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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05ISLAMABAD16140 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...] | 2005-10-28 01:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
05ISLAMABAD16190 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] | 2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
05ISLAMABAD16473 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF [...] (C) The isolation of many areas impacted by the October 8 earthquake has long afforded Islamist politicians and conservative religious clerics an uncritical audience for their at times extremist worldviews, in which America (or the West) as enemy of Islam featured prominently. Anecdotal evide [...] | 2005-11-04 02:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK PAS |
05ISLAMABAD16480 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...] | 2005-11-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK |
05ISLAMABAD16577 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] | 2005-11-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
05ISLAMABAD17267 | SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...] | 2005-11-21 21:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PK PREL SENV |
05ISLAMABAD17835 | IRAN PIPELINE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; GOP DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP officials took Ref B demarche points on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under consideration but had no immediate reply. Petroleum Secretary Waqar met with Iranian officials in Tehran November 16-17 in what was termed a "confidence building" meeting that discussed routing o [...] | 2005-12-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PK |
05ISTANBUL1075 | BMENAI: MFA BMENAI COORDINATOR AND NEA DAS CARPENTER DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial June 21 meeting with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter in Istanbul, MFA Coordinator for the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative (BMENAI) Ambassador Omur Orhun reiterated Turkey's strong support for the initiative and its determination to express that support throu [...] | 2005-06-23 14:07:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1199 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: FRUSTRATED WITH GOT INERTIA [...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 introductory call with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Charge reaffirmed USG support for religious pluralism and freedom in Turkey, for the re-opening of the Halki seminary on Heybeli Island, and for Turkey's EU accession process as the best way forward for achiev [...] | 2005-07-13 11:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1297 | ALEVI GROUP PUSHES FOR EQUAL FUNDING AND RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cem Foundation, an Istanbul-based Alevi organization, presented petitions to the Prime Ministry and the Ministry of Education on June 22 demanding proportional public funding for religious institutions, and changes to the religious education curriculum in Turkish public sc [...] | 2005-07-28 07:02:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1333 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: KINALIADA CONTROVERSY BOILS [...] (C) Summary: Controversy flared this week between the GOT and the Ecumenical Patriarch after Turkish bureaucrats delayed the opening of a longstanding youth summer camp at a monastery on Kinali Island in an attempt to force church officials to recognize state seizure of that property. Church [...] | 2005-08-03 16:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU OSCE |
05ISTANBUL1359 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE RAISES SPECIFIC CONCERNS [...] (C) In a July 11 meeting with Charge (ref A),Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew offered to share with us upon his return the points discussed during his July 11-12 discussions in Brussels with EU officials, including European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and EU Enlargement Commissio [...] | 2005-08-09 11:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE |
05ISTANBUL1420 | CHP DISSIDENTS: VOICES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Discontent among "dissidents" within the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) (ref A) continues to fester in Istanbul. The party's July 31 Istanbul Congress, which began in fisticuffs, left the provincial party apparatus firmly in the hands of supporters of CHP Chairman D [...] | 2005-08-18 15:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
05ISTANBUL1421 | TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN'S JULY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 20 meeting in Istanbul with Raphel Moissis, the CEO of the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA),Senior Advisor for Eurasia Ambassador Steven R. Mann discussed the Greek-Turkey gas interconnector, prospects for Italian-Greek cooperation on the Greece-Otranta line, pr [...] | 2005-08-19 05:37:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP ENRG GR SENV TU |
05ISTANBUL147 | INTERNECINE WARFARE THREATENS TO SPLIT OPPOSITION [...] (sbu) Summary: Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal and Sisli Mayor Mustafa Sarigul are set for a collision course at the upcoming January 29-30 party congress. Efforts by Istanbul MP Zulfu Livaneli and CHP delegate Hursit Gunes to present themselves as compromise candidates [...] | 2005-01-28 17:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES |
05ISTANBUL1506 | DAS BRYZA'S ISTANBUL MEETINGS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Istanbul Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva on August 24, visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza strongly reaffirmed USG support for religious freedom and pluralism in Turkey and stressed that the subject will remain front and center in o [...] | 2005-08-31 12:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1556 | HIZB-UT TAHRIR ACTIVE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Members of the radical Islamic organization Hizb-ut Tahrir (HT) staged a protest and delivered a press statement after Friday prayers at Fatih Mosque in Istanbul on September 2. Calling for the the reinstatement of the Caliphate, HT's putative leader in Turkey, Yilmaz Celik, reportedly c [...] | 2005-09-09 14:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PTER TU |
05ISTANBUL1579 | INTROSPECTION AND SCUFFLES MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to its indifferent approach to earlier anniversaries, Istanbul marked the 50th anniversary of the infamous 1955 riots that sounded the death knell for its once vibrant Greek Orthodox community with exhibits, panels, and a flurry of media attention. Interest focuse [...] | 2005-09-15 09:46:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
05ISTANBUL1628 | ISTANBUL VATICAN REPRESENTATIVE SANGUINE ABOUT GOT [...] (C) In the Consul General's September 21 introductory call on Istanbul Apostolic Vicar Monsignor Georges Marovitch, Marovitch indicated that the Vatican is satisfied with the GOT's invitation to Pope Benedict XVI to visit Turkey in 2006. (Note: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I had invited [...] | 2005-09-22 13:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1766 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH: OCTOBER 3 PROVIDES NEW [...] (C) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew told CG October 9 that he was optimistic regarding Education Minister Celik's remarks to Milliyet newspaper last week that he would "open the (Halki) seminary overnight" if it were up to him. Bartholomew acknowledged the Minister's having uttered similar [...] | 2005-10-12 10:52:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL1780 | ARTICLE 301 STRIKES AGAIN: PUBLISHER CONVICTED OF [...] (C) Summary: Citing Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TPC),an Istanbul court October 7 convicted publisher Hrant Dink of "insulting Turkish identity" and issued a six-month suspended sentence. This case, resulting from a 2004 article in Dink's Agos newspaper, was brought by the same [...] | 2005-10-14 15:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1804 | ARMENIAN CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS DEBRIEF STEVEN [...] (C) Summary: Three organizers of the recent "Alternative Armenian Conference" here (ref A) told former U.S. Congressman and GOT consultant Steven Solarz October 7 that the watershed conference would embolden students to pursue more serious and objective research on the topic. They averred - [...] | 2005-10-18 15:00:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU AM |
05ISTANBUL1825 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE: METROPOLITAN DOWNBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, a senior advisor at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, expressed his skepticism October 13 to visiting EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman about the GOT's ability and willingness to move the Halki seminary issue forward. Silliman underlined USG support [...] | 2005-10-20 11:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1844 | ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH PUBLICLY HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew raised publicly October 20 his inability to use his ecumenical title in Turkey and the continued lack of dialogue with the Turkish government on such key issues as reopening Halki Seminary. Turkish press gave wide coverage to the remarks, which wer [...] | 2005-10-24 09:40:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1867 | TURKEY-ARMENIA: TRACK TWO ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Armenian "Track Two" efforts continue to chip away at old attitudes. A New Jersey-based Armenian Orthodox Church official was pleased with his reception in Ankara during a recent visit, and plans to organize tours to Turkey with diaspora Armenians next year. "Alternati [...] | 2005-10-27 11:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM |
05ISTANBUL1888 | ISTANBUL MEZZES: SLICES OF LIFE FROM TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is the second in a series of cables offering a sampling of political, economic and human rights topics circulating in Istanbul; herewith, a special "Ramazan" edition. Istanbul Iftars --------------- 2. (U) "Iftar," or the traditional breaking of the Ramadan ("Ramazan," in Tur [...] | 2005-10-31 15:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL1916 | DUBAI OR NOT DUBAI: THAT IS ISTANBUL'S QUESTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul Municipality and Dubai Holding inked an agreement October 7 heralding Dubai International Properties' (DIP) intent to invest USD 5 billion in Turkey in the coming years. Istanbul will chip in USD 1 billion in property for a 20 percent share of the joint venture. A U [...] | 2005-11-08 16:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV TU |
05ISTANBUL1960 | ARMENIAN ARCHBISHOP ON KATHOLIKOS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: New York-based Archbishop Khajag Barsamian of the Armenian Church of America told CG November 9 Armenian Katholikos Karekin II of Echmiadzin is considering a visit to Turkey next year, adding that he had received positive reactions from both Turkish diplomats in New York and Ar [...] | 2005-11-16 12:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR AM |
05ISTANBUL1968 | DOD A/S FLORY'S BSEC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 11 briefing and subsequent private meeting with Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, Secretary General of the Organization for Black Sea Economic SIPDIS Cooperation, visiting DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy Peter Flory explored areas wher [...] | 2005-11-16 15:43:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD TU PREL |
05ISTANBUL1977 | ARMENIAN PATRIARCH AT ODDS WITH ECUMENICAL [...] (C) In the course of responding to a routine visa inquiry from the Istanbul-based Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II, CG noted his absence at the November 7 opening session of a conference hosted by the Ecumenical Patriarch and the New York-based Appeal of Conscience (septel). Mesrob's representa [...] | 2005-11-18 08:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL2003 | SINNED AGAINST OR SINNING? OWNERS OF FAILED [...] (C) Summary: In recent months, a number of owners of failed Turkish banks have begun to speak out to condemn the Turkish government for pursuing a "vendetta" against them-- including for political and even religious reasons-- and to warn that Turkish government actions to seize their assets ar [...] | 2005-11-23 14:31:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL2053 | ISTANBUL POLITICS: TAYYIP BEY STILL IN CHARGE? [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas captured the city's attention last month when he fired Istanbul Deputy Mayor Idris Gulluce, following intense media speculation that Gulluce was the real power behind the throne. The move allowed Topbas to regain "face," but privately contacts have to [...] | 2005-12-06 09:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL2059 | IRAQI SUNNI ARAB TEAM PRESENTS OLD GRIEVANCES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a December 4 meeting in Istanbul organized by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, a delegation of Iraqi Sunni Arab political figures told Ambassador Khalilzad that the "insurgents" want the political process in Iraq to succeed, but seek more credibility in the process. They demand [...] | 2005-12-06 16:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
05ISTANBUL2071 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S DECEMBER 4 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a very cordial hour-long lunch sandwiched between U.S. meetings with a team of Iraqi Sunnis -- conducted in Istanbul and orchestrated and observed by the GOT -- Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad that Turkey had counseled t [...] | 2005-12-07 14:42:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IZ TU SYRIA |
05ISTANBUL2076 | ISTANBUL ASSEMBLY: CHP MARGINALIZED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: According to CHP's leader in the Istanbul Municipal Assembly, Deputy Mayor of Besiktas Kemal Akar, the Assembly, as an institution, is marginalized in all aspects of city decision-making. Akar complained about the lack of transparency in AK Party real estate develop [...] | 2005-12-08 13:03:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL2152 | ISTANBUL JOURNALISTS DEBATE TURKISH POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador exchanged views with senior Turkish journalists n Istanbul on key foreign policy issues, includig Iraq, Iran, Syria, Cyprus, EU accession and doestic developments in Turkey. In this off-the-recrd discussion, debate was most spirited among thejournalists regarding t [...] | 2005-12-22 12:45:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL2171 | AMBASSADOR'S FIRST VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) In his first visit to Istanbul December 18-20, Ambassador met with a range of business, government and other leaders, including Mustafa Koc, head of Turkey's largest holding company, Aydin Dogan, the country's leading media baron, the Turkish-American Business Council (TAIK),the Americ [...] | 2005-12-26 23:29:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV TU |
05ISTANBUL2177 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial introductory call on December 20, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I outlined for the Ambassador the history of the Greek Orthodox Church in Turkey and underscored three major factors threatening it: the lack of a seminary for the training of priests; the lack of [...] | 2005-12-28 08:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM TU AA OSCE |
05ISTANBUL377 | MOSQUE-STATE RELATIONS: ISTANBUL DEBATES ROLE OF [...] (u) Subject: A new report on the relationship among religion, state, and society by TESEV, a prominent establishment Turkish think tank, has stimulated a lively discussion among Istanbul academic and media circles on the role and future of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet). TES [...] | 2005-03-08 13:21:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL TU |
05ISTANBUL383 | ISTANBUL POLICE BRUTALITY DRAWS EU CRITICISM [...] (c) Summary: The use of violence by Istanbul police to break up a demonstration of Turkish women on March 6 prompted widespread international press coverage and criticism from a visiting EU Troika delegation. Our human rights contacts characterized the police response as harsh and unacceptable [...] | 2005-03-08 15:16:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
05ISTANBUL502 | FORMER TURKISH HOSTAGE ALLEGES MALFEASANCE IN [...] (C) Summary: In an Istanbul meeting with Ambassador Edelman, Turkish businessman Kahraman Sadikoglu, who was held hostage in Basra from December 15, 2004, to February 15, 2005, made serious allegations regarding malfeasance in USAID contracting in Basra in 2003. Sadikoglu, who was working und [...] | 2005-04-01 14:49:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IZ PTER TU |
05ISTANBUL890 | REFLEXIVE TURKISH NATIONALISM ENSNARES MASTERCARD [...] (SBU) Summary: After briefly basking in the reflected glow of last week's exciting UEFA Champion's League Final in Istanbul between Milan and Liverpool, corporate sponsor Mastercard has found itself dealing with a public relations nightmare in recent days following public criticism of inclusion in [...] | 2005-06-01 11:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL ASEC TU |
05JAKARTA15147 | FORMER PRESIDENT MEGAWATI CRITICIZES YUDHOYONO'S [...] (C) In a November 18 meeting with the Ambassador, former President Megawati Soekarnoputri played the part of opposition leader to the hilt, expressing dismay with the performance of the current administration and President Yudhoyono's reliance on Islamist political parties. Megawati downplaye [...] | 2005-11-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL ID |
05JAKARTA9989 | ACEH: KALLA BRIEFS ENVOYS ON "HIS" PEACE DEAL [...] (C) The Ambassador and heads of mission from Australia, Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK (also representing the EU) called on Vice President Jusuf Kalla on July 22 to receive the GOI's brief on the draft Aceh peace accord. Kalla's presentation echoed that of lead negoti [...] | 2005-07-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR EAID ECON KJUS ID |
05JEDDAH1903 | MOSQUE SERMONS FROM SAUDI ARABIA: YOUTH, BLACK [...] (SBU) From the Grand Mosque in Mecca on June 10, Sheikh Salah bin Mohammed al-Budayr delivered a sermon focusing on summer activities for youth. The imam stated that leisure activities should be used to strengthen the well-being of one's society and nation. He underscored the importance of [...] | 2005-06-15 16:45:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PINR |
05JEDDAH1904 | WOMEN MAKING STRIDES IN THE ASIR REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. During a June 13-14 visit to the Asir Province, Poloffs met with a number of local women to discuss women's employment in the Kingdom. In Asir, women have long played a role in the public sphere, working as shopkeepers in the local bazaar -- a rare sight in Saudi A [...] | 2005-06-15 16:50:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN SOCI |
05JEDDAH2179 | IDENTIFYING LAND FOR A NEW CONSULATE: GOVERNOR OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On July 28, the Ambassador and CG met with Prince Abd al-Majid bin Abd al-Aziz, Governor of Mecca, to discuss the future of the Jeddah Consulate General. During the meeting, the Governor agreed to help the USG identify a tract of land for a new Consulate. He propos [...] | 2005-06-29 14:54:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD ABUD AMGT ASEC PREL |
05JEDDAH2181 | SNAPSHOT OF STUDENT OPINION: UNDERGRADS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the June 28 opening of the first American Corner in Saudi Arabia at the College of Business Administration (CBA) in Jeddah, Conoff accompanied a group of CBA undergraduates and their student advisor on a June 30 hiking trip to the mountains near Mecca. In discussions [...] | 2005-07-02 13:24:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SOCI KISL |
05JEDDAH2183 | JEDDAH CONTACTS FOCUS ON A VARIETY OF WOMEN'S [...] (U) Several high-level Jeddah contacts have recently shared with Post information shedding light on the current social situation of women in the Western Province and, to some extent, the Kingdom as a whole. OPTIONS DISCUSSED AHEAD OF POSSIBLE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WOMEN WILL DRIVE 2. (C) C [...] | 2005-07-02 14:05:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN SOCI KLAB |
05JEDDAH2238 | MOSQUE SERMONS IN SAUDI ARABIA: AVOID WASTING TIME [...] (C) Summary: In Friday, July 1 sermons, imams in Mecca and Medina noted the start of the summer holiday season in Saudi Arabia by reminding congregants of the "dangers" of wasting time. In Mecca, the imam also criticized "deviants" who had caused bloodshed and violence in Saudi Arabia, and [...] | 2005-07-05 14:50:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL |
05JEDDAH2495 | UNDERGRADS FRET ABOUT JOBS AND DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Conoff participated in an outdoor "Youth Challenge" competition on July 21 sponsored by the College of Business Administration (CBA) Youth Business Club and "Yalla Ya Shabbab" (roughly "Let's Go Guys"),a youth-oriented television program. On June 30, Conoff visited [...] | 2005-07-23 14:21:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER SOCI |
05JERUSALEM3528 | PA MINISTER ASKS USG TO HELP COMBAT GROWING HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Abu Libdeh told Staffdel Savit on July 28 that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is working to fight terrorism and beat Hamas at its own game by establishing several schemes to protect the vulnerable segments of Palestinian society and "keep you [...] | 2005-08-05 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR KTFN KWBG IS |
05JERUSALEM3703 | DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 12, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of disengagement, several key coordination issues are much closer to being resolved than a week ago. Representatives of settler farmers and anonymous private donors agreed early August 12 on a contract to sell the greenhouses and other infrastructure for just under USD [...] | 2005-08-12 16:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05JERUSALEM3791 | DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION UPDATE, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: At a trilateral crossings meeting August 17, USG representatives tabled a proposal for spending the USD 50 million in supplemental assistance to upgrade four of the crossings between the West Bank/Gaza Strip and Israel and asked for PA and GOI responses within the next few days. [...] | 2005-08-17 17:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05JERUSALEM4644 | OCTOBER 2 PALESTINIAN CLASHES WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza on October 2 between Palestinian Authority (PA) policemen and Hamas gunmen. Three Palestinians were killed -- a senior police officer and two civilians -- while at least 51 were wounded, many of whom were bystanders. Two police stations in the vicinity [...] | 2005-10-03 16:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG |
05JERUSALEM5669 | HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...] | 2005-12-20 17:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS |
05KABUL4988 | PRT/GHAZNI: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Ghazni's recently seated Provincial Council met cordially on December 3, their second official meeting since a contentious election for Council officers and Meshrano Jirga members. Council members agreed that the main purpose of the Council is to keep the Provincial Ad [...] | 2005-12-09 06:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL5038 | HELMAND GOVERNOR SENT TO PARLIAMENT; REPLACED BY [...] (U) President Karzai has named Engineer Mohammad Daoud, currently holding a senior position at the National Security Council, as the new Governor of Helmand Province. Per reftel, outgoing Governor Mullah Shir Mohammad Akhund is leaving Helmand to take a seat in the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper H [...] | 2005-12-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF |
05KABUL5050 | KARZAI PROMISES RESULTS ON CN, ASKS FOR GREATER [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai convened a meeting of his cabinet on December 11 to press for implementation of the GOA's Counter Narcotics (CN) strategy. In the meeting, Karzai addressed the disparity between UNODC's (21 percent reduction) and the USG's (48 percent reduction) survey results reg [...] | 2005-12-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF |
05KABUL5051 | DEPUTY MINISTER DAUD BOLSTERS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) On December 11, 2005, Deputy Minister General Daud Daud of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Alistair Corbett of the UK Drugs Team and Doug Wankel Director of Embassy Kabul's CN Task Force, met with General Wardak of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). General Wardak, who had previously worked wit [...] | 2005-12-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV AF |
05KABUL5052 | FINANCE MINISTRY DEFLECTS CUSTOMS REFORM [...] (C) Afghan customs reform is lagging due to weak GoA commitment and systemic corruption at all levels. In discussions between USAID and its implementing partner Bearing Point (BP) and with the UK,s DFID and its implementing partner Adam Smith International (ASI),there was broad agreement th [...] | 2005-12-14 09:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV AF |
05KABUL5076 | THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) On December 13, 2006, a diplomatic delegation lead by Canadian Ambassador David Sproule delivered a demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Abdullah addressing the arrest, trial proceedings, and jail sentence of Afghan journalist Ali Mohaqiq Nasab. The delegation included Amb [...] | 2005-12-15 04:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IR RS BO AF UNGA SEP |
05KABUL5110 | POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM (PEP) STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GOA) sponsored Poppy Elimination Program continues to move forward. The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) is on-target to hire all PEP personnel by early 2006. All seven PEP teams have Afghan members and four international advisors (IA) have been hi [...] | 2005-12-17 03:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF |
05KABUL5194 | MOI MINISTER DAOUD PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CN [...] Summary: (U) Ambassador Neumann met with General Daoud Daoud, Afghan Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter Narcotics (CN),on December 17. The Ambassador used this first meeting as an opportunity to congratulate Daoud on the progress his Ministry has made on CN issues and encouraged him to c [...] | 2005-12-21 10:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KRIM SNAR AF |
05KABUL5198 | PRT HERAT: TROUBLING ISSUES AFFECT HERAT'S DIAG [...] (C) Summary: Herat Governor Anwari is angered by reported MOI criticism of DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) in his province. It is Kabul, he affirmed at the December 14 weekly DIAG Committee meeting, which is underperforming. The GOA, moreover, has failed, so far, to force Herat's [...] | 2005-12-21 11:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF |
05KABUL5200 | QANOONI ELECTED SPEAKER OF WOLESI JIRGA IN SECOND [...] (U) KABUL MP YOUNUS QANOONI WON THE VOTE FOR SPEAKER OF THE WOLESI JIRGA (LOWER HOUSE) IN A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 21. IN THE INITIAL ROUND OF VOTING, QANOONI TOOK 108 VOTES; KABUL MP USTAD ABDRAB ALRASOUL SAYAFF HAD 88 VOTES; PAKTIKA MP PEER SAYED ISHAQ GAIL [...] | 2005-12-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AF |
05KABUL5219 | AFGHAN PARLIAMENT: SELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKERS [...] (C) Begin summary: Both houses of the Afghan Parliament have now selected Deputy Speakers, ending a week of behind-the-scenes horse trading and bargaining for the coveted positions. Although the actual promises may never be fully revealed,the result has been a list of names that reflect both [...] | 2005-12-22 13:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
05KABUL5245 | HOW THE WEST ISN'T DONE: AMBASSADOR VISITS HERAT [...] (C) During a December 11-12 visit to Herat, Ambassador observed many of the problems which threaten commercial investment, provincial stability, and rule of law. Although rightly proud of their accomplishments, Herati industrialists face an almost insurmountable task if they are to survive. [...] | 2005-12-27 02:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF |
05KABUL5250 | IMPACT OF SMUGGLING ON AFGHAN INDUSTRY: HERAT [...] (SBU) PRT Herat State and USAID officers visited a Herat gypsum manufacturer who had been forced to end production due to a flood of lower-priced Iranian gypsum being dumped on the Afghan market. The GoA, in theory, prohibits gypsum imports (used in plaster, whitewash, chalk, etc.) in order, t [...] | 2005-12-27 09:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD AF |
05KABUL5260 | AFGHANISTAN'S WINTER FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) A diesel fuel shortage in Afghanistan threatens to leave Kabul, Kandahar and other regions cold and in the dark this winter. USAID currently provides the GoA with diesel fuel for power generation that is both expensive and logistically challenging to supply. Recent losses of diesel fu [...] | 2005-12-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF |
05KABUL5272 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR DEDICATED TO IMPROVING [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann met with newly arrived Pakistan Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin in a December 28 courtesy call. Azizuddin is dedicated to improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and arrived with a mandate to attack all irritants in the bilateral relationship as they appear. Th [...] | 2005-12-29 05:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF |
05KATHMANDU1167 | UPDATE ON NEPAL'S POLITICAL EVENTS [...] (U) The Royal Commission for Corruption Control (RCCC) jailed former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and former Minister Prakash Man Singh for refusing to post bail. On May 31, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) decided to boycott the RCCC, stating it had been unconstitutionally form [...] | 2005-06-01 12:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU1193 | TIBETAN WELFARE SOCIETY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham Abraham said on June 2 that he will likely meet with the Foreign Minister the week of June 6 to discuss the registration of a new UNHCR implementing partner in processing Tibetan Refugees passing through Nepal, the Tibetan Welfare Society. Whi [...] | 2005-06-03 11:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU1194 | POLITICAL LEADER DISCUSSES MAOISTS, PALACE [...] (SBU) Anil Jha, Joint Secretary General of the Nepal Sadbhavana Party-Anandi Devi (a small, terai-based, centrist party),told Emboff on June 2 that the seven party alliance would urge the Palace and the Maoists to enter into dialogue only after the reinstatement of the House of Representatives [...] | 2005-06-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU1236 | NEPAL POLICE ARREST MAOIST VICTIM PROTESTORS [...] (U) Summary. Fifty-three Maoist Victim Association protestors were arrested by police on the grounds that they had no permission to be in a restricted area in Kathmandu on June 5. However, Nepali political parties held a mock parliament event on June 3 in which 19 National Assembly members [...] | 2005-06-08 03:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU1238 | NEPAL POLICE ARREST MAOIST VICTIM PROTESTORS [...] (U) Summary. Fifty-three Maoist Victim Association protestors were arrested by police on the grounds that they had no permission to be in a restricted area in Kathmandu on June 5. However, Nepali political parties held a mock parliament event on June 3 in which 19 National Assembly members [...] | 2005-06-08 04:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | NOTAG NP |
05KATHMANDU1245 | NEPAL: DETENTIONS DECREASED TO 49 POLITICOS [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) has released from detention all but 49 politicians, according to conversations we had with seven political parties. CPN-UML reported that three student leaders remained in detention, Nepali Congress - 27 members, Nepali Congress (Democratic) (NC( [...] | 2005-06-08 10:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU1248 | TIBETAN WELFARE SOCIETY JUNE 8 UPDATE [...] (C) On June 7, the Charge pressed Foreign Minister Pandey to act to register the Tibetan Welfare Society. Pandey said he understood the importance of registering the Tibetan Welfare Society, but noted that the Home Ministry would have an important say. He thought it would be better to work [...] | 2005-06-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU1255 | 51 NEPALI JOURNALISTS ARRESTED AND RELEASED [...] (U) As part of a 17 day protest plan against the continuing ban on news broadcasts on FM radio stations, 51 Nepali journalists from the Federation of Nepal Journalists (FNJ) were arrested in Kathmandu for protesting in a restricted area on June 8. Authorities released all 51 from jail early o [...] | 2005-06-09 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU1256 | NEPAL THINKING AGAIN ABOUT BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham Abraham reported to us a conversation he had with Nepal Foreign Secretary Acharya on June 7 to press the issue of Bhutanese SIPDIS refugees in Nepal. Acharya said the government of Bhutan must start implementing their agreement to take back refugees [...] | 2005-06-09 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU1257 | IFES NEGATIVE ABOUT SUPPORTING MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Two members of IFES, an international nonprofit organization that supports building democracies, visited Nepal as part of a USAID funded project to investigate opportunities to work with the Nepal Election Commission. IFES concluded that its support is not needed for the King's proposed No [...] | 2005-06-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU1293 | NEPAL: KING TO QATAR, SON PARAS TEMPORARILY IN [...] (U) His Majesty King Gyanendra and his wife departed Nepal for Doha, Qatar on June 13 to participate in the Second Summit Conference of the Developing Countries. Their Majesties travel to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on June 18 before returning to Nepal on June 22. As he did last time he lef [...] | 2005-06-14 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP GON |
05KATHMANDU1295 | VICE CHAIRMAN TULSI GIRI AND WIFE ON BANK BLACKLIST [...] (C) After the public revelation that Dr. Tulsi Giri, two-time Prime Minister under the Panchayat system and current Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers, and his wife Sahara Giri, were on the list of major loan defaulters, Nepal's Ministry of Finance put on hold its request that all gover [...] | 2005-06-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU1297 | RECONSTITUTED NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) In a June 14 meeting with all five members of the newly reconstituted National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) (ref A),Chairman Khatri told CDA that he appreciated U.S. support. He stated that the NHRC was continuing its protection and promotion work with greater vigor. He added that the [...] | 2005-06-15 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU1321 | GOVERNMENT APPOINTS DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) On June 13, the government appointed chairmen and vice chairmen of the District Development Committees (DDC) in 25 out of 75 districts of the country in accordance with the Local Self Governance Act of 1999. The Ministry of Local Development stated that the remaining 50 districts' DDC c [...] | 2005-06-16 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS NP GON |
05KATHMANDU1324 | NEPAL: KOIRALA RETURNS ENERGIZED FROM INDIA [...] (U) Former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala returned to Kathmandu on June 15 and revealed to reporters that he had telephone conversations with Maoist leaders during his week-long trip to India. He reportedly asked the rebels, without receiving a reply, t [...] | 2005-06-16 12:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU1343 | NEPAL: OVER 100 POLITICOS ARRESTED NATIONWIDE [...] (SBU) On June 17, His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) arrested 97 political leaders and workers in the course of a nationwide protest program launched by the seven political parties' alliance. There were no arrests in Kathmandu, as the political parties avoided areas the HMGN has prohibit [...] | 2005-06-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM NP GON |
05KATHMANDU1345 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BACK 7-PARTY APPROACH TO BOYCOTT [...] (C) Maoist leader Prachanda announced the Maoist's support of the seven party alliance agenda, including the parties' June 18 decision to boycott municipal elections and to not recognize government appointments at the local and district level. Prachanda also said that he had ordered a halt to [...] | 2005-06-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV MOPS NP |
05KATHMANDU1353 | KOIRALA DISTRUSTFUL OF MAOISTS AND KING [...] (C) Charge found former Nepalese PM and current leader of the seven party alliance 80-year-old GP Koirala fit and spry when calling on him at his residence on June 21 after his return from a "medical" trip to India. Koirala said that there was an important role for the international community [...] | 2005-06-21 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP IN GON |
05KATHMANDU2178 | INDIAN POLITICAL LEADERS VISIT NEPAL [...] (SBU) During a September 28-30 visit to Kathmandu, a six-member Indian political delegation, headed by politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Sitaram Yechuri, expressed support for multiparty democracy in Nepal. The group, which also included leaders of five other politic [...] | 2005-10-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2185 | NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CITES IMPROVEMENTS, [...] (C) In a public session to review the activities of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) since March, NHRC Chairman N.B. Khatri and Acting Secretary Kedar Prasad Poudyal informed members of the diplomatic and donor community, including the Ambassador, that both Maoists and security forc [...] | 2005-10-05 11:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2208 | DISCUSSING POSSIBLE BHUTANESE REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see para. 6. Reaching Agreement with Bhutan ... ---------------------------------- 2. (C) On October 6, the Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey His Majesty's Government of Nepal's (HMGN's) expectations regarding the a [...] | 2005-10-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM BT NP |
05KATHMANDU2209 | DEMARCHE ON REFUGEE PROCESSING IN NEPAL [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey, the Ambassador discussed the USG's proposal to stand up a refugee processing operation in Kathmandu for some Tibetan refugees resident in Nepal (ref A). The Ambassador also shared with FM Pandey the one-page description of t [...] | 2005-10-07 10:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL CH IN NP |
05KATHMANDU2210 | NEPAL FACES LOOMING CRISIS IN PETROLEUM SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The state-owned monopoly oil importer, the Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC),is experiencing a serious financial crisis. Unable to collect payment of the balance owed by NOC, the NOC's supplier, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),has threatened to stop providing petroleum products to Nepal. The [...] | 2005-10-07 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2213 | VICE-CHAIRMAN GIRI SAYS KING HAS "NO OBJECTIONS" [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Vice-Chairman Dr. Tulsi Giri on October 7 regarding Giri's earlier request that the Ambassador discuss with political party leaders a possible interlocutor to facilitate reconciliation with the Palace (reftel). The Ambassador explained that the Party leaders all s [...] | 2005-10-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2217 | ICJ GENERAL SECRETARY UNDERSCORES CONTINUED [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Nicholas Howen, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ),stressed the importance of protecting human rights in what could potentially become an increasingly repressive environment in Nepal. The Ambassador and Howen discussed possibilities of prol [...] | 2005-10-07 11:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2218 | EU TROIKA SEES STRONG RISK OF POLITICAL COLLAPSE [...] (U) An October 6 statement on Nepal released by a European Union (EU) Troika noted that unless all involved moved quickly to address the country's problems effectively, there was a "strong risk" of political collapse. The Troika called on those in Nepal who wanted peace "to act now." Specific [...] | 2005-10-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2229 | KING CALLS FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BUT MUZZLES [...] (C) The same week the King announced that parliamentary elections would take place by April 2007, and a February 8 date for municipal elections, he promulgated a restrictive media ordinance banning news on FM radio and increasing fines for slander against the royal family. The Election Commis [...] | 2005-10-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2264 | NEPALI CONGRESS: NEPOTISM ALIVE AND WELL [...] (C) On October 18, Nepali Congress (NC) Party President Girija Prasad Koirala appointed 18 members of the 36-member NC Party Central Working Committee. On September 1, NC Party members had elected the other 18 members of the Committee, and re-elected GP Koirala as Party President (reftel). Si [...] | 2005-10-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2293 | PARTIES PAN POLLS, PLAN MAOIST DIALOGUE [...] (C) On October 19, seven party alliance leaders officially announced they would boycott municipal elections set for February 8 and would hold dialogue with Maoist rebels with the immediate objective of prolonging the Maoist's unilateral cease-fire so that a conducive atmosphere for dialogue cou [...] | 2005-10-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2318 | MIDNIGHT RAID SEIZES RADIO EQUIPMENT [...] (U) This contains an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary ------- 2. (C) Dozens of armed police stormed the Kathmandu office of Kantipur FM Station, part of Nepal's largest media conglomerate, near midnight on October 21, took control of the station staff at gunpoint, and seized sat [...] | 2005-10-24 10:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2327 | REVIEW OF STATE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Vice-Chairmen Dr. Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, the Ambassador expressed concern about recent developments in Nepal. The Ambassador shared the Department's October 24 statement on "The Government of Nepal's Seizure of Radio Equipment," stressing that the U.S [...] | 2005-10-26 03:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2333 | AFGHANISTAN'S INCLUSION INTO SAARC [...] (C) On October 26, Acting Foreign Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha, in response to DCM sounding him out about Nepal's support for Afghan inclusion in SAARC (reftel),stated that SAARC would have to reach a consensus decision. He acknowledged that the idea had been floated in the past, but sai [...] | 2005-10-27 00:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AF NP |
05KATHMANDU2360 | POLITICAL PARTY "BANDH" WIDELY OBSERVED [...] (C) The Seven Party Alliance pulled off a broadly successful general closure ("bandh") of transportation, schools, factories, and shops in the Kathmandu Valley on October 28 to protest the stringent new media ordinance and the Government's action against Kantipur FM radio station (reftels). O [...] | 2005-10-28 11:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NP |
05KATHMANDU2361 | NEPAL'S PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN FLU; DELIVERY OF [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) is working through a Task Force established in 2004 to upgrade its capacity to handle an avian flu outbreak, but Nepali officials worry about what resources may be available to assist with Nepal's preparedness. While no cases of avian flu have be [...] | 2005-10-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KSCA SENV EAGR ECON PREL NP WHO FAO |
05KATHMANDU2377 | VICE CHAIRMAN GIRI REPORTEDLY CRITICIZES PRESIDENT [...] (U) Major English-language daily, the Himalayan Times, on October 31 reported that Vice Chairman Giri, addressing a "rally for peace" in Rautahat (Terai) said, "I am very surprised why no one can touch the U.S. president while he is the biggest human rights violator. This government will ne [...] | 2005-10-31 11:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2378 | CONTINUING PROTESTS AGAINST MEDIA ORDINANCE [...] (U) Nepalese journalists, lawyers and politicos jointly launched protest programs across the country against the King's new stringent media ordinance (ref A). The protests, however, have so far failed to gain much public support. As reported ref B, the October 28 bandh was generally observed [...] | 2005-10-31 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2379 | CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...] | 2005-10-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH NP JP |
05KATHMANDU2383 | CHINESE MILITARY AID TAKES PRESSURE OFF KING TO [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Thapa announced on October 24 that China had committed about 1 million USD for military assistance to Nepal this year, noting that more assistance would follow next year. The Ambassador publicly (septel) and privately (ref A) cautioned that, while Nepal [...] | 2005-11-01 04:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH NP |
05KATHMANDU2389 | NEPAL-INDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador that it was likely Indian Prime Minister Singh would have a bilateral meeting with the Nepal King on the margins of the upcoming SAARC summit in Dhaka. Mukherjee said Singh would likely send a clear message to the King on the need to reconci [...] | 2005-11-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS CH IN NP |
05KATHMANDU2399 | NEPALI CONGRESS NOT FORMING ALLIANCE WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Nepali Congress (NC) President GP Koirala, reacting to the Embassy's recent statement warning against a Maoist-Parties alliance, insisted to the Ambassador on November 7 that his party would "not join hands with the Maoists while they still had guns." Koirala, who expressed concern about [...] | 2005-11-07 11:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR NP |
05KATHMANDU2400 | POLITICAL PARTIES: TALKS, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (U) Responding to the Embassy's November 4 Press Statement "Embassy Warns Against Maoists-Parties 'Alliance'" (ref A),leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance stressed to the media that the ongoing dialogue with the Maoists should not be construed as an attempt to forge an agreement with the insur [...] | 2005-11-07 11:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2407 | MAOISTS MENACE RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) Taking advantage of the Maoist unilateral cease-fire, the Ambassador traveled to Lumbini Zone in western Nepal October 24 and 25 to discuss the current situation with local government officials, human rights activists, political party leaders and journalists. All told the Ambassador of the [...] | 2005-11-08 06:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS PTER MOPS NP |
05KATHMANDU2415 | UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES, [...] (U) This is an action request please see para. 3. Bhutanese Refugees: Need Solution to Protracted Problem --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, briefed the diplomatic community in Nepal on Novemb [...] | 2005-11-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER PHUM PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2418 | POLITICAL PARTIES GET MESSAGE ABOUT DANGER OF [...] (C) The parties have clearly received our message warning of the dangers of a Maoist-Parties Alliance and have reiterated that they would not seek an alliance with the Maoists unless they lay down their arms (ref A). CPN-UML Acting General Secretary Bamdev Gautam, who had maintained the need [...] | 2005-11-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER OPRC KMDR KPAO NP |
05KATHMANDU2453 | NO STAY ON MEDIA ORDINANCE [...] (C) On November 11, the Supreme Court declined to issue a stay order on the implementation of the controversial media ordinance (ref A). The Court also refused to continue the interlocutory stay order issued on October 27 ordering the government not to take further action against Kantipur FM, [...] | 2005-11-14 11:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2487 | UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR CALLS FOR ACTION ON [...] (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau of Asia and the Pacific, emphasized to the Ambassador on November 13 that she believed there was great urgency in finding a solution to the Bhutanese refugee situation in Nepal. She noted that the worsening security situation in the camps, which she [...] | 2005-11-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2488 | NGO CODE OF CONDUCT NOW IN EFFECT [...] (C) Nepal's new Code of Conduct for Social Organizations came into effect on November 10, allowing the Social Welfare Council to suspend the registration or cancel an organization's license in case of a breach of Code. The Social Welfare Council formulated the Code after discussions with vari [...] | 2005-11-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID NP |
05KATHMANDU2492 | CPN-UML LEADER: DIALOGUE, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador emphasized that SIPDIS the USG was not against dialogue between the political parties and the Maoists with the goal of bringing the Maoists into the political mainstream. While not clearly admitti [...] | 2005-11-16 04:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2493 | FEAR AND HOPE IN EASTERN, RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) During a November 9-10 visit to the Morang and Dhankuta Districts in Eastern Nepal, the Ambassador met with the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) new Biratnagar team, journalists, NGO representatives, government officials, members of the business community, and discovered considera [...] | 2005-11-16 06:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MCAP PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2494 | DEMARCHE: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister and other senior officials at the Ministry, Pol/Econ Chief called on the Under Secretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kali Pokharel and, drawing on Ref A's points, urged Nepal to oppose a No-Action Motion on the Third Committee resolution [...] | 2005-11-16 06:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC NP |
05KATHMANDU2498 | RASTRIYA JANASHAKTI PARTY TO BOYCOTT POLLS [...] (U) On November 15, the Rastriya Janashakti Party's (RJP) Central Committee decided to boycott the municipal elections scheduled for February 8, 2006 and the parliamentary polls to be held in April 2007. (Note: The RJP splintered off from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in March to form [...] | 2005-11-16 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2516 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES COMMERCIAL WEAPONS [...] (C) Chinese Ambassador Sun Heping categorically stated to the Ambassador in a November 18 meeting that China had no large commercial sales to Nepal in the works. The Ambassador described to Sun his comments at a press conference in Butwal (refs A and B) that new provisions of large amounts of [...] | 2005-11-18 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP PGOV PINS CH NP |
05KATHMANDU2517 | UML CADRES REJECT AGREEMENT WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) According to UML contacts, more than 400 cadres spent two days discussing the agreement initialed by the party's leadership with the Maoists to overthrow Nepal's monarchy. The group overwhelmingly rejected the pact, recommending instead that the alliance of Nepal's major seven political pa [...] | 2005-11-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2519 | UML PLANS NOVEMBER 19 DEMONSTRATION IN WEST [...] (C) The November 18 newspapers front-paged that zonal and regional administrators were attempting to mobilize local government officials to prevent CPN-UML's demonstration planned for November 19 in Butwal. CPN-UML General Secretary MK Nepal had told the Ambassador November 15 that the Butwal [...] | 2005-11-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2528 | AMNESTY SENDS OPEN LETTER TO MAOISTS [...] (U) On the occasion of the 16th International Children's Day (November 20),Amnesty International sent an open letter to the Chairman of the Maoists urging them to immediately halt their attacks on children, schools and teachers. The letter noted that the continuing violence by the Maoists re [...] | 2005-11-21 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2529 | UML HAS SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION IN WEST [...] (C) On November 19, CPN-UML held a peaceful mass meeting to protest against the King and in favor of democracy in Butwal, Rupandehi District. Despite reported government efforts to prevent supporters from reaching Butwal, thousands attended. Estimates of the crowd vary: Birendra Chhetri, Cha [...] | 2005-11-21 11:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2547 | KING SHOULD SEIZE INITIATIVE AND CALL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 21, the Ambassador suggested to Vice-Chairmen Kirti Nidhi Bista and Tulsi Giri that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) call for a cease-fire with international monitoring. If the Maoists accepted, Nepal would be closer to peace. If the Maoists refus [...] | 2005-11-22 10:46:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EINV NP |
05KATHMANDU2556 | PARTIES AND MAOISTS ANNOUNCE 12 POINT [...] (U) This contains an action request. Please see paragraph 14. Summary ------- 2. (C) On November 22, the seven-party alliance and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) separately issued a twelve point "understanding" in which both groups agreed to the goal of a constituent assembly el [...] | 2005-11-23 12:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2565 | FM PANDEY: BITTER TOWARD INDIA, NEED TO [...] (C) Hosting the Ambassador over one-on-one drinks at his home just hours after returning to Nepal from his international travel, FM Pandey was particularly bitter toward the Government of India (GOI),accusing them of brokering the recent Maoist-Parties understanding (ref A). Pandey indicated [...] | 2005-11-25 08:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PGOV AMGT NP |
05KATHMANDU2568 | FM PANDEY: NO PROGRESS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) In a November 23 discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey relayed the gist of his unfruitful discussion with the Bhutanese Foreign Minister held on the margins of the SAARC meeting in Dhaka. Pandey lamented that, after having agreed in writing in September to ta [...] | 2005-11-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER CVIS NP |
05KATHMANDU2572 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR HESITANT ON M-16 AMMO SALES [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Dan Stav said that the government of Israel (GOI) had received pressure from the Israel Military Industry (IMI) to go through with the delivery of M-16 ammunition to Nepal. Stav noted that the general perception that Israel co [...] | 2005-11-25 11:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2595 | MAOIST LEADER NEGATIVE ON EXTENDING CEASE-FIRE [...] (SBU) In a November 24 interview published on the official Maoist website and a November 27 interview with BBC's Nepali Service, Maoist leader Prachanda explained the benefits of the Parties-Maoist understanding (reftel). Prachanda called the understanding an agreement that was the "preliminar [...] | 2005-11-28 08:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS MOPS NP |
05KATHMANDU2596 | CHINA MILITARY ASSISTANCE ARRIVES [...] (C) On November 25, Kantipur News, a private media organization, broke the news that Nepal had received 18 truckloads of military equipment from China. An initial RNA statement posted on-line said that the trucks contained lethal and non-lethal assistance. However, within hours that statemen [...] | 2005-11-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2605 | UML PROTESTS PEACEFUL IN THE SOUTH AND WEST [...] (C) On November 25, CPN-UML held a peaceful mass meeting to protest against the King and in favor of democracy in Pokhara, western Nepal. Emboff observed the demonstration and found it was peaceful and that authorities did not try to prevent it from taking place. The demonstrators paraded th [...] | 2005-11-28 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2615 | GOVERNMENT SILENCES RADIO STATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. Summary ------- 2. (U) On November 27, the Government shut down Nepal's first community radio station, Radio Sagarmartha, and seized its satellite uplink equipment at gunpoint. The government claimed that the station was violating [...] | 2005-11-28 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2633 | GOVERNMENT RESTRICTS TIBETAN REFUGEE MOVEMENT [...] (C) Two separate recent incidents cause concern that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) may be restricting normal transit of Tibetan refugees. In both cases, HMGN has cited the need to investigate a November 17 incident when police apprehended 43 Tibetans transiting Nepal without docume [...] | 2005-11-29 10:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU2635 | UML LEADER CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal told the Charge November 28 that the political parties would shun violence, even if the Maoists broke the cease-fire, due to expire December 3. He speculated that the insurgents might pose conditions for extending the cease-fire. He emphasized his conti [...] | 2005-11-29 10:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2649 | SUPREME COURT: PASSPORTS TO WOMEN WITHOUT [...] (U) On November 28, in a landmark decision, the Supreme Court directed the government to issue passports to women under 35 years of age, without requiring consent of their guardians. Two female petitioners challenged the Cabinet decision of 1995, which barred government authorities from issui [...] | 2005-11-30 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KWMN PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2652 | GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN US COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 18, Nepali officials shared with visiting S/CT South Asia Officer William Slaven the actions that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) was taking against terrorism and how those activities complemented U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Nepal is focused o [...] | 2005-11-30 09:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2653 | NC-D PARTY SUSPICIOUS, BUT VIEWS UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting with the Charge, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Acting President Gopal Man Shrestha hailed the Maoist-Parties understanding a "breakthrough for peace and democracy," but noted that many details needed to be worked out. He worried that the Maoists might be usin [...] | 2005-11-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2654 | SUPREME COURT RULING ALLOWS RADIO STATIONS TO [...] (SBU) In two separate cases, the Supreme Court stayed government efforts to curb radio broadcasts of news. On November 30, the Supreme Court ordered the government not to ban any FM radio station from broadcasting news until it issued a final decision on the King's February 1 declaration bann [...] | 2005-11-30 10:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2657 | FORMER PM THAPA WORRIED ANARCHY POSSIBLE [...] (C) Five-time former Prime Minister and leader of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Charge November 30 that he was not happy that the political parties were "compelled to join the Maoists in an unnatural alliance." He explained that while the "natural alliance" [...] | 2005-11-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2668 | DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES CONCERNED ABOUT MAOISTS, [...] (C) In separate discussions with the ambassadors of Israel, Norway, Bangladesh, and Germany, the Ambassador discussed our concerns that the recent 12-point understanding between the political parties and Maoists contained no Maoist commitment to give up violence (ref A). He remarked that the [...] | 2005-12-01 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS NP |
05KATHMANDU2685 | MAOISTS EXTEND UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE ONE MONTH [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. Maoists Announce One-Month Extension of Cease-Fire --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) On the morning of December 2, the last day of the Maoists' original three-month cease-fire (ref A),Maoist party chairman Prachand [...] | 2005-12-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER NP |
05KATHMANDU2692 | UML PROTEST IN KATHMANDU MOSTLY PEACEFUL [...] (C) The December 2 demonstration organized in Kathmandu by the CPN-UML against the "autocratic monarchy" was largely peaceful. Emboffs observing the demonstration estimated that between 15,000 and 20,000 people participated. They said the atmosphere was not tense (the participants sang "We Sh [...] | 2005-12-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2699 | ANTI-TERRORISM ORDINANCE CHANGED [...] (U) The government changed legal procedures relating to anti-terrorism legislation when it most recently renewed the Terrorist and Disruptive Ordinance (TADO) 2005 for six months. The Courts will now hear all anti-terrorist cases in-camera. Under existing law, cases relating to "vulnerable g [...] | 2005-12-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV KCRM NP |
05KATHMANDU2700 | KING RETURNS, PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Following his return to Nepal after a three week absence, the King issued a statement on December 2 calling on the people of Nepal to unite with patriotism. Though he did not specifically address the Party-Maoist 12 point understanding announced in his absence, he termed efforts toward [...] | 2005-12-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2723 | WORLD BANK LOAN IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) has failed to meet four critical commitments on economic reform that it promised the World Bank by the end of November 2005, putting the status of the USD 100 million Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit II (PRSC II) loan in jeopardy. The four condit [...] | 2005-12-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID EINV ELAB NP |
05KATHMANDU2728 | EMBASSY RAISES TIBETAN REFUGEE PROBLEM [...] (C) On December 5, the Charge spoke with the Foreign Minister and the following day with the Home Secretary to urge His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to resume normal transit of Tibetan refugees (reftel),flagging the severe overcrowding at the Tibetan Reception Center (TRC). In both ca [...] | 2005-12-06 10:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF NP |
05KATHMANDU2740 | MDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THIRD PROTOCOL [...] (C) Due to the re-shuffling of His Majesty's Government of Nepal the evening of December 7, the Acting Foreign Secretary was unavailable this morning. Emboff therefore demarched Kali Prasad Pokharel, Undersecretary, UN Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, encouraging Nepal to vote in favor o [...] | 2005-12-08 04:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PREL PHUM PREF IS SZ UN NP |
05KATHMANDU2743 | KING RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) On December 7, King Gyanendra reshuffled his cabinet for the third time since February 1, keeping both Vice Chairmen Tulsi Giri and Kirti Nidhi Bista, and Foreign Minster Ramesh Nath Pandey. He did not appoint a Prime Minister. The King included 18 new faces (four new to national gover [...] | 2005-12-08 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2773 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROTEST INTO RESTRICTED AREA [...] (C) The Citizens Movement for Peace and Democracy (CMPD) organized a demonstration in Kathmandu to mark International Human Rights Day on December 10. The organizers announced their intention to enter into a restricted area in the center of Kathmandu as part of their call for the restoration o [...] | 2005-12-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2783 | DOMINANT MAOIST PRESENCE IN FAR WEST DISTRICT OF [...] (C) During a December 5-9 World Food Program (WFP)-organized trip including the Norwegian Ambassador, the mission head for Britain's Dept. for International Development (DFID),a representative of the Technical Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ),and the Embassy's P/E Chief t [...] | 2005-12-12 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS NP |
05KATHMANDU2791 | LOOKING TOWARD SPRING 2006 UN HR MEETING IN GENEVA [...] (C) A group of representatives of countries donating to the Nepal Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) met on December 9 to discuss strategy regarding Nepal for the Spring 2006 UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting in Geneva. The representatives agreed that while either [...] | 2005-12-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2793 | INDIAN FS SARAN: KING NEEDS TO RECONCILE WITH [...] (C) On December 12, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran told the Ambassador that he was visiting Nepal to follow-up on the Dhaka meeting between PM Singh and King Gyanendra and to keep open lines of communication with the government in Nepal. Saran's message to the King in his December 13 audience w [...] | 2005-12-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2794 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Officer Intelligence Course, December 31, 2005 through June 5, 2006, and Intelligence in Combating Terrorism, June 5-16, 2006, at [...] | 2005-12-14 03:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2795 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR SSP [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following APCSS-funded training: Executive Course, Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, HI, January 8 through March 17, 2006. 3. (C) The personnel nominated t [...] | 2005-12-14 03:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2796 | NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR CAPTAIN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) Post has received a DOD Unified Command request for the following IMET-funded training: International Special Forces Training, Ft. Bragg, NC, January 24 through May 25, 2006. 3. (C) The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) personnel nomina [...] | 2005-12-14 03:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2804 | NEW HOME MINISTER TO PROMOTE DIALOGUE WITH PARTIES [...] (C) New Home Minister Kamal Thapa told the Ambassador on December 13 that until "the Maoists showed sincerity," the government would not talk with them. Thapa saw no indication that the Maoists had changed their policy of using violence to achieve their goal of power, even if they now say that [...] | 2005-12-14 10:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2813 | MAJOR PARTY HEADS SKEPTICAL ABOUT FUTURE MAOIST [...] (C) On December 14, in separate meetings with Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala and CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador cautioned that SIPDIS if the Maoists returned to violence, Washington would look askance at the political parties remaining linked to the [...] | 2005-12-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM NP |
05KATHMANDU2814 | SUPREME COURT ORDER SHOULD IMPROVE ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) On December 9, the Supreme Court issued a directive order to His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to enforce environmental laws regulating brick kilns in the Kathmandu Valley. The directive order instructed that representatives from the Ministry of Science and Environment, Ministry of [...] | 2005-12-15 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON EIND KJUS NP |
05KATHMANDU2816 | PARTY DEMONSTRATION PEACEFUL, BUT VALLEY-WIDE [...] (C) The December 15 demonstration organized in Kathmandu by the seven party alliance was peaceful. Emboffs observing the demonstration estimated that between 5,000 and 7,000 people participated. The atmosphere was not tense, although many police monitored the demonstration. UN OHCHR and othe [...] | 2005-12-15 11:43:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC NP |
05KATHMANDU2820 | FINANCE MINISTER WANTS TO ENSURE NEPAL QUALIFIES [...] (C) On December 14, newly-appointed Finance Minister Roop Jyoti agreed with the Ambassador that everyone should be worried about Nepal meeting its World Bank commitments to prevent Nepal's USD 100 million Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit II (PRSC II) loan from being jeopardized. He said that [...] | 2005-12-16 05:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EINV EFIN EAID NP |
05KATHMANDU2827 | PARTY CLOSURE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY WIDELY [...] (C) Students and the seven political parties' cadre enforced the seven-party-alliance-called December 16 bandh (closure) of Kathmandu Valley to protest the December 14 indiscriminate killing of civilians by a Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) soldier in Nagarkot (reftel). Emboffs observed that most s [...] | 2005-12-16 10:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC NP |
05KATHMANDU2871 | LITTLE PROGRESS ON REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Despite calls in a variety of meetings from December 12-15 by the Ambassador, DCM and visiting PRM/ANE Deputy Director Larry Bartlett for His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) to issue travel documents and exit permits to Tibetan and Bhutanese refugees, HMGN continued to withhold issuanc [...] | 2005-12-20 09:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2884 | EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR CAPTAIN ROHIT GURUNG [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. 2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Captain Rohit Gurung, who is scheduled to attend training in the U.S. beginning December 31, 2005. 3. (SBU) P [...] | 2005-12-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2885 | SUPREME COURT DECISIONS IMPROVE WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND [...] (C) On December 15, the Supreme Court nullified a law that required married women wanting to sell their land to obtain consent from their husband, son, and unmarried daughters, and for unmarried women to get consent from their father and mother. The Court also issued a directive order for His [...] | 2005-12-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN NP |
05KATHMANDU2894 | EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR CAPTAIN MADAN JUNG RANA [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. 2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department to determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Captain Madan Jung Rana (DOB: Sept. 19, 1979),who is scheduled to attend training in the U.S. beginning Janu [...] | 2005-12-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2895 | EMBASSY VETTING FOR FOR SSP PRAKASH KUNWAR, SP [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Para 4. 2. (C) In ref A, Post requested Department to determine whether it possessed credible evidence of gross human rights violations by Armed Police Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Prakash Kunwar (DOB: Mar. 10, 1959),Civil Police Superint [...] | 2005-12-22 08:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2905 | PALACE REMAINS ON COURSE WITH FEBRUARY 1 GOALS [...] (C) In a December 20 press conference, Vice-Chairman Dr. Tulsi Giri gave what was widely regarded as a response to the messages carried by Indian FS Saran (ref A) and the Ambassador in his December 16 meeting with the King. Giri said the government was moving forward on the King's February 1 [...] | 2005-12-23 06:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2907 | MAOISTS ANNOUNCE ACTION AGAINST ELECTION [...] (C) On December 22, the Maoists reacted to Vice-Chairman Giri's December 20 statement (septel) in a public relations campaign aimed at both internal and external audiences. Maoists announced a February 5-11 strike to boycott elections, including "physical action" against those involved in the [...] | 2005-12-23 06:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2939 | PRO-PALACE SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS [...] (C) On December 28, the King appointed four pro-Palace judges to the Supreme Court, including former Attorney General Pawan Kumar Ojha who resigned his post on December 25 to accept the Supreme Court nomination. Supreme Court judges must retire at age 65, but there were no new vacancies or ex [...] | 2005-12-28 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2952 | INDIAN OIL CORPORATION FLEXIBLE WITH NEPAL'S LATE [...] (C) The Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) concluded a three-day review meeting on December 25th in which the IOC stated it "would extend maximum help" to the NOC regarding the NOC's request to extend payment deadlines. The NOC has recently paid import bills late and [...] | 2005-12-30 07:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV NP |
05KATHMANDU2956 | PARTIES PLAN POLL BOYCOTT [...] (C) The UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on December 28 that the Maoist leadership had given assurances that they had not instructed cadre to abduct or kill as part of their anti-election plan (ref A). The Maoists gave no indication whether they would extend the [...] | 2005-12-30 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
05KATHMANDU2969 | UML SUSPICIOUS OF MAOIST INTENTIONS [...] (C) UML Leader MK Nepal told the Charge on December 30 that he was suspicious of Maoist intentions. He said the Maoists were not acting against the Palace, but rather targeting common people, so he suspected the Maoists were playing both the Parties and the Palace. He said he did not know wh [...] | 2005-12-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL NP |
05KINGSTON100 | 2004 A BANNER YEAR FOR CRIME IN JAMAICA [...] (C) Summary: For many Jamaicans, crime remained a major preoccupation throughout 2004. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force's (JCF) Crime Statistics Report (CSR) for 2004, close to nine thousand major crimes were committed island-wide during the year. By December 31, the number of ho [...] | 2005-01-11 19:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PGOV SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1106 | PNP INSIDER SHARES PREDICTIONS OF PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (U) Poloff met on April 18 with Balfour Denniston, member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the People's National Party (PNP). Denniston discussed Prime Minister P.J. Patterson's expected plans for retirement in the next year, and the candidates who are likely to succeed him as par [...] | 2005-04-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | JM PREL PGOV |
05KINGSTON1258 | JAMAICA: POLICE UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: In seperate incidents, between 9:00 p.m. on May 3 and 7:00 a.m. on May 4, three Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers and one private security guard were murdered while another JCF officer was injured in Kingston. Two of the alleged gunmen were shot and killed in one incident [...] | 2005-05-12 20:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1337 | PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANIZATION OF JAMAICA CALL FOR [...] (C) Protesting against the escalating crime rate, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) announced on Thursday, May 19, their intention to lead a three day protest, commencing with a rally at Emancipation Park, located a block from the Consular Section in New Kingston, on Wednesday, [...] | 2005-05-25 13:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1342 | DIRECTOR FOR CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS MEETS WITH JLP [...] (U) Visiting WHA/CAR Office Director Brian Nichols, accompanied by poloff, met on May 10 with James Robertson, Deputy Leader of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) and Member of Parliament for Western St. Thomas. Robertson offered his views on the recent spate of police killings in Kingston, JLP le [...] | 2005-05-25 20:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON1349 | JAMAICA: ANTI-CRIME PROTEST RECEIVES MIXED REACTION [...] (U) Summary: Across the island, there was mixed reaction as well as turnout to the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica's (PSOJ) May 25 call for businesses to close down in a show of solidarity against the escalating crime rate. Most private sector businesses supported the idea of reduction [...] | 2005-05-26 19:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1447 | NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...] | 2005-06-06 20:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD CU JM TIP |
05KINGSTON1449 | A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES, [...] Summary: In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),[...] | 2005-06-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON1465 | A SENIOR POLICE OFFICER DISCUSSES DEPORTEES, [...] (C) In a June 3 meeting with Poloff, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB),Assistant Commissioner of Police George Williams, concurred with one of the findings of an Embassy-funded study of deportees, acknowledged deep corruption within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF),char [...] | 2005-06-08 20:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON1486 | CURRENT STATUS OF ALLEGED TERRORIST LUIS POSADA [...] (SBU) On June 8, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Caribbean and Americas Director Joy Wheeler to convey reftel talking points, a copy of which he provided her. He emphasized the USG's commitment to handle the Posada case consistent with U.S. law an [...] | 2005-06-10 19:27:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAIR KJUS CU VE JM |
05KINGSTON1511 | PRIVATE SECTOR'S ANTI-CRIME DECLARATION STIRS MORE [...] (SBU) In a business sector show of solidarity against Jamaica's escalating murder rate, the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) launched a three day crime protest on May 25 (Ref A) that received mixed reactions among the island's population. The May 25 kick-off commenced with a rall [...] | 2005-06-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON1572 | JAMAICA: LAW ENFORCEMENT SNAPSHOTS [...] Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction 2. PSB Probing Criminal Activity in the JCF 3. Operation Kingfish's Impact on Crime 4. 800 Pounds of Ganja Seized 5. Significant Seizure of Hash Oil ------------------------------------------- Jamaica's First Money Laundering Conviction ----- [...] | 2005-06-23 18:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CASC KCRM ASEC JM |
05KINGSTON168 | USG SUPPORT FOR FLORES OAS/SG CANDIDACY [...] (C) Charg spoke to MFA Minister of State Delano Franklyn on January 19 and delivered the talking points provided in REFTEL concerning U.S. support for the candidacy of former Salvadoran President Flores for OAS Secretary General. Franklyn responded that although he was aware that at least two [...] | 2005-01-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC JM OAS |
05KINGSTON1888 | PNP INSIDER COMMENTS ON RACE TO SUCCEED PRIME [...] (U) Summary: On July 28, Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with Balfour Denniston, local businessman and member of the People's National Party's (PNP) National Executive Committee (NEC),the ruling party's highest decision-making body outside of its annual conference. Denniston shared his perspec [...] | 2005-08-06 04:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JM |
05KINGSTON1920 | SEEKING COOPERATION ON UN PROPOSALS FOR A HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-12 19:10:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM JM |
05KINGSTON2003 | NAS DIRECTOR'S COURTESY CALL ON POLICE COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Summary: NAS Director paid a courtesy call on Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas on August 19. The discussion focused on the NAS-funded National Intelligence Bureau (NIB),Law Enforcement Development Advisor (LEDA),and the recruitment of foreign officers. End Su [...] | 2005-08-24 17:09:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON2026 | VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ VISITS JAMAICA [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Jamaica August 23 to conclude a 16-point agreement with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, including a bilateral Petro-Caribe accord. Chavez arrived the day after U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson called for the USG to assassinate him, raising the profi [...] | 2005-08-29 12:46:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG JM |
05KINGSTON2054 | UN REFORM/JAMAICA: PRESSING DIFFICULT COUNTRIES [...] (C) On August 25, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, conveyed Ref A points to Ambassador Douglas Saunders, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Shortly before Charge was to depart for the MFAFT with Japanese Ambassador Hiroshi Sakurai to convey the d [...] | 2005-08-31 17:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PGOV JM |
05KINGSTON2082 | JLP ORCHESTRATES ISLANDWIDE DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST [...] (U) On September 6, the opposition Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) carried out an island-wide demonstration against the People's National Party government, on the same day that Prime Minister P.J. Patterson was hosting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and senior delegations [...] | 2005-09-07 20:49:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ELAB JM |
05KINGSTON2083 | JAMAICA HOSTS PETROCARIBE SUMMIT IN MONTEGO BAY [...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cuban President Fidel Castro, and representatives of CARICOM states, the Dominican Republic, and Monserrat, to conclude the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement. Domestically, the summit was oversha [...] | 2005-09-07 23:34:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2224 | SENIOR FOREIGN POLICE OFFICER REQUESTS EMBASSY [...] (C) On September 15, at his request, Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Deputy Commissioner Mark Shields visited Embassy Kingston to meet with NAS Director, RSO, TAT, and DAO to discuss expanding cooperation in addressing corruption within the JCF. Shields is a senior officer with the London Me [...] | 2005-09-23 19:53:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCRM ASEC JM |
05KINGSTON2257 | CARIBBEAN ISSUES CONFERENCE [...] (C) With regard to proposed panelists from Jamaica contained Ref A, neither Pol/Econ nor OPA was familiar with Freckleton, Figueroa, Osei, or Niaah. Alternatively, per Ref B, we suggested that consideration be given to inviting Dr. Anthony Harriot (a prominent criminologist and head of the U [...] | 2005-09-28 20:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PINR JM |
05KINGSTON2290 | JAMAICA: CRIME ROUND-UP FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Statistics compiled by the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) for the period January 1 through October 2 reveal that 1,266 murders were compared to 1,078 committed during the same time period in 2004. Of the 1,266 murders victims, Sixteen were children, ten were police officers and one vict [...] | 2005-10-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM ASEC JM |
05KINGSTON2292 | THE CONTROVERSY OVER EXTRADITION [...] (C) On October 3, NAS Director spoke with the Legal advisor to the Minister of Justice, Dr. Stephen Vasciannie and Justice Ministry Permanent Secretary Carol Palmer regarding reports that the GOJ is preparing to move extradition cases from the Resident Magistrate Court (RMC) to the Supreme Cou [...] | 2005-10-05 17:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON2346 | JAMAICA - DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGIES FOR WHA [...] (C) P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister since 1992, has announced his intention to step down no later than March 2006, and possibly as early as late 2005. Four senior members of his ruling Peoples National Party (PNP) will contest an internal PNP election to succeed Patterson as party president an [...] | 2005-10-18 11:44:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2618 | NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...] | 2005-11-30 20:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2642 | AMBASSADOR'S NOV. 29 COURTESY CALL ON PORTIA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Portia Simpson Miller, Minister of Local Government, Community and Sport, on November 29. Simpson Miller, considered the most popular politician of either party in Jamaica, outlined the responsibilities falling under her portfolio [...] | 2005-12-02 20:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JM |
05KINGSTON2661 | PETROCARIBE - SENIOR GOJ ENERGY OFFICIAL REJECTS [...] (SBU) In a chance meeting at a function on December 1, Econoff discussed the PetroCaribe accord informally with Jean Dixon, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Commerce, Science and Technology (MCST, which also handles energy issues). Dixon was positive about the benefits that would accrue [...] | 2005-12-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL JM |
05KINGSTON2680 | PRC ACTIVITIES IN JAMAICA [...] (U) This message responds to Ref A Tasking. Post regrets the lateness of submission. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) It is not surprising that both economic and political calculations underlie the GOJ's efforts to enhance ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC),while Beijin [...] | 2005-12-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ETRD ETTC EINV ENRG PHUM CH JM |
05KINGSTON2697 | LEADING POLLSTER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) On December 9th, respected veteran pollster Don Anderson (protect) discussed electoral issues with Pol/EconCouns and Poloff. Anderson described Peoples National Party (PNP) Member of Parliament and government minister Portia Simpson Miller as a strong contender to become the next leader o [...] | 2005-12-14 12:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON2728 | SIX POLICE OFFICERS ON TRIAL FOR MURDER [...] (C) In late November, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers, all members of the now disbanded Crime Management Unit, were put on trial for the unlawful killing of four people at a home in Crawle, Clarendon in May 2003. Chief Judge Lensley Wolfe ruled that the prosecution failed to make a p [...] | 2005-12-19 19:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON2797 | BOND. JAMAICAN BOND. LESS ATTRACTIVE THESE DAYS. [...] (C) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gave its assessment of the Jamaican economy as part of the conclusion of its yearly Article 4 consultations with the Government of Jamaica (GOJ). Ratna Sahay, the Assistant Director of the Western Hemisphere Department for the IMF, acknowled [...] | 2005-12-30 16:47:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN JM |
05KINGSTON386 | JAMAICA COMMITTED TO STRONGER TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Eager to attract Chinese investment in Jamaica's economy and tourists to its beaches, Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Foreign Minister K.D. Knight rolled out the red carpet for Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong and his 150-member Chinese trade delegation, which visited Kingston Februa [...] | 2005-02-11 20:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BTIO EAID KPAO CH JM |
05KINGSTON393 | LABOR MINISTER DALLEY ON PNP SUCCESSION, LABOR [...] Summary: On February 4, Poloff met with Labor Minister Horace Dalley. On the eve of the People's National Party's (PNP) vice-presidential election, Dalley expressed his concern that internal factions could pull the party into conflict. He also shared his predictions for the election results, [...] | 2005-02-11 21:16:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | JM PHUM ELAB PGOV CVIS |
05KINGSTON41 | JCF COMMISSIONER FORBES OUT, LUCIUS THOMAS IN [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, January 1, 2005, the Jamaica Police Service Commission (PSC) announced that it had accepted the resignation of Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner, Francis Forbes, effective January 19. The PSC communiqu commended Forbes for his accomplishments as Commissi [...] | 2005-01-05 20:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KCRM JM |
05KINGSTON421 | CONSOLIDATING SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On February 14, Pol/Econ Chief conveyed Ref A points (via fax) to Ambassador Peter Black, Undersecretary for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, who serves concurrently as non-resident Ambassador to Haiti. The following morning, P/E Chief called Black [...] | 2005-02-15 21:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HA JM UNSC |
05KINGSTON448 | COPS ACQUITTED OF MURDER CHARGES IN BRAETON 7 [...] (U) Summary: On February 11, six Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) officers were freed by a Home Circuit Court judge in the 2001 murder case of seven young men known as the "Braeton Seven". Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewelyn argued the case for the Crown. Llewelyn co [...] | 2005-02-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KCRM SOCI JM |
05KINGSTON622 | GOJ FINANCIAL CRIMES DIVISION PROVIDES HEADS-UP ON [...] (C) Summary: Finance Ministry Financial Investigations Division (FID) Chief Technical Director Mike Surridge told Pol/Econ Chief March 4 that FID is investigating a naturalized Jamaican of Pakistani origin for suspected narcotics-related money laundering. The suspect, Mohammed Tufail Ahmed, [...] | 2005-03-04 22:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON623 | GOJ, IOM, AND UNHCR AGREE MOST HAITIAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Just after dawn on March 4, a boatload of 58 Haitians arrived in Long Bay, Portland, raising the total of Haitian migrants in Jamaica to 496. During a week which began with the one-year anniversary of former President Aristide's resignation and departure from Haiti, the GOJ continues to [...] | 2005-03-04 22:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SMIG HA JM |
05KINGSTON624 | GOJ FINANCIAL CRIMES DIVISION PROVIDES HEADS-UP ON [...] (C) Summary: Finance Ministry Financial Investigations Division (FID) Chief Technical Director Mike Surridge told Pol/Econ Chief March 4 that FID is investigating a naturalized Jamaican of Pakistani origin for suspected narcotics-related money laundering. The suspect, Mohammed Tufail Ahmed, [...] | 2005-03-04 22:33:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC SNAR JM |
05KINGSTON640 | A "NEW VISION" FOR THE JLP [...] (U) Emboffs met on February 24 with James Robertson, Deputy Chairman of the Jamaica Labor Party (JLP),and jointly on February 25 with Ken Baugh, Leader of the Opposition, and Karl Samuda, JLP General Secretary. Robertson shared his thoughts on the outgoing leader, Edward Seaga, and the JLP,s [...] | 2005-03-07 21:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | JM PGOV PREL |
05KINGSTON655 | LABOR MINISTER DALLEY ON SEAGA, GENERAL ELECTION, [...] (U) On February 24, Emboffs met with Labor Minister Horace Dalley, who shared his views on former Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) leader Edward Seaga's departure from politics and the succession issues within the People's National Party (PNP). He also discussed his view of the party's platform in [...] | 2005-03-08 18:55:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | JM PGOV PREL ELAB CMGT CVIS |
05KINGSTON659 | JCF COMMISSIONER LUCIUS THOMAS ADDRESSES THE [...] (U) Summary: On Friday, March 4, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade hosted a briefing by Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) Commissioner Lucius Thomas for the diplomatic corps. During the briefing, Thomas described the major causes of crime as gangs, drugs, guns, and money laund [...] | 2005-03-08 19:36:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM SNAR JM |
05KINSHASA1010 | DPKO AFRICA CHIEF TITOV VISIT TO THE DRC [...] (C) Summary: UN DPKO Africa Division Chief Dmitry Titov briefed several diplomats June 11 on his visit to the DRC, the first in two years. Titov spoke of particular concerns regarding Ituri District, and negative influence from neighboring states. In addition, Titov reported &palpable8 tensi [...] | 2005-06-20 14:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG UN |
05KINSHASA1013 | REDUCED ITURI MILITIAS SHOWING RENEWED LIFE [...] (U) During his recent visit to the DRC (septel),UN DPKO Africa Chief Dmitry Titov spoke at some length regarding continuing security concerns in Ituri District. These comments echo those of MONUC, GDRC, and international community representatives of renewed dangers in the key northeastern D [...] | 2005-06-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA1039 | DRC ATTEMPTS TO KEEP PORTS AFLOAT [...] (U) Summary: The GDRC is increasing its efforts to bring its maritime ports into compliance with international security standards in response to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sanctions that became effective May 23. The USCG now requires inspection of all ships that enter U.S. ports within five port [...] | 2005-06-24 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
05KINSHASA1042 | KINSHASA TENSE AS JUNE 30 APPROACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Though tensions are rising in Kinshasa and elsewhere in the country in anticipation of June 30, the security situation remains generally calm. Some opposition leaders, most particularly UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi, continue to call for the end of the transitional government [...] | 2005-06-24 16:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CG |
05KINSHASA1043 | CATHOLIC BISHOPS SEND MIXED MESSAGE ON TRANSITION [...] (U) The Catholic Bishops' Conference (CENCO) issued a statement June 22 in which it criticized "the automatic extension" of the transition, as well as calls to bring the transition down June 30th by "violence and chaos." The Bishops want the government to explain why elections were not organiz [...] | 2005-06-24 16:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1053 | JUNE 30--KINSHASA CALM BUT JUMPY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kinshasa is calm but jumpy in the run-up to June 30. As expected, the Congolese military and police have increased visible patrols throughout Kinshasa over the past few days, and salary payments for police and military in Kinshasa have started. There were no reported demonstrations [...] | 2005-06-28 12:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC ASEC CG |
05KINSHASA1055 | UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...] | 2005-06-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1056 | 30 JUNE: PPRD CONFIDENT IN POLICE, LESS SO IN [...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told PolCouns June 27 that the government (i.e., the president's party, the PPRD) is confident that the police (controlled by the PPRD Minister of Interior) will support the government June 30, but that there are some doubts that all the military will [...] | 2005-06-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1057 | MINISTER OF MINES ANNOUNCES 40KG DRC URANIUM [...] (U) The DRC Minister of Mines, Ingele Ifoto, announced at a June 21 press conference that 40kg of enriched uranium had been confiscated in neighboring Brazzaville, Republic of Congo (ROC). The Minister told members of the press that the uranium, illegally exported from the DRC, is radioactiv [...] | 2005-06-28 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN KNNP ENRG PARM CG CF |
05KINSHASA1065 | 30 JUNE: KINSHASA CALM, BUT TENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of mid-day June 29, Kinshasa was calm but tense, with no security incidents reported. Post will continue to monitor closely the developing situation. END SUMMARY. More Monitoring --------------- 2. (C) Police patrols continued overnight in Kinshasa on June 28 without inc [...] | 2005-06-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC ASEC KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1066 | TRANSITION ASSESSMENT COMPLETE -- NOW WHAT? [...] (C) Summary: The government officially ended its assessment of the transition's accomplishments and failings June 28. The assessment, heralded in President Kabila's May 16 public remarks, has been officially billed as designed to provide a blueprint for improvement in the last year of the t [...] | 2005-06-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1067 | SIGNIFICANT TRADE BARRIERS REMAIN IN EASTERN CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Eastern Congo continues to face significant trade growth barriers. Infrastructure, security, access to credit, taxation, foreign competition, bureaucratic obstacles, insufficient information and internal politics are all serious obstacles that discourage and even reverse growt [...] | 2005-06-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV CG |
05KINSHASA1070 | ELECTIONS: MIXED COMMITTEE APPROVES OPERATING [...] (C) Summary: At the urgent request of the Minister of the Interior, the electoral "Comite de Pilotage" (the oversight committee composed of ambassadors from donor countries, UNDP, MONUC and Congolese ministers involved in the elections process) met June 29 to review progress on voter registr [...] | 2005-06-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1071 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Ramazani (who was travelling),Ambassador delivered demarche points from reftels on June 27 to Ambassador Fabien Emery Zulu Kilo-Abi, Chief of Staff to the Minister. Zulu said a committee in the Foreign Ministry, which he chairs, is currently examining Un [...] | 2005-06-29 14:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1072 | ITURI MILITIAS REPORTEDLY OBTAINING ARMS AND [...] (C) Summary. Monuc and NGO officials in Ituri have received credible reports of increased support for Ituri militias from Ugandan businessmen and military officers in the form of arms shipments, training, and efforts to build a coalition of militias. Monuc officials point to recent meetings in [...] | 2005-06-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL MOPS UG CG |
05KINSHASA1078 | THE CURRENT FDLR SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: There has been substantial recent discussion in Kinshasa regarding the remaining FDLR presence in eastern DRC. All parties concede that, while worthwhile, the GDRC/Sant, Egidio initiative to promote FDLR repatriation to Rwanda is stalled. Problems focus on the lack of FDLR "lea [...] | 2005-07-01 10:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO RW CG UN |
05KINSHASA1079 | JUNE 17 MEETING OF THE CIAT WITH THE ESPACE [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met with three GDRC Vice Presidents June 17. President Kabila was absent to attend the funeral of his aunt in Lubumbashi. The meeting lasted over four hours, with discussion in some depth covering Transition extensi [...] | 2005-07-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1088 | SOLDIERS ATTACK CIVILIANS IN MBANDAKA [...] (C) About 60 soldiers went on a rampage July 3 in Mbandaka in Equateur Province, killing 9 civilians, injuring 35, and raping 8 women. Initial press reports identified the troops as Mai Mai, but the Minister of Defense and the National Executive Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of [...] | 2005-07-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1091 | FDLR STATEMENT [...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told Ambassador and other Tripartite ambassadors June 22 (reftel) that the GDRC was preparing an official statement regarding FDLR repatriation, which would be followed by the release of an FDLR statement indicating willingness to participate in unco [...] | 2005-07-06 13:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1094 | REFUTING UGANDAN CLAIMS OF ADF REGROUPMENT [...] (C) Recent Ugandan allegations that 1,000 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) soldiers are regrouping in Ituri along the Ugandan border are unfounded, according to MONUC. Although Ugandan press reported that a joint aerial surveillance mission conducted with the UN in December 2004 identified ADF b [...] | 2005-07-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UG CG |
05KINSHASA1099 | MONUC OPERATION SENDS SIGNAL TO FDLR [...] (C) On July 4 MONUC launched operation "Falcon Sweep" in the territories of Walungu and Karambe (located about 10km east and 50 km south east of Bukavu, South Kivu). The small (about 80-man) mission is designed primarily to determine the locations of FDLR elements, particularly concentrations [...] | 2005-07-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1100 | INTRA-FDLR FIGHTING IN EASTERN DRC [...] (C) MONUC and GDRC sources report fighting between FDLR units in eastern DRC. In a July 6 meeting, Presidency Special Advisor for Security Samba Kaputo told the Ambassadors/Charges of the U.S., Belgium, and Holland and UN SRSG Swing that fighting had apparently started around 1730 hrs (local) [...] | 2005-07-07 09:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1104 | FDLR REPATRIATION INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Several ambassadors met with Presidency Special Advisor for Security Kaputo July 6 for an update regarding GDRC activities to achieve repatriation of FDLR members to Rwanda. Kaputo attributed the delay of a GDRC statement on the subject to an extended GDRC &assessment8 seminar, [...] | 2005-07-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1112 | JUNE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW [...] (U) Summary. -- The Congolese Franc (FC) significantly appreciated against the USD and prices generally fell, though petroleum prices increased. -- In response to U.S. Coast Guard sanctions, the GDRC is trying to form a permanent commission to address port security. -- In the mining [...] | 2005-07-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB CG |
05KINSHASA1115 | SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN NORTH KIVU [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eighth Military Region Chief of Staff (COS),and four bodyguards were arrested and brought before a military court in Goma following a shoot-out on July 1 that killed seven people. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Col. Christopher Bindu (a Mai Mai) and four of his armed guards were arrest [...] | 2005-07-08 11:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CASC CG |
05KINSHASA1143 | TRANSITION ASSESSMENT: AN AMBITIOUS BLUEPRINT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The final report from the government's transition assessment seminar highlighted challenges faced during the past two years and outlined recommendations for the third - and last - year of the transition. Although some recommendations were constructive, the vague and overly-broad r [...] | 2005-07-14 15:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1149 | CEEC PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS ON KIMBERLEY PROCESS [...] (U) Summary. July 8, the Centre d'Evaluation, d'Expertise et de Certification (CEEC),the DRC's mining regulatory body, met with various embassies in Kinshasa to present recommendations on Kimberley Process implementation. Victor Kasongo, the CEO of CEEC, outlined the difficulties of implem [...] | 2005-07-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EINV CG |
05KINSHASA1161 | CONGOLESE MILITARY MOVES COMMANDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Congolese military is in the process of moving a few key military commanders. As of July 18, Kinshasa observers believed that Brigadier General Matthieu Agolowa would replace South Kivu Military Regional Commander (MRC) Mbuja Mabe, and Banyamulenge General Patrick Masunzu would [...] | 2005-07-18 13:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA1202 | PRESIDENT REGISTERS TO VOTE IN KINSHASA - [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila registered to vote in Kinshasa July 24, the last regularly scheduled day for voter registration in the capital. Minister of Interior, Theophile Mbemba, a prominent member of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) which supports Kabila, also regis [...] | 2005-07-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1203 | MONUC OPERATIONS AGAINST FDLR A SUCCESS---WITHIN [...] (C) Summary: During MONUC's weekly diplomatic meeting July 20, MONUC Military Chief of Staff General Jean Francois D'Escury discussed MONUC's initiatives to address the FDLR problem, particularly in South Kivu. D'Escury stated that MONUC's recent military operations had been a success, express [...] | 2005-07-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1220 | CURRENT MONUC OPERATIONS IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) toured MONUC operational areas in South Kivu and were extensively briefed by the Pakistani brigade July 22 - 23. MONUC has launched an aggressive series of operations in the provinc [...] | 2005-07-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG UN |
05KINSHASA1223 | GDRC REMAINS SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON UNSC [...] (C) Ambassador has discussed UNSC reform issue (ref A) with Foreign Minister Raymond Ramazani. PolOff also has raised this issue with Ramazani's chief of staff, Ambassador Fabien Zulu (ref B),as well as other GDRC officials. The GDRC continues to support the U.S. view that measures to refor [...] | 2005-07-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KUNR CG UNGA UNSC |
05KINSHASA1224 | UDPS LEADER STILL PLAYING THE SPOILER [...] (C) Summary: UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi continues to miss opportunities to play a constructive role in the electoral process now underway in the DRC. Most recently, after demanding -- and receiving -- a one-week extension of voter registration in Kinshasa to ensure that UDPS members wou [...] | 2005-07-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA1229 | SOME LUBERIZI INTEGRATION CENTER PROGRESS [...] (U) Ambassadors/Charges composing the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) stopped at the Luberizi military integration camp while on a visit to South Kivu Province July 22. The Luberizi camp is located very near the Burundi border, at the site of a prior, now largely d [...] | 2005-07-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1260 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONCURS WITH U.S. ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel A points August 3 to Foreign Minister Ramazani. The GDRC's position on United Nations reform is similar to that of the U.S. and remains unchanged from previous meetings. Ramazani agreed that focusing solely on Security Council reform and moving forward witho [...] | 2005-08-03 15:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1289 | VOTER REGISTRATION CENTER IN KASAI ORIENTAL [...] (SBU) An unidentified individual set fire to a voter registration center in Mbuji Mayi, Kasai Oriental, August 9, causing slight injuries to four people, and minor damage to the registration equipment, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) officials said. According to these officials, around 1 [...] | 2005-08-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1302 | DRC-UGANDA DISCUSS CROSS BORDER TENSIONS [...] (C) Congolese Vice-President Azarias Ruberwa flew to Kampala August 9 to meet with Ugandan President Museveni and discuss the recent spike in cross-border security concerns, particularly in Ituri and North Kivu provinces. Ruberwa was accompanied by Presidential Advisor Serufin Wej and Ministe [...] | 2005-08-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1320 | GROWING LOGISTICS PROBLEMS TRHEATEN VOTER [...] (C) Summary: Accumulating reports of logistics problems in the ongoing and critically important voter registration process prompted an extraordinary meeting of the CIAT with the Independent Election Commission (CEI) on August 12, and a broader meeting chaired by President Kabila on August 15. [...] | 2005-08-16 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UN |
05KINSHASA1323 | ELECTION LAW MOVING TO CENTER STAGE [...] (C) The next major step needed for DRC elections is an election law to provide statutory authority and to specify the legal parameters for general elections. The issue has been receiving considerable attention in Kinshasa, most recently in the August 15 meeting chaired by President Kabila inv [...] | 2005-08-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1356 | ATTACKS ON VOTER REGISTRATION CENTERS IN ITURI [...] (SBU) Armed elements attacked two voter registration centers in the areas of Bule (120 kms NE of Bunia) and Komanda (80 kms SE of Bunia) in Ituri on August 22, UN and Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) sources reported. According to the sources, armed elements from the Union of Congolese P [...] | 2005-08-23 10:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1383 | VOTER REGISTRATION IMPROVING, BUT SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) Summary: At an August 25 meeting with CIAT, Independent Electoral Commission and GDRC officials reported improvements in the voter registration process. More than 6 million Congolese have now registered, and registration began in three additional provinces this week. Significant challen [...] | 2005-08-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1398 | RUMORS AND REALITIES IN NORTH KIVU [...] (U) Rumors of war are running rampant again in North Kivu, fed in large part by General Laurent Nkunda's contacts with the international press. Nkunda has boldly declared his intent to recommence hostilities in the DRC sometime soon, with the alleged backing of hundreds, if not thousands, of [...] | 2005-08-31 08:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1429 | UN/DRC SANCTIONS LIST [...] (C) Post has no objections to including on the proposed sanctions list the six names proposed by UKUN. We believe that the first name, currently shown as "Kakolere" should be "Kakolele." Given the difficulty of fully determining additional identifiers, Post believes it more useful to procee [...] | 2005-09-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CG ETTC KPKO |
05KINSHASA1432 | RWANDA EXPELS NKUNDA LOYALISTS [...] (U) Congolese press and Radio Okapi reported September 7 that the GOR had expelled 10 former Congolese soldiers who had fled to Rwanda with General Nkunda following last year's attack on Bukavu. The press reported that the 10 were sent to Goma, where they are currently under arrest. 2. (C) [...] | 2005-09-07 13:03:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG RW |
05KINSHASA1433 | MUSEVENI LETTER TO AU ON DRC [...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni has written several letters in recent months (to DRC President Joseph Kabila, the UNSC and President Bush) complaining about the alleged threat to Uganda's security posed by the continuing presence of some ADF elements in Orientale Province in eastern Congo. In [...] | 2005-09-07 13:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CG UG |
05KINSHASA1447 | SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY [...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...] | 2005-09-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1455 | EU SECURITY MISSION REFORM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EU CG |
05KINSHASA1460 | CONTENTIOUS ELECTIONS DISCUSSION AMONG THE VICE [...] (C) Summary: A discussion of the state of election preparations consumed nearly two hours during a September 6 meeting of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) and the Espace Presidentiel (President Kabila and four Vice Presidents). The discussion was marked by conten [...] | 2005-09-12 07:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1484 | MONUC TAKES ACTION ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT [...] (C) Nigerian Civil Police (CivPol) officers under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct remain confined to their barracks in Kinshasa pending official results of a board of inquiry, an official at MONUC's Office for Addressing Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (ASEA) reported. According to t [...] | 2005-09-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG |
05KINSHASA1494 | NKUNDA: LOTS OF SMOKE, LITTLE FIRE [...] (C) General Nkunda's return to North Kivu apparently is a non-event. Changed circumstances in the province have left Nkunda between a rock and a hard place. Reportedly fleeing Rwanda in advance of an anticipated arrest warrant, and evidently lacking financial or military support from Kigali, [...] | 2005-09-15 10:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL CG RW |
05KINSHASA1501 | NIGERIA TO REPATRIATE CIVPOL CONTINGENT FOLLOWING [...] (U) The Nigerian Government has decided to repatriate its entire Civilian Police (CivPol) unit from MONUC following sexual abuse allegations which are the subject of an ongoing UN investigation, according to a September 15 statement from the spokesman for the UN Secretary General. The statement [...] | 2005-09-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL PHUM CG NI |
05KINSHASA1519 | ALLEGATIONS OF LRA ENTRY INTO DRC [...] (C) Some press reports indicated September 20 that the GOU alleges that elements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have fled into the northeastern part of Orientale province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response to these articles, PolCouns spoke September 20 to MONUC's milita [...] | 2005-09-20 13:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CG UG UPUO |
05KINSHASA1532 | LRA INCURSION INTO DRC CONFIRMED; MONUC AND GDRC [...] (C) PolCouns followed up evening of September 20 with MONUC on the question of a possible incursion into the DRC by elements of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA). MONUC confirmed that about 320 armed LRA elements, accompanied by about 50 family members, had entered the DRC through Sudan the even [...] | 2005-09-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1559 | LRA UPDATE: MONUC/FARDC MISSION LIKELY THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Sixth regional military commander General Padiri continued September 22 to insist to LRA that the GDRC is prepared to assist with and accept only unconditional surrender. He told MONUC that he is negotiating, as of yesterday, directly with Kony (in Sudan) via satphone, as well as with Co [...] | 2005-09-23 06:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR PGOV CG UG |
05KINSHASA1567 | LRA UPDATE: MONUC MISSION ARRIVES IN ABA, FARDC [...] (C) Three MONUC aircraft arrived in Aba late afternoon September 25 with Sixth Military Regional Commander General Padiri, several MONUC DDRRR experts and UNHCR officials. They were met by LRA Colonel Otti and taken to the LRA camp. Initial discussions were not promising, however. The LRA has [...] | 2005-09-26 08:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1579 | LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE WOULD LIKE LRA OUT [...] (C) Vice President Ruberwa told the Ambassador September 26 that he shares the feelings of other senior GDRC officials that the LRA incursion into northern DRC represents an unwelcome intrusion into what is already a complicated and sensitive context. The government would like the LRA gone, p [...] | 2005-09-26 15:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG SU |
05KINSHASA1584 | LRA UPDATE: KABILA PERSONALLY ENGAGED, URGANDAN [...] (C) During a rancorous seven-hour meeting September 26 of the Supreme Defense Council (chaired by President Kabila and composed of senior government officials responsible for security issues),the normally soft-spoken Kabila uncharacteristically took Army Chief of Staff Kisempia and Air Force [...] | 2005-09-27 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1585 | LRA UPDATE: PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SAYS OKIDI NOT [...] (C) Prompted apparently by a September 26 conversation between SRSG Swing and President Kabila, Kabila's Private Secretary, Kikaya bin Karubi, called PolCouns September 26 to SIPDIS say that Kabila was very upset at implications that elements of the GDRC or the Presidency might have been in [...] | 2005-09-27 08:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1596 | LRA UPDATE: CONGOLESE TROOPS MOVE TOWARD ABA [...] (C) Congolese Air Force General John Numbi told PolCouns September 27 that the first 200 (of a total of 500) Congolese commando troops left Kinshasa en route for Kisangani. Numbi said an additional 100 (again of a total of 500) commandos also were dispatched from Kamina training base where th [...] | 2005-09-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1613 | LRA UPDATE: TROOP MOVEMENT CONTINUES, LRA HUNGRY [...] (C) The movement of Congolese troops toward Aba via Kisangani and Aru is expected to continue today. General Padiri spoke the evening of September 28 again with Colonel Tabu but no flexibility was evident in the LRA position. Tabu complained, however, that the family members (and presumably t [...] | 2005-09-29 07:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1614 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN AFRICA: EXPANDING IN THE DRC [...] (C) As is the case in many African nations, China is working hard to expand its ties with the DRC. Chinese interest in the DRC comes at a moment when the GDRC is itself searching for significant investment to assist with social and economic development, as well as equipment (such as boots and [...] | 2005-09-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ETRD PREL CG CH |
05KINSHASA162 | CONGOLESE FRANC EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese franc is experiencing a progressively worsening bout of instability that commenced in September 2004, and which has seen the franc depreciate 17.4 percent from September through January. The Congolese Central Bank (BCC) has intervened with over $50 million in the pa [...] | 2005-01-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA1626 | LRA UPDATE: 200 FARDC TROOPS IN ABA, ANOTHER 650 [...] (C) Both the FARDC and MONUC confirmed to PolCouns morning of September 30 that 200 FARDC troops are currently in Aba. (Note: These are non-integrated forces which General Padiri had ordered transferred from other patrol points in northeastern Oriental province, one company plus two platoon [...] | 2005-09-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1641 | LRA UPDATE: FARDC DEPLOYMENTS, CONTACTS WITH [...] (C) MONUC Divisional Commander Gen Cammaert confirmed October 1 separately to the Ambassador and PolCouns that MONUC was initiating during the weekend the transport of FARDC troops already in Aru (Ituri District, Orientale Province) to Aba (Haut-Uele District, Orientale Province) to deal with [...] | 2005-10-03 10:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO UG CG |
05KINSHASA1642 | POSSIBLE PROGRESS REGARDING TEACHERS' STRIKE [...] (C) During an October 3 breakfast, Presidency Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda told the Ambassador that government officials are very concerned about the ongoing teachers' strike (reported reftel),and the risks that this could escalate into widespread social unrest. Ghonda reported that Pr [...] | 2005-10-03 10:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG |
05KINSHASA1648 | MASS GRAVES REMINDER OF RWANDAN INVASION [...] (U) The grisly discovery over the weekend of three mass graves in North Kivu, probably the first of a series likely to be soon exhumed, is a reminder of the violence which has plagued the Great Lakes region. MONUC Head of Office Njuzi told PolCouns that MONUC's very preliminary estimation is [...] | 2005-10-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MARR CG RW |
05KINSHASA1649 | VP RUBERWA MUSES ON ELECTIONS, CONGO'S FUTURE [...] (C) During an October 2 dinner, VP Ruberwa shared his insights on his evaluation of his own character and electoral chances/options, as well as his opinion of the other two likely presidential candidates, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba and President Joseph Kabila. A Tutsi Triumphant ---------------- [...] | 2005-10-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
05KINSHASA1658 | ELECTION UPDATE [...] (U) The Election Steering Committee (Comite de Pilotage) met October 3 to review the status of election preparations and the general electoral calendar. Committee membership includes Chief of Mission representation from donors, UN agency heads, technical support staff, and senior GDRC officia [...] | 2005-10-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1662 | LRA UPDATE: OVER 300 FARDC IN ABA BUT NO MISSION [...] (C) As a result of MONUC's efforts in transporting FARDC troops from Aru to Aba, there are now about 350 FARDC troops in Aba. About 300 are in Aru, awaiting transfer via helicopter (25 troops per load) to Aba. FARDC likely will have to ask MONUC for transport assistance for another 500 troo [...] | 2005-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1668 | RETURN OF THE TIGERS TO DRC [...] (C) PolCouns met October 4 (at their request) with a group of Katangan Tigers in Kinshasa to, as they put it, pave the way for the return of the exiles. (Note: The Tigers are seeking to return after over 30 years in exile, as Kapend stressed several times. Given evidence of their attacks on [...] | 2005-10-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CG AO |
05KINSHASA1672 | TEACHERS' STRIKE: AN EMERGING DEAL, OR STILL [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC continues difficult negotiations with teachers' unions to try to end the month-long teachers' strike and quell rising tension throughout the DRC, even as private and parochial school leaders call for their students to return to school. The Government continues to face pre [...] | 2005-10-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG |
05KINSHASA1677 | LRA UPDATE: FARDC MISSION POSSIBLE SUNDAY/MONDAY [...] (C) The CIAT (International Committee to Accompany the Transition) meeting October 6 was briefed by General Babacar Gaye (MONUC Force Commander) on LRA-related developments. Gaye confirmed that MONUC has transported about 522 FARDC troops to Aba and said they expect to have the necessary two [...] | 2005-10-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1678 | NEW CAST OF CHARACTERS FOR GDRC PARASTATALS [...] (C) PolCouns met in September with Ngoba Maloba, the former CEO of the Congolese electricity company SNEL, who was replaced in the August 5 realignment of the directors of most of the major Congolese parastatals. Although Maloba complained bitterly that he was the victim of &political deals,8 [...] | 2005-10-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EMIN KCOR CB |
05KINSHASA1686 | LRA UPDATE: BACK IN SUDAN? [...] (C) As reported reftel, MONUC and FARDC officials traveled to Aba the morning of October 7 in order to present a "last chance" disarmament proposal to LRA forces that crossed into the DRC from Sudan on September 19. When the MONUC team, led by MONUC political section chief (and acting director [...] | 2005-10-08 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV MARR CG UG |
05KINSHASA1690 | CONFIRMED SOUTH KIVU MASSACRE BY RASTA/FDLR [...] (C) Rasta/FDLR elements massacred 15 people in Kanyola, South Kivu on October 10, according to MONUC poloff. (Note: We believe the Rasta to be a radical creation of the FDLR. End note.) Two women and six children were among the dead. A FARDC patrol not far from Kanyola originally reported the [...] | 2005-10-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1692 | REOPENING OLD DEBATES [...] (C) The first week of the new Parliamentary session was disrupted by a debate on whether sitting Parliamentarians who have been named to posts on parastatal companies should be allowed to occupy double positions (and receive double salaries). National Assembly President Olivier Kamitatu told [...] | 2005-10-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON CG |
05KINSHASA1705 | TEACHERS' STRIKE: GDRC OFFER ON THE TABLE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Private school students began returning to classrooms in Kinshasa on Monday, October 10, but public and parochial schools throughout the DRC remained closed, waiting for teachers' unions to come to an agreement with the GDRC on their salary demands. This was despite calls from lea [...] | 2005-10-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG |
05KINSHASA1717 | VP BEMBA UPBEAT ON POST-TRANSITION ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. At an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Economic Counselor in his office, Vice President Jean Pierre Bemba was upbeat and optimistic about the DRC economy and ostensibly about prospects for 2006 and the post-elections period. He laid out the GDRC stance on the ongoing [...] | 2005-10-14 10:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA172 | CONGO/B: MEETING WITH NEW FINANCE MINISTER, PLANS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-02 06:14:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CFED IMF |
05KINSHASA1731 | RAMAZANI WILL NOT ATTEND TRIPARTITE MEETING; DRC [...] (C) During his October 13 meeting with the Ambassador regarding the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (reftel A),Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani spoke about the upcoming Tripartite meeting and the security situation in the eastern part of the country, particularly in South Kivu [...] | 2005-10-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1734 | TEACHER'S STRIKE ENDS IN KINSHASA, CONTINUES IN [...] (C) Summary. Striking teachers in public elementary, secondary, and professional schools in Kinshasa agreed to go back to work beginning Monday, October 17. The final GDRC salary offer was accepted in principle and a dozen presidential decrees that promoted approximately 6000 higher-level te [...] | 2005-10-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CG |
05KINSHASA1757 | SOUTH KIVU NON-KIDNAPPING [...] (C) Reports of armed Mai Mai troops taking UNDP hostages in South Kivu October 19 were discounted October 20 by MONUC Poloff. Disgruntled due to lack of promised pay, eight soldiers (out of more than 500 awaiting demobilization) temporarily locked an undetermined number of demobilizing soldier [...] | 2005-10-20 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1765 | DRC VOTER REGISTRATION NEARS 17.5 MILLION [...] (U) The Independent Election Commission (CEI) released October 18 its latest figures on voter registration in DRC, reporting that nearly 17.5 million people have enrolled for the Constitutional referendum currently scheduled for December 18. Almost one million people have registered in the pas [...] | 2005-10-21 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1770 | DRC, UGANDA AGREE TO COORDINATED PATROLS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. In a joint communique following an October 18 bilateral meeting, the GDRC and the GOU agreed to coordinate their patrols against suspected Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces operating in DRC. Such efforts are to be conducted within each country's respective borders, as neither sid [...] | 2005-10-24 17:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA1776 | OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT, VP'S: [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1783 | ITURI UPDATE: OPERATIONS AGAINST MILITIAS "BEARING [...] (C) Summary. Recent joint operations by MONUC and Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) against militia groups in the Ituri district have seen promising results, according to MONUC officials. Nearly 1,000 militia members have turned themselves in during the past month and mo [...] | 2005-10-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1784 | FARDC: LRA FORCES BELIEVED NO LONGER IN DRC; [...] (C) MONUC Political Officer Oleg Sepelev briefed PolOff October 26 regarding the presence of Lord's Resistance Army forces in the DRC, as well as recent reactions by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and Ugandan People's Defense Forces (UPDF) to the LRA's activities. [...] | 2005-10-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1798 | PRESIDENCY ALARMED BY EUROPEAN REPORTS OF UGANDAN [...] (C) The Ambassador was called to the Presidency Friday afternoon, October 28. Upon arrival, President Kabila was in another meeting, but Chief of Staff She Okitundu received the Ambassador to relay Kabila,s message. The gist was that "Europeans" had provided reports to the Presidency which c [...] | 2005-10-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS UG CG |
05KINSHASA1807 | DRC: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRANIAN EXTREMISM AND [...] (C) PolOff delivered October 31 reftel demarches and talking points (reftel B) to Ambassador Ngoy Lulu, Director of African and Middle Eastern Affairs at the DRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When told of Iranian President Ahamdi-Nejad's remarks, Lulu said he shared USG concerns that such state [...] | 2005-10-31 15:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ IR CG |
05KINSHASA1814 | FARDC 5TH BRIGADE BEGINS FIRST INTEGRATED MISSION [...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade of the 8th military region began its first mission, code-named North Nexus, against FDLR rebels in Virunga National Park, North Kivu, on October 31. Also for the first time FARDC took the lead, with MONUC providing planning and logistical assistance, in [...] | 2005-11-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1815 | PRESIDENCY COUNSELOR ON EAST SITUATION [...] (C) I met one-on-one with Presidency Ambassador at Large Antoine Ghonda on Friday October 28 to review events subsequent to the recent Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala. Regarding the situation in the east, Ghonda expressed some dismay about the apparent lack of USG understanding over GDRC se [...] | 2005-11-01 12:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA183 | HIGH-LEVEL DISCUSSIONS ON ELECTIONS, CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Congolese political figures are holding a seminar in Kinshasa February 2, 3, and 4 to discuss electoral and constitutional issues. Key players such as opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi and the Catholic Church will not participate. Ideally, the conference will lead to [...] | 2005-02-02 16:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA1830 | MORE THAN 300 FORMER ZAIRIAN SOLDIERS RETURN TO DRC [...] (U) On November 1-2, 318 former soldiers of the Mobutu-era Armed Forces of Zaire (FAZ) returned to the DRC from Brazzaville after fleeing the country following the fall of the Mobutu regime in 1997. The soldiers and their families (totaling 764 persons) are undergoing a sensitization and orien [...] | 2005-11-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF |
05KINSHASA1831 | NORTH KIVU 5TH BRIGADE OPERATIONS: A STEP FORWARD [...] (C) Reftel reported a new military operation launched October 31 in North Kivu province in the area in and around Virunga Park, primarily targeting rebellious Mai Mai units and Rwandan FDLR. The operation is significant in that it represents the first involving a FARDC integrated brigade in e [...] | 2005-11-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1834 | 5TH INTEGRATED BRIGADE MISSION AGAINST FDLR IN [...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade is continuing operations in its mission to remove FDLR rebels from Virunga National Park, North Kivu. Launched October 31 as part of Operation North Nexus (reftel),this was the first military action involving an integrated FARDC brigade in the Kivus. To [...] | 2005-11-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1840 | DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: ALMOST 20 MILLION VOTERS [...] (U) The Independent Election Commission (CEI) has released the latest round of figures of voter registration in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Total enrollment through November 4 has surpassed 19.9 million. Enrollment figures by province are as follows: Kinshasa (2,963,101); Bas Congo (1,23 [...] | 2005-11-04 13:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1854 | MONUC DIVISIONAL COMMANDER COMMENTS ON NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Ambassador hosted for lunch on Saturday, November 5 MONUC,s eastern division commander, MG Patrick Cammaert. The Ambassador asked for Cammaert,s observations regarding the recently-launched FARDC/MONUC operation in North Kivu province targeting FDLR and Mai Mai elements in the Virunga area [...] | 2005-11-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA1855 | TSHISEKEDI GAMBIT WITH THE VISITING UNSC [...] (C) A few days prior to the arrival in Kinshasa of the U.N. Security Council (UNSC)on November 5 , two key officials of Etienne Tshisekedi,s opposition UDPS party approached French Ambassador Georges Serres to request a meeting with the UNSC. (Note: The French PermRep was the UNSC's lead for [...] | 2005-11-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1860 | UNSC REITERATES SECURITY, ELECTION CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Summary: An intense schedule for the visiting U.N. Security Council in Kinshasa focused on the election process and security sector reform. There was some focus of good governance issues, although clear misgivings by some UNSC members limited those discussions. For reasons that are uncle [...] | 2005-11-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG UNSC |
05KINSHASA1870 | LARGEST CONGOLESE BANK CLAIMS GROSS INJUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC's largest and oldest bank has launched a lobbying campaign in opposition to a Supreme Court decision that upheld a USD 5.7 million judgment against it. The Commercial Bank of the Congo (BCDC) claims that the October 28 decision is a gross miscarriage of justice and yet [...] | 2005-11-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV KCOR KJUS CG |
05KINSHASA1873 | FARDC MILITARY TRIBUNAL REQUESTS MONUC SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) Following an October 25 joint visit to recently discovered mass graves in Rutshuru territory by a MONUC Human Rights Division team and a FARDC military tribunal, the latter requested MONUC assistance in conducting an inquiry. Specifically, the FARDC military tribunal requested the follow [...] | 2005-11-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1876 | LRA UPDATE: MONUC-FARDC PLAN SEARCH-AND-CORDON OPS [...] (C) Summary. According to MONUC sources, Operation Eastern Endeavour is to begin in the vicinity of Aba on November 10, encompassing forces from MONUC and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) in an effort to identify and capture any elements of the Lord's Resistance Army [...] | 2005-11-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO CG UG SU |
05KINSHASA1893 | IMPORTANT NEW POLITICAL COALITION BEING LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: Three veteran political figures, National Assembly President Kamitatu, and former ministers Endundo and Pay Pay, have formed a new political coalition that will back Pay Pay,s candidacy for President in next year,s election. News of the candidacy will be broached next week through [...] | 2005-11-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1903 | FIGHTING IN ITURI BREAKS UP A MILITIA CELL [...] (C) About half of a 3,000-man strong FARDC detachment, all elements of the First Integrated Brigade, backed by two MONUC attack helicopters and with MONUC logistical assistance, engaged elements of the Revolutionary Congolese Movement (MRC) November 14-16 in the southeast corner of Orientale p [...] | 2005-11-17 10:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1907 | NEW SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR PRESENTS PLANS FOR THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 17 meeting, newly appointed Governor of South Kivu Deogratias Buhamba-Hamba outlined his top five priorities for the province. These are: 1) improved intercommunity relations, 2) rebuilding and development, 3) ending recruitment by local militias, 4) region [...] | 2005-11-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
05KINSHASA1923 | INTER-PPRD RIVALRY BRINGS NEW GOVERNOR TO KINSHASA [...] (C) Kimbembi Mazingi, a little-known politician not involved in government since the late 1990s under former president Laurent Kabila, was appointed Governor of Kinshasa November 15. He replaced Jean Kimbunda, a close ally of PPRD Secretary General Vital Kamarhe. (Note: The PPRD is the S [...] | 2005-11-21 09:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
05KINSHASA1926 | CABINET SHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: A long-expected cabinet shuffle was announced November 18. New ministers include Finance, Economy, Industry, Energy, Agriculture, Primary Education, Culture and Arts, Higher Education, and Youth and Sports. A new governor of Province Orientale has also been appointed. End summ [...] | 2005-11-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
05KINSHASA1930 | LRA UPDATE: MONUC AND GDRC CONTINUE PATROLLING [...] (C) For the last three weeks a force of approximately 2,000 FADRC troops, supported by 170 Nepalese MONUC troops, have been deployed in the northeastern part of Orientale province, patrolling the border with Sudan. Their mission is to detect and repel any negative forces attempting to enter [...] | 2005-11-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL CG |
05KINSHASA1940 | ONGOING FARDC OPERATIONS TO IMPROVE SECURITY IN [...] (U) Despite some press reports suggesting otherwise, there has been no significant increase in the number of internally displaced persons in Katanga province, DRC. Ongoing government military operations (which began over 6 weeks ago) against Mai Mai elements headed by renegade leader Gideon a [...] | 2005-11-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA1941 | DRC WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) PolOff delivered November 23 reftel demarche to Tharcisse Kambala, director of the International Organization Division of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kambala said the GDRC would vote in favor of adopting the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions and welcomed Magen [...] | 2005-11-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ CG ICRC |
05KINSHASA1950 | ITURI UPDATE: FARDC CONTINUES ATTACKS ON MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary. The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC),with logistical support from MONUC troops, are continuing their attacks on militia elements in Ituri and are achieving more operational successes. However, a new resurgence of MRC activity in the northern section of Itur [...] | 2005-11-25 13:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1954 | CIAT SLAMS GOVERNMENT INERTIA AND PROCRASTINATION [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) on November 25 issued an unusually harsh communique, taking the government to task for its continued inaction on issues of critical importance in bringing the DRC's transition to a successful conclusion. Frustrated at [...] | 2005-11-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL CG CIAT |
05KINSHASA1956 | KAMITATU DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM MLC/GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Olivier Kamitatu, President of the National Assembly and Secretary General of the MLC party, along with 45 MLC senators and deputies from all provinces, delivered a letter on November 26 asking MLC founder and DRC Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for a more democratic party. In it, the [...] | 2005-11-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR CG |
05KINSHASA1960 | FIVE FDLR KILLED IN FIGHT WITH FARDC IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) According to MONUC's Goma office, the FARDC Fifth Integrated Brigade killed five FDLR militia who they had surprised while on patrol in Musesa, Rutshuru district November 28. Two FDLR escaped, and five weapons were recovered. 2. (C) However, North Kivu Governor Serufuli told polcouns [...] | 2005-11-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1969 | FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT CIAT COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Ramazani convoked the Kinshasa diplomatic corps the morning of November 30 to express the GDRC's unhappiness with CIAT's November 25 communique that took transition leaders to task for inaction on security sector reform, non-payment of salaries to the military, delays in [...] | 2005-11-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1993 | NEW DRC MINISTER OF ECONOMY, PIERRE MALOKA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA1995 | DRC ARRESTS SUSPECT FOR MURDER OF BANGLADESHI [...] (C) MONUC officials confirmed December 7 that soldiers of the Armed Forces for the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) arrested December 5 Justin Ngole Dalo, also known as Koliba, for the murder of nine MONUC Bangladeshi soldiers during an ambush in DRC's Ituri District in February 2005. Kolib [...] | 2005-12-07 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA1998 | ITURI UPDATE: THE MILITIA THREAT, PETER KARIM, AND [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns and PolOff visited Bunia November 28-30 to review ongoing efforts by MONUC, civil society, local government and NGOs to bring peace and stability to the historically volatile region. Militia violence continues to threaten these efforts despite recent offensives by the Con [...] | 2005-12-07 17:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG UG |
05KINSHASA2001 | AMNESTY LAW: QUESTION MAY NOT BE SETTLED YET [...] (C) On November 29 the National Assembly passed the long-awaited amnesty law, but the central issue -- the fate of those accused of assassinating former president Laurent Kabila -- remains explosive and far from settled. Passage of the law itself triggered a spate of bad feelings, as the law [...] | 2005-12-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG KPKO |
05KINSHASA2017 | PRE-ELECTORAL MOVES: KAMITATU GAMBIT COULD BRING [...] (C) The long-simmering tension between MLC president (and DRC Vice President) Jean-Pierre Bemba and National Assembly President Olivier Kamitatu (the Secretary General and number two of the MLC) has reached an explosive point which is fracturing the party. The divorce appears to have been trig [...] | 2005-12-12 07:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA2054 | FDLR GROUP RETURNS TO RWANDA FROM DRC [...] (C) A group of 82 FDLR militia members, along with 76 dependents, crossed into Rwanda from South Kivu on December 15. The group was led by Seraphin Bizimungu, also known as General Amani. According to MONUC officials, the group entered Rwanda via the transit center in Shangugu with MONUC ass [...] | 2005-12-16 14:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PREL CG RW |
05KINSHASA2055 | UDPS TORPEDOS INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) During the November visit of the U.N. Security Council to the DRC, members of Etienne Tshisekedi,s UDPS party approached the French Ambassador indicating that the party realized the need to modify the party,s rejection of the Transition and election process. In other words, the UDPS was i [...] | 2005-12-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA2059 | NKUNDA'S PRESENCE IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE [...] (C) Following CODEL Brownback,s visit to eastern DRC, the Ambassador traveled Dec. 3 with the MONUC North Kivu Indian Brigade commander to a small forward operating base at Katchanga in the Masisi area of North Kivu. Indian military commanders told the Ambassador the base had been established [...] | 2005-12-20 09:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN |
05KINSHASA2060 | RENEWED BANYAMULENGE TENSIONS [...] (C) There is a renewed threat of clashes in the High Plateau region of South Kivu province. The problem arises from a new source: tensions within the High Plateau Banyamulenge community. The proximate cause was the return of the "Group of 47," former Banyamulenge combatants who had reportedl [...] | 2005-12-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA2065 | AMNESTY LAW IN TROUBLE - AGAIN [...] (C) A December 14 Supreme Court decision (made public December 17) opens again the contentious issue of amnesty for the group of individuals accused (and convicted to death in absentia) of involvement in the assassination of former president Laurent Kabila. The Court ruled that such a crime is [...] | 2005-12-21 09:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA2067 | EUSEC REPORT ON REFORM OF MILITARY PAYMENT SYSTEM [...] (C) European Union military experts produced an extensive report in July 2005 outlining structural changes in the military payment system (among other changes) which would help to address the pervasive failure of the GDRC regularly to pay its troops. This report was presented officially to th [...] | 2005-12-21 09:59:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO ASEC CG |
05KINSHASA2072 | TAX AUTHORITIES ARRESTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC's tax authority is grappling with a high-level scandal that also implicates several large enterprises. In October, Congolese authorities arrested the director of the national tax authority, Direction Generale des Impots (DGI),plus other DGI officials and businesspersons [...] | 2005-12-21 11:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR EINV ECON PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA208 | TENSIONS ESCALATING WITHIN CONGOLESE MILITARY IN [...] (C) Rumors reached Kinshasa February 4 that "large numbers" of Mai Mai are massing near Bukavu in South Kivu and threatening to attack the city. PolCouns spoke February 5 and 6 to Defense Minister Adolphe Onasumba, presidential staffer Mulegwa (currently in Bukavu) and Senior Presidential Ad [...] | 2005-02-07 14:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINS CG |
05KINSHASA2088 | DRC NEARS AGREEMENT ON ELECTORAL SYSTEM [...] (C) After extensive consultations, Congolese political leaders seem to be arriving at a tentative agreement on the DRC's draft electoral law, which will lay out the framework for the size of electoral districts and the type of voting system (i.e., majority or proportional) to be implemented for [...] | 2005-12-23 10:18:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA2102 | FARDC ENGAGES HEAVILY ARMED MILITIAS IN ITURI [...] (C) The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC),with air and other logistical support from MONUC troops, launched Operation Eden December 21 against militia elements in the northeastern Ituri District. MONUC sources report operations are being directed against the Congolese R [...] | 2005-12-27 16:02:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
05KINSHASA2110 | ITURI: POSSIBLE UGANDAN SUPPORT TO MILITIAS; KARIM [...] (C) MONUC military commanders told PolOff December 28 that a truck captured by the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) during operations in Nioka (reftel A) belongs to the Ugandan military. MONUC officials said the truck, which was being driven by three Ugandan civilians (later arrested),bore the [...] | 2005-12-29 10:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO MOPS CG UG |
05KINSHASA213 | OPPOSITION PARTY SEES JAN. 14 STRIKE AS A VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A UDPS political party official sees the January 14 general strike in Kinshasa as an indication of his party's renewed strength. According to the official, Vice President Bemba approached UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi recently with an offer of political alliance, but Tshisekedi [...] | 2005-02-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA214 | VP BEMBA WANTS TO DISTANCE MLC FROM TRANSITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Bemba wants to distance his party from the transitional government, according to a senior official in Bemba's party, the MLC. The official said Bemba is trying to reach out to Etienne Tshisekedi's opposition party, the UDPS. END SUMMARY. Bemba Envisions Difficu [...] | 2005-02-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA216 | DRC BUDGET COMPLETE BUT MAY NEED REVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The draft 2005 GDRC budget is currently awaiting Parliamentary approval. It has increased 42.2 percent compared to the 2004 budget, with foreign assistance comprising 58 percent of total revenue. The budget is balanced and totals $1.809 billion. Provisions of GDRC normal income [...] | 2005-02-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI CG |
05KINSHASA217 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON EXCHANGE RATE INSTABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Counselor and econoff met with Congolese Central Bank (BCC) Governor Jean-Claude Masangu on February 2 to discuss exchange rate instability in the DRC. Masangu believes, as does the IMF (Ref A),that the GDRC budget deficit is largely to blame for the depreciation of the [...] | 2005-02-08 15:05:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA551 | GUATEMALAN PEACEKEEPERS DEPLOY TO KISANGANI [...] (C) Summary. MONUC deployed a contingent of 105 Guatemalan special forces trained in counter-insurgency to Kisangani March 29 to serve as a highly mobile unit for crisis situations around the country. End Summary. 2. (C) A MONUC military source in Kisangani told poloff that a contingent of [...] | 2005-04-01 11:07:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MARR MOPS CG |
05KINSHASA567 | OPPOSITION FIGURE TSHISEKEDI CONTINUES TRYING TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prominent opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi declared in an April 2 speech that the SIPDIS transitional government's mandate expires June 30, claiming that the constitutional provision that allows for two six-month extensions is null and void because "the people...have syste [...] | 2005-04-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL CG |
05KINSHASA581 | REQUEST FOR POST INPUT ON GWOT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Although there is no evidence of current terrorist activity in the DRC, factors that could increase future risks include widespread corruption, lack of effective government authority around the country, weak state institutions, and abundant mineral resources including uranium. The areas ou [...] | 2005-04-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER CG |
05KINSHASA582 | ELECTIONS CHIEF FIRES BACK AT TSHISEKEDI [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Malu-Malu, speaking at an elections seminar in Kinshasa, declared to reporters April 7 that "those who say the transition ends on June 30, 2005 are wrong--the real end date is June 30, 2006." (Note: This is a reference to Article 196 [...] | 2005-04-07 14:41:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA584 | NORTH KIVU CLASHES LIKELY [...] (C) Summary. MONUC field offices are preparing to repatriate Rwandan Hutu rebels (FDLR) in an increasingly tense atmosphere. The political-military situation in N. Kivu is unclear, and MONUC military patrols have reported increased suspicious activity by ex-ANC (RCD/G armed wing) soldiers in M [...] | 2005-04-07 15:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA634 | "NON-VIOLENT" OPPOSITION THREATENS UNREST IF LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi and his supporters are continuing to preach fiery SIPDIS anti-transitional government rhetoric, and demand that the political agreement underpinning the transitional government be reopened to give them a share of power. Top Tshise [...] | 2005-04-15 07:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG |
05KINSHASA640 | CONGO DEMANDS $10 BN IN REPARATIONS FROM UGANDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice began hearings on April 11 on Congo's suit against Uganda for crimes allegedly committed by Ugandan forces operating in the Congo from 1998-2003. The Congolese reportedly asked for $10 billion in reparations from Uganda. END SUMMARY. Backgrou [...] | 2005-04-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CG |
05KINSHASA644 | KINSHASA UNIVERSITIES CONCERNED ABOUT STUDENT [...] (C) Summary. Kinshasa university officials expressed concern about the vulnerability of students to manipulation by spoilers opposed to the transition. They feel there is an urgent need for a GDRC sensitization and civic education campaign. The extent to which students will participate in diso [...] | 2005-04-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC CG KSOC |
05KINSHASA645 | ITURI MILITIA REPRESENTATIVE DECLARES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) The Secretary General of the Union of Congolese Patriots-Lubanga (UPC-L),John Tinanzabo, declared on Radio Okapi in Bunia April 14 that his group supported the disarmament process in Ituri. He said UPC-L members who refused to participate in the disarmament program would be regarded as ou [...] | 2005-04-15 11:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA646 | THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION [...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...] | 2005-04-15 11:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG |
05KINSHASA653 | KABILA: ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY, 30 JUNE [...] (C) Ambassador met privately April 16 with President Kabila, at the President's residence. In the wake of a very positive presentation to the CIAT April 15 by Abbe Malu Malu (President of the Independent Electoral Commission),in which he outlined progress on electoral preparations, including [...] | 2005-04-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA655 | CIAT MEETING WITH THE ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL APRIL 14 [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met April 14 with President Kabila and three of DRC's four Vice Presidents; VP Ruberwa was absent. The first two discussion points centered on progress being seen to disarm militias in DRC's northeastern Ituri District, [...] | 2005-04-18 13:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA684 | CONGO/B: ENVIRONMENT MINISTER NOTES CONCERNS ON [...] (SBU) CONGO/B'S MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTRY HENRI DJOMBO ASKED TO SEE THE AMBASSADOR APRIL 15 TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELATED TO THE CONGO BASIN FOREST PARTNERSHIP (CBFP). AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY ECON/CONS OFFICER, LISTENED TO THE MINISTER'S AGENDA WHICH INCLUDED NOTING HIS CONCERNS ABOUT [...] | 2005-04-21 13:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV CF |
05KINSHASA710 | S. KIVU GOVERNOR REMOVED FOR POOR MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. South Kivu Governor Augustin Bulaimu was dismissed April 25 for poor management and large-scale embezzlement. Post welcomes his dismissal. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) After months of negotiations, Minister of Interior Theophile Mbemba "permanently" suspended South Kivu Governor Augusti [...] | 2005-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR CG |
05KINSHASA718 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF [...] (U) The President of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu, gave a press conference in Kinshasa April 28 to announce that the CEI would ask Parliament for an extension of the transition as provided by Article 196 of the transition's Constitution. Malu Malu said [...] | 2005-04-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA724 | CONGOLESE CENTRAL BANK OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Congolese Central Bank (BCC) is currently undergoing strong scrutiny by the IMF. It has modernized its methods of open market operations, but still has little impact in most of the country due to the general weakness of the banking sector. The lack of effective branch offices - [...] | 2005-04-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ECON PTER PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA731 | CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...] | 2005-04-29 16:16:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA735 | FDLR PRESIDENT MURWANASHYAKA IN CONGO [...] (SBU) FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka arrived in Kinshasa from Europe the evening of April 28 with the apparent objective of setting into motion steps that will lead to the repatriation of FDLR members and their families to Rwanda. Murwanashyaka met with GDRC officials on April 29, an [...] | 2005-05-02 16:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA764 | FDLR PRES. PLANNING VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU [...] (C) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka is scheduled to leave Kinshasa for the Kivus in the next few days to meet with field commanders. Although he called on the international community to establish a 'Follow Up Committee,' he did not provide concrete 'next steps' to implement the [...] | 2005-05-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA768 | CONGO/B: ROC REFUGEES IN GABON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 13:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CF |
05KINSHASA769 | CONGO/B: MEETINGS WITH THE FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON CF CU IMF |
05KINSHASA779 | CLEANING HOUSE IN KATANGA [...] (C) Summary: International and Congolese media have been seized in recent days with eye-catching reports of a possible provincial seccession or coup against President Kabila in Katanga province. What seems actually to be happening in Katanga is the President cleaning house in "his" province. [...] | 2005-05-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA790 | CONGOLESE CONSTITUTION ALMOST COMPLETE, ELECTORAL [...] (C) After several weeks of intense negotiations, the National Assembly is in the third day of final consideration of the draft constitution, which is expected to be approved by the end of this week. Substantial changes were made to the original text to address concerns earlier voiced by CIAT [...] | 2005-05-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA791 | ANGOLAN-TRAINED CONGOLESE TROOPS LOOK GOOD - [...] (C) PolCouns attended the May 6 "graduation" ceremony for the two brigades of Congolese troops trained by the Angolans at Kitona base (in Bas-Congo province). The visit was organized by the Angolan Ambassador and Chief of the Congolese Army General Kisempia, and several CIAT Ambassadors (inc [...] | 2005-05-11 13:42:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL CG |
05KINSHASA793 | N. KIVU UPDATE [...] SUMMARY. (C) The security situation in Rutshuru and Masisi, North Kivu has deteriorated in the past month. About 1500 Congolese (mostly Tutsi) have fled Masisi for Rwanda in the past six weeks, and MONUC is concerned that targeted attacks against Nande by a mostly Hutu ex-ANC (RCD/G military w [...] | 2005-05-12 15:09:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO PREF CG |
05KINSHASA800 | FDLR REPATRIATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka, MONUC DDRRR Chief, and Congolese officials went to the Kivus May 11 to try to persuade FDLR members and their families to return to Rwanda. Most Kinshasa-based international observers, however, are not optimistic about the FDLR President' [...] | 2005-05-13 11:46:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA807 | WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO ELECTIONS IN THE DRC [...] (C) Now that the Congolese have completed work on the constitution, they and we can focus on realizing the DRC's first democratic elections in almost 50 years. This monumental undertaking -- a model not only for the Great Lakes region but Africa as a whole -- is an avowed policy priority tha [...] | 2005-05-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA808 | CALM RETURNS TO KATANGA [...] (C) The President and several close advisors returned to Kinshasa May 13 after several days in Lubumbashi reportedly tracking down a major Katangan secessionist plot. As reported reftel, the secessionist rhetoric was really a poorly disguised crackdown on Air Force Commander General John Numbi [...] | 2005-05-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA823 | MLC: ISOLATING BEMBA [...] (1) PolCouns met May 17 and 18 with Movement for Congolese Liberation (MLC) members Olivier Kamitatu and Thomas Luhaka to discuss internal MLC politics and election strategy. (Note: Kamitatu is the President of the National Assembly and Luhaka both the Secretary General of the MLC and the par [...] | 2005-05-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM CG |
05KINSHASA854 | BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES RETURN TO S. KIVU [...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, about 480 Banyamulenge refugees returned to South Kivu from Rwanda. Although the return started smoothly, problems have developed in the past few days. Post will continue to encourage all parties to help the refugees return. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Over the past [...] | 2005-05-24 13:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CG RW |
05KINSHASA870 | RUMORS OF ARREST OF AIR FORCE COMMANDER UNTRUE [...] (C) Rumors of Air Force Commander General John Numbi's arrest, which turned out to be unsubstantiated, circulated widely in Kinshasa and throughout the country on May 24. Polcouns met with Numbi, who was not under house arrest as rumored, at his home the afternoon of May 24. Numbi told polcoun [...] | 2005-05-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR CG |
05KINSHASA872 | CONGO/B: THE TROUBLED POOL REGION - EVERYONE'S TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-26 18:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CF |
05KINSHASA874 | ARCHBISHOP MONSENGWO WRITES TO MBEKI ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Archbishop Monsengwo, President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, wrote a letter to South African President Thabo Mbeki using ambiguous language to question the commitment of transition actors to organize elections. The letter was later discussed in a private conversation with [...] | 2005-05-27 07:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG |
05KINSHASA878 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON TSHISEKEDI AND RWANDA [...] (C) During a May 23 meeting with polcouns, Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba said his attempts to reason with UDPS leader Tshisekedi about joining the transitional government had failed, that Rwanda would like to replace Congolese Vice President Ruberwa, and that the international community [...] | 2005-05-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CG RW |
05KINSHASA880 | DRC PLEDGES ADVANCES IN MINING TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary. Vice - President Jean-Pierre Bemba has inaugurated the DRC's participation in an international effort to promote transparency in extractive industries. Bemba claims real commitment to promoting mining industry transparency, but his actions may be merely politically motivated. Se [...] | 2005-05-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EPET EFIN CG |
05KINSHASA89 | CONGO/B: POST-NEW GOVERNMENT - WHAT'S NEXT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH THE SHOCK THAT THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED BY PRESIDENT SASSOU ON JANUARY 8, IS NOT NEW AT ALL BUT MAINTAINS MANY OF THE COUNTRY,S WELL-KNOWN HARDLINERS HAS WORN AWAY A BIT, THE ATMOSPHERE OF DISAPPOINTMENT PREVAILS THAT SASSOU MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE UP TO HIS Y [...] | 2005-01-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL CF |
05KINSHASA911 | WORLD BANK PLANS FUNDING SHIFT IN DRC [...] (C) Summary. World Bank (WB) representative Pedro Alba told emboffs that the Bank intends to shift its funding in the DRC from emergency rehabilitation projects to sectoral projects. The Bank is considering providing support for Rwanda's gas exploitation of Lake Kivu, but will insist that Rw [...] | 2005-06-02 16:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EFIN EAID SENV CG |
05KINSHASA950 | NEW SECURITY SECTOR AGREEMENTS SIGNED BETWEEN [...] (U) Summary: Three new security sector reforms were signed on the margins of a June 1 ceremony marking the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade (reported septel). The Belgian, South Africa, and DRC agreements provide for additional future training, equipment and infrastructure dev [...] | 2005-06-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA951 | THIRD INTEGRATED BRIGADE (MOSTLY) READY [...] (C) Summary: Defense Ministers from the DRC, South Africa and Belgium, several CIAT ambassadors and military attaches, numerous other senior officials, and press participated in the graduation of the third FARDC integrated brigade at the Kamina (Katanga) training center on June 1. The ceremony [...] | 2005-06-10 12:04:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO MARR CG |
05KINSHASA961 | IMF GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DRC ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Visiting IMF officials expressed guarded optimism about DRC economic circumstances and will recommend that the GDRC proceed to the sixth and final IMF review. The team stated that the DRC has made adequate fiscal and monetary progress, with generally stable inflation and exchang [...] | 2005-06-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV CG |
05KINSHASA962 | RUBERWA STILL IN OFFICE, AND LOOKING TOWARD [...] (C) In a wide-ranging private discussion at his residence June 11, Vice President Azarias Ruberwa told the Ambassador that recent RCD-Goma party meetings had proven difficult for him. The sessions had been called because of internal RCD-Goma rules that office-holders should have a tenure of no [...] | 2005-06-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR CG |
05KINSHASA964 | KABILA LAUNCHES TRANSITION ASSESSMENT SEMINAR [...] (U) President Kabila presided over the ceremonial opening June 10 of a Transition evaluation and assessment seminar. The Ambassador and other chiefs of mission of members countries of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) were also invited to attend, as were select [...] | 2005-06-13 16:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG |
05KINSHASA965 | INDIAN PEACEKEEPER KILLED IN N. KIVU [...] (U) Unidentified gunmen killed an Indian peacekeeper and wounded two others 20 miles north of Goma in North Kivu June 13. In the ensuing confusion, Congolese soldiers wounded 8-9 civilians. MONUC has evacuated the civilian and military casualties to a Goma hospital. 2. (C) MONUC Goma Head [...] | 2005-06-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO CG IN |
05KINSHASA968 | CONGO/B: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: As current chairman of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (CEEAC/ECCA) sub regional organization, President Sassou convened a summit June 7-8 to encourage CEEAC Presidents to reinvigorate the near moribund entity. Known more in the region by its French acronym CEEA [...] | 2005-06-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON CF RW |
05KINSHASA987 | GDRC QUIETLY APPROVES KINSHASA SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila reportedly approved a security plan for Kinshasa in early June to prevent unrest later in the month. The Minister of Interior said the plan balances preventive and security measures, including identifying potential troublemakers, deploying the Rapid Intervention P [...] | 2005-06-16 15:00:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR CG |
05KIRKUK270 | (C) WASHINGTON TRIP HELPS BOOST KURDISH SUPPORT FOR STAYING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. KRG (Erbil) PM Nechirvan Barzani lauded President Bush for hosting his uncle, KRG President Masud Barzani. PM Barzani said that -- while the U.S. had been careful on protocol -- he felt as if the U.S. had received President Barzani as a head of state. PM Barza [...] | 2005-12-08 14:01:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL EINV IZ IR SY KRG |
05KIRKUK285 | (U) KURDS ANTICIPATE AGAIN FIELDING SECOND-LARGEST BLOC IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad met December 2-3 with KRG Regional President Masud Barzani and then with Iraqi President Talabani. The KDP is trying to woo Faili Kurds to drop their support for their own lists or the Shia Islamist lists and support the Kurdish Alliance slate instead. Bar [...] | 2005-12-13 18:58:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL IZ KDP |
05KIRKUK287 | (C) SAMARRA: IECI REPORTS INTIMIDATION BY IA [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On 10 and 11 October, IECI employees in the Samarra area were victims of flagrant intimidation by Iraqi Army. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) On 12 December, the Salah Ad Din IECI director, Mr. Salah Salih made a complaint to SET officer about intim [...] | 2005-12-14 08:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER IZ |
05KIRKUK289 | (C) TURCOMANS: USG MUST PREVENT KURDS STEALING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) believes the Kurds are making a massive, flagrant effort to steal the election in Kirkuk with IECI connivance. ITF leaders made a number of specific complaints to us and repeatedly threatened to take to the streets if their concer [...] | 2005-12-14 19:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PNAT KCOR IZ |
05KIRKUK290 | (C) DIYALA ELECTION PREP: MINOR LOGISTICAL AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'quba cable. 2. SUMMARY: Three days before the election, the IECI and ISF appear to be well prepared for the polling on December 15. With CF support, the involved organizations have repeatedly drilled for the election day operations, and a December 10 "dress rehearsal" [...] | 2005-12-14 19:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
05KUWAIT1054 | (C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISSUADING IRAN FROM [...] (C) During a March 14 meeting, Ambassador raised reftel points with Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of Kuwait's National Security Bureau, stressing that formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government should occur free of interference from Iran. Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said the GOK [...] | 2005-03-15 07:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC IZ IR KU |
05KUWAIT1071 | SECURITY BUREAU REPORTS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, the Ambassador expressed appreciation for Kuwait's aggressive response to recent terror activities and stressed the need for Kuwait to sustain momentum in rounding up militants, amending laws [...] | 2005-03-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1077 | SUPPORTING KUWAITI CANDIDATE FOR UNDP ADMINISTRATOR [...] (C) I strongly recommend that the U.S. endorse Kuwait's candidate for UNDP Administrator, Fawzi Sultan. A former long-time President of the U.N. International Fund for Agricultural Development and Executive Director of the World Bank, Sultan is an eminently qualifed candidate for this positio [...] | 2005-03-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU UNDP |
05KUWAIT1078 | INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) Embassy Kuwait would welcome the visit of a senior-level interagency team provided that team is empowered to answer direct questions on the 11 Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo. The Kuwaitis have an active legal team in Washington and are familiar with U.S. policies. They would [...] | 2005-03-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL PGOV PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT1089 | KUWAIT-IRAN GAS - A DONE DEAL [...] (C) Econ Counselor and Econ Officer met March 12 with Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own to follow up on earlier discussions of Kuwait's options for meeting its gas needs (Ref A). Al-Own said that there was a "good chance" that Kuwait and Iran might discuss a potential gas export [...] | 2005-03-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT1091 | KUWAITI WOMEN'S RIGHTS: WEEK IN REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Indications continue to point toward Parliamentary approval of the GOK's draft bill granting women the right to vote. The Ambassador's contacts during the week shared their belief that women will be voting in the 2007 elections. Similar sentiments were heard on the diwaniya circui [...] | 2005-03-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT111 | KUWAITI ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN AND TO THE [...] (C) During a January 8 meeting on a variety of subjects with the Prime Minister, the Ambassador raised continued provision of GOK assistance to Jordan. Shaykh Sabah said the Jordanian Prime Minister would be visiting Kuwait in a few days and Kuwait would consider any request for support. Amba [...] | 2005-01-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL EPET JO IZ KU |
05KUWAIT112 | PRIME MINISTER SAYS NO CHANCE OF CONTINUED FREE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on continued provision of free fuel to OIF forces to Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad on January 8. Shaykh Sabah said that Kuwait was now spending USD 20-23 million a month on fuel for OIF and had been providing that support for almost t [...] | 2005-01-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KU IZ |
05KUWAIT1125 | KUWAITI TECHNICAL TEAM ON FUEL TO TRAVEL IN APRIL; [...] (C) During a March 19 meeting on Arab League matters (septel) the Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah about the timing and agenda of a delegation to Washington for discussions on OIF fuel and related issues. Al-Jarallah reported that Foreign Minis [...] | 2005-03-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN MARR PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1131 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on March 19. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah had already departed for Algiers to prepare for the arrival of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber [...] | 2005-03-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SY IS IZ KU |
05KUWAIT114 | SENATOR KERRY AND KUWAITI FM AGREE ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion January 7, Senator John Kerry and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah discussed the necessity of holding elections in Iraq on January 30 and the importance of Sunni participation in the elections and representation in I [...] | 2005-01-09 08:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1160 | FUEL PAYMENT NEGOTIATIONS HIT THE PRESS [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's daily newspapers have run front-page stories purporting to provide the inside scoop on an allegedly acrimonious disagreement between USG and Kuwait regarding purchase of OIF fuel. The press assert that Kuwait's request for payment of $500 million for post-war fuel deli [...] | 2005-03-21 15:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT1172 | KUWAIT PM'S ECON ADVISER ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) On March 19, Ambassador met briefly with the Prime Minister's Economic Adviser, Dr. Youssef Al-Ebraheem, to discuss U.S./Kuwaiti TIFA discussions and the state of economic reform in Kuwait. Ambassador briefed on the overall impressions of the previous week's discussions with visiting USTR [...] | 2005-03-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1173 | AMBASSADOR AND MFA DIRECTOR DISCUSS U.S.-GOK [...] (U) The Ambassador used a March 22 courtesy call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed Al-Murad to thank Kuwait for its vote in favor of a UNGA resolution on Human Cloning. He noted the declaration was a U.S. policy priority and appreci [...] | 2005-03-22 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV KU UN |
05KUWAIT1175 | KUWAIT COMMITTED TO ISTANBUL COOPERATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Ahmed Al-Murad described the March 18 NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting as "excellent." He welcomed NATO's outreach to Arab nations an [...] | 2005-03-23 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KU NATO |
05KUWAIT1200 | KUWAITI VOTING RIGHTS WEEK IN REVIEW: FATWA [...] Summary: As the parliamentary review of the draft legislation granting women political rights moves slowly forward, Islamist MPs are making their supporting and opposing views known. The Ambassador continues to hear from his contacts that the GOK will succeed in efforts to grant women suffrage [...] | 2005-03-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1286 | SENATOR REED THANKS KUWAIT FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT; [...] (C) Summary: Senator Jack Reed (D-RI),accompanied by the Ambassador, OMC-K Chief and Poloff, met Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah March 27 at the Minister's home. The Senator expressed appreciation to Kuwait for assistance with U.S. [...] | 2005-03-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OREP PGOV KWMN ECON EAID KU |
05KUWAIT1295 | U.S.-KUWAIT "MINI-TIFA" TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On March 16-17, USTR's John Fennerty met with members of Kuwait's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) team (participant list in para 31) in a series of "mini-TIFA" meetings, to assess Kuwait's progress since the May 2004 inaugural TIFA Council meeting in [...] | 2005-03-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ECON EINV KU |
05KUWAIT1306 | FORCED OUT?: LIBERAL COLUMNIST QUITS, DECRIES [...] (C) Summary: Decrying the death of press freedom, Kuwait University Political Scientist and long-time columnist Dr. Ahmed Al-Baghdadi followed up on his promise to quit writing on March 25. Al-Baghdadi, an extremely active critic of both the GOK and the increasing influence of Islamist elemen [...] | 2005-03-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1309 | CHARGES AGAINST MILITARY OFFICER TERROR SUSPECTS [...] (U) Reportedly citing the absence of a crime, Kuwaiti Public Prosecutors on March 29 dropped charges against two former active-duty Kuwait Army soldiers who were detained on January 3 for allegedly plotting attacks against U.S. military assets in Kuwait. The pair, released on bail in mid-Febr [...] | 2005-03-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL MOPS KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT1311 | KUWAITI VOTING RIGHTS: MOCK PLEBISCITE CANCELED [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Government MP Jamal Hussein Al-Omar told the Ambassador that the GOK still lacks enough votes to pass legislation granting women's suffrage, but the Government continued to insist the voting rights bill would pass. Sources claim a cabinet reshuffle is in the works to secure en [...] | 2005-03-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1336 | JORDANIAN-KUWAITI RELATIONS: FROM "TERRIBLE TO [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's outgoing Ambassador to Kuwait told the Ambassador March 30 that Jordanian-Kuwaiti relations have progressed from "terrible to great" during his seven-year tenure. Some low level resentment due to the 1990 Iraqi invasion, however, lingers among some Jordanian parliamentari [...] | 2005-04-03 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PINR KU JO |
05KUWAIT1349 | NEW INFORMATION MINISTER HAILED BY LIBERALS, [...] (C) Summary: Moving to fill cabinet vacancies in the run-up to an expected Parliamentary vote on women's rights, the GOK announced March 31 it had chosen Dr. Anas Mohammed Al-Rasheed, sworn in on April 4, as its new Information Minister. A professor and former editorial adviser to local Arabi [...] | 2005-04-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN KDEM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1373 | KUWAIT FINANCIAL UPDATE: NEW FINANCE MINISTER, NEW [...] (U) Summary: On April 4, the GOK officially appointed Kuwait Fund Director General Bader Al-Humaidhi as the new Minister of Finance, replacing Mahmoud Al-Nouri who had resigned for health reasons. On April 3, the Kuwait Stock Exchange broke the 8,000 point barrier for the first time in its [...] | 2005-04-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR KU |
05KUWAIT1401 | MUNICIPAL COUNCIL: KUWAITI WOMEN'S SECOND VOTING [...] (U) Summary: The Kuwaiti women's political participation debate has erupted on a second front: the Municipal Council. A new Municipality Law went into effect March 20 but without reference to the article that would have permitted women to vote, run for office and serve on the Municipal Council. [...] | 2005-04-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1404 | STILL NO DATE FOR DECISION ON KUWAITI WOMEN'S [...] (U) An expedited National Assembly vote on Kuwaiti women's voting rights may not happen before May. The recent grilling and subsequent proffered resignation of the Health Minister and other Cabinet changes (septel) have delayed a Parliamentary vote originally anticipated for April. Furthermore [...] | 2005-04-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1406 | PARLIAMENT VS. THE PRIME MINISTER: GRILLING FORCES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Caving in to pressures heightened by the grilling and proffered resignation of Health Minister Dr. Mohammed Al-Jarallah on April 2, the Government this week replaced two Ministers, and pondered a third, all in four days. These actions were followed by a statement issu [...] | 2005-04-06 16:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KDEM PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT1449 | ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, PROMINENT MP DOWNPLAY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Responding to a week of press speculation that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah would seek the dissolution of the National Assembly in response to repeated ministerial grillings, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told local dailies April 9 that [...] | 2005-04-11 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT1450 | NATO, ICI, AND KUWAIT - A WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post read with interest NATO's cable on the March 18 Rome ICI meeting. We agree with SYG de Hoop Scheffer's recommendation that the relationship be developed at a practical measured pace. NATO offerings that are likely to be most attractive and most useful to Kuwait would be tra [...] | 2005-04-11 04:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KU XF NATO |
05KUWAIT1460 | GOK CONGRATULATES IRAQ ON APPOINTMENT OF LEADERS; [...] (C) Kuwait's English and Arabic press reported that during its weekly Sunday meeting, the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers extended its congratulations to the Iraqi people on the appointments of Jalal Talabani as President, and Ghazi Al Yawar and Adel Abdel Mehdi as his deputies. The April 10 sta [...] | 2005-04-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ KU EAID KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1462 | MP SAYS GOK ALLOWED HEALTH MINISTER'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) During an April 9 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, Liberal MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager told the Ambassador the Prime Minister had committed a "big mistake" in not replacing former Information Minister Mohamme [...] | 2005-04-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1465 | EU TRADE COMMISSIONER CRITICAL OF GCC STATE [...] (C) During consultations on a variety of issues with my EU counterparts today, they advised that during the recent EU/GCC Ministerial in Bahrain, the EU Commissioner for Trade criticized GCC members for pursuing bilateral free trade agreements with the U.S. Peter Mandelson reportedly upbraided [...] | 2005-04-11 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EU PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1467 | AMB. JONES CONSULTS WITH KUWAITI PM ON KEY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, met with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah on April 9 to discuss political, security and economic support for the new Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG). Ambassador Jones, w [...] | 2005-04-12 05:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1468 | ASSEMBLY FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAIR ON IRAQ'S [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, met with Chairman of the National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee, MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager on April 9. Ambassador Jones, who had just returned from Iraq, briefed the MP on the formation of the P [...] | 2005-04-12 05:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT1493 | NEW MINISTER OF INFORMATION HOPES TO DISSOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an introductory meeting with Ambassador, new Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed said that he would consider himself a successful minister if he were able to dissolve the ministry. He said that he is committed to freedom of the press and would work with the [...] | 2005-04-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO ETRD PREL KIPR PINR KU IPR |
05KUWAIT1497 | PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS SECURITY FOR BORDER TEAM; [...] (C) During their April 9 meeting, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah told visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Ambassador Richard Jones, that the United Nations had agreed to return to the Kuwait/Iraq border to oversee border pillar maintenance, but would need so [...] | 2005-04-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS KTIA MARR KU IZ UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1498 | PRIME MINISTER COMPLAINS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah complained that the State Department's Human Rights Report unfairly accused the GOK of interfering in the country's judicial process during his April 9 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, Amb [...] | 2005-04-13 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT1500 | AMBASSADOR BRIEFS EU MISSION CHIEFS ON MEPI; EU [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a meeting with EU Chiefs of Mission to discuss Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) projects in Kuwait as well as on-going Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. The EU Chiefs reported the difficulty they had in convincing the GCC to part [...] | 2005-04-13 13:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KMPI KU MEPI |
05KUWAIT1501 | GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Summary: Former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi (US9-KU-000205DP),who was transferred to Kuwaiti custody on January 15, was released April 13 on bail of KD 200 (USD 680) by the Criminal Court, pending the June 1 resumption of the case against him. The court's decision contradict [...] | 2005-04-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT1517 | AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES GOK TO ENFORCE UNDERAGE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Hajji Boukhadour to enforce a ban on the employment of underage camel jockeys and extend labor law coverage to domestic help. The Minister explained that the GOK was taking steps to ameliorate these problems but a [...] | 2005-04-16 13:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER ELAB KU |
05KUWAIT1560 | KUWAIT REINFORCES NEED FOR SUNNI PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) The Ambassador briefed April 17 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on recent trips of senior U.S. officials to Iraq, stressing the shared U.S.-Iraqi commitment to building a transparent system of governance, ensure security within Iraq and along its borders, a [...] | 2005-04-18 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1594 | GOK SKITTISH ABOUT MEPI FUNDING, ASSERTS FOREIGN [...] (C) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Hajji Boukhadour voiced his concerns to the Ambassador about Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding of Kuwaiti organizations during an April 13 meeting. Under Kuwaiti law, he said, non-governmental organizations may not receive funding [...] | 2005-04-19 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI PGOV PHUM KU MEPI |
05KUWAIT1631 | NEW FINANCE MINISTER EMBRACES PORTFOLIO, PROMISES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Finance Bader Al-Humaidhi on April 20 and raised a number of issues of concern, including: cracking down on terror financing and tightening up Kuwait's money-laundering laws; IPR enforcement; Iraqi debt; and a tax case involving a U. [...] | 2005-04-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PINR KU |
05KUWAIT1633 | KUWAITI WOMEN MOVE TOWARD NEW POLITICAL RIGHTS; [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti women moved one step closer toward gaining political rights April 19 as Parliament voted to allow women to vote in elections for and run for Municipal Council (ref A). The amendment to the Municipality Law granting women these new political rights is scheduled to face anot [...] | 2005-04-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1712 | AMBASSADOR AND COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSS TIFA, [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Al-Taweel and staff on April 25 to discuss the status of the U.S.-Kuwait Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA),intellectual property rights (IPR),Project Kuwait, and the Pepsico tax dispute. The Am [...] | 2005-04-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL EPET EINV BEXP KU |
05KUWAIT1729 | FOREIGN MINISTER: GOK SERIOUS ABOUT COMBATING TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador demarched Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on Department concerns regarding Kuwait's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status (reftel). While highlighting a strong U.S. desire to work with the GOK, the Ambassador raised specific concerns a [...] | 2005-04-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT1730 | CHARITIES IN KUWAIT: TREASURY DAS DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, 2005, Treasury DAS Glaser met with a Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor official to discuss how charitable contributions in Kuwait can be made, collected and transferred, and the methods the GOK uses to track and prevent the abuse of charitable contributions for te [...] | 2005-04-27 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN KU |
05KUWAIT1731 | CUSTOMS GIVES MIXED MESSAGE ON ANTI-TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 17, 2005 meeting with the Kuwait Customs Director General Ibraheem Al-Ghanim, visiting Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser learned of the new steps that Kuwait Customs is taking to combat terrorist financing. Although several new resources are being added to the Customs rep [...] | 2005-04-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN ELTN KU |
05KUWAIT1777 | FOREIGN MINISTER: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that he believes that the GOK has enough votes to pass the women's rights bill for Municipal Council elections on May 2 and that once women are regis [...] | 2005-05-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PBTS KUNC KPAL IZ KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
05KUWAIT1791 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche on 2 May to Ambassador Faisal Al-Mashan, MFA Arab World Department Manager. Al-Mashan agreed the ITG needs the public support of the international community and asserted Kuwait was among the first countries to welcome the formation of an Iraqi Govern [...] | 2005-05-02 10:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT1808 | KUWAITI WOMEN'S MUNICIPAL POLITICAL RIGHTS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: The results of the second round of Parliamentary voting May 2 on an amendment to the Municipal Law granting women political rights at the municipal level were 29 in favor, 2 against and 29 abstentions, sparking a debate as to the actual outcome. Some MPs claim a quorum was not rea [...] | 2005-05-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1836 | CONFUSION AND DELAYS CONTINUE ON WOMEN'S VOTE FOR [...] (U) Summary: After admitting that he was wrong to declare "suspended" the May 2 vote on amending the Municipal Law to allow women political participation (reftel),Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi provided the MPs with legal consultants' opinions on the previous day's vote. [...] | 2005-05-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT185 | KUWAITIS NOT SURPRISED BY JANUARY 10 SHOOTOUT; [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Most Kuwait dailies described the January 10 incident (reftel),in which two state security officers and one militant were killed in a shootout, as an aggression which "shocked the Kuwaiti street." While the act was roundly denounced throughout the society, interpreta [...] | 2005-01-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU |
05KUWAIT1860 | DFI UPDATE FROM MFA LEGAL DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On May 4, 2005, Econ/C met with Mr. Ghanim Al-Ghanim, Director of the MFA Legal Department, to discuss the status of the $78 million in frozen Iraqi assets (Reftel) that remain at Kuwait's mission to the U.N. Al-Ghanim confirmed that this money has not been transferred to the UNSCR 1483 D [...] | 2005-05-04 13:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER KU IQ |
05KUWAIT1863 | WOMEN SPLIT ON FUTURE OF POLITICAL RIGHTS, SOME [...] (C) Summary: During several meetings with women's rights activists and supporters on May 4, PolOffs noted varying differences in opinion on the chances of success for women's political rights. Several expressed little hope that the two-week delay requested by Prime Minister Sabah Al-Ahmad Al [...] | 2005-05-05 07:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN SOCI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1879 | KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY: DOING FINE BUT [...] (C) Summary: During a May 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwait Investment Authority Managing Director Bader Al-Sa'ad said that KIA's assets had grown "substantially" over the previous year, but noted that recently KIA's U.S. investments had been a "drag on overall performance." He also said [...] | 2005-05-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PINR KU |
05KUWAIT1883 | KUWAIT FUND: SPREADING GOODWILL WITH THE OIL MONEY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: During a May 4 meeting with newly appointed Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development Abdulwahab Al-Bader and Deputy DG for Operations and Disbursement Hisham Al-Waqayan, the Ambassador thanked the Kuwait Fund for its work in places of need around [...] | 2005-05-08 05:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PINR KU |
05KUWAIT1884 | IRANIAN GAS AND PROJECT KUWAIT: THE VIEW FROM KPC [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel, Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasser Al-Sabah (strictly protect) gave Poloff a readout on the status of Kuwait's efforts to import natural gas, including details on the highly publicized March 15 MOU with Iran. Nawaf [...] | 2005-05-08 10:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PTER KU IZ IR OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT1900 | KUWAIT WILL CONTINUE TO PUBLICLY SUPPORT ITG AND [...] (C) Summary: During a May 7 call on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador noted progress in Iraq since the formation of the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) and encouraged Kuwait to continue to make public statements of support. He stressed the n [...] | 2005-05-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1901 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS WOMEN'S RIGHTS DIALOGUE; WOMEN [...] (U) Summary: During a May 7 luncheon hosted by the Ambassador for Kuwaiti women's rights activists, many women expressed astonishment that an amendment to allow women political participation at the municipal level did not succeed during a second-round vote May 2. In general, they now reject th [...] | 2005-05-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1907 | MFA UNDER SECRETARY SAYS GOK SERIOUS ABOUT WOMEN'S [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on regional issues (ref b),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah opened the discussion with the Ambassador with comments about the debate between the Government and Parliament on women's political rights. Stating, "I can assure you the Go [...] | 2005-05-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1908 | KUWAITI COURT SENTENCES VIOLENT JIHADISTS TO JAIL [...] (U) Twenty Islamic extremists, including 18 Kuwaitis, were sentenced by the Criminal Court on May 8 in two separate cases for entering Iraq to fight U.S.-led forces, or providing training to others to fight there. Four others, three Kuwaitis and one bidoon (stateless Arab),were fined for low [...] | 2005-05-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER KJUS KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT1912 | PRIVATE POLL IN KUWAIT REVEALS MAJORITY OF MEN [...] (C) Political up-and-comer Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (ref B) provided the Ambassador with the results from a poll he commissioned indicating 50% of Kuwaiti men back full political rights for women. Another 28% support women's right to vote, but not pursue elected office, w [...] | 2005-05-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT1913 | KUWAIT GAS OPTIONS AND ILSA CONCERNS: GOK SAYS [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador detailed U.S. concerns (ref B) about investment in Iran and advised that the proposed gas deal could trigger ILSA sanctions against companies involved in such investments. He furth [...] | 2005-05-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL KU IR IZ OIL SECTOR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT1947 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS: AN UPDATE FROM THE FRONT LINE [...] (C) Summary: Two female women's rights delegations met with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on May 9 to discuss the GOK's position on the issue of women's political rights. Both groups pledged not to discuss the details of the meeting and promised not to protest or rally in supp [...] | 2005-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT2029 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: KUWAIT WILL SUBMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KU |
05KUWAIT2091 | KUWAIT: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy, pointing as evidence to its 43-year-old constitution; active elected National Assembly; and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. The May 16 decision to grant Kuwaiti women full p [...] | 2005-05-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT2093 | "MABROUK:" KUWAITI WOMEN GAIN POLITICAL RIGHTS YET [...] (U) Summary: The Government resuscitated a seemingly moribund campaign for women's political rights May 16 culminating in the passage of an amendment granting women full suffrage. On the sixth anniversary to the day that the Amir attempted to grant Kuwaiti women their voting rights in 1999, a [...] | 2005-05-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PREL KMPI KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT213 | SHIITE POLITICAL SCIENTIST: IRAN NOT TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: Liberal Shiite and Kuwait University Political Science Chairman Professor Abdull Redha Assiri shared his thoughts on Iran with Poloffs during a January 11 meeting. Assiri, who travels often to Iran, said Kuwait and Iran maintain good relations and predicted that Iran -- already a [...] | 2005-01-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IR IZ |
05KUWAIT2171 | AMBASSADOR MEETS CANDIDATE FOR FIRST WOMAN CABINET [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT2172 | POLITICAL REFORMERS CRITICIZE GOK FOR CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary: The GOK has come under criticism from prominent Kuwaitis for actions taken against members of the recently established Salafi, Islamist Nation's Party (Hezb Al-Ummah). All fifteen party founders were charged on May 2 with attempting to overthrow the government, violating laws go [...] | 2005-05-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT2173 | ASSEMBLY SPEAKER SURPRISED BY VOTE ON WOMEN'S [...] (C) Summary: During a May 21 meeting, Speaker of Parliament Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador the May 16 vote on women's political rights was a difficult day and he had not been confident legislation permitting their participation would pass. He named the Prime Minister as the reason for the [...] | 2005-05-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWMN ECON EAID IZ KU EPTE WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT2174 | LAWYER FOR ACCUSED TERRORIST MAKES HIS CASE [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs met with prominent defense attorney Osama Al-Munawer on May 15, 2005, at the law offices of his father, Ahmed H. Al-Munawer, to discuss the status of pending criminal cases against many of his clients. Al-Munawer is the defense attorney for most of the Kuwaiti nationals [...] | 2005-05-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PINR KJUS KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT2229 | KUWAITI PM SAYS THERE WILL BE A FEMALE CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During a May 24 call on Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Sabah, the Ambassador congratulated him on the May 16 vote granting women full political rights and encouraged speed in bringing women into senior government positions. The PM said the GOK would appoint a woman cabinet minister, a matte [...] | 2005-05-24 16:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON KDEM SOCI KWMN IZ KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2258 | FOUR OUT OF FIVE KUWAITI LAWYERS AGREE: SYSTEMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: An examination of many recent legal cases, discussions with Kuwaiti attorneys of all political stripes, and an overview of basic legal codes and procedures reveals significant flaws in Kuwait's judicial system. According to several lawyers, the system suffers from a c [...] | 2005-05-25 12:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER KLIG KJUS PHUM ASEC KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2380 | KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) Along with his Dutch counterpart (representing EU Presidency) and EU Commission rep (resident in Riyadh),Ambassador met Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al-Jarallah June 1 to confirm Kuwaiti attendance at the Brussels conference on Iraq. Al-Jarallah said that the GOK highly [...] | 2005-06-01 11:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ KU EUN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2416 | JUNE 2 MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS TO MARK [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kuwaiti Municipal Council (Al Majlis Al Baladi) is an influential governing body that retains great authority on important issues such as construction projects, economic development, and commercial planning. Despite its "municipal" name, the Council's jurisdiction is nationa [...] | 2005-06-01 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN EIND KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT2464 | KUWAITI PAPER REPORTS DEAL ON OIF JET FUEL [...] (U) On June 5, local Arabic daily newspaper Al-Qabas ran a short, front-page piece saying that Kuwait has agreed to supply the U.S. with reduced-price jet fuel for operations in Iraq (full text in para 2). Under the terms of the deal, the story said, Kuwait would provide jet fuel for $24/ton [...] | 2005-06-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EPET PREL EAID MARR PGOV IZ KU |
05KUWAIT247 | IRANIAN WATER IMPORT AGREEMENT CANCELED [...] (U) Kuwait English daily Arab Times reported January 16 that a Kuwaiti-Iranian MOU signed in 2003 (ref. c) to import Iranian water into Kuwait was canceled by Iranian authorities due to inaction by the Iranian Majlis and Guardian Council and Kuwait's National Assembly. 2. (U) Iranian Deputy [...] | 2005-01-17 06:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EMIN ETRD KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2484 | KUWAIT ENERGY DIALOGUE:OPEC PRODUCTION LIKELY TO [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah on June 6 to discuss points in reftel. He appreciated information about U.S. energy planning and initiatives. As for OPEC production, he noted that at the Isfahan meeting production had been around 28.8 million [...] | 2005-06-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON KU OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT2485 | AMBASSADOR CRITICIZED FOR REITERATING U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Led by National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, a few Kuwaiti political figures have criticized the Ambassador's May 25 speech to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense Command and Staff College. The public release of the speech, in which the Ambassador reiterated U.S. [...] | 2005-06-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KU IR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2508 | (C) KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN: IRAN FEARS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 4 meeting with Poloff and PolMiloff, Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iran Majdi Al-Thufiri shared his thoughts on the June 12 election, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei's ability to control Iran's security forces, the U.S.-Iranian relationship and Iran's concerns o [...] | 2005-06-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PARM KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2515 | UN PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST GOK IN IMPROVING [...] (C) Poloff met June 6 with UN Resident Coordinator Moez Doraid and IOM Chief of Mission Mohammed Al-Nassery to discuss reaction to the 2005 Trafficking in Persons report, which downgraded Kuwait to Tier 3, and possible next steps to ameliorate the country's problems with the exploitation of do [...] | 2005-06-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB PREF KU UN |
05KUWAIT2547 | U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: KUWAIT [...] (C) During a June 8 meeting with Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah, the Ambassador again raised the June 22 U.S.-EU International Conference on Iraq, stressing the need for the conference to result in tangible support for the Iraqi Transitional Government [...] | 2005-06-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2548 | IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...] | 2005-06-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT2551 | FM REPORTS ON GCC GOODWILL TOUR, SAYS GOK OPPOSES [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador he had been asked to visit Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE to calm the waters between these GCC states and identify areas for cooperation with fellow GCC member Saudi Arabia. He reported progr [...] | 2005-06-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EPET PBTS PGOV KU KGCC |
05KUWAIT2587 | PM SENIOR ADVISOR SAYS IRAQ TOP PRIORITY, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 11 meeting which focused largely on Kuwait's relations with regional neighbors, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Mohammed Abulhassan told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah, who left June 11 for Riyadh, was attempting to break stalemates between Gulf [...] | 2005-06-12 07:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IR IZ KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS IRAQ |
05KUWAIT2606 | KUWAIT APPOINTS FIRST FEMALE MINISTER; CABINET [...] (C) Press reports that Kuwait has appointed Kuwait University Political Science professor and women's rights activist Dr. Massouma Al-Mubarak as Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative and Development Affairs have been confirmed by Dr. Massouma and sources inside the Prim [...] | 2005-06-12 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM PINR KU |
05KUWAIT2618 | KUWAIT: TIP ACTION PLAN REVIEWED WITH THREE SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: Post has delivered TIP action plan to three senior Kuwaiti officials, including a Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister and the President of the National Security Bureau, who both stressed that the GOK views trafficking and other human rights as serious issues. In addition, two Ku [...] | 2005-06-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KU |
05KUWAIT2624 | SECURITY BUREAU HEAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said the GOK remained committed to fighting terror and was taking all appropriate steps to arrest and prosecute those who practice or advocate violence. He reported th [...] | 2005-06-13 15:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PARM KU IZ IR |
05KUWAIT264 | KUWAITIS SHOCKED BY RECENT TERROR INCIDENTS; MANY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of a second shoot-out on January 15 between Kuwaiti security officers and extremists, public calls for increased monitoring of mosque sermons, weapons turn-in programs, and increased security throughout the country indicate a genuine and growing concern amo [...] | 2005-01-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT2674 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FIRST WOMEN MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Earlier this month, the GOK appointed six members to the 16-person Municipal Council, including, for the first time, two women: engineers Shaykha Fatima bint Nasser Al-Sabah and Fawziya Al-Bahar. The appointments represented a historic first step for women's political [...] | 2005-06-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN EIND KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT2712 | A SHAYKHA ON THE MOVE IN KUWAIT'S EDUCATION AND [...] (C) President of the American University of Kuwait (AUK) Dr. Shafiq Al-Ghabra recently invited the Ambassador to meet the chair of the university's board of trustees Shaykha Dana Nasser Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, granddaughter of the Prime Minister. Accompanying her at the June 13 meeting were Dr. A [...] | 2005-06-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINR KU |
05KUWAIT2732 | MEPI KUWAIT: QUARTERLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Post's MEPI committee -- comprising representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Diplomacy sections -- convened June 12 to review the current quarter's accomplishments and discuss potential projects for the upcoming period. During the April- [...] | 2005-06-21 08:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI ECON KDEM KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT274 | SHI'A CLERIC SAYS SHIITES LOSING LAST YEAR'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a January 4 meeting, Secretary General of the Shiite Clerics Congregation and SIPDIS self-appointed representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistanti, Sayed Mohammed Baqr Al-Mohri, shared with Poloff his views on the resignation of Shiite Information Minister Mo [...] | 2005-01-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL KU IZ IR ISLAMISTS SHI |
05KUWAIT2863 | COORDINATED GOK ANTI-TIP EFFORT UNDERWAY [...] (C) During a June 26 meeting with Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Acting Undersecretary Mohammed Al-Kandari, the DCM presented the ref B action strategy and reiterated the 60-day grace period for Tier 3 countries like Kuwait. In reference to the strategy's first point, Al-Kandari [...] | 2005-06-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT2869 | GOK OBJECTS TO TIP "COMPARISON" TO OTHER GULF [...] (C) Summary and comment: During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA PDAS Cheney emphasized the need to make progress in dealing with the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue. Three senior officials voiced GOK disappointment with the 2005 report. The new Minister of Planning, the Foreign Minister [...] | 2005-06-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT2911 | KUWAIT AGREES TO CROSS-CHECK SPEICHER DNA SAMPLE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) The GOK's National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA) has formally agreed to cross-check a partial DNA sample of CAPT Michael Scott Speicher from the U.S. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) and invites a DNA specialist to Ku [...] | 2005-06-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT2925 | KUWAITIS EXPRESS CONCERN, UNEASE ABOUT NEW IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Prominent Kuwaitis expressed unease with the recent election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as President of Iran during June 27 and 28 meetings with Poloff. Although conceding that Ahmadinejad's election would probably not bring about drastic changes to Iranian foreign and do [...] | 2005-06-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR KU IR KNPP |
05KUWAIT2931 | PDAS CHENEY IN KUWAIT: WOMEN'S POLITICAL RIGHTS, [...] (C) During her June 25 visit to Kuwait, NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney congratulated Kuwait's first female minister, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak, on her appointment and discussed with her the political reforms and education needed to help Kuwaiti women enter the political arena [...] | 2005-06-30 19:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT295 | KUWAITI OFFICIAL SAYS NO AID REQUEST FROM [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Ambassador asked if Jordanian Prime Minister Faisal Al Fayez had requested renewed assistance from Kuwait during his recent visit (ref A). The Undersecretary said that the Prime Minister did not/not ask for more aid in h [...] | 2005-01-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL JO KU |
05KUWAIT3023 | KUWAIT: MDA DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING OIC MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-06 06:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT3097 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO OPPOSE G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-12 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU UNSC |
05KUWAIT3099 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: KUWAIT SUPPORTS PARIS CLUB [...] (C) During a July 12 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires, Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said that Kuwait is still committed to forgiving Iraqi debt but in accordance with the Paris Club formula. He did not react to the CDA's suggestion that Kuwait forgive [...] | 2005-07-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL EAID KU IZ |
05KUWAIT3164 | DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING THE G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU UNSC |
05KUWAIT3173 | MIN ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY ON OIL PRICES AND ENERGY [...] (C) At a July 16 meeting with Charge, Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own voiced his concerns about the "NOPEC" legislation and described three problems keeping world oil prices high: lack of refining capacity; market uncertainty in major producing countries such as Iraq and Venezue [...] | 2005-07-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PINR KU OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT3196 | VORONTSOV ON POWS AND KUWAITI ARCHIVES: "SOMEONE [...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Kuwait, the UN Secretary General's High-Level Coordinator Ambassador Yuli SIPDIS Vorontsov briefed the Charge on preparations of the quarterly report, due August 25, on the missing and prisoners of war from the 1990-91 Gulf War. He said the current se [...] | 2005-07-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT326 | ISLAMIST MP TALKS ABOUT TERRORISM, IRAQI DEBT, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 16 call on influential Islamist Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, the Ambassador discussed a wide range topics, including terrorist finance, cancellation of Iraq's debt to Kuwait, the Kuwait Project to develop the northern oilfields, and political rig [...] | 2005-01-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC PGOV EAID EPET KISL KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT3262 | MFA HOPEFUL PARLIAMENT WILL APPROVE ARTICLE 98 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KU KLEG |
05KUWAIT3263 | UPDATE ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH KUWAIT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolChief met July 24 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department Director Ghanim Al-Ghanim to discuss progress toward concluding a Host Country Agreement (HCA) with Kuwait on Challenge Inspections. Al-Ghanim reported [...] | 2005-07-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT3266 | READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 04:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT3267 | READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The January shoot-outs between Kuwaiti security officers and extremist militants placed new emphasis on the debate over the Islamic religious education curriculum in public schools, an already politically divisive issue at the best of times. As Kuwaitis wrestle w [...] | 2005-07-25 05:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT3270 | KOC GAS CHIEF LOOKS FOR HELP IN AVOIDING [...] (C) Summary: At a July 23 meeting, Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) Gas Management Group Manager Mohammad Al-Otaibi told Econ Officer that Iran was "very eager" to have Kuwait sign an agreement to import gas from Iran, but that the GOK was still weighing its options. He asked for any assistance that [...] | 2005-07-25 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PINR BEXP KU IR IZ OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT3288 | DAILY NEWSPAPER DETERMINED TO CONFRONT ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a July 24 meeting with IO following the Sharm El-Sheikh bombings earlier that morning, the local editor of Al-Qabas newspaper reiterated his determination to confront Islamists on the issue of terrorism. He said that it was now the paper's "mission" to highlight Kuw [...] | 2005-07-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAO KISL PREL KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT3290 | HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS TO IRAQ: [...] (C) Charge delivered July 25 ref a demarche to Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of the National Security Bureau (NSB). He explained that the U.S. was approaching several governments, with an emphasis on Iraq's neighbors, to underscore concerns about the presence of foreign fighters [...] | 2005-07-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT3326 | DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT AGAINST G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT3389 | INDIAN WORKERS CONFRONT THEIR EMBASSY ABOUT LABOR [...] (U) Summary: Expatriate workers in Kuwait continue to air their labor grievances publicly since the Bangladeshi revolt in April (reftel) emboldened other groups to denounce exploitative labor practices. Local media chronicled July 16-25 the fate of approximately 140 Indian workers who sought t [...] | 2005-07-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV KCRM PREL PINR KU |
05KUWAIT3393 | CHARITY OVERSIGHT DIRECTOR DESCRIBES HIS WORK; [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Econ Officer met July 27 with Ministry of Social Affairs Charitable Organizations Oversight Department Director Nasser Al-Ammer and Undersecretary Adnan Al-Omar to learn more about the day-to-day operations of th [...] | 2005-07-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER KTFN PINR KU |
05KUWAIT3396 | BORDER ISSUE NOT SETTLED, BUT GOK SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Charge d'Affaires in a meeting July 31 that the border issue with Iraq was "not settled yet," but the GOK was "very happy and satisfied" with the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) response so far. Al-Jarallah said the s [...] | 2005-07-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3397 | SHARM EL-SHEIKH DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche delivered July 31 by the Charge d'Affairs (CDA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said terrorism and Iraq will be the main topics discussed at the August 3 summit. Al-Jarallah remarked that Arab rhetoric was not enough: [...] | 2005-07-31 15:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KSUM KWBG KU |
05KUWAIT3398 | GOK "NOT FAR FROM U.S. POSITION" ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-01 07:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC KU |
05KUWAIT3403 | SENIOR KUWAITI MFA OFFICIAL'S VIEWS ON SPEAKING [...] (C) PolChief discussed reftel points July 31 with Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis has the GOK lead for detainee issues and has previously engaged EmbOffs on what he views as a complete failure by the U.S. to inform [...] | 2005-08-01 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO KCRM KU KACW |
05KUWAIT3412 | TIP UPDATE: GOK BRIEFS VISITORS ON ACTIONS TO [...] (U) Summary: G/TIP Ambassador John Miller and Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited Kuwait July 26-27 to assess GOK progress to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since the June 3 release of the 2005 TIP Report, which ranked Kuwait at Tier 3. The 60-day grace period for Kuwait to demonstrate [...] | 2005-08-02 08:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT3422 | IN KUWAIT, POLITICS AS USUAL AFTER DEATH OF SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary: The death of Saudi King Fahd elicited little surprise in Kuwait. With both the Amir and the Crown Prince old and ailing, however, King Fahd's death has renewed speculation on Kuwait's own succession issues (septel). Crown Prince Abdullah's accession to the Saudi throne will ha [...] | 2005-08-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KISL KU |
05KUWAIT3446 | KUWAITIS DENOUNCE IRAQI MPS' COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Kuwaiti newspapers reported that Iraqi Shi'a MPs claimed Kuwait destroyed a sand berm on the Iraq-Kuwait border and penetrated Iraqi territory on the 15th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait. The August 2 comments come one day prior to a previously sched [...] | 2005-08-03 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL ASEC IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3457 | KUWAIT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered August 3 ref A demarche on creating a new UN Human Rights Council to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad did not elaborate on Kuwait's position -- PolChief left an Arabic version of the points with [...] | 2005-08-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KU UNGA HURI UN |
05KUWAIT3523 | GOK AND ITG COMMITTED TO RESOLVING BORDER DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: On August 6, an Iraqi delegation, in Kuwait to discuss the border issue, visited the border and examined the barrier being installed by Kuwait. The delegation head Khaled Al-Attiyah confirmed that "the border barrier is in Kuwaiti territory." In a meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign M [...] | 2005-08-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3565 | FM EXPRESSES CONTINUED CONCERN OVER KUWAIT-IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent local press reports declaring the border issue with Iraq "finalized" (ref A),Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah was privately more pessimistic in a meeting with the Ambassador August 9. While he was glad "the ITG chose the proper channels" [...] | 2005-08-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3580 | KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER ON WASHINGTON VISIT, FUEL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador August 9, FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah said PM Shaykh Sabah Al-Sabah was "very satisfied" with his July 1 visit to Washington. The FM reported that, as requested by the PM, he delivered messages to Saudi King Abdullah Al-Saud, then Cro [...] | 2005-08-10 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EPET MARR KDEM KU |
05KUWAIT3585 | KUWAIT RESPONSE: ARAB COUNTRY ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Al-Sabah on August 9 and asked for reftel data on Kuwaiti aid to the Palestinian Authority. The FM promised to provide the figures, but said that any future aid would have to be taken up by the Council of Ministers. (The [...] | 2005-08-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KU WE GZ |
05KUWAIT3588 | G/TIP ACTION PLAN FOLLOW-UP [...] (U) As requested by ref A email, Post provides below additional information for the reassessment of Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking in the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. This information further confirms Post's assessment of significant progress in improving labor conditions for foreign wor [...] | 2005-08-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT3590 | ACTING SPEAKER INFORMS AMBASSADOR NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, Acting National Assembly Speaker, August 9 to discuss legislation that would be addressed when the National Assembly reconvened October 17. Al-Sager predicted the National Assembly would approve Project Kuwait legislation for [...] | 2005-08-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT36 | SHI'A INFORMATION MINISTER RESIGNS AMID SCANDAL; [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah accepted, on January 2, the resignation of Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan, preempting what was certain to be a difficult grilling of Abulhassan during the January 3 session of Parliament. Although Islamists were preparing to grill the Informa [...] | 2005-01-04 03:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KPAO PINR KU |
05KUWAIT3607 | INSIDE THE KUWAIT CENTRAL BANK'S AML/TF OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Talal Alsayegh, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Section of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),confirmed that the CBK notifies Kuwaiti financial institutions of new terrorist finance designations and seeks to ensure compliance through periodic assessments. Alsayegh affirmed tha [...] | 2005-08-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PINR KVPR KU |
05KUWAIT3608 | KUWAIT IPR ENFORCEMENT: MESSAGE RECEIVED, BUT [...] (U) Summary and Comment: In meetings late July with Ministry of Information officials and other interlocutors familiar with the IPR situation in Kuwait, Econ Officer heard that the GOK has gotten the message on the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement and protection. [...] | 2005-08-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KIPR BEXP KU |
05KUWAIT3641 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: MFA BRIEFED ON U.S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS MOPS PREL KU PROG |
05KUWAIT3652 | ONGOING BORDER DISPUTE: AP ARTICLE CAUSES [...] (U) A previously unknown Iraqi Shi'a group, calling itself Islamic Jihad, threatened to "attack (Kuwaiti) border posts, border patrols and carry out attacks inside Kuwait," if Kuwaiti troops did not pull back to the "pre-1991 border," an AP article reported August 14. Kuwaiti Arabic and Engl [...] | 2005-08-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3669 | NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF ON COUNTERTERRORISM, THE [...] (C) Summary: During an August 15 meeting, National Guard Commander Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that fighting poverty and illiteracy will help combat terrorism and that the security situation in Iraq will improve once the Iraqis advance economically. On Iran and [...] | 2005-08-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ KU |
05KUWAIT3720 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered August 20 ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Under Secretary and International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad expressed surprise that Magen David Adom (MDA),the Israeli national society was not a part of [...] | 2005-08-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT3730 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSURING SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-21 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SY LE KU |
05KUWAIT3769 | INTERIOR MINISTER RESTATES KUWAIT'S COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) During an August 20 meeting with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador emphasized the need for the Government of Kuwait to maintain momentum on recent efforts to improve the working conditions of expatriate laborers and combat traf [...] | 2005-08-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM SOCI ECON KU |
05KUWAIT3827 | FM TO RAISE IRAQ, IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador met August 27 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at the latter's invitation to discuss the FM's one-day visit to Iran on August 28. The FM said that he would raise three "issues of concern" with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- Iraq, [...] | 2005-08-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3830 | GOK NOT MUCH TROUBLED BY SADDAM'S PHOTOS ON [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador in a meeting August 27 that the recent return of Saddam Hussein's photo to demonstrations of diehard Ba'athists in Baghdad did not concern Kuwait. He suggested this was to be expected from people disenfranchi [...] | 2005-08-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3831 | KUWAIT CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW [...] (C) Summary. In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait made the following key points: (1) GOK remains committed to enacting comprehensive legal reform on terror finance and money laundering; (2) an independent auditing [...] | 2005-08-27 15:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER PINR CVIS KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT3841 | WOMEN RIGHTS MEETING AT UNGA: KUWAIT LIKELY TO [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel request to Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah during a meeting August 27. The FM welcomed the invitation to the meeting hosted by the Secretary on the margins of the UN General Assembly and asked for more details on timing as they [...] | 2005-08-28 07:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KU UNGA USUN |
05KUWAIT3851 | KUWAIT TO RECOMMEND JOINT KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Kuwait would request establishment of a joint Kuwait-Iraq committee to work with the United Nations team on maintenance of the countries' shared border, which was officially dema [...] | 2005-08-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR IZ KU UN KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT3858 | AMBASSADOR REITERATES U.S CONCERN OVER SYRIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-28 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY KU |
05KUWAIT3860 | NEWS AGENCY HEAD QUESTIONS INFORMATION MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: In an amiable, wide-ranging meeting between Ambassador and Mohammed Al-Ajeeri, the Director General of the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA),on August 26, the Director General discussed his thoughts on the Minister of Information's plan for restructuring the ministry, the status of a dra [...] | 2005-08-29 04:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO KMDR PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT3867 | AID TO PALESTINIANS OPAQUE; QUESTIONS ON GAZA [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the Ambassador followed up on his previous request to Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (ref B) and asked for clarification on Kuwaiti aid to the Palestinian Authority, particul [...] | 2005-08-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN WE GZ KU |
05KUWAIT3868 | KPC CEO ON OIF FUEL, REFINING CAPACITY, AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: During an August 28 meeting with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Hani Hussain, the Ambassador thanked KPC for its support for OIF, and noted that the U.S. military is currently receiving about 800,000 gallons of jet fuel per day from KPC but actually needs 1.1 million gpd. [...] | 2005-08-29 09:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET MOPS KU IZ OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT3902 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON HIS VISIT TO IRAN; PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah sat with the Ambassador on August 30 to discuss his trip to Tehran, two days earlier. The visit itself last four hours on the ground and included meetings with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the new Foreign Minister, M [...] | 2005-08-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU |
05KUWAIT3903 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche August 30 in a meeting with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He urged Kuwait to avoid playing into Syrian attempts to burnish its image at the UNGA, absent progress on key issues of regional stability. Shaykh Dr. Moha [...] | 2005-08-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY LE KU UNGA UN |
05KUWAIT3943 | KUWAITI ENERGY MINISTER ON OPEC INTENTIONS, [...] (C) Ambassador spoke to Kuwaiti Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Sabah on 5 September. Most of the conversation was about ideas on implementing the generous Kuwaiti donation for hurricane relief (see septel),but Ambassador took the opportunity to solicit Shaykh Ahmed's views on the [...] | 2005-09-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET MOPS KU IZ |
05KUWAIT3947 | TFUS01: GOK OFFERS $500 MILLION IN HURRICANE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Embassy recommendation in para 6 and action request in para 7. 2. (C) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has decided to provide $500 million in aid to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, through a $100 million cash grant and $400 million in oil product [...] | 2005-09-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT3949 | IRAQI FM HOSHYAR ZEBARI VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad commented on the August 31 visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to Kuwait. (Note: Al-Murad attended the meeting and lunch ho [...] | 2005-09-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID IZ KU |
05KUWAIT3956 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN REFORM, U.S. VIEWS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A and B demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad in a September 5 meeting. The Ambassador emphasized the need for UN reform and outlined U.S. views on the draft outcome document being prep [...] | 2005-09-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN KWMN KU UNGA UN |
05KUWAIT3959 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad in a September 5 meeting. Al-Murad informed the Ambassador that Arab League foreign ministers would agree on a "new" resolution on Iraq, which wou [...] | 2005-09-06 09:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KSUM KU |
05KUWAIT3973 | KUWAIT FREEDOM AGENDA: AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSES [...] (C) During a September 6 office call that focused on thanking the Kuwaitis for their generosity towards victims of Hurricane Katrina, Ambassador raised key elements of the democracy agenda for Kuwait with the Acting Speaker, Abdulwahad Rashid Al-Haroun. Ambassador asked for Al-Haroun's views [...] | 2005-09-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KU |
05KUWAIT3974 | SWISS AMBASSADOR MAKING ROUNDS ON MAGEN DAVID ADOM [...] (C) Swiss Ambassador to Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain, Jean-Phillipe Tissieres, called on the Ambassador on September 7 to brief him on Swiss plans to secure support from Arab and Muslim states for the September 11 consultations in Geneva, and the subsequent October conference, on adopting the [...] | 2005-09-07 12:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF KU ICRC |
05KUWAIT4007 | TIP UPDATE: LABOR MINISTRY ADVISED KUWAIT LIKELY [...] (C) DCM opened a September 10 meeting with Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Acting Undersecretary Mohammed Al-Kandari with a briefing on Kuwait's tier reclassification status as part of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. While reiterating that the White House had not ye [...] | 2005-09-11 13:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT4008 | KUWAIT FREEDOM AGENDA: PRIME MINISTER'S SON [...] (C) Summary: Shaykh Nassar Al-Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the son of the Prime Minister and an advisor to the premier, advised the Ambassador to push the U.S. political reform agenda quietly in political circles rather than publicly. The Ambassador questioned Shaykh Nassar on the intentions of Pr [...] | 2005-09-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KU PDEM FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4031 | TIP UPDATE: MINISTER SAYS GOK WILL "MAXIMIZE [...] (C) The Ambassador met Kuwaiti Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Faisal Al-Hajji on September 12 that Kuwait to discuss Trafficking in Persons (TIP). He commended Kuwait for the progress made to date, but said even more should be done to address legal protection for expatriate wo [...] | 2005-09-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KCRM KU |
05KUWAIT404 | KUWAITIS SPECULATE ABOUT OUTCOME OF IRAQI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A third gun battle between militants and Kuwaiti law enforcement officials stole the January 30 media spotlight from what was genuine and growing interest in Iraq's elections. Nonetheless, many Kuwaitis, while hopeful for successful elections in Iraq, are concerned th [...] | 2005-01-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT405 | SALAFIS ANNOUNCE POLITICAL PARTY; EMBASSY PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: The presence of Embassy personnel at a press conference held by prominent Salafis to announce the establishment of the Hizb Al-Ummah (People's Party or Nation's Party) on January 29 provoked a firestorm of complaints from liberal Kuwaitis, and a complaint from the Ministry of Fore [...] | 2005-01-31 03:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT4050 | TFUS01: GOK BEGINS TO CLARIFY ITS INTENTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary/Comment. Ambassador was convoked to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 14 by Khaled Al-Babtain, the acting MFA Under Secretary. Al-Babtain clarified that the GOK 500M USD assistance offer would be comprised of 100M USD in cash for humanitarian assistance (HA); 300M USD [...] | 2005-09-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAID PREL ENRG KU US |
05KUWAIT4059 | GOK REITERATES CALL FOR US-KUWAIT JOINT COMMISSION [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 14 to discuss the GOK's hurricane Katrina assistance offer (ref B),MFA's Acting Under-Secretary Khaled Al-Babtain took the opportunity to reiterate the GOK's interest in establishing a "Joint Commission" with the United States to formalize bi [...] | 2005-09-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT4093 | KUWAITI PRESS CLAIMS U.S. WILL RETURN FIVE GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Arabic and English dailies have given prominent coverage to hunger strikes by detainees in Guantanamo and reports that "the United States has agreed to release five of the 11 Kuwaitis imprisoned at its camp in Guantanamo Bay, [...] | 2005-09-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4116 | KUWAITI CONTACTS BRIEF KUWAIT COUNTRY OFFICER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Country Officer for Kuwait, David Berns, met September 18 with Jassem Boodai, owner and editor-in-chief of the Arabic-language daily Al-Rai Al-Aam; Salim Al-Nashi, official spokesman of the Traditional Salafis; and Dr. Lubna Al-Kazi and Ma'souma Al-Abdullah, members of the Wome [...] | 2005-09-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KWMN KISL SOCI OTRA PINR KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4142 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON KUWAITI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4144 | KUWAIT MEPIC II: INCREASING MEPI'S PUBLIC OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador chaired Post's September 14 MEPI committee meeting -- with representatives from the Front Office and Commercial, Economic, Political and Public Affairs sections -- to review quarterly accomplishments and discuss upcoming projects for inclusion in the quarterly report (c [...] | 2005-09-21 15:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMPI KDEM ECON KWMN KU MEPI |
05KUWAIT416 | KUWAITIS NEAR UNANIMOUS IN PRAISE OF IRAQI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: All Kuwaiti dailies hailed the January 30 elections in Iraq as a success. Several rank-and-file Kuwaitis unanimously characterized the elections to PolOff as legitimate and historic, and in separate discussions, Kuwaiti banking executives told the Ambassador that the [...] | 2005-01-31 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4186 | FREEDOM AGENDA: COMMERCE MINISTER IDENTIFIES [...] (C) During a September 24 meeting with Minister of Commerce Abdullah Al-Taweel, the Ambassador asked Al-Taweel for his views on next steps in political reform. Al-Taweel said that, in his opinion, the top priority should be changes to the electoral constituencies in order to increase district [...] | 2005-09-26 10:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SOCI KU |
05KUWAIT4190 | FREEDOM AGENDA: UNPRECEDENTED [...] (C) Summary and comment: Emboffs have confirmed that an unprecedented alliance of liberal, Islamist, and Shi'a political associations have been meeting since the end of May to negotiate a political reform agenda. Former Minister of Information Dr. Saad Bin Tefla Al-Ajmi said the associations [...] | 2005-09-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4214 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SUMMARY OF OFAC DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary. On September 21, OFAC Director Robert Werner met separately with GOK officials from the Central Bank and Ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs and with Kuwait Customs to discuss continued bilateral cooperation on combating terrorist finance and money laundering (C [...] | 2005-09-27 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU |
05KUWAIT4219 | GOK ADVISED OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION ON [...] (C) On September 27, PolChief advised Hamad Al-Mashan, Second Secretary in the America's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the President's September 21 determination that Kuwait would remain a Tier 3 country with regard to Trafficking in Persons (TIP),but that sanctions would be w [...] | 2005-09-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM SOCI KWMN KCRM KU TIP |
05KUWAIT4231 | KUWAIT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AT NATO'S SLOW PACE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. NATO member embassies held a second Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting September 28 at the Italian Embassy. The meeting was chaired by Italian Ambassador Vincenzo Prati, and in attendance were the Chiefs and D [...] | 2005-09-28 13:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PTER IR IZ KU NATO |
05KUWAIT4263 | FM TO TRAVEL TO JEDDAH FOR OCTOBER 2 MEETING OF [...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador he would travel to Jeddah for the October 2 FM-level meeting of Iraq's Arab neighbors: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria; as well as Bahrain as current President of the [...] | 2005-10-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4264 | RUMORS OF A "SHAYKH" UP: KUWAITI WRITER PREDICTS [...] (C) The succession issue continues to dominate political discussion in Kuwait as factions both inside and outside the Al-Sabah family maneuver for political influence in anticipation of the death of either the Amir or the Crown Prince who are both in poor health. Ahmed Deyain, a liberal colu [...] | 2005-10-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4279 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah the President's September 21 determination to maintain Kuwait's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ranking as a Tier 3 country, but to waive applicable sanctions for [...] | 2005-10-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KDEM SOCI KWMN KCRM KU TIP |
05KUWAIT4281 | FOREIGN MINISTER CLARIFIES (SORT OF) BREAKDOWN OF [...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, the Ambassador restated to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah U.S. appreciation for Kuwait's generosity to victims of Hurricane Katrina. He noted the $500 million pledge from the GOK as well as the reported $1.7 million in [...] | 2005-10-02 10:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV ENRG KU AMER |
05KUWAIT4283 | FM BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON KUWAITI-IRAQI ISSUES; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During an October 1 meeting, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador that he and fellow GCC foreign ministers had a very good meeting with the Secretary on the margins of the UNGA, and he hoped such SIPDIS gatherings would become a regular event. On Kuwaiti-Iraqi [...] | 2005-10-02 14:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4293 | FREEDOM AGENDA: REDUCTION OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Reducing the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10 is a top priority for reform-minded parliamentarians (MPs) in the next National Assembly session, which begins October 17. They argue that the reduction would reduce electoral corruption by making common prac [...] | 2005-10-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4313 | FREEDOM AGENDA: MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SPOKESMAN SAYS [...] (C) The Political Relations Head for the Islamic Consensus Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Kuwait, told Poloff in a recent meeting that his organization is committed to working within Kuwait's political system as outlined by the Constitution. Mohammed Al-Dallal [...] | 2005-10-04 11:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL KWMN KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT4314 | FREEDOM AGENDA: BACKGROUND ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Paragraph two is a translation of a document on reform of electoral constituencies in Kuwait, drafted by Shaykh Nassar Al-Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the son of the Prime Minister and an advisor to the Amir and PM, on December 17, 2002. Shaykh Nassar provided the Ambassador with a copy foll [...] | 2005-10-04 11:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4317 | LATEST FIGURES ON GOK COMPENSATION CLAIMS AGAINST [...] (U) Summary. In an October 2 meeting with Economic Counselor, the Chairman of the GOK's Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation for Damages Resulting from Iraqi Aggression made the following points: (1) USG should help ensure continued UN oversight of the claims process; (2) all Kuwait [...] | 2005-10-04 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4318 | KUWAIT FUND CLARIFIES STATUS OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Econ Counselor on October 3, the Kuwait Fund's Regional Manager for Arab Countries reaffirmed the $1.575B in reconstruction assistance the GOK has allocated for Iraq, noting that $1B had been disbursed prior to 2003 and that the remaining $575M (in new funds) wi [...] | 2005-10-04 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4322 | UPDATE ON PENINSULA LIONS: PROSECUTION CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Peninsula Lions terrorist cell case completed its procedural phase and began actual deliberations on the charges facing the thirty-seven defendants on Saturday, September 24. The accused are all implicated in the January 10, 15, 30, and 31 police actions that left four Kuwai [...] | 2005-10-05 07:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT4334 | KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to c [...] | 2005-10-05 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT4338 | IRAQ SPECIAL ADVISER JEFFREY MEETS WITH GOK [...] (C) Summary. On October 5, Senior Adviser on Iraq Jeffrey and his delegation met separately with the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Finance and Interior (also Deputy PM) to reaffirm the USG's long-term commitment to Iraq and to urge greater Arab [...] | 2005-10-07 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4352 | FREEDOM AGENDA: MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SPEAK OUT ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: During his nightly courtesy visits to diwaniyas during Ramadan, which began October 4, the Ambassador has been asking National Assembly members (MPs) and political activists their views on reducing the number of electoral districts, a key component of political refor [...] | 2005-10-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT4356 | MEETING IN KUWAIT OF G8 COUNTER TERRORISM ACTION [...] (C) As current G-8 President, the UK Embassy in Kuwait hosted and chaired a meeting of the G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on October 10. Ambassador LeBaron attended along with other representatives of G-8 diplomatic missions. British Charge d'Affaires Jamie Bowden gave a G-8 Pres [...] | 2005-10-10 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT4372 | AMIR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN KUWAITI PM AFTER [...] (C) Summary: National Guard Chief Shaykh Salem Al-Ali created the sensation of the early Ramadan season by suggesting publicly that a three-party ruling family committee be formed "to assist" Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah. Faced with this high level sniping, Shaykh Sabah was the recipient of a [...] | 2005-10-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4403 | REPORT THAT CRITIC OF THE PRIME MINISTER HAS [...] (C) Post received word on the evening of October 12 that Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah, National Guard Chief and fourth highest-ranking ruling family member, has resigned his post amid criticism of his call for the formation of a tri-partite group to "assist the leadership." This info [...] | 2005-10-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4405 | DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4406 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ON SUCCESSION, PROJECT [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Ambassador met October 12 with National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi for a periodic update on a range of issues. The speaker quickly turned to recent dispute within the ruling family (reftel). Al-Khorafi said the Amir's strong public support for the Prime Minis [...] | 2005-10-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU SUCCESSION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4424 | GOK APPROVES NATO REQUEST FOR TANK SHIPMENTS, [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 15,Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah agreed to a NATO request to accept Iraq-bound T-72 tanks at a Kuwait port but registered strong GOK concern about the substance and optics of the shipment. "We will give approval, but [...] | 2005-10-15 15:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU NATO |
05KUWAIT4425 | AMBASSADOR PROVIDES GOK WITH STEPS TO IMPROVE TIP [...] (C) As a follow-up to an October 1 meeting during which Ambassador committed to providing examples of actions taken by Qatar and the UAE to permit their reclassification to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List (reftel),Ambassador presented a letter outlining these steps to Forei [...] | 2005-10-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KU TIP |
05KUWAIT4438 | LEADING MP "SCARED TO DEATH" ABOUT LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met October 15 with Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, a National Assembly member (MP) and Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Commenting on the recent ruling family spat over the country's future leadership (reftels),sparked by National Guard Chief Shay [...] | 2005-10-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUCCESSION FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4445 | FOREIGN MINISTER DISCOUNTS FLAP IN AL-SABAH FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah said that recent statements by National Guard Chief Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah were just an expression of opinion and that the political status quo had returned. Commenting on Shaykh Salem's call for a three-person a [...] | 2005-10-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4449 | FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] Summary: (C) During an October 15 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah spoke about Iranian unity regarding the development of their nuclear program but division regarding the country's public handling of the situation. He reported that the Iranian chie [...] | 2005-10-17 08:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS IRAN |
05KUWAIT4451 | SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...] | 2005-10-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI |
05KUWAIT4460 | FREEDOM AGENDA: GOK FORMS MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO [...] (SBU) The GOK has formed a ministerial-level committee to "study" proposals to reduce the number of electoral districts from 25 to 10, or fewer, and to register voters based on their civil identification numbers. The six-person committee is headed by First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior [...] | 2005-10-17 15:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KU PDEM FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT4479 | MINISTER FOR AMIRI DIWAN AFFAIRS SHAYKH NASSER ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met October 18 with Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Shaykh Nasser said the recent succession controversy within the ruling family (reftels) "is calming," although he commented that "there will be some issues in the coming [...] | 2005-10-18 11:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4480 | AMID FLURRY OF RUMORS ABOUT SUCCESSION, PM OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah opened the National Assembly October 17, delivering the Government speech on behalf of the Amir, who was notably absent from the protocolary duty. The session comes amid a flurry of rumors that Shaykh Sabah will replace th [...] | 2005-10-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU SUCCESSION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT4633 | UPDATE ON SHI'A MOSQUE INCIDENT: LOCALIZED ACT [...] (C) This is an update to reftel reporting on the October 7 attack against a Shi'a mosque in Jahra, a predominantly Sunni city approximately 35 kilometers west of Kuwait City. According to the mosque's owner, Hussein Al-Qattan, and a worshiper at the mosque "between 150 to 200 Saudi and bidoon [...] | 2005-10-30 06:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL KIRF KU SHI |
05KUWAIT4639 | SYRIAN ENVOY DUE IN KUWAIT; GOK TO URGE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told Ambassador October 30 that Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Al-Muallim, with a letter from Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in hand, would arrive in Kuwait October 31 and would meet with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-A [...] | 2005-10-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY KU |
05KUWAIT4641 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOK LABELS IRANIAN STATEMENTS [...] (C) During an October 30 meeting with Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah characterized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks regarding Israel as "very strong and very strange," reminding the GOK of language from the days of Ayatolla [...] | 2005-10-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR KU |
05KUWAIT4647 | FREEDOM AGENDA: ENERGY MINISTER'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Responding to the Ambassador's inquiries about elements of the "Freedom Agenda" during a meeting on October 30, ruling family member and Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said most National Assembly members "don't know how many voting constituencies they want," [...] | 2005-10-31 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SOCI PTER PINR KU FREEDOM AGENDA SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4648 | COMMENTS FROM ENERGY MINISTER AND UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: During an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that prospects for a vote on the northern oilfields project were good for November or December and that he expected it to pass, echoing what Ministry of Ener [...] | 2005-10-31 08:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT4649 | ERDOGAN PROMOTES ECONOMIC TIES DURING VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-31 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON TU KU |
05KUWAIT4672 | FINANCE MINISTER ON IRAQI DEBT, ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) Summary. In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Al-Humaidhi explained that there had been no renewed contact with the Iraqi government on debt relief since Ambassador Jeffrey's visit in October and that reconstruction assistance was proceeding slowly. He expressed [...] | 2005-11-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KTFN PGOV PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4717 | POST ASSESSMENT OF KUWAIT CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Per reftel A request, the following is Post's assessment of Kuwait's cash courier environment. At the Border and Legal Environment ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOK's 2002 law (No. 35) "Concerning Combating Money Laundering" criminalizes cash smuggling within the [...] | 2005-11-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV KU TERROR FINANCE |
05KUWAIT4728 | BORDER ISSUE STILL FRONT PAGE NEWS AS KUWAIT WAITS [...] (U) Recent press articles on the border issue highlighting Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) statements continue to make front page news in the Kuwaiti Arabic language press. Local Arabic dailies Al-Qabas and Al-Watan carried front page articles on November 8 discussing the ITG's decision [...] | 2005-11-09 12:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV IZ KU UN |
05KUWAIT4739 | INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS INFORMATION-SHARING KEY TO [...] (C) Summary: During a November 12 meeting with Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador stressed the needed to strengthen counterterrorism measures and said that better cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait, as well as increased information-sharing, would help to prevent ter [...] | 2005-11-13 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PBTS PGOV PREL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4740 | FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary. Planning Minister Dr. Masouma Al-Mubarak told the Ambassador during a November 12 meeting that reduction of the number of electoral districts was a GOK priority and would pave the way for additional political reforms, and facilitate the participation of women in the 2007 nationa [...] | 2005-11-13 07:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT4741 | HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK'S AML UNIT ON MENA/FATF, [...] (C) Begin Summary. On November 10, Emboffs met with Talal Al-Sayegh, head of the Kuwait Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering unit, to discuss the latest MENA/FATF developments, get an update on the new terror finance legislation, and reaffirm USG technical assistance offers in support of Kuw [...] | 2005-11-13 08:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU TERROR FINANCE |
05KUWAIT4770 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY THANKS GOK FOR KATRINA AID, [...] (U) Summary: During his November 13-14 visit to Kuwait, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman thanked the Government and SIPDIS people of Kuwait for their generous support for Hurricane Katrina victims, as well as their support of reconstruction efforts in Iraq, Pakistan and elsewhere. The Sec [...] | 2005-11-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU |
05KUWAIT4774 | KUWAITI FM TO CAIRO TO CONSULT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) In a brief aside at luncheon on 15 November, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador he would travel to Cairo on Saturday to be present for some of the preparatory work for the Iraqi reconciliation conference. He said he expected that [...] | 2005-11-15 12:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ |
05KUWAIT4784 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KUWAITIS ON THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IR KU |
05KUWAIT4785 | U.S. POSITIONS ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING PROVIDED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL |
05KUWAIT4789 | UN AMBASSADOR VORONTSOV ASK U.S. TO PRESS TUNISIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Vorontsov requested November 16 that the U.S. press the Government of Tunisia to accept an agreement reached between the UN, Kuwait, and Iraq on the return to Kuwait of spare airplane parts stolen by Sadda [...] | 2005-11-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KU IZ TS UN |
05KUWAIT4792 | PUBLIC PROSECUTION QUESTIONS RULING FAMILY MEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The Public Prosecution Office questioned Shaykh Mishal Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, former Assistant Undersecretary for State Security Affairs, on November 8 about his public criticism of the GOK during a September interview conducted by Mohammed Al-Jassem on his program "Al-Majlis," whic [...] | 2005-11-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT481 | FM AND SENIOR MP TELL U/S BOLTON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 visit to Kuwait, Under Secretary Bolton shared with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed and MP SIPDIS Mohammed Al-Sager U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and the firm belief that UNSC involvement is necessary. Bolton said the U.S. was following the Europea [...] | 2005-02-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV PTER KU |
05KUWAIT4813 | 28TH MEETING OF THE TRIPARTITE COMMISSION: 28 [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait hosted on November 15, the 28th meeting of the Tripartite Commission (TPC) on Gulf War Missing. The session closed 28 cases (26 Kuwaitis, two Saudis, and one Iraqi),continued the mandate of the Technical Sub-Committee (TSC) for one year, and selected November 15, 2006 [...] | 2005-11-19 14:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR AORC ICRC KU IZ SA |
05KUWAIT4831 | KUWAITI WRITER AND ARTIST SAYS PM'S OCTOBER 31 [...] (C) During a November 20 discussion at her co-ed diwaniya, Kuwaiti writer, artist, and democracy advocate Thuraya Al-Baqsami, told PolChief that although she was thrilled to have been invited to the Prime Minister's Ramadan dinner for women, she believes the event was a publicity ploy to por [...] | 2005-11-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KWMN KU |
05KUWAIT484 | FORMER INFORMATION MINISTER ABULHASSAN NOW PM'S [...] (U) Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed recently appointed former Information Minister Mohammed Abdullah Abulhassan as Counselor for the Prime Minister's Diwan. Abulhassan resigned January 2 on the eve of his planned parliamentary grilling, which promised sharp attacks from liberals and Islam [...] | 2005-02-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT4846 | PARLIAMENT COMMITTEE PASSES KATRINA AID PACKAGE [...] (C) During its November 20 meeting, the National Assembly's Budget and Closing Accounts Committee approved the GOK's $500 million hurricane Katrina aid package. Islamist MP Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, a member of the Budget and Closing Accounts Committee told Poloff November 21 that the National Ass [...] | 2005-11-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AMER PREL PGOV ENRG KU KATRINA AID |
05KUWAIT486 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: During separate February 2 discussions with the Ambassador, Members of Parliament (MPs) Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Abdullah Al-Roumi discussed the National Assembly's February 1 passage of a new law which expands law enforcement powers to search and seize illegal weapons, calling [...] | 2005-02-02 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL EFIN PGOV KU |
05KUWAIT4902 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEXT STEPS ON [...] (SBU) During a November 27 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador referred to the November 12 Forum of the Future meeting in Bahrain and strongly urged Kuwait to join fellow Gulf states Qatar and Bahrain and become a founding member of the [...] | 2005-11-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT4903 | MFA UNDERSECRETARY SAYS SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah shared his views on the recent Syrian decision to send officials to Europe in for questioning by the Mehlis commission. Al-Jarallah said the SARG's decision to cooperate was the right one. Al-Jar [...] | 2005-11-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY KU |
05KUWAIT4905 | IRAQI PLANNING MINISTER TELLS KUWAIT ITG IS READY [...] (C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador that the November 26 visit of Iraqi Planning Minister Barham Saleh to Kuwait resulted in a step forward on Kuwaiti-funded reconstruction projects in Iraq. The ITG su [...] | 2005-11-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM ENIV IZ KU |
05KUWAIT4914 | MINISTER AL-HAJJI DISCUSSES COMBATTING TIP, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji briefed Ambassador November 28 on GOK discussions to establish a shelter for domestic workers as part of efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). He highlighted other GOK measures including proposed revisions to the curren [...] | 2005-11-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB PTER KU |
05KUWAIT4933 | PM TRIES TO CALM SUCCESSION FEARS; INSISTS AMIR [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In an effort to silence continued speculation over succession, Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in a November 22 interview, firmly dismissed the possibility that either the Amir or the Crown Prince, both in poor health, would step down from the [...] | 2005-11-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI KU SUCCESSION |
05KUWAIT4979 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WORLD BANK ON-SITE PRESENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-03 13:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL KU |
05KUWAIT5002 | PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT TO BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 27 [...] (C) After six weeks of deliberations, the all-Kuwaiti judicial panel of three judges presiding over the case of the Peninsula Lions, with 37 defendants, eleven of whom are fugitives, is expected to announce its verdict on December 27. The 37 defendants face charges including murder of Kuwai [...] | 2005-12-05 11:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT5007 | CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW [...] (C) The following is post's response to reftels on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War when Cu [...] | 2005-12-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD CU PREL ETTC KU |
05KUWAIT5016 | FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador December 5 that discussions on reducing the number of electoral constituencies were important to Kuwait's political future, but complicated due to a lack of consensus on the number and shape of electoral districts. [...] | 2005-12-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN SOCI KPAO PINR KU |
05KUWAIT5030 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER PLEASED WITH PREPARATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 meeting, Kuwait National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told the Ambassador he was pleased with Iraqi preparations for December 15 elections and was convinced the Iraqi people intended for the process to be free and fair. Al-Khorafi reported Iraqi conce [...] | 2005-12-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KU IZ |
05KUWAIT5032 | HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEF ON IRAQ AND [...] (C) Summary: Lt. General (Ret.) Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Mu'min, head of Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),met with poloff on November 28 and discussed his candidacy for ambassador to Iraq, the extension of the HOC's mandate until spring 2006, and Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kuwait. [...] | 2005-12-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU |
05KUWAIT504 | INTERIOR MINISTER TO SKIP RIYADH COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KU |
05KUWAIT5054 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRESIDENT'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche by diplomatic note on December 5. During a December 6 meeting, NEA DAS Gordon Gray reiterated demarche points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain and provided him with a copy of the President's speech and the "N [...] | 2005-12-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5061 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING AL-MANAR [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray delivered reftel demarche during a December 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting U/S Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. DAS Gray emphasized the insidious nature of Al-Manar broadcasts and urged the GOK to remove the station from Arabsat, of which Kuwait owns a [...] | 2005-12-10 07:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ANET ASEC KU |
05KUWAIT5063 | NEA DAS GRAY ENGAGES GOK ON AID, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: NEA DAS Gordon Gray met with Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Acting Undersecretary Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, and Minister of Social Af [...] | 2005-12-10 07:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM EAID KDEM KPAO CVIS KU |
05KUWAIT5064 | NEA DAS GRAY URGES GOK ACTION ON TIP/LABOR ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on December 6 with National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi and Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji, NEA DAS Gordon Gray reiterated U.S. concerns about Kuwait's trafficking in persons (TIP) and domestic labor problems, and urged GOK action [...] | 2005-12-10 07:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM KU |
05KUWAIT5083 | FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a December 7 meeting, Minister of Information Dr. Anas Al-Rasheed told the Ambassador that he was very pleased by the progress of the revised press law and he believes it has a very good chance of being approved by the National Assembly in the near future. Al-Rasheed said that P [...] | 2005-12-12 03:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KDEM KPAO KU KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL |
05KUWAIT5125 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM ON KUWAIT BECOMING A [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON KMPI KU |
05KUWAIT5128 | TUENI ASSASSINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED FM SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14 meeting, the Ambassador shared with Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed U.S. views on the assassination of Gebran Tueni and encouraged the GOK to publicly condemn the murder. The FM responded that the situation in Lebanon was quite serious and said the GOK's pri [...] | 2005-12-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY KU |
05KUWAIT5130 | FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS GEN. AL-MUMIN IS THE [...] (C) During a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah confirmed that General Ali Hassan Al Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff and current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),is the Government's choice for a [...] | 2005-12-14 12:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5134 | KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECRETARY'S ORAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered December 14 reftel message and points to Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. Regarding the Strategic Investment Initative, the Ambassador outlined the strategic approach to regional aid that was first raised by the Secretary in Manam [...] | 2005-12-14 14:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KU |
05KUWAIT5135 | FREEDOM AGENDA: AMBASSADOR URGES WORDS TO MATCH [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed told the Ambassador December 14 that Kuwait had a strong record of encouraging religious tolerance and did not need to respond to calls by extremists to limit the construction of places of worship other than mosques. The Ambassador agreed the GOK [...] | 2005-12-14 14:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT5136 | FREEDOM AGENDA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POSTPONES [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly voted on December 12 in favor of postponing discussion on proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, until June 30, 2006. The vote comes amid heated public debate over the issue, and after the Government came out pub [...] | 2005-12-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT5137 | SHI'A CLERIC FINDS NO LOVE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting, Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri told Emboffs he met "no one who was happy" with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government during his early-December trip to Iran. Al-Mohri said he met with the head of the Higher Judiciary Council, a former Minis [...] | 2005-12-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT5164 | GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT SHOWS INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PTER KU |
05KUWAIT5186 | FREEDOM AGENDA: HEATED DEBATE OVER ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 12, the National Assembly voted to postpone discussion on proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, until June 30, 2006 (ref A). The vote comes amid heated public debate over the issue. Top government officials recently st [...] | 2005-12-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
05KUWAIT5191 | GOK CONGRATULATES IRAQIS ON SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL [...] (U) The Council of Ministers issued a statement December 18 congratulating the "brotherly Iraqi people" for the success of the December 15 national elections. In the statement, the Cabinet lauded the active participation of diverse Iraqi groups and sects, and expressed hope the elections wou [...] | 2005-12-19 12:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS |
05KUWAIT5234 | DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT IN ADVANCE OF DECEMBER 23 IMF [...] (C) CDA conveyed reftel points to MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah December 22 at 1600 local. Jarallah said the GOK was aware of the December 23 IMF board meeting on Iraq's Stand-by Arrangement. He said he would contact the Kuwaiti Ambassador in Washington to advise him to deliver the necessary instru [...] | 2005-12-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5252 | SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO CONCESSION IN KUWAIT-SAUDI [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Officials from Saudi Arabian Texaco (SAT),a subsidiary of U.S. oil company Chevron, told the Ambassador on December 10 that SAT was concerned about the Kuwait National Petroleum Company's (KNPC) plans to build a new refinery in an area adjacent to SAT's compound in t [...] | 2005-12-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU |
05KUWAIT5266 | KUWAIT PROJECT STALLED IN PARLIAMENT...AGAIN, KP [...] (C) Summary: After reviewing a critical State Audit Bureau report on the enabling law for the participation of foreign companies in the development of Kuwait's northern oilfields (Kuwait Project),the National Assembly's Economic and Financial Affairs Committee withdrew its previously submitt [...] | 2005-12-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT5281 | FORCE ADJUSTMENT IN IRAQ: "FOLLOW-UP" INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-28 09:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU |
05KUWAIT5299 | HOC CHIEF / UNOFFICIAL KUWAITI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Lt General Ali Hassan Al-Mu'min, former Kuwaiti military Chief of Staff, current head of the Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC) and the GOK's unannounced choice for Ambassador to Iraq (reftel),told the DCM during a December 28 meeting that Kuwait will not "make the first move" [...] | 2005-12-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR MOPS PHUM IZ KU |
05KUWAIT537 | CABINET MINISTER SAYS ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN JUST [...] (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Taweel told Poloffs February 6 that the GOK effort to rid the country of militants was "just beginning." He said there are approximately 250 people in Kuwait who have been identified as suspected militants and are wanted by the government. 2. (C) Taweel, who [...] | 2005-02-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KU |
05KUWAIT539 | FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...] | 2005-02-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT540 | ENERGY MINISTER SAYS OIF/AIK FUEL ISSUE IS IN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy regarding a variety of issues, including on-going negotiations for fuel used by coalition forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and as assistance in kind (AIK) for Kuwait-specific activities under the Defense Cooperation [...] | 2005-02-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT568 | ENERGY MINISTER COMMENTS ON OPEC AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (U) Ambassador met on 7 February 2005 with Minister of Energy H.E. Shaykh Ahmed al-Fahd al-Ahmed al-Sabah regarding a variety of issues. This cable concerns the Minister's comments on the recent OPEC session in Vienna and major electricity and oil recovery infrastructure projects in Kuwait. [...] | 2005-02-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG BEXP KU |
05KUWAIT638 | KUWAIT'S COMMERCIAL BANKS: SURVEY OF RESULTS, IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Following up on his December 2004 meeting with the Central Bank Governor (Ref B) Ambassador met during January and February with the top executives of the leading Kuwait banks. The bank executives were generally positive about the Kuwaiti economy and the strength o [...] | 2005-02-13 12:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PTER KU IZ |
05KUWAIT650 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS POSITIVE ON NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During January and February, Ambassador met with five prominent MPs and discussed the Kuwait Project to develop the northern oilfields and the associated enabling law, which will come before a vote in the National Assembly soon. The MPs were generally supportive of t [...] | 2005-02-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET BEXP ECON KU |
05KUWAIT651 | KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AGREE WITH GOK ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During January and February, Ambassador met with five prominent MPs and discussed Iraqi debt relief. Most of the MPs were supportive of the GOK's efforts to offer comparable treatment to the Paris Club decision to forgive 80% of Iraqi debts, but voiced a need to show [...] | 2005-02-14 09:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05KUWAIT656 | ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING, [...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...] | 2005-02-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS |
05KUWAIT669 | MINISTER OF FINANCE AND TREASURY U/S DISCUSS AID [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti Finance Minister Mahmoud Al-Nouri hosted a working dinner 9 February for Department of Treasury Undersecretary John Taylor at which the two discussed aid to the Palestinians, Iraqi debt and reconstruction, future plans for BMENA and G8 involvement in economic and political [...] | 2005-02-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN KU IZ GZ WE |
05KUWAIT702 | KUWAIT: DEMARCHE ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE PA [...] (C) On February 15 DCM delivered ref demarche to MFA Director for Western Affairs Ambassador Khalid Babtain, stressing USG confidence in Salam Fayed's commitment to ensuring accountability and transparancy, Babtain affirmed GOK desire to assist the Palestinian Authority but repeated cautious [...] | 2005-02-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAL KWBG ECON EFIN |
05KUWAIT755 | KUWAIT: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director for Western Affairs Ambassador Khalid Babtain on February 20. Babtain said that Kuwait had a clear understanding of what is at stake in Iraq and would work closely with the U.S. to support the political transition and reconstruction. The [...] | 2005-02-20 09:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU IZ ASEC |
05KUWAIT76 | KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE: A GROWING ISLAMIC INVESTMENT BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-05 13:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETTC KU |
05KUWAIT762 | MFA REPLIES TO 15 FEBRUARY SECDEF LETTER ON [...] (C) Summary. While protesting the tone of the recent SecDef letter to MinDef on OIF fuel, MFA told us on February 20 that the GOK will send an interagency team to Washington in March to resolve the fuel issue and "all other issues" related to Kuwaiti support for OIF. MFA made an "official o [...] | 2005-02-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID MARR PGOV KU IZ |
05KUWAIT765 | REFORM CONFERENCE IN CAIRO, TRAVEL OF KUWAITI FM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-21 10:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KU EG |
05KUWAIT766 | SECURITY TIGHT AS SHI'A CELEBRATE ASHOURA [...] (U) Summary: Kuwaiti and expatriate Shiites celebrated Ashoura on the evenings of February 18 and 19 under heavy police protection after militants seized in the GOK's month-long offensive against extremism reportedly revealed they had planned to attack Shiite celebrations. Kuwait's estimated [...] | 2005-02-21 10:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM KU |
05KUWAIT790 | MESSAGE RECEIVED? INFORMATION GETS SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Econoff and intellectual property rights (IPR) industry representatives met with the Ministry of Information's new IPR Committee Chief, Khaled Al-Hendi, on February 14 to discuss the challenges Al-Hendi faces and his strategies for improving the Ministry's poor IPR p [...] | 2005-02-22 10:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL KIPR KU IPR |
05KUWAIT806 | SYNOPSIS OF KUWAIT'S ACTIONS TO COMBAT TERRORIST [...] (U) Summary. In the wake of January's violent confrontations between extremists and Kuwaiti security forces, the Government of Kuwait has begun to view terrorist finance as an issue of real concern. Although Kuwait is not a major financial center and has not been a primary entrepot for terr [...] | 2005-02-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KU TERRORISM |
05KUWAIT833 | KUWAIT: ORAL MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EAID ECON EFIN |
05KUWAIT926 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) Political Chief delivered 6 March ref A demarche on the proposed Administrate Review Board (ARB) Proceedings for the ten Kuwaiti nationals currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Co-ordination and Follow-Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware [...] | 2005-03-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC KU |
05KUWAIT927 | SPEAKER SAYS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COULD GO EITHER WAY [...] (C) During a brief exchange at a social event on March 5, National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi told Ambassador that the Assembly vote on women's political rights would either pass or fail by one or two votes. The Speaker said that the government could decide to handle the issue through [...] | 2005-03-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KWMN PGOV KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
05KUWAIT929 | MGLE01: DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on March 6 to MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah who was joined by the Foreign Minister's office director, Shaykh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah. (Foreign Minister was occupied in a cabinet meeting.) Jarallah made no comment on the U.S. talking points but indicated conce [...] | 2005-03-07 03:44:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KU LE |
05KUWAIT936 | KUWAIT PROJECT (NORTHERN OILFIELDS) STATUS: [...] (U) March 2005 newspaper reports and conversations with post interlocutors show continued progress by the National Assembly's Financial and Economic Affairs Committee on studying the enabling law allowing for outside investment in the petroleum sector. If passed, the law would allow for the [...] | 2005-03-07 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG BEXP KU OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT939 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) Political Chief delivered March 7 ref A demarche to MFA Director of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Al-Murad was knowledgeable about the deliberations on the declaration, and although he expressed concern that a close U.S. ally like the UK voted "no," he said h [...] | 2005-03-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL PGOV KU UNGA KSCI |
05KUWAIT943 | MINISTRY OF ENERGY UNDERSECRETARY OUTLINES GAS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 6 meeting with Economic Counselor, Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Issa Al-Own outlined Kuwait's options for receiving much-needed gas to fuel electric power plants. He said that Kuwait was now focusing its efforts on the two most promising options: drilling in [...] | 2005-03-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL PINR KU IZ OIL SECTOR |
05KUWAIT991 | KUWAITI MP SAYS WOMEN WILL VOTE, ARTICLE 98 TO [...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sagr, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, expressed his tempered optimism that the National Assembly will approve the GOK's bill allowing women's suffrage. He added, however, that the GOK is nervous to pressure undecided MPs. Al-Sagr also predicte [...] | 2005-03-09 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWMN PARM LE KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY |
05LAGOS1050 | NIGERIA SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MUSE ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu and Anambra Governor Chris Ngige downplayed the lasting import of the on-going National Political Reform Conference (NPRC),sponsored by President Obasanjo. Neither being allies of the President Obasanjo they both took thorough d [...] | 2005-07-06 15:38:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PREL |
05LAGOS1073 | NATIONAL POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The National Political Reform Conference (NPRC) remains deadlocked over the issues of resource control and the rotation and length of presidential power (reftel). July 11 has been set for the resumption of talks, but positions have hardened, increasingly along ethnic fault-line [...] | 2005-07-08 09:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1153 | AKWA IBOM DEPUTY GOVERNOR IMPEACHED, REINSTATED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent impeachment and subsequent save-face "resignation" of Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Chris Ekpenyong, highlighted ever-present rivalries and rifts within the ruling People,s Democratic Party (PDP). The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly impeached the Deputy Governor f [...] | 2005-07-19 14:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NI |
05LAGOS1163 | CHEVRON'S SECURITY STRATEGY IN DELTA STATE [...] (U) Summary. Months after successfully containing an invasion of its facilities in Escravos, Delta State, Chevron Texaco (CT) characterized the relative quiet in the Niger Delta region as "the calm before the storm." CT has registered some small successes in the region, including involvi [...] | 2005-07-20 16:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS1250 | NIGERIA: CA GAYE MEETING WITH NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO [...] (C) ON JULY 23, 2005, DEA ATTACHE (CA) SAM GAYE MET DR. BELLO LAFIAJI, NDLEA CHAIRMAN TO DISCUSS OPERATIONAL MATTERS AS WELL AS QUESTIONS AFRISING FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK,S INTERAGENCY NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION MEETING IN WASHINGTON. 2. (C) CA GAYE INFORMED DR. BELLO ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING QU [...] | 2005-08-09 12:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINR NI |
05LAGOS1251 | KADUNA GOVERNOR SAYS A NORTHERN GOVERNOR WILL [...] (C) Summary: During a July 27th meeting with the Consul General Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi predicted that one of the PDP Northern governors would get the ruling party's PDP presidential nomination for the 2007 elections. Makarfi also revealed the PDP would retain its current pro-Obas [...] | 2005-08-09 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1264 | DRUG AGENCY TOUTS SUCCESS, BURNS NARCOTICS [...] (U) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA),Lagos State Command, and Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Special Area Command hosted a destruction of illegal drugs on August 4. Almost 11.3 tons (11,469 kilograms) were set ablaze, including 139 Kg of cocaine, 78 Kg of hero [...] | 2005-08-11 12:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL NI |
05LAGOS1289 | VIRGIN NIGERIA PLANS TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR DIRECT [...] (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) soon plans to formally apply for a direct flight between Nigeria and the U.S. The airline sees New York, Chicago, and Houston, in that order, as the three most profitable routes. If approval is granted, VN hopes to begin operations by Christmas 2005. End Summar [...] | 2005-08-17 06:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1293 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A political insider asserts that President Obasanjo (OBJ) will not only play a decisive role in determining Nigeria's next president and vice president, but that he has not relinquished the notion of an extended term. Political candidates beware -- even when OBJ dons his kingmak [...] | 2005-08-17 13:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
05LAGOS1340 | NIGERIA TO CONCLUDE 2005 BID ROUND FOR 88 BLOCKS; [...] (C) On August 26, Nigeria will hold a bid round for 88 oil blocks. Bidders will be judged on both commercial and technical bids in a Brazilian style competitive process. Changes to the Deep Offshore fiscal regime include the introduction of a royalty as well as an 80 percent cost recovery [...] | 2005-08-26 12:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1341 | NNPC ATTEMPTS TO FORCE MAJORS TO SELL, REFINE [...] (C) U.S. major oil firms are concerned about new Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) proposals to mandate in-country refining. In a series of meetings with ExxonMobil, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips, as well as with Shell, top executives raised alarm over a recently proposed regulat [...] | 2005-08-26 13:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET NI |
05LAGOS1363 | A PRESIDENTIAL FRIEND TALKS ABOUT HIS TALK WITH [...] Summary: During an August meeting with the Consul General, respected constitutional lawyer and former personal attorney of President Obasanjo Dr. Tunji Abayomi recounted a 90-minute July conversation with President Obasanjo. Abayomi described the President as fit and not acting like someone re [...] | 2005-08-31 13:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1369 | NNPC HEAD TELLS OIL MAJORS - CONSTRUCT REFINERIES, [...] (C) ConocoPhillips Managing Director (MD) Todd Creeger briefed us on an August 25 meeting between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Group Managing Director (GMD) Kupolokun and the MDs of Nigeria's major energy companies. Kupolokun told the MDs he was under intense pressure, apparen [...] | 2005-08-31 18:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV ECON NI |
05LAGOS1391 | NIGERIAN GOVERNOR UNSEATED BY ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. Following the Anambra State electoral tribunal's overturning of the 2003 gubernatorial election on August 12, the state's political climate continues to seethe. Electoral tribunal loser, current Governor Ngige had signalled his willingness to step down to aides of Governor-desig [...] | 2005-09-06 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1401 | SOUTHERN NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE MAY TO AUG [...] (U) This is a roundup of various recent incidents representative of the human rights situation in southern Nigeria. This summary is organized according to the sections of the annual Human Rights Report. These incidents have not been reported in other cables, or they are updates of previousl [...] | 2005-09-08 11:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KIRF NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS1413 | MICROSOFT LOSING MILLIONS, CHINESE PIRATED [...] (C) Chinese copycat firms appear to be using Nigeria as base for producing and selling pirated computer software. Microsoft Nigeria executives complain the number of Chinese factories and Nigerian outlets selling pirated software products has increased the past year. Piracy likely will increa [...] | 2005-09-12 11:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD KIPR EINV CH NI |
05LAGOS1438 | NIGERIAN ELECTORAL COMMISSION ENTERS ANAMBRA [...] (C) Summary. In a reversal that seems awkward even by Anambra State's meager standards of political behavior, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) appealed the Anambra state electoral tribunals' decision to overturn the 2003 gubernatorial election. During the tribunal hearing, INEC d [...] | 2005-09-16 09:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1450 | VIRGIN NIGERIA APPLIES FOR U.S. ROUTE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. Virgin Nigeria (VN) CEO, Simon Harford, and Head of Corporate Development, Yemi Osindero, recently told ConGen officers their application for a direct U.S. route was nearly completed, and requested Embassy officials submit the [...] | 2005-09-19 09:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1451 | NEW VIOLENCE FROM OLD DISPUTE IN OGONILAND [...] (SBU) Communal violence erupted in the Ogoniland region of Rivers State and claimed additional lives. Daily newspapers estimated the toll at 22 dead. Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),said in a September 8 meeting with Consular staff the ac [...] | 2005-09-19 10:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1463 | LONDON POLICE ARREST BAYELSA GOVERNOR, IJAW YOUTH [...] (C) The Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed its cooperation with UK authorities on Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyesiegha's September 15 London arrest in connection with allegations of money laundering. The London Metropolitan police have reportedly released t [...] | 2005-09-20 17:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV ASEC NI |
05LAGOS1477 | SEPTEMBER 23 DELTA UPDATE [...] (C) Port Harcourt remains calm but nervously so. An Amcit missionary and oil company contacts reported the city and most surrounding areas as being quiet. Some contacts said many local citizens remained home and many businesses were closed throughout the day. The police and military presen [...] | 2005-09-23 16:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC NI |
05LAGOS1480 | SOLID MINERALS MINISTER EZEKWESILI SHARES HER [...] (C) Summary: In an August conversation with the Consul General, Minister of Solid Minerals Oby Ezekwesili stressed the President will step down in 2007. Despite urging from several quarters to prolong his tenure, Obasanjo wants to make room for a reformer from the next generation of Nigerian [...] | 2005-09-24 13:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1498 | NIGERIAN OIL PRODUCTION SUFFERS MINIMAL LOSSES [...] (SBU) Recent disturbances in Rivers States, arising from the London arrest of Bayelsa State Governor and the arrest of Ijaw militant leader Dokubu Asari, have had a minimal impact on Nigerian oil production thus far. Chevron is the only major oil producer whose production has been affected. [...] | 2005-09-26 16:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI |
05LAGOS1512 | VIRGIN NIGERIA RILES DOMESTIC COMPETITORS [...] (SBU) Summary. Many Nigerian airline executives continue to view Virgin Nigeria (VN) as a foreign carrier, which in its bid to look Nigerian, receives far too much government support. The other airlines contend that this alleged preferential treatment has made it difficult for them to compet [...] | 2005-09-29 08:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1518 | CHINESE AND SOUTH KOREAN FIRMS BIDDING FOR RAIL [...] (C) Summary. Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) Managing Director Abubakar told us competing Chinese and South Korean firms were interested in constructing new rail lines and upgrading existing lines. Sometime in October, the NRC would chose the group with which it will partner. By the end o [...] | 2005-09-29 12:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELTN ECON PGOV PREL NI CH KS XB |
05LAGOS1530 | NIGERIA DEA ATTACHE PRESSES FOR COORDINATION AT [...] (U) Participants gave high marks to the fifth annual West African Joint Operations (WAJO) conference held in Cotonou, Benin on September 7 and 8 (reftel). 2. (C) DEA received positive responses from Benin, Ghana, The Gambia and Togo about forming joint task forces between DEA and their re [...] | 2005-09-30 14:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI SNAR |
05LAGOS1531 | TELECOM SECTOR GROWS, CHINESE FIRMS EXPAND [...] (C) Summary. Telecom operators believe the Nigerian Communications Commission's (NCC) unified licensing policy allowing existing fixed wireless and mobile licensees to provide both services for voice, data and multimedia will reinforce the current dominance enjoyed by the key players already [...] | 2005-09-30 14:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV NI CH |
05LAGOS1543 | LAGOS ANTICORRUPTION UNIT REQUESTS USG TECHNICAL [...] Summary. (C) The Lagos branch of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) met with the G8 Anticorruption/Transparency pilot team on September 23 to discuss its efforts to pursue financial crimes, institutional capacity to pursue such crimes, and areas in which it would like USG fund [...] | 2005-10-05 07:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KCRM ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1573 | NIGERIA: POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. The Southern Nigerian political scene remains volatile. Three demonstrations in Nigeria in recent weeks have resulted in between four and ten deaths. Another deputy governor has been impeached; the governor of Abia State is embroiled in a bitter political battle with the Presi [...] | 2005-10-12 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM NI |
05LAGOS1585 | BELLVIEW IS EXPLORING A POSSIBLE U.S. ROUTE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Bellview Airlines CEO Odukoya said World Airways executives called him October 4 to discuss establishing direct air service between Lagos and the U.S. Bellview expressed interest in partnering with World Airways to begin scheduled charter services between Lagos and New York and L [...] | 2005-10-13 12:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1637 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1638 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1639 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1640 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1641 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S ARREST STRIKES FEAR IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha in London has unnerved some of his fellow pro-Atiku southern governors. His interception abroad, where he does not enjoy constitutional immunity, has not only sullied the attraction of frequent travel (one of the gove [...] | 2005-10-21 16:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1643 | SITREP #1: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME: [...] (SBU) U.S. Consulate Lagos officials were informed at 12:20 that domestic airline Bellview 3210 en route from Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria had disappeared from radar contact. US Consulate Lagos convened an Emergency Action Meeting at 1:45 and simultaneously sent Consulate officers to the Lagos (Mu [...] | 2005-10-23 03:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1644 | SITREP #2: LAGOS BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME: [...] (SBU) Bellview airline officials have still not/not yet made available the flight manifest list, claiming they will make it available once they finish checking it against passenger ticket coupons the airline retains when passengers board the aircraft. 2. (C) In the interim, the Managing Dir [...] | 2005-10-23 05:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1645 | SITREP #3: LAGOS BELLEVIEW FLIGHT 3210 CRASH; TIME [...] Lagos EAC reconvened at 0900 October 23 concerning crash of Bellview flight number 3210. The Nigerian National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has publicly released the flight manifest (faxed to OpCenter). Mission has confirmed that the name of the USDH on board (ref A) was on the manifest. [...] | 2005-10-23 12:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC EAIR NI PREL |
05LAGOS1646 | SITREP #4: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3-210; TIME: [...] (U) Mission,s consular response team (CRT) arrived at the crash site around 1545. The site of the crash is north of Ota in Ogun State, near a hamlet named Lissa. Coordinates of the crash site provided to us by the CRT are N06.48.52, and E003.18.17. 2. (U) Members of the CRT report a s [...] | 2005-10-23 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1648 | SITREP #5: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT B3210; OCTOBER [...] (SBU/NF) Mission's consular response team (CRT) returned to Lagos at approximately 19:30 yesterday, October 23. Per reftel, they reported no likely survivors and an unstable security environment around the crash scene. The crash site is not a very large area. The CRT did not see large sectio [...] | 2005-10-24 10:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS165 | DECEPTION AND DEFECTION IN NIGERIA'S SOUTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent developments in the southern political landscape highlight internal power struggles and the weakening of political parties. Succession battles scar the dominant People's Democratic Party (PDP) and factions within the PDP in both Edo state and Anambra state are unwilling t [...] | 2005-02-06 05:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV |
05LAGOS166 | DECEPTION AND DEFECTION IN NIGERIA'S SOUTHERN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent developments in the southern political landscape highlight internal power struggles and the weakening of political parties. Succession battles scar the dominant People's Democratic Party (PDP) and factions within the PDP in both Edo state and Anambra state are unwilling t [...] | 2005-02-06 05:56:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV |
05LAGOS167 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2005 [...] (U) This economic update includes: -- MTS First Wireless Management Crisis Sends US Citizen Packing -- Nigerian Stock Exchange Woos Real Estate Investors -- Virgin Atlantic Positions Itself for Vmobile Stake -- Banking Update - Mergers Continue Amidst Sector Uncertainty ------------------- [...] | 2005-02-06 06:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI |
05LAGOS1674 | BELLVIEW CRASH: AN UNLIKELY CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) The October 26 Punch Newspaper and Champion Newspaper reported a previously unknown group, Coalition for Militant Action in the Niger Delta (COMA),has claimed responsbility for the October 22 Bellview flight 3210 air crash. COMA claims its membership consists of the following groups: Isei [...] | 2005-10-26 16:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1705 | BELLVIEW PLANE CRASH INVESTIGATION: AVIATION [...] (C) Summary. Consul General Browne and National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) Representative Dennis Jones met Aviation Minister Borishade October 30 to discuss the Bellview crash investigation. Minister Borishade conveyed the President's assurances the NTSB team would receive full GO [...] | 2005-11-01 13:44:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1708 | BELLVIEW CRASH: NOVEMBER 1 UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Excavation of crash site began October 31 with the National Transportation and Security Board (NTSB) team and USG forensics team both at the site. The NTSB team have not yet found the flight data nor cockpit voice recorders. Forensic team members observed that officials from Og [...] | 2005-11-01 17:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS171 | COMMUNITY STORMS CHEVRON ESCRAVOS FACILITY [...] (C) Chevron Texaco (CT) confirmed the storming and occupation of its Escravos facility by Itsekiri villagers from the Okurogo community, for several hours on 4 February. GON security forces re-gained control of the facility by late in the day. No AMCITs or third country nationals were injur [...] | 2005-02-07 11:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS1722 | AVIATION MINISTER SUPPORTS U.S.-NIGERIA DIRECT AIR [...] (C) Summary. The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on October 20 for a readout on the aviation industry and the issues the Minister will likely raise during his October 28 meeting with Transportation Secretary Mineta. (This meeting occurred before the October 22 Bellview air cras [...] | 2005-11-04 12:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1726 | BELLVIEW CRASH: WHERE ARE THE NIGERIANS! [...] (C) Summary. The USG forensic team arrived at crash site on November 3 at 1000 (local time). Recovery and investigation efforts continue to be hampered by heavy rain on November 1 and November 3, impeding excavation efforts as muddy roads prevented access to the crash site. The crater has f [...] | 2005-11-04 15:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PREL |
05LAGOS1753 | BIAFRAN SEPARATISTS AND POLICE CLASH, BURN FIRST [...] Summary. During a demonstration in Onitsha (Anambra State) following the GON's arrest and detention of Ralph Uwazurike, the house of Nigeria's first post-independence President, Nnamdi Azikiwe, was razed. Uwazurike is the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State o [...] | 2005-11-15 09:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1757 | CONTINUED INFIGHTING PLAGUES OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In a late October twist in its ongoing leadership struggle, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) expelled faction leader Senator Mojisoluwa Akinfenwa for anti-party activities. Akinfenwa responded with his own allegations that leadership rival Chief Bisi Akande had authored the expu [...] | 2005-11-16 10:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1769 | BELLVIEW CRASH UPDATE [...] (C) FBI explosives experts completed their on-site support and departed on November 10. Preliminary test results from swab samples from the subject fragment are expected this week from the FBI laboratory, and will be reported to GON crash investigators to assist with their ongoing investigat [...] | 2005-11-21 10:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL |
05LAGOS1772 | CONFIRMATION: BAYELSA GOVERNOR BACK IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Sources in Nigeria confirm breaking news reports that Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa State is back in Nigeria. 2. (C) Publicly the Governor seemed to be gearing for a legal battle and voiced confidence that he would be acquitted at trial. Evidently, Alamieyeseigha had pl [...] | 2005-11-22 09:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1781 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR SERVED WITH IMPEACHMENT NOTICE [...] (C) Barely forty-eight hours after returning to the country, embattled Bayelsa State Governor Alamieyeseigha was served with a notice of impeachment endorsed by most members of the State House of Assembly. Bayelsa's politics just moved from hot to hotter. By this move, the State Assembly in [...] | 2005-11-23 17:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1784 | AVIATION MINISTER PUSHING FOR U.S. DIRECT ROUTE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General met Aviation Minister Borishade on November 21 for a readout on the aviation industry and to discuss the Minister's tentative plans to visit the Department of Transportation December 5-9. His visit would focus on the same areas he planned to raise prior to t [...] | 2005-11-25 11:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1790 | DRUG CHIEF REPLACED [...] (U) Dr. Bello Lafiaji has been removed as Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and replaced by Ahmadu Giade, effective immediately. 2. (U) Giade is a retired deputy commissioner of police, and in 1994 while on active duty he served on a panel investigating NDLEA co [...] | 2005-11-25 16:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR NI |
05LAGOS1801 | NIGERIAN GOVERNOR LOSES FAITH IN VP [...] (C) Summary. Once an ardent supporter of Vice President Atiku, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu said Vice President Atiku's chances for capturing the PDP presidential nomination had diminished substantially. He claimed the President was ruthlessly choking pro-Atiku governors economically, and [...] | 2005-11-28 15:04:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1803 | PRESIDENTIAL INDECISION THREATENS SYSTEM [...] (C) In a late October conversation with the Consul General, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki described three approaches President Obasanjo could follow regarding the 2007 elections: amend the constitution to extend his current term, reconcile with the Vice President and support his candida [...] | 2005-11-28 15:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1811 | TROOPS, LEGAL ACTIONS INCREASE BAYELSA TENSION [...] (C) Summary: Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State Capital, is the site of a quiet but increasingly tense political standoff. While Governor Alamieyeseigha is going through the motions of normal operations, he is being guarded and supported by scores of armed Ijaw irregulars. Meanwhile, up to 1,000 Fed [...] | 2005-11-30 09:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1814 | BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S IMPEACHMENT MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) The Bayelsa State House of Assembly suspended four assemblymen for improper activities, and directed Chief Judge Emmanuel Igoniwari to form a panel to investigate the charges listed in Governor Alamieyeseigha's impeachment notice. The House also voided Governor Alamieyeseigha's replacemen [...] | 2005-11-30 16:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1857 | YOUTHS KILLED DURING MASSOB DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On Tuesday, December 5, an estimated eleven people, allegedly members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB),were apparently killed in a clash with police and soldiers during demonstrations in Anambra and Imo States. While the police [...] | 2005-12-08 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1865 | OONI OF IFE BACKS OBASANJO EXTENSION [...] (C) In a November meeting, Consul General visited the Ooni of Ife, the most prominent Yoruba traditional ruler and one of the most influential traditional rulers in the country. The Ooni is unabashedly pro-Obasanjo and his leanings were quite apparent in his reflections on current political [...] | 2005-12-09 15:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1867 | IMPEACHMENT AFFIRMED, BAYELSA GOVERNOR ARRESTED [...] (U) Apparently at the urging of the Federal Government, impeachment proceedings against the Bayelsa State governor moved at lightning speed with the Speaker of the State Assembly announcing today that Governor Alamieyeseigha has been impeached. The impeachment removed the constitutional shie [...] | 2005-12-09 16:51:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1893 | ADDITIONAL 3RD TERM INDICATORS [...] (C) In a November conversation with the Consul General, Ugo Okafor of GoodWorks International LLC (strictly protect) said that indications point to President Obasanjo wanting a third term. GoodWorks is the advisory firm founded by Ambassador Andrew Young, who has a long, convivial relationsh [...] | 2005-12-15 10:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1898 | BAYELSA DEPUTY SWORN IN AS NEW GOVERNOR [...] (U) Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State under Governor Alamieyeseigha and acting Governor since Alamieyeseigha's impeachment, was sworn in as Bayelsa Governor on December 12. Jonathan will complete the remaining fifteen months of the current term. 2. (U) The new Gover [...] | 2005-12-16 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1921 | OYO IMPEACHMENT SPARKS VIOLENCE IN ASSEMBLY [...] (U) December normally experiences a decline in political activity and caviling in Nigeria. However, this December is an exception and is perhaps a sign of what is to come in 2006. If so, Nigeria may be in for a rough ride at the state as well as the national level. The Oyo State House of [...] | 2005-12-20 13:30:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI |
05LAGOS1933 | TWO SHELL FLOWSTATIONS CLOSE AFTER SUSPICIOUS [...] (U) According to several credible sources, an unidentified group of armed men damaged a section of an oil pipeline in the Andoni local government area of Rivers State the evening of December 19. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) shut down two flowstations, producing 170,000 barrels [...] | 2005-12-21 14:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT NI |
05LAGOS1934 | DOMESTIC AIRLINES GROUNDED;LOW PUBLIC CONFIDENCE [...] (U) Summary. In a vote of no confidence in the domestic aviation sector, many would-be air travelers seem to be opting for road transportation following recent air mishaps. After the December 19 emergency landing of a Bellview flight in Accra, the GON temporarily suspended Bellview's operating [...] | 2005-12-21 16:06:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV PREL NI |
05LAGOS1941 | SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, ANOTHER EXPLOSION [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...] | 2005-12-22 15:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI |
05LAGOS1942 | SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, EXPLOSION IN EDO [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...] | 2005-12-22 15:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI |
05LAGOS1955 | COORDINATION DIFFICULT FOR NIGERIAN ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary. Coordinating efforts to combat trafficking in persons, both among government agencies and NGOs, is one of the stiffest challenges facing the GON. State police commands are hesitant to relinquish primary investigative jurisdiction rights to the National Agency for the Prohibiti [...] | 2005-12-28 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG NI |
05LAGOS1956 | ANOTHER PIPELINE EXPLOSION, SABOTAGE SUSPECTED BUT [...] (U) As repairs continue on the pipelines ruptured in last week's attack reported ref B, a section of pipeline carrying refined product from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) refinery in Warri, Delta State to locations elsewhere in Nigeria suffered multiple explosions on December [...] | 2005-12-29 06:32:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT PINR NI |
05LAGOS276 | DOZENS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN BAYELSA STATE, NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) along with local militia reportedly "stormed" the village of Odioma in Bayelsa State, February 19, killing dozens. The operation was in response to the February 3 deaths of 12 individuals, including four local councilmen, who were [...] | 2005-02-24 06:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL NI |
05LAGOS362 | ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM [...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...] | 2005-03-07 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV |
05LAGOS364 | ALIKO DANGOTE AND WHY YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIM [...] (C) Summary. Alhaji Aliko Dangote (Dangote) is Nigeria's most well known businessperson and may be its wealthiest citizen. He has taken on the aura of an economic folk hero for some, villain for others. To supporters, he symbolizes that Nigeria can do more than barter and trade. It can suc [...] | 2005-03-07 14:50:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECON NI PINR BEXP PGOV |
05LAGOS365 | NIGERIAN GOVERNOR: EXAMPLE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE BUT [...] (C) Summary: Ogun State and its governor Gbenga Daniel have fared relatively well since the 2003 elections, which were manipulated in order to allow President Obasanjo to carry his home state by a wide margin. Daniel, an Obasanjo protege, possibly could have won the elections without any ta [...] | 2005-03-08 06:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR NI |
05LAGOS366 | ANAMBRA ELECTIONS: REVERSALS OF FORTUNE [...] (C) Summary. Over the last month, five Anambra State election results from 2003 have been overturned, and the original PDP candidates installed. This tussle is not so much one to recognize the real electoral victor but one to see which PDP faction controls the state. For most of these elect [...] | 2005-03-08 06:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS PREL |
05LAGOS416 | MTS FIRST WIRELESS ROLLOUT SET BACK TWO MONTHS BY [...] (SBU) As MTS First Wireless (MTS) tries to recoup from a very open and public feud between rival factions in the Board of Directors (reftel),its Senior Vice President, AMCIT Charles Kimbrough, estimated the company's rollout has been delayed at least two months. Kimbrough recently returned to [...] | 2005-03-16 09:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NI |
05LAGOS433 | CHEVRON LOOKS TO ETHNIC COUNCIL MODEL FOR DELTA [...] (C) Chevron Texaco is moving away from the 'host community' paradigm for implementing its community relations and development programs in the Delta region, and instead is embracing state-level 'ethnic councils.' These councils would disburse Chevron community development funds, and be respo [...] | 2005-03-18 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS434 | LNG UPDATE ON NIGERIA: CHEVRON, EXXON, ANNOUNCE [...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of two new proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Nigeria, as well as a status report on the expansion of an existing plant. In January Chevron Texaco (Chevron) announced a feasibility study on a potential 10 million metric ton liquefied [...] | 2005-03-18 06:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS435 | OBASANJO'S NEMESIS: LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR TINUBU [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23, the Ambassador met Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu who said that the federal government's withholding of approximately USD 135 million of accrued local government allocations for Lagos still has disproportionately affected children, health care delivery, transp [...] | 2005-03-18 07:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL |
05LAGOS472 | EXPELLED GOVERNOR BOASTS: I AM THE BEAUTIFUL [...] (C) Summary. Anambra State Governor Chris Ngige met with us days after being expelled from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). Ngige predicted that a growing army of supporters as well as some disgruntled politicians would move with him to the party of his choice, thus wresting Anambr [...] | 2005-03-29 06:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS NI PGOV PINS PREL |
05LAGOS474 | MEGA CORPORATION COULD HELP AND HURT NIGERIA AT [...] (C) Summary. On March 1, a cadre of Nigeria ,s business elite presented plans to the Government of Nigeria (GON) to establish the Transnational Corporation of Nigeria (TCN). Deemed a mega- corporation, TCN's initial capital would consist of naira 4.2 billion (USD 31.5 million) including naira [...] | 2005-03-29 08:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI |
05LAGOS476 | SHANTY TOWN DEMOLISHED IN PORT HARCOURT; THOUSANDS [...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Rivers State government demolished the bulk of the "Agip waterside" shanty-town in Port Harcourt. Hundreds of dwellings have been leveled and thousands of people displaced. Former residents say the government neither paid compensation nor offered alternative [...] | 2005-03-29 10:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS494 | NIGERIA:AMCITS HELD ON VESSELS AS STRIKE MOVES [...] (C) Tidex, an American maritime firm, is involved in a labor dispute with two oil unions. Union members have taken control of twenty-two vessels in Rivers, Delta, and Bayelsa states. Seventeen American citizens and approximately 45-50 expatriates in total are affected by the labor action. [...] | 2005-03-31 17:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS502 | TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; MISSION RAMPS UP EFFORTS [...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members (approximately 45-50 expatriates),including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. Tidex now states thirteen, not seventeen AMCITs, are aboard the detained vessels. T [...] | 2005-04-01 21:28:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS503 | TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES; TENSIONS INCREASE, BUT [...] (C) Striking Tidex employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members, including thirteen AMCITs, from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. The attempt by a Cameroonian-crewed ship to depart Onne on 1 April appears to have increased tensions. Strikers made t [...] | 2005-04-02 16:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS507 | NIGERIA: PICK ME FOR PRESIDENT, OK HOW ABOUT VICE [...] (C) Summary: Governors Odili and Alamieyeseigha representing Rivers and Bayelsa states respectively, harbor unrealistic presidential aspirations, but are contenders for the Vice Presidential slot. Though President Obasanjo has cooled somewhat towards Odili following the governor's failure to [...] | 2005-04-04 11:09:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS509 | TIDEX STRIKE CONTINUES - THREE AMCITS RETURN TO [...] (C) Striking employees continue to prevent Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members from leaving the ports of Onne, Escravos and Brass. However, the crews of two of the four vessels in Escravos returned to work. Three AMCITs were included in the two crews; ten AMCITs are still detained. [...] | 2005-04-04 18:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS521 | TIDEX MANAGEMENT IN ABUJA TO WORK ON RESOLVING [...] (C) Striking employees continue to hold Tidex vessels and non-Nigerian crew members at Onne, Escravos and Brass ports. Ten Americans are detained in Onne. Management from Tidex and U.S. parent company Tidewater are meeting in Abuja with GON officials. Tidex management reports no substantiv [...] | 2005-04-06 16:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS531 | AMCITS RELEASED IN TIDEX STRIKE; STRIKE CONTINUES, [...] (C) Tidex reported all expatriates, including ten AMCITs, have safely left the vessels in Onne and Escravos ports. GON intervention with national union leadership seems have played a role convincing the strikers to allow the expatriates off the vessels. The strikers still control approximat [...] | 2005-04-07 18:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI |
05LAGOS536 | NIGERIAN BANKS IN DISTRESS? [...] (C) Summary. With nine months remaining to meet the December 2005 naira 25 billion (USD 192 million) recapitalization deadline, banking sector noise has amplified. While the banks publicly talk positive about the future, we have heard rumors of liquidity problems at some banks. We believe t [...] | 2005-04-08 13:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER NI |
05LAGOS537 | NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, MARCH 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON's privatization program may accelerate as a result of the power sector reform bill signed into law March 11, and the new Maersk operating concession of the Apapa (Lagos) port container terminal. The GON has also contracted the Italian firm, Grimaldi Group, to build a USD [...] | 2005-04-08 13:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON ECPS EWWT EINV PINR NI |
05LAGOS563 | SHELL SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS OVERHAUL [...] (C) Summary: Shell Petroleum Development Corporation (SPDC) Managing Director (MD) Basil Oyimi told Ambassador he is concerned with President Obasanjo's "over-personalization" of reform. The lack of institutional underpinnings means Nigeria will be "back to square one" in 2007. Oyimi argued [...] | 2005-04-14 08:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PREL EPET |
05LAGOS575 | VIEWS ON THE NIGER DELTA, FROM THE NIGER DELTA; [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Campbell's April 5-7 visit to Port Harcourt, Nigerian interlocutors identified poverty and corruption as their chief concerns. American citizens working in the area cited the absence of law and order as their biggest worry. Contacts said working in the Delta [...] | 2005-04-15 12:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CASC NI |
05LAGOS605 | MILITANT DELTA YOUTH SET ASIDE ARMS AND DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Over the past few months, the Government of Nigeria and NGOs convened two major "peace camps" bringing together members of rival militia groups and gangs from the Delta region. The camps were largely in response to the flare up in violence which occurred in the region Fall 2004. During [...] | 2005-04-25 10:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | NI PGOV PHUM PREL |
05LAGOS61 | LAGOS BUSINESS EXECS GRIM ON NIGERIAN BUSINESS [...] (C) Commercial and Energy Officers recently met with group of senior business executives from American firms based in Lagos, who expressed substantial concern with the Nigerian business environment and import bans. They believe the GON is failing to develop the institutions and policies need [...] | 2005-01-14 16:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET PGOV NI |
05LAGOS629 | NIGERIA'S UNEMPLOYMENT: A SILENT EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: According to the GON Federal Office of Statistics (FOS),Nigeria's unemployment rate for 2003 was 14.8 percent. (Note: Statistics have not been released for 2004. End note.) The actual unemployment rate likely is considerably higher than what FOS reports. Nigeria's informal s [...] | 2005-04-27 14:23:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI PGOV NI |
05LAGOS654 | NIGERIA: PETROLEUM TRUCK DRIVERS STRIKE ENTERS DAY [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to resolve the on-going petroleum truck driver strike, the chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas paid Lagos State government an undisclosed fee, ostensibly to cover the impoundment fees levied against striking drivers. However, Lagos State and the drivers remain at log [...] | 2005-04-29 19:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV |
05LAGOS747 | CBN'S NEW CAPITALIZATION DEADLINES CAUSE BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Eschewing prior consultation with the industry, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) unexpectedly promulgated a new set of deadlines to spur banks to meet its recapitalization requirement: April 30 for pre-merger consent, August 31 for preliminary merger approval, and October 31 for [...] | 2005-05-19 08:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI |
05LAGOS924 | NIGERIA: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary. Since digital mobile licenses were awarded in 2001, Nigeria has improved from 400,000 telephone lines -- the world's third lowest telephony per capita rate -- to 10 million lines. This expansion has moved the country from a telecom emerging market to a quickly maturing market. T [...] | 2005-06-15 12:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON NI |
05LAGOS945 | NIGERIA: WEEKEND PRISON-BREAK AND HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, villagers in Bayelsa state released six oil workers (four Nigerians and two Germans) held hostage since June 14. The villagers took the workers hostage to protest Shell's alleged breach of a 2002 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the community. Negotiations to de [...] | 2005-06-21 09:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PHUM NI |
05LAGOS947 | NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH DEMANDS TO KEEP MORE OF OIL [...] (C) Summary: With less than two weeks remaining before its scheduled end, Nigeria's National Political Reform Conference's (NPRC) delegates remain divided over several issues -- chief among them resource control and the rotation of power, i.e. the presidency, between geographic zones. South- [...] | 2005-06-21 12:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NI EPET PREL |
05LILONGWE1058 | MALAWI TELECOM BOARD HOLDS UP PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) At what should have been a largely pro-forma meeting on 15 December, the board of Malawi Telecommunications Ltd. (MTL) voted down a proposal to privatize itself. The GOM, its sole shareholder, signed the deal on 14 December, together with all the other interested parties. Although MTL' [...] | 2005-12-19 07:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR ECPS ECON MI |
05LILONGWE109 | MALAWI REPLACES RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR [...] (U) The GOM announced on Tuesday that Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Governor Elias Ngalande is to be replaced at the end of his contract on February 28. He is to be replaced with the recently retired chief executive and current chairman of Stanbic Bank, Victor Mbewe. Stanbic is Malawi's secon [...] | 2005-02-04 06:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE198 | IMF ON MALAWI: GOOD PERFORMANCE, BUT NO FUNDING YET [...] (SBU) In a mid-mission briefing earlier this week, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team said Malawi has performed strongly since its November review (ref A) and has good prospects of continued good performance through the end of its fiscal year (end June). The mission was examining fisca [...] | 2005-03-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE346 | MULUZI ARREST POSSIBLE WITHIN WEEKS [...] Summary: A Western diplomat who recently met with Malawi attorney general Ralph Kasambara has told us that the Mutharika government could arrest former president Muluzi by the end of May. The AG is said to be working on three principal corruption-related charges. End summary. 2. A Western [...] | 2005-04-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MI PGOV |
05LILONGWE406 | IMF ON MALAWI: STRONG PERFORMANCE, BUT RISK AHEAD [...] (C) Following a recent visit from the IMF's country team, the Resident Representative confirms that fiscal performance was strong in the last quarter, despite much weaker than expected donor inflows. The IMF and GOM have reached a tentative agreement for a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Fac [...] | 2005-05-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ECON MI |
05LILONGWE448 | GOVERNMENT CLOSES FINANCE BANK OF MALAWI [...] (U) In a move that took the Malawian business community by surprise, the GOM revoked the license of Finance Bank of Malawi (FBM) and closed the bank without warning on May 19. In public statements, the GOM has said the bank was regularly violating the country's banking regulations. GOM sources [...] | 2005-05-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCOR KMCA EINV PREL MI BUD FIN |
05LILONGWE452 | FAMILY AND FRIENDS: NEPOTISM IN THE MUTHARIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Mutharika has placed relatives in key government positions as he struggles to build a political base for himself and his party. The president's cousin is serving as head of the Public Service, and two adult daughters have been appointed to positions in State House. Mut [...] | 2005-05-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MI |
05LILONGWE508 | MALAWI IMPEACHMENT RUMORS SWIRL [...] (C) Long-standing rumors of an impeachment attempt in Parliament have gained some credibility recently. The President's former party is said to be ready to bring the issue to the floor soon, and the President's office is canvassing diplomatic missions for legal help. At this point, the main [...] | 2005-06-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KDEM PGOV KCOR MI |
05LILONGWE540 | SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT COLLAPSES DURING IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Speaker of Parliament collapsed on the House floor on June 23 as MPs debated procedures for possible Presidential impeachment. He was then taken to the hospital, stabilized, and then flown to South Africa. Parliament has been indefinitely suspended, and it is unclear who will [...] | 2005-06-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI |
05LILONGWE564 | MALAWIAN MILITARY'S ROLE IN CURRENT POLITICAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-29 14:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM PGOV PREL MI POL MIL |
05LILONGWE579 | PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S LEADERSHIP STYLE [...] Despite a year of solid success in imposing discipline on government spending and launching a strong anti-corruption campaign, President Mutharika has been frustrated in his reform agenda by an increasingly militant opposition and a weak civil service. A series of negative media stories has p [...] | 2005-07-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMCA MI |
05LILONGWE709 | MALAWI TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ON HOLD [...] (C) The GOM has suspended the privatization of Malawi's parastatal telecommunications monopoly at the last moment. The privatization is a condition of two large World Bank programs in Malawi. The President apparently made the decision out of fear that the privatized company might sabotage sta [...] | 2005-08-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ECPS KPRV PGOV PREL MI |
05LILONGWE738 | (C) MUTHARIKA ON REFORM AND POLITICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA ON AUGUST 25, 2005. DURING THE TRADITIONAL ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION AFTER THE FORMAL CEREMONY, PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA EXPOUNDED AT LENGTH ON HIS PROGRAM (SELF-RELIANCE) AND MALAWI POLITICS (STALEMATED IN PARLIAMENT),[...] | 2005-08-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMCA EAID MI |
05LILONGWE750 | SACHS AND FERTILIZER IN MALAWI [...] (C) The UNDP's recently issued Flash Alert on Malawi's food crisis contains a plan for providing free fertilizer and seed for 2 million farmers this growing season. The plan has received practically no support among local agriculture and food experts in Malawi, for reasons that Embassy views a [...] | 2005-08-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EAID MI |
05LILONGWE773 | PRESIDENT FIRES SENIOR MINISTER, WEAKENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Irrigation and Water Development Minister Gwanda Chakuamba, one of the most powerful politicians in Malawi, has left the government. As a head of a governing coalition partner, he could take some of the 15 MPs from his Republican Party (RP) out of government with him,further we [...] | 2005-09-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TBIO MI |
05LILONGWE906 | AL QAIDA MADE ME DO IT: GONDWE'S TALL STORY ON [...] (U) In the midst of a raucous parliamentary debate on October 12 over the food and fertilizer situation in Malawi, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe was asked to explain delays in getting fertilizer imported and distributed to depots around the country. He said the GOM had sealed a fertilizer d [...] | 2005-10-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER EAID MI |
05LILONGWE914 | PARLIAMENT ADOPTS IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 18, Malawi,s Parliament adopted procedures which provide the framework for the possible impeachment of President Mutharika. The opposition's next step will be to propose a constitutional amendment to establish a National Governing Council, which would make a major cha [...] | 2005-10-19 15:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV MI |
05LILONGWE930 | MALAWI ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) In a recent conference with Malawi's Anti-Corruption Bureau, director Gustave Kaliwo described the status of his agency's new and ongoing prosecutions. Three new cases are significant: the upcoming deposition of former president Bakili Muluzi in an investigation against him, and the rece [...] | 2005-10-25 09:41:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KCOR EINV KHLS MI |
05LILONGWE932 | HIGH COURT PUTS INJUNCTION ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Court issued an injunction against the Presidential impeachment procedures over the weekend. This came after a notice of indictment of the President was presented in Parliament on Friday, October 21. The Speaker had accepted the notice, and summoned President Muthari [...] | 2005-10-25 14:55:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL MI |
05LILONGWE937 | (C) BINGU AGONISTES: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT BINGU WA MUTHARIKA SUMMONED AMBASSADOR AND BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO STATE HOUSE OCTOBER 26 FOR A TWO-HOUR-PLUS DISCUSSION OF HIS EFFORTS TO COPE WITH THE "WRATH OF MULUZI" (AS HE CALLED THE EFFORT TO IMPEACH HIM) AND THE HUNGER CR [...] | 2005-10-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MW PGOV PREL |
05LILONGWE942 | DONOR LETTER WELCOMED AS IMPEACHMENT WRANGLE [...] (U) Summary: Heads of Western donor missions sent a letter to Malawian political leaders, urging caution in considering constitutional amendments to rush through new impeachment procedures. Most political players welcomed the letter and all acknowledged the donors' right to a voice in the curr [...] | 2005-10-31 13:50:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MW PGOV PREL |
05LILONGWE981 | VICE PRESIDENT ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION [...] (C) Vice President Cassim Chilumpha was placed under house arrest on the evening of November 15 on corruption charges . He will appear in court on Monday, November 21 to face charges in Lilongwe. The timing of the arrest is clearly politically motivated, coming after the VP had attacked gover [...] | 2005-11-16 13:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV MI |
05LIMA1171 | PERU: MULTI-TON COCAINE SEIZURES IN THE FIRST TWO [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: In the first two months of 2005, the Peruvian National Police (PNP),supported by DEA's Lima Country Office (LCO),have tracked and seized record-breaking amounts of cocaine HCL/base - close to 5 metric tons - compared to 7.11 metric tons of cocaine HCL in the whole of 20 [...] | 2005-03-08 22:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA1190 | FORMER PRESIDENT ALAN GARCIA TALKS POLITICS, TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with former President Alan Garcia on 2/28 at APRA Party Headquarters. Garcia stressed the importance to APRA of forming inter-party alliances for the 2006 presidential campaign, and said he expected to enter into negotiations on an alliance with former Preside [...] | 2005-03-09 22:57:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV ETRD PE |
05LIMA1228 | UNHCHR-61 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
05LIMA1233 | PERUVIAN PROPOSAL TO REFORM UNHRC [...] (C) ... id: 28627 date: 3/11/2005 19:08 refid: 05LIMA1233 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. ----------------- header ends ---------------- C O N [...] | 2005-03-11 19:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PE UNHRC |
05LIMA1246 | OPIUM STRATEGY PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) The Mission strategy to combat opium production and trafficking in Peru was laid out in REF A in January. Since then, Embassy agencies including the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Military Assistance Group (MAAG) have been aggressively [...] | 2005-03-14 21:05:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR EAID PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA1259 | PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS FLORES-ARAOZ TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a meeting with the Ambassador on 3/11, Congress President Antero Flores-Araoz said he would be a candidate for President in 2006. Flores described the ideal electoral coalition as one including: the APRA Party; a repentant leftist gravitating toward moderation, like Lambayeq [...] | 2005-03-15 17:33:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PE |
05LIMA1361 | FINANCE MINISTER ON THE CURRENT SITUATION AND HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK),during a 3/18 breakfast with the Ambassador, was uncertain whether the Toledo Administration would be able to hold the fiscal line as pressure mounts in an electoral climate to meet social demands and to show concrete progress on co [...] | 2005-03-21 22:19:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PE |
05LIMA1375 | PARTY REGISTRATION SCANDAL CONTINUES TO HOUND [...] (U) Congress President Antero Flores-Araoz' mediation seems to have defused a potential constitutional crisis over a Congressional committee's demand to question President Toledo; the committee is investigating accusations that Toledo's Peru Posible party forged signatures in its effort to re [...] | 2005-03-22 18:51:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PE |
05LIMA2018 | FOREIGN MINISTER CLAIMS CHARGES THAT CHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez told the Ambassador that the resusitation of charges that Chile supplied Ecuador with arms during the latter's 1995 border conflict with Peru would make it difficult for Peru to join consensus on the election of Chilean Jose Miguel Insulza as O [...] | 2005-05-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PE |
05LIMA2055 | REVAMPING NAS SUPPORTED ERADICATION IN THE [...] (C) Peruvian National Police (PNP),with support from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) support and encouragement, decided to go after illicit coca in conflictive zones of the Huallaga Valley in CY 2005. We planned coordinated interdiction and eradication ops for March and April in the Yan [...] | 2005-05-04 22:37:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PE |
05LIMA2061 | PERU REJECTS CHILE'S RESPONSE ON ARMS SHIPMENTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero announced at a 5/3 press conference that the GOP considered "completely unsatisfactory" the Chilean Government's response to Peru's diplomatic note protesting Chile's 1995 arms deliveries to Ecuador (Ref A). Consequently, Ferrero continued, Peru wa [...] | 2005-05-05 19:40:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE CI |
05LIMA2158 | COCALEROS ATTRACTIVE TO POLITICAL GROUPS BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the various cocalero groups remain fragmented with no national leadership or strategy, they are courted by disparate radical elements in Peruvian society who view the cocaleros as potential allies. In addition, there is evidence that narcotraffickers are arming and radical [...] | 2005-05-12 18:49:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER PE |
05LIMA2185 | REGIONAL PRESIDENT YEHUDE SIMON: MOVING AHEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lambayeque Regional President Yehude Simon briefed the Ambassador 5/4 on the extensive consultations he has carried out to smooth the way for the SOUTHCOM New Horizons Exercise anticipated for next year. Simon expressed confidence he would win a referendum on creating a northern [...] | 2005-05-13 22:28:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR ETRD ECON PE |
05LIMA2222 | IS IT PERU'S TURN TO HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS? [...] (C) On the afternoon of May 17, Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero asked urgently to meet with the Ambassador. Ferrero related that the government is seriously concerned that Peru,s Congress, at the instance of the APRA legislative block, might vote on May 19 to suspend President Toledo from off [...] | 2005-05-18 15:43:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2226 | ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON HANDLING OF RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Foreign Minister Armando Lecaros, in response to a query from the Ambassador during a meeting on 5/16, stated that the Foreign Ministry has worked closely with President Alejandro Toledo in handling the crisis in bilateral relations with Chile over the latter's delivery o [...] | 2005-05-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE CI |
05LIMA2241 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS, RECEIVES [...] (C) The Ambassador, on 5/18, met separately with APRA leader Alan Garcia and Unidad Nacional Legislative Bloc leader Xavier Barron (Unidad Nacional leader Lourdes Flores had agreed to meet the Ambassador but fell ill). According to both Garcia and Barron, the opposition parties in Congress [...] | 2005-05-18 23:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2249 | OPPOSITION LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR THEY WILL NOT [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with APRA leader Alan Garcia and Unidad Nacional legislative bloc chief Xavier Barron on 5/18 to express concern over reports that opposition parties might stretch the Constitution to sanction President Alejandro Toledo over allegations that he and his Peru [...] | 2005-05-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2250 | OPPOSITION PARTY PROPOSALS AFFECTING PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Congress, on 5/19, is expected to debate at least three proposals to sanction President Alejandro Toledo for his alleged involvement in fraud in connection with the registration of his Peru Posible party for the 2000 elections. Most of the proposed sanctions are of doubtful co [...] | 2005-05-19 18:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE |
05LIMA2397 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS CANDIDATE [...] (C) The Ambassador reiterated our request for Peru to support the candidacy of Paolo Carozza for commissioner on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Ref B) to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for Political Affairs Oscar Maurtua on 5/27. Maurtua said that Peru is being heavily lob [...] | 2005-05-27 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PE BO |
05LIMA2461 | PERU TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 20:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PE BO OAS |
05LIMA2540 | TINTAYA MINE: FROM CONCILIATION TO CONFLICT [...] (U) Problems remain at BHP Billiton's Tintaya Mine in the wake of the May 23-25 agricultural strike (Ref A). Protesters temporarily occupied part of the mine's facilities on 5/24, demanding that the company revise a September 2003, Oxfam America-brokered agreement with local communities where [...] | 2005-06-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAGR ETRD CASC PE |
05LIMA2554 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON PONDERING INITIATIVE ON [...] (U) This is an action message for WHA and INL. See para 6. 2. (C) In the course of a meeting to discuss Venezuelan meddling with Peruvian extremist groups, Foreign Minister Rodriguez Cuadros told the Ambassador that the inroads Bolivarian movements have made among cocaleros in Bolivia [...] | 2005-06-07 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PE PGOV |
05LIMA2589 | FUJIMORI EXTRADITION CASE HAS PROBLEMS SAYS EXPERT [...] (C) The GOP's case to compel Japan to extradite former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is poorly organized and filled with errors, according to noted human rights lawyer and former Truth and Reconciliation Executive Secretary Javier Ciurlizza (strictly protect). Foreign Minister Rodrigue [...] | 2005-06-09 19:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PE |
05LIMA2601 | PERU PONDERS DANINO OR OTHE... [...] (SBU) At least five major Peruvian dailies, plus "The Economist," have speculated over the last week that the GOP will make a major push for the candidacy of a Peruvian to replace IDB President Enrique Iglesias, who announced his resignation May 31. (Note: Iglesias will leave his post Septem [...] | 2005-06-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE |
05LIMA2686 | UPDATE ON PERU NOMINATION FOR IDB PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Ambassador Struble spoke June 14 to Hector Quintero, Colombian Ambassador to Peru, regarding the visit of Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Alberto Moreno to Lima. Quintero explained that Ambassador Moreno had met with President Alejandro Toledo that morning to seek Peruvian support f [...] | 2005-06-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE |
05LIMA2692 | PERUVIAN FINANCE MINISTER PPK WILL RUN FOR IDB [...] (C) Finance Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) confirmed to the Ambassador in a private conversation June 16 that he will be a candidate to replace Enrique Iglesias as IDB President. PPK said that he told Toledo recently of his desire to leave the Finance Minister position in mid-August 20 [...] | 2005-06-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PE |
05LIMA2720 | VISIT OF PERUVIAN MINISTERS TO DISCUSS FTA [...] (C) Summary. Four Peruvian Ministers -- Trade, Finance, Agriculture, and Production -- will be traveling to Washington D.C. for high-level meetings with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, USTR Portman, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, NSC Tom Shannon and several members of Congress, June 21-22. The Pe [...] | 2005-06-17 19:33:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV EAGR PE ENIV |
05LIMA2919 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two top presidential political counselors recently reviewed the political scene with Polcouns. They were optimistic that President Alejandro Toledo and the GOP will work out a modus vivendi with the opposition parties on a new Congress President and a smooth transition to the [...] | 2005-07-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PREL PINS PE |
05LIMA3075 | PERU ON G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION FOR UN REFORM [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on 7/13 to Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez. Ambassador stressed that it would be counterproductive to call for a vote now on the G-4 resolution on Security Council (UNSC) expansion -- the resolution is contrary to the interests of many important co [...] | 2005-07-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE UNSC |
05LIMA3113 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UN REFORM PRIORITIES WITH [...] (SBU) On 7/13, the Ambassador discussed Ref B talking points on overall UN reform priorities of the USG with Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez; their exchange on Security Council Reform and the G-4 Resolution was reported in Ref A. The Ambassador emphasized the critical nature of the reform pr [...] | 2005-07-15 23:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC PE UNSC |
05LIMA3250 | PERU STILL UNDECIDED ON G-4 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 21:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR PE UNSC UNGA |
05LIMA3252 | PRESIDENT TOLEDO HAS NOT YET DECIDED ON G-4 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-26 22:36:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR PE UNSC UNGA |
05LIMA3416 | CUZCO COCA REGULATION - NO LEGAL IMPACT BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV SNAR ETRD PE |
05LIMA3429 | SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S VISIT TO PERU: SCENESETTER [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, both my country team and the Peruvian Government are delighted that you are able to visit Peru. Within hours of learning that you would be stopping in Lima, President Toledo called me to say how important your visit is to him. The President has recently become concerned about [...] | 2005-08-09 18:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR PE |
05LIMA3434 | PERUVIAN COMMITMENT TO UN MISSION IN HAITI [...] (C) Peruvian Defense Minister Roberto Chiabra, in recent conversations with Emboffs (most recently on 8/5 with the Ambassador),has echoed the concern expressed by UN SRSG Valdes that Chile and Argentina are leaning towards withdrawing their troops from MINUSTAH by June 2006 (Reftel). According to [...] | 2005-08-09 21:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL ASEC PE AA UN |
05LIMA3447 | PLOTTING ANOTHER COME-BACK: DOES FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former President Alberto Fujimori has done a masterful job maintaining his standing as a major political force in Peru, despite the fact that he remains exiled in Japan, is prohibited from holding public office here, and is the subject of extradition requests by the GOP. His sup [...] | 2005-08-10 17:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KCRM PE |
05LIMA3489 | CABINET CRISIS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIR FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 8/11 resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero, in response to the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, forced the resignation of the entire Cabinet and resulted in a serious political dilemma for President Alejandro Toledo. It remains an intergovernment [...] | 2005-08-12 20:55:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR PE |
05LIMA3518 | RESIGNATION OF FOREIGN MINISTER ENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The intergovernmental political crisis resulting from the resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Ferrero on 8/11, following the appointment of Fernando Olivera as Foreign Minister, was resolved the evening of 8/12, when President Alejandro Toledo asked Olivera to step down. Tole [...] | 2005-08-15 21:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
05LIMA3548 | NEW PRIME MINISTER, FOREIGN MINISTER AND DEFENSE [...] (C) New Prime Minister-designate Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) phoned the Ambassador on the morning of 8/16 to confirm press reports that he would be sworn-in later that day as Prime Minister. The Ambassador inquired as to other Cabinet changes that might affect upcoming meetings with SECDEF. P [...] | 2005-08-16 21:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MARR PE |
05LIMA3571 | MAJAZ ANTI-MINING VIOLENCE ON ECUADOR BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-17 21:24:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN PGOV SNAR ASEC EINV ENRG PE |
05LIMA3784 | A NEW INTERVIEW WITH SL LEADER COMRADE "ARTEMIO" [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Peruvian newspaper and a TV news program made public an interview with Sendero Luminoso (SL) Commander "Artemio," head of the largest SL faction still involved in combat operations. Leading daily La Republica published a portion of the interview on 8/28. Later that evening, Cuart [...] | 2005-09-01 14:57:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC SNAR PINS PGOV PE |
05LIMA3798 | UPDATE ON ANTI-TERRORISM TRIALS IN PERU [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Anti-Terrorism judges, convictions are expected in the "megatrials" of the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) and Sendero Luminoso (SL) leaders. The defendants in the El Polo bombing case may be acquitted, however, but should remain in jail on other charges [...] | 2005-09-01 22:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC PE |
05LIMA3807 | DEVELOPMENTS IN PERU'S RELATIONS WITH CHILE [...] (U) The Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations has posted several items on its website documenting Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua's 8/23 visit to Santiago. Maurtua called on GOC officials, including President Lagos and Senate President Sergio Romero, as well as an extensive working meeting wit [...] | 2005-09-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE CI |
05LIMA3810 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, JULY 2005 [...] (SBU) The Peruvian police (PNP),strengthened by the influx of graduates from NAS police academies in May, have been giving CORAH unprecedented support in eradication operations, allowing eradicators to continue despite stiff local resistance. Police support has also allowed CORAH to run si [...] | 2005-09-02 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA3847 | CHANGING TACTICS:EXPLOSIVE DEVICES FOUND IN [...] (C) Summary: Between August 27-31, a total of 9 explosive devices were found by police and CORAH eradicators in the field during operations in the Santa Rosa area near Santa Lucia. One CORAH worker was hit and hospitalized when he triggered a device but the injuries were not life-threateni [...] | 2005-09-06 21:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA3926 | WHY AN URIBE/TOLEDO MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BUSH IS [...] (C) We understand that Peruvian Ambassador Ferrero soon will call on PDAS Shapiro and U/S Burns to request an October meeting between Presidents Toledo, Uribe and Bush. According to Foreign Minister Maurtua, the two Andean leaders decided during their September 5 consultations in Bogota (re [...] | 2005-09-11 22:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PGOV PE CO |
05LIMA3974 | ZEVALLOS ADVISOR HAS CLOSE TIES TO PERUVIAN [...] (C) Summary. OFAC-listed Narcotics Kingpin Fernando Zevallos, who sold two planes to cargo carrier Air Guinea in January, has enlisted Ricardo Hernandez as a front man in the transaction. Hernandez is a close advisor of Peruvian Congressman Victor Valdez, Chairman of the Congressional Transp [...] | 2005-09-13 22:31:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR SNAR CASC PGOV PE |
05LIMA3998 | APRA LEADER SUPPORTS ERADICATION, REELS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: APRA Party leader (and former President) Alan Garcia, on 9/9, publicly declared illegal coca should be eradicated and that coca eradication policy is the purview of the GOP, not regional governments. Garcia was responding to warnings by La Libertad Regional President Homero Burg [...] | 2005-09-15 15:59:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PE |
05LIMA4070 | DGAC EXPLAINS ZEVALLOS' FLIGHT PERMISSIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite pledges by the DGAC to ensure that OFAC-listed Narcotics Kingpin Fernando Zevallos paid off previous debts of his former companies, AeroContinente and NuevoContinente, Zevallos received flight permissions for his new company, AeroContinente EIRL in June. The Director Gen [...] | 2005-09-19 19:42:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR SNAR PGOV EINV PE |
05LIMA4132 | FAR LEFT, INSPIRED BY CHAVEZ, SEEKING TO RIDE [...] (C) Most of Peru,s far-left Marxist parties, movements, and labor organizations are attempting to unite forces for the 2006 general elections under the banner of a "Frente Amplio" (Broad Front). They hope their standard bearer will be Ollanta Humala, leader of the fascistic Nationalist Peruv [...] | 2005-09-22 19:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
05LIMA4163 | BENEFIT PACKAGE DEFUSES TALK OF POLICE STRIKE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Alejandro Toledo, on 9/19, defused growing talk of a nationwide police strike by announcing a 284 million Soles (USD 86 million) package of back-pay, salary increases, benefits and operational funding. Police sources tell us that, while the immediate crisis has passe [...] | 2005-09-23 22:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC PE |
05LIMA4176 | PERU: NARCOTICS AFFAIRS SECTION, AUGUST 2005 [...] (SBU) Hostile crowds and random gunshots have not stopped eradication efforts in Mazamari and the Huallaga in August. Eradication continues despite having discovered improvised explosive devices in the fields, rigged to explode when a plant is uprooted. As of August 31, CORAH has eradicated a [...] | 2005-09-26 19:05:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
05LIMA4190 | FORMER ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT HEAD BELIEVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A series of personnel transfers in Lima's courts were announced 9/1, including that of Saul Pena, who had served as Chief Judge of an Anti-Corruption Court Chamber the past four years. Pena told Emboff on 9/16 that pressure from the GOP, linked to his persistent investigation of [...] | 2005-09-27 16:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PE |
05LIMA4212 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PERU UNLIKELY TO PAY [...] (U) Polcouns presented the demarche on persuading Peru to pay its dues to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Reftel) to Julio Garro, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, on 9/27. 2. (C) Garro said that it was highly unlikely that Peru would pay [...] | 2005-09-28 13:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PE CWC |
05LIMA4270 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: PRIME MINISTER AGREES [...] (C) The Ambassador, on 9/28, phoned Prime Minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (who was out of the country) to explain why it is so important that Peru pay 68,600 Euros towards its OPCW dues. Kuczynski grasped the point immediately when the Ambassador mentioned that the chair might otherwise fall [...] | 2005-09-30 17:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PE CWC |
05LIMA4271 | MORE ON OLLANTA HUMALA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY [...] (C) Sociologist Jaime Antesana, an expert in cocalero politics working for a USAID contractor, during a 9/21 meeting with Emboffs said that the cocalero movement appears to be coalescing in support of ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala's presidential candidacy. Antesana added that he met with [...] | 2005-09-30 17:29:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PE VE |
05LIMA4377 | PERUVIAN FOREIGN POLICY UNDER TOLEDO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under the Toledo Administration, Peru's foreign policy has become more aligned with that of the United States than it has probably been at any time since the 1968 Velasco coup. While Peru continues to advocate policies that we disagree with, such as adherence to the Internation [...] | 2005-10-11 18:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PE US |
05LIMA4394 | LATIN AMERICA MISSING PERSONS (LAMP) NETWORK [...] (C) The authors of the Peruvian website for Missing Persons, www.peruanosdesaparecidos.com, are now establishing a series of similar and interlinked web pages for missing persons in other countries called the Latin American Network for Missing Persons (LAMP). The system has already helped s [...] | 2005-10-12 20:58:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PE |
05LIMA4521 | PETROANDINA FALTERING? [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP Hydrocarbon Director Gustavo Navarro told Econoff on October 13 that an Andean Community meeting to discuss PetroAndina failed to materialize. At the preliminary meeting at the subministerial level, Venezuela wanted PetroAndina to be a vehicle to help only the poor. Navarro a [...] | 2005-10-19 21:42:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD PREL ECON VE PE |
05LIMA4539 | CHINESE INVEST IN PERU,S ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Chinese investment in Peru in 2004 totaled $122 million and several Chinese companies have recently expressed their interest in increasing investment in Peru in the next year. Sapet Development Peru, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),recently inked a [...] | 2005-10-20 21:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EFIN PE |
05LIMA4544 | PERU ON DEMONSTRATING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Ambassador discussed this subject with Foreign Ministry Undersecretary for the Americas Pablo Portugal on 10/14. Portugal said the GOP would make a public statement of support for the constitutional process in Iraq at some point in the future. Portugal had been briefed on the reftel ta [...] | 2005-10-21 14:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ PE |
05LIMA4568 | WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS WITH LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA/AND Director Philip French, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, on 10/17, met separately with leading presidential hopefuls Lourdes Flores (Unidad Nacional alliance) and Alan Garcia (APRA party); the third principle contender, former Interim President Valentin Paniagua, [...] | 2005-10-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SNAR PE |
05LIMA4569 | WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) In meetings with Foreign Ministry, congressional, economic, trade, counternarcotics, and human rights officials/activists on 10/17-18, visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French received a briefing on Peruvian views on bilateral relations (termed excellent, with a plug for a Toledo-POTUS me [...] | 2005-10-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ETRD PHUM PTER PE |
05LIMA4590 | FOLLOWING UP ON 2004 APEC ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (C) Econoff delivered the demarche "Following Up on the 2004 APEC Additional Protocol Commitments" (Reftel) to Amb. Juan Carlos Capunay, Peru's Ambassador to APEC, on 10/20. Capunay proudly noted that Peru has already signed and ratified the Additional Protocol, agreed that Brunei, Papua New [...] | 2005-10-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC EAID ETRD ECIN PE APECO |
05LIMA4644 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS ISSUES [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and Polcouns, discussed the pressing Summit of the Americas issues (Reftels) with Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, U/S for the Americas Pablo Portugal, Director of North American Affairs Nestor Popolizio, and the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff Alfredo [...] | 2005-10-28 18:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUM PREL PE |
05LIMA4645 | PERU PRESSING FOR PRO-FTA STATEMENT FOLLOWING [...] (C) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, during a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, reiterated Peru's interest in using the meeting at the Summit of the Americas between the Andean Presidents and POTUS to advance the FTA process. The Ambassador noted that USTR Portman is the person who w [...] | 2005-10-28 18:09:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KSUM PE |
05LIMA4662 | PERU SURPRISED BY CHILEAN REACTION ON DRAFT [...] (C) Embassy Santiago's reporting (Ref) has laid out the Chilean perception of what the GOP is doing with its draft "Law on the Bases of Maritime Control," which is now under review by the Peruvian Congress. In our view the GOP impulse behind the law is far more anodyne; it was part of an effo [...] | 2005-10-31 21:21:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EC PE |
05LIMA4673 | CONTROVERSY CONTINUES REGARDING PERU'S DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The controversy between Peru and Chile over the GOP's introduction of legislation defining its maritime limits continues, although Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua informed the Ambassador that the two countries are talking and should eventually calm things down. Meanwhile, the F [...] | 2005-11-02 22:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CI EC PE |
05LIMA4674 | DEMARCHE: SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DOHA STAND ALONE [...] (U) Polcouns followed up with Foreign Ministry Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro on the demarche dealing with the "Summit of the Americas Doha Stand Alone Statement" (Ref A) on 11/02. Garro stated that the Ministry would be reviewing the proposed statement with the Foreign Trade [...] | 2005-11-02 22:10:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KSUM ECON PGOV PE |
05LIMA4748 | FORMER PRESIDENT FUJIMORI'S ARRIVAL, ARREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former President Fujimori's surprise arrival in Santiago over the weekend adds another complex issue to the strained Peruvian-Chilean bilateral agenda. A Chilean court quickly acted to detain Fujimori, and the GOP is sending a high-level delegation to Santiago to argue for Fujimori's [...] | 2005-11-07 19:22:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PE CI JA |
05LIMA4779 | PRESIDENT TOLEDO TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT FUJIMORI'S [...] (C) During an 11/7 phone call initiated by President Toledo about another matter, Ambassador asked the President what he thought Fujimori's game plan was. Toledo said that it was ""sophisticated and complex."" (COMMENT: This may be another way of saying he did not yet feel he had fully figured it [...] | 2005-11-08 22:09:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PE CI JA |
05LIMA4821 | PERU PLANS ON SEEKING REVISION OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Peru is moving forward on signing and ratifying the International Convention Against the Recruitment, Use, Financing and Training of Mercenaries, and plans to submit a report to the UN Secretary General that will recommend revising the [...] | 2005-11-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM MOPS PE |
05LIMA4842 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS ON FUJIMORI, MARTIME [...] (C) Top presidential political advisors Juan de la Puente and Juan Sheput, in recent meetings with Polcouns, addressed the principle political issues of the moment as follows: -- Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's extradition: Peru will have a hard time preparing an adequate extradition req [...] | 2005-11-14 20:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KSUM PE |
05LIMA4854 | HUMALA FEINTS TO THE CENTER, BUT CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Peruvian ultra-nationalist and Chavez admirer Ollanta Humala has recently made efforts to position himself -- at least rhetorically -- closer to the political center. Over the last month, he has publicly rejected the New Years Eve 2004 rebellion his brother, Antauro Humala, led in Andahu [...] | 2005-11-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PE |
05LIMA4861 | FUJIMORI UPDATE: CONSPIRACY CONCERNS A SWIPE AT JAPAN BUILDING AN EXTRADITION CASE LABOR/HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SUPPORT EXTRADITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LARGELY MUM FUJIMORISTA PARTIES IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Former President Alberto Fujimori's arrest in Chile, pursuant to a Peruvian request for his preventive detention pending submission of an extradition request, continues to be the major domestic political issue in the country. President Alejandro Toledo and Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua susp [...] | 2005-11-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PE CI |
05LIMA4915 | APRA CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (C) At a 12/15 meeting with Emboffs, leading APRA Congressmen Maurico Mulder and Luis Gonzales Posada said that: -- They were pessimistic about the GOP's ability to prepare a convincing case for getting former President Fujimori extradited from Chile; -- APRA strongly opposed initiating a [...] | 2005-11-18 17:41:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS ETRD PE |
05LIMA4983 | COUNTERING CHAVEZ IN PERU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is actively seeking to project his "Bolivarian Revolution" to Peru politically, institutionally (via Venezuela's membership in the Andean Community and South American Community of Nations),commercially (energy integration and offers of development [...] | 2005-11-22 22:00:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ENRG PE VE |
05LIMA4986 | FUJIMORI UPDATE: PERU'S SUPREME COURT APPROVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Peru's Supreme Court has approved nine different cases for inclusion in the Fujimori extradition request to Chile. Upon his return to Lima from the APEC Summit, President Toledo would not comment on the specifics of his talks about Fujimori with Japanese PM Koizumi and Chilean P [...] | 2005-11-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PE |
05LIMA5037 | CHILE-PERU MARITIME BOUNDARY - ECONOMIC STAKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aside from national sovereignty, Peru's main interest in the disputed waters at the Chile/Peru border is the area's fishery. The approximately 14,600 square miles of disputed seas are rich in anchovies, but less so than further north, making the area probably more valuable to [...] | 2005-11-28 17:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL CI MARR ETRD PBTS PINS PE |
05LIMA5061 | FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER ROSPIGLIOSI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Interior Minister Fernando Rospigliosi and ex-Director of National Defense Ruben Vargas, in an 11/18 lunch with Poloffs, expressed concern over prospects that ultranationalist Ollanta Humala is establishing himself as a political force to be reckoned with. They had few [...] | 2005-11-29 17:14:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE |
05LIMA5086 | PERU AND CUBLA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...] | 2005-11-30 18:24:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PE |
05LIMA5087 | PERU AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING [...] (U) The following is Post's response to reftel A. No Political Support for Cuba ----------------------------- 2. (U) The Peruvian Government maintains formal relations with the Cuban Government, but the two countries have modest diplomatic contacts and bilateral trade. The last visit [...] | 2005-11-30 18:28:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PE |
05LIMA5090 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA, [...] (U) On behalf of Embassy Lima I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to lay the groundwork for close cooperation on the UN Security Council (which Peru will join in January for a two-year term) and on U.N. reform issues. We are arranging [...] | 2005-11-30 19:31:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PE |
05LIMA5192 | OLLANTA HUMALA DRAWS FIRE FROM THE POLITICAL CLASS [...] (U) Ultra-nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala's recent rise in the polls has galvanized the political class, kicking its immune response system into action against this anti-systemic threat. Ollanta has found himself under attack for having received approximately USD 250,000 i [...] | 2005-12-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR PE |
05LIMA5251 | ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA (PERU) [...] (C) Polcouns raised the USG's concerns regarding events in Bolivia (Reftel) and inquired how Peru viewed its options with respect to these developments during a 12/7 meeting with the Foreign Ministry's Director of Security and Defense Affairs, Daul Matute, Director of North American Affairs, [...] | 2005-12-12 19:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE |
05LIMA5284 | PERU AND ENERGY RING: THREE ELECTIONS AWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions on November 21 and December 6, GOP Hydrocarbons Director Gustavo Navarro told Econoff that the GOP needs two elements in place to consolidate a "South American energy ring" deal: the participation of Bolivia and more proven gas reserves in Peru. The Energy Ring is [...] | 2005-12-13 22:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETRD PREL ECON CI PE |
05LIMA5332 | THE PERUVIAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN BASELINE: HUMALA [...] (SBU) The Peruvian presidential race currently has four major contenders: Lourdes Flores of the Unidad Nacional alliance; ultra-nationalist Ollanta Humala, who has yet to register his Peruvian Nationalist Party; former President Alan Garcia of the APRA party; and former Interim President Va [...] | 2005-12-16 18:18:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD SNAR PREL PE |
05LIMA5335 | THE ONGOING DEBATE: IS TERRORISM BACK ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Remarks by Prime Minister Kuczynski alleging a growing terrorism problem in Peru have rekindled public interest in this issue, but have generated little consensus on how grave the problem really is. In private, Embassy contacts point to an increasing involvement of Sendero Lumin [...] | 2005-12-16 20:19:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE |
05LIMA5365 | TOLEDO MAKES ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL PICK FOR ARMY [...] (C) President Toledo has named a reported personal favorite, General Cesar Reinoso Diaz, to become Commanding General of the Army, passing over the three officers who would normally be considered next in line for the job by Army guidelines (which include seniority and military merit). Two of [...] | 2005-12-20 20:20:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR PE |
05LIMA5396 | FUJIMORISTAS TRYING TO SELL THEIR MAN AS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Alberto Fujimori's brother Santiago, along with three other members of the Fujimorista brain-trust, in a 12/14 breakfast with Polcouns, described their movement's strategy for the upcoming elections; inquired as to the USG's position on the presidential candidacy of [...] | 2005-12-21 22:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PE |
05LIMA5397 | ANOTHER SENDERO LUMINOSO AMBUSH LEAVES EIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 12/20, Sendero Luminoso (SL) members ambushed and killed eight Peruvian National Police officers near the town of Aucayacu, located in the Huallaga River coca production zone. The attack followed by only two weeks the SL murder of five officers in northern Ayacucho, a differen [...] | 2005-12-21 23:02:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE |
05LIMA5399 | JAPAN WAITING FOR NEXT GOVERNMENT TO UPGRADE [...] (C) New Japanese Political Counselor Yasushi Noguchi, during a lunch with Polcouns on 12/21, provided the following read-out on the state of Peruvian-Japanese bilateral relations following ex-President Alberto Fujimori's flight from Japan to Chile: -- The GOJ was astonished by the Peruvia [...] | 2005-12-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA PE CI |
05LIMA5430 | A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO LIMA, DECEMBER 2-6 [...] (C) A/S Silverberg, in meeting with Foreign Ministry counterparts, opinion leaders and the Chair of the Congressional Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a strong message about U.S. priorities for UN reform during her December 2-6 visit to Lima. The Foreign Ministry said that Peru shares [...] | 2005-12-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PE |
05LJUBLJANA11 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS: On 06 January, Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Head of NATO Department Stanislav Vidovic. DATT and Pol-Miloff delivered reftel points to MoD Director for Defense Policy Uros Krek later the same day. Both Krek and Vidovic reiterated FoMin [...] | 2005-01-07 08:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA112 | SLOVENIA ON FEBRUARY 21 GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 12:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK SI |
05LJUBLJANA126 | SLOVENIA: MFA SHEDS LIGHT ON ISAF AND NTM-I [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an unrelated demarche on 22 February, DCM and Pol-Miloff pressed MFA Security Policy Department Head Borut Mahnic for more information about Slovenian decisions to send officers to an ISAF Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and military trainers to a third country under [...] | 2005-02-24 06:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA151 | SLOVENIA ON SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) On 7 March, DCM and Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Jasna Gersak, head of the MFA's division for Asian, African, Australian and Oceanian Affairs. Gersak is a close, high-ranking contact of Mission and until recently was DCM at the Slovenian Embassy in Washington. Stating that S [...] | 2005-03-07 11:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SI SYSI |
05LJUBLJANA152 | KOSOVO/WESTERN BALKANS, CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey held a series of meetings in Ljubljana 4 March with key Slovenian interlocuters. Issues raised included: -- Slovenia's interest in working toward a final agreement on Kosovo this year; -- the priority Slovenia places on its relationships with its [...] | 2005-03-08 04:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI HR OSCE KO RU |
05LJUBLJANA164 | SLOVENIA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ZJ RS GG SI OSCE EUN |
05LJUBLJANA187 | SLOVENIAN PRESIDENT DRNOVSEK LUNCHES WITH COM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. At lunch 21 March with President Drnovsek, COM discussed Embassy security, got Drnvosek's positive assessment of the first 100 days of the Jansa government, and heard that PM Jansa and Drnovsek are meeting weekly. Drnovsek encouraged more U.S. work on global environmental protect [...] | 2005-03-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA190 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Your visit comes as Slovene Prime Minister Janez Jansa completes his first 100 days in office, and the gentlemen's agreement to temper public criticism of the new government terminates. Jansa continues to enjoy strong personal popularity, upwards of 66% in recent polls, despi [...] | 2005-03-24 04:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SI |
05LJUBLJANA36 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MARKING AND [...] (C) On 20 January, Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and position paper to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who handles SA/LW issues. Jerman mentioned that Ambassador Thalmann's draft text was discussed among EU member states in Brussels on 17 January. He said [...] | 2005-01-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM SI |
05LJUBLJANA366 | SLOVENIA: WILL SUPPORT COMMON EU POSITION ON CUBA [...] (C) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA EU Department staffers Peter Grk and Vesna Hojnik on 06 June. Grk pointed out that Cuba is "not in Slovenia's strategic interest zone" and that Slovenia would only weigh in on the debate surrounding suspension of restrictive measures in or [...] | 2005-06-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SI EUN |
05LJUBLJANA382 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE JUNE 13 GAERC [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met with the MFA EU Department's Peter Grk to deliver points in advance of June 13 GAERC. On the Balkans and Kosovo, Grk said that although opinions ranged in the EU on how and when Balkan countries should enter the EU, there is consensus that EU integration is the ultimate [...] | 2005-06-10 05:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM SI |
05LJUBLJANA39 | SLOVENIA: LITTLE EU SUPPORT FOR U.S. AMENDMENTS TO [...] (C) As reported ref B, Pol-Miloff delivered ref A talking points on 12 January to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman, who serves as MFA's point person for non-proliferation issues. Jerman read through the points and issue paper with interest, remarked that UNSCR 1540 is see [...] | 2005-01-21 02:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT SI |
05LJUBLJANA438 | COM LUNCH WITH SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER JANSA: [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jansa told COM at lunch, June 28, that next week the GOS planned to review options for sending a team of trainers to Iraq . Jansa made clear his preference to go forward with a training contingent in Iraq, but noted that there was resistance from his coalition p [...] | 2005-06-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI |
05LJUBLJANA448 | SLOVENIA ON WMD PROLIFERATORS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points 1 July to Bostjan Jerman of the MFA's Division for Security Policy. Jerman noted that he was unaware of the reftel Executive Order announcement, but said he would "immediately" pass the entity names to the Ministry of the Economy and Slovene intelligence. [...] | 2005-07-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC SI |
05LJUBLJANA449 | SLOVENIA: COM LUNCH WITH PM JANSA - THE REST OF [...] (C) Summary. COM met with Prime Minister Janez Jansa June 28. In addition to Slovenia's support for the NATO training mission in Iraq (Ref A),they discussed a range of bilateral issues including denationalization, which is moving more slowly than hoped, but the current log jam should be bro [...] | 2005-07-01 08:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SI |
05LJUBLJANA460 | SLOVENIA: LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. Since Parliamentary elections in October 2004, the former ruling Liberal Democracy Party (LDS) has lost focus, cohesion and leadership - and there is no clear savior in sight. It is universally agreed among Slovenes that, from the time he assumed the role of Prime Minister, Anto [...] | 2005-07-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA497 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF GAERC (JULY 18-19) [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief discussed reftel points with Peter Grk of the MFA's EU Division on July 14. The GoS seems generally to be in agreement with and to support U.S. positions on the issues covered. Grk reiterated Slovenia's consistent support for opening Accession negotiations with Turkey, t [...] | 2005-07-15 06:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SI |
05LJUBLJANA509 | LUNCH WITH SLOVENE PRESIDENT JANEZ DRNOVSEK: [...] (SBU) Summary: At Lunch with COM July 18, President Drnovsek focused largely on domestic issues including the Government of Prime Minister Janez Jansa and what seems to be the biggest obstacle (his coalition partners) to needed economic reform and potential foreign investment; the current d [...] | 2005-07-20 05:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SI |
05LJUBLJANA553 | SLOVENIA'S FM RUPEL ON UNSC REFORM [...] (C) In a meeting with FM Dimitrij Rupel on another topic July 29, COM raised the issue of Slovenia's position on the G-4 proposal for UN Security Council reform. Rupel was expecting the question and paused before answering that Slovenia was still working to find the right position for itself [...] | 2005-08-04 07:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR SI |
05LJUBLJANA576 | RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE [...] (C) On August 9, PolMil Off met with MFA Security Policy Division staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek to deliver reftel points. Cimpersek noted that Slovenia thought of ISAF and CFC-A integration as inevitable, but that Slovenia did not want to commit itself to a final decision on ISAF's mandate [...] | 2005-08-10 08:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA587 | RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE: SLOVENIA OFFERS [...] (C) On July 12, MFA Security Division staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek informed PolMil Off that she wished to clarify her previous comments (reported ref B) to note that Slovenia considered the current ISAF mandate broad enough to allow for ISAF-OEF integration and the realization of ISAF's se [...] | 2005-08-12 05:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA593 | CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND TIP WITH SLOVENE DG FOR [...] (C) Summary. Stanislav Rascan, MFA Director General for Policy Planning and Multilateral Affairs requested a meeting with Charge to discuss Iraq and Trafficking in Persons. On Iraq, Rascan specifically asked for USG assistance in promoting its International MBA program in Iraq. The GOS has [...] | 2005-08-16 05:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA600 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief spoke with Robert Kremelj of the MFA Department for Integration and Economic Relations. He manages the EU enlargement portfolio. Kremlj repeated Slovenia's consistent position which is that it supports Turkey's accession, assuming it meets all the necessary criteria, and [...] | 2005-08-18 06:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SI |
05LJUBLJANA61 | SLOVENIA PM CONSIDERING IRAQ DEPLOYMENT: "WE'RE [...] (C) On January 27, I called Prime Minister Jansa to express my appreciation for his statement on Iraq at his January 25 Brussels' press conference. (NOTE: Jansa was quoted as saying Slovenia will consider sending troops to Iraq to train the local security forces there..."We will consider an [...] | 2005-01-28 10:35:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SI |
05LJUBLJANA610 | SLOVENIA: LUNCH WITH PM: MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: In one-on-one lunch August 23, PM Jansa said he would continue in September to try to move his coalition toward accepting a deployment of trainers/mentors to Iraq, noting that political progress on the Iraqi constitution should make his job easier. He reported that that day he [...] | 2005-08-24 08:47:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON SI |
05LJUBLJANA611 | SLOVENIA'S PM JANEZ JANSA: CHALLENGE OF A CLOQ US [...] (SBU) Three months shy of one year in office, Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa may feel frustrated that his plans for change and reform are not moving more swiftly. It is clear, however, that he has managed to lay the groundwork for Slovenes to make the psychological shift from a minor c [...] | 2005-08-24 09:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SI |
05LJUBLJANA628 | RUPEL ON TRANSNISTRIAN ELECTIONS, SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) After meeting with Minsk Group Co-Chairs on Karabakh (septel),Slovenian FM and OSCE CIO Dmitrij Rupel pulled aside Ambassador Steven Mann for a private talk on Transnistria. He said that he had spoken with Ukrainian FM Tarasyuk a few days previously and Tarasyuk had talked up the Ukrai [...] | 2005-08-31 04:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD SI |
05LJUBLJANA629 | OSCE CO-CHAIRS BRIEF CIO RUPEL [...] (C) Summary: Minsk Group Co-Chairs briefed OSCE CIO Rupel on the eve of his Caucasus trip. The Co-Chairs advised that progress on Karabakh would be on hold until after the November Azerbaijan elections. They encouraged the CIO to probe with Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev for candid readou [...] | 2005-08-31 05:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI |
05LJUBLJANA67 | COM CALLS ON DIRECTOR OF SLOVENIA'S CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 courtesy call, COM met with Drago Kos, the head of Slovenia's newly independent Commission for the Prevention of Corruption, (CPC). Kos explained the CPC was established as an independent Commission to address the issue of preventingcorruption. It has no invest [...] | 2005-02-01 10:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR PINR SI |
05LJUBLJANA692 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 08:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAL SI |
05LJUBLJANA748 | SLOVENIA: COM MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER, ITF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 18, COM met with International Trust Fund for Demining (ITF) Director Dorijan Marsic to discuss the possibility of sending demining trainers and Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) specialists to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). Marsic indicated that ITF was [...] | 2005-10-24 07:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS ECON PGOV PREL SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA756 | SLOVENIA: INDEPENDENT KOSOVO - WHAT WAS DRNOVSEK [...] (C) Summary. On October 19 Slovene President Janez Drnovsek briefed Contact Group (CG) Ambassadors in Ljubljana on his nine point plan for conditional independence of Kosovo (Reftel). (Note: text of nine-point plan will come spetel). Much to the surprise of the CG Ambassadors, the Foreign Mi [...] | 2005-10-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI YI |
05LJUBLJANA764 | SLOVENIA ON BELARUS POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenia currently has a significant (for its size) commercial relationship with Belarus totaling around USD 30 million in trade; politically, relations are cool. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) agrees that it is important for the US and EU to have a coordinated approach to [...] | 2005-10-28 07:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SI BO |
05LJUBLJANA794 | SLOVENIA: RESTITUTION PROCESS FOR JEWISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following a September 22 meeting between Slovenia's Commission for Resolving Open Questions Pertaining to Religious Communities and the President of the Jewish Community of Slovenia (JCS),Andrej Kozar Beck, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) announced that it will conduct a compreh [...] | 2005-11-18 08:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KNAR SI |
05LJUBLJANA80 | COM MEETS WITH FORMER SLOVENE PM ANTON ROP [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with COM, former PM Anton Rop was forthcoming on his views for the future of his party, the challenges faced by the current government and Slovenia's close ties to Europe. He views his new role as leader of the main opposition party as an opportunity to reg [...] | 2005-02-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SI |
05LJUBLJANA800 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC [...] (U) PolEcon Chief met with GOS European Correspondent Peter Grk to discuss reftel points November 18. 2. (U) Defense Issues: Grk appreciated USG views on the relationship between the European Defense Agency and NATO. As a small country, it is particularly interested in ensuring no dupl [...] | 2005-11-21 09:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD SI |
05LJUBLJANA831 | SLOVENIA ON NAC COMMUNIQUE AND U.S. CONCERNS [...] (C) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on December 1, 2005 to MFA Security Policy Department Deputy Director Oto Pungartnik and staffer Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek. Pungartnik said he was surprised the discussion of the language on CFE/Istanbul Commitments had even been broached at the HLTF and [...] | 2005-12-01 07:39:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL SI NATO |
05LJUBLJANA882 | OSCE: U/S BURNS BILATERAL MEETING WITH CIO [...] (U) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, U/S Burns and Slovene Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office of the OSCE Dimitrij Rupel discussed Slovenia's cooperation in and contribution to international peacekeeping missions; the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) recent politi [...] | 2005-12-27 07:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS SI |
05LJUBLJANA885 | SLOVENIA ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Oliver Dajic, North America desk officer at the MFA. Dajic said he would pass along the information within the MFA. Contacts on the MFA's Russia desk as well as at the Ministry of the Economy that deal with natural gas matters were all on leave [...] | 2005-12-28 04:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON SI |
05LJUBLJANA886 | SLOVENIA ON EIB INVESTMENT IN SYRIA [...] Econoff delivered reftel points 28 December to Bostjan Jerman, MFA security policy staffer, and Oliver Dajic, MFA desk officer for North America. Both Jerman and Dajic understood the USG's dismay at the EIB decision and said they would immediately pass along the information within the MFA. Du [...] | 2005-12-28 05:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV SI |
05LJUBLJANA894 | SLOVENIA ON EIB IN SYRIA: PUSH THE BIG PLAYERS [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A points 30 December to Sibil Svilan, CEO of the Slovene Export Corporation and Slovenian representative to the European Investment Bank. A former senior Finance Ministry official and long time EIB board member, Svilan said he was not aware of the USG position on the [...] | 2005-12-30 05:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV |
05LJUBLJANA92 | SLOVENIA: INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS EXPECTED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on COM's recent conversations with PM Janez Jansa and DefMin Karl Erjavec, the snapshot below provides new information about Slovenian contributions for Iraq and Afghanistan and summarizes what we have reported piecemeal in recent weeks. Slovenia may offer five or more [...] | 2005-02-10 11:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SI NATO |
05MADRID1000 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...] | 2005-03-15 17:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN |
05MADRID1003 | SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (U) The USG transferred Spanish-national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abd al Rahman Ahmed (DPOB: September 22, 1974, Ceuta, Spain) to Spanish custody on February 14, 2004. He was held for five months on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and released on EUROS 3,000 bail (USD 3,9 [...] | 2005-03-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PTER PHUM PINR OPDC PREL |
05MADRID1010 | ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held bilateral meetings with Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso and Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on the margins of his March 10-11 visit to Spain to represent the USG at the commemoration honoring the victims of the March [...] | 2005-03-16 13:17:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP |
05MADRID1030 | SPAIN ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge met with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy (P equivalent) Rafael Dezcallar to discuss reftel points and urge Spain to co-sponsor the Cuba human rights resolution at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights. Dezcallar noted that Spain is not a voting member on the CHR this year, [...] | 2005-03-16 18:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU SP |
05MADRID1031 | SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS VENEZUELA SALE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo requested a meeting with Charge Friday, March 11 to explain Spain's plans to sell military equipment to Venezuela. In the meeting, Pardo denied reports that Spain would sell "Corvette" gunships to Venezuela, said none of the equip [...] | 2005-03-16 19:15:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP |
05MADRID1053 | SPAIN: IRAQI AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-17 16:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SP IZ |
05MADRID1073 | UNCHR 61: SPANISH VIEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel talking points to Susana Camara Angulo, MFA Deputy Director of Human Rights, on March 15. Camara Angulo said that generally the GOS agrees with positions presented in the talking points. She stated that even though Spain is no longer a voting member of the UN C [...] | 2005-03-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SP UNHRC |
05MADRID109 | SPAIN: NO DECISION YET ON ISAF STAGE II [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy National Security Adviser Maria Jesus Alonso on 1/11, following up on recent Embassy calls on Alonso and other GOS officials to encourage Spanish participation in ISAF Stage II through leadership of a PRT. Poloff stressed the importance of the issue to t [...] | 2005-01-12 16:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP NATO |
05MADRID1106 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-21 17:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SP |
05MADRID1118 | MFA ON CUBA CHR RESOLUTION, CUBAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo requested a meeting with poloff on March 21 to discuss Spain's position on the USG draft Cuba human rights resolution and to provide a readout on the recent visit of Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. On the draft Cuba UNCHR [...] | 2005-03-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU SP |
05MADRID113 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON U.S. NONPROLIFERATION AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed policy issue papers and reftel talking points concerning U.S. nonproliferation amendments to the Convention against the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA) with Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament [...] | 2005-01-12 16:40:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
05MADRID1139 | ISRAELI DIPLOMAT ON SPAIN-ISRAEL RELATIONS [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Political Counselor Alona Fisher met with poloff on March 22 to discuss Israeli views on recent efforts by Foreign Minister Moratinos to improve Spanish relations with Israel. Fisher said bilateral relations have improved markedly in the last few months, after a "very diff [...] | 2005-03-23 15:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS SP |
05MADRID1140 | SPANISH VIEWS ON EU DELEGATION'S MEETINGS ON CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The EU failed to make a persuasive case for lifting the EU arms embargo on China in its recent meetings with USG officials in Washington, according to the Spanish Foreign Ministry's deputy director for disarmament affairs. EU members are now convinced that any decision to lift th [...] | 2005-03-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC CO SP EUN |
05MADRID1141 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...] | 2005-03-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO |
05MADRID1178 | DEMARCHE TO ZAPATERO ON MEETING WITH CHAVEZ, LULA, [...] (SBU) Charge conveyed Ref A points to National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana on March 23. Casajuana stressed the correlation of USG-Spanish interests in a stable, democratic Venezuela and assured Charge that the USG points would be provided to President Zapatero and his party prior to Zapatero' [...] | 2005-03-29 13:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP VZ |
05MADRID1212 | SPAIN ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to MFA DAS for Sub-Saharan African Affairs Antonio Sanchez Benedito, emphasizing that the participation of the Deputy Secretary in the Oslo conference was intended to convey the importance the USG placed on the success of this event. Benedito said that Spain [...] | 2005-03-30 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON SU SP |
05MADRID1254 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO SOMALIA IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO SP |
05MADRID1317 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 11:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CO SP EUN NATO VZ |
05MADRID1324 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
05MADRID1353 | MFA OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE PROGRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) MFA DAS for Maghreb Affairs Carlos Fernandez Arias told poloff on March 31 that Spain sees few signs of progress in negotiations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute and only limited indications of improved Moroccan-Algerian relations. Arias (protect) said FM Moratinos and other GOS poli [...] | 2005-04-07 14:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MO SP |
05MADRID1456 | SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG POSITION ON [...] (C) On April 13, Poloff delivered demarche as per instructions in reftel A to MFA Maghreb office director Carlos Fernandez Arias. Arias said that he was aware that the Department had shared a similar message with the Spanish Embassy in an April 12th meeting. He appreciated the USG's detailed [...] | 2005-04-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG MO WI SP |
05MADRID1477 | SPANISH CONGRESS' FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Rafael Estrella, Socialist spokesperson on Congress's Foreign Affairs Committee (committee chairman equivalent) told us that he believes relations have "completely normalized" between the U.S. and Spain. According to Estrella, Spain's engagement with Venezuela should not pose an obstacle [...] | 2005-04-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP NATO |
05MADRID1578 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...] | 2005-04-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN |
05MADRID1584 | MASS TRIAL OF AL-QA'IDA SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Spanish prosecutors launched their case against al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and 23 associated defendants on April 22 before the Fifth Magistrate of Spain's National Court. The defendants were named in a September 2003 indictment handed down by high-profile judge Baltasar [...] | 2005-04-22 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SP |
05MADRID1585 | SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTRY: "TRUST US ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of State for Defense (deputy minister equivalent) Francisco Pardo called a meeting with Charge April 20 to discuss Spain's plan to sell ships and planes to Venezuela. Pardo said the Zapatero government wanted to be as transparent as possible on the sale but was frustrated tha [...] | 2005-04-22 17:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP |
05MADRID1587 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. Our counter-terrorism cooperation with Spain remains strong despite problems in other areas and your visit will help demonstr [...] | 2005-04-25 11:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SP |
05MADRID1604 | SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER: VENEZUELA DEAL DESIGNED [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge April 22, Minister of Defense Jose Bono said the only reason Spain was selling military ships to Venezuela was to help troubled Izar shipyard. Protesting Izar workers had put a lot of pressure on the Zapatero government, said Bono. He assured Charge that none o [...] | 2005-04-26 06:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP |
05MADRID1626 | SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...] | 2005-04-27 06:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP |
05MADRID1628 | POPULAR PARTY: TROUBLE IN THE HEARTLAND [...] (U) The opposition Popular Party (PP) is working hard to avoid losing its controlling majority in Galicia, historically a bedrock region for the center-right PP and home to both PP founder Manuel Fraga (now leader of the Galcian Regional government) and current PP leader Mariano Rajoy. The PP [...] | 2005-04-27 06:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SP PSOE |
05MADRID1683 | SPAIN: DEMARCHE ON SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-29 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO LE SY SP PRLE |
05MADRID1688 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EVENTUAL RUSSIAN OECD MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Econoff discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Subdirector General for Multilateral Economic Relations Pablo Montesino-Espartero on April 27. SubDG Montesino discussed Spain's position with Spanish Ambassador to the OECD Fernando Ballestero Diaz prior to the discussion w [...] | 2005-04-29 15:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT EFIN ECON ETRD RS SP OECD NATO |
05MADRID1693 | SPAIN: ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Spanish Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said they will reevaluate the caveats placed on their forces in Afghanistan in light of Spain's new missions there: leading a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Current caveats on Spanish operations in Afghanistan will bec [...] | 2005-05-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP NATO |
05MADRID171 | SPAIN ON RELATIONS WITH USG: "WE WANT BACK IN" [...] Summary. The Zapatero Government has undertaken a series of gestures intended to signal their desire for improved ties with the USG. Spain will contribute $20 million to the UNDP to support the Iraq elections, met a USG request to press Arab governments to encourage Sunni participation in the Iraq [...] | 2005-01-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
05MADRID1748 | SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S. [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...] | 2005-05-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL SP VZ |
05MADRID1749 | SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S. [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...] | 2005-05-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL SP VZ |
05MADRID1750 | SPAIN-VENEZUELA ARMS TRANSFERS: DEMARCHE ON U.S. [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for International Disarmament and Terrorism Issues Marcos Rodriguez on May 9 to convey reftel points on U.S. third-party transfer requirements related to Spain's sale of weapons to Venezuela. Rodriguez (protect) said that he was "one of many" in the MFA [...] | 2005-05-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PREL SP VZ |
05MADRID1751 | SPAIN: RESPONSE ON CIVILIAN COMPONENTS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-09 13:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF SP NATO |
05MADRID1761 | SPAIN: RESPONSE TO BOLIVIA HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PREL BL SP |
05MADRID1786 | UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN [...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...] | 2005-05-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN |
05MADRID1809 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S MEETING WITH ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. FBI Director Robert Mueller met May 9 with Juan del Olmo, the Spanish judge overseeing the investigation into the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, to advocate improved information sharing on terrorism investigations. Director Mueller expressed understanding of the limits imp [...] | 2005-05-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV SP |
05MADRID1816 | FM MORATINOS URGES NORTH AFRICAN "COLLECTIVE [...] (U) During a visit to Paris, FM Miguel Angel Moratinos urged the governments of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania to begin laying the groundwork for the formation of a "collective security system" to help foster regional stability. Moratinos acknowledged that his recommendation [...] | 2005-05-12 14:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SP |
05MADRID1879 | U.S.-SPAIN COUNCIL: MOD BONO EXPRESSES "PERSONAL [...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Spain Council, a private bi-national NGO dedicated to strengthening U.S.-Spain relations, held its tenth annual meeting May 13-16 in Seville. Participants included U.S. Council Chairman Senator Chris Dodd, EUR DAS Glyn Davies, Charge Manzanares, Spanish Minister of Defense Jos [...] | 2005-05-17 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP |
05MADRID1881 | DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO [...] (C) Poloff advised MFA Deputy Director General for North America Manuel de la Camara on May 16 regarding the USG's readiness to transfer Moroccan national Lahcen Ikassrien to the Spanish authorities, contingent upon Spain's agreement to the conditions established in reftel. De la Camara had no [...] | 2005-05-17 16:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP |
05MADRID1891 | SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAY 23 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed the China Arms Embargo, European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and Sudan with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on May 17. Fernandez-Arias does not expect the China Arms Embargo [...] | 2005-05-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PREL SU MARR MOPS SP EUN |
05MADRID1894 | PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES GOS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ETA [...] (U) President Zapatero won Parliamentary approval on May 17 for his plan to offer peace talks with Basque terrorist group ETA if ETA agrees to abandon the armed struggle. The initiative passed by a vote of 192 to 147, with all parties except the Popular Party (PP) accepting Zapatero's proposal [...] | 2005-05-18 12:23:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV SP |
05MADRID1924 | SPANISH FIRM SEEKS BUSINESS WITH LIBYA [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 17, Javier Hergueta, the Foreign Ministry's deputy director general for bilateral economic relations with Europe and the OECD countries, requested a meeting with poloff. Hergueta explained that a Spanish firm, Espindesa (part of [...] | 2005-05-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER ETTC SP CBW |
05MADRID2082 | DOJ COUNTERTERRORISM MEETINGS WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary. A USDOJ/FBI team led by DOJ Trial Attorneys Donald Ashley and Greg Sofer visited Madrid May 16-20 for meetings with Spanish prosecutors and judicial officials to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and to participate in the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Coun [...] | 2005-06-01 14:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL SP |
05MADRID2113 | SPAIN SUPPORTS EU CONSENSUS ON SA/LW NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP PREM |
05MADRID2114 | EU CUBA POLICY: SPAIN CONTINUES TO FAVOR INCREASED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on June 6 to MFA Director General for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and requested GOS views on Cuban government actions over the last six months and how the EU should respond. Sandomingo said that the GOS remained confident in its long term strategy toward [...] | 2005-06-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU SP |
05MADRID2131 | SPAIN/CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Spain is among the most important foreign investors in Cuba and the ruling Socialist party has continued the Popular Party's policy of encouraging further investment and trade with Cuba. On human rights issues, the GOS has broken with the Aznar administration's emphasis on support for democracy [...] | 2005-06-06 14:04:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU SP |
05MADRID2132 | GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO [...] (C) On June 3, post received note verbale number 67112-Ext-04 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating the Government of Spain's acceptance of USG terms for the transfer to Spain of Guantanamo detainee Lahcen Ikassrien (ref A). Attached to the note verbale was a notification from the C [...] | 2005-06-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP |
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