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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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09ACCRA43 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT MILLS [...] (C) Ambassador met January 16 with President John Atta-Mills, who had requested a meeting the day before. Mills was alone in his office for the meeting, which he had made clear was to establish a personal relationship with the Ambassador. 2. (C) In the midst of background media noise over [...] | 2009-01-20 07:37:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09ACCRA477 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan said that to his knowledge no financial institutions related to the DPRK have a presence in Ghana. Poloff identified the three new DPRK entities [...] | 2009-05-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC GH KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO |
09ACCRA54 | PARDON ME, BUT I (DIS)RESPECTFULLY DECLINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On his final day in office, former president John Kufuor, in an act of exculpation that still has some scratching their heads, granted more than 500 pardons to a variety of Ghanaians ranging from political opponents to imprisoned nursing mothers. Several prominent political figu [...] | 2009-01-26 13:10:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09ACCRA545 | GHANA: SEEKING HELP AT THE IFIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Duffuor asked the Ambassador to support Ghana's proposals for emergency economic support and a macroeconomic stabilization program with the IMF and World Bank in order to cover its financing gap due to the ongoing fiscal crisis and the effects of the global finan [...] | 2009-06-10 19:32:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN GH |
09ACCRA55 | AKUFO-ADDO SHARES POST-ELECTION THOUGHTS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-26 17:05:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
09ACCRA580 | GHANAIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ETHICS BUT CAUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made restoring trust in the public sector a priority of his new administration. Mills, a former law professor, is thought to be a decent man who "does the right thing". He has consistently said that he will not engage in a political "witch hunt [...] | 2009-06-19 11:52:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KCOR XA XY GH |
09ACCRA6 | GHANA ELECTIONS: AT LONG LAST, A WINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's marathon presidential elections, which had begun on December 7, finally drew to a close on January 3 when the director of the Electoral Commission (EC) pronounced the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party's John Evans Atta-Mills President-elect of the Republi [...] | 2009-01-05 17:20:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09ACCRA60 | MILLS FIRES HEAD OF POLICE IN SHAKEUP OF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Mills has made changes in key security service leadership positions, retiring the Inspector General of Police, Patrick Acheampong and the Chief of Defense Staff as of January 28. The President has also named a new director for the country's Narcotics Control Board. The [...] | 2009-01-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SNAR GH |
09ACCRA612 | PARTY POLITICS IN GHANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghana is a stable democracy after having completed five presidential elections in the past 17 years, two of which involved a transition of power between parties. Although Ghana has the best record of inter-party transfers in Africa, the peaceful transitions mask an underlying ani [...] | 2009-06-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XA XY GH |
09ACCRA619 | GHANA PRESIDENT LEADS FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made private statements backed with public actions about his intention to reduce Ghana's growing role in the drugs trade. GOG agencies are following his lead and have also made a discernible effort to eliminate drugs in the country. END SUMMARY 2. [...] | 2009-06-29 16:57:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR XA XY GH |
09ACCRA821 | ACCRA RESPONSE RE UPDATE OF E.O. 13126 LIST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ref A seeks Embassy concurrence for the Department of Labor's listing of Ghanaian cocoa and tilapia as products produced with forced or indentured child labor, which would trigger certification requirements per E.O. 13126. Post [...] | 2009-08-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB GH |
09ACCRA935 | RESPONSE FOR UNGA POTUS INVITATIONS - ACCRA [...] SUMMARY. President Mills will attend President Obama,s Peacekeeping meeting, but is unlikely to arrive in New York in time for the Africa working lunch. If the separate meeting he has requested with President Obama takes place, he does not expect to raise new issues, but to update issues rai [...] | 2009-09-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA GH |
09ACCRA968 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN CHORUS [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana supports the peaceful use of nuclear technology and will work with the IAEA to ensure that nuclear te [...] | 2009-09-16 16:10:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC |
09ADDISABABA1063 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. RICE TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) At the African Union, we expect your principal interlocutors will be Commission Chairperson Jean Ping, Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha, and Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra. They have welcomed cooperation from international partners on peace and security issues, especia [...] | 2009-05-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU SO |
09ADDISABABA107 | ETHIOPIA: MINISTER BEREKET OFFERS EPRDF VIEWS ON [...] (C) The Ethiopian government (GOE) will not release the re-jailed Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) leader Birtukan Mideksa (Ref A) because the state must uphold rule of law and Birtukan violated the terms of her pardon, long-time Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Advisor and newly ap [...] | 2009-01-16 09:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAO ET |
09ADDISABABA108 | USAU: AU PARTNERS DISCUSS SUPPORT FOR AMISOM, [...] (U) As reported in reftel, the AU invited the US, EU, UK, and others to a meeting on January 17 in Addis Ababa to discuss their respective abilities to commit financial and logistical support to AMISOM and to a joint security force composed of Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alliance [...] | 2009-01-16 14:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO AU |
09ADDISABABA110 | USAU: UN ASSESSMENT TEAM BRIEFS AU PARTNERS ON [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The United Nations Technical Assessment Team (TAM) met with the USAU, EUAU, and the Italian Ambassadors in Addis Ababa the morning of January 16. The team,s focus is on providing a short-term logistics package to su [...] | 2009-01-16 15:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO AU |
09ADDISABABA1136 | ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT IS "FULL [...] (C) From May 3 to 7, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) aired a three-part television series entitled "U.S. State Department Human Rights Report (HRR): Patronizing and Full of Lies" (loose translation). The Foreign Ministry-initiated investigation was conducted by the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA - [...] | 2009-05-14 13:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA1201 | PRIME MINISTER MELES ON REGIONAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told visiting USUN Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 that over the long term normalization of relations with Eritrea will guarantee a peaceful demarcation of the border. Meles also acknowledged to former U.S. mediator Rice that Ethiopia made mistakes in handling the [...] | 2009-05-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV ET ER SU SO |
09ADDISABABA1202 | PRIME MINISTER MELES ON THE FUTURE OF AFRICA [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi relayed to USUN Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 that he would like to step down as Prime Minister, hinting that it could be after the 2010 elections. According to Meles, Africa faces unprecedented challenges from the world economic downturn to climate change. Afric [...] | 2009-05-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR ET |
09ADDISABABA1241 | PRIME MINISTER MELES ON PILLARS OF THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, in a follow-up to a meeting with Ambassador Susan Rice May 16 (septel),underscored to the Ambassador during a private meeting on May 22, the importance of security cooperation, economic development, and governance as pillars in our relationship requi [...] | 2009-05-27 06:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID ET SO |
09ADDISABABA1275 | SOMALIA: WHERE TO GO WITH ASWJ [...] (C/NF) Summary. In the view of Embassy Addis Ababa, U.S. pressure is needed if an alliance is to be formed between the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ). We believe that an alliance would be a natural progression of the TFG's ongoing reconcilia [...] | 2009-06-01 08:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
09ADDISABABA143 | USAU: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CHAIRMAN PING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17 the Ambassador paid a farewell call on African Union Chairman, Jean Ping. In a wide-ranging conversation the Chairman confided he anticipates the January AU Summit will be difficult. While cautiously optimistic about the progress being made on peacekeeping in So [...] | 2009-01-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
09ADDISABABA1442 | SOMALIA: ASWJ SAYS REACHED BREAKTHROUGH WITH TFG [...] (C) Summary. Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) leadership council member Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur told PolOff on June 18 that ASWJ and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke had reached an agreement "in principle" to form a military alliance against al-Shabaab and Hisb Islam [...] | 2009-06-19 05:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
09ADDISABABA1450 | ETHIOPIA PRESSING FOR UNSC SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu called in the P-5 Ambassadors on June 18 to review the recent InterGovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) trip to the UN to press for the African Union (AU)/IGAD agreed sanctions on Eritrean activities in Somalia, [...] | 2009-06-22 13:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
09ADDISABABA148 | FORMER OLF HEAD ABABIYA SEEKS GOE-OLF [...] (C) Former leader of the banned Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) Ababiya Abajobir told the Ambassador on January 16 that he has returned to Ethiopia (with the permission of the Government of Ethiopia (GOE)) after 17 years' exile to "move forward with peace." Ababiya, who said he formally quit the [...] | 2009-01-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ET |
09ADDISABABA149 | ETHIOPIA: TPLF STALWART SEBHAT NEGA ON AMCHAM, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 12:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM KPAO ET |
09ADDISABABA154 | USAU: SUPPORT FOR AMISOM FORTHCOMING [...] (U) Summary: At a meeting on January 17 at the African Union (AU),the U.S., EU, and other international partners voiced their support for AMISOM as well as for the joint Transitional Federal Government/Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (TFG/ARS) forces. The AU and its partners also e [...] | 2009-01-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN SO AU |
09ADDISABABA1599 | PRIME MINISTER MELES ON BALANCING AND [...] (C) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi underscored to visiting Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson on July 6 that Ethiopia welcomes a broad and balanced relationship that focuses not just on security but also encompasses economic development and political stability. As he commented to othe [...] | 2009-07-08 05:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ET |
09ADDISABABA1607 | USAU: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S CALL ON AU [...] (U) Summary: After meeting African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on the margins of the AU Summit in Sirte several days earlier (SEPTEL),A/S Carson called on Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha in Addis Ababa on July 6. Their discussion covered a range of issues, including structural [...] | 2009-07-08 07:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AU |
09ADDISABABA1608 | PRIME MINISTER MELES ON TFG SURVIVAL AND ERITREAN [...] (C) In a three hour July 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles praised U.S. support of cash and arms to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) as essential for the survival of the TFG. Meles urged the U.S. to strengthen Somaliland and Punt [...] | 2009-07-08 08:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO ER ET DJ |
09ADDISABABA1611 | OPPOSITION LEADERS TELL A/S CARSON OF ETHIOPIA'S [...] (C) During his July 6-7 visit to Ethiopia, Assistant Secretary for Africa Johnnie Carson met with opposition leaders and Members of Parliament (MPs) to discuss the current state of democracy in Ethiopia, the role of opposition MPs, and the direction the democratization trajectory has taken in [...] | 2009-07-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA1612 | WILL VOTE FOR FOOD- REPORTED POLITICIZATION OF [...] (C) A four day trip to the Southern Nations and Nationalities (SNNPR) and Oromiya regions shed light on the possible politicization of donor cash and food resources delivered through the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP),coercive recruitment tactics by the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolut [...] | 2009-07-08 13:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA1613 | PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FLEE ETHIOPIA [...] (C) The leaders of the two most prominent human rights organizations in Ethiopia have fled the country within weeks of each other due to fear of persecution. Chairman of the independent Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and former Supreme Court Justice Abebe Worke and Director of Ethiopia [...] | 2009-07-08 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA1629 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a July 7 meeting, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin discussed latest developments in Somalia and shared concerns about Sudan. In addition to re-iterating that Ethiopia had no intentions to re-intervene in Somalia, Minister Seyoum urged [...] | 2009-07-13 05:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
09ADDISABABA1662 | AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT WRAP-UP: QADHAFI PULLS IT [...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, resulted in a strong call by member states for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea for its support of al-Shabaab forces who are threatening the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of President Sheikh S [...] | 2009-07-15 06:42:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR AU |
09ADDISABABA1672 | GROWING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA - AMHARA [...] (C) PAO visited Dessie, in Wello province of the Amhara Region, June 3-5, to visit the Jama Negus Mosque, which is a site for a potential Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) grant proposal for FY-10. A major Sufi shrine, the mosque is the focal point of the &Moulid al-Nebi8 (&B [...] | 2009-07-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET |
09ADDISABABA1674 | WAHABISM IN ETHIOPIA AS "CULTURAL IMPERIALISM" [...] (C) Arab Wahabi missionaries, mainly from Saudi Arabia, continue to make inroads into the Ethiopian Muslim community, but are meeting increasing resistance in doing so. Islam has existed in Ethiopia since the time of the Prophet Muhammad and the mainly Sufi Muslim community has enjoyed traditi [...] | 2009-07-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET |
09ADDISABABA1675 | COUNTERING WAHABI INFLUENCE IN ETHIOPIA THROUGH [...] (C) Every culture that has adopted Islam has its own unique traditions and practices for expressing their Faith. This is manifested through shrines, literature, faith rituals, and objects that include manuscripts, art, and even clothing and other accoutrements. In countries with mixed faith t [...] | 2009-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL KIRF SCUL PROP ET |
09ADDISABABA1682 | ETHIOPIAN AUTHORITIES FORCEFULLY ARREST AND DEPORT [...] (C) On July 9, 14 American college students, a British program director, and an American researcher were forcefully removed from their host families' homes and detained by federal police in East Hararge zone, Ethiopia. The students came to Ethiopia in mid-June as part of a Learning Enterprise [...] | 2009-07-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA1746 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION RUNNING OUT OF PATIENCE WITH [...] (C) The African Union will continue to try to persuade Nigerien President Tandja to drop the August 4 referendum, but a senior official with the continental organization concedes that Tandja's stubborn refusal to step down at the end of his mandate in December may lead to a grave situation in [...] | 2009-07-23 08:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NG AU |
09ADDISABABA1747 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH AFRICAN UNION [...] (C) During Ambassador Yamamoto's farewell call with African Union Chairperson Jean Ping on July 22, they discussed the desirability of commencing a U.S./AU political dialogue patterned after the consultations the AU has with the European Union. Starting with his attendance at the UNGA this fa [...] | 2009-07-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AU |
09ADDISABABA1753 | ETHIOPIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORTS ON [...] (C) The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released its first-ever thematic report on prison conditions in Ethiopia in December 2008. The report sheds light on inadequate prison conditions - including overcrowding, unhygienic conditions, insufficient medical care, food, water, and educa [...] | 2009-07-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA1797 | INCREASED ONLF ACTIVITY, POLICE PRESENCE REPORTED [...] (C) Reliable sources in Ethiopia's Somali Region report ONLF attacks on Ethiopian Government (GoE) road construction workers, increased scrutiny of passenger vehicles, and looting of commercial goods in the Somali region. Increasingly violent ONLF attacks on police and military elements lead N [...] | 2009-07-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC EAID SO ET |
09ADDISABABA1842 | SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMB. KIRK'S VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. The economy is punctuated by a chronic -- and largely endogenous -- macroeconomic imbalance and the government and ruling party's dominance over most economic sectors. The global economic downturn has only e [...] | 2009-08-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA1864 | AFRICAN UNION REQUESTS BODYGUARD TRAINING FOR [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) The African Union Commission (AUC) has formally requested USG assistance in providing bodyguard training for a select number of Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security forces and AMISOM troops. The AUC furth [...] | 2009-08-04 08:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS SO AU |
09ADDISABABA1914 | ADDIS ABABA ON SOMALIA SITUATION IN LIGHT OF [...] (C) On August 5, Charge d'Affaires and Deputy Political-Economic Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver Reftel points. The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) is pleased with USG support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),including in-kind support and pledged [...] | 2009-08-07 07:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO |
09ADDISABABA1971 | SOMALILAND - ETHIOPIA CONCERNED THAT POLITICAL [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with Acting Deputy Chief of Mission on August 13, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi noted Ethiopia's concerns that the emerging political crisis in Somaliland risks undermining the region's stability, democratic record, and prospects for improved engagement with the inter [...] | 2009-08-13 14:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
09ADDISABABA1972 | SUDAN - ETHIOPIA'S ANALYSIS, FEARS, AND [...] (C) The failure of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is Ethiopia's "nightmare scenario" Prime Minister Meles told Admiral (ret.) Bill Fallon, Dr. Steve Morrison from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),and Acting DCM on August 13. Meles assessed that the Nation [...] | 2009-08-13 15:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SU ET |
09ADDISABABA2017 | CHARGE CALLS ON AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION CHAIR PING [...] (SBU) In his first visit to the African Union as CDA for the bilateral mission and USAU, Ambassador Meece met with AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping and reaffirmed USG interest in deepening ties with the continental organization. U.S. interest in Africa is growing, the CDA told Ping, citing [...] | 2009-08-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU |
09ADDISABABA2034 | MELES' RETIREMENT PLANS - ONE MORE TERM [...] (C) In response to a direct question by Admiral (ret.) Bill Fallon on August 13 on his future, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi responded that although he would like to retire at the end of his current term in office, "it looks like the (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front - [...] | 2009-08-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ET |
09ADDISABABA2071 | USAU: NEW AMISOM FORCE COMMANDER REQUESTS USG [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 12. 2. (C) Summary: The new AMISOM Force Commander, Major General Nathan Mugisha, took advantage of the presence of AFRICOM senior leadership in Addis Ababa on August 20 to request patrol craft, radar, US training in maritime interdictio [...] | 2009-08-26 06:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP PREL AU |
09ADDISABABA2076 | ETHIOPIA - ENGAGING IGAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The head of the IGAD Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT),Ambassador Hiruy suggested there is significant additional room for cooperation between Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) states. Amb. Hiruy noted that while member states do share intelligence on cou [...] | 2009-08-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ASEC PGOV |
09ADDISABABA2086 | ETHIOPIA - INTERPARTY DIALOGUE IMMINENT ON CODE OF [...] (C) In early August Prime Minister Meles formally considered sample codes of conduct suggested by the Ethiopian Partner's Group (EPG) of Ambassadors. Through the mediation of the EPG, via the British Embassy, the EPRDF has invited major opposition parties to engage in negotiations about a cod [...] | 2009-08-28 08:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL |
09ADDISABABA2092 | SOMALILAND: ETHIOPIA BROKERS ELECTION IMPASSE [...] (C) In an August 26 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu discussed his August 19-24 trip to Hargeisa, Somaliland in which he attempted to broker a resolution to the elections impasse between the ruling and opposition political parties. Tekeda [...] | 2009-08-28 09:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2094 | CDA COURTESY CALL ON PM MELES; WATCHING THE [...] (C) In an introductory August 21 courtesy call by the CDA, PM Meles reviewed a range of bilateral interests. While not covering much new ground, Meles did reiterate that he and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) generally very much value the strong relationship with the U.S., underscoring points [...] | 2009-08-31 13:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2095 | IGAD CONSULTATIONS TO PRESENT DRAFT UNSC SANCTIONS [...] (C) During an August 27 meeting to discuss the Pittsburgh G20 summit, Ethiopian FM Seyoum also briefly mentioned to the Charge that he had been informed of IGAD consultations in New York regarding proposed Somalia related sanctions. Seyoum reported that IGAD members had reached a consensus agr [...] | 2009-08-31 13:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2106 | U.S. EFFORTS IN SUDAN "LAST HOPE" TO AVOID [...] (C) During an August 22 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles said the United States, efforts in Sudan were "the last hope" for a country on a near-certain path to implosion. He underscored his support for the Obama Administration's approach to creati [...] | 2009-09-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC |
09ADDISABABA2107 | SOMALILAND: UK EMBASSY VIEWS ON ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission met with UK Charge d'Affaires John Marshall on August 31 to cross-check the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) report on political mediation efforts in Somaliland (reftel) and discuss Marshall's August 28-29 visit to Hargeisa in support of that effort. Marshall as [...] | 2009-09-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2125 | ETHIOPIA ALLAYS SOUTH SUDANESE ANGST ABOUT [...] (C) Just one week after U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Gration witnessed the signing of a new protocol between North and South Sudan to accelerate implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),a South Sudanese minister (NFI) expressed angst to Ethiopian Minister and State Minister f [...] | 2009-09-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU ET |
09ADDISABABA2126 | RELIGIOUS CONFLICT FUELED BY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A recent visit by PolOff to Dessie sheds light on a violent clash that erupted between Orthodox Christians and local police in Dessie town in late June. The local government granted the Orthodox Church a plot of land to build a church in 2006, but later prevented Christians from building [...] | 2009-09-02 04:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA2155 | POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF THE AFAR REGION [...] (C) A visit by PolOff to eastern Amhara and southwest Afar regions in late August sheds light on the political and economic dynamics of this geographically important region bordering Djibouti. Opposition political parties reported multiple cases of harassment and intimidation, and are cynical [...] | 2009-09-03 14:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL EAGR ET |
09ADDISABABA2168 | SOMALILAND AMBASSDOR TO ETHIOPIA LOOKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY . Somaliland Ambassador to Ethiopia Hassan told Charge on September 4 that he believes the UK/Ethiopian mediation on the Somaliland elections dispute has potential, when more fully developed, to produce a government-opposition agreement that would allow the staging of elections. [...] | 2009-09-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2241 | TELECOM CEO TOES THE ETHIO-CHINA PARTY LINE [...] (C) Summary: Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) CEO Amare Amsalu told Embassy officials on September 8 ETC would stay state owned for the time being. He deflected questions about poor telecom services in Ethiopia and instead focused on foreign investment. He praised the Chinese f [...] | 2009-09-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA2273 | POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Political opposition leaders and Chairman of the National Teacher's Association allege that the government has held several political indoctrination "trainings" in recent months. They told PolOffs that students, teachers, farmers, and civil servants are being targeted for "political re-ed [...] | 2009-09-21 12:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2313 | SOMALILAND ELECTIONS: HERDING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With a good deal of activity yesterday stretching into the evening, and despite an apparently resistant President Riyale, it appears that an agreement has been reached in Hargeisa the morning of September 25 to avert the immediate crisis brewing over the issue of a president ter [...] | 2009-09-25 10:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2319 | PRE-EMPTING POLITICAL VIOLENCE; ETHIOPIA ORDERS [...] (C) A close media contact on September 24 showed Information Officer a recently released tender from the Ethiopian Federal Police inviting bids to provide riot control equipment. Among the list of specific equipment required was: 8,500 riot control batons, 8,500 riot force helmets, protec [...] | 2009-09-28 12:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ASEC PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2342 | ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WANTS INTERNATIONAL HELP, BUT [...] (C) On September 22, CDA hosted a lunch for 9 opposition political leaders at the CMR to discuss the domestic political environment, current talks regarding an electoral Code of Conduct, and 2010 elections. The two-hour event provided an opportunity the CDA and new country team members to me [...] | 2009-09-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA2442 | DIPLOMATS IN ETHIOPIA OFFER PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Summary: AF/E Senior Somalia Desk Officer visited Addis Ababa on October 1-2 for meetings with the U.S. Embassy, USAU mission and other diplomatic and AMISOM officials to get the Ethiopian perspective on Somalia and Somaliland. The British Deputy Head of Mission and Somaliland Ambassado [...] | 2009-10-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER ASEC SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2498 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ETHIOPIA ON P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 05:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM ET |
09ADDISABABA2511 | OPPOSITION COALITION GETTING ORGANIZED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up on its inaugural General Assembly (GA),the opposition "Forum for Democratic Dialogue" (Forum) plans in coming days to formally apply to the National Elections Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) for legal status as a coalition of political parties and to produce a series of i [...] | 2009-10-21 15:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA2535 | INCREASED INTIMIDATION OF THE PRIVATE PRESS [...] (C) In recent months, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has significantly ramped up intimidation of the foreign and private press. In early October, the State Prosecutor requested the file of Washington Post reporter Kassahun Addis from the Government Communications Affairs Office (GCAO),promp [...] | 2009-10-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO ET |
09ADDISABABA2554 | OPPOSITION GROUP LOOKING MORE LIKE A PARTY, STILL [...] (C) Summary: The Forum for Democratic Dialogue (Forum) continues to try to transform itself from a collection of eight separate parties into a coherent whole. In a series of recent meetings with USG officials and the broader international diplomatic community, however, Forum representatives [...] | 2009-10-28 15:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA257 | ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS PM MELES [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter highlighted to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles over a two-hour January 30 meeting that while principal themes of our foreign policy are unlikely to change across U.S. Administrations, the U.S. will certainly emphasize the diplomacy [...] | 2009-02-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EAID ET |
09ADDISABABA260 | ETHIOPIA MAKES CASE FOR SOMALILAND [...] (C) On the margins of a discussion with Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phil Carter On January 30, Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles made the case for "semi-recognition" of Somaliland as a critical step necessary to enhance the international community's ability to support Somaliland on regional secu [...] | 2009-02-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO ET |
09ADDISABABA261 | MELES OFFERS PLANS "A" AND "B" ON SOMALIA [...] (C) In the first U.S.-Ethiopia bilateral meeting on Somalia since Ethiopia's January 26 withdrawal from Somalia, Prime Minister Meles laid out Ethiopia's views on a best case scenario "Plan A" and containment strategy "Plan B" regarding Somalia in a January 30 meeting with Acting Assistant Sec [...] | 2009-02-02 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC MARR SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2615 | OGADENI TRIBAL CHIEF HELD TWO YEARS WITHOUT [...] (C) PolOff recently met with Hassan Ahmed Makhtal (strictly protect),a former Ogadeni (Somali region) tribal chief, who claimed that he was imprisoned without trial for two years and denied medical treatment despite severe health problems. Hassan was released in June after having spent two y [...] | 2009-11-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2625 | CONFLICTING RUMORS OF RECRUITMENT OF SOMALI ASYLUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR and the Administration of Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) deny that recruitment of refugees or Somali asylum seekers to fight for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) against Al-Shabaab in Somalia is occurring either in the Dolo Odo transit center or Boquolmayo refu [...] | 2009-11-05 05:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL ET SO |
09ADDISABABA2639 | UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09ADDISABABA2641 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON DISCUSSES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-06 06:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
09ADDISABABA2643 | ETHIOPIA STUDYING" APPROPRIATE RESPONSE ON NIGER [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor discussed Niger with Diector of the Americas Directorate Tesfaye Wilma on November 2 and with Ethiopian Ambassador to the African Union Konjit Sinegiorgis on November 6. Tesfaye said Ethiopia is very concerned about the situation in Niger and welcomes ECOWAS activism on [...] | 2009-11-06 11:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2645 | ETHIOPIA: PARLIAMENTARIAN RECOUNTS HARASSMENT AT [...] (C) Summary: Member of Parliament and Central Committee member of the opposition Oromo People's Congress Mekonen Geleta reported harassment by woreda (municipal equivalent) officials of the Oromia Region during a recent trip to visit constituents and deliver official Parliamentary documents. [...] | 2009-11-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA265 | AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra January 31, on the margins of the AU [...] | 2009-02-02 16:54:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU ZI CG |
09ADDISABABA266 | AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU [...] (C) Summary: At a January 31 meeting on the margins of the African Union Summit, African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping and Acting A/S for African Affairs Phillip Carter exchanged views about the major political crises in Africa. They agreed that the international community must remai [...] | 2009-02-02 17:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU XA SU CD |
09ADDISABABA267 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met February 1 with Sudanese Presidential Advisers Nafie Ali Nafie and Mustafa Ismael and Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor [...] | 2009-02-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU XA SU CD |
09ADDISABABA268 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by U.S. Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates, met February 2 with newly elected Somali President Sheikh Sharif on the margins of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter said the USG would like to see Sharif appoint a broa [...] | 2009-02-02 17:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO |
09ADDISABABA2689 | ETHIOPIA: EU ELECTION EXPLORATORY MISSION TO [...] (C) The European Commission plans to send an exploratory mission to evaluate the prospects for fielding a team to observe the 2010 Ethiopian parliamentary elections, but will not do so until February 15, 2010. In a November 12 meeting, First Counsellor and Head of the Political and Informatio [...] | 2009-11-12 14:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA269 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, Acting USAID Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Timothy Shortley met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Deng described a L [...] | 2009-02-02 17:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SU |
09ADDISABABA2693 | ELECTORAL PROCESS:ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL [...] (C) At the request of the four political parties who drafted an electoral Code of Conduct (CoC),the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) hosted a series of discussions in order to solicit input from other Ethiopian political parties before submitting the companion legislative package t [...] | 2009-11-16 04:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA270 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Eastern Congo Alan Doss January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter brought Le [...] | 2009-02-02 18:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU XA SU SO CG RW |
09ADDISABABA2732 | ETHIOPIAN PM APPLAUDS U.S. SUDAN POLICY, TELLS S/E [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles told visiting U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration he was impressed with the revised U.S. policy on Sudan. Meles said previous U.S. policy cut off a soft landing whereas the new policy, if complemented with patience, could provide an opening for peace. Meles th [...] | 2009-11-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU ET |
09ADDISABABA274 | AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN/AU Joint Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole on the margins of the AU Summit. Carter thanked Bassole for his efforts thus far. Bassole predicted that if the International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Sudanese Pr [...] | 2009-02-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU AU CD |
09ADDISABABA2741 | ETHIOPIA: SEACOM DEAL STILL AWAITING GOE APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. company Seacom arrived in Ethiopia in early October in hopes of finalizing a contract with the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) and returned again in mid-November, but has yet to conclude a deal. The contract would allow for Ethiopia to connect to Seacom's e [...] | 2009-11-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EINT ECON ET |
09ADDISABABA276 | AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with African Union Deputy Commissioner Erastus Mwencha. Mwencha expressed enthusiasm for the incoming Obama Administration and sketched ambitious plans for the AU Commission, while Carter encouraged his interlocutor [...] | 2009-02-03 11:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SU CD |
09ADDISABABA277 | AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister for Africa Zhai Jun on the margins of the AU Summit. Zhai was chiefly interested in trying to talk the United States out of its stated opposition to a UN Security Council Articl [...] | 2009-02-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SU CH |
09ADDISABABA2773 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION TO NAME NEW SPECIAL [...] (U) This message is from USAU Ambassador Battle. 2. (C) The African Union (AU) will soon announce the appointment of Ambassador Boubacar Gaoussou Diarra as the Special Representative of the Commission Chairperson (SRCC) for Somalia, replacing Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira. Diarra, a long-time [...] | 2009-11-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SO AU |
09ADDISABABA2809 | PARTY PATRONAGE AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Recent allegations of the politicization of foreign assistance in Ethiopia, including humanitarian food aid, are consistent with reports by non-governmental organizations, opposition political parties, the media, and members of the international donor community. The manipulation of humani [...] | 2009-11-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA2816 | SOMALILAND NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION TRAINING [...] (SBU) CDA was invited to a November 22 dinner hosted by the British Ambassador for the members of the Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC). The members of the commission are in Addis Ababa for training in electoral systems and procedures, apparently organized by the British, under t [...] | 2009-11-30 14:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2817 | ETHIOPIAN PM CONSIDERING PRO-ACTIVE OPTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told visiting AF/DAS Wycoff and CDA on November 19 that he wanted to give the USG a "heads up" that Ethiopia was considering actively supporting armed Eritrean opposition groups if the international community fails to take action to isolate Asmara. [...] | 2009-11-30 15:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2833 | ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT PROTESTS FRENCH CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs State Minister Tekada expressed strong concerns December 1 to CDA and DCM regarding reported French objections to a proposed UNSC resolution which includes sanctions directed at Eritrea. Tekada said that he and FM Seyoum had met earlier in the day with the French [...] | 2009-12-02 14:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ER ET |
09ADDISABABA2856 | SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT'S VISA DELAY PERCEIVED [...] (C) An ongoing delay in the issuance of a visa to Somali Regional State President Dawed Mohammed has been interpreted in the region as U.S. condemnation of his alleged participation in human rights abuses. Ethiopia's ethnic Somali population has largely welcomed this action, viewing it as a c [...] | 2009-12-07 05:18:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ET |
09ADDISABABA2877 | ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WEIGHS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES [...] (C) Visiting DAS Wycoff discussed in separate November 19 meetings with prominent Ethiopian opposition leaders their strategies for engagement in the 2010 national elections. Bulcha Demeksa of the "Forum" opposition coalition expressed deep resentment towards the ruling EPRDF for what he called [...] | 2009-12-09 04:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2880 | ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19 meeting with visiting AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff, Ethiopian Minister for Government Communication Bereket Simon promised equal air time for opposition parties in the run-up to Ethiopia's parliamentary elections in 2010. The government will offer l [...] | 2009-12-09 07:41:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2903 | NATIONAL ELECTORAL BOARD WELL-TRAINED, SOLID ON [...] (C) Summary: The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) Chairman told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Karl Wycoff the NEBE was prepared to hold free, peaceful and fair parliamentary elections in 2010. Over the past year, the NEBE has carried out strategic planning, structural reform [...] | 2009-12-10 10:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2905 | ETHIOPIAN FM ON TFG AND ERITREA DURING WYCOFF VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin highlighted to visiting AF/DAS Wycoff the severe financial crisis facing the TFG, reiterating comments made by PM Meles. He also noted that Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheik Sharif had said during a [...] | 2009-12-10 11:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2908 | ETHIOPIA ON RELIGIOUS DEFAMATION [...] (C) On December 8, Political-Economic Counselor met with the Director of the Directorate-General for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Grum, to deliver Reftel points on religious defamation. Ethiopia voted in favor of the resolution last year. Grum sa [...] | 2009-12-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KIRF ET |
09ADDISABABA2909 | ETHIOPIA ON CANDIDATE FOR OIOS [...] (C) On December 8, Political-Economic Counselor met with the Director of the Directorate-General for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Grum, to deliver Reftel A points on the potential Ethiopian candidate for the Office of Internal Oversight Services ( [...] | 2009-12-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN PREL AMGT ET |
09ADDISABABA2911 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION OPPOSES DADIS' RETURN TO GUINEA [...] (C) On December 10, USAU Ambassador Battle discussed with the African Union Commission Chairperson's Chief of Staff, Ambassador John Shinkayie, the future status of Guinean coup leader Dadis Camara as well as the planned International Contact Group meeting on Guinea. Ambassador Shinkayie state [...] | 2009-12-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU |
09ADDISABABA2916 | ETHIOPIA: GINBOT 7 TRIALS, CONVICTION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ginbot 7 case -- which began on April 24 when security forces rounded up 35 individuals allegedly involved in a coup plot against the Meles Zenawi government -- is currently in the sentencing phase following convictions handed down on November 19. Police investigation and p [...] | 2009-12-11 08:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA292 | ETHIOPIA A DICTATORSHIP, DON'T LET AID ENABLE IT: [...] (C) Ethiopian opposition party leaders told Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter and Assistant USAID Administrator for Africa Earl Gast on January 30 that Ethiopia is increasingly becoming a military dictatorship where dissenting opinions are suppressed and access to cons [...] | 2009-02-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID ET |
09ADDISABABA2935 | PM MELES URGES ACTION ON SUDAN, NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston that there is a "complete coincidence of vital security interests" between the U.S. and Ethiopia. He agreed to discuss the issue of Leahy vetting with military commanders, but did not agree to any specific action. Meles descri [...] | 2009-12-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PTER YE SO SU ET |
09ADDISABABA2937 | ETHIOPIAN FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH DASD [...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston the GoE is confident that U.S.-Ethiopia relations are as strong as ever, and agreed to work with the Ministry of Defense to resolve issues surrounding Leahy Vetting requirements for the Ethiopian military. He urged th [...] | 2009-12-15 09:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS YE SO SU ET |
09ADDISABABA294 | AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH ECOWAS [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed el [...] | 2009-02-04 15:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GN AU |
09ADDISABABA2941 | FORUM CALLS FOR FAIR VOTE COUNTING AND FAIRLY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the Ethiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Forum) told members of the Ethiopian Partners Group (EPG) the 2010 election could not be free and fair because the selection of 200,000 public observers was inherently skewed to the benefit of the ruling party, including r [...] | 2009-12-15 14:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA2945 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION LEADERSHIP AT STAKE DURING [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request in para 8. 2. (C) Summary: With the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa less than six weeks away, speculation about which African head of state will be elected Chairperson of the AU Assembly for 2010 is in full gear. For the AU Commission le [...] | 2009-12-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR AU |
09ADDISABABA2952 | USAU: AU COMMISSIONER LAMAMRA DISCUSSES GUINEA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs Karl Wycoff met with the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ramtane Lamamra, on November 20 in Addis Ababa to address a range of issues. On the topic of Guinea, Lamamra said that while the AU had discussed [...] | 2009-12-17 08:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
09ADDISABABA2977 | SUSPICIONS REMAIN HIGH AS CONFLICT, ABUSES [...] (C) Contacts in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State report that although humanitarian access has improved, the humanitarian situation has declined since 2007, as a result of continued conflict, restricted humanitarian access, trade blockage, and repeated seasons of poor rain. Government of Ethio [...] | 2009-12-22 09:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM ASEC MOPS PREL SO ET |
09ADDISABABA2981 | USAU: TUNISIAN AMBASSADOR PREVIEWS KEY ISSUES FOR [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting with USAU Ambassador Michael Battle, incoming African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) Chair, Tunisian Ambassador Hatem Atallah, discussed the key issues that he anticipated would dominate his chairmanship and the upcoming Heads of State Summit in January. B [...] | 2009-12-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AU PGOV PREL |
09ADDISABABA3067 | THREATS AGAINST WORLD FOOD PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. World Food Program (WFP) officials in Ethiopia have reported to U.S. Mission officials that three threats have been communicated to WFP staff during December by individuals claiming to be members of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF). Each of the communications was a th [...] | 2009-12-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA3068 | ERITREAN OPPOSITION IN ETHIOPIA ASKS FOR INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: The new Head of Foreign Relations for the Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF),Dr. Yusuf Berhanu Ahmeddin, told Poloffs the party seeks to replace Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and is broadening contacts with the diplomatic community to keep diplomats informed of the o [...] | 2009-12-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA314 | ETHIOPIAN COUNTRYSIDE: SUPPRESSING DISSENT, [...] (C) A four-day visit to Western Oromiya by PolOff revealed a political environment that suppressed dissent, created fear, and clearly focused on eliminating any opportunity for political dialogue with the opposition. Landlords refused to rent out office space to opposition parties, and oppositi [...] | 2009-02-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA317 | AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Vittorio Scelzo, head of the International Department of the Community of Sant'Egidio (CSE),and Kpakile Felemou, head of the CSE in Guinea, on the margins of the African Union (AU) Summit on 1 February. Discussions focused on S [...] | 2009-02-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU GN AU |
09ADDISABABA318 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Mauritania's National Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Boulkheir thanked the USG for its unwavering support of the legitimately elected government of Presi [...] | 2009-02-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU MR |
09ADDISABABA319 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Sudan Programs Group Director Tim Shortley, met February 2 with Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Mahamat Faki on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Foreign Minister Faki and the Government of Chad (GoC) to [...] | 2009-02-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU XA SU CD |
09ADDISABABA320 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS [...] (U) Action for Embassy Antananarivo -- see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On February 2 AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Malagasy Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva on the margins of the African Union (AU) summit. The discussion focused exclusively on the crisis arising from the conf [...] | 2009-02-05 15:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MA AU |
09ADDISABABA321 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH EU [...] (C) Begin Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Yamamoto and Sudan Programs Groups Director Timothy Shortley met with EU Special Envoy Torben Brylle January 31, on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter discussed the potential impact of the [...] | 2009-02-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SU CD |
09ADDISABABA322 | AU SUMMIT -- ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS UK [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 1 Acting Assistant Secretary Carter met U.K. Minister for Africa, Asia and the United Nations, Lord Mark Malloch Brown, on the margins of the African Union Summit. They discussed Sudan, Somalia, Zimbabwe and the situation in the Congo. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) U.K [...] | 2009-02-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SO SU ZI CG XA |
09ADDISABABA326 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on February 1 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. They discussed a range of topics including the Secretary's call to Nigerian President Yar'Adua, Nigerian troop contribution [...] | 2009-02-06 05:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SO NI AU |
09ADDISABABA327 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Chair Mohamed Chambas February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter thanked ECOWAS for its principled stand against the coup in Guinea and the two discussed e [...] | 2009-02-06 05:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GV EK ECOWAS AU |
09ADDISABABA332 | USAU: PEACE AND SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para. 6. 2. (U) Summary: At its February 5 meeting, the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Council decided to impose targeted sanctions on the Mauritanian junta that overthrew democratically elected President Abdallahi six months ago. The [...] | 2009-02-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR AU |
09ADDISABABA354 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary met with French Ministry of Foreign Affairs AF A/S-Equivalent Stephane Gompertz, Presidential Advisor for African Affairs Remi Marechaux, and Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. On Sudan, the Fr [...] | 2009-02-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR XA AU |
09ADDISABABA355 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (U) Action request for Embassy Cairo -- see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met February 2 with Egyptian Assistant Minister for Africa Mona Omar Atteya on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Atteya to pressure Sudan to pause [...] | 2009-02-09 16:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU EG AU CD XA |
09ADDISABABA356 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Acting USAID Assistant Administrator for Africa Earl Gast, met with European Commission Director General for Development Stefano Manservisi on February 1 on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter sought EU support [...] | 2009-02-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EU XA AU |
09ADDISABABA357 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 2, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met South African Foreign Minister Dlamini Dlamini-zuma on the margins of the African Union Summit. Their discussion focused primarily on the situation in Zimbabwe and touched on Sudan and Congo. Dlamini-zuma made tw [...] | 2009-02-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA AU |
09ADDISABABA373 | AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 2, on the margins of the African Union Summit, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Rwanda's Foreign Minister, Rosemary Museminali, to discuss the Rwandan role in stabilizing Eastern Congo. They recognized the need for a delicate balance in managing the [...] | 2009-02-10 17:03:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RW CG AU |
09ADDISABABA465 | USAU: AFRICAN UNION TO REVIEW AMISOM MANDATE IN [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a double suicide bombing against an AMISOM base in Mogadishu, the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council has ordered an "urgent reassessment" of AMISOM's mandate. The Council also appealed to the UN to accelerate implementation of a support package for AMISO [...] | 2009-02-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO AU BY SO UG |
09ADDISABABA49 | USAU: AU'S URGENT REQUEST TO EQUIP AMISOM, SOMALI [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary: The African Union is asking the international community, principally the US, EU, and UK, to commit immediate financia and logistical support not only to AMISOM, but also to a 10,000 strong joint security force compose [...] | 2009-01-12 12:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN AU |
09ADDISABABA505 | ETHIOPIA CIRCULATES DRAFT ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has drafted a comprehensive anti-terrorist statute (the "Anti-Terrorism Proclamation" (ATP)) that, if enacted in its current form, would give the GoE authorities comparable to those of a police state in matters related to terrorism, as it eliminates most ci [...] | 2009-03-03 13:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ET |
09ADDISABABA557 | ETHIOPIA: INFORMATION REQUEST FOR G-20 MEETINGS [...] (C) Per Ref A, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) relishes its role as the chair of The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) as the G-20 is set to convene March 14 to 15, 2009, and sees the position as a platform to help NEPAD revitalize its role in achieving policy autonomy for Afri [...] | 2009-03-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ET |
09ADDISABABA567 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE OF CONCERN TO TIGRAY [...] (C) In a February 26-27 visit to Mekele, the Ambassador met with Central Committee members from the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF, the core party within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Coalition) to highlight U.S. concerns about Ethiopia's narrow [...] | 2009-03-05 05:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA598 | USAU: AU SOMALIA ENVOY BWAKIRA ON AMISOM SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The AU's Special Representative for Somalia, Ambassador Nicolas Bwakira, told USAU on March 12 that Troop Contributing Countries and the African Union Commission are readying to make a strong pitch for stronger equipment and logistical support for AMISOM troops. They deem that in [...] | 2009-03-12 09:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU SO |
09ADDISABABA640 | ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES CAUTIONS DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles cautioned the Ambassador during a March 7 meeting that foreign diplomats and governments are giving misleading messages to the opposition and domestic insurgent group, the Oromo National Liberation Front (ONLF). The opposition and ONLF come away from their meetings wit [...] | 2009-03-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL EAID ET |
09ADDISABABA677 | PARTY-STATALS: HOW THE RULING PARTIES' [...] (C) Upon taking power in 1991, the ruling Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) liquidated non-military assets held by the movement to found a series of companies whose profits would be used as venture capital to rehabilitate the war-torn Tigray region's economy. The TPLF bestowed a porti [...] | 2009-03-19 12:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID ET |
09ADDISABABA717 | SOMALIA: TFG AND AMISOM VIEWS OF SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Defense Mohammed Abdi "Gandhi" told the Ambassador on March 23 that his government was "out-gunned" by the insurgents and said that the UN arms embargo on the TFG should be lifted. He said his government was not engaged in any [...] | 2009-03-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET |
09ADDISABABA725 | AMHARA REGION TRIP REVEALS POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (C) A two-day visit to the Amhara region by Poloff revealed a tense political environment. Despite harassment and intimidation by the local administration, opposition party members and officials were numerous in attendance in meetings with Poloff, indicating a certain amount of freedom of ass [...] | 2009-03-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA728 | MELES SUMMONS G-20 AMBASSADORS FOR PRE-SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi summoned most G-20 Ambassadors on March 26 to present a briefing of the position he will take in London on April 2 where he will represent Africa at the Summit. The meeting occurred just hours after Meles convened a separate, but supposedly similar, [...] | 2009-03-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD ET |
09ADDISABABA732 | USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) at Africa Command, met on March 25 with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Their discussions covered a range of security issues including Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea, as well as the command's fledgling m [...] | 2009-03-30 08:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AU |
09ADDISABABA734 | USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS WITH AU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 09:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XA AU |
09ADDISABABA735 | USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS WITH AU PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities at AFRICOM, met on March 25 with African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra at AU headquarters. Their discussion centered on the political and security situation in Somalia as well [...] | 2009-03-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU XA |
09ADDISABABA737 | INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S JAILS [...] (C) Recent interviews with individuals who have been held in non-traditional detention facilities have shed anecdotal light on beatings and abuse by Ethiopian security officials against civilians in country. While we cannot confirm the scope or persistence of such mistreatment, these first-han [...] | 2009-03-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA738 | PARTY-STATAL DASHEN BREWERY SHOWS PROFITS AND THE [...] (C) In a recent visit to Gonder, PolOff and Political Specialist visited ruling party owned Dashen Brewery to explore a mid-2008 labor dispute, the media coverage of which showed the long arm of the ruling party in protecting its commercial interests. We found a company both profitable and ex [...] | 2009-03-30 11:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD ET |
09ADDISABABA753 | USAU: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LOOKING FOR CHAMPION [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) discussed ref A points with African Union PermReps from Burkina-Faso and Uganda. Both reacted very favorably to the suggestion that one or both of their countries propose to the UNSC a UN Presidential Statement (PRST) on coups in Africa. Burkin [...] | 2009-04-02 05:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU LY MR UG |
09ADDISABABA76 | USAU: US INTERESTS AT STAKE AT ADDIS AU SUMMIT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union Summit in Addis Ababa from January 26 through February 3 presents an opportunity to advance US interests Q or see them take significant steps backward. The crises in Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, Mauritania, Guinea, and Eastern Congo will all likely be items of d [...] | 2009-01-14 12:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU |
09ADDISABABA804 | SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...] | 2009-04-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU |
09ADDISABABA805 | SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...] | 2009-04-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU |
09ADDISABABA82 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAMRAT LAYNE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On January 5, the Ambassador met former Prime Minister Tamrat Layne, who spent 12 years in prison before his release in late December, 2008. Tamrat was a stalwart of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) befo [...] | 2009-01-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ET |
09ADDISABABA83 | USAU: AU'S URGENT REQUEST TO EQUIP AMISOM, SOMALI [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request in paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary: The African Union is asking the international community, principally the US, EU, and UK, to commit immediate financial and logistical support not only to AMISOM, but also to a 10,000 strong joint security force compo [...] | 2009-01-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USUN AU |
09ADDISABABA86 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAMRAT LAYNE MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) On January 5, the Ambassador met former Prime Minister Tamrat Layne, who spent 12 years in prison before his release in late December, 2008. Tamrat was a stalwart of the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) and the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) befo [...] | 2009-01-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ET |
09ADDISABABA898 | COURT ORDERS VISITATION RIGHTS FOR BIRTUKAN; [...] (C) On Wednesday April 15 the Federal First Instance Court ordered the Kaliti prison administration to respect Birtukan's constitutional right to be visited by family members, friends, religious figures, and her laywer. However, when Deputy Chairman of Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) Yac [...] | 2009-04-21 10:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM ET |
09ADDISABABA953 | RELIGIOUS TENSIONS RISE IN GONDER [...] (C) The spate of religious conflict that erupted briefly in Gonder earlier this year is a manifestation of a long, tense history between Muslims and Christians in the region. From the mid-17th century until 1974, Muslims were not allowed to live or pray in the city. The Muslim community is at [...] | 2009-04-24 06:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA964 | CODEL INHOFE DISCUSSES BIRTUKAN, SOMALIA, AND [...] (C) Visiting Senators James Inhofe, Mike Enzi, and Congressman John Boozman met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on April 7 to discuss the imprisonment of political leader Birtukan Midekssa, recent economic progress in the country, current developments in Somalia, U.S./Ethiopian mili [...] | 2009-04-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MASS PGOV OTRA SO ET |
09ADDISABABA975 | ATTEMPTED COUP OR OPPOSITION ROUND-UP? [...] (C) The Ethiopian Government (GoE) announced on April 25 that it had arrested 35 individuals affiliated with the overseas-based opposition movement "Ginbot 7" who were planning a "terrorist attack" in Addis Ababa. The Government was quick to clarify that it disrupted a "terrorist attack" not [...] | 2009-04-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER ET |
09ADDISABABA980 | RELIGIOUS DYNAMICS IN ETHIOPIA; POSSIBLE CAUSES OF [...] (C) Ethiopia has enjoyed a long history of religious tolerance. In the past year, however, tensions have risen somewhat among Muslims and Orthodox Christians, the two largest religious groups in Ethiopia. Although it is likely that the recent conflicts are isolated incidents and are not caus [...] | 2009-04-28 11:29:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET |
09ADDISABABA999 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SE GRATION TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) At the African Union, you will have separate meetings with Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha and Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra. Both have welcomed cooperation from the USG on a wide range of issues, with the notable exception of the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese Pres [...] | 2009-04-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU ET |
09AITTAIPEI1029 | CODEL BERMAN'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan officials expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in response to Typhoon Morakot during the August 20-22 visit of CODEL Berman. President Ma Ying-jeou and opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen both underscored the importance of U.S. security commitments to Taiwan, including th [...] | 2009-08-25 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP OVIP MASS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1064 | CROSS-STRAIT PASSENGER FLIGHTS MORE THAN DOUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 31, the number of direct cross-Strait passenger flights increased from 108 to 270 per week, pursuant to an April 26 Taiwan-PRC agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, flights from Taiwan's two major airports to any of the 21 approved destinations in the PRC are d [...] | 2009-09-01 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1070 | DALAI LAMA'S VISIT TO TAIWAN THUS FAR HAS LIMITED [...] (C) Summary. The Dalai Lama's August 30 arrival in Taiwan caused the PRC to cancel or postpone a range of activities related to the gradual increase in cross-Strait economic cooperation. However, the overall economic impact of the PRC,s actions to protest the Dalai Lama's visit appears to be l [...] | 2009-09-02 09:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1076 | VICE PRESIDENT TELLS DIRECTOR DALAI LAMA VISIT MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the Director's September 2 introductory call, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan hoped to begin discussions with the PRC on a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) in the fourth quarter of 2009, but noted it was unclear if the Dalai Lamai's visit to [...] | 2009-09-02 11:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR SENV EINV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1077 | FRENCH SEEK U.S. COORDINATION ON STALLED BID FOR [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request for T/ISN in para 4. Â [...] | 2009-09-03 04:36:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV TRGY FR TW |
09AITTAIPEI1082 | DALAI LAMA VISIT ROILS CROSS-STRAIT TIES, TAIWAN'S [...] (C) Summary: While the initial fall-out from the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan should be manageable, the trip could damage Beijing's confidence in President Ma Ying-jeou in the longer term, according to the KMT official responsible for China affairs. The visit has been a major topic in Taiwan [...] | 2009-09-03 10:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR AEMR PGOV PHUM XE CH TW |
09AITTAIPEI1154 | VISIT OF PRC CENTRAL BANK OFFICIAL FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan officials say negotiations on a cross-Strait financial MOU are essentially complete, but political considerations appear to have delayed the signing. During his September 7-14 visit to Taipei, People's Bank of China (PBC) Deputy Governor Su Ning canceled his meeting with C [...] | 2009-09-23 06:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1188 | TIME TO BEGIN EXTRADITION TALKS WITH TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Starting extradition agreement negotiations as soon as possible would advance key U.S. law enforcement interests and, perhaps just as important, would serve as a low-risk way to underscore our commitment to strong ties with Taiwan. People of all political persuasions on Taiwan hav [...] | 2009-10-02 07:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KJUS TW |
09AITTAIPEI1201 | THE DIRECTOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFENSE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting with Director on October 5, Defense Minister Kao Hua-chu reiterated that F-16 C/Ds, submarines, utility helicopters and the two remaining batteries of PAC-3 air defense missiles were Taiwan's most pressing priorities. Minister Kao also noted the continu [...] | 2009-10-06 07:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1230 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO ADVANCED REACTOR RESEARCH [...] (U) This message is a response to Ref A action request. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan has no official programs in the field of advanced nuclear reactor research, and nuclear officials here are cool to the prospects of Generation IV reactor technology to play any role in Taiwan's nuclear industry [...] | 2009-10-15 07:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON PARM ENERG KNNP TRGY FR TW |
09AITTAIPEI1270 | MA ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO WITHSTAND BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 29, Premier Wu Den-yih was quoted as stating that Taiwan would reject applications to import U.S. beef offal and ground beef. Editorials in major newspapers remained critical of the beef protocol. The Minister of Health fielded legislators' questions at the Legislative [...] | 2009-10-29 09:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR TW |
09AITTAIPEI1292 | TAIWAN CONSIDERS LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO RESTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of yesterday's official promulgation of enhanced import measures under the U.S.-Taiwan beef protocol (reftel),KMT and DPP legislators agreed in principle to amend the Food Sanitation Act in a way that could restrict some U.S. beef imports. Although details are still [...] | 2009-11-03 10:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09AITTAIPEI1396 | TAIWAN ANTICIPATES CONTINUED ADVANCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan officials have confirmed that the next round of economic talks with the PRC will take place in Taichung on December 21-25, when both sides are slated to ink agreements on agricultural inspection and quarantine, industrial standards, double taxation, and fisheries practices [...] | 2009-11-24 10:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1445 | TALKS WITH THE PRC ON TRACK AMIDST CONCERN ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between Taiwan's Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and the PRC's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) remain on track to take place in Taichung on December 21-23. The talks are expected to produce bilateral agreements to enhance c [...] | 2009-12-08 09:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI1447 | TAIWAN LEGISLATURE RESUMES DICUSSION OF U.S. BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to the party's relatively poor performance in the December 5 local elections, the KMT has revived legislative debate over a Food Sanitation Act amendment that would restrict imports of certain U.S. beef products. Separately, a consumer NGO took an initial step toward [...] | 2009-12-08 10:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09AITTAIPEI170 | VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES ECONOMY, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with AIT Director Young, Vice President Vincent Siew said Taiwan's economy faces "a very difficult year", with prospects for growth tenuous at best. According to Siew, the island's economy requires "fundamental restructuring" in order to attract foreign investment. [...] | 2009-02-13 10:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW |
09AITTAIPEI181 | CEPD CHAIRMAN SURVEYS BLEAK ECONOMY IN FEBRUARY 18 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 18 meeting with the Director, Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Director Chen Tain-jy said exports will be a key indicator in determining when Taiwan's economy has bottomed out, and noted that recent upticks in short term export orders may be a hop [...] | 2009-02-18 09:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR ELAB EFIN TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI182 | TAIWAN PRESIDENT MA ASKS NODEL BERKLEY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 15-20 Taiwan visit by Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NEV),President Ma Ying-jeou asked for her help in achieving a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA),a bilateral extradition agreement, visa waiver status for Taiwan travelers, and meaningful participation [...] | 2009-02-18 10:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS ETRD ECON CH TW |
09AITTAIPEI188 | SEF CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS NEXT ROUND OF TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) Chairman P.K. Chiang discussed the status of cross-Strait economic relations and previewed Ma administration objectives for the next round of talks with China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) during a February 19 meeting [...] | 2009-02-19 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV EAIR CH TW |
09AITTAIPEI189 | TAIWAN FSC CHAIRMAN SAYS BANKS STRONG, ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chairman Sean Chen of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) told AIT Director Young Taiwan banks are strong enough to weather the current financial downturn, although profitability remains an issue. Unwilling to forecast the length or depth of the current recession, he said [...] | 2009-02-19 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09AITTAIPEI268 | MA ECONOMIC POLICY PRESENTS CHALLENGES - AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Entering office last May determined to build cross-Strait economic ties and recharge Taiwan's economic growth, the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou has instead been confronted with an unprecedented global economic downturn. Nearly a year into its tenure, the Ma administrat [...] | 2009-03-11 08:49:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR EFIN PINR TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI277 | THE CASE FOR CONCLUDING AN AIT-TECRO EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary: Despite the absence of an extradition agreement, Taiwan has consistently assisted U.S. law enforcement agencies in returning fugitives wanted in the U.S. for major crimes. Taiwan, however, has not been able to secure the return of its fugitives from the U.S., resulting in more th [...] | 2009-03-12 10:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN KCRM PGOV ASEC US TW |
09AITTAIPEI284 | TAIWAN HOPES TO CHOOSE FOREIGN DRAM PARTNER BY THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. John Hsuan, the IT executive charged with coordinating Taiwan's DRAM sector restructuring plan (reftel),will visit Idaho's Micron Technology and Tokyo-based Elpida within the next week. By the end of March, Hsuan plans to choose either Micron or Elpida, but not both, as foreign [...] | 2009-03-16 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09AITTAIPEI302 | TAIWAN EXPANDS ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unofficial Taiwan-PRC interaction on the environment has been ongoing since 1987, primarily sponsored by academic institutions advising Taiwan companies investing in the PRC. These exchanges have since grown, and private Taiwan entities regularly advise PRC government agencies o [...] | 2009-03-19 04:28:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON PGOV PREL ETRD TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI33 | SLUMPING EXPORTS DARKEN TAIWAN'S 2009 ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although Taiwan's official 2008 GDP growth forecast remains at 2.12%, a 42% year-on-year drop in December exports underscored the economy's vulnerability to slumping global demand. The weak export data prompted the Central Bank to cut its policy rate by 0.5% to 1.5%, and caused t [...] | 2009-01-09 10:00:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW |
09AITTAIPEI362 | TAIWAN FINALIZING AGENDA FOR NEXT ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Taiwan hopes to schedule the next round of talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation and China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait for mid-May, although the actual date has yet to be confirmed with Beijing. The agenda for the talks will encompass cross-Str [...] | 2009-03-27 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI378 | TAIWAN MULLS NEW ACRONYM FOR CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under domestic political pressure, the Ma administration plans to adopt a new acronym to describe its planned economic cooperation pact with the PRC. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In an April 1 conversation with econoff, a senior Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) official noted that potentia [...] | 2009-04-01 07:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI38 | PRESERVING THE INTEGRITY OF THE SPECIAL 301 PROCESS [...] (C) AIT is grateful for the ongoing support of the Washington interagency group as we manage our diverse and complex economic relationship with Taiwan. We share your frustration with the slow pace of Taiwan progress on some of our top agricultural priorities, and continue our effort to remedy [...] | 2009-01-12 09:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL EAGR TW |
09AITTAIPEI404 | TAIWAN SATELLITE PROGRAM GOING NATIVE [...] (C) This is an action cable. Please see para. 6 2. (C) SUMMARY. Taiwan's National Space Program Office Director Miau Jiun-jih told us April 1 that the NSPO's existing two satellite programs, the Formosat-2 and Formosat-3, are continuing to operate as scheduled and have exceeded expectat [...] | 2009-04-06 05:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | TSPA ETTC KSCA PREL CH TW |
09AITTAIPEI408 | TAIWAN AND SINGAPORE TO RESUME HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC [...] (C) According to a contact at the Singapore representative office, Taiwan and Singapore are poised to resume high-level economic talks after a six-year hiatus. Our Singaporean contact noted that Singapore suspended the senior bilateral economic dialogue after what it characterized as excessive [...] | 2009-04-06 09:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW SN |
09AITTAIPEI415 | TAIWAN OFFICIALS OUTLINE PLANS FOR CROSS-STRAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the April 1-3 visit of an interagency trade delegation led by Deputy Assistant USTR Eric Altbach (septels),senior Taiwan officials outlined Taiwan's plans to negotiate a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Although details remain vague, [...] | 2009-04-07 10:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI422 | U.S. TRADE DELEGATION PURSUES BROAD AGENDA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In April 1-3 meetings with Taiwan officials, a visiting interagency U.S.trade delegation stressed U.S. interest in concrete progress on beef, rice, pork, maximum residue levels (MRLs),and other agricultural market access issues (septel) as a prelude to reinvigorating the overall [...] | 2009-04-08 08:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW |
09AITTAIPEI457 | LEVERAGING U.S.-TAIWAN GLOBAL ISSUES COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. As advanced-economy democracies, the U.S. and Taiwan already cooperate closely on a broad range of global issues. In addition to the many benefits inherent in our bilateral cooperation, the expansion of cross-Strait ties (septel) gives us new options for reinforcing U.S. global i [...] | 2009-04-15 02:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SOCI EAID TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI528 | TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MULLING NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is consulting with other agencies to prioritize Taiwan's international space needs and develop recommendations on next steps now that Taiwan has been invited to observe at this year's World Health Assembly. MOFA International Organizati [...] | 2009-05-01 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ELAB EPA ILO IMO IO KJUS PGOV PREL |
09AITTAIPEI59 | TAIWAN'S MEMORY CHIP SECTOR FACING RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's DRAM manufacturers are in trouble. A combination of over-production, price drops beginning in 2007, and stagnant demand during most of 2008 has produced a serious liquidity problem. Two of the leading producers have looked to the Ma administration for relief. The stakes [...] | 2009-01-14 22:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH TW |
09AITTAIPEI674 | TAIWAN PREPARES TO ALLOW PRC INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In early July, Taiwan plans to open its economy to PRC investment for the first time. Although Taiwan is by some measures the largest external investor in Mainland China, Taiwan has cited national security grounds in banning virtually all PRC investment in its own economy. Taiwan [...] | 2009-06-09 09:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI711 | CHINA SENDS BUYING MISSIONS TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. A series of large trade missions from the PRC have recently come to Taiwan to place significant orders for products ranging from consumer electronics components to agricultural products. These buying missions, according to public and private sector experts, will likely give Taiw [...] | 2009-06-15 09:17:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI729 | THE DIRECTOR'S JUNE 17 FAREWELL CALL ON VICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a June 17 farewell call on Vice Premier Paul Chiu, the Director stressed the importance of promptly opening Taiwan's market to all U.S. beef imports. The Vice Premier acknowledged that beef has long been a major bilateral trade irritant, and was optimistic that the issue co [...] | 2009-06-18 07:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI739 | TAIWAN RESPONSE TO U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 17, ESTH officer delivered reftel points to Mr. Hsu Ting Chang, Chief of the Task Force on International Environmental Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Hsu stated that German officials have expressed a desire for Taiwan participation in IRENA. Because IRENA [...] | 2009-06-22 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI766 | TAIWAN'S MOOTED TRADE PACT WITH THE PRC: STILL A [...] (SBU) Summary. Although details about the scope and timing of a possible cross-Strait economic cooperation agreement remain scarce, the Ma administration continues to move forward on an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with the PRC. Officials, academics and industry executives [...] | 2009-06-25 08:38:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI775 | DIRECTOR TALKS BEEF, CROSS-STRAIT, TAIWAN ECONOMY [...] (C) In the Director's June 25 farewell call, Premier Liu Chao-shiuan said he sees no problems with implementing the proposed plan to re-open Taiwan,s market to the full range of U.S. beef imports, but did not say Taiwan would agree to include a date certain to hold consultations on lifting an [...] | 2009-06-26 06:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL TW |
09AITTAIPEI786 | DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered the points in ref A to MOFA North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng on June 25. Tseng noted that, although Taiwan is not a UN member or party to key non-proliferation regimes, it makes every effort to comply with relevant resolutions and standards. [...] | 2009-06-30 01:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TW |
09AITTAIPEI791 | TAIWAN POWERCHIP CHAIRMAN ON FUTURE OF MEMORY CHIP [...] (C) Summary. During a June 29 farewell call with the Director, Powerchip Semiconductor Chairman Frank Huang expressed guarded optimism about the future of Taiwan's DRAM memory chip sector. Huang dismissed the possibility of a restructuring of the sector, saying the Taiwan Memory Corporation [...] | 2009-06-30 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI795 | THE DIRECTOR'S JUNE 30 FAREWELL CALL ON VICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 farewell call with the Director, Vice President Vincent Siew on his own initiative said "the beef issue will be solved soon," but did not provide a detailed timeline. Looking wan but engaged after recent cancer surgery, the Vice President called for a vibrant U.S.-Ta [...] | 2009-06-30 09:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD PREL EAGR TW CH |
09AITTAIPEI849 | TAIWAN CROSS-STRAIT POLICY EXPERTS HIGHLIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent meetings with AIT officers, senior staff at Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) underscored what they characterize as generally favorable public perceptions of Ma administration efforts to pursue closer economic integration wi [...] | 2009-07-14 09:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV TW CH |
09ALGIERS1002 | ALGERIA PROVIDES ITS REASONS FOR SUPPORTING [...] (C) The Ambassador on November 8 reinforced ref A demarche on the Goldstone report with MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher, urging Algerian support to help ensure the follow-up process does not further complicate efforts to move Palestinians and Israelis to negotiated peace. Bouzah [...] | 2009-11-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL IS IZ AG |
09ALGIERS1008 | SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH ALGERIA [...] (U) In response to ref A, this message provides information on established security dialogues between the United States and Algeria. 2. (U) Joint Military Dialogue (JMD): The JMD was first held in October 2005 under an informal agreement between the U.S. and Algeria. The second JMD, in No [...] | 2009-11-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR AG |
09ALGIERS1026 | ALGERIA'S RESPONSE ON IRAN-BURMA-DPRK RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel B points on the Iran/Burma/DPRK human rights resolutions to MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Salima Abdelhak on November 17. Abdelhak said she had recently returned to Algiers after a four-year posting in Algeria's UN mission [...] | 2009-11-17 17:14:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA AG IR |
09ALGIERS1041 | POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC [...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...] | 2009-11-22 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1063 | POLISARIO ASKS U.S. TO RESPOND TO MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Poloff travelled on November 21 to Tindouf, Algeria, to meet with senior Polisario Front leaders to discuss the future of UN-led mediation efforts on the Western Sahara conflict and to observe the conditions of life in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Polisario officials reitera [...] | 2009-12-01 08:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1069 | AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETING WITH ALGERIAN [...] (C) Algerian Presidential Counselor for Terrorism Kamel Rezag Bara told AFRICOM Commander General Ward November 26 that Algeria was leading a regional effort with Mali, Mauritania, and Niger against AQIM but that heads of state had yet to set the date for a summit meeting of these countries in [...] | 2009-12-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PINR PGOV PREL AG NG ML MR |
09ALGIERS1070 | AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Medelci registered AFRICOM General Ward's message that AFRICOM's mission was to reinforce African nations' own security efforts and not establish bases. The minister detailed Algeria's efforts within the African Union and regional partners to promote security and conflict [...] | 2009-12-02 10:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MARR MOPS AG NG ML MR |
09ALGIERS1071 | DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ALGERIA [...] (U) Algeria serves as a transit point for drug trafficking, both for cannabis and cannabis resin from Morocco, and increasingly for South American-origin cocaine and heroin, which both transit Algeria to Europe. Algeria's long, remote and difficult-to-secure borders facilitate the drug trade [...] | 2009-12-02 11:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AG PGOV PINS SNAR |
09ALGIERS1082 | NGOS IN TINDOUF ON HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: DCM on November 21 met with several UN officials working with the Sahrawi refugees near Tindouf, Algeria, to discuss the status of assistance and development programs. The groups included the UN peacekeeping force MINURSO, the World Food Program, and the UN High Commission for [...] | 2009-12-07 12:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1117 | POLISARIO RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES SEEN TO THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts with UNHCR and American NGOs working in the Polisario camps near Tindouf say that individual Sahrawis have been involved in smuggling activities, but the Polisario "government" severely punishes anyone caught trafficking persons or weapons that could aid terrorist [...] | 2009-12-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS12 | GAZA: ALGERIAN DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS ON ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian MFA summoned us and other UN Security Council member missions separately on January 4 to deliver a demarche on the Arab League position developed at the December 31 Cairo ministerial, and to lay out the Algerian position on the situation in Gaza. The MFA informed us [...] | 2009-01-04 18:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG |
09ALGIERS122 | PA BUDGET DEMARCHE: ALGERIA PLEDGES SUPPORT [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Acting Director of Arab League Affairs Mourad Merhoum told us that Algeria's support for the Palestinian people was a matter of principle, and that Algeria would continue its annual contributions of roughly USD 50 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) throug [...] | 2009-02-04 14:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG AG |
09ALGIERS144 | SECTARIAN VIOLENCE FLARES UP AGAIN IN GHARDAIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: New violent clashes in the town of Berriane (ref A) highlight the ongoing tension between Algeria's Ibadi Muslims (or Kharijites) and the Sunni (Malikite) Muslims of the Ghardaia region. Sectarian clashes broke out last week after Friday prayers and left two people dead and 120 i [...] | 2009-02-10 16:59:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS AG |
09ALGIERS147 | DISILLUSIONED INSIDERS LOOK TO U.S. AS ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian political insiders have praised the Obama administration's message of change and told us that change is on Algeria's political horizon as well, despite the likelihood that Bouteflika will be re-elected to a third term on April 9. In meetings between January 31 and Februar [...] | 2009-02-11 18:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM AG |
09ALGIERS158 | ALGERIA: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (C) As Algeria is in the process of implementing an ambitious 2006-2010 increase in its police forces, Embassy Algiers' Mission Strategic Plan reflects priorities and associated training aimed at boosting ourlD J"QQQEQY7W&rganized crime cooperation with law enforcement entities. Such non-mili [...] | 2009-02-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC |
09ALGIERS160 | ALGERIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (U) This cable provides answers to questions in ref A. 2. OVERVIEW OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM -- (C) Algeria currently operates two nuclear research reactors at Draria and Ain Oussera. We have been told (refs B and C) that Algeria is roughly twenty years from actually operating a [...] | 2009-02-16 16:19:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PREL AG |
09ALGIERS176 | ALGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR DUMMIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The deadline for submitting candidate dossiers to the Constitutional Council will pass on February 23 at midnight, marking the first bureaucratic hurdle for presidential hopefuls who want to be included on the April 9 ballot. To qualify, potential candidates must meet basic citiz [...] | 2009-02-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AG |
09ALGIERS18 | ALGIERS GAZA PROTESTS GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrations of Algerian popular anger over Israeli actions in Gaza and support for the Palestinian people have increased in the past several days. Since much of the frustration is directed at the Algerian regime for its perceived impotence in the face of the Palestinian crisis [...] | 2009-01-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT KMSG PREL AG |
09ALGIERS195 | ALGERIA RESERVED ON MARCH 2 IAEA BOARD MEETING [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director of International Security Issues Ali Alaoui on February 25. We underscored USG concerns regarding the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria and urged Algeria to make a strong national statement on both issues at the upcoming Board of Governors [...] | 2009-02-25 16:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR AG |
09ALGIERS196 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Post does not recommend any modification to the CI/KR list as it relates to Algeria at this time. We note, however, that Algeria and international joint venture partners are constructing two undersea natural gas pipelines to Europe, one of which may be operational in late 2009. Once opera [...] | 2009-02-25 17:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AG |
09ALGIERS2 | ALGERIA'S SMOKE-AND-MIRRORS DEATH PENALTY DEBATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: 2008 closed with disproportionate media and public attention being paid to the death penalty debate in Algeria -- a debate largely theoretical since no executions have taken place since 1993. Toward the end of the year human rights activists and an opposition party increased thei [...] | 2009-01-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL AG |
09ALGIERS226 | HOW TO GET AN ALGERIAN TO VOTE IN APRIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Achieving a respectable level of voter turnout for the April election appears to be the key government concern for legitimizing the presidential electoral process and delivering Bouteflika a landslide victory. Voter turnout has been in steady decline in recent years as Algerians [...] | 2009-03-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AG |
09ALGIERS234 | ISLAMIST LEADER BEARISH ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ruling coalition Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP) president Aboudjerra Soltani told the Ambassador on March 4 that he was pessimistic regarding an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement and did not believe "the opportunity was present" right now. Despite his pessimism and initi [...] | 2009-03-10 11:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL AG |
09ALGIERS235 | ALGERIA'S MODERATE ISLAMIST LEADER: A VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP - Muslim Brotherhood) President Aboudjerra Soltani gave the Ambassador on March 4 Algeria's official Islamist vision of how to increase political participation and create accountability in local government. Soltani said the most critical need w [...] | 2009-03-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL AG |
09ALGIERS246 | MFA COMPLAINS THAT HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DOES NOT [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Americas (A/S-equivalent) Fatiha Selmane summoned the Charge to the MFA on March 11 to express the Algerian government's "disappointment and unhappiness" with the conclusions of the 2008 Human Rights Report (HRR). Selmane said the report was identical to prior [...] | 2009-03-11 16:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM AG |
09ALGIERS252 | FOR THE DISENCHANTED, A FACEBOOK PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the lack of political space in Algeria's real society, some young Algerians are going online, creating an informal political party and engaging on Facebook with someone they believe to be President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Bouteflika's campaign workers tell us "Facebook [...] | 2009-03-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO SOCI AG |
09ALGIERS268 | ALGERIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PA [...] (U) In response to ref A, MFA U.S. desk officer Ali Drouiche confirmed on March 14 that Algeria will provide approximately USD 200 million for reconstruction efforts in Palestinian territories, to be channeled through its membership in the Arab League. As reported in ref B, Algeria has alread [...] | 2009-03-18 15:14:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN AG |
09ALGIERS269 | ALGERIA OF LIKE MIND ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Maghreb Affairs Ayeche Ouahouah told us on March 18 that Algeria shared the U.S. view on Mauritania, and was confident that the African Union would remain focused on the points contained in reftel demarche. Ouahouah said that Libya's Qadhafi "was playing a rol [...] | 2009-03-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MR AG |
09ALGIERS279 | THE PLAYBILL FOR ALGERIA'S ELECTION THEATER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 18:05:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL AG |
09ALGIERS3 | GHARDAIA: IDEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL OASIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Proud of its independent spirit and unique heritage, the oasis town of Ghardaia stands at the gateway to the Sahara as a example of what a community whose traditional structures continue to thrive can achieve when left to its own devices. During his November 14-16 visit to the reg [...] | 2009-01-04 08:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL KDEM KPAO AG |
09ALGIERS307 | VIOLENCE ROCKS TIZI OUZOU ON THE EVE OF [...] (U) Tizi Ouzou was rocked by violence on the eve of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's March 26 campaign swing through the province, but thanks in part to a massive security presence his tour of two major Kabylie cities occurred without incident. Al'Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) launched [...] | 2009-03-31 09:20:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL PINS AG |
09ALGIERS308 | GUANTANAMO: FORMER DETAINEE ALLEGEDLY ENCOURAGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A letter received by the Embassy on March 25 accuses the spouse of former Algerian Guantanamo detainee Sofiane Abar Houari of encouraging her husband to attack the U.S. Embassy in Algiers. The letter, written in mediocre French, purports to be from a concerned citizen presumably [...] | 2009-03-31 09:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL AG |
09ALGIERS31 | FIS WRITES TO AMBASSADOR AND RAISES STREET PROFILE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ali Benhadj, vice-president and spiritual leader of the disbanded and outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),wrote a letter to the Ambassador in which he advised the United States to revise its support of Israel in the wake of the current situation in Gaza, and in which he decri [...] | 2009-01-12 10:24:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL PTER KDEM AG |
09ALGIERS316 | ALGERIAN BUSINESS BULLISH ON FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian business leaders welcome new rules requiring a majority Algerian partner for all foreign investments in the country (ref A). They see the rules not as a retreat from capitalism and economic liberalization, but rather as a new economic model reflecting Algeria's unique hi [...] | 2009-04-01 13:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV AG |
09ALGIERS331 | CHASTENED JOURNALISTS ADD TO ELECTION DAY CYNICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tunisian journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was denied entry at Algiers airport on April 4 after being invited by the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) to participate in a program monitoring the media in the run-up to the April 9 presid [...] | 2009-04-06 17:40:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM AG |
09ALGIERS337 | CRITICISM AND APATHY DEFINE PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of Algeria's presidential election, a mood of general apathy and cynicism has descended upon the capital, despite the government's best efforts to stimulate voter turnout on April 9. These efforts have consisted largely of an overwhelming Bouteflika propaganda machine, [...] | 2009-04-07 10:45:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM AG |
09ALGIERS34 | ALGERIA ALLOWS PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS OVER GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bowing to growing public pressure (ref A),the Algerian government allowed protests in the streets of Algiers and other cities January 9 for the first time since 2001 so Algerians could show public support for the Palestinians in Gaza. Thousands participated in demonstrations ar [...] | 2009-01-12 18:45:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KISL AG |
09ALGIERS352 | ALGERIA'S ECONOMIC LIBERALS FADE TO THE LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many observers predict that, as the expected winner of the April 9 presidential election, President Bouteflika will reshuffle his cabinet again and either move or remove certain ministers that were associated with the economic liberalization of his first two terms. Bouteflika ra [...] | 2009-04-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON PGOV KPRV AG |
09ALGIERS355 | AUTHOR OF RECONCILIATION CHARTER SAYS BOUTEFLIKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's de facto human rights ombudsman, Farouk Ksentini, told the Ambassador during an April 4 meeting that Algeria's relationship with the United States is "essential." The Ambassador raised the need to decriminalize defamation, which was intimidating the press. Ksentini agr [...] | 2009-04-08 18:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AG |
09ALGIERS356 | FM MEDELCI WELCOMES MITCHELL VISIT, SHARES DOHA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci on April 7 welcomed Special Envoy George Mitchell's upcoming visit to Algiers and provided us with a brief read-out of the recent Doha summit. Medelci recalled that he had spoken by telephone with Mitchell and was looking forwar [...] | 2009-04-08 18:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL XF AG |
09ALGIERS366 | CHALLENGES FACING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The foreign assistance environment in Algeria is significantly different than in neighboring lower income countries where governments actively seek an open and transparent donor aid process. Donors from different governments and multilateral agencies do not coordinate their acti [...] | 2009-04-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL EU AG |
09ALGIERS370 | BOUTEFLIKA REELECTED IN HEAVILY MANAGED CONTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: To the surprise of noone, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a third term on April 9 in a carefully choreographed and heavily controlled election with official results the main opposition leader called "Brezhnevian." Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni annou [...] | 2009-04-13 19:12:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM AG |
09ALGIERS381 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to the peace process (reftel),Foreign Minister Medelci raised cooperation on Guantanamo detainees, negotiations on Western Sahara and the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir during his April 7 meeting with the Ambassador at MFA. Medelci said Algeria woul [...] | 2009-04-18 11:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM ICC SU MO AG |
09ALGIERS386 | ALGERIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR 2009 DISARMAMENT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Political Affairs and International Security (A/S level) Boudjemaa Delmi briefed the Ambassador on April 15 on Algeria's effort to reinvigorate the work of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament (CD),for which Algeria holds the 2008-09 presidency. The Ambassador to [...] | 2009-04-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV UNDC AG |
09ALGIERS39 | WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA AND POLISARIO WELCOME ROSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an official statement reported in the local press on January 12, the MFA welcomed the UN Secretary General's nomination of Ambassador Christopher Ross as Special Representative for the Western Sahara, expressing Algeria's readiness to cooperate with and assist Ross in his ef [...] | 2009-01-13 19:17:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PBTS WI AG |
09ALGIERS415 | ALGERIA AND MEPI - MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) MEPI remains a valuable tool in Algeria, both to continue existing programming and to focus future programming on new opportunities we identify. In response to refs A and B, this cable outlines what programs work in Algeria, today and tomorrow, and why. MEPI programs support USG goals of [...] | 2009-04-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI PREL KPAO KDEM AG |
09ALGIERS421 | WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA POSITIVE BUT GUARDED [...] (C) MFA Director-General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the Ambassador on April 25 that Algeria had a very favorable opinion of new UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, and that it found the report of his initial impressions "balanced." However, Magramane also poi [...] | 2009-04-27 17:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS428 | THE GESTATION OF A NEW ISLAMIST PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what appears to be a government-backed effort to energize an alientated Islamist electorate, the traditional tensions within the Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP - Muslim Brotherhood) have sprouted a new formal political movement, the Movement for Preaching and Change (MPC) [...] | 2009-04-29 08:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM AG |
09ALGIERS44 | ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE: ALGERIA SUPPORTS EGYPT'S [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche January 14 to MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelhamid Bouzaher, who said that Algeria was in accord in principle with our points on Gaza. He said Algeria supported the UNSCR, and absolutely supported Egypt's efforts. But, he said, the sit [...] | 2009-01-14 17:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF AG |
09ALGIERS442 | WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA OPTIMISTIC, POLISARIO DOUR [...] (C) In response to ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the DCM on May 3 that Algeria's response to the MINURSO rollover resolution had been "measured and positive" and that Algeria supported Ambassador Christopher Ross. The Algerian government issued a stateme [...] | 2009-05-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS443 | ALGERIA TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO JOINING IMF [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Economic Affairs and International Cooperation (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Amar Abba on May 4. Abba reported that Algeria would cast an abstention vote at the IMF by the May 5 deadline. He also implied that Algeria would proba [...] | 2009-05-04 16:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV AG |
09ALGIERS447 | THE RESILIENT CHRISTIANS OF TAMANRASSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Some 2000 kilometers south of Algiers in the heart of the Sahara, a small group of Catholics continue to hold small, discreet services, despite the restrictions local officials have placed on their activities. Each week, 20-30 Christians attend services in a tiny sand and mud chur [...] | 2009-05-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI PINR KISL AG |
09ALGIERS45 | DEMARCHE ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS ON MOU: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 10:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AG IS MARR PREL |
09ALGIERS464 | ALGERIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICAN IAEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KNNP IAEA PREL AG |
09ALGIERS465 | DISEASE IN THE DESERT: FIGHTING HIV/AIDS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A gradual rise in legal and illegal African migration to southern Algeria over the past 15 years has brought an increase in cases of infectious diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS. The Saharan crossroads of Tamanrasset, which with 130,000 inhabitants is the only city in an area large [...] | 2009-05-11 13:29:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KHIV PGOV PREF AG |
09ALGIERS469 | PROBLEM CHILD: ALGERIA'S GROWING IMPATIENCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria has long considered Mali an ally in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, but is losing patience with its southern neighbor. During the week of April 25, the two major independent French-language dailies in Algiers, Liberte and El Watan, accused Malian President Amado [...] | 2009-05-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PINR PREL ASEC ML AG |
09ALGIERS492 | DESPERATELY LOOKING NORTH: THE MIGRANTS OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The cities of Tamanrasset and Djanet in the Algerian south have become extended transit hubs for thousands of illegal migrants from sub Saharan Africa who are looking north to seek opportunity. With 130,000 residents, Tamanrasset is the largest population center in southern Alger [...] | 2009-05-20 18:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER PINR PINS SOCI ML NG AG |
09ALGIERS513 | ALGERIA DECLINES AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on May 31 to Lounes Magramane, MFA Director General for African Affairs. After conferring with decisionmakers, Magramane told the Ambassador on June 2 that Algeria will not transport weapons or ammunition. He noted that Algeria has supported the So [...] | 2009-06-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SO AG |
09ALGIERS514 | BOUTEFLIKA: SERIOUS WESTERN SAHARA AUTONOMY IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bouteflika told Codel Burr Algeria would consider modifying its position on Western Sahara, and engaging the Sahrawis, if Morocco seriously implemented UN resolutions on self-determination. While Algeria would respect whatever outcome the Saharans chose, including auto [...] | 2009-06-03 06:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OREP PGOV PINR PTER PINS KNNP AG |
09ALGIERS553 | ALGERIA GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT ON 2009 [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; see para 3. 2. (C) The Algerian MFA transmitted a note verbale on June 2 thanking the USG for its support of Algeria's position during the May 29 Conference on Disarmament (CD) vote and providing a copy of the CD's draft decision in English. The MFA's gesture [...] | 2009-06-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV AG |
09ALGIERS642 | WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS ROSS THAT ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSYG Personal Envoy Christopher Ross met with President Bouteflika on June 24 to discuss participation in "informal" talks between Morocco and the Polisario regarding the Western Sahara. After his meetings with Bouteflika in Algiers and later with Polisario leaders in Tindouf, R [...] | 2009-06-30 07:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS70 | ALGERIA: OBAMA IS "AMERICA WE DREAMED ABOUT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: While we expected a mostly positive reaction to President Obama's inauguration in the Algerian press (reftel) and among most Algerians, the Ambassador received a surprisingly strong positive reaction from former prime minister and ruling National Liberation Front (FLN) chairman [...] | 2009-01-21 18:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG |
09ALGIERS705 | MIXED MESSAGES ON ALGERIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Members of CODEL Schiff heard mixed-messages regarding Algeria's investment climate during a visit June 30 and July 1. Government officials at once spoke of their desire to see more US companies investing in Algeria outside of the hydrocarbons sector, while describing new res [...] | 2009-07-21 15:09:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET EINV OREP AG |
09ALGIERS717 | ALGERIA: ENGAGEMENT FOLLOWING PRESIDENT'S CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's June 4 speech in Cairo was closely watched by a generally receptive Algerian public, as was his July speech in Ghana. Our Algerian contacts appreciated the President's effort at Muslim outreach -- epitomized by opening the speech with "assalaamu alaykum" -- and [...] | 2009-07-28 17:38:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OEXC ECON EINV SCUL SENV SOCI TSPL KISL |
09ALGIERS765 | ALGERIAN MINSTATE SAYS TRANS-SAHARA LEADERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister of State for Africa and the Maghreb Abdelkader Messahel told a visiting Capstone delegation August 14 that trans-Sahara heads of state will meet in Bamako in early October to discuss security cooperation and regional development. Messahel said that Algerian P [...] | 2009-08-23 06:43:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PGOV AG |
09ALGIERS768 | ALGERIA'S VIEW OF VIENNA TALKS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Algerian Minstate for Africa and the Maghreb Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria's representative at the Vienna informal talks on the Western Sahara, told us August 14 that the talks were generally civil and constructive, and that the parties to the dispute agreed to further meetings i [...] | 2009-08-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS781 | POLISARIO VIEWS VIENNA AS POSITIVE STEP, BUT NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario "Ambassador" Brahim Ghali praised the positive atmosphere of the Vienna talks and reiterated the Polisario's commitment to continue its cooperation with UNSYG Special Envoy Christopher Ross. Although the talks were a good opportunity for direct dialogue between the part [...] | 2009-08-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS822 | MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 13:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM KNNP IAEA PREL IS EG AG |
09ALGIERS824 | ALGERIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief presented reftel demarche September 13 to Hamza Khelif, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the MFA's Office of Security and Disarmament. Khelif noted that as president of the IAEA Board of Governors, Algeria carried a special responsibility to be impartial and listen to all [...] | 2009-09-14 16:32:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY AG |
09ALGIERS825 | ALGERIA ON SAHEL SUMMIT PREP: "THE CHAIN IS NOW [...] (C) Algeria expects a regional heads of state meeting in Bamako on regional security cooperation before the end of the year. MFA Director General for African Affairs Magramane said he expects the summit to result in an action plan to address both joint security operations and development ini [...] | 2009-09-14 16:54:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PGOV PBTS AG ML MR NG |
09ALGIERS837 | ALGERIAN MUSLIM LEADERS SAY YOUTH INCREASINGLY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador hosted an iftar for prominent Algerian Muslim scholars September 8. All in the group, who belong to the Algerian religious establishment, felt that while salafist extremism lacked broad appeal in Algeria, the Algerian religious establishment could do better in offe [...] | 2009-09-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AG KISL PGOV PREL SCUL US |
09ALGIERS838 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER FOR ALGERIAN PRESS [...] (C) Human rights lawyers and editors of Algeria's independent French and Arabic language print dailies complained of a continuing oppressive environment for the press over the past year during an iftar hosted by the Ambassador September 15. Government unwillingness to share information with t [...] | 2009-09-17 16:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AG KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL US |
09ALGIERS839 | ALGERIA TO ENGAGE IRAN ON AMCIT DETAINEES [...] (C) The Algerian MFA says that Algeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs would engage with his Iranian colleague on the margins of UNGA to help obtain the humanitarian release of U.S. citizens detained in Iran. It would also instruct its Ambassador in Geneva to work with the U.S. and Egyptian del [...] | 2009-09-17 17:31:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | AG CASC IR KNNP MNUC PARM PHUM PTER |
09ALGIERS842 | ALGERIA: FINANCE LAW HAMPERS FOREIGN INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) A "complementary finance law" (CFL) adopted by presidential decree on 22 July imposes new restrictions on foreign investment, import companies, and domestic consumer credit. It grew out of government preoccupation with lowering Algeria's growing import bill and more tightly controlling [...] | 2009-09-23 07:25:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON AG |
09ALGIERS887 | ALGERIAN INDUSTRY MINISTER REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN [...] Summary: Minister of Industry told USTR Director Burkhead that Algeria remains interested in acceding to the WTO and engaging with the U.S. in the framework of our bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement. He nevertheless believed the government had to exert more control over impor [...] | 2009-10-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EFIN ECON AG |
09ALGIERS888 | ALGERIA: FINANCE MINISTER BACKS ALGERIA'S NEW [...] (C) Minister of Finance Karim Djoudi told USTR Director for the Middle East and Europe Paul Burkhead September 28 that the purpose of Algeria's new rules on imports and foreign investment was to lower imports, tighten control on hard currency outflows, reduce tax fraud, and protect and promote [...] | 2009-10-01 13:10:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AG |
09ALGIERS889 | COMMERCE MINISTER SAYS ALGERIA SERIOUS ABOUT WTO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaaboub told USTR Director for the Middle East and Europe Paul Burkhead on September 28 that WTO accession is still a priority and Algeria looked to the U.S. for support in its efforts to complete negotiations. Djaaboub nevertheless defended new rule [...] | 2009-10-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AG |
09ALGIERS890 | ALGERIA: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DEFENDS DRUG IMPORT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with visiting USTR director Burkhead, Health Ministry Secretary General Chakou defended Algeria's import ban on a number of pharmaceuticals. He said it was necessary to protect and develop Algeria's domestic drug production, and to reduce the rising import costs for [...] | 2009-10-03 18:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON AG |
09ALGIERS900 | ALGERIA: USTR DIRECTOR BURKHEAD TACKLES [...] (C) USTR Director Paul Burkhead told Algerian ministers and senior officials during a September 27-28 visit that the U.S. wants to improve trade and investment ties with Algeria and help Algeria diversify its economy beyond the hydrocarbon sector. GOA officials said Algeria still wants to acce [...] | 2009-10-05 15:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG |
09ALGIERS904 | ALGERIA: RESPONSE TO P5 PLUS ONE TALKS WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MUNC PARM IR AG |
09ALGIERS96 | U.S. COAST GUARD GIVES ALGERIAN PORTS HIGH MARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A delegation of four International Port Security Specialists from the U.S. Coast Guard visited the ports of Arzew and Algiers from January 10-14, marking the second visit by the Coast Guard since the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) [...] | 2009-01-27 17:49:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EWWT AG |
09ALGIERS961 | ALGERIA: ELECTIONS NOT ENOUGH IN GUINEA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 14:39:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV AG GV |
09ALGIERS962 | ALGERIAN MINSTATE SAYS REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for African and Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston on October 17 that governments in the Sahel region have the resources to combat terrorism and criminal networks and have agreed on the [...] | 2009-10-27 17:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG |
09ALGIERS970 | A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) In an October 21 meeting with NEA A/S Feltman, Prime Minister Ouyahia was broadly receptive to the USG theme of economic and security partnership in the region. He said Algeria wants to adopt a market economy but needs time to strengthen its industry to meet world competition. While urgi [...] | 2009-10-29 08:51:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KWBG KPAL KISR IS IR AG |
09ALGIERS973 | NEA A/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH ALGERIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) In an October 20 meeting with Algerian FM Medelci, visiting NEA A/S Feltman said we wished to deepen counterterrorism and regional security cooperation with Algeria. Medelci focused on the economy and the Middle East. Algeria was an open economy that needed foreign and U.S. investment, w [...] | 2009-11-02 07:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG IS AG |
09ALGIERS983 | CTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS REGIONAL CT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Participants at the Italian-hosted Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting of G-8 Embassies in Algiers on October 25 discussed the current status of regional CT cooperation, ongoing Algerian and bilateral CT efforts, and the activities of the African Union Center for the Study and Res [...] | 2009-11-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR PGOV AG ML MR NG |
09ALGIERS988 | ALGERIA RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) P/E chief delivered ref A points November 4 to Abdelkedar Hedjazi, Director of the MFA's Office of the Arab Magreb and Arab Maghreb Union, emphasizing in particular the need to avoid UNGA resolutions related to the Goldstone report that could complicate the resumption of Palestinian-Israe [...] | 2009-11-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL AG IS UN |
09ALGIERS993 | UK DEFENSE SECRETARY AINSWORTH VISIT TO ALGERIA, [...] (C) The UK Ambassador in Algiers told us that the UK Secretary of State for Defense, during his October 26-27 visit to Algiers, signed a bilateral defense cooperation agreement that establishes a framework for UK training of Algerian military, information exchanges and joint exercises. A heli [...] | 2009-11-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AG UK IR |
09AMEMBASSYHANOI903 | Vietnam on Anti-Israel UNGA Resolutions [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE VM |
09AMEMBASSYHANOI909 | Vietnam 'Unfriends' Facebook [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of speculation that the Government of Vietnam was considering blocking the popular social networking site Facebook, Internet users' worst fears began to materialize in mid November. The blockage began at first with only a few Internet service providers in certain re [...] | 2009-11-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT ETTC PHUM KPAO VM CH |
09AMEMBASSYHANOI911 | Thrown Under the Popemobile? Hanoi Archbishop Submits Letter [...] (C) Summary: Sources in the Hanoi Archdiocese have confirmed that embattled Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet has offered to resign, citing health concerns and fatigue. The head of the Vatican's delegation to a Jubilee marking the Catholic Church's 350-year presence in Vietnam told the DCM November [...] | 2009-11-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL VM |
09AMEMBASSYHANOI913 | VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Embassy contacts at the MFA and MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm, "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will support U.S. priorities for Cuba, as outlined in [...] | 2009-11-27 02:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU VM |
09AMEMBASSYHANOI917 | Vietnam Says it is Pressing Burma for ASSK's Release [...] (SBU) Acting DCM and Poloff met with the MFA's Deputy DG for ASEAN Affairs, Vu Hung, December 2 to discuss EAP A/S Campbell and DAS Marciel's November 3-4 visit to Burma and to urge Vietnam to use its influence with Burma to press for genuine dialogue with Burma's democratic opposition and eth [...] | 2009-12-02 05:41:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN BM VM |
09AMMAN1022 | CHANGES AFOOT IN JORDAN'S PERSONAL STATUS LAW [...] (C) Summary: The head of Jordan's Islamic courts is working on a package of amendments to the personal status law, which governs marriage, divorce, the status of women, and inheritance issues. The initial read on the amendments is that they would represent a step forward in the promotion of women's [...] | 2009-05-04 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1054 | ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED PUBLICLY, [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Minister of Social Development convened donors and international organizations on April 29 to discuss forward-looking amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society. She has been lobbying tribal conservatives and [...] | 2009-05-07 05:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1113 | KING ABDULLAH HAS MOMENT IN THE SUN, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts saw King Abdullah's visit to Washington as a success, focusing on how it enhanced his standing among his Arab peers more than on the substantive outcome of his conversations with President Obama. Most thought the King returned from the United States newly empo [...] | 2009-05-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SA SY JO |
09AMMAN1117 | KING ABRUPTLY ENDS DRIVE FOR DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's long-standing drive for decentralization of government services came to an abrupt halt on May 3, when he announced that the plan to create three new regional authorities would be dropped in favor of a vague plan to empower existing provincial governors. Little w [...] | 2009-05-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1118 | CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, IRAN, REFORM [...] (C) Summary: During their May 7-8 visit to Amman, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Representative Rush Holt (R-NJ) met with King Abdullah, Senate President Zaid Al-Refai, and Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali. They heard optimism about the President's engagement on the Isra [...] | 2009-05-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO |
09AMMAN1176 | UNRWA WORKERS IN JORDAN STAGE ANOTHER STRIKE OVER [...] (C) UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees in Jordan went on strike from May 12 to May 15 to demand pay increases to compensate for the decline in the value of UNRWA's pension funds. UNRWA Jordan's already tight operational budget will be trimmed further in the coming year and may forc [...] | 2009-05-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ELAB KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1182 | MANY JORDANIANS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction from our contacts and the Jordanian press on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington has been typically pessimistic. While President Obama's engagement on the issue is praised, many believe that Netanyahu is not committed to peace and can rely upon pro-Israel [...] | 2009-05-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR JO |
09AMMAN1202 | JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 1: LOYALTY, [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Jordan's social contract is based on tribes pledging loyalty to the King in exchange for access to the resources of the state. The tribes exercise influence through both national po [...] | 2009-05-27 06:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KPAL KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1204 | JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 3: TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third of a three part series on internal governance structures in Jordan's tribal system. Tribal law acts as an alternative to Jordan's formal legal system. It deals with cases that range from social mediation to first-degree murder. Sheikhs work closely with [...] | 2009-05-27 06:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1236 | KNESSET RESOLUTION ON "JORDAN OPTION" GENERATES [...] (C) Jordanian officials, media, and politicians continue to denounce a resolution currently pending in the Israeli Knesset that would recognize Jordan as the Palestinian state. FM Nasser Judeh convoked the Israeli Ambassador on May 26 to deliver a "harshly worded" message designed for public [...] | 2009-06-01 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS JO |
09AMMAN1263 | JORDAN: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian government officials and members of parliament lauded the tone and content of the President's speech during a lunchtime viewing and discussion at the DCM's residence. Contacts were laudatory of the speech's frankness and sense of balance. While noting the speech's bro [...] | 2009-06-04 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1267 | JORDAN: CODEL ACKERMAN FOCUSED ON REGIONAL [...] (C) On May 27-28, Representative Gary Ackerman, D-NY, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-TX, Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN, and Subcommittee Staff Director Howard Diamond visited Jorda [...] | 2009-06-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KDEM KWMN IR IS QT JO |
09AMMAN1287 | JORDAN: PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PROMPTS CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian contacts continue to focus primarily on language pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The President's citation of Islamic scriptures and respect for Islam's cultural contribution throughout history was seen as a [...] | 2009-06-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KWBG JO |
09AMMAN129 | GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...] | 2009-01-14 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO |
09AMMAN1313 | LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER LAUNCHES NATIONAL TREND PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali officially launched the pro-establishment National Trend Party on May 30. While many in Jordan support the idea of a party to counterbalance the influence of Islamists, deep skepticism remains about Majali's ability to effectively lead th [...] | 2009-06-11 09:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
09AMMAN1339 | PARLIAMENT'S EXTRAORDINARY SESSION: A PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah called for an extraordinary session of parliament to start on June 11. The extraordinary session will deal with a crowded slate of political and economic measures, including a revised tax law, amendments to the penal code, amendments to the controversial law on as [...] | 2009-06-15 06:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM ELAB JO |
09AMMAN1349 | JORDAN: IRANIAN ELECTION RESULTS VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts believe the large electoral gap between President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Mir Hossein Moussavi may be a legitimate reflection of Iranian popular sentiment. Many blamed Moussavi's loss on his alleged connections to corrupt previous officials and a poor elector [...] | 2009-06-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR JO |
09AMMAN1354 | JORDANIANS URGE ACTING A/S FELTMAN TO BE CLEAR [...] (C) On June 14, Acting A/S Feltman visited Amman to discuss regional issues with Chief of the Royal Court (CORC) Nasser Lozi and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. The Jordanians said that they were pleased with the election results in Lebanon and believe that the opposition will relinquish claim [...] | 2009-06-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY JO |
09AMMAN1364 | JORDAN INCHES TOWARDS RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador again urged Jordan to recognize Kosovo during meetings with PM Nader Dahabi, FM Nasser Judeh, and Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi in recent conversations. All three reiterated the point that recognition was "only a matter of time" and hinted that it would likely occur in J [...] | 2009-06-18 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV ID TT JO |
09AMMAN1379 | JORDAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) POL Off delivered reftel demarche on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),emphasizing U.S. opposition to the formation of an international tribunal to prosecute suspected pirates and soliciting the Jordanian view on the subject. Although [...] | 2009-06-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL JO |
09AMMAN1391 | JORDAN: DELEGATION FOR GINCT PLENARY AND RESPONSE [...] (C) POLOff delivered reftel demarches on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) Per reftel B, Ambassador Mousa Breisat, head of the International Organizations section at the MFA, led the Jordanian delegation to the 2009 Plenary Me [...] | 2009-06-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC JO |
09AMMAN1393 | JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT REJECTS MINOR TAX MEASURE IN A [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's parliament rejected a minor tax-related measure on June 17 in an assertion of independence from the cabinet and Lower House Speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali, who had listed the measure as a key priority. Majali's rivals led the charge in an effort to embarrass him and demon [...] | 2009-06-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1394 | JORDAN BRIEFS ISRAEL ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: After consistent prodding from Post since 2007 for the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to engage the Israelis on its nuclear energy plans, Jordanian officials briefed an Israeli delegation on June 11 about the development of Jordan's nuclear energy program (reftels). According to Is [...] | 2009-06-22 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN1402 | JORDAN: TRYING TO SET A POSITIVE TONE AT THE ARAB [...] (C) PolChief shared reftel points with Ambassador Bisher Al-Khasawneh, Director of Foreign Minister Judeh's private office. Khasawneh confirmed that FM Judeh had been instrumental in postponing the date of the Arab League (AL) ministerial by one week. "We knew that Netanyahu would be giving [...] | 2009-06-24 02:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1404 | JORDAN: CITIZENS CONTINUE TO LACK CONFIDENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: Public confidence in parliament remains very low according to several polls released recently. Two polls showed that less than 13 percent of Jordanians were satisfied with the performance of the current lower house of parliament and 81 percent could not name a single parliamentary [...] | 2009-06-24 02:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL JO |
09AMMAN1414 | JORDAN: AFGHAN ELECTION DEMARCHE PASSED [...] (C) On June 24, the Ambassador met with Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Court to share a copy of the President's statement about the start of the Afghan election campaign season. Lozi agreed that a level playing field for all candidates was important and that impartiality on behalf of the int [...] | 2009-06-25 09:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF JO |
09AMMAN1423 | ANXIETY OVER PEACE PROSPECTS PROMPTS ONLINE [...] (C) Summary: An online column that criticized Palestinians in Jordan for failing to protest an Israeli proposal to turn Jordan into an alternative Palestinian homeland continues to reverberate locally. A June 10 column in Ammonnews touched a nerve in the country where Palestinians are the m [...] | 2009-06-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPAL PREF JO |
09AMMAN1424 | JORDAN: LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS NOT INCLUDED ON [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to Jordan's labor law to give foreign workers the ability to more freely join unions and bring the law in line with international standards were unexpectedly left off of parliament's extraordinary session agenda. The cabinet had already approved the amendment package a [...] | 2009-06-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP JO |
09AMMAN1449 | UNHCR-JORDAN: IRAQI REFUGEES WILL ONLY RETURN HOME [...] (C) Summary: Reftel recently established voluntary repatriation as the goal of U.S. assistance policy for Iraqi refugees and asked post to approach government and IO officials to present the policy. In response to the action request, the Ambassador met with UNHCR Country Representative Imr [...] | 2009-06-30 08:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM IX JO |
09AMMAN147 | JORDAN GAZA ROUNDUP, JANUARY 15 [...] (C) Summary: Marches and protests continue across Jordan, with further demonstrations planned for after Friday prayers on January 16. Islamists announced that they are pondering a "million man march" to the Israeli border and a separate event to burn American and Israeli goods. Following t [...] | 2009-01-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KISL IS JO |
09AMMAN1489 | JORDAN STILL OBJECTING TO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE [...] (C) Summary: The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) briefed a U.S. congressional staffdel on June 29 on the development of Jordan's nuclear energy program. In response to a question about what was impeding a 123 agreement with the U.S., JAEC Chairman Khaled Toukan gave many of the same [...] | 2009-07-02 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PGOV JO |
09AMMAN15 | GAZA GROUND INVASION FANS JORDANIAN PUBLIC ANGER [...] (C) Summary: In the face of rising public Jordanian anger over events in Gaza, PM Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Parliament January 4 to say that the government reserves the right to evaluate all of its relations with any side, particularly Israel. Thousands of Jordanians protested over the week [...] | 2009-01-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PHUM PREL JO |
09AMMAN1519 | JORDAN: SWEDISH AMBASSADOR OUTLINES LOCAL PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Swedish ambassador to Jordan outlined her mission's plans to support national objectives for the EU Presidency, which began on July 1. Internationally, Sweden plans to take a leadership role in the preparations for the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhage [...] | 2009-07-07 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SENV EUN ECON KWMN SW JO |
09AMMAN1520 | JORDANIAN INTERIOR MINISTER RE-OPENS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi disputed in a June 24 interview recent critical speeches by former ministers that the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians was under review. Nevertheless, in recent years, the security services have reportedly engaged in a [...] | 2009-07-07 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN1521 | PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER DETAILS FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian National Council (PNC) Speaker Salim Zanoun, whose main office is in Jordan, told Poloff on July 6 that preparations for the upcoming Fatah 6th Congress on August 4 were moving forward. Palestinian and Israeli leaders are coordinating access for members living abroad [...] | 2009-07-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN1523 | JORDAN: INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS WEIGH IN ON [...] (C) In courtesy calls to three chief editors, Acting Information Officer asked whether freedom of expression had increased or decreased over the past year in Jordan. All three editors separately acknowledged that journalists routinely practice self-censorship on sensitive topics, including t [...] | 2009-07-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1528 | JORDAN FORMALLY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-08 10:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KV JO |
09AMMAN1529 | JORDAN: POET'S PRISON SENTENCE FOR "SLANDERING [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian poet Islam Samhan was sentenced on June 22 to one year in prison and fined 14,000 USD for using Koranic verses in his published book of poetry. He was charged with "slandering Islam" and "insulting religious sentiment," although he says many of the prosecution's witness [...] | 2009-07-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KJUS JO |
09AMMAN1576 | JORDAN'S LOWER HOUSE APPROVES ASSOCIATIONS LAW [...] (SBU) Jordan's Lower House of parliament approved amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on July 12. MPs voted to retain the requirement that foreign-origin funding for NGOs operating in Jordan be approved by the full cabinet, rejecting a government proposal which would have de [...] | 2009-07-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KIRF JO |
09AMMAN1619 | JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT ON TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS PTER |
09AMMAN1620 | JORDAN'S SENATE APPROVES ASSOCIATIONS LAW [...] (U) Jordan's royally appointed Senate approved the amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on July 19. The amendments came from the lower house, which last week changed them in order to require cabinet approval of foreign funding for civil society organizations (reftel). Upon th [...] | 2009-07-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1646 | JORDAN'S BUDGET DEFICIT BALLOONS, A RESULT OF [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has revised its projected year-end 2009 budget deficit from $975 million to $1.56 billion or 7.3% of GDP. GOJ officials have pointed to the global recession as a main cause for their fiscal dilemma, saying it has caused GDP growth to slow to 3.2%. [...] | 2009-07-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO |
09AMMAN173 | JORDAN ALERTED TO U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1730 | HOW JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY DROPPED THE BALL ON [...] (C) Summary: Despite a promising start for the NGO coalition which worked with Jordan's government to amend the overly restrictive Law on Associations, the group effectively dissolved at the critical moment that the amendments reached parliament. Egos and personality conflicts of local NGO [...] | 2009-08-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1749 | AQABA PORT STRIKE LEADS TO SECURITY CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Summary: Gendarmerie forces in the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba used violence to break up a sit-in by workers at the general cargo port on July 31. Despite intense negotiations to end the dispute, an agreement has proven elusive. Sixty-five protesters were taken into custody and th [...] | 2009-08-04 08:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM ELAB JO |
09AMMAN1762 | JORDAN: ISLAMIST EDITOR SAYS TALK OF PEACE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Acting Information Officer, the editor of the Islamist daily Al-Sabeel newspaper lauded U.S. outreach to Muslims but asserted there had been no developments on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to convince Jordanians that the U.S. would deal with both sides equa [...] | 2009-08-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL KDEM KISL JO |
09AMMAN1804 | JORDAN'S KING PREMATURELY DISSOLVES PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah decreed a surprise early end to the Jordanian parliament's extraordinary session, effective as of August 10. Unhappy with amendments to a comprehensive tax reform bill, the government requested the premature recess so it can regroup in the fall. The early recess [...] | 2009-08-10 09:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1821 | JORDAN: SPECIALIZED HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 28, the Chief Judge of Jordan's Criminal Courts unveiled plans for a special criminal court tribunal to hear all honor crime cases. Many activists see the creation of the tribunal as a step forward to unify verdicts in these cases and ensure perpetrators are prosecuted [...] | 2009-08-12 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS KMPI JO |
09AMMAN1886 | JORDAN: OFFICIALS WARN JOURNALISTS AGAINST RUMORS [...] (SBU) In recent days and in the wake of King Abdullah's August 4 speech against rumor-mongering (reftel A),two top Jordanian officials have publicly called on journalists to stop reporting on potentially divisive issues. On August 13, PM Nader Al-Dahabi warned chief editors of Jordanian daili [...] | 2009-08-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN1896 | TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN AJLOUN SPARKS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The murder of a man by a rival tribesman led to a series of riots in the northern city of Ajloun on August 21 and 22 after efforts by tribal leaders to mediate a compensation agreement failed. The violence prompted security forces to establish a cordon around Ajloun and the Int [...] | 2009-08-24 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM JO |
09AMMAN1932 | GOJ REQUESTS EXPEDITED DISBURSEMENT OF BILATERAL [...] (C) The Jordanian Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) has requested that the cash transfer from USAID scheduled for the end of September be expedited to the beginning of the month to help the GOJ meet its August payroll. MOPIC officials have repeatedly contacted the USAI [...] | 2009-08-27 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL ECON PGOV EFIN JO |
09AMMAN197 | JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS SEND CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO [...] (U) Zaki Bani Irsheid, the head of the Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) party, sent a letter via the U.S. Embassy to the President on January 21, urging him to be "open to suggestions and willing to debate the political forces that represent the Islamic world." Irsheid pub [...] | 2009-01-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL JO |
09AMMAN1979 | UNRWA AT 60 EVENT: JORDAN DEBATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Samer Naber, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 31. Naber said that no final decision had yet been made about Jordan's stance on the UNRWA at 60 event, but indicated that interagency discussions on the issue had been he [...] | 2009-09-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL UNGA JO |
09AMMAN198 | GEN. DAYTON TALKS JAF TRAINING FOR PALESTINIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton met on January 19 with Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces HRH Lieutenant General Prince Faisal bin Al-Hussein, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Khaled Sarayreh, and Commander of the Joint [...] | 2009-01-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG PTER MAS PREL IS JO |
09AMMAN2013 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS WARN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE; [...] (C) Iraqi Parliamentarian Dr. Saleh al-Mutlaq repeated to Emboffs previous allegations of continuing extensive corruption in the Iraqi government and wide-spread influence by Iran. Mutlaq claimed that the Iraqi government, military, and media, are all under the influence of Iranian-supported [...] | 2009-09-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JO IZ |
09AMMAN2032 | ZARQA: URBAN BLIGHT AND TENTATIVE REFORM IN [...] (C) Summary: Zarqa, Jordan's second largest city, is a symbol of urban decline. The city's unplanned growth, largely the result of migrant and refugee flows, strains the city's insufficient infrastructure and has created an acute housing crunch. A new housing development on the eastern fla [...] | 2009-09-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KPAL KISL PINR JO |
09AMMAN2039 | JORDANIAN MFA ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL, SOMALI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Samer Naber, Director of the Americas Department at the MFA. On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Naber said that Jordan's goal at the Arab League Ministerial was to "keep momentum going, avert negativity, and be as positive as possible." [...] | 2009-09-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IS SA SO JO |
09AMMAN2104 | JORDAN PRESSED ON ISRAELI SPEAKING ROLE AT UNRWA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL JO |
09AMMAN2114 | JORDAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN, IAEA MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC JO |
09AMMAN2125 | ABSENT A NEW ENERGY LAW, JORDAN GRANTS EXISTING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan granted the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) and its future strategic partner 15-year exclusivity rights on selling refined petroleum products in Jordan. An energy law that remains in draft form would have opened up the petroleum sector and JPR [...] | 2009-09-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV JO |
09AMMAN2126 | MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN SET TO REMAIN OBSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With the standoff over Mughrabi Gate as intractable as ever, Jordan is again opting for a strategy of obstructionism. Prior to his departure for the UNESCO meetings in Paris, MFA Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber again indicated that Jordan would not respond to Israeli overture [...] | 2009-09-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | IS JO KWBG PREL UNESCO |
09AMMAN2144 | JORDAN ALIGNED WITH IPCC AND G77 BUT OBSERVES [...] (SBU) Jordan is largely aligned with the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the G77 negotiating block as it prepares for the COP15 in Copenhagen. While Jordan will not be represented at the September 22 UN Climate Summit, Minister of Environment Khaled [...] | 2009-09-17 09:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KGCC JO |
09AMMAN219 | ARE JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS STRONGER IN THE WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Islamists are seeking to parlay a string of highly organized demonstrations on Gaza into broader political influence. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have been increasingly direct in their criticism of the [...] | 2009-01-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KWBG KPAL KDEM JO |
09AMMAN2195 | JORDAN'S KING ENDORSES ASSOCIATIONS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: King Abdullah endorsed amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on September 15. Now the focus will shift to the Ministry of Social Development, which is set to issue two sets of regulations on implementation of the law. The first tranche of regulations will create [...] | 2009-09-29 06:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN2201 | JORDAN: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-30 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2217 | JORDAN: U.S. ARREST OF JORDANIAN WIDELY VIEWED AS [...] (C) Most Jordanians believe that the Federal Bureau of Investigation encouraged and enabled 19-year-old Jordanian Hossam Smadi to plot a terrorist act against the United States before arresting him on September 24 in Dallas, according to media reports and our contacts, including the Chief of [...] | 2009-10-01 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL JO |
09AMMAN2225 | JORDAN: KING,S CHIEF ADVISOR SAYS SUSTAINED [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by CENTCOM POLAD Michael Gfoeller. 2. (C) SUMMARY: CENTCOM Policy Advisor Michael Gfoeller met with Royal Court International Affairs Advisor Jaffar Hassan on September 27. In the meeting, Hassan outlined Jordan's views on Middle East peace, Afghanistan [...] | 2009-10-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN2227 | JORDAN: CONVICTED POET DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Justice Minister Ayman Odeh, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber. In advance of reftel, the Ambassador stressed to Royal Court Chief Nasser Lozi the need to find a suitable solution as the poet's [...] | 2009-10-05 11:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KJUS KWMN KTIP JO |
09AMMAN2233 | JORDANIAN THINK TANK ADVOCATES REGIONAL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Nuclear physicist and Director of Jordan's Arab Institute for Security Studies, Ayman Khalil, recently advocated to EconCouns the benefits of a regional Arab nuclear fuel bank. Khalil's think-tank, located at the University of Jordan, sponsored in June 2009 an international "Nuclear Pro [...] | 2009-10-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EMIN TRGY KNNP PARM JO |
09AMMAN2302 | BOLSTERING SUPPORT FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE THROUGH [...] (C) Key Points: -- A variety of regional ESTH initiatives have encouraged support for Middle East peace by developing Arab-Israeli working relationships, increasing regional technical and research capacity, and directly improving the lives of citizens. -- These collaborations can be augme [...] | 2009-10-15 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
09AMMAN2306 | JORDAN'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR HOPES TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Yahoo's recent acquisition of the Jordanian internet portal company Maktoob has focused media and government attention on the technology sector and generated considerable excitement about Jordan's future as a regional IT hub. Recent meetings with industry and government officials [...] | 2009-10-15 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINT TINT PGOV JO |
09AMMAN2307 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL SETS NEW PRECEDENT: [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, Jordan's newly formed honor crimes tribunal issued a 15-year sentence in its first verdict. This is the first time a lower court has issued a full 15-year murder sentence in an honor crime case without reducing the sentence for "mitigating circumstances." Only a ye [...] | 2009-10-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS KMPI JO |
09AMMAN235 | JORDAN SENDS HOSPITAL, MORE AID TO GAZA AND [...] (U) The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) deployed a military field hospital to Gaza on January 26. The field hospital will be staffed by 180 medics, including specialists and surgeons. Royal Medical Services Director General Abdul Latif Wreikat publicly stated that the field hospital will have t [...] | 2009-01-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN2351 | JORDAN: KING'S INTERVIEW WITH HAARETZ DRAWS [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's October 6 interview with the Israeli Haaretz daily has drawn praise in Jordan. Public commentary focused on the substance of the King's remarks and, in particular, on his pointed call for Israel to stop unilateral actions in Jerusalem that threaten to destabilize [...] | 2009-10-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2385 | JORDAN: EFFORTS TO PROMOTE INTERFAITH CONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ has been a steadfast and even courageous advocate in the Middle East of interfaith understanding, mutual respect, and the rejection of religious extremism. In doing so, Jordan has built a moderate institutional infrastructure with which to widely promote moderate Islam an [...] | 2009-10-29 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL JO |
09AMMAN2408 | LOW REVENUES, LACK OF GRANTS MEAN DEEP CUTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Finance (MOF) has circulated to government ministries a draft budget for 2010 that proposes 11.3% cuts compared to the 2009 budget. The proposed $7.71 billion budget is based on an expected real growth rate of 4.5% for 2010 and on a $967.79 million projected [...] | 2009-11-02 10:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON EAID PGOV JO |
09AMMAN2413 | JORDAN: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE PASSED [...] (C) On November 3, the Ambassador passed copies of reftel demarche points to both Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Court, and Jaffar Hassan, Director of International Affairs for the Royal Court. Both officials acknowledged the receipt of the USG views on the upcoming General Assembly debate on [...] | 2009-11-04 07:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2449 | JORDAN: PUBLIC'S HIGH HOPE IN PEACE SINKS TO NEW [...] (C) Jordanian public hope for a rapid, positive outcome for the peace process deflated enormously over the past week, down from extremely high levels following the President's initial statements and actions in January and his June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. (SBU) Headlines from recent days inc [...] | 2009-11-09 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL JO |
09AMMAN2450 | JORDAN: ABBAS'S ANNOUNCEMENT VIEWED AS "SERIOUS, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian media and MFA contacts analyzed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's November 5 announcement that he intended not to run in the next presidential election. Most agree that Abbas used his press conference to express deep disappointment about the status of peace negotia [...] | 2009-11-09 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN2452 | JORDAN: POSITIVE REACTION TO INTL. RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's religious minorities are pleased with the content of the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) Report and believe that it accurately depicts the level of religious freedom in Jordan. Minority groups were happy that a relative lack of gross religious freedom violation [...] | 2009-11-10 06:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL JO |
09AMMAN2492 | JORDAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELECTIONS BRING [...] (U) Summary: Jordan held its first elections for chambers of commerce since 1998 in early October, choosing board members for 17 commerce organizations: 16 local chambers and the nationwide Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC). The results swept activist members into the Amman Chamber of Commerc [...] | 2009-11-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR JO |
09AMMAN2498 | JORDAN AWARDS CONTRACT FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY PROJECT [...] (C) The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on November 15 signed an $11.3 million agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to conduct a two-year technology selection and financial feasibility study for Jordan's first nuclear power plant planned to be built near Aqaba, according to t [...] | 2009-11-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EMIN TRGY PARM KNNP JO |
09AMMAN2548 | JORDAN: LOCAL GROUPS ATTACK RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] Summary: After an initial positive response (ref A) to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report, three local organizations have publicly criticized the report. The National Center for Human Rights (NCHR),the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR),and the Jordanian Inter-fait [...] | 2009-11-23 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL JO |
09AMMAN2553 | JORDAN: INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) Minister of Interior Nayef Al Qadi defended the use of administrative detention during a November 21 workshop with the country's governors. Governors have the authority under the 1954 Crime Prevention Law to administratively detain citizens who "pose a danger to the public" without trial o [...] | 2009-11-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2579 | JORDAN-U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The military-to-military relationship between Jordan and the United States is one of the most robust in the region. Security assistance to Jordan tops $300 million per year and military engagements include over 20 bilateral and multilateral joint exercises annually. Jordan is [...] | 2009-11-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AESC MOPS PGOV JO |
09AMMAN2583 | JORDAN--A/SCHWARTZ MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-01 09:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PREL JO |
09AMMAN2604 | JORDAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] POLOFF delivered reftel points to Samer Naber, Director of the MFA's Americas Office. Naber inquired closely about the modalities of the abortive plan for LEU shipments from Iran to third countries for subsequent enrichment and the production of nuclear fuel. Naber also asked several question [...] | 2009-12-03 06:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR JO |
09AMMAN2623 | JORDAN: LAW OF ASSOCIATIONS IMPLEMENTATION MOVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The amendments to the law on associations became effective on September 17 upon publication in the official gazette. The Ministry of Social Development (MOSD) and the newly formed registrar's office took immediate steps to start executing the amendments despite the lack of appr [...] | 2009-12-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
09AMMAN2624 | JORDAN: TWENTY FIRST REPORTED HONOR KILLING FOR [...] (U) The twenty first honor killing for 2009 was reported in the local press. On December 4, a 34-year-old woman who was 9-months pregnant was stabbed to death by her older brother. The perpetrator stabbed her 7 times and went to the nearest police station, claiming family honor as his motive [...] | 2009-12-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2670 | JORDAN--A/SCHWARTZ MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary. PRM Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz met with Jordan's Prime Minister, Nader Al-Dahabi, on November 17, 2009. They discussed several issues involving Iraqi refugees, primarily the importance of allowing Iraqis to return home for "look-see" visits while preserving their right t [...] | 2009-12-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF PREL JO |
09AMMAN2673 | Jordan's 2010 Budget Approved with High Deficit and Cuts to [...] (SBU) Prior to its December 9 resignation, as one of its last acts, Jordan's cabinet endorsed on December 8 the 2010 budget. As the parliament was dissolved on November 23, the cabinet passed the budget law as a provisional measure, meaning it is binding until a new parliament can review it (r [...] | 2009-12-10 10:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID JO |
09AMMAN2741 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL HANDS DOWN ANOTHER [...] (U) On December 8, Jordan's new honor crime tribunal sentenced a man to a full 15 year murder sentence for shooting and killing his 26-year-old daughter on her wedding day in April 2007. The perpetrator reportedly celebrated in front of wedding attendees the cleansing of the family's honor, w [...] | 2009-12-18 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2766 | NEW GENDARMERIE DIRECTOR WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a broader shuffling of senior positions in the Jordanian Government (ref A),a Royal Decree on December 15 replaced Gendarmerie director Major General (MG) Tawfiq Halalmeh with a retired Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) General, MG Tawfiq Tawalbeh. Sources in the JAF als [...] | 2009-12-22 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC JO |
09AMMAN2770 | NEW GENDARMERIE DIRECTOR WILL LIKELY STRENGTHEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a broader shuffling of senior positions in the Jordanian Government (ref A),a Royal Decree on December 15 replaced Gendarmerie director Major General (MG) Tawfiq Halalmeh with a retired Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) General, MG Tawfiq Tawalbeh. Sources in the JAF als [...] | 2009-12-22 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR ASEC JO |
09AMMAN2798 | DEMINING COMMISSION REQUESTS ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Beecroft met on December 20 with Prince Mirad bin Zeid Al Hussein, the Chairman of Jordan's National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR). Prince Mirad reviewed the success of the NCDR's 2009 Demining Management course for leaders from National Demining [...] | 2009-12-29 15:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS MOPS JO |
09AMMAN299 | GOJ MOVES TO PUT MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BACK IN THE BOX [...] (U) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) publicly denounced the government's denial of its request to hold a "Thanks and Victory" rally in Amman on January 30. In a January 31 statement, the group described the decision to prevent the rally as "an official siege" by the government after the Inte [...] | 2009-02-01 15:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL JO |
09AMMAN343 | ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS STUCK IN JORDAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite pressure to amend Jordan's controversial 2008 Associations Law, which restricts foreign funding and creates bureaucratic hurdles for local NGOs, amendments proposed by civil society failed to obtain cabinet approval before the end of parliament's ordinary session. Follow [...] | 2009-02-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN354 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH MISCHARACTERIZES JORDAN'S [...] (U) Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized Jordan and other Middle Eastern governments in a January 21 press release for not allowing their citizens the right to protest Israeli operations in Gaza. HRW's press release also highlighted events at a protest outside the Israeli Embassy to Jordan on J [...] | 2009-02-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
09AMMAN359 | AMMAN FATHAWIS DISCUSS GAZA EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Fatah members resident in Amman agreed that their movement was in dire straits following recent Israeli operations in Gaza. Aside from the perennial plea for quick movement on the peace process, our contacts varyingly saw potential Fatah salvation in convening the long-delayed Si [...] | 2009-02-08 05:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG KISL IS JO |
09AMMAN378 | JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT ENDS RAUCOUS AND UNPRODUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Parliament ended its ordinary session on February 4 having passed few bills of consequence during a four-month term. MPs were more focused on the Gaza crisis and internal quarrels than on legislative business. For its part, the cabinet failed to forward key pieces of legislatio [...] | 2009-02-10 08:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN41 | JORDAN'S PM TELLS PARLIAMENT GOJ MAY "RECONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Speaking before Parliament on January 4, Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi sharply criticized Israel's escalation of hostilities in Gaza, outlined Jordan's response so far, and capped off his remarks by laying down a marker that Jordan reserved the right to take whatever measures de [...] | 2009-01-06 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO |
09AMMAN434 | JORDAN STILL IN HOLDING PATTERN ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A demarche and points on February 12 to Daifallah Al-Fayez, First Secretary in the European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fayez stated that the GOJ was still studying the matter and did not plan to get ahead of the Arab League. When PolOff noted that [...] | 2009-02-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICJ KV JO |
09AMMAN450 | COMPROMISE ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS INCHING [...] (C) Summary: Following an extended period of negotiation, amendments to Jordan's Law on Associations are beginning to move forward. After a February 1 meeting with civil society representatives, Minister of Social Development Hala Lattouf has indicated she will submit the amendments for cab [...] | 2009-02-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN460 | JORDAN TO EASE ENTRY AND RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has drafted a new policy to ease regulations governing the entry and residence of Iraqi investors in Jordan. The goal is to improve business relations with Iraq, which became Jordan's third largest export market during the first eleven months of [...] | 2009-02-19 07:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV PREF JO IZ |
09AMMAN469 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDANIAN VIEWS OF THE NPT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points on February 5 to MFA nonproliferation pointman Khaled Takhayneh, seeking official comment on Jordan's goals regarding the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and the upcoming review process. On February 18, PolOff met with Takhayneh, who offered a general [...] | 2009-02-19 14:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09AMMAN471 | ANOTHER LENIENT SENTENCE FOR "HONOR" CRIME IN [...] (U) A three judge panel at the Criminal Court sentenced a 19-year-old man on January 28 to six months in prison for killing his sister for walking alone at night with a male Syrian acquaintance. The man was immediately released as he had already served over six months. The court amended premed [...] | 2009-02-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN SOCI JO |
09AMMAN472 | JORDANIAN ECONOMY WEAKENS UNDER GLOBAL PRESSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan is starting to feel the effects of the global economic crisis, with real growth expected to drop from 6% in 2008 to 3% in 2009. Although conservative monetary policies helped protect Jordan from immediate external shocks, weak domestic and international demand and tight [...] | 2009-02-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ETRD EAID KTEX EFIN JO |
09AMMAN500 | JORDAN APPRISED OF DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA'S S-300 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL RS JO |
09AMMAN507 | ENERGY MINISTRY CLARIFIES OIL TRANSPORT RULES [...] (C) Repeated high-level meetings between Post and Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, including Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Lozi, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Khaldoun Qutishat and former Director General of the General Intelligence Direct [...] | 2009-02-23 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL JO IZ |
09AMMAN508 | LOWEST RAINFALL LEVELS SINCE 1995 CAUSE JORDAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is preparing for a summer water crisis due to the lowest rainfall levels since 1995. As the fourth driest country in the world, Jordan has long had its share of water troubles (reftels). Even during years of average to good rain, Jordan's total [...] | 2009-02-23 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS |
09AMMAN511 | GOJ ALERTS STAFFDEL GROVE TO IMMINENT SUPPLEMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: Professional Staff Member Paul Grove of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations discussed Jordan's imminent FY2009 supplemental funding request separately with Jordan's Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC [...] | 2009-02-23 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN516 | JORDAN'S PM RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated reshuffle of Jordanian PM Nader Al-Dahabi's cabinet took place on February 23, with ten ministers replaced and five ministers changing portfolios. At first glance, the reshuffled cabinet has fewer proponents of reform and gives a larger voice to security-co [...] | 2009-02-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN552 | STAFFDEL DIAMOND, GOJ OFFICIALS DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings February 16-17, Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir and Advisor to the King Ayman Safadi told Staffdel Diamond that to obtain peace in the Middle East the U.S. administration needed to pursue immediate negotiations, not a protracted process. It also needed to pr [...] | 2009-03-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN558 | JORDAN'S PM OPEN TO IDEAS ON IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (C) In a series of meetings over the past three months, Ambassador has raised with Jordan's PM Nader Al-Dahabi and Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi the need to improve the situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan, pushing them to grant temporary protective status, open up avenues for legal [...] | 2009-03-02 11:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN569 | CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES GAZA, INTERFAITH DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary: During a February 17-18 visit to Amman, Congressmen Brian Baird and Keith Ellison (both members of the Friends of Jordan Caucus) took the pulse of Jordanian feelings on Gaza, talked about interfaith dialogue opportunities, and received an overview of Jordanian science and techno [...] | 2009-03-03 06:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KIRF KWBG TSPL IS SY JO |
09AMMAN573 | PM DAHABI'S PLANNED TRAVEL TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Jordan's Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi told Ambassador in a recent conversation that he plans to lead a ministerial delegation to Baghdad in the near future, without specifying a date. According to a senior ministerial source quoted in local press, the Jordanian delegation hopes to disc [...] | 2009-03-03 10:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
09AMMAN579 | JORDAN'S TRANSFER TO LEBANON OF M60A3 TANKS [...] (SBU) Background: At the USG's request, Jordan agreed in November to upgrade and provide 66 M60A3 tanks to Lebanon to enhance the abilities and image of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as a national fighting force. As part of efforts to strengthen the LAF in advance of the June parliamentary [...] | 2009-03-03 16:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MCAPS PGOV PREL LE AE JO |
09AMMAN580 | JORDAN AND BRITAIN WORK AROUND THE LACK OF [...] (C) The British House of Lords February 18 ruling that Omer Mahmoud Mohammad Othamn, "Abu Qatada," could be deported to Jordan sparked preparations for his possible arrival. As Jordan does not have an extradition treaty with the United Kingdom, Abu Qatada's deportation would be governed by a [...] | 2009-03-04 03:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER JO |
09AMMAN582 | JORDAN'S INTERIOR MINISTRY EASES UNHCR ACCESS TO [...] (C) The Jordanian Minister of Interior notified UNHCR before he was replaced in a February 23 cabinet reshuffle that the GOJ would ease UNHCR access to all Iraqis detained in Jordan and that the Ministry would order the release of refugees held for overstaying their visas and for working with [...] | 2009-03-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF EAID PHUM IZ JO |
09AMMAN611 | JORDAN CONSIDERS STIMULUS PACKAGE TO AID ITS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Finance (MoF) officials said the government is developing a $212 - $258 million stimulus package to help the private sector weather the global economic crisis (ref B). While the package must still be approved by the Cabinet and Parliament, potential projects include [...] | 2009-03-05 04:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN JO PGOV |
09AMMAN668 | SIX YEARS AFTER SADDAM, NEW HOPE IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Six years after Operation Iraqi Freedom began in March 2003, our Jordanian contacts - among the analysts and officials - are evincing greater optimism about Iraq than the strained, highly-qualified hopes we were hearing just a few months ago (Refs A-C). The sustained security im [...] | 2009-03-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR JO |
09AMMAN675 | JORDAN DEMARCHED ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered points seeking input for the Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review contained in reftel A on February 28 separately to Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and to Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi. Neither Judeh nor Lozi provided an immediate substantive response. We have [...] | 2009-03-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF JO |
09AMMAN676 | JORDANIAN TRAINING OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES [...] (U) Independent daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm criticized U.S.-sponsored training of Palestinian Security Forces in Jordan in a March 9 editorial, suggesting a pause in activity given Israeli settlement activity and its recent operations in Gaza. The article by managing editor Fahd Khitan charged Jord [...] | 2009-03-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL JO |
09AMMAN677 | ISLAMIST FIGURE SPARKS DEBATE OVER ENGAGING THE [...] (U) Public debate has arisen in Jordan over the late February visit to the United States of the deputy Secretary General of the Islamic Action Front (IAF),which is the political wing of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood. IAF figure Ruheil Gharaibeh traveled to Washington to take part in a February [...] | 2009-03-16 17:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL JO |
09AMMAN690 | JORDAN INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ INTO [...] (C) Summary: With continued U.S. encouragement, the GOJ has taken significant steps over the past year to improve its formal political relationship with Baghdad through steady multilateral engagement and increasing bilateral meetings. Economic ties between the countries have also continued to [...] | 2009-03-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
09AMMAN703 | JORDANIAN FINANCE MINISTER ADVOCATING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Minister of Finance Bassem Salem plans to replace a proposed $280 million stimulus package with a tax reform program advocated for by the USAID-funded Fiscal Reform Project (ref A). The project seeks to improve tax administration and to implement a revised corpora [...] | 2009-03-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN JO PGOV |
09AMMAN717 | JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY STAGE [...] (C) Summary: Efforts by the Jordanian parliament to bring international legal action against Israel over the events in Gaza have stalled. Separately, civil society leaders organized a mock trial of Israeli leaders, and further such efforts are in the works. The campaign is not being led by [...] | 2009-03-19 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
09AMMAN718 | ELECTORAL REFORM CHATTER INCREASES IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: Electoral reform, long the primary goal of reform politicians in Jordan, is a hot topic of discussion following a cabinet reshuffle on February 23. PM Nader Al-Dahabi has since declared his intention to put Jordan's controversial electoral law on the table for discussion or pos [...] | 2009-03-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN73 | JORDAN'S PM ASKS FOR PROPOSAL TO ASSIST IN [...] (C) Jordan's PM Nader Al-Dahabi called Ambassador on January 8 to ask about the status of a UNHCR proposal to assist in the resettlement of Palestinian Iraqis stranded on the Iraq-side of the Syria-Iraq border. Dahabi, who learned of U.S. interest in resettling many of these Palestinians in [...] | 2009-01-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM KPAL JO |
09AMMAN742 | JORDAN ARMED FORCES REQUEST USG POSITION ON ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) General Khaled Sarayreh, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF),asked DATT whether the USG would object to the JAF selling non-U.S. origin ammunition to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Sarayreh specified that the [...] | 2009-03-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL CG JO |
09AMMAN745 | AL-JAZEERA COMMENTARY ON JORDANIAN MONARCHY [...] (C) Summary: The airing of a highly critical two-part series about the Jordanian monarchy on the Al-Jazeera historical commentary show "With Haykal" has resulted in a flurry of press commentary questioning presenter Mohammed Haykal's character and condemning the lack of a robust defense of t [...] | 2009-03-24 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV QA EG JO |
09AMMAN746 | JORDAN SEEKS DIALOGUE WITH S/P ON "QUINT GROUP" [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 4. 2. (C) MFA Director of Policy Planning and Research Omar Nahar has inquired whether the U.S. is interested in continuing the Middle East Quintet Policy Planning Dialogue initiated under former S/P Director David Gordon. He proposed coo [...] | 2009-03-24 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
09AMMAN778 | JORDANIAN REACTION TO BIN LADIN STATEMENT LIMITED [...] (C) Reaction in Jordan to Usama bin Ladin's most recent statement, broadcast March 14 on Al-Jazeera, has been muted, despite bin Ladin's call to use Jordan as a front from which to "liberate Palestine." In the days immediately following the tape's broadcast, Jordan's media outlets--including [...] | 2009-03-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER JO |
09AMMAN779 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL MCCONNELL TO AMMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the April 8-11 visit to Jordan of CODEL McConnell. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. Per the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah and are seeking a meeting with new [...] | 2009-03-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP JO |
09AMMAN831 | DEMARCHE ON SUBMITTING BRIEF TO ICJ ON KOSOVO [...] (C) PolOff on April 5 delivered Ref A demarche urging Jordan to submit a brief supporting Kosovo in the case before the International Court of Justice to Mohammed Ensour in the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Ensour asked PolOff to reconcile the U.S. request to do so with our desire that [...] | 2009-04-07 05:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV JO |
09AMMAN857 | PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MAJALI'S NEW PARTY: FIRST STEP [...] (C) Summary: For over a year, lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali has been preparing to launch a new pro-government political party. He has again hit the airwaves to drum up public enthusiasm, and contacts tell us that the registration paperwork will be filed in weeks. The timing may b [...] | 2009-04-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN858 | MA'AN: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC NEGLECT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in an occasional series which will focus on regional political centers in Jordan. The southern Jordanian city of Ma'an, populated by tribal leaders of Bedouin East Bank origin, is considered a bellwether for regime stability. In the past twenty years, r [...] | 2009-04-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KISL JO |
09AMMAN862 | (C) JORDAN TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S BID FOR IMF AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 03:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV JO |
09AMMAN886 | KING RENEWS CALLS FOR DECENTRALIZATION, GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah is ramping up pressure on Jordan's government and calling for movement on a 2004 plan to bring greater local control over provision of government services. PM Nader Al-Dahabi, a known opponent of decentralization, is publicly voicing his willingness to comply with [...] | 2009-04-15 12:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
09AMMAN906 | WATER POLLUTION INCIDENT TO CAST BLAME ON MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) on March 13 suspended pumping water for two days from the King Abdullah Canal, which supplies Amman with one-third of its water needs, after detecting oil and sewage in the waterways. Jordanian authorities determined that the [...] | 2009-04-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL EAGR EAID PGOV JO IS |
09AMMAN92 | JORDAN'S AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL NOT RECALLED [...] (C) Despite Israeli media reports over the weekend, Jordan's Ambassador to Israel Ali Al Ayed has not been officially recalled to Jordan and his family remains in Israel, based on repeated discussions with Foreign Ministry and Royal Court contacts. Ayed was attending a Jordanian chief of miss [...] | 2009-01-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL JO |
09AMMAN920 | ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS SENT TO JORDAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society were endorsed by Jordan's cabinet on March 24 and will now be considered by parliament (Ref A). Divisions about the draft amendments have already arisen among the civil societ [...] | 2009-04-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM JO |
09AMMAN942 | CORRECTED VERSION: ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society were endorsed by Jordan's cabinet on March 24 and will now be considered by parliament (Ref A). Divisions about the draft amendments have already arisen among the civil societ [...] | 2009-04-23 05:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID KDEM JO |
09AMMAN977 | IRAQI REFUGEES IN JORDAN TALK REPATRIATION - [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers attended a focus group of Iraqi refugees in Jordan organized by an international NGO on the topic of repatriation. The Iraqis acknowledged that security in Iraq was improving, and most expressed the desire to return to Iraq in the future. However, attendees una [...] | 2009-04-29 11:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF SOCI PREL IZ JO |
09AMMAN979 | JORDAN--NGOS SAY IRAQI NUMBERS DECREASING AS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from seven non-governmental organizations that provide USG-funded services to Iraqis in Jordan told the Ambassador on April 5 that there were now probably about 100,000 Iraqi refugees in Jordan, not the 400,000 to 500,000 previously estimated by the GOJ. Iraqis in [...] | 2009-04-29 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF JO |
09AMMAN990 | JORDAN,S ISLAMISTS OPPOSE POPE,S MAY 8 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Islamists from Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing have publicly opposed the Pope's planned May 8-11 visit to the Kingdom. Government officials have denounced the published criticisms and continue to plan for the visit. Christian leaders privately say that criti [...] | 2009-04-30 07:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL KISL JO |
09AMMAN994 | JOURNALIST ACQUITTED OF SLANDER CHARGES [...] (U) A Jordanian court acquitted journalist Khaled Mahadin of slander charges on April 27. The case was brought against Mahadin by parliament's secretary general over an online article that included allegations of corruption by lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali (Ref A). The Court of Fi [...] | 2009-04-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
09ANKARA1 | TURKEY TO CAUTION SYRIA ON SUPPORT FOR HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE SY TU |
09ANKARA10 | TURKEY: STATE TV LAUNCHES KURDISH CHANNEL [...] (C) Summary: This is a joint cable Embassy Ankara, Consulate Istanbul, and Consulate Adana. On January 1 the government-run broadcasting service Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) began official 24-hour Kurdish broadcasting on the new TRT 6. While some representatives from Kurdish and human [...] | 2009-01-06 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU OSCE EU |
09ANKARA1004 | TURKEY'S EU SCORECARD: SLOUCHING TOWARD BRUSSELS [...] (C) Summary: Since beginning its EU accession talks in 2005, Turkey has made partial technical progress toward meeting the membership requirements as prescribed by the acquis communautaire, resulting in the opening of 11 politically benign chapters. To further fulfill the Copenhagen criteria [...] | 2009-07-14 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL TU |
09ANKARA1015 | TURKEY: WOUNDED AKP DISPUTES SIGNS OF DECLINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speculation that the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) poor performance in March 29 local elections represented the first sign of the fall of AKP is mere "wishful thinking," according to a number of AKP insiders and analysts. AKP contacts told us that the party remain [...] | 2009-07-15 16:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1018 | TURKISH MFA: CYPRUS SETTLEMENT MUST HAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Undersecretary Apakan told DAS Bryza and the Ambassador July 13 that Turkey: -- continues to support the Cyprus negotiating process; -- is committed to a solution if there is a referendum; -- views the guarantee system as "vital"; -- insists on genuine bizonality; -- believ [...] | 2009-07-16 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU UNFICYP US |
09ANKARA1025 | TURKEY: DPM CICEK REQUESTS US TRIP POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on July 15, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek requested of the Ambassador that his trip to the US -- scheduled for July 21-24 -- be postponed until September or October. Complaining bitterly about the lack of concrete results out of Northern Iraq to eliminate the P [...] | 2009-07-16 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1029 | TURKEY: GOT RESOLUTE ON OPENING HALKI SEMINARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish Government is signaling new resolve to reopen Halki Seminary and seems to be preparing public opinion for such a move, while cautioning that Ankara wants to avoid overturning constitutional provisions that mandate state control over all schools. The GOT is also deli [...] | 2009-07-17 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU US |
09ANKARA1030 | CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM IN WESTERN BLACK SEA REGION [...] (C) Summary: Bartin, Zonguldak, and Karabuk, provinces in Turkey's western Black Sea region, form part of Turkey's industrial heartland. The provinces' largely unionized workers provide coal, iron, steel, and tin for heavy industry not only in Turkey, but in Europe and other markets. With [...] | 2009-07-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1031 | TURKEY EXPECTS RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM NABUCCO IGA [...] (C) Summary: The heads of state of Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria signed the Nabucco pipeline Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) July 13 in Ankara, with EU Commission President Barroso, Georgian President Shaakashvili, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, ministers from Germany, Egypt, [...] | 2009-07-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EU TU |
09ANKARA1032 | TURKEY: END-OF-TOUR REFLECTIONS ON THE KURDISH [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. It distills my observations on the Kurdish issue following three years service as Principal Officer. 2. (C) I first ventured east of the Euphrates in August, 2006. Turkish grievances against the U.S. were numerous and intensifying. The war in Iraq s [...] | 2009-07-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1033 | YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Turkey. Your trip will underscore Turkey's status as an essential Ally in every existing NATO operation and in what we seek to accomplish in this region. 2. (C) Issues to Raise: -- Turkey's primary security focus remains its counter-insurgency effort a [...] | 2009-07-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO TU |
09ANKARA1043 | TURKEY HOPES TO ATTEND JORDAN BIOMETRICS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KISL TU JO |
09ANKARA1053 | TURKEY BUSILY PREPARING FOR AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials fully agree with the need to press forward on supporting Afghanistan post-elections and welcome a "whole of government" approach. The GOT has already obligated the USD 200 million pledged at the June 2008 Paris and January 2006 London Donors Conferences, and expe [...] | 2009-07-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TU |
09ANKARA1055 | IRAQ-TURKEY MILITARY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Summary and Commment: MFA provided Post a signed copy of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the Ministry of Defense of Iraq on military cooperation in training, technology and science, with the understanding that we not inform the Iraqis. The memor [...] | 2009-07-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IR TU |
09ANKARA1056 | TURKEY: ABBAS VISIT MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary: GOT leadership maintained a positive and constructive tone during Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas' July 8-10 Ankara visit despite previous concerns surrounding Abbas, recent Cyprus trip and past pro-Hamas GOT rhetoric. Erdogan and Abbas discussed USG regional policy, e [...] | 2009-07-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS |
09ANKARA1057 | TURKEY: WARNING SIGNS FOR THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish economy remains in deep recession. While analysts expect it to recover by late 2009 or early 2010, there are several downside risks -- internal and external -- that threaten to delay the recovery and move it to stagnation in 2010. The intent of this cable is to expla [...] | 2009-07-23 17:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
09ANKARA1082 | TURKISH ENERGY POLICY UNDER ENERGY MINISTER YILDIZ [...] (C) We met July 1 and July 27 with Faruk Demir, a long-time advisor to former Energy Minister Guler who was negotiating a new advisory contract with the new Energy Minister, Taner Yildiz. According to Demir, the change of minister is likely to bring changes in energy policy. While some areas [...] | 2009-07-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TU |
09ANKARA1083 | TURKEY: JUDICIARY LOGJAM CLEARS, BUT SCARS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: A 21-day logjam over judicial appointments has broken, allowing the prosecutors investigating the Ergenekon case to stay in place, but also putting them under greater scrutiny by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK). The compromise allows judicial proceedings to c [...] | 2009-07-29 04:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1100 | TURKEY: PUTIN VISIT AND THE ENERGY AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Prime Minister Putin will visit Turkey on August 6 with an agenda heavily focused on energy issues, including: extension of the Westline gas contract; Southstream; Bluestream II; Russian oil for the proposed Samsun-Ceyhan Bosporus bypass pipeline; and the long-delayed Russ [...] | 2009-07-31 04:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL RS TU |
09ANKARA1104 | TURKEY: YOK LIFTS YOKE ON RELIGIOUS SCHOOL GRADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent decision by Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK) has ended a decade-old official policy that made it much harder for religious school graduates to compete for regular University admissions. The decision has accentuated the current schism in Turkish society between [...] | 2009-07-31 09:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA111 | TURKEY: NUCLEAR TENDER FATE STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. On January 19, the Turkish Electricity Trading and Contracting Company (TETAS) announced the results of the final step in the bid to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The Russian consortium of AtomStroyExport, InterRAO UES and the Turkish firm Park Teknik submitted a bid [...] | 2009-01-22 17:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TU |
09ANKARA1111 | SOUTHEAST ANATOLIA'S POTENTIAL NOT FULLY REALIZED [...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Sanliurfa, Mardin, and Diyarbakir and heard opinions ranging from optimism for the future to disillusion over security and economic concerns. After 20 years of work on the Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP),we learned that more than 90 percent of the GAP electricit [...] | 2009-08-03 04:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN ENRG ECON TU |
09ANKARA1126 | TURKEY: CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIAN PM'S VISIT [...] (C) The Ambassador met August 3 with MFA Under Secretary Apakan to discuss the upcoming visit of Russian Prime Minister Putin. In attendance were Deputy Director General for Eastern Europe, Levent Murat Burhan, and Deputy Director General for Disarmament, Ahmet Muhtar Gun. The Ambassador not [...] | 2009-08-04 07:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL PINR TU |
09ANKARA1128 | TURKEY: USG APPROVAL RATINGS STILL IN BASEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY. Based on the latest PEW survey (but broadly consistent with other polls we have seen recently) USG approval ratings in Turkey continue to lag, although there are glimmers of improvement in certain categories such as confidence that the US will do the right thing in international [...] | 2009-08-04 12:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PGOV PREL TU US |
09ANKARA113 | TURKEY'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STILL WON'T BUDGE [...] (C) Turkish Atomic Energy Administration (TAEK) Chairman Okay Cakiroglu told the Ambassador that, with its exponentially increasing energy demand, Turkey was not now ready to exclude any options or any technology from its consideration. Turkey needed time to decide whether it could accept re [...] | 2009-01-23 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
09ANKARA1131 | TURKEY: SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL NAMES NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) The Supreme Military Council (YAS) results were announced on August 4. Turkish Land Forces Chief of Staff GEN Aslan Guner will replace GEN Hasan Igsiz as the deputy chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and will thus become the lead Turkish representative at the next High Level Defense [...] | 2009-08-04 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR TU |
09ANKARA1136 | TURKISH PARLIAMENT ELECTS PM LOYALIST AS SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) elected Mehmet Ali Sahin, a former Minister of Justice and a close ally of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as its speaker August 5. Sahin's legal and ministerial experience will contribute to ushering the government's ambitious Kurdish initiat [...] | 2009-08-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1145 | TURKEY: SWEDES VIEW INCREASING AEGEAN TENSIONS AS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador discussed reftels joint efforts with Swedish Ambassador Christer Asp August 5 and noted, in particular, that rising Turkish-Greek tensions over recent Aegean events could inadvertently impact Turkey's EU accession bid. Asp commented that Greece and Cyprus already ha [...] | 2009-08-07 11:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU SW |
09ANKARA1146 | TURKEY: CHP ARGUES KURDS MUST BE TURKS FIRST [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting with Republican People's Party (CHP) President Deniz Baykal, the Ambassador stressed the important role CHP must play in finding an effective solution to the Kurdish issue. Baykal agreed in principle, but undercut the whole point by adding that any plan th [...] | 2009-08-07 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU |
09ANKARA1149 | US AND TURKEY REAFFIRM CT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is generally pleased with the U.S.-Turkey-Iraq Trilateral Process, but Iraq must take concrete measures against the PKK, Turkish officials told S/CT Amb. Benjamin during his July 30-31 visit. Turkey is developing a new broader "democratization" approach to the Kurdish issu [...] | 2009-08-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL EU IZ TU |
09ANKARA1150 | LET'S MAKE A DEAL (OR TWENTY): PUTIN IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. Russian Prime Minister Putin's August 6 visit to Ankara resulted in a flurry of deals and media frenzy, further heightened by the last-minute participation of Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi. The visit focused on energy pipelines and economic cooperation, and twenty separate ag [...] | 2009-08-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL RS IT TU |
09ANKARA1155 | TURKEY: DTP UPBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR KURDISH OPENING [...] (C) Summary. During an August 6 dinner hosted by Democracy and Society Party (DTP) Chairman Ahmet Turk, the Ambassador stressed the importance of the DTP continuing to cooperate closely with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) to f [...] | 2009-08-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU |
09ANKARA1156 | TURKEY: MFA BRIEFS CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Murphy-McKeon attended a lunch on August 4 hosted by MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan during their visit to Ankara. The delegation discussed the importance of the U.S.-Turkish relationship and current issues in Afghanistan and Iraq. Apakan highlighted the need to build a national, [...] | 2009-08-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV AF TU IZ KDEM |
09ANKARA1158 | TURKEY AND ITS KURDS: STARS ARE ALIGNED [...] (C) Summary: With increasing prominence and gusto, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government in recent weeks has been proclaiming its desire to find a lasting solution to the Kurdish "problem." Though the details are officially still under discussion, it is clear that AKP is mobili [...] | 2009-08-11 11:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1166 | U.S.-TURKEY TRADE: NEED FOR HIGHER-LEVEL DIALOGUE [...] (C) During President Obama's meeting with Turkish President Gul in April, the two leaders agreed that we need to do more to encourage the two-way flow of bilateral trade and investment and President Obama tasked me to make that happen (a message that was reinforced during the later meetings be [...] | 2009-08-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV USTR US TR |
09ANKARA1178 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE SEEKING DONOR SUPPORT TO SOMALI'S [...] (C) We passed REFTEL points to MFA Africa Section Chief, Aykut Kumbaroglu, on August 12. Kumbaroglu reported the Government of Turkey (GOT) plans to complete its pledged donation of 2 million dollars to programs supporting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and African Union Mi [...] | 2009-08-13 09:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
09ANKARA1208 | TURKEY: MFA WORKING-LEVEL ASSESSMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA, at a working level, believes the Iranian regime, backed by an IRGC in the ascent, has successfully contained the opposition movement and that there will be no credible challenge to the ruling regime in the near term. Yet there is uncertainty and conflicting signal [...] | 2009-08-18 08:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR TU |
09ANKARA1214 | MHP CONTINUES TO SEE KURDISH INITIATIVE AS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge, Oktay Vural, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) point-man for arguing against the government's still-gestating Kurdish Initiative, explained MHP's rejectionist stance in existential terms for the future of Turkey. Claiming that the Turkish political [...] | 2009-08-18 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1216 | TURKEY: ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's experience as an ISAF participant and lead nation, its long-term leadership of Wardak PRT and its sponsorship of the "Ankara Process" confirm its commitment to security and democracy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Though constrained by limited resources, Turkey is willi [...] | 2009-08-19 04:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PTER PINS EAID MASS |
09ANKARA1217 | TURKEY: ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's experience as an ISAF participant and lead nation, its long-term leadership of Wardak PRT and its sponsorship of the "Ankara Process" confirm its commitment to security and democracy in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Though constrained by limited resources, Turkey is willi [...] | 2009-08-19 04:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PTER PINS EAID MASS |
09ANKARA122 | TURKEY: GOT HITTING POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE LIMITS [...] (C) Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci briefed DCM and Econ Couns on the status of IMF negotiations on January 23, the day the talks were scheduled to conclude. Canakci said that they had closed some issues but there were both technical and policy issues still open. The Fund Mission wil [...] | 2009-01-23 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
09ANKARA1224 | AFGHANISTAN ELECTIONS: TURKEY NEEDS LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In both their public statements and private conversations with us, GoT officials have repeatedly confirmed their commitment to a free and fair Afghan presidential election. The GoT's dispatch of a 12-person MFA-led team of election monitors to Afghanistan substantiates that com [...] | 2009-08-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF TU |
09ANKARA1226 | TURKEY FRUSTRATED WITH AZERI GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Following the recent round of gas negotiations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, Turkish interlocutors expressed frustration at the lack of progress. Going into the meetings, the Turks had fully expected that they would be finalizing the deal and were surprised by what they see as A [...] | 2009-08-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV AJ TU |
09ANKARA123 | TURKEY REFOCUSES ON EU ACCESSION AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Launching what many believe to be a make or break year for Turkey's EU accession bid, PM Erdogan reinvigorated Turkey's efforts by naming Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman Egemen Bagis as State Minister for EU Affairs and by visiting Brussels for the first time in [...] | 2009-01-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU |
09ANKARA125 | TURKEY: MARCH LOCAL ELECTIONS - A PRIMER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) on March 29 will face its first nationwide electoral test since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections. Some 48 million voters will go to the polls to elect approximately 2,300 mayors and almost 100,00 [...] | 2009-01-26 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA126 | TURKEY TO SEND BACK VENEZUELA-BOUND IRANIAN [...] (C) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun confirmed for Pol-Mil Couns on January 26 that the GOT has decided to turn back the Iranian shipment bound for Venezuela (reftel). According to Gun, detailed investigations into the contents of the shipment concluded that the shipm [...] | 2009-01-26 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL TU IR |
09ANKARA1263 | TURKEY: MILITARY BREAKS SILENCE ON KURDISH OPENING [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Military Chief GEN Basbug used his August 25 Victory Week commemoration message to break the military's silence on the government's "Democratic Opening" on Kurdish issues (ref a). His message gave support to the government's effort to take steps in the "economi [...] | 2009-08-26 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1293 | NATO SYG'S INITIAL VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During his initial trip to Turkey as the new NATO SYG, Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged senior GoT officials to provide significant additional training support in Afghanistan and received strong push back when he pressed Turkey to show more flexibility to help improve NATO-EU cooperati [...] | 2009-09-01 20:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU |
09ANKARA1295 | TURKEY: A PERSPECTIVE ON THE KURDISH ISSUE FROM [...] (SBU) Adana Principal Officer Daria Darnell, accompanied by Embassy Poloff and a locally-employed political advisor, engaged local political and NGO leaders on the Democratic (Kurdish) Initiative during a trip to six provinces in southeastern Turkey from August 17-21. Turkish Kurds expressed [...] | 2009-09-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1298 | TURKISH MILITARY DENIES HARASSMENT OF GREEK [...] (SBU) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) posted a statement (unoffical translation in para. 2) on September 2 refuting Greek media claims that Turkish F-16s harassed a Greek airliner in the Aegean on August 31. 2. (U) Begin unofficial translation of TGS statement: Allegations from Greece h [...] | 2009-09-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS GR TU |
09ANKARA1303 | TURKEY: REMARKABLE HARMONY IN DIYARBAKIR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite the heavy presence of police and checkpoints to search celebrants, and in contrast to past gatherings in Diyarbakir, the Democratic Society Party (DTP)-organized celebration of September 1 World Peace Day was remarkably violence free. Media report conflicting numbers of [...] | 2009-09-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS TU |
09ANKARA1311 | PROGRESS AT TURKEY - IRAQ - SYRIA WATER TRILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL SENV IZ SY TU |
09ANKARA1312 | CFE: TURKEY'S REACTIONS TO A/S GOTTEMOELLER'S [...] (C) We briefed September 8 Turkey's HLTF Rep and MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on A/S Gottemoeller's discussions with Russian Disarmament Director Antonov (reftel). Gun expressed appreciation for the briefing and told us that Ambassador Sensoy will meet w [...] | 2009-09-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
09ANKARA1317 | TURKEY: VIEWS ON THE LATEST IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] (C) We shared U.S. views on the latest IAEA reports on Iran and Syria (ref a) and passed the non-paper to MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmement Ahmet Gun on September 8. Gun agreed that the measures undertaken by Iran at Arak and Natanz as signals of cooperation were minimalist, [...] | 2009-09-09 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY PREL TU |
09ANKARA1326 | DAS KAIDANOW'S INITIAL CONSULTATIONS IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: GoT officials told EUR DAS Kaidanow during her initial visit to Ankara that: -- Turkey is committed to the reconciliation process with Armenia, but Ankara also needs to see progress on Nagorno-Karabakh; -- Ankara fully supports Talat and is giving him maximum flexibility, but [...] | 2009-09-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS AR GR TU |
09ANKARA1327 | TURKEY: PRESS FREEDOM - OTTOMAN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Turkey slammed independent Dogan Media Group (DMG) on September 8 with a record $2.5 billion dollar fine for alleged tax evasion, relaunching a direct assault on Turkey's largest non-pro-government media group and dramatically intensifying concerns about the st [...] | 2009-09-09 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1328 | TURKEY: ANKARA BRAVES OPPOSITION TO ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties continue to object vigorously to the Turkish MFA's August 31 announcement of the agreement between Turkey and Armenia to begin consultations on bilateral protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and opening the border. Given the opposition's pre-existing [...] | 2009-09-10 04:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU AM |
09ANKARA1337 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: TURKEY SEEKING US VIEWS ON [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para. 3 2. (C) The MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Department contacted Post on September 10 to request a copy of the Iranian proposal in response to the P5 Plus 1 offer and our initial assessment of that proposal. FM Davutolgu is scheduled t [...] | 2009-09-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KNNP IR TU |
09ANKARA1339 | TURKEY: "DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE" STILL INCOMPLETE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Details of the Government's Kurdish Initiative remain elusive. Interior Minister Atalay's August 31 press conference on the "Democratization Initiative," which is being developed as a solution to the long-simmering tensions between the Turkish state and its Kurdish population, h [...] | 2009-09-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1352 | TURKEY SQUEEZES PHARMA SECTOR TO EASE HEALTH [...] (C) Summary. Faced with a TL 1 billion deficit in its health care spending for 2009 and significant additional deficits in years to come, the GOT is scrambling for ways to close the gap. According to pharmaceutical sector representatives, a large part of the GOT strategy appears to be to lay [...] | 2009-09-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV EFIN TU |
09ANKARA1361 | TURKEY: MFA ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador made REFTEL points to MFA U/S Sinirlioglu on September 14, underscoring that congratulatory messages should not be premature. Sinirlioglu said Ankara already is aware of USG concerns and intends to be careful about extending congratulations. He noted that the Turkish Gove [...] | 2009-09-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA1362 | TURKEY: MFA CONTENDS IT GAVE CLEAR MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (C) Late on September 14 the Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Sinirlioglu and delivered REF A points on Turkey's key role in expressing our shared concern about Iran's nuclear program, and the potential for an already delicate security situation to unravel. Sinirlioglu asserted that F [...] | 2009-09-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TU |
09ANKARA1366 | TURKEY SUPPORTS FOLLOW-ON UNSCR 1820 RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On September 17 we delivered REFTEL talking points to Erman Topcu at MFA's Directorate General of International Political Organizations. He informed us that Turkey supported the entire USG proposal in principle, including the organization of a task force, regular reporting on conflict-rel [...] | 2009-09-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN TU |
09ANKARA1370 | IRANIAN ELECTION PROTESTER'S TORTURE ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. CONOFF spoke with Ebrahim Sharifi (please strictly protect) on Thursday September 17 concerning his involvement in Iran,s recent election and post election activities as well as his detainment, torture, and sodomy by government authorities. Sharifi discussed his efforts to expose [...] | 2009-09-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA1373 | TURKEY: EARLY REACTION IN THE MEDIA TO MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish media reaction to the White House announcement on European missile defense has been limited thus far and ranged from straightforward reporting based on the Presidential announcement to speculation that the announcement portends a greater role for Turkey in the new "Phase [...] | 2009-09-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KMDR NATO IR TU |
09ANKARA138 | US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP REAFFIRMS ENERGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 09:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IZ TU |
09ANKARA1382 | TURKISH MFA: FM PRESSED IRAN ON ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18 MFA's Department Head for Iran Korkut Gungen gave us a readout of FM Davutoglu's September 12-13 visit to Iran, noting that Davutoglu had raised the nuclear issue with each of his interlocutors (including a tete-a-tete with Ahmadinejad) and had pressed the GOI to [...] | 2009-09-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TU |
09ANKARA1383 | ALCOHOL IN ANKARA: MAYOR MIXES A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek briefly flirted with the idea of holding a referendum on the sale of alcohol in Bahcelievler district of Ankara. Although the idea was shelved after a blizzard of protests, the concept of the referendum and the way the mayor brought the issue to the age [...] | 2009-09-18 16:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1384 | TURKEY: CHP OF TWO MINDS ON THE KURDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is torn on the issue of Kurdish rights. Although the party's leadership has been making harsh, uncompromising comments concerning the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's nascent democratic initiative, many of C [...] | 2009-09-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1425 | GOVERNMENT VS. DOGAN GRUDGE MATCH CHILLS TURKISH JOURNALISM [...] (U) This cable is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate General Istanbul product. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Despite international signals about the press freedom implications of record tax fines levied against the Dogan Media Group, the GOT has upped the ante in its battle with the beleaguered media gian [...] | 2009-10-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TU |
09ANKARA144 | ERGENEKON PROBE: SOME SMOKE, BUT LASTING IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: The widening scope of the Ergenekon investigation has divided Turkish society into two increasingly hardened camps: those who see the case as a courageous step to bring Turkish society under the rule of law, by uncovering and then holding accountable the gangs responsible for hu [...] | 2009-01-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1446 | TURKEY PUSHES FOR STRATEGIC COOPERATION WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad is the culmination of a recently revitalized GoT effort to establish a strategic partnership with Iraq. He hopes to lay the foundations for bilateral cooperation in areas ranging from counter-terrorism cooperation and hydrocarbons trans [...] | 2009-10-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA145 | TURKEY: THE LINGERING IMPACT OF GOT GAZA RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan's harsh condemnation of GOI actions during the recent Gaza crisis continues to impact Turkey's Jewish minority and its bilateral relationship with Israel. Jewish Community leaders in Istanbul told the Ambassador that while they had previously enjoyed a clos [...] | 2009-01-29 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ANKARA1455 | DAVUTOGLU TAKES THE CASE FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: EU embassy interlocutors here interpreted Davutoglu's October 1 Brussels statement urging the EU to admit Turkey by 2015 not as an ultimatum, but as a reaffirmation of the GoT's commitment to its EU candidacy. Progress on internal reforms and GoT actions that encourage hopes fo [...] | 2009-10-07 15:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN TU |
09ANKARA1456 | TURKEY BRIEFED ON OCTOBER 1 P5+1 TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 04:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TU IR |
09ANKARA1468 | TURKEY: GROWING PESSIMISM AMONG KURDS IN SOUTHEAST [...] (C) Summary: During a recent eight-day tour around southeast Turkey, we found Kurds throughout the region expressing growing doubt that the Government of Turkey is sincere about its "Democratic Opening." Many view it as the AK Party's (AKP) tactic to attract Kurdish voters after losing Kurd [...] | 2009-10-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA147 | TURKEY: NO AGREEMENT YET ON CSCP MODALITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform (CSCP) parties, meeting in Istanbul January 26, did not reach agreement on how the platform will be institutionalized or how it will engage other countries and relate to other regional mechanisms, according to Russian and Georgian Embas [...] | 2009-01-30 10:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AM AJ GG RU TU XY |
09ANKARA1474 | WOMEN IN POLITICS: THE ROAD IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: The road to political empowerment of Turkish women continues to be under construction. While women have equal political rights and freedoms, the right to vote, and the right to be elected and to engage in political activity, the number of female Members of Parliament (MPs) and [...] | 2009-10-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TU |
09ANKARA1475 | TURKEY'S DEMOCRATIC INITIATIVE: MORE THAN WORDS? [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Besir Atalay has announced that the as-yet unrevealed Democratic Initiative will exit its first "debate" phase and progress to the second "concrete step" phase after the Prime Minister returns from a visit to Iraq on October 15. Details of the project remain e [...] | 2009-10-13 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER TU |
09ANKARA1477 | PM ERDOGAN'S WISH LIST FOR OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Erdogan and his delegation of nine ministers hope to sign well over 40 protocols, memoranda of understanding and agreements with their Iraqi counterparts when they visit Baghdad October 15 (REFTEL),according to the MFA. The GOT hopes the documents will guide bilateral co [...] | 2009-10-14 04:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1478 | TURKEY: ISN DELEGATION TWISTS ARMS, MAKES PROGRESS [...] (C) During September 28 consultations with the Turkish interagency in Ankara, ISN DAS Eliot Kang and ISN/NESS Office Director Richard Stratford made a persuasive case for Turkey to join the growing consensus for new guidelines at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to prohibit the transfer of n [...] | 2009-10-14 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PREL TU |
09ANKARA1481 | TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS CONTINUE TO SOUR [...] (C) Summary: Turkish-Israeli bilateral relations remain strained. GOT interlocutors attribute the tension to Israel's December Gaza operation and argue that the bilateral relationship will recover only when Israel allows improvements to the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The GOT's last-minu [...] | 2009-10-14 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TU IS |
09ANKARA1486 | TURKEY-SYRIA RELATIONS: AN AKP WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish government firmly supports its expanding bilateral relationship with Syria, which it argues benefits both nations and the region. Increasing ties and cooperation between the two governments led to a recent agreement to remove visa requirements, which the MFA deems a c [...] | 2009-10-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SY TU |
09ANKARA1487 | ARMENIA PROTOCOL MAY FACE PARLIAMENT GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Summary: Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Murat Mercan, told us October 15 that the government will submit the Armenia protocols to him next week for discussion by the Foreign Affairs Committee. He said an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh is a p [...] | 2009-10-16 09:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA149 | ERDOGAN'S DAVOS REMARKS PLAY WELL FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan received a hero's welcome on his return to Turkey early January 30 from Davos, where during a televised discussion concerning Gaza he harshly criticized the Israeli government and stormed out, swearing to never return. The outburst has [...] | 2009-01-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1497 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR PRODS D/PM ON DOGAN MEDIA FINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 14 discussion with the Ambassador, Deputy PM Arinc defended the tax evasion fine against the Dogan Media Group as simply a move by GOT auditing agencies to tackle the unregistered economy and eliminate "off-record" dealings. He portrayed Dogan as a powerful corpora [...] | 2009-10-16 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1498 | TURKS WILL JOIN CONSENSUS ON SEDM MEMBERSHIP FOR [...] (C) MFA NATO and Euroatlantic Security Policy Department Head Mustafa Turan expressed appreciation for the infomation about USG readiness to join consensus on extending Southeastern European Defense Ministerial (SEDM) membership to Serbia (reftel) and agreed that there should be no obstacles t [...] | 2009-10-16 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU |
09ANKARA150 | TANER YILDIZ: ERDOGAN'S ENERGY TROUBLESHOOTER [...] (C) Summary. Denying persistent and long-standing rumors, Kayseri Parliamentarian Taner Yildiz began a January 27 meeting with Econoffs by saying he assumed the job of energy advisor to the AK Party 1.5 years ago, is happy with it, does not have designs on the Energy Minister's job. He suppor [...] | 2009-01-30 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA1500 | TURKS ACCENT THE POSITIVE IN EU PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis and the MFA offered a broadly positive official reaction to the European Commission's 12th annual progress report, released October 14. Both Bagis and the MFA portrayed the report in their public statements as endorsing the government's [...] | 2009-10-16 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY EU PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1503 | TURKEY: PHARMA INDUSTRY GIVES COUNTERPROPOSAL TO [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, the GOT published two decrees relating to pharmaceutical pricing in an effort to close the 2 billion TL Social Security budget gap described in reftel. U.S. firms have told us these decrees, with 70 percent of the cost expected to fall on foreign firms, will kil [...] | 2009-10-19 05:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN TU |
09ANKARA1507 | TURKEY: PKK COMING FROM IRAQ AS "PEACE DELEGATION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 a group of 26 refugees from the Makhmour camp in Northern Iraq and eight reported members of the PKK from Kandil Mountain began returning to Turkey via the Habur Border Gate. PM Erdogan described the returnees as "surrendering" to Turkish authorities while the PKK s [...] | 2009-10-20 04:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1508 | TURKEY: PKK COMING FROM IRAQ AS "PEACE DELEGATION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 a group of 26 refugees from the Makhmour camp in Northern Iraq and eight reported members of the PKK from Kandil Mountain began returning to Turkey via the Habur Border Gate. PM Erdogan described the returnees as "surrendering" to Turkish authorities while the PKK s [...] | 2009-10-20 04:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1513 | TURKEY: PKK RETURNEES HEAD FOR DIYARBAKIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish public continues to be riveted by the saga of PKK returnees who arrived at the Habur Gate border crossing on October 19. Five of the original 34 were detained but later released. Interior Minister Atalay projects that another 100-150 returnees will arrive soon, and [...] | 2009-10-20 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1514 | TURKEY: PKK RETURNEES HEAD FOR DIYARBAKIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish public continues to be riveted by the saga of PKK returnees who arrived at the Habur Gate border crossing on October 19. Five of the original 34 were detained but later released. Interior Minister Atalay projects that another 100-150 returnees will arrive soon, and [...] | 2009-10-21 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1515 | TURKEY: PKK RETURNEES HEAD FOR DIYARBAKIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish public continues to be riveted by the saga of PKK returnees who arrived at the Habur Gate border crossing on October 19. Five of the original 34 were detained but later released. Interior Minister Atalay projects that another 100-150 returnees will arrive soon, and [...] | 2009-10-21 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1516 | TURKEY: HORMATS-BABACAN BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. During an October 6 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, U/S for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats reiterated President Obama,s commitment to strengthening our economic partnership with Turkey. Babacan welcomed the U.S. focus on the economic rel [...] | 2009-10-21 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN ECIN EINV TU |
09ANKARA1522 | TURKEY TO PRESS FOR IRAQI SUPPORT OF KURDISH [...] (C) Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, told us October 21 that upon his return to Baghdad later in the week he would attempt to engage the Iraqi government and KRG in the nascent Kurdish-Turk returnee process (REFTELS). Ozcelik said the early focus of his engagement effort would be fu [...] | 2009-10-21 15:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA153 | TURKEY: IMF DEAL REQUIRES POLITICAL DECISION [...] (C) Summary: When the GOT and IMF suspended negotiations on January 26, they were apart on key issues such as the type and quality of spending cuts, the terms of a fiscal rule, reduction of disbursements to municipalities, and the need to beef up taxation and enforcement. While the GOT has s [...] | 2009-01-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
09ANKARA1532 | ISRAELI EMBASSY HOPES FOR BETTER TIMES AFTER [...] (C) Israeli DCM Menahem Kanafi told DCM October 21 that the Turkish MFA and Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) have been responsive to Israeli requests regarding a soap opera airing this week on TRT that dramatized graphic Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians. After the Israeli Amb [...] | 2009-10-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA1533 | PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...] | 2009-10-23 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1534 | PM'S OCTOBER 15 BAGHDAD VISIT: LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: The GOT is pleased with the 48 MOUs, protocols and agreements PM Erdogan and his nine ministers signed with their Iraqi counterparts during Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad. The MFA realizes that implementing the accords will be difficult. The MOU on natural gas exports es [...] | 2009-10-23 08:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1537 | TIES THAT BIND: AZERI INFLUENCE OVER TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Turkey-Armenia protocols begin to percolate in the Turkish Parliament (SEPTEL),Azerbaijan's influence on Turkish public opinion will be pivotal. Given the close cultural, historical and linguistic ties between the Turks and Azerbaijanis, the Turkish public appears unwilli [...] | 2009-10-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON AR AJ TU |
09ANKARA1538 | GOT REELING FROM RECEPTION GIVEN PKK RETURNEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reactions to the return of 34 PKK sympathizers/members from northern Iraq to Turkey have been mixed with negative perceptions rapidly dominating the initial hopes of reconciliation. The exuberant reception by the crowds greeting the returnees had drawn sharp criticism from media [...] | 2009-10-23 17:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREF PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1545 | 64TH UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE: TURKEY'S POSITIONS [...] (C) Kaan Esener, head of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told us on October 26 that Turkey would support U.S. positions (REFTEL) on the 64th UNGA Third Committee's Burma and DPRK resolutions. He added that Turkey would co-sponsor and support the U.S. electoral [...] | 2009-10-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN TU |
09ANKARA1549 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TRACES HIS PROBLEMS TO ERDOGAN [...] (C) During an October 26 call on the Ambassador, Israeli Ambassador Gabby Levy registered concern over the recent deterioration in his country's bilateral relations with Turkey and the conviction that the relationship's decline is attributable exclusively to Prime Minister Erdogan. Levy said Foreig [...] | 2009-10-27 11:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IS |
09ANKARA155 | TURKEY UPBEAT ON NABUCCO POST-BUDAPEST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Fresh from the January 26-27 Budapest Nabucco Summit, an upbeat and confident Energy Minister Guler told the Ambassador Turkey supports this project 100% and is ready to take concrete steps to realize it. Guler offered to host the signing of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) [...] | 2009-02-02 09:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA1563 | ASD VERSHBOW DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) In an October 19 visit to Turkey focused primarily on missile defense (ref),ASD Vershbow discussed a broad range of issues related to security in the region with his Turkish counterparts. He pressed MFA leaders to re-engage with Israel, to stay on track with efforts to keep tension low i [...] | 2009-10-28 06:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU |
09ANKARA1566 | TURKEY'S SEARCH FOR A PLAN B ON NATURAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As negotiations with Azerbaijan have stalled -- in Turkey's view, because of Azeri pique over its rapprochement with Armenia -- the GoT has been actively developing its options for a short to medium term natural gas picture without a deal with Azerbaijan. It believes that having a [...] | 2009-10-28 12:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU |
09ANKARA1568 | TURKISH MFA "FORWARD-LOOKING" ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 23 the Turkish MFA hosted an internal marathon session devoted to Cyprus that was refreshingly critical of Turkish policy over the past decade, reaffirmed that the status quo is unacceptable and resolved that Ankara must "find ways to break the deadlocks" that threaten [...] | 2009-10-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
09ANKARA1569 | PROTOCOLS IN PARLIAMENT-WHAT NEXT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Now that the Turkey-Armenia protocols are in parliament, "the hard part begins." The GOT faces an uphill battle in pushing for ratification, as the opposition continues its criticism and public opinion demands progress on Nagorno-Karabakh. What constitutes the minimum political [...] | 2009-10-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AR TU |
09ANKARA1572 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. REPORT ON CONTACTS WITH [...] (C) We delivered reftel report to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on October 30. Yurdakul expressed appreciation for the report and took the opportunity to note that Turkey's position regarding MTCR outreach remains unchanged. He stated that Turkey will oppo [...] | 2009-10-30 17:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA ETTC PARM PREL TSPA |
09ANKARA1576 | TURKEY: DEMOCRAT PARTY BACK FROM THE GRAVE? [...] (C) Summary: The center right Democrat Party (DP) and Motherland Party (ANAP) held a joint party congress October 31 to implement their merger under the Democrat Party name. Although the two parties together regularly poll no more than five percent in public opinion surveys, the merger ends tw [...] | 2009-11-02 17:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1582 | TURKEY: TGS FEELING ERGENEKON SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: Investigations into the Ergenekon case took a nasty turn with the revelation of what purports to be an original of the alleged military-penned anti-government "Action Plan," essentially a roadmap for bringing down the government and the Islamist Fethullah Gulen organization. The [...] | 2009-11-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1583 | WORKING ERDOGAN BACK INTO THE FOLD ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During an October 21 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu, the Ambassador challenged Prime Minister Erdogan's recent dismissal of international community allegations that Iran intends to acquire nuclear weapons as "gossip." The Ambassador emphasized Iran will be the singl [...] | 2009-11-03 16:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC TU IR |
09ANKARA1584 | TURKEY: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA1586 | STANDSTILL LOOMS FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION BID [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is on track to open the Environment Chapter under the Swedish EU presidency, but has run out of "easy" technical chapters to open after the beginning of 2010 and could face a standstill in its EU accession bid. Ankara already has abandoned its previous policy of trying to [...] | 2009-11-04 10:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1589 | DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN VISIT: TURKS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Minister of Energy Yildiz and BOTAS Acting Director General Konuk, DoE Deputy Secretary Poneman stressed U.S. support for the Southern Corridor and the urgent need to resolve negotiations with the Azeris to make the Corridor a reality. Both Yildiz and Konu [...] | 2009-11-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ |
09ANKARA1590 | STANDSTILL LOOMS FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION BID [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is on track to open the Environment Chapter under the Swedish EU presidency, but has run out of "easy" technical chapters to open after the beginning of 2010 and could face a standstill in its EU accession bid. Ankara already has abandoned its previous policy of trying to [...] | 2009-11-05 09:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1592 | TURKIC COUNCIL ESTABLISHED; KAZAKHSTAN THE PRIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey has renewed its effort to consolidate its influence among the Turkic countries to its east with a new approach toward its neighbors. Two recent developments point to the initial success of this new posture. During the October 2-3 Turkic Summit in Nakhcivan, Turkey join [...] | 2009-11-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG AJ ZK TU |
09ANKARA1596 | IMAM HATIP SCHOOLS AGAIN ON AKP AGENDA? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkey's imam hatip schools (IHS) are again drawing attention in light of a new Justice and Development Party (AKP) proposal to enable IHS students to complete grades 6-8 in IHS versus state schools. This follows closely behind the recent regulation that abolished the university [...] | 2009-11-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1600 | IRAQ-TURKEY COUNTERTERRORISM AGREEMENT [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs November 5 gave us an English-language copy of the Iraqi-Turkish counter-terrorism agreement signed by the two countries' Interior Ministers during Prime Minister Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad (REFTEL). MFA contacts contend this agreement provides a [...] | 2009-11-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
09ANKARA1604 | TURKEY: MFA READY FOR BILATERAL CT DIALOGUE; [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is willing to explore inaugurating the official high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue as early as January 2010, MFA DDG for Security Affairs Ozyildiz told us November 5. An interagency task force is preparing changes to Turkey's legal definition of terrorism to satisfy [...] | 2009-11-09 06:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EFIN IZ DA TU |
09ANKARA1607 | AMBASSADOR BROACHES ANTI-US RHETORIC WITH BAYKAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal on November 5 to confront him about his persistent use of anti-American rhetoric in speeches on otherwise purely internal matters. Baykal ducked and weaved, contending he is often misquoted. Bayk [...] | 2009-11-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1625 | MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON CYPRUS, AEGEAN, ARMENIA [...] SUMMARY. In a November 10 discussion with the Ambassador, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Sinirlioglu: -- urged that the US get involved in the Cyprus talks and noted that the 2006 Finnish proposal for the Additional Ankara Protocol is "still on the table"; -- indicated that while flights in the [...] | 2009-11-13 05:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1626 | MFA UNDER SECRETARY ON CYPRUS, AEGEAN, ARMENIA [...] SUMMARY. In a November 10 discussion with the Ambassador, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Sinirlioglu: -- urged that the US get involved in the Cyprus talks and noted that the 2006 Finnish proposal for the Additional Ankara Protocol is "still on the table"; -- indicated that while flights in the [...] | 2009-11-13 05:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA163 | TURKEY: LOCAL ELECTIONS NO BOON FOR GENDER EQUALITY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Few female candidates have been selected by political parties for March 29 local elections. Only 44 female candidates are among the thousands running in Turkey's mayoral races. Contacts from the ruling [...] | 2009-02-03 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1631 | TURKISH FM WILL ATTEND AFGHAN INAUGURATION [...] (C) Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu confirmed to visiting EUR A/S Gordon November 12 that he plans to attend President Karzai's inauguration in Kabul on November 19. The Ambassador also had raised REFTEL points with MFA Under Secretary Sinirlioglu late on November 10. Sinirlioglu had pred [...] | 2009-11-13 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV TU AF |
09ANKARA1637 | TURKEY'S LETTER TO GREECE: DEAR GEORGE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA proudly points to Prime Minister Erdogan's October 30 letter to Greece as a positive step for the future of bilateral relations between the two countries, but admits that much depends on Greece's response -- and the ongoing Cyprus negotiations. In the letter, Erd [...] | 2009-11-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU GR |
09ANKARA1641 | TURKEY SUPPORTS MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU EUN GR MK TU PREL PGOV |
09ANKARA1642 | TURKEY: WIRETAPS AND THE POLITICS OF FEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public concern over the use of wiretaps by the government as evidence to detain suspects in the Ergenekon trial is waxing again, as members of Parliament and even former President Suleyman Demirel register their concerns in the press. Although wiretapping is not new to Turkish s [...] | 2009-11-16 17:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1644 | A/S GORDON'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH U/S [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu opened his November 12 meeting with EUR A/S Gordon by attempting to recast Erdogan's recent public efforts to deflect international community criticism of Iran's nuclear program as an idiosyncratic reaffirmation of NPT principles. Gordon cautioned [...] | 2009-11-17 08:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU |
09ANKARA1651 | TURKEY TRYING TO KEEP ITS INFLUENCE IN BOSNIA [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is trying to keep a foot in the Balkans with its position that Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH) is not ready to close its Office of the High Representative (OHR) and transition to a reinforced EU Special Representative (EUSR),despite supporting BIH's constitutional reform efforts [...] | 2009-11-17 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU BK GR |
09ANKARA1652 | AMBASSADOR RAISES DEFINITION OF TERRORISM AND TAX [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey and Econ Counselor met November 12 with Minister of Finance Mehmet Simsek. Simsek established an interagency working group on the definition of terrorism that will make recommendations on legislative changes by mid-December, allowing him to present legislation [...] | 2009-11-17 16:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1653 | "DEMOCRATIC OPENING" DEBATE UNDERSCORES RIFTS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish public was captivated by the unprecedented November 13 Parliamentary debate over the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's "Democratic Opening" initiative. This is the initiative loosely defined as a set of government policies designed to broaden the scope [...] | 2009-11-17 17:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1656 | TURKEY: DTP PULLED IN OPPOSING DIRECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey is being torn between two trains of thought. On one hand, co-chairman Ahmet Turk and those aligned with him are attempting, at least in words, to distance themselves from the violent actions of the terrorist Kurdistan Worker's Party (P [...] | 2009-11-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1657 | TURKEY: OCALAN GETS SOME COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 17 the GOT transferred five inmates to the island prison of Imrali, where jailed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has been the sole prisoner in solitary confinement since 1999. Three additional prisoners are expected to be transferred there soon. [...] | 2009-11-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1658 | TURKEY: DTP PULLED IN OPPOSING DIRECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Democratic Society Party (DTP) in Turkey is being torn between two trains of thought. On one hand, co-chairman Ahmet Turk and those aligned with him are attempting, at least in words, to distance themselves from the violent actions of the terrorist Kurdistan Worker's Party (P [...] | 2009-11-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1659 | TURKEY: OCALAN GETS SOME COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 17 the GOT transferred five inmates to the island prison of Imrali, where jailed Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan has been the sole prisoner in solitary confinement since 1999. Three additional prisoners are expected to be transferred there soon. [...] | 2009-11-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA166 | TURKEY: "I APOLOGIZE" CAMPAIGN CATHARTIC, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of signatures attached to the on-line campaign apologizing for the "great disaster" suffered by Ottoman Armenians in 1915 has begun to taper off after reaching 30,000 -- a figure far exceeding the organizers' expectations. While criticized strongly by retired diplomat [...] | 2009-02-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM AM TU |
09ANKARA1661 | PLANS FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN SUMMITS [...] (C) Turkey plans to involve itself actively in organizing meetings related to both Afghanistan and Pakistan in the coming year. Turkey's "Action Plan for Afghanistan" (included in para 4 below),which lists "immediate steps" for Turkish efforts in Afghanistan, includes convening the fourth Af [...] | 2009-11-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1662 | NATO MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG COMMUNIQUE WILL BE [...] (C) During her November 18 Missile Defense consultations in Ankara (septel),U/S Tauscher reviewed the basic outline of our proposed NATO Ministerial Communique Missile Defense Language (as per reftel para 2) with top Turkish General Staff and Foreign Ministry officials. While the Turks did n [...] | 2009-11-19 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO TU |
09ANKARA1672 | ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING A CHANNEL TO THE SENIOR [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Spokesperson Amit Zarouk (Protect) told us November 18 his government, urged on by Minister of Defense Barak and the Israel Defense Force, continues to search for a reliable communication channel to the GoT's senior political level. Zarouk fears the lack of such a channel [...] | 2009-11-19 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IS |
09ANKARA1673 | OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA1676 | SUPPORT TO NEW KARZAI GOVERMENT REF: A. STATE 118297 B. ANKARA 1661 Classified By: DCM Doug Silliman for reasons 1.4 (b,d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 13:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1677 | TURKEY RESPONSE FOR LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Turkey does not have significant economic or political interests in Cuba. 2. (C) Further detail on Ref A questions is provided below: -- Turkey supports European Union efforts to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba, but has not undertaken any unilateral efforts along those li [...] | 2009-11-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL TU |
09ANKARA1688 | TURKEY: BALKANS AS NEW FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is looking to re-engage in the Balkans to regain its historical influence in the region, with a particular focus on Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH),according to the MFA. On November 19 MFA Deputy Director General for Central and Southeastern Europe, Murat Karagoz, provided us an [...] | 2009-11-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU BK GR |
09ANKARA169 | TURKEY TO CONTINUE ACTIVIST ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT aims to continue to play an activist role in establishing peace and stability in its neighborhood as a foreign policy priority, in large measure because of a deep distrust and fear of Iran's exhibited malevolent influence throughout the region, according to senior MFA offi [...] | 2009-02-03 16:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ENRG KPAL TU IZ IR IS |
09ANKARA1691 | TURKEY: AKP ERODING CHECKS ON ITS POWER? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The past six months have seen an increase in cases where the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has used legal and extraordinary channels to intimidate, coerce or attack its political opponents or those who might present a check on its power. Most of these cases highligh [...] | 2009-11-24 12:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1692 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR: FOURTH U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Over the past several months, Turkey has been actively exploring its energy options--from Azerbaijan and Russia to Iran and Qatar (reftel). As the GoT prepares next steps in several areas of its energy relations, your bilateral meeting with Energy Minister Yildiz and the fourth round of th [...] | 2009-11-24 13:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU |
09ANKARA1693 | TURKEY: AS PRICING DEADLINE NEARS, PHARMA INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. Following the GOT's rejection of pharmaceutical industry proposals to close the health care budget gap (described in reftels),the sector has been forced back to the drawing board with little time left before the December 4 implementation deadline. The GOT indicated that it was [...] | 2009-11-25 05:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN TU |
09ANKARA1696 | DEMOCRAT PARTY TRYING TO CARVE NICHE IN THE CENTER [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Democrat Party (DP),led by Husamettin Cindoruk, is trying to create a place for itself in the center of Turkey's starkly polarized political spectrum. Carrying on the traditions of both the Justice Party of Adnan Menderes and Suleyman Demirel, and the Motherland Party [...] | 2009-11-25 10:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA1698 | TURKISH NUCLEAR TENDER CANCELED [...] (U) On November 20, the Turkish Electricity Trading and Contracting Company (TETAS) canceled the September 2008 tender to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The cancelation follows a November 10 decision by the Council of State (Danistay) to suspend several articles of the [...] | 2009-11-25 11:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL TU |
09ANKARA1700 | TURKEY: HALKI SEMINARY -- A PRIMER [...] (C) This cable is a primer on the history and issues surrounding the Halki Seminary in Turkey. In the end, the reopening of Halki is a question of political will. With the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) in a tight spot with its attempts to promote its Democratic Opening initia [...] | 2009-11-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1702 | TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: MORE TRAINING POSSIBLE, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Aslan Guner November 24 on the President's plan to announce a significant increase in U.S. civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan (reftel) and pressed Turkey to strongly support this announcement and provide signifi [...] | 2009-11-25 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TU |
09ANKARA1704 | TURKEY/IRAN NUCLEAR: TURKEY STILL WORKING TRR [...] (C) On November 25, DCM raised reftel points with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Engin Soysal. We delivered the same message to MFA Deputy DG for South Asia Burak Akcapar and Nonproliferation Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul. Soysal said that FM Davutoglu was planning to brief NSA Jones on his discu [...] | 2009-11-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR TU |
09ANKARA1705 | TURKEY: INFLUENTIAL JOURNALIST'S SOBER VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 18 Radikal columnist Murat Yetkin, one of the most influential journalists in Turkey, provided us with a broad sweep of insights into current affairs. These included his "fatalistic" mood on the Dogan Media fine, his lament that the USG has not taken a more prominen [...] | 2009-11-25 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
09ANKARA1710 | TURKEY: HADITH PROJECT "90 PERCENT COMPLETE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) reports that it has completed 90 percent of its review of hadiths (the non-Koranic documents on which Islamic law is based). The review is expected to be finished, and published, in 2010. According to Diyanet Vice President Mehme [...] | 2009-12-02 09:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN TU |
09ANKARA1713 | TURKEY: ROLLING OUT THE MESSAGE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Mission Turkey continued on December 2 the strong press for additional Turkish support for the President's strategy in Afghanistan. In separate meetings with both Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul and with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Namik Tan, the Ambassador pushed hard for Turkey t [...] | 2009-12-02 17:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO TU |
09ANKARA1718 | TURKISH MFA SEES CYPRUS TALKS AS GLASS HALF FULL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MFA's Deputy Director General for Cyprus told us December 2 that Ankara is still waiting for a reply from Athens to PM Erdogan's proposal for quadrilateral talks on a Cyprus settlement, but that Turkey is newly optimistic about the prospects for a solution after the November 1 [...] | 2009-12-03 16:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PREL TU UNFICYP US |
09ANKARA1722 | GULEN - TURKEY'S INVISIBLE MAN CASTS LONG SHADOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fethullah Gulen remains a political phenomenon in Turkey. Although "exiled" in Pennsylvania for the past decade, Gulen's impact continues to expand, aided by legions of loyalist supporters and a network of elite schools. The Gulen Movement's purported goals focus on interfaith d [...] | 2009-12-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1724 | TURKEY: MFA SEEKS NEW CURRENTS ON CAMP MAKHMOUR [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi authorities need to better isolate Makhmour Camp residents from PKK pressure to allow camp residents to express their feelings about returning to Turkey without coercion, newly appointed DG for Security Affairs Aydin Sezgin told us December 1. The DCM urged Turkey to involve t [...] | 2009-12-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IZ TU |
09ANKARA1727 | TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: MORE TROOPS POSSIBLE, NO [...] (C) Despite initial wide-spread and deep skepticism in the media and reactions ranging from frustration to outrage from senior GoT contacts about the U.S. request for more Turkish troops in Afghanistan (reftel),several media outlets (pro-government Zaman, mass circulation Aksam, and secularist [...] | 2009-12-04 12:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS AF TU |
09ANKARA1729 | GOT REQUESTS USTDA ASSISTANCE ON NEW NUCLEAR TENDER [...] (SBU) At the December 3 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group (EWG) meeting, Hakki Akil, MFA deputy undersecretary for economic affairs and head of the Turkish EWG delegation, informed us that Energy Minister Yildiz is ready to accept USTDA's earlier offer of technical assistance on [...] | 2009-12-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1743 | TURKEY: COURT MULLS CLOSURE OF KURDISH PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court today begins its deliberations over the closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). A ruling may not be issued for weeks but could come much sooner, and is likely to have a major impact on the government's National Unity Project (also formerly known as [...] | 2009-12-08 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER PINR TU |
09ANKARA1745 | TURKEY: PARTNERS BUT NOT PALS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Turkish MFA and Egyptian Embassy view the bilateral relationship positively for now, but the two countries' wariness towards each other could impact relations down the road. The Turkish MFA says it views Egypt as a partner and not a competitor. The Egyptian Embassy com [...] | 2009-12-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EG PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1747 | TURKEY: EU TROIKA PRESSES ANKARA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkey-EU Troika meeting on November 26 in Istanbul focused on Turkey's EU bid, but made reference to Turkey's unwillingness to implement the Ankara Additional Protocol. (The Swedish Embassy passed us their final report on this meeting but emphasized that not all EU members h [...] | 2009-12-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EU CY |
09ANKARA1749 | TURKEY: SOUTHEAST PERSPECTIVE: KURDISH OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a December 1-4 trip to southeast Turkey, a range of Kurdish contacts representing the intelligentsia, political elite and civic activists gave surprisingly similar observations on the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) "democratic opening," citing selfishness and i [...] | 2009-12-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER TU |
09ANKARA1753 | Iran Students Vow Protest Will Continue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Wednesday December 9, CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants regarding the Monday, December 7 and Tuesday, December 8 protests in Iran. According to applicant reports, students vowed to continue their protests until the dean of Tehran University, a hard- [...] | 2009-12-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR |
09ANKARA1754 | AZERBAIJAN EMBASSY PLANS TO LOBBY AGAINST PROTOCOLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijan Embassy was shocked by what it perceived as lukewarm support from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Turkish public for Azerbaijan's perspective on the Armenia Protocols, and plans to increase its public diplomacy efforts and take its case direct [...] | 2009-12-09 16:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ AM PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA1755 | SECURITY AGENCIES: BARZANI KEY TO DEFEATING THE PKK [...] (C) During a recent discussion of his ministry's goals for the December 20-22 Trilateral Mechanism Ministerial in Baghdad and Erbil, Ministry of Interior (MoI) Secretary General Eyup Tepe said the Turkish General Staff, Turkish National Intelligence Organization, Ministry of Foreign Affairs an [...] | 2009-12-09 17:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR TU IZ |
09ANKARA176 | TURKEY: WALKING BACK THE GAZA RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan has begun to modify his politically charged Gaza rhetoric, responding to growing concerns in the Turkish Jewish community, moderate Arab capitals, American Jewish groups, and among GOT officials. Since Davos, Erdogan has repeatedly emphasized that his state [...] | 2009-02-04 15:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA1760 | TURKEY: RAISING THE PROFILE OF TIES WITH SYRIA [...] (C) Continuing his government's pattern of frequent high-profile senior-level visits abroad, Prime Minister Erdogan will lead a delegation of as many as eight ministers to Damascus between December 21 and 25 for the inaugural Turkey-Syria High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council meeting. Acco [...] | 2009-12-10 17:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IZ SY |
09ANKARA1764 | TURKEY: COURT CLOSES DTP, BANS TWO MPS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Constitutional Court ruled on December 11 to close the Democratic Society Party (DTP) because of their organic connection with the terrorist Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). In recent weeks, the DTP has been progressively showing their close links with the PKK. Prior to the [...] | 2009-12-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER TU |
09ANKARA1765 | TURKEY: DTP CLOSED, TWO MPS BANNED FROM POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Constitutional Court ruled on December 11 to close the Democratic Society Party (DTP) because of their organic connection with the terrorist Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). In recent weeks, the DTP has been progressively showing their close links with the PKK. Prior to the [...] | 2009-12-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1766 | 4TH U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the fourth session of the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group on December 3, the Turkish delegation proposed increased cooperation between the U.S. and Turkey to support development of Iraq's energy sector, specifically through a joint project to relaunch the Iraq Stra [...] | 2009-12-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU |
09ANKARA1767 | ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING ACCESS TO POLITICAL LEVEL [...] (C) During a recent conversation with us, Israeli Embassy DCM Menahem Kanafi described Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben Eliezer's November 23 - 24 visit to Ankara as a modest step towards his government's goal of re-establishing a reliable communication channel to the GoT's s [...] | 2009-12-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IS SY |
09ANKARA1769 | ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING ACCESS TO POLITICAL LEVEL [...] (C) During a recent conversation with us, Israeli Embassy DCM Menahem Kanafi described Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben Eliezer's November 23 - 24 visit to Ankara as a modest step towards his government's goal of re-establishing a reliable communication channel to the GoT's s [...] | 2009-12-11 19:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IS SY |
09ANKARA177 | TURKEY: NABUCCO DISCUSSIONS MOVING RIGHT ALONG [...] (C) According to MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci, the pace of discussions on the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) is intensifying. The government parties to the IGA (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and Austria, with the EU as a facilitator) have agreed to meet every two [...] | 2009-02-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA1773 | FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: POLICE PRAISE "KINGPIN" [...] (C) SUMMARY. FBI Director Mueller urged Turkey to accept an information sharing arrangement on biometric data during a November 18 meeting with Turkish National Police Director General Koksal. The Director separately offered to post a second FBI officer in Ankara to strengthen CT teamwork. K [...] | 2009-12-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PTER PREL SNAR KCRM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1774 | FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: DPM CICEK WELCOMES CLOSER CT [...] (C) SUMMARY. FBI Director Mueller offered to share biometric data with Turkey, post a second FBI agent in Ankara and assist Turkey with strengthening its counterterrorism legislation, FBI Director Mueller told DPM Cicek during a November 18 meeting. Biometric sharing would require changes to [...] | 2009-12-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PTER PREL KCRM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1775 | FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: MINISTER OF JUSTICE READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 18 meeting, FBI Director Mueller pressed Justice Minister Ergin to establish a new bilateral framework that would facilitate the more rapid exchange of information. He also urged Turkey to revise its terrorism laws to better address the challenges brought by gl [...] | 2009-12-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PTER PREL KCRM IZ TU |
09ANKARA1781 | TURKEY: SUPPORT FOR "TRNC" CARRIES HIGH PRICE TAG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's financial aid to the "TRNC" is roughly $600 million annually -- one third of the "TRNC" budget. Ankara routinely grouses about what it perceives as the Turkish Cypriots' lack of fiscal responsibility, but would never consider turning off this funding tap and does not vi [...] | 2009-12-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1782 | TURKEY: DTP RESIGNS EN MASSE; CONTINUED VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Democratic Society Party (DTP) parliamentarians decided to submit their resignations en masse to the Turkish Grand National Assembly on December 15 following the Constitutional Court decision closing the party for ties to the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Forme [...] | 2009-12-15 16:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA179 | TURKEY: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF U.S. DESIGNATION OF [...] (C) We informed MFA Security Affairs Deputy Director General Inan Ozyildiz and Security Affairs Office Director Metin Ergin February 3 of the USG's intent to designate PJAK as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (reftel). Ozyildiz said the Government of Turkey supports this designation, which wi [...] | 2009-02-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ECON PTER PINR TU IZ |
09ANKARA1792 | TURKISH COUNTER-PKK EFFORT FOCUSES ON MAKHMOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Atalay's priority for the December 21 Trilateral Mechanism Ministerial Meetings in Baghdad and Irbil is to secure KRG support for the expedited return of Turkish citizens from Makhmour camp. Rather than pressing KRG President Massoud Barzani to restrict PKK fre [...] | 2009-12-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
09ANKARA1797 | PM ERDOGAN AND MINISTER YILDIZ POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar on December 2, PM Erdogan and Energy Minister Yildiz both spoke positively of reaching agreement with the Azeris on Shah Deniz gas and cooperating more closely with the U.S. to develop Iraq's energy sector. E [...] | 2009-12-17 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL TU |
09ANKARA1800 | TURKEY: PROTESTS CALM AND AKP PUSHES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate events on December 17, PM Erdogan and Interior Minister Atalay stressed the government's resolve to continue with its National Unity Project. Atalay cited two goals for the Project: eliminate terrorism and elevate democratic standards across the country. Protests [...] | 2009-12-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
09ANKARA1801 | TURKEY: PROTESTS CALM AND AKP PUSHES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate events on December 17, PM Erdogan and Interior Minister Atalay stressed the government's resolve to continue with its National Unity Project. Atalay cited two goals for the Project: eliminate terrorism and elevate democratic standards across the country. Protests [...] | 2009-12-17 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ |
09ANKARA1806 | DTP DEPUTIES JOIN BDP -- NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ahmet Turk, co-chairman of the former Democratic Society Party (DTP),announced on December 18 that the 19 remaining DTP MPs would not resign from the parliament as expected, but would instead join the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). While making the announcement, Turk invoked t [...] | 2009-12-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1814 | KORAN COURSES: HIGH DEMAND, UNCERTAIN SUPPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) recently proposed a new law removing the age limit on summer Koran courses. Under the current law, only children who have finished the fifth grade can enroll in summer Koran courses. The proposed change generated both positive and [...] | 2009-12-22 08:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN TU |
09ANKARA1817 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR JEFFREY DISCUSSES FSECC WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey met with State Minister for Foreign Trade Zafer Caglayan on December 18 to discuss the new Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC). The Ambassador congratulated Caglayan on being named as the GOT's FSECC co-chair, along with Deputy Prime Mini [...] | 2009-12-22 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL TU |
09ANKARA1826 | DEMARCHE ON URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT CASES [...] (C) On December 22 we delivered REFTEL points to MFA Department Head for South Asia Korkut Gungen. Gungen listened sympathetically, noted that the GOT leadership has regular discussions with its Iranian counterparts, and promised to pass along our points for consideration to the MFA upper ti [...] | 2009-12-23 11:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER TU |
09ANKARA1828 | SAFE DEPARTURE OF HEU FROM TURKEY ADVANCES [...] (C) Officials from Department of Energy/National Nuclear Safety Administration (DOE/NNSA) along with contractors oversaw on December 14 the removal of Turkey's stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU) spent fuel elements from the Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center located in Istanb [...] | 2009-12-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL ENRG TU |
09ANKARA1830 | YOK'S NEW COEFFICIENT: MINIMAL BOW TO THE COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK) announced December 17 it would diminish the coefficient used for vocational high school graduates' university entrance scores to an insignificant, almost symbolic number. YOK's neew formula keeps the coefficient system in place and therefo [...] | 2009-12-23 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN TU |
09ANKARA1831 | YOK'S NEW COEFFICIENT: MINIMAL BOW TO THE COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK) announced December 17 it would diminish the coefficient used for vocational high school graduates' university entrance scores to an insignificant, almost symbolic number. YOK's neew formula keeps the coefficient system in place and therefo [...] | 2009-12-23 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN TU |
09ANKARA1832 | FORMER DTP MEMBERS HEAR PKK RHETORIC IN MAKHMOUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six officials who will soon join the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP),including three MPs from the former Democratic Society Party (DTP),traveled overland to Iraq on December 22 to visit the Makhmour refugee camp and hold meetings with officials from the Kurdistan Regional Gover [...] | 2009-12-23 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM TU |
09ANKARA1834 | TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT YIELDS A PROFFERED EMBRACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak's visit to Ankara December 15-16 focused on bilateral ties and the Middle East during lengthy separate discussions with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Deputy PM Babacan, FM Davutoglu, and Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug. Although the Tu [...] | 2009-12-27 18:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU EG IS PREL IR |
09ANKARA1835 | WHY THE AKP'S UNITY MESSAGE MISSES THE MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has embarked on a project to seek a better social, economic and cultural environment for Kurds and other minorities, the initiative is being driven by the highest levels of the Party, who seem disinterested in feedback from the [...] | 2009-12-27 19:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1839 | TENSIONS SPIKE AMIDST DEPUTY PM ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors and police conducted extensive, unprecedented searches in the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Special Forces Mobility Command on December 25 following the arrest of two special forces officers for allegedly targeting Deputy PM Bulent Arinc for assassination. TGS Chief GEN [...] | 2009-12-28 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA1840 | TURKEY: CARGO HUB OPERATIONS EXTENDED [...] (SBU) On December 25 the GOT notified post via dip note 2009/ALGY/570349 of the Council of Ministers' positive decision to extend pre-existing agreements for cargo hub and retrograde operations in Turkey. This extension allows U.S. forces to continue operations at Incirlik Air Base and is val [...] | 2009-12-28 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU IR AF |
09ANKARA1841 | TURKEY DROPS VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE COUNTRIES [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA Head of Visa Section Kemal Demirciler recently gave us a consular perspective on the increasing number of Turkish bilateral visa waiver agreements. He said his department is not consulted before a visa waiver agreement is signed, and he expects no notification as to which c [...] | 2009-12-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV PTER SY LY TU |
09ANKARA1848 | DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER TU KTFN PREL SA YM UN |
09ANKARA1849 | TURKEY REPACKAGING PROPOSED SOMALIA CONFERENCE [...] (C) During a December 29 conversation with us, MFA Somalia Affairs Department Head Kemalettin Eruygur reaffirmed GOT support for the Djibouti Peace Process (DPP) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Eruygur insisted Turkey's proposed Somalia reconciliation conference will not compet [...] | 2009-12-30 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO TU |
09ANKARA191 | TURKEY: INSIDER OUTLINES NEW CT MECHANISM [...] (C) Summary. A draft proposal establishing a new counterterrorism coordination mechanism already has informal clearance from Turkey's NSC and needs only final cabinet approval, according to Halil Sivgin, a political consultant with close ties to Deputy PM Cicek. Sivgin told us February 2 tha [...] | 2009-02-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV TU |
09ANKARA194 | TURKEY ON FRENCH NATO REINTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: Upcoming local elections and an uneasy bilateral relationship with France make French reintegration into NATO's military structure a sensitive political issue for Turkey. A recent article in one of Turkey's leading newspapers highlighted the difficult decision facing PM Erdogan o [...] | 2009-02-06 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU |
09ANKARA195 | ESKISEHIR: AKP HOPES TO UNSEAT POPULAR DSP MAYOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a modern industrial center in west central Anatolia, Eskisehir (literally "old city" in Turkish) belies its name. A city that many believed to be sinking into irrelevance and obscurity in the early 1990s, Eskisehir has been revived and transformed over the past decade, large [...] | 2009-02-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON TU |
09ANKARA201 | KAYSERI AND NEVSEHIR: AKP SEES EASY WINS -- AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) sees little threat to its incumbent mayors in Nevsehir and Kayseri, two provinces largely representative of central Anatolia. Even the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has accepted that it has little chance to ma [...] | 2009-02-09 13:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA203 | TURKEY: REPLACE MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Special Envoy for Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, argued to DCM February 5 that the US and Turkey must convince the GOI to make the strategic economic decision to send hydrocarbons north through Turkey to Europe. This is necessary to support US, Turkish, and European strategic ob [...] | 2009-02-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG IZ PREL TU |
09ANKARA205 | ANKARA MAYOR'S RACE A KEY BATTLEGROUND FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary: The Ankara mayoral race is a key test for the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to show it remains the preeminent political force in Turkey. AKP's incumbent mayor Melih Gokcek will face Republican People's Party (CHP) candidate Murat Karayalcin, a former Social [...] | 2009-02-09 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA206 | TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP LAUNCHES GENOCIDE CASE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Turkish NGO Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People (Mazlum-Der) has filed a legal complaint accusing the Israeli government and 19 Israeli officials of committing genocide and crimes against humanity for the recent operation in the Gaza Strip. The compl [...] | 2009-02-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA207 | PLO ENVOY: ABBAS VISIT INTENDED TO DIFFUSE TENSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palestinian Authority President Abbas's February 6-8 Ankara trip was designed to smooth over growing tensions that resulted from GOT behavior during the Gaza crisis, PLO Ambassador Nabil Maarouf told us February 9. Fatah interpreted PM Erdogan's heated rhetoric and repeated calls [...] | 2009-02-09 16:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ANKARA214 | TURKEY: WORLD BANK LOAN WOULD ADVANCE US CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment. In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler said Turkey needs USD 125 billion in energy sector investments by 2020 to keep pace with rising energy demand. The World Bank plans to be a part of the solution through a second energy sector program. [...] | 2009-02-10 16:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG TU |
09ANKARA215 | NO ERDOGAN VALENTINE FOR THE IMF [...] (C) Summary. In recent discussions with GOT officials and private sector contacts, we heard disparate views on whether or not Prime Minister Erdogan wants a stand-by arrangement (SBA) with the IMF. It is clear, as always, that the ultimate decision will be made by Erdogan. Factors in his d [...] | 2009-02-10 16:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
09ANKARA226 | ELDERLY AMERICAN SMUGGLED OUT OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi appeared in the Ankara Consular section around noon on January 9, 2009. Mr. Vahedi, age 75, told Conoff he had paid smugglers $7500 to take him across the Iranian/Turkish border after having been held against his will in Iran for seven month [...] | 2009-02-11 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SNAR SOCI IR |
09ANKARA229 | MFA U/S: TURKEY'S MIDDLE EAST APPROACH "UNCHANGED" [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador February 11 that Turkey's Middle East policy remains focused on encouraging Palestinian and Arab unity, and that Ankara assured Palestinian Authority leader Abbas that it views him as the only Palestinian president and that Palestinia [...] | 2009-02-11 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS TU SY SA IR IZ US |
09ANKARA235 | SUDAN: TURKEY UNDECIDED ON POTENTIAL ARTICLE 16 [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel points with MFA U/S Apakan on February 12. Apakan asked what the US would do should the proposed UNSCR come to a vote. Ambassador underscored USG support for the ICC in pursuit of those who have perpetuated war crimes, and reiterated our interest in having this no [...] | 2009-02-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM SU TU XA XW |
09ANKARA237 | TURKEY: THE CALM AFTER THE GAZA STORM [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Jewish Community in Turkey has reported a reduction in the level of anti-Semitic incidents precipitated by the Gaza crisis. This is likely due to a concerted effort on the part of the GOT to distingui [...] | 2009-02-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ANKARA238 | ANTI-REGIMC O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000238 [...] (C) Summary: In mid January CONOFF interviewed XXXXXXXXXXXX, an anti-regime constitutional monarchist, for an immigrant visa. Soltani was repeatedly jailed and released by the Government of Iran for subversive activities and narrowly escaped re-imprisonment prior to his visa interview. XXXX [...] | 2009-02-13 05:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI TR |
09ANKARA242 | TURKEY'S ELECTION BOARD: NO MORE HANDOUTS TO VOTERS [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara and Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of allegations that the governor of Tunceli was misusing state funds to sway the poor to vote for the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),Turkey's High Election Board (YSK) issued a statem [...] | 2009-02-13 05:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
09ANKARA243 | U/S APAKAN CONFIRMS TURKEY NOT ON BOARD WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador took advantage of a February 11 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Apakan to convey REF B points on Russian President Medvedev's proposal to establish a new European security treaty. The Ambassador noted that we believed it useful to prepare President Gul for what he could exp [...] | 2009-02-13 05:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PREL TU RS |
09ANKARA246 | TURKEY SOWING SEEDS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Government continues to seek closer ties to Africa. High-level engagement has continued in the wake of Turkey's November election to the UNSC as a non-permanent member. The MFA also has plans for a round of Ambassadorial meetings in 2011, followed by a second summit [...] | 2009-02-13 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU SU |
09ANKARA247 | TURKEY: PARTIES HUNT FOR VOTES FAR AFIELD [...] (C) Summary: With just six weeks to go, Turkish political parties are ramping up their campaigns for March 29 local elections -- the first nationwide electoral test for AKP since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections. Both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK [...] | 2009-02-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA25 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN RETURNS TO RHETORICAL FORM OVER [...] (C) Summary: In a Justice and Development Party (AKP) group meeting on January 6, PM Erdogan delivered a speech condemning Israel for its attacks on the Gaza Strip, labeling them a "black stain" on humanity. This is a return to form for a politician whose traditional use of anti-Israeli rhe [...] | 2009-01-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IS OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA250 | TURKEY'S CRISIS RESPONSE: A STUDY IN INACTION [...] (C) Summary. While official data has not been released yet, all indications are that the Turkish economy contracted sharply in the fourth quarter and that unemployment continues to increase. Estimates for 2009 are bleak, with the IMF being one of the more optimistic at negative 1.5 % growth. [...] | 2009-02-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN TU |
09ANKARA252 | TURKISH, ARAB LEADERS EXCHANGE POST-GAZA CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish and Arab leaders capitalized on a series of high-level meetings this week to address their respective concerns arising from the Gaza crisis. Troubled by GOT statements advocating HAMAS's inclusion in peace negotiations, Saudi King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority (PA) Pres [...] | 2009-02-13 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG IS TU |
09ANKARA253 | TURKEY: THE RUSSIAN SIDE OF THE ENERGY EQUATION [...] (C) Summary and comment: Leaving for Moscow on February 12, President Gul said that energy issues will top his agenda in talks with Russian President Medvedev. And for good reason. Russia is Turkey's largest bilateral trading partner, with 70% of Russia's exports consisting of oil and gas. [...] | 2009-02-13 17:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA257 | ISRAELI GENERAL'S COMMENTS ADD FUEL TO GAZA FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IDF Major General Mizrahi's February 13 comment that Turkey "should first look in the mirror" before judging Israeli operations during the most recent Gaza crisis have hit Turkish defenders of the bilateral relationship -- in particular, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) -- below the [...] | 2009-02-17 17:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA271 | TURKEY'S PREPARATIONS FOR UPCOMING NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: At a Deputies-level interagency meeting in January, the GOT agreed on the general outlines of its approach concerning the upcoming NATO conference. MFA contacts called the contributions Turkey has already announced for Afghanistan as "ambitious," and said Turkey is unlikely to c [...] | 2009-02-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO TU |
09ANKARA276 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SHARM AL-SHAYKH RECONSTRUCTION [...] Ambassador and DCM on February 18 separately delivered reftel points on the March 2 Sharm al-Shaykh conference to MFA Director General for the Middle East Huseyin Dirioz. DCM also demarched MFA Director General for International Organizations Hasan Gogus and Prime Ministry Deputy Undersecreta [...] | 2009-02-20 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TU |
09ANKARA277 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] DCM delivered reftel points on the preparatory work for the Durban Review Conference on February 18 to Hasan Gogus, MFA Director General for International Organizations. Gogus welcomed USG re-engagement in the process and its new approach to the Durban Conference; he was receptive of our con [...] | 2009-02-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PHUM TU |
09ANKARA278 | WITHDRAWING U.S. VESSEL FROM TURKISH NAVAL [...] (C) Exercise "EGEMEN" is a Turkish national naval exercise in the Mediterranean, Aegean and Black Seas which currently calls for the participation of UK, US, Dutch and Belgian forces. We understand that the UK is considering withdrawing their forces in response to Greek arguments. Since the [...] | 2009-02-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PARM TU |
09ANKARA281 | AKP-CHP BATTLE FOR SECULAR STRONGHOLD OF IZMIR [...] (C) Summary: The Izmir mayoral race is shaping up as the tightest and most important contest in the March 29 local elections. Winning Turkey's third largest city, and the country's last main bastion of secularism, is at the heart of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to [...] | 2009-02-23 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA284 | TURKISH VIEWS ON HANDLING IRAN AND SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) UNVIE Senior Advisor Andrea Hall, accompanied by Mission Turkey officers, met February 17 in Ankara with Turkish IAEA Governor Hakan Fidan and separately with the GOT Nonproliferation Task Force chaired by MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun to encourage [...] | 2009-02-23 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR SY |
09ANKARA285 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN STEPS UP CAMPAIGN IN KURDISH [...] (U) This is an AmCon Adana message. 2. (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan underscored AKP's goal of defeating the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in southeastern Turkey by visiting Diyarbakir, the cultural and commercial center of Turkey's Kurdish region, on February 21. Thoug [...] | 2009-02-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA287 | CODEL DURBIN: TALKING CYPRUS -- AND HALKI -- WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Durbin, led by Assistant Majority Leader Senator Richard Durbin, met with senior GOT officials February 19 on bilateral relations, Cyprus, and efforts by the Greek Orthodox Church to reopen Halki Theological Seminary for training of priests. During the meetings, Senator Dur [...] | 2009-02-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP PGOV CY GR TU |
09ANKARA289 | TURKEY: GUL'S HISTORIC VISIT TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: President Gul,s February 12-15 visit to Moscow and Tatarstan was the first ever by a Turkish Head of State to the Russian Federation, according to MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz. The historic visit, which had a heavy commercial element, included extensive discussions with President Med [...] | 2009-02-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR TU RU |
09ANKARA290 | TURKEY AGREES, WITH LIMITS, TO ALLOW WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA informed us on February 20 that Turkey will agree to modify the existing the Memorandum of Understanding so that the U.S. may transport weapons and weapons systems, including ammunition, from Iraq via the Habur Gate border crossing and overland by road to the Turkish port [...] | 2009-02-24 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IZ TU |
09ANKARA3 | TURKEY SEIZES IRANIAN CONTAINERS WITH SUSPECTED [...] (C) On December 31, MFA DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun confirmed for us media reporting the previous day that Turkish Customs seized 22 shipping containers originating from Iran bound for Venezuela, containing drums of nitrate and sulphite chemicals and dismantled laboratory instruments, which could poss [...] | 2009-01-02 16:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU |
09ANKARA300 | TURKEY: DTP PLAYS A KURDISH LANGUAGE ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Chairman Ahmet Turk delivered a February 24 speech in parliament in his native tongue of Kurdish, leading state-run television to immediately cut its live broadcast of the speech. Turk said that his speech was in honor of UNESCO Mother [...] | 2009-02-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA31 | TURKEY: 10TH ROUND OF ERGENEKON ARRESTS ROCK [...] (C) Summary and comment: A new wave of arrests on January 7 related to the Ergenekon investigation (ref a) included two retired four star generals and the former chair of the Higher Education Council (YOK). A former mayor of Istanbul, Bedrettin Dalan, who is in the U.S. currently, is also bein [...] | 2009-01-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA314 | TURKEY: CHP LEADER BAYKAL WARNS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's democratic development has regressed since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) took office in 2002, chief opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal told Ambassador February 24. Turkey is more prosperous, he said, but corruption is "unbelievably [...] | 2009-02-27 07:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA315 | TURKEY: ENERGY POLICY SWINGS TOWARD RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, we have met with several Turkish counterparts on energy issues, including Advisor to President Gul for Energy Issues Volkan Ediger who accompanied Gul on his February 12-15 visit to Moscow (ref b). All confirm Turkey is increasing its cooperation with Russia o [...] | 2009-02-27 08:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA32 | TURKEY ON IRAN UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD PRESIDENCY [...] (C) We delivered reftel points January to MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia and Iranian Affairs Babur Hizlan and, separately, to UN Affairs desk officer Turhan Dilmac. (NOTE: MFA bilateral political directorates have responsibility for country-specific UN decisions. END NOTE.) Hizl [...] | 2009-01-08 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IR UNAUS EAID TU |
09ANKARA321 | DEALS WITH IRAN BENEFIT PM ERDOGAN'S FRIENDS [...] (C) On February 22, local press reported that Turkey and Iran had established a joint venture company to develop gas in Iran and build a pipeline to bring this gas to Turkey and Europe. This JV was established to further the agreements reached in November 2008 and July 2007 MOUs between Turkey and [...] | 2009-02-27 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET TU IR |
09ANKARA323 | TURKEY: CHP ENTERING ELECTION CAMPAIGN RUDDERLESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Turkey's local election campaign begins in earnest, the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is listless and unimaginative. Unwilling to adapt to a society less accepting of dogmatic, paternalist ideology, CHP is going to rely on tactical skirmishes to challenge th [...] | 2009-02-27 18:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA328 | TURKEY: DOGAN MEDIA GROUP GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul message. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Senior Dogan Media Group members went on a quiet offensive last week against what they see as GOT harassment, talking to our Ambassador and European Ambassadors. They denied any ver [...] | 2009-03-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KPAO TU |
09ANKARA329 | MINISTER GULER LAYS OUT US-TURKEY ENERGY PRIORITIES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey told Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on March 2 that regional energy security will be a priority issue for Secretary Clinton during her March 7 stop in Ankara. Ambassador expressed concern about Turkey's rapprochement with Russia on energy issues and urged continued GOT su [...] | 2009-03-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA334 | TURKISH EXPECTATIONS FOR LONDON SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, MFA and Treasury contacts outlined GOT expectations for the London Summit and their priorities in the G-20 working group process. In their view, the success of the Summit hinges on whether public and market confidence increases as a result. They foresee a lo [...] | 2009-03-04 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
09ANKARA336 | CODEL WEXLER TELLS ANKARA THAT GAZA RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Wexler's message to Turkey's leaders during his February 17-20 visit was blunt. He told President Gul, PM Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Basbug, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan, and other GOT, Parliamentary and opposition party [...] | 2009-03-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS TU |
09ANKARA337 | TURKEY STILL PLANS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH BLACK SEA [...] (C) Turkey acknowledges reftel concerns regarding the upcoming Black Sea Defense Ministerial (BSDM),but still believes that establishing a political venue for littoral states would enhance security in the Black Sea. A crowded political calendar may put off this meeting for several months: a [...] | 2009-03-05 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR NATO TU |
09ANKARA339 | TURKEY: RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Responses to reftel A questions for Turkey follow below. As requested, electronic copies of reftels B-M (referred to below) will be sent to recipients listed in reftel A. Summary of Key Issues Stimulus: What has been proposed thus far? What more is being considered? Is there capaci [...] | 2009-03-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN TU |
09ANKARA341 | TURKEY: NEW EU NEGOTIATOR DISCUSSES TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOT cannot push for bold EU-mandated reforms until after the March 29 local elections, according to Turkey's new EU negotiator Egemen Bagis. Even after the elections, Bagis noted that he would not have the necessary clout internally to successfully advocate for the unpopular [...] | 2009-03-05 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU |
09ANKARA349 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR GREATER TURKISH [...] (C) The Afghan Ambassador in Ankara believes that Turkey, as a Muslim country, can provide more effective and acceptable support to Afghanistan than other NATO allies. Military and police training, education, construction, and religious messaging are Turkey's comparative strengths. He argue [...] | 2009-03-05 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS AF TU |
09ANKARA356 | TURKEY: TRABZON UP FOR GRABS; UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Black Sea city of Trabzon is a jewel in the opposition Republican People's Party crown that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) hopes to take in March 29 local elections. Black Sea politics are personal, however, and the CHP mayor is a hard-working, well-liked [...] | 2009-03-06 16:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAGR ECIN ECON ETRD GG TU |
09ANKARA365 | "BLONDE BRIDE" DOCUMENTARY STIRS PUBLIC OUTCRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish-Armenian community, Turkish Historical Foundation, the national teachers' union, human rights activists, and liberal journalists have condemned the distribution of a documentary film on the events of 1915 to Turkish primary schools; the father of one student is suing [...] | 2009-03-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI AM TU |
09ANKARA368 | ERGENEKON: AS THE POWER PENDULUM SWINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ergenekon investigation marks a swing of the power pendulum away from an entrenched, rigid urban elite to an Anatolian elite more representative of the Turkish populace. Prosecutors are accusing various military officials, bureaucrats, state employees, journalists and other [...] | 2009-03-12 05:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA370 | TURKEY: BABACAN, LIVNI MEET WITH OPEN ARMS, [...] (C) Summary: In the first high-level engagement since the Gaza crisis and PM Erdogan's Davos outburst, Turkish FM Babacan and Israeli FM Livni met on the margins of the March 5 NATO Foreign Ministerial. The two leaders discussed Turkish-Israeli relations, the Gaza crisis, Palestinian reconci [...] | 2009-03-12 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA377 | DP AND ANAP: THE SAD FATE OF TURKEY'S CENTER RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The Democrat Party (DP) and Motherland Party (ANAP) were once the dominant powers in the Turkish center right, but have fallen on hard times with the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. AKP now holds sway over their conservative voter base. Neither DP nor AN [...] | 2009-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA38 | TURKEY: OPPOSITION LEADERS MAKE HAY OVER GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip have hit a raw nerve in Turkey, where pro-Muslim, pro-Palestinian sentiments run deep among the masses, notwithstanding the close relations between the state and the Israeli government. With the approach of March 29 nationwide local elections [...] | 2009-01-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU IS |
09ANKARA385 | TURKEY OBJECTS TO CYPRUS BID FOR MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) On March 16, Basat Ozturk, MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs, contacted us to encourage the USG to oppose including Cyprus in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). Ozturk, acting on instructions, said that he had been informed that the GOC sought, at the [...] | 2009-03-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TU |
09ANKARA387 | NSG - TURKEY WILLING TO TAKE THE CHAIR, UNLIKELY [...] (C) Turkey's willingness to chair the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG - see reftel) is a welcome sign of its increasing engagement in international nonproliferation efforts, and we expect that, from a management standpoint, Turkey will be able to serve effectively as chair. We want to sound a not [...] | 2009-03-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP TRGY ETTC MNUC PARM ENRG IAEA |
09ANKARA389 | TURKEY: AS ELECTIONS LOOM, AKP STILL WAY AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two weeks prior to March 29 local elections, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is maintaining a significant lead in the polls, despite a severely ailing economy. Most polling companies are predicting that AKP will win a minimum of 40 percent of the nationwide v [...] | 2009-03-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA39 | TURKEY: DIYANET HEAD BARDAKOGLU ON EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Director of Religious Affairs Ali Bardakoglu briefed the Ambassador January 8 on the Diyanet's responsibility to provide moral guidance and religious instruction to Muslims as well as looking after the interests of other religious groups. He highlighted Turkey's unique role a [...] | 2009-01-12 05:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV TU |
09ANKARA390 | TURKEY: SAADET MIGHT BE AKP'S ELECTION SPOILER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saadet Party (SP),a small, religion-based party with roots intermingled with those of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),may prove to be the surprise of Turkey's nationwide local elections on March 29. Though still on the political margins, SP's conservative [...] | 2009-03-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA405 | TURKEY: PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE AND [...] (U) We delivered ref A points on the Pakistan Donors' Conference and ref B points on the Afghanistan Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin March 18. PAKISTAN DONORS' CONFERENCE --------------------------- 2. (C) Turkey's representation is undecided for the April 17 me [...] | 2009-03-18 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN INRD IMF AF PK IR TU |
09ANKARA417 | TURKEY: EVALUATING ADDITIONAL POLICE/GENDARMERIE [...] (C) During a discussion about upcoming international conferences related to Afghanistan and Pakistan (ref a) MFA Afghanistan Department Head Babur Girgin told us on March 18 that Turkey is considering a number of steps to enhance its security contributions in support of ISAF. He noted that a [...] | 2009-03-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA424 | TURKEY: THE KURDISH ISSUE AND AKP: COURAGEOUS [...] (U) A highly acclaimed report on the Kurdish issue recently published by TESEV, an Istanbul think tank, noted that Turkey's policies of "denial and assimilation" have failed, fueling PKK terrorism and leaving many Kurds profoundly distrustful of the State. The report recommends new policies o [...] | 2009-03-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA426 | TURKEY: MHP -- EVERYONE'S SECOND CHOICE [...] (C) Summary: The Nationalist Action Party (MHP) is going into Turkey's March 29 nationwide local elections in third place, according to public opinion polls. MHP Chairman Devlet Bahceli has undertaken a policy of brand renewal for the party, distancing itself from its thuggish past and sculp [...] | 2009-03-23 05:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA430 | TURKEY: GAZA RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGE REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: Turkey pledged $ 93 million at the Egyptian-hosted March 2 donors' conference in Sharm al-Sheikh. The GOT will donate $ 50 million to in-kind reconstruction projects in coordination with the Palestinian Authority. The remaining $ 43 million reflects private donations made throug [...] | 2009-03-23 09:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL IS TU |
09ANKARA432 | TURKEY: POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT FAVORABLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Despite the March 17 introduction of the latest Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) in the House of Representatives (H. Res 252),Turkish anxiety about U.S. genocide recognition -- always heightened around April 24 (Armenian Remembrance Day) -- has been less acute than [...] | 2009-03-23 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM TU |
09ANKARA433 | CEVIKOZ DISCUSSES TURKEY-ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's concerns that Armenia will stiffen its negotiating position on Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) if Turkey opens the border with Armenia are legitimate, according to MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz. Armenia needs to be persuaded that relations with Turkey cannot be enhanced genuinely w [...] | 2009-03-23 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ AM TU PTER |
09ANKARA437 | DAS BRYZA HEARS OPTIMISM ON NABUCCO IGA, SILENCE [...] (C) Summary. In a whirlwind afternoon on March 12, GOT and private sector representatives stressed to EUR DAS Bryza the importance of making tangible, concrete progress on Nabucco within the next few months. All eyes are focused on the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) which RWE and [...] | 2009-03-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA44 | TURKEY'S CIRCASSIANS DEMAND FREEDOM TO TRAVEL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of an estimated six million Circassians living in Turkey are demanding the right to travel to Abkhazia directly, potentially complicating Turkish efforts to maintain restrictions on direct travel and adopt further measures to isolate Abkhaz de facto authorities (re [...] | 2009-01-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS TU |
09ANKARA446 | TURKEY: BALLOT BOX "VICTORY" DEPENDS ON THE VIEW [...] (C) Summary: As the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) inches closer to winning more than 40 percent of the national vote in March 29 local elections, all parties are positioning themselves to claim "victory." Prime Minister Erdogan, sensing the detrimental electoral effects of an ai [...] | 2009-03-24 17:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA447 | IDEOLOGICAL FAULT LINES AMONG KURDS IN SOUTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The January 2009 launch of Turkey's first government television channel to broadcast in Kurdish, the warming of ties between the GOT and northern Iraq, continued probing of the Ergenekon case, and conferences hosted by intellectuals and media elements to discuss once taboo subjects, re [...] | 2009-03-25 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM IZ TU |
09ANKARA453 | TURKEY KEEN TO SHIP MORE IN NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials and private shipping company reps who participated in a March 9-10 regional transportation conference sponsored by the U.S. European Command told us that Turkey wants to and can do more as a shipper and supplier for alternative northern supply lines to Afghanista [...] | 2009-03-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS AF TU |
09ANKARA456 | INFLUENCING TURKEY'S APPROACH TO ADDRESSING [...] (C) Turkey's approach to the Black Sea and its perception of potential threats in the wider Black Sea region differ sharply from our own and from that of other littoral states. Turkey has consistently resisted almost every attempt to broaden membership of Black Sea-related organizations beyond [...] | 2009-03-26 06:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM TU |
09ANKARA46 | EU'S CT COORDINATOR GETS AN EARFUL IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. The December 22-23 Ankara visit of EU Counterterrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove allowed the Turks to detail their frustrations regarding the EU's handling of terrorist organizations targeting Turkey and laid the foundation for closer Turkey-EU cooperation, according to MFA [...] | 2009-01-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EU TU |
09ANKARA460 | TURKEY AND IRAQ: PRESIDENT GUL GOES TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul conducted what GOT officials described as a very successful, if largely symbolic, visit to Baghdad March 24-25. The Turks had low expectations for concrete deliverables emerging from the visit. What was more important was the fact a Turkish head of [...] | 2009-03-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON ENRG IZ TU |
09ANKARA461 | TURKEY'S PERSPECTIVE ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) Turkey's position on NATO-EU relations is tied to its policy regarding Cyprus and to its insistence on strict adherence to formal arrangements between the Alliance and the EU. Efforts to press Turkey to agree to any new formal agreements to allow closer NATO-EU cooperation, even if limite [...] | 2009-03-26 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU TU |
09ANKARA466 | TURKEY'S LOCAL ELECTIONS: MARGIN OF AKP VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will easily come in first on March 29, when 48 million voters will go to the polls to elect approximately 2,300 mayors and almost 100,000 other local officials. The referendum-like quality of the elections has largely played [...] | 2009-03-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA477 | TURKEY: DECONSTRUCTING PKK AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent statements by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani about amnesty for PKK militants are significant, particularly since their comments were not roundly denounced by Turkish officials. While suggesting leniency for PKKers poses political risks for any [...] | 2009-03-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IZ TU |
09ANKARA479 | TURKEY NERVOUS ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] (C) We met with MFA Afghanistan Department Head Babur Girgin and NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari to discuss NATO summit deliverables on Afghanistan and Pakistan (reftel) on March 26. The MFA officials welcomed the news that the U.S. review process has concluded and said Turkey looked [...] | 2009-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09ANKARA48 | TURKEY SET TO PASS NEW TRADEMARK LEGISLATION, BUT [...] (C) As feared, the GOT failed to meet the January 5 deadline for passing new trademark legislation, resulting in the invalidation of approximately 9000 pending trademark cases (see reftels). The Ambassador met with Zafer Caglayan, Minister of Industry and Commerce, to express his concern on t [...] | 2009-01-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR KCRM ECON TU |
09ANKARA480 | TURKEY/IRAQ: POST-GUL VISIT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials were pleased with President Gul's March 23-24 visit to Baghdad, but KRG President Massoud Barzani's decision to stay away from Baghdad and pass on the opportunity to meet with Gul there tempered Turks' enthusiasm somewhat, according to Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Oz [...] | 2009-03-27 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG IZ TU |
09ANKARA485 | TURKISH ELECTIONS: JUST "ONE MINUTE," MR. ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: In nation-wide local elections on March 29, the Turkish voters gave 39 percent of the votes to the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP),enough for it to retain first place in the polling, but shy of the 40 percent that was widely understood to be the threshold for victo [...] | 2009-03-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA499 | TURKEY: IRANIAN ACADEMIC AND DIPLOMAT OUTLINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The study of Iranian foreign policy suffers from reductionist and simplistic approaches that boil the subject down to sound bites and labels, Ambassador Seyed Mohammed Kazem Sajjadpour, Associate Dean of Research at the Iranian MFA College of International Relations, told a smal [...] | 2009-04-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR TU |
09ANKARA503 | TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC ASKS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Apakan on April 2 the specific requests for additional Turkish contributions in Afghanistan (ref a). Apakan acknowledged that the request took into account Turkey's strengths and said that his government wants to be as helpful as possible. He said i [...] | 2009-04-02 19:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA504 | TURKEY: UK PLEASED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM TALKS -- [...] (C) Summary. The first high-level UK-Turkey counterterrorism consultation continued the positive trend begun with the January visit of UK Home Secretary, according to UK Embassy sources. The two sides agreed to strengthen police and intelligence cooperation, including on Al-Qaeda and other [...] | 2009-04-03 11:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL UK TU |
09ANKARA509 | POST-ELECTION, AKP CIRCLES ITS WAGONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a set-back in the March 29 local elections, Turkey's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) has entered soul-searching mode. With eyes already on 2011 parliamentary elections, and amid a worsening economic atmosphere, AKP will try to find ways to recoup losses bo [...] | 2009-04-06 03:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA516 | TURKEY: PRAISE FOR POTUS'S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's speech to Turkish Parliament -- the most public aspect of his Turkey visit -- was widely praised among our political and civil society contacts. All segments of the Turkish government and state in attendance resoundingly applauded the President's statement of s [...] | 2009-04-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA522 | TURKEY TO PLEDGE $100 MILLION AT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) We delivered ref A follow-up points April 8 on the Pakistan Donors Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin. Girgin confirmed that Foreign Minister Ali Babacan does plan to attend the conference. Accompanying him will be MFA Deputy U/S for South Asia and Middle East Ferid [...] | 2009-04-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK TU |
09ANKARA523 | TURKEY STEPS UP TO THE PLATE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey will more than double its troop presence in Afghanistan, from about 820 to almost 1900. MFA officials provided clarification to the additional Turkish contributions listed in ref a and said that the GOT is actively considering sending an additional PRT to Afgha [...] | 2009-04-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA534 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: MARCH 2009 [...] (C) TGS Deputy Chief Hasan Igsiz visited Baghdad on March 4 and met with Iraqi Defense Minister Jassem in Baghdad. Igsiz said Ankara was prepared to increase support for the Iraqi army and proposed that the two sides sign a memorandum of understanding (in lieu of a formal agreement) regarding [...] | 2009-04-09 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AS IS MARR PINS PREL SR TU |
09ANKARA540 | TURKEY ASKS FOR SUPPORT FOR AHMET UZUMCU AS NEW [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan has requested U.S. support for the candidacy of Ambassador Ahmet Uzumcu for the post of Director General of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Apakan noted to Ambassador April 10 that Uzumcu, currently Turkish Permanent Delegate to the U [...] | 2009-04-10 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TU |
09ANKARA541 | TURKEY INSISTS ON EASTERN PARTNERSHIP SUMMIT INVITE [...] (C) MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador April 10 that Ankara's position is firm: Turkey needs to get an invitation to observe at the EU Eastern Partnership (EP) Summit May 7. Apakan argued that Turkey, as a member of the European Customs Union and a major partner of the Caucasus states in various [...] | 2009-04-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET ZJ ZK TU |
09ANKARA542 | CALIFORNIA GENOCIDE BILL THREATENS U.S.-TURKEY [...] (C) MFA U/S Apakan conveyed to Ambassador April 10 the following points on a bill before the California State Assembly that would prohibit the state from contracting with companies that have engaged with governments that are perpetrators of genocide. He underscored the seriousness of the matt [...] | 2009-04-10 16:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU |
09ANKARA543 | TURKEY WILL SUPPORT IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-10 16:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TU KV |
09ANKARA544 | TURKEY WILL SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 08:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC NK |
09ANKARA550 | TWELTH ERGENEKON SWEEP HITS ACADEMICS, NGO WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish police on April 14 raided 83 locations and detained 29 suspects across Turkey in the twelfth sweep of suspects linked to the Ergenekon investigation. The detainees include two current and three former university rectors, a "Cumhuriyet" columnist, and officials from the A [...] | 2009-04-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA551 | TURKEY: LARGE-SCALE COUNTER-TERROR OPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police reportedly arrested upwards of 70 people nationwide April 14 in a synchronized operation targeting the terrorist PKK and those that support it. The operation was launched against offices of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 14 different provinces, as well [...] | 2009-04-14 17:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU |
09ANKARA552 | TURKEY: LARGE-SCALE COUNTER-TERROR OPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police reportedly arrested upwards of 70 people nationwide April 14 in a synchronized operation targeting the terrorist PKK and those that support it. The operation was launched against offices of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in 14 different provinces, as well [...] | 2009-04-15 04:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL TU |
09ANKARA553 | NABUCCO IGA: TURKEY SHIFTING THE BLAME TO THE EU? [...] (C) Summary. In the lead up to April 6 POTUS visit, Ambassador urged Energy Minister Guler to make progress now with Azerbaijan on gas transit issues so the East-West energy corridor can become a reality. Guler alternatively blamed the EU Commission and Azerbaijan for lack of progress on thi [...] | 2009-04-15 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA559 | TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON ICJ ADVISORY OPINION [...] (C) MFA Balkans Department Head Ahmet Riza Demirer told us April 14 that MFA still has yet to decide if Turkey will offer any submission (advisory opinion or written statement) to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the legality of the manner in which Kosovo declared independenc [...] | 2009-04-15 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL ICJ KV TU |
09ANKARA56 | TURKEY AND AZERBAIJAN INCH TOWARD A GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary. On January 12 we met with BOTAS Chairman Saltuk Duzyol for an update on Shah Deniz Phase I (SD I) price negotiations and gas supply and transit negotiations for Shah Deniz Phase II (SD II). Duzyol said negotiations with Azerbaijan continue and joked that each country currently h [...] | 2009-01-14 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ ENRG EPET TU |
09ANKARA560 | TURKEY'S TOP GENERAL SPEAKS OUT ON CIVIL-MILITARY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug's April 14 address at the Turkish War Academies Command received blanket and mostly positive media coverage. Commentators called the speech "groundbreaking," "balanced" and "courageous," and characterized the conciliatory languag [...] | 2009-04-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
09ANKARA565 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: GOVERNMENT TRIES TO REGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish government is trying to steady itself in the storm over negotiations to normalize relations and open the border with Armenia. MFA and parliamentary officials have canceled participation at public conferences on the topic both in Ankara and Baku. Erdogan has not spoken [...] | 2009-04-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ AM TU |
09ANKARA582 | FISCAL POLICY REALITY CHECK [...] (C) Summary and comment. On April 14, Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek told Ambassador Jeffrey that Turkey will support Kosovo's bid to join the IMF and World Bank (Reftel B). In addition, Simsek offered to meet in Washington during the IMF/WB spring meetings with selected countries to encou [...] | 2009-04-21 07:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
09ANKARA596 | ZFR TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT TO SOMALI'S TFG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
09ANKARA597 | TURKEY: WAVE OF DTP ARRESTS DEFLATES HOPES AMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: In Diyarbakir, the new judicial offensive targeting DTP officials has sparked near-universal outrage among local political and business leaders. The PKK has suspended its cease-fire offer and violent protests have been reported in Hakkari and other remote provinces; [...] | 2009-04-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA599 | TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT TO SOMALI'S TFG [...] (SBU) We passed REFTEL points to MFA Africa Section Chief, Aykut Kumbaroglu, on April 22. Kumbaroglu reported the Government of Turkey (GOT) will announce a USD one million pledge at the April 23 Donors Conference in Brussels earmarked for programs supporting Somalia's Transitional Federal [...] | 2009-04-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
09ANKARA600 | TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT [...] (C) Coming in the wake of the hugely successful visits of President Obama and Secretary Clinton, the GOT will warmly welcome your visit as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. It will be seen as yet another indication of U.S. respect for Turkey's inte [...] | 2009-04-24 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER TU |
09ANKARA602 | TURKEY: PARTICIPATION IN ISLAMABAD REGIONAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel points April 24 to MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol. Deputy U/S for South Asia, Middle East and Iran Feridun Sinirlioglu and Deputy DG for South Asia Babur Hizlan are in Washington April 20-25, having traveled there directly from Tokyo where they attended the P [...] | 2009-04-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KPWR EAID BEXP AF TU |
09ANKARA608 | TURKS RELIEVED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction to the President's April 24 Armenian Remembrance Day statement was initial relief that he did not use the word "genocide," followed by deeper analysis and criticism of the words he chose to describe the events, particularly his use of the Armenian term 'Yeds Meghern' (Gre [...] | 2009-04-27 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU AM |
09ANKARA619 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MHP LEADER BAHCELI [...] (C) Summary: Three points stood out during Ambassador's April 24 discussion with Nationalist Action Party (MHP) Chairman Devlet Bahceli. First, Bahceli is clearly still concerned about the image the US holds of the MHP, going out of his way to portray the party as mainstream and moderate. Se [...] | 2009-04-29 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA625 | TURKEY'S MILITARY CHIEF ADDRESSES MEDIA ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a April 29 press conference, Turkey's top military official GEN Ilker Basbug rejected media speculations of military links to the shadowy "Ergenekon" organization, whose alleged aim is to foment a coup against the current government. He reiterated the military' [...] | 2009-04-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
09ANKARA629 | TURKEY RAISES SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO WORLD BANK/IMF BID [...] (C) Reftels A and B detail Turkish support for Kosovo's bid to join the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. At an April 14 meeting, Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek offered to seek additional support for Kosovo's bid while he was in Washington for the WB/IMF spring meeting. 2. (C) [...] | 2009-04-30 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
09ANKARA63 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO ALLIANCE GROUND [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA NATO Infrastructure and Logistics Department Head Deniz Cakar told us that although Turkey has decided not to break silence on the basing decision for the NATO AGS program, it was not happy with the process leading up to the NAC decision sheet. She made [...] | 2009-01-14 17:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO MARR |
09ANKARA630 | REPORTS OF TURKEY-IRAN TRADE AGREEMENT ARE [...] (C) Summary. Some Turkish press outlets have reported that Turkish Foreign Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen signed a preferential trade agreement with Iran during a trade mission to Tehran earlier this week. Yuksel Akca, Director General of Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, said t [...] | 2009-04-30 13:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IR TU |
09ANKARA631 | TURKEY'S DEFENSE AGREEMENT AND EXERCISE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Turkey signed a bilateral defense industry cooperation agreement with Syria on April 27 and conducted the first ever bilateral military exercise with Syria from April 27 to 29. The significance of these developments should not be exaggerated. The Turks stressed that the agreemen [...] | 2009-04-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SY IS TU |
09ANKARA632 | TURKEY: LEADING COLUMNIST SCOLDS "SECULARIST [...] (C) Summary: In a too rare development, a key Turkish journalist spoke the truth about the inflexibility of Turkish foreign policy amid a feverish media commentary on the President's use of "Meds Yeghern" in our Armenian Remembrance Day message last week. "Sabah" columnist Mehmet Barlas called [...] | 2009-04-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANKARA633 | TURKEY: GOT FLOATS ISRAEL-LEBANON TALKS DURING [...] (C) Summary: Michel Suleiman, the first Lebanese president to visit Turkey since the signing of the Baghdad Pact in 1955, met with President Gul, PM Erdogan, and Parliament Speaker Toptan during his April 22-23 trip to Ankara. The visit was more ceremonial than substantive. Suleiman thanked [...] | 2009-04-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU LE |
09ANKARA64 | ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION EMBEDDED IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: The rapidly widening scope and pace of the Ergenekon investigation (ref A) has been accompanied by an equally sharp rise in heated political rhetoric. PM Erdogan, on January 13, defended the investigation and accused its main critic, opposition Republican People's Pa [...] | 2009-01-15 05:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA643 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN SHAKES UP HIS CABINET, TILTING [...] (C) Summary: To shore up support for his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) following its disappointing performance in March 29 local elections, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced May 1 an extensive overhaul of his cabinet, appointing nine new ministers, dismissing eight, an [...] | 2009-05-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA645 | TURKEY: SADRIST MOVEMENT MEETS IN TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moqtada al-Sadr gathered together approximately 80 Shiite politicians and other members of the Sadrist movement May 2-3 in Istanbul to discuss their political future and need to focus on improving their performance in the next national election in Iraq. Sadr met with President Gu [...] | 2009-05-05 03:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ TU |
09ANKARA666 | AMBASSADOR RAISES AEGEAN ISSUES WITH DCHOD AND MFA [...] (C) The Ambassador raised Aegean issues during a May 5 meeting with General Hasan Igsiz, Deputy Chief of Turkey's General Staff. He pointed to the successful conduct of Exercise Egemen, an international exercise held in the Aegean in March 2009 which could serve as a strong first step toward [...] | 2009-05-07 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR TU |
09ANKARA667 | TURKISH GENERAL STAFF INTEREST IN REACHING OUT TO [...] (C) In a wide-ranging May 5 discussion with Ambassador and ODC Chief, General Hasan Igsiz, Deputy Chief of Turkey's General Staff said that Turkey's military was ready to explore new levels of engagement with the "local authorities of northern Iraq." (Note: while Igsiz would never utter the [...] | 2009-05-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER TU |
09ANKARA670 | MFA U/S APAKAN TALKS CYPRUS, N-K, AEGEAN, AND [...] (C) ACTION REQUESTS in Paras 4 and 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is concerned about signs that contrary to GOT expectations of US efforts to lessen the isolation of Turkish Cypriots, it appears the USG is actually making decisions that have the opposite effect. The GOT is extremely concerned [...] | 2009-05-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV OVIP CY GR TU |
09ANKARA675 | TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DISPUTE SET TO BOIL [...] (C) Summary: Already simmering personal and professional differences on Turkey's Constitutional Court are set to boil over as a dispute over the impartiality of its Vice President attracts increasing levels of political and press attention. At stake are the scope of the Ergenekon trial, the [...] | 2009-05-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA680 | TURKEY: INTERIOR MINISTER FINALLY UNVEILS NEW CT [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Besir Atalay announced on May 11 the submission to the Speaker of Parliament of a long awaited draft law concerning the restructuring of Turkey's counterterrorism mechanism. In the press conference, Atalay foresaw the new undersecretariat as a small body govern [...] | 2009-05-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA687 | TURKEY COMPLAINS ABOUT NEIGHBORS' WATER MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul March 16-22, Iraqi Environment Minister Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid met with Turkish Environment Minister Eroglu and once again asked Turkey to release more water from the Euphrates for use in Iraq. According to Turkish MFA [...] | 2009-05-12 12:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PREL SY TU |
09ANKARA689 | RECONCEPTUALIZING TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stiff blowback Turkey has received from Azerbaijan over the normalization of relations with Armenia has annoyed many Turks even as official Ankara remains, for the most part, eager to mend relations with Baku. No matter what the final outcome of the Turkey-Armenia process, h [...] | 2009-05-13 07:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU |
09ANKARA696 | TURKEY: SUN RISING ON KURDISH ISSUE? [...] (C) Summary: A series of events in recent weeks signal possible progress on Turkey's long-standing Kurdish issue. President Abdullah Gul, following a May 7 meeting with pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk, called the Kurdish issue Turkey's "most important problem" and [...] | 2009-05-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA697 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR MEETS PRO-PKK DTP LEADER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with Ambassador, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk said DTP is pursuing dialogue to achieve Kurds' main demands: the ability to use freely their mother tongue, express their Kurdish identity and culture, and participate in local gov [...] | 2009-05-14 07:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA701 | TURKEY'S AMBITIOUS AGENDA FOR TRADE WITH IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECIN EPET IZ TU |
09ANKARA712 | IRAQ GAS TO TURKEY BY 2012? [...] (C) Summary. On May 13, Ambassador Jeffrey discussed a project to bring natural gas from northern Iraq to Turkey by as early as 2012 with the one the project developers, Kazim Turker, CEO of Turkerler. Turker was upbeat and confident in describing recent project milestones including a recent [...] | 2009-05-18 04:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ TU |
09ANKARA717 | TURKEY: IO CONSULATIONS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An IO delegation led by PDAS Warlick met May 14 with a wide range of MFA officials during an all-day session at the MFA to discuss UN Security Council issues, particularly Cyprus, Somali piracy, Georgia, Sudan, Iraq and Iran. The discussions also touched upon Turkey's role on the [...] | 2009-05-20 04:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU UNSC |
09ANKARA721 | COURT RULES PRESIDENT GUL SHOULD BE TRIED FOR FRAUD [...] (C) Summary: An Ankara court ruled May 18 that President Gul should stand trial for fraud for his alleged involvement in the 1990's case which involved misappropriation of state funds by officials of the now-closed Welfare Party (Refah Partisi or RP),of which Gul was once Deputy Chairman. Al [...] | 2009-05-20 11:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA722 | TURKEY RESPONSE ON LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (SBU) Turkey does not have significant economic or political interests in Cuba. 2. (C) Further detail on Ref A questions is provided below: -- Turkey supports European Union efforts to promote democracy and human rights, but has not undertaken any unilateral efforts along those lines. [...] | 2009-05-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU TU |
09ANKARA723 | TURKEY: GUL ENCOURAGES ASAD ON USG OVERTURES [...] (C) Summary: President Gul and Syrian President Asad discussed regional and bilateral economic issues during the former's May 15-17 Damascus visit, according to an MFA readout. Gul encouraged Asad to take seriously President Obama's overtures for improved US-Syria relations, as the window of [...] | 2009-05-20 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY TU |
09ANKARA73 | TURKEY NOT READY TO AGREE TO GIVE UP RIGHT TO SEEK [...] (C) Turkey's position against joining consensus on the current draft text of new Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines to restrict Enrichment and Reprocessing Technology is hardening. On January 14, MFA Undersecretary Apakan told the Ambassador that Turkey objects to portions of the current tex [...] | 2009-01-15 13:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU |
09ANKARA736 | TURKEY SAYS IT CANNOT HOST ISTANBUL EXBS [...] (C) On May 21, Elif Ulgen, Head of the MFA,s Department of Arms Control and Disarmament raised concerns about the participation of Taiwan in the 10th Annual Export Control and Related Border Security Conference, to be held in Istanbul on June 25. After conferring with the Department (ref),w [...] | 2009-05-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TU |
09ANKARA737 | TURKEY: PUTIN TELLS ERDOGAN NOT TO LINK ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan and Russian Prime Minister Putin discussed bilateral economic relations and regional issues during their three-hour meeting May 16 in Sochi, Russia. Trade dominated the conversation. Erdogan and Putin agreed to explore expanding bilateral energy relations, including co [...] | 2009-05-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RS TU |
09ANKARA738 | TURKEY: PAKISTAN IDP AID DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered REFTEL points on May 22 to MFA South Asia Department Head Emre Karagol. On May 18 Turkey hosted a meeting of all the Pakistan-Afghanistan SRAPS. During the course of this meeting, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu stated that Turkey was preparing a package of aid for Pakistan in a [...] | 2009-05-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IMF PK PREL TU |
09ANKARA744 | KARS AND IGDIR: AS WINTER RETREATS, EYES ON ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the far northeastern reaches of Turkey lie the two mountainous provinces of Kars and Igdir. Imposing snow-covered mountains surround patches of dark green pastures newly emerged from the freeze of the extended winter. Scattered across these fields are clusters of small stone [...] | 2009-05-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU EAGR AJ AM |
09ANKARA752 | TURKEY:NO NEW AGREEMENT ON EUPHRATES OR TIGRIS [...] (C) We met May 27 with MFA Regional and Transboundary Waters Department Head Sibel Algan and Altay Altinors, a hydrological engineer working as an advisor to Algan's office. Algan said that, contrary to press reports, Foreign Minister Davutoglu did not agree to an increase in downstream water [...] | 2009-05-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IZ IR SY TU |
09ANKARA754 | TURKEY: ERDOGAN CRITICIZES TURKEY'S "FASCIST [...] (C) Summary: PM Erdogan told a crowd of AKP supporters on May 23 that Turkey had exhibited a "fascist approach" in the past when it had "shown the door to different ethnic identities." The remarks drew immediate and widespread attention in the Turkish press as well as the ire of opposition p [...] | 2009-05-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA755 | TURKEY: CINDORUK AND SENER RE-ENTER, CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Husamettin Cindoruk and Abdullatif Sener, two names from Turkey's political past, have returned to active politics on the center-right, drawing attention to the now-minor parties that have languished there since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP). Similar maneuve [...] | 2009-05-28 04:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA758 | TURKEY: UNSC ACTION ON BURMA IN WAKE OF CHARGES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC TU BM |
09ANKARA759 | TURKEY: MARDIN MASSACRE PUTS VILLAGE GUARDS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Kurdish issue moves to the forefront of Turkey's domestic policy debate, what to do -- if anything -- with the village guards has reemerged as an important piece of the puzzle. Established in the mid-1980s as a local militia to aid the Turkish military in its operations ag [...] | 2009-05-28 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA761 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR: THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary: From the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline negotiations in the 1990s until today, Turkey and the U.S. have shared a strategic vision to bring new oil and gas resources to market through new routes. Opening an East-West Corridor for gas would strengthen the ties of Central Asia [...] | 2009-05-29 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IZ PGOV TU |
09ANKARA767 | TURKEY: TALK OF PROGRESS MET WITH SKEPTICISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite fevered media speculation in recent weeks about "solving" the Kurdish issue, contacts in Turkey's southeast remain skeptical that the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government has the will to make bold reforms in the short term. The progressive rhetoric is met wi [...] | 2009-06-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA771 | LULA SAMBAS INTO ANKARA, REINVIGORATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva's visit to Ankara on May 22-23 was the latest in a series of steps over recent years to strengthen Turco-Brazilian ties. This successful visit was capped by the signing of an $800 million investment deal between state-owned energy c [...] | 2009-06-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL BR TU |
09ANKARA774 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S GOT BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS: "THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 18 meeting in Istanbul, SRAP Holbrooke pressed his Turkish MFA counterpart to increase Turkey's diplomatic, political, economic/reconstruction and military training activities in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in close coordination with the US. Holbrooke underscored that Tu [...] | 2009-06-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PK AF TU |
09ANKARA779 | LATEST TNP VIEWS ON ERGENEKON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish National Police (TNP) briefers told us May 29 they plan to roll out a third Ergenekon indictment within several months; expect the court to issue a crucial ruling on whether the case and investigation fit under the rubric of counterterrorism; and are confident that as the [...] | 2009-06-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EU OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA78 | KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The list of potential flashpoints between Turkey and Greece is long, and both sides have tried to drag the U.S. or NATO into these disputes, particularly on the status of demilitarization of islands in the eastern Aegean. To help ensure Greece -Turkey relations do not go off track [...] | 2009-01-15 17:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO GR TU |
09ANKARA781 | TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN WARNS CODEL CASEY ON AGR [...] (C) Senators Robert Casey (D-PA),Ted Kaufman (D-DE),and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ),and Representative Timothy Walz (D-MN) and Charge met May 29 with PM Erdogan, TGS D/CHOD General Igsiz, and a senior MFA delegation led by U/S Apakan. On Armenia, PM Erdogan urged Congress to leave the events of [...] | 2009-06-03 09:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS SY TU AM AZ |
09ANKARA784 | TURKEY: REQUEST FOR AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) Post believes that Turkey has approximately 13 operational Mi-17 utility helicopters in its inventory. All of these aircraft are currently deployed at Turkish Jandarma bases in Ankara and in southeast Turkey. 2. (C) On June 3, we delivered reftel request for Turkey to consider lease, [...] | 2009-06-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PARM PK TU |
09ANKARA789 | TURKEY: ANAP-DP MERGER TALKS BEGIN INAUSPICIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The chairmen of Turkey's two struggling center-right parties, the Democrat Party (DP) and Motherland Party (ANAP),met on June 3 to recommence talks to merge their two parties. They agreed that the two parties should become one by, at latest, December 31. They are banking, aga [...] | 2009-06-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV TU |
09ANKARA790 | TURKEY: AKP DRAGS ITS FEET ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is postponing plans to introduce a series of constitutional amendments in Parliament until after the July 1 summer recess, according to AKP whip Bekir Bozdag. He told us that AKP desires to enact the reforms without having to go [...] | 2009-06-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA799 | TURKEY: OBAMA SPEECH HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish public widely welcomed the open and sincere tone of President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world from Cairo. Reflecting statements by other Turkish political and religious leaders, President Gul complimented Obama for being honest and realistic. Particular att [...] | 2009-06-05 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU |
09ANKARA807 | TURKEY UNDECIDED ON ICSC THIRD CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TU |
09ANKARA814 | MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: GOT BEGINS THINKING ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials are again considering how they might move forward with closure of Makhmour Refugee Camp in northern Iraq after a two year period during which discussion of the topic has been moribund. As the political situation in Turkey has evolved and provided politicians more spa [...] | 2009-06-10 09:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV MARR TU IZ |
09ANKARA821 | TURKEY SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 09:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM UNSC |
09ANKARA83 | TURKEY: SUCCESS OF KURDISH BROADCASTING: [...] (C) Summary: Since the January 1 launch of Kurdish language broadcasts on Turkish State television (TRT-6),the taboo on use of Kurdish in quasi-official venues such as universities and prisons is coming to an end. Most moderate Kurds are welcoming these developments warmly as long-overdue r [...] | 2009-01-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA834 | ALLEGED MILITARY PLOT TO UNDERMINE RULING AKP [...] (C) Summary: Speculation swirled in the Turkish press following the June 12 publication in Turkish daily "Taraf" of a "secret military plan" allegedly authored by an active duty colonel serving in the TGS' Psy-Ops department to undermine the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the r [...] | 2009-06-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA837 | DPM CICEK'S WASHINGTON TRIP: NEED FOR HIGH LEVEL [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable (See paragraph 4). 2. (C) Summary: During a June 12 meeting with Ambassador, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Ambassador Tezcan was emphatic that Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek's 20-25 July US visit for consultations on counterterrorism be substantive, with [...] | 2009-06-17 05:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER TU |
09ANKARA838 | TURKEY: IRANIAN ELECTION RESULTS- EXPECTED AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 16 MFA South Asia/Iran DDG Hizlan told us that while Ankara agrees there are some valid questions regarding aspects of the recent Iran elections and the vote tabulations, Turkey considers these to be internal Iranian issues. He said Turkey as a policy does not interfere [...] | 2009-06-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV TU |
09ANKARA84 | TURKEY: U.S.-ISRAEL ANTI-SMUGGLING MOU [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche January 16 to MFA Israel Desk Officer Rauf Alp Denktas, who briefed MFA Undersecretary Apakan on the demarche points. 2. (C) Post convened an EAC January 9 to discuss the ongoing security threat from the situation in Gaza. In light of reftel, Post will cont [...] | 2009-01-16 16:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS |
09ANKARA840 | ERDOGAN'S ATHENS VISIT: STARTING OVER AGAIN...AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Although PM Erdogan and Greek PM Karamanlis have not officially met face-to-face since January 2008, the leaders will only have a brief opportunity to speak on the margins of the June 20-21 Acropolis Museum opening festivities. MFA and Greek Embassy officials report that the ab [...] | 2009-06-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR TU |
09ANKARA841 | TURKEY ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul Apakan on Jun 12 and made reftel demarche, urging support for the IAEA reports on Iran and Syria. The Ambassador pressed for Turkey to make a strong national statement, calling on Iran and Syria to cooperate in a transparent manner with [...] | 2009-06-17 15:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC TRGY |
09ANKARA85 | TURKEY: IMF DEAL LIKELY BUT TIMING UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. IMF negotiators told G-7 Ambassadors January 15 that they expect to reach agreement with the GOT on a new stand-by arrangement (SBA),but the timing of a deal is uncertain. The Fund projects negative growth in 2009, while the GOT is insisting on a low but positive growth figure. [...] | 2009-01-16 17:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON TU |
09ANKARA850 | MFA ON NATO SECGEN'S FAREWELL VISIT AND NRC [...] (C) Summary: NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security Affairs Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin provided a readout of NATO Sec Gen Jaap de Hoop Scheffer,s June 8 farewell visit to Turkey and briefed us on Turkey,s position regarding the NATO Russia Council (NRC). She also confirmed that the MFA is co [...] | 2009-06-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS TU NATO US |
09ANKARA852 | TURKEY: FM DAVUTOGLU VISIT TO PAKISTAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Davutoglu presented $10 million for IDP support plus additional material aid to Pakistan during a recent visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan July 9-12. Turkey also agreed on a new mechanism for coope [...] | 2009-06-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM AF PK TU |
09ANKARA853 | TURKEY'S VIEW ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] (C) MFA DDG for OSCE, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun said that Turkey fully supports the principles outlined in ref a regarding the Corfu ministerial and noted specifically that Turkey's approach will be guided by the language contained in Paragraph 3 of the December [...] | 2009-06-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON |
09ANKARA854 | COUNTER PIRACY: TURKEY READY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE [...] (C) Turkey strongly supports NATO's Operation Ocean Shield and pledged a Turkish naval vessel to deploy together with the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 to the region. That was the message we received loud and clear from Cagatay Erciyes, head of the MFA's Maritime Affairs Section and Turker [...] | 2009-06-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR TU |
09ANKARA856 | TURKEY'S POSITION ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points June 19 to Berris Ekinci, Department Head, MFA Energy and Natural Resources Department. Ekinci said Turkey was a founding signatory to IRENA, an organization she described as "helpful and needed." Turkey has not yet ratified the statute, and Ekinc [...] | 2009-06-19 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG SENV TU |
09ANKARA86 | TURKEY: RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL STRAINED BUT INTACT [...] (C) Summary: Widespread public outrage over Israel's incursion into Gaza and upcoming nationwide local elections in March have contributed to the harsh tone of Turkey's political discourse regarding Israel. Despite his inflammatory condemnation of the humanitarian situation, PM Erdogan has re [...] | 2009-01-16 18:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS TU |
09ANKARA87 | UK HOME SECRETARY FINDS POSITIVE VIBES IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's January 5-7 Ankara visit was a success, both British and Turkish contacts agreed. Discussions focused heavily on counterterrorism (CT) and laid the groundwork for high-level counterterrorism consultations set to be held in London in the coming w [...] | 2009-01-20 05:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL UK TU |
09ANKARA873 | TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT ON COURT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador on June 19 emphasized to the President of Turkey's Constitutional Court, Hasim Kilic our view of the Court's importance for the deepening of democracy and freedoms in Turkey. They discussed the workings of the Court, proposed reforms to Turkey's judicial system, and th [...] | 2009-06-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PINR TU |
09ANKARA878 | TURKEY: IRANIAN PROTESTS: THE START OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on reports from their embassy and consulates in Iran, the MFA described the ongoing demonstrations as the "start of a political revolution." The reaction of former President Rafsanjani and the "fractured" political elite in Iran will be one of the main determining factors f [...] | 2009-06-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR TU |
09ANKARA882 | TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON [...] (C) On June 22, DCM met with Hakan Fidan, PM Erdogan's Foreign Policy Adviser and also Turkey's governor on the IAEA, to discuss Turkey's national statement on Iran. DCM expressed regret that the Turkish national statement did not call for Iran to provide transparency and access to the IAEA [...] | 2009-06-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP AORC IAEA IR TU |
09ANKARA92 | DCHOD IGSIZ ON AEGEAN, IRAQ AND BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) During the Ambassador's first formal call, Deputy Chief of Staff General Hasan Igsiz praised the current strength of the U.S. - Turkey military relationship, thanked the U.S. for sharing vital intelligence as Turkey fights PKK terrorists in Northern Iraq and took on board the Ambassador's [...] | 2009-01-20 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM TU |
09ANKARA925 | TURKEY: ADANA'S WILY OLD FOX ON THE ART OF POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's longest-serving big-city mayor, Aytac Durak in Adana, proved unusually talkative in recent meetings with us. He highlighted service, independence, and being able to turn tables on one's opponents as keys to his success in the Turkish political game. Durak's career und [...] | 2009-07-01 08:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
09ANKARA933 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM [...] (U) For Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern from Ambassador James Jeffrey 2. (C) We understand that the NSC notified the Turkish Embassy in Washington on June 30 that the USG would not support Turkey's proposed participation in the July 9 Major Economies Forum meeting in Italy. Our [...] | 2009-07-01 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV TU |
09ANKARA940 | MOVE ALLOWING CIVILIAN COURTS TO TRY MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Tension between the civilian government led by PM Erdogan's party and the military is sharpening, sparked by the military's denial of any involvement in an alleged secret military plan to undermine the government (reftel) and the government's successful effort to rush through legi [...] | 2009-07-02 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA949 | TURKEY'S NATO SUMMIT COMMITMENTS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Turkey is on track to meet its NATO summit ISAF commitments (reftel),according to MFA NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari. The four military teams pledged for the Election Support Force, totaling about eighty personnel, will deploy to Afghanistan by mid-July. Plans to reassume comma [...] | 2009-07-02 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA951 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR HEARS DISCORDANT VOICES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an all-day visit to Diyarbakir June 17, which featured meetings with a wide range of political and civic leaders, the Ambassador heard repeated appeals for the USG to engage on the Kurdish issue. He downplayed that prospect, noting that Turkey must solve this issue itself. [...] | 2009-07-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM TU |
09ANKARA959 | TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...] | 2009-07-07 04:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNUC TU |
09ANKARA960 | TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...] | 2009-07-07 04:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNUC TU |
09ANKARA972 | TURKEY'S EU STRATEGY: END OR MEANS? [...] (C) Summary: Boasting a major economy and an established democracy, Turkey is unlike any other country that has previously sought EU membership. Accordingly, Ankara has faced a unique set of challenges since launching its EU accession negotiations, many of its own making. The ruling Justice [...] | 2009-07-09 06:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU |
09ANKARA977 | PRESIDENT GUL UPS THE ANTE ON CIV-MIL DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: President Abdullah Gul has upped the ante in the civilian-military debate by approving a law that would give civilian courts the authority to try military personnel. Though he argues that his decision was made with EU accession and the rule of law in mind, Gul's decision further [...] | 2009-07-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER TU |
09ANKARA98 | TURKEY/TIP: SENIOR RESEARCHER PREVIEWS DEMAND STUDY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leading Turkish academic previewed for us her recently concluded, GOT-commissioned study on the demand for trafficked persons in Turkey. The study will report that the market for trafficked victims is driven largely by upper middle-class and wealthy Turks' demand for commercial [...] | 2009-01-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG |
09ANKARA981 | TURKEY: RISING UNEMPLOYMENT GLOOM IN TRABZON [...] (C) SUMMARY: We recently visited the eastern Black Sea city of Trabzon, a port city that until the March 29 local elections was a region of support for the CHP. We found the newly-elected AK Party welcoming and upbeat, in strong contrast to the decidedly hostile and brooding CHP officials. [...] | 2009-07-09 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
09ANKARA982 | US-TURKEY POLICY PLANNING TALKS IDENTIFY COMMON [...] (C) Summary: S/P Director Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Senior Staff Dean Pittman, and Ambassador Jeffrey held informal policy planning talks with MFA Director General of Policy Planning Ambassador Dicle Kopuz, Deputy Director General Ahmet Oktay, Strategic Planning Department Head Burak Akcapar, [...] | 2009-07-09 16:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU |
09ANKARA983 | TURKEY: ANKARA'S UIGHUR PARADOX [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite President Gul's recent trip to China, the GOT leadership has vocally condemned Chinese Government actions against the ethnically Turkic Uighurs in Urumqi. PM Erdogan characterized the violence as a "massacre" and called on Beijing to end its siege. Reflecting Erdogan's p [...] | 2009-07-09 17:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CH TU |
09ANKARA986 | AMBASSADOR JEFFREY'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey met with Energy Minister Yildiz July 7 to get a readout of Yildiz's Moscow trip and an update on Turkey - Azeri negotiations. Yildiz confirmed that the Nabucco IGA signing ceremony would take place as planned in Ankara on July 13. He said negotiations with the [...] | 2009-07-10 09:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TU |
09ANKARA987 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DCHOD [...] (C) Summary: During a tour d'horizon with Ambassador on July, TGS Deputy Chief GEN Hasan Igsiz: -- Said the TGS is holding high level talks with the Syrian military in Istanbul July 7-8 and will reinforce the U.S. message that it must stop the flow of foreign fighters into Iraq. Igsiz sai [...] | 2009-07-10 09:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS TU |
09ANKARA995 | TURKEY: UPHILL TREK ON JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Judicial reform lies at the center of a growing Turkish debate over its EU accession path, as well as its internal political power struggles. The EU mandates that to open chapter 23 (on the judiciary and fundamental legal rights),Turkey must overhaul its judicial system. The Mi [...] | 2009-07-10 16:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU |
09ANTANANARIVO103 | MADAGASCAR: A FORK IN THE ROAD? [...] (C) Summary: Madagascar may be approaching -- this week, potentially -- a critical fork in the road to its political future. One way leads through negotiation to a compromise by which Ravalomanana stays at least nominally in power, albeit much weakened, while avoiding further blodshed. Th [...] | 2009-02-17 12:17:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PREL PINR PGOV |
09ANTANANARIVO106 | TENUOUS ALLIANCES ON MADAGASCAR'S EAST COAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of two cables focusing on the east-coast opposition stronghold of Tamatave; this installment covers the city's political and ethnic dynamics, and the region's influence on national politics. For Tamatave's numerous opposition leaders, the current political crisi [...] | 2009-02-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO113 | MADAGASCAR: STALLED DIALOGUE (CON'T) [...] (C) Summary: A dangerous game of cat-and-mouse over launching dialogue between President and Mayor continues here, with each side professing its willingness to meet immediately -- and yet no meeting taking place. SADC "Troika" ministers were here today to see both sides, and the President [...] | 2009-02-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PREL PINR |
09ANTANANARIVO123 | MADAGASCAR: NOW FOR THE HARD PART [...] (C) Summary/Action Request: Saturday's welcome meeting between Ravalomanana and "TGV" provides the first light at the end of the tunnel since this crisis became deadly one month ago. The truly heavy lifting starts now, as Ravalomanana will have to accept a difficult and personally unpleasant [...] | 2009-02-23 08:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PREL PINR |
09ANTANANARIVO13 | MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE DIMINISHES PM'S ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Ravalomanana started the new year with a small cabinet reshuffle, announced on January 4, transferring power away from Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara and towards the presidency. Coming amid political turmoil in the capital (reftel B) and a series of prison break [...] | 2009-01-09 09:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO139 | MADAGASCAR: COUNTING ON THE U.N. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following successive no-shows by each party, direct negotiations between President Ravalomanana and former Mayor Rajoelina are suspended and may well be over. However, UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, who met Thursday with Malagasy ministers in South Africa, is sending reinforcements to shore u [...] | 2009-02-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UN |
09ANTANANARIVO143 | OPPOSITION LEADERS CALL FOR FREEZE ON PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recently received a petition from the "Madagascar Opposition Platform" to freeze all foreign assets of President Marc Ravalomanana. The Platform does not have any record of his actual holdings abroad, but based their petition instead on his alleged mismanagement of state fin [...] | 2009-03-03 07:59:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN MA |
09ANTANANARIVO149 | MADAGASCAR: CLASHES CONTINUE AS NEGOTIATIONS LOOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Last week's failed negotiations between president and TGV have been followed by almost-daily protests in Antananarivo and in several provincial capitals, despite the appearance of weakening public support and an increasingly firm response by GOM security forces. The conflict has [...] | 2009-03-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO152 | SECURITY FORCES EMBOLDENED WITH NEW EQUIPMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Ravalomanana's recent push to outfit his security forces with non-lethal weapons may run the risk of alienating the population's perception that the security forces remain neutral between the President and Andry "TGV" Rajoelina's opposition movement. End Summary. 2 [...] | 2009-03-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MA PTER |
09ANTANANARIVO154 | DIPLOMATS PRESS ON AS GOM CRACKS DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As UN mediators and opposition leaders coalesce around the idea of inclusive roundtable negotiations to end the current political standoff, President Ravalomanana has implemented increasingly harsh measures to stop protests and reassert his control over Antananarivo. The diplomati [...] | 2009-03-04 13:10:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO160 | MADAGASCAR: BACK TO THE BRINK -- BUT OF WHAT? [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, along with several other Chiefs of Mission, today again urged the former Mayor and the President to pursue dialogue, rather than violence, to find a resolution to the current political conflict in Madagascar. Reeling from an attack near and -- in his view -- on his [...] | 2009-03-06 11:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MEA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO162 | EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RAJOELINA'S ASYLUM, [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Meeting, chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened at the DCR, (the Alternate Command Center (ACC)),on Sunday, March 8. Initially, the Ambassador called a meeting to provide updates to POL, PA, DAO and RSO on the current political situation, but given ev [...] | 2009-03-09 09:56:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA |
09ANTANANARIVO166 | MADAGASCAR: RAVALOMANANA HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (C) Summary. The political situation in Madagascar is more fuild than ever after the Wednesday take-over of the military command structure by "the Colonels", but the crumbling security situation appears to have settled down in Tana -- at least for now -- as a result of their move. I have m [...] | 2009-03-12 10:45:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO167 | EAC CONVENED MARCH 9 TO DISCUSS TRIPWIRES, [...] (SBU) This information has previously been reported through alternate channels. An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened on March 9, 2009 at the DCR to review the trip wires in light of the recent events and discuss the possibility of authorized departure (AD [...] | 2009-03-12 10:55:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA |
09ANTANANARIVO17 | MALAGASY POLITICS: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-old political battle between President Ravalomanana and Antanananarivo Mayor Andry "TGV" Rajaolina, after taking a holiday break with the rest of the nation, has resumed in full force and appears likely to increase rapidly in its intensity. Unfolding like a Malagasy vers [...] | 2009-01-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MA |
09ANTANANARIVO186 | EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS INCREASING ANTI-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened on March 17, 2009 to discuss the recent increase of anti-American press and the military take over of the Presidential Palace. Also discussed were the present status of the other Presidential Palace located in Ia [...] | 2009-03-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA |
09ANTANANARIVO195 | MADAGASCAR/RAVALOMANANA: I DID NOT RESIGN! [...] (C) A breathless ex-President Ravalomanana phoned the ambassador today from his undisclosed location (believed to be somewhere near Antsirabe) to explain a few things. Referring the their last two dramatic meetings on Tuesday morning (when he showed the US and South African ambassadors and U [...] | 2009-03-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO201 | MADAGASCAR: ELECTIONS WITHIN SIX MONTHS? [...] (C) Summary: The St. Paddy's Day coup here ended the initial phase of Madagascar's political crisis, but the crisis itself is far from over; months of instability, often mascarading as normalcy, probably lie ahead for the long-suffering people of this extremely poor nation. In the wake of [...] | 2009-03-24 10:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO203 | MADAGASCAR: MFM AND THE NEW OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20, Ambassador Marquardt met with Manandafy Rakotonirina, president of political party MFM and former special advisor to ex-President Ravalomanana. In Rakotonirina's view, this week's events amounted to a coup d'etat, and he is now working with the former president's par [...] | 2009-03-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO204 | THE TRANSITION GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andry Rajoelina has moved quickly to give his transition government a legal foundation, issuing an Ordinance on March 19 that outlines the roles and responsibilities of each element of Madagascar's new government. Most controversial will be his suspension of parliament (Article 1 [...] | 2009-03-24 14:09:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO217 | MADAGASCAR: UN, AU, AND SADC ROLES, GOING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The UN, SADC, and AU are working to coordinate and harmonize next steps in resolving the Madagascar crisis. Elections within six months are their shared goal. SADC says it will not seat Ravalomanana at the upcoming SADC Summit, but TGV -- perceiving SADC bias in favor of his [...] | 2009-03-26 09:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO221 | EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS UPCOMING RALLIES, SECURITY [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) chaired by DCM Stromayer was convened on March 27, 2009 to discuss the current state of affairs, the upcoming proposed weekend rallies, the status of security measures and the need for additional tripwires and reverse tripwires. 2. (C) The DCM convene [...] | 2009-03-30 05:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER |
09ANTANANARIVO223 | COMOROS DENIES MILITARY COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Post's diplomatic note on March 10, the GOC has formally denied any military cooperation with Iran. 2. (C) On March 26, the Comoran Ministry of External Relations and Cooperation faxed a dipnote stating only that "...the government of the Union of Comoros is acti [...] | 2009-03-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR CN XA |
09ANTANANARIVO227 | "GOM" PRIORITIES MET WITH DIPLOMATIC SILENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's "High Transitional Authority" (HAT) convened leaders of the diplomatic corps on March 31 to announce its priorities for the coming months, and advance a conciliatory posture towards the international community in Antananarivo. Transition Minister of Finance Benja Raz [...] | 2009-03-31 13:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO249 | TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON MEMBERS OF FORMER GOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has obtained a copy of the government order listing 21 individuals associated with the former government who are now subject to travel restrictions pending the outcome of legal proceedings. Post is not aware of any actual charges being brought against these individuals, nor [...] | 2009-04-03 07:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO261 | MADAGASCAR: POLITICAL PROCESS MOVING HALTINGLY [...] (C) Summary: Malagasy political and civil society actors are moving haltingly forward toward a grand national dialogue, using separate but somewhat parallel processes that all attempt to address the same major questions before Madagascar: political reconciliation, constitutional reform, el [...] | 2009-04-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO264 | MULTIPLE ROAD MAPS TOWARDS THE FOURTH REPUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of Andry "TGV" Rajoelina's High Transition Authority (HAT) presided over a two-day "National Meeting" on April 2-3, in a bid to bolster their legitimacy, develop a transition road map, and defuse opposition (and international community) concerns about their opaque a [...] | 2009-04-10 03:43:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO270 | MADAGASCAR: TIME TO REGROUP AFTER TALKS COLLAPSE [...] (C) Summary: The collapse of weekend talks facilitated by the UN and AU between the four main Malagasy political "families" is being followed by a pause. Clarification of SADC's current position, especially as regards the possible return to Madagascar of Marc Ravalomanana, is needed before [...] | 2009-04-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO282 | MADAGASCAR: BAPTISM BY FIRE -- RAJOELINA'S FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andry Rajoelina took power on March 17 in a military coup, and has spent his first month fending off political attacks, economic crises, and international condemnation. Rajoelina's High Transitional Authority (HAT) has a tenuous hold on the country, and his government retains an [...] | 2009-04-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO292 | MADAGASCAR: TENSION RISES AGAIN IN TANA, [...] (U) SUMMARY: GOM security forces clashed with pro-Ravalomanana opposition demonstrators on April 20, resulting in three reported dead, 15 wounded, and significant property damage in the Anosy (government) district where the disturbances were centered. After three weeks without any bloodshed o [...] | 2009-04-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO304 | MADAGASCAR INTERNATIONAL CONTACT GROUP: PREPARING [...] (C) Later this week in Addis, the AU will convene and chair the first meeting of the Madagascar International Contact Group (MICG). While the meeting may primarily provide a procedural and ceremonial launch of the new MICG, it is also an opportunity to lay down some important markers about USG [...] | 2009-04-27 10:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MA UN AU |
09ANTANANARIVO319 | MADAGASCAR: CRACKDOWN TO BE TESTED THIS WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the violence of April 20 to 24, the HAT has effectively maintained control on the streets by banning assemblies and intimidating the opposition, although this will be tested by this week's scheduled reopening of parliament. The last week has seen a diplomatic visit to fou [...] | 2009-05-04 13:57:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MA |
09ANTANANARIVO336 | MADAGASCAR: PROGRESS TOWARD AN AGREEMENT, AS [...] (C) Summary: President Wade of Senegal has entered the fray in Madagascar, inviting the "four protagonists" -- TGV, Ravalomanana, Ratsikaka, and Zafy -- to Dakar this week to reach and sign a political agreement on the way forward to elections. The reaction here, among both the Malagasy th [...] | 2009-05-11 07:43:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA UN AU |
09ANTANANARIVO353 | MADAGASCAR: TGV RENEGES, AU TAKES OVER, AND EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Andry "TGV" Rajoelina now explicitly conditioning his decision not to run on Zafy, Ravalomanana, and Ratsiraka following suit, it is unclear whether this key provision of the "Transition Charter" under negotiation here is still viable. The EU "Political Dialogue" is schedule [...] | 2009-05-18 11:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MA UN |
09ANTANANARIVO359 | MADAGASCAR: EU DIALOGUE AND TGV'S COMING TRAVELS [...] (C) The May 19 Madagascar-EU "Political Dialogue" appears to have helped sober up the HAT and its President about the possible realities that lie ahead for them. The EU, led competently by Czech Ambassador Petr Kopriva, promised that the "120 day clock" for article 96 consultations is about [...] | 2009-05-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MA UN EU AU |
09ANTANANARIVO399 | MADAGASCAR: HOW LONG CAN THE HAT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The IMF predicts that Madagascar's transition government (HAT) will likely be able to make payroll for its workers and soldiers through July using normal fiscal revenues. However, during the latter half of 2009, the HAT will probably receive less tax and customs revenue, and cann [...] | 2009-06-04 07:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID ENRG EFIN PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO40 | MAYOR MISSES OWN DEADLINE, PRESIDENT PUSHES AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing confrontation between Andry Rajoelina, Mayor of Antananarivo, and Marc Ravalomanana, President, continues to simmer along with heated rhetoric and big plans, but little action. Having avoided confrontation last weekend (reftel A),Rajoelina's anxiously-awaited Janua [...] | 2009-01-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO406 | REQUEST TO LIFT ORDERED DEPARTURE STATUS FOR [...] (SBU) I hereby request M approval to lift Antananarivo's Ordered Departure (OD) status at the 90-day decision point. Reftel reported on yesterday's EAC meeting, which recommended again that I request OD to be lifted. I fully concur in the EAC's assessment and am hereby making my formal recomme [...] | 2009-06-05 08:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC MA |
09ANTANANARIVO414 | SOUTH AFRICAN CHARGE DISCUSSES MEDIATION EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and DATT met June 8 with South African Charge Marius Conradie to discuss current state of mediation efforts and continuing rumors about possible recruitment of mercenaries by Marc Ravalomanana in South Africa or Swaziland to support his effort to return to power he [...] | 2009-06-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MA PGOV PREL SA |
09ANTANANARIVO428 | MADAGASCAR: IMPASSE IN THE NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO435 | RAVALOMANANA'S RUMORED RETURN WITH MERCENARIES: [...] (C) SUMMARY: With negotiations at a standstill, rumors of former President Ravalomanana's imminent return -- with or without mercenary support -- have been slowly but steadily reinforced by media reports, opposition statements, and alleged military preparations by the transition government. [...] | 2009-06-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO439 | MADAGASCAR: TIME TO RE-ENGAGE WITH THE FRENCH? [...] (C) Summary: This is an action message for AF and possibly Embassy Paris (see para 7). With AU/UN/Francophonie-mediated negotiations here all but collapsed (reftel),the International Contact Group for Madagascar (ICG) -- which includes the USG -- should now regroup and consider alternate [...] | 2009-06-16 09:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UN MA |
09ANTANANARIVO444 | MADAGASCAR: SADC POSITION MUST CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. International mediators from the African Union, the United Nations, and the Francophonie (OIF) formally suspended negotiations between Madagascar's four main political movements on June 16. They fear that the upcoming SADC Summi [...] | 2009-06-17 11:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO476 | MADAGASCAR: RAVALOMANANA SEEKING USG HELP HE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the ambassador in Johannesburg on June 22, former president Marc Ravalomanana requested USG help with his desired return to Madagascar and stressed the key role he must play as head of state in returning the country to "constitutional order". The ambassador re [...] | 2009-06-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PREL PINR |
09ANTANANARIVO477 | MADAGASCAR: A SOUTH AFRICAN VIEW OF THE SADC [...] (C) I met on June 23 in Jo'Burg with South African Ambassador to Madagascar Sam Monaisa to hear his views on the weekend SADC Summit, which he had attended. Monaisa said he also had attended UN mediator Tiebile Drame's Friday briefing of the South African foreign minister, and he later helpe [...] | 2009-06-25 13:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA |
09ANTANANARIVO487 | MADAGASCAR: TANGLED POLITICS, BUT DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) launched a round of four-day Regional Meetings ("assises regionales") in all 22 regions on June 30, in an attempt to add grassroots legitimacy to their transition government. These meetings were also "to give the people a voice" as t [...] | 2009-07-01 14:01:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO503 | MADAGASCAR: JAPANESE TO RAISE MINING CONCERN AT G8 [...] (C) Summary: The HAT is threatening to alter the terms of investment for the USD 4.5 billion Ambatovy nickel mine. The Japanese, Canadian, and Korean investors involved are gearing up to defend their interests in arbitration if the HAT goes forward with its threat. The Japanese Prime Ministe [...] | 2009-07-07 07:10:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO515 | MADAGASCAR: CHISSANO STAKES STOCK [...] (C) Summary: During his July 9-12 visit to Madagascar, SADC mediator Chissano solicited advice from the dip corps then met with transition authority (HAT) president Andry Rajoelina July 10, followe by weeekend meetings with the delegations of the other three movements (Zafy, Ratsiraka, Ravalom [...] | 2009-07-13 13:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO523 | MADAGASCAR: TGV - A HIGH SPEED TRAIN WRECK [...] (C) Summary: The Malagasy Permanent Rep to the UN Rajemison -- a former Senate President, former TIKO employee and erstwhile Ravalomanana faithful -- recently returned to Madagascar to moderate the regional conferences organized by the illegal transition government (HAT) with an eye towards ad [...] | 2009-07-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO548 | HAT FM ALLEGES RAVALOMANANA ASSOCIATED FIGURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Note Verbal dated July 20 to the Diplomatic Corps the HAT Foreign Ministry alleges that Ravalomanana and figures close to him are responsible for the spate of bombing attempts and violence (ref A) directed at regime offices in the last week. At HAT Foreign Minister Ny Hasina [...] | 2009-07-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO564 | MADAGASCAR: POLITICAL POSTURING CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: The international mediators have returned to Madagascar to arrange a meeting of the four Malagasy political rivals to take place in Mozambique August 5. Meanwhile, other political actors and civil society members are seeking the support of the international community to broaden th [...] | 2009-07-30 04:13:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MA |
09ANTANANARIVO570 | MADAGASCAR: MEDIATORS PAVE THE WAY FOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 11:25:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD MA |
09ANTANANARIVO586 | POLITICAL DIALOGUE MOVES TO MAPUTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's "Big Four" political leaders are entering their second day of talks in Maputo, Mozambique (reftel B),under the tutelage of former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano. After a "satisfying" (but ceremonial) first encounter on the evening of August 5, the leaders were [...] | 2009-08-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA MZ |
09ANTANANARIVO589 | MADAGASCAR: LEADERS REACH CONCENSUS, BUT MUCH WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leaders of Madagascar's four main political movements had an unexpectedly productive series of talks in Maputo, Mozambique from August 5 to 9, and have taken an important first step towards the creation of a consensual, inclusive transition government to see the country throug [...] | 2009-08-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO59 | MAYOR AND PRESIDENT HOLD THEIR POSITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Another week, another ultimatum: the conflict between Mayor of Antananarivo Andry "TGV" Rajoelina and President Marc Ravalomanana (see reftels A-D) continues unabated, with neither side inclined to retreat. A large demonstration on January 17, marking the one-month anniversary [...] | 2009-01-23 09:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO596 | MADAGASCAR'S MAPUTO DEAL: SHAKY SUPPORT, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four days after Madagascar's feuding political leaders reached agreement at talks in Maputo (reftel B),a majority of the population appears to cautiously accept it as a good first step - but significant opposition remains among factions that stand to lose out once the deal is fin [...] | 2009-08-14 11:28:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA MZ |
09ANTANANARIVO60 | DIPLOMATIC EFFORT REVEALS FULL-BLOWN MALAGASY [...] (C) SUMMARY. DIPLOMATS MET ON JANUARY 22 FIRST WITH ANTANANARIVO MAYOR ANDRY "TGV" RAJOELINA AND IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER TO SEEK COMMON GROUND THAT MIGHT CALM THE WORSENING POLITICAL CRISIS IN MADAGASCAR. THE TWO DISCUSSIONS, EACH LASTING ABOUT T [...] | 2009-01-23 09:45:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PINR PREL |
09ANTANANARIVO604 | POLITICAL TENSIONS GROW AS MAPUTO II APPROACHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: International mediators have set a date for a second round of talks (August 24-27) in Maputo, Mozambique, bringing together the Big Four political leaders in Madagascar's ongoing crisis. The focus will be the division of posts in an eventual unity government, in accordance with t [...] | 2009-08-20 14:01:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA MZ |
09ANTANANARIVO618 | MAPUTO II: NO AGREEMENT ON TRANSITION LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: After three days of tense negotiations aimed at dividing up posts in a consensus transition government, Madagascar's four main political rivals failed to reach agreement on who would fill the top posts of transition president, vice president, and prime minister. However, they did [...] | 2009-08-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA MZ |
09ANTANANARIVO630 | MADAGASCAR: WILL TGV CHOOSE CONSENSUS OR CHAOS? [...] (C) Summary: The Malagasy are anxiously awaiting the declaration by de facto transition leader, "TGV" Rajoelina, expected late Sept 4, as to whether his movement will accept a consensus candidate for prime minister, ceding their control of the post. AU mediator Ouedraogo continues to push th [...] | 2009-09-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO634 | MADAGASCAR: NEW TRANSITION GOVERNMENT FAR FROM [...] (C) Summary: High Transitional Authority (HAT) Prime Minister Roindefo Monja today announced the composition of Madagascar's "new and consensual" transition government, confirming suspicions that the majority of positions would remain safely in the hands of HAT loyalists (para 6). Their effor [...] | 2009-09-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO642 | MADAGASCAR: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DELIVERS BLUNT [...] (C) Summary. Urgently convoked by HAT President Rajoelina on September 10, key ambassadors responded to his soft-soap appeal for understanding and support with a firm, unified reply denouncing his unilateral formation of a non-consensual government and stating that further sanctions and dif [...] | 2009-09-11 07:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO644 | MADAGASCAR: REVISED GUIDANCE FOR ENGAGING WITH THE [...] (C) Post requests a slight revision of standing guidance from the Department on engaging with the de facto transition regime in Madagascar (reftel). Specifically, we suggest revising that guidance to allow occasional, discreet contacts with high transition authority (HAT) or government member [...] | 2009-09-11 08:49:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO651 | RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRACTICES IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Summary: This cable responds to the questions raised in reftel regarding Russian business practices in Madagascar. The answers are keyed to the questions below. End summary. A. (U) IS THERE A RUSSIAN TRADE REPRESENTATION IN YOUR COUNTRY? There is no Russian trade representation in M [...] | 2009-09-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD MA RS |
09ANTANANARIVO654 | FORMER PRESIDENT ZAFY: MEASURED, BUT READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the only former president currently in Madagascar, Albert Zafy has become the increasingly visible face of opposition to High Transitional Authority (HAT) President Andry Rajoelina's new government, announced on September 8 (ref C). In a crisp meeting with Ambassador Marquardt [...] | 2009-09-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO659 | MADAGASCAR'S OPPOSITION: UNITING AGAINST A COMMON [...] (C) Summary: The heads of Madagascar's main three political opposition delegations jointly told the Ambassador September 14 that they had decided to work together after de facto transition president "TGV" Rajoelina spurned their calls for relaunching negotiations three times. They explained t [...] | 2009-09-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO676 | MADAGASCAR: UNEXPECTED CALM AT HOME DURING TGV'S [...] (C) Summary: Contrary to earlier expectations and calls for demonstrations, Madagascar's opposition movements have been quiet this week, probably out of respect for the upcoming International Contact Group (ICG) meeting being organized by the African Union to put pressure on the country's ill [...] | 2009-09-25 06:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC MA |
09ANTANANARIVO679 | MADAGASCAR: ACTION REQUEST FOR PRESS STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary: During the Human Rights Committee meeting on September 22 at the UN, a statement was made concerning USG policy in Madagascar that has generated some confusion in country. Additionally, the African Union plans to host the third International Contact Group meeting on Madagascar he [...] | 2009-09-25 08:01:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO68 | REFLECTIONS ON THE CURRENT MALAGASY POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Whatever we might decide to do here to help defuse the current political crisis -- perhaps a phone call to the President from the Secretary -- should first be coordinated with Paris. They, unlike us, have extensive interests in Madagascar and are properly in the lead of any intern [...] | 2009-01-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PINR PREL |
09ANTANANARIVO69 | PRESIDENT MAY BE OPEN TO MEETING -- BUT NOT TO [...] (C) Summary: President Ravalomanana told ambassadors Thursday that he is open to meeting the Mayor, but not to any broad dialogue with him, or anyone else. A meeting may or may not occur Friday at 1500 at the German residence. Prospects for the meeting have dimmed as the Mayor publicly stated [...] | 2009-01-30 08:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PINR PREL |
09ANTANANARIVO70 | WHAT'S NEXT IN MADAGASCAR'S POLITICAL CRISIS? [...] (C) Summary. Following Mayor TGV's Saturday's declaration that he is now "in charge of Madagascar's public affairs" and his call for Ravalomanana's impeachment, it is very unclear what comes next. The Mayor is rumored to be on the verge of naming his own government and asking the crowd to [...] | 2009-02-02 07:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PINR PREL |
09ANTANANARIVO701 | MADAGASCAR: TGV DIMS HOPE OF CRISIS RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the third ICG-M hosted by the AU in Antananarivo, de facto transition leader Rajoelina failed to make good on his promises to replace his prime minister with a consensus candidate. Instead, he demanded on national television that the international community make se [...] | 2009-10-05 14:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO707 | MADAGASCAR: FRAGILE POWER-SHARING DEAL REACHED AT [...] (C) Summary: Following de facto transition leader Andry Rajoelina's announcement Oct 4 that he agreed to replace his prime minister Monja Roindefo with a consensus candidate to form a unity government, high-level officials attending the third international contact group meeting on Madagascar [...] | 2009-10-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO72 | MADAGASCAR: WEEKEND MEETINGS OF THE EACS REVIEW [...] (SBU) At 1800 on Friday, January 30, 2009, following a Town Hall Meeting, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, met at the DCM's residence, to assess the security posture of the U.S. Embassy in Madagascar as the weekend begins. Another meeting of EAC was called to me [...] | 2009-02-02 10:03:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA |
09ANTANANARIVO720 | MADAGASCAR: PREPARATIONS FOR THE BIG FOUR SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Mediator Tiebile Drame told the Ambassador October 14 that ousted President Ravalomanana was becoming increasingly radical in his negotiating position. Ambassador Marquardt and Ambassador Carter will meet with Ravalomanana the morning of October 15 to explain that he must get on [...] | 2009-10-15 04:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO747 | MADAGASCAR: FURTHER EMBASSY INPUT FOR AGOA REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: As the 2010 interagency AGOA review now moves forward toward making decisions, post offers this additional input and background to inform agencies' ongoing deliberations. Post recommends that Madagascar's AGOA eligibility be maintained for 2010 if the Malagasy leaders can demons [...] | 2009-10-30 05:57:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PHUM MA |
09ANTANANARIVO752 | MADAGASCAR: ALL EYES ON ADDIS [...] (C) Summary: The African Union will host a meeting of Madagascar's four vying political chiefs Nov 3-5 in Addis Ababa. The meeting has been touted alternately as a forum for getting the four chiefs' seal of approval on the provisional agreements made during the Oct 6 international contact gro [...] | 2009-11-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PHUM MA |
09ANTANANARIVO756 | SUBJECT: MADAGASCAR: WORRIED MALAGASY CHOD WARNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malagasy Army Defense Chief, (newly-promoted) Brigadier General Andre Ndriarijaona, and his Chief of Staff, Colonel Raphael Ramasy called on the Ambassador and Defense Attache November 3, at their request. General Ndriarijaona expressed concern over the lack of concrete progress [...] | 2009-11-03 14:31:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MA MOPS PREL PGOV |
09ANTANANARIVO781 | GROWING THREAT OF PIRACY IN MALAGASY AND COMORAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Piracy in the Indian Ocean is expanding south and east beyond the Gulf of Aden and the Somali coast, and will likely reach Malagasy or Comoran territorial waters by 2010. Neither country has the resources to deter or respond to this threat, nor will they be able to rely on French [...] | 2009-11-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA EWWT MARR MA CN MP SE |
09ANTANANARIVO811 | COMOROS STILL VERY FRAGILE AS ELECTIONS APPROACH [...] (C) Summary. During a three-day visit to Grande Comore, only my second visit to the country in 2009, I found the country busily if somewhat tensely preparing for December legislative elections. President Sambi was typically upbeat in his assessment and asked again for the USG to increase its [...] | 2009-11-25 10:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KPIR MA IR |
09ANTANANARIVO812 | MADAGASCAR: LOBBYING FOR THE CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The announcement of the full transition cabinet for the new power-sharing Government of Madagascar has been delayed by continuing disagreements over the allocation of several ministerial posts. The local International Contact Group (ICG) issued a communique urging prompt action N [...] | 2009-11-25 10:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD MA |
09ANTANANARIVO831 | MAPUTO III: TGV FINALLY FEELING THE HEAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leaders of three out of four of Madagascar's main political movements -- all but Transition President Rajoelina -- departed Dec. 3 for a third summit to be held in Maputo Dec. 4 to discuss the allocation of cabinet posts in Madagascar's delayed power-sharing transition governm [...] | 2009-12-03 14:26:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO840 | EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF AGOA [...] (C) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by the ambassador and DCM, was convened on December 8 to assess potential security consequences if Madagascar's AGOA eligibility is terminated later this month. There was a general consensus amongst the EAC members that although there might even [...] | 2009-12-08 09:51:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA |
09ANTANANARIVO846 | AFTER MAPUTO III: A FOOLISH RAJOELINA ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Madagascar's four main political movements have taken a sharp turn for the worse following the latest "partial" summit in Maputo (ref A). Under the direction of President Chissano, former presidents Ravalomanana, Ratsiraka, and Zafy agreed on a compromise to unbl [...] | 2009-12-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA MZ |
09ANTANANARIVO850 | MADAGASCAR: TRYING TO AVOID THE WORST [...] (C) Summary: Madagascar's halting mediation and transition process has derailed dramatically following publication of Tuesday's "Maputo III" resolutions and Rajoelina's immediate, extreme, and negative reaction to them (reftel). Probably using the resolutions and the unfortunate letters sign [...] | 2009-12-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA |
09ANTANANARIVO858 | MADAGASCAR'S TGV: NONCOMMITTAL ON ICG AND STRANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a meeting on December 15 with several local COMs, Transition President Andry "TGV" Rajoelina remained noncommittal on the return of his stranded political rivals (still in South Africa),and expressed his concern that the African Union had invited Ravalomanana and Ratsiraka the [...] | 2009-12-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO868 | MADAGASCAR'S TGV: MAPUTO PROCESS DEAD, EYES TURN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's transition president Andry "TGV" Rajoelina formally has ended the troubled mediation and consensus-building process that has struggled haltingly forward since international mediators first arrived here in February. In a televised interview on December 16, he outlined [...] | 2009-12-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO870 | MADAGASCAR: HOLDING AN ICG IN JANUARY -- BEFORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 18, Ambassador Marquardt hosted the COMs of France, Germany, Mauritius, South Africa, the European Union, and the United Nations to discuss Rajoelina's recent public address, plans for a future meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Madagascar, and the a [...] | 2009-12-18 09:19:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO887 | ICG-M IN ADDIS ABABA: BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6, members of the International Contact Group on Madagascar (ICG-M) will meet in Addis Ababa to discuss the international community's response to recent developments in Antananarivo. This cable contains suggested talking points for use by the U.S. delegation to the ICG- [...] | 2009-12-29 12:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MA FR ET |
09ANTANANARIVO89 | MADAGASCAR: TOWARD A NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saturday's bloodbath makes it both more urgent and more necessary to find a viable third path to resolve the Malagasy political crisis: one that neither perpetuates the discredited Ravalomanana in office, nor cedes power to the naive, extra-constitutional, and irresponsible mob t [...] | 2009-02-09 07:38:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MA |
09ANTANANARIVO90 | MADAGASCAR: ABANDONING RAVALOMANANA [...] (C) KEY CONTACTS ARE TELLING THE AMBASSADOR THAT SUPPORT FOR RAVALOMANANA FROM WITHIN THE MILITARY AND HIS OWN GOVERNMENT IS WEAKENING. KEY MINISTERS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO RESIGN THIS MORNING, WHILE THE MILITARY IS LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE SIDELINES AND LET THE POLITICS PLAY OUT. 2. (C) [...] | 2009-02-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MA |
09ANTANANARIVO92 | EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS MALAGASY SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Meeting, chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened at the DCR, also the Alternate Command Center (ACC),on Sunday, February 8 to discuss the impact of Saturday's massacre at the Presidential Palace. In light of these events, the EAC met to review trip wire [...] | 2009-02-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA |
09ANTANANARIVO97 | NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE TO BEGIN SATURDAY? [...] (C) Summary. The National Consultative Conference (NCC) described in ref A could begin here this Saturday, February 14. Post is supporting this effort with funding and suggestions on participation, as well as supportive public diplomacy. We are preparing a press statement welcoming this br [...] | 2009-02-12 09:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | CONFIDENTIAL | MA PGOV PREL |
09ASHGABAT1000 | TURKMENISTAN: INTRODUCING BAIL SYSTEM AS [...] (C) On August 6, poloff met with the OSCE Ashgabat Center's Human Dimension Officer Begona Pineiro Costas for a readout on a series of recent seminars on human rights standards in the field of criminal justice. The seminars, which took place consecutively in the four outlying provincial capit [...] | 2009-08-07 11:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1007 | TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev provided his commentary on the Turkmenistan section of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. While acknowledging that more needs to done to fight TIP, he took issue with the report's failure to recognize the [...] | 2009-08-10 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP PHUM SOCI SCUL TX |
09ASHGABAT1016 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALIST REMAINS [...] (C) On August 11, Political Officer met with local environmentalist and social activist Andrey Zatoka to discuss his current situation and activities. Zatoka, who lives in Dashoguz, was in Ashgabat for a few days to assist at a training-for-trainers seminar organized by unregistered NGO "Civi [...] | 2009-08-12 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI SENV TX |
09ASHGABAT1017 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES OF UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 11, Fedor Klimtchouk, the Deputy Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA),briefed poloff on the Center's priorities, recent activities and plans for upcoming action. The Center has four priorities: fighting transborder crime, i [...] | 2009-08-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN ENRG ZK AF TX |
09ASHGABAT1024 | TURKMENISTAN: ONE GROUP'S GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO [...] (C) On August 11, Political Officer attended a training-for-trainers seminar organized by Natalya Shabunts and her NGO, "Civic Dignity." The two-day seminar, which was conducted in the living room of Shabunts' apartment located in a Soviet-era highrise, was led by Shabunts and involved eight [...] | 2009-08-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1025 | TNK-BP WAITING AND HOPING IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian-British co-owned TNK-BP remains one of a handful of foreign oil and gas companies attempting to break into the well-guarded Turkmen hydrocarbon sector with little success to date. TNK-BP's Program Director for Turkmenistan Oleg Lonovenko attributed TNK-BP's current lack [...] | 2009-08-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX |
09ASHGABAT1029 | WINTERSHALL REPORTS SLOW MOVEMENT BY TURKMEN FOR [...] (C) German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, updated Economic Officer on his company's prospects August 12. Sandhu stated that Wintershall is winding down a PSA signed in 2002 after drilling two dry holes in block 12 of the Caspian (reftel),and has made slow progress [...] | 2009-08-14 13:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV PBTS AZ TX |
09ASHGABAT1045 | AN IRANIAN UNESCO REPRESENTATIVE'S VIEW FROM THE [...] (C) On August 13, Public Affairs Officer hosted UNESCO Educational Program Officer, G. Reza Samarbakhsh for a discussion of joint programming opportunities. Samarbakhsh, an Iranian citizen, works out of the UNESCO Tehran Cluster Office, but has oversight of UNESCO educational programs in Afg [...] | 2009-08-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX UNESCO |
09ASHGABAT1046 | TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTAN BANK UPBEAT ON TURKMEN [...] (C) On August 18, the new director of the National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) branch in Ashgabat, Jamal Malik, met with Economic Officer to discuss business in Turkmenistan. Malik became the Bank's new director after replacing long-time Embassy contact, Rizwan Khan, last week. Malik worked at NBP [...] | 2009-08-18 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT1049 | TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DENY EXIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOTX continues to create roadblocks for students traveling to Kyrgyzstan, including students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister of Education told parents and AUCA students on August 18 that the decision to not permit students to study in Turkmenis [...] | 2009-08-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1052 | OVERVIEW OF TURKMEN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkmen Government recognizes that it has an interest in Afghan stability. It provides humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, primarily to areas with an ethnic Turkmen population. It also delivers electricity, free of charge or on concessionary terms, and is developing the [...] | 2009-08-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF TX |
09ASHGABAT1053 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A six-year assistance framework agreement signed by the UN and the Turkmen government last week covers a broader range of areas for cooperation than the previous agreement, perhaps a further indication that the Turkmen Government is slowly opening up to the world. Although many [...] | 2009-08-20 12:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UN TX |
09ASHGABAT1058 | VISIT OF GENERAL PETRAEUS TO TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15, CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus visited Ashgabat for meetings with Turkmen government officials. The General met with the Minister of Defense, the Chief of the State Border Service, and the Deputy Chairman for Foreign Relations and Foreign Minister. Discussions [...] | 2009-08-21 10:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL TX |
09ASHGABAT1059 | TURKMENISTAN: ANNUAL CONSTRUCTION EXHIBITION HELD [...] (SBU) On August 19, Economic Officer attended Turkmenistan's annual international exhibition devoted to the Turkmen construction sector. Deputy Chairman for Energy, Industry, Construction and Motor Transport, Deryageldi Orazov, opened the exhibition by reading a lengthy statement by President [...] | 2009-08-21 10:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX |
09ASHGABAT1060 | TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...] | 2009-08-21 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX |
09ASHGABAT1065 | TURKMENISTAN: WOMEN PASTORS "NEED NOT APPLY" AS [...] (C) On August 22, Politcal Officer met with Word of Life Church Pastor, Elena Stryukova, and church member, Anna Joratova, to discuss the church's attempts to become registered. There are currently three Word of Life/River of Life church groups in Turkmenistan located in Ashgabat, Turkmenbash [...] | 2009-08-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1068 | TURKMEN GOVERNMENT GLOSSES OVER RECENT IMF REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Economy and Finance, Tuwakmammet Japarov, announced that the IMF Executive Council had approved a report on Turkmenistan, compiled by an IMF team of experts who visited Turkmenistan in April 2009. According to Japarov, the report [...] | 2009-08-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV TX |
09ASHGABAT1070 | AUCA STUDENTS AND PARENTS FACE INCREASED PRESSURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmen authorities are ratcheting up pressure on the students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA) and their parents. Several parents have either been fired or forced to resign after publicly questioning Ministry of Education (MOE) officials. Additionally, the [...] | 2009-08-25 12:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1075 | TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON "ACTIVELY WAITS" FOR ONSHORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 25 Economic Officer met with the head of Chevron's local office to discuss Chevron's current plans in Turkmenistan's natural gas sector. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's interest in a production agreement for onshore deposits, while acknowledging the GOTX's policy to [...] | 2009-08-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET EINV TX |
09ASHGABAT1076 | OSCE SPONSORED TIP SEMINAR FOR TURKMEN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent OSCE-organized seminar on combating trafficking in persons (TIP),held in Ashgabat, brought together Turkmen officials and international experts for an overview of the TIP problem. Topics covered included the definition of TIP and the global scope of the problem, the r [...] | 2009-08-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIP PGOV SCUL SOCI OSCE TX |
09ASHGABAT1077 | COCA-COLA REPS SEE GROWING OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) Representatives from Coca-Cola met with Charge on August 26. CEO for Coca-Cola Ichecek (Beverage) in Istanbul and Irish citizen, Michael A. O'Neil, headed a group of businessmen with years of experience in Turkmenistan. O'Neil recounted his time as Coca-Cola head in Russia and Coca-Cola' [...] | 2009-08-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX |
09ASHGABAT1079 | TURKMENISTAN: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON BULGARIAN [...] (U) Action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Post has been working with the Department, ACCELS, American University in Central Asia (AUCA),and American University in Bulgaria (AUBG) to transfer the AUCA scholarship students, who have been blocked by the Turkmenistan government from stud [...] | 2009-08-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1080 | TURKMENISTAN: A STEP TOWARDS ESTABLISHING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's parliament recently passed new laws on courts, the Procuracy, and a new Criminal Procedure Code, and the government plans further changes to the legal system in the near future. While most of the changes introduced in these laws focus on administrative procedure an [...] | 2009-08-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT110 | TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING TOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office Head, Neil McKain (please strictly protect),said that the head of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Industrialists is a "born entrepreneur" and that "he has the right instincts to help entrepreneurs" in Turkme [...] | 2009-01-22 13:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV EAGR TX AORC |
09ASHGABAT1104 | TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE LIMITED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Ukraine and Turkmenistan no longer see eye-to-eye on political priorities, Ukrainian companies are still active in Turkmenistan, especially in the construction sector. However, restrictions on civic organizations have isolated expat Ukrainians and those who now come to [...] | 2009-09-01 09:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD TX UP |
09ASHGABAT1106 | MINISTER OF EDUCATION UNHELPFUL ON STUDENTS EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 31, CDA Richard Miles met with Minister of Education, Gulshat Mammedova, to discuss the ongoing imbroglio with students attempting to study at the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister was unhelpful and stuck to the now tired excuses of trying to pr [...] | 2009-09-01 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1107 | HAVE A COKE AND A SMILE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 1, Economic Officer visited the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ashgabat at the recent invitation of the plant General Manager Kadir Uslu (reftel). Uslu asserted that despite Turkmenistan's intense bureaucracy, Coca-Cola's brand name and multinational approach to Turkme [...] | 2009-09-01 13:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX |
09ASHGABAT1108 | TURKMENISTAN: SOME TRANSPARENCY IN DRAFTING A NEW [...] (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has been working with the British Embassy and the German development agency Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) for the last year and a half to rewrite Turkmenistan's Criminal Code. This effort is part of a range of legal reforms that the Turkm [...] | 2009-09-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PGOV KCRM TX |
09ASHGABAT111 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD EXPLAINS WHAT IS WRONG WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Resident Office Head, Neil McKain (please strictly protect),explained barriers in the domestic lending industry, such as bureaucracy and loan terms that are unprofitable for banks and untenable for borrowers. By offering [...] | 2009-01-23 07:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON EIND SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT112 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD REVIEWS ITS STRATEGY -- IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) office in Ashgabat is focusing on the question "how much reform is enough" to validate additional cooperation in Turkmenistan, in the context of a strategy evaluation exercise currently underway. If allowed, the reside [...] | 2009-01-23 07:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EIND EPET TX AORC |
09ASHGABAT1120 | TURKMENISTAN: "MAYBE" ON STUDENT EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev met with the Charge on September 3 to offer a response to Assistant Secretary Blake's letter regarding recipients of USG scholarships, who have been blocked from leaving the country. Hajiyev explained this all came about because Turkmenistan w [...] | 2009-09-03 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1121 | TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCIAL EXPO REAFFIRMS TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 2, Economic Officer attended the opening of the Turkish National Export Exhibition in Ashgabat. The Turkish government sent State Minister for Trade and Industry Mehmet Zafer Caglayan to co-open the event with Turkmen officials. Almost 70 Turkish companies were pre [...] | 2009-09-03 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TU TX |
09ASHGABAT1128 | TURKMENISTAN: A DISCUSSION AT THE COUNCIL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to its deputy chairman, one of the primary roles of Turkmenistan's Council on Religious Affairs (CRA) is to explain legal requirements related to religious activity, especially the registration process. The revision of the current law on religion, adopted in 2003, is [...] | 2009-09-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1130 | TURKMENISTAN: UZBEKISTAN TRYING TO BROADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan is making every effort to expand its relations with Turkmenistan, both politically and commerically. They are looking for new opportunities for investment and trying to promote tourism to Uzbekistan. Despite their efforts, and the cultural ties between Uzbeks and Turkm [...] | 2009-09-04 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TX UZ |
09ASHGABAT1142 | TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS REPORTS SLOW PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips representatives met with Charge on September 8 to discuss progress toward an offshore deal with the Turkmen. Company representatives indicated that ConocoPhillips was still very interested in developing blocks 19, 20, and 21 with the Turkmen, but had yet to receiv [...] | 2009-09-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV ECON KZ TX |
09ASHGABAT1146 | TURKMEN GOVERNMENT RESTRICTIONS ON STUDY ABROAD [...] (C) At the September 8 Tajik Independence Day reception, diplomats from other embassies commented that the Turkmen government had blocked Turkmen students from leaving Turkmenistan for studies in their countries. The German Charge d'Affaires noted that four of eight students that had been aw [...] | 2009-09-09 13:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1147 | TURKMENISTAN: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...] | 2009-09-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX |
09ASHGABAT1148 | TURKMENISTAN: KYRGYZ AMBASSADOR ON DENIAL OF EXIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met September 10 with Kyrgyz Ambassador Ashyrov to discuss the issue of students denied exit to study abroad. This problem has affected those wishing to study in Kyrgyzstan more than any other group of students, because more Turkmen study in Kyrgyzstan than in any other si [...] | 2009-09-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI SCUL EAIR TX |
09ASHGABAT1152 | TURKMENISTAN: AZERBAIJAN STRIVING TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Azerbaijan embassy official, the relationship between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan is warming, but the Turkmen government is still cautious about embarking on joint projects. In addition, the Turkmen government continues to limit the activities of [...] | 2009-09-11 08:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ECON AJ TX |
09ASHGABAT1155 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE CENTER READOUT ON ITS [...] (C) On September 9, OSCE Center in Ashgabat Political Officer and Acting Head of Center Anne Suotula gave Charge a readout on the Center's annual Statement to the OSCE Permanent Council, presented on September 3 in Vienna. According to Suotula, the statement highlighted new areas in the Cente [...] | 2009-09-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OCSE TX |
09ASHGABAT1159 | TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON REP DISCUSSES MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chevron Representative in Ashgabat met with the Charge on September 11 to update her on Chevron's recent meeting with Turkmen Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's plans to pursue a partnership with Turkmen state energy [...] | 2009-09-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT1162 | IOM SEEKS TO BUILD NETWORK OF TURKMEN NGOS TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloff met with International Organization for Migration (IOM) Central Asia Chief of Mission Zlatko Zigic and Senior Program Assistant Tahyr Seidov to discuss the prospects for IOM activity in Turkmenistan. Zigic explained that IOM's recently introduced regional structure [...] | 2009-09-14 08:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PGOV KTIP PHUM IOM TX |
09ASHGABAT1169 | TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN LEADERS TALK ENERGY--ITERA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkmen press reported that the September 13 meeting between Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov and Russian President Medvedev in Turkmenbashy cleared the way for renewed Turkmen-Russian economic relations; however, no new gas deal was signed. The EU Tacis-Rep in Ashgabat prov [...] | 2009-09-14 13:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV ECON RS TX |
09ASHGABAT117 | SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES LEARNING TO NAVIGATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ashgabat-based South Korean diplomat shared some of his country's "lessons learned" about accessing the Turkmen market. While South Korea has made little progress in entering Turkmenistan's energy sector or construction industry, the signing of other lucrative deals in 2008 [...] | 2009-01-26 02:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EPET EINV TU KS TX |
09ASHGABAT1175 | TURKMENISTAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 10:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC TX |
09ASHGABAT1176 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF TX |
09ASHGABAT1182 | IRAN: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? XXXXXXXXXXXX DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX's advised in a recent conversation with Ashgabat Iran Watcher that the U.S. would be ill-advised to begin talks with Iran, that it would be great disappointment to Iranians who have found hope in President Obama's message of change. He called Iran's leadership "untrustwort [...] | 2009-09-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IR PGOV PREL TX UNESCO |
09ASHGABAT1183 | TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY STEADY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish tourist area of Antalya in late August on an unofficial visit, getting a view of how the Turkish have developed their tourist industry through private investment and partnership with international tourist agencies. The Government of Tu [...] | 2009-09-16 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ETRD PREL TU TX |
09ASHGABAT1184 | TURKMEN GOVERNMENT THROWS PARTY FOR ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 12 Economic Officer attended the Turkmen Oil and Gas Ministry's celebratory concert devoted to oil, gas, and electricity sector workers. The lavish event was held at the famous Ruhnama Park, named after former President Niyazov's epic "Ruhnama" which means "book of [...] | 2009-09-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV ECON KS TX |
09ASHGABAT1193 | TURKMENISTAN: ZEPPELIN'S CATERPILLAR DEALER [...] (C) On September 16, Economic Officer met with German-based Zeppelin's General Director Oleg Sarmin to discuss the construction machinery market in Turkmenistan, given the large number of construction projects underway in the country. Zeppelin is the only dealer in country authorized to sell [...] | 2009-09-17 12:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV EIND ETRD TX |
09ASHGABAT1194 | IS RFE/RL LOSING ITS TURKMEN AUDIENCE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: RFE/RL journalists continue to work despite ongoing government harassment. An Ashgabat-based reporter thinks the Prague-based staff is under pressure from the Turkmen security service to moderate its reporting. As a result, the reporting has weakened, and RFE/RL is losing its [...] | 2009-09-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SCUL KDEM SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1196 | TURKMEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 16, Turkmen government officials opened the third annual Turkmentel 2009 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Exhibition and Forum in Ashgabat. The Turkmen press touted the event as a large scale international forum initiated by Turkmen President Berdi [...] | 2009-09-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ECPS EIND EINV TINT TX |
09ASHGABAT1203 | TURKMENISTAN: ENTREPRENEURSHIP ALIVE AND WELL IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mary province appears to contain a thriving small business sector, and many local residents have taken advantage of the post-Soviet era regulations allowing private ownership to build or make improvements to their homes and businesses. They are interested in studying business, ma [...] | 2009-09-22 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1206 | TURKMENISTAN: EBRD ASSERTS "HONEYMOON STAGE" WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Turkmenistan continues to seek out projects and proactive Turkmen business people who are willing to question Turkmen policies that hinder economic and commercial growth. Soviet-style government control over the coun [...] | 2009-09-23 12:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EIND PGOV EINV ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT1208 | TURKMENISTAN: RELIGIOUS GROUP INELIGIBLE TO [...] (C) On September 20, poloff met with Turkmenbashi-based Pastor Timur Muradov of the unregistered Word of Life Church. He was in Ashgabat prior to heading off the next day to a church conference in Moscow. Muradov's group had submitted an application for registration to the Council on Religio [...] | 2009-09-24 05:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV SCUL SOCI TX |
09ASHGABAT1215 | TURKMENISTAN: VISIT OF UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT SEEN AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yushchenko's visit to Turkmenistan provided a forum for signing high level agreements and resolving some outstanding working-level problems between Ukraine and Turkmenistan. Yushchenko attended opening ceremonies for a Ukrainian-built railway bridge and a statue of a Uk [...] | 2009-09-25 07:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TX UP |
09ASHGABAT1217 | GOLDEN ARCHES ON THE FAR HORIZON?:WHY THERE'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To date, McDonald's does not have a franchise restaurant in Turkmenistan, nor in any of the five former Soviet republics in Central Asia. There is continued strong interest, among Turkmen business people and government officials alike, in opening a McDonald's in Ashgabat. The [...] | 2009-09-25 11:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX |
09ASHGABAT1223 | TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL BANK CLAIMS REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkmen Central Bank seems to be caught between Presidential orders to increase banking reforms on the one end, while receiving almost contradictory directives to increase its control of the banking sector. Current banking laws on the books date back to 1993. New banking le [...] | 2009-09-25 13:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EIND TX |
09ASHGABAT1224 | TURKMENISTAN: SCHLUMBERGER FACES PROBLEMS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: French-based petroleum service giant Schlumberger has been in Turkmenistan for ten years and does the majority of its work conducting training programs. They face many of the same issues that other foreign companies do, including worries over the safety and health of their employ [...] | 2009-09-25 13:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET PGOV TX |
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