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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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07ANKARA2195 | TURKEY: PRUDENTIAL REVOCATION - OSMAN BAYDEMIR [...] (C) Post was informed via reftel of the prudential revocation of Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir's visa based on his membership in the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP). In our subsequent dialogue with Department, we were told the basis for this revocation was another agency's judgm [...] | 2007-08-24 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CVIS PGOV PTER TU |
07ANKARA2196 | GOT OFFICIALS PRESS CODEL SPECTER ON CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials believe the U.S. must remain in Iraq to ensure the country's future as a unified state. They also see increased involvement by the United Nations as an asset. Senator Specter argued that Iraqi political leaders have had sufficient time to establish a power-shar [...] | 2007-08-24 14:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY |
07ANKARA2206 | TURKEY DECLARES CYPRIOT TENDERS FOR OIL [...] (U) We met this week with the TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) Acting General Director Mehmet Uyusal, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Cyprus Huseyin Muftaoglu, Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy, and Norwegian Charge Stian Christensen to discuss the recent Cypriot announcement of [...] | 2007-08-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA221 | TURKEY-IRAQ: SOMO CRISIS ABATES, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trade crisis unleashed when SOMO advised Turkish fuel product suppliers seeking to renew 2006 contracts to deal with the KRG (as opposed to the central GOI) seems to have abated. Contacts confirm press accounts that the GOI has assured the GOT that its suppliers should conti [...] | 2007-02-02 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2213 | MILITARY PUTS GUL ON NOTICE AS HE APPROACHES [...] (C) Summary: In a tersely worded Victory Day message to the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) posted to the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website the evening of August 27, Chief of Defense GEN Buyukanit condemned those seeking to undermine the unity and secular nature of the Turkish state. Buyukanit's mess [...] | 2007-08-28 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA222 | TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: VOLATILE BUT RESILIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-Israeli relations, especially over the past 15 years are perhaps best described as one academic put it: "...(C)ompare it to a late-life love affair. Two parties who have known each other for years suddenly develop a near-passionate relationship, to the astonishment of the [...] | 2007-02-02 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR KWBG IS TU |
07ANKARA2223 | TURKEY: ALL EYES ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Turkish parliament elected FM Abdullah Gul as Turkey's 11th President on August 28 with 339 votes. Gul was sworn in at 6 pm local. All but the Republican People's Party (CHP) attended the voting; CHP continued its boycott of both the vote and the swearing in. Th [...] | 2007-08-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2234 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL: RISKS, CHALLENGES, [...] (C) Summary: Abdullah Gul comes to office as Turkey's president already experienced on the international scene. His victory is one of personal and political tenacity; many had written him off after the military's e-memorandum derailed the attempt to elect him president in April. Looking ahead [...] | 2007-08-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TU |
07ANKARA2240 | TURKEY: POST-ELECTION ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQI KURDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the accession to the Presidency of former FM Abdullah Gul, the GOT will be looking to change the dynamic of its relationship with Iraqi Kurds and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). While the exact timing is not yet clear, GOT officials indicate Gul will first reach out [...] | 2007-08-31 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IZ TU |
07ANKARA2245 | TURKEY: PROMOTING DISCUSSIONS OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TU |
07ANKARA2247 | MFA UNDERSECRETARY APAKAN INQUIRY ABOUT M-16S [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and DG for Security Affairs Guven raised the issue of US-origin M-16s captured recently from PKK terrorists in Turkey during an August 29 meeting with Ambassador on various subjects. The Turkish General Staff had provided the MFA [...] | 2007-08-31 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASIG PREL MARR KCRM PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2269 | TURKEY: KURDISH MAYOR'S CONTROVERSIAL REMARKS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2279 | TURKEY: PLANNING FOR CONSULTATIONS ON/WITH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will participate in the September 8-9 senior officials meeting in Baghdad, during which GOT officials hope to determine a date for the expanded neighbors ministerial meeting in Istanbul. The GOT will propose the October 31-November 1 time frame. GOT officials will also pa [...] | 2007-09-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ TU |
07ANKARA2282 | TURKEY: NEW GOVERNMENT PROGRAM EMPHASIZES RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The program of the 60th government, which PM Erdogan read on August 31, builds on the Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) previous four-and-a-half years in government by emphasizing rights and social welfare. The program signals the GOT's determination to pursue liberal demo [...] | 2007-09-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2295 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN: BABY JOHN TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: With President Gul's official acceptance of the new cabinet proposed by PM Erdogan on August 29, Ali Babacan succeeded Gul as Turkey's foreign minister. The youngest of Erdogan's 25 ministers, some Turkish journalists used to call him "Baby John" because of his youthful appearanc [...] | 2007-09-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2297 | TURKEY UNLIKELY TO LOBBY RELUCTANT ALLIES, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG TU |
07ANKARA23 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN IMPATIENT FOR U.S. ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish leaders have in recent days publicly lashed out against the slow pace of U.S. efforts to counter the PKK. Remarks by PM Erdogan and FM Gul openly critical of the level of USG and GOI cooperation to date in fighting the PKK have been touted by local commentators as presagin [...] | 2007-01-08 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER US TU IZ |
07ANKARA2304 | TURKEY CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Historical ties, shared experience, and common interests in the region have forged a 60-year bond of friendship and alliance between Pakistan and Turkey that has endured political and ideological changes in the two countries. Despite an Islamic ideology that is in marked contra [...] | 2007-09-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EINV MARR MASS IN PK TU |
07ANKARA2307 | POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE BY ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Babacan has expressed his concern over reports that Israeli warplanes may have violated Turkish airspace near the Turkey-Syria border on September 6. A full investigation is underway. According to press reports, jettisoned fuel tanks -- allegedly associated with [...] | 2007-09-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SY IS TU |
07ANKARA2318 | IRAQ NEIGHBORS SET DATES FOR ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's neighbors have agreed on the date for the next Expanded Neighbors ministerial, to be held November 1 in Istanbul. The ministerial will be preceded by a senior officials meeting, probably on October 31, during which work on the communique will be finalized. According to Tur [...] | 2007-09-11 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA2324 | TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PACKAGE VOTE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The voting process for the October 21 referendum on the seven-article constitutional amendment package (the "Package") -- which foresees direct election of the President -- started September 11 at the border gates. One article is sowing confusion because it refers to [...] | 2007-09-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2332 | TURKEY: FS MILIBAND ADVOCATES BOLD EU STEPS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband utilized his first visit to Turkey to urge the GOT to take bold moves on EU accession. Regarding Cyprus, Miliband pressed for responsible Turkish engagement. FM Babacan's pitch for increased UK engagement with Syria fell flat. M [...] | 2007-09-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IR IZ PREL SY TU UK |
07ANKARA2336 | VISIT OF U/S BURNS TO TURKEY SEPTEMBER 18-20 [...] (C) Everything has changed since your January visit. A new electoral mandate for PM Erdogan; a new, activist President Gul; a victory for democracy; positive statements on US-Turkey relations and the imperative to push forward on EU accession-related reforms -- real opportunity for progress o [...] | 2007-09-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON ENRG MARR KNNP TU |
07ANKARA2348 | TURKEY: SYRIAN FM'S VISIT OVERSHADOWED BY AIRSPACE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Israeli jets' September 6 violation of Syrian and Turkish airspace overshadowed Syrian FM Mouallem's previously scheduled visit. Calling on Israel to provide an explanation, FM Babacan simultaneously urged all parties to show restraint for the sake of regional stabil [...] | 2007-09-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS LE SY TU IQ |
07ANKARA2350 | TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART I): ENERGY [...] (U) This is the first of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part II, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Through a string of recent energy deals with Turkey, Iran is demonstrating a continued capacity to conduct business in the international arena. Turkey has been all too accommo [...] | 2007-09-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU |
07ANKARA2351 | TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART II): SOME [...] (U) This is the second of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part I, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Energy needs notwithstanding, deepening commercial ties, and Iranian military action against PKK-affiliated targets in northern Iraq, are further bolstering Turkish [...] | 2007-09-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU |
07ANKARA2361 | TURKEY: MFA ON POTENTIAL LEBANON-SYRIA BORDER [...] (C) We pulsed Turkish MFA Middle East Department desk officer Cem Ulusoy regarding the Spanish proposal on a potential ESDP monitoring mission on the Lebanon-Syria border (ref A). Professing no knowledge of the Spanish proposal, Ulusoy said Turkey shares USG concerns about weapons smuggling f [...] | 2007-09-18 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL LE TU |
07ANKARA2365 | TURKEY: WILL CIVIL-MILITARY TENSIONS PLAY OUT IN [...] (C) Since Abdullah Gul's elevation to the presidency on August 28, Turks have been parsing every interaction between him and the military to discern the future of military-government relations. Despite a peaceful, uneasy coexistence, military leaders are clearly alarmed by the AKP's overwhelm [...] | 2007-09-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA2390 | TURKISH MFA ACKNOWLEDGES TRANSATLANTIC DINNER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO OPDC PREL EU TR |
07ANKARA2400 | TURKEY CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PTER LE TU |
07ANKARA2402 | NEW TURKISH STATE MINISTER FOR TREASURY MEHMET [...] (C) Summary. Newly-appointed State Minister for Treasury Mehmet Simsek said the reelected AKP has a comprehensive reform roadmap to create a modern, competitive, performance-based Turkish economy. The highest priorities are proceeding with a revised version of the Social Security reform pack [...] | 2007-09-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2403 | VETERAN DIPLOMAT FINALLY NAMED SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On September 22, the Government of Turkey announced the appointment of Turkish Ambassador to Greece Tahsin Burcuoglu as Secretary General of Turkey's National Security Council (MGK),a post that has been vacant for months because of the previous President's refusal to sign off on [...] | 2007-09-24 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TU |
07ANKARA2405 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL OFF TO A PURPOSEFUL BUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Gul's first weeks in office have set the tone for a more open, accessible, and constructively engaged presidency than that of his predecessor, Ahmet Necdet Sezer. Gul is trying to demonstrate that he represents all Turks, not just those who voted for his fo [...] | 2007-09-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2412 | TURKEY: COUNCIL OF EUROPE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-26 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2414 | TURKEY: HEADSCARF BAN DOMINATES INITIAL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary and comment. The debate over the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) proposed revisions to Turkey's 25-year old constitution is turning increasingly shrill, with particular focus on whether to lift the headscarf ban for university students. The party's delay in releasing [...] | 2007-09-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
07ANKARA242 | TURKEY: MFA TALKING POINTS ON OPERATIONS CARRIED [...] (C) On February 2, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head for International Terror Huseyin Ozdemir provided talking points on the January 29 coordinated operations in 6 provinces against the Haydar Kirkan group. After going through the talking points, Ozdemir pointedly drew at [...] | 2007-02-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA2420 | TURKEY: SENIOR GENERAL ON KURDISH ISSUE, [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address to new cadets at the start of the Turkish Military Academy's academic year, Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug (widely expected to become CHOD in 2008 -- ref. a) warned against attempts to redefine "secularism." He cautioned Kurdish nationali [...] | 2007-09-27 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA2437 | TURKEY AND IRAQ SIGN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey and Iraq signed on September 28 a bilateral accord that provides for cooperation in countering terrorist groups and acts of terrorism in both countries. The two sides were unable to come to agreement on specific language concerning hot pursuit of terrorists across the Turki [...] | 2007-09-28 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA244 | TURKISH MFA PROTESTS ON GREEN ZONE ACCESS ISSUES [...] (C) MFA Head of Department for Iraq Fazli Corman called us in Feb. 2 to protest "increasingly inappropriate treatment" by U.S. authorities in Iraq (text of note in para. 5). Corman recounted two attempts by Turkish Embassy officials to access the International Zone (IZ). On Jan. 31, the Turkis [...] | 2007-02-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2440 | TURKEY AND IRAQ SIGN COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey and Iraq signed on September 28 a bilateral accord that provides for cooperation in countering terrorist groups and acts of terrorism in both countries. The two sides were unable to come to agreement on specific language concerning hot pursuit of terrorists across the Turki [...] | 2007-10-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA246 | TURKEY: SARG FM MUALLEM'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 1 visit of SARG FM Muallem to Ankara was the latest in a series of high level visits in both directions in recent months. Muallem's day of high-level meetings did not break any apparent new ground but focused primarily on ways the GOT and SARG could cooperate with ot [...] | 2007-02-05 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON IQ SY LE TU |
07ANKARA2465 | TURKEY: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan warmly received U/S Burns on September 19 and underscored areas where Turkey is working to be a regional leader, in line with U.S. efforts, including Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),and troops in Afghanistan and Lebanon. Erdogan expressed frustr [...] | 2007-10-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2466 | TURKEY: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gul emphasized the GOT's wish to strengthen Turkish-U.S. ties during a September 19 meeting with U/S Burns. He wants to work closely with us on upcoming meetings of the Iraq Expanded Neighbors process and on Middle East peace. Gul noted the PKK as a major impediment to [...] | 2007-10-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA2467 | TURKEY: U/S BURNS CONSULTATIONS WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns consulted with senior Turkish MFA officials on a broad array of issues during bilateral meetings in Ankara September 19. They discussed Iraq, the PKK, Iran, U.S.-Turkey bilateral relations and the impact of a Congressional Armenian genocide resoluti [...] | 2007-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TU IZ IR |
07ANKARA2468 | TURKEY: POLITICAL REFORMS STALLED AS GOT FOCUSES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2469 | TURKEY/IRAQ: DEFENSE AND STATE INSPECTORS GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: During their September 28 visit to Ankara, DOD IG Kicklighter and DOS IG Krongard outlined for senior Turkish officials their mission to establish more effective controls and accountability for U.S. arms being provided to the security forces of Iraq and Afghanistan. They undersc [...] | 2007-10-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KCRM IZ AF TU |
07ANKARA247 | TURKISH POLICE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] (C) Per ref a, LEGATT approached the Tukish National Police (TNP) Organized Crime and Anti-Terrorism Departments on January 31 to offer the visit of a DIA CHUCKWAGON team to assist in identifying the origin of the confiscated weapons contained in ref b. TNP officials noted their appreciaton of [...] | 2007-02-06 05:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2470 | TURKEY'S OCTOBER 21 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT [...] (C) Summary. Turks go to the polls again October 21 to vote on a constitutional amendment package primarily aimed at allowing Turkey's president to be elected directly by the people rather than parliament. The package, which parliament approved in June over former President Sezer's veto, was [...] | 2007-10-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA249 | TURKEY AND THE IRAQI KURDS: STUMBLING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Both Turkish officials and the PUK representative in Ankara acknowledge the need for greater dialogue between the GOT and KRG leadership on the vexing issues of the PKK and Kirkuk. Turkish MFA asked that the USG weigh in with KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani to bring a positive message t [...] | 2007-02-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2491 | US EUROPEAN/CASPIAN/EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On September 20-22, Istanbul hosted a Eurasia regional energy Chiefs of Mission conference. Participants included representatives from the supplier country posts of Ashgabat, Astana, Baghdad and Baku; posts in countries that are on key transit routes and/or are major buyers, including t [...] | 2007-10-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET XF XG ZK TU |
07ANKARA2492 | AGR: GOT SQUARELY FOCUSED ON OCTOBER 10 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials informed the Ambassador that they view the October 10 mark-up on the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) in the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) as critical. They are engaged at the highest levels to prevent the resolution from passing out of committee [...] | 2007-10-05 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS AM TU |
07ANKARA2500 | TURKEY: WEEKEND AMBUSH BRINGS TEMPERATURE TO [...] (C) Summary: A PKK ambush October 7 killed 13 Turkish soldiers in southeastern Sirnak province,the biggest single loss the military has incurred in years and the latest in a string of terrorist incidents. A series of high level meetings, including a PM-President-CHOD meeting, and the counter [...] | 2007-10-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2502 | TURKEY: DELEGATIONS INVESTIGATE ATTACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Following a September 29 attack on a minibus in southeastern Turkey that resulted in the deaths of 12 Turkish citizens, several delegations traveled to the site to investigate. As Turkish casualties mount in a series of attacks, mine explosions, and bombings from Sirnak to Izmir, [...] | 2007-10-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2503 | TURKEY'S COUNTER-TERRORISM COUNCIL: FULL ARRAY OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's counter-terrorism council met October 10 under the chairmanship of PM Erdogan. It issued a written statement which places all options - economic, political, legal and military - on the table. By taking a broad-reaching approach, the Turks are putting the Iraqis on noti [...] | 2007-10-09 15:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2504 | TURKEY PULLS BACK FROM CONFRONTATION OVER PKK [...] (c) Summary: Turkey is pulling back from a confrontation with us over PKK violence that took place here last weekend -- at least for now. This was the implicit message given by MFA U/S Apakan, who convoked Ambassador late on October 9 to discuss the PKK attacks. A similar measured and non-c [...] | 2007-10-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2511 | TURKEY: FRENCH FM ATTEMPTS TO MEND FENCES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On October 5, FM Kouchner became the first high-level French official to visit Turkey since the French National Assembly's approval of a bill criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide nearly a year ago. Characterizing the trip as a symbol of France's desire to improve [...] | 2007-10-11 06:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR TU |
07ANKARA252 | FORMER TURKISH PRESIDENT DEMIREL ON ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: Former Turkish President Demirel is worried about the "extremely negative" impact of an Armenian genocide resolution on the Turkish public and on US-Turkish relations. In a private lunch with Ambassador and Demirel advisor Mehmet Ali Bayar on February 5, the former president pre [...] | 2007-02-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU UZ AM IZ |
07ANKARA2520 | TURKEY UNABLE TO SEND SENIOR MFA REP TO MNF-I [...] (C) MFA Head of Department in the Office of the Iraq Coordinator, Aydin Selcen, told us October 11 that, because of the Iraq Neighbor's Ministerial meeting Turkey plans to host in Istanbul on November 2-3, the MFA does not expect Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq, Ambassador Oguz Celikk [...] | 2007-10-11 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL OTRA IZ TU |
07ANKARA2522 | TURKISH MFA REACTION TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VOTE [...] (c) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador October 11 regarding the House Foreign Affairs Committee vote on the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) the day before. He expressed great appreciation for Administration efforts against the AGR and was well aware of work by the President, Secret [...] | 2007-10-11 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US TU |
07ANKARA2523 | TURKEY: IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL PLANNING UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol met October 11 with the Ambassador to provide an update on planning for the Iraq Neighbors Ministerial in Istanbul, November 2-3. The MFA is finishing the draft statement and will provide it to us on or about October 15. Celikkol pro [...] | 2007-10-12 07:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA2524 | TURKEY: MANAGING PUBLIC OPINION ON ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary: With the capital emptied out for the end-of-Ramadan holiday, PM Erdogan and others in the GOT are carefully managing public opinion on the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) and declining to detail retaliatory measures the GOT [...] | 2007-10-12 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ |
07ANKARA253 | GENERAL BUYUKANIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY [...] (C) Yasar Buyukanit ascended to the top of Turkey,s military just six months ago in September 2006. His actions since then have positioned him as one of the most dominant players in this political scene. He has spoken out aggressively in public fora about Turkey,s foreign policy, its domesti [...] | 2007-02-06 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR IR IZ TU |
07ANKARA2530 | TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL REQUESTS MEETING WITH SECDEF [...] (C) Defense Minister Gonul contacted Ambassador October 15 to convey his request for a meeting with Secretary Gates on the margins of the NATO Defense Ministerial in Noordwijk, Netherlands, 24-25 October. Gonul explained that the purpose of the meeting would be to discuss the GOT's request to [...] | 2007-10-15 11:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU |
07ANKARA2532 | TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USD(P) Edelman and EUR A/S Fried told MFA U/S Apakan and senior MFA officials October 13 that the Administration regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of HR 106 and will continue to strongly oppose its passage by the House. They urged Turkish officials to avoid reactions [...] | 2007-10-15 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU AR AF IZ |
07ANKARA2533 | TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: GROWING VIOLENCE THREATENS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2537 | TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS PKK [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Apakan and Deputy Defense Chief GEN Saygun told USD(P) Edelman and A/S Fried October 13 that Turkey is reaching the end of its patience with PKK terrorism and expects concrete US help. They noted recent unprecedented attacks, including rocket attac [...] | 2007-10-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2538 | FALL-OUT FROM HFAC PASSAGE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish government and public reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 approval of the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) was fueled by harsh statements from opposition political party leaders and some media commentators, as well as strong remarks by the Pr [...] | 2007-10-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ |
07ANKARA2539 | TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: USD(P) Edelman and EUR A/S Fried told Deputy Chief of Defense GEN Ergin Saygun October 13 that the Administration regrets House Foreign Affairs Committee passage of HR 106 and will continue to strongly oppose its passage by the House. They urged the Turkish military to avoid react [...] | 2007-10-15 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU AR AF IZ |
07ANKARA2545 | TURKEY REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQ-BOUND MILITARY [...] (U) Action Request at para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry officials have requested re-confirmation of the bonafides of a shipment of military equipment aboard the MV Slavyanin, currently being transloaded to Mongolian-flagged "Onyx" in Limassol, and destined for Iraq. Absent confirmat [...] | 2007-10-16 08:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC MARR KNNP IZ CY MO TU |
07ANKARA2546 | TURKS CLEAR THAT PARLIAMENTARY MOTION FOR CROSS [...] (SBU) On October 15, Turkish PM Erdogan's cabinet approved and forwarded to parliament a draft motion to authorize conducting cross border operations (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. Parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on the motion October 17. If, as expected, parliamen [...] | 2007-10-16 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ |
07ANKARA2549 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER MOTION AUTHORIZING [...] (C) Summary. Under intense public pressure following an up-tick in terrorist killings, Turkey's parliament is scheduled to vote October 17 on a GOT proposal to authorize a cross-border operation (CBO) aimed at eliminating terrorist PKK camps in northern Iraq (reftels). The motion, submitted [...] | 2007-10-16 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA2552 | TURKEY: RECOMMEND THAT MV ONIKS REMAIN IN LIMASSOL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-16 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ETTC TU CY IZ |
07ANKARA2566 | TURKEY: MFA EXPLAINS PARLIAMENTARY MOTION ON CROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA convoked representatives of approximately 25 missions October 17 to explain the reasons behind the GOT's parliamentary motion to authorize a cross border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. MFA officials emphasized that passage of the motion by parliament [...] | 2007-10-17 10:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2575 | TURKEY: PUBLIC CONFUSED ABOUT OCTOBER 21 REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary and comment. Three days before Turks vote October 21 on a package of constitutional amendments that would shift Turkey to direct presidential elections, the referendum process is in disarray. The package, which the Justice and Development Party (AKP) pushed through parliament las [...] | 2007-10-18 09:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2577 | TURKS REQUEST HIGH-LEVEL ASSURANCES ON US MATERIEL [...] (C) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador October 18 to discuss continued GOT concerns about the MV Onyx and its cargo. Apakan told Ambassador he has had many conversations in recent days with the Turkish General Staff about the Onyx and that he is "sick of s [...] | 2007-10-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PTER ETTC KOMC IZ MG UP CY TU |
07ANKARA2584 | TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...] | 2007-10-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
07ANKARA2585 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT ASSAD VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu told Ambassador October 17 that Turkey worked hard during President Assad's visit to persuade Syria to participate in the Middle East Peace conference planned for Annapolis in late November if it is invited. 2. (c) Assad and FM Mua [...] | 2007-10-18 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY TU |
07ANKARA2586 | IMF REVIEW TEAM ON TURKEY'S STATUS [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Ambassador hosted G7 ambassadors for a readout by IMF Turkey Desk Chief Lorenzo Giorgianni and new IMF Resident Representative Hossein Samiei. The IMF team expressed concern about a lack of focus on economic policy by the government since the July election and con [...] | 2007-10-19 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA2589 | TURKEY: URGING PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY TO CONDMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2594 | TURKEY: NEW PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY OPEN ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In DCM's October 10 introductory call on new Prime Ministry Undersecretary Efkan Ala, Ala pointed to a possible cross-border operation (CBO) as one of a number of tools the GOT needs to combat the PKK. The problem is solvable through cooperation on all sides. A pro- [...] | 2007-10-19 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU US AM IZ |
07ANKARA2595 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY SAYS CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2596 | TURKEY: ABKHAZ "PRESIDENT" CANCELS VISIT [...] (C) We met on October 16 with Georgian DCM Koplatadze, who complained about the planned visit to Turkey of Abkhaz "President" Bagapsh, calling it unacceptable -- unofficial or not. He said Georgia expected the GOT to intervene to ensure that it is canceled. (The visit was, in fact, canceled. [...] | 2007-10-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG TU |
07ANKARA2597 | SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: USD/P Edelman's October 13 visit here reinforced to the Turks the Administration's intensive efforts to defeat the Armenian genocide resolution (HR 106) and our wish that the bill not derail relations. Senior officials tell us they are deeply frustrated and will be forced to resp [...] | 2007-10-19 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MASS PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2598 | TURKEY: KOSOVO ESDP MISSION UNDER CLOUD OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's so far unrequited desire for more direct participation in ESDP decision-making and access to EDA continues to cast a shadow over ESDP mission planning for Kosovo (ref a). Foreign Ministry officials appear unimpressed with EU and French ideas for improving NATO-EU relatio [...] | 2007-10-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AF EU MARR PREL TU NATO |
07ANKARA2605 | TURKEY: PUBLIC ATTACKS ON DTP OFFICES FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2606 | TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM PASSES; LEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turks passed a referendum package of constitutional amendments -- including a provision on direct election of the president -- by a comfortable margin in October 21 voting. However, confusion persists on a number of points, including how and when to implement the changes. Opposit [...] | 2007-10-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2614 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKEY'S NEW ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Minister of Environment and Forestry Veysel Eroglu. Previously, Eroglu served for four years as the Director General of State Hydraulic Works. He continues to be highly interested in water issues and hydro electri [...] | 2007-10-23 09:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENIV ENRG SENV TU |
07ANKARA2620 | TURKEY TAKES TO THE STREETS - PUBLIC FURY AT PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY. A volatile social situation is rapidly emerging here in the wake of Sunday's Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) attacks near the Iraqi border, the third in as many weeks. Spontaneous protests are mushrooming into large unscheduled demonstrations, and public displays of anger and nat [...] | 2007-10-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2622 | TURKEY: OFFICIALS EXTREMELY ALARMED, ON MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. High-level officials from the ruling party and government bureaucracy are delivering the same anxious message: the Turkish people are on the verge of slipping beyond the government's control. Anger stoked by a series of vicious attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has r [...] | 2007-10-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA2624 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT PURSUES DIPLOMACY; CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: While FM Babacan pursued talks with senior Iraqi leaders in Baghdad October 23, the GOT continued its effort to calm domestic fury in the wake of October 21 terrorist attacks. Government officials implemented a little used law to muzzle radio and television broadcasts related to [...] | 2007-10-24 10:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2627 | TURKEY: EU HARMONIZATION PROCESS OVERSHADOWED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2630 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH LEADER AHMET TURK DEFENSIVE IN MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2631 | TURKEY FINDS AZERBAIJAN PESSIMISTIC ON N-K; [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Caucasus and Central Asia Unal Cevikoz held bilateral consultations last week with Azerbaijan Deputy FonMins Azimov and Khalafov. MFA Caucasus Acting Head of Section Yavuz Kul told us that Cevikoz found the GOAJ deeply pessimistic on the state of Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) [...] | 2007-10-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU ZJ |
07ANKARA2632 | TURKEY: PUBLIC ANGER CONTINUES; SOME VIOLENCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY. Demonstrations of public anger continue on a widespread basis. Although anti-American sentiment colors the protests, most are largely focused on rage at the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Violence has been limited, but a potentially explosive situation remains. Leaders of all [...] | 2007-10-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA2640 | TURKEY: FM BABACAN CONTINUES REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish FM Babacan continued his intensive outreach to Middle East neighbors with trips to Egypt and Lebanon while, concurrently, Syrian President Asad and FM Mualem visited Ankara. GOT officials continue to urge the SARG to stem the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq and to play [...] | 2007-10-25 08:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS IZ LE SY TU XF |
07ANKARA2647 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN TALKS PKK IN THE UK [...] (C) Turkish PM Erdogan met with UK PM Gordon Brown, opposition leader David Cameron, MPs from both Houses of Parliament, British investors, and Oxford University students during his October 22-23 trip to London. UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird told us PM Erdogan spoke at length with PM Bro [...] | 2007-10-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU UK IZ EUN |
07ANKARA2651 | TURKEY NIXES GOI DELEGATION WITH KDP AND KRG [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Celikkol told Ambassador during an October 25 meeting that the GOT will not accept representatives of Iraqi Kurdish political parties nor of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) in bilateral security discussions proposed by the GOI. Pointing to the presence of K [...] | 2007-10-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2652 | TURKEY: STATUS OF 123 AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY [...] SUMMARY: (C) GOT officials are certain to ask Energy Secretary Bodman about the status of US ratification of the SIPDIS Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123 Agreement) during his November 15-20 visit to Turkey. Turkish officials insist that ratification is necessary to rein [...] | 2007-10-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL TU |
07ANKARA2660 | TURKEY: LONG-TIME ADVOCATES CITE BETRAYAL AND [...] (C) Summary: Anger on the streets pales in comparison with the deep sense of betrayal long-time friends of America are expressing to us. They assert we are on the brink of a full blown rupture in relations. End summary. 2. (C) Suat Kiniklioglu is the former head of the German Marshall Fu [...] | 2007-10-26 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU US |
07ANKARA2662 | TURKISH VIEW OF PKK TALKS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: Turkish MFA Apakan gave Ambassador on October 27 a disappointed account of the talks in Ankara the day before with the Iraqis regarding the PKK. He did not dismiss the ideas brought from Baghdad, but said Turkey needs actions that will have an impact now. Apakan noted that the [...] | 2007-10-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2663 | TURKS HEAR DIALOGUE, BUT NO ACTION FROM KRG [...] (c) Summary: In follow-up talks here the week of October 21, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials offered to create a propaganda campaign to counter and discredit the PKK pursuant to a written, Turkey-KRG agreement to be signed by PM Erdogan and KRG President Barzani that would effect [...] | 2007-10-28 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2674 | TURKEY: MPS ACROSS POLITICAL SPECTRUM EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MPs across the political spectrum have stressed to us that expectations for action are high. The context is public fury against the U.S. following recent PKK terrorist attacks in southeast Turkey. The MPs, ranging from ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members to [...] | 2007-10-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2675 | TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION IN LEBANON SIDE MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER LE SY TU |
07ANKARA2680 | MINISTERS TO DECIDE ON ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers will meet in emergency session on October 31 to consider authorizing economic actions against Northern Iraq. Four potential measures are on the agenda: cutting off of electricity exports, closing road access through Habur Gate, restricting Turkis [...] | 2007-10-31 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU |
07ANKARA2682 | PM ERDOGAN ROLLS OUT WASHINGTON AGENDA, CABINET [...] (C) Summary: During his October 30 address to his Justice and Development Party (AKP) parliamentary group, PM Erdogan laid out his agenda for his November 5 meeting with President Bush. Erdogan identified three main messages: 1) the U.S. must take necessary steps against the PKK; 2) the U.S [...] | 2007-10-31 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2685 | TURKEY SUPPORTS USG POLICY IN BOSNIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 13:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK TU NATO |
07ANKARA2693 | TURKISH MFA OUTLINES EXPECTATIONS FOR ERDOGAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Apakan summoned Ambassador late October 31 to relay on behalf of FM Babacan Turkey's expectations for the Secretary's bilateral visit here and PM Erdogan's upcoming meeting with the President. Apakan emphasized that the PKK problem has changed qualitatively and n [...] | 2007-10-31 17:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ US TU |
07ANKARA2696 | EXPANSION OF BTC PIPELINE CONTINGENT ON NEW OIL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On October 5, we met with local BP representatives Djan Suphi, Director for Exploration and Production in Turkey and Norman Rodda, Project Manager for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company to discuss two projects to increase the capacity of the line to 1.2 and [...] | 2007-11-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2697 | GOT DECIDES ON SANCTIONS, CONVEYS EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Council of Ministers agreed upon an as yet undisclosed package of economic sanctions aimed at the PKK and those who help them in Northern Iraq. Civilian flights that use Turkish airspace to travel to and from Erbil appear to have been largely curtailed, though [...] | 2007-11-01 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2698 | TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...] | 2007-11-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU |
07ANKARA2702 | WARM RECEPTION FOR FM BABACAN IN IRAN; TEPID [...] SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan received a warm reception from Iranian political leaders in his first visit to Iran, October 27-28. Iran is well-positioned to understand Turkey's PKK dilemma, but Iranian leaders did not extend support for a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq. Iran an [...] | 2007-11-02 09:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP PARM EFIN IR IZ TU |
07ANKARA2707 | TURKEY: WELL-CONNECTED DIYARBAKIR MP TAKES A HARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: Governing party MP from Diyarbakir Ihsan Arslan's prescription for solving the current impasse Turkey faces with respect to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK),northern Iraq and the US is that Turkey must take a hard look at the damaging policies it has purs [...] | 2007-11-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2708 | TURKEY APPROVES ECONOMIC MEASURES AGAINST NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers approved a set of economic measures directed against the PKK and Northern Iraq on October 31, but did not announce what measures they had approved. The GOT said November 2 that it has not yet implemented any of the approved economic measures. Tu [...] | 2007-11-02 15:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU |
07ANKARA2713 | TURKEY: THE KURDISH DTP PARTY'S SQUANDERED [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: Despite having 20 of its representatives in parliament, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) has entirely sidelined itself during Turkey's confrontation with Iraq over the terrorist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). The DTP erred [...] | 2007-11-05 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2720 | DAS BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Turkish Energy Minister Guler and reaffirmed their commitment to a shared U.S. )Turkey strategic vision to help Europe diversify its natural gas supplies away from dependence on Russia. Guler warmly welcomed positive news from Bryza on [...] | 2007-11-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2722 | TURKEY: EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT [...] (C) We met with MFA Department Head for South Asia Devrim Ozturk to share USG expectations for the upcoming IAEA report on Iranian implementation of the work plan (ref a). Ozturk welcomed the points and promised to share them with colleagues in other departments. He said the GOT continues t [...] | 2007-11-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR TU |
07ANKARA2724 | ERDAL INONU: A TURKISH PATRIOT IS LAID TO REST, [...] (SBU) Erdal Inonu -- professor and physicist, reluctant politician, social democrat, former Deputy PM and FM, and son of Turkey's second President, General Ismet Inonu -- was laid to rest November 4 in Istanbul. Inonu's epitaph could well read: here lies an honest, decent human being who wante [...] | 2007-11-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
07ANKARA2728 | TURKEY: REQUEST TO MEET WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS WB |
07ANKARA2730 | TURKEY: HOLDING US TO THE RULES ON MIL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has continued its trend, seen since late 2006, of tightening requirements and more strictly enforcing rules for routine military cooperation, within established bilateral agreements. On October 31, TGS informed us that we would be held more strictl [...] | 2007-11-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA2731 | TURKEY'S NATIONALISTIC JUDICIARY AN OBSTACLE TO [...] (C) Summary: A diverse array of legal experts agree the judiciary (judges and prosecutors) has been a major force in Turkey's failure to fully implement legal reforms related to its EU harmonization effort. Contacts from academia, private practice, government, and civil society told us that, [...] | 2007-11-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2733 | TURKEY'S KURDS RELIEVED BY OUTCOME OF PM ERDOGAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Our contacts in southeast Turkey have all reacted positively to PM Erdogan's Oval Office meeting, noting that the chance of a cross-border land attack by Turkish forces has diminished significantly, though many still expect air strikes against PKK targets in the Qandil mountains [...] | 2007-11-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2734 | PERES AND ABBAS TO MEET IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey will host Israeli President Peres and Palestinian Authority President Abbas for concurrent visits from November 11-13. GOT officials say they have scheduled the coinciding visits to reinforce U.S. and others' efforts prior to a possible Middle East meeting. Th [...] | 2007-11-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
07ANKARA2736 | DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT ON HAMAS [...] (U) This contains an urgent action request - please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Charge raised reftel points November 8 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay. He was accompanied by Middle East Deputy Director General Omer Onhon. Charge stressed both USG and Palestinian Authority Presid [...] | 2007-11-08 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU |
07ANKARA2742 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Your first official visit to Turkey will be an opportunity to reaffirm U.S ) Turkish shared strategic vision on the development of Caspian oil and gas resources and diversification of transit routes to lessen Europe's dependence on Russia. You will need to encourage Turkey to [...] | 2007-11-08 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU |
07ANKARA2752 | TURKISH FM BABACAN ON RELATIONS WITH YEREVAN [...] (c) Ambassador used a meeting late November 8 with Turkish FM Babacan on other subjects to update him on House Resolution 106 (the "Armenian genocide resolution"). Many with whom he spoke during consultations in Washington following PM Erdogan's White House meeting November 5 believed it ver [...] | 2007-11-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM TU |
07ANKARA2762 | TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT BRINGS NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Summary: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey, released November 6, went largely unnoticed here as the public and media remained focused on the latest PKK terrorist crisis. The GOT was pleased to see a "balanced" report, according to MFA and its EU Secretariat officials. Human righ [...] | 2007-11-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA277 | NATIONALISM TURNING NASTY IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. The nationalism that has been a unifying force since the Turkish Republic's founding in 1923 is becoming dangerously divisive under the pressure of national elections, government-military tensions and the continuing focus on the PKK in Iraq. The Dink assassination offered a bri [...] | 2007-02-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2774 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY ELECTS HARDLINER AS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) members elected Nurettin Demirtas, 34, as party chairman and adopted the concept of "democratic autonomy" during a November 8 extraordinary convention in Ankara. Several Kurdish contacts believe the elevation of Demirtas, a h [...] | 2007-11-15 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2775 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL CELEBRATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul descended on Azerbaijan, November 6-8, with a delegation of over 140 businessmen, pledging to elevate the bilateral economic relationship to a level matching the two countries' strong political ties. GOT officials and media alike interpret Gul's first state visit [...] | 2007-11-15 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ AM TU |
07ANKARA2779 | ANKARA FORUM PROVIDES GOT PLATFORM FOR PERES, [...] (SBU) In what the Turkish media has labeled a "mini-summit," President Gul hosted Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a November 13 meeting of the private sector-led, government supported Ankara Forum. Bringing together Turkish, Israeli, and Pal [...] | 2007-11-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMDR TU IS |
07ANKARA278 | TURKEY'S FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION DEBATE HEATS UP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2781 | GOT LAYS ANNAPOLIS MARKER WITH PERES, ABBAS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the first Israeli leader ever to speak before a predominantly Muslim parliament, President Shimon Peres joined Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in addressing the Turkish Grand National Assembly on November 13. In consecutive speeches, the two leaders expressed [...] | 2007-11-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMDR TU IS |
07ANKARA279 | TURKEY: PAKISTANI PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S NEW [...] (C) Pakistani President Musharraf visited Ankara February 6, meeting wit President Sezer and Prime Minister Erdogan over the course of his one-day stay. According to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Omer Onhon, Musharraf's meetings focused solely on what Onhon described as "Pak [...] | 2007-02-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK TU |
07ANKARA2790 | TURKEY: UNAMI OFFICIAL SEES GREATER GOT INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Charge Michael Schulenburg sees increased GOT interest in a UN role in defusing tensions over the future status of Kirkuk. He sensed a new GOT willingness and approach. Schulenburg indicated that Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Pres [...] | 2007-11-19 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UN IZ TU |
07ANKARA2807 | TURKEY: PROSECUTOR OPENS CLOSURE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey's top prosecutor filed an indictment with the Constitutional Court on November 16 to close down the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) for alleged ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The indictment calls for a ban against DTP participat [...] | 2007-11-20 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2817 | CFE/ISTANBUL: TURKEY SHARES OUR SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) We shared ref a points with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on November 21. Gun was grateful to have our views in advance of the arrival of the German and Spanish ambassadors, who met with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay later that day to push the G [...] | 2007-11-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO OSCE KCFE TU |
07ANKARA2819 | TURKEY: DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on November 21 to MFA Latin America Head of Department Ece Ozturk Cil. Cil assured us that U.S. concerns in Latin America are strongly taken into account in Turkey's Latin America policies, given her department's location in the MFA Americas Directorate and Tur [...] | 2007-11-23 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM VE TU WHA |
07ANKARA2820 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL TO TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN; WILL [...] (C) Turkish President Gul telephoned President Musharraf November 19 to request an opportunity to visit Pakistan, preferably in early December, according to MFA South Asia desk officer Ilhan Sener. Traditionally, Pakistan is one of the first foreign visits by a Turkish President, after north [...] | 2007-11-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
07ANKARA2831 | TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT DEMOCRAT PARTY DOWN FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. After an abysmal showing in Turkey's July 22 election, Democrat Party's (DP) reflections on how it got to this point and how to recover have been supplanted by fractious internal jockeying. Center-right consensus holds that DP was doomed as soon as the planned merger with the Mo [...] | 2007-11-26 17:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2833 | TURKEY: CODEL MURTHA DISCUSSES IRAQ, ARMENIA, AND [...] (SBU) Turkish President Gul expressed great appreciation for the efforts of Rep. Murtha and other Codel members to prevent House passage of the Armenian genocide Resolution (AGR). He said the meeting between President Bush and PM Erdogan on November 5 had brought Turkey and the US to a "good [...] | 2007-11-27 12:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU |
07ANKARA2834 | TURKEY: CHP LEADER BAYKAL MAKES POTEMKIN SENSE, AT [...] (C) Summary. Deniz Baykal, Chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP),recently proposed surprising policy approaches to Turkey's Kurdish problem, including starting to deal with northern Iraqi authorities. Baykal, a chronic contrarian, urged strategic thinking and outreach to Iraqi Kur [...] | 2007-11-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2837 | TURKEY: MALATYA MURDER TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY AMID [...] (C) Summary: The high-profile trial of seven men accused of the April murder of three Christian bookstore workers in the southeastern city of Malatya began on November 23. Five defendants face multiple life sentences for murder and terrorist acts; two others are charged with assisting in the [...] | 2007-11-27 14:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2847 | TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...] | 2007-11-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ |
07ANKARA2850 | TURKEY'S ATTITUDE CHANGE; PRESSURE FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, pressure for immediate Turkish military action against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist camps has subsided. While both government and military leaders continue to stress Turkish readiness to carry out cross-borde [...] | 2007-11-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2851 | TURKEY: CODEL MURTHA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: DCHOD GEN Ergin Saygun briefed Codel Murtha on Turkey's struggle with PKK terrorism, the PKK's involvement in narcotics smuggling and organized crime, and the inadequate response of many European allies. On Armenia, Saygun stressed Yerevan's implied territorial claims on Turkey [...] | 2007-11-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IZ IR AM TU |
07ANKARA286 | ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION: TURKS PREDICT DIRE [...] (C) Summary: Contacts from across the Turkish political spectrum are deeply alarmed at the prospect that a Congressional Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) is likely to pass for the first time this year. All predict a harsh reaction, especially from the public, in this already politically-cha [...] | 2007-02-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TU AM US |
07ANKARA2860 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS US HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (C) The Turkish military has requested U.S. support to transport Turkish Special Forces liaison officers (LNOs) co-located with US/Coalition forces in Northern Iraq to the Habur Gate border crossing. MND-N has previously provided helicopter support for this rotation on an informal basis but [...] | 2007-11-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU |
07ANKARA2863 | CODEL SHAYS TALKS PKK, KURDISH ISSUE, IRAQ, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Christopher Shays met with MFA Under Secretary Apakan, Turkish General Staff (TGS) Plans and SIPDIS Operations Chief Maj. Gen. Kocak, and a group of current and former parliamentarians representing southeastern Turkey in Ankara on November 26 and 27, the first two days of [...] | 2007-11-30 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2867 | TURKISH FORCES FIRE ON PKK CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Turkish artillery fired on a terrorist PKK camp in the eastern Zap region along Iraq's northern border from 10:38 til 11:05 Zulu December 1. In two announcements made following the action, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) confirmed the operation, asserting TGS forces killed 30 P [...] | 2007-12-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU |
07ANKARA2885 | CODEL SHAYS GOES TO SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Representative Christopher Shays obtained first-hand insight into the Kurdish issue and efforts to counter the PKK during a November 27-28 visit to southeastern Turkey. He also toured the Habur border gate and was briefed on Turkish-Iraq [...] | 2007-12-04 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA2886 | TURKEY: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHONS CLAIM ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government policies are slowly suffocating the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP),according to representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen. In November 29 meetings, the delegation told Turkish officials crawling re [...] | 2007-12-04 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2905 | TURKEY: ADANA GOVERNOR REVEALS HIS SUSPICIONS [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At an opening ceremony of the Adana chapter of the EU-supported Civil Society Development Center (STGM),Adana Governor Ilhan Atis verbally attacked the coordinator, questioned European motives (and competence),and insisted civil soci [...] | 2007-12-06 14:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM TU |
07ANKARA2907 | TURKEY/IRAN: INITIAL TURKISH REACTION TO NATIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed the NIE key judgments and reftel points with MFA Undersecretary Apakan and President/Prime Minister advisor Davutoglu on December 4. Drawing on points in reftel, Ambassador highlighted the NIE's conclusion that Iran had a nuclear weapons program and stopped it in 2003, [...] | 2007-12-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR TU |
07ANKARA2919 | TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM FOCUSES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. After a clumsy start, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) efforts to push through comprehensive constitutional revisions are gaining momentum. AKP officials, at least in private, are forthrightly stating that wholesale changes are necessary to wrench contr [...] | 2007-12-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM TU |
07ANKARA2922 | TURKEY: POLITICAL HOT-BUTTON APPOINTMENT TESTS NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. President Gul will shortly appoint a new chairman of the Higher Education Council (YOK),a body enshrined in the 1982 Constitution to oversee Turkey's university system and preserve its staunchly secularist nature. In a country perpetually challenged by perceived thr [...] | 2007-12-10 05:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2928 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL URGES PAKISTAN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Turkish President Gul, during a December 2-3 visit to Islamabad, urged Pakistan's opposition leaders to put President Musharraf above the political fray and compete amongst themselves in the upcoming, January 6 elections. Pointing to the long and bumpy road Turkish [...] | 2007-12-10 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF PK TU |
07ANKARA2935 | TURKEY: GOT FLOATS A TRIAL BALLOON ON GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan sent up a trial balloon December 9 on the possibility of issuing some form of amnesty to PKK members. As the GOT and military continue to work closely with us to implement the November 5 understanding, they want to keep the pressure on both the PKK in northern Iraq and [...] | 2007-12-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2942 | TURKISH EFFORTS ON LEBANESE PRESIDENCY [...] (c) Further to reftels, Ambassador spoke December 11 with Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu about the Lebanese presidency state of play. Davutoglu said that he and PM Erdogan have been in touch on an almost daily basis over the past couple of weeks with key players in Bei [...] | 2007-12-11 16:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU |
07ANKARA2944 | TURKEY: GUL'S APPOINTMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 09:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2949 | MFA OFFICIAL PREDICTS RENEWED NATO-EU TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: EU plans to deploy an ESDP police mission to Kosovo could spark renewed NATO-EU tensions by mid-January unless the issue of NATO support for the mission, and the broader problem of Turkey's relationship with ESDP, are addressed to Turkey's satisfaction. A Turkish MFA official hi [...] | 2007-12-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL TU YI |
07ANKARA2952 | TURKEY: GOT CONCERNED ABOUT NEW YORK SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA2955 | TURKISH THINKING ON AZERI GAS VOLUMES AND TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's energy priorities are increasing gas supply and diversity of suppliers, and reducing its energy costs. The Turkey-Greece-Italy Intergovernmental Agreement that allows Turkey to buy 15% of transiting gas at a netback price plays a central role in meeting these needs. Netba [...] | 2007-12-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU EINV AZ |
07ANKARA2958 | TURKEY: NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS LAW IRKS SECULAR [...] (C) Summary: President Gul's midnight signing of a new law governing the selection process for prosecutors and judges brought sharp criticism from a legal establishment that sees the move as a challenge to its independence by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). The truth is more [...] | 2007-12-14 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2962 | EXBS: TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY REQUESTS [...] (U) Action request at para 5. 2.(C) Summary: The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) has requested that the USG send a team of experts to conduct a joint nuclear smuggling threat assessment with TAEK to obtain a better understanding of the threat to Turkey of proliferation of nuclear mat [...] | 2007-12-14 11:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA2973 | TURKEY: CURRENT THINKING ON THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Turkish officials, parliamentarians, academics, and opinion-makers following publication of the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, reveal the following: -- While the GOT remains opposed to and very concerned about a nuclear-armed Iran, it f [...] | 2007-12-16 01:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC OREP TU IR |
07ANKARA2974 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY CONDUCTS AIRSTRIKES AGAINST [...] (C) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq between 0100 and 0400 hours local time on December 16. Turkish General Staff (TGS) officials provided approximately one hour advance notice to U.S. personnel via the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Ankara, [...] | 2007-12-16 10:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU |
07ANKARA2975 | TURKEY: POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: There is little public concern in Turkey over Kosovo's final status. The GOT continues to view independence as inevitable. Because public support cuts across party lines, there will be a strong political consensus for Turkey to play a post-independence role. Neverthel [...] | 2007-12-17 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU KV |
07ANKARA2992 | PKK-LINKED ROJ-TV DOMINATES TURKEY-DENMARK CT [...] (C) Summary. Denmark needs "better" evidence from the Turks to successfully prosecute PKK-linked ROJ-TV, Danish U/S Taksoe-Jensen told his Turkish counterparts during inaugural Turkey-Denmark CT consultations on December 12. Given the strict independence of Denmark's prosecutors, he suggested [...] | 2007-12-17 18:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTFN DA TU |
07ANKARA2994 | TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...] | 2007-12-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2998 | TURKEY: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES VOICE OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's traditional religious minority communities -- Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Jewish Community -- recently have criticized elements of a draft Foundations Law, vetoed in 2006 by then-President Sezer, that Parliament is expected to take up in early 2008 [...] | 2007-12-18 10:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3000 | TURKEY: JORDANIAN KING DISCUSSES MEPP, SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Jordanian King Abdullah's discussions with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his December 10 visit focused primarily on regional security issues, according to MFA Levant desk officer Cem Ulusoy. All three leaders expressed support for the latest round of the Middle East peace process ( [...] | 2007-12-18 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS JO SY |
07ANKARA3016 | TURKEY: RULING AKP TACKLES A TABOO -- IMPROVING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3017 | TURKEY: MHP'S BRIEF MOMENT OF NOTORIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) members are quietly distancing themselves from the words of their colleague in parliament, Osman Durmus, who sharply criticized Chief of the General Staff General Buyukanit. MHP will wisely keep itself at arm's length from direct attacks [...] | 2007-12-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA3044 | TURKEY PREPARING TO REVIVE EU REFORMS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU's December 19 decision to open negotiations with Turkey on two new policy chapters appears to have calmed GOT officials infuriated by French President Sarkozy's maneuvering to have the terms "accession" and "membership" removed from the GAERC's December 10 stat [...] | 2007-12-28 08:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA3045 | TURKEY: CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) President Gul, PM Erdogan, DCHOD Saygun and DefMin Gonul all expressed satisfaction with U.S. support to Turkey against PKK terrorism. The Turkish people have a more positive view of the U.S. as a result. Codel Skelton stressed the common struggle against terrorism and U.S. understanding [...] | 2007-12-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OREP AM IZ IR TU KV IS KPAL |
07ANKARA3047 | TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS, BUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel papers on December 17 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen stated that, as a country with cluster munitions in its arsenal, Turkey sha [...] | 2007-12-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO TU |
07ANKARA3051 | TURKEY: BATMAN SEES LOCAL POLITICAL TENSIONS RISING [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Two prominent Batman Bar Association leaders in southeast Turkey told us during a recent visit that local political tensions between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) have inc [...] | 2007-12-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA313 | TURKEY: IMPACT OF THE ARMENIA BILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: French interests in Turkey have suffered as a result of votes taken by the French National Assembly to recognize (in 2001) the events of 1915 as a "genocide," and then in October 2006 to criminalize the denial of those events. In the case of the former, French embassy officials [...] | 2007-02-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR ETRD FR AM TU |
07ANKARA319 | TURKEY: NATIONALIST PEOPLE'S PARTY CHAIRMAN DEVLET BAHCELI: NATIONALISM FOR ALL TURKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, Nationalist People's Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli outlined to Ambassador the party's priorities for the coming election year. His candor was hampered by an adherence to the party's declared goal of becoming the sole governing party after the general electio [...] | 2007-02-15 06:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA324 | UNSCR 1737: TURKEY WILL SEARCH FOR ASSETS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Demarches on implementation of UNSCR 1737 have been delivered to the Minister of Finance, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, and the Foreign Ministry. The senior foreign ministry official responsible for intelligence and security appreciated the information, but admitted tha [...] | 2007-02-15 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KFTN PARM KNNP IR TU |
07ANKARA338 | WHY KIRKUK MATTERS TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: The future status of Kirkuk is the number one issue in Turkish political debate on Iraq. Policymakers have told us that it is more significant than the PKK problem. Turkish concern is primarily centered on the fear that Kurdish control of Kirkuk will lead to an independent Kurdish [...] | 2007-02-16 06:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA343 | TURKS ASK FOR MORE JUSTIFICATION FOR WMD TASK [...] (C) Summary: ISN/WMD Office Director Thomas Lehrman presented a draft MOU on the creation of a bilateral Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Terrorism Enforcement Task Force to Serhan Yigit, Head of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament on February 13 on the margins of the Anka [...] | 2007-02-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA383 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) Introduction: The U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship is in a critical phase as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink murder, [...] | 2007-02-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA387 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY CLASH OVER [...] (C) Summary: A dispute between Turkey's military and government over contacts with Iraqi Kurdish leaders is threatening to scuttle an already twice-postponed meeting between FonMin Gul and KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani. The military, even more than the political opposition, will attempt to use thi [...] | 2007-02-22 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA388 | TURKEY CONFIRMS OFFER TO COMMAND UNIFIL NAVAL [...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal and Turkish Navy Plans and Policy CDM Cem Gurd to take oveQ after Germany. 2. (C) Both officials insist%d that the Turkish offer was made without Cyprus-related caveats. Turkish command of the force would not prejudice the ability of contributi [...] | 2007-02-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU |
07ANKARA391 | HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE COURT MAINTAINS FREEZE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's High Administrative Court has maintained the freeze on Yassin Al-Qadi's assets in Turkey by overruling last July's lower court ruling. The lower court had challenged the Government's authority to freeze. The High Court's ruling appears to be final, unless the Council [...] | 2007-02-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN TU |
07ANKARA4 | TURKISH CONCERNS ON IRAQ, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will continue closely to cooperate with the US on Iraq and hopes Washington will share its evolving thinking prior to any public announcements, newly promoted MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador December 30. After repeating remarks on Iraq made December 27 to the DCM (reftel),[...] | 2007-01-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA403 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref a points February 22 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary (U/S-equivalent) Haydar Berk, stressing unacceptable Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic even though Russia knows missile defenses based in those countries pose no threat to the Russian strategic arsenal. [...] | 2007-02-23 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ANKARA404 | TURKISH PROFESSOR RECEIVES MULTIPLE DEATH THREATS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 17:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA407 | ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...] | 2007-02-26 10:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ |
07ANKARA408 | TURKISH MINISTER DESCRIBES EU AND ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Minister of Economy and EU Negotiator Ali Babacan described the profound transformation of Turkey as a more transparent, globally-interconnected country to visiting EEB A/S Sullivan on February 10. Following the EU's December suspension of negotiations over eight chapters, [...] | 2007-02-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN EFIN EU TU |
07ANKARA423 | TURKEY: STAFFDEL TILLEMANN DISCUSSES ARMENIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU |
07ANKARA438 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKEY REVIEWING THE MOU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 23 that the ministry's legal office is reviewing U.S. comments on the draft MOU for Turkey's transfer of flank entitlements to the U.S. Gun said he is arguing for the more flexible, poli [...] | 2007-02-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO NO GR TU |
07ANKARA439 | TURKISH LOGISTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incirlik Air Base (IAB) in southern Turkey has been a strategic asset to coalition efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War. Current Turkish authorization to use IAB as air-refueling, cargo transit and FAA navigation aid operation hubs has saved the US hundreds of [...] | 2007-02-28 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AF |
07ANKARA451 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) In the wake of the second Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting held in Ankara on February 12-13, we addressed follow-up items with MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun on February 23. Gun noted that, as a contribution to the GI workplan, Turkey has [...] | 2007-02-28 16:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP TU |
07ANKARA452 | TURKEY ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN'S NONCOMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA461 | TURKEY'S KURDS ALARMED BY GROWING EXTREMISM; [...] (C) Summary. Heading into the traditionally with thQ Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) (or even IQaqi president Talabani) as disrespectful, particularly given Turkey's readiness to defend Iraqi Turkomans. Baydemir said the escalation of tension, particularly the prospect of a Turkish military [...] | 2007-03-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA462 | TURKEY'S OWN "24" -- "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA465 | DESPITE ILL WILL, TURKEY PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Turkey plans to proceed with its planned outreach to the Iraqi Kurds, but what officials view as a steady stream of unhelpful rhetoric from the KRG leadership complicates this effort. Turks are dismayed by Masoud Barzani's Feb. 26 interview on Turkish television -- and annoyed by [...] | 2007-03-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA468 | HOPE FOR OUTREACH TO ARMENIA FADES [...] (C) Summary: Even as concern over a U.S. Congressional Armenian genocide resolution mounts, Turks from across the spectrum caution that in this election year Turkey will not/cannot make a dramatic gesture to Armenia. End summary. 2. (C) The hot-button issue of a possible Armenian genocide [...] | 2007-03-01 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM AJ |
07ANKARA469 | TURKEY: RACE FOR UNSC SEAT BRINGS RENEWED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey gears up its campaign for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2009-2010, the GOT is taking a renewed interest in Africa, reflected in part by PM Erdogan's recent visit to Addis Ababa for the African Union Summit. Never a key focus of Turkey's foreign pol [...] | 2007-03-01 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AORC UN XA TU |
07ANKARA470 | TURKEY: HAK-PAR POLITICIANS CONVICTED FOR USING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA474 | TURKEY FOCUSED ON POLITICAL PRESSURE TO STOP [...] (C) Summary: Recently announced plans by the Republic of Cyprus to move ahead with a licensing round for offshore oil exploration (reftel) are of great concern to Turkey. Although Turkey claims rights to the area in question under the Law of the Sea, Foreign Ministry officials say they will [...] | 2007-03-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET EWWT PGOV PREL TU CY |
07ANKARA477 | TURKISH TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY NOT WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Treasury Under Secretary Ibrahim Canakci told us March 3 he was not worried about the current wave of market turbulence. He said it would not have substantial macroeconomic impact unless it persisted for a longer period. Nor did Canakci express concerns about the IMF Mis [...] | 2007-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA478 | TURKISH MFA COMPLAINT ABOUT SENATE RESOLUTION ON [...] (c) Turkish MFA U/S Apakan called in Ambassador March 2 regarding the Senate draft resolution on the Hrant Dink assassination that has been introduced by Sen. Biden. 2. (c) Reading from a Washington embassy report, Apakan noted that S-Res 65 is listed publicly on the SFRC agenda for March [...] | 2007-03-02 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU |
07ANKARA479 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials say they pressed Mottaki to make Iran's nuclear program more transparent and to carefully consider diplomatic offers already on the table, including the P5 1. The Turks cautioned that the international community's lack of confidence about Iran's nuclear program [...] | 2007-03-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA480 | TURKEY: GREEK MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN RIGHTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey believes Greece's efforts to address the concerns of the ethnic Turkish minority population of Western Thrace fall short. While noting that the GOG had made a start, MFA officials indicate they await final Greek action on the proposed legislation and other details before [...] | 2007-03-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM GR TU |
07ANKARA488 | MFA CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's approach to Central Asian countries largely echoes ours: ensuring security and stability, promoting democracy and human rights and fostering economic development and integration. During broad consultations in Ankara, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and MFA interlocutors explor [...] | 2007-03-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA489 | TURKEY EAGER TO COOPERATE ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government officials agreed with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum to explore complementary cooperation where possible on our approaches to Central Asia (septel). Representatives from the Turkish General Staff, the Turkish International Cooperation Administration, the Foreign Trade [...] | 2007-03-05 08:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX AJ UZ TI AF KG TU |
07ANKARA494 | TURKEY: WEAPONS TRAINING DEPLOYMENTS REINITIATED [...] (C) On February 23, the US 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, based at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, completed a six-week long Weapons Training Deployment (WTD) (NOTE: Turkey prefers the use of the term Rotational Training Deployment) at Incirlik Air Base, the first significant WTD to take pl [...] | 2007-03-05 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA495 | TURKEY CRITICAL OF FRENCH DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
07ANKARA50 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN SUPPORTS SINIORA IN LEBANON, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although PM Erdogan and Lebanese PM Siniora reportedly speak often and, according to remarks in the press attributed to iniora, "have had a visible chemistry together," it seems the GOT prefers to support "stability" in Lebanon above all else. Erdogan met with most Lebanese polit [...] | 2007-01-10 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE SY |
07ANKARA515 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKS WILLING TO WORK ON [...] (C) In the absence of MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun, we pressed Department Head Serhan Yigit on March 7 for Turkish reaction to our comments on the draft MOU for the transfer of 35 tank and 20 ACV entitlements, explaining our desire to complete notification of the [...] | 2007-03-07 11:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO TU |
07ANKARA516 | TURKEY: DISPLACED VILLAGERS CRITICIZE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA518 | TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...] | 2007-03-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR |
07ANKARA519 | "MODERATE ISLAMIC" SUMMIT STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Timing for a follow-on summit to the February 24 Islamabad foreign ministers meeting on Middle East Peace remains unclear, according to Turkish MFA. Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Turkey are concerned that the effort not be perceived as an anti-Iran initiative. Saudi Arabia wa [...] | 2007-03-07 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
07ANKARA521 | TURKEY-IRAN JEC RESULTS IN PLAN FOR EXPANDED TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Foreign Trade (FTU) officials provided a more positive readout of the recent Turkey-Iran Joint Economic Commission meeting than their MFA colleagues (ref A). They reported that the two sides agreed to begin negotiating a preferential trade agreement and also discussed Ec [...] | 2007-03-08 08:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL ENRG KNNP TU IR |
07ANKARA522 | RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Acting DDG Serhan Yigit told us March 7 that Turkey had decided against making any public statement concerning Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic as we had urged MFA officials to do on February 22 and 23 (ref a). 2. (C) Yigit told us the MFA is concerned t [...] | 2007-03-08 09:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU |
07ANKARA527 | TURKISH READ ON BAGHDAD/CAIRO/ISTANBUL CONFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Special Representative on Iraq Oguz Celikkol, just back from meetings in Tehran, told DCM March 8 that the Iranians have committed to participate at both the March 10 preparatory meeting in Baghdad and the expanded Istanbul ministerial, which the Turks hope will take [...] | 2007-03-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ IR SY |
07ANKARA534 | TURKEY WILL NOT OBJECT TO U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Bora Kerimoglu, Chief of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, and urged GOT support for the U.S. proposal on Modifications to UAV/Cruise Missile Criteria at the Oslo MTCR Technical Experts Meeting. Kerimoglu told us on March 8 that Ministry [...] | 2007-03-09 09:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA |
07ANKARA552 | TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TAKING A HARDER LINE WITH [...] (C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS),in some cases fronted by the Foreign Ministry, is taking a harder line on routine military cooperation with allies. -- Ankara-based diplomats told us that blanket overflight clearances granted to France, Germany, Spain, and Canada for support to Operati [...] | 2007-03-12 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR FR GE SP AU TU |
07ANKARA559 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY HOLDS CONVENTION AMID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA560 | KEY TURKISH OFFICIAL ON TURKISH-IRAQI KURD CONTACTS [...] (C) Turkish FM/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador and EUR DAS Bryza March 8 that contacts with the Iraqi Kurdish leadership will go forward, but probably not before late-spring or summer. As the initiator of Turkey's current effort at dialogue with the Iraqi Kurds begi [...] | 2007-03-12 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA563 | TURKEY: CHIEF OF STAFF BUYUKANIT TAKES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing strains between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the AKP -led government have escalated recently into regular confrontations over foreign policy. On France, Cyprus and Iraq, Chief of Staff (CHOD) Buyukanit has preempted or disputed government positions, leaving t [...] | 2007-03-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU |
07ANKARA57 | TURKEY: THE GOT ON LEDRA STREET BRIDGE REMOVAL: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although GOT officials were not supportive of "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's decision to dismantle the Ledra Street footbridge at the Green Line in Nicosia, they nonetheless stated in the end it was Talat's decision to make. While Talat had broached the subject in late Novem [...] | 2007-01-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
07ANKARA574 | TENSION ESCALATING IN RUN-UP TO NEVRUZ HOLIDAY IN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: The judicial offensive against several DTP politicians and growing militant activity by PKK supporters raise the possibility that this year's Nevruz (March 21) holiday could be particularly violent, according to many of our contacts in t [...] | 2007-03-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA588 | TURKEY: PRESSURE MOUNTING ON PM ERDOGAN BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Erdogan is the target of a growing pressure campaign from various quarters in the run-up to the filing for presidential candidacy on April 16. Recent remarks by military and opposition leaders, along with provocative media campaigns, are ratcheting up the tension in [...] | 2007-03-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA591 | IMF CONFIDENT DESPITE ELECTION YEAR [...] (C) Summary. At a March 13 breakfast briefing hosted by Ambassador at the midpoint of the ongoing 6th review of Turkey's stand-by program, Mission Chief Lorenzo Giorgianni told G-7 ambassadors and embassies that he was facing difficult negotiations of specific structural and fiscal issues. [...] | 2007-03-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA598 | TURKEY/GREECE/NATO: NOBLE ARCHER CANCELLATION AND [...] (C) We understand the commander of the NATO Air Component Command in Izmir cancelled NATO involvement in the February 27 Noble Archer exercise in the Aegean after Greek authorities posted a NOTAM that included the island of Limnos, whose demilitarized status is in dispute. MFA Deputy Directo [...] | 2007-03-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GR TU |
07ANKARA629 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ONE MONTH OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the presidential election process beginning in just four weeks, political circles are bursting with theories about what the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will do. For his part, Prime Minister Erdogan has stuck to his declared intention not to signal any decision [...] | 2007-03-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA632 | TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. NATO GOALS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials told USNATO PermRep Nuland that Turkey will maintain its commitments in Afghanistan and expand Wardak PRT operations, but would not commit to sending additional helicopters. Amb. Nuland praised Turkish contributions to ISAF while urging the Turks to do more and [...] | 2007-03-20 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OVIP TU |
07ANKARA635 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTRY REACTION TO WMD [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry is reviewing the draft WMD Enforcement Task Force MOU but told us it will be tough to sell to other agencies without modification and further justification. Post suggests we focus our efforts on the Consequence Management MOU instead and recommends ISN bureau [...] | 2007-03-20 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA641 | TURK-AZERI DIASPORA TAKES AIM AT ARMENIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: A recent Turkish-Azeri diasporas forum in Baku is seeking to develop an organized counterbalance to the influence of the Armenian diaspora worldwide. Possible Turkish-Armenian rapprochement looks bleak, although MFA sources tell us FM Gul plans to approach Secretary Rice with a p [...] | 2007-03-21 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ TU |
07ANKARA642 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR AKDAMAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA643 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We notified MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun that the U.S and Russia have invited most of the world's countries to participate in the initiative (ref a). In response, Gun repeated earlier Turkish concerns about Cyprus becoming a partner. He warned that, while the [...] | 2007-03-21 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP IAEA CY TU |
07ANKARA648 | THE TRUTH BEHIND THE AKP'S "SECRET ISLAMIC AGENDA" [...] (C) Summary. Ever since its victory in the 2002 general elections, rumours and suspicion have swirled around the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "secret" Islamist agenda. After more than four years in power, some doubters are relieved to find an AKP that appears conservative, We [...] | 2007-03-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
07ANKARA652 | TURKEY: LEFT-LEANING OPPOSITION SHOWING SOME SIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past two weeks, Turkey's long-moribund, inchoate left has begun to show signs it may coalesce into a pre-election alliance. While there are significant hurdles to overcome -- in particular, who should head the formation -- they evince a new resolve to get in the game befor [...] | 2007-03-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA654 | TURKEY: HIGH HOPES FOR PALESTINIAN NUG; MUBARAK [...] (U) Action Request in Para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials are hopeful the establishment of the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) represents a chance for a fresh start in establishing peace and security in the Palestinian territories as well as for dialogue between the Pa [...] | 2007-03-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS TU |
07ANKARA658 | TURKEY: WILL GO WITH THE EU FLOW ON ZIMBABWE, BUT [...] (C) We delivered ref a points March 19 to MFA Africa Department Head Raif Karaca. Karaca asked for time to discuss the issue internally and came back to us March 21. Karaca noted that Turkey, as an EU accession candidate country, associates itself routinely with EU statements on Zimbabwe and [...] | 2007-03-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI TU |
07ANKARA663 | KRG MAY BE PONDERING DELAYED KIRKUK REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Kurdish leadership is weighing political modalities for a delay in a Kirkuk referendum, visiting KRG foreign policy adviser Dizayee told us March 20. KRG-GOT dialogue is continuing, even though a meeting at the political level may not occur until after Turkey's mid-May [...] | 2007-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA67 | TURKEY GENERALLY SUPPORTS NEW IRAQ STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the USG's new Iraq strategy, MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador Jan. 12. Turkey still attaches significant importance to the Kirkuk and PKK issues, and will seek continued consultations on these in the weeks ahead. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador call [...] | 2007-01-12 15:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA671 | TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL URGES AGAINST CLOSURE OF NATO [...] (C) Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul expressed to Ambassador on March 21 Turkey's concerns regarding NATO consideration in the Command Structure PE review of closing Component Command Air Izmir. Closure of that command would be "bad news for the Turkish people" for two reasons, accord [...] | 2007-03-23 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA686 | TRADITIONAL TURKISH TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY FOR [...] (C) On the eve of the March 21 Newroz celebrations in honor of the Kurdish New Year, the Turkish press reported a significant troop build-up along Turkey's border with Iraq in preparation for the traditional spring offensive by the PKK terrorist organization in southeast Turkey. Land Forces C [...] | 2007-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA687 | GOT CONSIDERING SENDING SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will likely send a senior MFA official to Armenian PM Margarian's March 28 funeral, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Cevikoz told the Charge. Given that the Akdamar Church opening ceremony is the following day, Cevikoz will push for the GOT to allow a direct Yerevan-Van flight to [...] | 2007-03-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM TU AM |
07ANKARA699 | TURKEY CONTINUING EU REFORMS DESPITE SETBACK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA700 | TURKEY: VERDICT IN CLOSELY WATCHED TORTURE TRIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA701 | TURKEY: NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS AGAINST GOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV AF IT TU |
07ANKARA709 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TU |
07ANKARA710 | TURKEY ON KOSOVO: SUPPORT AHTISAARI PLAN; HOPE TO [...] (C) Turkey continues to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan, including his recommendation that Kosovo become independent. We delivered ref a points March 27 to MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili, who reiterated Turkey's long-standing position (reported ref b) in support of the pr [...] | 2007-03-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI TU |
07ANKARA711 | TURKEY: STONEWALLING ON UN-BROKERED CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's MFA characterizes recent Greek Cypriot steps to re-start UN-brokered talks and to facilitate a re-opening of the Ledra Street crossing of the Green Line in central Nicosia as "just for show." The GOT believes G/C President Papadopoulos is feeling pressure from the EU and [...] | 2007-03-28 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
07ANKARA712 | TURKEY: FIRST REACTIONS TO UNSCR 1747 SANCTIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref a points on UNSCR 1747 to MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmed Yoruk on March 26. Yoruk said the MFA is studying the text of the resolution and commented that its provisions appear to be similarly targeted as those in UNSCR 1737. He advised that the text of la [...] | 2007-03-28 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU |
07ANKARA722 | TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA and Egyptian embassy officials described the March 22-23 visit of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Turkey as "symbolically important" and "a useful exchange between two regional powers." Despite agreement by both countries to establish a structured "strategic dialo [...] | 2007-03-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG EG TU |
07ANKARA734 | TURKEY: VISIT OF PALESTINIAN NUG "OUT OF QUESTION" [...] (C) The GOT has flatly rejected press reports suggesting an imminent visit of Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) officials to Turkey. Both publicly and privately, the Turks have told us that Erdogan's March 28 meeting with Abbas (on the margins of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh) was [...] | 2007-03-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS TU |
07ANKARA74 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: In his meetings with the Turkish Foreign and Finance Ministries, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey pointed out how better use of counterterrorism finance tools could help Turkey elicit stronger European cooperation against PKK. Turkish MFA expressed satisfaction with U.S. coo [...] | 2007-01-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER EFIN ETTC TU |
07ANKARA747 | TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 11:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA749 | TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR ON NEIGHBORS-PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador April 2, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol urged a prompt decision on the timing and venue of the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial, which Turkey hopes will be April 23-24 in Istanbul. He said that PM Maliki should have no concerns about an Ista [...] | 2007-04-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA76 | TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...] | 2007-01-17 05:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR TU GR |
07ANKARA767 | TURKISH OFFICIALS BRIEFED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director BG Patrick O'Reilly briefed Turkish military as well as Defense and Foreign Ministry officials April 2 on the Iranian ballistic missile threat and the U.S. Integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System. BG O'Reilly's presentation address [...] | 2007-04-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR IR TU |
07ANKARA773 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WINDOW ABOUT TO OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's presidential election process officially begins April 16. Despite months of tail-chasing by the political classes, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's enigmatic silence on his own candidacy has frustrated pundits and opponents alike, while serving gradually to acclima [...] | 2007-04-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA778 | DESPITE ALLEGATIONS, MEDIA TAKEOVER PROBABLY NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) re-seized a major media group (including Sabah newspaper and ATV television) and other companies nominally belonging to businessman Turgay Ciner on April 1. The SDIF acted after it came to its attention in March that Ciner had e [...] | 2007-04-05 05:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN TU |
07ANKARA779 | TURKEY-ARMENIA PUSH AFTER ELECTIONS; NO HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan, Ambassador reviewed the status of the draft Armenian genocide resolution in Congress and discussed prospects for an opening in Turkish-Armenian relations, highlighting USG willingness to work with Turkey once the electio [...] | 2007-04-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM KPAL |
07ANKARA78 | TURKEY: GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS 2007 EU ROADMAP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA780 | TURKS PREFER CYPRUS NOT BE A PARTY TO THE GLOBAL [...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan restated Turkish objections to Cyprus becoming a party to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) (reftel). Apakan and Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Gun explained that, at the February A [...] | 2007-04-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIT PREL PARM TU CY |
07ANKARA799 | THE POLITICS OF SPRAWL IN ANKARA'S NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) Summary. In visits to three of Ankara's poorer neighborhoods, we found officials and residents grappling with rural to urban migration challenges, unemployment and a political system that leaves many feeling unheard. As Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections approach, politica [...] | 2007-04-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON TU |
07ANKARA803 | TURKEY-IRAN: ENERGY PARTNERS OR WARY NEIGHBORS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish press reports April 6 that the GOT is moving forward on energy cooperation with Iran, including investment in it upstream energy production. Ambassador delivered a strong warning on Iran to the Energy Minister last month, just after the visit of the Iranian Foreign Mi [...] | 2007-04-06 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU IR |
07ANKARA805 | TURKEY SHOCKED BY GOI DECISION ON IRAQ EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In successive conversations April 6 with Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Coordinator Celikkol and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu expressed "shock" and great disappointment that Egypt rather than Istanbul is being chosen to host the Iraq Neighbors-plus ministerial. Both urge [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU |
07ANKARA811 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU |
07ANKARA82 | TURKEY: GOT AND KRG MOVING TOWARD DIALOGUE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Regional Government and the GOT are moving in the direction of initiating a dialogue, perhaps in early February, according to Masoud Barzani's foreign policy advisor (and former KDP Ankara rep.) Safeen Dizayee. According to Dizayee, GOT officials this week offered to [...] | 2007-01-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PREF TU IZ |
07ANKARA822 | TURKEY WARNS IRAQ AND US TO BRING BARZANI AND THE [...] (C) Summary: MFA separately called in both the Iraqi Ambassador and us to reiterate its concerns about recent combative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani, and to warn that Turkey reserves the right to take action against the PKK if the Iraqis will not. Turkish officials are concerned that B [...] | 2007-04-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA828 | TURKEY: TROUBLED GOVERNMENT-MEDIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secularist contacts assert that Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government pressures an important voice in society -- the media -- through a variety of means. Such charges have been leveled against previous governments, but AKP's concentrated hold on power m [...] | 2007-04-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA832 | TURKISH ANGER CONTINUES OVER SHIFT OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials remain persuaded that the Iraqi Kurds, then the Egyptian and Iraqi governments, essentially conspired to shift the "neighbors-plus" ministerial from Istanbul to Egypt. They have serious doubts as to whether all neighbors will attend the meeting, though Turkey wi [...] | 2007-04-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ EG |
07ANKARA84 | MFA: TURKEY NOT READY TO SWALLOW U.S. [...] (C) During a Jan. 12 meeting, MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Apakan told the Ambassador that the Turkish public will react harshly if the U.S. Congress passes a resolution asserting that the Ottoman Empire committed genocide against Armenians during World War I. This reaction will in turn [...] | 2007-01-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU AM |
07ANKARA847 | LOOKING EAST: TURKEY'S MILITARY INVESTS IN THE [...] (C) Turkey has invested heavily in its security relationships in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with the bulk of its military assistance going to Azerbaijan. Turkey provides security assistance funds and training to all the countries in the region except Armenia and Uzbekistan. Historical and [...] | 2007-04-12 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PINS ZJ ZK AJ GG TI RS TU |
07ANKARA849 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN OPPONENTS TALKING BIG BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the final days before Turkey's presidential election process officially begins on April 16 (ref A),Prime Minister Erdogan's opponents are waging a last gasp effort to prevent his candidacy. Secularists' attempts to stir the public to action against the perceived Is [...] | 2007-04-12 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA859 | TURKISH MFA APPRECIATES EFFORTS TO AVERT GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Ambassador, MFA U/S (D equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan expressed appreciation for US Administration efforts to avert a congressional Armenian genocide resolution and asked about language of the Presidential proclamation that would be issued on the occasion [...] | 2007-04-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
07ANKARA860 | TURKS SEEKING ENHANCED ROLE IN ESDP PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S (D equivalent) Apakan told Ambassador April 11 that Turkey would like an enhanced role in ESDP planning. The Turks are approaching other NATO and EU members individually; PM Erdogan spoke with Javier Solana in Riyadh. As an EU accession candidate which participa [...] | 2007-04-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO EUN TU |
07ANKARA861 | TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF PUTS THE MILITARY BACK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit in an hour-long televised speech to assembled military brass and press at the General Staff headquarters on April 12 addressed the military's three-decade long fight against terrorism, defended the military from accusations of wron [...] | 2007-04-12 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA863 | MARE NOSTRUM? BLACK SEA MARITIME SECURITY AND [...] (C) Turkey seeks to maintain its leadership role in Black Sea maritime security but remains frustrated that not all six littoral countries are enthusiastic followers. Ankara complains of Romanian foot-dragging as the GOT seeks to add anti-WMD and anti-terrorism capabilities to BLACKSEAFOR. An [...] | 2007-04-13 05:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS GG RO RS UP BU TU |
07ANKARA874 | TURKEY MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is not ready to agree on moving forward on closing the Makhmour Camp, MFA Director General Guven told the Ambassador April 13. Guven remains unconvinced that the PKK has been expelled from the camp; believes the Iraqis' insistence on third-country resettlement will lead to [...] | 2007-04-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREF AORC PREL MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA875 | TURKEY ON NOTICE THAT BUYUKANIT STATEMENT ON CBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador notified NSC SecGen Alpogan on April 13 that the statements by Chief of Staff Buyukanit on April 12 regarding Turkish Armed Forces support for a cross-border operation (CBO) into Iraq were harmful to US efforts to facilitate Iraqi cooperation on the PKK terrorist issue [...] | 2007-04-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU |
07ANKARA876 | MESSAGE TO PM ERDOGAN: TURKEY MUST REMAIN SECULAR [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's secularists staged a triple play to deter PM Erdogan from running for president as the election process gets underway on April 16. On April 14, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators turned out in Ankara for a peaceful rally in support of secularism and the Republic. Th [...] | 2007-04-15 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA88 | TURKEY'S VIEWS ON GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY [...] (C) Ambassador reviewed US thinking on Afghanistan ahead of the January 26 NATO foreign ministers meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan on January 17. Drawing on reftel points, he highlighted the NATO leaders, discussions in Riga and their commitment to Afghanistan and the success of th [...] | 2007-01-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU |
07ANKARA89 | TURKEY: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE [...] (C) Turkey continues to agree with the U.S. view of Kosovo's final status process and supports UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's timeline for moving forward toward resolution. Ambassador discussed the issue with MFA Undersecretary (D-equivalent) Ertugrul Apakan January 17, emphasizing (per ref a) o [...] | 2007-01-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU OPDC |
07ANKARA891 | TURKEY: NSC SECGEN ON TURKISH HEZBOLLAH AND CYPRUS [...] (C) During an April 13 meeting to discuss CHOD Buyukanit's April 12 press conference (reftel) and the April 10 NSC meeting, outgoing NSC SecGen Yigit Alpogan advised Ambassador that Turkish Hezbollah could overtake PKK as the most serious security threat to Turkey and expressed pessimism about [...] | 2007-04-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU GR CY |
07ANKARA894 | KAZAKHSTAN FM VISIT TO TURKEY -- BOSPORUS BYPASS [...] (c) During a recent meeting on various subjects, Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for Eurasia Unal Cevikoz described the results of Kazakh FM Murat Tazhin's visit to Turkey on April 5. Cevikoz attached significance to the fact that this visit was the first by a Kazakh foreign minister to Turkey since 199 [...] | 2007-04-16 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET KZ TU |
07ANKARA916 | TURKISH OPPOSITION'S DESPERATE MANEUVERING AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With little ammunition to force PM Erdogan and his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) to present a consensus candidate for Turkey's next president, the opposition has resurrected its threat to boycott the first round of voting (reftel A). Relying on a specious interpret [...] | 2007-04-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA926 | PUSHING TURKEY TO IMPLEMENT UNSC SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. Following up on earlier demarches, Ambassador met April 19 with Foreign Ministry Middle East Director General Bozkurt Aran to keep the pressure on Turkey to implement UNSC Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Bozkurt said the process of adopting a Council of Ministers implementing decre [...] | 2007-04-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP IR TU |
07ANKARA931 | TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE IN IRAQI NEIGHBORS PLUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will send a delegation to Sharm el-Shaikh to participate in the May 3-4 meetings of the International Compact with Iraq and the Neighbors Plus Ministerial, but FM Gul may be unable to make the trip due to domestic political requirements. GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Amb. Ogu [...] | 2007-04-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ EG IR SY |
07ANKARA933 | AFTERMATH: TRIPLE-MURDER OF CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA954 | TURKEY INFORMED THAT CYPRUS JOINS THE GLOBAL [...] (C) Ambassador informed MFA U/S Apakan on April 20 of the adherence by Cyprus to the Global Initiative Statement of Principles, drawing on the points provided reftel. He emphasized the importance the USG attaches to combating nuclear terrorism and our view that the forum should not be used/m [...] | 2007-04-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP KGIC PREL PARM TU CY |
07ANKARA959 | TURKEY: STILL COMMITTED TO JULY 8 PROCESS, BUT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA Deputy Under Secretary responsible for Cyprus Haydar Berk claims that Turkey remains committed to the July 8 process. He said Turkey wants to ensure, though, that the Turkish Cypriots do not shoulder the blame for the process breaking down by agreeing to discuss [...] | 2007-04-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY |
07ANKARA964 | TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GUL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many in Turkey are cautiously welcoming Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's nomination for president (ref A) as one that eases national tensions and will serve Turkey's international standing well. Those who dreaded the specter of Prime Minister Erdogan's a [...] | 2007-04-25 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL TU |
07ANKARA965 | TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP EXPECTS ELECTORAL SUCCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA969 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOT ON ATTENDANCE AT SHARM [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is still weighing its level of attendance at the May 3-4 Sharm el-Sheikh meetings on Iraq, according to PM/FM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu. Turkey is still smarting from Iraq's decision not to hold the ministerials in Istanbul, and will press Iraqi FonMin Zebari for an [...] | 2007-04-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG |
07ANKARA971 | TURKEY ANNOUNCES 7-YEAR EU REFORM PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA979 | TURKEY: QUORUM QUESTION CONTINUES TO COMPLICATE [...] (C) Turkey's parliament will convene Friday, April 27, at 3pm to begin the first round of the presidential election process. The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is standing firm on its threat to boycott. If the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) fails to muster 367 deputi [...] | 2007-04-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA986 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY TRILATERAL: EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey will promote constructive dialogue and seek to cool negative Karzai-Musharraf rhetoric during April 30 three-way, AF-PK-TU discussions, senior MFA officials told the Ambassador April 26. The GOT would like to achieve a Joint Statement and agrees that the Organization of the [...] | 2007-04-27 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER ISCON AF PK TU |
07ANKARA995 | ANKARA-BASED KURDISH RADIO STATION FACES RISING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA996 | TURKEY WILL SEND MINISTER TO SHARM MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will send a state minister (to be named) to the May 3-4 Iraq meetings at Sharm el-Sheikh, GOT officials and the Iraqi Ambassador confirmed to us. MFA expects Iran and Syria will also send ministers. FonMin Gul reportedly appealed to visiting Iraqi FonMin Zebari April 26 f [...] | 2007-04-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ IR SY EG |
07ANTANANARIVO1083 | TALKS BETWEEN COMORAN ISLAND LEADERS SEW CONFUSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Grand Comore Island President Mohamed Abdouloihab's unannounced October 19 visit to Anjouan has Union Government officials irate and the international community confused. Anjouan authorities reportedly hope Abdouloihab's visit will be perceived as the first step toward official [...] | 2007-10-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1171 | UNION PLEDGES NO ACTION AGAINST ANJOUAN BEFORE [...] (C) The people of the Union of the Comoros are on "standby" as the standoff with Anjouan continues. Union Government officials are committed to cooperating with the African Union (AU) to give sanctions against Anjouan (which will run out on November 24) a chance to work, but they will not wai [...] | 2007-11-16 08:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1227 | COMOROS: HOPE REMAINS FOR A NEGOTIATED ANJOUAN [...] (C) I visited Moroni November 28-30 to take stock of political and economic developments there, and to pave the way for A/S Frazer,s December 22-23 visit there. This visit came in the immediate wake of the AU Peace and Security Council,s (PSC ) see reftel a) decision to extend Anjouan sanctio [...] | 2007-12-06 04:17:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID CN |
07ANTANANARIVO128 | BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S. Government is missing the opportunity to build a strong relationship with the Union of the Comoros. In light of the recently-completed Operational Plan process for the Comoros, Post considers that USD 100,000 in security assistance is inadequate to seriously advance tran [...] | 2007-02-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PTER PREL IR CN |
07ANTANANARIVO23 | COMORAN UNION PRESIDENT SAMBI AND ANJOUAN'S BACAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with Union of the Comoros President Sambi and Anjouan Island "President" Bacar, Ambassador and DCM encouraged dialogue to resolve the ongoing dispute over security responsibility (reftel). A calmly intransigent Bacar insisted he had a right to have arme [...] | 2007-01-08 06:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL CN |
07ANTANANARIVO237 | CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM |
07ANTANANARIVO248 | CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM |
07ANTANANARIVO252 | CONCERNED PRESIDENT DENIES POWER GRAB [...] (C) President Ravalomanana summoned Ambassador McGee to his office on the morning of March 9 to address a number of issues. First, the President conveyed his concern at seeing Somalis and Pakistanis on the northern coast of Madagascar (location still being determined) during a recent vacation [...] | 2007-03-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC PREL FR MA EAID SENV KDEM |
07ANTANANARIVO277 | ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE PENDING MARCH 21 [...] Ambassador McGee is scheduled to meet Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva on March 20, at which time he will raise the demarche on Zimbabwe per reftel. Post will report on the Government of Madagascar's response immediately following the meeting. McGEE [...] | 2007-03-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI MA |
07ANTANANARIVO352 | RESULTS NEARLY COMPLETE, REFERENDUM VICTORIOUS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Waiting on results from only 27 of the country's 17,000-plus polling stations, Madagascar's constitutional referendum passed with a 75.37 percent approval rate and a 43.7 percent voter turnout. The usual criticism from the opposition post-referendum will likely fall on deaf ears [...] | 2007-04-12 13:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO404 | MADAGASCAR AT THE HALFWAY POINT OF MCC COMPACT [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Two years ago Madagascar became the first country to sign a Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),recognizing progress in investing in people, economic freedom, and governing justly. Remarkable achievements in the Compact's priority areas of l [...] | 2007-04-25 08:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KMCA ECON PGOV PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO414 | TULEAR RIOTS CONTINUE, OTHER CITIES ON LOW SIMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of unrest in Tamatave, political opposition groups are trying to take advantage of a string of student-initiated protests over poor university conditions and black-outs in a number of coastal cities -- particularly Tulear (REF A) -- to further their anti-referendum age [...] | 2007-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA |
07ANTANANARIVO419 | PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...] | 2007-04-30 20:17:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN |
07ANTANANARIVO420 | PRE-ELECTION SHOWDOWN IN THE COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political tensions are running high in the Union of the Comoros as the Union and Anjouan Island Governments jockey over whether President of Anjouan Mohamed Bacar (known for his secessionist tendencies and prickly relationship with the Union Government) must step down preceding th [...] | 2007-05-02 05:09:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS CN |
07ANTANANARIVO421 | NO HELP FOR IRAQ FROM MADAGASCAR OR THE COMOROS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER CN MA |
07ANTANANARIVO425 | UNION AND ANJOUAN FORCES FINALLY CLASH IN COMOROS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The political tension in the Union of the Comoros that has been simmering in recent months between the rival jurisdictions of the Union Government of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and the Anjouan Island government headed by "President" Mohamed Bacar has finally broken into viole [...] | 2007-05-02 18:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CASC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO438 | COMOROS ISLAND IN DE FACTO SECESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seizing control of the Union radio station and Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's home on Anjouan May 3, "President" Mohamed Bacar's forces seem to be even more in control of the island. The first reported deaths of Union soldiers have sparked conflict between villag [...] | 2007-05-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS MASS ASEC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO477 | COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS HELP TO DISARM MILITIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador McGee met May 19 with Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, high-level Union officials, and island presidential candidates on both Grand Comores and Anjouan to urge all parties to work towards free, fair, transparent, and peaceful elections in the upcomi [...] | 2007-05-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM XA CN |
07ANTANANARIVO522 | MIXED SIGNALS TO SEABOARD IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tamatave Port Director Pierrot Botozaza kept U.S. Seaboard Corporation representatives waiting for 12 hours on May 25 for scheduled negotiations to renew its lease on silos at the Port (Reftels). When the Port's lawyers finally met with Seaboard, they insisted an application for [...] | 2007-05-31 11:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON KTDB PGOV PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO595 | COMOROS ELECTION POSTPONED AS BACAR SEIZES POWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shortly after inaugurating himself "President" of Anjouan on the morning of June 14, Colonel Mohamed Bacar resumed his position at the presidential palace. A high-level Comoran delegation will arrive in Addis Ababa June 14 to lobby the African Union (AU) to hold an extraordinar [...] | 2007-06-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO636 | COMOROS ELECTIONS: TWO OUT OF THREE SUCCEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Island elections in Grande Comore and Moheli successfully completed their second rounds June 24. Embassy observers found the election in Grande Comore to be transparent and well-organized. Tensions are high between the Union government, African Union (AU),and other internatio [...] | 2007-06-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AU CN |
07ANTANANARIVO642 | COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. POLITICAL SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in paragraph two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support urging an African Union (AU) decision to take robust action against Comoran warlord Mohamed Bacar. Sambi expresses his disappointmen [...] | 2007-06-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN |
07ANTANANARIVO692 | FRENCH VIEW OF THE COMOROS [...] (C) French Ambassador to the Comoros, Christian Job, met Charge July 9 in Moroni and provided an overview of French-Comoran relations. According to Job, from the French side the relationship is grounded in four facts. First, the shared history dating from 1841. Second, legitimate French in [...] | 2007-07-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | CN EAID FR PGOV PINR PREL |
07ANTANANARIVO715 | RAVALOMANANA'S CONTRADICTORY LEADERSHIP STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3, 2006, Marc Ravalomanana won a landslide reelection victory emerging ahead of 13 other candidates with 55 per cent of the vote. His nearest rival tallied less than 12 per cent. Coming five years after his initial disputed victory had plunged the nation to the brink [...] | 2007-07-20 05:13:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO74 | PRESIDENT RAVALOMANANA PROMISES MINISTRY OF [...] (C) An animated President Ravalomanana insisted he was "neutral and not interested" in Seaboard Corporation's operations at the Port of Tamatave; neither as President of Madagascar nor as owner/founder of the TIKO company (reftels). Holding up literature from the Dynatech Corporation, the Pre [...] | 2007-01-23 09:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EAGR KTDB PGOV PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO758 | MADAGASCAR M.P. ARRESTED ON CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (SBU) Roger Zara, a former deputy from the island of Nosy Be who represented President Marc Ravalomanana's Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party in the recently dissolved National Assembly (ref A),was arrested July 27 on corruption-related charges. He was reportedly summoned to the tribunal, accus [...] | 2007-07-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM PHUM MA |
07ANTANANARIVO802 | PRESS REPORTS INDIAN LISTENING POST IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Press reports indicate the Indian Government has opened a "listening post" on the northern coast of Madagascar to monitor seagoing traffic in the Indian Ocean. Most recently "Asia Times Online" reported the station took a year to construct and opened in July to contribute to India,s secu [...] | 2007-08-10 06:01:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECPS PREL MOPS MARR MCAP IN MA XO |
07ANTANANARIVO815 | COMORAN PRESIDENT CONSIDERING MILITARY OPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi wants the AU to take control of Anjouan by force to allow free elections there, and he believes this could be done without bloodshed. However, he will not wait indefinitely and has a plan for Union forces to take Anjouan - which he [...] | 2007-08-16 13:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN |
07ANTANANARIVO836 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Little more than 48 hours after arriving in Madagascar, Ambassador R. Niels Marquardt presented his credentials to Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana. In a wide-ranging discourse, the President expressed appreciation for U.S. programs and support, while requesting further assi [...] | 2007-08-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MA |
07ANTANANARIVO84 | MADAGASCAR PRIME MINISTER SELECTS NEW CABINET [...] (U) As anticipated in reftels, newly appointed Prime Minister Gen. Charles Rabemananjara (who maintains his portfolio as Minister of Interior),named his new cabinet January 25: -- Minister to the Presidency in charge of Decentralization and Land Use Planning: Yvan Andrianasandratriniony (F [...] | 2007-01-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO851 | AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MALAGASY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara invited Ambassador Marquardt for a meeting the day after the credentials ceremony with the President. A friendly but direct Rabemananjara said Malagasy do not want a single ballot and the electoral commission is already strong and independent [...] | 2007-08-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EWWT ASEC SNAR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO933 | AU SANCTIONS NEXT IN THE COMOROS IMPASSE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) is expecting the African Union (AU) to apply concrete measures against rebel Anjouan warlord Col. Mohamed Bacar when its Foreign Ministers meet September 18 in Cape Town. Privately, we have heard the next step is likely to be sanct [...] | 2007-09-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO |
07ANTANANARIVO935 | COMOROS: PRESIDENT APPEALS TO U.S. WHILE HOPING [...] (C) Summary: With virtually his whole country's progress and prospects held hostage over the continuing impasse in Anjouan (reftel),Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi nonetheless projected an air of friendly calm in his first meeting with Ambassador Marquardt on September [...] | 2007-09-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO |
07ARAJEVO753 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...] | 2007-04-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
07ASHGABAT1008 | SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: WHO IS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little in the way of personal detail is known about the real President Berdimuhamedov, but examining rumors, official biographies and the comments of those who have worked with him provide some insight into his personality. Descended from Turkmen intelligentsia, Berdimuhamedov [...] | 2007-09-24 07:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1014 | TURKMENISTAN: A TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Businessman and Turkmenistan insider Ahmet Chalik (protect throughout) describes President Berdimuhamedov as weak because he is beholden to outside interests, principally Russian. He says Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul are eager to promote a trilatera [...] | 2007-09-24 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET KDEM TU AJ KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1030 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PROMISES RELEASE OF [...] (C) During a September 24 debrief of UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wick's 19-20 visit that focused primarily on oil and gas issues (septel),UK Ambassador Peter Butcher reported Wicks raised political development and human rights in meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Deputy [...] | 2007-09-25 10:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1033 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHOWS SOME LEG ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wicks, President Berdimuhamedov for the first time expressed Turkmenistan's support for a Nabucco pipeline, and even promised to guarantee Turkmen gas reserves for the Nabucco project. This formulation, which woul [...] | 2007-09-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PBTS UK AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1035 | TURKMENISTAN: CONDITIONS IN OWADAN PRISON [...] (C) A longtime Embassy contact, whose brother was imprisoned for the 2002 attack on the presidential motorcade, spoke recently with one of the 11 individuals granted clemency in August. (NOTE: The contact did not specify which one. END NOTE.) This person told our contact that rumors she ha [...] | 2007-09-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS TX |
07ASHGABAT1047 | TURKMENISTAN'S TEXTILE MINISTER SHARES HER -- AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Textiles Jemal Geoklenova on September 26 for an introductory meeting on the textile industry in Turkmenistan. Appreciative of the experience brought by and lessons learned from international investors, Geoklenova explained that Presiden [...] | 2007-09-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EIND ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT1053 | TURKMENISTAN PRESIDENT PLEASED WITH NEW YORK TRIP; [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Foreign Minister Meredov, President Berdimuhamedov left New York with a strongly positive reaction to his bilateral, business, and UN meetings. Meredov said the president asked him to thank the United States for its high level of professionalism in organization and [...] | 2007-10-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET SCUL KPAO KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT1066 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY FOR HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just back from a week-long orientation trip to the United States hosted by the U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA),the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told Charge October 2 that the trip ha [...] | 2007-10-03 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1067 | TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON PLANS TO OPEN OFFICE, HOPES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to two Chevron security officers, the oil company plans to open an office in Ashgabat in November or December, with an expatriate staff of four or five persons. Chevron is yet to name a country director. The company has proposals to work two sectors of Serdar off-shore [...] | 2007-10-03 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV ASEC TX |
07ASHGABAT1068 | TURKMENISTAN'S MARY PROVINCE: FARMERS PRO PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Farmers in Mary expressed their disgruntlement with the government cotton-growing and state-controlled purchasing system, and argued that farming private land would make farmers more prosperous, during a recent post visit to the province. Turkish factories appear to be provid [...] | 2007-10-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCISZX KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1085 | YOUR VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Erica: We look forward to your visit and want to ensure it will contribute to building our new bilateral relationship with Turkmenistan. In the nine months since the death of former President Niyazov, the new government has taken deliberate steps to move the country back toward the main [...] | 2007-10-09 07:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1090 | TURKMENISTAN: TEHRAN CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT DEMARCH [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov on October 10 and left an informal Russian translation of the talking points. Meredov listened closely to the demarche and then read the points again carefully. He initially replied that the United [...] | 2007-10-10 09:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ETTC IR TX |
07ASHGABAT1093 | TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV ASKS DRL TO POSTPONE [...] (C) During the course of other business on October 10, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov asked Charge if the DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles delegation couldn't please postpone its visit to Ashgabat planned for October 25. 2. (C) Looking pained, Meredov said, "I realize we did [...] | 2007-10-10 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1097 | TURKMENISTAN: CATHOLIC CHURCH PLANS PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Vatican representative will come to Ashgabat on December 11 or 12 to formally request that the Turkmenistan government register the Roman Catholic Church. The requirement that the head of a religious organization be a Turkmenistan citizen still remains a major impediment to reg [...] | 2007-10-10 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1104 | TURKMENISTAN: CONSIDERING NEW HYDROCARBON OPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 22-29 orientation visit to Washington and Houston sponsored by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA),a high-level delegation of Turkmenistan hydrocarbon officials stressed they will be making substantial changes to Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon structure [...] | 2007-10-12 08:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT1106 | EU SOLANA'S TURKMENISTAN VISIT: INTENSIFYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador Christian Lechervy briefed the non-EU diplomatic corps October 12 (the EU ambassadors' briefing was October 11) on the October 9 Ashgabat visit by European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. The United States, Ukrai [...] | 2007-10-15 05:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SNAR EU IR AF RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1118 | TURKMENISTAN AND U.S. PRESIDENTS' UNGA PHOTO-OP: [...] (U) On September 29, Turkmenistan's two largest state dailies, "Neutral Turkmenistan" (Russian, circ. 39,851) and "Turkmenistan" (Turkmen, circ. 29,091) highlighted President Berdimuhamedov's photo-op handshake with President Bush during UNGA in New York with a front-page, above-the-fold, thr [...] | 2007-10-16 06:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1119 | TURKMENISTAN: LIFE FOR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with the leader of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Turkmenistan and with one member who is currently serving a suspended sentence after refusing compulsory military service. The conversation with these individuals underscored the fact that little has yet changed in how the [...] | 2007-10-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1124 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW CURRENCY POSSIBLE HARBINGER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan has announced the introduction of new currency in 2009. The new notes will be go from one manat to 500 manats, vice the 5,000 and 10,000 manats, which are the notes most common in circulation now. Unlike the current bills, which all carry the lik [...] | 2007-10-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT1126 | TURKMENISTAN: TURKISH BUSINESS LEADER "STRESSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish businessman has recounted to us insider accounts of corruption and incompetence in Turkmenistan. We note his lament might be colored by his company's progressive loss of influence and contracts under the new government. His anecdotes suggest President Berdimuhamedov [...] | 2007-10-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KCOR TU TX |
07ASHGABAT1127 | TURKMENISTAN: BOEING REPORTS NEW ORDERS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan Airlines' long-anticipated aircraft order is becoming reality. In addition to three airplanes -- two for the airline, and one for the president -- they are contracting for additional maintenance training and tools. The government anticipates a financial savings [...] | 2007-10-18 09:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAIR ENRG ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT1141 | TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS HAS BIG PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petronas plans to ramp up operations in Turkmenistan and hopes to process 10 bcm of natural gas per year by 2012. According to Petronas' Turkmenistan general manager, Russia is a much more reliable business partner than Turkey, Azerbaijan, or Iran. Plans to sell gas to Russia [...] | 2007-10-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1149 | TURKMENISTAN'S EVOLVING FACE OF NEUTRALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight months into his term in office, Berdimuhamedov's diplomatic activity and public statements this year have begun to reveal a redesigned version of Turkmenistan's longstanding policy of "permanent neutrality" that may well assure the country's security and independence, whil [...] | 2007-10-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR TX |
07ASHGABAT1159 | TURKMENISTAN: KARIMOV VISIT FOSTERS EXPANSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Rakhman Rasulov described President Islom Karimov's October 18-19 visit to Turkmenistan as very successful in that it marked the first formal warming of the two countries' relationship since Niyazov's death. The new relationship can o [...] | 2007-10-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET UZ TX |
07ASHGABAT1164 | TURKMENISTAN'S 16TH INDEPENDENCE DAY: THE PAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rather than simply a family picnic in the park to watch fireworks, Independence Day in Turkmenistan was really Independence Week (and more) -- an elaborate, undeniably expensive, and highly choreographed series of events calculated to extol Turkmenistani contemporary sovereignty [...] | 2007-10-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI EU RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1169 | TURKMENISTAN: ELI LILLY RE-ENTERS MARKET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a seven-year absence from the Turkmenistani market, U.S. pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is re-engaging, initially with diabetes and cancer medications. Their registration process is underway, and they are working with the Ministry of Healthcare on capacity building to ensu [...] | 2007-10-31 08:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD TBIO TX |
07ASHGABAT1181 | TURKMENISTAN: GAC MARINE FACES THE HURDLES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GAC Marine S.A. plays a vital role in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbons industry as the only contractor offering shipping and marine services to companies in offshore drilling. Gregory Flint (please protect),General Manager of the Turkmenistan office, recognizes the profitability [...] | 2007-11-01 09:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV EPET SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1182 | AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE TURKMEN PROMOTE COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The California-based Christian evangelical group "Friends of the Turkmen" has spent a dozen years slowly building relations with Turkmenistan government officials. Although they have contacts with small Protestant congregations in the country, their focus is more on education and [...] | 2007-11-01 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT1187 | TURKMENISTAN: ALONG THE IRANIAN BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: EmbOffs toured on October 30 State Border Service (SBS) facilities near the Iranian border, including a kennel where tracker dogs are trained. In contrast to recent months, SBS hosts were warm and rather informal. Smuggling remains a seious problem along Turkmenistan's border with [...] | 2007-11-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR IR TX |
07ASHGABAT1204 | TURKMENISTAN: IN-PRISON DEATHS OF "SPECIAL [...] (C) An embassy FSN (please protect) reported that she received a letter during the weekend of November 3 from her brother, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for his alleged participation in the November 2002 attack against former President Saparmyrat Niyazov's motorcade. (NOTE: The F [...] | 2007-11-06 12:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX |
07ASHGABAT1210 | TURKMENISTAN RECEPTIVE TO CHINESE CALL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's November 4 official visit to Turkmenistan, which focused on implementing the agreements that Berdimuhamedov signed during his July visit to Beijing, appears to have gone well, and the Turkmenistan-PRC bilateral relationship seems to be on the upsw [...] | 2007-11-08 05:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EPET SCUL CH TX |
07ASHGABAT1235 | TURKMENISTAN: RESOURCE NATIONALISM EXISTS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of resource nationalism by banning foreign companies from its gas fields in the East (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this [...] | 2007-11-15 10:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1239 | TURKMENISTAN: SUDDEN DROP IN UNOFFICIAL DOLLAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unofficial exchange rate for the U.S. dollar in Ashgabat suddenly dropped sharply -- around 40% -- November 13 and 14, leading to panic in the city as individuals who had been exchanging their manat savings into dollars for more convenient storage in their homes (nobody here [...] | 2007-11-16 07:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1246 | TURKMENISTAN: A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN [...] (C) Turkmenistan has one of the most opaque political systems in the world. The decision-making process and relationships among the various elites are difficult for outside observers to ascertain. However, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) country director Tony Myron ( [...] | 2007-11-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TX |
07ASHGABAT1255 | LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. NO MORE BLANKET OVERFLIGHT 2. (C) The Government of Turkmenistan notified Embassy Ashgabat via diplomatic note on 20 November that it will not renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance number 999C that allows certain U.S. aircraft t [...] | 2007-11-20 14:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX US |
07ASHGABAT1256 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime M [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ IR KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1257 | TURKEMNISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov continues to ask for cooperation in educati [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AMGT SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT1258 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly 90-minute meeting on November 16 with SCA PDAS Steve [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EPET EINV RS TK AJ KZ TX |
07ASHGABAT1259 | TURKMENISTAN: UNUSUALLY OUTGOING DEPUTY PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 16 meeting with Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the SIPDIS Cabinet of Ministers for hydrocarbon issues, Tachberdi Tagiyev, was unusually forthcoming, even acknowledg [...] | 2007-11-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1260 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tag [...] | 2007-11-21 11:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ KZ RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1266 | TURKMENISTAN: IMF INCREASES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation visiting Turkmenistan in mid-November recommended that the government of Turkmenistan initiate step-by-step reforms to unify the dual exchange rate and increase transparency within government budgets, according to the IMF's repre [...] | 2007-11-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1272 | UNDP BRINGS FORMER CZECH ECONOMY MINISTER TO [...] (C) In October, the Government of Turkmenistan requested UNDP assistance with economic reform in the following areas: -- Microeconomic regulations -- Private sector development -- State property management -- Training and certification of state employees -- International accounting standar [...] | 2007-11-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1281 | BLANKET OVERFLIGHT APPROVED [...] (C) The Government of Turkmenistan has agreed to renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance request number 999C that had been due to expire November 30. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov called in the Charge to deliver this news. Meredov s [...] | 2007-11-26 11:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX |
07ASHGABAT1297 | TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: BERDIMUHAMEDOV AGREES TO NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a hardcore blitz campaign by Russia and Gazprom, headed by Russia's Prime Minister Victor Zubkov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, President Berdimuhamedov agreed on November 23 to move up the timeline for construction of a Caspian littoral pipeline to Russia, and to sign a [...] | 2007-11-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD RU TX |
07ASHGABAT1299 | TURKMENISTAN: NIGHTLIFE OF THE RICH AND POWERFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboffs recently got a glimpse into the nocturnal habits of Turkmenistan's rich and powerful. A male relative of President Berdimuhamedov was involved in a bar fight with a foreigner, but the police were never called. Two high-ranking Ministry of National Security officials (sec [...] | 2007-11-29 03:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TX |
07ASHGABAT1303 | TURKMENISTAN: LOSS OF BLANKET CLEARANCE - WHAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After first declining to renew an existing blanket clearance for U.S. aircraft, Turkmenistan changed its position and granted the renewal when the U.S. government challenged the decision. A combination of factors probably led to the initial denial, includig pressure from Russia, [...] | 2007-11-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX |
07ASHGABAT1305 | EBRD DELEGATION CONSIDERS GREATER ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A high-level EBRD delegation visited Turkmenistan to evaluate if there has been progress on reforms since President Berdimuhamedov took office in February. Delegation members wanted, in particular, to evaluate the status of human rights in Turkmenistan. In the next five to s [...] | 2007-11-30 12:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1307 | TURKMENISTAN: "THE DOOR IS OPEN, BUT WE FOLLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with SCA PDAS Mann on November 16, Foreign Minister Meredov: -- reaffirmed Turkmenistan welcomes proposals from world-class energy companies; -- agreed more work needs to be done to reform the economy and improve the business climate; -- tout [...] | 2007-12-01 08:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1348 | TURKMENISTAN CORRUPTION: WHAT HAPPENS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Corruption and nepotism remain problems in Turkmenistan, and Turkish firms and Bouygues have done particularly well in the lucrative construction industry because they have mastered the business environment here. Bouygues CEO Martin Bouygues' close and direct relationship to the p [...] | 2007-12-14 08:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND ETRD PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1359 | RUSSIAN DCM PLAYS UP GREAT GAME TO EXPLAIN U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what was supposed to be a briefing by Russian DCM Aleksey Demin on the recent visit of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to Turkmenistan, we instead got an earful regarding American favoritism toward Ukraine and the U.S. hidden agenda on a trans-Caspian pipeline. He also alleged t [...] | 2007-12-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENERG EPET SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1364 | TURKMENISTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS AND CHEVRON UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new year is approaching with the two U.S. hydrocarbons firms -- ConocoPhillips and Chevron -- just a few months ago were bullish on perceived new opportunities in Turkmenistan but now resigned to the reality that ageements may still be at least a few months away. In ConocoP [...] | 2007-12-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT1367 | TURKMENISTAN: NO PROGRESS ON REGISTRATION DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: No progress was made on registration of the Roman Catholic Church during the recent visit of two Vatican officials to Turkmenistan. Only one of the sought after meetings with Turkmen officials took place. The Minister of Justice, during that meeting, affirmed that there is no wa [...] | 2007-12-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT137 | EUR/ACE COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETS WITH [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov on January 31 provided EUR/ACE Adams a well-targetted series of requests for expanded cooperation in the fields of education, health, economic reforms and security. Meredov acknowledged Adams's caveat that the U.S. Congress was un [...] | 2007-02-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT1371 | TURKMENISTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON EU ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with French Ambassador Christian Lechervy December 18 for a read-out of European Union Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel's December 10-11 visit to Ashgabat for the opening of the UN Preventive Diplomacy Center. As the contact representative for t [...] | 2007-12-18 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM EU FR TX |
07ASHGABAT1377 | TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER FREEDOM-OF-MOVEMENT CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sister of a Turkmen exile opposition leader is being barred from leaving Turkmenistan and pressured to relinquish her Turkmen citizenship. Authorities barred her from boarding an aircraft bound for Moscow on November 24, and seem bent on convincing her to leave the country [...] | 2007-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TX |
07ASHGABAT1378 | TURKMENISTAN: DIP DOYEN DEPARTS [...] (C) Some of the diplomatic corps gathered December 18 for the farewell dinner to fete diplomatic doyen Armenian Ambassador Aram Grigoryan, who departs Turkmenistan December 30 after serving nearly 11 years in his post. When Charge asked about his next assignment, the decidedly drunk Grigorya [...] | 2007-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI AM KG TX |
07ASHGABAT1380 | INTERNET IS COMING TO TURKMENISTAN, BUT AT ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an AmCit businessman in the information technology sector, progress on setting up a countrywide Internet network is behind schedule, perhaps because of the authorities' fear of change. That being said, the Ministry of Communications will announce the winner of a te [...] | 2007-12-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT1381 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT NOTES REFORM PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an unusually wide-ranging December 18 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov reviewed his government's accomplishments over the past year. Although the president said he was generally pleased with the pace of reforms, he noneth [...] | 2007-12-19 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV EFIN ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1398 | TURKMENISTAN: CHALIK RECONCILED BUT DRAWS DOWN; [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Turkish President Gul's recent visit to Turkmenistan, President Berdimuhamedov and Turkish businessman Ahmet Chalik reconciled, and Chalik will finance and build a major mosque near Dashoguz. Chalik will maintain his energy interests in Turkmenistan but is mostly withdra [...] | 2007-12-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TK TX |
07ASHGABAT140 | TURKMENISTAN APPARENTLY MOVES TO RELEASE EX-OIL [...] (C) According to the usually well-informed Turkish Ambassador, the Government of Turkmenistan is taking steps to release former Oil and Gas Deputy Chairman Yolly Gurbanmyradov, who has been in prison since October 2005 on charges of embezzlement and corruption. The ambassador also said the m [...] | 2007-02-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM PIA PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1400 | TURKMENISTAN'S NEW WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's new laws on women's rights and trafficking-in-persons, published on December 19 and 20 (reftel),demonstrate a noteworthy desire to address these two problem issues, according to two locally based foreign legal experts. Nonetheless, the two laws contain some subs [...] | 2007-12-28 10:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KWMN TX |
07ASHGABAT178 | TURKMENISTAN'S ECONOMIC PRISONERS MOVED TO [...] (C) According to a local embassy employee, whose brother was among them, 15 high-profile prisoners accused of economic crimes have been moved from the notorious Owadandepe Prison to the more humane Bayramagly prison outside of Mary City. Among those moved were former Minister of Water Managem [...] | 2007-02-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT179 | TURKMENISTAN AND UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN IR KNNP PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT180 | TURKMENISTAN ON THE EVE OF A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT - [...] (C) A/S Boucher, the Government of Turkmenistan is delighted to host you again as is Team Ashgabat. Even though all of Washington may not be excited about the first-ever multi-candidate elections in Turkmenistan, the local population is over the top, soaking up every detail of the campaign. [...] | 2007-02-09 14:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT197 | A/S BOUCHER MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTS NAZARBAYEV, [...] (C) Presidents of Kazakhstan, Georgia and Tajikistan, in separate February 14 meetings on the margins of the inauguration of Turkenistan's new President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, provided South Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher a uniform message on the need to go slow on SIPDIS pu [...] | 2007-02-15 09:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KZ PGOV PINR PREL TX ZF |
07ASHGABAT199 | A/S BOUCHER DICUSSES DEMOCRACY AND OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) During their 45 minute introductory meeting, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, looking relaxed and confident, told South Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher that he: SIPDIS -- was elected democratically, though he acknowledged Turkmenistan's electoral system n [...] | 2007-02-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT203 | TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE TELLS [...] (C) First Deputy Minister of Defense Colonel Atabayev was friendly and relaxed during his February 15 meeting with SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher. Echoing the tone and words of Minister of Defense Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev when he met with the EUR/ACE law enforcement assistance team on January [...] | 2007-02-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR TX US |
07ASHGABAT204 | MFA MEREDOV TELLS BOUCHER TURKMENISTAN EAGER FOR [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov accepted Assistant Secretary Boucher's proposal to send U.S. experts in five SIPDIS areas -- education and health; economic reform, business development and agriculture; energy; political development and human rights; security -- to Turkmenistan over the [...] | 2007-02-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT230 | BERDIMUHAMMEDOV APPOINTS TOP OIL/GAS DEPUTY [...] (SBU) The first, mild surprise in the formation of Turkmenistan,s new government is a positive one: the appointment of Tachberdy Tagiyev as Deputy Chairman with the oil/gas portfolio of the Council of the Cabinet of Ministers. Another February 22 personnel decision from Berdimuhammedov qui [...] | 2007-02-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT259 | PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV RECEPTIVE TO PIPELINE [...] (C) President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov showed sincere interest in Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's detailed March 5 presentation of SIPDIS alternative paths to developing the country's energy sector. In the context of stressing his concern for development [...] | 2007-03-05 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG PGOV AF KZ TX US UZ TI IR |
07ASHGABAT261 | MEREDOV: TURKMENISTAN READY TO EXPLORE PIPELINE [...] (C) During a March 5 meeting with SCA PDAS Steven Mann, Turkmenistan Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov stated that Turkmenistan was reexamining its gas pipeline options and was ready to move forward with new gas relationships. He and Mann agreed to hold expert-level bil [...] | 2007-03-05 13:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PHUM PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT285 | TURKMENISTANI AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS TALK FOR [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov called Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev March 13, and, according to Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov, had a "very productive" conversation and agreed to exchange visits. Ashgabat-based diplomats from FSU missions [...] | 2007-03-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ EPET GG PREL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT291 | FORMER SOVIET UNION AMBASSADORS TELL MANN THAT [...] (C) Ashgabat-based Former Soviet Union ambassadors told South Central Asia Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Mann during a March 5 dinner that it was clear that President Berdimuhammedov would introduce welcome reforms to Turkmenistan, though he would be slow to de-Niyazov the trappings o [...] | 2007-03-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL TX US AF |
07ASHGABAT314 | VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN BY NATO SPECIAL [...] (C) During March 20 meetings with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, Deputy Chairman/Minister for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov and Defense Minister Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, NATO Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons found a substantial increase i [...] | 2007-03-26 05:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO TX |
07ASHGABAT322 | TURKMENISTAN FM REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 27, First Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov touched on recent regional visitors, emphasized Turkmenistan's adherence to non-proliferation regimes and desire to work more closely with the OSCE, and signaled concrete interest in working with the UN on religious [...] | 2007-03-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM TX IR AZ KZ GG UN |
07ASHGABAT343 | TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) A/CDA met with Russian Ambassador Blatov April 3 and presented reftel talking points and statement of principles in Russian translation. He noted this was a U.S-Russian presidential initiative, and asked Ambassador Blatov to join him, or other EmbOffs, to make a joint demarche to the G [...] | 2007-04-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TX RS |
07ASHGABAT347 | RUSSIAN WAR PROPAGANDA INFLUENCES TURKMENISTANIS [...] (U) Moscow's tabloid "Argumenty Nedeli" published on March 15 a sensational prediction that the U.S. planned to attack Iran at 0400 hours on April 6. March 30 at a press conference at RIA-Novosti, retired General Leonid Ivashov "confirmed" that such an attack is possible. Also on March 30, [...] | 2007-04-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL KPAO SOCI IR RS TX |
07ASHGABAT350 | CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR [...] (C) Michigan Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Staff Director Michael Meermans, Permanent Staff Member Jim Lewis and Acting Charge d'Affaires met for about 75 minutes on April 4 with Deputy Chairman and Minister of For [...] | 2007-04-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG IR PREL TX US UN |
07ASHGABAT394 | LEBAP AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SEEK BREAK WITH [...] (C) Air traffic controllers in Turkmenabat put forth in a March 21 conversation to PDOFF a litany of complaints of bad management within state airline Turkmenhowayollary (THY) and asked for embassy advice in attempts to found a government agency for air traffic control under the direct mana [...] | 2007-04-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT408 | RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK: TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (C) President Berdimuhammedov's upcoming April 23-24 visit to Moscow, reported yesterday in Russian press, comes amidst growing signs that Russia is pushing hard to preserve its influence -* politically, economically, and in the cultural sphere -* in post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Berdimuhammedov [...] | 2007-04-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US |
07ASHGABAT422 | HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN ON TURKMENISTAN AND [...] (C) During an April 20 meeting, Hungarian Ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan Istvan Venczel discussed developments in Turkmenistan and briefed Charge on the current political situation in Iran. Venczel, who has lived in Tehran since 2003, commented on issues of concern in Turkmenistan -- inc [...] | 2007-04-25 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX IR |
07ASHGABAT430 | BERDIMUHAMMEDOV AND PUTIN DISCUSS INCREASED GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's April 23-24 working visit to Moscow, described by local press as "a political sensation," resulted in no written agreements but represented a step forward in the bilateral relationship. Energy discussions topped the Russian agenda, with R [...] | 2007-04-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL RS SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT436 | ASHGABAT AMBASSADORS ON POLITICS, GROWING RUSSIAN [...] (C) Visiting Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia Dionisio de Leon, Charge, and embassy officers met with Ashgabat-based ambassadors on April 26-27 to solicit their impressions of the current political situation in Turkmenistan. Georgian Ambassador Alexy Petriashvili, U [...] | 2007-04-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU TX UP |
07ASHGABAT460 | LTG WHITCOMB VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN, 24-25 APRIL [...] (C) Commander, ARCENT was cordially received in meetings with Turkmenistan's Deputy Defense Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister on April 25, 2007. The Deputy Defense Minister characterized current military cooperation with the United States as 'good,' especially in the areas of humanitarian [...] | 2007-05-07 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT464 | PUTIN, NAZARBAYEV AND BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TO MEET IN [...] (C) Local press this morning confirmed the weekend rumor that Russian President Putin and Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev would join Turkmenistan President Berdimuhammedov May 11 at a one-day summit in Turkmenistan's Caspian port of Turkmenbashy (formerly Krasnovodsk). Discussions are certain [...] | 2007-05-07 12:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT489 | BERDIMUHAMMEDOV, PUTIN, AND NAZARBAYEV: BACK IN [...] (C) In a May 12 tripartite summit in Turkmenistan's western port of Turkmenbashy, President Berdimuhammedov -- along with visiting Russian President Putin and Kazakhstani President Nazarbayev -- agreed in principle to expand the Caspian littoral pipeline route (including possible construction [...] | 2007-05-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TX RS KZ EPET ENRG |
07ASHGABAT501 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NEUMANN: [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann, Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit here, which offers us an opportunity to engage the Government of Turkmenistan on a more substantive level on the issue of assistance to Afghanistan. Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov, after just a few months on the job, [...] | 2007-05-16 10:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR TX AF US |
07ASHGABAT504 | TURKMENISTAN'S EMINENCE GRISE RELEASED FROM [...] (C) Rumors of shadowy Chief of the Presidential Security Service Akmurat Rejepov's expected departure from the government were confirmed by a May 15 presidential decree announcing his assignment to "other work." An additional -- and more surprising change in Turkmenistan's security structu [...] | 2007-05-16 11:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PO TX |
07ASHGABAT525 | TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAGYEV [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Hagyev told SCA Special Envoy for Assistance to Afghanistan Ron Neumann on May 21 that his country was eager to provide additional electricity to Afghanistan on a "mutually beneficial" basis, but was concerned by a "change in the wind" on Afghanistan' [...] | 2007-05-24 13:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PGOV TX AF US |
07ASHGABAT54 | SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S DINNER WITH ASHGABAT [...] (U) SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum conferred with the UK, Georgian, Romanian, Ukrainian and Azerbaijani ambassadors plus the French, Turkish and German DCMs over a two-hour supper January 10. DAS Feigenbaum began by summarizing the USG's goals for his visit following the let [...] | 2007-01-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT548 | SCA/CEN OFFICE DIRECTOR SPRATLEN WARNS [...] (C) During an 80-minute May 11 meeting SCA/CEN Office Director Pamela Spratlen urged Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hagyev to improve freedom of movement from Turkmenistan or face withdrawal of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment waiver. Hagyev tried to justify his country's travel policy using legalis [...] | 2007-06-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV TX US |
07ASHGABAT549 | TURKMENISTAN'S GAS PROSPECTS [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagyev was clear during his March 31 meeting with Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, accompanied by senior-level representatives from four USG agencies, that his task in President Berdimuhammedov's administrat [...] | 2007-06-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL SOCI TX US |
07ASHGABAT550 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV PROMISES [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov offered PDAS Mann and a high-level USG delegation on May 31 a mix of openness and old thinking. After hearing detailed USG proposals for technical assistance, feasibility studies and experts' exchanges -- all contributing to making Turkmenistan a [...] | 2007-06-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT559 | HEAD OF TURKMENISTAN'S GAS "COMPETENT BODY" TELLS [...] (SBU) Bayrammyrat Myradov, the recently appointed Executive Director of Turkmenistan's Executive Administration of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, told the members of the delegation led by SCA PDAS Steven Mann on June 1 that his agency was in charge, from sta [...] | 2007-06-05 13:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT56 | SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS ASHGABAT BUSINESSMEN ON [...] (SBU) SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum got the up-close private-sector view of Turkmenistan's latest events over summer on January 10 with seven long-time expatriate business executives, most from the oil and gas sector. Pre-dinner discussion included gossip about the actual tim [...] | 2007-01-16 13:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT563 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS DEPUTY CHAIRMAN MEREDOV TELLS [...] (C) Deputy Chairman for Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov told DAS Romanowski his government wanted to energize its relationship with the United States. While he refrained from making any commitments, and instead referred DAS Romanowski to the Ministry of Education, he listened attentively to he [...] | 2007-06-06 11:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TX US |
07ASHGABAT598 | SCA PDAS MANN MEETS WITH BRIDAS CEO DURING VISIT [...] (C) During a May 31 meeting, the CEO of Argentine energy firm Bridas, Carlos Bulgheroni, told SCA PDAS Steven Mann that he was nearing resolution on a deal to recover the $1 billion in arbitration awards owed his company by the Government of Turkmenistan for nationalization of Brida's Turkmen [...] | 2007-06-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET AR TX |
07ASHGABAT599 | TURKMENISTAN RESPONSE TO SYRIAN OVERFLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PARM PREL MNUC KN SY AM KZ KG TI TX UZ |
07ASHGABAT600 | TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV REACHES OUT TO [...] (C) Since his February 11 inauguration, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov has engaged in an unprecedented level of international engagement, a significant departure from the practices of his xenophobe predecessor. Since his May 11-12 meetings with Russia's President Vladimi [...] | 2007-06-18 11:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT609 | TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV,S STATE VISIT TO [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov's June 15-16 visit to Tehran demonstrated that Iran continues to call the shots in its relationship with Turkmenistan. The joint communique, calling Iran's foreign policy "a stabilizing and peaceful force in the world," was more a reflection of Pe [...] | 2007-06-21 12:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT61 | TURKMENISTAN'S NURMAMMEDOV RELEASED DECEMBER 30 [...] (C) RFE/RL Ashgabat reporter Halmurad Gylchdurdiyev told poloffs on January 17 that Nurberdy Nurmammedov, a dissident figure from the late 1990s who still resides in Ashgabat and had been rumored for that reason to be a possible presidential candidate of the exiled Turkmenistan opposition, wa [...] | 2007-01-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
07ASHGABAT618 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TELLS SCA [...] (C) During a cordial 80-minute meeting on June 25, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that Turkmenistan was committed to expanded cooperation with the United States. He stated that a Trans-Caspian pipeline (TCP) remained on [...] | 2007-06-26 14:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON ETRD TX AF US |
07ASHGABAT619 | FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV TELLS DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum's two and a half hour meeting with Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman Rashit Meredov covered a wide range of issues in a friendly and cooperative atmosphere. At times, Meredov added humor to the discussion. Meredov responded favorably to the invit [...] | 2007-06-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC ENRG AF TX |
07ASHGABAT636 | CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERATES INTEREST IN CASPIAN [...] (C) During 20 June meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, Defense Minister GEN Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, and State Border Service Chief GEN-MAJ Bayram Alovov the Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, found Turkmenistan's government open to energy pipeline [...] | 2007-06-29 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PINR ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR EPET IR |
07ASHGABAT637 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT TELLS CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov reaffirmed to the Commander, U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, during a 20 June meeting in Ashgabat that U.S. military aircraft could use Mary Military Airfield in emergency situations or in bad weather, but firmly refused [...] | 2007-06-29 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PINR PREL PGOV SNAR EPET IR AF RS |
07ASHGABAT666 | TURKMENISTAN CELEBRATES NEW PRESIDENT'S 50TH [...] (C) From uniform praise to media-covered receptions to commemorative coins, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's 50th birthday week provided a glimpse at how he is reflecting but also departing from the presidential culture of the late President Saparmyrat Niyazov. While there were some sign [...] | 2007-07-06 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT669 | KARZAI VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Electricity and trade reported dominated the agenda during Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's July 5 meeting with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The latter reportedly agreed to sell additional electricity to Afghanistan, though there have been no indications as yet th [...] | 2007-07-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ENRG PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT698 | YKLYMOVA TO LEAVE TURKMENISTAN AFTER MORE THAN [...] (C) Confirming host government reports that she has been removed from the & black list,8 Maral Yklymova, daughter of suspected coup plotter Parahat Yklymov, received her passport from the Mary City authorities on April 23. Since then she has tested her freedom with frequent trips to Ashgaba [...] | 2007-07-13 11:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT699 | TURKEMISTAN ENERGY: FM MEREDOV SAYS U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA PDAS Steve Mann met for nearly two hours on July 11 with Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov. Meredov: -- insisted Turkmenistan has significant gas deposits in its off-shore Caspian blocks that are open [...] | 2007-07-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET EINV RS CH AZ |
07ASHGABAT715 | TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV DENIES REPORTS OF GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan,s Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov firmly denied reports that Turkmenistan plans to sell natural gas via Iran to Turkey and onward to Europe. He said, &Our relationship with the United States is very important. We wou [...] | 2007-07-19 12:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ENRG IR TU TX |
07ASHGABAT773 | TURKMENISTAN: ENCOURAGING NEWS ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In following up on a Human Rights Watch HRW list of individuals previously banned from traveling outside of Turkmenistan, the embassy has learned that most, but still not all, of these individuals either have been allowed to travel abroad, or have been told that they may travel i [...] | 2007-08-03 09:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT774 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: BP IN THE MIX, EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP officials are serious about entering the hydrocarbon sector in Turkmenistan, focusing on oil. In two meetings, they left a mixed message about the potential role of TNK/BP. The BP advance team indicated three possibilities: BP alone, TNK/BP alone, or the two together in so [...] | 2007-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EINV UK RS TX |
07ASHGABAT779 | UNDERSTANDING TURKMENISTAN: ASCENT INTO REALITY [...] (U) This is a two-part series. The first part reviewed the Niyazov era and how he dragged his country into international disrepute. This second part suggests policy directions for Washington to consider, and reviews current constraints that will make Turkmenistan's recovery a long-term proc [...] | 2007-08-06 06:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV KDEM RS TX |
07ASHGABAT803 | TURKMENISTAN: "DEVELOP CIVIL SOCIETY" MEANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Education Annaamanov appears slightly open to cooperation with the United States. However, his director of the International Department, Nury Bayramov, remains a significant impediment. Foreign Ministry Americas Department Director Bashimov told the Charge expli [...] | 2007-08-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID SCUL KPAO KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT825 | TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS AGENCIES NOT YET READY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Minister of Oil and Gas Baramgeldy Nedirov, pinch-hitting for the Minister of Oil and Gas and other key oil sector officials who were in Kazakhstan, listened to an August 6 presentation by U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Contractor [...] | 2007-08-09 12:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT826 | TURKMENISTAN AND CASPIAN CONNECTOR: "DON'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkenistan does not want to be mentioned in the Terms of Reference for the TDA-funded Caspian feasibility study for transporting hydrocarbons from Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan, but insists the door remains open for experts to study the connector idea. Timing may be an issue becaus [...] | 2007-08-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TX |
07ASHGABAT827 | TURKMENISTAN: CLEMENCY FOR 11 PRISONERS, [...] (C) At a one-on-one August 9 meeting (other business reported septel),Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov told Charge in strict confidence President Berdimuhamedov had just hours earlier signed an order of clemency for 11 prisoners who had been convict [...] | 2007-08-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT829 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: CONOCOPHILLIPS/LUKOIL HOPE [...] (C) Charge met briefly late evening August 9 with ConocoPhillips Russia Inc. executives President for Russia and Caspian Region Don Wallette and Vice President for Exploration Tim Wallace. Houston-based Vice President for Upstream Bill Berry had already departed Turkmenistan. The meeting wa [...] | 2007-08-10 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS TX |
07ASHGABAT830 | TURKMENISTAN PROTESTS "NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLES" [...] (C) Embassy received a diplomatic note dated August 7 protesting the series of articles C.J. Chivers published in "The New York Times" after he accompanied Commander CENTCOM Admiral Fallon to Turkmenistan June 19-20. The dip note pointedly reminded Embassy Ashgabat it had supported Chivers' [...] | 2007-08-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT831 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT CALLS FOR CLARIFICATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 9 Cabinet of Ministers session, a frustrated President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov lashed out against the lack of transparency and clarity in Turkmenistan's system of ministry funds -- the funds (often supplemented by fees, bribes and other sources of income) cont [...] | 2007-08-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PHUM TX |
07ASHGABAT852 | TURKMENISTAN: A FURTHER STEP TOWARD ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent meetings with U.S. Trade Development Agency (USTDA) contractor Bronek Dutkiewicz, officials in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon agencies -- and particularly the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbons (State Agency) -- enthusiastically embraced USTDA' [...] | 2007-08-21 08:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT853 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SEANA ENERGY ENTERS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A curious player has emerged in the current Klondikeskyy race to develop Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon wealth -- Seana Energy, a Singapore-registered, Ankara-based consortium of international private investors that purportedly includes significant U.S. private-sector participation. [...] | 2007-08-22 05:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TU TX |
07ASHGABAT867 | TURKMENISTAN: NATO CONTACT REGIONAL REP BRIEFS ON [...] (SBU) Astana-based NATO Contact Regional Representative Tugay Tuncher briefed NATO-member embassies' chiefs of mission at a Turkish Embassy-hosted dinner on August 22 at the close of his three-day visit to Ashgabat. He met with Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev and a deputy minister of defense [...] | 2007-08-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EINV SNAR NATO TU TX |
07ASHGABAT873 | TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided at the highest level it wants to cooperate with the United States on economic reform and energy policy. We need to take advantage of this historic opportunity with a tiger-team response. If we can be nimble enough to be successful, we will have three o [...] | 2007-08-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EPET KDEM KIRF IR |
07ASHGABAT877 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SENIOR BP OFFICIALS MEET THE [...] (SBU) Senior British Petroleum (BP) officials called on Charge August 23 for a U.S. policy briefing: CEO of BP Exploration and Production, Group Vice President for Exploration and New Business Development Michael Daly, and BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. President for Business Development [...] | 2007-08-24 09:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT896 | TURKMENISTAN DOES NOT SEEK SCO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) During an August 28 meeting with Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov (other issues septels),Charge asked if Turkmenistan seeks to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),noting President Berdimuhamedov had attended the August 16 SCO Summit in Bishkek -- a first for Turkmenistan. [...] | 2007-08-29 08:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS CH ZK TX |
07ASHGABAT897 | USCIRF IN TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT SIGNALS DESIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An August 19-25 visit by a delegation of commissioners and staffers from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) demonstrated that Turkmenistan is starting a transition that could lead to substantially improved religious tolerance. Given unprecedented ac [...] | 2007-08-29 09:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT903 | TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS TELL HELSINKI COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 12-15 visit, a delegation of Helsinki Committee staffers saw evidence that Turkmenistan is beginning a slow and uneven, but undeniable, process of transition. In probably their best meeting, Turkmenistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev offered a compellin [...] | 2007-08-31 08:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT907 | NEW PRESIDENT'S RECORD ON FIRINGS AND ARRESTS MAY [...] SUMMARY: Analytic commentary on Eurasian news and Turkmen opposition websites recently declared President Berdimuhamedov's leadership to be largely a mirror image of Niyazov's, and characterized the record of government dismissals and arrests since February as a "purge" of potential threats. [...] | 2007-08-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR TX |
07ASHGABAT922 | TURKMENISTAN: SEANA ENERGY PREPARES ITS OFFER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new international consortium of experts and investors is preparing to bid for the on-shore Yoloten gas field. The two founders of Seana Energy, an intentional consortium, are former but now-disaffected employees of Turkey's Chalik Energy. Seana Energy has significant U.S. pa [...] | 2007-09-05 10:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT968 | TURKMENISTAN: "IF WE BUILD IT, YOU WILL COME" -- [...] (U) SUMMARY: With the reconstruction of Ashgabat continuing apace, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov is beginning to focus on giving the run-down Caspian port city of Turkmenbashy a major facelift that, in theory, would make it into a glitzy tourist destination while boosting employment in [...] | 2007-09-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TU FR RS TX |
07ASHGABAT990 | TURKMENISTAN: NAZARBAYEV VISIT YIELDS GOODWILL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev and President Berdimuhamedov held expansive meetings on strengthening economic ties between the two countries, focusing extensively on establishing hydrocarbon development joint ventures in the Caspian and improving land transportation networks between the [...] | 2007-09-19 10:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET IR TX |
07ASHGABAT991 | REQUEST FOR ANALYST OVERSEAS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | APER TX |
07ASHGABAT999 | TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov continues to say publicly that the option of a Trans-Caspian pipeline (TCP) remains on the table, both Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov and Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbo [...] | 2007-09-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV TX AJ |
07ASMARA146 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM UPDATE: HARRASMENT, ARRESTS & [...] (U) Summary: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to persecute religious groups and detain individual church members. During the month of January, GSE officials confiscated the vestments of the deposed Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, who has been under house arr [...] | 2007-02-13 10:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF SOCI ER |
07ASMARA151 | DEATH OF ERITREAN JOURNALIST REMAINS UNCONFIRMED [...] (C) On February 8, 2007 Reporters sans Frontieres(RSF) issued a press release claiming Fessehaye "Joshua" Yohannes, an Eritrean journalist detained in September 2001 died in detention on January 11, 2007. According the RSF report, the Government of Eritrea was detaining him along with others [...] | 2007-02-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO SOCI ER |
07ASMARA16 | WFP EXPATRIATE ILLEGALLY DETAINED BY UNIDENTIFIED [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, a Belgian national working for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) was threatened and arrested by unidentified GSE authorities while taking photographs of street scenes in downtown Asmara. He was detained at a police station overnight before being released the foll [...] | 2007-01-04 14:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ER |
07ASMARA162 | EASTERN FRONT PEACE AGREEMENT: STRUGGLING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the October 14 signing of the Eastern Front Peace Agreement (EFPA),the undercurrent of tensions, personal ambition and animosities between Eastern Front (EF) leaders came to a head, with a near collapse of the entity in December. The intercession of the Erit [...] | 2007-02-21 08:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ER |
07ASMARA28 | GOING, GOING, NEARLY GONE: HUMAN RIGHTS & CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: Eritrea, once praised by many for its freedoms and possibilities, has abandoned the path of human rights and instead become one of the most restrictive and controlling societies in the world. The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) operates with a callous indifference to [...] | 2007-01-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNSC ECON EAID SOCI KIRF KPAO |
07ASMARA307 | EXPANDING QATARI INTERESTS IN ERITRA; COMMERCIAL, [...] (C) In a March 14 meeting with DCM, the Sudanese DCM in Eritrea Hussein Mohammed Hussein expanded on recent press reports on March 7-8 discussions between Eritrean President Isaias, Sudanese President Bashir, and Sheikh Hamed Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar in Doha. The topics they focused on include [...] | 2007-03-16 09:07:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU ER QA |
07ASMARA310 | SUDANESE PITCH (AGAIN) AN ERITREAN-LED MEDIATION [...] (C) DCM met with Sudanese DCM in Eritrea Hussein Mohammed Hussein at his request on March 14. Hussein asked for clarification of the USG position on a proposed Eritrean-led mediation for Darfur, a subject which he had first raised with DCM on February 25 (Ref A). DCM responded that the U.S. [...] | 2007-03-19 13:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU ER |
07ASMARA316 | SOMALI MPS IN ERITREA DISCUSS VIEWS AND FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: On March 17, Poloff met with Abdikadir Dakane and Abdirahma "Ibbi" Haji Adan, both supporters of the former Somali Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan and one of the 42 members of parliament (MPs) of the Transitional Federal Government that fled Somalia in recent months. Calling th [...] | 2007-03-20 13:54:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS KPKO UNSC ER ET SO |
07ASMARA317 | GSE PNGS UNMEE SENIOR MANAGER [...] (SBU) On March 16, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) declared persona non grata Senior Manager David Bax of the UN Mission for Eritrea and Ethiopia Mine Action Coordination Committee(UNMEE-MACC). Bax was given four days to depart Eritrea. He left on March 17 for Addis Ababa, where [...] | 2007-03-20 14:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPKO ER |
07ASMARA328 | UN SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) UN Special Envoy for Sudan Jan Eliasson and UN Mission in Sudan Principal Deputy Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun, met with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki on March 22. Subsequent to his meeting, Eliasson spoke with the Ambassador, relaying both [...] | 2007-03-23 09:01:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC ER SU |
07ASMARA336 | UGANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS ERITREAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) Ugandan Foreign Minister, Sam Kutesa, met with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki on March 19. Official reports of the meeting posted on the GSE website www.shabait.com claimed Kutesa delivered a message to Isaias from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in wh [...] | 2007-03-27 09:27:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER UG SO |
07ASMARA338 | TROUBLED TIMES FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) The Catholic Church continues to endure harassment and pressure from the Government of Eritrea (GSE) as the GSE insists that priests and seminarians participate in military training. In a meeting with Emboff on March 26, the Catholic Bishop of Asmara, Menghesteab Tesfamarian (protect) said [...] | 2007-03-28 13:28:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF ER |
07ASMARA339 | EU DELEGATION DISCUSSES SOMALIA WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) A four-person EU delegation on Somalia, led by Ambassador-at-large of the German Federal Foreign Office Michael Klor-Berchtold, briefed the EU, Norwegian and U.S. Embassies March 27 about their meeting with President Isaias earlier in the day. The delegation said they emphasized to Isaias [...] | 2007-03-28 13:44:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SO |
07ASMARA345 | ERITREAN MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT "FROZEN" [...] (C) President Isaias Afwerki has, by all accounts, recently "frozen" Minister of National Development (MOND),Woldai Futur, essentially stripping him of his substantive responsibilities but stopping short of formally dismissing him. In January the European Commission and World Bank both r [...] | 2007-04-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID ECON ER |
07ASMARA346 | EU-ERITREA COURTSHIP?: MEANINGFUL CHANGE SHOULD BE [...] (C) Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has recently personified (at least for him) reasonableness and cooperation in meetings with the EU representatives and UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson. Simultaneously, however, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to excoriate [...] | 2007-04-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ER SO SU UK EU |
07ASMARA347 | SUDANESE DCM: GSE MOVING ON DARFUR MEDIATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 28 meeting, Sudanese DCM in Asmara Hussein Mohammed Hussein claimed that the Eritreans were close to achieving agreement from the non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) that they would meet in Asmara mid-April for the purpose of creating a united political [...] | 2007-04-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SU |
07ASMARA36 | TIME TO SPEAK UP: A NEW STRATEGY FOR ERITREA [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The serious abuses of human rights fo which the Government of Eritrea is responsible and its continued rejection of even the most fundamental democratic principles in governance remain serious problems and a major impediment to improvemen of bilateral ties. (refte [...] | 2007-01-11 13:57:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNSC ECON EAID SOCI KIRF KPAO ER |
07ASMARA363 | EU SPECIAL REP PEKKA HAAVISTO CALLS ON ERITREAN [...] (C) In discussions on April 7 with EU Special Representative for Sudan Pekka Haavisto, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki clearly stated Eritrea would not attend the scheduled April 28 meeting on Darfur in Tripoli. Haavisto reported that President Isaias appeared definite - and perhaps slighte [...] | 2007-04-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ER SU |
07ASMARA375 | SOMALI OPPOSITION IN ERITREA; HANGING OUT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asmara is full of Somali opposition these days with Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) and Hussein Aideed, Hawiye/Haber Gedir clan leader and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister, joining the exiled Somali Members of Parliamen [...] | 2007-04-13 08:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR UNSC KPKO MOPS ER ET SO |
07ASMARA393 | OSMAN SALEH MOHAMMED APPOINTED NEW MINISTER OF [...] (U) The Government of Eritrea (GSE) announced April 18 the appointment of Osman Saleh Mohammed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The position of Minister of Foreign Affairs has been vacant since the August 2005 death of former minister Ali Said. Simultaneously the GSE announced that Semere [...] | 2007-04-20 04:56:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ER |
07ASMARA396 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION MAKING NICE WITH ERITREA: AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: More than 240 million euros for Eritrea hang in the balance as the European Commission(EC) seemingly cozies up to the Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE) and ignores its own basic principles and beliefs. Despite the displeasure and frustration of member states in Asmara, the [...] | 2007-04-25 12:09:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ER |
07ASMARA397 | ERITREA ANNOUNCES TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL FROM IGAD [...] (U) The Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE) announced on April 21 that it had suspended its membership in the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development(IGAD). In an official statement posted on www.shabait.com, the GSE claimed it was "compelled to take the move due to the fact that a nu [...] | 2007-04-25 12:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ER |
07ASMARA421 | GSE ARRESTS PRESBYTERIANS FOLLOWING WORSHIP SERVICE [...] (C) Following worship services on Sunday, April 29, officials from the Government of Eritrea's (GSE) national security office appeared at the unregistered Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Asmara and arrested nearly 80 individuals, including two American citizen missionaries. Co [...] | 2007-05-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI ER |
07ASMARA445 | JAILS IN ASMARA: A RECENT ACCOUNT [...] (C) Summary: Recent experiences of individuals detained in an Asmara police station shed new light on both the conditions and the operations of jails at police stations. The benign neglect of the jail guards prove a stark contrast to the horrific accommodations described by individuals incarce [...] | 2007-05-10 13:16:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI ER |
07ASMARA452 | RUMORS OF MUSLIM PERSECUTION AND DISAPPEARANCES [...] (C/NF) Over the past several months, Poloff has heard rumors of the arrest and disappearance of Muslims in the lowlands of Eritrea. According to several individuals, GSE security forces appear at the homes of Muslims in the lowland areas of the Northern and Southern Red Sea zobas (regions) an [...] | 2007-05-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF ER |
07ASMARA466 | SLM'S SHARIF HARIR RETURNS TO ASMARA [...] (C) Summary: Late Monday night, Eritrean People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) Head of Organizational Affairs Abdallah Jabir returned to Asmara from his over four months stay in Chad, bringing with him SLM head of external affairs Sharif Harir, SLM commander Khamis Abdalla Abakr, SLM [...] | 2007-05-23 14:10:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SU ER |
07ASMARA467 | GSE STYMIES MINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some in the mining industry continue to express optimism, the cracks are starting to show as the Government of Eritrea expresses interest in expanding its control over mining in Eritrea. In December 2006, the GSE established the National Mining Corporation as a means to ho [...] | 2007-05-23 14:11:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD ECON ER |
07ASMARA491 | EASTERN SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT: A STRUGGLE TO IMPLEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The disunity between Eastern Front(EF) leaders continues to obstruct implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). While in the past, they appeared to be working together constructively, the internal fissures within the EF and the lack of any formal structure have pr [...] | 2007-06-05 10:55:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SU |
07ASMARA492 | SHARIF HARIR CLAIMS U.S. WEAPONS CONFISCATED IN DARFUR [...] (C) SLM leader Sharif Harir met with Poloff on May 29 to report the confiscation of over 100 small arms from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Darfur in the past few weeks. These weapons, predominantly handguns all bear markings identifying them as U.S. Property. To support his claim, Sharif [...] | 2007-06-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SU ER |
07ASMARA540 | PRESBYTERIANS RELEASED, TELL A STRANGE TALE [...] (C) Summary: During the week of May 28, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) released on bail the last seven church members of the Mehrete Yesus Evangelical Presbyterian church. The members had been detained since their arrest on April 29 (reftel). During a meeting with Poloff on June [...] | 2007-06-25 07:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGO ER |
07ASMARA542 | THE ERITREANS APPROACH EMBASSY ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Following weeks of backchannel communication, Poloff and Charge met June 19 with Abdallah Jabir, one of the GSE's primary interlocutors on Sudan, and Yemane Ghebrab, Political Chief for the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ),at their request to discuss Darfur. Yema [...] | 2007-06-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SU |
07ASMARA56 | UNMEE: CONFRONTING SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION [...] (U) The following is in response to reftel A. 2. (C) Since the establishment of the UN Peacekeeping Mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia in 2001, there have been few reported incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse and trafficking in persons within Eritrea. UNMEE Chief Legal Counsel Franklyn [...] | 2007-01-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO ER ET |
07ASMARA600 | DISCUSSION WITH YEMANE GHEBREAB ON DARFUR [...] (U) Charge and Poloff met on July 9 with Yemane Ghebreab, People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) Political Chief and lead Sudan negotiator for the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE),to relay points in Reftel A. This meeting follows on the GSE's request for closer coordination [...] | 2007-07-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU ER |
07ASMARA603 | SOMALIS IN ERITREA PLAN CONFERENCE AND EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 5 conversation, exiled Somali MPs Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim and Fowsiya Mohammad Sheikh Hassan told Poloff that CIC leader Sheikh Sharif and former Speaker of the Parliament Sheikh Aden had agreed to establish a joint preparatory committee for a reconciliation conference. T [...] | 2007-07-11 13:50:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC ER SO ET |
07ASMARA615 | ASSAB TRIP REPORT - LOCAL ECONOMY TANKING [...] (C) Summary. Between June 16 and June 18, 2007, FSN members of post traveled to Assab, the second port city of Eritrea. They found an economy that had virtually ground to a halt and were told by local business owners that this was due to governmental restrictions on trade and movement. They [...] | 2007-07-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR EAID ECON EFIS ER |
07ASMARA617 | GSE ALLOWS UK DIPLOMAT TO DEPART ERITREA, BRITISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A British technician and diplomatic passport holder finally departed Asmara on the evening of July 11. The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) had refused permission for his departure since July 1. The diplomat, who was on temporary duty assignment in Eritrea from his perman [...] | 2007-07-13 08:52:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KREC ASEC ER |
07ASMARA625 | POSSIBLE ADOPTION FRAUD INVOLVING GSE OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: An Eritrean-American dual national, Nigisti Teklay, met with Conoff July 13 to request assistance with an alleged fraudulent case of adoption and in obtaining permission from the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) to depart the country. Ms. Teklay had recently returned t [...] | 2007-07-20 07:26:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KFRD KOCI CASC ER |
07ASMARA629 | UNMEE: CONFRONTING SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION [...] (U) The following is in response to reftel A. 2. (C) Since the establishment of the UN Peacekeeping Mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia (UNMEE) in 2001, there have been few reported incidents of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) within Eritrea. The Chief of t [...] | 2007-07-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL ER ET |
07ASMARA632 | PFDJ SUDAN NEGOTIATOR DEBRIEFS ON TRIPOLI [...] (C) Summary. On July 19, Charge met with People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) Political Chief and Sudan negotiator Yemane Ghebreab to ascertain Eritrean views on the July 15-16 Tripoli meetings on Darfur. Ghebreab described the outcome of the conference as positive. While clearly [...] | 2007-07-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SU |
07ASMARA634 | DEADLY FORCE POLICY FOR ERITREANS ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Embassy Source reported to RSO that a local party representative for the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ),in a monthly meeting with PFDJ party members, stated that the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE),had instituted a shoot-to-kill policy for a [...] | 2007-07-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC ER |
07ASMARA652 | DARFUR: NONSIGNATORY GROUP IN ASMARA RAISES [...] (C) Summary. On July 30, Charge met with representatives of the newly created Darfur non-signatory umbrella group, the United Front for Liberation and Development (UFLD) at their request. The UFLD members expressed their displeasure with the methodology used by the UN/au to allocate invitatio [...] | 2007-08-06 13:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ER SU |
07ASMARA683 | ERITREAN FREE TRADE ZONES - GSE'S PLANS AND POST [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the Public Affairs Section featured Dr. Araia Tseggai, Chief Executive Officer of the Eritrea Free Zone Authority (the Authority),as speaker for the monthly American Center lecture. Part I of this cable reports on Dr. Araia's presentation of the Government of the Sta [...] | 2007-08-15 08:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PINR ER |
07ASMARA684 | ERITREA REFLECTS ON ARUSHA AND THE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On August 13 Charge met with People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) Political Chief and lead Sudan interlocutor for Eritrea, Yemane Ghebreab, to discuss the Eritrean views of the August 3 ) 6 meetings in Arusha. Yemane described the meetings as having gone "very well" and [...] | 2007-08-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU ER |
07ASMARA698 | SOMALI PARLIMENTARIANS SAY ASMARA CONFERENCE IS ON [...] (C) Summary: The exiled Somali members of parliament and the members of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC plan to inaugurate the all-Somali conference in Asmara on September 1 (reftel). With over 300 Somalis expected, the conference may result in a formal alliance between supporters of the f [...] | 2007-08-24 07:52:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC ER ET SO |
07ASMARA699 | GSE STILL THREATENING CATHOLIC CHURCH'S AUTONOMY [...] (C) The Catholic Church continues to endure harassment and pressure from the Government of Eritrea (GSE) as the GSE threatens to repossess Church property used for social and educational programs and insist that priests and seminarians participate in military training. In an August 14 meeting, [...] | 2007-08-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI ER |
07ASMARA700 | BRITISH COUNCIL EMPLOYEE RELEASED [...] (C) On August 1, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) released a foreign national employee of the British Council detained since July 27. The GSE arrested the employee under the guise of national security after a visiting British diplomat was seen on the roof of the British Council co [...] | 2007-08-27 05:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KREC ASEC ER |
07ASMARA703 | EASTERN FRONT LEADERS HEAD TO KHARTOUM, FINALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months and months of bickering amongst themselves, the leaders of the Eastern Front (EF) are finally scheduled to leave Asmara for Khartoum on August 27, and take up their positions within Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU). Implementation of security and national [...] | 2007-08-28 10:52:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU ER |
07ASMARA705 | GSE INTERFERENCE WITH OPERATIONS AT OTHER [...] (C) Summary: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to selectively tweak diplomatic missions in Asmara on operational issues. After fifteen months of renovating a new Embassy building, the South Africans were informed they could not move into the building. The British, Norweg [...] | 2007-08-28 14:23:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KREC ASEC ER |
07ASMARA709 | LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH MFA YIELDS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: In the absence of a direct response from the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) regarding the August 10 notification to close their consulate in Oakland, California, Charge d'Affaires requested a meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to dis [...] | 2007-08-31 06:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KREC ASEC ER |
07ASMARA730 | SOMALI CONGRESS IN ASMARA FORMS NEW POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Somali Congress for Liberation and Reconstitution opened in Asmara on September 6. The Congress has attracted over 300 Somali participants in the plenary, to include exiled Members of Parliament, members of the diaspora and civil society and the Council of Islamic Courts figu [...] | 2007-09-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC ER ET SO |
07ASMARA748 | IMPRISONED CHRISTIAN DIES IN DETENTION [...] (C) Following up on reports from various human rights websites, post has confirmed the death of Nigisti Haile at the Wi'a Military Training Center, located south of the city of Massawa. Emboff spoke with a family member on September 18. Her family member confirmed that an official from the [...] | 2007-09-21 05:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI KIRF ER |
07ASMARA800 | LGF MEMBER ARRESTED DURING ORTHODOX SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A local guard force (LGF) employee and a priest were picked up by the Eritrean Intelligence Service (ANS) during an Eritrean Orthodox church service on 10/07/07. The priest was released the same day but the LGF employee continues to be held in jail incommunicado. While the Gove [...] | 2007-10-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF ASEC PGOV SOCI ER |
07ASMARA849 | AFP REPORTER "FROZEN" FOR MENTIONING GSE [...] (C) Days after Reporters without Borders (RSF) declared Eritrea the worst country in the world for press freedom, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) "froze" Agence France-Presse (AFP) stringer and British Citizen Peter Martell, forbidding him from filing stories from Eritrea. Initial [...] | 2007-10-26 08:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO ASEC ER |
07ASMARA854 | CDA PROTESTS GSE ALLEGATIONS OF US SUPPORT FOR WAR [...] (U) Eritrean Government media reported on October 26 and 27, that Ethiopia planned an invasion of Eritrea the first week of November with the "blessing of the U.S." In the report, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) alleged that the Tigre People's Liberation Front (TPLF)/Government of [...] | 2007-10-29 12:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ER |
07ASMARA857 | RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION CONTINUES: OVER 45 ERITREANS [...] (C) In an October 29 meeting with Poloff, Reverend Zecharias Abraham(strictly protect) relayed the story of an attempted escape by Mussie Issa, founder of the evangelical group, Youth for Christ, and the subsequent arrests of 45 of his supporters. According to Rev. Zecharias, officials from t [...] | 2007-10-31 12:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF ER |
07ASMARA858 | ERITREA: HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES: INFORMATION [...] (C) In response to reftel request for information regarding host government practices on information collection, screening and sharing, post provides the following responses. Answers are keyed to headers provided in reftel, paragraph 6. In addition, post advises that bilateral relations bet [...] | 2007-10-31 13:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS ER |
07ASMARA869 | CDA TEMPLATE [...] (C) On October 31, the Immigration Office of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) delivered a letter to the Catholic Secretariat of Eritrea, informing them that the office would no longer extend the residency and work permits of foreign sisters and priests working in Eritrea under expi [...] | 2007-11-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KPKO MOPS ASEC ER |
07ASMARA870 | ERITREANS NOTIFIED OF RELATIVES, DEATHS AT W,IA [...] (C) Beginning in September, Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials began notifying parents and spouses in Asmara of the deaths of their relatives during the past three to six months in the W'ia military training camp. Going from family to family, GSE military representatives have b [...] | 2007-11-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ER |
07ASMARA871 | GSE ORDERS CATHOLIC CHURCH FOREIGN STAFF TO LEAVE [...] (C) On October 31, the Immigration Office of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) delivered a letter to the Catholic Secretariat of Eritrea, informing them that the office would no longer extend the residency and work permits of foreign sisters and priests working in Eritrea under expi [...] | 2007-11-08 08:03:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KIRF PHUM ER |
07ASMARA874 | PFDJ CHIEF VIEWS ON SUDAN, THE BORDER AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, CDA met at her request with Yemane Ghebreab, Head of the Office of Political Affairs for Eritrea's sole political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ). Discussion topics included the recent UN/AU Darfur meetings in Libya, the Eritrean-Ethiopia [...] | 2007-11-14 10:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PTER SO SU ER |
07ASMARA875 | SLA-UNITY'S SHARIF HARIR SPEAKS ON SIRTE AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 9 meeting with Poloff, Sudan Liberation Army-Unity (SLA)Unity) Head for Negotiations Sharif Harir expressed his commitment to engaging in peace negotiations for Darfur and critiqued the process leading up to the Sirte talks. Harir said internal problems within SLA-U [...] | 2007-11-15 04:59:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU ER |
07ASMARA888 | ASMARA EAC MEETING TO REQUEST EXTENSION OF 24/7 [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request for DS. See paragraph 5. EAC met on 11/20/07 to discuss extending the temporary 24/7 residential local guard force (LGF) coverage for all Embassy residences for another three months. EAC members agreed the political/military situation between Ethiopi [...] | 2007-11-21 08:15:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT ER |
07ASMARA892 | MEETING WITH THE SOMAIL EX-MPS: WHAT NEXT FOR THE [...] (C) Following the resignation of Prime Minister Gedi, Poloff met on November 6 with members of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS),ex-Parliamentarian Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim and Mohammed Sheikh, assistant to former Speaker of Parliament Sheik Aden. Yusuf, charged with the respon [...] | 2007-11-23 07:09:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC ER ET SO |
07ASMARA896 | CDA HITS WALL WITH GSE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) On November 19, CDA met at her request with Yemane Ghebremeskel, Director of the Presidency for the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE). CDA expressed her hope that with the November 28 arrival of the new Ambassador, the Embassy could reopen dialogue with the GSE across a range of bi [...] | 2007-11-26 05:25:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SUR ER |
07ASMARA902 | RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION VICTIM STILL HARASSED BY GSE [...] (C) An Embassy locally employed staff member (LES) continues to be harassed by officials of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE),following his July arrest on religious grounds and release a month later. A member of the unregistered Full Gospel Pentecostal Church, the GSE informed the [...] | 2007-11-27 04:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KIRF ER |
07ASMARA907 | GSE OFFERS HOPE TO CANADIAN MINING COMPANY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Canadian company Nevsun publicly announced on October 29 that it was close to finalizing a mining agreement with the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE),although issues of foreign currency and insurance still remain to be settled. Under this agreement, the GSE, through it [...] | 2007-11-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ETRD ECON ER |
07ASMARA916 | NO GSE RESPONSE YET TO EEBC DECISION [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) has yet to respond officially to the November 30th statement of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Border Commission (EEBC). Many Eritreans anticipated the EEBC would provide much-awaited answers to the ongoing uncertainty about the border and expected that [...] | 2007-12-04 10:18:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO ER |
07ASMARA920 | ERITREAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: "Dialogue is an option, but demarcation is an obligation," said Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed during a November 30 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM. He said that Eritrea "is not supporting al)Shabaab," adding a warning about (purported) Ethiopian misinformati [...] | 2007-12-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ER ET |
07ASMARA930 | UNMEE MILITARY COMMANDER REPORTS LOWERED TENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Taisir, just back from a two-week visit to the field, reports Eritrean troops are reinforcing defensive positions. He said the near-starvation rations of the conscripted troops have stunted Eritrean military capability. General Taisir said P [...] | 2007-12-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO ER |
07ASMARA931 | CHINESE IN ERITREA SEEK ACTIVE ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese Ambassador to Eritrea, Shu Zhan, says he and his mission seek to play a more active role in Eritrea than had the Chinese Embassy in the past. Regarding President Isaias' experience in China during the throes of the Cultural Revolution, Shu said that "perhaps he learn [...] | 2007-12-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EAGR KOLY ER CH |
07ASMARA935 | GSE BLAMES U.S. FOR FOOD AND FUEL SHORTAGES [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) through its sole political party, the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ),continues to conduct community meetings to explain to the Eritrean people the reasons for the shortages of basic food items, such as sugar and flour, as well [...] | 2007-12-12 04:19:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ET ER |
07ASMARA936 | LIFTING THE VEIL ON CORRUPTION IN ERITREA [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The October 2007 assassination attempt on Colonel Simon Ghebredenghil, the second-in-command at the Government of the State of Eritrea's (GSE) National Security Agency (ANS) lifted a corner on the veil over corrupt activities in Eritrea. The GSE, and many Eritrea [...] | 2007-12-12 04:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ER |
07ASMARA954 | ERITREA'S THREADBARE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: As Eritrea's exports total less than USD 20 million per year, how does the government fund one of the largest standing armies in Africa and keep the threadbare, statist economy from collapsing completely? A fairly modest amount of revenue accrues from the two percent diaspora ta [...] | 2007-12-18 12:04:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL MASS ER |
07ASMARA958 | BLUNT TALK WITH YEMANE GEBREAB ON TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with Yemane Gebreab, chief political advisor to President Isaias, and delivered an unambiguous, tough message about the potential consequences of Eritrea supporting, or allowing its territory to be used to support, extremists with links to terrorism. Ye [...] | 2007-12-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ER |
07ASTANA1122 | KAZAKHSTANIS TELL HOLBROOKE OF PLANS TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging conversation with the Ambassador and Richard Holbrooke, young Kazakhstani leaders discussed President Nazarbayev's efforts to empower Kazakhstani business to address the problems facing the country, including corruption. One part of the plan is a new state hold [...] | 2007-04-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV IQ KZ |
07ASTANA1192 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIM RESPONSE ON ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) In response to Ref A instructions, post notified Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department on April 5 that the final Kazakhstani detainee at Guantanamo, Abdulrakhim Kerimbakiyev, would soon be considered by an Administrative Review Board for release, transfer, or continued dete [...] | 2007-05-02 10:24:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PTER KZ |
07ASTANA125 | KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CABINET TO MAINTAIN POLICY COURSE [...] (C) Summary: President Nazarbayev's early January cabinet reshuffle will not have a major impact on Kazakhstani government policy, but may offer insight into the struggle for influence between power groups and would-be successors. New Prime Minister Karim Masimov is expected to maintain the e [...] | 2007-01-16 11:52:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA1266 | KAZAKHSTAN'S COMMITMENT TO IRAQ FIRM [...] (C) Post regularly discusses Kazakhstan's troop commitments in Iraq with government interlocutors, and all indications are that President Nazarbayev's commitment remains firm. Kazakhstan conducted its most recent troop rotation at the end of April, sending a new contingent of soldiers to Iraq [...] | 2007-05-11 07:54:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARS MASS MOPS PREL IZ KZ |
07ASTANA1415 | KAZAKHSTAN: RAKHAT ALIYEV,S THIRD STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: In a bizarre turn of events, presidential son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev appears to have finally exhausted President Nazarbayev's patience with a series of rash public statements accusing Kazakhstani officials of criminal activity and criticizing the recent package of constitutional am [...] | 2007-05-25 05:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1466 | KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES PURSUE RAKHAT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the May 23 announcement of a criminal investigation involving presidential son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakhstani authorities have moved quickly to curtail Aliyev's ability to maneuver and to influence public opinion. President Nazarbayev fired Aliyev from his ambas [...] | 2007-05-30 00:16:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1512 | KAZAKHSTAN,S FINANCIAL SECTOR: A DANGER TO ITSELF [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of the failure of a regional bank and the International Monetary Fund's recent characterization of Kazakhstani private sector external borrowing as an emerging "global market risk," the mood among Kazakhstani financiers remains upbeat. With no end to petrodollars in s [...] | 2007-06-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV KZ |
07ASTANA157 | KAZAKHSTAN READY TO COOPERATE ON INSPECTION OF [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper on January 19 to Murat Tashibayev, Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Multilateral Cooperation, emphasizing that the demarche was a continuation of previous discussions with the GOK regarding the Proli [...] | 2007-01-19 07:42:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA1848 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: While some in the government seek to dampen expectations about the opposition's performance in upcoming parliamentary elections, the opposition itself is uniting and preparing to run an active campaign highlighting social justice issues and the presidential Nur Otan party's Achill [...] | 2007-07-09 00:09:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2813 | DASD CAGAN URGES KAZAKHSTAN TO INCREASE NUMBER OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 10, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan urged Kazakhstan to increase its troop commitments in Iraq. In meetings with Deputy Minister of Defense Sembinov, State Secretary Saudabayev, Deputy Foreign [...] | 2007-10-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OVIP PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2932 | KASHAGAN PARTIES ESTABLISH FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINUED [...] (C) Agip KCO and the Government of Kazakhstan signed a memorandum of understanding on October 22 establishing the framework for continued negotiations to resolve a dispute over the exploration of the Kashagan oil field. The memorandum calls for further talks "in a spirit of positive and constr [...] | 2007-10-24 13:12:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA2993 | (C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KAZAKHSTAN ON INTERPOL [...] (C) Poloff delivered to Murat Tashibayev, Director of the International Organizations and Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Kazakhstan MFA, reftel demarche on supporting Argentina,s request for INTERPOL approval of red notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing. [...] | 2007-11-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER AR IR KJUS PREL |
07ASTANA3138 | KAZAKHSTAN: KORZHOVA DISMISSED AS FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KZ PGOV PREL KCOR |
07ASTANA3139 | UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SEES POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA3140 | KAZAKHSTAN: KORZHOVA DISMISSED AS FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 09:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KZ PGOV PREL KCOR |
07ASTANA3152 | KAZAKHSTAN: KORZHOVA DISMISSED AS FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Finance Minister Korzhova, whose departure had been rumored for several months, has been dismissed and replaced by Bolat Zhamishev. Korzhova's tenure was a problematic one, with the Finance Ministry showing itself ineffective at dealing with a number of issues, including the recent custom [...] | 2007-11-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KZ PGOV PREL KCOR |
07ASTANA3153 | UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SEES POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA3187 | PM MASIMOV DISCUSSES PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: During a November 20 meeting, Prime Minister Karim Masimov and SCA DAS Feigenbaum discussed the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPPI),Kashagan, Afghanistan, the Cooperative Threat Reduction Umbrella Agreement (CTR UA),and the Bota Foundation. Masimov said he ho [...] | 2007-11-26 06:30:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KNNP KZ AF |
07ASTANA3188 | KAZAKHSTAN"S APPROACH TO OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 21 to Chingiz Kaskeyev, Head of the MFA's OSCE Division. Kaskeyev called U.S. aims for the OSCE Ministerial praiseworthy and said that some of the areas highlighted by Poloff, such as enhanced engagement with Afghanistan, counterterrorism, and [...] | 2007-11-27 05:13:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM KZ |
07ASTANA3308 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 11 to Zhan Kystaubayev, head of the international affairs department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular section. 2. (C) Kystaubayev reported that the Government of Kazakhstan has not changed its position on the issue of Kazakhstan [...] | 2007-12-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ PHUM PINR PTER |
07ASTANA3318 | CONOCOPHILIPS CEO SEES PROSPECTS FOR JOINT [...] (C) ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva told the Ambassador on December 13 that he sees prospects for a deal under which Eni will be replaced as Kashagan operator, with three of the larger consortium members developing the field as joint operators. All companies in the Kashagan consortium except E [...] | 2007-12-14 09:27:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG EPET PREL KZ |
07ASTANA3368 | SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS: BECOMING A LIBERAL [...] (C) Summary. Young, U.S.-educated and fed up with local corruption, Viktor Frolov wants to enter politics and change the way things are done in his native Petropavlovsk (capital of Northern Kazakhstan oblast). Frolov told Econoff that, despite being defeated in his first campaign for the Pet [...] | 2007-12-27 03:10:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KDEM KZ OSCE PGOV PHUM |
07ASTANA3379 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN KAZAKHSTAN: SOME [...] (C) Summary: With a burgeoning self-confidence fostered by impressive economic growth, Kazakhstan is exercising tighter control over the exploitation of its natural resources. New laws,including an amendment to the law on subsoil use which allows for the termination of a subsoil use contract [...] | 2007-12-28 05:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON KZ |
07ASTANA48 | KAZAKHSTAN CONTEMPLATES DEMOCRATIC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: There is widespread expectation in Kazakhstan that President Nazarbayev will announce a package of democratic reform proposals early in the new year. The timing and content of the initiative is not yet known, and some are skeptical that the proposals will represent fundamental c [...] | 2007-01-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA604 | BOUCHER COVERS DEMOCRATIC REFORM, REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on February 26-27 with Prime Minister Masimov, Foreign Minister Tazhin, and Senate Speaker Tokayev, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told the Kazakhstani leadership that the U.S. is eager to build upon the momentum created [...] | 2007-03-07 05:17:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ ENRG KDEM |
07ASTANA605 | KAZAKHSTAN: BOUCHER DISCUSSES POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani opposition leaders told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that President Nazarbayev,s recent statements regarding political reform do not reflect actual political will for change. They see the proposals as an effort to create the [...] | 2007-03-07 05:18:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA906 | KAZAKHSTANI PRIME MINISTER ON ENERGY, CTR VAT [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador April 9, Prime Minister Masimov attributed the delay in final agreement on the offshore "N" Block to a Kazakhstani government decision to link oil and gas tenders to economic diversification goals. He expressed confidence that the VAT [...] | 2007-04-09 11:09:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KZ PARM |
07ASTANA908 | KAZAKHSTANI PRIME MINISTER ON ENERGY, CTR VAT [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador April 9, Prime Minister Masimov attributed the delay in final agreement on the offshore "N" Block to a Kazakhstani government decision to link oil and gas tenders to economic diversification goals. He expressed confidence that the VAT [...] | 2007-04-10 00:46:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KZ PARM |
07ASTANA919 | KAZAKHSTAN: BAKER HUGHES SEEKS TO LIMIT FALLOUT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see request for guidance, para. 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case involving malfeasance by U.S. oil technology and services firm Baker Hughes in Kazakhstan will soon be settled, revealing details of bribes paid by the firm' [...] | 2007-04-11 03:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ENRG KZ |
07ASUNCION101 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE FEBRUARY 3 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Pucheta New Supreme Court Chief Justice -- Senator Morinigo in Intensive Care; Driver Dead -- Senate Approves Peacekeepers for Cyprus -- Paraguay Second-Least Competitive Country in Americas -- IPR Unit Attacked in Press PUCHETA NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE 2. (C) S [...] | 2007-02-09 18:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV MCAP MOPS PA |
07ASUNCION1014 | LIBERAL PARTY PRIMARY TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (U) Paraguay's Christian Democrat Party (PDC) and the Liberal Party (PLRA) held separate primaries December 9. The former confirmed ex-Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo's presidential candidacy (on behalf of the Patriotic Alliance for Change coalition) and the latter attempted to name his runnin [...] | 2007-12-10 20:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION1023 | A POSITIVE STEP AGAINST CORRUPTION-TRAVEL VOUCHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A process that began in July ended December 6 with the indictment of 37 officials from the Customs Investigative Unit for falsifying travel vouchers. The Internal Investigative Unit's Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance, Patricia Marchewka, initiated the investigation in Jul [...] | 2007-12-13 12:38:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ECPS PREL PA |
07ASUNCION1043 | COLORADO PRIMARY: OVELAR EDGING OUT CASTIGLIONI? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Colorado Party, with over 1.6 million registered voters and over 60 years in power in Paraguay, held its primary December 16. President Duarte's handpicked successor, Blanca Ovelar, has a slim lead of approximately 8,000 votes over former Vice President Luis Castiglioni, with [...] | 2007-12-17 11:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION1045 | BELOVED FATHERLAND PARTY CONFIRMS FADUL'S CANDIDACY [...] (U) Paraguay's business-oriented Beloved Fatherland Party (PPQ) held its primary December 16, confirming the unopposed candidacy of Pedro Fadul for president and Ronald Dietze for vice president. Approximately 40 percent of the PPQ's 9,908 registered voters turned out to select the party's ca [...] | 2007-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION1048 | COLORADO PRIMARY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Castiglioni campaign insiders report that electoral certificates for all 5,533 Colorado Party polling stations show Castiglioni has a razor-thin 3,800 vote lead over "oficialista" former Education Minister Blanca Ovelar for the Colorado Party presidential nomination. The formal vo [...] | 2007-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
07ASUNCION1076 | CONTROVERSY OVER COLORADO PARTY PRIMARY CONTINUES [...] (C) Pre-candidate Luis Castiglioni won the Colorado Party re-vote of one Asuncion polling station December 30. The re-vote was held because the December 16 Colorado Party primary at this location was marred by fraud and violence. Despite a strong police presence, there were further incidents o [...] | 2007-12-31 14:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION144 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT LOOKING AT "OVIEDO" OPTION [...] (C) Summary. Paraguay's Presidential election in May 2008 dominates the political scene. Leftist priest Fernando Lugo is outpolling both of his closest competitors ) imprisoned coup-plotter Lino Oviedo and current President Duarte ) by a two to one margin. Ironically, all three face Cons [...] | 2007-02-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM PA |
07ASUNCION159 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE FEBRUARY 24 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Soto Moves On Military Transformation -- Animal Health Service Goes To Paris -- Ycua Bolanos Fire Case to be Retried -- MCA Legislative Component Suspended SOTO MOVES ON MILITARY TRANSFORMATION 2. (C) General Bernardino Soto Estigarribia, the Commander of the Armed For [...] | 2007-03-02 19:51:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA |
07ASUNCION160 | LUGO RENOUNCES HIS PRIESTHOOD ... AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bishop Fernando Lugo continues to lead presidential polls, prompting some Colorado Party leaders to argue he is ineligible based on the Constitutional bar against "ministers from any religion" being President. To overcome that potential hurdle, Lugo submitted his second letter in [...] | 2007-03-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION161 | LUGO RENOUNCES HIS PRIESTHOOD ... AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bishop Fernando Lugo continues to lead presidential polls, prompting some Colorado Party leaders to argue he is ineligible based on the Constitutional bar against "ministers from any religion" being President. To overcome that potential hurdle, Lugo submitted his second letter in [...] | 2007-03-05 11:50:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION176 | PARAGUAY: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON RECASTING SOFA [...] (U) Action request: See paras. 2 and 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Both MFA lawyer Tito Velasquez and Vice-Presidential advisor Juan Facetti praised the new draft SOFA text (reftel B) as a significant improvement over prior texts in terms of addressing GOP concerns. Velasquez still does not beli [...] | 2007-03-07 17:37:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION177 | PARAGUAY: ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL UNDER FIRE AS STAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pressure by a powerful Colorado Senator produced the removal of a senior official from Paraguay's Electoral Tribunal (TSJE). The ensuing internal fight amongst the three TSJE ministers projects the image of an increasingly dysfunctional, fractured organization. Historically, the [...] | 2007-03-07 17:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION2 | PARAGUAY: TERRORIST FINANCIER SAYS "EVERYBODY" IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Terrorist financier Muhammad Yusif Abdallah admitted to supporting Hizbollah politically but in his defense told POL Chief "everybody" in Ciudad del Este (CDE) supports Hizbollah. According to Abdallah the Islamic community in CDE transformed significantly in the aftermath of [...] | 2007-01-03 17:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR CVIS KISL PA |
07ASUNCION208 | PARAGUAY: LUGO STILL IN CLERGY; JOINS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bishop Fernando Lugo continues to poll high in the run up to the May 2008 general elections, despite his apparent Constitutional ineligibility. The Apostolic Nuncio in Paraguay maintains that Lugo is a Bishop and forbidden by Canon rules to seek public office. During a March 3 ca [...] | 2007-03-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION241 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MARCH 10 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Colorado Internal Battle Boils Over -- Supreme Court Justices Violate Ethics -- FARC linked to Cubas Case -- SENAD Burns 256 Kilos of Cocaine -- Treasury Notes Auctioned -- Soto Gets Fourth Star COLORADO INTERNAL BATTLE BOILS OVER 2. (C) Juan Facetti, Senior Advisor [...] | 2007-03-23 18:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PA |
07ASUNCION242 | PARAGUAY: "OVIEDO" OPTION STILL IN SUSPENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Paraguay's Attorney General has recommended that the conviction of imprisoned coup plotter Lino Oviedo be reviewed on the basis of new evidence. Supreme Court President then announced the entire court would take its decision on the question of review by mid-April. A decision t [...] | 2007-03-26 11:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM PA |
07ASUNCION243 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT LOOKING AT "OVIEDO" OPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 11:26:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM PA |
07ASUNCION250 | PARAGUAY: DUARTE TILTS LEFT LOOKING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Duarte's statements applauding Chavez' "overdose of democracy," attacking "neoliberalism," and criticizing U.S. policies could be characterized as representing a substantive shift further to the left. However, they also reflect as much if not more Duarte's growing [...] | 2007-03-27 22:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON VE PA |
07ASUNCION252 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT AND VP ON DIFFERENT PAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Duarte continues to obstruct Vice President Castiglioni's bid to be the Colorado Party's presidential candidate, signaling his preference for his Minister of Education, Blanca Ovelar as a woman whose ideology is be closer to his (e.g. Socialist). Undeterred, Castiglion [...] | 2007-03-28 11:23:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION255 | VP ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTAL CANDIDACY [...] (C) Vice President Luis Castiglioni abruptly announced March 28 his 2008 candidacy for President. Highlighting his campaign platform and plans for Paraguay. Castiglioni said that he wants to "build a nation that will promote and give protection to private business in order to help create jobs [...] | 2007-03-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION256 | PARAGUAYAN PRIEST LUGO'S CONVERSION TO POLITICS A [...] (C) Catholic priest Fernando Lugo exploded onto the Paraguayan national political stage as a potential candidate for Paraguay's presidency in March 2006 as the keynote speaker at an anti-government demonstration. However, Lugo is hardly a novice to politics judging from his family's involve [...] | 2007-03-29 20:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KCRM PA |
07ASUNCION260 | PARAGUAY: LUGO'S MARCH FALLS FLAT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Fernando Lugo could only draw some 10-15 thousand supporters to a March 29 demonstration protesting corruption, a far cry short of last year's demonstration that drew upwards of some 40,000 and effectively launched Lugo's bid for the Presidency. Lugo was clearly the star of the [...] | 2007-03-30 18:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION261 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MARCH 24 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Ethics Tribunal Earns Credibility -- SEN Gets Korea Donation; Poll Says 300k Dengue Cases -- Police and Protesters Clash; 40 Reported Injured -- Vice President looks at USAID Health program ETHICS TRIBUNAL EARNS CREDIBILITY 2. (C) Esteban Armando Kriskovich, Director [...] | 2007-03-30 18:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA |
07ASUNCION262 | PARAGUAY: BATTLE ROYALE IN MAKING OVER VP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Few politicians, including President Duarte, have responded in depth publicly to Vice-President Castiglioni's surprise announcement on March 28 of his presidential bid. In a hard-ball backroom maneuver, however, VP supporter Senator Argana has been warned that supporting Casti [...] | 2007-03-30 18:17:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM PA |
07ASUNCION285 | PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Staviridis, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist financing. You com [...] | 2007-04-04 21:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION286 | PARAGAUY: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR PA |
07ASUNCION303 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT'S RANTS STIRS UP RUMORS OF [...] (C) President Duarte's leftward tilt in search of popular support continues, stirring rumors he is plotting an "autogolpe" to overcome opposition in Congress. An advisor to the Vice President told us Duarte had intended to invoke special powers authorized in the Constitution to shut down Co [...] | 2007-04-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION322 | SOUTHCOM COMMANDER VISITS PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Southcom Commander Admiral Stavridis visited Paraguay April 9 - 11, to meet and develop a relationship with his Paraguayan counterparts. MOD Gonzalez claimed he supported continued U.S.-Paraguayan military exchanges but asserted opposition leaders' were responsible for blocking [...] | 2007-04-17 21:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER MASS SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION336 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE APRIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Asuncion Councilman Seeks USG Support, Gets Earful -- Paraguay, Venezuela Sign Energy Agreement -- NWC Students Visit Paraguay -- IOM Reports 495 Paraguayan Prostitutes in EU, Argentina ASUNCION COUNCILMAN SEEKS USG SUPPORT, GETS EARFUL 2. (C) Asuncion Councilman Gera [...] | 2007-04-23 20:27:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN |
07ASUNCION338 | PARAGUAY SCENESETTER FOR WHA A/S THOMAS SHANNON [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to strengthen our relationship with Paraguay and promote U.S. interests focused on strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal or [...] | 2007-04-23 21:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION346 | PARAGUAY: ELECTORAL CALENDAR TAKING SHAPE, FIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's Presidential/ Congressional election will likely be held April 20, 2008. Candidates also must register with the Electoral Tribunal (TSJE) 60 days prior; separately, political parties must identify their candidates in the form of primaries some 90 to 135 days before the [...] | 2007-04-26 17:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION355 | FONMIN TO A/S SHANNON: PARAGUAY SEEKS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ramirez stressed with A/S Shannon the need for greater access to U.S. markets and an agreement on biofuels to more effectively counter the appeal of Chavez's populist message and generously funded assistance offers. He asserted Paraguay's rejection o [...] | 2007-04-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER ECON PA |
07ASUNCION356 | PRESIDENT DUARTE WELCOMES GREATER U.S. LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Duarte warmly welcomed A/S Shannon's visit to Paraguay and applauded U.S. efforts to reassert its leadership in Latin America, including by responding more profoundly to the social challenges that face the region. Democracy is still fragile in the region for its fail [...] | 2007-04-30 13:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PA |
07ASUNCION37 | PARAGUAY: GUIDANCE ON NEGOTIATING A SOFA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-19 17:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION383 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE APRIL 20 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- President Postpones Spain Trip -- Government Monopoly Cripples Internet -- Deputies Pass Penal Code Reform -- Ycau Bolanos Case Can't Seat Judge Panel -- Journalists Protest Inaction on Cases PRESIDENT POSTPONES SPAIN TRIP 2. (C) President Duarte postponed his trip to [...] | 2007-05-08 22:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AID ECON PA |
07ASUNCION386 | PARAGUAY ON BELARUS AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: [...] (C) POL staff delivered reftel points to Ana Maria Baiardi, the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Policy, and Terumi Matsuo, the MFA's Director for International Organizations. Baiardi conveyed that Paraguay shared our concerns regarding Belarus and had no intention of supporting Belarus [...] | 2007-05-10 21:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC PA |
07ASUNCION389 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MAY 5-11, [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- CDA Meets the Israeli Ambassador -- TSJE Credibility Low; Infighting Continues -- New Customs Unit Seizes Contraband -- Indigenous Get Help from Itaipu CDA MEETS THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR 2. (C) The CDA received Israeli Ambassador to Paraguay (resident in Argentina) Raf [...] | 2007-05-11 17:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA AR VE |
07ASUNCION394 | PARAGUAY: AN OUNCE OF DRUG DISRUPTION WORTH A KILO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay remains a major transshipment corridor for (mostly Bolivian) cocaine, Colombian FARC arms-for-drugs deals and regional money-laundering. But the combination here now of strong leadership, new infrastructure, strengthened legislation, beefed-up human resources and the be [...] | 2007-05-16 23:04:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PA |
07ASUNCION420 | PARAGUAY TAKES MAJOR STEP ON TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] ACTION REQUEST: See para. 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's House of Deputies voted May 3 to pass a Penal Code Reform bill that includes provisions to strengthen penalties for IPR violations and money laundering, and criminalizes ) for the first time ) terrorist financing. This bill will [...] | 2007-05-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PREL ECON PA |
07ASUNCION431 | PARAGUAY: INVESTIGATIVE TEAM UNCOVERS LARGE FRAUD [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Controller General's investigative support unit, established with support from USAID/Paraguay, uncovered a scheme in the Education and Culture Ministry that involved the misuse and misappropriation of funds. Funds intended to provide basic food supplies for poor elementary sc [...] | 2007-05-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION449 | PARAGUAY A RELUCTANT PARTICIPANT IN BANCO DEL SUR [...] (C) Vice Minister of Economy Jorge von Horoch told econoff that Paraguay agreed to join Banco del Sur at a meeting of Finance Ministers in Asuncion on May 22, along with Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia. Technical discussions will continue in Buenos Aires on June 1. Von Horo [...] | 2007-06-04 13:34:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PA PGOV PINR PREL |
07ASUNCION476 | PARAGUAY REPSONSE ON DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING IRAN [...] (C) A/DCM conveyed concerns 6/5 over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela to the MFA,s U/S for Bilateral Affairs Ceferino Valdez. Valdez took copious notes and inquired whether the Secretary would be raising this issue when she meets with FM Ramirez on 6/14. Valdez also described Para [...] | 2007-06-07 12:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE PA |
07ASUNCION489 | PARAGUAY: DUARTE PURGES DISSIDENTS FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Duarte,s Secretary, Carlos Liseras, announced June 5 changes in the cabinet. The Minister of Public Works and Minister of Interior have been replaced or reassigned. In addition, Duarte replaced the Director of Yacyreta Binational Entity, the Executive Director of Itaip [...] | 2007-06-13 14:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL ECON PA |
07ASUNCION500 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE JUNE 9-15, [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Wasmosy Case Nearing Acquittal -- Proposed Reorganization of the Air Force -- Banana Blockade -- Tigo Widens Coverage -- TFCA Group Has First Meeting WASMOSY CASE NEARING AN ACQUITTAL 2. (U) Former President Juan Carlos Wasmosy may soon be acquitted of his 2002 fraud [...] | 2007-06-15 20:44:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AID ECON PA |
07ASUNCION515 | PARAGUAY: MONEY WELL SPENT; COPS ARRESTED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) seized the largest cocaine transshipmentin Paraguayan history in Pedro Juan Caballero (PJC),during a joint intelligence operation between the Brazilian federal police, DEA, and SENAD. SENAD confiscated 450 kg of cocaine and arrested si [...] | 2007-06-20 18:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PINR SNAR PA BR |
07ASUNCION547 | TAX AUTHORITY VICE MINISTER NEUFELD REPLACED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Taxation Andreas Neufeld Toews, who heads Paraguay's Tax Administration, resigned June 28 and will be replaced by Maria Gloria Paez, a close advisor to Neufeld who is expected to maintain the Administration's policies and maintain progress on the MCC Threshold Prog [...] | 2007-06-29 16:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA |
07ASUNCION57 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE JANUARY 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Dengue Outbreak; Politician Dead -- Impeachment for two Elections Ministers? -- USAID Helps Expand HealthCare -- Environmental Ministry Seizes Rare Birds, Animal Skins -- IDB Offers USD 1.2 Million for Chaco Region DENGUE OUTBREAK; POLITICIAN DEAD 2. (U) Four people di [...] | 2007-01-26 17:33:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV PA |
07ASUNCION574 | DUARTE UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Shortly after President Nicanor DUARTE Frutos took office in 2003, he forged an accord with the opposition centered on promoting reform and combating corruption. His embrace of sound macroeconomic policies brought Paraguay back from the brink of bankruptcy; his promise of reform [...] | 2007-07-11 13:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PA VZ |
07ASUNCION577 | PARAGUAY: CASTIGLIONI FACES UPHILL BATTLE IN BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Duarte has endorsed his Education Minister Blanca Ovelar as the Colorado Party candidate to succeed him. Seeking to obstruct the bid launched by his Vice-President Luis Castiglioni, he forced the party to embrace a "socialist" ideology at its recent convention and has f [...] | 2007-07-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PA |
07ASUNCION59 | PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO IRAN INFORMATION REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-29 19:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PA |
07ASUNCION595 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE JULY 4-13, [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Supreme Court Power: Terrorism Dealt a Blow -- Two New Ministers -- New Senate Leadership -- Call on New Congress Leaders -- Got Justice? Prosecutors Taken Off Case -- Whistleblower System: Public Officials Beware! -- Going the Last Mile -- Viva the Environment! -- Custom [...] | 2007-07-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PA |
07ASUNCION596 | ANOTHER MERCOSUR SUMMIT WITH FEW CONCRETE RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay hosted the 33rd Mercosur Summit on June 29 and passed the rotating Mercosur Presidency to Uruguay. Six regional presidents attended from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador and Chile and endorsed a 38-point Declaration offering form but little substance. Venezu [...] | 2007-07-19 19:49:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PA PGOV PREL |
07ASUNCION60 | PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO IRAN INFORMATION REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-29 19:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PA |
07ASUNCION613 | DON'T COUNT OVIEDO OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: In a unanimous decision July 23, the Supreme Court's criminal chamber dismissed charges against imprisoned General Lino Oviedo for his role in the 1999 assassination of Vice President Luis Argana. The criminal chamber's decision dominated press coverage July 23-24 and generated cr [...] | 2007-07-26 17:29:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION636 | OVIEDO CLEARS ANOTHER HURDLE TO RUNNING FOR [...] (U) The Supreme Court's criminal chamber ruled July 31 in favor of former General Lino Oviedo's habeas corpus motion for his involvement in the 1999 violence known as "marzo paraguayo." Relying on technical grounds similar to those the Court used July 23 to grant Oviedo's habeas corpus motion [...] | 2007-08-01 21:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PA |
07ASUNCION638 | EARLY POLLING PREDICTS OPPOSITION WIN [...] (U) A June 24-28 poll indicated that if next April's elections were held today, Paraguay's opposition would end 60-plus years of uninterrupted Colorado Party rule. When asked which party they would support (without naming specific candidates),45.3 percent of voters chose the political opposi [...] | 2007-08-02 21:24:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR PA |
07ASUNCION647 | FIU CHIEF YEGROS RESIGNED [...] (U) After weeks of speculation, President Duarte announced the removal of SEPRELAD (Paraguay's FIU) chief Carlos Yegros late August 7. Embassy contacts reported that Yegros resigned July 30, but that Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose Maria Ibanez did not immediately accept his resignation [...] | 2007-08-08 17:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM PAC PTER SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION650 | FIU CHIEF YEGROS FIRED [...] (U) After weeks of speculation, President Duarte announced the removal of SEPRELAD (Paraguay's FIU) chief Carlos Yegros late August 7. Embassy contacts reported that Yegros resigned July 30, but that Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose Maria Ibanez did not immediately accept his resignation [...] | 2007-08-08 17:22:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KCRM PAC PTER SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION688 | INTERAGENCY COOPERATION ON TRI-BORDER AREA [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion hosted August 8-9 a conference on Tri-Border Area (TBA) terrorist finance and money laundering. Forty USG participants from Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay represented the departments of State, Defense, Justice, Homeland Security and Treasury, as well as th [...] | 2007-08-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV PA |
07ASUNCION689 | SCENE-SETTER FOR LT. GEN. SEIP'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Lt. Gen. Seip August 21-22. Your visit provides an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in strengthening democratic institutions, promoting sound economic policies and good governance, disrupting criminal organizations, and combating terrorist f [...] | 2007-08-20 20:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION722 | A CHAT WITH LUGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential pre-candidate Fernando Lugo spoke confidently about his legal ability to run for the presidency in an August 27 meeting with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief, but failed to provide any details about his campaign platform or plans for governing Paraguay. While reluctant to def [...] | 2007-08-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
07ASUNCION727 | ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL REQUESTS ELECTIONS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Electoral Tribunal (TSJE) Judges Juan Manual Morales, Rafael Dendia, and Alberto Ramirez requested elections assistance from the United States during August 23 - 25 meetings with POL Chief and PolOff. The judges stressed the importance of international observers for Paragua [...] | 2007-08-30 19:57:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PA |
07ASUNCION734 | PARAGUAY'S NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CHIEF [...] (C) Ambassador discussed USG expectations with SEPRELAD's new director, Gabriel Gonzalez, August 30. Gonzalez expressed his disappointment that the Paraguayan government "abandoned" SEPRELAD and allocated only USD 200,000 to the organization for the coming fiscal year. The Ambassador noted G [...] | 2007-09-05 13:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PTER EFIN SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION743 | PDVSA EXPANDING INTO PARAGUAY AND ELSEWHERE? [...] (C) Hermes Rafael "Rambo" Saguier, current advisor to pre-presidential candidate Fernando Lugo, provided DCM with a July 13 letter from PDVSA, Venezuela's state owned petroleum company, which sought Saguier's legal services. The letter, written "within the framework of the international policy [...] | 2007-09-06 19:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL PA VE |
07ASUNCION748 | ALL EYES ON OVIEDO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Supreme Military Tribunal unanimously decided September 6 to release General Lino Oviedo from jail on conditional liberty for his attempted 1996 coup (ref). Despite Oviedo's attorneys' contention that he enjoys full legal rights, many analysts agree he is not legally entitled [...] | 2007-09-07 19:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION77 | PARAGUAY,S MERCOSUR DIRECTOR SKEPTICAL [...] (C) Paraguay,s lead Mercosur coordinator, Didier Olmedo, shared his deep skepticism of the bloc to econoff. He criticized Mercosur as diluted by a political agenda that has evolved to the exclusion of the issues important to Paraguay: greater integration with real market access not restricted [...] | 2007-01-31 21:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PA PGOV PINR PREL |
07ASUNCION81 | VENENZUELAN INTEREST IN PARAGUAYAN BANKS [...] (C) Venezuelan State Development Bank BANDES is investigating the possibility of purchasing a Paraguayan financial institution as it or other Venezuelan State entities have done in Bolivia and Uruguay, and may do in Ecuador and Nicaragua. BANDES intends to provide financing for micro-enterpri [...] | 2007-02-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PA PGOV PINR PREL |
07ASUNCION829 | DUARTE SHUFFLES INDUSTRY AND TRADE MINISTERS [...] (SBU) The president of the Paraguayan Communications Company (COPACO),Juan Ramon Ibarra, resigned October 4 in the wake of charges of incompetent management and influence trafficking for the award of several procurements. Over the past two weeks congressional opposition blocked and then cond [...] | 2007-10-05 18:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ECPS PREL PA |
07ASUNCION830 | VICE PRESIDENT RESIGNS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (U) As expected, Vice President Luis Castiglioni submitted his resignation October 5 in accordance with the constitutional requirement that he vacate public office six months before national elections scheduled for April 20. Despite intial confusion, it appears Castiglioni will remain in offi [...] | 2007-10-05 19:12:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PA |
07ASUNCION850 | THREE PLUS ONE UPDATE [...] (C) Pol/econ chief met October 11 with the MFA's Director of Special Affairs, Minister Victor Hugo Pena, pursuant to reftel. Pena indicated that the Paraguayan government is open to expanding the 3 plus 1 agenda, but asked that Post formalize its request via diplomatic note. Pena demonstrated [...] | 2007-10-11 21:56:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION861 | WHA/BSC OFFICE DIRECTOR DRUCKER VISITS PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his October 2-4 visit to Asuncion, WHA/BSC Officer Director Drucker met with a wide range of political, economic and social interlocutors. Paraguay's counternarcotics secretariat, its intellectual property operations unit, and several economic crimes prosecutors expressed g [...] | 2007-10-15 20:41:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PA |
07ASUNCION879 | FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Director of the Secretariat to Combat Money Laundering (SEPRELAD),Gabriel Gonzalez, asked Pol/Econ Chief October 10 for Embassy support to lobby Minister of Finance Cesar Barreto to pay Paraguay,s dues to the Financial Action Task Force of South America (GAFISUD). Gonzalez indicat [...] | 2007-10-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PTER PA |
07ASUNCION908 | COLORADO PRE-CANDIDATE OVELAR WANTS GOOD U.S. [...] (C) Pre-presidential Colorado Party candidate Blanca Ovelar told the DCM October 18 that if elected, she wants good relations with the United States. Ovelar was confident that she will win both the Colorado Party nomination and the presidency, but worried that if she is not the Colorado candid [...] | 2007-10-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PA |
07ASUNCION910 | OVIEDO'S CONVICTION OVERTURNED [...] (SBU) After receiving new testimony, Paraguay's Supreme Court voted late October 30 to overturn General Lino Oviedo's conviction and 10-year jail sentence for the 1996 attempted coup. With the conviction overturned, Oviedo has now cleared the highest remaining legal hurdle to his candidacy for [...] | 2007-10-31 11:10:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PA |
07ASUNCION940 | MEETING LINO OVIEDO [...] (C) In the Embassy's first official meeting with Lino Oviedo since 1999, Pol/Econ Chief informed the coup-plotter turned presidential candidate the United States views Paraguay's April 2008 elections an internal matter, and that the USG will work with anyone who is both elected and governs dem [...] | 2007-11-08 22:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION964 | PARAGUAY ON "THREE PLUS ONE" AGENDA [...] (U) In response to reftel and pursuant to instructions from WHA/BSC, Embassy sent the Paraguayan government the following diplomatic note on October 24, 2007, proposing expansion of the Three Plus One agenda for the January meeting to be hosted by Paraguay. The text of the Embassy's diplomatic [...] | 2007-11-15 21:42:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PREL KTFN PTER SNAR PA |
07ASUNCION989 | CODEL REID: PRESIDENT DUARTE CALLS FOR US ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. At turns charming and caustic, Paraguayan President Duarte held forth before CODEL Reid November 26. In an hour-plus meeting, Duarte expounded on free trade, anti-American sentiment, Chavez,s check-book populism, and the threats to democratic governance if elected leaders do not [...] | 2007-12-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ECON PGOV OVIP PA |
07ATHENS1039 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO UNSC ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 14, Charge delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo UNSC action to Constantine Bitsios, Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor, and on May 16 to Ambassador Fotis Xydas, MFA Director of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organisations. Bitsios sought furth [...] | 2007-05-22 07:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR RU |
07ATHENS1058 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...] | 2007-05-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR MARR PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO |
07ATHENS1059 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED [...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...] | 2007-05-23 05:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | CY GR MARR MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO |
07ATHENS1075 | GREECE: CUBA COUNTRY REVIEW FOR TITLE III [...] (C) According to Expert Minister Counselor Vassilios Konstantineas at the MFA Department for Latin America and the Caribbean, the GoG did not keep a list of Greek investors in Cuba or of Cuban investors in Greece. 2. (C) Konstantineas confirmed to Embassy on May 18 that Greece and Cuba had [...] | 2007-05-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC GR PREL |
07ATHENS1087 | GREEK VIEWS ON BEST APPROACH TO SYRIA [...] (C) On May 24, A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on Syria's sham presidential referendum to Deputy Director of the Greek MFA A-6 Division for Middle East Affairs Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis promised to inform his superiors of the U.S. position, though he said Greece took another view of the [...] | 2007-05-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN GR KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY |
07ATHENS110 | TRUST BUT VERIFY: GREEK CHOD CONFIRMS CYPRUS ARMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Greek Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis laid out the GoG's plan for dealing with the Cyprus arms issue in line with U.S. legal requirements, consented to an American inspection team, and promised to consult with the [...] | 2007-01-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS111 | GREEK CHOD ON AFGHANISTAN, EMBASSY ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss the Cyprus Arms issue (reported septel),Greek Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis also previewed Greece's plans for contributing to NATO efforts in Afghanistan, his view on the recent RPG attack against the [...] | 2007-01-18 15:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1131 | MACEDONIA'S PATH TO NATO: GREECE AND THE NAME ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR NATO PREL |
07ATHENS1145 | GREECE PREPARED TO DISCUSS RUSSIA/CFE AT HLTF JUNE [...] (C) On June 1, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on Russia and the CFE Treaty to MFA D2 NATO Directorate Deputy Director Chronis Polychroniou. While Greek positions on CFE and Russia have in the past tracked closely with U.S. positions, Polychroniou could not provide an immediate response to [...] | 2007-06-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07ATHENS1177 | CFE: GREECE EAGER TO KEEP TREATY ALIVE [...] (C) On June 6, DepPolcouns delivered non-paper on U.S. thinking on a final document for the Extraordinary CFE Conference (refs a, b) to Chronis Polychroniou, deputy chief of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Policy and Greek HLTF representative. Polychroniou -- who was departing shortly for Bru [...] | 2007-06-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM PREL KCFE GR |
07ATHENS1185 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS VISIT TO ATHENS JUNE 9-12 [...] (C) Nick: Welcome back to Athens! The Embassy -- and your many Greek friends -- are delighted to have you as the keynote speaker at our June 11 celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan. In addition to your public speeches and press events, your visit will propel bilater [...] | 2007-06-07 08:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP |
07ATHENS1225 | GREECE ON UPCOMING EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (C) D/Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on the June 18-19 GAERC to MFA A11 European Cooperation correspondent Penny Douti. Douti observed that the main issue for the GAERC was expected to be institutional reform and, in particular, the way forward in light of the constitutional treaty defeats [...] | 2007-06-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI |
07ATHENS1262 | GREECE ENDS M.A.S.H. MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) At the end of May, Greece withdrew its unit of approximately 50 medical personnel serving in Afghanistan. According to Ambassador Ioannis Bourlogiannis, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Defense, the unit was withdrawn following the end of its mandate and was replaced by a Czech medica [...] | 2007-06-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER |
07ATHENS1314 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, U/S Burns reviewed security issues in both the region and within NATO with Minister of Defense Meimarakis and CHOD Chinofotis. Burns pressed the MOD and CHOD to increase Greece's contribution to Alliance efforts in Afghanistan, which both officials contended was dif [...] | 2007-06-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GR |
07ATHENS1315 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 10 MEETING WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her June 10 meeting with U/S Burns, FM Bakoyannis focused on stability in the Balkans -- particularly G-8 discussion of Kosovo final status and GOG concerns regarding Macedonia's NATO entry. She favored additional negotiating time on Kosovo, adding that Greece sought both a [...] | 2007-06-27 15:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR OVIP |
07ATHENS1316 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 11 MEETING WITH PM KARAMANLIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his June 11 meeting with U/S Burns, PM Karamanlis was calm about the latest state-of-play on Kosovo final status. However, the normally relaxed Karamanlis was clearly feeling the domestic political heat over Macedonia's NATO entry. Burns promised that the USG would work wit [...] | 2007-06-27 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR OVIP PGOV PREL |
07ATHENS1340 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON KOSOVO, MACEDONIA, MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a twenty-minute June 28 conversation, Charge and FM Bakoyannis discussed the Greek-Russian handshake on the Blue Stream pipeline deal (reported reftel),her recent trip to the Middle East and the issues of Kosovo and Macedonia. She said she intended to call U/S Burns at the en [...] | 2007-06-29 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GRQ |
07ATHENS1369 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 11 MEETING WITH GREEK OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with U/S Burns, opposition PASOK leader (and former Foreign Minister) George Papandreou suggested that Kosovo's transition from supervised to full independence should take effect once it became an EU member. That would cement the EU's commitment to the regi [...] | 2007-07-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1399 | GREEK AMBASSADOR SLATED FOR RECALL OVER FT REMARKS [...] (U) Greek media has given predictably overheated coverage to statements by Greek Ambassador to Skopje Dora Grosomanidou in July 5's Financial Times. In the FT article, Grosomanidou is quoted as saying that "Formally, there is no problem for Skopje to become a member of NATO or the EU under [...] | 2007-07-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS145 | READIN', WRITIN', AND 'RASCIBILITY: POLITICAL [...] (U) Summary: On January 10, Greek Parliament began debate on an amendment of Article XVI of the Constitution which would lift state restrictions on higher education to allow recognition of independent, non-profit universities. The main opposition party, PASOK, is expected to back ruling part [...] | 2007-01-23 14:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL PREL GR |
07ATHENS1460 | GREECE: VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC [...] (C) On July 18, DepPolCouns discussed reftel points on the July 23 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Responses below are keyed to major issue items: -- KOSOVO: Douti anticipated Kosovo would be discussed at lunch. Greece's position was well-known. While Greece acknowledged [...] | 2007-07-19 08:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
07ATHENS1521 | GREECE: CRETAN GOVERNOR WANTS MORE USN SHIP VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 19 meeting with CDA, Governor (Nomarch) Grigoris Archondakis of the Chania district of Crete (where Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) is located) said it was important to get more U.S. ship visits, not so much for the economic benefits, substantial as they may be, b [...] | 2007-07-30 08:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MOPS PGOV PREL |
07ATHENS1522 | TURKISH ELECTIONS: A VIEW FROM ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the re-election of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Sunday's elections, the mainstream Greek political elite breathed a sigh of relief. PM Erdogan's first term was a period of Greek-Turkish stability, offering Greeks a more secure vision of their bilateral rel [...] | 2007-07-30 08:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CYP CY |
07ATHENS1528 | GREECE: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Visiting Greece Desk Officer, Ilan Goodman, delivered reftel points to MFA South Caucusus Desk Officer Stella Bezirtzoglou. Bezirtzoglou thanked the U.S. for its attention to this issue, noting the GOG concurred it is a growing problem. She questioned why the Aliyev government, which she [...] | 2007-07-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ GR |
07ATHENS1594 | GREECE IS PREPARED TO VETO MACEDONIA NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: With elections widely expected in late September, GOG officials and undeclared political candidates are raising the bar for Macedonia's NATO entry. Distancing themselves from the 1995 Interim Accord, Greece sees the 2008 NATO decision on enlargement as powerful leverage to forc [...] | 2007-08-08 14:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
07ATHENS1609 | KOSOVO NEXT STEPS: GREEK RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Charge delivered reftel update on Kosovo to PM Karamanlis's diplomatic advisor Bitsios on August 9, stressing the need for full engagement by the parties in the weeks ahead. But preparation by the international community to act in December -- even if no agreement h [...] | 2007-08-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1618 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: PM KARAMANLIS' MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY In a one-on-one meeting with Charge on August 9, Constantinos Bitsios, the Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister, conveyed a message from PM Karamanlis. The PM asked the U.S. to convey to Skopje its view of the United Nations-sponsored negotiations on the name issue and [...] | 2007-08-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1619 | FURTHER GREEK VIEWS ON KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an August 10 introductory call on new MFA Secretary General Agathocles, Charge reviewed ref B points on Kosovo next steps. Agathocles reiterated the long-standing Greek concern regarding the legal basis for any future status decision. He also shared two ideas (w [...] | 2007-08-10 14:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR KV SR |
07ATHENS1621 | MINFIN BULLISH ON GOG'S PRE-ELECTION ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Econ deputy met with Ministry of Economy and Finance SecGen Ioannis Sidiropoulos August 9 to take his pulse on economic developments in advance of presumptive fall elections, and to see how the GOG is responding to the FATF's very critical report on Greece's p [...] | 2007-08-13 04:56:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KTFN PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1639 | KARAMANLIS PREPARING FOR EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Former FM Molyviatis told Charge on August 16 "with absolute certainty" that the PM had decided in favor of elections on September 16. PM Karamanlis plans to see President Papoulias on August 17; Parliament will be dissolved on August 18 to allow for the requiste campaign period. 2. [...] | 2007-08-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1659 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: ND INSIDER SAYS KARAMANLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Former FM Petros Molyviatis -- who remains closer to PM Karamanlis than his successor, current FM Dora Bakoyiannis, told Charge August 16 that Karmanlis recognized the diplomatic cost of vetoing Macedonia's NATO membership without resolution of the name issue first. [...] | 2007-08-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
07ATHENS1682 | GREEK ELECTIONS: KARAANLIS'S SUMMER "SURPRISE" [...] (C) UMMARY: PM Karamanlis has made it official: general elections will be held on September 16. Karamanlis is running on New Democracy's ecnomic reform record, calculating that criticim of last spring's bond scandal and this summer's forest fires won't affect his small but steady lead in t [...] | 2007-08-24 11:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1687 | GREECE ABLAZE: KARAMANLIS DECLARES STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMAY: Over the weekend of August 25-26, more tha a hundred simultaneous wildfires led to the worst Greek national disaster since the 1999 earthquakes. PM Karamanlis declared a state o emergency, calling on aerial firefighting resources from EU members and others. Reports indicate mor [...] | 2007-08-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS1700 | GREECE: FIRES CONTINUE -- WILL KARAMANLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday August 27, fires continued to burn in southern Greece, although the number had diminished from its weekend high. The death toll stood at 63; no Amcits are reportedly affected. Speculation continues on the cause of the large number of simultaneous blazes. Several in [...] | 2007-08-27 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV CASC GR |
07ATHENS1715 | REQUEST FOR EXEC SEC TO EXEC SEC FOR EUCOM [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para four. 2. (C) Ref A reports on the outbreak of wildfires in Greece. Early on Saturday August 25, MFA SecGen Agathocles told Charge that the government of Greece would welcome any and all support that the USG or U.S. Military Forces could provi [...] | 2007-08-29 03:55:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS PREL GR |
07ATHENS1733 | GREEK FIRES: AUGUST 30 UPDATE [...] (C) The Greek Government is increasingly establishing control over the wild fires, although anticipated increases in temperature and wind over the weekend may cause further outbreaks. The government is also aggressively pursuing arson cases, although the extent to which the fires were caused [...] | 2007-08-30 13:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1740 | TRAVEL BAN ON SYRIAN ACTIVIST RIAD SEIF [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Vassilis Papaioannou, Director of the MFA's Middle East Department. Papaioannou was aware of the difficulties faced by Riad Seif, whom he had met during an earlier posting. Papaioannou believed that Greece's voice carried more weight as p [...] | 2007-08-31 12:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN JA KDEM PHUM SA SY GR |
07ATHENS175 | TIME WARP: GREEK COUNTER-PROPOSAL ON PSI [...] (SBU) On January 24, MFA provided Embassy a proposed text for the claims provisions section of the bilateral shipboarding agreement (see para 4 below). According to Vassilios Moutsoglou of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Non-Proliferation, this text reflects MFA dis [...] | 2007-01-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR |
07ATHENS1768 | GREEK RESPONSE TO GYMNICH DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On September 4, A/PolCouns delivered reftel non-paper on U.S. positions on issues to be considered at the September 7-8 EU informal foreign ministers meeting (Gymnich) to MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Her following responses are keyed to the major issues raised in the non-pape [...] | 2007-09-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN GR |
07ATHENS1799 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN ISSUE AT IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) On September 7, Charge delivered reftel points on Iran issue at upcoming IAEA board of governors meeting to Greek MFA Secretary General Aristides Agathokles. NOTE: Agathokles told Charge a few days ago that FM Bakoyannis said she would be all-consumed by the campaign for the September 16 [...] | 2007-09-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC AORC KNNP IR GR |
07ATHENS1803 | GREECE: VIEWS ON NAC TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 09:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG NATO RS GR |
07ATHENS1826 | PM KARAMANLIS RAISES THE MACEDONIA STAKES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the September 6 pre-election TV debate -- and in a September 7 press conference -- PM Karamanlis publicly took a hard line on the Macedonia name issue, threatening to veto Macedonia's NATO (and EU) accession unless the issue was resolved first. With unofficial polls sho [...] | 2007-09-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
07ATHENS1853 | GREECE: SLIGHT ND LEAD AS PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Greek voters set to go to the polls on Sunday, most believe ruling New Democracy is poised to squeeze out a victory. Its parliamentary majority, however, will likely be modest. PASOK leader Papandreou has tried to make the election a referendum on the "right-wing" in power, [...] | 2007-09-14 12:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS1861 | GREECE: GOVERNING ND'S NARROW VICTORY -- WHAT IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis's ruling New Democracy party achieved a narrow victory in September 16 elections, giving it a slim majority in parliament. Karamanlis will meet with President Papoulias at noon local time to receive his mandate to form a new government. Embassy re [...] | 2007-09-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS1866 | GREECE POSITIVE ON EU MISSION FOR LEBANON [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to the Greek MFA's Penny Douti, Deputy Director of the MFA Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. After reviewing the points, Douti termed them "right," and "fully consistent" with the Greek position on this issue. 2. (C) Douti cautioned that t [...] | 2007-09-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN GR |
07ATHENS1871 | IRAN/IAEA BOG FOLLOW-UP POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN GR |
07ATHENS1886 | GREEK PM NAMES NEW CABINET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Naming his new cabinet on September 18, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis avoided major changes that would imply a new policy line. His primary aim appeared to be injecting new, younger blood to re-energize the government for his reform program. Most significantly, Karamanlis fol [...] | 2007-09-19 12:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS1891 | GREECE-MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYIANNIS MEETINGS IN NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In their September 19 meeting, Charge and MFA SYG Agathocles focused on the Macedonia name issue. Charge noted that, when it came to Macedonia, FM Bakoyiannis would need to demonstrate that the GOG had a strategy to achieve progress (rather than simply ask for help [...] | 2007-09-19 16:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
07ATHENS194 | GREEK MP LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) On January 23, Greek MP Nikos Georgiadis told DCM that he had received approval from Greek FM Bakoyiannis to present himself as a candidate for the job of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Georgiadis is scheduled to meet with OSCE Secretary General de Brichambault (who will [...] | 2007-01-29 15:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE GR |
07ATHENS1943 | PASOK DISARRY VISIBLE AS NEW GREEK PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a surprise move, embattled PASOK leader George Papandreou pushed PASOK MPs to give him a vote of confidence just as the new Parliament was about to be sworn in on September 26. His ill-timed move caused open dissent among party members, delayed the ceremony, and [...] | 2007-09-27 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1953 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE ON [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 5. 2. (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points and proposed text (from 2005) of a host country agreement on CWC Challenge Inspections to Dionyssios Kyvetos, the senior officer responsible for CWC affairs in the Greek MFA Directo [...] | 2007-09-28 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR |
07ATHENS1971 | ND'S NARROW MANDATE ON DISPLAY AS NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Karamanlis kicked off the first session of the new Parliament with a statement emphasizing the need for continued reform, his campaign theme. It immediately became the target for the other parliamentary parties (now four) in a three-day debate. Foreign policy played only a [...] | 2007-10-02 04:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS2004 | GREECE: VISITING SAAKASHVILI FOCUSES ON REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 1-2 State visit to Greece, Georgian President Saakashvili focused on regional tensions with Russia (particularly over Abkhazia),Georgia's NATO prospects, and EU assistance. The Greeks reportedly expressed strong support for Georgia's territorial integrity, whil [...] | 2007-10-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG GR |
07ATHENS2026 | CYPRUS ARMS: GREEK COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENT -- [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see para 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST ---------------------- 2. (C) An interagency team visited Cyprus October 2 - 4 to review initial steps taken by Greece to comply with U.S. law regarding the transfer of U.S.-origi [...] | 2007-10-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS NATO GR CY |
07ATHENS2029 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: NIMETZ' REMARKS ON ALEXANDER THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GR MK |
07ATHENS2030 | PASOK LEADERSHIP CRISIS: KNIVES SHARPENED DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY: PASOK's defeat in the September 16 election has prompted a furious internal debate over the party's leadership. Party president George Papandreou was immediately challenged by former colleague Evangelos Venizelos. A sharp weekend of debate October 6-7 aired grievances and con [...] | 2007-10-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS2046 | GREEK POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor discussed ref a points on U.S. positions with regard to the October 15-16 GAERC with MFA A11 Directorate for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Correspondent Penny Douti. A/PolCouns also discussed ref a Iran points with A6 Directorate for Arab and Middle Easte [...] | 2007-10-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL IS GR |
07ATHENS2053 | GREECE "WON'T BE LAST" EU STATE OPPOSING EU IRAN [...] (C) On October 12, Charge delivered ref a points on French-proposed autonomous EU sanctions on Iran to MFA Secretary General Aristides Agathokles. Charge emphasized SIPDIS that the EU-U.S. common program regarding Iran has been amongst the most successful examples of EU-U.S. cooperation in [...] | 2007-10-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN GR |
07ATHENS2067 | 62ND UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: GREECE ON PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA GR |
07ATHENS2068 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO FM [...] (C) Greek focus on the Macedonia name issue continued on October 16 when FM Dora Bakoyannis briefed the Cabinet on developments. In her comments after the meeting, FM Bakoyannis again stressed the importance of finding a mutually acceptable name that is &composite and distinct,8 distinguishi [...] | 2007-10-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL MK |
07ATHENS2075 | GREEK POLITICIANS -- RIGHT AND LEFT -- TURN OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek politicians from both government and opposition parties formed part of an overflow crowd at an October 17 event in honor of former Cypriot President Clerides. Two former prime ministers -- Mitsotakis and Simitis -- defended Greece's past handling of the Cyprus problem an [...] | 2007-10-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR CY |
07ATHENS2078 | WHO DOES EVANGELOS VENIZELOS THINK HE IS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vigorous campaigning is underway across Greece as candidates for the leadership of opposition socialist PASOK try to rally support. The real battle is between incumbent George Papandreou and main challenger Evangelis Venizelos (the third candidate, Skandalides, is assumed to h [...] | 2007-10-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP GR |
07ATHENS2089 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: MANAGING A NATO INVITATION [...] (C) Before April, 2008, NATO will take decisions on enlargement; Macedonia's candidacy is complicated by its long-standing difference with Greece over Macedonia's name. We see no possibility of arriving at an agreed, final resolution of the name issue between the two parties prior to the Apri [...] | 2007-10-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
07ATHENS2095 | JOCKEYING BEGINS TO REPLACE AILING GREEK ARCHBISHOP [...] (C) Summary. As the ailing Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos prepares to return to Greece from the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, potential successors have begun to position themselves for what is seen as his likely death within the next six months. The position of Archbi [...] | 2007-10-23 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
07ATHENS2103 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: MACEDONIAN ATHLETES DEPART FROM [...] (U) This message has been cleared with Embassy Skopje. 2. (SBU) Emboff met October 23 with Greek MFA Macedonia Desk Officer Nicholas Plexidas to follow-up ref and press reports that the Macedonian 133-member team of youth athletes had walked out on October 20 from the week-long "Southeaste [...] | 2007-10-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
07ATHENS2117 | MACEDONIA'S AMBASSADOR CONVINCED GREECE WILL VETO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting, Macedonia's Ambassador to Greece, Blagoj Handziski, told Charge that he was now convinced Greece would make a name change a precondition for Macedonia's NATO entry. Handziski emphasized that NO Macedonian government could accept that. The only solutio [...] | 2007-10-26 07:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
07ATHENS2120 | FRUSTRATED NEW DEMOCRACY PARLIAMENTARIANS BEHAVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just weeks after the New Democracy government's re-election, a small nmber of disappointed ND MPs have begun behavig badly. Normally, their verbal pot shots at Karamanlis would make few waves in the media or with the public. But Karamanlis's two-seat prliamentary majority giv [...] | 2007-10-26 13:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS2130 | DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE PRESSES ON BILAT [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraphs 2 and 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a 10/29 meeting with Charge, Deputy Minister of Defense Plakiotakis asked when the U.S. would host Greece in the annual High Level Consultative Committee (HLCC). An annual Hion u [...] | 2007-10-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS2132 | GREEKS EAGER TO COOPERATE ON BLACK SEA ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a readout of the October 25 BSEC FMs' meeting, MFA participant Ambassador Metaxas said it had been a "very tough meeting," which ultimately proved a success. Greece had opposed the proposed admittance of Iran, Japan, and Cyprus as BSEC observers because of the second-class stat [...] | 2007-10-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA ECON EWWT GR |
07ATHENS2133 | GREECE STICKS TO EU LINE ON CUBA [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref a and b points on, respectively, human rights actionQ embargo resolution toRallis, deputy directorate for International OQatzourou, European corre0 Directorate for the Ehd Security, and Chricounsellor of the MFA A8 Latin America Directorate. On the UN embargo r [...] | 2007-10-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CU UNGA GR PREL |
07ATHENS2138 | PSI: PRESIDENT OF UNION OF GREEK SHIPOWNERS SAYS [...] (U) This message contains action requests -- see paragraphs 6 and 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Nikos Efthymiou, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS),told Charge Oct. 30 that the U.S. and Greece should "get on with" concluding a PSI Shipboarding Agreement now that [...] | 2007-10-31 07:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR |
07ATHENS2149 | GREEK ROMA: ILLEGAL CAMPS SQUALID -- BUT [...] (C) Roma in Greece -- both citizens and illegal migrants -- face increasing efforts by Greek authorities and businesses to evict them from squalid squatter camps around the country. Most Greeks have little sympathy for what they see either as a "lifestyle choice" or an intractable, unsolvab [...] | 2007-11-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS216 | FOLLOW-UP ON GREEK AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Bakoyannis' intervention at the January 26 informal NATO Ministerial on Afghanistan included announcement of welcome new GoG monetary contributions to counter-narcotics and the Hungarian-led PRT in northern Afghanistan, as well as M-60 tanks for the ANA. Bakoyannis made [...] | 2007-02-01 14:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS GR |
07ATHENS2164 | IAEA/IRAN: POINTS ON MID-NOVEMBER REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA AORC GR |
07ATHENS2171 | GREECE AND RUSSIA: THE GROWING TIES -- THAT BIND? [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, economic, political, religious, and cultural ties between Greece and Russia have deepened and broadened. Increased economic cooperation -- particularly in the energy field -- has been the most conspicuous area of growth, but [...] | 2007-11-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU GR |
07ATHENS2176 | OSCE/RUSSIA: POINTS DELIVERED ON ODIHR OBSERVATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM RS GR |
07ATHENS2177 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: WHAT'S IN A NAME? (OR IN THIS [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Skopje. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) On November 2, GOG aircraft carrying CHOD Grapsas to Belgrade diverted in flight to avoid overflying Macedonia, due to concerns with the flight designator code assigned by Macedonian authorities. The [...] | 2007-11-08 06:36:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR |
07ATHENS2199 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: MFA FINDS NIMETZ PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 9 meeting with MFA Secretary General Agathocles, Charge summarized Ambassador Nuland's message to the GOM: time was short if it planned to meet NATO standards. Nuland had also urged the GOM to participate fully in the Nimetz negotiations (and stop negotiating via [...] | 2007-11-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
07ATHENS2205 | PAPANDREOU WINS PASOK LEADERSHIP ELECTION -- AS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou was re-elected on Sunday following a grueling two-month battle against challenger Evangelos Venizelos. His victory has deflected criticism blaming him for PASOK's loss in September's general elections. Venizelos has no inte [...] | 2007-11-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS2226 | G/TIP MESSAGE: MORE WORK NEEDED IN GREECE [...] (C) In a series of meetings in late October with MFA, MOJ, police contacts and NGOs, G/TIP and EUR/PGI representatives discussed the GOG's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The Greeks pushed hard for Greece's inclusion in Tier One in the 2008 TIP Report. U.S. representatives ac [...] | 2007-11-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM |
07ATHENS2234 | GREECE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) On November 16, Poloff delivered reftel points on democracy in Venezuela to Counselor Maria Alerta, D4 Directorate on Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Alerta agreed that the proposed constitutional amendments of the GoV would create problems. She also noted that the [...] | 2007-11-16 14:02:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EUN VE GR |
07ATHENS2236 | GREEK POSITIONS ON NOV 19-20 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the November 19-20 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) to MFA A11 EU Common Foreign Policy Directorate Counselor Antonia Katzourou. (NOTE: Katzourou recently replaced A11 Counselor Penny Douti, who has transferred to Moscow [...] | 2007-11-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV GR BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE |
07ATHENS2256 | OSCE MINISTERIAL - GREECE FOCUSED ON CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) PolMil Chief met with MFA OSCE Department Head Nicolas Patakias 11/20 to review priorities for the November 29 - 30 OSCE Ministerial. Patakias thanked us for the reftel points noting that he had drawn "very extensively" from them in drafting briefing material for FM Bakoyiannis. 2. ( [...] | 2007-11-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE KCFE PREL PGOV PHUM GR |
07ATHENS2260 | GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS TO A@ [...] (C) On Nove` the Secretary's inv@nis to attend the Anna) to chief of the MinisQplomatic cabinet, Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis. Chalastanis said Bakoyannis was delighted to receive the invitation and accepted. Bakoyannis would like to make an intervention at the conference, and her office wo [...] | 2007-11-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CVIS IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS2271 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED - GREEKS REPORT [...] (C) Greek MOD officials report that Greece has substantially resolved all remaining issues related to the presence in Cyprus of defense articles provided by the United States to Greece. A few remaining steps will be completed this week -- primarily removal of 5 M88s that were provided to Gre [...] | 2007-11-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NATO CY GR TU |
07ATHENS2278 | GREECE: U.S.-IRAQ DECLARATION "POSITIVE NEWS" [...] (C) On November 27, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points and text of the declaration on the long-term relationship between the U.S. and Iraq to Giorgos Ayfantis, Deputy Head of the MFA A-6 Directorate for Middle East Issues. 2. (C) Ayfantis regarded the signing of the declaration as a very p [...] | 2007-11-28 09:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ GR |
07ATHENS2288 | MACEDONIA NAME DISPUTE AND NATO ACCESSION: GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 29, Charge delivered ref A points to MFA SecGen Agathocles. Agathocles's response was frank: in his view, the U.S. failed to appreciate Greece's concerns. The GOG was not bluffing; the name issue must be resolved before the 2008 Bucharest Summit, or the [...] | 2007-11-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK NATO |
07ATHENS2305 | FM BAKOYANNIS FOCUSED ON KOSOVO, MACEDONIA IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite visits this week by Egyptian President Mubarak, Turkish FM Babacan, and UN mediator Nimetz, FM Bakoyannis focused on two main issues in her December 3 introductory meeting with Ambassador Speckhard: Kosovo and Macedonia. On Kosovo, she "unofficially" urged delaying a s [...] | 2007-12-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
07ATHENS2320 | KOSOVO: GREEKS WILL SUPPORT DECISION ON EU RULE [...] (C) Greek MFA Deputy Director for South East Europe Tsoungas told us 12/7 that Greece will "follow EU consensus" SIPDIS and support a decision to establish a rule of law mission in Kosovo, even should there be a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). Tsoungas noted, "we still have q [...] | 2007-12-07 13:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS GR SR YI |
07ATHENS2321 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEKS WELCOME ACCELERATED [...] (C) The Greek MFA has welcomed UN Mediator Nimetz' acceleration of talks. However, the Greeks are skeptical of Nimetz' most recent proposal and deeply suspicious of Skopje's intentions. The Greeks have agreed to Nimetz' suggestion that the next round be in Skopje, followed by a round in Ath [...] | 2007-12-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK |
07ATHENS2324 | GREECE/TURKEY: BABACAN VISIT "CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE" [...] (C) GOG officials positively portrayed Turkish FM Babacan's December 3 - 5 visit to Athens as an "important step forward." Although there was no movement "on the core issues," Babacan and FM Bakoyannis announced additional confidence building measures (CBMs) that would require greater mil-to [...] | 2007-12-07 16:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PTER CY GR TU |
07ATHENS2336 | GREECE EAGER TO HELP AFTER ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece saw Annapolis as a "very positive step," particularly in the commitment shown by both the Israelis and Palestinians, according to top Greek Middle East expert Ambassador Papaioannou, who accompanied FM Bakoyannis to the conference. It was important now to keep up the momen [...] | 2007-12-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL AMGT KPAO GR IS LE |
07ATHENS2340 | KOSOVO: GREECE RECEPTIVE ON RULE OF LAW MISSION, [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met 12/12 with Greek MFA Acting Director for South East Europe Tsoungas to deliver ref A points on Kosovo. Tsoungas made the following points in reply: -- EU Rule of Law Mission: Greece has taken a decision "not to block" an EU decision to establish a ESDP Rule of Law [...] | 2007-12-12 12:55:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI GR |
07ATHENS2347 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met 12/12 with MFA Senior Non-Proliferation Officer Dionyssios Kyvetos to deliver ref papers on cluster munitions. Kyvetos, who attended the December 5 - 7 meeting in Vienna of the Oslo Process, was unequivocal in reply: Greece strongly supports U.S. concerns about the O [...] | 2007-12-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO GR |
07ATHENS2375 | GREEK PM IN MOSCOW: RHETORIC (APPARENTLY) [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 17-18 visit to Moscow, Greek PM Karamanlis signed with Russian President Putin and Bulgarian President Parvanov an agreement establishing a company to construct the Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline through Bulgaria and Greece. Press reports also indicate Puti [...] | 2007-12-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ENRG EPET GR KPRV PGOV PREL RS |
07ATHENS2386 | KARAMANLIS IN MOSCOW: PAR@THENS 2375 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL KPRV GR |
07ATHENS255 | OPPOSITION PASOK TRIES -- AND FAILS -- TO TOPPLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou publicly challenged Prime Minister Karamanlis' government, calling for a censure (i.e., "no confidence") vote in Parliament and immediate elections. After a weekend of debate, his motion was soundly defeated. Most analyst [...] | 2007-02-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS291 | ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: MAYORS OF ATHENS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Municipal elections brought a change of leadership this January in the Greek capital of Athens and the nearby port capital of Piraeus. The two neighbors share common problems, including a mounting trash crisis due to the lack of available landfill. Athens' center-right New De [...] | 2007-02-09 05:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS301 | GREEK VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE FEBRUARY 12-13 GAERC [...] (C) On February 9, Poloffs delivered GAERC reftel A, B, and C points to Ioannis Vikelidis, responsible for EU-Transatlantic Relations in the MFA's Foreign Relations Directorate. On specific agenda items, he noted the following: -- Kosovo/Serbia: According to Vikelidis, Kosovo would be ad [...] | 2007-02-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR IR IS |
07ATHENS303 | PSI: SHIPOWNERS ALMOST THERE, FOCUS SHIFTS TO MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) President Nikos Efthymiou expressed a desire to conclude a U.S./Greece shipboarding agreement as soon as possible, said the UGS had not been consulted on the latest text provided to the Embassy by the MFA (re [...] | 2007-02-09 16:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR |
07ATHENS347 | OPPOSITION LEADER PAPANDREOU OUSTS (THE WRONG?) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just a week after its unifying "no confidence" motion against the Karamanlis government (reftel),opposition PASOK is once again roiling with internal dissention. The cause: statements by shadow FM Pangalos questioning policy that prohibits police from entering university camp [...] | 2007-02-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS362 | CFE ENTITLEMENTS: GREEK COUNTER-PROPOSAL ON MOU [...] (C) On February 20, DepPolCouns met with MFA D2 Deputy Director Chronis Polychroniou to discuss ref d points, which Embassy had delivered to Polychroniou's office last week during his absence. Polychroniou provided a counter-proposal on the draft MOU, which he said the GoG would now prefer to [...] | 2007-02-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO KCFE GR |
07ATHENS385 | DRAFT GREEK LETTER ON CYPRUS ARMS PLAN [...] (C) On February 22, MFA General Secretary Charalambros Rocanas provided Ambassador with a draft copy of a letter outlining GoG plans to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin arms to Cyprus (text of draft letter in para 3 below). Rocanas proposed that, if the draft were acce [...] | 2007-02-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS436 | MTCR: GREEK MFA ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO UAV/CRUISE [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel MTCR points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos reported that the Government of Greece (GOG) was in agreement with the U.S. proposal on Modifications to UAV/Cruise Missile Criteria, which [...] | 2007-03-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MTCRE PARM ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA GR |
07ATHENS441 | GREECE ONBOARD WITH U.S. ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On March 1, Poloff raised ref a points with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos confirmed that Greece had not been invited to, nor did it send any officials to participate in, the February 22-23 Oslo cluster muniti [...] | 2007-03-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS458 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MARCH 5-6 GAERC MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EUN KPAL BK YI IS IR AF SU |
07ATHENS459 | AEGEAN MIGRAINE: GREECE REACTS TO NATO EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 decision to withdraw NATO participation from the February 27 Noble Archer exercise over the Aegean island of Agios Efstratios has created an uproar in Greece. The Greek press blasted NATO for being "duped by Turkey" into believing the island's status was under disp [...] | 2007-03-02 17:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS481 | CFE: GREEK UPDATE [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref. g points to MFA D2 NATO Directorate deputy chief Chronis Polychroniou, who said the GoG agreed with the U.S. position on the cross-group stationing paper and supported draft option 1. Polychroniou also said the MFA had forwarded to the MOD the text of the latest [...] | 2007-03-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GR |
07ATHENS512 | OPPOSITION PASOK'S NEW PLATFORM -- READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou's new electoral party platform, introduced March 3-4 at a stadium-sized rally, contains a mix of ambitious proposals ranging from smaller government to 24/7 universal health care. Some press critics have dubbed it the "Sego platform," [...] | 2007-03-09 15:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS520 | SCENESETTER FOR FM BAKOYANNIS' MARCH 22 VISIT TO [...] (C) FM Dora Bakoyannis arrives in Washington with one item at the top of her agenda: Greek participation in the Visa Waiver Program. Several months ago, she had hoped this could be a March "deliverable" for a visit by PM Karamanlis. We've lowered her expectations (and the Karamanlis visit is [...] | 2007-03-12 16:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS532 | GREEKS EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL [...] (C) In response to March 6 joint demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism delivered by Ambassador Ries and Russian Ambassador Vdovin (ref b),MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas on March 12 sent a SIPDIS letter to Ambassador stating that Greece "gladly" endorsed t [...] | 2007-03-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP GR |
07ATHENS533 | STRONG GREEK REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22, the Greek MFA made a moderate statement in line with German statements noting that the Russian general,s mischaracterizations of the MD program were unhelpful. Greek press reaction to the MFA,s statement was swift and strongly negative. Much of the media followed [...] | 2007-03-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GR |
07ATHENS550 | PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON GREEK ISLAND OF AGIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent dispute between Greece and Turkey over the status of the island of Agios Efstratios, which led to NATO's cancellation of its participation in a February 27 exercise, has received major press and government attention here. The GoG instructed its Pemrep to NATO Ambassador [...] | 2007-03-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS559 | FM BAKOYANNIS OUTLINES GOALS FOR HER MARCH 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of her March 19-23 visit to the U.S., FM Bakoyannis told the Ambassador of her hope that the visit can result in a clear indication by the Secretary of political support for Greece's entry into the Visa Waiver Program. She also pressed for a U.S. statement supporting [...] | 2007-03-16 12:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS581 | DAS BOOT DOMINATES GERMAN,S VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (SBU) On March 12, German Defense Minister Dr. Franz Josef Jung met with Greek Minister of Defense Meimarakis to discuss bilateral defense cooperation issues, defense and security priorities of the German EU presidency, and the overall situation in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterra [...] | 2007-03-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR GR |
07ATHENS616 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel request for Greek assistance in detainee resettlement to Foreign Minister Bakoyannis March 26. Bakoyannis, who had just returned from a visit to the U.S., responded that she would discuss our request with PM Karamanlis. She promised a more comprehensive resp [...] | 2007-03-26 08:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC GR |
07ATHENS638 | REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Rocanas stated that FM Bakoyannis wanted to respond helpfully to the U.S. request for Guantanamo detainee resettlement. However, there were a number of questions the GOG needed to have answered [...] | 2007-03-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC GR |
07ATHENS676 | DAS BRYZA VISIT TO GREECE: FOCUS ON ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his March 13 meetings with GOG officials EUR DAS Bryza underscored the importance of energy diversity for regional development and Azerbaijan's commitment to provide sufficient gas for the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline. Both the MFA and Development Ministry officials were co [...] | 2007-04-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS685 | MY WAY: GREECE AND NATO TRANSFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's fulfillment of its commitment to the NATO Alliance in terms of defense transformation has been, at best, mixed. Greece has taken some steps to reform its military doctrine and strategic and tactical thinking. It also has introduced some new institutions and procured new [...] | 2007-04-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS686 | GREEKS STUDYING CYPRUS ARMS COUNTER-DRAFTS [...] (C) On April 4, Ambassador delivered U.S. counter-draft of the Greek letter on a plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus (ref c) and proposed U.S. response letter (ref a) to MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas and Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admir [...] | 2007-04-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL NATO CY GR |
07ATHENS716 | SCENESETTER FOR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurt: Welcome to Athens! Your expertise on NATO/EU issues will send an important message to GOG officials: that we see Greece as a productive partner on such key issues as Afghanistan, Kosovo, Balkans development, and a stable Middle East. Greece's reflexive anti-Americanis [...] | 2007-04-11 07:47:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP GR |
07ATHENS732 | GEORGIA: GREEK OPPOSITION TO PSC PROPOSALS: IT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 12, DCM met with the MFA PolDir Ambassador Vassilopoulos to discuss reftel Georgia issues in advance of P/DAS Volker's imminent visit to Athens. DCM explained the U.S. desire for EU consensus in the PSC and U.S. concern over Greece's role in opposing consensus. Vassilop [...] | 2007-04-12 12:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS77 | ROCKET GRENADE ATTACK ON EMBASSY ATHENS -- MINIMAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: At 0555 local time January 12, a rocket-propelled grenade struck the front of the Embassy. Damage was limited, there were no casualties. In an anonymous phone call, the anarchist terrorist group "Revolutionary Struggle" appears to have claimed responsibility. The grenade itse [...] | 2007-01-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER GR |
07ATHENS772 | CYPRUS ARMS: COMING TO CLOSURE ON EXCHANGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, MFA Secretary General Rocanas presented four suggested changes to the proposed exchange of letters between the U.S. and Greece to resolve the long-standing issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus. Rocanas noted that none of the proposals c [...] | 2007-04-18 10:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS787 | GOG CONSIDER U.S. REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) In an April 17 meeting, Ambassador met with MFA Secretary General Rocanas to provide reftel answers to GOG SIPDIS questions regarding resettlement of Guantanamo detainees. Ambassador clarified the two categories of detainees, and told Rocanas that we would provide additional personal d [...] | 2007-04-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS788 | BALKAN CHODS' MEETING OVERSHADOWED BY TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 18-19, Balkan region chiefs of defense (CHODs),as well as U.S. Naval Forces Europe Commander Admiral Ulrich, attended the first of what have now been agreed to be annual Balkan CHOD summits. Greek press attention thus far has been focused on Turkish CHOD General Buyuka [...] | 2007-04-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS790 | GREEK FIRM CLAIMS BREAKTHROUGH IED TECHNOLOGY-- [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13-14 April 2007, Embassy DATT, ODC representative, and PolOff visited Soukos Robots facilities in Larissa. The purpose of the visit was to gather information on and/or solicit a demonstration of an invention that Konstantinos Soukos claims can identify and disable improvised [...] | 2007-04-20 06:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR |
07ATHENS793 | GREECE: GAERC DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) On April 19-20, DepPolCouns delivered ref a and b points to MFA A11 Directorate for European Cooperation Correspondent Penny Douti and C1 Directorate for EU External Relations First Secretary Ioannis Vikelidis. 2. (C) Their substantive comments on issues included the following: -- S [...] | 2007-04-20 10:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL KPAL IS IR GR |
07ATHENS798 | GREEK REFUGEE CAMP: NO IMPLICATIONS FOR VISA [...] (C) On March 6, DHS Undersecretary Emilio Gonzalez and a team of DHS officials visited the Greek refugee camp in the town of Lavrio, approximately 75 kilometers from Athens. During the one-hour meeting and tour of the facility, U/S Gonzalez observed several poster-sized photographs of the outl [...] | 2007-04-20 14:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS GR |
07ATHENS80 | MFA ON AEGEAN ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA and MOD sources deny the Greek and Turkish CHODs ever agreed on fighter jets flying unarmed intercepts over the Aegean. Sources said that such an agreement would be "unwise" and that CHOD Chinofotis had no authority to make such an arrangement. Despite some recent nega [...] | 2007-01-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR GR |
07ATHENS864 | PM KARAMANLIS OUSTS EMPLOYMENT MINISTER OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to address public unhappiness over mishandling of pension funds, PM Karamanlis fired Employement Minister Tsitourides and replaced him with a party stalwart. Karamanlis' real motive, however, was to put the scandal behind him. His New Democracy government -- likel [...] | 2007-04-30 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS865 | GREECE WELCOMES COLLABORATION ON CFE/RUSSIA [...] (C) On April 30, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the CFE Treaty and Putin's April 26 remarks to D1 Directorate for NATO Issues deputy chief and Greek HLTF representative Chronis Polychroniou. Polychroniou agreed fully with the proposal to work together to devise a common strategy for a [...] | 2007-04-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PARM NATO KCFE GR |
07ATHENS936 | DEFENSE MINISTER MEIMARAKIS: MAN OF MYSTERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Meimarakis -- who generally avoids diplomats -- ventured out for a rare lunch with the Ambassador on May 4. The elusive Meimarakis, accompanied by GDDI Procurement Director Vangelis Vassilakos, International AFfairs Deputy Chief Demosthenies Stoides and Diploma [...] | 2007-05-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS945 | AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT: GREECE WILL BACK [...] (C) BASED ON OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH GOG OFFICIALS, IT IS MY ASSESSMENT THAT GREECE WILL BACK CANDIDACIES BY SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR THE UNHRC. THE GOG RECOGNIZES THE CONSEQUENCES OF PUTTING BELARUS ON THE COUNCIL, TERMING IT "OUT OF THE QUESTION" (REF B). BOSNIAS CANDIDACY MEETS THE GOG'S ST [...] | 2007-05-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS97 | FM BAKOYANNIS DISCUSSES RPG ATTACK, KOSOVO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with FM Bakoyannis on January 17, Ambassador updated FM Bakoyannis on investigations into the January 12 RPG strike on the Embassy, emphasizing that the U.S. was satisfied with the cooperative attitude and thorough approach of Greek authorities to date. Bakoyanni [...] | 2007-01-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO PINS MARR MOPS GR |
07ATHENS996 | GREEK CONCERNS ABOUT ATTENDING GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings on May 16 with MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas and the Director of the SIPDIS D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations Ambassador Fotis Xydas, DCM heard Greek concerns about attending the Global Initiative (GI) to Comb [...] | 2007-05-17 10:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR MK |
07BAGHDAD1 | JAM INFLUENCE IN MOJ/IRAQI CORRECTIONS SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has enjoyed a reputation for running safe and humane prisons, Embassy officers have catalogued a number of recent incidents that indicate increased influence and infiltration of Jaysh-al-Mahdi (JAM) elements within the MOJ, specifically in th [...] | 2007-01-01 06:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD1000 | CHALABI DISCUSSES NEW DIRECTIONS FOR POPULAR [...] (C) Summary: Ahmad Chalabi, chair of the Baghdad Security Plan's popular mobilization committee, told PRToffs March 21 that his latest efforts focus on mosque re-openings, ensuring the distribution of food rations to unstable areas, and detainee inquiries. Chalabi had several guests he said w [...] | 2007-03-22 13:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1005 | HEWAR LEADER SALIH AL-MOTLOQ ASKS FOR US SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM on March 20, Sunni Hewar leader Salih al-Motloq said Iraq needs a new, liberal government now because Iraqis are fed up with religious parties and the government's inability to provide security and services. Motloq said the three years before the next e [...] | 2007-03-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1006 | ACTION REQUEST: PURSUING A GSOMIA WITH IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) The Iraqi military is increasingly buying major U.S. military equipment and technology that includes restricted material. In the absence of a bilateral General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA),these procure [...] | 2007-03-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1009 | IRAQI PM DISCUSSES EXPANDED MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, PM Nuri al-Maliki confirmed that he wanted the expanded neighbors ministerial conference, which would include Iraq's neighboring countries, the G5, and the P8, to happen in conjunction with the next International Compact for Iraq (ICI) meeting. [...] | 2007-03-23 19:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1012 | NINEWA: SCIRI RESISTS KURD EXPANSIONISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 20 meeting with Ninewa IPAO Holtsnider, Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) members underscored that provincial must happen as soon as possible and before resolution of Ninewa's 'disputed territories' under the Iraqi Constitution's Article 140 to [...] | 2007-03-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PBTS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1033 | IRAQI PM AGREES TO ISTANBUL ICI AND NEIGHBORS-PLUS [...] (C) On March 24, Iraqi PM Maliki told the Ambassador he would agree to holding the Iraq Neighbors Conference ministerial in Istanbul if the other participants agree to a substantive agenda/outcome in advance with which Iraq is comfortable. He also agreed the P-5 and G-8 could be included. F [...] | 2007-03-25 21:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1035 | DIYALA SUPPORT COMMITTEE NAMES MEMBERS, FORMULATES [...] (C) In recent weeks, Baghdad-based Iraqi politicians from Diyala province have banded together to form a cross-sectarian group called the Diyala Support Committee (DSC). Building on efforts started in January and February (ref A and B),this committee aims to decrease violence in Diyala throu [...] | 2007-03-26 08:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1036 | RAMADI: SIGNS OF PROGRESS ON THE SECURITY FRONT [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY. The city of Ramadi has made significant progress on security, economic recovery, and governance since last summer. Attacks are down, ISF recruits are up, and there is a nascent city government. Anbaris themselves are turning increas [...] | 2007-03-26 08:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1037 | WAFIDAIN ARABS TO BE BLOCKED FROM VOTING IN [...] SUMMARY (C) Concern that the Article 140 Commission's Wafidain relocation program would be involuntary has lessened, but there are new concerns that Wafidain Arabs in Kirkuk may be blocked from voting in the Article 140 referendum. Although proponents of such a plan interpret Article 140 and [...] | 2007-03-26 08:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD1038 | IRAQI KURDISTAN VICE-PRESIDENT ON KIRKUK AND [...] (C) On March 13, Regional Coordinator and RRT Off met with Kosrat Rasoul at his highly secured hilltop residence in Sulaimaniyah. Rasoul is Vice-President of the Kurdistan Region and one of the highest ranking Politburo members in the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party. In response to our q [...] | 2007-03-26 10:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1039 | PUK REFORMIST LEADER IN IRAQI KURDISTAN CRITICIZES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The prominent Kurdish politician, Nashirwan Mustafa, co-founder of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Politburo and Peshmerga expressed to RRT Off his support for a strong Iraqi central government, modernization of the Peshmerga and an independent media and think tank to addr [...] | 2007-03-26 10:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1040 | BORDER INCIDENTS AND PKK PRESENCE IN DOHUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents along the Dohuk-Turkish border in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region average two to three per month. Local officials claim there are 750 Turkish forces permanently living inside Dohuk Province just inside the border of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. They also note there are 700 [...] | 2007-03-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1041 | SADRISTS TELL LOCAL COUNCILS IN SADR CITY TO SHUT [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT Reporting Cable. 2. (C) Summary: According to Sadr City District Council member Ali Swadi, Sadrist leaders put out a directive on March 18 to all local councils in Sadr City to cease operations and not cooperate with MNF units. Not all council members are in agree [...] | 2007-03-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1043 | POTENTIAL POLICY PLANNING INITIATIVE WITH IRAQI MFA [...] (U) The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has expressed an interest in establishing ties to the Department's Policy Planning staff and receiving training on strategic planning and dealing with longer term issues. Labid Abawi heads the MFA's policy planning staff and has reached out to t [...] | 2007-03-26 18:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1068 | IRAQI PALESTINIANS COMPLAIN OF PERSECUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Palestinians in Iraq continue to fear and experience persecution on account of their nationality. A police raid in a Palestinian compound on March 14 resulted in the death of a Palestinian guard, possibly the death of a Palestinian detainee, and allegations of abuse and torture b [...] | 2007-03-27 18:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV PREL KPAL KDEM YE IZ |
07BAGHDAD1069 | ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS FOR IRAQI CHILDREN IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Displacement and Migration would like to establish schools for Iraqi children in Jordan and Syria and will appeal to international donors to support the idea. While the Government of Iraq has not discussed the issue with the governments of Syria or Jordan, the M [...] | 2007-03-27 18:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ JO SY |
07BAGHDAD107 | MINISTER OF PLANNING SUPPORTS JOINT ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (C) Summary: The Treasury Attache and the Deputy Economic Minister Counselor met with the Minister of Planning, Ali Baban (Sunni- Tawafuq) on January 8 to seek his support for the Joint Economic Transition Plan. Minister Baban was enthusiastic about the framework, particularly the coordinati [...] | 2007-01-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1070 | NINEWA AND THE BRINKLEY GROUP -- FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Deputy U/S of Defense Paul Brinkley visited Mosul 10-11 March 2007 in his capacity as Director of the Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations, Iraq. He was briefed by Ninewa PRT Economics Section staff on state- and privately-owned industries in Ninewa suitable for priva [...] | 2007-03-27 18:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1071 | SADR CITY: NO PLACE FOR A MODERATE [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT Reporting Cable. 2. (C) Summary: The political tension brewing in Sadr City has reached a tipping point, as 19 members of Sadr City local councils have decided to flee to Kurdistan rather than risk being targeted by JAM for their moderate stance on cooperating with [...] | 2007-03-27 19:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1075 | A CLOSER LOOK AT THE IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leadership is seeking a closer and more strategic relationship with the United States - this was a central theme of Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's trip to Washington, D.C. in December 2006. To better assess a possible USG partnership with the IIP, [...] | 2007-03-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1081 | MARCH 23 FARDH AL QANOON EXECUTIVE STEERING [...] (C) Summary: The March 23 Fardh Al Qanoon (FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (ESC) continued to have several members absent including VP Mahdi, DPM Zawbai (due to assassination attempt),NSA Rubaie, Yassin Majeed, as well as other ministry officials. However, DPM Salih attended the meeting af [...] | 2007-03-28 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD1082 | IRAQI PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In mid-March, Fadel Jalal Mohammed, a member of the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) board, which oversees public service broadcasting in Iraq, confirmed to PolOffs that PM Maliki failed to seek Council of Representative's (CoR) approval when he fired the former IMN board and installed [...] | 2007-03-28 09:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAS ECPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1117 | AMBASSADOR WITH FM ZEBARI DISCUSS RIYADH SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: On March 30, the Foreign Minister warmly welcomed Ambassador Crocker to Iraq, accepted copies of his credentials, and discussed at some length the recent Arab League Summit in Riyadh. The GoI countered Saudi comments about an "illegal occupation" by noting Iraqi concurrence with [...] | 2007-03-31 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1118 | SUNNI VP HASHIMI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM on March 30, Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed his recent travel to Japan, Jordan, and Turkey. He cited Japan's extension of its law authorizing its air force mission in Iraq as a major success of the trip. Hashimi said that he gave Presid [...] | 2007-03-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO TU JA SA IR |
07BAGHDAD1122 | DCM DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LEGISLATION STATUS WITH [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On March 25, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the status of the package of hydrocarbon legislation. Shahristani said that drafts of all companion laws were ready -- revenue management, reconstitution of the Iraq National [...] | 2007-04-01 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1142 | COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES (COR) OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary In a March 28 meeting with econoffs, Dr. Ali Husayn Belu, the Chairman of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Oil and Gas Committee, indicated that: 1) the opposition to the framework Hydrocarbon Law did not have sufficient votes to alter the law as forwarded to the CoR by the Cou [...] | 2007-04-02 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1147 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN FAILING TO HELP IDPS RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad PRT contacts say the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) is failing to improve security conditions enough to allow internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return to their homes. Members of the Baghdad Provincial Council committee for migration and displacement told PRToff March 29 [...] | 2007-04-03 04:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1150 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON HYDROCARBON LAWS [...] (C) Summary: At an April 2 dinner with Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih, the Ambassador noted President Bush,s frustration with the GOI,s failure thus far to complete the hydrocarbon-related package of laws to send to the Council of Representatives. The DPM responded w [...] | 2007-04-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1151 | COR PREPARES TO SELECT ELECTIONS COMMISSIONERS [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Kahlid Al Attiya announced in the CoR on March 28 that the CoR leadership is moving forward on a process to appoint a new independent high electoral commission (IHEC). The goal is to have the new commission in place by the Ap [...] | 2007-04-03 18:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1154 | CHALABI AIDE SAYS POPULAR MOBILIZATION EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of the popular mobilization strand of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),told PRToff April 1 that Chalabi has been meeting with Sadr City community leaders. These leaders told Chalabi that Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) elements who had fled Baghdad are ret [...] | 2007-04-04 07:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1155 | PM ADVISOR, THAMIR GHADHBAN'S ADDRESSES STATUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 2 meeting with emboffs, PM Advisor, Thamir Ghadhban, described a series of actions that the GOI has taken to move the framework Hydrocarbon and related laws forward. The framework Hydrocarbon Law is currently being reviewed by the Shura Council. Because the Shura Co [...] | 2007-04-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1157 | TALABANI WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, DISCUSSES ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari March 31 to present his credentials. They discussed Talabani's trip to Riyadh for the Arab Summit and the side meetings he held with other Arab leaders, including a discussion on Kirkuk and the P [...] | 2007-04-04 09:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SA IR SY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1158 | COR SPEAKER MASHHADANI: THE U.S. MUST BE IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their March 25 meeting, new USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon told Iraqi Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani that security in Iraq must improve rapidly if Iraq hopes to retain U.S. domestic support. Mashadani acknowledged the need for increased political efforts, but [...] | 2007-04-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1159 | USCENTCOM COMMANDER TELLS MOI THAT SECURITY MUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, Admiral William J. Fallon, the Commander of USCENTCOM, stressed that Iraq's security must improve rapidly for continued U.S. political support. Minister Bolani responded that the initial results of Operation Fardh al- [...] | 2007-04-04 11:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1161 | AMBASSADOR CONCLUDES AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: During his final hours in Baghdad, Ambassador Khalilzad helped to conclude an agreement between President Talabani and Prime Minister Maliki on de-Baathification reform, formally known as the "Accountability and Reconciliation Law" (text below). Talabani and Maliki signed a cove [...] | 2007-04-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1163 | FM RELAYS MALIKI'S APPREHENSION OF THE NEIGHBOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki's deep suspicions of the Neighbor's Conference are preventing the selection of venue, stated Foreign Minister Zebari in an April 1 meeting with the DCM. Maliki favors Kuwait over or Istanbul. Zebari noted, however, that the Prime Minister is comfortable wi [...] | 2007-04-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1164 | GOI PERSPECTIVES ON NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to his April 1 discussion with the Foreign Minister (septel),the DCM engaged a number of GoI officials on the neighbors' conference. Continued skepticism of the potential gains of the conference, and fears of outside intervention, leave many in the GoI lukewarm about [...] | 2007-04-04 12:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1165 | AMBASSADOR CONCLUDES AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: During his final hours in Baghdad, Ambassador Khalilzad helped to conclude an agreement between President Talabani and Prime Minister Maliki on de-Baathification reform, formally known as the "Accountability and Reconciliation Law" (text below). Talabani and Maliki signed a cove [...] | 2007-04-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1167 | WHAT BAGHDAD'S GOVERNOR THINKS OF RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT Reporting Cable. 2. (C) Summary: Governor of Baghdad Province Hussein al-Tahan told PRTOff that he does not think any kind of outreach to Sunni political parties is worthwhile. Although he said he has met many of Baghdad's various political leaders, he scoffs at t [...] | 2007-04-04 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PINS |
07BAGHDAD1168 | BAGHDAD'S SADRISTS TOE MOQTADA'S LINE -- NO [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of the attempted assassination about three weeks ago of Raheem al-Duraji ) a district administrator or qa'im makam of Sadr City (often referred to as its mayor) ) Sadr City local councils (LC) have been withholding their [...] | 2007-04-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PINS |
07BAGHDAD1169 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 1 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, members of Codel McCain (Sen. John McCain (R-AZ),Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC),Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and Rep. Rick Renzi (R-AZ)) met with Iraqi VP Hashemi, DPM Saleh, FM Zebari, DefMin al-Mufriji, and National Security Advisor Rubai [...] | 2007-04-04 17:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1176 | IECI HEAD: NAJAF READY FOR 2007 PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Independent Electoral Commission for Iraq (IECI) in Najaf told PRT IPAOs that the province is ready to hold free and fair provincial elections when called for under controlling legislation. He dismissed fears of logistical compl [...] | 2007-04-05 05:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1177 | NAJAF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BULLISH ABOUT GROWTH [...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a March 24 meeting with PRT Najaf IPAOs, the President of the Najaf Chamber of Commerce and Provincial Council member, Mr. Zohair Shorba, identified the obstacles to Najaf's economic progress - lack of an investment code, inaccessibility of [...] | 2007-04-05 05:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1178 | BAGHDAD RESIDENTS EXPRESS EMERGING PESSIMISM OVER [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad residents from various parts of the city have expressed new pessimism over the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) during conversations with PRToffs over the past week. Shia contacts from both east and west Baghdad have said that Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) elements that previously fled [...] | 2007-04-05 05:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1183 | WASAN MEDIA AND CHALDEAN DETAINEES POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 5 human rights inspection at a Ministry of Interior (MoI) detention facility, PolOff located and identified eleven journalists from the Wasan Media Company, whose arrest has been the subject of intense scrutiny by international media organizations, and four Chal [...] | 2007-04-05 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM OPRC PGOV KDEM KPAS ECPS IZ JO |
07BAGHDAD1184 | COR SPEAKER ARGUES GOI MUST TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani April 1 at the Council of Representatives (CoR). Mashadani said he believed Iraq was making the transition from a country of chaos to one of institutions, but argued that these institutions were sectarian, and lacked capacity and coord [...] | 2007-04-06 05:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1185 | AMBASSADOR MEETS VP HASHIMI, TAWAFUQ LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Crocker paid an introductory call on VP Hashimi April 1; Tawafuq bloc leader Adnan Dulaimi, Tawafuq ministers, and CoR members were in attendance. The VP said he was eager to work together on the challenges facing Iraq, and cited reform of security institutions as the [...] | 2007-04-06 05:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1189 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ/EXPANDED NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: Following the Ambassador's intervention with Prime Minister Maliki late afternoon April 4, the Iraqis quickly finalized their internal agreement to pursue back-to-back conferences for the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) and Expanded Neighbors meeting, preferably in Egypt. [...] | 2007-04-06 17:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1190 | CHALDEAN CHURCH OFFICIAL CONVEYS DECISION ON MNF-I [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 5, Bishop Shlemoon Wardoni, the Vice Patriarch of the Chaldean Church conveyed the Church's decision to PolOff that the Coalition Forces must vacate the Combat Outpost currently located at the Chaldean Seminary in Baghdad's Doura district. Coalition Forces and the outpos [...] | 2007-04-06 18:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PGOV IZ VT |
07BAGHDAD1192 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH ANBAR LOCAL LEADERS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar cable. 2. (SBU) CODEL McCain traveled to Camp Ramadi in Anbar province on Apr 2 to meet with the U.S. Army brigade in Ramadi and with local Anbari leaders. The CODEL consisted of Senator John McCain (R-AZ),Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC),Representative Mike Pence (R [...] | 2007-04-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1193 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MINISTER OF OIL DR. HUSAYN [...] (C) Summary: On April 4, Ambassador Crocker held his first meeting with Minister of Oil Dr. Husayn Shahristani. Shahristani briefly outlined the state of the oil industry, and admitted that Iraq should be pumping more oil. He blamed the failure to do so completely on the security situation, c [...] | 2007-04-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD1210 | MINDEF QADIR WELCOMES AMBASSADOR BACK TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir Mohammed Jasim Al Mufriji hosted a dinner to welcome the Ambassador back to Iraq. Abdul Qadir introduced his key military leaders; provided a briefing on the status of the ministry; and stressed his commitment to sustaining a military [...] | 2007-04-08 05:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1213 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON DEATH PENALTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Upon returning to Iraq after a three week trip abroad, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim on March 27 clarified to PolOff her announcement of GOI's intention to eliminate the death penalty (made during a March 14 UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva). She said she believe [...] | 2007-04-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS KWAC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1226 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with UN Iraq Special Representative Gambari on April 7 to discuss the way ahead on the International Compact with Iraq (ICI). The following day Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Gambari co-chaired a meeting with ambassadors of the expanded prep group to announ [...] | 2007-04-09 10:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1231 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SCIRI CHAIRMAN ABDUL AZIZ AL HAKIM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD1240 | UIA REVIEWS OIL LAW [...] (C) Dr. Haider Abadi, chair of the Economic Committee at the Council of Representatives (CoR),described how the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) is reviewing the hydrocarbon framework law in an April 9 meeting with Deputy EconCouns and Econoff. He believes that the CoR can act quickly once the GO [...] | 2007-04-10 08:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD1245 | KARKH COMMAND: OPERATIONS IMPROVING, DETENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Karkh Area Command (KAC) is one of the Baghdad Operational Command,s two subordinate commands and is responsible for Fardh al Qanoon operations in west Baghdad. It houses Iraqi army and national police, as well as Coalition forces. Unfortunately, EmbOffs found little coordi [...] | 2007-04-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER PGOV MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD126 | AMBASSADOR URGES IRAQI LEADERS TO STEP UP AFTER [...] (C) Summary: On the morning of January 11, the Ambassador met seriatim with Iraq's parliament (Council of Representatives - CoR) Speaker Mashadani (Sunni),and Vice Presidents Hashemi (Sunni) and al-Mehdi (Shiite) to highlight key aspects of President Bush's speech, urge public statements in [...] | 2007-01-12 12:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1260 | ELECTIONS COMMISSION SELECTION OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (SBU) United Nations Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Senior Electoral Advisor Sandra Mitchell told poloff in a April 10 meeting that the selection process for the new Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is "off to a surprisingly good start." The Council of Representatives (COR) is implement [...] | 2007-04-12 05:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1262 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Executive Steering Committee met April 6 to review recent progress by its six committees. Prime Minister Maliki underscored the importance of the ICI, noting that all international partners had signed on except for Syria. Minister of the Interior Bolani said that MOI had [...] | 2007-04-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET KPAO PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1266 | KRG MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 9, 2007, meeting with econoffs and the Energy Attach, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources, Ashti Hawrami identified issues to be addressed by KRG and Government of Iraq (GoI) negotiators working on the hydrocarbon Revenue Management ( [...] | 2007-04-12 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD1268 | TERRORISTS SEEK NEW STRATEGIC TARGETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD127 | SENATOR BROWNBACK MEETS WITH IRAQI PM MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Iraqi PM Maliki, Senator Brownback gave a sober assessment of the U.S. political atmosphere on Iraq. The PM emphasized the importance of rapidly training and equipping Iraqi forces which, he said, would allow the U.S. to reduce its presence in Iraq i [...] | 2007-01-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1272 | COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES BOMBING -- INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Post has reached out to political party leaders and other political contacts in the aftermath of the April 12 bombing in the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR). The CoR is located in the Baghdad Convention Center in the International Zone and takes up virtually the entire building. [...] | 2007-04-12 19:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1278 | COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION [...] (C) Summary: In special session April 13, the Council of Representatives stood together with other GoI notables in defiance of the terrorist attack of the previous day. Many members attended in spite of formidable security hassles which made arrival at the assembly hall problematic. Some wa [...] | 2007-04-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD128 | SENATOR BROWNBACK MEETS WITH IRAQI VP MEHDI [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi, Senator Brownback conveyed the deteriorating U.S. domestic political sentiment over the war in Iraq and inquired about current Government of Iraq (GOI) strategies to improve the security situation. The Senator noted th [...] | 2007-01-12 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1282 | BAGHDAD POLICE COLLEGE: MORE THAN THE SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq continues efforts to establish a quality police training facility at the Baghdad Police College by this summer. Ongoing efforts include remedial construction at eight cadet barracks, facilities made infamous last fall because of [...] | 2007-04-14 18:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASIG IZ KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD1283 | NINEWA: TAL'AFAR'S BELEAGUERED SUNNI TURCOMANS [...] (C) Tal'Afar Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) officials met Team Leader Knight 5 April in the aftermath of the widely-reported 27 March Tal'Afar bombings and reprisal killings of Sunni Turcomans which followed. The ITF represents Sunni Turcomans; ITF representatives acknowledge that insurgents b [...] | 2007-04-14 19:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PTER PBTS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1293 | PRESIDENTIAL MONEY TRANSFERS IN IRAQ [...] (C) One of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's staff members described how the president transfers money in and out of Iraq in a meeting with Emboffs on April 11. He said that international money transfers of $500,000 dollars and up are usually conducted via informal networks; should the Presiden [...] | 2007-04-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1295 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Dr. Abbas Mehdi, the newly appointed chairman of the National Investment Commission, on April 10. Dr. Mehdi was appointed by the Council of Ministers on February 8, and is awaiting Council of Representatives approval. He said that he gave Prime Minster al Mal [...] | 2007-04-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD130 | RAMADI RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE: TRIBES WITH [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Sheikh Sattar Abu Risha, the leader of the &Awakening Council of Anbar,8 a group of anti-insurgent tribes in the Ramadi area, hosted an unprecedented meeting at his residence on Jan. 10 to discuss local reconstruction and to urge g [...] | 2007-01-13 06:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1302 | SARAFIYAH BRIDGE DESTRUCTION WIDENS SHIA/SUNNI [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The destruction of the Sarafiyah Bridge in central Baghdad represents more than damaged infrastructure; it is a strike against Baghdad's history, harms the city's economic productivity and both physically and symbolically widens the [...] | 2007-04-16 09:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1304 | PRT KIRKUK: PC BOYCOTT TALKS START, STOP AGAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Negotiations to end the Arab-Turkoman boycott of the Kirkuk Provincial Council began in earnest in February and March, focusing on division of top provincial positions, security and the return . However, talks have stopped as key players travel outside of Iraq, and several fa [...] | 2007-04-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD131 | ANBAR: DISPLACED SUNNIS LEAVE BAGHDAD FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Internally displaced persons (IDPs),virtually all of them Sunni Arabs from Baghdad, continue to enter the Fallujah area of Anbar province due to sectarian strife in Iraq,s capital. As a group, the IDPs in Anbar comprise only four percent of [...] | 2007-01-13 06:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1326 | NINEWA: COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES ENERGY CRISIS, [...] (C) Counselor Cohen met Ninewa Vice Governor Khasro Goran and members of Ninewa's Provincial Council at the Governor's guest house in downtown Mosul 28 Mar. Khasro took a surprisingly mild perspective on resolution of disputed territories in Ninewa, but emphasized the overwhelming obstacle t [...] | 2007-04-18 06:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PBTS PTER MASS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1329 | IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE CALLS FOR RAPID [...] (C) Summary: At the April 13 session of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih called the April 12 bombing of the Council of Representatives (CoR) troubling from a security standpoint, but a unifying event for the CoR. Sarafiya bridge, a [...] | 2007-04-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG KCRS KPAO MOPS PGOV PREF PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1333 | LOCAL KURDISH LEADER DISCUSSES KURDS IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Sadoon Shafi, head of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) office in Baghdad, discussed with Poloff April 5 the plight of Kurds living in Baghdad, saying that they find it very difficult to get contracts or find jobs. At the same time, he thought prospects were good for the PUK [...] | 2007-04-18 14:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1348 | KURDS CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR QUICK RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The approval by the Council of Ministers of the GOI Article 140 Committee's resolutions outlining procedures for the normalization of Kirkuk and other disputed areas has attracted renewed attention to an already hot topic. Publicly and in conversations with Poloff, Kurdish offic [...] | 2007-04-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1352 | FUEL TANKERS FROM BAYJI REFINERY TO SULAIMANIYAH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three main issues facing tanker companies charged with delivering refined fuel from Bayji refinery in Salah al-Din Province to Sulaimaniyah Province are: the number of authorized tankers, security and corruption. The number of scheduled tankers is authorized by the Ministry [...] | 2007-04-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON KCOR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1355 | DE-BAATHIFICATION LEGISLATION UPDATE: CHALABI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 9 meeting, IIP CoR members expressed some dismay that the Higher National De-Baathification (HNDBC) draft law had been accepted by the CoR De-Baathification Committee at the expense of a Tawafuq version. They had insisted on amendments to the HNDBC draft and said the [...] | 2007-04-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1356 | UIA OFFICIALS DISCUSS POSITION ON DE-BAATH REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 15 meeting, VP Mehdi told A/DCM that the UIA leadership had discussed the PM-President de-Baathification reform draft law at length, and accepted the general principles of the draft. He stressed that the Shia leadership's main concern was security implications of all [...] | 2007-04-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KJUS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD1357 | IIP TELLS AMBASSADOR "THIS WAS NOT THE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: During a three-hour meeting with the Ambassador, VP Hashimi and a number of high ranking IIP officials expressed frustration over Tawafuq's lack of meaningful participation in the GOI. As a result, Hashimi noted, the bloc was considering withdrawal from the government. Hashimi [...] | 2007-04-20 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD136 | IRAQI ARMY OFFICERS DISCUSS INTERNAL MILITIA [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In several discussions with Anbar PolOff in late December and early January, Iraqi Army (IA) officers based in the Fallujah area expressed concerns about Shia militia influence inside their ranks. If asked to fight the Mahdi Army (JAM) in par [...] | 2007-01-14 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1362 | PRT TIKRIT: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Salah ad Din provincial leadership, including the former Baathist Deputy Governor, has stated its support for the draft debaathification reform law, as agreed upon by President Talabani and Prime Minister al Maliki (reftel). [...] | 2007-04-21 17:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1364 | SUNNI TAWAFUQ VOICES FRUSTRATION WITH GOI, CALLS [...] (C) Summary: Statements by the Sunni Tawafuq bloc in recent weeks have indicated it is considering withdrawing from Iraq's national unity government due to its perception Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is not responding in a meaningful way to Sunni concerns. These concerns include their stro [...] | 2007-04-22 04:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1365 | IRAQI FORCES' CHIEF SAYS U.S. SUPPORT VITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 15 meeting, Commander General of the Iraqi Joint Headquarters Babakr Baderkhan Zibari told Senator Hagel and Representative Sestak that the Iraqi armed forces are growing in competence, loyalty, and numbers. Babakr said militia influence on the force was minimal and, c [...] | 2007-04-22 09:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL PINS IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD137 | MINDEF TELLS SEN BROWNBACK TERRORISM MORE [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with Senator Sam Brownback, (R/KS),Minister of Defense Abdul al-Qader Mohammed Jasim reported that the Iraqi Armed Forces are progressing but require continued U.S. military support, including additional troops for the next phase of the Baghdad Se [...] | 2007-01-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1377 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY; DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy (strictly protect) on March 27 complained that he receives little support within his ministry in addressing serious human rights problems in MOI detention facilities. He also reported an assassination attem [...] | 2007-04-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1379 | CHALABI AIDE DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),told PRToff April 5 that the Ministry of Trade is preventing distribution of food rations (known as the Public Distribution System, or PDS) to areas of west Baghdad for apparently secta [...] | 2007-04-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD138 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UK OFFICIALS IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: On January 12 UK Ambassador Asquith, accompanied by Ambassador Simon McDonald, head of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iraq Office, discussed with the Ambassador the implementation of the Baghdad Security Plan, the performance of Prime Minister Al-Maliki, the detention of [...] | 2007-01-14 14:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1382 | SRSG QAZI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS UNAMI ROLE, [...] (C) Summary: During an introductory meeting, the Ambassador and UN Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG),Ashraf Qazi discussed Iraq's regional relations, timing for provincial elections, Iran's regional ambitions, and a possible role for the UN in the Kirkuk Article 140 proc [...] | 2007-04-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1386 | IRAQ COMPACT: GOI ACTIONS AND POST RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The confluence of the May 3 Compact launch and the May 4 Neighbors, Conference adds a further important dimension to the Compact process. This message lays out embassy thoughts on how to get the greatest bounce from the Compact event and leverage the Saudi debt relief offer to [...] | 2007-04-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN |
07BAGHDAD1389 | PM ADVISOR SEES OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE SADRISTS, [...] (C) Sami al-Askari, advisor to Prime Minister Maliki and member of the Council of Representatives (CoR),told the A/DCM on April 18 that the "withdrawal" of the Sadrist ministers was a good step because it would give the Prime Minister freedom to choose new and better ministers. Asked if [...] | 2007-04-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1393 | IRAQ-IRAN PIPELINE PROJECT AND OIL/FUEL SWAP [...] (C)In an April 21 meeting, the State Oil Marketing Organization's head of the Crude Oil Marketing Commission told econoffs that he was under pressure to conclude a contract with Iran to swap crude oil for refined fuel products. The contract stems from Memoranda of Agreement signed by Oil Mini [...] | 2007-04-23 19:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1398 | SENATOR COLEMAN DISCUSSES INVESTMENT IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Senator Coleman (R-MN) met with the Chair of the National Investment Commission Dr. Abbas Mehdi on April 21, who described a lack of GOI support for a professional and effective Commission. Senator Coleman noted the importance of the development of the private sector and offered [...] | 2007-04-24 13:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1408 | ENDING TRADE BANK OF IRAQ'S MONOPOLY OVER LETTERS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 23 meeting with the President of the Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) Hussein Al-Uzry, Treasury Attache, CETI Coordinator and USAID Director, Deputy Prime Minster Barham Salih called for ending TBI's monopoly over GOI Letters of Credit (LC). "It's a bottleneck," DPM Salih sa [...] | 2007-04-25 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1426 | PRT TIKRIT: SALAH AD DIN DESPERATE FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din (SaD) is desperate for reconciliation, especially debaathification reform and reintegration of the former Iraqi Army (IA). In the new PRT Team Leader's round of introductory calls on the Governor, Deputy Governor, [...] | 2007-04-26 12:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1432 | UNAMI BROACHES POSSIBLE ROLE IN THE KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has suggested that it may be able to play a constructive role in resolving the final status of Kirkuk and other disputed territories as outlined in Article 140 in two "informal" documents given to poloffs by UNAMI Deputy Specia [...] | 2007-04-27 13:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1433 | FADHILA LEADER SHARES PLAN FOR CREATING MORE [...] (C) Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Fadhila bloc leader Hassan al-Shammari shared with PolCouns on April 24 Fadhila's plan to create a more effective opposition to the Maliki government. Al-Shammari characterized the government as weak and corrupt, but acknowledged that the CoR w [...] | 2007-04-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1434 | PM OFFICE BLAMES UNAMI STAFFER FOR BIASED HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki's staff has expressed concerns to post about what it characterizes as "inaccuracies and misrepresentations" in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) human rights report released April 24. UNAMI did not consult substantially with the GOI in [...] | 2007-04-27 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1436 | DAWA HOLDS PARTY CONFERENCE - BUT WHO IS THE [...] (U) The Dawa party held its first party conference since the fall of Saddam on April 19-21 at the Rashid Hotel in Baghdad's International Zone. Between 75 and several hundred party members (depending on whom one asks) from throughout Iraq attended the conference. Conference organizers invite [...] | 2007-04-28 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1437 | PRT TIKRIT: TRIBES SUBORDINATE TO PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In Salah ad Din (SaD),the provincial government is clearly the leader in policy and security, and the tribal sheikhs follow the government's lead. Representative of this relationship, ranking tribal authority and Sheikhs' Counc [...] | 2007-04-28 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1439 | AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES U.S. CONCERN ABOUT UNAMI [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed strong concern with UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) SRSG Qazi about content of UNAMI's human rights report released August 25. The report mischaracterized conditions for U.S.-held security detainees, failed to note Iraqi progress in some sectors, and [...] | 2007-04-28 19:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1463 | TWO DAWA LEADERS SAY DEBAATHIFICATION WILL BE HARD [...] (C) In separate conversations with PolCouns April 28 and 29, Dawa leaders and Council of Representatives (CoR) members Ali al-Adeeb and Haider al-Abadi mentioned small signs of Shi'a and Sunni politicians working together but indicated that deBaathification reform would be hard to achieve in t [...] | 2007-04-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD147 | CODEL BAYH/CLINTON/MCHUGH MEETS WITH IRAQI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, 2007 Senator Bayh (D-IN),Senator Clinton (D-NY) and Representative McHugh (R-NY 23) met with the Iraqi government leadership over lunch, and then held separate meetings with Prime Minister Al-Maliki and Vice President Abdul Mehdi. Many of the CODEL's questions foc [...] | 2007-01-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1474 | DPM SALIH ON BUDGET EXECUTION AND COMPACT [...] (C) In a meeting with Economic Counselor and Treasury Attache on April 30, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih discussed ongoing progress and challenges in improving GOI budget execution, and final preparations for the International Compact with Iraq launch on May 3. DPM Salih said that the G [...] | 2007-05-01 16:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1479 | ADHAMIYA WALL DIVIDES POLITICIANS FROM REALITY IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-02 05:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD148 | IRAQI PM OUTLINES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the PM briefed the Ambassador on his plans for implementing the new Baghdad security plan, in the presence of the team he has assembled: Shiite VP Mehdi, who will coordinate political support; Sunni DPM Zawbai, in charge of bringing services to cleared areas; Ku [...] | 2007-01-15 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1483 | MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TORTURE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On April 22, Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) employee Amar Sabrih (strictly protect) told PolOff Iraqi police tortured him and nine other detainees at a Baghdad police station near the Khadra area of Baghdad (Mahalla 639) during March 21 to 25. According to Sabrih, they conce [...] | 2007-05-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1498 | UK DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS BASRAH TO TRANSFER BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, UK Secretary of State for Defense Des Browne told the Ambassador that August is a key month for UK forces in Basrah. If all goes as HMG plans, Multi National Division-Southeast will transition Basrah to provincial Iraqi control (PIC) and hand the Basrah Palace keys ov [...] | 2007-05-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PNAT PINS MARR MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1499 | INTERMEDIATE RECONCILIATION MEASURES FOR PM MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: As intermediate reconciliation measures, PM Maliki could follow up on his March visit to Anbar with further outreach to Sunni areas; take steps to mitigate the effects of de-Ba'athification; appoint a senior Sunni adviser; make a targeted political push for a consensus candidate f [...] | 2007-05-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD15 | PRT TIKRIT: LOCAL POLITICIANS "REJECT IDEA" OF A [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. At a December 26 political roundtable, keyed-in Salah ad Din (SaD) politicians (all Sunni Arabs) "rejected the idea" that a national moderate front - potentially comprising SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP - could effectively wor [...] | 2007-01-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1500 | PM CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah commented on steps to improve the government's sectarian inclusiveness and the Iraqi perspective on Iranian attempts to exert influence in an April 29 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission. DCM reviewed Section 607 authority as [...] | 2007-05-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1506 | LOCAL SURVEY SHOWS STRONG OPPOSITION TO ADHAMIYA [...] (C) During an introductory meeting on May 3 convened by Adhamiya-Taji EPRT Team Leader, Adhamiya District Advisory Council (DAC) Deputy Chairman Dawood Aadhmi reported that he conducted a formal survey of 3,000 residents of the Adhamiya neighborhood. The survey offered respondents five optio [...] | 2007-05-06 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1507 | PRT TIRKRIT: SALAD AD DIN HAS NO CONFIDENCE IN PM [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with Salah ad Din (SaD) provincial government leaders, politicians, tribal sheikhs, and local imams, all say that meaningful reconciliation is not possible under the al Maliki administration. With their ident [...] | 2007-05-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1511 | ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS ON INTERMEDIATE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Reftel identified intermediate measures PM Maliki could take to keep momentum on reconciliation. We offer three additional thoughts. First, the PM's office should focus on making certain all reconciliation efforts are announced publicly and well-publicized when they happen, both in natio [...] | 2007-05-06 19:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1521 | CODEL BOND EMPHASIZES NEED FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 5 meeting with SCIRI chairman Abdelaziz al-Hakim, CODEL Bond--Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO),Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA),Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME),and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)--impressed on al-Hakim the importance of quick progress on key legislative issues related to [...] | 2007-05-07 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1525 | CHALABI AIDE DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION IN KARKH, [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),told PRToff May 1 that Chalabi,s staff met this week with Jaysh Al-Mehdi (JAM) and Sunni extremist elements from the Karkh district to promote reconciliation. The aide, Sermad Al-Qaisy, [...] | 2007-05-08 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1526 | CHALABI AIDE DISCUSSES DETAINEES, VIEWS ON GOI [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),told PRToff May 7 that Chalabi has received permission from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to place four lawyers each in three MOD detention facilities in the greater Baghdad area. He al [...] | 2007-05-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD153 | MINOIL RESPONDING TO PRESSURES TO ADVANCE [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: On January 14, emboffs and USG hydrocarbon legal advisor met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani and senior Ministry of Oil (MinOil) officials to discuss the status of the national hydrocarbon law. Shahristani has stepped-up efforts to produce a draft for presentat [...] | 2007-01-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
07BAGHDAD1531 | MINISTER OF PLANNING SAYS BUDGET EXECUTION IS [...] (C) In a May 7 meeting with Coordinator of the Economic Transition Ambassador Carney, Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban said that slow budget execution is a systemic, government-wide problem, although MoPDC data indicates that it is improving compared to 2006. [...] | 2007-05-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1536 | PART 1 OF 3: HOW SADRISTS TOOK SADR CITY COUNCIL [...] (C) This cable forms the first part of a three-part series on the relationship between the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and the Sadrists located in the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS). On May 4, poloff conducted a protracted interview with Heyder S. Zedan and Suaad A. Allami, tw [...] | 2007-05-09 06:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1537 | PART 2 OF 3: MODERATES ENDURE IN SADR CITY COUNCIL [...] (C) This is the second of three cables on the relationship between the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and the Sadrists located in the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS). On May 4, poloff conducted a protracted interview with Heyder S. Zedan and Suaad A. Allami, two leading moderates [...] | 2007-05-09 06:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1538 | PART 3 OF 3: WHOEVER RULES SADR CITY, RULES BAGHDAD [...] (C) This is the third of three cables on the relationship between the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and the Sadrists located in the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS). On May 4, poloff conducted a protracted interview with Heyder S. Zedan and Suaad A. Allami, two leading moderates on [...] | 2007-05-09 06:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1550 | ACCELERATING BUDGET EXECUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 10:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAID PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1552 | IDENTIFYING MODERATES IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. This cable is the first of a series describing political moderates in Baghdad and efforts to encourage and empower moderates. 2. (C) Summary: Baghdad Province is home to many people who reject violence as a means to achieve political ends, respect [...] | 2007-05-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1562 | COR DEPUTY SPEAKER GIVES UPDATE ON KEY LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a May 10 meeting with Khalid al-Attiya, First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives, PolCouns raised the following USG priorities: -- Provincial powers law. Al-Attiya said that the government had not yet forwarded its comments to the CoR and that he had urged Minister of [...] | 2007-05-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1569 | SCIRI STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: ECONOMIC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the first meeting of the US-SCIRI economic dialogue, both sides agreed on the need to coordinate economic activities with local partnership and engagement. Much of the discussion focused on the need to understand economic policy and to implement USG activities within a framew [...] | 2007-05-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1570 | KURDISTAN INTERIOR MINISTER ON MAY 9 TRUCK BOMBING [...] SUMMARY: (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of the Interior Sinjari told us that the May 9 truck bombing of the Ministry of Interior building in Erbil had killed 14 and wounded 123, and was carried out by Al-Kataib Kurdistan, an element of Al-Qaida. He said the organizers of the [...] | 2007-05-13 17:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1571 | PRT TIKRIT: SAMARRA'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. It has been cleared by the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (3/82) Brigade Combat Team (BCT),which is the Coalition Forces (CF) task force with responsibility for the province of Salah ad Din (SaD). 2. (C) SUMMARY. Amidst a deteriora [...] | 2007-05-13 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1572 | MG FASTABEND'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH IRAQI VP HASHEMI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Iraq's Sunni VP Tariq Hashemi, MNF-I Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Operations MG Fastabend underscored MNF-I support for Anbar province volunteers to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Coalition efforts to look into problems with recruits' pay; explai [...] | 2007-05-13 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1576 | CORRECTED COPY: ACCELERATING BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (C) Summary: Capital budget execution in Iraq is a problem acknowledged by all levels of the Iraqi government. The GOI recognizes that delivering goods and services is a vital aspect of economic governance, and a major element of the GoI's popular reputation. Given the importance of capital [...] | 2007-05-14 07:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL EAID PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1577 | TURKISH MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRAQ BORDER: [...] (C) SUMMARY. A well-placed Kurdish security official told IPAO that the level of recent shelling along the Iraqi-Turkish border was not unusual. He confirmed the location of seven Turkish military positions and two Turkish logistical offices inside Dohuk Province. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...] | 2007-05-14 07:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PTER MOPS IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1582 | MAY 11 IRAQ-EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The principal purpose of the May 11, 2007, Executive Steering Committee meeting was to obtain the Committee,s assessment of the effectiveness of Operation Fardh al-Qanoon (FAQ) to date. Prime Minister Maliki asked the Committee members whether the public felt that improvements are b [...] | 2007-05-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS IZ PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD1584 | MINDEF AGREES TO DETENTION REFORM AS POPULATION [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At the urging of MNSTC-I Commanding General Lieutenant General Dempsey, Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir agreed on May 6 to address the abuse and substandard detention conditions discovered recently by an MOD-led inspection team visit to the Baghdad military intelligen [...] | 2007-05-14 16:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1587 | IRAQ'S SCIRI PARTY HOLDS CONFERENCE, CHANGES ITS [...] (SBU) The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) held a party conference at its Baghdad headquarters on May 10 and 11. According to SCIRI contacts, several hundred people attended, including national and provincial leaders of SCIRI and the organizations under its umbrella [...] | 2007-05-15 04:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1588 | BAGHDAD MODERATES WANT CHANGES IN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. This cable is the second of a series describing political moderates in Baghdad and efforts to encourage moderate politicians and empower moderate movements. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Baghdad moderates are frustrated with Baghdad's governing elite and the p [...] | 2007-05-15 05:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1601 | BAGHDAD RESIDENTS DISAPPOINTED IN SECURITY PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, both Shia and Sunni Baghdad residents from all parts of the city have expressed to PRT Baghdad frustration with what they called the disappointing progress of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP). On the security front, most said dire security conditions still prec [...] | 2007-05-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1604 | INFORMAL COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES PETITION SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Post obtained a copy of a petition signed by a majority of Iraq's Council of Representative (CoR) members calling for a timeline for the withdrawal of MNF troops, which has been the object of much speculation (translation in para 7). The Sadr Bloc took the lead on rounding up 1 [...] | 2007-05-16 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1605 | CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE: PREPARING FINAL [...] (C) Summary. The Constitutional Review Committee's (CRC) May 15 deadline to submit its recommendations to the Council of Representatives (CoR) passed with measurable progress on key issues but without final consensus on issues such as resource distribution and power-sharing. The most compreh [...] | 2007-05-16 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1606 | DHI QAR: FIGHTING BETWEEN JAM AND IRAQI SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (C/REL MNC-I) Summary: This is a situation report on fighting in Dhi Qar Province between the Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) Militia, the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA)(hereinafter referred to collectively as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)) and elements of [...] | 2007-05-16 16:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1613 | BAGHDAD NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND (NEC) [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) In the wake of the indirect fire into the NEC on May 15, 2007, which resulted in the death of one and injury to five First Kuwaiti construction workers and damage to an NEC apartment block, I have instructed the RSO, in collaboration with [...] | 2007-05-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ABLD AMGT ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1614 | DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...] | 2007-05-17 17:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1620 | DEPUTY FM ON WORKING GROUPS: PARTICIPANTS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 14 meeting with PolCouns, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi updated on the status of working groups discussed at the March 10 Neighbors Conference and formalized at the May 4 Ministerial conference in Sharm el-Sheikh. The working groups will focus on border and secur [...] | 2007-05-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1622 | TALABANI DISCUSSES PRESIDENCY-PM MEETING, PCNS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 17, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said that a May 15 meeting between the Presidency and the Prime Minister (the so-called "Council of Four") had gone well and that Vice President Hashimi had seemed satisfied. He informed the Ambassador tha [...] | 2007-05-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1632 | PRT TIKRIT: DEPUTY GOVERNOR CALLS FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah H. M. Ajabarah al Jabouri called for the GOI to commit to a "reconciliation timeline" in a May 16 meeting with MNC-I CG LTG Odierno and MNF-I Deputy CG LTG Lamb. Saying "the GOI [...] | 2007-05-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1645 | BAGHDAD SADRISTS LIKELY TO WIN NEXT PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Provincial elections in Baghdad, if run as a single-district party-list vote, will most likely result in a Sadrist-dominated provincial government. Baghdad moderates believe Sunni citizens in Baghdad would be better [...] | 2007-05-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1646 | ADMIRAL FALLON URGES SIIC LEADER TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Abdelaziz al-Hakim, leader of the newly renamed Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC),CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon urged al-Hakim to use his leadership position to work toward reconciliation. Al-Hakim promised to do so, but noted that Iraq' [...] | 2007-05-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1648 | HOW TO GET A JOB AT THE BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Young men and women in Baghdad struggle with the challenges of finding jobs, starting families and living in a violent city. Ali Dabbagh, an office manager for the Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) Chairman, claims he did not get [...] | 2007-05-20 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1649 | CLARIFYING THE UN ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Michael Schulenburg told the SIPDIS Ambassador May 18 that UNAMI urgently needs a new UN resolution to update and expand its mandate. Schulenburg described what he termed a lack of political will at the UN as the mo [...] | 2007-05-20 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1650 | IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SITES COOPERATION DEFICIT [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani relayed the full slate of Sunni Tawafuq bloc complaints to the Ambassador May 19, noting the challenges facing the CoR as pressure builds for it to take on hydrocarbons and de-Ba'athification reform laws, which he stresse [...] | 2007-05-21 00:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1655 | COR'S ECONOMIC COMMITTEE REQUESTS BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (C) According to Council of Representatives and Economic Committee Member Amirah Al Baldawi, the Committee is beginning an aggressive program of its own to pressure both the national and provincial government to execute their capital budgets promptly. The Economic Committee will ask for prog [...] | 2007-05-21 09:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1659 | DCM VISITS KRG LEADERS, ADVANCING HYDROCARBON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 14-15, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Economic Minister Counselor met with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami, and the KRG Ministers of Interior and External Affairs to express US co [...] | 2007-05-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1660 | ROCKETS SLIGHTLY DAMAGE IRAQI PARLIAMENT BUILDING, [...] (C) At approximately three this afternoon two rockets (believed to be 107 mm) struck the Iraqi Parliament Building located in the International Zone (IZ). The Council of Representatives was not in session and there were no injuries and only minor damage to the structure reported. Ground rada [...] | 2007-05-21 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ MCAP MOPS PINS |
07BAGHDAD1662 | PRT ANBAR: IMPROVING SECURITY BRINGS PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Anbar Provincial Council held its first official meetings in the provincial capital of Ramadi in over a year on May 3 and May 13. Having fled to Baghdad in the face of insurgent threats in March, 2006, council members attribute [...] | 2007-05-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER ASEC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1664 | FADHILA AWAITS ANSWER FROM SADRISTS, JAFARI, IIP [...] (C) Fadhila bloc leader Hassan al-Shammari told PolOffs May 20 that he had recently traveled to Najaf to discuss Fadhila's proposal for a "national front" (ref A) with the Sadrists' political bureau. Despite his urging, al-Shammari said, the Sadrists told him they wanted to remain "independe [...] | 2007-05-21 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1665 | DCM MEETS WITH GOI LEADERS IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. On May 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and Economic Minister Counselor discussed the hydrocarbon revenue management law and upcoming hydrocarbon legislation negotiations with Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Tarik Abdullah, Minist [...] | 2007-05-21 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET KCOR EIND IZ |
07BAGHDAD1666 | MALIKI SAYS NEIGHBORS AND JAM ARE SERIOUS THREATS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told General Petraeus and the Ambassador May 17 that he was frustrated with his neighbors' continued treachery against him and Iraq. Maliki also expressed distress over Jaysh al-Mahdi and said he intended to act more aggressively against t [...] | 2007-05-22 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1680 | MAY 11 IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On May 18 Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki chaired the weekly Iraq-Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) meeting to discuss progress of supporting committees and their achievements over the last week in implementing Fardh Al-Qanoon (FAQ) initiatives and requirements. This week's [...] | 2007-05-22 10:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1696 | PM OF IRAQI KURDISTAN DISCOUNTS NATIONAL [...] (C) On May 17 outgoing Kurdistan Regional Coordinator Yellin, accompanied by incoming Acting Regional Coordinator Patterson, paid a farewell call on Nechirvan Barzani, the Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Barzani said that Iraqi Sunni and Shia Arabs will never [...] | 2007-05-23 01:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ECON PREL US IR SY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1697 | CHALABI AIDE RELAYS POPULAR COMMITTEE COMPLAINTS [...] (C) Summary: An aide to Ahmad Chalabi, chairman of popular mobilization for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),gave PRToff a summary May 19 of the weekly meeting of representatives from popular committees from across the city. Popular committee members meet with Chalabi,s staff weekly to discus [...] | 2007-05-23 05:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1700 | KURDISH LEADERS DISCUSS POLITICAL PROGRESS, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and Econ Counselor, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani, and former DPM Rowsch Shaways discussed the mood in Washington and the need for political progress in Iraq. The meeting was also attended by several KRG [...] | 2007-05-23 09:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1702 | AMBASSADOR AND VP ABDEL MEHDI DISCUSS VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) In a May 21 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi expressed his deep appreciation to the Ambassador for the assistance given by the USG to ISCI leader Abdelaziz al-Hakim. He thanked the USG for its quick facilitation of all steps leading to the diagnosis and treatment of al-Hakim, incl [...] | 2007-05-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1707 | U.S.-ISCI ECONOMIC DIALOGUE: PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Participants at the second meeting of the U.S.-ISCI economic dialogue discussed U.S. agriculture and micro-credit programs and the need for private sector development. (Note: At a party conference on May 10 and 11, SCIRI decided to change its name to the Supreme Iraq Islamic Cou [...] | 2007-05-23 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1732 | SHI'A OFFICIALS VOICE CONCERN OVER EVENHANDEDNESS [...] (C) CoR members Qassim Daoud and Taha Dera (both Solidarity Bloc, Shi'a coalition) discussed with the Ambassador on May 21 their concerns about the evenhandedness of MNF in Diyala. Daoud told the Ambassador that Ayatollah Sistani's "representative" had recently asserted during Friday prayers [...] | 2007-05-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1739 | IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE SUBMITS [...] (C) Summary. On May 23 the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) submitted its interim report to the Council of Representatives (CoR). CRC Chair Humam Hammoudi (ISIC),and Deputy Chairs Fouad Ma'sum (PUK) and Ayad Sammarai (IIP) addressed the CoR to explain the progress the CRC has made. They [...] | 2007-05-25 11:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD174 | MINISTER OF TRADE ON THE ECONOMIC STRATEGY, PDS, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with Emboffs, the Minister of Trade Abdul Falah al Sudani (Shi'a - Da'wa Tanzim) stated his support for the new security and economic strategy in Iraq. He discussed the Ministry of Trade's plans for a new tracking system of food transport to reduce corru [...] | 2007-01-16 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1742 | STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE LAUNCHED WITH ISCI [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On May 20, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told Deputy Chief of Mission Speckhard that the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (ISCI) looked forward to developing a "special" security partnership with the United States. Abdel Mehdi recommended advancing the relationship by f [...] | 2007-05-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD175 | COR MEMBER DICUSSES BUDGET, POWER STRUGGLES, AND [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh (Shi'a - Iraqiyya) discussed the budget, the Prime Minister's struggle for power, and the new economic plan with the Economic Minster-Counselor on January 15. Dr. Hafedh said that the Ministry of Finance violated the Financial [...] | 2007-01-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1754 | PRT TIKRIT: TRIBAL SHEIKHS DISCUSS RECONCILIATION; [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C //REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. At a May 23 Salah ad Din (SaD) Sheikhs' Council meeting, the thirty plus assembled tribal sheikhs discussed the lack of tangible progress on national reconciliation, recommended a national conference for triba [...] | 2007-05-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1755 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER JA'FARI LAMENTS LACK OF [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting, former Prime Minister and current Council of Representatives member (Shi'a Coalition, Dawa) Ibrahim al-Ja'fari hailed President Bush's decision to topple Saddam Hussein as a historic and strategic decision that Iraqis will view as "an Iraqi national decision." He liste [...] | 2007-05-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD176 | COR MEMBER DISCUSSES BUDGET, POWER STRUGGLES, AND [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh (Shi'a - Iraqiyya) discussed the budget, the Prime Minister's struggle for power, and the new economic plan with the Economic Minster-Counselor on January 15. Dr. Hafedh said that the Ministry of Finance violated the Financial [...] | 2007-01-16 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1760 | CODEL BAIRD MEETING WITH FADHILA PARTY LEADER [...] (C) Summary. Representatives Brian Baird (D-WA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) met with independent Shia Fadhila party leader Hassan al-Shammari May 22. Discussions centered on the current political and security situation in Baghdad and issues of national reconciliation. Al-Shammari explained [...] | 2007-05-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1762 | CODEL BAIRD MEETS IRAQI PARLIAMENT LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Representatives Brian Baird (D-WA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT) met Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani and First Deputy Speaker Khalid al-Atiya for a review of the situation in Iraq on May 22. The Speaker gave a Sunni perspective, with al-Atiya naturally [...] | 2007-05-28 01:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SY IR JO IZ |
07BAGHDAD1773 | FADHILA LEADERS GIVE AMBASSADOR OVERVIEW OF PARTY [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Fadhila leaders Hassan al-Shammari, Basim al-Sherif, and Karim al-Yacoubi laid out to the Ambassador Fadhila's position on key legislative issues. They said there was political pressure on the Prime Minister to "certify" a vote of no confi [...] | 2007-05-28 12:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1774 | 25MAY07 IRAQI EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On May 25 Deputy Prime Minister Zoubai chaired the weekly Iraq-Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) meeting to discuss progress of supporting committees and their achievements over the last week in implementing Fardh Al-Qanoon (FAQ) initiatives and requirements. The meeting for [...] | 2007-05-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD178 | NEW PM POLITICAL ADVISOR LAMENTS WEAK POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki's new political advisor George Bakoos outlined changes in the PM's office and described the obstacles holding back transfer of provinces to Iraq control (PIC) and cabinet changes: an under-equipped Iraqi military and weak political pa [...] | 2007-01-17 07:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1780 | UNAMI SRSG QAZI'S MAY 25 MEETING WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Special Representative of the Secretary General, Ashraf Qazi told the Ambassador that SIPDIS Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani would be publicly adamant about holding the Article 140 referendum this year; privately, he may be amenable to a d [...] | 2007-05-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1781 | A SUNNI PERSPECTIVE: ADNAN AL-DULAIMI SHARES HIS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Council of Representatives member and Sunni Tawafuq bloc leader Adnan al-Dulaimi (Iraqi People's Conference) discussed the greatest threats Iraq faces - terrorism and sectarianism - and his ideas for solutions. Al-Dulaimi pledged to cooper [...] | 2007-05-28 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1790 | BUILDING CAPACITY AT THE COR FINANCE COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: Chair of the Finance Committee at the Council of Representatives Ayad Samarai (Tawafuq - Iraqi Islamic Party) discussed building institution capacity with Econoff and USAID representative on May 27. He described efforts to review the Government of Iraq's budget execution process [...] | 2007-05-29 13:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1792 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARTICLE 140, PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and Kirkuk Governor Abdulrahman Mustafa discussed May 24 Kirkuk's current security situation, economic status, Article 140 implementation, the relationship between the provincial government and the central government, and the boycott of the Provincial Council by the [...] | 2007-05-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1793 | AMBASSADOR'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish MFA Iraq Envoy Oguz Celikkol said Turkey will propose that the Neighbors Conference energy working group meet June 14-15 in Istanbul. Celikkol and the Ambassador discussed ways to keep participation in the working group from becomin [...] | 2007-05-29 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ENRG TU SY IZ |
07BAGHDAD1795 | VOTE ON MINISTERIAL NOMINEES DELAYED -- AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister's poorly coordinated effort to gain parliamentary approval for a new slate of six ministers -- five of which are different from those proposed May 10 (reftel) -- has yet to reach fruition. The proposed Ministers of Health, Agriculture, and Transportation; along [...] | 2007-05-30 01:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1802 | REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON FURTHER UNAMI DRAWDOWN [...] (C) This is an Action Request. See paras 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In late May 2007 Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) announced wihin his organization the draw down of international UNAMI staff in Ba [...] | 2007-05-30 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM KDEM IO UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1806 | IRAQ COMPACT: DPM BARHAM SALIH APPROVES [...] (SBU) According to Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih,s office, the DPM has approved a UN-drafted framework for establishing a Secretariat to govern implementation of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI). DPM Chief of Staff Ahmed Salman, joined by UN and World Bank representatives [...] | 2007-05-30 16:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1832 | FORMER GOVERNOR OF BAGHDAD ASKED TO TAKE ISCI [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. This cable is the third of a series describing political moderates in Baghdad and efforts to encourage moderate politicians and empower moderate movements. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Former Governor of Baghdad Ali Fadel al-Misir recently took a position as [...] | 2007-06-03 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1833 | SADRIST COR MEMBER CALLS FOR TRUST-BUILDING [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with the DCM, Sadrist Council of Representatives (CoR) member Baha al-Araji (protect) said that Muqtada al-Sadr was not in full control of his organization, which was falling prey to "small groups with regional support." Describing the trust between the U.S. and the S [...] | 2007-06-03 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1837 | STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH ISCI CONTINUES [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a May 27 meeting of the joint Coalition - Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI) Security Committee, Badr Organization leader (and CoR Security and Defense Committee Chairman) Hadi al-Amri told MNF-I Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects MG Winfield Scott that ove [...] | 2007-06-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1838 | SUBJECT: FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON OIL REVENUE LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) and the central Government of Iraq have been making importatant progress in completing negotiations on a draft of the Oil Revenue Management Law. Recent negotiations have resulted in important breakthroughs in a number of [...] | 2007-06-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG |
07BAGHDAD1839 | UNHCR AND ICRC ON MEK: YOU TOOK THEM, YOU OWN THEM [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On May 26, a MNF-I/U.S. Embassy delegation consulted with ICRC and UNHCR representatives in Amman on the future of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) members who were granted 'protected persons' status by the United States in 2004 and currently reside in Diyala province under C [...] | 2007-06-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER MARR MACP MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1848 | ISCI POLITICAL COMMITTEE DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON [...] (C) The conversation in the third meeting of the ISCI-U.S. political committee focused on causes of violence in Iraq's central and southern provinces and how to encourage moderates. While recognizing violence in Shi'a-majority areas as a problem, ISCI participants urged the U.S. to focus on [...] | 2007-06-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1849 | NINEWA'S IIP: MORE DEMOCRACY PLEASE! [...] (C) Ninewa's Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) continues to press for early provincial elections prior to referenda scheduled under the Iraqi Constitution's Article 140 process to resolve disputed territories, especially as violence in Ninewa directed against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) e [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1850 | NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS -- EASED BUT STILL SEVERE [...] (C) The Manager of the Northern Oil Distribution Company, Mohammed al-Zibari, reports that up to 40 per cent of Ninewa's fuel needs are now being met by fuel deliveries from Bayji refinery. New fuel contracts with Syria and Turkey are pending; renewed deliveries from those countries are requ [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PGOV SY TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1851 | IRAQI FM ZEBARI ON UNSCR MID-YEAR REVIEW [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance: see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On June 4, 2007, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zebari provided Ambassador Crocker with a copy of a draft letter he intends to send to the United Nations prior to the mid-year review of UNSCR 1723 on June 14. The draft letter r [...] | 2007-06-04 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | UN MARR PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1876 | JUNE 1 SULIMANIYAH INCIDENT [...] (C) Post appreciates Ankara's reftel assessment and suggestions regarding the June 1 encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga in Sulimaniyah. We recognize Turkish sensitivity to even what would appear to be a very minor incident. 2. (C) KRG officials and Kurdish media indicat [...] | 2007-06-06 08:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD1882 | BADR HEAD CALLS FOR EMPOWERING LOCALS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a 3 June meeting of the joint Coalition - Iraqi Security Committee, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq deputy and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amri outlined to Embassy and MNF-I officials several issues that he feels are critical for establishing security, including: [...] | 2007-06-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1887 | READ OUT FROM JUNE 3 MCNS [...] (C/MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 3 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that, similar to previous years, in advance of the June UNSCR review, he would prepare a letter for the United S [...] | 2007-06-07 09:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1889 | UPDATE ON BORDER INCIDENTS AND PKK PRESENCE IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil Reporting Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi military leaders in Dohuk Province request additional resources from the Iraqi central government and the USG to cover the Iraq-Turkey border area in Dohuk Province. They cite 22 instances of Turkish military action in Dohuk [...] | 2007-06-07 11:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PINS PTER IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD1894 | BUILDING ON SHARM: WORKING GROUPS HAVE LITTLE [...] (C) The Working Groups formalized during the May 4 Sharm el-Sheikh Conference have moved forward slowly in the past month, despite GOI efforts to organize themselves (Ref A). The status of the three working groups is as follows: -- ENERGY: Turkey responded to a letter from the Ministry [...] | 2007-06-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1895 | UNAMI SRSG QAZI DISCUSSES ARTICLE 140, KIRKUK, AND [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) stated in a June 4 meeting with the Ambassador that, because of Kurd inaction, an Article 140 referendum on the status of Kirkuk was no longer technically [...] | 2007-06-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL UN |
07BAGHDAD1898 | BAGHDAD'S KARADAH DISTRICT IS HAVEN FOR RICH AND [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Local council leaders from the Karadah district of Baghdad told PRTOff that since they began recording the number of displaced persons in their district, 4,000 families have moved into Karadah, and that in the past three weeks th [...] | 2007-06-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD1910 | DISPLACEMENT OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ATTACHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MODM) Director General of Planning, Ali Shalan, informed the Embassy Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) that MODM will assign refugee attaches to Iraqi Embassies in the region to assist the estimated two million externally displaced Iraq [...] | 2007-06-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ |
07BAGHDAD1913 | SADR SEEKS TO CONNECT WITH BAGHDAD GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT Reporting Cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Governor Hussein al-Tahan (Badr) told PRToff on June 7 that he was recently invited to a conference of provincial governors hosted by Moqtada al-Sadr. Governor Tahan's Deputy Governor Qassim N'ima al-Duraji (Sadrist) attend [...] | 2007-06-10 14:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1915 | NATIONAL POLICE DETAINED FOR SUNNI MOSQUE BOMBING [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY. On June 9, Iraqi Security Forces detained two National Police commanders for possible involvement in the June 8 bombing that damaged the Sunni Al Fattah Pasha mosque in Baghdad,s Al Bayya neighborhood. The bombing follows two recent high profile cases of sectarian atta [...] | 2007-06-10 15:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1924 | DAWA LEADER HOPEFUL PROVINCIAL ELECTION DATE CAN [...] (C) In a June 9 meeting with Acting Pol Couns, Dawa leader and deputy Chair of the Shi'a Coalition Ali al-Adeeb said the provincial powers law was "almost done" and that when it was done a date for provincial elections could be set. There was no need to revise the elections law, al-Adeeb con [...] | 2007-06-11 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1934 | COR SPEAKER MASHADANI ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (C) Summary: An altercation between CoR Speaker Mashadani's security detail and another MP early on June 10 put focus on the long-standing desire of many CoR members to remove him as Speaker. The CoR voted June 11 to consider the Speaker to be on leave until such time as a replacement from [...] | 2007-06-12 01:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1944 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Post continues to engage the Government of Iraq (GOI) on the need to end all enforcement of the Arab League Boycott, urging officials at all levels to end this unfair trade practice. Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih told the Ambassador on June 8 that he w [...] | 2007-06-12 17:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV KBCT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1945 | DEMARCHE: REMAINING OIL FOR FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) In response to action request in reftel c, econoff met with Ambassador Srood Najib, head of the International Organization and Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),on Wednesday June 6. Econoff re-iterated the USG,s desire to close-out remaining Oil-for F [...] | 2007-06-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ PREL |
07BAGHDAD1948 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI TO FOCUS ON OIL LAWS [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On June 10, Prime Minister Maliki assured the Ambassador of his commitment to getting the framework Hydrocarbon and Oil Revenue management draft laws in front of the Council of Representatives as a package within days. He also pledged to bring de-Baathification and prov [...] | 2007-06-13 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MOPS MCAP PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1950 | READ OUT FROM JUNE 10 MCNS [...] (C/MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir summarized his proposal to address the shortage of officers in the Iraqi armed forces. Minister of Interior Jawad Bu [...] | 2007-06-13 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PNAT PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1955 | IRAQI POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS FIGURES CALL FOR [...] (C) The second bombing attack on the Imam Ali al-Hadi "al-Askariya" or golden mosque in Samarra occurred at approximately 0900 local time June 13 resulting in the destruction of two minarets. The first attack in February 2006 set in motion major retaliation against Sunni mosques and an increa [...] | 2007-06-14 01:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1956 | POTENTIAL NEW COR SPEAKERS [...] (C) Summary: Since the June 11 vote in parliament to send Speaker Mashadani on indefinite leave, his political bloc has been trying to coordinate his graceful departure and a nominee to replace him. Uncertainty may continue until a new speaker gains the vote of an absolute majority of 138 Co [...] | 2007-06-14 01:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1964 | AMBASSADOR, CG MEET WITH PM FOLLOWING SAMARRA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) met with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki June 13 within hours of the attack on the al-Askari mosque in Samarra to discuss immediate next steps. The PM imposed a curfew beginning at 1500 local time in Baghdad and called for extra security [...] | 2007-06-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PTER |
07BAGHDAD1969 | ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF KURDISTAN PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Islamic Movement of Kurdistan (IMK) members told RRT Erbil they seek consistent dialogue with the US, recognition and funding from the two dominant political parties of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),and representation in the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA). Weakened [...] | 2007-06-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1973 | GOI REQUESTS HELP TO CONVENE DISPLACED IRAQIS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-15 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF IZ JO |
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