s proposal will take into account their concerns. In private meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Ceku, Kosovo Assembly president B [...]	2006-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1064	KOSOVO: RAIL LINE CONNECTING SOUTHERN SERB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) and local media reported an explosion on a railroad bridge near the town of Vushtrri on a line that serves Kosovo's Serb community. The explosion damaged tracks and temporarily disrupted rail service, but no injuries were reported. A train carrying [...]	2006-12-12 16:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM PTER UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1075	KOSOVO: ACHIEVING CONSENSUS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo will hold central and local elections next fall under a new post-status electoral system. Results of our initial canvassing of Kosovo's political parties, elections experts and public opinion polling reveal a general consensus on the need for open lists, retention of a gen [...]	2006-12-15 17:35:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV EAID UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1087	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONSOLIDATES HOLD OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of its raucous convention ten days earlier, the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) General Council met on December 19 and swiftly (and peacefully) elected its 25-member party presidency. The body is comprised of solid supporters of President Fatmir Sejdiu, in [...]	2006-12-19 17:50:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1095	KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS BEGIN IN EARNEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a slow start, the five working groups on transition meeting since late November and bringing together representatives of UNMIK, the preparation team for the post-status International Civilian Office, U.S. representatives, and the Kosovo government have picked up their pace. [...]	2006-12-22 12:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1099	KOSOVO: NEW MISSING PERSONS COMMISSION NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Government's new missing persons commission met for the first time on December 13 to discuss its composition and competencies. While the establishment of the commission is a positive step on a political level, the government is currently unprepared to take on the h [...]	2006-12-22 17:12:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM
06PRISTINA1100	KOSOVO: PISG CLOSER TO COMPLETING REMAINING CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are very close to finishing the five remaining priorities for Standards implementation tasked by the Contact Group (CG) in June 2006. Two more standards -- reconstruction of the Serb village of Svinjare in south Mitrovi [...]	2006-12-22 17:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1118	KOSOVO: UN SAYS KPC AND KPS WILL REMOVE ILLEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PD/SRSG Schook told us on December 28 that the illegal construction within the Decani Monastery's Special Zoning Area (SZA) will be taken down in a joint KPS/KPC operation within the next 36 hours. Fr. Sava, a moderate Orthodox monk who resides at the monastery, had sought our h [...]	2006-12-28 14:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
06PRISTINA1121	KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA: THE WAY FORWARD ON BORDER [...] (U) The following is a joint cable from U.S. Office Pristina and Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) SUMMARY: When Macedonian FM Milososki visited Kosovo on November 23, he reiterated the GoM's position calling for inclusion of the demarcation of the Kosovo-Macedonia border in the UNSCR on Kosovo's fin [...]	2006-12-29 08:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS INR UNMIK YI KTIA
06PRISTINA211	AHTISAARI'S KOSOVO VISIT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The second visit to Kosovo of Martti Ahtisaari, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Talks, focused on creating an improved political situation for Kosovo's minority populations. He demanded progress on property rights, prosecution of crimes against Kosovo Serbs, and concre [...]	2006-03-10 09:54:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA219	LAST CHANCE FOR UN TO FIX KOSOVO TELECOM MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK has long ruled out any reconsideration of its October 2004 annulment, on grounds of serious procedural irregularity, of the award of Kosovo's second mobile phone operating license to the Mobikos consortium. The outgoing government of Bajram Kosumi has defiantly insisted on [...]	2006-03-10 19:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ETRD PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA242	NEW KOSOVO PRIME MINISTER ROARS OUT OF THE GATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In two meetings this week, COM found new Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku already deeply immersed in policy and quickly getting up to speed on economic issues that demand rapid resolution. He has gained the attention of his cabinet by announcing that the tenures of all ministers will [...]	2006-03-17 13:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA280	KOSOVO: SLOW GOING ON TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the fourth meeting of the stakeholders, UNMIK is in no hurry to transfer competency to the Kosovo government for law enforcement and the European Union is even less anxious to assume UNMIK's oversight role. Since the meeting, the PISG has named ministers of internal [...]	2006-03-29 13:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA308	KOSOVO: STAKES HIGH AS LDK CHOOSES NEW LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The next president of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (LDK) could reconfigure the government, the Assembly leadership, and a good part of the makeup of Kosovo's final status negotiating team. With the passing of Ibrahim Rugova, the LDK leadership has no organizational center and [...]	2006-04-07 17:19:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA310	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 14-15 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Coming on the heels of the April 6-7 visit of the Contact Group and the April 3 Vienna meeting on decentralization, Ambassador Wisner's April 14-15 visit presents an opportunity to push Kosovo Albanian leaders to come to closure on some decentralization issues (municipal partnersh [...]	2006-04-10 10:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA336	AMBASSADOR WISNER URGES KOSOVARS TO BEAR DOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 14-16 visit to Kosovo, U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner congratulated the revamped Kosovo Albanian leadership team for its serious engagement in the Vienna final status process and for its outreach to the Kosovo Serb community. He urged the team to build [...]	2006-04-20 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA421	KOSOVO: UNMIK ISSUES GENERALLY FAVORABLE TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK's latest formal assessment of Kosovo Government efforts to implement the Standards for Kosovo program, covering the period ending April 30, is generally favorable. The report lauds the quick initial engagement of Kosovo's new government on Standards which will provide a ba [...]	2006-05-16 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA437	KOSOVO SCENESETTER FOR MAY 21-23 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wisner's visit finds Kosovo Albanian final status negotiators struggling to cope with the new shuttle phase of talks on decentralization. They are quickly learning that they are not as well prepared for the give-and-take of bargaining as they were for developing broad [...]	2006-05-19 14:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL YI
06PRISTINA439	KOSOVO: COM WARNS AAK AND PDK ON INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Chief of Mission passed the messages contained in reftels separately to Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) president Ramush Haradinaj and Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) president Hashim Thaci on May 18. Haradinaj said that he had not heard of the presence of any Kosovo Albanian pol [...]	2006-05-19 17:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA457	AMBASSADOR WISNER TELLS KOSOVO ALBANIANS THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 21-23 visit to Kosovo, Special Representative Frank Wisner starkly disabused Kosovo Albanian leaders of any notion that Kosovo independence can be considered a foregone conclusion. In plain-speaking meetings, Ambassador Wisner told the president, prime minister, and [...]	2006-05-26 15:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA481	KOSOVO: EU FINALLY GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Union has developed a draft discussion paper for an International Civilian Mission in Kosovo (ICM) that would form the basis for implementation of the final status settlement. The plan calls for a much smaller footprint than UNMIK's current presence, and places heav [...]	2006-06-06 13:23:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA495	RIFT WIDENS BETWEEN HARD-LINE AND MODERATE SERBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ever since moderate Bishop Teodosije welcomed Kosovo President Sejdiu to Decani Monastery on Orthodox Easter, the rift between Teodosije and hard-line Bishop Artemije has widened. After the visit, Artemije blasted Teodosije in the media, and the hardline Serbian National Coun [...]	2006-06-09 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR SOCI KIRF KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA498	UNMIK HEAD OF MISSION RESIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Soren Jessen-Petersen has resigned as Kosovo's Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) and head of the U.N. Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),effective June 30. Principal Deputy SRSG (PDSRSG) Steven Schook will become acting SRSG if a replacement is not in place by the e [...]	2006-06-12 17:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA506	KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI HOPES TO BEGIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Talks Martti Ahtisaari told Contact Group (CG) liaison office heads on June 10 that he expects to brief the UNSC in early July and then hopes to host the first direct talks between senior Pristina and Belgrade officials the week of July 17. He [...]	2006-06-13 15:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA513	KOSOVO: THACI OK WITH ELECTION DELAY IF HIS PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hashim Thaci, the head of the opposition Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK),met on June 9 with heads of Contact Group diplomatic liaison offices in Pristina. He outlined his thoughts on what he called the failure of the current government to accomplish its domestic tasks, in part [...]	2006-06-15 15:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA519	KOSOVO: KFOR RE-ESTABLISHES PERMANENT PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13 the French contingent in charge of Multi-National Task Force-North (MNTF-N) reactivated a former Belgian KFOR camp in the northern Kosovo municipality of Leposavic. The camp will be manned by different national contingents on two-week rotations, beginning with the Fren [...]	2006-06-16 17:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA531	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SERB MODERATES FLOAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moderate Kosovo Serb politicians, led by Oliver Ivanovic, are floating a decentralization plan calling for seven new Serb-majority municipalities and the enlargement of an eighth. Briefing Contact Group representatives on June 16, Ivanovic said his plan differs from the proposal [...]	2006-06-20 17:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA539	KOSOVO'S NEXT UN ADMINISTRATOR: THACI WEIGHS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition party leader Hashim Thaci requested a meeting June 19 with COM to convey his concern that current UNMIK economic pillar head, Joachim Rucker, is rumored as a leading candidate to fill the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) position from which curren [...]	2006-06-22 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA561	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY AUDIT REVEALS FISCAL MALFEASANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. An external audit of the Kosovo Assembly's budget under former Speaker Nexhat Daci has revealed serious fiscal irregularities. The audit states that Daci and his Assembly staff used Assembly finances for expensive armored vehicles, a convention/conference center in a suburb of P [...]	2006-06-29 15:24:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA576	KOSOVO: NEGOTIATION TEAM RECEPTIVE TO POST-UNMIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to an invitation from President Fatmir Sejdiu, COM and Torbjorn Sohlstrom, the head of the EU mission in Kosovo, briefed the Kosovo negotiating team July 5 on initial thinking on a post-status, post-UNMIK international civilian mission. They stressed that any future [...]	2006-07-07 16:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA587	TENSIONS BUILDING OVER NORTHERN KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY. As all concerned enter the Kosovo final status home stretch, the north of Kosovo is increasingly coming into focus as the area where preferred status outcomes potentially collide. UNMIK officials say they have credible reports that Kosovo Serbs in the north are attempting to rei [...]	2006-07-12 18:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA617	KOSOVO SCENESETTER FOR JULY 26-28 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wisner's visit, following almost immediately on the so-called Elephants' Meeting between Serbian and Kosovar senior leaders, will present an opportunity to help shape the approach of Kosovo Albanian leaders to what they expect will be the culmination of the final status [...]	2006-07-24 17:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PHUM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA630	KOSOVO: PM CEKU VISITS THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 22 visit to majority ethnic Serb municipalities in northern Kosovo, Prime Minister Agim Ceku declared that northern Mitrovica "is and will always be a part of Kosovo." He also requested that KFOR and UNMIK "insulate this region politically and practically from Serb [...]	2006-07-28 15:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA637	KOSOVO: UNMIK BELIEVES UK HOLDS INFORMATION TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The UN in Kosovo believes that the British SIS has in its possession of 700-page report with information that could lead to the conviction of four suspects in the murder of Serb civilians in 2001. UNMIK,s Department of Justice has asked the UK Office to make the report availa [...]	2006-08-01 15:45:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA640	WISNER TO KOSOVARS: SIX WEEKS TO COME TO CLOSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on July 27 with President Fatmir Sejdiu and the entire Kosovo negotiating team, U.S. Special Representative for the Kosovo Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner stressed the need to stay unified and to use the next six weeks to bring Kosovar Albanian negotiati [...]	2006-08-02 16:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA645	KOSOVO: CONTACT GROUP MESSAGE TO PRISTINA WELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Keeping to the language worked out in Contact Group capitals, COM led other CG representatives (along with the heads of the local EU and European Commission missions) in a demarche on the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team") on the results of the July 24 high-level meeting [...]	2006-08-04 13:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA647	MODERATE OLIVER IVANOVIC CLAIMS TO BE LAUNCHING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Moderate Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic has filed papers with the OSCE to establish a new political party and has requested funding for a new NGO designed to reduce the influence of Belgrade political parties on Kosovo Serbs. However, his new party is a local branch of a [...]	2006-08-04 15:23:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA648	KOSOVO: CHIEF OF MISSION STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her initial calls on Kosovo's leaders, COM urged them to stay united and not let personal differences interfere with their seriousness of purpose in the Vienna status negotiations. President Fatmir Sejdiu vented his frustration at the antics of opposition leaders on the negot [...]	2006-08-04 16:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA661	KOSOVO: LDK ASSERTS PRIMARY POSITION IN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A July 6 letter sent by the LDK party presidency to Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku continues to make news over a week after its existence was leaked to the press. The key issues in the letter were the assertion by the LDK that the party -- and not Ceku -- would have authority o [...]	2006-08-10 09:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA664	KOSOVO: COM TO UNITY TEAM MEMBERS: TIME'S UP [...] (C) Summary: COM met individually with members of Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) August 9-11 to lay down a direct and unambiguous marker: the time is now to come to closure with UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari on the issues of decentralization and minority rights. COM underscored USG [...]	2006-08-11 15:51:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK DPKO YI
06PRISTINA674	KOSOVO: PM CEKU UPBEAT ON COMPLETION OF CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Agim Ceku told heads of mission from the Contact Group (CG),EU and EC liaison offices August 15 that the Kosovo government has completed five of the CG's 13 priorities for Standards implementation and is on track to finish the remaining eight by October. He asses [...]	2006-08-17 15:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA689	KOSOVO: COM URGES NORTHERN MAYORS TO STAY ENGAGED, [...] (C) Summary: COM travelled to northern Kosovo August 18 to meet with the mayors of the three predominantly Serb municipalities and utilize press opportunities to convey the benefits of the decentralization process to Serb residents of the north. All three mayors were definitive in rejecting a [...]	2006-08-22 12:42:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK DPKO YI
06PRISTINA709	KOSOVO: SWIFT RESPONSE BY UNMIK AND KFOR CALMS [...] (C) Summary: Swift action by UNMIK, KFOR, and the Kosovo Police Service prevented an escalation of violence following an August 26 grenade attack on a well-known cafe frequented by hard-line Serbs in north Mitrovica. Nine people sustained injuries, though none life-threatening, in the attack [...]	2006-08-29 18:35:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM KJUS PY
06PRISTINA726	KOSOVO: SERB LEADERS CLOSE THEIR EYES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serb leaders, particularly in the north, are abundantly aware that the likeliest outcome of the status process is independence. Nevertheless, they continue to deny that a status decision will apply to them. Some express hard-line views on secession and violence if indep [...]	2006-09-01 18:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA727	KOSOVO: EU RULE OF LAW PLANNING PROGRESSING, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Casper Klynge, head of the EU Planning Team (EUPT),told us recently he is grappling with mixed messages from Brussels and EU capitals on his follow-on rule of law mission's size and scope. Brussels favors a limited footprint, while capitals increasingly argue for a more operatio [...]	2006-09-02 10:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETTC KCRM PREL YI UNMIK DPKO
06PRISTINA728	KOSOVO: UNMIK KPC COORDINATOR OFFERS THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Coordinator Major General Chris Steirn (UK) offered COM his thoughts on the future establishment of a Kosovo defense force in a meeting September 1. Not surprisingly, Steirn argued that a future Kosovo security force was needed, both to avoid [...]	2006-09-02 13:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI

06PRISTINA729	KOSOVO: CONSTITUTION DRAFTING AND ELECTIONS TIMING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Discussion has begun, both locally and in UNOSEK and Contact Group venues, on the important post-status issues of constitution drafting and timing of elections. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari expressed to COM and EU reps in Pristina his view that the constitution must be drafted with [...]	2006-09-02 14:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA734	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU NOMINATED FOR POSITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a fast moving series of events over the Labor Day weekend, the influential presidency of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK),Kosovo's largest party, decided September 5 to nominate President Fatmir Sejdiu as its candidate for the position of party president. Sejdiu is [...]	2006-09-05 20:02:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA736	KOSOVO: INCREASED VOLUME OF ALBANIAN ATTACKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent appearance of the Kosovo negotiating team before the Kosovo Assembly and public criticism of key elements of the final status talks have resulted in protests against decentralization in the affected municipalities, as well as attacks by political "pundits" in the media [...]	2006-09-06 17:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA748	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Unity Team still fractious and a growing tide of public criticism against the decentralization provisions of the UNOSEK plan, we are anticipating a rough political season in advance of the eventual status decision. What would normally have been a heated debate over the m [...]	2006-09-09 12:15:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA766	KOSOVO: SOUTHERN SERB MUNICALITY OF STRPCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kosovo Serb leaders of Strpce municipality complain that despite running "the only real multi-ethnic municipality in Kosovo," their efforts are severely hampered by dwindling resources from Pristina. While admitting that they also receive financial transfers from Belgrade, these [...]	2006-09-12 16:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA779	KOSOVO: STANDARDS IMPLEMENTATION PROCEEDS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo government claims to have fulfilled nine of the Contact Group's 13 priorities for Standards implementation. Our estimate is lower, though overall implementation has moved forward. We can expect that progress on the remaining outstanding priorities will be slower as t [...]	2006-09-16 09:49:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA780	KOSOVO: ORDINARY SERBS IN KOSOVO'S NORTH SAY THEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo,s Serbs face an existential question: stay on in post-status Kosovo or start over somewhere else. USOP officers traveled recently to Zvecan in northern Kosovo to try to gauge the views of ordinary Serbs. Most of our interlocutors predicted that Serbs would flee en masse i [...]	2006-09-16 09:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA781	KOSOVO: TURKISH LANGUAGE LAW MOTION REJECTED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A motion to make Turkish an official language of Prizren municipality and change the population requirement for official languages from 6% to 5% was rejected September 14 in a 48-41 vote of the Kosovo Assembly. Though Assembly votes are anonymous, all signs indicate the majority [...]	2006-09-16 15:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA788	KOSOVO: WHY A SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF STATUS MATTERS [...] (C) Having read Embassy Belgrade's excellent cable (reftel) on the compelling reasons to stick to the planned timetable for resolution of Kosovo's status, we wanted to offer a few thoughts from the Pristina perspective on why a status decision this year remains critical to our objectives of s [...]	2006-09-19 06:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA802	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 26-28 VISIT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The successful September 20 Contact Group ministerial with Secretary Rice at the helm was viewed here as further indication that the U.S. government will press for a timetable that delivers a status determination by the end of 2006. This remains the sole and almost obsessive foc [...]	2006-09-22 11:53:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA803	KOSOVO: SMALL NEW SERB PARTY DARES TO POSIT A [...] (C) SUMMARY. The newly-formed Autonomous Liberal Party (SLS) seeks to represent Kosovo Serbs who want to stay and integrate into Kosovo institutions and society, regardless of the outcome of the status process. Party President Slobodan Petrovic told us the SLS is more concerned with the impa [...]	2006-09-22 14:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA804	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES TURKISH LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed an amendment to the Law on Languages making Turkish an official language in Prizren. After initially rejecting the measure on September 14 due to infighting within the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party, the LDK got its house in order (at l [...]	2006-09-22 16:17:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA813	KOSOVO: AMB. WILLIAMSON URGES COOPERATION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with both international and Kosovar actors in the justice and political sectors, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson stressed the need for continued Kosovar and international focus on addressing outstanding war crimes cases. In a two-day visit [...]	2006-09-27 09:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA833	KOSOVO: A/S FRIED PRESSES KOSOVO LEADERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina September 26-28, EUR A/S Fried met separately with PM Ceku, President Sejdiu and the Unity Team and assured them of the USG's seriousness in pursuing the status process to its logical end, but stressed that the Kosovar Albanian leadership must show itself worthy of in [...]	2006-10-02 18:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA836	KOSOVO: DACI CAMP CAMPAIGNING HARD FOR LDK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci is waging an aggressive early campaign to become president of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). There are indications that Daci or his supporters may be using intimidation tactics to wrest control of the party at the grass roots lev [...]	2006-10-03 16:55:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCRM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA842	KOSOVO: COM TELLS GJILAN OFFICIALS TO END THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM condemned recent violence and urged support for decentralization in a meeting with Gjilan municipal officials from four political parties. She also delivered a message to the fractious ruling LDK party in Gjilan to stop its unhelpful (and violent) infighting. The Albanian [...]	2006-10-04 18:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA846	KOSOVO: PM CEKU "LOOKING TOWARDS STATUS" WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku briefed Pristina liaison office heads October 5 on his plans over the next several months for managing Kosovo Albanians' expectations for, and Kosovo Serbs' fear of, final status. Ceku said that implementation of Standards for Kosovo, particularly [...]	2006-10-06 16:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA847	KOSOVO: COM URGES CALM, CAUTION AMONG KOSOVAR [...] (C) With rumors swirling of a delay in the status process and statements by EU High Representative Solana and UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari appearing to confirm these speculations, COM counseled calm among Kosovar Albanian leaders the week of October 2. Meeting with the Prime Minister, the parl [...]	2006-10-08 11:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA854	KOSOVO: UNMIK STILL WAIVERING ON THREE-MONTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the October 4 meeting of the Steering Group for Future International Arrangements, UNMIK presented a "work in progress non-paper" (forwarded to EUR/SCE) with timelines for transition and identifying an action office for many of the items. According to various UNMIK representa [...]	2006-10-10 16:13:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA862	KOSOVO: SERB ORTHODOX BISHOP TEODOSIJE EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met October 12 with Bishop Teodisije, the moderate Serb religious leader of Decani monastery, who feared that Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves in south were not prepared for final status. Teodosije asked that the international community do everything possible to encourage and en [...]	2006-10-13 17:07:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA881	SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ensuring that the Serb community can remain and prosper in Kosovo is a key Mission goal and a vital test of Kosovo's commitment to multi-ethnic democracy. The Serb minority in Kosovo is not monolithic; those who live in the northern municipalities of Leposavic, Zubin Potok and [...]	2006-10-21 12:43:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA906	KOSOVO: LDK REFUSAL TO DEBATE ASSEMBLY AUDIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling LDK party's refusal on October 27 to discuss an audit report highly critical of former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci caused the opposition to walk out of the Assembly and boycott further participation until the issue was resolved. The problem started when LDK Assembly c [...]	2006-10-30 14:38:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA909	KOSOVO: EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HOH PRESSES KOSOVAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR/SCE Office Director Chris Hoh reassured anxious Kosovo Albanian leaders that the USG still supports resolution of Kosovo's final status by the end of the year, but asked them to help manage expectations within the population if Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari decides a [...]	2006-10-30 16:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA921	KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER REAFFIRMS U.S. RESOLVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo October 24-26, U.S. Special Envoy Ambassador Frank Wisner delivered a three-part message to the top political leadership: maintain unity through and beyond final status; let the Kosovar people know now what lies ahead; and make certain the machinery of government is in [...]	2006-11-03 07:11:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA923	KOSOVO: KPC DEMINING CAPACITY IS IMPROVING, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is room for optimism as the 2006 demining season draws to a close. Despite earlier criticism by the international de-mining NGO, HALO Trust, of the demining capabilities of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC),an August 2006 study by the International Centre for Humanitari [...]	2006-11-03 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA930	KOSOVO: LDK INTERNAL BATTLE PORTENDS CONTINUING [...] (C) Summary: The internal LDK struggle for power between two factions continues, with the process of party elections now in full swing. Though former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci appeared to take the early momentum with low-level party victories in eastern Kosovo, the LDK "old guard" under K [...]	2006-11-06 12:34:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA933	KOSOVO: OPPOSITION RETURNS TO ASSEMBLY AFTER AUDIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After repeated intercession by USOP, the opposition returned to the Kosovo Assembly after a one-week boycott, as the ruling LDK party finally got its house in order and agreed to discuss the Auditor General's fact-finding report on mismanagement under former Assembly Speaker Nexh [...]	2006-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA947	KOSOVO: UNMIK GETTING OUT OF THE RETURNS BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unlike the rest of UNMIK, which is planning its departure without undue haste, the Office for Communities, Returns and Minorities (OCRM) hopes to transfer all of its competencies except for responsibility for forced returns by the end of the year, a very positive development in o [...]	2006-11-11 13:20:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA948	KOSOVO: PLANNING FOR POSSIBLE SERB REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the leak to Serbian media in May 2006 of UNHCR's draft contingency planning on possible population movements after a decision on Kosovo's final status, UNHCR has continued to refine its thinking. Planning assumptions vary wildly, with estimates ranging from 10,000 to 112,00 [...]	2006-11-11 13:24:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA952	KOSOVO: KOSOVAR ALBANIAN LEADERSHIP ACCEPTS DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Though apprehensive about the political repercussions of a delay in the status process, Kosovar Albanian leaders represented in the Unity Team (the negotiating team participating in Vienna negotiations) uniformly accepted the announcement by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari that his p [...]	2006-11-13 10:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA965	KOSOVO: EVOLVING EU POLICE AND JUSTICE PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: The emerging outlines of the EU police and justice plan for post-status Kosovo make it apparent that security and law enforcement in Kosovo will be conducted on a fundamentally different basis after the settlement than under UNMIK administration. EU planning is painfully slow an [...]	2006-11-14 18:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA967	KOSOVO: SEJDIU AHEAD IN THE HOME STRETCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With all local branch elections now complete, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has a comfortable majority of delegates to be elected president of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Sejdiu's chief rival, disgraced former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, trails by a wide m [...]	2006-11-14 18:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA971	KOSOVO: MAYORS PRESSED TO ACCEPT DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM hosted a November 14 meeting of her Contact Group colleagues, joined by EU and EC reps, with mayors of 10 major Kosovo cities to emphasize the centrality of decentralization in the final status settlement. She urged them as key players in this process to implement decentrali [...]	2006-11-15 18:10:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA972	KOSOVO: KICKING THE CONTACT GROUP'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) gave us updated statistics on the KPA's rental property scheme and enforcement of property claims pending implementation -- two of the 13 Contact Group priority standards. Some 361 properties out of a total of approximately 5,400 admi [...]	2006-11-15 18:16:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA973	KOSOVO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REMAINS A PROBLEM, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trafficking in persons (TIP) continues to plague Kosovo, but UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) have taken some important steps to combat it, including undercover police operations, adoption of a two-year action plan to combat trafficking in human [...]	2006-11-16 06:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	GTIP KJUS KCRM PGOV UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA985	KOSOVO: BELGRADE'S COORDINATION CENTER VIEWED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Several prominent Kosovo Serbs shared with us their disdain for the Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK),the Serbian state institution established ostensibly to take care of their needs. Moderates and hardliners alike called the CCK a "money laundering" operation, [...]	2006-11-20 14:09:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA989	KOSOVO: CONTROVERSIAL AND WEALTHY EXPAT FORMS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bexhet Pacolli's Alliance for a New Kosovo (AKR) recently held its first convention in Pristina, evolving from a U.S.-based lobbying group for Kosovo independence into a registered political party. Pacolli, a wealthy Kosovar Albanian who lives in Switzerland, has plastered the K [...]	2006-11-20 14:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM EAID KDEM INR YI
06QUEBEC13	QUEBECKERS SAY "YES" TO CANADA [...] (c) Summary: In perhaps one of the biggest surprises of the election, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party picked up ten seats in Quebec, up from zero. While the Conservatives managed to grab votes from both the Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois, it is the Bloc that will have the most soul-searc [...]	2006-01-25 22:43:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA ECON
06QUEBEC16	SOFTWOOD LUMBER: QUEBEC INDUSTRY LOOKING TO NEGOTIATE [...] (c) Summary: Quebec Forest Industry Council President Guy Chevrette told CG Feb. 1 that Quebec industry is ready to negotiate a solution to the softwood lumber dispute, and has been so for quite some time. They have been held back, in his view, by British Columbia's lumber industry and by form [...]	2006-02-02 15:24:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CA
06QUEBEC24	QUEBEC BUREAUCRATS UPBEAT ABOUT HARPER GOVERNMENT [...] (c) Summary: CG hosted a lunch for Quebec Ministry of International Relations (MRI) Deputy Minister Denis Bedard and other MRI officials February 22, one month following the election of Stephen Harper's Conservatives in Ottawa. Ministry officials were upbeat about the Tory victory, heralded b [...]	2006-02-23 22:20:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA ECON
06QUEBEC31	PM HARPER SUPPORTS QUEBEC ROLE ON INTERNATIONAL SCENE [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper and Quebec Premier Charest met in Quebec City March 8 and announced they are tasking their respective officials to work together to assure that "Quebec's unique voice" will be heard at UNESCO. PM Harper also said he would attend the Francophonie summit in Bucharest t [...]	2006-03-08 22:45:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV CA
06QUEBEC34	CHAREST THRONE SPEECH GIVES NO LIFT TO HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest kicked off a new session at the National Assembly March 14 with a 90 minute Throne Speech (the first since he took office in 2003) that set the tone for the looming electoral campaign. Charest's main focus for the coming year will be the reduction of [...]	2006-03-16 16:09:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
06QUEBEC41	BLOC QUEBECOIS INTERNALLY DIVIDED OVER AFGHANISTAN [...] (c) Summary: A Bloc Quebecois (BQ) MP told CG March 22 that Bloc members fiercely debated BQ leader Gilles Duceppe's decision not to object in the coming parliamentary session to Canada's military presence in Afghanistan. Discussion within the party on Afghanistan is not yet closed. Other pri [...]	2006-03-28 14:58:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON PGOV CA
06QUEBEC53	QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT ADRIFT [...] (sbu) Summary: PM Harper's "open federalism" comes at a propitious time: sovereignty is not dead in Quebec, but it is in remission. After four decades of struggle, two failed referendums and drawn out constitutional battles, a general sense of weariness seems to have settled in among a certain [...]	2006-04-26 20:40:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
06QUITO1037	2006-2007 NEW HORIZONS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: After reviewing the history of the last planned New Horizons exercise canceled at the eleventh-hour in 2004, and taking into account the current political situation, this Embassy recommends that the Department and SOUTHCOM consider postponing the 2006-2007 New Horizons humanitar [...]	2006-04-26 21:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PGOV EAID EC
06QUITO1042	PALACIO DISAPPOINTS MANY ONE YEAR ON [...] (C) Summary: This week marked the one-year anniversary of Alfredo Palacio's ascension to the Presidency. He ducked the opportunity to tout the accomplishments of his first year in office or set forth a positive agenda for his remaining months. Instead, ministers were trooped before the press [...]	2006-04-27 19:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO106	A REVIEW OF THE NEVER-ENDING OXY SAGA [...] (C) Summary. Nearly six years after the GOE first refused to rebate VAT taxes to Occidental Petroleum (Oxy),we are not much closer to resolving the dispute. USG pressure, Oxy entreaties, and well-meaning GOE officials have produced some progress, but there have also been missteps and miscom [...]	2006-01-13 18:26:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ETRD ECON EC
06QUITO1106	IRAN: GOE DISTRACTED BY ITS OWN HRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) PolChief delivered RefTel points on May 3 to MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs, Mauricio Montalvo, conveying U.S. and international concerns over Iran's bid for a seat on the Human Rights Council (HRC). Montalvo said no decision had been taken on the issue but said he did not believe that [...]	2006-05-04 16:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL EC
06QUITO1107	GOE UNLIKELY TO ENDORSE PSI [...] (C) PolOff delivered RefTel points in a diplomatic note on April 11, and PolChief followed up on May 3 with MFA U/S for Multilateral Affairs Mauricio Montalvo, conveying U.S. hope that Ecuador would endorse PSI principles so that it may participate in the Warsaw meeting. Montalvo said that he [...]	2006-05-04 17:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL KNNP
06QUITO1112	FM CARRION CRITICAL OF USG TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C) Summary: FM Francisco Carrion on April 30 publicly regretted the Department's 2005 Country Report on Terrorism for Ecuador. He refuted the report's claim that Ecuador's historical neglect of the region had compounded its current woes, and rejected assertions that Ecuador is neutral in the [...]	2006-05-04 21:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC EC
06QUITO1249	OXY DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FM REJECTS GOE SHIFT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador conveyed USG regret (per instructions RefTel) over the GOE decision against Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to FM Francisco Carrion on May 22. Carrion said he would convey the U.S. position to President Palacio later the same day. Carrion rejected press speculation th [...]	2006-05-22 22:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OAS ETRD PREL EC
06QUITO125	NEW ECUADORIAN FINANCE MINISTER PLEDGES FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, new Ecuadorian Minister of Finance Diego Borja affirmed his commitment to responsible fiscal policy and expressed his interest in promoting microfinance. The Ambassador expressed U.S. support for holding the spending line in a difficult elector [...]	2006-01-17 22:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET PGOV EINV EC
06QUITO1274	GOE DEFENDS LEGALITY OF OXY SEIZURE [...] (C) Summary: WHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Charles Shapiro on May 16 told FM Francisco Carrion the USG was disappointed by the GOE's decision to cancel Occidental Petroleum's contract, a violation of the bilateral investment treaty that would have a chilling effect on FTA talks. Ca [...]	2006-05-24 16:45:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1304	NAM/G-77 ADVANCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOE [...] (C) PolOff met with Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Dennys Toscano on May 25 to deliver RefTel A and B points. PolOff expressed USG concern that the long-established practice of consensus decision-making on budgetary matters in the UN not be broken, and that the GOE consider pushing [...]	2006-05-30 12:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC AMGT IAEA KNNP UNSC UNGA EC
06QUITO1320	ECUADOR: POSITIVE REACTION TO U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: In the absence of the Ambassador (on internal travel),DCM made demarche points (RefTel) to Acting Foreign Minister Diego Ribadeneira on May 31. Ribadeneira welcomed the USG Iran initiative, pledged continued GOE support for holding Iran accountable for its nuclear program, and [...]	2006-05-31 19:51:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1326	CHAVEZ LOVEFEST; A "PRAGMATIC" EMBRACE [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Quito May 30 to sign energy accords (RefTel) and signal political support for the GOE. Chavez was warmly welcomed by President Palacio, who basked in Chavez's praise for defending Ecuador's energy resources. Chavez held an extended one- [...]	2006-05-31 22:40:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1394	CANDIDATE CORREA OPEN TO DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 6 with Rafael Correa, the controversial former finance minister and leftist presidential candidate. While noting disagreement in several areas of USG interest, the meeting was cordial, with the candidate generally perceived as Chavez' likely favorite [...]	2006-06-07 20:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1400	ECUADOR-COLOMBIA BORDER PROGRESS REPORT - JAN-MAY [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian northern border military and anti-drug police units scored several successes against narco-terrorists in the first half of 2006. The Ecuadorian military made multiple FARC camp busts, seizing arms, communication devices, and military equipment, as well as capturing tw [...]	2006-06-07 22:12:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO1438	ECUADOR SOLICITS OIL HELP FROM ABROAD [...] (C) Summary. There are nearly daily press reports that the GOE is about to get assistance from a variety of countries to manage or invest in Ecuador's oil sector, especially the fields previously managed by Occidental Petroleum. Private reports we have received indicate the rush to invest in [...]	2006-06-12 21:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL EC
06QUITO1470	CAN LEADERS MEET IN QUITO [...] (U) Summary: Presidents from Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia met at the Andean Community (CAN) conference in Quito on June 13 to publicly demonstrate their commitment to the troubled regional organization, discuss areas for cooperation with the European Union (EU),and to issue a joint let [...]	2006-06-14 22:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1547	AMB RENEWS DIALOGUE WITH PRESIDENT PALACIO [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Palacio on June 21, at her request, for the first time since the Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) decision was announced on May 15. Palacio appeared nervous but eager to re-establish direct dialogue. The Ambassador stressed the importance of GOE cooperation wi [...]	2006-06-23 19:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ETRD EC
06QUITO1558	THE AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Presidential candidate Ramiro Gonzalez told the Ambassador on June 21 that he and Presidential candidate Leon Roldos (currently ahead in polls) plan to reform the educational system, the electrical sector, and repair the investment climate crippled by the recently-passed hyd [...]	2006-06-26 15:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1578	ECUADOR: ASIAN DIPLOMATS EAGER FOR DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Our recent outreach to diplomatic counterparts from China, Japan and Korea found them highly aware of USG coordination efforts (described RefTel),and eager to engage in dialogue about the political and economic situation in Ecuador and the region. In deference to USG concerns [...]	2006-06-27 21:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON LA CH JA KS EC
06QUITO1590	FM CARRION URGES USG SIGNAL ON ATPDEA RENEWAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian FM Francisco Carrion told the Ambassador on June 27 that he hoped the USG would positively signal support for extension of ATPDEA benefits to support regional economic stability and "keep Bolivia in the fold." He was far from certain that an oil refining deal would be [...]	2006-06-28 19:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1669	PALACIO REPLACES TWO MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: President Palacio on July 6 called for the resignations of all his cabinet ministers. On July 7, Palacio accepted the resignations of Minister of Economy Diego Borja -- who seems to have been the primary target of this move -- and Minister of Trade Joaquin Zevallos. Borja was r [...]	2006-07-07 19:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1671	ALAN GARCIA WOWS QUITO [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian President-elect Alan Garcia and his FM-designate Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde visited Ecuador on July 6 to affirm positive bilateral relations and promote further regional economic integration between Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, and Brazil. Garcia publicly expressed [...]	2006-07-07 20:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PE EC
06QUITO1680	PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARY STEPS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Secretary Jose Modesto Apolo resigned on July 10. Apolo, who was viewed by many as the power behind the power, said that his image had suffered considerably from "unfounded allegations" launched by ex-Minister of Economy Diego Borja. Apolo claimed to be concerned t [...]	2006-07-10 21:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1681	NOBOA DROPS OUT OF PRES. RACE [...] (U) Summary: Alvaro Noboa, Institutional Renewal Party of National Action (PRIAN),withdrew from the presidential race on July 9, citing low showings in the polls. PRIAN deputy Vicente Taiano told us his party would either seek an alliance or support an independent, and ruled out the possib [...]	2006-07-10 21:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1803	ECUADOR,S NEW ECONOMIC CZAR: SCUFFED GOODS, [...] (C) Summary: New Ecuadorian Economy Minister Armando Rodas recently presented a sober six-month economic plan, lending a technocratic polish to an appointment painted in politics. End summary. 2. (C) On July 17, Ecuadorian Minister of Economy and Finance Armando Rodas (for biodata, see reft [...]	2006-07-21 17:57:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EC EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL
06QUITO1860	WHO'S ON FIRST? PALACIO NAMES FIFTH TRADE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the embarrassment of Roberto Illingworth,s hasty resignation ended his tenure of less than one week (which in turn had followed the very brief turn in the office by Joaquin Cevallos),Ecuadorian President Alfredo Palacio named relative unknown Tomas Peribonio as his [...]	2006-07-28 19:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EC EFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL
06QUITO1909	ECUADOR ELECTION: VITERI PICKS RUNNING-MATE [...] (C) Summary: Presidential candidate Cynthia Viteri (Social Christian Party-PSC) announced on August 1 that Ernesto Davalos Salazar would be her vice presidential running-mate in the October elections. The choice of Davalos, a businessman from Quito with experience in the finance and petrole [...]	2006-08-02 23:01:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1910	WELCOME BACK, GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (C) Summary: Please accept my warm welcome on your final visit to Ecuador, General Craddock. It has been a pleasure and privilege for all of us at U.S. Mission Ecuador to work with you to cement and deepen productive U.S.-Ecuador military relations. Your visit comes at a time when U.S.-Ecu [...]	2006-08-02 23:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
06QUITO1924	CHARGE MEETING WITH NEW ECONOMY MINISTER RODAS [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met with Ecuador's new Minister of Economy and Finance Armando Rodas August 3. The atmosphere was quite positive. Choosing to speak English and proud to note his Fulbright study in the U.S., Rodas seemed genuinely committed to improving the bilateral economic relatio [...]	2006-08-04 15:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL
06QUITO2007	ECUADOR MAY BE ALLY ON LEBANON [...] (C) In response to Ref A points, MFA U/S Gonzalo Salvador told PolChief on August 9 that the GOE supports any effort to achieve a cease-fire in Lebanon, including the draft resolution pending in the Security Council. 2. (C) On the Human Rights Council special session (Ref B),after initia [...]	2006-08-09 21:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS LE MOPS PHUM UN PTER EC
06QUITO2011	ECUADOR'S BACHELET PARTY [...] (U) Summary: Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, made her inaugural visit to Ecuador August 7-8. She announced several initiatives to deepen trade relations and offer assistance to Ecuador's petroleum sector, while promoting a well-received message of hope, democratic strengthening, econom [...]	2006-08-10 12:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ENRG EC
06QUITO2138	A THOUSAND CHARIOTS IN THE FIELDS: CHINESE PLAYERS [...] (C) Summary: With their $1.4 billion acquisition of Canadian EnCana, China's state oil companies announced their entrance as major players in Ecuador's and the region's petroleum industry. Now with active participation in at least five of Ecuador's petroleum blocks, and with further investmen [...]	2006-08-25 12:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PINR PREL ETRD EC CN
06QUITO2150	ECUADOR ELECTION: WHAT'S AT STAKE [...] (C) Summary: With the candidates finally defined and the formal campaign period to open on August 29, more Ecuadorians are undecided than have a presidential favorite for first-round elections on October 15. In the past, public disenchantment with the political party elite has favored outsi [...]	2006-08-28 17:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EC
06QUITO2173	MINDEF'S RESIGNATION SURPRISES MANY [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Oswaldo Jarrin resigned on August 28, citing disagreement with unspecified aspects of relations with Colombia and defending Ecuadorian military participation in the anti-narcotics fight. Jarrin's surprise departure has generated much speculation about the rea [...]	2006-08-30 19:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2185	GOE SIGNS MLE; NAVY STRONG U.S. PARTNER IN DRUG [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Wayne Justice and Ecuadorian Rear Admiral Eduardo Navas signed a Maritime Law Enforcement Agreement (MLE) in Quito on August 30. The MLE standardizes a series of operational procedures for the interdiction and boarding of suspect Ecuadorian vessels, [...]	2006-08-31 21:30:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2223	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROLDOS AND VITERI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met recently with the top two presidential candidates, according to current polls. Both alleged that dark horse candidate Rafael Correa was receiving support from Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, and Viteri lamented that Correa could reach the second round runoff el [...]	2006-09-06 21:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD ECON PREL EC
06QUITO2252	GOE MIXED ON NAM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: PolChief and PolOff met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Lourdes Puma on September 7 to deliver RefTel talking points. Puma has attended NAM summits in the past and will also accompany President Palacio to Havana. Puma maintained the GOE is still undecided on [...]	2006-09-08 15:43:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU EC
06QUITO2262	AMB'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM CARRION [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on September 7, FM Francisco Carrion said the UNSC decision is pending with President Palacio; relations with Colombia have been smoothed over after the recent errant mortar incident; shared his positive impressions of Bolivian FM Davi [...]	2006-09-08 18:57:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS CO EC
06QUITO2275	GOE PLEDGES SUPPORT OF IRAN AT NAM [...] (C) The DCM delivered RefTel points on September 12 to Vice Foreign Minister Diego Ribadeneira, conveying USG concerns that some governments may use the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Havana to adopt a common position in support of Iran's nuclear program. The DCM stressed the importance of t [...]	2006-09-12 22:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC EC
06QUITO2276	GOE PLEDGES SUPPORT ON IRAN AT NAM [...] (C) The DCM delivered RefTel points on September 12 to Vice Foreign Minister Diego Ribadeneira, conveying USG concerns that some governments may use the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Havana to adopt a common position in support of Iran's nuclear program. The DCM stressed the importance of t [...]	2006-09-13 13:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR PHUM PREL PTER IAEA UNSC EC
06QUITO2289	MINDEF COMMITS TO NARCOTICS AGENDA, DISSES MANTA [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Marcelo Delgado on September 8, the Ambassador stressed the importance of continued USG-GOE counter-narcotics and northern border cooperation and urged progress on security reforms initiated under Delgado's predecessor. [...]	2006-09-13 21:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2384	ECUADOR-COLOMBIA BORDER PROGRESS REPORT - [...] (C) Summary: The following report provides a quarterly update of developments along Ecuador's northern border with Colombia. Highlights include the Ambassador's travel to Esmeraldas province, progress disrupting narco-trafficking, a change of Defense Minister, and renewed diplomatic tension [...]	2006-09-26 21:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2386	ECUADOR EVALUATES HURRIED CONCESSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's Hydrocarbons Vice-Minister reports that Chinese company Sinopec has made a strong offer to develop Ecuador's large ITT oil fields and the GOE is considering soliciting bids for the field before the Palacio government leaves in January. Post and industry insiders view [...]	2006-09-27 15:55:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV
06QUITO2391	CORREA TAKES THE LEAD, COULD WIN IN THE FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: Rafael Correa has taken a commanding lead in all recent polls, with 26% to Leon Roldos' 20%, trailed by Cynthia Viteri and Alvaro Noboa each with 11%. Meanwhile undecided remain substantial at 43%. Pollsters say his momentum has been strong, but may be leveling. His rise has b [...]	2006-09-27 23:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2436	ELECTIONS UPDATE: NOBOA COMING ON STRONG, CORREA [...] (C) Summary: A recent bump in unpublished national polling raises the possibility that banana magnate Alvaro Noboa could squeak past Leon Roldos into the second round runoff for president. Meanwhile, radical front-runner Rafael Correa continues to climb, getting closer to the 40% threshold [...]	2006-10-03 22:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2442	ADDRESSING INCREASED COUNTER-NARCOTICS FLOW [...] (U) Summary: A recent ONDCP-sponsored conference in Quito highlighted the increasing flow of cocaine from Colombia through Ecuador, reviewed Embassy programs to address the increase, and identified &next steps8 to improve interdiction. Cocaine seizures in Ecuador and on vessels originating in [...]	2006-10-04 21:40:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV EC
06QUITO2444	OCCIDENTAL FOCUSES ARBITRATION AGAINST GOE; GOE [...] (C) Summary: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) is dropping its arbitration case against Petroecuador while maintaining its case against the Government of Ecuador (GOE) to facilitate it management of the arbitration. In addition, the GOE has stated it will not appoint its arbiter by Oct. 12, as req [...]	2006-10-05 12:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ETRD EC
06QUITO2450	ELECTIONS: POTENTIAL FOR POST-ELECTORAL CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: There are several possible scenarios for post-electoral conflict beginning as early as the first round of presidential elections on October 15. This report highlights these possibilities, gauges their probability, and recommends the Department prepare for contingencies which wo [...]	2006-10-05 22:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2466	LATEST POLLS SHOW CORREA WEAKENING, NOBOA RISING [...] (C) Summary: In two credible polls conducted October 7-8, after the recent presidential debate, Correa still leads by a wide margin, but falls short of a first-round victory and shows a slight drop in support after weeks of consistent positive momentum. Alvaro Noboa continued his late surge, [...]	2006-10-10 22:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2497	OF PIPELINES AND LIFELINES: PETROECUADOR AND THE [...] (U) Summary: On August 19 a story broke in the Ecuadorian media about a pipeline leak and oil spill near the environmentally sensitive Cuyabeno Animal Reserve in Ecuador's Amazon region. In extensive coverage, the media has speculated on the causes and environmental effects of the spill. The [...]	2006-10-11 21:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET ECON EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EC
06QUITO2498	CORREA'S FARC COMMENTS SPARK EXCHANGE WITH GOC [...] (C) Reaction to presidential front-runner Rafael Correa's recent declaration that he does not consider the FARC a terrorist organization has drawn in the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the Colombian government. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe did not respond to Correa's comments directly, [...]	2006-10-11 22:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2517	ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN CLOSES, ELECTION NIGHT WORRIES [...] (C) Summary: The formal campaign period closes at midnight on October 12. Noboa received a rebuke from the Catholic Church for his use of religion in his campaign and Roldos veered further left on free trade. Electoral officials are scrambling to manage expectations of quick results on el [...]	2006-10-13 12:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2549	MINISTER OF ECONOMY RODAS RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Economy and Finance Armando Rodas submitted his resignation late on October 17. On October 18 President Palacio named Jose Jouvin as the new Minister of Economy, the fifth to occupy that position since Palacio became president in April 2005. While Rodas's resignati [...]	2006-10-18 22:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PINR EC
06QUITO2557	COLOMBIAN MILITARY FIRE LEAVES TWO DEAD [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian military officials on October 19 confirmed that two Ecuadorian civilians were killed by Colombian military gunfire on October 15 while traveling in a canoe with FARC rebels on the San Miguel River. Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion publicly criticized the Colombian m [...]	2006-10-19 20:57:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2603	ELECTION: FIRST ROUND RESULTS OFFICIAL; NOBOA [...] (SBU) Summary: More than a week after the first round of presidential elections on October 15, election authorities have officially confirmed Alvaro Noboa's first round win with 26.83%, over Rafael Correa's 22.84%. Recent but unpublished poll data reveals that Noboa leads Correa by a 16-poin [...]	2006-10-25 22:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EC
06QUITO2617	CORDIAL MEETING WITH CORREA [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with presidential candidate Rafael Correa on October 26, the Ambassador underscored USG impartiality in the upcoming November 26 election and commitment to a fair and transparent electoral process. She said we will seek to pursue areas of convergence with th [...]	2006-10-27 19:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC

06QUITO2631	GUTIERREZ BROTHERS MIFFED AT NOBOA; WARY OF CORREA [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, the Ambassador met with ex-president Lucio Gutierrez and his brother, third place presidential candidate Gilmar Gutierrez, to gauge potential Patriotic Society Party (PSP) support for Alvaro Noboa's candidacy and hear their political plans as the second-largest bl [...]	2006-10-31 19:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC

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