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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09KUWAIT155	UNCC VISITS KUWAIT; OIL LAKES LINGER 18 YEARS [...] (C) KEY POINTS: -- A UN Compensation Commission Governing Council (GC) delegation including USG representatives visited Kuwait February 16-20 undertook its first visit to Kuwait, focusing on environmental remediation projects relating to Iraq's destruction of oil infrastructure in 1991. - [...]	2009-02-23 11:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ

09KUWAIT161	OPPOSITION MPS SUSTAIN CALLS TO "GRILL" PRIME [...] (C) Though the Kuwaiti Parliament is on recess for the February 24-25 national and liberation holidays, this respite only delays until its March 3 reconvening the targeting of PM Shaykh Nasser for opposition grilling. The beleaguered PM, who has been out of the country for the past two weeks, [...]	2009-02-24 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT177	KUWAIT'S FM MAKES HISTORIC, ALBEIT HASTY, VISIT TO [...] U) Summary: Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah -- in what amounted to the most senior visit by a Kuwaiti official since Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion -- traveled to Baghdad February 26 where he met with Prime Minister Maliki and Foreign Minister [...]	2009-03-01 15:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT186	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WELCOMES U.S. RETURN [...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 delivered reftel demarche points informing Kuwait of a U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights Council and to discontinue participation in negotiations on the present draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. Dr. [...]	2009-03-03 11:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNHRC PHUM KU
09KUWAIT187	MFA COMMENTS ON U.S. REVIEW OF IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 discussed ref A points concerning the ongoing review of U.S. policy in Iraq with Dr. Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department. Rahamah, who received the demarche as the senior-most MFA official available after Kuwait's long National [...]	2009-03-03 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ KU
09KUWAIT190	AMBASSADOR TARASOV: UNAMI TO FUND EXPANDED SEARCH [...] (C) During a March 1 call on the Ambassador, Gennady Tarasov, the UN High-level Coordinator for the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property, including archives, seized by Iraq during the 1990 invasion, said that [...]	2009-03-03 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN KU
09KUWAIT195	GOK, FOREIGN LABOR ATTACHES EXCHANGE HARSH WORDS [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's domestic worker regulations director, Kamel Al-Awadhi, upbraided the Filipino Embassy's labor attache on February 18 for not supporting Kuwait's plan for a domestic worker orientation center. The exchange marked the climax of an International Organization for Migration [...]	2009-03-05 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT212	GOK RENEWS REQUEST FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] (U) There is an action request in para 6. 2. (C) Refs A and B reported the GOK's request to the USG in October and November 2008 for limited time-frame logistics and security support to assist Kuwait's then newly confirmed Ambassador to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, to travel from Kuwait to Baghdad [...]	2009-03-10 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT214	KUWAITI MPS STILL PLUCKING THE DISSOLUTION TRIPWIRE [...] (C) With three motions now filed to grill the PM, the Amir finds himself increasingly pushed either to act in defense of his beleaguered nephew, PM Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, and the government he leads, or to yield to the will of the disruptive, agenda-driven MPs. A cloud of uncertainty looms [...]	2009-03-10 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT215	KUWAIT MFA DOWNBEAT ON P.A. CORRUPTION, UPBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah expressed satisfaction with the outcome of a Riyadh-hosted GCC donors meeting on Gaza and optimism about the progress of a separate donors meeting on Gaza in Sharm Al-Sheikh, while noting concern [...]	2009-03-10 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT22	KUWAIT CONFIRMS CONTINUED AID TO GAZA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with Econcouns, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Mansour Al-Otaibi noted Kuwait's annual $1.5 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and its $300 million commitment from the 2006 Paris Donors C [...]	2009-01-11 08:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EG IS KU
09KUWAIT23	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On January 9 Kuwait Central Bank Governor Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah told Ambassador that his priority was to ensure the stability of Kuwait's banking system. Although he acknowledged the challenges facing Kuwait's 95 investment companies, he dismissed any systemic impact from the [...]	2009-01-12 07:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT232	REQUEST FOR INPUT ON STRATEGY TO INTEGRATE IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 14:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON PGOV KPAL IZ KU
09KUWAIT233	MFA ARAB AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON IRAN, SYRIA, PEACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 10, the director of the MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki told EconCouns and Econoff that he was impressed with the foreign policy steps of the Obama administration, particularly its willingness to start dialogue with Syria. It was critical to co [...]	2009-03-11 15:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER ECON KU
09KUWAIT244	TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAITI [...] (C) While impossible to appreciate fully within the narrow boundaries of a single Gulf state, tribalism -- a phenomenon that links many contemporary Kuwaitis to an age-old tradition of honor and mutual support in the face of external challenge -- is a central factor in Kuwait's socio-political [...]	2009-03-15 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT25	CODEL GRAHAM SHARES VIEWS WITH GOK ON IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a January 8 meeting, Senator Joe Biden, accompanied by Senator Lindsey Graham, briefed Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah on the U.S. political transition and cabinet formation process. In [...]	2009-01-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT255	MARCH MADNESS: KUWAITI CABINET RESIGNS AGAIN [...] (C) As widely expected (ref A),on March 16, just prior to the March 17 scheduled session of parliament, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah accepted the resignation of Kuwait's Cabinet, which had been tendered earlier in the day. PM Shaykh Nasser chose to lead his Cabinet in resigning rather than face [...]	2009-03-17 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT26	OVERVIEW WITH MFA U/S ON JCSE, GAZA, ARAB ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador briefed MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah on the Embassy,s upcoming Joint Combined Security Exercise. She also discussed the ongoing crisis in Gaza and urged GoK support for both UNRWA and the PA. Jarallah raised his concern that if the Gaza "disaster" continued [...]	2009-01-12 12:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER EAID ECON PHUM KU
09KUWAIT270	AMIR CONSTITUTIONALLY DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; PM [...] (C) On the heels of a March 16 Cabinet resignation (reftel),Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah on March 18, citing the need to "safeguard the security and stability of the nation," ordered the dissolution of the National Assembly. The Amir also confirmed that the dissolution would be conducted in a [...]	2009-03-19 15:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT292	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RAISING PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) Consistent with reftel instructions, A/DCM coordinated with the Japanese and Pakistani embassies to deliver points encouraging the GOK to participate in the April 17 Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo at the ministerial level and to make a generous contribution to this effort. A/DCM, join [...]	2009-03-24 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IMF PK KU
09KUWAIT308	SYNERGY CONFERENCE LAUNCHES KUWAITI ELECTION SEASON [...] (C) A March 23-25 National Synergy Conference, hosted by Tanami, Kuwait's first women's political association, effectively launched Kuwait's two month electoral season, which will culminate with a May 16 vote for a new Parliament. The conference provided the venue for an open and free-rangi [...]	2009-03-26 16:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWMN KU
09KUWAIT311	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: DOHA SUMMIT/PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Ambassador on March 27 raised with MFA Undersecretary Khalid Jarallah points contained refs A and B in advance of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit in Doha. Jarallah, in response, told Ambassador that he anticipated the Summit's final communique would "definitely be supportive of the Arab [...]	2009-03-31 03:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PHUM AL SU KU
09KUWAIT313	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RUSSIAN BASES IN ABKHAZIA AND [...] (C) PolOff on March 29 delivered reftel demarche informing Kuwait of the U.S.'s continuing rejection of Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and unease over its plans to construct bases there. PolOff's interlocutor, Fadel Al-Hasan, First Secretary in MFA's European department, i [...]	2009-03-31 12:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG IR KU
09KUWAIT316	SCENESETTER FOR AF CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL SCHWARTZ [...] (C) General Schwartz, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity to engage with senior Kuwait military leaders as the bilateral relationship adapts to our changing profile in Iraq and new challenges in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Your in [...]	2009-04-01 04:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KU
09KUWAIT32	KUWAIT NSB RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO ENERGY [...] (C) Kuwait National Security Bureau(NSB) Vice President Shaykh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah told Econoffs on January 12 that Kuwait remained very interested in signing an MOU establishing a joint working group to improve protection of Kuwait's energy infrastructure. Thamer said the agree [...]	2009-01-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ENRG ASEC PGOV PINS PREL ECON KCIP KU
09KUWAIT323	COMMS/ELECTRICITY/WATER MINISTER ON POWER [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Communications, Electricity and Water, Nabil Khalaf Saeed Bin Salama, provided frank insight to Ambassador March 31 in a wide-ranging discussion. Topics covered include: --The Amir mandated the Minister with ensuring 24/7 power in Kuwait this summer, yet within day [...]	2009-04-02 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV SENV ECON PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT324	ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH: WOMEN VIE IN KUWAIT'S [...] (C) Summary. Kuwaiti women stand a fair chance of winning their first seat in parliament during the upcoming May 16 election. A female candidate fell only 886 votes short of winning a seat in 2008, an outcome that showed a marked improvement over women's results in 2006. Coordination, traini [...]	2009-04-02 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU
09KUWAIT338	KUWAITI OIL MARKET UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has announced plans to invest USD 82 billion over the next five years, split roughly evenly between the upstream and downstream sector in support of its long range development plans to increase crude oil production capacity to 4 million barrels per da [...]	2009-04-07 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT34	OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEW KUWAITI CABINET [...] (C) Kuwait's Amir swore in the latest iteration of his Cabinet on January 12 in a move that did little to reconcile the rift between his government and the obstreperous National Assembly. The new cabinet includes only two new names. FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will serve as acting Oil M [...]	2009-01-14 03:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT345	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS [...] (C) POLCOUNS on April 9 raised reftel points concerning North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong missile over Japan with Meshal Al-Dabbous of MFA's Asia Department and also provided him with a copy of the President's April 5 statement condemning the launch. Dabbous responded that the GOK [...]	2009-04-08 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN KU
09KUWAIT349	DIFFERING ACCOUNTS OF AMIR'S MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (C) Embassy read with interest reftel account of Iraqi FM Zebari's April 4 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah on the margins of the Doha Summit. As noted reftel, Zebari recounted a tense exchange in which Maliki refused to commit to current borders and the Amir responded that, u [...]	2009-04-09 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT362	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING SPECIFIC [...] (U) There is an action request in para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Afghanistan's Ambassador to Kuwait Abdul Rahem Karemy, delivered ref A demarche on April 14 to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah describing outcomes of the Afghanista [...]	2009-04-15 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF KU
09KUWAIT367	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL VISIT TO [...] (C) Special Envoy Mitchell, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit represents the first official high-level engagement of Kuwait's leadership by the Obama Administration. We have requested meetings with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah and Fore [...]	2009-04-15 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KU JO
09KUWAIT368	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK REPRESENTATION AT APRIL 17 [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by the Japanese and Pakistani Charges, delivered ref A demarche on April 15 to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah, emphasizing the need for the international community to support Pakistan's economy on an urgent basis as [...]	2009-04-15 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IBRD IMF PK PU
09KUWAIT372	AMIR LAYS DOWN THE LAW AS CAMPAIGN BEGINS [...] (C) Campaigning is officially underway for Kuwait's National Assembly election, scheduled for May 16. The country's relatively open democratic environment continues to allow for lively political events, but this campaign season the Amir and his interim government have signaled that they int [...]	2009-04-16 07:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT376	KUWAITI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (SBU) On April 15, Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled multilateral meeting with GoK Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to urge that Kuwait vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF and World Bank. Dr. Mohammed acknowledged the benefits that IMF/WB membershi [...]	2009-04-16 15:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KU
09KUWAIT377	SPEAKER AL-KHORAFI BLEAK ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (C) Former Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Jassem Al-Khorafi informed Ambassador privately (and later announced publicly) his intention to run in the May 16 parliamentary elections. He predicted that the ongoing strife between the legislative and executive branches would continue an [...]	2009-04-16 16:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR IZ KU
09KUWAIT383	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK SUPPORTS DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) POLCOUNS on April 19 raised reftel points with Rashed Al-Hajiri, Acting Deputy Director of MFA's Asia and Africa Department. In delivering the demarche, POLCOUNS urged the GOK to press Iran to show flexibility and seize the opportunity for a discussion with the E3 3 Political Directors an [...]	2009-04-20 06:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR KU
09KUWAIT385	KUWAITI WOMEN VIE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS: MOST [...] (C) Summary. On May 16, some thirty Kuwaiti women will vie to become the first female elected to parliament (ref A). While Kuwait's female candidates come from varied professional, social and religious backgrounds, almost all of them are politically liberal and support close relations with t [...]	2009-04-20 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KU
09KUWAIT400	SECURITY, BILATERAL ISSUES HINDER KUWAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. Kuwait has been a historical gateway to Iraq, but thus far only a few Kuwaiti business people have taken advantage of the country's location to pursue opportunities in post-Saddam Iraq. The largest deal to date was telecommunications company Zain,s USD 1.2 billion purchase of I [...]	2009-04-26 06:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN EINV ENRG IZ KU
09KUWAIT41	JANUARY 19-20 ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, Ambassador emphasized to Kuwaiti Foreign Minster USG concern that any summit discussion on Gaza be supportive of the Egyptian-Israeli dialogue, consistent with UNSCR 1860, and that any assistance be designed to strengthen the Palestinian Authority and not Hamas. Th [...]	2009-01-14 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KPAL KU
09KUWAIT414	KUWAIT WILL SUPPORT IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP FOR KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador followed-up on her April 15 conversation with GoK Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to encourage Kosovo recognition. Dr. Mohammed stated definitively that Kuwait would support IMF/WB membership for Kosovo. He noted, however, that Kuwait was not yet re [...]	2009-04-28 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN KV KU
09KUWAIT431	TERROR FINANCE: KUWAIT'S APPELLATE COURT SUSPENDS [...] (U) On April 28, Kuwait's Court of Appeals upheld the guilty verdict, but reduced the sentence handed down by a Kuwaiti criminal court in the case of UNSCR 1267 Designee and terrorist facilitator Mubarak Al-Bathali. The criminal court had found Bathali guilty of "inciting youth to jihad (com [...]	2009-04-30 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT432	KUWAIT TELLS QUINT IT SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] (C) On April 28, the DCM joined the UK Ambassador, French Ambassador, Italian Ambassador and German CDA for a Quint joint demarche to MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah urging GOK participation in the May 5 WB/IMF membership meeting in support of senior representatives of the UK. UK Ambassador Michael A [...]	2009-04-30 13:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT433	EU-GCC MEETING IN MUSCAT: FOCUS ON IRAN [...] (C) In the course of an April 28 meeting on Kosovo (reftel),MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah took advantage of the presence of senior Kuwait-based French, German, Italian and UK representatives to broach the 19th EU-GCC Joint Council and Ministerial meeting scheduled in Muscat for April 29. UK Ambass [...]	2009-04-30 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PBTS PINR KU
09KUWAIT434	TERROR FINANCE: GOK PROGRESS IN CHARITY OVERSIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Kuwait's charity oversight committee from the Ministries of Awqaf, Foreign Affairs and Social Affairs met with Econcouns and Econoff to discuss GOK efforts to strengthen oversight of Kuwaiti charity organizations over the last four years. These included ending dire [...]	2009-04-30 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT435	CANDIDATES' ARRESTS RECEIVE MIXED REVIEWS IN MEDIA [...] (U) Key Points: -- The GOK makes multiple arrests of parliamentary candidates evoking debates on freedom of expression. -- Arrested MPs exploit their arrests to garner public support. -- Media reports reflect split opinions: some chastise the perceived overbearing hand of the governmen [...]	2009-04-30 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KU
09KUWAIT437	KUWAIT-IRAN: NEXT STEPS ON BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In the course of an April 28 meeting to discuss Kosovo with French, German, Italian, UK and U.S. representatives (reftel),MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah turned to the subject of Kuwait's evolving relationship with Iraq. Acknowledging that the border remained an acutely sore point in th [...]	2009-04-30 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PBTS PINR KU
09KUWAIT438	KUWAIT'S PETROCHEMICAL EXPANSION PLANS AND DOW [...] (U) Contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Senior Kuwaiti officials have stressed that they view Dow as a strategic partner, but also that reviving the K-Dow joint venture is not possible in the current economic and political climate. The Petrochemical Industries Corpo [...]	2009-04-30 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT442	CORRECTED COPY - KUWAIT-IRAQ: NEXT STEPS ON BORDER [...] Please note this is a corrected copy of Kuwait 437. Subject line has been changed. 2. (C) Summary. In the course of an April 28 meeting to discuss Kosovo with French, German, Italian, UK and U.S. representatives (reftel),MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah turned to the subject of Kuwait's evolving r [...]	2009-05-03 11:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PBTS PINR KU
09KUWAIT446	KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER MUCH LONGER [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil lakes affecting large areas of Kuwait,s desert. A cancelled tender process and political paralysis are largely to blame. A [...]	2009-05-04 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT449	TFFLU01: CONFUSION SURROUNDS GOK'S STRINGENT H1N1 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Post's daily interactions with Ministry of Health (MOH) officials since April 30 have yielded conflicting and inconsistent statements and policies regarding the GOK's H1N1 measures, particularly as they relate to the obligations of passengers arriving from affected cou [...]	2009-05-05 08:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT455	TFFLU01: KUWAIT: ACTING MINISTER OF HEALTH AGREES [...] (C) Summary: Post continues to tussle with the vagaries of GoK requirements for all travelers to visit public clinics within three days and again within seven days of their arrival in Kuwait. On May 6, the acting Minister of Health agreed with Ambassador's proposal that the U.S. military scre [...]	2009-05-06 10:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT462	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ DESCRIBES SLOW [...] (C) During a May 4 call by POLCOUNS and Econoff on Ambassador Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's Ambassador to Iraq, Al-Mou'min said that he has made progress in getting his mission up and running, but remains frustrated at the difficulty in getting his Iraqi counterparts to come to grips with the main [...]	2009-05-07 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT463	ISLAMISTS SEEK TO UNDERMINE FEMALE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES [...] (C) As the May 16 parliamentary elections loom, conservative elements in Kuwait have begun taking "potshots" against front running female candidates. These tactics include issuing fatwas against voting for women and using interpretations of Islam to demonize those candidates who choose not [...]	2009-05-07 15:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO PHUM PREL KU KWMN
09KUWAIT477	KUWAIT MULLING END TO OIF JET FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Managing Director Abdullatif Al-Houti said that there was a reasonable likelihood that Kuwait would discontinue its discount pricing for Jet A-1 fuel used by U.S. forces in their operations in Iraq. Houti said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minist [...]	2009-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EPET KU
09KUWAIT497	KUWAIT ANGLE ON REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) Embassy read with interest ref A discussion of a new diplomatic strategy aimed at securing Iraq's future political stability through an enhanced process of regional integration, including stronger bilateral ties between Iraq and key states. Kuwait's decision to send an Ambassador to Baghd [...]	2009-05-17 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT498	TFFLU01: KUWAIT: EIGHT CASES CONFIRMED AMONG [...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to close coordination between Post and U.S. miloffs in Kuwait and an exchange of letters between Ambassador and the acting Health Minister pertaining to screening of U.S. military personnel arriving in Kuwait (ref A),miloffs informed Emboffs May 15 that eight cases of H [...]	2009-05-17 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT504	KUWAITI WOMEN SHATTER PARLIAMENTARY GLASS CEILING [...] (C) Frustrated by three years of political gridlock largely attributable to rancorous Sunni Islamists and perhaps hoping to avoid another parliamentary dissolution, Kuwait voters on May 16 elected a new National Assembly they hope will have better chances than the last two of working coopera [...]	2009-05-18 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT512	CORRECTED COPY: KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER [...] (U) NOTE: This cable supercedes 09 KUWAIT 446, which was sent in error. Post apologizes for the confusion. END NOTE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil [...]	2009-05-21 09:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT514	KUWAIT SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IRAQ UNDER [...] (C) Amiri Advisor Muhammad Abulhassan told Ambassador Hill, during a May 18 stopover in Kuwait, that the GOK is deeply worried about Iraq's campaign to disencumber itself from the UN Chapter VII mandate and is therefore seeking P-5 support. The GOK views continued UN leverage as essential in [...]	2009-05-21 15:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT515	TFFLU01: UPDATE ON KUWAIT H1N1 CASES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Army Central Command (ARCENT) officers report that 18 cases of novel type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed among U.S. military personnel transiting through, or assigned to, U.S. military installations in Kuwait. All these cases were mild and the affected personnel have recove [...]	2009-05-21 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT516	SHAYKH NASSER REAPPOINTED PM, DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) In a widely expected move, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah issued a May 20 decree reappointing his nephew, Shaykh Nasser al-Muhammed al-Ahmad Al Sabah, as PM and tasking him to form and introduce a new cabinet to the National Assembly when it convenes on May 31. The n [...]	2009-05-21 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT518	U.S. PROGRAMS PROPEL KUWAITI WOMEN TO GREEN CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. In Kuwait's May 16 election, four U.S. educated women -- Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, and Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar -- became the first women to win seats in Kuwait's fifty-member parliament. Embassy believes their electoral chances were significantly [...]	2009-05-21 15:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KMPI KPAO OEXC OIIP
09KUWAIT53	POLITICAL FOOTBALL: PM'S RIVAL EXPLOITS FIFA [...] (C) Kuwaiti international soccer participation, recently (and temporarily) reprieved from FIFA suspension, has become the arena for proxy struggle between rivals PM Shaykh Nasser Mohammed and would-be usurper Shaykh Ahmad Al-Fahd, both nephews of the Amir. These two ruling family heavyweights [...]	2009-01-21 15:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT530	KUWAIT: 18 U.S. MILITARY H1N1 CASES MADE PUBLIC; [...] (C) Summary: News of 18 confirmed H1N1 cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait dominated newspaper headlines and TV news shows on May 24 and 25 (ref A). The Ministry of Health moved promptly to stymie panic, including holding a well-received press conference on May 24. Separately, Kuwai [...]	2009-05-26 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT54	ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT: ARAB DISUNITY AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Economic Summit concluded January 20 in Kuwait with a "Declaration" in lieu of a "final communiqu" after leaders failed to agree on language regarding the recent hostilities in Gaza. Despite heroic efforts to paper over differences and Saudi King Abdullah's open calls fo [...]	2009-01-21 15:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KPAL KU
09KUWAIT540	GOK CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA TESTS [...] (C) During a May 28 call on MFA's International Organization's department (and pending receipt of formal demarche instructions),PolCouns queried acting department chief Rashed Al-Saleh about GOK reaction to North Korea's May 24 nuclear test and its May 25-26 reported missile tests. Saleh conf [...]	2009-05-28 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KU KN
09KUWAIT550	AMIR PLEADS FOR NATIONAL UNITY AS HE INTRODUCES [...] (C) Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah on May 30 swore in sixteen new and returning ministers, introducing them to recently elected parliamentarians at the National Assembly's convening on May 31. This latest iteration of the government represents the 27th cabinet since Kuwai [...]	2009-06-01 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT558	KUWAIT'S STATELESS BIDOON: BACKGROUND AND RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary. For the past twenty years, Kuwait's 100,000 stateless Bidoon residents have been denied access to the free healthcare, education, and other welfare-state benefits enjoyed by Kuwaiti citizens. Demonstrating a growing social awareness of the plight of the Bidoon and a sensitivity [...]	2009-06-03 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT562	GOK DOWNPLAYS MP POSTURING, REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Kuwait issued a calculated response on Wednesday to Kuwaiti and Iraqi parliamentarians' inflammatory press statements concerning settlement of disputes stemming from Iraq's 1990 invasion of its southern neighbor. The Amir called for MPs to be patient, and the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, [...]	2009-06-04 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT565	ACTION REQUEST: RECOMMENDED ENGAGEMENT ON [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 10. Key Points ---------- 2. (C) -- Currently the Council of Ministers is seriously considering ending discount pricing for Jet A-1 fuel supplied to the U.S. military for use in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Council is awaiting recommenda [...]	2009-06-04 12:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EPET KU
09KUWAIT566	RENEWED IRAQI EFFORT ON KUWAITI MISSING A POSITIVE [...] (U) In a tone more upbeat than in recent Tripartite Commission (TC) and Technical Subcommittee (TSC) meetings (Refs A, B),the ICRC on June 1 praised delegates from Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France, UK and the US for their increased efforts -- since the March 31 TSC -- to locate the remains [...]	2009-06-04 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT570	HARD-LINE POSITIONS FURTHER JEOPARDIZE UNCC [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi, Jordanian and Kuwaiti environmental officials spent five days in talks in Kuwait from May 31 to June 4. The meetings -- convened under the auspices of the UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) -- focused on regional efforts to bolster Iraq's capacity to identify and plan for e [...]	2009-06-07 11:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT574	UPDATE ON H1N1 CASES AMONG U.S. MILITARY IN KUWAIT [...] (C) During an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Health, Dr. Hilal Musaed Al-Sayer, Ambassador provided an update on the status of H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military transiting through Kuwait and informed the Minister that the USG would likely notify the WHO of additional cases [...]	2009-06-08 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT589	FAILURE TO LAUNCH: INFIGHTING BOGS DOWN THE [...] (C) Infighting and attacks on ministers dominated the newly elected National Assembly's first working session, suggesting that the gridlock that has characterized Kuwait since 2006 likely will continue. Major issues such as the Amiri-decreed economic stimulus bill were not substantively addres [...]	2009-06-11 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT594	KUWAIT H1N1 UPDATE: 1 YES STUDENT CONFIRMED; NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: -There have been no new confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait since June 4. The total number of confirmations remains at 69, though the WHO and GOK continue to state 18. -One Kuwaiti high school student who participated in the USG-funded A [...]	2009-06-16 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT6	KUWAITIS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST GAZA ATTACKS [...] (LOU) Summary: Some 2,000 to 5,000 Kuwaitis demonstrated in front of the National Assembly building on January 3 to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza. A Member of Parliament burned an Israeli flag, while some demonstrators chanted "death to Israel" and "death to America." Speakers called on E [...]	2009-01-05 03:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SEC KU
09KUWAIT602	GOK OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM AL [...] (C) A/DCM on June 18 raised reftel points concerning the need for moderate Arab states like Kuwait to exercise leadership during the upcoming June 24 Arab League ministerial with Ahmad Al-Baker, lead official on AL issues in MFA's Arab World Department. 2. (C) In response, Al-Baker assured A/ [...]	2009-06-18 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT604	ASSEMBLY AGAIN FOCUSES ON RULING FAMILY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 12:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT608	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP WITH NEW MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT614	KUWAIT'S MERCHANTS FRET ABOUT THE FUTURE, FAIL TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT623	INTERIOR MINISTER PRESENTS HIMSELF WELL IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT624	KUWAITI VIEWS ON CRITICAL ENERGY MOU [...] (C) Summary and Key Points -- The NSB is happy with USG-GoK cooperation thus far and believes that it is in both countries' best interest to continue it. -- The NSB would be happy to sign the amended MOU. -- Kuwait is willing to cover expenses for USG personnel visiting Kuwait under the [...]	2009-06-24 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ENRG PREL PINS KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT631	SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...]	2009-06-25 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU
09KUWAIT633	KUWAIT H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED -- WALKING THE LINE [...] (C) Summary: Reports of multiple H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait in mid-May strained U.S.-Kuwait relations and threatened the seamless monthly flow of 50,000 OIF troops. Emboffs and senior Army officers worked diligently to maintain GOK trust in the USG's ability [...]	2009-06-28 03:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU MARR MOPS AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO
09KUWAIT644	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Madame Secretary: My staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. While we understand that your schedule has been centered around a U.S. Coast Guard event, we have also requested a meeting for you with the Amir, Shaykh Sabah Ahmed Al Sabah, or his designated representative. When [...]	2009-06-29 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KU
09KUWAIT646	KUWAIT ENERGY CEO ON IRAQI AND KUWAITI HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: On June 25, Kuwait Energy CEO Sara Akbar briefed Ambassador on the difficulties her company faced in its efforts to develop the Siba field in Iraq. She implied that Iraqi interest in renegotiating its maritime boundary with Kuwait stemmed in part from the Iraqi discovery of an of [...]	2009-06-29 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ UP KU
09KUWAIT647	KUWAIT MOVING FORWARD -- SLOWLY -- WITH NUCLEAR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) On June 24, Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, the head of the secretariat for Kuwait's National Committee for Using Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes -- "informally" -- briefed Econcouns on progress in Kuwait's efforts to assess and imple [...]	2009-06-29 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP SENV PREL KU
09KUWAIT659	INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE [...] (C) In what amounts to a stinging rebuke to tribalist opposition members of parliament, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah survived a vote of no confidence July 1 by a convincing 30 to 16 votes, with two abstentions and one absence. The vote came in response to a motion filed b [...]	2009-07-01 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT675	AA/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH AMIRI ADVISOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: AA/S Feltman reviewed with Amiri Advisor Ambassador Mohammed Abulhassan on June 30 the state of play on the Kuwait - Iraq bilateral relationship and GOK expectations for an August 3 Amir - POTUS meeting in Washington. Abulhassan made clear that the Amir's (and the GOK's) highest [...]	2009-07-08 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT676	AA/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: During a June 30 meeting between the Prime Minister and AA/S Feltman, the PM: -- urged ongoing dialogue with Iran, despite recent events, and the avoidance of any military option, notwithstanding his pessimistic outlook on Iran's nuclear program and the prospects for any opening [...]	2009-07-08 05:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KUNC IR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT686	AMBASSADOR PRESSES NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial July 8 introductory meeting, Ambassador raised Kuwait's Tier III Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status with newly-appointed Minister of Justice Rashed Al-Hammad and outlined steps the GOK should take to address outstanding TIP concerns. Ambassador also queried the [...]	2009-07-09 11:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT689	IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S VISIT CALMS TENSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Iraq's Parliament Speaker, Iyad Al-Samaraie, visited Kuwait at the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi July 5-8 and met with Kuwait's Amir and other leading GOK officials, as well as with members of the Kuwaiti parliament's Foreign Affairs committee. [...]	2009-07-09 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT707	GOK COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING PROGRESS [...] (C) The GOK continues to demonstrate that it is taking meaningful steps to prevent charitable donations from becoming sources of financing for extremist groups. Despite deficient legislation, improved GOK interagency coordination and significant regulatory enhancements have produced appreciab [...]	2009-07-15 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER ECON PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT708	MFA U/S REVIEW IRAQ, MEPP AND GTMO IN ADVANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 16:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MASS PTER KPAL KU IR IZ
09KUWAIT723	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]	2009-07-20 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT73	GOK SEEKS RELEASE OF MNF-I DETAINEE ABDELRAHMAN [...] (C) The GOK requested via January 25 dipnote the release from MNF-I detention in Baghdad of Kuwaiti citizen Abdelrahman Al-Bathali. Al-Bathali (ISN: US9IZ-157245CI),captured in Iraq by MNF-I on January 30, 2004, is the son of UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Mishkhas Al-Bathali. On January 27, [...]	2009-01-27 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT736	KUWAITI FM REMAINS RELUCTANT ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In a follow-up to ref A, Ambassador used the opportunity of a July 20 airport meeting with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah prior to his departure for London, en route to Washington for the Amir's August 3 visit, to engage him on the issue of GOK recognition of Kosovo. The FM pointedly as [...]	2009-07-22 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU KV

09KUWAIT738	SCENESETTER FOR THE AMIR OF KUWAIT'S AUGUST 3 [...] (C) The President's August 3 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah offers an opportunity to reaffirm the importance we attach to our bilateral relationship at a time when the U.S. drawdown from Iraq, efforts to move Iraq out from under Chapter VII sanctions, and concern abou [...]	2009-07-22 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS ECON IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT753	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN APPLAUDS RECENT KUWAITI [...] (C) Summary. S/CT Ambassador-at-large Daniel Benjamin was warmly received by Kuwaiti officials July 26. Key points: - (C) S/CT Benjamin applauded the GOK's intensified efforts on CT over the past six to nine months, as well as continued GOK focus on ensuring force protection for the lar [...]	2009-07-30 10:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KU PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT756	A WALTZ WITH SHAYKH AHMED: OIL/INFO MINISTER LETS [...] (C) Summary: The dual-hatted Kuwaiti Oil/Information Minister Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador July 27 that Kuwait wants to obtain international expertise in developing its oil projects, mentioning that ExxonMobil is likely to oversee production in the Burgan oil fie [...]	2009-07-30 15:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EINV KWIR EPET KU IZ
09KUWAIT765	KUWAIT H1N1 CASES ACCELERATE [...] (C) Summary: The GOK's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported significant increases in H1N1 influenza cases in recent days, with 265 cases confirmed as of August 2. Separately, U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) in Kuwait has reported a spike in suspected H1N1 transmissions among personnel serv [...]	2009-08-03 12:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU MARR PREL TBIO KPAO KU
09KUWAIT78	KUWAIT OIL SPILL: SEVEN KILOMETERS OF COASTLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: An oil spill, caused by a leak January 13-15 at or near the Doha power station near Kuwait City, has affected seven kilometers of coastline on the city's western outskirts. Wildlife, including birds and mangroves, has been affected by the spill. The GOK's response has been ad h [...]	2009-01-29 10:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET KU
09KUWAIT788	GOK ENACTS POSITIVE CHANGE TO FLAWED WORKER [...] (C) Summary. The GOK has made several recent moves towards reforming its flawed foreign worker sponsorship system: -- On August 9, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) issued a Ministerial resolution ) not subject to Parliamentary approval ) to immediately permit most foreign w [...]	2009-08-10 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP SMIG KU
09KUWAIT79	KUWAIT'S WITHERING BOURSE, POPULIST POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: Investor confidence in Kuwait has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks. Many Kuwaiti investors had expected a new year rally in stock prices -- instead, the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is down almost 20% since January Â [...]	2009-01-29 10:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT790	GOK ADDS AL-BATHALY TO THE REHAB CENTER MIX [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note August 10 from the Kuwaiti MFA reiterating the GOK's long-standing request for the return of the four Kuwaiti nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, and outlining the procedures to be followed by the GOK in the [...]	2009-08-11 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT797	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK TO SUPPORT HOSNI FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel points on the September 17 UNESCO Director-General elections, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Counselor Jasem Al-Najem told PolOff on August 11 that Kuwait plans to vote for Egyptian candidate Farouk Hosni. 2. (C) Al-Najem added that the A [...]	2009-08-13 08:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO KU
09KUWAIT8	GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE SEEKS TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT [...] (U) This contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Global Investment House defaulted on a $200 million payment for a syndicated loan on December 15 and sought a 90 day standstill on payments to approximately 30 international and Kuwaiti banks to develop a restructuring plan [...]	2009-01-05 08:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT811	KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. As requested (ref A),Post provides below additional information for the Department's reassessment of Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Though significant efforts to counter widespread abuse are ongoing, the GOK has not progressed substantia [...]	2009-08-17 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KU
09KUWAIT812	KUWAIT WEDDING FIRE KILLS 43; AMIR CONDOLES, [...] (U) At 9:20pm on August 15, a fire broke out at a Kuwaiti wedding tent which killed 43 women and children and injured 90 others. According to local press reports, the ex-wife of the groom confessed to setting the fire, which consumed the entire structure -- which had only one exit for just und [...]	2009-08-17 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT822	MFA U/S: TERRORIST THREAT HITS HOME; KUWAIT HOLDS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told CDA August 18 that Kuwait desired closer CT cooperation with the USG, "particularly now that it is clear Al-Qaeda has begun to target Kuwait." CDA expressed appreciation for Kuwaiti action in thwarting the terrorist plot against US military personn [...]	2009-08-19 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IZ KU
09KUWAIT831	KUWAIT OIL PRODUCTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with CDA and Econcouns, two senior Kuwaiti oil officials asserted that Kuwait could sustainably produce 3 million barrels per day of crude oil, but acknowledged that exceeding that level without international assistance would be difficult. The Amir's oil advi [...]	2009-08-23 07:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT849	AMIR OFFERS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR WOUNDED IRAQIS [...] (U) The Kuwaiti media reported August 27 that Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah has instructed his government to assist in transporting to Kuwait for medical assistance a number of Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. This message was conveyed in a statement by Minister [...]	2009-08-27 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT853	CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON MENA/FATF, [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary and Key Points: On August 24, CDA and Econoffs met with Mohammed Al Hashel, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). Key topics discussed: Economic status from CBK's perspective: robust oil prices balance the [...]	2009-08-30 10:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET EINV KU
09KUWAIT854	GOK VIEWS ON 2010 NPT REVCON [...] (C) Polcounselor on August 27 raised reftel points concerning the May 2010 NPT review conference (Revcon),with Jassem Al-Najem, MFA lead on NPT issues. In delivering points, Polcounselor noted Embassy interest in initiating a sustained dialogue on NPT and related non-proliferation issues and [...]	2009-08-30 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP NPT KU
09KUWAIT87	KUWAITI MPS SIFT THROUGH GAZA RUBBLE [...] (U) Amid ongoing calls to grill the PM, wrangling over KDOW, and rumors of pending constitutional or unconstitutional dissolution by the Amir, the Kuwaiti parliament, keeping Gaza at the forefront, managed to limp through another session January 27-28. Per ref A, Gaza continues to be the sol [...]	2009-01-29 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR PREL KU
09KUWAIT876	WASTEWATER GATHERINIG FACILITY FAILS: KUWAITIS [...] (C) Summary: In what has become yet another domestic political football, accusations of governmental incompetence and corruption are flying over a malfunction at a major wastewater pumping station in the tony residential district of Mishref. The ongoing sewage spill, which began on or about A [...]	2009-09-02 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SENV KU
09KUWAIT888	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK GOALS FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 07 raised reftel points concerning the upcoming (September 09-10) Arab League Ministerial with MFA Arab World Department Counselor Salah Al-Mutairi. Al-Mutairi, while noting that he had not received much information about the ministerial agenda from his chain of comm [...]	2009-09-07 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AL KU
09KUWAIT889	RAISING UNGA GOALS WITH KUWAIT [...] (C) Polcouns on September 07 raised USG UNGA goals (reftel) with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, stressing USG interest in transending the North-South divide, bolstering non-proliferation regimes, encouraging support for peacekeeping, Middle East pea [...]	2009-09-07 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT890	KUWAIT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR HRC [...] (C) Political Counselor on September 7 raised reftel points with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, noting the importance to our common interests of having an effective Human Rights Council and the unfortunate signal that Iran's presence on the HRC woul [...]	2009-09-07 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT896	KUWAIT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON PROMISE TO HELP INJURED [...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on September 04 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of some 25 Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. The gesture fulfills an instruction issued by Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah (reported reftel) to his goveQent to assist [...]	2009-09-09 09:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT903	GOK ESTIMATES H1N1 CASES EXCEED 16,000 [...] (C) Summary: While publicly reporting over 1,600 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, the GOK's Ministry of Health (MOH) privately estimates that over 16,000 citizens and residents have been, or are, infected with the virus. There have been five fatalities, all relating to individuals with pre-ex [...]	2009-09-10 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU MARR PREL TBIO KPAO KU
09KUWAIT915	KUWAIT CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD ON CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary and Key Points: -- Kuwait continues to take action to improve oil facility security with the assistance of European and U.S. consultants. -- The Oil Sector Services Company (OSSC) has approximately 1,300 security personnel, almost all Kuwaitis and is putting together an 80-team [...]	2009-09-15 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ENRG PREL PINS KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT917	IRANIAN JAMMING OF IBB SERVICES INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: This cable provides additional information on Iranian jamming of USG International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) transmissions (ref B). Recent months have seen a significant increase in Iranian efforts to jam satellite transmissions of Voice of America (VOA) Persian News Network (PN [...]	2009-09-16 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	OIIP BBG KPAO PREL KU IR
09KUWAIT918	DOG DAYS OF SUMMER? BRIEF TEMPEST OVER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A brief media tempest over misinterpreted remarks the Ambassador delivered August 27 to the Middle East Institute in Washington highlights the enduring divide here between the monied/cultured merchant elite and increasingly populous and powerful tribal conservatives. [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT921	SENTENCE ON CONVICTED TERRORIST SUPPORTER LTC [...] (C) Summary. Press reports, subsequently confirmed by Kuwaiti judicial officials, indicate that retired LTC Khalil Al-Ghaith, a Kuwaiti citizen, was convicted August 25 of supporting and funding terrorist activities and sentenced to three years imprisonment. As is not unusual here, the imm [...]	2009-09-17 05:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT942	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK ALSO DESIRES STABLE IRAQ, [...] (C) Polcouns on September 28 raised reftel points urging regional governments to support Iraq in the run-up to January 2010 elections with Salah Al-Mutairi, Counselor in MFA's Arab World Department. Mutairi fully acknowledged the importance for Iraq and for the region in obtaining a good, "de [...]	2009-09-28 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT944	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Polcounselor raised reftel points concerning revelations that Iran is building a covert uranium enrichment facility on September 28 with Khaled Mugames, Director of MFA's Coordination and Follow-Up Department and, separately, with Rashed Al-Hajiri, officer responsible for Iran in MFA's Asi [...]	2009-09-28 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT948	PROMINENT MP DRAFTS NATIONAL UNITY LAW, CALLS FOR [...] (U) This is an action message - see para. 9. Summary: --------- 2. (C) In a rare, but cogent unification strategy to counter the increasingly disruptive influence of tribalists in parliament, prominent moderate MP and Foreign Relations Chair Marzouq Al-Ghanem is re-forming the def [...]	2009-09-30 08:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT949	REGIONAL DOJ ATTACHE DISCUSSES FUGITIVE/BRIBERY [...] (C) Summary: During a September 29 meeting, Cairo-based Department of Justice Attach Jeffrey Cole, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, turned over to Ministry of Justice Counselor Najeeb Mulla Mohammed files pertaining to the case of Munirah Al-Tarrah, a fugitive Kuwaiti/U.S. dual citizen sought in [...]	2009-09-30 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN KTIA KCRM KU
09KUWAIT95	KUWAITI COURT ISSUES VERDICT IN AL-BATHALI CASE [...] (C) On January 27, after months of postponements, a Kuwaiti Criminal Court found UNSCR 1267 designee and terrorist facilitator Mubarak Al-Bathali guilty of "inciting youth to jihad (combat) activities against foreign forces in Iraq." The court sentenced him to three years in prison and offere [...]	2009-02-02 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER PINR
09KUWAIT951	MOSAL CONTINUES TO MONITOR RAMADAN CHARITABLE [...] (C) Summary. Econ Couns met with Nasser Al Ammar, Director of Charity and Donation Organizations, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL),on September 28, 2009 to discuss the outcome of this year's Ramadan collections audit as recent Kuwaiti news leaks cited violations in charitable col [...]	2009-09-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT958	TRIBAL/URBAN DIVIDE UNDERLIES DEBATE OVER RAMADAN [...] (C) Summary: Government attempts to censor programs parodying senior government figures and Kuwait's parliament during the recent Ramadan season (which traditionally functions as something of a "Sweeps Season" for Kuwait's public and private TV channels) aroused extensive criticism from media [...]	2009-10-04 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT959	WRITING ON WALL FOR TARASOV MANDATE [...] (C) Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, UN High-Level Coordinator for the repatriation of Kuwait's missing persons and archives, expressed to Ambassador on October 5 his concern that an end to his mandate in June 2010 would be perceived by Kuwait as a mass surrender by UN officials to political exped [...]	2009-10-06 11:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR KU IZ
09KUWAIT960	KUWAIT NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU HAPPY WITH REVISED [...] (C) DCM and Econcouns met with Kuwait National Security Bureau Vice President Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah and his team on October 5, to discuss a USG revised draft Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection MOU (ref a). DCM emphasized the joint interest in cooperation ) and in loo [...]	2009-10-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EPET PTER KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT97	AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED FOR IMMEDIATE BUDGET [...] (SBU) On February 2, Ambassador used a meeting called by MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah to brief on the outcomes of the Arab Economic Summit and on the central role that Gaza played in the summit (septel) to urge the GoK to provide immediate budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ambas [...]	2009-02-02 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL EAID ECON KU
09KUWAIT972	TSC APPLAUDS RECENT IRAQI EFFORTS TO RECOVER [...] (U) The ICRC opened the 62nd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) October 6 with praise for recent efforts by Iraq's Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) to advance the search for missing Kuwaitis from the 1990 Iraqi invasion. Echoing these plaudits, the Kuwaiti del [...]	2009-10-09 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ
09KYIV1020	UKRAINE: INVITING IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO JULY 4TH [...] (C) Embassy confirms the invitation of Iranian Ambassador to Ukraine (Seyed Mousa KAZEMI) to the official July 4 reception in Kyiv (to be held July 2). As our invitations requested "regrets only" responses from invited guests, we may only be able to confirm Iranian attendance after the fact. [...]	2009-06-12 09:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL UP IR
09KYIV1023	FAILURE OF COALITION TALKS HURTS TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych's June 7 withdrawal from talks on forming a "national unity" coalition with Prime Minister Tymoshenko's BYuT faction left Tymoshenko vulnerable as her supporters learn details of concessions that she made in the negotiations. Tymoshenko's denials that she had b [...]	2009-06-12 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1033	SEA BREEZE LEGISLATION FAILS AGAIN [...] (C) The Rada made two failed attempts on June 12 to consider legislation authorizing foreign military exercises in Ukraine, affecting Sea Breeze and ten other foreign exercises. The votes fell short as the divided OU-PSD faction which favors Ukraine's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutio [...]	2009-06-16 06:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1040	UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU -- AND CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) The Ukrainian MFA agrees with U.S. views on the benefits of a "constructive dialogue" on European Security at the OSCE Corfu informal Ministerial. However, the MFA Security Department Director took the opportunity of our discussion about Corfu to reiterate concerns about Ukraine being shu [...]	2009-06-18 16:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL NATO PGOV ECON ETTC UP
09KYIV1091	GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT [...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...]	2009-06-29 17:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP GM PL
09KYIV1092	UKRAINE: SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR DISCUSSES GAS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 19-20 visit to Kyiv, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Richard Morningstar urged senior Ukrainian officials to begin reforms in the energy sector in order to build confidence with both European and Russian partners. In meetings with PM Tymoshenko, Energy [...]	2009-06-30 08:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP
09KYIV117	UKRAINE: DETAILS AND QUESTIONS ON GAS DEAL STILL [...] (C) Summary. As natural gas supplies reach normal levels in Ukraine and other countries in Europe, more details on the gas deal have been released by the Prime Minister, the President, the Minister of Energy, various members of the Presidential Secretariat and Naftohaz officials. At present, [...]	2009-01-21 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1171	REGIONS RADA BLOCKADE LEAVES ISSUES HANGING [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions continued to physically block parliament, paralyzing the Rada and keeping it from adjourning on July 10 for the summer recess. Despite a budget crisis, Regions is demanding a significant increase in pensions and wages designed to bolster its standing with vote [...]	2009-07-10 14:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1204	FORMER FM TARASYUK ON RUSSIA, POLITICS [...] (C) Former Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, like other Western oriented Ukrainians, is looking for further reassurance that the "re-set" of relations with Russia will not come at Ukraine's expense. Tarasyuk regards Medvedev's security proposal as an effort to divide Europe from the US. He see [...]	2009-07-17 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1310	ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS STIR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Election law amendments passed in late July at a special Rada session have drawn criticism from both the President's office and the NGO community. Changes to the law limit the scope and timing of court appeals, make it easier to exclude NGO election observers and increase the financial r [...]	2009-08-07 17:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV134	UKRAINE: MORE ANSWERS TO GAS DEAL UNKNOWNS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian daily Ukrainska Pravda posted on January 22 what it claimed to be a copy of the gas supply contract signed by Ukraine and Russia on January 19. Because the gas supply contract was supposed to remain confidential neither our Ukrainian nor Russian governmental contacts co [...]	2009-01-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV1433	UKRAINE - RUSSIA: RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS [...] (C) Ukrainian President Yushchenko's calm response to complaints conveyed in an August 10 letter from Russian President Medvedev (ref) has been met by general approval in Ukraine. Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's eventual response was also measured in tone, and echoed Yushchenko in strongl [...]	2009-08-20 15:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP RU
09KYIV1434	IMF MAY EXPAND IN UKRAINE, DESPITE LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. With Ukraine's sovereign debt reaching 30 percent of GDP, primarily in short- to medium-term instruments, and doubts increasing about Ukraine's intentions to implement macroeconomic reforms, many in Kyiv are predicting the need for continued IMF lending beyond the current program [...]	2009-08-21 15:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1438	UKRAINE: OVERTURN OF PRESIDENTIAL VETOS MARKED BY [...] (C) During the course of the August 21 extraordinary Rada session, characterized by initial squabbling, Party of Regions (PoR) and Bloc Yulia Tymoshenko (BYuT) factions were able to find compromises that suited each other's political needs. Both Ministry of Finance and IMF officials have priv [...]	2009-08-25 14:44:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1472	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ FOREIGN DEBT LIKELY TO BE [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz's $500 million Eurobond, due September 30, will likely be restructured into a new $1.75 billion bond instrument backed by a sovereign guarantee. The new instrument would also incorporate $1.25 billion in bilateral debt that Naftohaz owes to four foreign banks that come [...]	2009-08-28 17:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL EREL EPET ECON ENRG UA
09KYIV1487	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PLEDGES NO GAS PRICE HIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. At a road opening event in Western Ukraine on August 25, Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that gas prices would not increase for the population this year. Tymoshenko's statement appears to contradict her earlier commitments to international donors to raise gas prices for househ [...]	2009-08-31 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1511	WORLD BANK ON IFI ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director urged the international community to engage Ukraine during its pre-presidential election period, suggesting that a high-level E.U. and U.S. delegation could push authorities to abide by their commitments. He said that the opposition [...]	2009-09-04 10:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1518	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES A "GAS CHRISTMAS" [...] (SBU) Following talks with Russian Prime Minister Putin in Poland on September 1 (Ref A),Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that Ukraine would not experience a gas crisis this January. Tymoshenko also stated that the gas transit fee charged to Russia's Gazprom would increase in 2010, contradict [...]	2009-09-04 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1519	IMF SIGNALS UKRAINE PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary. The IMF mission team concluded its visit in Kyiv on September 4 without a major public announcement, but close observers have acknowledged to us that the Fund's program may have gone off track. The visit was originally envisioned as a visit to provide technical assistance and o [...]	2009-09-04 15:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1531	IMF STOCKTAKING [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF's Resident Representative in Ukraine, briefing on mission director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu's "stocktaking" visit to Kyiv, commented that he has doubts about Ukraine's intention to live up to its commitments and expressed concern over Ukraine's ability meet its budget obligation [...]	2009-09-08 15:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV155	IMPEACHMENT THREAT AGAINST YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) On January 15 the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) passed legislation that sets forth procedures necessary to impeach the president. President Yushchenko is expected to veto the legislation - a move the Rada will likely overturn. Rada contacts tell us that while the measure, once it becomes la [...]	2009-01-28 08:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1556	"OUR UKRAINE" LEADER GIVES INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) During a meeting with Charge, "Our Ukraine" leader Roman Bezsmertniy discussed the January 2010 presidential election and the amended law that will govern it, President Yushchenko's plans, and the future of the party. Most surprising was his assertion that Yushchenko would drop out of the [...]	2009-09-11 15:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1592	DFM YELISEYEV REVIEWS BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Yeliseyev: -- urged the U.S. to agree on a format and dates for the Commission on Strategic Partnership; -- expressed the hope that there would be an encounter between the two Presidents on the margins of UNGA; -- outli [...]	2009-09-15 16:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
09KYIV1604	BLOCKADE PARALYZES RADA [...] (C) The Rada has not held a regular session since its September 1 scheduled re-opening. Party of Regions MPs have physically blocked the rostrum. Seeking to appeal to voters in the run-up to the January presidential election, the Party of Regions demands passage of a bill that would raise so [...]	2009-09-17 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1615	JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S START [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Proliferation Head Oleksander Bondarenko on September 14. Bondarenko thanked the U.S. for following up with Ukraine, and asked whether we had shared the same information with other Treaty signatories. He took the opportunity to raise now-familiar [...]	2009-09-21 16:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM START UP
09KYIV1656	UKRAINE: NO EXPECTATIONS FOR A GAS PRICE INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Despite apparent renewed pledges from Prime Minister Tymoshenko to the IMF that a 20 percent gas price increase for households would take place on October 15, the message from our Ukrainian interlocutors is that a gas price increase will not happen. Vitaliy Hayduk, head of Tymos [...]	2009-09-29 08:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA
09KYIV1714	DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING UKRAINIAN LINK OUTAGE [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note formally to MFA on September 17. Embassy also delivered substance of the note a demarche/talking points, along with an advance copy of the note itself to MFA,s Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Directorate on Monday, September 14. Emb [...]	2009-10-02 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UP
09KYIV1715	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]	2009-10-03 14:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP PL KZ RU
09KYIV1716	DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]	2009-10-05 03:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP PL KZ KG RU
09KYIV1727	YATSENYUK: LOSING MOMENTUM IN PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who saw a surge in popular support in the spring, now appears to be losing ground in the pre-election environment in Ukraine. Latest public opinion polls move him squarely to third place from the statistical tie he held for second place [...]	2009-10-05 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1728	ASD VERSHBOW IN KYIV: UKRAINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Kyiv September 28-29. In a series of bilateral meetings and engagements with media and academic [...]	2009-10-05 16:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UP
09KYIV1740	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: IS MILITARY CONFLICT NO LONGER [...] (C) Recent Russian actions have spurred a public discussion within the Ukrainian elite about Russian intentions toward Ukraine. The most systematic contribution to the debate has been made by former National Security Advisor Volodymyr Horbulin, who believes that internal Russian considerati [...]	2009-10-08 12:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PNAT UP RS
09KYIV1749	BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN [...] (C) Drawing on background and points provided, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Maryna Stroga Yermakova of the MFA Department for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation on October 6. Yermakova took notes during the discussion and paid close attention to the information provided, [...]	2009-10-09 14:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM UP
09KYIV1751	FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation officer Oleksander Osadchiy on September 28. Following up in a meeting with Maryna Yermakova of the Proliferation Security division of the sam [...]	2009-10-09 15:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL MNUC UP
09KYIV1753	POROSHENKO CONFIRMED AS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Rada approved President Yushchenko's nominee, Petro Poroshenko, as Ukraine's new Foreign Minister on October 9. The position has been vacant since March when the Rada ousted former FM Oryzhko over his vocal opposition to Prime Minister Tymoshenko's policies. Poroshenko, a wealthy bu [...]	2009-10-09 17:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1760	TYMOSHENKO'S NBU DISPUTES DEEPEN [...] (C) Summary. A dispute between the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has escalated in recent days. At stake is the future of a major Ukrainian bank under temporary administration as well as the potential for additional capital infusions into two smalle [...]	2009-10-13 13:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1777	EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S [...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...]	2009-10-15 17:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1784	CHERKASY: WOULD-BE SWING OBLAST LEANS TOWARD [...] (C) Cherkasy, an oblast located in the center of Ukraine, has yet to be fully drawn into the presidential campaign. However, local experts speculate that Cherkasy voters will support Prime Minister Tymoshenko -- as they have in the past two Rada elections. Local observers express concerns that [...]	2009-10-16 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1818	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF [...] (C) With the start of the Ukrainian Presidential campaign, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are clearly in the lead to enter the second round. Arseniy Yatsenyuk remains the lone second-tier candidate in the race, although his slumping poll numbers, down more [...]	2009-10-19 17:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS UP
09KYIV1822	MINSK: OPEN TO ROAD MAP DISCUSSION WITH THE USG, [...] (C) Summary: The President's Chief of Staff, Vladimir Makey, reaffirmed to Charge on October 14 the desire of Belarus to craft a Road Map with the USG on improving US-Belarus bilateral relations. He said they welcomed a fluid discussion with the PA in the lead on the Belarusian side. Makey [...]	2009-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
09KYIV1826	BRAINS BEHIND TYMOSHENKO'S BANKING DECISIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite his modest title at Ukraine's Ministry of Finance, Timur Bagirov has emerged as an intellectual force in the Tymoshenko government. By his own account, he serves as the Prime Minister's personal advisor on banking sector issues and is often asked to explain detailed fin [...]	2009-10-20 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1835	KYIV POPULISM COULD TRIGGER "FISCAL DEVASTATION" [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's shaky IMF program took another direct hit, after the Rada (parliament) enacted legislation to significantly increase budget spending for pensions and public sector wages. The IMF said the measure would lead to "fiscal devastation," while the World Bank estimated an [...]	2009-10-21 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1845	INDUSTRIAL DNIPROPETROVSK: TYMOSHENKO'S HOME [...] (C) Dnipropetrovsk, PM Tymoshenko's home region and a major contributor to the national economy, has traditionally favored Yanukoyvch and his Party of Regions (PoR). Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) is actively working for votes in the region, but interlocutors assess she will fail to overcome PoR's d [...]	2009-10-23 16:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1873	YANUKOVYCH EMPHASIZES SOCIAL SPENDING, TIES WITH [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych was nominated as the Party of Regions presidential candidate in Kyiv on October 22 at a made-for-television party congress. The congress, broadcast live in Eastern Ukraine, featured a key policy speech by Yanukovych, and three additional speakers--including o [...]	2009-10-26 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1874	TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO EMOTIONS, PATRIOTISM IN HER [...] (C) Before an estimated 150,000 followers and spectators, Prime Minister Tymoshenko accepted on October 24 her party's nomination for president. The event was a four-hour, highly staged, nationally televised extravaganza on Independence Square (the site of the 2004 Orange Revolution) featuring [...]	2009-10-26 17:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1878	IMF AT ANOTHER UKRAINE IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations between the IMF and Ukrainian authorities appear to have stalled over a bloated budget and the uncertain fate of a new social spending law which, if signed by the President, would represent a "red line" for the Fund. According to the IMF's Kyiv-based resident repre [...]	2009-10-27 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1888	PRESIDENT UNWILLING TO VETO BUDGET-BUSTING BILL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Putting the next IMF tranche in greater jeopardy, President Yuschenko indicated October 28 that he would not veto a pensions and wages spending bill that would add another $337 million to the government deficit in 2009 and $4.7 billion (or about 4% of GDP) in 2010, by [...]	2009-10-29 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV1889	RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS: BOTTOMING OUT? [...] (C) Several high-level meetings in October suggest that the Ukrainians and Russians have decided to halt the alarming slide in their bilateral ties (refs A and B) and resume correct, if not yet warm, relations. Acting Ukrainian FM Khandogiy and Russian FM Lavrov, together with interagency de [...]	2009-10-29 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UP RS
09KYIV1894	UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT OUTLOOK: NOT WHAT YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) The December 4 Ukraine EU-Summit will not deliver what President Yushchenko had long hoped it would: an Association Agreement. This is a surprise to no one, except possibly Yushchenko himself. Significant issues between Ukraine and the EU remain unresolved including a membership perspecti [...]	2009-10-30 16:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP EU
09KYIV1899	FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON [...] (C) Artem Vorobyev in the MFA's Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation presented emboff November 2 with a non-paper response (text at para. 2) to ref A request for additional information about the proposed Ukrainian transfer of MTCR-controlled equipment and technology t [...]	2009-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE SA UP
09KYIV1910	GOU BROKE, NATIONAL BANK KEY TO UPCOMING GAS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian government coffers are all but empty and Naftohaz is unlikely to be able to meet upcoming gas payment obligations without support from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Analysts forecast that the government needs to find $2.5 - $3.75 billion to cover expenses for the [...]	2009-11-04 14:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ECON PREL UP
09KYIV1916	NBU REFUSES TO CONCEDE ON NAFTOHAZ AND UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) will continue to refuse to monetize government of Ukraine debt, despite a near empty GOU treasury and "psychological pressure" from Russia to make payments to Gazprom. In the NBU's view, the GOU will have enough resources via special IMF alloc [...]	2009-11-05 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1920	UKRAINE BUDGET MEASURE: A DARKER SHADE OF RED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Rada (Ukraine's parliament) adopted amendments to the 2009 budget that will allow implementation of the so-called social standards law. The move is likely to further destabilize Ukraine's partnership with the IMF, whose mission team had walked away from Kyiv in October, de [...]	2009-11-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1943	UKRAINE MINFIN ECONOMIST WANTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary. The new social spending law, which increases wages and pensions, would be disastrous for Ukraine's economic recovery, according to Volodymyr Parnyyuk, a leading Ministry of Finance economist. Even without the social spending increases, the GOU is facing a $3.75 billion or larger [...]	2009-11-09 12:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ECON PREL UP
09KYIV1944	U.S. STRATEGY FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS FOR THE [...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 6 to Anatoliy Oliynyk, new director of the MFA's NATO Directorate General. Oliynyk, a former Ukrainian ambassador to Serbia, volunteered that he was "happy for Montenegro," and appeared to accept the idea of multiple paths to NATO membership. He said i [...]	2009-11-10 04:28:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA UP
09KYIV196	PARTY OF REGIONS REACTS TO GAS DEAL [...] (C) Party of Regions shadow Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko publicly called the recent gas deal between Ukraine and Russia "a betrayal of national interests." Regions MPs believe the economics of the deal favor Russia and will be a blow to Ukrainian industry. They dismissed the removal o [...]	2009-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1981	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ OPTIONS FOR GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is expected to need about $1 billion to cover gas purchased from Russia in November and December. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has called on President Yushchenko to allow the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to make its foreign currency reserves available for the gas payments. [...]	2009-11-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA RU
09KYIV1982	TYMOSHENKO'S DESPERATE BUDGET SCRAMBLE [...] (C) Summary. Members of parliament (MPs),the Cabinet of Ministers, and the Ministry of Finance doubt there will be any movement on Ukraine's draft 2010 budget before the presidential election, despite cajoling statements from Rada Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn. With the IMF's fourth loan tranche [...]	2009-11-13 13:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1984	WAKING UP TO UKRAINE'S FISCAL NIGHTMARE [...] (C) Summary. Payment delays have begun in Ukraine's regions and will get much worse in December 2009. January and February 2010 will be even darker, with no near-term causes for optimism in sight. Analysts from the IMF, World Bank, and EBRD ominously predict that, while social payments wil [...]	2009-11-13 13:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV1991	LUKASHENKO VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (C... C O N F I D E N T I A L KYIV 001991 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/11/2019 TAGS: PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP Â [...]	2009-11-13 15:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP
09KYIV2026	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 19 to Svitlana Pereverten in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We expressed appreciation for Ukraine's courageous vote against the Goldstone report, and underscored that language from the Goldstone report is being introduced into sever [...]	2009-11-20 08:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL UNGA UP

09KYIV204	UKRAINE'S CASE THAT IT DID NOT IMPEDE GAS SUPPLIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. A week after gas supplies have resumed to Ukraine and countries westward, the question of whether Ukraine or Russia is responsible for stopping supplies is still being raised. A close look at developments in the first week of January, however, shows that Russia was t [...]	2009-01-30 08:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV2054	A YANUKOVYCH FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) If Regions Party leader, and Orange Revolution foil, Viktor Yanukovych wins the January/February 2010 Presidential election, main elements of his foreign policy would include: --A reset in relations with Russia, generally deferring to Russia's red lines; --Non-bloc status and an end to [...]	2009-11-25 09:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2055	U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT [...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 24 to Oleksandr Bondarenko in the MFA's Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation. Bondarenko recognized unhelpful Iranian behavior and the need for Iran to play by the rules, but underscored the inadmissibility of completely isol [...]	2009-11-25 10:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA IR UP
09KYIV2056	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH FIND COMMON [...] (C) During an hour-long speech November 23 to kick off his re-election campaign, President Viktor Yushchenko outlined his vision of a Ukraine that would be "free, fair and strong" with him at the helm for another five years. He appealed to western-minded Ukrainians by promising EU membership, [...]	2009-11-25 12:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2061	REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA A/S-equivalent Ihor Hrushko November 25, noting favorably the decision earlier in the week by the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to triple the size of Ukraine's deployment to Afghanistan from ten to thirty personnel. Charge re [...]	2009-11-25 13:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF UP
09KYIV208	UKRAINE-RUSSIA: POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE GAS CRISIS REF: KYIV 204 Classified By: Ambassador William Taylor. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR UP RU EU
09KYIV2102	TYMOSHENKO'S IMF SALVAGE OPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko dispatched Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria and Acting Finance Minister Umanskiy to Washington for meetings with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and high-level USG officials. Bearing a Letter of Intent (LOI) with three signatures -- [...]	2009-12-07 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2114	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Ambassador presented his credentials to President Yushchenko December 7. In the monologue that followed, Yushchenko asserted that Ukraine is facing the most serious challenge to its sovereignty since the fall of the USSR. The pro-Russian policies of PM Tymoshenko and Regions party leader [...]	2009-12-08 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UP RS
09KYIV2115	FALL OF YATSENYUK LETS TYMOSHENKO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Political observers, rival campaigns and internal advisers of Front of Change head Arseniy Yatsenyuk agree he has no hope of progressing to the second round of the January/February 2010 presidential election. Once considered by many disenchanted voters as the new western-leaning reform-mi [...]	2009-12-09 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2116	EARLY RADA ELECTION TO FOLLOW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE? [...] (C) President Yushchenko and leading presidential candidates are calling for early parliamentary elections to quickly follow the January 17 Presidential contest. Opposition leader and presidential front-runner Yanukovych believes that early Rada elections could swing control of parliament to h [...]	2009-12-09 10:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2124	YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY [...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...]	2009-12-10 14:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2126	YUSHCHENKO ACCUSES PM, LAW ENFORCEMENT OF [...] (C) In a meeting with law enforcement heads to mark the December 9 "National Day of Fighting Corruption," President Yushchenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko of misappropriating billions of hryvnias in state funds and bribing local officials to manipulate the January 17 presidential electio [...]	2009-12-10 14:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2127	CHERNIVTSI AND THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: [...] (C) The presidential race in Chernivtsi Oblast, as in Ukraine as a whole, is boiling down to a contest between PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and front-runner Viktor Yanokovych of the Party of Regions (PoR). Despite the oblast's traditional "orange" orientation, the main concerns of voters -- the stat [...]	2009-12-10 14:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP RO
09KYIV2130	"URGENT" WORRIES FROM UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Finance Andriy Kravets notified the embassy on December 11 that Foreign Minister Poroshenko was planning today to ask IMF first deputy managing director John Lipsky to consider including Ukraine on the agenda of the next IMF board meeting. Poroshenko had rece [...]	2009-12-11 10:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2133	UKRAINE'S "SCARE TACTICS" OVER IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told Econoff on December 11 that GOU representatives deliberately misled Ukrainian and international media outlets into believing that Ukraine had met the IMF's "primary demands" for releasing a fourth loan tranche. Alier reitera [...]	2009-12-14 12:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2135	UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTER'S CASE FOR IMF LOAN [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko described meetings with IMF deputy managing director Lipsky as "not constructive" and relations more generally with the IMF as "very bad". Poroshenko told the Ambassador on December 13 that he had weighed in with the Constitutional Court to [...]	2009-12-15 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2138	TYMOSHENKO'S UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko continues to lag behind Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in opinion polls for the January/February Presidential election -- and the gap, ten points or more, may be widening. President Yushchenko's daily attacks on Tymoshenko are hurting her with her base in [...]	2009-12-15 18:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2140	DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...]	2009-12-16 13:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2147	UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTRY GRIM ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. In preparation for DPM Nemyria's talks with IMF officials on December 17 and 18 (ref A),the GOU's top budget experts met with Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier to reconcile revenue and expenditure figures for 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Talking separatel [...]	2009-12-17 13:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2165	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...]	2009-12-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2168	ALFA BANK CONFIRMS NAFTOHAZ SYNDICATED LOAN TALKS [...] (C) Kyiv-based Alfa Bank executive Ivan Yurik confirmed to Econoff on December 18 that Russian banks were in final-stage negotiations over a syndicated loan to Ukrainian state energy company Naftohaz. The loan would likely cover Ukraine's January 7 and February 7 payments to Gazprom, Yurik b [...]	2009-12-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2171	TALE OF TWO DEFAULTS: THE UKRZALIZNYTSA DEBT [...] (C) Summary. Following market angst over the possibility of a Ukrainian sovereign default, negotiations have resumed between creditors and Ukrzaliznytsa, the Ukrainian state-owned railway company, whose subsidiaries recently defaulted on a $110 million loan payment. An Ukrzaliznytsa advisor [...]	2009-12-18 16:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2175	YANUKOVYCH READY FOR RESET WITH RUSSIA, EU [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions head and presidential front-runner Yanukovych told the Ambassador that he welcomed international observation of the January 17 election. International observers will help ensure presidential candidates adhere to the law and prevent falsification. Yanukovych warn [...]	2009-12-21 13:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2182	UKRAINE: SPACE DEAL WITH BRAZIL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary. During his December visit, Brazilian President Lula de Silva announced that Ukraine and Brazil would move ahead to launch the Ukrainian-designed and built Cyclone-4 space launch vehicle from Brazil's Alcantara launching pad. Ukraine and Brazil signed a cooperation agreement in 20 [...]	2009-12-22 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA ETRD ECON BR UP
09KYIV2185	IMF TO "ALLOW" UKRAINE TO SPEND RESERVES [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya is returning from Washington with QQf}4dg>Eey but the same reform requirements -- in 2010, after Ukraine's new President is elected. End Summary Government Seeking Cover for the NBU to Monetize ------------------------------------------ [...]	2009-12-23 10:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2189	YATSENYUK URGES AMBASSADOR TO FINALIZE [...] (C) During his introductory call with Ambassador Tefft, presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told us his campaign is broke and he has been pushed out of the media by the major candidates. He claimed that fraud in the form of vote-buying could account for 5-7% of the votes in the upcoming [...]	2009-12-24 08:30:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV2219	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ SEES PAYMENT DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary. Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna told the Ambassador on December 24 that without IMF funds, Naftohaz will have difficulty making the January 11 payment for December gas purchases. Dubyna appealed for the Ambassador to ask the IMF to instruct Ukraine's National Bank to issue $2 bill [...]	2009-12-29 13:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UA RU
09KYIV228	TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...]	2009-02-02 16:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP
09KYIV229	UKRAINE ASKS A GUARDED IMF TO SUPPORT A BUDGET [...] (C) The IMF told the Ambassador on February 1 that the GOU says it cannot run a balanced budget this year. It has asked the IMF for flexibility on this key conditionality of the $16.4 billion loan package, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, head of the IMF mission performing the first formal review of the l [...]	2009-02-02 16:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD ECON PREL XH UP
09KYIV236	TENSIONS IN CRIMEA OVER DISPUTED LAND [...] (C) Tensions between Crimean Tatars and Crimean authorities over disputed land in Simferopol, which had the potential to erupt into violence, appear to be easing. Defense Minister Yekhanurov has gotten personally involved in seeking a peaceful solution. The Ministry of Defense is reported to [...]	2009-02-03 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI UP
09KYIV256	UKRAINE: IMF APPEALS TO G7, EU TO FINANCE BILLION [...] (C) On February 5 IMF Mission Director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the G7 and EU ambassadors that Ukraine faces a $3.75 to $6.25 billion budget shortfall this year. She appealed to the ambassadors for direct financial support for Ukraine's budget, arguing that Ukraine had no other options to fina [...]	2009-02-06 13:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON PREL XH UP
09KYIV258	TYMOSHENKO SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on February 5 survived a no-confidence vote in parliament organized by the opposition Party of Regions. Regions MPs said that they pushed for the vote despite knowing beforehand that it would not pass because the party had to demonstrate to its voters opposition [...]	2009-02-06 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV265	UKRAINE: A $5 BILLION LOAN FROM RUSSIA IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has confirmed that the GOU has held negotiations with Russia for a $5 billion loan to cover Ukraine's expected budget deficit in 2009. After details of the negotiations were leaked, Tymoshenko quickly asserted that discussions were only in very pr [...]	2009-02-09 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV305	PARTY OF REGIONS' INTERNAL DIVISIONS [...] (C) Party of Regions -- Ukraine's main opposition party -- is internally divided among competing political and business groups controlled by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, former Finance Minister Azarov and oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov, Dmytro Firtash, and Andriy Kluyev. The Firtash gr [...]	2009-02-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV311	TIGIPKO TAPPED UKRAINE CRISIS COORDINATOR [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko told the Ambassador on February 11 that he has accepted a position as PM Yulia Tymoshenko's Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs. Tigipko's daunting task will be to coordinate the GOU's anti-crisis efforts, reaching across political divides that have thus fa [...]	2009-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV316	SITE SURVEY PURSUANT TO ELIMINATION OF UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Following up on the November 17 meeting in Kyiv (ref a) and subsequent demarche (ref b),Embassy met with Acting Head of the Economic Department of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Novosiolev to discuss progress on possible cooperation to eliminate Ukraine's SCUD missiles. Emboff briefed No [...]	2009-02-13 15:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL UP
09KYIV338	UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...]	2009-02-19 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV344	DEFENSE MINISTER ASSAILS "BUDGET OF RUIN" [...] (C) Defense Minister Yekhanurov has publicly called the 2009 defense budget "a budget of ruin" and demanded a revision. Yekhanurov had earlier told the Ambassador that he had held "very unpleasant conversations" with PM Tymoshenko about defense spending and warned the government "not to play [...]	2009-02-20 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV UP
09KYIV36	UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: BILATERAL [...] (C) Reflecting the poor state of bilateral ties beyond the natural gas crisis, the Russia-Ukraine presidential commission charged with coordinating the overall relationship and resolving disputes has been inactive since the August Georgia-Russia conflict. Russia refuses to engage with Ukraine [...]	2009-01-06 15:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR UP RS
09KYIV360	IMF COMPROMISE WOULD LEAVE SEVERE UKRAINE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine faces a glaring budget gap this year, even if it meets all IMF conditionalities and introduces severe budget discipline. The GOU has thus far failed to complete "prior actions" articulated by the IMF, necessary before the Fund can pay out the next tranche of its $16.4 bi [...]	2009-02-24 12:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV38	GAS CRISIS: ORANGE RIVALS APPEAR UNITED [...] (C) Thus far at least, Orange rivals PM Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko have shown a unified front in the face of the gas crisis with Russia. They signed off on a joint statement January 1 and sent a unified team, with a pre-agreed upon position, to Brussels January 8 for talks with Gazpr [...]	2009-01-08 16:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS UP
09KYIV395	STAFFDEL SOCHA HEARS CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffdel Socha visited Kyiv February 19 and 20 to explore questions of regional security, Euro-Atlantic integration, and the effects of the financial crisis. Ukrainian officials emphasized concerns about Russia's more assertive foreign policy and the thr [...]	2009-02-27 17:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM UP RS
09KYIV404	UKRAINE'S DYSFUNCTIONAL CONSTITUTION: REFORM [...] (C) There is at least one thing, despite their many differences, that most Ukrainian politicians can agree on: the current Ukrainian constitution is in need of reform. There is also general agreement that the unclear delineation of powers between the presidency and prime minister/parliament is [...]	2009-03-02 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
09KYIV406	RADA OUSTS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On March 3, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction delivered the decisive votes to oust Foreign Minister Ohryzko, a President Yushchenko ally. Opposition Party of Regions and the Communists initiated the measure. BYuT's coalition partners Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and Speaker Lytv [...]	2009-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV419	UKRAINE: RAID ON NAFTOHAZ LATEST TWIST IN [...] (C) Summary. On March 4, forces from the Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU),which falls under the authority of President Victor Yushchenko, raided Naftohaz headquarters to seize documents related to the transfer of 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of stored RosUkrEnergo (RUE) gas to Naft [...]	2009-03-05 16:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP RS
09KYIV427	UKRAINE: FIRTASH RETURNS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian oligarch and RosUkrEnergo (RUE) co-owner Dmytro Firtash asked again to see the Ambassador on March 3 to discuss the conclusion of the recent gas crisis, the state of RUE following the crisis, and his views on the political landscape ahead of the January 2010 presidential [...]	2009-03-06 15:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EPET PINR PREL RS UP
09KYIV428	POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN UKRAINE'S MURKY JUDICIAL [...] (C) Ukrainians continue to view their judicial system as corrupt and open to political influence. The courts remain chronically underfunded, while judicial immunity and lifetime appointments for judges insulate their decisions. PM Tymoshenko is widely seen as controlling the Supreme Court, whi [...]	2009-03-06 16:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
09KYIV429	NEW NATO/EU COORDINATION BUREAU FINDING ITS ROLE [...] (C) Vadym Triukhan, Director of the newly formed Coordination Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration within the Cabinet of Ministers, recently outlined for Embassy his vision of the group's role in the existing network of often overlapping NATO/EU-focused inter-governmental coordin [...]	2009-03-06 16:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV430	IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...]	2009-03-06 18:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV437	YATSENYUK EYES THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting, Former Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed confidence in his chances in the upcoming presidential election, which he predicted would "get ugly." He claimed his nascent political project, "Front for Change," had attracted significant support and would serve as the [...]	2009-03-10 15:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UP
09KYIV465	UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...]	2009-03-16 12:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM UP
09KYIV483	UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...]	2009-03-17 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV515	PRESIDENT AND PM BURY THE HATCHET...FOR NOW [...] (C) A series of meetings between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko focused on the economic crisis and IMF requirements for a second funding tranche have raised some hope of enhanced cooperation between the President and PM. Cabinet of Ministers contacts noted the joint March 23 appearanc [...]	2009-03-24 15:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV525	JCIC-DIP-09-003: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN AND [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Oleksander Bondarenko, Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 24, 2009. Bondarenko said that Ukraine finds the U.S. proposal acceptable, and noted that the first week of June would be part [...]	2009-03-25 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM UP RU KZ
09KYIV54	RADA COALITION: AS STABLE AS IT WANTS TO BE [...] (C) As the Rada winds down its session with a final plenary week that started on January 13, the coalition appears to be stable, with PM Tymoshenko in control. Rada Speaker Lytvyn may harbor presidential ambitions, but he is unlikely to scuttle the coalition in pursuit of the presidency. Pro [...]	2009-01-13 17:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV571	DEFENSE MINISTER SEES NATO ACCESSION AS "MARATHON, [...] (C) Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, meeting with the Ambassador in Sevastopol March 27, declared that the GOU now regards NATO accession as a "marathon not a sprint." Recognizing that a membership invitation "will not take place in the near future," the GOU will devote itself to bringing Uk [...]	2009-03-30 14:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP
09KYIV573	UKRAINE-ROMANIA RELATIONS: CANCELLED SUMMITS AND [...] (C) Despite public assertions by Ukrainian leaders to the contrary, Ukraine's relations with Romania remain strained following the International Court of Justice's February 3 decision on the disputed Snake Island and surrounding territory. The bilateral relationship lacks the concrete cooper [...]	2009-03-31 04:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO UP
09KYIV576	RADA/YUSHCHENKO FALTER ON LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY [...] (C) On March 31, the Rada failed to include on its agenda three anti-crisis measures deemed essential by the IMF. Although PM Tymoshenko delivered unanimous support for the bills from her bloc, President Yushchenko's allies in the Rada did not support inclusion of the measures on the agenda. [...]	2009-03-31 15:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EREL PREL ETRD UP
09KYIV578	POLAND AS UKRAINE'S ADVOCATE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials regard Poland as a strong bilateral partner, Ukraine's primary advocate in the European Union, and as a key supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Poland and Ukraine maintain close contacts at all levels: Presidential, Prime Ministerial and via their Foreign Ministri [...]	2009-04-01 09:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP PL
09KYIV581	RADA VOTES TO MOVE UP PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) The Rada on April 1 voted overwhelmingly to set October 25, 2009 as the date for presidential elections. Previously, a late December 2009 or mid January 2010 election date had been expected. Amendments to the constitution adopted after President Yushchenko took office in January 2005 lef [...]	2009-04-01 15:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV590	TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...]	2009-04-02 15:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV591	IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...]	2009-04-02 16:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV596	UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT [...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria),revealed Ukrainian concerns [...]	2009-04-03 12:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU
09KYIV605	STRAINS WITH ROMANIA "SURPRISE" UKRAINE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials express surprise at recent strains in Ukrainian-Romanian relations. They blame Romania for making "unacceptable" last-minute demands on a trans-border travel agreement that resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a visit by President Basescu in February. They also voic [...]	2009-04-07 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RO
09KYIV620	ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER [...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...]	2009-04-08 18:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV634	WATCHING MOLDOVA CLOSELY; LITTLE FEAR OF SPILLOVER [...] (C) Kyiv continues to closely monitor events in Chisinau, but MFA contacts believe the Communists have weathered the storm and will now be able to consolidate power. The MFA view is that the Communists did win the election, while acknowledging media bias and manipulation of state resources [...]	2009-04-10 16:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV676	UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...]	2009-04-16 09:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV685	UKRAINIAN ACQUISITION OF PERRY CLASS FRIGATE: [...] (SBU) Summary. On 23 September 2008, in a letter from First Deputy Minster of Defense V.V. Ivashenko addressed to U.S. Ambassador William Taylor (MoD Letter #220/3918) the GoU formally requested the U.S. to consider providing an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate FFG) to the Ukrainian Navy. Fo [...]	2009-04-17 11:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP MARR PREL UP
09KYIV691	THIRD KLYCHKO-CHERNOVETSKYI BOUT? [...] (C) World champion boxer Vitaliy Klychko, who lost two bids for mayor of Kyiv in 2006 and 2008, hit current mayor Chernovetskyi hard for alleged corruption in a recent meeting with us. Although Klychko was vague about another run for mayor, he said that his political bloc would continue to c [...]	2009-04-21 18:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV694	TYMOSHENKO MULLS COALITION WITH REGIONS, [...] (C) In recent meetings, PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that her BYuT faction is in negotiations with Party of Regions over the possible creation of a broad new Rada coalition. Such a coalition, if it were to take shape, would work to change the constitution ahead of presidential elections [...]	2009-04-22 17:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV758	DEPUTY SECRETARY REAFFIRMS U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Steinberg conveyed the message that the Obama Administration strongly supports Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in meetings April 26-27 with Rada Speaker Lytvyn, former Speaker and presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition Party of Regions representatives, [...]	2009-05-06 14:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN EPET UP RS
09KYIV814	INTERIOR MINISTER TENDERS RESIGNATION OVER AIRPORT [...] (C) Minister oQInterior Yuriy Lutsenko submitted his resignation to the Rada on May 12 in response to German and Ukrainian media reports that he was detained by airport police in Frankfurt on May 4. According to the reports Lutsenko was intoxicated and assaulted four German police officers wh [...]	2009-05-13 16:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV816	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES OCTOBER 25 [...] (C) On May 13 the Constitutional Court (CC) declared that the October 25 presidential election date set by the Rada was unconstitutional. The court ruling did not set a specific alternative date for the election -- the Presidential Secretariat continues to argue for a January 17, 2010 contest. [...]	2009-05-13 18:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV858	CHERNOMYRDIN TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) The Ambassador met on May 19 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin. Discussion focused on domestic Ukrainian politics, with Chernomyrdin regretting the "lost years" brought about by the conflict between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko. He expressed irritation at the EU and Y [...]	2009-05-21 09:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV864	PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT CHIEF QUITS, DENOUNCES [...] (C) Presidential Secretariat head Viktor Baloha, famous for vitriolic condemnations of PM Tymoshenko which included charges of treason, announced his resignation on May 16. On May 19 Baloha turned his attacks on President Yushchenko, saying he had betrayed the promises of the Orange Revolutio [...]	2009-05-21 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV865	WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND [...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...]	2009-05-21 16:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV868	UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...]	2009-05-22 12:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP EU
09KYIV91	GAS CRISIS: RADA WEIGHS IN [...] (C) On January 13 the Rada created an investigative commission to examine the causes of Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia. The commission, led by Party of Regions, is likely to investigate allegations linking President Yushchenko to corruption in the energy sphere. Rada contacts accused the [...]	2009-01-15 17:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP RS
09KYIV924	RADA OUTLOOK: POSITIONING FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) After a week's recess, the Rada will start its next plenary on June 2 amidst continued rumors that PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) are close to forming a coalition. A BYuT-Regions coalition would have more than the 300 MPs necessary to enact constitu [...]	2009-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
09KYIV941	ODESA: CITY WITH A RUSSIAN PAST SEARCHING FOR A [...] (C) Odesa, with a population of over a million, is an important commercial and cultural center for Ukraine. The city, known for its sea port and ethnically diverse population, is still strongly influenced by historic and cultural ties to Russia. In recent meetings, interlocutors described a [...]	2009-06-02 12:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV950	BYUT-REGIONS CLOSE TO FORMING BROAD COALITION [...] (C) While PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) have yet to announce their possible broad Rada coalition, Rada contacts from both factions confirmed that negotiations are ongoing and that the two sides are close to inking a deal (Reftel). Rank and file Deputie [...]	2009-06-03 14:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV953	SEA BREEZE MILITARY EXERCISE AT RISK [...] (C) The Rada on June 3 again failed to include on its agenda legislation authorizing foreign military personnel to participate in joint training exercises on Ukrainian territory. Although the legislation is necessary for Ukraine to conduct eleven training exercises planned for 2009 with vario [...]	2009-06-03 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
09KYIV954	IMF ON UKRAINE'S BUDGET AND BANKING BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told us on June 2 that Ukraine remained far from completing structural benchmarks on bank reform, necessary for the disbursement of the IMF's third loan tranche. Ukraine was still saddled with an unfinanced budget deficit, the size [...]	2009-06-03 15:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV988	PRESIDENT AND PM CALL IN DIP CORPS; DEFENSE [...] (SBU) President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko on June 5 called in selected HOMs to argue their respective positions on a potential broad coalition between BYuT and opposition Party of Regions (Regions). Yushchenko characterized the potential BYuT-Regions marriage and their planned [...]	2009-06-05 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV99	GAS CRISIS: WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) Given the lack of clarity regarding executive authority (and the personal animus) which characterizes the relationship between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko, they have, on occasion, exhibited rare comity during the gas crisis, including signing off on two joint letters reflecting [...]	2009-01-16 17:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD UP RS
09LAGOS103	NIGERIA TO DEREGULATE DOWNSTREAM, END GASOLINE [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Odein Ajumogobia announced at a conference on Nigeria's oil and gas sector that the GON plans to fully deregulate its downstream petroleum sector and end retail prices caps on gasoline and household kerosene. The Minister [...]	2009-03-05 07:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV EINV ELAB NI
09LAGOS112	NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER CLAIMS INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 meeting with Chief Supo Shonibare, Lagos State Chairman of the Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere, Shonibare explained that Afenifere is playing an increased role as the principal socio-political vehicle to promote social democratic values in the South- [...]	2009-03-11 12:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS116	NIGERIA: GAZPROM ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR JOINT VENTURE [...] (C) Summary: Vladimir Ilyanin, Managing Director of GAZPROM Nigeria, told an audience at a major Nigerian oil conference in Abuja on February 25 that his company is close to signing a USD 2.5 billion oil and gas exploration deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Described as [...]	2009-03-12 15:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL NI
09LAGOS138	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Gary Akpobire, Director of the Delta State Integrated Development Agency (DIDA) told Pol-Econ Chief on February 17 that Delta State's development plans are proceeding apace. The state plans four new gas-fired power plants to drive industry, but Akpobire seemed unaware of problems [...]	2009-03-18 08:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS14	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Acting Consul General met on December 23 with Tony Uranta (protect throughout),a member of the Niger Delta Technical Committee and campaign manager for the 2007 presidential campaign of Patrick Utomi, Dean of the Lagos Business School. According to Uranta, the Technical Committe [...]	2009-01-12 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS178	NIGERIA: OIL EXEC SAYS POOR HEALTH HAS SIDELINED [...] (C) Summary: On 06 April, Akin Odumakinde, Managing Director of the large Nigerian petroleum engineering service firm DeltaAfrik said he has seen some recent improvement in getting large contracts approved by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),a process that had stalled over [...]	2009-04-08 12:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS182	NIGERIA: CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH UNITED NIGER [...] (U) Summary: On March 17, Consul General met with Tony Uranta (protect),Executive Director for the new United Niger Delta Energy, Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) organization. Uranta, who coordinated the 2007 African Democratic Congress (ADC) party presidential campaign of Patrick [...]	2009-04-09 14:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS183	NIGERIA: LPG EXEC DESCRIBES KEROSENE SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 conversation about the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) market in Nigeria, the managing director of a large Nigerian LPG company said downstream petroleum distributors are exploiting Nigeria's kerosene subsidy by arbitraging the price difference between household ke [...]	2009-04-09 15:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EAIR PGOV NI
09LAGOS184	NIGERIA: BAYELSA STATE FACING FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi, told PolOff on March 19 that Bayelsa State passed a completely unrealistic budget and was on the brink of insolvency unless oil prices increased. Bayelsa is addressing this finan [...]	2009-04-14 06:25:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS190	NIGERIA: VANDALISM NOT MILITANCY PLAGUES THE NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Former militant Sheriff Mulade told PolOff on March 27 that the vast majority of the kidnappings in the Niger Deltat are committed by criminals while most oil-theft is conducted by non-violent means. As a result, closing the militant camps and offering amnesty and skills training t [...]	2009-04-17 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET SENV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS191	NIGERIA: LEADING NIGER DELTA ACTIVIST BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick Utomi, Director of the Center for Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School (LBS) and 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP),and originally from Delta State, told Ambassador, while she was in Lagos on March 23, that he is working, as Chair o [...]	2009-04-17 12:10:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS192	NIGERIA: TRAWLER OWNERS' ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS [...] (C) During the Africa Partnership Station (APS) visit of the USS Nashville to Lagos March 17 to 27, APS staff and Pol-EconOff met with representatives of the Nigerian Trawler Owners' Association (NITOA) to discuss piracy and sea robbery in Nigerian waters. The President of NITOA, Margaret Orak [...]	2009-04-17 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM MCAP EFIS NI
09LAGOS193	NIGERIA: EKITI STATE ELECTION RERUN: POTENTIAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In March 2 meetings in Ekiti State, political party representatives, journalists and civil society leaders told Poloff that the upcoming rerun election for governor has little to do with real issues, but displays the typical power politics of the People,s Democratic Party (PDP) i [...]	2009-04-17 12:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS197	NIGERIA: NO LOVE LOST BETWEEN GOVERNOR AMAECHI AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite several attempts to reconcile their differences, Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi and his erstwhile political godfather, former Governor Peter Odili still harbor mutual animosity. Odili believes that recent recommendations by a truth and reconciliation commission esta [...]	2009-04-21 07:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS201	NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL TELLS CONSUL GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met March 23 with Ijaw Youth Council spokespersons Dr. Felix Tuodolo, Chairman of the IYC Committee on Security and Economic Development (CSED),currently a lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility at Liverpool University, and first President of the IYC; Enginee [...]	2009-04-22 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI

09LAGOS206	NIGERIA: COVENTRY CATHEDRAL CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a roughly 300-page report released February 10, the UK based Coventry Cathedral Centre for Reconciliation, one of the world's oldest religious-based centers for reconciliation and conflict resolution founded after WWII as a way to move beyond a desire for revenge against former [...]	2009-04-22 12:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS208	NIGERIA: NONVIOLENCE TRAINING FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The National Chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigerian (FEHN),Allen Onyema, told Pol-EconOff on April 6, that Shell oil company has engaged FEHN to improve community relations in 22 communities and FEHN has also been approached by ExxonMobil about similar projects [...]	2009-04-23 17:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM EPET NI
09LAGOS210	NIGERIA: SHIPOWNERS BLAME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, representatives of the Indigenous Shipowners' Association of Nigeria (ISAN) told members of the Africa Partnership Station (APS) team and Pol-EconOff that maritime security is not taken seriously by the GON. The chairman of ISAN, Isaac Jolapamo, called the failure to [...]	2009-04-27 10:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EWWT MASS NI
09LAGOS211	NIGERIA: EKITI STATE RERUNS: VOTERS WILLING TO [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the South West area, civil society organizations, political parties and political leaders of every stripe are focused on Ekiti State as it prepares for the April 25 gubernatorial rerun elections in 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs). The potential for violence (see reft [...]	2009-04-27 10:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS213	NIGERIA: EKITI ELECTION UPDATE: POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: The April 25 Ekiti gubernatorial by-election in 64 wards of 10 Local Government Areas (LGAs) between Dr. Kayode Fayemi (AC - Action Congress) and the incumbent Segun Oni (PDP - Peoples' Democratic Party),was marred by violence, voter intimidation by party members, general confus [...]	2009-04-29 07:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09LAGOS215	NIGERIA: EKITI RETURNS TO NORMALCY AS AC PREPARES [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, following the May 5 announcement of the victory of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Segun Oni in the contested Ekiti State gubernatorial rerun election, Ado-Ekiti broke out into violent demonstrations, as protesters clashed with police. The Action Congress (AC) [...]	2009-05-11 07:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS216	NIGERIA: BUDGET CONSTRAINTS DRIVING ANTI-FRAUD AND [...] (C) Summary: On April 21, the Director General of the E-Government and Due Process Bureau of Bayelsa State, Dimieari Von Kemedi told PolOff and Lagos Consular Section Fraud Prevention Manager that a small clique of senior officials of the State Finance Ministry allocated ghost and duplicate wo [...]	2009-05-13 06:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS227	NIGERIA: EDO STATE EMPOWERING THE ELECTORATE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On April 28, officials of the new Action Congress (AC) administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Edo State outlined to PolOff and PolSpec the initiatives of the new government to reduce costs and fraud while increasing revenue and efficiency. Officials welcomed the dramatic [...]	2009-05-14 15:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON NI
09LAGOS230	NIGERIA: JTF, MILITANTS CLASH IN DELTA STATE [...] (C) On May 15 units from Nigeria's Joint Task Force attacked militants associated with militant leader Tompolo near his main base, Camp Five, in Delta State. Press and Post contacts report that the military occupied Camp Five after a sustained assault. Press stories put the total JTF and mil [...]	2009-05-19 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EPET NI
09LAGOS239	NIGERIA: JTF, MILITANTS BELIEVED PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: Industry and security contacts operating in the Niger Delta report that the JTF may be preparing to expand its campaign against militants, while militants are leaving their camps and taking refuge in more populated villages and cities to avoid being targeted. A oil company secur [...]	2009-06-01 07:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EPET NI
09LAGOS240	NIGERIAN MARITIME SECURITY INADEQUATE ACCORDING TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 12 the Nigerian Association of Master Mariners (NAMM) hosted a conference on "Maritime Security in Nigerian Waters" to highlight the severe maritime security challenges confronting Nigeria. The President of NAMM, Captain Adejimi Adu, said that, according the International [...]	2009-06-02 06:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EWWT ECON KCRM SENV NI
09LAGOS25	NIGERIA: GASOLINE SMUGGLING MAY BE MORE LUCRATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Captain Thomas Kemewerigha (strictly protect),the head of the Nigerian Merchant Navy Officers and Water Transport Senior Staff Association told Econoffs on January 13 that a Lebanese citizen had been a kingpin in a cartel that smuggled stolen crude oil out of Nigeria for years, b [...]	2009-01-16 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EWWT PINS NI
09LAGOS262	NIGERIA: POSSIBLE ATTACK ON CHEVRON FLOWSTATION [...] (C) Chevron Nigeria's Government and Community Affairs Manager, Femi Odumabo, confirmed that Chevron's Utonana flowstation in Delta State was closed because of a fire caused by an explosion near the facility on June 9. The company has publicly acknowledged a fire at the flowstation, but not t [...]	2009-06-11 16:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS264	NIGERIA: PDP BEGINS PUSH FOR SOUTH EAST IN 2011 [...] Summary: (C) Political maneuvering in advance of the 2011 national elections has begun in the South East political zone. A Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) official told Poloff on June 8 that the party is focusing on recapturing the governorships of Imo and Anambra States. The Imo State govern [...]	2009-06-15 07:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS271	NIGERIA: CHINESE OIL FIRM BUYS ADDAX PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) Chinese oil company Sinopec has agreed to purchase Addax Petroleum for $7.2 billion. The deal was announced on June 24 after several weeks of press and industry speculation that Addax was seeking a buyer. Contacts at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation confirmed that Sinopec an [...]	2009-06-29 15:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL NI
09LAGOS281	NIGERIA: KEY CHEVRON FLOWSTATION ATTACKED; OIL [...] (C) Chevron's Okan flowstation located 7 miles offshore of Delta State was attacked on the evening of July 5. Okan is a key node in Chevron's near offshore oilfields, connecting those fields to the Escravos export terminal onshore as well as connecting the Escravos terminal to the offshore exp [...]	2009-07-07 12:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS297	NIGERIA: POSSIBLE ATTACK ON LAGOS FUEL JETTY [...] (C) At approximately 2245 on July 12 a large explosion at the Atlas Cove fuel jetty located at the entrance to Lagos port rocked the city of Lagos. Atlas Cove is located on Snake Island along the channel that leads from the Atlantic Ocean to the port of Lagos; it is not directly connected by [...]	2009-07-13 15:20:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EPET PGOV NI
09LAGOS300	NIGERIA: DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT ATLAS COVE ATTACK [...] (C) Details are beginning to emerge about the 12 July militant attack on the Atlas Cove fuel jetty in Lagos (Reftel). During a 14 July OSAC meeting, a security contact working for oil company BG provided RSO Lagos with details on the attack he says he received from a Nigerian State Security S [...]	2009-07-15 18:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC MOPS PGOV NI
09LAGOS302	NIGER DELTA: ELEMENTS OF THE MOVEMENT FOR THE EMANCIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the so-called Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta" (MEND),a loose coalition of armed groups partly responsible for disrupting oil-production and kidnappings in the Niger Delta over the last several years, declared a cease-fire effective July 15. MEND's [...]	2009-07-16 06:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS310	NIGERIA: INCREASED VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH EAST - [...] (C) Summary: Recent cases of kidnappings, hijackings and armed robberies in the South East have been increasingly attributed to "militants" or other criminal elements coming in from the South South or Delta region blaming it on the military putting pressure on them in that area. Roadways bet [...]	2009-07-21 06:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
09LAGOS311	NIGERIA: CHEVRON EXEC SAYS GON WARNED OF ATTACK IN [...] (C) Summary: Chevron Nigeria's government and corporate affairs manager Femi Odumabo told Energyoff on July 16 that traditional rulers and local residents from kingdoms in Delta State had warned Chevron, the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS),and military's Joint Task Force (JTF),that Tom [...]	2009-07-21 13:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC NI
09LAGOS317	NIGERIA; MEND REPEATS THREATS TO LAGOS FACILITIES [...] (SBU) On July 22, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta spokesman "Jomo Gbomo" stated in an on-line interview that MEND would resume its campaign against oil facilities if the GON tried to repair damaged pipelines or failed to meet the groups demands. In the interview, the Nigeria [...]	2009-07-24 14:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS ENRG NI
09LAGOS323	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA VISITS THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) Summary: On July 20, President Yar'Adua paid a one-day visit to Bayelsa state, his first visit to the Niger Delta since taking office in 2007. In a speech at the state capital, Yar'Adua proclaimed that the "days of militancy are over and gone for good," and predicted fancifully that Nige [...]	2009-07-29 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS325	NIGER DELTA: IS AMNESTY A SCAM? [...] (C) On July 28, Allen Onyema, the national chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN),which provided nonviolence training to militant youth from the Niger Delta for the last three years, told PolOff that the Executive Assistant to First Lady Tuai Yar'Adua had approached [...]	2009-08-03 15:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS33	NIGERIA: NEW STATE OIL CHIEF APPOINTED IN SURPRISE [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise announcement on January 13, Mohammed Barkindo replaced Abubakar Yar'Adua as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Barkindo is a close associate and protg of recently appointed Minister of Petroleum Resources Rilwanu Lukma [...]	2009-01-26 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS333	NIGERIA: AMNESTY BEGINS FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: The GON's two-month amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants started August 6 with poor prospects for success. Most in MEND, the loose umbrella militant group, have spurned the offer to date, and the GON's failure to give the program meaningful political context has fueled doubts ab [...]	2009-08-06 19:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS334	NIGERIA: AMNESTY BEGINS FOR NIGER DELTA MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: The GON's two-month amnesty offer to Niger Delta militants started August 6 with poor prospects for success. Most in MEND, the loose umbrella militant group, have spurned the offer to date, and the GON's failure to give the program meaningful political context has fueled doubts ab [...]	2009-08-06 19:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS345	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA AMNESTY FAILS TO IMPRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Government (GON) amnesty program to end militancy in the Niger Delta is faltering. While as many as 400 militants have reportedly surrendered their weapons, high-profile leaders like Tom Polo have mostly kept away, deterred either by skepticism over GON intentions or, [...]	2009-08-25 17:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM NI
09LAGOS346	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA AMNESTY FAILS TO IMPRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Government (GON) amnesty program to end militancy in the Niger Delta is faltering. While as many as 400 militants have reportedly surrendered their weapons, high-profile leaders like Tom Polo have mostly kept away, deterred either by skepticism over GON intentions or, [...]	2009-08-25 17:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM NI
09LAGOS348	NIGER DELTA: LURING TOM POLO TO ACCEPT AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: Individuals close to militant leader "Tom Polo" confirmed to CG Lagos on August 25 that Presidential Special Advisor Timi Alaibe had traveled into the Niger Delta to conduct negotiations with Tom Polo about amnesty. Governor Uduaghan of Delta State noted conditions that Tom Polo [...]	2009-08-27 14:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS353	NIGERIA: STATES REPORTEDLY USING AMNESTY TO [...] (C) Femi Falana, the personal attorney for Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) leader Henry Okah, told Poloff on August 26 that the core Niger Delta states (Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers) are pursuing their own amnesty agenda instead of cooperating with the federal government. He [...]	2009-09-01 15:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM KDEM NI
09LAGOS356	NIGER DELTA: AMNESTY, TOM POLO'S DILEMMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: Militant leader Government Ekpompolo ("Tom Polo") may be on the verge of accepting amnesty under face-saving conditions, which, according to a source who claims recent contact with him, could prompt many other militant leaders to follow suit. The lengthening list of paid-off "re [...]	2009-09-08 13:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS357	NIGERIAN FLIGHTS TO THE USA: TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF? [...] (C) Summary: Visiting FAA representatives report that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Agency (NCAA) is close to meeting all eight requirements for Category 1 status for Nigerian carriers to fly to the United States and that it could gain that status as soon as mid-2010. End Summary. Status of [...]	2009-09-08 17:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS358	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in National Assembly Committees. At issue is the legality of his sacking of five bank Managing Directors (MD). Sanusi contends that his actions were legal, while members of the National Assembly want to [...]	2009-09-09 07:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN NI PGOV
09LAGOS359	NIGERIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Sanusi of Nigeria's Central Bank (CBN) has been defending himself in the National Assembly over his sacking of five Managing Directors. National Assembly members questioned Sanusi's use of CBN funds to prop up the five banks, and expressed a desire to be more involved i [...]	2009-09-10 16:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV NI
09LAGOS362	NIGERIA: MILITANCY POST AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: A confidant of former militant leader Dokubo Asari, Rex Anighoro, claims that a new generation of militant leaders will become active if the currently prominent commanders accept the government's amnesty. The large monetary rewards offered to leaders such as "Boyloaf" and "Tom P [...]	2009-09-15 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS369	OBASANJO ON AMNESTY: QUALIFIED SUCCESS BUT NOW [...] (C) Summary. Former President Obasanjo deems the GON's amnesty for Niger Delta militants a "qualified success," but he is uncertain of what comes next. Per Obasanjo, all interested parties (governmental, community, NGO, and business) need to forge a comprehensive development program to addr [...]	2009-09-30 06:53:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS370	NIGERIA: CAN A COAST GUARD HELP? [...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency's new Director General admits that Nigeria has severe shortfalls in maritime security and no institutional capacity to monitor, patrol or control Nigerian territorial waters. He believes his agency has a mandate to convert the mor [...]	2009-09-30 15:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHSA EWWT MCAP NI
09LAGOS371	NIGER DELTA: NO EXTENSION OF AMNESTY DEADLINE; [...] (C) Contacts linked to key militant leader "Tom Polo" have reported to us independently that Tom Polo is not ready to surrender until he receives credible assurances from the GON on economic development in the Gbaramatu Kingdom, his home base and scene of a military offensive in May. To this [...]	2009-09-30 21:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS372	NIGERIA: MILITANT LEADER "ATEKE TOM" ACCEPTS [...] (U) Militant leader "Ateke Tom" accepted amnesty on October 1 during a televised ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, three days before the amnesty is scheduled to expire. President Yar'Adua, noting the surrender came on Nigerian National Day, called the militant's surrender "the best [...]	2009-10-02 15:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS373	NIGERIA: CHINA AND INDIA VIE FOR IOC LEASES [...] (U) China has made a bid for 23 offshore oil leases in the Niger Delta, according to a September 29 press report. The blocks "bid" on by the Chinese are currently held by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and some of the blocks are producing oil. China has reportedly bid up to USD 50 bil [...]	2009-10-03 13:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG NI PREL
09LAGOS375	NIGERIA: AMNESTY ENDS ON A HIGH NOTE BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: With the last-minute surrender of a tearful Tom Polo, all major militant leaders accepted amnesty. What comes next, from the GON or the militants, remains unclear. The GON's modest but largely unexpected success should give the Delta at least a temporary respite, but under-devel [...]	2009-10-05 19:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS386	NIGERIA'S ICT NETWORK: BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Nigeria is set for exponential growth in the next twelve months. Bandwidth will triple, potentially lighting up the empty fiber optic network and populating the country's various cell towers with multiple antennae [...]	2009-10-15 07:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS PGOV NI
09LAGOS387	PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA OUTLINES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: President Yar'Adua outlined major development projects and ownership-sharing of joint ventures for the Niger Delta in a meeting with South-South governors and former militants on October 9. Positive reactions to the plans were tempered by skepticism on delivery, but activists f [...]	2009-10-15 07:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS397	NIGERIAN POWER PROJECTS SHOW PROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Various types of electrical power projects that derive power from coal, gas and even waste sludge are appearing in Nigeria. However, regulations make it difficult to finance such projects, and the diesel generator cartel presents a formidable obstacle to true change. END SUMMAR [...]	2009-10-23 07:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV NI
09LAGOS4	NIGERIA: CITIZENS ADVOCACY GROUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 18 Pol-Econ Chief and PolOffs met in Lagos with Olawale Okunniyi spokesman of PRONACO (Pro National Conference),a coalition of Nigerian organizations seeking to ensure that Constitutional Reform takes into account the wishes of the Nigerian people. Okunniyi pointed ou [...]	2009-01-07 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
09LAGOS434	H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA [...] (C) A case of H1N1 flu was confirmed in Lagos on November 2. A child of a U.S. citizen Mission employee contracted the virus over a month ago. The minor has fully recovered and no other case of H1N1 has been reported since. This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Nigeria, although most [...]	2009-11-18 05:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER NI
09LAGOS435	H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA [...] (C) A case of H1N1 flu was confirmed in Lagos on November 2. A child of a U.S. citizen Mission employee contracted the virus over a month ago. The minor has fully recovered and no other case of H1N1 has been reported since. This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Nigeria, although most [...]	2009-11-18 05:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER NI
09LAGOS438	FUNDAMENTALS OF ILLEGAL OIL BUNKERING IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Oil theft, widely referred to as "illegal bunkering" in Nigeria, represents a significant economic activity with serious ramifications for Nigeria's economy, security, democracy and environment. The widespread association of illegal bunkering with militant activity obscures some of the m [...]	2009-11-18 08:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON KCRM PGOV SOCI NI
09LAGOS445	NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATOR ADMITS LIMITATIONS [...] (C) Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General Temisanren Omatseye asked to see the Ambassador on November 9 (Pol/Econ Officer Notetaker). Omatseye admitted severe limitations in current capacity but outlined an ambitious program for addressing maritime domain [...]	2009-11-23 09:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EWWT MASS SENV NI
09LAGOS446	IOCS ASSUME PASSAGE OF NIGERIAN PETROLEUM BILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS447	NIGERIAN MEDIATORS INCLUDED IN PIB PROCESS [...] (C) Vice President Goodluck Jonathan met with GON and private sector representatives to bridge their Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) gap. "Ten wisemen" are to be involved in PIB negotiations moving forward in a three-stage process. Progress was made with gas and shallow water fields while mid-s [...]	2009-11-24 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
09LAGOS449	UBA OUT BUT PDP PROBLEMS PLAGUE ANAMBRA RUN-UP [...] (C) A November 13 court dismissal of a suit by self-styled "governor-in-waiting" Andy Uba has seemingly cleared the path for the February 6, 2010, election to occur as planned. Incumbent Governor Peter Obi of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) faces challenges from the 26 other partie [...]	2009-11-25 15:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI
09LAGOS450	U.S.-UK PRE-ELECTION ASSESSMENT IN ANAMBRA [...] (C) The electoral campaign is on in earnest in Anambra State in advance of the key February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election. Serious structural and electoral process problems exist in Anambra, notably the ability (or inability) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduc [...]	2009-11-25 16:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC ECON SOCI NI
09LAGOS453	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STANDARD CHARTERED BANK [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with top management of Standard Chartered Bank, which is growing in Nigeria by focusing on profitability, not size. Standard Chartered offered their approval of Central Bank Governor Sanusi,s reforms with some criticism of previous Central Bank Governor Soludo's ac [...]	2009-11-30 08:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS465	NEW WAVE OF NIGERIANS RETURN FROM BAKASSI [...] (C) ConGen Lagos contacts confirmed press reports that increasing numbers of fishermen and their families are seeking refuge near Calabar in Cross River State, after alleged violent clashes with Cameroonian gendarmes in Bakassi. These individuals claim to have been harassed, illegally detain [...]	2009-12-04 18:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREF PREL PHUM NI
09LAGOS466	MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY AND [...]	2009-12-04 18:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS470	MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some Lagos observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY [...]	2009-12-08 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS471	MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some Lagos observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY [...]	2009-12-08 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS472	SOLUDO'S ANAMBRA BRAVADO CONTINUES [...] (C) A Federal Appeals Court ruled December 1 that People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Charles Soludo should suspend his campaign in Anambra State and "stop parading" himself as a candidate pending a final judicial outcome. The court also ordered the Independent Nigerian El [...]	2009-12-08 10:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI
09LAGOS482	CHANGING CHARACTER OF KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA [...] (C) Kidnapping in Nigeria is increasing in frequency, expanding in scope and changing in character. This seriously under-reported crime may be occurring as frequently as 40 times a week, and targets are increasingly ordinary Nigerians. Incidents are no longer geographically concentrated in [...]	2009-12-18 13:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC NI
09LAGOS490	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FIRSTBANK IN LAGOS [...] (C) FirstBank new CEO Onasanya briefed U.S. Mission on December 21 on the outcomes of the recent Central Bank retreat on banking and economic growth issues. With the audits completed, the banks are now focusing on consolidations and mergers with an emphasis on encouraging foreign banks to i [...]	2009-12-30 06:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS493	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) Ambassador met with former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hill top residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Dec. 23. The discussion focused on several topics including recent developments in the Congo, U.S. support for Nigeria and upcoming elections in Nigeria. The unexpect [...]	2009-12-31 15:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09LAGOS58	NIGERIA: POLITICS FUELS INCREASING VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: John Akpan, a Akwa Ibom resident, business man and civil activist who was formerly an International Visitor Leadership Program participant, told PolOff in Calabar on January 12 that the increasing incidence of kidnappings in Akwa Ibom state had political roots. Akpan claimed that [...]	2009-02-06 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR ECON NI
09LAGOS59	NIGERIA: CROSS RIVER STATE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. Executive Director of the NGO Global Peace Development, Ebruke Esike, told PolOff on January 13 that the current development strategy of Cross River State Governor Liyel Imoke (PDP) fails to deliver development to the poorest of the poor. Imoke seeks to develop tourism as the engin [...]	2009-02-06 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS61	NIGERIA: DRUG ABUSE ON THE INCREASE AMONG YOUTH IN [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Theo Onyuku, a medical doctor at the Federal Psychiatric Hospital in Calabar, told PolOff on January 13 that drug abuse among young people in Cross River State is on the rise and claimed that there is a strong correlation between drug use and "cultism," violent crime and milit [...]	2009-02-09 11:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS63	NIGERIA: SURGEON, ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST TAKES [...] (C) Summary: Edet Ikpi, Commissioner of Health in Cross River State, who is a practicing surgeon and former head of the Zero Corruption Coalition, told PolOff on January 13 that he has embarked on a campaign to introduce transparency, accountability and service delivery in his department. As a [...]	2009-02-09 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR NI
09LAGOS66	NIGERIA: DESOPADEC'S "QUICK START" PROJECTS BRING [...] (C) Summary: Chief Wellington Okirika, Chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Council (DESOPADEC) told Pol-Econ Chief January 12 that in less than a year, he has put in place a series of "quick start" programs that provide potable water, free medical care for 200-300 perso [...]	2009-02-11 12:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV KDEM NI
09LAGOS70	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS KOREAN COMPANY OIL BLOCKS [...] (C) Summary: The GON announced on January 20 that it will revoke exploration rights to two deep water oil blocks awarded to a South Korean consortium led by the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC). The Korean group has threatened legal and diplomatic action. The blocks were awarded in 2005 a [...]	2009-02-13 06:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL KS NI
09LAGOS71	NIGERIA: CANADIAN TO HELP IGALI FOUNDATION OPEN [...] (C) Canadian expatriate Mary Ellen Havlik (protect throughout),former Security officer for the Canadian Embassy in Nigeria on leave from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and currently Executive Director of the Daniel Igali Foundation,) told Pol-Econ Chief on January 31 that her principal ta [...]	2009-02-13 06:15:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS72	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 06:17:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAGOS74	NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTHS "TAKE BACK THE STRUGGLE" AT [...] (U) Summary: Over 3,000 Ijaw youths, led by Dimieri von Kemedi and other drafters of the Kaiama Declaration, met in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State on February 6 to "take back the struggle" for solutions to the problems of the Niger Delta. According to Kemedi, the youths issued a strong [...]	2009-02-19 06:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS76	NIGERIA: ISRAELI MILITARY TRAINS, EQUIPS JTF IN [...] (C) Summary: Magnus Abe (protect throughout),Secretary to the State Government of Rivers State, told Pol-Econ Chief January 17 that Governor Amaechi had succeeded in pushing the military into buying helicopters, gunboats and other equipment for the Joint Task Force (JTF); as a result of milit [...]	2009-02-23 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS82	NIGERIA: EXXONMOBIL HOUSING COMPOUND IN AKWA IBOM [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, twenty four gunmen attacked a jetty near an ExxonMobil housing complex in Eket, Akwa Ibom state. A Nigerian army unit stationed nearby to guard the complex drove them off after a 30 minute battle. Local security officials believe the gunmen are still in the area [...]	2009-02-25 06:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ASEC PGOV PINS NI
09LAGOS83	AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS PROPOSED NIGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 19, the Ambassador again discussed with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe the question of Nigeria's commitment to deploy a battalion of peacekeepers to AMISOM. Drawing on ref A talking points, the Ambassador reiterated the importance of Nigeria standing by its previous c [...]	2009-02-25 14:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR NI SO
09LAGOS84	NIGERIA: PROFESSOR ASKS USG SUPPORT ON AMNESTY, [...] (C) Summary: Pol-Econ Chief met with President of the Lagos Business School and 2007 Presidential candidate Patrick Utomi at his request on February 6. The militant "boys in the creeks" want to come in, Utomi said, and but do not trust the politicians who they believe will profit from any plan [...]	2009-02-25 14:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
09LAGOS85	PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] (C) Summary: The head of Petrobras Nigeria said on February 9 that Nigeria is producing 80,000 barrels of oil per day less than its current OPEC quota. He expected the Total-led Akpo project, in which Petrobras has a 40 percent stake, to come on stream before April 1. Once Akpo comes on str [...]	2009-02-25 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI
09LAGOS88	NIGERIA: LAWYER: OKAH'S SECRET TRIAL INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: In January 15 and February 9 meetings in Lagos with Festus Keyamo (strictly protect throughout),human rights lawyer and activist, Keyamo claimed that the trial of Henry Okah, alleged head of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) who is currently charged with [...]	2009-02-26 06:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EPET KDEM PGOV NI
09LAGOS98	NIGERIA: SOUTH-EAST GOVERNORS BRING LIMITED CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings through January, contacts in Anambra, Ebonyi, and Abia states told Poloff that after being marginalized by the federal government for years, the states are now using their own resources to improve infrastructure and industry. On Poloff's road trips through [...]	2009-03-03 16:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV NI
09LAGOS99	NIGERIA: NEW BAKASSI LOCAL GOVERNMENT: WHERE ARE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12-14 trip to Cross River State, Poloffs, visit to the New Bakassi Local Government Area indicated that most, if not all, of the Nigerian citizen Bakassi residents who returned to Nigeria were temporarily housed for one to two months, and then sent away to other [...]	2009-03-04 14:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF NI
09LAHORE100	TERRORISTS ATTACK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS [...] (C) A large explosion on Mall Road approximately a mile from post flattened the emergency response "Rescue 15" building and a wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Punjab headquarters on May 27 at 10:25. The adjacent Capitol City Police Office (CCPO) also suffered extensive damage. [...]	2009-05-27 06:33:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PK
09LAHORE101	ATTACK ON RESCUE 15 AND ISI IN LAHORE -- SITREP 2 [...] (C) According to press reports, as of 16:00 the May 27 car blast that demolished the Rescue 15 headquarters and damaged a wing of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) building killed 45 people, including several of military rank, and injured 292. Although media have focused exclusively on the [...]	2009-05-27 13:14:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PK
09LAHORE11	PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER THREATENS "OPEN WAR" IF NAWAZ IS DISQUALIFIED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 15:45:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PTER
09LAHORE119	SARFRAZ NAEEMI LAID TO REST AMIDST PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Funeral services for Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi brought Lahore to a standstill June 13 as mourners flocked from all over the city to pay their respects to the Brelvi leader killed in June 12 suicide attack. Shopkeepers observed a day-long strike while political leaders unanimously condemn [...]	2009-06-19 10:51:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE132	PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE ELECTIONS SHOW PARTY IS ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Although the July 8 provincial party elections of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML; also known as the "Q League") strengthened the Chaudhry family control over the PML, a prominent faction of dissidents who boycott the PML polls could could damage the national standing of the PML in [...]	2009-07-13 04:33:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
09LAHORE154	ICE MAY HAVE CRACKED, BUT SHARIFS STILL DISTRUST IN ZARDARI [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 12:45:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE165	PROSECUTIONS AND PEACE PROMISED IN STRIFE-TORN VILLAGE [...] (C) Summary: While politicians and religious leaders have sought to establish inter-religious peace in Gojra village after the August 1 burning of eight Christians, human rights activists have urged the government to reconsider the blasphemy law, which sparked the killing of a Muslim businessma [...]	2009-08-10 10:59:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE167	PUNJAB ATTORNEYS CONSIDER SUPREME COURT RULINGS PIECEMEAL [...] (C) Summary: Punjab attorneys from across the political spectrum criticized Chief Justice Iftikar Chaudhry's July 31 rulings against judges appointed during former President Musharraf's last 18 months in office as political and piecemeal, they said in a series of meetings with Acting Principal [...]	2009-08-17 06:25:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE175	SHAHBAZ SHARIF CLAIMS ZARDARI GOVERNMENT LACKS CREDIBILITY [...] (C) This is an action request for S/SRAP. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told PO August 31 that the federal government as lacked credibility, hampering improvement in economic and social development. He pledged to prosecute the perpetrators of the A [...]	2009-09-01 08:10:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU PK
09LAHORE205	ATTACK ON ISLAMABAD ISLAMIC SCHOOL SHOCKS PUNJABIS, CLOSES [...] (C) Summary. On October 21, the Punjab provincial government called for all educational facilities in the province to close until further notice. Immediately after the October 15 attacks on three security installations in Lahore, some public and private schools closed for a few days while th [...]	2009-10-21 13:37:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09LAHORE210	NAWAZ SHARIF ON ZARDARI: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY, NOT THE [...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister/Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif said he resisted attacking President Zardari, despite pressure from his own party to do so. Zardari had called to thank Sharif for his responsible reproach, and Sharif responded that he was not tr [...]	2009-11-12 12:38:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PK
09LAHORE215	NOVEMBER 10 VISIT TO MUKHTAR MAI AND SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 8. After the leadership of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) contacted Department of State personnel regarding terrorist threats, ConGen Lahore spoke with NGO staff and relevant security organizations. Police told us they recently contacted staff of Mu [...]	2009-11-19 08:23:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PK
09LAHORE216	THE SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH THE PUNJABI GOVERNOR, BUSINESS [...] (U) October 29; 17:15; Lahore, Pakistan 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Anne W. Patterson SRAP Ambassador Richard Holbrooke CG Carmela Conroy Pakistan (Both events) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi [...]	2009-11-20 09:33:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP CLINTON HILARY PK
09LAHORE230	UPDATE ON OCTOBER 15 ATTACKS ON LAHORE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. On October 15, 2009, extremists killed eighteen police personnel and injured over 100 in three simultaneous attacks on security installations in Lahore. The extremists had learned from previous attacks, enhancing their weapons and disguising themselves as police. Attackers app [...]	2009-12-10 06:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE236	PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ON SARGODHA DETAINEES, NRO, AND OTHER [...] (C) Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for more time as Pakistani authorities need to thoroughly investigate the Sargodha detainees. As the Supreme Court decides on the NRO, Shahbaz believes the next five weeks are critical and reiterated the PML-N's position that it wants to see the d [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER PK
09LAHORE27	BLAST IN DERA GHAZI KHAN LINKED TO SECTARIAN CONFLICT [...] (SBU) An alleged suicide attacker killed 33 people in the southwestern Punjab district of Dera Ghazi Khan February 5. According to press and consulate contacts, the blast targeted a Shia procession converging on the imambargah, or house of worship, in the middle of Dera Ghazi Khan city. "It is [...]	2009-02-06 14:48:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV PK
09LAHORE38	THE NUMBERS GAME IN THE PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: The key to power in the Punjab lies with the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) and its leaders the Chaudhrys of Gujrat. The Chaudhry cousins told the Principal Officer on February 28 that they were being assiduously courted by both the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Mus [...]	2009-03-03 13:13:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
09LAHORE50	GOVERNOR RESISTS COMPROMISE IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Principal Officer (PO) March 14 that the best solution to stabilize the provincial government continues to rely on a tie-up between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) with a PPP Chief Minister at the helm. He d [...]	2009-03-14 12:06:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
09LAHORE67	POLICE FOCUS ON DOMESTIC EXTREMISTS AS MARWAN INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior police contacts have told post that the current investigation into the March 30 attack on the Manawan Police Training School is focusing on domestic extremist groups with ties to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Police are under pressure to concentrate on Baitullah [...]	2009-03-31 12:19:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
09LAHORE68	SUPREME COURT RESTORES SHAHBAZ SHARIF AS PUNJAB CHIEF [...] (C) Summary:The Supreme Court March 31 issued a stay order against its February 25 decision to disqualify Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from holding public office. The immediate impact of this decision was to restore the status quo and temporarily restore Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister. It did n [...]	2009-04-01 11:14:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK

09LAHORE69	CHIEF MINISTER SHAHBAZ SHARIF READY TO CORRECT GOVERNOR'S [...] (C) Summary: Newly restored Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told Principal Officer (PO) April 3 that he will focus on the terrorism issues that afflicted Punjab while Governor Salman Taseer had taken over. He noted that the March 31 court ruling only stayed his disqualification from office, whil [...]	2009-04-06 11:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE72	PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS CODEL KYL THAT EXTREMISM IS [...] Summary (C) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told a congressional delegation led by Senator Jon Kyl that only a small minority in Pakistan supports extremism. He highlighted assistance to Pakistan's education system as the best way to counter terrorist recruitment. Taseer also envisioned Pakist [...]	2009-04-10 14:08:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
09LAHORE76	NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL KYL TO TALK TO ALL PARTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:58:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PK
09LAHORE95	MODERATE ISLAMIC LEADERS IN PUNJAB LOOK TO U.S. FOR GUIDANCE [...] (C) Summary: Although historically divided by sometimes violent sectarian differences, Punjab's Islamic religious leaders have found common cause in recent years in pressing for a moderate alternative to the Taliban-style Islam increasing in Pakistan's Pashtun areas. While infiltration by wel [...]	2009-05-18 10:46:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
09LAHORE99	PUNJAB HOME SECRETARY FEARS HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Home Secretary Nazim Hassan Asif warned that a full bench of the Lahore High Court could free Jamaatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed on May 21. He lamented that he lacked sufficient evidence to support the detention orders under which the Home Department has extended their detention. [...]	2009-05-22 05:41:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
09LAPAZ1027	GOB "SUSPENDS" USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Citing "orders from above," GOB Planning and Development Minister Noel Aguirre on July 9 delivered a letter to CDA Creagan suspending all USAID democracy programs as of July 15. Aguirre acknowledged such a decision could neg [...]	2009-07-10 21:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR SOCI BL
09LAPAZ103	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM OBSERVERS UNDER OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Jose Luis Exeni has confirmed that 11 international observer missions are expected to observe the January 25 constitutional referendum, including most prominently the European Union, OAS, Carter Center, the CAN, and Unasur. OAS Mission Re [...]	2009-01-23 22:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1043	CHOQUEHUANCA UNAWARE OF USAID SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca expressed to CDA James Creagan in a meeting on July 14 some surprise that he was unaware Planning Minister Noel Aguirre had given Creagan a letter July 9 directing USAID to freeze all democracy and governance programming by [...]	2009-07-14 21:07:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ1046	SPECIAL ADVISOR ECHAVESTE VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Maria Echaveste, Special Advisor to the Secretary, traveled to Bolivia June 27-28 to meet with GOB officials including President Evo Morales, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana, and Government Minister Alfredo Rada to convey the Secretary,s commitment to improving bilateral [...]	2009-07-17 18:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON SNAR EAID EINV
09LAPAZ1053	BOLIVIAN MINING, INDUSTRY OF INDECISION AND [...] (C) The Mining industry in Bolivia is in a state of uncertainty. Propelled by large investments to start operations at the San Bartolom and San Cristobal mines, the sector was responsible for 25% of Bolivia's GDP in 2008. Despite concerns about the local government, unions, community, and n [...]	2009-07-20 18:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1062	USAID SUSPENSION: DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) As per reftel A, Embassy has prepared a draft diplomatic note to be delivered to the GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Planning Minister Noel Aguirre's request to Charge Creagan on July 9 to suspend all USAID Democracy and Go [...]	2009-07-22 15:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID OPDC BL
09LAPAZ11	CRY FRAUD: PRE-DENOUNCING REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Podemos Party launched its first wave of voter fraud accusations January 5, focusing on sudden large increases in the electorate and increased support for the government in key regions. Former National Electoral Court (CNE) President Salvador Romero told us the attacks [...]	2009-01-06 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM VN BL
09LAPAZ1111	CHOQUEHUANCA SAYS USAID SUSPENSION "LIMITED" [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan July 29 that a GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy and governance programs (reftels) applied only to a limited number of democracy programs and agreed with Charge that it would be better to disc [...]	2009-07-30 16:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1141	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...]	2009-08-04 20:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1142	MORALES SEEKS OBAMA MEETING AT UNGA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan August 4 that President Evo Morales seeks a "significant meeting" with President Obama on September 23 as part of the UN General Assembly gathering. Choquehuanca accepted the USG counterproposal on a bilateral framework a [...]	2009-08-05 13:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1146	HOLY FRIJOLE: BOLIVIA'S ALBA TRADE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a three-part series on the trade and economic situation in Bolivia. While Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to alienate his neighbors (ref C) his government publicly continues to rely on Bolivia's membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas [...]	2009-08-07 11:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL CU VZ IR EAGR
09LAPAZ115	BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM PASSES, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In a generally peaceful day of voting marked by scattered accusations of fraud, Bolivians voted in a national referendum January 25 to approve a new constitution. Although official vote tallies will not be available until February, initial surveys place the national referendum r [...]	2009-01-27 15:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ1166	BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: ELECTRIC INERTIA [...] (C) The Government of Bolivia (GOB) began negotiations in late July with the country's electric generation and distribution companies to reportedly nationalize the sector by the end of the year. As negotiations move forward, the GOB will find it is acquiring a sector that received no invest [...]	2009-08-11 21:10:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ1183	MANY ACCUSATIONS, LITTLE PROOF OF BOMB MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Although the Bolivian National Police have not yet established a motive in the August 12 letter-bomb explosions in La Paz (Refs A and B),President Evo Morales has nevertheless cast a wide net in accusing the political opposition, former military officials, and unnamed Peruvians [...]	2009-08-14 18:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1196	BOLIVIA: SPECULATION, LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: After initially blaming a range of potential actors for two letter bombs that exploded August 12 in La Paz (reftels A - C),the GOB now seems to be downplaying the attacks. Some embassy sources suggest the bombings could be the result of differences within President Morales' rulin [...]	2009-08-19 21:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ1220	BOLIVIANS PRESS FOR END TO ADDITIONAL USAID [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent assurances from Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca that the GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy programs should not apply to our public administration and conflict resolution programs (reftels),Bolivian Planning Minister Noel Aguirre wrote our acting [...]	2009-08-21 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1233	BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...]	2009-08-26 21:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL
09LAPAZ1239	"CLOSED" MEANS "CLOSED": USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charg d'Affaires Creamer met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Deputy Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on August 24 to discuss their previous agreement to "suspend" rather than "close" USAID democracy programs (REFTEL A). The meeting was prompted by an August 18 GOB l [...]	2009-08-27 18:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1256	BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY CRUMPLES UNDER MAS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Through a series of judicial maneuvers and pressure tactics reminiscent of their 2007 dismantling of the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party appear to be set on shutting down the Supreme Court until [...]	2009-08-31 20:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ126	BOLIVIA POST-ATPDEA: WOOL COATS TO CARACAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of December 15, Bolivian exporters can no longer use the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) to send their goods tariff-free to the United States. While most goods can enter the United States under the General System of Preferences (GSP),many exporters, m [...]	2009-01-28 18:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB KTEX VN BR
09LAPAZ127	BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...]	2009-01-28 19:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ1285	BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the passage of the September 7 filing deadline, eight parties have registered to contest the December 6 elections for Bolivia's presidency and Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Three parties are set to split the bulk of the opposition vote, greatly strengthening Presiden [...]	2009-09-09 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM INR PHUM BL
09LAPAZ1320	BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770) [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel A request, Embassy reports that Bolivian election planning is advancing on all fronts. The registration process for the new biometric electoral roll, managed by the Bolivian National Electoral Court (CNE) is proceeding on schedule and without major obstacles. The CNE [...]	2009-09-17 14:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1321	PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687 [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...]	2009-09-17 15:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL
09LAPAZ1327	NEW VIDEO CASTS DOUBT ON PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the September 11, 2008 clash in Pando department that left 11 dead, local opposition groups released new video evidence that casts doubt on the GOB's version of events. Poloff traveled to the site of the conflict on September 11 and 12 to interview a [...]	2009-09-18 16:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1359	BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION MOSTLY RESIGNED TO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Meetings September 23-24 with leading Bolivian opposition figures in Santa Cruz underscored their subdued mood two months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. Almost all believe that President Morales will be easily re-elected to a second term and that his MAS party [...]	2009-09-30 13:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1412	FM CHOQUEHUANCA ON BILAT TALKS, USAID, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In two conversations on September 30 and October 2 with Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed the second round of bilateral talks, Iranian presence in Bolivia, continuation of USAID's municipal strengthening program, USG approval of Brazilian helicopter [...]	2009-10-05 22:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID PARM BL IR
09LAPAZ1417	BOLIVIAN ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ADDRESS REAL NEEDS [...] (SBU) With an overall poverty rate of 60% and with 37% of the population in extreme poverty, the government of Bolivia has made the fight against poverty a priority. Although programs may be concentrated in areas where the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party hopes to win during the upcoming [...]	2009-10-06 17:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL
09LAPAZ1425	POLLS: MAS TO SWEEP, MAY WIN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Three recently-published polls -- including an unreleased, privately-commissioned poll by Stanley Greenberg's firm -- confirm President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are well positioned to sweep the December 6 elections. Morales is favored to wi [...]	2009-10-07 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1468	GOB DIVIDED ON APPROACH TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Our recent experiences with the Bolivian government show its internal divisions, between those officials who distrust the USG but recognize the value of repairing relations and those who view us as a threat and want to reduce us to a minimal in-country presence. The upcoming sec [...]	2009-10-20 11:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID BL
09LAPAZ1477	SUSPENSION OF MINING ACTIVITY ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pressure from the local community in Potosi has led to a directive from the government of Bolivia (GOB) for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Coeur d'Alene, to suspend mining activity at their San Bartolome silver mine at altitudes above 4,400 meters. Although this [...]	2009-10-21 12:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PREL PGOV EINV BL
09LAPAZ1520	INDIGENOUS LAND USE RIGHTS EMERGING ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: With President Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party projected to take control of both houses of Congress in upcoming elections, attention has begun to turn to a package of 100 laws Morales has pledged to pass to implement the new Constitution, including several t [...]	2009-11-04 19:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON BL
09LAPAZ1538	MORALES MAINTAINS COMMANDING LEAD [...] (C) Summary: With one month left before the December 6 national elections, President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) remain poised to retain the presidency and take control over both houses of the Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Public and private polling indic [...]	2009-11-09 12:36:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1541	EU WEIGHS ITS COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Our exchanges with European Union representatives and an EU working group paper underscore growing European recognition of the need for intensified cooperation on counter-narcotics in Bolivia. The Europeans note increases in coca production, fear the introduction of third country [...]	2009-11-10 15:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EU BO
09LAPAZ1551	SANTA CRUZ GOVERNOR REMAINS IN OPPOSITION, WILL RUN AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect (Governor) and leading opposition figure Ruben Costas told us November 6 that he will run again for prefect in April under the banner of his recently-established "Verde" party. Costas described public security in Santa Cruz as worsening, prompting the national [...]	2009-11-18 14:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1553	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...]	2009-11-18 14:42:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1557	BOLIVIAN FM ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT, UNGA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian FM Choquehuanca reported that the GOB now hopes to be able to give final approval to the bilateral framework agreement after the December 6 general elections here, with the aim of hosting a signing ceremony in La Paz before Christmas. Choquehuanca heard our message on the [...]	2009-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA BL
09LAPAZ1559	Response Regarding Title III of the Libertad Act [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Bolivian government officials are strongly supportive of the existing Cuban government and crit [...]	2009-11-19 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM BL CU
09LAPAZ1567	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: POTOSI AND CHUQUISACA GO TO THE MAS [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland department of Potosi will vote heavily in favor of President Evo Morales and his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party in December's elections. His support is solid in rural areas, as well as in the periphery of Potosi city, populated by newcomers from the co [...]	2009-11-25 13:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1577	BOLIVIA: ELECTION MONITORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on November 24 and 25 with representatives from the OAS, European Union, and Carter Center electoral observation missions, all told us they were prepared for the December 6 elections and identified potential pitfalls, including the practice of "public voting," inapprop [...]	2009-12-01 17:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1585	BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...]	2009-12-02 20:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1587	BOLIVIA: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A SECOND MORALES TERM [...] (C) Summary: With a sweeping victory increasingly likely for Bolivian President Evo Morales and his MAS party in December 6 elections, the political focus in Bolivia has already shifted to how Morales will approach his next five years in office. Morales's outreach to opposition voters and (re [...]	2009-12-03 20:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BL
09LAPAZ1593	BOLIVIA MINING -- UPDATE ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to the San Bartolome silver mine in the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, EconOff learned that the financial impact of the suspension of mining above 4400 meters is significant and is already impacting operations for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Co [...]	2009-12-09 16:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1595	BOLIVIAN FM: URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON BILAT ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 5 with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, who said President Morales wants to finalize a bilateral framework agreement but that "certain cabinet members" do not want the accord to succeed and would prefer to maintain minimal relations with the USG. H [...]	2009-12-09 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID ECON BL
09LAPAZ1599	BOLIVIA - MOVING FORWARD WITH LITHIUM PRODUCTION ON ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is moving forward with its ambitious plans to produce 100,000 tons a year of lithium carbonate by 2013, starting with President Morales' inauguration of a pilot lithium processing plant on October 30. The GOB has made it clear it is not interested in inter [...]	2009-12-14 18:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV BL EMIN EINV
09LAPAZ1601	BOLIVIANS REACT SHARPLY TO SECRETARY'S IRAN REMARKS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government responded forcefully to the Secretary's December 11 caution about closer ties with Iran, seizing upon her remarks to attack the United States for "imperialist" and "colonial" interference in Bolivia's sovereign affairs. The Bolivian MFA initially sought to [...]	2009-12-14 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR BL
09LAPAZ1605	GOB TO JAIL OPPOSITION LEADER REYES VILLA? [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa confirmed to local press December 16 that he is in hiding from GOB authorities but said he had not fled the country. Reyes Villa labeled himself a victim of political persecution and said President Morales sou [...]	2009-12-18 17:03:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ1609	DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...]	2009-12-23 13:05:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL
09LAPAZ1611	BOLIVIA: NEGATING "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia regularly votes for the Organization of the Islamic Conference's UN resolutions against "defamation of religions," most recently on December 18 in the UNGA plenary session. Given our thorny bilateral relationship, the GOB's ALBA membership, and its growing ties with Iran, [...]	2009-12-23 14:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KISL OPDC BL
09LAPAZ175	BOLIVIA: PANDO REPORT CONCERNS; OHCHR RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Denis Racicot, representative in Bolivia for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) January 26, to assess OHCHR activities as per request (Reftel E). Relations between the OHCHR and both the government and civil society actors appear to be generally qu [...]	2009-02-02 20:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ176	BOLIVIAN GAS CHIEF FIRED IN MURDER/KICKBACK SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales fired the president of state hydrocarbons company YPFB on February 1, just two days after publicly defending Santos Ramirez, a close confidant and member of his inner circle of advisors. Santos Ramirez has been implicated in the kickback case that involved t [...]	2009-02-02 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
09LAPAZ183	BOLIVIAN MINING: WORLDWIDE WOES AND LOCAL LAMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. presence in Bolivian mining will change dramatically over the next few years. Denver-based Apex Silver has announced the sale of all its San Cristobal Mine stock to former partner Sumitomo Corporation, which will take over full ownership of the largest silver mine in Bo [...]	2009-02-04 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ194	LOWER HOUSE PRESIDENT ENLISTS SELF AS BILAT ALLY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House President Edmundo Novillo told Charge' February 3 that, in order for bilateral relations to move forward, both sides would need to identify common ground and establish some "essential points" for engagement. He added the United States would need to acknowledge the his [...]	2009-02-06 14:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SNAR BL
09LAPAZ211	MAS AIMS CONSTITUTION AT SENATE, MFA, "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the January 25 constitutional referendum, we are seeing signs that the Morales Administration plans to move its agenda forward aggressively after promulgating the new constitution. The MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs told diplomats February 5 that the governme [...]	2009-02-09 22:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ETRD KDEM KTIA BL
09LAPAZ220	BOLIVIA: NEW CONSTITUTION, NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Leveraging his now certified victory in the January 25 constitutional referendum, President Evo Morales held a massive "party" February 7 to promulgate the constitution and herald the arrival of the new "community socialist" revolution. The next day, Morales announced the result [...]	2009-02-10 16:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ232	ALLEGED GOVERNMENT LAND GRAB AFFECTS U.S. RANCHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Recently, the Bolivian Government and landowners in the Cordillera province of Santa Cruz have clashed violently concerning land rights. The government acuses the landowners, including a high-profile AmCit rancher, of labor abuses and serfdom against the resident Guarani popula [...]	2009-02-11 16:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PGOV PHUM EINV CACS BL
09LAPAZ247	VICE MINISTER FIRED FOR U.S. IV VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister for Basic Services Gustavo Morales was fired last month for participating in a USG-sponsored International Visitor program. VM Morales said his former boss Minister of Water Rene Orellana and Minister of Government Juan Ramon Quintana approached President Evo Morale [...]	2009-02-12 21:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OEXC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ248	BOLIVIA: NO INFORMATION ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON [...] (SBU) Emboff spoke with multiple representatives at the Bolivian foreign ministry and the phytosanitary agency SENASAG. Officials informed us that Bolivia is not a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol. They did not know if they had received invitations to participate in the upcoming Mexico Ci [...]	2009-02-13 13:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR BL
09LAPAZ267	LITHIUM: A NEW BATTERY FOR BOLIVIA'S ECONOMY? [...] (C) Summary: Recent articles from BBC, the New York Times, and business journals have created substantial buzz about the reportedly large reserves of lithium contained in Bolivia's Uyuni salt flat. On February 11, Bolivia's National Mining Director Freddy Beltran announced that four companies [...]	2009-02-19 13:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL
09LAPAZ268	BOLIVIA: INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2009. Piracy and counterfeiting are serious problems, existing intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation is weak, and enforcement is inadequate. Post believes prospects for improvement are slim, especially [...]	2009-02-19 13:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD KIPR BL
09LAPAZ270	PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIAN CONGRESS'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) In a February 18 call on the Charge d'Affaires, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of congress) Michiatki Nagatani portrayed himself as a personal messenger from Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca. He said Choquehuanca had asked [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR BL
09LAPAZ272	EVO RETURNS FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales returns from his Moscow/Paris trip February 18 basking in Russian and French goodwill, but with only promises of deals to come on counternarcotics, gas exploration, and lithium industrialization. Although the gas deal is potentially huge (up to $4.5 [...]	2009-02-19 15:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ECON EINV EMIN EPET SNAR
09LAPAZ290	SEVEN TAKEN IN NEW ROUND OF PANDO DETENTIONS [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in conversations with EcoPol contact (reftel A),Bolivian security forces on February 18 detained up to 21 people in Pando department (state) before releasing 14 and bringing the rest to La Paz for further questioning. According to the prosecutor's office, the detai [...]	2009-02-20 21:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ294	EVO BLAMES CIA FOR YPFB SCANDAL; POLICE'S MILGP BAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite overtures to the Obama Administration in general, President Morales and Government Minister Rada continued the GOB's now familiar barrage of U.S.-blaming and blasting February 20-21. This time the target was the CIA, blamed for the corruption and murder scandal involving [...]	2009-02-26 14:57:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EAID EPET MARR OFDP
09LAPAZ303	FOREIGN MINISTER ON CIA, ERADICATION, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Kris Urs met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca February 26 to refute President Evo Morales' accusations of CIA presence in state oil company YPFB, discuss joint counternarcotics eradication efforts, and review the newly-released human rights report. Choqu [...]	2009-02-26 22:12:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ305	EVO NAMES EMBOFF AS CIA; TARGETS "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Bolivian President Evo Morales named EmbOff Francisco "Frank" Martinez as a "Mexican infiltrator" while sharing his vision of a vast CIA network that permeates all sectors of Bolivian government and social groups February 26. Morales' message was clear: Martinez is a CIA [...]	2009-02-26 23:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EMIN EPET EINV
09LAPAZ31	USAID AND GOB AGREEMENT ON CHAPARE PHASE OUT [...] (C) USAID-Bolivia and the Vice Ministers of Social Defense Felipe Caceres and Coca/Integrated Development Geronimo Meneces Mollo have signed an agreement for the orderly phase-out of USAID's work in the Chapare. In the agreement the Government of Bolivia agrees to provide the necessary securi [...]	2009-01-08 14:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV
09LAPAZ319	BOLIVIA NONCOMMITTAL TO PAINTER NOMINATION FOR UN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Arce, U.S. desk officer, and Estella Mendoza, Chief of American Affairs, February 27. Arce agreed Judge Painter was a qualified candidate, but would offer no pledge of support or hint of who Bolivia will support. URS [...]	2009-03-02 11:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09LAPAZ374	MAS MOB TAKE HOUSE, BEAT FAMILY OF FORMER VP [...] (C) Summary: Apparently induced by agitators, protesters from one Lake Titicaca region ransacked the house and attacked the family of former Vice-President and current presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas on March 7. Although the government has launched an investigation, officials inclu [...]	2009-03-09 21:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ38	UN DROPS PANDO "BOMB" ON MFA [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources indicate the UN is preparing a report on the violent events in Pando in September, which will be much less to the government's liking than the Unasur's report released December 3. According to MFA Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictl [...]	2009-01-09 20:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIA PINR CI BL
09LAPAZ381	MFA PLUGS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING, APPLAUDS IRAQ PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered demarche on Iraq (reftel A) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received a generally positive response. Conversation turned quickly to recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearings on bilateral relations, which MFA representatives used to ask again for a m [...]	2009-03-11 18:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ MOPS PREL KDEM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ386	"COMMUNITARIAN JUSTICE" SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL? [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 7 ransacking of former Vice President Victor Hugo Cardenas' home and attack on his wife and family (reftel),provincial community leaders declared March 10 they would formally expropriate the property and claimed the new constitution explicitly justified their [...]	2009-03-12 20:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ389	BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INT'L HELP [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate President and opposition leader Oscar Ortiz on March 12 publicly called on the diplomatic community to "remain engaged" and encourage the Morales administration to negotiate in good faith regarding the new constitution's implementation, Congress' role during the transitio [...]	2009-03-12 22:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ4	MORALES OFFERS OBAMA DIALOGUE, OR SETS TRAP? [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively restrained New Year's Day address, Bolivian President Evo Morales offered to dialogue with President-elect Barack Obama regarding suspension of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act benefits instead of pursuing a complaint with the World Trade Organizati [...]	2009-01-02 17:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL ECON EFIN
09LAPAZ407	BOLIVIA: CIA ACCUSATIONS SPREADING [...] (C) Summary: Accusations of CIA involvement in Bolivian "internal affairs" have proliferated since the announcement of Embassy officer Francisco "Frank" Martinez's expulsion March 9. President Morales' top advisors, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Government Minister Alfredo Rada, [...]	2009-03-13 21:24:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ409	GOB RHETORIC MAY SET STAGE FOR FURTHER EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 9 expulsion of Embassy officer Frank Martinez (Reftels B, C) and subsequent government accusations March 12 of more CIA activity in the country (Reftel A),President Evo Morales charged March 13 and 14 that "foreign agents" were "buying the loyalty" of Bolivia [...]	2009-03-16 15:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ412	BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...]	2009-03-17 18:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ416	BOLIVIA: MOD ANNOUNCES USG BLOCKED JET SALE [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with CDA and MILGP Commander March 16, the spokesman for the Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel announced the United States had "vetoed" the sale of Czech L-159 military jets to Bolivia. Post suspects San Miguel was expecting to be told that the sale was [...]	2009-03-17 21:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MCAP SNAR KTIA BL
09LAPAZ418	BOLIVIAN VFM: THINGS MAY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Fernandez, the GOB had no reaction to the Charge's protest regarding the expulsion of Francisco Martinez, President Morales' latest claims of CIA conspiracies, and Minister Rada's accusations that Bolivian Police working for the Embassy a [...]	2009-03-17 22:17:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ434	BOLIVIA: CONTINUED MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: While official media give extensive coverage of Foreign Secretary David Choquehuanca's March 19 announcement that Bolivia seeks to "rebuild mutual trust" with the USG, President Evo Morales' March 20 statement that he will "personally investigate the presence of external agents" [...]	2009-03-20 19:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ436	BOLIVIA: WHO CAN CHALLENGE MORALES? (PT 1) [...] (C) Summary: Although presidential elections will not occur until December 6, at least ten members of the opposition are being mentioned as potential candidates. This is the first in a series of cables that will review the possibilities for each. Part One will focus on the three leading can [...]	2009-03-20 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL ECON
09LAPAZ464	RUMORS OF CORRUPTION IN BOLIVIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) has received numerous reports from certain members of the Bolivian National Counternarcotics Police (FELCN) regarding alleged acts of corruption involving members of the GOB and the FELCN. While the NAS cannot conduct investigations to determ [...]	2009-03-25 15:29:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL
09LAPAZ469	MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]	2009-03-26 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ470	CHARGE MEETING WITH FM CHOQUEHUANCA [...] (C) Summary: Per Reftel Charge met with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca on March 25 to deliver correspondence from Secretary Clinton. The FM again confirmed assurances provided by UN Charge Solon in New York that the GOB would first seek to resolve bilateral issues through dip [...]	2009-03-26 18:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL OPDC PGOV PREL
09LAPAZ472	GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...]	2009-03-27 12:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ474	MORALES ALLEGES USG INTERFERENCE, AGAIN [...] (C) One day after Foreign Minister Choquehuanca assured us the GOB would not take actions to embarrass the U.S. administration and would resolve bilateral issues through diplomatic channels, President Evo Morales on March 26 publicly and without proof accused the USG of "mobilizing" CIA and DE [...]	2009-03-27 16:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ478	BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...]	2009-03-30 18:50:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC
09LAPAZ496	MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...]	2009-03-31 17:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ501	SANTA CRUZ LEADERS ALARMED BY EROSION OF [...] (C) Summary: During several recent trips by embassy officials to Santa Cruz, leaders and common citizens alike have expressed concern over the growing anti-democratic tendencies of the Morales government. Issues such as the continued imprisonment of Pando Prefect Leopoldo Fernandez, the self [...]	2009-03-31 21:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM SNAR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ508	GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA FOLDS REGULATORY BODIES BACK [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) economic model firmly places the state at the center of all economic activity. One more step will be taken toward this goal with the dismantling of the regulatory system that won accolades upon its creation in the early 1990s. The system featured sup [...]	2009-04-01 20:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ASEC SENV
09LAPAZ519	MORALES PARROTS CHAVEZ ON G20, CRITICIZES OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Bolivian President Evo Morales on April 3 repeated almost verbatim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's criticisms of the G20 summit agreement from a day before. Morales added his own doubts regarding President Obama, saying he [...]	2009-04-03 21:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ522	BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...]	2009-04-06 15:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ55	FACEBOOK REMAINS YOUTH POLITICAL OUTLET IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The use of social networking groups and the internet is proliferating in Bolivia, despite the fact that relatively few Bolivians have access to the internet in their homes. Many of Bolivia's wealthier youth are using every resource available to promote their message, including Fac [...]	2009-01-12 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON ETTC KDEM
09LAPAZ555	MR. OBAMA, TEAR DOWN THIS EMBARGO: BOLIVIA'S BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a press conference at the presidential palace April 8, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) will meet prior to the Summit of the Americas to discuss a Bolivian proposal to lift the United States' embargo on Cuba. The group [...]	2009-04-09 19:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL CU
09LAPAZ557	STARVING DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL LAW IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: As of 2:00pm April 9, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has been unable to break a legislative deadlock with the opposition over passage of the constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which will govern all aspects of upco [...]	2009-04-09 20:41:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL

09LAPAZ559	MEETING WITH MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT REGARDING [...] (SBU) On 04/07/09, Charge d,Affaires (CDA) Krishna Urs, RSO Patrick Moore and Local Guard Program (LGP) Coordinator Fernando Gonzalez met with the Minister of Government (MOG) Alfredo ((RADA)); Vice-Minister of Interior Regime and Police, Marcos ((FARFAN)); and Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs [...]	2009-04-09 21:54:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV SNAR BL
09LAPAZ572	NO ELECTION DEAL; MORALES: USG DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Summary: After five days of often heated debate, as of 4:00pm April 13, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have been unable to reach a satisfactory compromise with the opposition to pass a constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL). The [...]	2009-04-13 21:37:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON
09LAPAZ578	OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...]	2009-04-14 22:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ586	BOLIVIA: ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP OF THE [...] (U) Econoff spoke with both General Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Foreign Ministry Cecilia Chacon and General Director on Climate Change Issues Jaime Villanueva on April 15. Chacon will attend the Summit of the Americas (SOA) as the Multilateral Representative. Villanueva has previou [...]	2009-04-15 22:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	KSUM ECON ENRG SENV BL KGHG
09LAPAZ593	GOVERNMENT CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary: Early April 16, a Bolivian National Police (BNP) SWAT team raided the ExpoCruz fairgrounds in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, reportedly discovering arms and ammunition. Police also raided a downtown hotel, engaging in a firefight and ultimately killing three individuals (reportedly includin [...]	2009-04-16 22:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PTER PREL BL
09LAPAZ594	BOLIVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel B, PolOff on April 9 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. On April 15, Post delivered via diplomatic note the points listed in Reftel A. 2. (C) During the April 9 meeting, Mendoza lame [...]	2009-04-17 13:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ596	BOLIVIAN FM: "STOP SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 20, one day after leaving the Summit of the Americas (SOA),both Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Charge to the United Nations Pablo Salon are claiming victory after making their "demands" known to the U.S. delegation. Salon spoke to press in Geneva about "laying down [...]	2009-04-21 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BL ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR
09LAPAZ6	FEARS OF CLOSING CONGRESS FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Alternate Senator Rafael Loayza (Podemos, La Paz) told PolOff he anticipated Bolivian President Evo Morales would shut down Congress sometime before mid-summer. Loayza argued that Morales will use the "inevitable" approval of a constitutional referendum January 25 to j [...]	2009-01-05 19:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM BL
09LAPAZ600	GOB BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON "TERRORIST CELL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and other senior administration members, during an address to the diplomatic corps on April 21, underscored the seriousness of what they labeled a series of three terrorist attacks and the presence of a terrorist cell with at least ten [...]	2009-04-23 11:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER
09LAPAZ62	BOLIVIA: EVO WARNS HE WILL RULE BY DECREE [...] (U) At the January 11 conference of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, President Evo Morales called on his followers to perpetuate MAS power "forever." Morales assured his listeners that he was confident the new constitution would pass in the January 25 referendum, allowing for [...]	2009-01-13 21:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ635	BOLIVIA: "TERRORISM" EXCUSE FOR MASS ARRESTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Morales administration may use an April 16 police team raid in opposition-dominated Santa Cruz, in which police shot and killed three alleged terrorists, arrested two more, and reportedly found a separate weapons cache (Reftels A, B),to initiate arrests of the political opposition [...]	2009-04-29 21:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ640	CN DEMARCHE: OBAMA OPTIMISM AMIDST CN NEGATIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered the annual certification counternarcotics (CN) demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez on April 28, 2009. Post highlighted that the legal cultivation of coca needs to be regulated, no concessions should be made to coca producers in the Chapare [...]	2009-04-30 18:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID KJUS KCRM BL
09LAPAZ65	BOLIVIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT THREATENS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced January 13 the Congress would end its session without designating new members of the Constitutional Tribunal or the Supreme Court. Assuming voters approve the new constitution on January 25, new appointments would not occur [...]	2009-01-14 22:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL
09LAPAZ655	BOLIVIA: MORALES' MAY DAY WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: Continuing a three-year tradition of May Day nationalization announcements, Bolivian President Evo Morales on May 1 nationalized AirBP, a jet fuel provider and subsidiary of British Petroleum. Morales announced the nationalization in conjunction with several supreme decrees regar [...]	2009-05-05 17:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ658	FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...]	2009-05-05 22:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC
09LAPAZ66	EVO BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL; ATTACKS VATICAN [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales announced January 13 that Bolivia would break relations with Israeli, although the Israeli Honorary Consul told us he is still waiting for a formal notification from the Foreign Ministry. Morales also claimed he would charge Israel with war crimes at the Int [...]	2009-01-14 22:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP VN IS VT BN
09LAPAZ698	BOLIVIA: POLITICAL VIEWS FROM TARIJA STATE [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and PolOffs met with Tarija Department (state) leaders during a May 7-8 outreach trip (reftel a). Prefect (governor) Mario Cossio told us the GOB's investigation into an alleged terror cell was a "show." He said he would be the next prefect to be arrested largely because th [...]	2009-05-13 20:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL
09LAPAZ708	USAID BOLIVIA: IN THE CLEAR OR IN THE CROSSHAIRS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ten days after several El Alto leaders called for the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from their city (ref),other leaders, including the mayor, are coming to the organization's defense. Oscar Chirinos, an El Alto Movement Towards Social [...]	2009-05-14 21:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ715	SUPREME COURT HALTED, JUDICIARY DISMANTLED [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Congress' lower house narrowly voted on May 14 to impeach Supreme Court President Eddy Fernandez, and the opposition-controlled Senate will begin a "trial of responsibilities" within two weeks. The ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's main charge against F [...]	2009-05-15 20:11:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ72	WE'RE RUDE, WE'RE NUDE, WE WANT OUR '99 NISSANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is facing massive protests - some in the nude - relating to a December Presidential decree relating to used car imports. The decree limits the importation of used cars older than five years into Bolivia. Importers have been protesting for weeks, including o [...]	2009-01-15 20:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SENV BL
09LAPAZ722	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S SHANNON VISIT [...] (C) Welcome to La Paz! Your visit comes at a critical moment in U.S./Bolivian relations. In the past year, bilateral relations sank to their lowest point in decades, largely as a result of unprovoked Government of Bolivia rhetoric and action. Events over the past twelve months include a mar [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ743	CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...]	2009-05-22 15:49:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL
09LAPAZ744	BOLIVIA-CUBA RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO TITLE III OF [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? --No. The Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a via [...]	2009-05-22 21:33:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KDEM BL CU
09LAPAZ758	GOB TO SEIZE "TERRORIST" ASSETS WITHOUT TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: President Morales issued a supreme decree on May 20 authorizing government prosecutors to seize, without trial, assets related to alleged terrorist acts, including personal goods, business assets, bank accounts, and communications media. The decree is to be applied retroactively [...]	2009-05-27 22:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ806	IS BOLIVIA EXPORTING URANIUM? [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 16:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IAEA ECON EMIN ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PREL
09LAPAZ812	BOLIVIA TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Per reftel a instructions, Post did not deliver reftel point to Bolivian Government as doing so would be counterproductive at this time. The Bolivian government used former Ambassador Goldberg's past experience working on Balkan issues as "proof" he was conspiring against the Morales Admi [...]	2009-06-03 20:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KVIR PREL BL
09LAPAZ828	MFA ON UPCOMING DC ROUND OF BILATERAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told Charge June 4 that he would confirm the timing of D.C.-based bilateral talks with UN Charge Pablo Solon. Fernandez urged that President Obama reverse suspension of ATPDEA trade preferences for Bolivia by June 30. Fernandez said it would [...]	2009-06-05 16:27:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP OPDC OVIP SNAR EAID
09LAPAZ867	BOLIVIA: NEIGHBOR RELATIONS NOT SO NEIGHBORLY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are enmeshed in diplomatic flaps with neighbors, including: a growing feud with Peru over asylum approvals for four former GOB ministers and allegations of GOB support for a June 5 Peruvian indige [...]	2009-06-10 22:16:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ871	PL-480: TWO YEARS OF FRUSTRATION [...] (C) As the Bolivian State presses forward with its desire to more fully control U.S. donations, the attempt to program and use PL-480 Title I funds provides an insightful case study. Following the monetization of agricultural commodities in 2004-05, about $6.7 million was planned to be joint [...]	2009-06-15 13:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ89	U.S./BOLIVIA RELATIONS: HOW WE GOT HERE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales has repeatedly stated that he will "never break relations with the United States," and he has recently expressed hopes that bilateral relations will improve under the Obama administration. Privately, however, high-level officials told us as early as 2007 tha [...]	2009-01-21 19:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ECON EFIN EAID BL
09LAPAZ898	EVO BLAMES U.S. FTA FOR PERU "GENOCIDE" [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Bolivia and Peru continue to simmer following Peru's allegations that the June 5 indigenous uprising, in which an estimated 24 police and nine indigenous were left dead, was incited by a pro-rebellion letter from President Morales (reftel). Morales' claims that t [...]	2009-06-19 21:00:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINR ETRD EPET EMIN ECIN OFDP
09LAPAZ90	SANTA CRUZ "NO" CAMPAIGN WORKING FOR EVERY VOTE [...] (C) With less than a week before the January 25 constitutional referendum, both the pro-government "Yes" and the anti-government "No" campaigns have stepped up efforts in Santa Cruz Department (state). Pro-government Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) forces have a higher campaign budget in Sant [...]	2009-01-22 11:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ASEC CONS BL
09LAPAZ93	BOLIVIA: MORALES TARGETS USG BEFORE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In his January 22 State of the Union Address marking the beginning of his fourth year in office, President Evo Morales made repeated rhetorical attacks against the United States, to the point that Charge was obliged to leave the meeting. In an encounter with the press afterwards, [...]	2009-01-22 22:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD EAID OFDP OPRC KDEM BL
09LAPAZ94	SENATE MURDER PLOT TURNS INTO PANDO "TELL ALL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian television networks aired testimony January 19 from the supposed organizer of the pro-government, September 11, 2008 campesino (peasant farmer) march in Pando Department that accuses Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana of arming the group with the purpose of violently [...]	2009-01-22 22:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR VN BL
09LAPAZ957	BOLIVIA: CDA, FM DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca welcomed new Charge d'Affaires James Creagan June 26 at what he called a "historic moment" in the country's history. Although he emphasized his desire to return the bilateral relationship to a state of normalcy, Choquehuanca admitted no [...]	2009-06-26 23:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL
09LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...]	2009-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ968	BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...]	2009-06-30 14:31:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR
09LAPAZ977	BOLIVIA: DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel, PolOff on June 29 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Desk Officer Yuri Arce regarding threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapon, ballistic missile, WMD, and conventional weapons programs. PolOff informed Arce of the resolution and that purchase of all weapons system [...]	2009-06-30 20:58:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC MTCRE KN BL
09LAPAZ981	GOB DELAYS, DENIES ISSUANCE OF OFFICIAL VISAS [...] (C) Summary: Since September 2008, the Bolivian government has increasingly delayed, and in some cases denied, issuance of official visas to incoming USG personnel. While the majority of visa requests are still granted without significant delay, a higher percentage of applications than normal [...]	2009-07-01 14:35:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR OFDP OTRABL
09LIBREVILLE104	GABON: DEATH OF FIRST LADY EDITH BONGO [...] (U) Gabon has announced an indefinite mourning period for Edith Bongo Ondimba, the wife of Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba and the daughter of Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Edith Bongo died March 14 in Rabat, Morocco, after a protracted but undi [...]	2009-03-16 15:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE113	GABON: FIRST LADY COMMEMORATED AFTER DEATH [...] (C) Ten African heads of state attended the funeral of 45-year old Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba, wife of Gabonese president El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba and daughter of President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, in Libreville on March 18. In addition to Bongo and Sassou Nguesso, the [...]	2009-03-23 14:30:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZF XY GB
09LIBREVILLE16	GABON: DETAINED NGO LEADERS OUT ON BAIL [...] (C) Five NGO leaders and others arrested by Gabonese authorities in a December 31, 2008, crackdown (reftels) were released on bail January 12. The two most prominent detainees appeared initially to be in good physical condition. In a wide-ranging press conference days before the release, th [...]	2009-01-13 13:16:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE195	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO, SERIOUSLY ILL, "SUSPENDS" [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who we believe was hospitalized on May 4, was discharged on the night of May 6-7 but remains gravely ill, according to well-informed medical sources. Informed speculation is that the president may be suffering from some form of cancer, compl [...]	2009-05-07 13:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB ASEC
09LIBREVILLE210	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAID TO BE RECEIVING [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, who is seriously ill, is said to be receiving medical treatment in Europe. His precise location is unknown, although he appears to have traveled first to Spain, and may be receiving treatment there. His prognosis is uncertain. Unease is gr [...]	2009-05-14 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GB SP
09LIBREVILLE211	CEEAC/ECCAS PURSUES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (U) The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS, or French acronym "CEEAC") is the least developed of Africa's major regional organizations with responsibility for peace and security issues. CEEAC is nevertheless pursuing an ambitious agenda that includes oversight of a peacekeepi [...]	2009-05-14 16:23:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MASS GB TP CD CG CF AO BY EK CM
09LIBREVILLE22	GABON: WORRIES PERSIST OVER BONGO,S HEALTH [...] (C) Embassy visitors calling on a mid-ranking official at Gabon's presidential palace January 14 caught a rare glimpse of an extremely frail President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba being lifted into his presidential Rolls Royce en route to a ceremonial opening of the latest session of the Gabones [...]	2009-01-15 15:19:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE220	GABON AFTER PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa's longest-serving head of state, is gravely ill. Following is Embassy Libreville's analysis of the prospects for succession and stability in Gabon, and the likely impact on U.S. interests. End Summary. ------------------------------ [...]	2009-05-20 10:42:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GB FR
09LIBREVILLE23	GABON: BONGO'S NEW GOVERNMENT LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE [...] (SBU) Following weeks of public hints that a government shakeup was imminent, Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba announced a modest cabinet reshuffle January 14. The already-bloated cabinet grew from 43 to 48 positions (including deputy ministers). The new government, while it doe [...]	2009-01-15 15:28:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE235	GABON RESPONSE TO KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 14:13:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GB KV
09LIBREVILLE236	SAO TOME & PRINCIPE: KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Homero Salvaterra, Special Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sao Tome & Principe, on March 22. 2.(C) Ambassador Salvaterra understood our position, but was unable to confirm the support of the Government of Sao Tome & Princip [...]	2009-05-26 15:07:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TP KV
09LIBREVILLE245	GABON: REGIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Gabon is concerned about the future of the MICOPAX peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, maritime security, potential Hezbollah activity in West and Central Africa, and other issues, Defense Minister Ali Bongo Ondimba told the Ambassador in a wide-ranging conversation. End [...]	2009-06-02 16:22:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR GB FR
09LIBREVILLE246	GABON: POLITICAL SCENE IN FLUX WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Gabon's political scene remains in flux with President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba hospitalized with a serious illness in Spain and his son the Defense Minister (and possible heir-apparent) Ali Bongo visibly weakened after recent hospitalization for an intestinal problem. Ali's half-siste [...]	2009-06-02 16:22:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM FR GB
09LIBREVILLE247	GABON WORRIED ABOUT UPCOMING CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) [...] (C) Gabon views the July 12 presidential election in the neighboring Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) with "great concern," according to Minister of Defense Ali Bongo Ondimba. Bongo said a significant number of Congolese have crossed the ROC/Gabon border in recent weeks, fearing a resurgence o [...]	2009-06-03 09:41:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CF CG GB
09LIBREVILLE262	GABONESE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS IRAN [...] (C) According to the French Ambassador to Gabon, Gabonese Foreign Minister Paul Toungui recently visited Tehran where he and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki talked about visas, improving economic relations, and establishing regular talks between Gabon and Iran. The French Ambassador said tha [...]	2009-06-05 09:46:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB IR
09LIBREVILLE267	GABON'S RESPONSE TO RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 09:19:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL SU AF GB
09LIBREVILLE270	PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO DEAD AT 1430 LOCAL [...] (U) Gabonese officials have confirmed that President Omar Bongo Ondimba passed away on June 8 at 1430 Gabonese time. The Government of Gabon has announced a 30-day period of mourning. There are no details on the funeral yet. The Gabonese military is on alert, the international airport is clo [...]	2009-06-08 17:37:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB SP FR
09LIBREVILLE281	GABON: U.S. INTERESTS IN THE POST-BONGO ERA [...] (C) About a dozen African heads of state, French President Sarkozy, AU Chair Jean Ping and other luminaries are expected in Libreville for Gabonese President Omar Bongo's June 16 state funeral. Drawing on our excellent condolence message, any U.S. delegation should honor Bongo's memory and f [...]	2009-06-12 11:53:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE288	GABON: DYNAMICS OF OMAR BONGO'S FUNERAL [...] (C) President Omar Bongo's funeral was a solemn event marked by the presence of fourteen African heads of state and French President Sarkozy. In separate meetings with Interim President Rose Rogombe and Defense Minister Ali Bongo, the U.S. Presidential delegation emphasized the importance of [...]	2009-06-17 18:25:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB FR
09LIBREVILLE295	GABON: GOVERNMENT DISMISSED, REAPPOINTED, AND [...] (C) On June 19 Interim President Rose Francine Rogombe accepted the constitutionally-mandated resignation of Prime Minister Jean Eyeghe Ndong and the demission of the Cabinet of Ministers. Ndong was appointed hours later to head a transitional government that looks much like its predecessor. [...]	2009-06-22 16:29:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF GB
09LIBREVILLE3	GABON: NGO ACTIVISTS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED [...] (C) Marc Ona, other NGO activists and journalists arrested New Years' Eve are supposed to be released today according to Gabonese law (LIBREVILLE 002). In a status called "garde a vue", individuals can be held in police custody lawfully without formal charges against them for a total 72 hou [...]	2009-01-06 13:56:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE302	GABON: INTERIM PRESIDENT OPENS DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (U) Interim President Rose Rogombe announced June 20 that she would launch a dialogue and consultations with Gabon,s political and civic actors to reach consensus concerning the election of Gabon,s next President. Her consultations began three days later with the leadership of the ruling Democ [...]	2009-06-25 16:30:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE307	JOINT GABONESE-CHINESE MEDICAL-MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. From June 21-28, "Angel of Peace 2009," a joint Gabonese-Chinese medical-military exercise took place in Ogooue Ivindo province, the location of the proposed $3 billion Chinese-funded Belinga iron mining project (Reftel). Notably, the formal ceremony included a simulation of an ex [...]	2009-06-29 15:49:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PMIL PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE310	GABON: ANNULLED SCHOOL YEAR AVERTED... FOR NOW [...] (C) The possibile annulment of the 2008-2009 school year was resolved between the teachers and Gabonese Government on June 27. President Omar Bongo had been the arbiter of union demands and ended most lingering strikes. Without his intervention, the teachers' stike continued until the Prime [...]	2009-06-30 14:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE318	GABON: NO DATE YET FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT [...] (C) Preparations for Gabon's presidential election are underway, including the revision of electoral lists and determining the number of local electoral commissions. However, an election date has not yet been determined and there is broad agreement across the political spectrum that more time [...]	2009-07-06 12:58:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE321	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STEP FORWARD [...] (U) Gabon,s election is shaping up to be the country,s first truly comprehensive election since independence. The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon (PDG) announced last week a July 4 deadline for submission of names of presidential candidates from the party's membership. In total, there are t [...]	2009-07-07 16:10:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE323	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY SEPTEMBER 6 [...] (C) The Constitutional Court ruled on July 8 after declaring the existence of a "force majeure," that the upcoming presidential election must occur no later than September 6 The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon has missed its self-imposed July 8 date to announce its candidate from among ten [...]	2009-07-09 13:45:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE34	GABON: ECCAS/CEEAC PITCHES FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) The head of the military joint staff of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC) made a pitch for U.S. assistance, outlined regional security initiatives and introduced his multinational staff in a lively meeting January 12 meeting with Emboffs and the visiting AF/C [...]	2009-01-23 10:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPKO CT CD CG SU GB
09LIBREVILLE344	GABON: VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSED, MINISTER OF [...] (C) Voter registration for Gabon's upcoming presidential election ended on July 22 after being extended an extra day due to higher-than-expected demand. Long lines and early closings of registration offices have fueled complaints by citizens and political opponents to the ruling party. Casami [...]	2009-07-23 16:14:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GB
09LIBREVILLE349	GABON: WHO'S WHO OF THE FRONT-RUNNING [...] (C) With the race for the Gabonese presidency underway, there are a number of presidential hopefuls who will remain important throughout the election cycle. The full roster of candidates, 23 in all, contains only a handful of legitimate contenders to succeed Omar Bongo. This cable identifies [...]	2009-07-29 12:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE36	GABON: PRISON UPRISING EXPOSES DEPLORABLE [...] (C) An uprising at Libreville's Central Prison January 19 left three prisoners dead and several wounded before authorities restored order. Trouble started when prisoners took four guards hostage in a protest over filthy living conditions and lengthy pretrial detention. The government's inter [...]	2009-01-26 05:21:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE364	GABON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRIKE SHUTS DOWN [...] (C) In the critical lead time prior to Gabon,s presidential election August 30th, much of the country is without internet and telephone capability. A strike by Gabon Telecommunication workers has resulted in internet, land, and cellular lines being disabled, and is affecting all subsidiaries [...]	2009-08-04 14:12:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ELAB ETTC
09LIBREVILLE365	SAO TOME: ELECTION TIMING UNRESOLVED, ECONOMIC [...] (C) Dates for country-wide National Assembly and Presidential elections in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) are unresolved due to the severe lack of funds of the Sao Tomean Government. Originally scheduled for summer 2009, the Government announced in June that it did not have the required 2 millio [...]	2009-08-05 13:16:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PGOV PREL TP
09LIBREVILLE367	GABON: TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRIKE "SUSPENDED, NOT [...] (C) The strike by Gabon Telecom workers that has crippled Gabon's telecommunications since July has been temporarily halted through accession to Gabonese government requests by parent company, Maroc Telecom. Union leaders informed us that a final decision regarding workers' demands should be [...]	2009-08-06 13:30:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ELAB ETTC GB
09LIBREVILLE368	GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY [...] (C) As Gabon enters into an unprecedented period in its history, Gabonese politics also struggles to define the norms for the first truly unpredictable political landscape in 41 years. New election tactics like the use of short messaging services (SMS) and billboards are prompting local debate [...]	2009-08-06 15:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE37	GABON REFORMS CIVIL AVIATION AMID CONCERNS OVER [...] (SBU) Civil aviation in Gabon is in disarray. Since July 2008, the European Union has imposed safety-related restrictions on all Gabon-certified air carriers, including a complete ban on most companies. In response, Gabon is scrambling to put in place a new, independent civil aviation author [...]	2009-01-26 11:00:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EINV GB TP
09LIBREVILLE38	GABON: ACTIVISTS SAY GOVERNMENT TRUMPED UP [...] (C) The Ambassador met January 16 with two Gabonese NGO leaders under investigation for an alleged plot to undermine state security. Marc Ona and Georges Mpaga, arrested on New Year's Eve, were released January 12 but are still subject to a lengthy investigation and trial. Neither is free to [...]	2009-01-26 11:00:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE386	GABON: ELECTION OBSERVATION UPDATE [...] (C) The African Union (AU) pre-election evaluation delegation led by Dr. Albert Tevoedjre, Mediator of Benin, visited Libreville the week of August 10. The delegation included former ministerial-level and election commission officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritius. Sent by AU Peace [...]	2009-08-14 13:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE387	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING: ALI [...] (C) Gabon,s two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]	2009-08-19 15:57:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE388	GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING; ALI [...] (C) Gabon's two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...]	2009-08-19 16:07:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE389	GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY II [...] (C) The jockeying for position and desire for votes by the candidates of the Gabonese presidency has steadily risen in intensity. Bruno Ben Moubamba, an independent candidate, is in the sixth day of a hunger strike to protest irregularities regarding the Constitutional Court and electoral list [...]	2009-08-21 13:55:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE392	GABON: FIRST CASE OF H1N1 CONFIRMED [...] (C) Gabon recently suffered its first confirmed case of H1N1 (Influenza A) Swine Flu, resulting in heightened public awareness and the development of a multi-Ministry committee to respond to the threat, while neighboring island country So Tome & Principe remains surprisingly aggressive in their [...]	2009-08-24 14:11:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KFLU TBIO EAID GB
09LIBREVILLE395	GABON: IS THE VOTERS LIST INFLATED? [...] (C) Independent candidate Bruno Ben Moubamba was hospitalized briefly on August 22 in the 7th day of his hunger strike (reftel). He returned to his spot at the entrance of the National Assembly after being treated and is now drinking juices. Prior to the start of the hunger strike Moubamba [...]	2009-08-25 13:14:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE397	GABON: JEAN PING SENDS AN AU WISEMAN TO [...] (C) In addition to sending an election observer team to Gabon, African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commission President Jean Ping also dispatched a high-level envoy to facilitate a smooth transition to the new President. Former Senegalese Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse called on the Ambas [...]	2009-08-28 12:47:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE398	GABON: SECURITY ISSUES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Libreville is calm and will likely remain so in the leadup to the August 30 presidential election. For the first time in 41 years the Gabonese will not have Omar Bongo as the shoo-in candidate. Since the rules that applied under Omar Bongo's presidency are now in flux, security and peacef [...]	2009-08-28 15:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE399	GABON: A PARTING SHOT BEFORE THE ELECTION [...] (C) Two days before Gabonese go to the polls, twenty-three candidates are still officially in the race for the presidency. Despite press reports of discussions between eleven opposition and independent candidates to support Andre Mba Obame, no alliances have formed to strengthen support for o [...]	2009-08-28 20:08:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE40	GABON: GLIMPSES OF RULING PARTY TENSION IN SENATE [...] (U) The ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) won an unsurprising and overwhelming victory in the January 18 senatorial election, despite ongoing internal party strife. Winning 75 of the 102 senate seats, many of the PDG candidates ran uncontested. Gabonese senators are chosen by a college o [...]	2009-01-30 14:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GB
09LIBREVILLE405	GABON: ALI DECLARED WINNER, LIBREVILLE LOCKED [...] (C) The Gabonese Electoral Commission declared Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba, the ruling party candidate, the winner of the presidential election on September 3. Gabonese security forces dispersed a crowd of an estimated 2000 supporters of various opposition leaders who had gathered in a downtown ar [...]	2009-09-03 15:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE412	GABON: THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DOUBTS ABOUT [...] (C) Gabon,s presidential election process continues to move forward. On September 4, Ali Bongo Ondimba was announced as the winner of the August 30 presidential election (Reftel). Opposition requests for an independent vote count were rejected. Losing candidates have 15 days (until Septembe [...]	2009-09-11 10:08:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE421	GABON: OPPOSITION IN DISSARAY FOLLOWING THE [...] (C) The Gabonese opposition has been unable to present a meaningful challenge to the results of the August 30 election despite lingering questions about the legitimacy of the vote count. With 18 candidates on election day, the opposition's failure to coordinate split the vote, giving Ali Bongo [...]	2009-09-18 10:31:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
09LIBREVILLE428	GABON: INFORMATION ON RUSSIAN PRESENCE IN GABON [...] (U) Per reftel, post provides the following information on the Russian presence in Gabon. 2. (U) IS THERE A RUSSIAN TRADE REPRESENTATION IN YOUR COUNTRY? The Russian Embassy in Gabon consists of three diplomats: the Ambassador, Vladimir E. Tarabrin, and a married couple, who both work i [...]	2009-09-25 07:27:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EINV GB RS ECON
09LIBREVILLE430	GABON: OPPOSITION ORGANIZES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE [...] (C) A 19-member delegation representing Gabon's political opposition presented their case against the election of Ali Bongo Ondimba to the Ambassador on September 25. The opposition is using its newly-found united front with foreign embassies and international missions to underscore their arg [...]	2009-09-25 15:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE460	GABON: ALI BONGO INSTALLATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ali Bongo Ondimba, the son of former President Omar Bongo who ruled Gabon for 41 years, will be formally inaugurated as the country's fourth president on October 16. The Constitutional Court's validation of the August 30 election results on October 11 and Bongo's installation end [...]	2009-10-15 15:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB EK
09LIBREVILLE466	GABON: NEW FACES IN LEANER ALI BONGO CABINET, PART [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ali Bongo Ondimba era has begun in Gabon with the naming of a new cabinet. President Bongo lived up to a campaign promise, cutting more than 15 senior positions in the government and consolidating a number of ministries. New and younger faces now head the remaining ministries [...]	2009-10-19 16:47:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE481	GABON: PPRESIDENT ALI BONGO CHANGES WAY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Bongo's changes to the government are shaking up the way Gabon does business. His efforts look to streamline the government and focused its agenda. He continues to eliminate "dead-weight" positions throughout the government. He has capped the maximum public secto [...]	2009-11-02 14:33:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE495	GABON: NATIONAL PARKS FACING SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Gabon's newly-appointed director of the National Parks Agency (ANPN),biologist and environmentalist Dr. Lee White, reviewed the current status of the parks authority, anticipated next steps to develop eco-tourism and the parks, and provided a general background on the status of [...]	2009-11-12 07:18:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE506	GABON: U.S. OIL COMPANY SELLS ASSETS DUE TO OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-owned Marathon Oil sold its permits and holdings in Gabon to a French company, but will continue to monitor its exploration of offshore blocks from Houston. This move effectively discontinues Marathon's active operations on-the-ground. Another U.S. company, Vaalco, remai [...]	2009-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EIND TPHY GB
09LIBREVILLE538	GABON: RULING PARTY LOSING GROUND IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gabon's ruling Democratic Party is on the verge of losing its only toehold in Port Gentil, the country's second largest commercial center and opposition stronghold. Port Gentil's current mayor, Andre Jules Ndjambe, is likely to be ousted in the next week after losing the confide [...]	2009-12-09 05:00:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE539	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO SAYS HE WILL FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 05:02:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPL SENV GB
09LIBREVILLE547	GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION [...] (c) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Gabon,s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said he would like to strengthen the good bilateral cooperation that already exists with the U.S., and pledged to stay involved in facilitating solutions to regional conflict. President Bongo comment [...]	2009-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	KHUM KTIP PGOV PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE56	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: COUP PLOT FOILED? [...] (U) According to information trickling out of Sao Tome and Principe (STP),security forces thwarted a suspected coup plot by arresting several suspects on the evening of February 11. Information is sketchy, but initial reports indicate that the former paramilitary group known as the Buffalos [...]	2009-02-12 16:03:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC GB TP

09LIBREVILLE58	GABON LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 16:06:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC UNSC KV GB
09LIBREVILLE61	GABON: ASSESSMENT OF THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (U) Per reftel, please find the requested information to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs for Gabon. 2. (C) All responses are keyed to questions from paragraph 2 in reftel: -- Controlling the flow of illegal immigrants (including trafficking victims) and go [...]	2009-02-20 06:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC GB
09LIBREVILLE7	GABON: DETAINED ACTIVISTS SCHEDULED FOR [...] (C) Seven persons detained in a crackdown on anti-corruption and anti-government activists were scheduled to be arraigned in a Libreville court on the afternoon of January 7. Details of potential charges against the detainees are not available. One of the detainees told us they are being he [...]	2009-01-07 14:34:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE74	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: ASSESSMENT OF THE NEED FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, please find the requested information to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs for Gabon. 2. (C) All responses are keyed to questions from paragraph 2 in reftel: -- Maritime border control poses a significant challenge for the poor island country [...]	2009-02-26 11:22:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC GB
09LIBREVILLE76	GABON: GOVERNMENT AT A NEAR-STANDSTILL [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadjj Ombar Bongo Ondimba has been in Morocco since February 5, attending to his ailing 45-year old wife Edith, who is said to be incapacitated and possibly near death. A media blackout on the case continues in Gabon, and all but the most critical government decision [...]	2009-02-27 10:39:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GB
09LIBREVILLE87	GABONESE GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT FRANCE [...] (U) Gabon's foreign minister convoked the diplomatic corps March 6 to deliver a scathing indictment of the French "media campaign" against President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, which the foreign minister says threatens to seriously damage relations with France. He noted bitterly that the cam [...]	2009-03-06 10:40:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GB FR
09LIBREVILLE9	ACTIVISTS CHARGED WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE [...] (C) Civil society activist Marc Ona is among several NGO activists reportedly charged under Article 88 of Gabon's Penal Code with the intent to distribute "propaganda, written or oral, that could disturb the peace, incite a revolt against the authorities, attack the Republic of Gabon by tarnis [...]	2009-01-08 15:09:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
09LIBREVILLE96	GABON: UNION LEADERS WARN OF IMMINENT STRIKES IN [...] (C) Union leaders in Port Gentil, the center of Gabon's petroleum production, warn that one or more strikes by oil workers are imminent. Though splintered into dozens of small unions and five overlapping confederations, labor leaders in the petroleum sector are united by a cause that may soo [...]	2009-03-12 15:05:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB ECON EPET GB
09LILONGWE108	MALAWI URANIUM: ALMOST READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paladin (Africa) Managing Director Neville Huxham told Ambassador that he expects the company's uranium mine to be fully operational by April. Initial processing of the ore has already begun, and Huxham said the first yellow-cake outputs should be available by the April opening. [...]	2009-02-27 15:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON ELTN MI
09LILONGWE110	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE: TWO MONTHS TO GO [...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has delayed its long-awaited ruling on former President's Muluzi's candidacy until after the dissolution of Parliament on March 20. The MEC's recent discovery that over $2.8 million that had not been properly accounted has dented its credibil [...]	2009-03-02 15:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AU MI
09LILONGWE122	AMBASSADOR TALKS ELECTIONS, U.S. COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a lengthy one-on-one meeting with President Mutharika on Monday, March 2nd. The cordial and wide-ranging discussion covered expanded U.S. assistance for economic development, particularly agriculture; Malawi,s Millennium Challenge Corporation compact status; USG [...]	2009-03-06 08:14:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MI
09LILONGWE150	MALAWI: AU PRACTICES PRE-ELECTION "PREEMPTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Joachim Chissano of Mozambique returned to Lilongwe March 5 to facilitate an African Union (AU) sponsored dialogue between President Mutharika, former President Muluzi, and opposition leader John Tembo. The talks brought together Mutharika and Muluzi for the fi [...]	2009-03-17 15:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AU MI
09LILONGWE155	MALAWI: WEB REPORT CLAIMS MUTHARIKA SERIOUSLY ILL [...] (SBU) On March 22 Nyasa Times, a notoriously anti-government web site linked to former President Bakili Muluzi, claimed that President Mutharika had become seriously ill and fallen into a coma. The web report claimed that Mutharika's cancellation of two campaign rallies, March 22 in Blantyre [...]	2009-03-23 13:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE156	MALAWI: ELECTORAL COMMISSION REJECTS MULUZI [...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) announced March 20 that it had rejected the nomination of former President Bakili Muluzi as the United Democratic Front (UDF) presidential candidate on the grounds that he had already served the maximum two consecutive terms allowed under the [...]	2009-03-23 13:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE157	MALAWI ELECTION UPDATE: IS MEC STILL INDEPENDENT? [...] (C) Summary: The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC),while still reeling from an audit that discovered an unaccounted $2.8 million USD (reftel),appears on track logistically and operationally for a May 19 election date. However, legal challenges over former President Muluzi's denied nomination [...]	2009-03-23 15:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE173	MALAWI: GOM TO PUSH FOR RESTORATION OF RAVALOMANA [...] (C) On March 27, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Permanent Secretary Anthony Livuza of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Livuza said that Malawi would support SADC and AU sanctions against Madagascar. He also said that SADC should insist of the restoration of former President Ravalomana to [...]	2009-03-31 13:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL MA MI
09LILONGWE175	MALAWI: NORTHERN REGION NO LOCK FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's Northern Region looks to be a key swing district in May 2009 elections, where its 14% share of the national electorate could be a major factor. Key issues for Northerners are economic development, representation in the national government and an end to discriminatory poli [...]	2009-04-01 12:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE183	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE - MULUZI READY TO WAVE THE [...] (C) Summary: According to Muluzi confidante Harry Thomson and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Secretary General Chris Daza, former President Bakili Muluzi is prepared to withdraw his nomination for President and support MCP candidate John Tembo if the Constitutional Court upholds the MEC ruling on [...]	2009-04-03 14:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE228	MALAWI ELECTIONS - EXPECT A TIGHT RACE [...] (C) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader John Tembo are the clear front-runners in a pack of seven presidential candidates. Despite Mutharika's real macroeconomic success and populist programs such as the fertilizer subsidy, incumbency in Malawi has not [...]	2009-04-29 10:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE241	MALAWI ELECTIONS: WHAT'S AT STAKE? [...] (C) Summary: A presidential victory by either President Mutharika or MCP leader John Tembo in Malawi's May 19 presidential race would pose its own challenges and opportunities. A Mutharika victory would favor the continuity of key U.S. development initiatives including an MCC Compact, the new [...]	2009-05-08 09:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE266	MALAWI ELECTIONS - GOM AND OPPOSITION PREPARE TO [...] (C) Summary: In the final two weeks before Malawi's elections, President Mutharika again denounced donors, claiming UN technical advisors at the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) were favoring the opposition. Meanwhile, several state organizations engaged in clearly partisan behavior to favor [...]	2009-05-18 10:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE283	MALAWI'S TRANSFORMATIONAL ELECTION SHIFTS [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's May 19th election transformed the country's political landscape. President Mutharika and his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) became the first candidate and party to capture the majority of the votes in all three regions of Malawi (ref A). The decisiveness of the victo [...]	2009-05-28 13:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE348	UN ACCEPTS MALAWI FOR MISSION IN CHAD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: During its recent inspection, the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO),accepted a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) infantry battalion for deployment to the U.N. Mission to Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT). Coming on the heels of a nine-week African Conti [...]	2009-06-23 15:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS KPKO PREL MI
09LILONGWE358	ELECTION DEFEATS FRACTURE THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The poor performance of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the recent general elections led Ishmael Chafukira, the party's spokesman, to call for the immediate resignation of the party's leader and presidential candidate, John Tembo. In return, Tembo fired Chafukira and has branded [...]	2009-06-24 12:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MI
09LILONGWE364	MUTHARIKA ENGAGES AMBASSADORS ON DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: In the week leading up to his State of the Nation address, delivered June 23 (septel),President Mutharika reached out to foreign ambassadors through a private briefing on his development agenda. At the preview, Mutharika thanked donors and asked for continued support and partner [...]	2009-06-25 15:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID MI
09LILONGWE386	MALAWI - OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERSHIP BATTLE TURNS [...] (C) Summary: Former Malawi Congress Party (MCP) spokesman Ishmael Chafukira continued his campaign to oust party president John Tembo during the opening session of the new Parliament. Chafukira, with ruling party support, won approval for a procedural change that would bar Tembo from becoming [...]	2009-07-09 13:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MI
09LILONGWE44	MALAWI: PRIMARIES DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD [...] (C) Summary: Malawi's recently concluded primary season was marred by procedural problems and disputed outcomes. None of the three major parties had transparent or consistent rules for conducting primaries, and none were immune from vote-buying and outright imposition of candidates. In the No [...]	2009-01-29 11:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE445	MALAWI: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS RELATIONS WITH NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-11 15:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KMCA MI AGR
09LILONGWE478	INCREASING U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH MALAWI DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of recent visits allowed Post to increase engagement with the Malawi Defense Forces (MDF). AFRICOM's first ever Military-to-Military (Mil2Mil) exchange program in Malawi saw U.S. Air Force security police share experiences with their MDF military police counterparts. At [...]	2009-08-25 12:57:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MI
09LILONGWE484	MALAWI: GOM PUTS THE BRAKES ON PREPARATIONS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 14:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV MI
09LILONGWE507	MALAWI DEPORTS "IMPERIALIST" TOBACCO EXECUTIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, the GOM deported four senior executives from the three largest tobacco buying companies in Malawi, with less than 24-hour notice. Two of the companies have U.S. ownership. In a public statement, President Mutharika labeled the executives "imperialists" and "enemie [...]	2009-09-09 15:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAGR MI
09LILONGWE531	MALAWI: U.S. TOBACCO COMPANY CONVEYS CONCERNS [...] (C) Executives from U.S.-owned tobacco firm Alliance One told the Ambassador they have concerns about the future of their operations in Malawi following the deportation of four tobacco company executives on September 9 (reftel). They noted that President Mutharika's harsh rhetoric in justifyin [...]	2009-09-25 10:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAGR MI
09LILONGWE552	MALAWI URANIUM EXPORTS BEGIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian mining firm Paladin Africa made its first shipment of yellowcake from the firm's northern Malawi mine in September. Paladin ships its uranium overland through Malawi, Zambia and Namibia to the Atlantic Port of Walvis Bay. Paladin sells on one-year contracts, with [...]	2009-10-08 07:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ECON ELTN ENRG KNNP MI
09LILONGWE573	MALAWI DEFENSE FORCE AT GOLFINHO EXERCISE: [...] (C) At the recently completed SADC Standby Force GOLFINHO exercise in South Africa, problems with organization, logistics, and communications marred an otherwise positive experience for the Malawi Defense Force (MDF). The MDF's presence does signal Malawi's continued desire to participate in [...]	2009-10-27 13:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KPKO MI
09LILONGWE591	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. Specific information on each priority area follows. 2. (C) On no-action motions, Chiunguzeni stated that Malawi's policy would be to listen to the debate on any and all mo [...]	2009-11-03 11:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MI
09LILONGWE610	MALAWI BLINKS, AGREES TO POLICY PACKAGE ACCEPTABLE [...] (U) Summary: A recent IMF mission to Malawi has reached an agreement with the GOM that will allow Malawi to obtain a new support package. The GOM has made macro-economic and structural policy commitments on fiscal and monetary discipline and a liberalization of the exchange rate regime. The [...]	2009-11-13 10:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID MI
09LILONGWE624	MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAELI [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on November 19 to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. 2. (C) Chiunguzeni agreed that many of the UNGA resolutions on the Middle East which were offered and debated were redundant, saying, "The General Assembly ce [...]	2009-11-19 15:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL MI
09LILONGWE626	MALAWI: OPPOSITION LEADER VOTE HIGHLIGHTS SPLIT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unorthodox move, Malawi's DPP dominated parliament amended its standing orders to allow the entire membership of the house, including both opposition and government members, to vote in the election of the leader of the opposition. This change set-up an election between MCP [...]	2009-11-20 12:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE648	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. Chiunguzeni stated to Emboff that the GOM had not engaged with Iran on the matters raised, but that they were following events at the IAEA. He offered no other substantive re [...]	2009-12-02 14:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MI
09LILONGWE650	MALAWI: FUEL CRISIS HIGHLIGHTS BINGU'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although President Bingu wa Mutharika continues to enjoy acclaim in development circles for Malawi's strong economic growth in recent years, a series of bad decisions and policies is increasingly undermining the progress of the President's first term. This trend is evident in Ma [...]	2009-12-03 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV MI
09LILONGWE658	MALAWI: PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION TO DELAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Led by the ruling majority Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),Malawi's National Assembly amended the section of the constitution that outlines local elections. Previously, the constitution stipulated that local elections must be held twelve months after national elections. The [...]	2009-12-10 10:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LILONGWE690	MALAWI CONFIDENT ON BEING ELECTED TO LEAD AFRICAN [...] (C) GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Anthony Livuzu told Post December 18 that Malawi is "confident it will come out on top" in the leadership election at the January 2010 African Union summit (reftels). Livuza said he is aware that Libya is still working hard to elic [...]	2009-12-22 07:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU MI
09LILONGWE696	MALAWI: DEMOCRATIC NORMS UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Six months into President Bingu wa Mutharika's second term, Malawi's continued development as a multi-party democracy is slowing. Once lauded as a leader dedicated to the development of Malawi's democracy, Mutharika's commitment to democratic norms is now coming into question. Malawi's p [...]	2009-12-22 13:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MI
09LILONGWE704	MALAWI: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) The Ambassador joined his German and UK counterparts to represent the Donor Group countries in a December 23 call on GOM Minister of Foreign Affairs Etta Banda to set the stage for a meeting with President Mutharika requested by the group. The Donor Group is a collaborative mechanism to c [...]	2009-12-24 07:33:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU MI
09LILONGWE77	CHINESE AID TO MALAWI: BIG BARK, SMALL BITE [...] (C) Summary. Since December 2007, when Malawi established diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, there has been a lot of rumor and speculation about the amount of aid China would provide to Malawi. The GOM has fostered the impression that China represents a new, virtually limitl [...]	2009-02-13 11:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MI
09LILONGWE78	MALAWI'S ECONOMY: DARK CLOUDS GATHERING [...] (C) Summary. According to the World Bank and IMF, massive overruns in the Malawian government's agricultural input subsidy program are creating in a budget shortfall, which the local World Bank Country Manager estimates may reach as high as USD 70 million, with no clear prospects for closing t [...]	2009-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAGR MI
09LILONGWE80	MALAWI ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Malawian media continued to report on the government's opposition to a civil society-led parallel vote tally (PVT) in front-page story Feb. 14 entitled "Bingu Grills U.S. Envoy; Bodde Maintains Tally Center OK." The article briefly described the recent, contentious meeting betwee [...]	2009-02-17 13:50:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
09LIMA1010	AMAZON PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT MISTAKES, [...] (C) Summary: Nationally and internationally, the Peruvian government has suffered a serious public relations blow as a result of the June 5 violence in Bagua in which 24 police and 10 protesters were killed. The prevailing perception in part reflects distorted information and even disinformati [...]	2009-07-14 16:51:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI ETRD ELAB PE
09LIMA1053	FUJIMORI SENTENCED TO 7.5 YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on July 20 to seven years and six months for embezzlement charges, in connection with a $15 million "severance" payment to then-intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori admitted guilt on the first day of the trial in orde [...]	2009-07-22 16:32:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM PE
09LIMA1055	NEW CABINET TO FOCUS ON "ORDER" "INCLUSION" [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia on July 11 swore in a new cabinet that replaces seven Ministers, including the important posts of Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Interior Minister and Trade Minister. Most Embassy contacts say the new Cabinet more closely aligns with the President's policy pre [...]	2009-07-22 16:35:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI
09LIMA1059	CUZCO PROVINCE: TARGET FOR EVO MORALES? [...] (C) Summary: There is evidence that Canchis, a protest-prone area in Cuzco region, may be a focus of Bolivian activities in Peru. Canchis is a rich target with a history of rebellion going back over two centuries and a highly politicized and ideological population. The GOP has alleged Boliv [...]	2009-07-22 21:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1061	PERU RESPONSE: GOP INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1 [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel, Post compiled a list of Peruvian government interventions related to A/H1N1 2009 influenza virus (H1N1). As of July 21, Peru had 2,796 confirmed cases, and 14 deaths. Many of the interventions listed in reftel either have not been implemented or are not a [...]	2009-07-23 15:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO PE
09LIMA1120	PNP INCREASES OPERATIONS IN UPPER HUALLAGA, [...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian National Police (PNP) on July 21st launched an attack on a Shining Path (SL) camp in the Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV),possibly injuring a key terrorist leader and capturing various munitions and supplies. Several contacts report that the raid was part of an increased [...]	2009-08-05 14:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1131	PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER TALK PERU'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met in late July with President Alan Garcia and spoke separately on several recent occasions with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde. Garcia and Belaunde discussed a range of Peruvian foreign policy issues, including the situation in Honduras, Colombian pol [...]	2009-08-05 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA115	POLICE DEATHS SPARK CALLS FOR INTERIOR MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: The deaths of two policemen, killed while evicting squatters in the northern region of Lambayeque, has sparked controversy over the way the government handles social disturbances. Citing incompetence in a botched operation, some high-profile political figures have called for Inte [...]	2009-01-27 21:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM ASEC PE
09LIMA1166	SENDERO ARREST: GOP AND ANAYLSTS ACCOUNTS DIFFER [...] (C) Summary. Peruvian National Police (PNP) and the Interior Ministry's intelligence unit on August 9 captured Felix Victoriano Mejia Ascencio ("Mono"),who the GOP claims is a high-ranking leader in the Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV) faction of Sendero Luminoso. According to law enforcement c [...]	2009-08-12 21:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1169	PRESIDENT GARCIA ON STATE OF THE UNION [...] (C) Summary: President Alan Garcia delivered his customary state of the union address on July 28, marking the 188th anniversary of Peru's independence. His speech was more inclusive, conciliatory and less self-congratulatory than previous years, prompting some to speculate that recent social u [...]	2009-08-12 23:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI EINV SNAR KCRM PE
09LIMA1177	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM ON COLOMBIA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde on August 11 to discuss the Colombia "non-bases" issue and Honduras. Garcia Belaunde imparted two key messages: (A) We are not out of the woods on the Colombia DCA controversy, and B) the USG needs to be seen as doing conside [...]	2009-08-14 14:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SNAR CO HO PE
09LIMA1191	ISRAELI FM VISIT: REGIONAL TIES, IRAN, SHARED [...] ... [...]	2009-08-14 20:49:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA1290	NAS LIMA END OF MONTH REPORT - AUGUST [...] (U) Summary: * Ports Program Report * Capture of Sendero Luminoso leader leads to NAS-PNP collaboration seminar * Aviation Report * NAS Director and Deputy Meet with head of Police Education directorate * NAS Director and Deputy Meet with Huanuco Regional President on New Police Academy * [...]	2009-09-02 20:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
09LIMA1299	SHINING PATH SHOOTS DOWN HELICOPTER IN THE VRAE [...] (C) Summary: Presumed Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL) forces downed a Peruvian air force (FAP) MI-17 helicopter yesterday, killing its pilot and co-pilot. This was the latest example in a recent spate of deadly attacks in the Apurimac-Ene River Valley (VRAE) attributed to the SL, includin [...]	2009-09-03 18:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR SOCI PGOV MOPS PE
09LIMA1309	VRAE: GOP MOUNTS RESCUE OP FOR STRANDED SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 1100 hrs on September 4, Peruvian armed forces successfully overcame small arms fire, weather delays and capability limitations, and rescued five wounded soldiers stranded in the aftermath of the September 2 Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL) attack on a Peruvian air [...]	2009-09-04 21:01:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR SOCI PGOV MOPS PE
09LIMA1350	PERU RESUMES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Overcoming past shortcomings and deserved skepticism, Peru recently resumed humanitarian demining (HD) operations in parts of its shared border with Ecuador and at other sites within its territory. Senior GOP officials expressed gratitude for the USG's "crucial" assistance, and [...]	2009-09-14 22:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KHDP MOPS PTER SOCI EC PE
09LIMA1351	PERU ON IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE, MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Poloff delivered subject demarche to the MFA's Chief of International Security and Disarmament issues Vitaliano Gallardo, on September 14. Gallardo listened attentively, but indicated that Peru was preparing to follow its earlier voting pattern of supporting both [...]	2009-09-14 22:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS PE
09LIMA1389	AMAZON WORKING GROUPS: FRUSTRATIONS AMID DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Following the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes in which 24 police officers and 10 civilians were killed, then-PM Yehude Simon signed accords with indigenous groups that established the National Coordinating Group for the Development of Amazon Populations ("Grupo Nacional" -- reftels) [...]	2009-09-17 21:47:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA1398	PERU'S TAKE ON ECUADOR UNASUR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: DCM met September 18 with MFA Undersecretary for the Americas Javier Leon to discuss the September 15 UNASUR ministerial meeting in Quito. Leon described the meeting as "difficult and unproductive," mainly because Colombia had dug in its heels over Brazil's request for further as [...]	2009-09-18 20:38:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA1426	PERU RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL [...] (U) The following responds to the Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) request for information on a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050132068 for the export of pistols to Peru. ECON Officer visited the two Peru-based establishments involved in the tran [...]	2009-09-23 21:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC PE
09LIMA1453	GARCIA SWEARS IN APRA LOYALIST AS NEW MINISTER [...] (C) President Garcia swore in Juan Sarmiento Soto as new Housing, Construction, and Sanitation Minister on September 29, replacing Francis Allison. Sarmiento is a Housing Ministry veteran, having served as Vice Minister in both of Garcia's presidencies (1985-1990 and 2006-present). He is al [...]	2009-09-30 12:21:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PE
09LIMA146	GARCIA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: At the ... id: 190261 date: 2/3/2009 22:13 refid: 09LIMA146 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 032213Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9983 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIO [...]	2009-02-03 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON EFIN ETRD PE
09LIMA1463	FUJIMORI SENTENCED IN FOURTH CONVICTION [...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on September 30 to six years (concurrent) in prison for eavesdropping and other corruption charges, and ordered to pay nearly $10 million in civil reparations. As he did in the preceding case (in July - refs),Fujimori plead guilty [...]	2009-10-01 21:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCOR PHUM PE
09LIMA1489	PERU ELIMINATES PAROLE BENEFITS FOR TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: Congress has passed a law that eliminates parole benefits for persons convicted of terrorist charges. The executive had prepared and sent this bill to Congress amid several high-profile setbacks in its continuing struggle against terrorism. In this context, the law appears more a [...]	2009-10-05 20:56:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PTER PE
09LIMA1551	DISCREDITED CONGRESS COMPLICATES POLITICAL PANORAMA [...] (C) Summary: Peru's democratic consolidation faces a number of obstacles, not least of which is a legislative branch perceived as lacking in credibility. Exacerbating this problem, the unicameral Congress has recently been beset by a series of scandals related to the unethical behavior and qu [...]	2009-10-20 15:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SNAR KCRM ETRD PE
09LIMA1561	HUMALA: HEDGING BETS IN RUN UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ollanta Humala -- who nearly won the 2006 presidential elections on a populist platform -- heads a Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) pursuing an ambiguous dual-track political path. According to insiders, the party continues to have "one foot inside and the other [...]	2009-10-21 20:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR PE
09LIMA1611	PERU AND ECUADOR: GOOD VIBES AT 3RD BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Alan Garcia and Rafael Correa presided jointly over the Third Binational Ministerial that concluded in Piura, Peru on October 22. According to press accounts and our MFA contacts, bilateral discussions were infused with good feelings and helped advance two of Peru's ke [...]	2009-10-29 23:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KHDP EC PE
09LIMA1619	US TREASURY CONCERNED ABOUT PERUVIAN GAMING SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: A team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) from the Department of Treasury was invited by the Peruvian Gaming Commission to Lima in order to conduct a preliminary assessment of the Peruvian gaming sector. During their very short trip, the team met with the Gaming Commis [...]	2009-10-30 21:52:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM KJUS KTFM XM PE
09LIMA1629	Amazon Dialogue: Negotiating Through Distrust [...] (C) Summary. Working groups formed to resolve issues arising out of the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes have shown uneven progress thus far. GOP contacts assure us that the dialogue process will lead to a new forestry law that brings Peru back into compliance with the PTPA by the August 2010 d [...]	2009-11-04 17:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA1635	Garcia's Peace Initiative Gathering Steam [...] (C) Summary: MFA interlocutors have told us that President Garcia's recent "Peace and Security Cooperation" initiative is a serious effort to promote regional stability and contain defense costs at a time of global economic distress. Garcia's proposals seek to prevent an arms race in the regi [...]	2009-11-09 15:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR PBTS PE
09LIMA1647	Peru: Chile Military Purchases Rankle [...] (C) Summary: Reports that Chile is poised to make significant arms purchases from the U.S. have caused rankles in Peru, and are being connected in the media to the capture of a Peruvian Air Force officer alleged to have been spying for Chile. The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Ga [...]	2009-11-13 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PE
09LIMA1649	PERU DEMARCHED ON U.S.-BOLIVIA 2ND ROUND OF DIALOG [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to the MFA's DirGen for South America, Francisco Rivarola and Andean DeskOff Augusto Salamanca on November 12. Rivarola appeared pleased by U.S. engagement and efforts to improve its relations with Bolivia following [...]	2009-11-13 21:45:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PE BL
09LIMA1651	Peru Response: UNGA Specific Resolutions [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 23:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA1653	BREWING SPY SCANDAL FURTHER TENSES PERU-CHILE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) noncommissioned officer for alleged spying and passing classified defense information to Chile has brought relations between the two neighbors to a new low point. It also complicates President Garcia's peace initiative aimed at reducin [...]	2009-11-17 20:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS PARM PE
09LIMA1661	PERU: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) Please find below Embassy Lima's responses to questions posed in reftel. 2. (SBU) Q: Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Please report on all established or ad hoc dialogues of a pol-mil nature, regardless of the terminol [...]	2009-11-20 16:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PE MOPS
09LIMA1665	Peru Response to Review for Suspension of Title III of the [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic [...]	2009-11-20 19:39:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA1667	Peru Signs Counternarcotics Information Sharing Agreement [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, officials in the Peruvian and Mexican Governments signed an agreement in Mexico City designed to improve coordination and cooperation to fight crime. For Peru, the goal is to obtain intelligence to identify and capture Mexican drug traffickers, whose expan [...]	2009-11-25 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MX PE
09LIMA1671	Peru on U.S. Posture on Iran and Next Steps [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Disarmament and International Security Vitaliano Gallardo on November 25. 2. (C) Gallardo, who has responsibility for this issue responded that "Peru will be supportive of the United States", but did not elaborate furth [...]	2009-11-25 22:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR PE
09LIMA182	EAVESDROPPING SCANDAL DRAGS ON, BUT NO SMOKING GUN [...] (C) Summary: In part two of the scandal that toppled Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo's cabinet in October 2008, Peruvian National Police (PNP) recently arrested the employees of a "security" company called Business Track for illegally recording the private telephone conversations of private [...]	2009-02-11 20:01:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA246	NEW INTERIOR MINISTER: APRA CONGRESSWOMAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yehude Simon announced the resignation of Interior Minister Remegio Hernani Meloni February 19, ostensibly for "personal reasons." APRA Congresswoman Mercedes Cabanillas was sworn in as the new Interior Minister on the same day. The resignation of Hernani, who nev [...]	2009-02-24 18:42:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PE
09LIMA329	OPERATION EXCELLENCE: MILITARY ATTACKS SHINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Peruvian military between August and October 2008 implemented "Operation Excellence 777" to take control of a historic Shining Path stronghold located in an area called Vizcatan in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE). The Vizcatan area's critical importa [...]	2009-03-12 17:40:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA360	PERU-CHILE RELATIONS: ANOTHER ROUGH PATCH [...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Garcia government issued an executive decree that expanded the existing economic accord between Peru and Chile into a formal free-trade agreement, sparking an outcry from local opposition parties and, subsequently, a strong Chilean counter-response. According t [...]	2009-03-13 21:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD PE
09LIMA364	PERU RESPONSE: RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-16 16:48:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PE
09LIMA394	PERU SUBMITS CHILE BORDER DISPUTE ARGUMENTS TO THE [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: The GOP on March 19 submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague its legal brief arguing for defining (and redrawing) Peru's maritime border with Chile. Peru's submission is the second step in a judicial process that the GOP initiated in 20 [...]	2009-03-20 15:53:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA428	PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY UP DESPITE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Summary: The international economic crisis notwithstanding, President Garcia's approval ratings have risen steadily since late 2008 (in that year as low as 19-22% pct) and in February jumped by two points to 38% nationally, according to recent polling. No single factor accounts for Garcia [...]	2009-03-25 21:36:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI PE
09LIMA542	SHINING PATH ATTACK KILLS 13 IN THE VRAE [...] (C) Summary: Suspected Sendero Luminoso (SL) terrorists ambushed military patrols near Vizcatan in the VRAE April 9, killing 13 soldiers and injuring others. It was among the deadliest SL attacks of recent years, and reflects a continuing pattern of terrorist retaliation for ongoing military [...]	2009-04-13 20:10:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER KHDP PE
09LIMA543	SHINING PATH IN THE VRAE [...] (C) Summary: The Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE),a remote jungle area east of the Andes straddling northern Ayacucho and parts of several other regions, is home to the most resilient of the remaining two armed factions of the Shining Path (SL). The SL faction in the VRAE is led by three [...]	2009-04-13 20:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PETR PE
09LIMA589	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER REQUESTS ASYLUM IN [...] (C) Summary: Former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Mayor of Maracaibo Manuel Rosales has solicited political asylum in Peru. Claiming Rosales was the object of a political witchhunt in Venezuela, APRA Congressman Javier Valle Riestra in an April 21 press conference urged the Government [...]	2009-04-22 22:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE PE
09LIMA62	FINANCIAL CRISIS SLOWS GROWTH - STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: The global financial crisis has slowed Peru's strong growth. While 2008 closed with growth at over 9%, estimates for 2009 have continued to undergo downward revision to about 5.5%. Peru's dependence on metals exports has resulted in mixed effects. The sharp fall of base metals [...]	2009-01-16 13:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PE
09LIMA628	ROSALES' ASYLUM: VENEZUELA RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Garcia administration's granting of political asylum to former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales (ref B),the Venezuelan Ambassador was recalled to Caracas for consultations. While the GOP sought to soften the diplomatic blow [...]	2009-04-30 22:09:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE PE
09LIMA637	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OLLANTA HUMALA [...] (C) Summary: I met one-... id: 205404 date: 5/4/2009 16:16 refid: 09LIMA637 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0006 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0637/01 1241616 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041616Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0500 INFO RUEH [...]	2009-05-04 16:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA680	PERU-BOLIVIA RELATIONS TENSE OVER EX-MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary: Peru's relations with Bolivia took another sour turn after Bolivian President Evo Morales called President Alan Garcia "chabacano" (vulgar) over Peru's granting of political asylum to three former cabinet members of Bolivian ex-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada's adminis [...]	2009-05-12 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BL PE
09LIMA697	NEWSPAPER ALLEGES HUMALA LINKS TO VENEZUELAN CASH [...] (... id: 207110 date: 5/14/2009 21:04 refid: 09LIMA697 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0697/01 1342104 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 142104Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0565 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION [...]	2009-05-14 21:04:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER VE PE

09LIMA7	SENDERO LUMINOSO AND THE RECENT SPIKE IN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The increase in deadly attacks attributed to Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso, SL) remnants in recent months suggests a change is afoot. Some observers maintain the violence is SL's response to a military incursion into its territory. Others believe the terrorist group is rebuildi [...]	2009-01-06 21:51:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SNAR PINR PE
09LIMA717	PERU REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic tra [...]	2009-05-19 20:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE
09LIMA777	AMAZON PROTESTS SPARK DEBATE OVER DECREES [...] (C) Summary: Prolonged and effective protests by Amazon indigenous community groups have caused Congress to reassess the legality of a number of legislative decrees regarding the use of national resources in Peru's jungle lowlands. Should Congress and President Garcia give in to the pressure, [...]	2009-06-01 23:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD EAGR SOCI SENV PE
09LIMA786	PERU: IDENTIFYING AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) This telegram responds to reftel's urgent action request to evaluate possible availability of MI-17 helicopters for use by the Pakistani military. This message also contains an action request for SCA/P in para 4. 2. (C) The Peruvian Air Force has seventeen MI-17 helicopters in its fle [...]	2009-06-03 21:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR PARM SMIG PK PE
09LIMA793	AMAZON PROTESTS: NOT SO HIDDEN POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Amazon community groups have invoked the supposed unconstitutionality of nine legislative decrees as the reason for protests that have gone on for almost two months now. These nine decrees are technical laws that seek to facilitate investment and promote development in one of Pe [...]	2009-06-05 19:20:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ECON ETRD PE
09LIMA795	CLASH LEAVES NINE POLICE, ELEVEN PROTESTORS DEAD [...] (C) Summary: After the government decided to act to facilitate the flow of food and fuel to several communities and cities strangled by prolonged protests (ref),as many as nine police and eleven indigenous protestors were killed today in a violent clash that occurred as security forces attemp [...]	2009-06-05 20:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA810	AMAZONIAN VIOLENCE: CONFUSION ABOUT DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: Confusion still surrounds the June 5 outbreak of violence in Bagua, complete with competing versions about who shot first and which side suffered more casualties. What is clear is that, on the same day in a separate violent incident on the outskirts of Bagua , about 500 indigeno [...]	2009-06-08 22:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA816	AMAZON PROTESTS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: As of June 9, an uneasy calm prevailed in Bagua in anticipation of the announced indefinite, nationwide strike scheduled to begin on June 11. Meanwhile, Aidesep leader Alberto Pizango has sought refuge in the Nicaraguan Embassy, and Minister for Women's Affairs Carmen Vildoso has [...]	2009-06-09 21:30:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR PE
09LIMA822	CONGRESS SUSPENDS DECREES TO DEFUSE PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to reduce tensions and defuse protests, the Congressional plenary on June 10 voted to suspend decrees 1064 and 1090 for 90 days. Security forces are preparing for planned June 11 nation-wide protests, including one in downtown Lima. The Prime Minister has met with C [...]	2009-06-10 21:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA830	AMAZON PROTESTS: UPDATE ON JUNE 5TH VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) Summary: Peru's premier political weekly, Caretas, published a series of articles that help clarify events during the June 5th clash between protesters and police in Peru's Amazon, complete with a series of pictures showing that, in one incident, police were ambushed by protesters firing a [...]	2009-06-11 21:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA843	PROTESTS PEACEFUL, NATIONALIST CONGRESSMEN [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of students, union members, and others in numerous cities nationwide protested on June 11 to support Amazon community demands (refs),with few reported injuries and mishaps. Whereas relative calm prevailed on the streets, tensions inside Congress peaked when legislators [...]	2009-06-12 19:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB ETRD ECON PE
09LIMA844	AMAZON PROTESTS: AIDESEP'S VIEWS AND ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the June 5 outbreak of violence, Emboffs met with representatives of Aidesep (the indigenous organization leading Amazon protests) to learn about their concerns and demands. Aidesep leader Alberto Pizango described centuries of abuses against the indigenous and the indif [...]	2009-06-12 20:10:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI PE
09LIMA847	SCENESETTER FOR DASD FRANK MORA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Lima welcomes Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Mora to Peru and to the June 18-19 Peru-US Defense Bilateral Working Group (BWG). Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of op [...]	2009-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS SOCI PTER SNAR PE
09LIMA856	GOP SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP on June 15th signed a 12-point agreement with indigenous leaders that will lead to the annulment (vice the previous suspension) of the two presidential decrees that sparked protests and roadblocks in the northern Amazon since early April. Protests and roadblocks continue [...]	2009-06-15 22:12:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA861	PM'S "REPEAL" AGREEMENT SURPRISES PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. PM Yehude Simon agreed with Amazon community representatives June 15 to repeal the two recently "suspended" legislative decrees and outlined the framework for future negotiations to resolve the crisis (refs). According to several congressional representatives, the PM's agreement [...]	2009-06-16 22:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA866	AGREEMENT LEADS TO LIKELY REPEAL OF DECREES [...] (C) Summary. The multi-sector working group established to hold dialogue between indigenous groups and the central and regional governments met for the first time June 16 (refs). On June 17, the Prime Minister and working group representatives delivered to Congress the government's proposal to [...]	2009-06-17 22:34:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA875	PRESIDENT CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION, CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia struck a conciliatory but defensive tone in a televised speech Wednesday night, acknowledging government error in handling the controversial presidential decrees that sparked weeks of protests in the Amazon. Most media interpreted Garcia's speech as an apology de [...]	2009-06-18 22:29:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA888	AMAZON PROTESTS SUBSIDE, COPYCATS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: After Congress repealed two legislative decrees (ref),prolonged protests by Amazon communities appear to have subsided. The GOP must now negotiate with indigenous and regional leaders to develop new laws. Should a majority of legislators vote to "censure" the PM, who has been s [...]	2009-06-22 21:50:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA899	THE PRO-SYSTEM VIEW: PERU ON RIGHT COURSE BUT [...] (C) Summary: Pro-system political figures believe Peru is an example of how democratic government coupled with an open, market-based economy can promote development, reduce poverty and lay the groundwork for long-term progress. Many see the 2011 general elections as a defining moment, likely [...]	2009-06-23 19:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR PE
09LIMA904	PM SEEKS TO NEGOTIATE END TO ONGOING PROTESTS [...] Summary: (C) Amazonian protests against several presidential decrees have ended, but a handful of spinoff -- and unrelated -- protests continues to nag the GOP. Prime Minister Yehude Simon traveled to Andahuaylas June 16 and to Cusco June 17 seeking to strike deals to end these protests. End [...]	2009-06-24 22:44:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE
09LIMA918	PM GOES BEFORE CONGRESS; POTENTIAL FOR PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary. After diffusing protests in Andahuaylas on June 23, Prime Minister Yehude Simon was unable to reach a similar deal the next day in the town of Sicuani, where the demands were more political. Protest leaders there have given Simon three days to address their complaints, or they w [...]	2009-06-26 17:47:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA924	"EVO MORALES IS OUR PRESIDENT": THE ANTI-SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Its economic success of recent years notwithstanding, Peru remains fertile terrain for anti-system radicals, with persistent endemic poverty and social inequality, the absence of the state from large swaths of national territory, and clumsy, sometimes jarring public action when t [...]	2009-06-26 22:13:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR BL PE
09LIMA93	CABINET CHANGE: MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE [...] (SBU) Luis CARRANZA Ugarte was sworn in (again) as Peru's Economy and Finance Minister following the January 19 resignation of Luis VALDIVIESO Montano, who had held the post over the last six months. The widely respected Carranza previously headed the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) from [...]	2009-01-23 14:26:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PINR PE
09LIMA935	PM NARROWLY AVOIDS CENSURE; VARIED PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Congress's censure motion against PM Simon and Interior Minister Cabanillas fell short of the 61 votes required to remove them from office. Simon earlier announced he would step down in the coming weeks, while reports indicate that Garcia may soon reshuffle his Cabinet while kee [...]	2009-06-30 23:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
09LIMA971	ROLLING PROTESTS BEGIN; GARCIA ANNOUNCES CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Unions and diverse social organizations on July 7 initiated a series of rolling protests, strikes, and road blockades around the country, slated to last 3 days. Protests are focused on a grab-bag of local and national issues, from construction of roads to the cancellation of free [...]	2009-07-08 19:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
09LIMA982	PROTESTS FIZZLE INTO THIRD AND FINAL DAY [...] (C) Summary: The second of three days of general, nationwide protests continued with underwhelming impact and participation. In Lima, gatherings were small and marked by internal discord. In some provinces, protesters blocked roads and paralyzed public transportation and schools, but gather [...]	2009-07-09 19:23:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI PHUM ELAB PE
09LISBON100	PORTUGAL: ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (C) Due to its small size and reach, Portugal has chosen to limit its international ambitions to three foreign policy pillars: transatlantic relations, former Portuguese colonies (the Lusophone world),and the European Union. In 2008, the GOP added a fourth focus - economic diplomacy - in orde [...]	2009-02-13 17:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON162	PORTUGUESE FOLLOW GERMAN STRATEGY FOR UN UNIVERSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Portugal is preparing for a December Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Portuguese MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins outlined Portugal's plan to consult with NGOs, coordinate a unified GOP response, and prepare for the HRC Review in Dec [...]	2009-03-17 16:11:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN PO
09LISBON164	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS KFOR MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 11:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MARR PO
09LISBON184	PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 13:46:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS EUN PO
09LISBON19	PORTUGAL QUESTIONS ON RESETTLING CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] (C) DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor met January 9 with Rui Macieira, Deputy for Security Issues to Portuguese MFA PolDir Nuno Brito. Portuguese President Cavaco Silva announced at UNGA last September that Portugal has doubled the number of asylum-seekers it would accept annually, and we wished to [...]	2009-01-12 10:34:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON208	PORTUGAL'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 13:05:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PREL MOPS MARR PO
09LISBON216	PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO IMF / WORLD BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor, together with the British DCM in Lisbon, on April 17 delivered reftel demarche regarding Kosovo's application to join the IMF and World Bank. Liliana Mascarenhas Neto, the Director for European Affairs at the Portuguese MFA, took note of our points, particularly the im [...]	2009-04-17 15:26:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PO
09LISBON233	AMBASSADOR HOSTS ISAF MEETING IN LISBON [...] (C) Ambassador Stephenson on April 22 hosted a meeting of several ISAF-country ambassadors in Lisbon to review the outcomes of the recent NATO Summit and to assess strategies for encouraging the Portuguese government to continue to contribute to ISAF in a meaningful way. Present were Lisbon-b [...]	2009-04-27 10:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PO
09LISBON238	PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF / WORLD BANK BID [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 09:57:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PO
09LISBON254	PORTUGAL-US BILATERAL COMMISSION; PROGRESS ON ISAF [...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission met in Lisbon on May 4 as part of its regular semi-annual meeting schedule and reviewed the state of the bilateral relationship. Portuguese MFA PolDir Brito said the GOP continues to study options to make good on the Prime Minister's promis [...]	2009-05-13 15:03:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP PO
09LISBON26	PORTUGAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON EU-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-14 16:42:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EU SY PREL PO
09LISBON264	PORTUGAL RESPONSE FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) The information below is keyed to the reftel questions: - Portugal supports EU efforts to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba. The GOP claims to press these messages bilaterally, but it is not a Portuguese priority. - Portugal has neither taken notable action [...]	2009-05-19 11:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL
09LISBON266	MEETING WITH JORGE SAMPAIO ON ALLIANCE OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, currently the UN HiRep for the Alliance of Civilizations and the UN Special Envoy against Tuberculosis, met with Ambassador Stephenson at the embassy on May 15. Sampaio gave a re [...]	2009-05-19 11:55:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN PO
09LISBON273	PORTUGUESE FM'S MEETING WITH S; HELP ON GTMO, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Stephenson met with Portuguese FM Luis Amado May 20 to prepare for Amado's June 4 meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington. Amado recognized the need to use Lajes Air Field for the process of transferring detainees from Guantanamo to resettlement countries and str [...]	2009-05-21 14:16:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IR IS AF PO
09LISBON306	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT - [...] (C) Ambassador Stephenson met with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on June 8, a farewell lunch prior to the Ambassador's departure from post. The discussion focused primarily on the economy and on Portugal's consideration of further deployments to Afghanistan. On the economy, Cavaco [...]	2009-06-09 10:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PO
09LISBON330	S/GC AMBASSADOR FRIED DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Daniel Fried met on June 19 with Portuguese MFA Political Director Nuno Brito to discuss Portugal's willingness to accept detainees from Guantanamo detention center. Portugal will accept "up to three" detainees, Brito said, to be selected from among four individuals w [...]	2009-06-25 07:24:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PO
09LISBON36	PORTUGAL WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) On January 7, WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon visited Lisbon as part of a series of visits to international partners engaged in Latin America. Shannon met with Portuguese officials in the Prime Minister's office, the Foreign Ministry, and with Ambassadors from European and Latin American partne [...]	2009-01-16 16:49:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PO XM
09LISBON364	PORTUGAL ECONOMY MINISTER RESIGNS, FINANCE [...] (U) Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos was sworn in as Portugal's Economy Minister on July 6, replacing Manuel Pinho, who resigned on July 2 after making an insulting gesture toward Communist parliamentary leader Bernandino Soares during the "state of the nation" session in parliam [...]	2009-07-07 14:32:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PO
09LISBON378	PORTUGUESE DEPUTY FORMIN'S VISIT TO CUBA [...] (C) On July 15, Pedro Carneiro, the Legal Advisor to Portuguese MFA number two, Secretary of State Joao Cravinho, gave P/E Counselor a readout of a trip to Cuba that he and Cravinho made on June 30-July 1. This was the first senior Portuguese visit to Cuba in several years and was a response [...]	2009-07-16 11:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XM CU PO
09LISBON444	PORTUGAL ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] (U) Poleconoff delivered reftel points on August 12 to Frederico Nascimento of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Nascimento thanked us for our input and said Portugal's preferred candidate will be decided in early September. 2. (C [...]	2009-08-13 14:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL PO
09LISBON491	PORTUGAL ON A/S GOTTEMOELLER'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 11:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO PO
09LISBON494	PORTUGAL ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR INTERNALLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 14:36:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09LISBON495	PORTUGAL ON 64TH UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on September 4 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese MFA Directorate for International Organizations and discussed the points further on September 11 with Joao Ribeiro de Almeida, Portugal's MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy a [...]	2009-09-11 14:43:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL PO
09LISBON50	PORTUGAL TO GUIDE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary: Portuguese FM Luis Amado will take the lead in the Guantanamo discussion at the January GAERC meeting to encourage EU member states to accept Guantanamo detainees, but will otherwise follow the EU consensus on Afghanistan, Gaza, and the Russia-Ukraine issues. In response to ref A [...]	2009-01-26 12:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PO AF BO
09LISBON502	CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 18:15:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PO
09LISBON503	CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 18:15:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PO
09LISBON504	CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 18:15:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MARR PREL PO
09LISBON507	POST DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 15:07:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PO
09LISBON52	NEW AZORES STATUTE OPENS A WINDOW ON PORTUGUESE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A few weeks ago the Portuguese parliament passed a new law regulating relations between mainland Portugal and the Azores islands, which are a Portuguese autonomous region. This seemingly straightforward act was a proxy for far deeper political maneuvering playing out in Lisbon a [...]	2009-01-26 16:13:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PO
09LISBON530	UPDATE ON RESETTLEMENT OF TWO GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) On October 7, an official with the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which is charged with administering the resettlement of the two Syrians transferred from Guantanamo to Portugal on August 28, provided us an update on their resettlement process. 2. (C/NF) The two i [...]	2009-10-08 09:26:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO
09LISBON531	PORTUGAL FAVORS EU SANCTIONS IF IRAN FAILS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 13:04:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PO
09LISBON532	PORTUGUESE ELECTION RESULTS PORTEND UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) Summary: The Socialists resumed power in the September 27 Portuguese elections but lost their absolute majority in Parliament, losing 24 seats to the far-left Left Bloc and the conservative Popular Party (CDS/PP). With the loss of their majority, the Socialists must now either form a coa [...]	2009-10-08 13:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO
09LISBON540	UPDATE ON DAILY ROUTINES OF TWO GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Further to information provided reftel regarding the two Syrians transfered from Guantanamo to Portugal on August 28, at our request the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which adminsters the resettlement, has provided further details on the transferees' daily routines. [...]	2009-10-15 12:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO
09LISBON561	SUBMARINE PURCHASE SPARKS DEBATE IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. The Portuguese prosecutor's office filed fraud charges September 30 against seven Portuguese and three Germans involved in the controversial one billion Euro purchase of two German-built diesel submarines for the Portuguese Navy, sparking debate about whether Portugal needs -- or [...]	2009-10-29 15:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON568	PORTUGAL WILL SUPPORT EU POSITION ON GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 15:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL PO
09LISBON577	PORTUGAL WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 11:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PREL EUN PHUM PO
09LISBON582	(C) CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) In response to Ref A, Pol/Econoff met November 17 with Joao Batista, senior MFA official responsible for Cuban affairs, to discuss Portuguese-Cuban relations. Portugal's relationship with Cuba has not significantly changed since Ref B update in December 2008. Batista noted that while Por [...]	2009-11-18 14:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV CU PO
09LISBON595	PORTUGAL ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 15:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE PO
09LISBON599	PORTUGAL ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel points on November 25 to Ambassador Nuno Brito, Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Foreign Policy. Brito said, &We were expecting this.8 He said that Minister of Foreign Affairs Amado and Minister of Defense Santos Silva had [...]	2009-11-25 15:10:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PO
09LISBON621	PORTUGAL: GROWING TENSION IN PARLIAMENT TESTS [...] (SBU) In September elections, Socialist PM Socrates lost the absolute majority in Parliament he had enjoyed for four years. The Socialists now have 97 seats in the 230-seat Parliament, but have chosen to govern as a minority rather than enter into a coalition with the opposition. Two months [...]	2009-12-15 12:23:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI PO
09LISBON623	PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS LISBON [...] (C) Deputy P/E Chief met on December 15 with Joao Neves da Costa, Portuguese MFA Director for Middle East and Maghreb Affairs, at Neves' request. Neves reported that Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado had met with Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki in Lisb [...]	2009-12-16 13:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA KPAL IS PO
09LISBON65	FURTHER ON PORTUGAL'S CONSIDERATION OF CUBAN [...] (C) On January 29, DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor met a second time with Rui Macieira, Deputy PolDir for Security Issues at the Portuguese MFA. This meeting followed up our Jan. 9 discussion (ref A) of the possibility of Portugal accepting for resettlement Cuban migrants currently at Guantanamo. [...]	2009-01-29 17:05:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON75	PORTUGAL LOOKS TO SHAPE PROCEDURE, NOT POLICY, IN [...] (SBU) On January 29, Portuguese DCM to Washington Paula Cepeda offered a readout of the January 23 Community of Democracies' (CD) "troika" meeting in Lisbon that included Portuguese FM Luis Amado, Lithuanian FM Vygaudas Usackas, Secretary General Al-Maamoun Baba Lamine Keita from Mali, and Exe [...]	2009-02-03 15:25:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PO
09LISBON79	AMBASSADOR'S FEB. 3 MEETING WITH PORTUGUESE FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Stephenson met February 3 with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado to discuss a range of issues. Their last extended discussion was on November 13 (ref A). Amado told Ambassador that the January 26 GAERC had made progress on the issue of Guantanamo detainees and th [...]	2009-02-04 13:06:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PO
09LISBON88	PORTUGUESE PM FACES CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates should be enjoying life: his Socialist Party holds an eleven-point lead over the opposition heading into the election season. But a scandal is sweeping Portugal with allegations that Socrates, while serving as Environment Minister in 2002, [...]	2009-02-09 12:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KFRD KCRM PO
09LISBON90	PORTUGAL BACKS IRENA, IBERIA LNG AND RENEWABLES [...] (C/NF) Portugal views the recent meeting of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) as a success and hopes the US and other large nations will join the new body. In the wake of last month's European natural gas supply disruptions the GOP continues to promote the Iberian peninsula a [...]	2009-02-10 15:18:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG KGHG TRGY PO
09LJUBLJANA10	SLOVENE PM ADAMANT THAT CROATIA MUST COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Borut Pahor told the Ambassador January 8 that Slovenia would block Croatia's EU accession negotiations again in February if Zagreb does not demonstrate the will to resolve the issue of the allegedly prejudicial documents submitted by Croatia as part of the accessi [...]	2009-01-09 17:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA109	IAEA DG RACE: SLOVENIA NOMINATES PETRIC [...] (SBU) The MFA held a briefing for Ljubljana's diplomatic corps on April 17 to present Dr. Ernest Petric as Slovenia's candidate for IAEA Director General. Andrej Benedejcic, Director-General of Policy Planning and Multilateral Political Relations, said that Slovenia believed that Petric "coul [...]	2009-04-17 12:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP IAEA SI
09LJUBLJANA111	SLOVENIA LOBBYING OTHERS TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IFI [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 14:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV SI
09LJUBLJANA113	SLOVENIA OPEN TO NEW IDEAS ON BURMA, SUPPORTS EU [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche and technical paper on the U.S. Burma policy review to Matjaz Marko, first secretary in the MFA's Asia division. Marko agreed that the EU common position would not change; Slovenia supported the rollover in the EU's position from last year. Marko describe [...]	2009-04-20 11:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL BM SI
09LJUBLJANA114	SLOVENIAN INTERIOR MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, GUANTANAMO, AND [...] (C) In an April 20 courtesy call on Interior Minister Katarina Kresal, CDA discussed several current issues in the U.S. - Slovenian relationship. CDA pressed Kresal to move forward with HSPD-6 and PCSC agreements, in order to satisfy requirements to remain on the visa waiver program. He raise [...]	2009-04-22 12:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG KCRM NATO CVIS ASEC PHUM PTER PINR SI
09LJUBLJANA115	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF "LENGTHY," BUT VAGUE APRIL [...] (C) Emboff discussed ref's points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with Acting European Correspondent Jurnej Muller on April 22. Muller commented that it was obvious that last week was a holiday as the Czech Presidency still had not provided background for some of the agenda items, so their p [...]	2009-04-22 15:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA116	QUESTIONABLE BANK LOANS EXPOSE SLOVENIAN [...] (C) Dr. Drasko Veselinovic, president of mostly state-owned Nova Ljubljanska Banka (NLB),offered his resignation on April 20, only two months after he took the position. The offer of resignation reflects rising tensions within the governing coalition over NLB's decision to extend the payment [...]	2009-04-22 16:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINT PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA120	SLOVENIA: AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS WAITING ON [...] (C) Officials from the ministries of Defense (MOD),Interior (MOI),and Foreign Affairs (MFA) told CDA in separate meetings that Slovenia will contribute equipment to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),but decisions on police mentoring teams (PMT) and an operational liaison and mentor [...]	2009-04-23 15:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI
09LJUBLJANA123	SLOVENIA'S VOTE FOR KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP TO COME [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 15:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KV SI
09LJUBLJANA124	SLOVENIA: CHOD'S OUSTER FAVORS REFORM, TIES WITH [...] (U) The Government of Slovenia announced on April 23 that Major General Alojz Steiner will become the new Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) on May 1, replacing Lieutenant General Albin Gutman. Brigadier General Branimir Furlan will become the deputy CHOD. Defense Minister Ljubica Jelusic told [...]	2009-04-24 15:47:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR SI
09LJUBLJANA13	SLOVENIA: UNSCR 1267 PRENOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 15:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN PTER ETTC SI
09LJUBLJANA132	SLOVENIA TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 15:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KV SI
09LJUBLJANA135	SLOVENIAN FM STRATEGIZING ON LATEST REHN PROPOSAL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zbogar reviewed with us on May 5 the government of Slovenia's planning on trying to get to a "yes" on EU Commissioner Rehn's most recent proposal on the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute. He stressed the government's concern that it be able to sell the Rehn proposal to the [...]	2009-05-06 11:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV HR SI
09LJUBLJANA139	SLOVENIA: "SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS" NEEDED TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Borut Pahor announced on May 12 that the major parties had reached agreement on a response to the latest proposal from EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn on resolving the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute. Pahor told press that the response would include "substantive amend [...]	2009-05-13 16:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA142	SLOVENIAN MOD PREPARING TO WHIP UP AN OMLT [...] (C) Brigadier Branimir Furlan, newly named Deputy Chief of Defense, told us on May 12 in response to our request (ref A) that Slovenia plans to lead an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) in Afghanistan, with its state partner Colorado Army National Guard (CO ARNG) augmenting the OMLT [...]	2009-05-15 02:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF SI
09LJUBLJANA144	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MAY 17-18 JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) On May 16, Emboff discussed the U.S. nonpaper (ref) with new European Correspondent Jernej Muller. Muller said the EU Foreign Ministers would prepare for the EU-Russia Summit, where the perception was that the Russians were trying to "steal" the agenda and focus the summit on their Europe [...]	2009-05-15 15:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN GG RS SO IR SI
09LJUBLJANA149	SLOVENIA SEEKS ANOTHER ROUND OF "QUIET" TALKS WITH [...] (C) Iztok Mirosic, the MFA Coordinator for Croatia and U/S equivalent Director for Bilateral Affairs, briefed CDA on May 15 on Slovenia's response to the latest Rehn proposal, which it formally submitted to Rehn on May 18. Mirosic explained that the government was very concerned that there be [...]	2009-05-18 17:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV HR SI
09LJUBLJANA157	SLOVENIA: EP ELECTIONS A REFERENDUM ON COALITION [...] (C) While the governing center-left coalition has been focused on the twin challenges of the economic crisis and the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute (ref A),the center-right opposition has surged to the lead in polls ahead of Slovenia's June 7 European Parliament (EP) elections. The oppositi [...]	2009-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SI
09LJUBLJANA16	DAS GARBER CEMENTS TIES WITH NEW SLOVENIAN [...] (C) During a visit to Ljubljana on January 14, visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber assured Slovenian officials that the USG would continue to pursue a strong transatlantic partnership. She noted that the U.S. had coordinated closely with its G-20 partners to respond to the global financial crisis and [...]	2009-01-20 09:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG SI
09LJUBLJANA161	SLOVENIA: "EVERYONE IS A WINNER" IN EP ELECTION [...] (U) Slovenia's June 7 elections for seven seats in the European Parliament (EP) provided no surpises, as the unofficial results on June 8 mirrored the final pre-election polling numbers. The Slovene Democratic Party (SDS),the main opposition party, and Prime Minister Pahor's Social Democrats [...]	2009-06-08 14:01:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN PINR SI
09LJUBLJANA162	SLOVENIA UNABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) ADCM met with Tomaz Mencin, head of the Division for Africa, the Near East, Asia and Oceania, and Natalija Raisp, head of the Asia section, on June 9 to urge Slovenia to heed the UNSYG's warning that there will be a severe crisis if the UN is forced to cut services because of the unmet UN a [...]	2009-06-10 05:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PK SI
09LJUBLJANA168	2009 SLOVENIA INVESTMENT DISPUTE AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) Post is unaware of any relevant investment disputes or additional expropriation claims against the Government of Slovenia. Post is aware of one claim of a United States citizen against the Ljubljana Tax Office (a municipal-level office). Post has only heard Claimant A's side of the seemi [...]	2009-06-15 17:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV CASC OPIC KIDE SI
09LJUBLJANA178	CROATIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS U.S. SHOULD BECOME MORE [...] (C) Svjetlan Berkovic, Croatian Ambassador to Slovenia, made a pitch to CDA on June 29 for greater U.S. involvement in getting Croatia's EU accession talks back on track. Citing the example of Slovenia's ratification of Croatia's NATO membership, "which ran through Washington," Berkovic expres [...]	2009-06-29 16:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA18	DEMARCHE: ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS TO U.S.-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 15:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS SI
09LJUBLJANA181	SLOVENIAN ECONOMY KEEPS ITS HEAD ABOVE WATER, BUT [...] (SBU) Slovenia,s economy continues to be in a slump, but leaders disagree about just how bad the economy is. Prime Minister Pahor was quoted in an newspaper interview on June 27 saying: "the global economic crisis will be longer and deeper than originally expected. We're witnessing the bigge [...]	2009-07-06 05:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETTC SI
09LJUBLJANA183	SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PM CLINGS TO REHN PROCESS, [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with CDA, a haggard-looking Prime Minister Pahor stated that he would like the process led by EU Commissioner Olli Rehn to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia impasse to continue as the two countries were "very close." He acknowledged, however, that it was an open question as t [...]	2009-07-06 12:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV PINR HR SI
09LJUBLJANA184	SLOVENIAN FM WILL SKIP DUBROVNIK SUMMIT, CITING [...] (C) MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Iztok Mirosic informed CDA the afternoon of July 6 that the Foreign Minister would not go to Dubrovnik for the Croatia Summit after all (reftel). Mirosic explained that the FM had changed his plans after hearing Sanader's comments at his July 4 f [...]	2009-07-06 16:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV HR SI
09LJUBLJANA196	SLOVENIA WORKING TO ADDRESS FINNISH ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (C) After discussions with Slovenia's Minister of Justice and Chief Prosecutor-General about Finnish allegations circulated at the June OECD Working Group on Bribery, post expects Finland and Slovenia will clear up the misunderstandings that gave rise to the allegations in September - before t [...]	2009-07-16 14:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OECD EFIN SI

09LJUBLJANA197	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JULY 27-28 GAERC [...] (C) On June 10, Emboff discussed the U.S. nonpaper (ref) with European Correspondent Jernej Muller. Muller was unable to provide Slovenia's views on whether/how the U.S. might best support the EUMM because Slovenia has not yet developed its position. He noted that Slovenia has focused more on [...]	2009-07-17 12:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV GG SI
09LJUBLJANA20	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE "LIGHT" JANUARY 26-27 [...] (C) On January 22, Emboff met with Jernej Muller, of the MFA's EU Division, to deliver reftel's talking points in advance of the January 26-27 GAERC. Muller said the agenda for the Czech Republic's first GAERC was not so heavy. The Foreign Ministers would focus on energy security and relatio [...]	2009-01-22 16:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL AF SU ZI UP BO SI
09LJUBLJANA209	SLOVENIAN FM LEANS FORWARD ON W. BALKANS, [...] (C) During a July 22 discussion with CDA, Foreign Minister Zbogar focused on the Western Balkans, stressing that Slovenia remained concerned about Bosnia and Herzegovina, while its relationship with Serbia was deepening despite Slovenia's strong support for Kosovo. Zbogar hoped that a July 31 [...]	2009-07-23 17:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ECON SI
09LJUBLJANA21	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS: U.S.-EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In farewell calls on Slovenian President Daniel Turk and National Assembly speaker Pavel Gantar, Ambassador Ghafari: highlighted the importance of U.S.-European partnership; stressed the need for prompt parliamentary ratification of Croatia's membership in NATO; and urged Sloven [...]	2009-01-23 14:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EUN MARR HR SI
09LJUBLJANA212	SLOVENIA PLANS INCREASE IN CIVILIAN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Emboffs delivered demarche on assisting Afghanistan beyond the August elections (ref A) and encouraged Slovene officials to commit additional military and civilian resources to Afghanistan. Jure Rifelj, the MFA's coordinator for Afghanistan and currently working in the Defense Ministry's [...]	2009-07-24 12:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR KPAO AF PK SI
09LJUBLJANA215	YOUR MEETING WITH SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Your July 29 meeting with Foreign Minister Zbogar is an opportunity to advance our bilateral and regional agendas on at least three fronts: European integration of the Western Balkans, including Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo; a qualitative and quantitative increase in Sl [...]	2009-07-24 17:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AF HR SI
09LJUBLJANA231	SLOVENIAN AND CROATIAN PMS AGREE TO DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) At their July 31 meeting in northern Croatia, Slovenian PM Borut Pahor and Croatian PM Jadranka Kosor agreed to have a dialogue and try to prepare a two-part package that would allow Slovenia to lift its reservations and Croatia's EU negotiations to resume. The first part would be a Croat [...]	2009-07-31 18:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA237	SLOVENIA: SECOND NUCLEAR PLANT MAY BE DELAYED [...] (SBU) During the Charge d'Affaire's (CDA) July 23 visit to Krsko, the site of Slovenia's only nuclear power plant, which it shares with Croatia, Post learned of changes to the Slovenian energy industry that may postpone the timeline for a second nuclear power plant in Slovenia. This was disap [...]	2009-08-03 15:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP EINV SI
09LJUBLJANA238	SLOVENIA: READY TO ALLOW TRANSIT OF SERB NUCLEAR [...] (C) On July 22nd Post accompanied officials from Department of Energy (DoE),International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and Vinca Nuclear Institute (VNI) in Belgrade, Serbia to the initial discussions with officials from the Slovenian Ministry of the Interior regarding transport of nuclear mat [...]	2009-08-03 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP SI
09LJUBLJANA24	SLOVENIA: COMMITTEE SUPPORTS CROATIA'S NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following a push by the Prime Minister to lobby wavering MPs, Slovenia's parliamentary foreign policy committee voted 16-3 on January 26 in support of ratification of Croatia's NATO accession. The three votes against ratification came from one Slovene People's Party (SLS),one S [...]	2009-01-26 17:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR HR SI
09LJUBLJANA249	SLOVENIA: STRONG GOS SUPPORT FOR U.S. FIRM ASPECT [...] (SBU) Aspect Energy, an American clean energy company, wants to do business in Slovenia exploring for natural gas in the northeastern part of the country. The Government of Slovenia recognizes that a discovery of natural gas will benefit Slovenia greatly by strengthening its energy security a [...]	2009-08-14 09:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV SI
09LJUBLJANA254	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING AUNG SAN [...] (C) On August 19, Emboff met with Matjaz Marko from the Asia and Pacific Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver reftel talking points regarding the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi. Marko expressed GOS unity with the EU position strongly condemning the conviction. He also stated [...]	2009-08-19 11:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM SI
09LJUBLJANA258	SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PRESIDENT SEES WINDOW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to his advisors, President Danilo Tuerk is deeply interested in finding a solution to the ongoing border dispute with Croatia that would allow Croatia's EU accession to proceed and would be politically salable in Slovenia. He sees the proposal put forth by EU Enlargeme [...]	2009-08-21 19:15:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA259	SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PRESIDENT SEES WINDOW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to his advisors, President Danilo Tuerk is deeply interested in finding a solution to the ongoing border dispute with Croatia that would allow Croatia's EU accession to proceed and would be politically salable in Slovenia. He sees the proposal put forth by EU Enlargeme [...]	2009-08-24 07:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA272	SLOVENIA: FM ZBOGAR SAYS NO ORAL ARGUMENT FOR [...] (C) Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar told EUR/SCE PDAS Stu Jones on August 30 that Slovenia would not provide oral arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Kosovo's independence (reftel). Jones urged Zbogar to reconsider Slovenia's position. 2. (C) Comment: T [...]	2009-09-01 14:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ICJ AORC KV SI
09LJUBLJANA274	SLOVENIA: PM ASKS FOR BREATHING ROOM RE GUANTANAMO [...] (C) DAS Stu Jones asked Prime Minister Pahor in a private meeting at the Bled Strategic Forum on August 30 if Slovenia would be willing to accept one or two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. Pahor declined to provide an immediate answer, staying that he needed to resolve the border dispute wi [...]	2009-09-03 14:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDRG SI
09LJUBLJANA275	SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PM WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor informed DAS Stuart Jones on August 30 that he was willing to be flexible on the language of the June 15 Rehn proposal (Rehn 2) despite the political risks, but he needed a public statement from the Government of Croatia (GoC) agreeing to the Rehn 2 fr [...]	2009-09-03 16:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA28	SLOVENIA: UNRELATED DISPUTE DELAYS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Former PM Jansa's opposition SDS party blocked a parliamentary vote on NATO membership for Croatia and Albania January 29 ecause of a dispute over domestic budget legislaion. With parliament not scheduled to meet again n regular session until the end of February, the government plans to c [...]	2009-01-30 19:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR HR SI
09LJUBLJANA281	SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER: "WE HAVE REACHED [...] (C/NF) In a one-on-one meeting September 9, Slovenian PM Pahor told CDA that he and Croatian PM Kosor had reached agreement on the way forward regarding the border dispute and Croatia,s EU accession. He said Kosor would travel to Ljubljana, perhaps as early as September 11, to sign the letter [...]	2009-09-09 20:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA291	SLOVENIA: SCENESETTER FOR MOD STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) State Secretary Uros Krek, Slovenia's Deputy Minister of Defense, is visiting the U.S. primarily to determine if there is true U.S. political support /appreciation for Slovenian past and current military efforts in Kosovo, Afghanistan and NATO. This is an opportunity for senior U.S. offi [...]	2009-09-18 13:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO SI
09LJUBLJANA293	SLOVENIA AGREES ON IRAN, BUT SEES NARROW WINDOW OF [...] (C) On September 18, Pol/Econ Chief called on MFA's Tomaz Mencin, Head of Division for Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, and Tadej Rupel, Head of the Unit for Middle East to urge Slovenia's active involvement in calling on Iran to engage constructively with the P5 1. Mencin affirme [...]	2009-09-21 06:00:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC
09LJUBLJANA295	SLOVENIA ON UNGA REDLINES TOES THE EU LINE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 14:05:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA
09LJUBLJANA3	GAZPROM HALTS DELIVERIES, BUT SLOVENES REMAIN [...] (C) Gazprom completely closed down gas supplies to Slovenia at midnight on January 6, saying deliveries will not resume for at least 24 hours. Slovenia receives about 55% of its gas from Russia. The country has reserves for 30 to 45 days stored in Austria, but Government officials are concer [...]	2009-01-07 19:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV SI
09LJUBLJANA30	SLOVENIA WELCOMES EU COMMISSION PROPOSAL AS WAY TO [...] (SBU) During a February 5 briefing for heads of diplomatic missions on Slovenia's positions on Slovenia-Croatia relations, MFA State Secretary Dragoljuba Bencina emphasized that Slovenia welcomed the Ollie Rehn proposal as the appropriate solution. She told the diplomatic corps that PM Pahor [...]	2009-02-06 16:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV HR SI
09LJUBLJANA307	SLOVENIA FAVORS EU ABSTENTION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) On October 1, Pol/Econ Chief used the occasion of a previously scheduled lunch to discuss refs (A) and (B) talking points concerning the Goldstone Report with MFA's Andrej Benedejcic, MFA's Director General for Security Policy and Multilateral Political Affairs. The MFA's Section for Hu [...]	2009-10-01 14:03:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL
09LJUBLJANA312	(C) PM PAHOR CALLS FOR URGENT U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 18:29:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN SI HR
09LJUBLJANA32	SLOVENIAN PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES NATO [...] (U) Slovenia's 90-seat National Assembly voted 75-11 on February 9 to approve Croatia's NATO accession protocol. The vote followed a brief debate, during which all representatives of the People's Party (SLS) and the Nationalists' Party (SNS, headed by Jelencic) spoke out and subsequently vote [...]	2009-02-09 17:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR SI
09LJUBLJANA324	SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PM PAHOR FRUSTRATED BY FAILED [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for European Affairs and Bilateral Relations Iztok Mirosic told Charge October 9 that this week's bilateral talks in Zagreb on an arbitration agreement to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute have failed. Croatia has crossed two Slovenian redlines by i [...]	2009-10-09 16:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA332	SLOVENIA: NO EASY SOLUTION FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 05:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PREF PHUM SI
09LJUBLJANA336	PAHOR EXPECTS FINAL ACT TO BORDER DRAMA [...] (C) Prime Minister Pahor's Foreign Policy Advisor Marko Makovec told CDA October 23 that Pahor took away a positive impression of this week's telephone conversation with Deputy Secretary Steinberg. Makovec expressed the PM's appreciation for Washington's understanding and support. He noted, [...]	2009-10-23 17:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA337	SLOVENIA: POLITICAL DECISION ON OMLT, CAVEATS [...] (C) The Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) are both preparing for the government to make a decision on the possibility of a Slovene-led Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) in late October or early November, according to MOD State Secretary Uros Krek and MF [...]	2009-10-26 15:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR AF SI
09LJUBLJANA347	MFA NOTES ACHIEVEMENTS, NEXT STEPS ON ARBITRATION [...] (C) Summary. Senior officials at Slovenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs are pleased with the November 4th signing of the arbitration agreement to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute. At a November 5 briefing, Director-General for European Affairs and Bilateral Relations Iztok Mirosic [...]	2009-11-06 17:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA351	SLOVENIA ON BELARUS SANCTIONS: CURRENT POLICY NOT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 13:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM BO SI
09LJUBLJANA356	SLOVENIA: CABINET SUPPORTS OMLT TO TRAIN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 07:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS AF SI
09LJUBLJANA358	SLOVENIA-CROATIA: NOW THE HARD PART [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 12. SUMMARY 2. (C) The signing of the historic border arbitration agreement November 4 by the Prime Ministers of Slovenia and Croatia is just the first step in a complex domestic process that will challenge Prime Ministe [...]	2009-11-18 17:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA366	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 18:43:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IAEA SI
09LJUBLJANA367	SLOVENIA WILL DEEPEN ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 19:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SI
09LJUBLJANA374	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS PRESSING FOR FURTHER DIALOGUE IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 14:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM SI
09LJUBLJANA384	SLOVENIA: COALITION PARTY LEADER EMPHASIZES UN [...] (C) Summary: CDA met December 9 with Zares Party President Gregor Golobic, the leader of one of Prime Minister Pahor's junior coalition partners, as part of the Embassy's strategy to actively engage Slovenia's leadership in support of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. MP and Foreign Policy Co [...]	2009-12-17 15:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL AF SI
09LJUBLJANA385	PUTTING U.S.-SLOVENIA RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 17:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN NATO MARR HR SI
09LJUBLJANA388	SLOVENIA-CROATIA BORDER ARBITRATION: RATIFICATION [...] (C) As Slovenia's Constitutional Court moves forward with its review of the Slovenia-Croatia arbitration agreement, court justice and former senior diplomat Ernest Petric has asked an independent panel of former justices -- some publicly critical of the agreement -- for their opinions on t [...]	2009-12-30 10:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA39	AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR VALENTIN INZKO PROMOTES OHR [...] (U) CDA met today with Austria's Ambassador to Slovenia, Valentin Inzko, at Inzko's request. Inzko presented a CV for forwarding to Washington in connection with his candidacy for the Office of High Representative (OHR),Sarajevo. The CV will be scanned and forwarded to EUR/CE and EUR/SCE. [...]	2009-02-13 17:28:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN BK AU SI
09LJUBLJANA40	SLOVENIA/CROATIA: THE NATO REFERENDUM NOBODY WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Marjan Podobnik, a one-time agrarian politician and head of a patriotic NGO called the June 25th Institute, formally submitted more than 5,300 signatures to parliament on February 16 to initiate a request for a referendum on Croatia's NATO accession protocol. Unless a compromise [...]	2009-02-17 18:13:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR SI
09LJUBLJANA41	SLOVENIA EXPECTS WESTERN BALKANS TO DOMINATE [...] (C) ADCM delivered ref's points regarding the February 23-24 GAERC to EU Correspondent Darja Gruban on February 19. Gruban said she expected the restricted Foreign Ministers' lunch discussion on the Western Balkans would be long. In addition to the FMs discussing Afghanistan, the Political Di [...]	2009-02-20 15:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV AFDB SU SI
09LJUBLJANA42	SLOVENIA TO ANNOUNCE ASSISTANCE TO GAZA AT SHARM [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Slovenia's Foreign Minister, Samuel Zbogar, plans to present details on Slovenia's assistance efforts at the March 2 donors' conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, according to Polonca Smole of the MFA's Middle East section. She told us on Feb [...]	2009-02-20 15:50:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EFIN PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG SI
09LJUBLJANA45	POSITIVE READ-OUT OF SLOVENIAN PM'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, Marko Makovec, gave us a read-out of the February 24 meeting between PM Pahor and Croatian PM Sanader, which he characterized as more positive than portrayed by the media. Makovec explained that after the press conference, during which both side [...]	2009-02-25 11:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EUN HR SI
09LJUBLJANA50	SLOVENIA AGREES WITH USG'S NEW APPROACH IN [...] (C) ADCM met with MFA Security Policy Division Chief Stanislav Vidovic on February 24 and with MOD Deputy Director General of Defense Planning Primoz Savc on February 26 to: outline the "anchor points" of the Afghanistan-Pakistan review; seek Slovenia's input for the strategy review; and encou [...]	2009-02-27 08:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI
09LJUBLJANA51	SLOVENIAN SUPPORT FOR NTM-I [...] (C) Emboff met with MFA Security Division Chief Stanislav Vidovic on February 24 to encourage Slovenia to support the continuation and expansion of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),per reftel. Vidovic explained that although Slovenia withdrew its two trainers from NTM-I in December in [...]	2009-02-27 08:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ SI
09LJUBLJANA52	SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] (C) Slovenia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote on judges for the UN Appeals Tribunal. Mateja Stojanovic, in the MFA's International Organizations sector, told us on February 27 that the MFA would also deliver a diplomatic note confirming Slovenia's support. FREDEN [...]	2009-02-27 14:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SI
09LJUBLJANA57	SLOVENIA DESPERATELY TRYING TO AVOID A TRAIN WRECK [...] (C) The Government of Slovenia is pursuing a multi-track approach to try to assure Croatia's entry into NATO. PM Pahor's government will continue to try to persuade the marginal Party of the Slovene Nation (SSN) to pull the plug on its campaign for a referendum about Croatia's NATO accession. [...]	2009-03-03 18:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV MARR HR SI
09LJUBLJANA60	FINANCE MINISTER SAYS SLOVENIAN ECONOMY BETTER OFF [...] (SBU) CDA met with Finance Minister France Krizanic on March 6 to discuss Krizanic's views of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Slovenia's overall economic position. Krizanic appeared realistic, but upbeat about Slovenia's financial situation. He explained that while Slovenia avoided the [...]	2009-03-06 17:02:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA61	SLOVENIAN ECONOMY DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Slovenia is facing the most severe economic times in its eighteen-year history. A director of the Government Institute of Economic Analysis and Development (IMAD) said at a press conference on that the first quarter of 2009 will be the worst since independence and that Slovenia has not yet [...]	2009-03-09 17:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA62	SLOVENIA TO COMPLETE CROATIA'S NATO RATIFICATION [...] (C) There is progress on turning off the referendum initiative on Croatia's accession to NATO before March 26. With the announcement March 9 by Marjan Podobnik's Institute 25 June of its non-entrance into the signature campaign, it has become clear that the non-parliamentary Party of the Slove [...]	2009-03-10 16:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR EUN PGOV HR SI
09LJUBLJANA64	GUIDANCE REQUEST: FORMER SLOVENIAN FM RUPEL ASKED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: CDA met March 11 with former Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel ) now PM Pahor,s diplomatic &Special Envoy8 ) at Rupel's request to discuss a proposal that he lead a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission to Gaza. Rupel said he was asked by the [...]	2009-03-11 18:36:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IS SI
09LJUBLJANA65	SLOVENIA INTERESTED IN U.S. VIEWS ON SYRIA AND [...] (C) ADCM reviewed our points for the March GAERC and Gymnich meetings (ref) with MFA European Corespondent Darja Gruban on March 12. Gruban requested updates on the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, which the EU FMs would discuss at the March 27-28 Gymnich. She expected GAERC conclusions on Bo [...]	2009-03-12 12:10:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV MD MW BK MK SU SY BO SI
09LJUBLJANA68	ECON MINISTER TALKS ABOUT FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. [...] (C) CDA discussed with Slovenian Minister of Economy Matej Lahovnik on March 11 the Global Economic Crisis, Slovenia's economic position, and opportunities for U.S. investments in Slovenia. CDA urged Slovenia, as part of the EU, to address the financial vulnerabilities in Central and Eastern Eu [...]	2009-03-13 17:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PINR PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA7	SLOVENIA LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON EU-SYRIA [...] (C) On January 9, Emboff met with Miljan Majhen, MFA Near East Section, to urge Slovenia to withhold approval of the EU-Syria Association Agreement (reftel). Majhen said that Slovenia did not attach great significance to the accord, which was just "updating a technical economic agreement." He [...]	2009-01-09 15:17:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY SI
09LJUBLJANA78	SLOVENIA: ADDRESS FINANCIAL CRISIS IN CEE ON [...] (C) Emboffs met with Ministry of Finance officials Katja Bozic, Director General of Financial Systems, and Andrej Kavcic, Head of the International Finance Department, to discuss Slovenia's views on the Global Financial Crisis. Per reftel A, emboffs urged European leadership and proactive flex [...]	2009-03-20 16:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA8	SLOVENIA PREPARES "PARACHUTE" CANDIDATE IN CASE OF [...] (C) Ambassador Ernest Petric, an experienced diplomat and former member of the IAEA board of governors, called on Ambassador Ghafari on January 9 to inform him that Slovenia would nominate him as a candidate for IAEA Director General if the first two rounds of voting ended with a deadlock betw [...]	2009-01-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA PINR KNNP SI
09LJUBLJANA83	SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Gaja Peric, counselor in the MFA's security policy division, on March 27, and encouraged contributions to the key deliverables for the NATO summit (ref A). Peric confirmed Slovenia's prior decision to send ten additional troops to contribute to security [...]	2009-03-27 13:19:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI
09LJUBLJANA84	SLOVENIA: PM PAHOR'S 1ST 100 DAYS DEFINED BY [...] (C) Nearly all observers cite the economic crisis as the biggest task facing the government during its first 100 days in office, with the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute a close second. Pahor himself told us he agrees with this assessment, and that he is "basically satisfied." On the domesti [...]	2009-03-27 15:42:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SI
09LJUBLJANA93	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR [...] (C) CDA raised with Ambassador Benedejcic, Director of the MFA's Directorate for Policy Planning and Multilateral Policy, on April 2 our specific requests for additional contributions in Afghanistan (reftel). Benedejcic thanked the U.S. for its leadership on the situation in Afghanistan. He n [...]	2009-04-03 11:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI
09LJUBLJANA94	SLOVENIA TO FOLLOW EU LINE ON ETS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 13:54:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON SI ETRD SENV EU
09LOME115	TOGO: COUP ATTEMPT THWARTED? [...] (C) Summary. At 22:00 on Sunday, April 12, military forces stormed the house of former Minister of Defense and half-brother to President Faure, Kpatcha Gnassingbe. Initial reports are that Faure ordered this action to thwart a coup attempt planned for the coming days. Faure was scheduled to tra [...]	2009-04-13 15:12:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TO
09LOME126	TOGO: UPDATE ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Parliamentarian and half-brother to President Faure, Kpatcha Gnassingbe, remains in custody after being arrested at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy the morning of Wednesday, April 15 (ref A). The Togolese intelligence agency, ANR, is currently in possession of a large weapons cac [...]	2009-04-16 16:40:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TO
09LOME14	TOGO: PRESIDENT FAURE COMMITTED TO FIGHT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. President Faure requested a meeting with Ambassador Hawkins to discuss the growing drug trade in Togo, specifically a drug trade organization (DTO) recently apprehended in Lome. He candidly and knowledgeably discussed particulars of that case, the need for increased cooperation be [...]	2009-01-14 17:18:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL TO
09LOME421	TOGO: KPATCHA'S LAWYERS FINALLY MEET THEIR CLIENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over 180 days have passed since Kpatcha Gnassingbe, President Faure's half brother, was arrested for an alleged coup attempt. Although no charges have been filed in the case, Kpatcha and the 29 others arrested with him are still in prison and the case against them seems stalled. S [...]	2009-11-06 13:22:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC TO
09LOME444	TOGO: ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS - OPPOSITION BOYCOTT - [...] On Friday, November 12, Gilchrist Olympio, leader of the major opposition party, the UFC, visited the CMR to reiterate his concerns that the Government and ruling party (RPT) were conniving to steal the election from him. He requested assistance from the USG to provide each of the 6,000 voting [...]	2009-11-20 12:08:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TO
09LONDON1039	A GUIDE TO THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES [...] (C) The British Overseas Territories (BOT) are fourteen far-flung possessions under British sovereignty that hearken to the era when Britannia truly ruled the waves. One Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official accurately characterized the BOTs as "remnants of empire" -- acquired by G [...]	2009-05-01 15:02:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS MARR AY CJ FK GI
09LONDON1067	SOMALIA: FORMER PM NUR ADDE ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. "There is momentum behind the reconciliation process," former Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein ("Nur Adde") and TFG Member of Parliament Mustafa Duhulow (Hawiye/Murosade and ex TFG Minister under Nur Adde) told Poloff May 6 in London. The best way forward for the reconci [...]	2009-05-06 12:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO UK
09LONDON1069	RBS EXECUTIVES SAY â€œMEA CULPAâ€ - AND SHARE PLANS [...] (C) Summary. Apologizing for the bank's past excesses, senior Royal Bank of Scotland executives acknowledged that ambition drove the company to overreach and pursue investments with quick returns, which landed the bank in the deep trouble it is now. Bailed out by the UK government, which now has a [...]	2009-05-06 14:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV UK
09LONDON1077	ZIMBABWE: BITI'S APRIL 30 MEETINGS IN LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Zimbabwean Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with UK Foreign Secretary Miliband and Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown separately on April 30. Biti described the Spring IFI meetings in Washington as "helpful," gave an overview of the economy and the Governme [...]	2009-05-07 11:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ZI UK
09LONDON1185	AIRCRAFT IN EXETER NOT EN ROUTE TO SYRIA (CHAM [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points and the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) to the British Foreign Office's (FCO) Americas Desk and Flybe, the company carrying out repair of the Orion aircraft, on May 15, and to the UK Department for Transport (DfT) on May 19. HMG officials were vaguely aware [...]	2009-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON1226	LIBERTAD ACT: INPUT FOR UK [...] (C) Summary. Further to reftel, Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers May 21 to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disa [...]	2009-05-22 11:37:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ETTC PHUM CU UK
09LONDON1229	WEST AFRICA/NIGERIA: UK PLANS TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. To stem drug trafficking, money laundering, and immigration fraud in West Africa that directly affects the UK, the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) plans to increase its presence and support to the region, including through opening a new office in Senegal in October 2009 [...]	2009-05-22 14:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR SMIG KCOR KCRM KFRD NI XY UK
09LONDON1230	SOUTH AFRICA: IAEA CANDIDATE MINTY OFFERS VIEWS ON [...] (C) Discussing what South Africa had learned from its rotation on the United States Security Council (UNSC),South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Special Representative on Disarmament and NEPAD Ambassador Abdul Minty -- also Africa's candidate for the IAEA [...]	2009-05-22 15:48:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNSC PARM TRGY SF ZU UK
09LONDON1233	NIGERIA: AN ON-GOING UK PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary. Migration and prisoner transfers; corruption; trade; and, the Niger Delta and oil all form important components of the UK-Nigeria bilateral relationship, Foreign Office Nigeria team leader Catherine Inglehearn told Poloff and visiting Nigeria Desk Officer May 20. Nigeria is an "o [...]	2009-05-26 14:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS NI UK
09LONDON124	DRC/SANCTIONS: UK PREFERS PREVIOUS APPROACH AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 15:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF UK
09LONDON1256	KOSOVO CHARGE EXPECTS TO BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Kosovo Charge Muhamet Hamiti informed Political Minister Counselor that he will travel to Pristina the week of May 31 to complete the "bureaucratic" procedures for his appointment as Ambassador to the Court of St. James, with accreditation to New Zealand (per reftel, the GONZ has agreed [...]	2009-05-27 15:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREF KVPR NZ KV UK
09LONDON127	IRAN: BBC PERSIAN TV BEGINS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. BBC Persian TV launched its well-resourced broadcast operations January 14. Both anti-regime exiles and the Tehran regime continue to attack BBC's objectivity. The BBC's effort is a long-term one aimed at attracting Farsi-speaking audiences in Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan; broa [...]	2009-01-16 16:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF IR KPAO PHUM PREL PROP TI UK
09LONDON1300	SUDAN: TROIKA RE-INVIGORATED AT MAY 28 LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Troika partners welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's robust efforts to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),noted the important role the Troika had and could play in encouraging CPA implementation through support and political pressure, and [...]	2009-06-02 10:06:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM SU UK
09LONDON1301	SUDAN/UK: SE GRATION'S MAY 28 BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. In May 28 U.S.-UK meetings on Sudan, the UK Government welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's approach to Sudan and offered its support for the USG's emerging strategy. Foreign Office Political Director Mark Lyall Grant welcomed SE Gration's engagement with China, while [...]	2009-06-02 10:09:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PINR CH SU UK
09LONDON1344	UPDATE ON STATUS OF HMG PROPOSAL FOR MARINE [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG remains committed at the most senior levels to establishing a marine reserve in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),which includes the island of Diego Garcia, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officer told Poloff June 3. UK officials have made little progress [...]	2009-06-05 11:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL
09LONDON1383	LABOUR LOSES ELECTION IN WALES FOR FIRST TIME IN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Welsh Labour Party was drubbed in June 4 European Parliamentary elections, dropping 12 percent from its 2004 result and losing a seat to the right-wing anti-EU UK Independence Party. The Conservative Party nudged ahead of the Labour Party by just under one perce [...]	2009-06-11 14:44:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UK
09LONDON1385	COMMMONWEALTH ON FIJI, SRI LANKA, NIGERIA, QUEEN'S [...] (C) Summary. During a June 11 discussion with Poloff, Commonwealth Political Director Amitav Banerji offered electoral commission capacity-building as an area where the USG and Commonwealth could be strategic partners; said a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) would soon discuss and [...]	2009-06-11 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PINR NI CE FJ NZ CA MY UK
09LONDON139	USG AND MEXICAN DELEGATIONS DISCUSS AREAS FOR [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer and Mexican Deputy Secretary of Energy Mario Gabriel and their accompanying delegations discussed reforms in Mexico's oil sector, areas of potential collaboration, and progress on renewable energy strategies on December 19 on the mar [...]	2009-01-20 16:25:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV UK
09LONDON1394	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JUNE GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 12:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EU LE CU BM UK
09LONDON1472	VIEWS ON EMERGING EUROPEAN ECONOMIES FROM UK [...] (U) Summary: Economists at major UK-based global banks are keeping a close watch on Eastern European economies. Though generally less pessimistic than several months ago, following significant IMF and European Commission support packages to the region and the beginning of recovery in Western [...]	2009-06-22 11:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN UK
09LONDON1497	LONDON-BASED EXPERTS ASSESS SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The global financial crisis eroded the market value of sovereign wealth funds' holdings, leading many to refocus on liquidity in the short term with moves towards cash balances and fixed income government securities, especially U.S. Treasuries. However, experts with whom ECONOF [...]	2009-06-25 14:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV UK
09LONDON155	ZIMBABWE: UK SEEKS TO CURB DIAMOND EXPORTS [...] (C) FCO Minister for Africa Mark Malloch-Brown has instructed the Foreign Office to push the Kimberley Process (KP) to investigate Zimbabwe's KP eligibility and issue a statement about Zimbabwe's trafficking of conflict diamonds (reftels). In the interim because KP "is so slow," Malloch-Brown [...]	2009-01-21 14:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EMIN UNSC ZU ZI UK
09LONDON1668	DARFUR/SUDAN: UPDATE ON JEM THINKING BY GIBRIL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Representative Gibril Ibrahim said July 20 that JEM is "not venue shopping" for peace talks and continues to support the Doha talks, and that the international community needs to put pressure on the Government of Sudan (GoS) to implement [...]	2009-07-20 15:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MOPS KPKO SU CD UK
09LONDON1669	DRC/LRA: UK SEES ARMY REFORM AS KEY TO SEXUAL AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK sees security sector reform (SSR) and army reform as keys to improveing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Foreign Office Great Lakes team leader Nne-Nne Iwuji-Eme and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told Poloff July 20. The U [...]	2009-07-20 15:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS ZF CG RW UG SO UK
09LONDON1701	SOMALIA/HOA: PDAS CARTER INFORMED THAT UK TO INCREASE SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT REF: LONDON 1635 Classified By: Acting Political Counselor Daniel McNicholas, reasons [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 13:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS PHUM PINR XW SO KE ER ET UK
09LONDON1702	WEST AFRICA: PDAS CARTER HEARS UK CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office West and Southern Africa DAS-equivalent Janet Douglas told PDAS Carter July 22 that relative stability in West Africa and a UK budget crunch had meant a reduced UK presence and programming in West Africa, but agreed that Briton Edwin Dyer's June murder in Mali by AQIM ha [...]	2009-07-24 13:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS PHUM XY NI UK
09LONDON1767	SOMALIA: LONDON-BASED ARS CHAIR SAYS ARS READY TO [...] (C) Summary. Acting Chair of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Zakaria Abdi told Poloff July 31 that ARS is ready to mediate between the Transition Federal Government (TFG) and Hisbul Islam and al-Shabaab. Abdi claimed the TFG's Sheikh Sharif left the ARS because ARS was "to [...]	2009-07-31 16:15:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PTER SO UK
09LONDON1818	SOMALILAND: KULMIYE OPPOSITION PARTY SUPPORTS MORE USG PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS REF: NAIROBI 1685 [...] (C) Summary. Mohamed Omar, Foreign Affairs Secretary of Somaliland's Kulmiye opposition party, said August 7 the USG should put more pressure on Somaliland President Dahir Riyale to reinstate the voter registration list and to allow the return of Interpeace, the NGO supporting the technical conduc [...]	2009-08-07 14:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EAID PHUM SO DJ ET XW UK
09LONDON1828	U.S. NEEDS TO TALK MORE WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON FINANCIAL SERVICES REFORM; PROPOSED CHANGES IN UK UNDER SCRUTINY [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. needs to ramp up its engagement with the European Commission on financial services reform measures, HMT and City of London officials urged in recent meetings with EMIN and ECONCOUNS. Brussels is moving ahead faster on reform than Washington and London, and more worrying, witho [...]	2009-08-10 09:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV UK
09LONDON1888	SOMALILAND: UK "VERY CONCERNED," BUT REFRAINING FROM CONDEMNING RIYALE PUBLICLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 13:40:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KDEM SO UK
09LONDON202	UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY GAERC: GAZA AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects next steps in bolstering the peace in Gaza and how to strengthen EU energy security to dominate the January 26-27 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) Meeting, according to Paul Williams, the Foreign Office EU Correspondent, who spoke with Poloff [...]	2009-01-23 12:01:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV EUN AF ZI BO UK
09LONDON205	AU SUMMIT: UK PRIORITIES AND PING'S VISIT TO LONDON [...] (C) Summary. FCO Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown will represent HMG at the January/February AU Summit in Addis Abba. Malloch-Brown has been invited to speak about the London Summit in April. He intends to explain the aims and objectives of the London Financial Summit and to highlight [...]	2009-01-23 13:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU XA UK

09LONDON2120	UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...]	2009-09-11 13:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK
09LONDON2178	IRAN: HMG "WILL DISCUSS" RAISING CASES OF MISSING/DETAINED AMERICANS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Helen Teasdale of the Foreign Office's Iran Bilateral Affairs desk September 16. Her initial reaction to the request was that given the low ebb of relations between Iran and the UK -- which is still very concerned about the welfare of its local embassy staff [...]	2009-09-18 15:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON2230	CASPIAN ENERGY: UK TELLS AMB MORNINGSTAR THEY ARE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Richard Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy, and UK government and private officials agreed on the need for continued engagement with Caspian governments on energy issues, while encouraging Europe to increase both its outreach to the region and intern [...]	2009-09-28 11:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON UK
09LONDON2315	UK THINKING ON OCTOBER 9 DISCUSSION WITH AUNG SAN [...] (C) UK Foreign Office Burma Team deputy leader Gill Lever told poloff October 8 that the key message the UK Government wants to get across during the October 9 meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) about sanctions is that sanctions are "not all or nothing" and can be done in a gradual way based on t [...]	2009-10-08 12:04:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM UK
09LONDON2347	HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USN PLAN TO [...] (C) COMUSEUCOM has requested a host nation sensitivity survey for the USN plan to homeport a submarine tender to Diego Garcia in 2010. For the reasons discussed below, there is no expected negative reaction by HMG to this change. 2. (C) HMG considers continued presence of military ships and i [...]	2009-10-15 16:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV UK IO
09LONDON2352	IRAN: IDEAS ON HOW TO PRESSURE THE REGIME ON HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT RISKING OUR BROADER AGENDA REF: A. A. STATE 103219 B. B. THE HAGUE 608 Classified By: Politial Minister-Counselor Greg Berry, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] (C) Summary: Iranian interlocutors are increasingly concerned that the international community is not doing enough to highlight the human rights violations being committed by the Iranian regime (IRIG). These contacts believe focusing on the nuclear issue provides the Iranian regime with legitima [...]	2009-10-16 12:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR UK
09LONDON2382	IRAN/AMERICAN DETAINEES: HMG UNABLE TO PROVIDE [...] (C) Following up on her September 16 meeting (ref B) with Helen Teasdale of the Foreign and Commonwealth's Iran office, London Iran Watcher asked if HMG had made a decision regarding raising the issue of American detainees with the Iranian government. Teasdale explained the U.S. request for assist [...]	2009-10-21 13:56:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR UK
09LONDON2416	WELSH MUSLIM COMMUNITY SKILLFULLY DEFUSES [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: A protest by a far-right anti-Muslim group in Swansea, Wales passed without violence on October 17, largely due to careful interfaith and intra-Muslim community planning. Wales' small size (three million people, of whom about one percent are Muslims) has made it relat [...]	2009-10-26 13:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV UK
09LONDON2479	(C) UK SANCTIONS ON IRAN FORCE IRISL TO SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KTFN IR UK
09LONDON257	(C) UK REQUESTS INFORMATION ON BANK MELLAT TO [...] (C) Foreign Office (FCO) officials requested from us January 27 all releasable information on Bank Mellat's support for Iran's nuclear regime that their mission can share with the Malaysian government - ideally before the High Commissioner's next meeting with Malaysian officials the week of Fe [...]	2009-01-28 17:51:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP IR UK
09LONDON2702	WELSH LABOUR ELECTS NEW LEADER [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Carwyn Jones won an unexpectedly strong victory in the Welsh leadership election and will take over as First Minister for Wales on December 9. Jones will have to live up to the example set by outgoing First Minister Rhodri Morgan, who has held the post for all but a few months [...]	2009-12-03 16:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK
09LONDON2820	DARFUR/SUDAN: LONDON-BASED JEM LEADER ON DOHA, RELATIONS WITH THE SOUTH, AND ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 16:55:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MCAP PHUM PINR PGOV SU CD UK
09LONDON2857	UK HOSTS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES LEADERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-18 10:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KDRG
09LONDON288	HMG HAS DEPLOYED NTMI ASSESSMENT TEAM TO BAGHDAD; [...] (C) The UK remains "as committed as ever to the NTMI mission and concept," according to MOD Deputy Director for Joint Commitments Daniel Hughes. To that end, a five person "Planning and Doctrine" team, headed by a full Colonel, has been dispatched from London to NTMI Baghdad. The team is to [...]	2009-02-02 11:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ UK
09LONDON301	UK OPPOSES ABKHAZ INVITATION TO FORMAL UNSC [...] (C) HMG concurs with the U.S. position (ref) strongly opposing Abkhaz leadership participation in UN Security Council meetings under Rule 39. According to FCO Director for Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Michael Davenport and Head of Georgia Section Jonathan Dart the UK, like France, [...]	2009-02-03 17:58:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG UK
09LONDON403	BOSNIA: UK NOMINATES SIR EMYR JONES PARRY AS HEAD [...] (C) Former UK Perm Rep to NATO and the UN, Sir Emyr Jones Parry (bio para 4),has been nominated by the UK to be the next High Representative for Bosnia, replacing Miroslav Lajcak, who is leaving to become Slovakia's Foreign Minister. FCO Bosnia desk officer Matthew Andrew Harvey said that [...]	2009-02-13 17:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS BK UK
09LONDON430	MAURITANIA: UK AGREES WITH USG POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 15:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EUN MR UK
09LONDON433	HMG AWAITS WORD FROM QSCOW AND BEIJING ON PLANNED [...] (C) Summary. The UK continues planning to host a two day conference in September 2009 titled "P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) Towards Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament." According to HMG officials, neither Russia nor China have endorsed the proposed conference. Foreign [...]	2009-02-19 11:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV QEL UNGA UK
09LONDON517	SUDAN/DARFUR: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH FUR [...] (C) Summary. AF Acting A/S Carter met with London-based Fur leader Ahmed Diraige to discuss how to widen the Darfur peace discussions started in Doha to encompass other movements including Fur representation in order to take advantage of the opportunity the recent JEM-GNU agreement provided. [...]	2009-02-26 15:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID PINR SU UK
09LONDON521	UK FOREIGN OFFICE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC TURKS CAN [...] (C) Summary. Ankara's response to a February 26 joint UK/Belgian/Dutch demarche on the planned multilateral Egemen naval exercise was "surprisingly positive and pragmatic," according to the Foreign Office's Turkish Team leader, Jason Moore. The Turks will speak to Athens through military cha [...]	2009-02-26 16:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PARM GR TU UK
09LONDON544	IRAN: MEK SUPPORTERS IN PLAN TO PRESS HMG, USG, [...] (C) Summary: Mujahadeen e Khalq (MEK) supporters within Parliament are ramping up pressure on HMG on behalf of MEK residents at camp Ashraf, and will be pressing HMG, via questions in the Commons this week, for USG and Iraqi public commitments to protect Camp Ashraf residents. MPs stated [...]	2009-03-02 15:25:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EU KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PROP PTER TI UK
09LONDON55	OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP: HMG BELIEVES ISSUE IS NOT WINNABLE AND USG SHOULD NOT ASK FOR A VOTE [...] (C) Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Iran Coordination Group Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling, in several conversations January 8 with London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on ref b, said HMG would stand with USG if there is a vote but deferred to FCO officials leading on the issue. Gelling said [...]	2009-01-08 17:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KPRP PGOV PHUM PREL UN IR UK
09LONDON568	DRC/INDIA: UK WORKS TO KEEP INDIAN PEACEKEEPERS IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM UNSC CG IN UK
09LONDON580	COMMONWEALTH ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT ON FIJI AFTER [...] (SBU) The Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) issued a strongly-worded statement following a March 4 meeting in London, stating it "deplored" Fiji's "contravention" of the Commonwealth's democratic principles, non-adherence to previous Commonwealth calls to hold elections by March 200 [...]	2009-03-05 11:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FJ NZ UK
09LONDON712	(C) KAZAKHSTAN: OUSTED BTA BANK HEAD ABLYAZOV [...] (C) Summary. After what he labeled a "political ouster" from the Chairmanship of BTA Bank at the behest of President Nazarbayev, Mukhtar Ablyazov maintained to London Poloff that BTA Bank was Kazakhstan's "healthiest bank." Dismissing the recent Kazakh legal case against him as unfounded, Ably [...]	2009-03-23 15:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KDEM KZ UK
09LONDON744	UK PREFERS "CONDITIONS BASED" KFOR DRAWDOWN [...] (C) HMG agrees that the unpredictable security situation in Kosovo warrants a "robust" KFOR presence, properly resourced and staffed to ensure the continued success of an independent Kosovo. According to FCO NATO Team Leader Omar Daair, the UK concurs with U.S. view expressed reftel that we [...]	2009-03-26 10:43:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL UK NATO KPKO KV
09LONDON776	AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN WHITE PAPER DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 14:45:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF UK
09LONDON778	KOSOVO CHARGE IN LONDON REPORTS HIS ACCREDITATION [...] (C) The New Zealand Foreign Ministry has communicated to the Kosovo Foreign Ministry its acceptance "in principle" for the Kosovo Charge in London, Muhamet Hamiti, to be jointly accredited to New Zealand, Hamiti informed Political Minister Counselor on March 26. Hamiti, who shared a copy of a [...]	2009-03-30 14:52:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ODIP PREL KVPR NZ KV UK
09LONDON811	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN ON ECONOMY AND POLITICS [...] (SBU) Turkish PM Erdogan spoke at a Chatham House event April 3, in which he commented on the accomplishments of the London Economic Summit, Turkey's economic progress, and his party's recent election "success." In response to questions from the audience, he was vague on Turkey's relations wi [...]	2009-04-03 16:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EU NATO TY DA FR RS IZ IS AJ JA
09LONDON859	IRAN/SABERI CASE: UK LEADING CHARGE ON IMMEDIATE [...] (C) The UK is asking the Czech EU Presidency to issue a public statement April 9 on the Saberi case, but believes that a direct, informal USG signal to the Czechs is needed to ensure a speedy EU statement, according to Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Ira [...]	2009-04-09 13:52:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	IR JA PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK
09LONDON870	MADAGASCAR: UK STRONGLY SUPPORTS USG POSITION [...] (C) The position the UK strongly supports in the EU is in line with the USG's policy of ensuring the Rajoelina regime in Madagascar is not legitimized, according to Foreign Office Southern Africa Team leader Sarah Riley. Riley explained to poloff April 14 that the beginning of the EU's politic [...]	2009-04-14 12:02:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AORC SZ NO MA UK
09LONDON89	UK VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. The UK seeks a strategy in regard to the separatist regions of Georgia that will maintain EU consensus but will also have substance, Michael Davenport, the Director of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Russia, South Caucasus, and Central Asia Directorate, told the Poli [...]	2009-01-13 15:32:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL MOPS GG RS EZ SW UN UK
09LONDON905	UK TO INCREASE RESOURCES FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) HMG concurs with reftel view that additional civilian and military resources are needed to implement a strategy to stabilize Afghanistan, and appreciates USG efforts, as reflected in the comprehensive target audience for reftel demarche, to broaden burdensharing. MOD Joint Commitments D [...]	2009-04-17 12:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF
09LONDON91	(C) UK UNDECIDED ON EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 17:10:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SY UK
09LONDON933	SUDAN/DARFUR: SLA/AW REPS DISCUSS PRIORITIES AND [...] (C) Summary. London-based representatives of Abdul Wahid al Nour's Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/AW) Yahia Ahmed Elbashir and A. A. Ezaldeen said improving the humanitarian situation caused by the expulsion of NGOs in Darfur and improving security on the ground are their top two prioriti [...]	2009-04-22 11:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID SU UK
09LONDON937	SUDAN: THE UK'S "UNPRODUCTIVE" APRIL 21 MEETINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary. On April 21 in Paris, the UK held bilateral meetings with the Sudanese, a trilateral with the Sudanese and French, and then a bilateral with the French. According to UK Special Representative for Sudan Michael O'Neill who attended all three meetings, Foreign Office Minister fo [...]	2009-04-23 09:20:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO SU FR UK
09LONDON953	SUDAN/DARFUR: JEM COMMITTED TO DOHA, CLAIMS TO [...] (C) Summary. JEM will continue to engage with the Government of Sudan (GoS) and Bassole in Doha even though senior JEM leadership does not believe that the GoS negotiates in good faith, Gibril Ibrahim and Ahmed Adam said on April 25. At upcoming negotiations, JEM will push for the resumption [...]	2009-04-24 12:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID KPKO SU UK
09LONDON970	KURDISH LEADER DISCUSSES RECENT TURKISH ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:43:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER FR IZ IR SP TU UK
09LUANDA103	ANGOLA: AWASH IN ANTIQUATED AND ILL-SECURED MANPADS [...] (C) Summary: Zeca Agostinho, Deputy Country Representative for UK-based HALO Trust, an NGO that specializes in demining and destruction of excess munitions, told Post that Angola's excess MANPADS (man-portable anti-aircraft defense systems) are dangerously stored and poorly inventoried. Accord [...]	2009-02-17 06:39:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER AO
09LUANDA107	CONCERNED OVER ECONOMY, DOS SANTOS PRAISES [...] (C) Responding to remarks made by Ambassador Mozena during a February 17 call, President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos agreed that the U.S. and Angola have made significant progress over the past year in strengthening our bilateral ties, especially in the areas of health and military-to-military coop [...]	2009-02-17 18:29:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR MARR ECON ETRD EFIN EAID AO
09LUANDA159	GRA SLASHES BUDGET AS MACRO OUTLOOK DETERIORATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following steep declines in the oil revenues that generate much of Angola's income, the GRA will cut spending on goods and services across all ministries by 36 percent and subsidies and social transfers by 40 percent from Angola's previously approved 2009 budget. Our contacts tel [...]	2009-03-13 12:51:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ECON EFIN ENIV EPET PGOV
09LUANDA160	MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION DOES A ONE-EIGHTY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 11 meeting with Ambassador Mozena, Minister of Transport Augusto de Silva Tomas de-linked Delta's request to begin service in Angola (ref A) from a deal involving TAAG flights to the U.S., reversing his previous stance as communicated to Embassy and Delta officials. [...]	2009-03-16 08:00:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO EAIR ECON ENIV
09LUANDA17	IMPROVING ANGOLA'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Mozena, President Dos Santos's recently designated pointman for improving Angola's investment climate, Aguinaldo Jaime, acknowledged that corruption is a significant barrier to attracting investment to Angola. In his role as chairman of [...]	2009-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD AO
09LUANDA193	PAPAL VISIT RAISED TOUGH ISSUES; DOS SANTOS [...] (C) Summary: In his March 20-23 visit to Angola, Pope Benedict XVI addressed national reconciliation, poverty alleviation, transparency and anti-corruption in public events with as many as two million participants. The official reaction to this message was strikingly responsive, with Presiden [...]	2009-03-26 14:54:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF AO VT
09LUANDA235	MIL-MIL MOU WITH ANGOLA: TAKING A BREATHER [...] (C) Summary. With budgets tight and its international agenda as yet undefined, the Angolan Ministry of Defense has asked that we put on hold plans for a bilateral mil-mil memorandum of understanding. Vice Minister of Defense Ruffino told visiting DOD official Dan Pike and Charge that, despit [...]	2009-04-08 18:38:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AO
09LUANDA237	GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK TO BE SACKED FOR SPENDING [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 12:09:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV
09LUANDA249	CABINDA: SECURITY INCIDENT PROVOKES STERN REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Armed Forces of Cabinda (FLEC-FAC) claimed responsibility for an attack on three Chinese-operated trucks in Cabinda province in which one Chinese national died. Despite a 2006 cease-fire with the rest of FLEC and [...]	2009-04-14 16:30:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AO
09LUANDA250	GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK SACKED; NEW GOVERNOR HAS [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in ref (A),Angolan central bank Governor Amadeu de Jesus Mauricio was sacked by President Dos Santos on April 11. The press has been silent about the reasons for the dismissal, but it appears Mauricio was let go because he had failed to secure authorization from eith [...]	2009-04-14 17:09:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV PINR
09LUANDA257	ELECTIONS IN 2009 UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary. Staffdel Marsh's conversations with parliamentary, ruling party, and opposition figures suggest presidential elections in 2009 are highly unlikely. Constitutional reform, which President dos Santos has said must precede these elections, is progressing slowly, with even the most o [...]	2009-04-16 15:15:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUANDA279	SURVEY TAKES ANGOLA'S POLITICAL PULSE [...] (C) Summary: On April 18, International Republican Institute (IRI) Country Officer Lazar Antonic presented to post the results of a USAID-funded public opinion survey that was conducted in seven of Angola's 18 provinces from December 2008 to January 2009. The survey showed that solid majorit [...]	2009-04-27 06:14:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID AO
09LUANDA338	FOREIGN MINISTER BULLISH (MOSTLY) ON DEEPENING [...] (C) Summary: Visibly enthusiastic, Angolan Foreign Minister Dos Anjos told Ambassador Mozena during June 2 meeting that his recent visit to Washington was a "highlight of his life" and termed "deepening the relationship" as the major result. Seizing on the momentum of the visit, the Ambassado [...]	2009-06-03 19:00:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO EAIR ECON ETRD MARR PGOV PREL
09LUANDA364	MIXED MESSAGES ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] (SBU) Drawing from key talking points (reftels),Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Jeronimo Gaspar de Almeida, Counselor for the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The GRA offered no substantive response. 2. (C) British second secretary David Arkley separately told Polo [...]	2009-06-12 14:27:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU AORC AO
09LUANDA375	MIL-MIL MOU BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary. On June 16, Vice Minister of Defense Nelumba told Ambassador the Foreign Minister's May visit to Washington "had surpassed expectations" and that his ministry was interested in deeper cooperation with United States. In particular, he confirmed that his ministry had assembled a " [...]	2009-06-16 18:38:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR AO
09LUANDA38	(C) MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION IN DENIAL OVER EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 13 meeting with Ambassador Mozena, Minister of Transport Augusto da Silva Tomas showed himself to be in complete denial over the seriousness of the EU ban on Angolan airlines and his country's nonconformity with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) sta [...]	2009-01-14 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO EAIR ECON ENIV PREL
09LUANDA48	ANGOLA'S CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY BUILDS CAPACITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 06:26:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO EAIR ECON ENIV PREL
09LUANDA51	NEW CHINA CREDIT LINE UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (C) Summary: During a January 23 call by Ambassador Mozena, Chinese Ambassador Bolum Zhang said negotiations will soon begin between China and Angola for a new loan package valued in the USD "multiple single digit billions." Zhang said the new agreement will not be backed by oil, but should re [...]	2009-01-27 07:51:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EFIN EAID CH AO
09LUANDA523	SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT ZUMA'S VISIT LAUNCHES NEW [...] (C) In his maiden foreign diplomatic foray since assuming office, South African President Jacob Zuma visited Angola August 19 -21. Both the Director of African Affairs of the Angolan Ministry of External Relations and South Africa's resident ambassador in Luanda told the Ambassador the visit [...]	2009-08-25 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO PREL ZA
09LUANDA524	IN MUDDLE-SPEAK, DOS SANTOS OPTS PUBLICLY FOR [...] (C) During an August 20, 2009 press conference with visiting South African President Jacob Zuma (Ref A),Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos declared that "we advocate an (presidential) election by universal direct suffrage in which the president is the head of a list, with the support o [...]	2009-08-26 13:28:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO PGOV PREL
09LUANDA717	DEMARCHE CONCERNING U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) On November 24, DCM presented Reftel demarche to Exalgina Renee Gamboa, Vice Minister for External Affairs at the Ministry of External Relations, with emphasis on the persistence of U.S. efforts to engage Iran this year, and U.S. disappointment with Iran's follow-up to its P5 1 commitments [...]	2009-11-24 13:57:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO IR PREL
09LUANDA736	ISABEL DOS SANTOS: BIO NOTE [...] (C) Isabel dos Santos, the eldest daughter of President Dos Santos, met briefly with the DCM on 7 December. Isabel dos Santos is Angola's most successful businesswoman (due in large measure to her father's support),speaks impeccable colloquial English, and comes across as sophisticated, polis [...]	2009-12-07 09:47:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR AO
09LUANDA746	IMF APPROVES FIRST STAND-BY AGREEMENT FOR ANGOLA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 23 November, the IMF approved a $1.4 billion dollar financing package for Angola, the first IMF deal to be signed with Angola since the end of the civil war in 2002 and the largest IMF financing package to date for a sub-Saharan African country during the current global crisis. [...]	2009-12-10 18:04:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ECON EFIN PGOV
09LUANDA747	UPDATE ON ANGOLAN RETURNEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A USAID assessment team visited Uige Province from 20 November to 4 December to assess the current conditions of reception camps and resettlement zones for the approximate 22,000 Angolans who have flooded back to Uige since the DRC began expelling them on 5 October (see reftels) [...]	2009-12-10 18:12:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM AO
09LUANDA750	FNLA IMPLODING? [...] (C) The National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) - one of the triumvirate of Angolan independence movements and the third largest opposition party in parliament - appears increasingly on the verge of rupture. A convoluted dispute over leadership has left Lucas Ngonda in charge of the FNLA, [...]	2009-12-12 15:10:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUANDA751	DESPITE TALK OF RENOVATION, MPLA CONGRESS YIELDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling MPLA had characterized its Sixth Party Congress as a time of change and continuity. However, by the time the Congress closed on December 10, continuity clearly had won out. There were no changes whatsoever in senior party leadership, the Congress simply rubber stamped [...]	2009-12-14 10:46:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AO
09LUANDA756	RUMORS SWIRL ABOUT GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE [...] (C) At the opening of the MPLA party congress on 7 December, President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos scolded unscrupulous and corrupt party members who have used political power to become rich (see reftel). While some of our contacts take a cynical view of such pronouncements, others, like World Ban [...]	2009-12-15 09:14:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AO
09LUANDA760	ANGOLA SEEKS STABILITY IN DRC [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with AFRICOM Deputy Commander Ambassador Tony Holmes, Angola's top defense decision-makers were categorical: the GRA's primary objective in the DRC is stability, and Angola has nothing to do with ongoing security incidents in Congo's Equateur province (Ref [...]	2009-12-16 15:36:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AO CG
09LUANDA775	ANGOLAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS SUPPORTIVE OF ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Angolan defense establishment rolled out the red carpet for visiting AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander Ambassador Tony Holmes during his December 15-16 visit, with calls on the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Angola (FAA),the acting Minister of Defense, and the Commander [...]	2009-12-21 15:46:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MAAR MOPS AO
09LUANDA776	ANGOLA IN NO RUSH TO SETTLE MARITIME BOUNDARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unease and anxiety over maritime boundary disputes between Angola and the DRC in the lower-half of the Gulf of Guinea appear to be one-sided, with GRA officials content with the current demarcation. Angolan officials, as well as oil executives operating in the disputed territory [...]	2009-12-21 15:55:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET AO CG
09LUANDA781	GOVERANCE NOTE: ANGOLA'S VICE MINISTERS [...] (C) Angolan cabinet ministers are seconded by a small group of vice ministers, usually two or three, and these senior officials are frequently our counterparts in Embassy dealings with GRA ministries. In a wide-ranging discussion with DCM, Vice Minister of Interior Jose Bamoquina Zau offered [...]	2009-12-22 10:40:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUANDA784	ANGOLA-DRC BILATERAL COMMISSION MEETS, PUTS OFF [...] (SBU) A cabinet-level delegation led by DRC Minister of International and Regional Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda traveled to Luanda December 15-17 for a meeting of the binational commission between Angola and the DRC. The two sides discussed a range of bilateral issues at the ministerial and [...]	2009-12-23 12:55:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EPET AO CG
09LUANDA785	ANGOLA'S OPPOSITION: WEAK PILLAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary. While Angola's political opposition faces many institutional obstacles, considerable internal weaknesses also prevent it from playing fully its role in a democratic system. Whereas the ruling MPLA, albeit with all the advantages of decades of incumbency, is well organized, unite [...]	2009-12-29 09:55:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AO
09LUSAKA105	ZAMBIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Summary. Although the decision of whether or not to recognize Kosovo is still "under consideration" by the Zambian Government (GRZ),imminent action is unlikely. In a February 12 meeting, Foreign Ministry senior officials expressed concerns about the legal precedence that Kosovo recogni [...]	2009-02-18 11:23:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV ZA
09LUSAKA115	ZAM ON ZIM: RESIGNED BUT REALISTIC [...] (C) Summary. Zambian Government (GRZ) officials and civil society representatives are supportive of the new Zimbabwean government of national unity, although they have shared concerns about its prospects for success. Their disapproval of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's undemocratic con [...]	2009-02-19 14:43:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZA ZI
09LUSAKA117	VICE PRESIDENT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS, GMOS, [...] (C) Summary. Vice President and Minister of Justice George Kunda indicated his government's willingness to move forward on anti-corruption, reopening discussion of GMOs, and anti-money laundering efforts, among other topics, during a discussion with the Ambassador on February 19. In almost e [...]	2009-02-23 06:04:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR SNAR BTIO ZA
09LUSAKA130	FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS DERIDE AL-QADHAFI [...] (C) Senior Foreign Ministry representatives expressed skepticism about Libyan President Muammar al-Qadhafi's leadership ability, soundness of judgment, and mental health. In a meeting with the DCM and Pol/Econ officers, Zambian Government (GRZ) officials derided the Libyan "King of Kings" f [...]	2009-02-27 08:46:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU LY ZA
09LUSAKA14	C-AL8-02739: FOLLOW-UP ON DIVISIONS WITHIN [...] (C) Embassy Lusaka is gratified to hear that Ref B was useful to Washington readers and is pleased to provide the follow-up information requested in Ref A. 2. (C) For the moment there appears to be no overt breakaway factions within the MMD. This may be in part because the avoidance of a p [...]	2009-01-08 07:14:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA20	PRESSING FOR PROGRESS ON ANTICORRUPTION FRONT [...] (SBU) Summary: At long last, the Zambian Government (GRZ) is addressing several important anti-corruption issues, such as the establishment of a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),the enactment of anti-corruption legislation, and the approval of a national anti-corruption strategy. In a Jan [...]	2009-01-08 12:53:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR SNAR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA207	ZAMBIAN GOVERNMENT STANDING IDLE AS LIVNGSTONE [...] (C) SUMMAR AND COMMENT Despite its location onthe Zambian side of Victoria Falls, one of the ntural wonders of the world, Livingstone has seena dramatic reduction in tourists. This was a majr topic during the Ambassador's first oficial trip to the Southern Province's capital city. Despite [...]	2009-03-26 13:14:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA208	BIOTECH: PRESIDENT OPENS A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Over the past three months, numerous Zambian Government (GRZ) officials -- beginning with President Banda -- have privately expressed some openness to loosening Zambia's restrictions on biotechnology. Agriculture Minister Chituwo said the President had ordere [...]	2009-03-26 13:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR TBIO ZA
09LUSAKA220	ZAMBIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORT MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya is embroiled in a public tribunal launched by former Communications Minister William Harrington and members of civil society. The Zambian Government (GRZ) continues to support Siliya, who is alleged to have circumvented tender [...]	2009-03-31 09:25:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA246	GRZ TURNING THE SCREWS ON ZAMBIAN AIRWAYS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 14:10:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR ZA
09LUSAKA294	ZAMBIA GUN-SHY ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) A UK Foreign Office/Ministry of Defense team, visiting Zambia to update its contingency plans for the evacuation of UK nationals from Zimbabwe, cut short its visit after the Zambian Government (GRZ) rejected its meeting requests. According to the UK Deputy High Commissioner, President Ba [...]	2009-04-29 15:20:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI ZA
09LUSAKA295	BANDA GOVERNMENT: RESIGNED TO CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Communications and Transport Minister Dora Siliya resigned from office shortly after a tribunal published the findings of its corruption probe. Although discredited, Siliya is far from disgraced. The recalcitrant and impenitent minister has announced her intention to appeal th [...]	2009-04-30 08:28:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA296	ZAMBIA PROMISES IMPROVED MULTILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting to discuss multilateral cooperation as well as Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Pande's May visit to Washington, Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Tens Kapoma confirmed his interest in improving U.S.-Zambian voting coincidence within the United Nations. He promis [...]	2009-04-30 12:02:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	UN UNHRC CU ZA
09LUSAKA339	ZAMBIA BURDENED BUT NOT OVERWHELMED BY IMPACT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Although its financial sector is largely unscathed by the global economic crisis, Zambia's prospects for growth are diminishing due to decreased foreign investment, layoffs in the mining sector, and rising unemployment. Lower (from brief, speculation-driven highs in mid-2008) [...]	2009-05-19 07:58:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ZA
09LUSAKA366	CORRUPTION SCANDALS TURN OFF DONORS (AND SOME [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 12:09:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ZA
09LUSAKA367	CORRUPTION SCANDALS TURN OFF DONORS (AND SOME [...] (C) Summary. The governments of Sweden and the Netherlands froze their development assistance to Zambia's health sector following reports of serious fraud at the Ministry of Health (MoH). Their course of action reflects mounting donor anxiety, not so much at corruption itself as at the Zamb [...]	2009-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ZA
09LUSAKA398	RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 11:57:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL
09LUSAKA450	ZAMBIA DOES NOT RULE OUT MILITARY INTERVENTION IN [...] (C) On June 23, emboffs met with Awa Lubundi, Zambian Foreign Ministry Africa Division, to discuss the points in the reftel demarche on Madagascar. He noted that SADC does not promote military intervention as a measure to advance political progress in Madagascar, yet SADC remains open to emplo [...]	2009-06-24 08:39:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA481	DEFENSE MINISTER TAKES OFFENSE AND RESIGNS FROM [...] (C) Summary. On July 7, Zambian Minister of Defense George Mpombo publicly announced his resignation from his cabinet position. The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) parliamentarian also announced that he would step down from his position as energy chair on the MMD's National Executi [...]	2009-07-08 13:32:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA489	COMESA LEADERS REFLECT ON REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. During a July 6 meeting with Ambassador Booth, Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya provided some insights on the recently concluded African Union (AU) and Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summits. He clarified the AU position on the International Criminal Co [...]	2009-07-13 14:10:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA ZU XW
09LUSAKA49	GRATEFUL MOD PROMISES PROGRESS ON SECURITY [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Defence Minister George Mpombo, Ambassador noted the usefulness of the U.S. International Military Education and Training (IMET) and the African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) programs for recipient countries. He regretted that delays [...]	2009-01-26 07:36:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ZA
09LUSAKA490	COMESA LEADERS DISCUSS U.S.-COMESA TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Booth met with Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary General Sindiso Ngwenya on July 6 to discuss the U.S.-COMESA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement Council meeting (scheduled for September 17-18 in Lusaka) and to explore the possibilit [...]	2009-07-13 14:50:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD EAID SENV TBIO XA ZU XW
09LUSAKA492	SADC ON ZIMBABWE - TIME IS ON OUR SIDE [...] (C) With Foreign Minister and Permanent Secretary out of country, PolOff delivered reftel demarche July 10 to Kimbala Meleka, Assistant Director for Africa and the Middle East at the Zambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Meleka acknowledged that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) [...]	2009-07-14 07:37:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SADC ZI ZA
09LUSAKA507	OPPOSITION PATRIOTIC FRONT FLEXES ITS MUSCLE, [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of increased unemployment, high rates of inflation, and economic insecurity brought about in part by the global economic downturn, Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata's prospects for victory in the 2011 presidential elections are brighter than ever before, pa [...]	2009-07-17 09:41:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA508	"IMPROVED" NGO BILL LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 16, the GRZ tabled in parliament a new version of a controversial NGO bill that was dropped in 2007 after an outcry by civil society and donors. While the GRZ has made a few changes to the previous bill in the intervening two years, as a result of consultations with N [...]	2009-07-17 10:40:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA523	OPPOSITION IMPEACHMENT CARD LIKELY A LOSING HAND [...] (SBU) On July 22, Zambian opposition parties the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) officially notified the Speaker of the National Assembly of their intent to file a motion to impeach President Rupiah Banda. The notice accuses President Banda of various bre [...]	2009-07-23 13:21:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA57	PERSPECTIVES FROM ZAMBIA ON ZIMBABWE SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: In various conversations over the past week, President Banda, COMESA Secretary General Ngwenya, and Patriotic Front Deputy Leader Scott have all suggested to us or the UK High Commission that a direct high level U.S. or UK approach to Mugabe is needed to break the political impass [...]	2009-01-28 07:40:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI ZA
09LUSAKA583	FORMER PRESIDENT CHILUBA ACQUITTED OF CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba was acquitted August 17 of six counts of theft by public servant totaling USD 500,000. The 445-page judgment, handed down by Ndola High Court Registrar Jones Chinyama, took over seven hours to read and ultimately concluded that the prosecution [...]	2009-08-19 12:19:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ZA
09LUSAKA588	MFA PROTESTS EMBASSY COMMENTS IN THE PRESS [...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Tens Kapoma called in the Ambassador August 14 to protest an Emboff's remarks reported by the opposition "Post" newspaper on August 11 that were critical of the GRZ's proposed NGO Bill. The Post accurately quoted Emboff as saying we believe the NGO Bill is unnecess [...]	2009-08-24 12:46:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZA

09LUSAKA594	MINISTER MULONGOTI DEFENDS ZAMBIAN POLICIES [...] (U) Zambian Minister of Works and Supply, as well as acting ruling party MMD spokesperson and rumored member of President Banda's inner circle of advisers Mike Mulongoti discussed the Government of Zambia's (GRZ) troubling record on freedom of speech and press of late. Mulongoti went to the [...]	2009-08-27 10:34:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ZA

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