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09MANILA630 | RED CROSS HEAD VOICES CONCERN OVER HOSTAGES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met March 20 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Delegation Jean-Daniel Tauxe to discuss the tense situation surrounding the three ICRC hostages kidnapped January 15 by the Abu Sayyaf Group on Jolo island (ref B). Tauxe assured the Ambass [...] | 2009-03-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PREL PTER RP MASS |
09MAPUTO1076 | OOPPOSITION ACCUSES GRM OF ELECTIONS MALFEASANCE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a September 30 press conference, representatives of opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) presented compelling arguments in support of their accusation that the GRM was actively malfeasant in denying the party's efforts to participate in legislative elec [...] | 2009-10-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MZ |
09MAPUTO1144 | CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 15 key members of Mozambican civil society joined visiting AF/S Deputy Director Susie Pratt for a dinner hosted by the Charge to discuss the country's elections and shrinking political space. While acknowledging that much has been accomplished since the 1994 president [...] | 2009-10-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM MZ |
09MAPUTO288 | GROWING USG PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MOZAMBICAN NAVY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rear Admiral William P. Loeffler, Director of Strategy, Plans and Resources for United States Naval Forces Europe and Africa, visited Mozambique in conjunction with the February 6-13 port call of the USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY. Rear Admiral Loeffler discussed the Government of Mozamb [...] | 2009-02-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PMIL MZ |
09MAPUTO611 | FRELIMO MAVERICKS CONCERNED ABOUT CORRUPTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the end of Guebuza's first five years in office, little has been done about corruption. Insiders from the ruling Frelimo party have voiced concern about the corrupt practices of the party's leadership, and say that narco-traffickers and money launderers have infiltrated the [...] | 2009-05-28 13:11:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCOR KDEM KCRM PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR MZ |
09MBABANE259 | SWAZILAND: ARM AND ARM WITH SADC-C-AL9-01947 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: This cable responds to the questions raised in reftel regarding the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland,s (GKOS) attitude towards SADC. The answers are keyed to the questions below. END SUMMARY. B. (C/NF) DO MEMBER STATE GOVERNMENTS SHOW SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN WORKIN [...] | 2009-10-01 06:28:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL MCAP ETRD WZ |
09MELBOURNE104 | U.S. BUSINESSES ON AUSTRALIAN ETS AND THE ECONOMY [...] (C/NF) A number of executives from U.S. companies are concerned that murky details in Australia's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme may lead to unintended consequences. These executives told similar stories of cutting staff and tightening belts in 2009, but are increasingly optimisti [...] | 2009-09-10 05:54:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG ETRD EIND AS |
09MELBOURNE114 | AUSTRALIAN BANDAID DIPLOMACY IN INDIA [...] (C/NF) Three high level visits to India by Australian officials have had only a limited impact on cooling tempers still hot from a spike in violence against Indian students in Melbourne. Despite recent troubles and a historically inconsistent relationship, both India and Australia are making [...] | 2009-10-20 02:22:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IN AS |
09MELBOURNE116 | AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY TO TRIAL PRIMARY SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Both of Australia's major political parties are tinkering with their candidate selection processes in an attempt to reverse a trend of declining grass roots participation. The ruling Australian Labor Party (ALP) will test trial a primary system in the November 2010 Victoria elections an [...] | 2009-10-29 04:46:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR AS |
09MELBOURNE119 | AUSTRALIAN VA MINISTER TO MEET U.S. COUNTERPART [...] (SBU) Alan Griffin, Australia's Minister for Veterans' Affairs, informed us that he is planning to meet U.S. Secretary for Veterans' Affairs Shinseki in New Zealand in February 2010 along with the VA ministers from the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Canada. We provide bio notes on this left- [...] | 2009-11-12 23:46:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV AS |
09MELBOURNE121 | BHP BILLITON CEO ON NEGOTIATING WITH CHINA [...] (C/NF) The CEO of the world's largest mining company sees another difficult year ahead for ore negotiations with the Chinese. BHP Billiton, which provides China with a growing portion of its imported ores, expects a slow global recovery, with any pickup in the U.S. economy being offset by the [...] | 2009-11-17 22:15:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EIND ECON ETRD EINV CH AS |
09MELBOURNE33 | VICTORIA ILL PREPARED FOR TERROR ATTACKS? [...] (C/NF) Victoria's Inspector General released an audit in mid-January criticizing the state government's preparation for a potential terrorist attack. The report found that a lack of cooperation between police and government agencies and a confusing tangle of legislation may slow the state's r [...] | 2009-02-26 22:14:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PGOV AS |
09MELBOURNE37 | COSTELLO AND OTHERS ON NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C/NF) Consul General hosted former Treasurer Peter Costello and other prominent Victorians at the first of a series of focus group lunches on the future of U.S./Australian relations. Participants agreed that the United States' credentials as a center for world finance had been damaged and th [...] | 2009-03-09 21:55:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON AS |
09MELBOURNE42 | RIO TINTO EXECUTIVE: GOA LIKELY TO APPROVE CHINESE [...] (C/NF) Rio Tinto Managing Director Stephen Creese told Charge that concerns over increasing unemployment will likely lead the GOA to conditionally approve a proposed $19.5 billion investment by Chinese state-owned Aluminum producer Chinalco. Although the deal would grant Chinalco two of Rio's [...] | 2009-03-30 05:29:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE47 | BUSINESS LEADERS STILL WORRIED ABOUT U.S. PROTECTIONISM [...] (C/NF) Melbourne based business leaders are worried that global economic conditions are still ripe for protectionist policies in the guise of stimulus packages. During a luncheon at Consul General's residence, business leaders asked if the U.S. Congress would backtrack on free trade. They hai [...] | 2009-04-14 01:06:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE58 | BANKING CHIEFS CONCERNED ABOUT AUSTRALIA CREDIT [...] (C/NF) The CEO of Australia's largest bank and J.P. Morgan's Chairman for its Australia and New Zealand business see Australia losing its AAA credit rating as one of the worst case recession scenarios. While both characterized the downgrade as unlikely, they expressed concern that the impact [...] | 2009-04-29 05:07:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD EFIN AS |
09MELBOURNE66 | BHP PREVIEWS SCUTTLING OF CHINESE INVESTMENT [...] (C/NF) According to its CEO Marius Kloppers, BHP Billiton played a role in quashing Chinalco's bid to invest $19.5 billion in Rio Tinto. This meeting took place one day prior to Rio Tinto's decision to walk away from the Chinalco deal (septel from Embassy). BHP, however, still has its eye on [...] | 2009-06-05 05:16:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EIND ECON ETRD EINV CH AS |
09MELBOURNE69 | BIOGRAPHY - BILL SHORTEN MP [...] (C/NF) Consul General met with Melbourne-based Member of Parliament Bill Shorten, Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction. Widely touted as a future Prime Minister, we provide bio notes on this young, ambitious Parliamentarian. End summary. [...] | 2009-06-12 05:08:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV AS |
09MELBOURNE71 | GENERAL MOTORS SUBSIDIARY LEFT TO FEND FOR ITSELF [...] (C/NF) General Motors' (GM) Australian subsidiary and one of the country's largest manufacturers, Holden is scraping by in the competitive Australian automotive market even though financing from its parent company has all but dried up. While Holden is looking forward to opportunities such as th [...] | 2009-06-16 03:34:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EIND ECON ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE72 | MAJOR CHANGES TO AUSTRALIAN PRUDENTIAL REGULATION [...] (C/NF) The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority's (APRA) senior banking regulator said that changes to Australia's regulation infrastructure will be minor and in line with global consensus. While Australia's major banks remain healthy, there is still substantial debate about whether the [...] | 2009-06-19 00:33:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE87 | BIO NOTES - RICHARD MARLES, MP [...] (SBU) Consul General met with Richard Marles, federal Member for Corio and Australia's new Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry on July 13. A rising star in the Australian Labor Party (ALP),we provide bio notes on this recently promoted Parliamentarian. End summary. Bio Not [...] | 2009-07-27 03:53:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV AS |
09MELBOURNE9 | CATERPILLAR GLOOMY AS COMMODITIES DOWNTURN [...] (C/NF) Tamera Nelson, Caterpillar's Managing Director for Melbourne and Tasmania, expects to lay off nearly one third of her workforce this year (strictly protect) due to sagging commodities prices and complex new industrial relations legislation. As the commodities slump continues to drag on [...] | 2009-01-14 23:28:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EIND ETRD AS |
09MELBOURNE94 | TERROR SUSPECTS CHARGED IN COURT [...] (SBU) Following the August 4 terror arrests in Melbourne (Ref. A),five men have been charged with conspiring to prepare a terrorist act. Melbourne's Muslim communities are bracing for public backlash in the wake of the arrests, but there have been no confirmed incidents to date. While the a [...] | 2009-08-08 05:47:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PINR PREL KVPR AS |
09MELBOURNE95 | RIGHT OF CENTER UNIONS DOMINATE IN VICTORIA [...] (C/NF) Unionized workers represent almost twenty percent of the Australian workforce, yet hold disproportionate political influence in federal and Victorian politics. Victorian right-of-center unions maintain a powerful sway over federal and state Ministers by engaging in backroom diplomacy, f [...] | 2009-08-12 03:56:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL PGOV AS |
09MEXICO1021 | MEXICO ON RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) Poloff conveyed points in response to North Korea's launch of a long-range missile (reftel) to Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs. Gonzalez said the Government of Mexico (GOM) was concerned by North Korea's launch and considered it a threat to [...] | 2009-04-08 18:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX |
09MEXICO1055 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO MEXICO [...] (Confidential) Key Points --Despite the challenges presented by criminal violence in Mexico and the global financial crisis, President Calderon remains an effective and authoritative leader of an economically and politically viable nation. He is genuinely committed to leave a legacy at the e [...] | 2009-04-14 16:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
09MEXICO3018 | MATAMOROS OFFICIALS: INTEL, COORDINATION, AND CONVICTIONS [...] (U) Participants: U.S. The Ambassador DCM John Feeley Consul General Michael Barkin (Matamoros) RSO Michael Flynn (Matamoros) Mexico Matamoros Mayor Erick Silva Santos Tamaulipas State Attorney General Jaime Rodriguez Inurrigarro SEMAR Vice Admiral Daniel Bozada Sanchez SEDENA General B [...] | 2009-10-19 22:29:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON KCRM MX |
09MEXICO981 | DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR NON-PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) Political Counselor contacted Fernando Gonzalez, SRE,s Deputy UN Director General for Security Council Affairs, to convey points in reftel. Gonzalez said the Mexico was following events closely and shared our concern with North Korea,s announced plans to launch a rocket between April 4 and [...] | 2009-04-03 22:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | UNSC PREL KNNP KN AU UV CS HR JA KS LY MX |
09MILAN204 | NORTHERN LEAGUE LEADER BOSSI: "WE WILL NEVER [...] (C/NF) In an introductory meeting with the Consul General, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi confirmed his party's commitment to continued parliamentary support for Italy's deployment to Afghanistan. Bossi told us he promised Prime Minister Berlusconi that he would never endanger government [...] | 2009-10-05 09:17:00 | Consulate Milan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PROG |
09MONTREAL299 | AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO MONTREAL, DEC 14-15 [...] (U/NF) Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's second visit to Montreal December 14-15 introduced him to several influential personalities related to Quebec's politics, business and culture. The Ambassador also found a willing ally on intellectual property rights with the Bloc Quebecois party and press [...] | 2009-12-31 18:34:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV CA |
09MOSCOW1452 | PUTIN WARNS EU OF "PROBLEM" IF UKRAINE UNABLE TO [...] (C/NF) In a May 29 entry on his website, PM Putin warned the EU "of a potential problem," should Ukraine fail to meet its June 7 payment deadline for May gas deliveries. Without offering specific outcomes, the PM expressed concern about Ukraine's ability to pay and explained why various option [...] | 2009-06-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
09MOSCOW1541 | RUSSIA: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE [...] (C/NF) MFA Deputy Director Gorlach welcomed reftel demarche as an important signal and expressed interest in the idea of a joint U.S.-Russian statement for the Corfu ministerial. He said that Russia would not oppose efforts to discuss the human and economic agenda, but asked for specifics an [...] | 2009-06-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU NATO OSCE RS |
09MOSCOW2294 | SENATOR MARGELOV ON COOPERATING, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. In a September 2 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov said Russia is hesitant to work outside the P5 plus 1 format when discussing possible sanctions against Iran. Margelov invited Ambassador Beyrle to present U.S. [...] | 2009-09-04 05:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC IR MARR PARM PGOV PREL RS SU UP |
09MOSCOW2368 | EDF TO JOIN SOUTH STREAM? [...] (C/NF) French Embassy Energy Attache Vincent Pringault (protect) confirmed to us on September 15 that Electricite de France (EDF) is negotiating to participate in the South Stream gas pipeline project. Pringault told us that the deal, reported the same morning by Russian daily Kommersant, had [...] | 2009-09-15 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
09MOSCOW2715 | PUTIN'S SOUTH STREAM WISHES UNLIKELY TO COME TRUE [...] (C) PM Putin stated during a meeting with Italian PM Berlusconi that the proposed South Stream gas pipeline could be completed before the proposed Nord Stream gas pipeline. His statement followed agreement by Turkey to allow South Stream feasibility studies in its Black Sea waters, and agreeme [...] | 2009-11-02 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
09MOSCOW587 | IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MFA UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Russian MFA Iran desk chief Maxim Baranov, who recently returned from Tehran, told us that the Iranian political situation remained unclear, with too many potential candidates to predict the outcome of the June 12 Presidential election. Baranov thought that the large number of potential p [...] | 2009-03-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR RS |
09MOSCOW778 | EU MOREL, HABER DISCUSS GEORGIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate meetings in Moscow March 26, EU special envoy Pierre Morel met with DFM Karasin, while head of the EU Observer Mission Hans-Joerg Haber met with General Proshkin of the General Staff to discuss the Geneva Process, EU Monitoring Mission, and other Georgia-related is [...] | 2009-03-27 15:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV RS GG |
09MUSCAT365 | OPEN FIELD FOR MILITARY FIGHTER SALES TO OMAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) At a diplomatic event on April 21, a local British representative for BAE Systems told the DCM that the Omani government has walked back from what seemed an imminent decision to buy a squadron of Eurofighter Typhoons to help [...] | 2009-04-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS ETRD MU |
09MUSCAT82 | WAKE-UP CALL FOR LOCKHEED MARTIN ON F-16 SALES TO OMAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Reports from post contacts indicate that Oman may be close to reaching a decision on the purchase of a squadron (or more) of advanced military fighter aircraft. While unconfirmed, some reports suggest that the Omani government [...] | 2009-01-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MASS ETRD MU |
09MUSCAT97 | FW: SALVAGING F-16 SALES TO OMAN [...] (C) During a February 2 meeting with visiting U.S. AFCENT Commander General Gary North, Air Vice Marshal Yahya Rasheed al-Juma, Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO),indicated that the Omani government has decided to purchase Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft to replace one of two squadr [...] | 2009-02-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MASS ETRD MU |
09NAIROBI1691 | SOMALIA - GALCAIO ASSASSINATION LIKELY RESULT OF [...] Summary. (C//NF) Despite a government statement to the contrary, our contacts tell us the August 5 assassination of the Information Minister of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland was most likely an act of clan retribution. Long-standing intra-Majerteen tensions escalated in recent days wi [...] | 2009-08-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
09NDJAMENA121 | DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH CHAD [...] (U) This is an action message -- See para 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: That the Department provide official translation of texts of diplomatic notes (REF A, Paras nine and ten),and adjust suspense date to reflect date of cable message with that information. 3. (U) N.B.: TAGS for Chad is [...] | 2009-04-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PINR PHUM CD |
09NEWDELHI1677 | NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE IMPLEMENTATION, CT/INTEL [...] (C) Summary: Indian NSA M.K. Narayanan stressed a desire to work closely to develop a ambitious agenda for PM Singh's November visit to Washington and flagged his decisive role in pushing through End-Use Monitoring Agreement (EUM) and directing Indian foreign policy, during an August 10 introducto [...] | 2009-08-11 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN |
09NEWDELHI1757 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) In a August 18 conversation, the Ambassador followed up with Indian National Security Advisor Narayanan about statements made by Prime Minister Singh in his August 17 speech to India's Chief Ministers regarding the on-going terrorism threat from Pakistan. (Note: The PM's comments had g [...] | 2009-08-20 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PK IN |
09NEWDELHI2084 | PM SINGH TELLS AMBASSADOR HE'S BULLISH ON GREEN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Ambassador on October 8 that he was looking forward to his November state visit to Washington. In a conversation on the margins of the annual Air Force Day reception, Singh stressed his strong interest in the U.S. and India working togethe [...] | 2009-10-09 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV ENRG ETRD IN |
09NEWDELHI451 | INDIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGING IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian experts on the Indo-Iranian relationship describe it as stable but somewhat shallow. It is nurtured by both sides simply to maintain a friendly partner in the region. Our contacts encouraged the U.S. to engage Iran bilaterally rather than use India or any other third party as [...] | 2009-03-09 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EPET IR IS PK IN |
09NEWDELHI594 | INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP: FORMER AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Summary: Five former Ambassadors to Iran now in Delhi recently shared with us their views on the current Indo-Iranian relationship. The Ambassadors were unanimous that the Indo-Iranian relationship is important to India primarily for energy security, but lacks depth. Bilateral ties - describ [...] | 2009-03-27 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR PK IN |
09NIAMEY1023 | NIGER: DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST, IVLP PARTICIPANT THANKS [...] (C/NF) Summary: PAO met with Marou Amadou, a leading Nigerien pro-democracy advocate, for a December 28 out-briefing to prepare for his upcoming participation in an International Visitor Program (IVLP). During the meeting, Amadou shared his view that the current Nigerien administration would [...] | 2009-12-31 09:32:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PREL NG |
09NICOSIA98 | M/V MONCHEGORSK: CYPRUS INSISTS ON UN COVER [...] (U) Status of Ship: No changes since last report. 2. (C) Diplomatic Activity: Ambassador on February 2 spoke with RoC Diplomatic Coordinator Leonidas Pantelides regarding latest developments on Monchegorsk. Contradicting recent messages from the Foreign Ministry regarding the applicabi [...] | 2009-02-03 15:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC PREL PGOR SY IR CY |
09NOUAKCHOTT138 | MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...] | 2009-02-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL USAU PGOV MR IS |
09NOUAKCHOTT308 | SENATOR SYLLA: OUR RECURRING VIOLENT BIT ACTOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senator Sylla stated he and a group of anti-coup activists are determined to stop Aziz and derail upcoming elections, through violence if necessary. To this end, he wants to obtain arms and logistical support from the Israelis, and have Post serve as an intermediary between t [...] | 2009-04-29 17:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR MR |
09NOUAKCHOTT463 | NOUAKCHOTT - EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) [...] (U) The EAC met on Thursday July 16, 2009, to assess the security situation for the upcoming election period. The first round of elections will be held on Saturday July, 18, 2009, and a run-off, if needed, will be held on August 1, 2009. 2. (U) The EAC agreed that the elections will probably t [...] | 2009-07-16 16:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CASC MR PTER |
09OSLO396 | RINGLEADER OF ALLEGED PLOT TO ATTACK US EMBASSY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's Supreme Court ruled June 12 that a jury's decision in February 2009, to convict Arfan Bhatti of vandalism and attempted murder, did not meet European Court of Human Rights requirements and threw the verdict out. The case will now return to the appeals court to be re-tri [...] | 2009-06-17 06:40:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO460 | FURTHER SUPPORT CABLE FOR SHARPUDI ELFIROVITCH ISRAILOV [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NO PHUM RU |
09OSLO594 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...] | 2009-09-29 08:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC GM KOMC NO |
09OSLO595 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...] | 2009-09-29 08:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC GM KOMC NO |
09OSLO700 | FM STOERE, NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial courtesy call November 9, Foreign Minister Stoere welcomed Ambassador White to Norway and offered that the priorities the Ambassador outlined during his Senate confirmation hearings in September closely match the priorities of the Government of Norway. [...] | 2009-11-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NO PREL PTER |
09OSLO769 | NORWEGIANS POSITIVE TO 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section about our proposal for a UN Security Council Resolution 1540 voluntary fund. Skjonsberg said that although the GON did not yet have an official position on [...] | 2009-12-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN NO |
09OTTAWA158 | CANADA WELCOMES ADDITIONAL US TROOPS IN [...] (C'/NF) Summary: Ottawa-based Canadian officials responded positively to potential changes to the U.S. force posture in Afghanistan, but repeated long-standing concerns about command and control issues related to multi-mission integration in NATO-ISAF's Regional Command - South. Canada will [...] | 2009-03-03 22:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA159 | CANADA APPLAUDS IRAQ STRATEGY REVIEW, BUT FOCUSES [...] (C/NF) Canada welcomed the new U.S. administration's review of Iraq policy (ref a),especially since it will free up more U.S. combat troops for Afghanistan, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Iraq desk officer David Leach. Canada recognizes the importance of I [...] | 2009-03-03 22:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ AF CA |
09OTTAWA168 | CANADA URGES SUDAN'S COOPERATION WITH ICC [...] (U) In a public statement on March 4, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon offered Canada's appreciation of the International Criminal Court for its indictment of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, noting that "Canada strongly supports the work of the ICC, including its work in Sudan." He called on S [...] | 2009-03-05 21:47:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KICC SU CA |
09OTTAWA182 | ISAF RC-S: CANADIANS PREPARE FOR MEETINGS IN [...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Senior Policy Officer David Fairchild (please protect) confirmed to pol/miloff on March 9 that Canadian and U.S. officials in Kabul would meet March 11 or 12 to discuss the operational integration of the [...] | 2009-03-09 21:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
09OTTAWA278 | CANADA'S "CALIBRATED" RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Russia is seeking strong re-engagement with Canada following the chilling of relations after the Russian invasion of Georgia and "Russian provocations in the Arctic." Canada nonetheless recognizes the need to work with Russia, given the many intersecting areas of mutual concern [...] | 2009-04-07 21:02:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD RS GG CA |
09OTTAWA441 | CANADA OPPOSES INCREASE IN IAEA BUDGET [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Nuclear Cooperation Shawn Caza and Senior Policy Officer Ryan Hewer told polmil officer on June 5 that current Canadian policy called for zero nominal growth in t [...] | 2009-06-09 17:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL ENRG IAEA AORC KNNP UN CA |
09OTTAWA451 | CANADA WANTS STRONG ANTI-PIRACY ROLE FOR NATO [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for NATO Operations Amy Galigan, Canada "agreed totally with the essence" of ref a points on the need for NATO members to support Operation Ocean Shield. Galigan said that she was not aware o [...] | 2009-06-10 19:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO KCRM MOPS CA |
09OTTAWA861 | Canada's Prime Minister Ventures to China for First Time [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make his first visit to China as Canadian leader December 3-6. He will most importantly meet with President Hu Jintao, National People's Congress chairman Wu Bangguo, and Premier Wen Jiabao. According to Canadian officials, his main empha [...] | 2009-12-01 22:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD EMIN PHUM CH CA HK KS |
09OTTAWA867 | Canada working "behind the scenes" on democratic reform in [...] (C/NF) Canada is working "behind the scenes" on new ideas for advancing democratic reform in Burma and welcomes U.S. high level engagement with the Burmese government (reftel),according to Erin Koenig, deskoff for Burma, Thailand, and Regional Human Rights in the Southeast Asia and Oceania Rel [...] | 2009-12-03 19:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM BM CA |
09OTTAWA869 | Canada taking "harsher line" on DPRK's UPR [...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK (reftel),according to Cyndy Nelson, Policy Advisor for Human Rights, and Daniel Ulmer, Policy Officer for Human Rights, in the Human [...] | 2009-12-03 22:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AORC SOCI UN KN CA |
09OTTAWA877 | Iraq's Ambassador seeks USG help with Canada [...] (U) This is an action request -- para 4. 2. (C/NF) In a lunch with Ambassador on December 10, Iraq's Ambassador to Canada Howar Ziad requested U.S. Embassy assistance in pressing the Canadian government to permit the Iraqi embassy to set up "out of country" polling stations in major Cana [...] | 2009-12-10 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM IZ CA |
09OTTAWA885 | Promoting Support for UNSCR 1540 Voluntary Fund: Canadian [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada is concerned that the creation of a UN-based 1540 fund might deplete other nonproliferation resources and be subject to additional administrative costs. Canada supports a G-8 led, states-based approach in which donors would provide support on a bilateral basis. A ne [...] | 2009-12-21 18:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN CA |
09OTTAWA887 | EU Draft Code of Conduct for OUter Space Activities: [...] (C/NF) In a meeting on December 16, polmiloff conveyed reftel non-paper to Phil Baines, Deputy Director for Missiles and Space Security in the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and to Pearl Williams, Senior Policy Adviso [...] | 2009-12-21 18:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MCAP KTIA KACT EUN ESA CDG CA |
09OTTAWA895 | Canada's Burgeoning Pol-Mil Relationship with Mexico [...] (SBU) Summary. The defense and security relationship between Canada and Mexico is evolving and both countries are open to exploring new areas for further cooperation. Humanitarian assistance, disaster response, counternarcotics, and nonproliferation were among the areas for detailed disc [...] | 2009-12-22 16:35:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR CA MX |
09OTTAWA897 | CANADA AGREES TO URGE IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT CASES [...] (C/NF) In response to December 18 reftel demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed on December 22 that he was prepared to meet with the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in Ottawa to mak [...] | 2009-12-22 18:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CASC PHUM CA IR |
09OTTAWA899 | CANADA CONCURS ON NEW NORAD COMMANDER [...] (C/NF) Canada has agreed to the appointment of Vice Admiral James A. Winnefield, Jr., as the next Commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command. Text of diplomatic note in para 2. 2. (C/NF) Begin text Note No. IDR0948/09 The Department of Foreign Affairs an [...] | 2009-12-22 20:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR CA |
09OTTAWA905 | CANADA DEMARCHES IRAN ON AMCIT CASES [...] (C/NF) As promised (ref a),Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade raised the six Amcit cases in Iran (ref b) in a discussion with Iranian Charge d'Affaires in Ottawa Bahram Ghasemi on December 23. DG Holmes s [...] | 2009-12-23 22:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CASC IR CA |
09OUAGADOUGOU135 | BURKINA FASO: PRESIDENTIAL FAREWELL WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C/NF) During a relaxed, forty-minute farewell call with Ambassador Jackson, President Campaore covered a range of international and domestic issues. He presented an image of an elder statesman supporting democratization in Mauritania, while promoting peace and stability in Darfur and the Sa [...] | 2009-03-03 17:45:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER UV |
09OUAGADOUGOU569 | A REGIONAL APPROACH TOWARDS AQIM [...] (C/NF) The recent spate of hostage-taking, murder and military counter measures in the Sahel Region have brought to the forefront the need for concerted action against AQIM. Responding to these events, the countries of the region, particularly Mali, appear to be eager to take concrete actions [...] | 2009-07-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL ML AL UV FR UK GE |
09OUAGADOUGOU981 | FRENCH PRESS COMPAORE ON GUINEA [...] (C/NF) French Presidential Advisor for Africa Andre Parant met with President Compaore to press him on Guinea. Parant made the case that Dadis has to go, but Compaore argued that dialogue was the way to proceed and that Dadis might yet play a role in a transitional structure leading to election [...] | 2009-11-03 17:51:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM GV UV |
09PANAMA120 | PANAMA: HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE FOR PRESIDENCY BEGINS [...] (C//NF) Summary: In a remarkable turn of events in Panama, there will be a head-to-head race for the presidency as governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) nominee Balbina Herrera heads off against Democratic Change (CD) presidential nominee Ricardo Martinelli and "Alliance for Change. [...] | 2009-02-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PM |
09PANAMA176 | PANAMA: HOW MERIDA FITS INTO THE EMERGING SECURITY [...] (C) The threat from home grown gangs and international criminal organizations in Panama is growing and worrisome. As Panamanians feel increasingly threatened in their homes and on their streets, some are arguing that Panama must choose between protecting itself and stopping the flow of drugs [...] | 2009-03-03 20:16:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PANAMA439 | PANAMA: NEITHER TORRIJOS NOR MARTINELLI CAN [...] (C) While President-elect Ricardo Martinelli would very much like to secure U.S. ratification of the pending bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),Martinelli and his closest advisors assess that President Martin Torrijos and his Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) deputies in the National Ass [...] | 2009-06-01 21:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFTA PM |
09PANAMA523 | PANAMA: EARLY INDICATIONS ON SECURITY POLICY OF [...] (C) The incoming government of Panama will not/not dismantle the National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) or the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),two of the key security services created by the reforms of the outgoing government of Martin Torrijos (see reftel). This is one of Post's key con [...] | 2009-06-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SNAR PM |
09PANAMA550 | IN BARGAIN BASEMENT BID, SPANISH TO EXPAND PANAMA [...] (C) During a morning of high political theater, President Martinelli, Panama's senior government officials, consortia representatives, diplomatic corps, and the public (through live TV and an internet broadcast) witnessed the presentation of the technical scores and the opening of the financial bid [...] | 2009-07-09 21:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT PREL |
09PANAMA887 | Security Dialogues with the Panamanian Government [...] (U) This cable is a response to ref A. 2. (C//NF) As Panama has no military, there are no formal POL-MIL or MIL-MIL dialogues between the GOP and the USG. Our robust security cooperation is coordinated through high level meetings between the Ambassador and various senior GOP official [...] | 2009-12-17 17:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PM |
09PARIS1010 | FRENCH EFFORTS TO CALM LEBANESE-ISRAELI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French believe their quick intervention with Hizballah and with Lebanese authorities, following back-to-back border incidents in southern Lebanon in July, has helped to calm the situation. The incidents and their Ambassador's meetings have also reinforced for them the impor [...] | 2009-07-24 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS1025 | FRENCH MFA PROPOSES WAY FORWARD ON PRE-REVCON P3 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Looking to follow up on July 16 meetings in Paris with Ambassador Susan Burk, the President's Special Representative for Nuclear Non-proliferation, Celine Jurgensen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation section reiterated GOF agreement wit [...] | 2009-07-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC PARM PREL UK CH FR |
09PARIS1046 | IRAN: EU DIPLOMATS TO ATTEND AHMADINEJAD [...] (C/NF) European Union members will send low-ranking diplomats to the first of two inauguration ceremonies for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but they will not inform the Iranians of their plans, according to French MFA Acting Middle East Director (Assistant-Secretary equivalent) Jean-Christophe Paucell [...] | 2009-07-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARIS119 | FRANCE SEEKING COORDINATED EU POSITION AS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In response to President Obama's January 22 Executive Order to close detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (ref a),the French have publicly given their support to at least review the idea of accepting detainees deemed not to be a security risk. Foreign Minister Ber [...] | 2009-01-27 18:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KAWK KISL KPAO MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER FR |
09PARIS1243 | FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) On September 11, Mathieu Carmona, Deputy Director for the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the September 14-15 GAERC meeting of EU Foreign Ministers: ------------------------------ AFGHANISTAN ------------------------------ 2. (C) Carmona e [...] | 2009-09-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IR GG SL FR |
09PARIS1355 | FRENCH OFFICIALS REPEAT DISARMAMENT CONCERNS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French officials, including senior presidency staff, have once again stressed their concern that U.S. disarmament policy might lead to political pressure on France to make further cuts to its own nuclear arsenal, pressure France would resist. Nevertheless, the GOF says it wants to e [...] | 2009-10-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM KACT PREL FR |
09PARIS1401 | FRENCH MFA ON EU, RUSSIA, IRAN, AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At an October 5 lunch with visiting EUR DAS for Western Europe and Press and Public Diplomacy Spencer Boyer, key MFA officials provided an update of French thinking on a number of issues: the GOF hopes that the Czechs will ratify the Lisbon Treaty soon and that the U.S. will en [...] | 2009-10-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS EUN NATO KMPI RS IR FR |
09PARIS1418 | FRENCH NSA ON AF/PAK, CLIMATE CHANGE, EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID KCFE KGHG KMFO NATO AF PK CN RS |
09PARIS1529 | FRENCH MAY SELL MISTRAL CLASS SHIPS TO RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a series of meetings November 9-12, French MFA officials described the possible sale of a French Mistral-class helicopter carrier ship to Russia, and the licensing of the production of several other such ships in Russia, as a pragmatic economic deal--far from sealed--that [...] | 2009-11-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MASS RU GG PL FR |
09PARIS1558 | "NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...] | 2009-11-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
09PARIS1563 | FRANCE GROWS CLOSER TO RUSSIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Franco-Russian relations are growing closer and more stable, driven by France's increasingly pragmatic approach toward Moscow and desire to take the lead in shaping European relations with Russia. Bilateral exchanges have grown more intense, "dense," and frequent, [...] | 2009-11-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MASS GG PL RU FR |
09PARIS1638 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY: THE KEY DECISION-MAKER WHO CAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. At the mid-point of his five-year term, French President Sarkozy continues to be the dominant, virtually unchallenged, political force in France. Slowed in domestic reform efforts by entrenched interests and the world-wide financial crisis, Sarkozy is increasingly focused on success [...] | 2009-12-04 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV FR |
09PARIS1667 | REINFORCING THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. Embassy Paris has been actively engaged with French leaders in the MFA, MOD, and the President's office in the lead-up to and after the roll out of President Obama's message on Afghanistan last week. In the lead-up to the President's West Point speech, Ambassador Rivkin spok [...] | 2009-12-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO AF PA FR |
09PARIS1721 | DPRK: FRANCE CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE [...] (C/NF) The Government of France may establish an office in Pyongyang, based on a recommendation by Special Presidential Envoy for North Korea Jack Lang who briefed the Ambassadors from the U.S., China, South Korea, Japan and Russia (the Five Parties) on December 14. Accompanied by members [...] | 2009-12-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR |
09PARIS1749 | NPT REVCON: FRENCH MFA ON MANAGING THE NAM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 23 meeting, MFA Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) officer Celine Jurgensen presented the latest French thinking on managing challenges from Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries in the run up to the 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon). She also expressed concern abo [...] | 2009-12-23 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP FR |
09PARIS1767 | DIVERGENCES WITH FRANCE ON UPCOMING POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our current relationship with France is so profoundly healthy that conventional wisdom now asserts that there are no significant differences in the foreign policies of our two countries. While it is true that the relationship is at a historical peak, it is not the case t [...] | 2009-12-31 12:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PARM FR |
09PARIS285 | FRENCH VIEWS ON NATO REINTEGRATION AND TURKEY [...] (C/NF) Summary. In recent meetings, senior French officials from the offices of the President and Prime Minister, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, have uniformly agreed that France's official reintegration into the military command of NATO should be made in two st [...] | 2009-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO MARR PREL FR TU |
09PARIS288 | FRENCH MFA DOWNPLAYS EXPECTATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. After a round of relatively encouraging meetings when CENTCOM commander General Petraeus was in Paris (ref C),Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs advisor to FM Kouchner, provided to Pol M/C on February 24 a surprisingly negative assessment of possible French contr [...] | 2009-02-27 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS FR AF |
09PARIS332 | NATO REINTEGRATION BECOMES PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a March 6 meeting, Jacques Audibert, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MFA, was optimistic that the French national debate on whether to fully participate in the integrated military command would soon be complete. PM Fillon has notified parliament that the debate on NAT [...] | 2009-03-06 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR FR TU US |
09PARIS598 | FRENCH WORRIED BY MADAGASCAR [...] (C) Summary: France fears a serious degradation in Madagascar as a worsening economic situation combined with targeted street violence threatens to unleash more radical civil upheaval and trigger a second coup to put a military junta in place, according to Presidential Africa Advisor Marecha [...] | 2009-04-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR AU MA FR |
09PARIS616 | ZIMBABWE: FRENCH DENY PUSHING FOR RELAXATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials at the MFA deny that France is pushing for a more lenient EU sanctions regime regarding Zimbabwe, although signs of possible positive movement could lead to a situation that would warrant a more lenient policy. The French want the UK, whose views they claim may be ch [...] | 2009-05-04 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID PGOV ECON ZI UK FR |
09PARIS815 | MAURITANIA: FRENCH SEE ABDALLAHI AS OBSTACLE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 18 said that deposed Mauritanian President Abdallahi seemed to be blocking final political agreement over the Dakar accord. France was prepared to call a "stop" to the process and urge that the Dakar accord be implemented as is, wit [...] | 2009-06-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS PGOV PINR PTER MR FR |
09PARIS848 | MADAGASCAR: FRENCH SUPPORT POLITICAL CONSENSUS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: France continues to favor a political consensus among contending parties that would lead to credible elections, Presidential AF-advisor Remi Marechaux said on June 23. However, neither Rajoelina, Ravalomanana (who is recruiting mercenaries in France),nor Ratsiraka are making a [...] | 2009-06-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM PINR MA FR |
09PARIS933 | FRANCE OPEN TO EXAMINING SIX NEW GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 2 meeting with Eric Chevallier, Special Advisor to the Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility (S/GC),summarized the results of his efforts to negotiate the resettlement of Guantanamo detainees an [...] | 2009-07-09 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER FR |
09PARIS938 | FRANCE-GERMANY RELATIONS: THE VIEW FROM PARIS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The status of the relationship between France and Germany, a post-war success story and the traditional workhorse of European integration, has once again been the subject of a flurry of French press reporting during the campaign for the June 7 European Parliament elections and [...] | 2009-07-10 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL GM FR |
09PARIS986 | FRENCH MFA MID-EAST DIRECTOR ON IRAN, PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Patrice Paoli emphasized to WE Office Director Maureen Cormack July 16 the importance of persuading European and USG allies around the world to recognize, and act to prevent, the destabilizing consequences of a nuclear-arm [...] | 2009-07-21 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL FR |
09PARTO31925 | (U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S MARCH 5, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) March 5, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Kurt Volker A/S Dan Fried, EUR Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Spokesman Robert [...] | 2009-03-19 02:48:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NATO UP RS |
09PHNOMPENH243 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: UN FORMALIZES OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An continues to deliberate over a joint anti-corruption mechanism for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) proposed by UN Assistant Secretary General Peter Taksoe-Jensen of the UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA),afte [...] | 2009-04-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH264 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: DONORS CHART A MORE UNIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an Ambassador Level Meeting April 23, the major donors to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) gave provisional support to a U.S. proposal to issue a joint statement on stalled talks (Ref A) between the UN and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to e [...] | 2009-04-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB |
09PORTAUPRINCE554 | (C) FRUSTRATED AND SIDELINED, HAITIAN PRIME [...] (C) In our farewell breakfast June 11, Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis told me that she has "unequivocally" decided to resign. She asked that this information be closely held. Although she has set no date for submitting the resignation, she intimated that it will be soon. Increasingly f [...] | 2009-06-12 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE570 | SENIOR CABINET MEMBER OFFERS SUPPORT TO PRIME [...] (C) On Saturday, I again talked to Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis about her proposed resignation. While insisting that she will not go back on her decision, MPL acknowledged that she is "thinking very hard ... I don't want to make a mistake." She reiterated these comments in a subsequent [...] | 2009-06-15 22:16:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE961 | Donor Ambassadors Initiate Dialogue on Election Support [...] (C) Summary: At a December 1 meeting of Ambassadors representing the election donor group (US, Canada, UN, EU and Brazil),there was general agreement that the international community should provide assistance to help carry out the upcoming elections in Haiti despite donor frustration over the dec [...] | 2009-12-04 16:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID HA |
09PORTLOUIS328 | (C) MAURITIUS: INSIGHTS ON SADC ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 11:59:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI |
09PORTOFSPAIN28 | SUMMIT OF AMERICA LOGISTICS: A RACE TO THE FINISH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Trinidad and Tobago is working hard on preparations for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas, but it is somewhat behind schedule. The GOTT, however, has begun a concerted effort to pull off the event, now less than three months away. For its part, the public [...] | 2009-01-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AORC AMGT KSUM TD |
09PRAGUE542 | SCENESETTER FOR CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER BARTAK,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the 20th anniversary of the 1989 "Velvet Revolution" approaches, the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic has been a member of NATO since 1999 and the European [...] | 2009-09-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS EZ |
09PRETORIA2 | SOUTH AFRICA: AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation confirmed that Pretoria will respond mid-January to the U.S. criteria-based proposal for enhancing control over transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology. DFA [...] | 2009-01-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGV |
09PRISTINA509 | KOSOVO - GETTING KFOR DRAWDOWN RIGHT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: KFOR is close to completing the first phase of its ultimate drawdown to "deterrent presence" force of 2,500 troops. By February 2010, KFOR troop levels will decline to 10,000, so-called Gate 1 in KFOR's three-phase plan. We believe that the Gate 1 decision was justified, but [...] | 2009-11-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL MARR KV |
09QUITO1005 | PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...] | 2009-11-30 18:00:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO |
09QUITO1053 | Ecuador Gradually Solidifies Relationship with Iran's Export [...] (C) The Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) continues to make inroads in Ecuador, according to press reports, although it appears to face resistance at mid-levels in the Ecuadoran government and Central Bank - and even more so in the private sector. In delivering Ref A demarche on EDBI, and [...] | 2009-12-22 19:22:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO1061 | Progress on Finalizing Agreement on the New Quito Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: Although numerous hurdles remain, negotiations between Quiport, the private consortium building the new Quito International Airport, the project lenders (including OPIC and Ex-Im),and the Mayor of Quito led to a release of funds on December 7 for continued construction of [...] | 2009-12-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL IDB EXIM OPIC EC |
09QUITO815 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 22:54:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN EC |
09QUITO817 | QUITO MAYOR STRUGGLES TO LAND NEW AIRPORT DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuador's recent Constitutional Court ruling that all airport fees are government property threatens to derail Quito's new airport. If implemented, the project lenders, including OPIC and Ex-Im Bank, have indicated they will halt construction funding and seek international arbitrat [...] | 2009-09-11 23:26:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL EC |
09QUITO837 | Ecuador Likely to Lift Colombian Safeguards as Agreed; May [...] (U) This cable is in response to questions posed in ref A regarding Ecuadoran safeguards on imports of Colombian products. Summary ------- 2. (C) Officially the GoE denies its safeguard actions against Colombian products were politically motivated, although a Ministry of Industries a [...] | 2009-09-22 18:06:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON ETRD EC CO |
09QUITO871 | Constitutional Court Ruling Keeps Airport Negotiations Alive [...] (C) Summary: On October 5 the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court released a ruling designed to "clarify" its July 23 decision that threatened to scuttle the new Quito airport construction project. While not as clear or expansive as hoped by the project lenders, OPIC staffers told econoff on [...] | 2009-10-07 21:53:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN ECON PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO875 | Mixed Ecuadoran reactions to USG concerns over planned deals [...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche on Ecuador's dealings with the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI),a USG-designated entity, to the Central Bank (CBE),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Superintendent of Banks, and Financial Intelligence Unit. The CBE's General Manager expressed concer [...] | 2009-10-08 22:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC IR PREL MNUC PARM KNNP |
09QUITO899 | Mixed Signals from GOE Complicate New Airport Negotiations [...] (C) Summary: Meetings on October 14 and 15 between project lenders, Quiport, and the Quito Mayor's office resulted in a one-page protocol that, if ratified by all parties, would allow the Mayor's office to comply with a recent Constitutional Court proclamation and avoid pushing the new Quito in [...] | 2009-10-23 22:39:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EFIN PREL BR CA IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO901 | AMBASSADOR AND MAYOR BARRERA DISCUSS AIRPORT IN FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Mayor of Quito, Augusto Barrera, was eager to discuss the airport renegotiation process in his first meeting with the Ambassador on October 16. After a friendly discussion about potential cultural and education exchange programs, Barrera launched into a detailed and str [...] | 2009-10-26 22:05:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR EFIN PREL ECON BR IDB OPIC EXIM |
09QUITO905 | Ecuador's Plans to Terminate All Bilateral Investment [...] (C) The Government of Ecuador is preparing to terminate existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) with seventeen countries, including the United States, with the goal of replacing them with investment agreements that do not/not include national treatment, allow only local or regional disput [...] | 2009-10-27 22:20:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EC PREL ETRD EINV |
09QUITO999 | PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...] | 2009-11-25 23:44:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO |
09RABAT123 | U.S. - NORTH AFRICA TARGETED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) Summary. As part of the USG's effort to promote bilateral cooperation on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) designations, the U.S. Treasury Department co-hosted a North African workshop on Targeted Economic Sanctions in Rabat, Morocco on J [...] | 2009-02-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC PTER KTFN AG EG LY TS MO |
09RABAT221 | MIXED REVIEWS ON MOROCCO'S LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: A range of government, religious, and education leaders told EmbOffs and visiting DRL/IRF officer that while tolerance is broadly observed in practice, some problem remain. Government forbearance for perhaps 150 foreign Christian missionaries was being stretched, they said, as p [...] | 2009-03-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO MO |
09RABAT249 | RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM MOROCCO'S KING ON SAHARA [...] (C) We understand that Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar has passed a request in Washington for PM Abbas El Fassi immediately to see POTUS to deliver an urgent letter from King Mohammed VI, but that there are serious scheduling issues. MFA Secretary General (number 2) Youssef Amrani told Charge Mar [...] | 2009-03-27 19:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC WI SP UK FR MO |
09RABAT584 | WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST CONFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Fresh news borne by a Sahrawi-American activist confirms other reports that the human rights situation in the Western Sahara continues to stabilize; serious violations are not occurring; and there seems to be somewhat more open political space. This was also observed by Rabat)r [...] | 2009-07-08 19:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL WI MR MO |
09RABAT90 | MOROCCAN AUTHORITIES THWART MAJOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In one of the nation's largest anti-drug operations to date, on January 13 Government of Morocco (GOM) officials arrested 81 individuals, including officers from the Royal Navy, Gendarmerie, and Auxiliary Forces, allegedly involved in an international drug trafficking ring in the [...] | 2009-01-30 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PINS KCOR KCRM SP MO |
09RABAT921 | SECRETARY CHALLENGES BMENA CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 3 meeting with 11 civil society representatives from the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region, Secretary Clinton emphasized the importance of civil society's role in the G8-BMENA Forum for the Future process. She highlighted the role youth play in [...] | 2009-11-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM MO XF |
09RIGA102 | THE CHALLENGES OF GOVERNMENT FORMATION IN LATVIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: The resignation of the Godmanis government leaves Latvia without a leadership team as the country faces a number of difficult decisions related to its economic situation, although it had already been doing only the minimum to get by. If a government is formed quickly, it would [...] | 2009-02-23 10:46:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR ECON LG |
09RIGA152 | HOW MUCH CAN LATVIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT EXPECT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dombrovskis government is an uneasy coalition that faces very difficult economic choices that will strain political support and heighten personality conflicts within the government. At the same time, leaders seem to understand that continued political instability will only [...] | 2009-03-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PROV ECON EFIN PREL LG |
09RIGA180 | PRESIDENT DOES NOT DISMISS PARLIAMENT; SEARCHING [...] (C/NF) Summary: President Zatlers announced March 31 that he would not initiate a dismissal of Saeima (parliament) as he threatened to do January 14 if certain tasks were not completed. The President said that enough progress had been made and that the new government was working well enough to [...] | 2009-04-01 07:55:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PRGOV PINR LG |
09RIGA182 | WORKING WITH LATVIA DURING ITS ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The current economic crisis has forced Latvia to scale back its ambitions in foreign and defense policy. Latvia has identified the NATO mission in Afghanistan and assisting emerging democracies as its main priorities. We need to support this narrower focus. Our challenge is [...] | 2009-04-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR ECON PGOV LG |
09RIGA248 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF LATVIAN PRESIDENT ZATLERS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian President Valdis Zatlers comes to Washington in the wake of the deaths of two Latvian soldiers and the wounding of two others fighting alongside American troops in Afghanistan. Zatlers moved quickly to quash any suggestion that this tragedy become a pretext for a drawdo [...] | 2009-05-07 06:23:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS ECON PINR LG |
09RIGA290 | FORMER PM GODMANIS "NOT HAPPY" WITH NEW [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former PM Ivars Godmanis is concerned that the Dombrovskis government is taking too long to make hard choices on the budget and is wasting time fighting with the central bank. This leads to a reduction in money available for commercial lending to energize business and hurts in [...] | 2009-05-27 08:30:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR ECON PREL BO LG |
09RIGA308 | LATVIA'S JUNE 6 ELECTIONS HARD TO PREDICT - APATHY [...] (C/NF) Summary: It is nearly impossible to predict the outcome of Latvia's June 6 elections for local government and the European Parliament. Changes in the electoral system, new parties, and confusing polls all add to the uncertainty. The results in the municipal elections, especially in Riga [...] | 2009-06-03 07:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM EUN LG |
09RIGA318 | PRESSING LATVIA ON ITS FINANCIAL SITUATION [...] (C/NF) The Latvian government continues to struggle with making the necessary structural reforms to implement the terms of it's IMF/EC assistance package. Failure to do so could have serious consequences not only for Latvia, but for a number of other states in the region. The U.S. has a strat [...] | 2009-06-09 09:08:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PGOV PREL ECON EUN IMF LG |
09RIGA50 | POLITICAL MANEUVERING LIKELY TO STAGNATE LATVIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia lacks a clear way forward as it seeks to address its deepening economic and political troubles. The next step is talks among all parties in parliament brokered by the President to consider possibilities for a new government, but personality differences and the question [...] | 2009-01-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON EFIN LG |
09RIGA74 | CONFIDENCE BUT NOT STABILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: PM Godmanis survived a confidence vote but it does nothing to put an end to Latvia's political turmoil. The four parties of the current coalition were each unwilling to bring the down the current government and launch a process they could not manage, but we believe a lot is goin [...] | 2009-02-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON LG |
09RIGA75 | LATVIA LOSES TIME IN IMPLEMENTING REFORMS [...] (C/NF) Summary: A month after agreeing in principal on a package of IMF, EU and international financial assistance, the Latvian government just recently adopted implementation plans for required economic and governmental restructuring. The Prime Minister's economic adviser says that he is ast [...] | 2009-02-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON EFIN LG |
09RIYADH110 | SOMALI PIRATES AND THEIR SUNKEN SAUDI TREASURE [...] (C/NF) The release of the hijacked Sirius Star has widely been reported in the international media. A ransom payment of allegedly between $3 and $3.5 million ) down from the original $25 million demanded by the pirates - was parachuted onto the deck of the Sirius Star on Friday, January 9 by a [...] | 2009-01-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET EWWT PHSA PINS PTER |
09RIYADH291 | FED DISCUSSES TARP, DOLLAR PEG DURING VISIT [...] (C/NF) -- Private banks in Riyadh were most concerned by the increase in U.S. debt and the effect this would have on the dollar, as well as the size of the increase in the Federal Reserve's balance sheet. -- SAMA Vice Governor Jasser told the group the SAG's decision to stick with the dollar [...] | 2009-02-11 14:35:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN EINV ECON PREL SA |
09RIYADH788 | SAUDI ADVISOR ON THE IMF, DOLLAR PEG [...] (U) Key points: -- (C/NF) According to a key Post contact, quiet, behind-the-scenes diplomacy will be most effective in convincing the Saudis to make greater contributions to the IMF. -- (C/NF) The SAG is supporting, and will continue to support, the dollar, but could have to re-think thi [...] | 2009-06-14 13:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV PREL SA |
09ROME1035 | ITALIAN GOVERNMENT PLEDGES TO FOLLOW-THROUGH ON [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: On August 28, Italian Embassy officials in Washington cited the case of the Edison company as an example of GOI "moral suasion" efforts to stop investments in Iran, implying that the company's project in that country has been halted. But a senior Edison official told us on [...] | 2009-09-08 06:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IT IR FR |
09ROME1048 | SCENESETTER FOR ITALIAN MINISTER CLAUDIO SCAJOLA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG IT |
09ROME1072 | GOI RESOLVE SHAKEN BUT INTACT AFTER SIX SOLDIERS [...] (C) Summary: The day after an IED attack in Kabul left six Italian soldiers dead and four wounded, political and public reaction ranged from strong statements in support of the mission to outright calls for the troops to come home. While PM Berlusconi told the Ambassador privately that talk of [...] | 2009-09-18 17:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME1110 | AMBASSADOR WARNS EDISON ON ITS IRAN PROJECT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Thorne told Edison CEO Quadrino that his operations in Iran are helping the Iranian regime and seriously damaging his company's image in Washington. The Ambassador noted that the USG supports Southern Corridor Caspian gas projects such as Edison's TGI, but he warned [...] | 2009-09-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG IR IT |
09ROME1119 | UNIFIL: ITALY LOOKING FOR A SIGNAL FROM US [...] (C/NF) Summary. We have a window -- albeit one that is beginning to close -- to reverse an evolving decision by the GOI to cut its posture in UNIFIL by nearly half as it cedes the command to Spain. The decision comes as the GOI looks for ways to trim its budget while maintaining funding for [...] | 2009-09-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO IT LE IS |
09ROME1143 | ITALY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS LAW GRANTING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Italian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional a 2008 law granting temporary criminal immunity to PM Berlusconi and three other senior officials. The court's decision will allow several pending criminal cases against Berlusconi to proceed. Government spokesperson [...] | 2009-10-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME1144 | ITALY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REJECTS LAW GRANTING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Italian Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional a 2008 law granting temporary criminal immunity to PM Berlusconi and three other senior officials. The court's decision will allow several pending criminal cases against Berlusconi to proceed. Government spokesperson [...] | 2009-10-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME1187 | ITALY: SCANDALS TAKING TOLL ON BERLUSCONI’S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Though PM Berlusconi's parliamentary majority is strong, and nobody is yet willing to predict his political demise, a growing list of scandals, adverse court decisions and health issues have weakened him and led some erstwhile Berlusconi allies to begin hedging their bets on his pol [...] | 2009-10-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME128 | FINAL THOUGHTS ON THE U.S.-ITALY RELATIONSHIP: [...] (C/NF) Madame Secretary, as I depart Rome after three and a half years, permit me the privilege of passing on my thoughts to you on the state of U.S. - Italian relations. Throughout the post-war period, in particular since the end of the Cold War, Italy has been a staunch, reliable, and seriou [...] | 2009-02-05 09:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO IT |
09ROME1284 | CONTINUED USG ENGAGEMENT IMPORTANT AS ITALY TAKES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The GOI is creating a nuclear energy regulatory agency, the first in a series of important steps in the government's efforts to bring back nuclear energy to Italy. Much remains to be done: Italy must win public support for nuclear power and find a solution to the nuclear waste [...] | 2009-11-20 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG IT |
09ROME1324 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLEDGING FORCES BEFORE NATO [...] (C/NF) Following up on reftel conversation, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini contacted the Ambassador the evening of December 2 to inform him that the GOI was changing its approach on announcing its new force contributions. Following Tuesday afternoon conversations between the Foreign Ministe [...] | 2009-12-02 13:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO |
09ROME160 | ITALY PRESSES RC-WEST PARTNERS TO CONTRIBUTE MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: At a February 9 meeting of countries with forces serving under Italian leadership in Western Afghanistan, the GOI announced its intent to provide part of the maneuver battalion needed for Election Security Forces (ESF) in the region. The GOI urged other countries at the confer [...] | 2009-02-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME173 | IRAN: ITALY FAULTS GERMANS FOR DELAYS OF EU [...] (C/NF) Summary. Italy faults Germany for postponing recent EU-level experts meetings on new Iran proliferation-related designations that were scheduled for February 11. The MFA is concerned the EU is losing momentum while waiting for US policy announcements and highlighted that every small d [...] | 2009-02-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNC ETTC EFIN IT |
09ROME207 | NUCLEAR POWER COMPETITION: US AND FRANCE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Mission recently orchestrated a visit by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials to provide Italy with U.S. views on nuclear power regulation and plant licensing. Both issues are under review here as the GOI moves to reintroduce nuclear power after a twenty-year [...] | 2009-02-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG FR IT PREL |
09ROME211 | YOUR FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FRATTINI [...] (C/NF) Summary. On February 27, you will meet Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, an experienced and serious statesman who seeks to raise Italy's profile on the international stage. Your meeting represents for the GOI a long-awaited first encounter with the new U.S. administration. The [...] | 2009-02-24 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS IT |
09ROME346 | ISAF: MOD LA RUSSA OFFERS SMALL INCREASE IN [...] (C/NF) Summary. Italian MOD La Russa told Charge on March 23 that Italy is considering sending to Afghanistan -- in addition to 200 temporary Electoral Support Forces already pledged -- 50 Carabineri police trainers, two C-27J Transport Aircraft, three medevac helicopters, and up to two additi [...] | 2009-03-24 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
09ROME364 | AFGHAN POLICE TRAINING: ITALY PREPARED TO SEND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Italy is prepared to double or triple its current contingent of 40 Carabinieri police trainers in Afghanistan and expand their mandate to include district-level mentoring, but is concerned about cost. The GOI favors either (1) an NTM-A arrangement in which the burden of fundi [...] | 2009-03-30 17:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF FR |
09ROME558 | G8 ENERGY MINISTERIAL: SCENESETTE... [...] (C/NF) Summary: Your 23-25 May visit to Rome will provide opportunities to interact with senior Italian officials on priority USG energy issues. On European energy security, Italy's very close relationship with Russia often causes it to resist efforts to reduce dependence on Russian energy s [...] | 2009-05-20 08:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET OVIP PREL IR RU IT |
09ROME600 | ITALY ENACTS A TOUGH SECURITY LAW IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C//NF) During the week of May 18, the parties of the governing coalition finally reached an accord and passed a tough new security law that will allow the GOI to detain irregular immigrants for up to six months, for the first time classifies irregular immigration as a crime, and gives the leg [...] | 2009-05-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREF PREL IT |
09ROME601 | IRAN SANCTIONS: GETTING ITALY TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Italy's argument that it should be included in the P5 1 is based on long-standing Italian claims to a major economic relationship with Iran. The trade relationship is not, in fact, particularly large and any vulnerability appears to be more on the Iranian side. Even energy im [...] | 2009-05-22 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETRD IT KNNP PREL |
09ROME649 | SCENESETTER FOR ITALIAN PM BERLUSCONI’S JUNE 15 [...] (C/NF) Mr. President, your meeting with Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi comes at a time when his closest advisors fear Italy is losing the credibility and influence that it enjoyed in Washington under the previous U.S. administration. In fact, while Italy has been a stalwart partner and participant in [...] | 2009-06-09 08:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IT |
09ROME815 | ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Italian Parliament approved nuclear energy legislation on July 9th that gives the GOI the green-light to re-launch Italy's civil nuclear energy program. The legislation calls for the GOI to come up within six months with revamped regulation to govern the nuclear sector, ide [...] | 2009-07-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG IT |
09ROME847 | AFTER SUCCESSFUL G8, BERLUSCONI BREATHES SIGH OF [...] (C//NF) After months of charges of sex and financial scandals, Prime Minister Berlusconi emerged from the G8 summit in L'Aquila strengthened. No further serious allegations or charges from the judiciary emerged; the event went off without a significant logistical hitch; and to his domestic aud [...] | 2009-07-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
09ROME878 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SCAJOLA'S U.S. VISIT TO STRESS NUCLEAR ENERGY AND OTHER COMMERCIAL COLLABORATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG IT PREL |
09ROME92 | ITALY G8 ENERGY PREP: THREE DIFFERENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Instead of having one G8 energy coordinator, Italy now appears to have at least three, one of whom currently works for the powerful Italian oil and gas parastatal ENI. A related personnel shift has given key energy portfolio responsibilities to an official with ties to ENEL, an I [...] | 2009-01-26 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET PGOV |
09ROME928 | ITALIAN "MORAL SUASION" PUTS IRANIAN PROJECT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 11:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL |
09RPODUBAI122 | IRAN'S ELECTION - KHATAMI DEPARTS, MOUSAVI ENTERS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former president Khatami's decision to withdraw from Iran's upcoming presidential race in favor of former Prime Minister Mousavi will help consolidate the moderate vote, strengthening the challenge to Ahmadinejad. Mousavi, following a twenty-year absence from Iran's political [...] | 2009-03-17 13:49:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KDEM IR |
09RPODUBAI124 | IRAN: RELIGIOUS MINORITIES COMPLAIN OF IRIG DISCRIMINATION [...] (C) Summary: The IRIG has engaged in a distinct effort to separate minorities from the larger, Muslim society, according to members of Iran's Zoroastrian and Armenian Christian communities who recently spoke to IRPO. Iran's efforts, seemingly intended to ensure that Iran is first and foremost [...] | 2009-03-18 12:43:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI217 | IRAN ELECTION SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 13:27:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IR |
09RPODUBAI327 | IRAN: PROTESTER DESCRIBES POST-ELECTION IRIG INTIMIDATION [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian woman from Shiraz seeking refugee status in the West spoke with IRPO regarding the IRIG harassment she faced after participating in post-election protests. Her background made her a likely target for the IRIG; she is an English teacher, has friends in the US and UK, and [...] | 2009-08-11 08:36:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PHUM IR |
09RPODUBAI335 | IRAN: AHMADINEJAD NAMES INTEL AND TWO FEMALE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: In a live August 16 televised address, President Ahmadinejad discussed the criteria for his cabinet selections and named six of the 21 ministers. Of note is Ahmadinejad's candidate for the Ministry of Intelligence, Hojjat ol-Eslam Heydar Moslehi, who has ties to both Supreme Lead [...] | 2009-08-17 13:21:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI341 | IRAN: AHMADINEJAD NAMES ADDITIONAL CABINET MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad delivered the names of 18 of his 21 proposed cabinet ministers to the Majlis today. The remaining three-for the ministries of defense, commerce, and justice-had not yet been finalized, although legally today is the deadline for such a submission. Of note, the incumbent [...] | 2009-08-19 14:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI348 | IRAN: IN CABINET AHMADINEJAD CHOOSES LOYALTY AND IDEOLOGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad's nominees for his second-term cabinet showcase his preference for loyalty over expertise, as most clearly have longstanding ties to the President. Although most of the 21 these nominees generally lack significant experience for their respective ministries, [...] | 2009-08-24 14:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI361 | IRAN: THE POLITICS OF BREAD [...] (C) Summary: Traditional flat breads are a staple of the Iranian diet and offer a window into the problems of Iran's economy. Iranians eat flat bread daily, particularly 'nan-e sangak', and its importance has made bread prices a political issue, particularly as prices have doubled since approx [...] | 2009-08-31 12:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON IR |
09RPODUBAI369 | MAJLIS PASSES 18 OF 21 AHMADINEJAD CABINET PICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Majlis today approved 18 of Ahmadinejad's 21 cabinet nominees, including his controversial choice for Defense Minister. The two-week run-up to the vote featured much public grumbling by Conservative Majlis members about both lack of prior executive branch consultation on the n [...] | 2009-09-03 14:20:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI373 | IRAN: IRIG EFFORTS TO SHUT DOWN THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The IRIG is pursuing several strategies simultaneously to cow the opposition and to prevent further protests. Some elements of this strategy include the ongoing show trials of prominent reformers, pressuring opposition leaders by arresting or threatening family members, canceling [...] | 2009-09-08 13:58:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI377 | IRAN: CABINET VOTE'S AFTERMATH HIGHLIGHTS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Ahmadinejad and Iran's media heralded the Majlis' vote confirming 18 of his 21 cabinet nominees as a boon for Iran's unity and national interests. However, the confusion surrounding Ahmadinejad's aborted second-round nominations for the Ministries of Education and Energy and the r [...] | 2009-09-10 13:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI378 | IRAN: KARRUBI'S ARREST APPEARS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is widespread speculation that the government of Iran is moving closer to arresting Hojjatoleslam Mehdi Karrubi, the former Majlis Speaker and presidential candidate who has become the most vocal and persistent critic of the ruling establishment since the June 12 election. T [...] | 2009-09-14 12:25:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM IR |
09RPODUBAI539 | Iran: Grand Ayatollah Montazeri, Prominent Dissident Cleric, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Iranian press in early morning December 20, 87 year-old Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri died of natural causes in his Qom residence. Prominent reformist clerics have gone to his house to pay their condolences, and his funeral ceremony will occur December 21 in Qo [...] | 2009-12-20 14:16:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
09RPODUBAI543 | Iran Opposition Hopes Montazeri's Death Will Help The Cause [...] (C) SUMMARY. The December 21 funeral of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri brought tens of thousands of mourners to Qom streets but resulted in no appreciable clash with the substantial security forces turned out for the occasion. Official statements of condolences ranged from perfunctory ones by regime [...] | 2009-12-22 14:59:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
09RPODUBAI547 | Iran: Initial Reports Indicate Violent Ashura Clashes [...] (U) SUMMARY: As of December 27, 1800 hours Tehran time, initial indications from Iran indicate that antigovernment demonstrations on the Shiite holiday of Tasua (Saturday, December 26) were minimal, although crowd violence initiated by pro-government/Basij elements forced former President Khata [...] | 2009-12-28 08:41:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
09RPODUBAI549 | IRAN'S ASHURA DAY VIOLENCE BRINGS REGIME TO CROSSROADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 tens of thousands of 'Green Path' oppositionists transformed the 'Ashura' religious holiday into anti-regime and anti-Khamenei demonstrations in cities throughout Iran, triggering the most violent confrontations with security forces since the June 12 presidential ele [...] | 2009-12-28 15:36:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
09RPODUBAI56 | IRAN'S HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM - AN INSIDE LOOK [...] (C) Summary: Iran's best universities largely focus on engineering, which the country's top students pursue for its supposed financial reward. Our interlocutors ranked Iran's best schools similarly, starting with Sharif University of Technology and generally concluding with the Islamic Azad U [...] | 2009-02-05 09:18:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL IR |
09RPODUBAI57 | IRANIAN WOMEN'S MOVEMENT CLAIMS SUCCESSES AMID IRIG [...] (C) Summary: Four leading Iranian women's rights activists described a robust, growing movement that is expanding its reach beyond young professional women, despite an aggressive crack-down by hardliners on individual activists. The struggle for women's equality in Iran has become more focuse [...] | 2009-02-05 12:19:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KWMN PHUM KDEM IR |
09SANAA1287 | ROYG FACES OBSTACLES TO FULL REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] (C/NF) Although refugee-registration centers are now open in Sana,a and Aden, many questions loom over refugee affairs in Yemen. Widespread discrepancies in official reporting on the number of refugees in the country, and ineffectual communication and cooperation between government ministries [...] | 2009-07-22 09:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNHCR YM |
09SANAA2062 | DEPUTY FM WANTS TO DISCUSS "HIDDEN AGENDAS" [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy FM Al-Dhabbi told Ambassador Seche in a meeting November 10 that he looks forward to a candid exchange to clarify our agendas and views in relation to the ROYG conflict with the Houthis which, he noted, the ROYG, considers as an immediate threat compared to that posed [...] | 2009-11-15 15:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER YM |
09SANAA257 | REVIEWING YEMEN'S PREVIOUS EXTREMIST [...] (U) From 2002 through 2005, Yemen conducted an extremist rehabilitation program that is believed to have had some success. This report outlines what is known about that program and how it worked, and compares what is known about the ROYG's current plans for a rehabilitation center to it. Whi [...] | 2009-02-10 11:28:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KDRG KISL YM |
09SANTODOMINGO1307 | CARBONIZATION OF DOMINICAN FORESTS BY HAITIANS AND [...] (U) EconOff recently traveled to the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park (SBNP) with a group of NGOs to assess the deforestation occurring in the heart of the most biologically diverse region of Hispaniola. Deforestation has devastated the Haitian side of the border for decades, and now threaten [...] | 2009-11-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EAGR DR HA |
09SAOPAULO663 | Engaging Sao Paulo's Muslim Communities: SMRC Pandith's [...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo offers unique possibilities for Muslim engagement, many of which were evident throughout Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith's November 22-23 visit. The major Sunni and politically moderate Muslims were delighted to receive SMRC Pandit [...] | 2009-12-08 18:46:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL SCUL KISL KPAO OEXC BR |
09SARAJEVO100 | BOSNIA - LAJCAK'S DEPARTURE PRESENTS CHALLENGES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite his lackluster performance Miroslav Lajcak's January 23 decision to resign as High Representative has created a political vacuum in Bosnia. Our judgment is that the EU and an EUSR are not ready to fill it, which means we will need to move quickly to find a replacement [...] | 2009-01-26 14:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR BK |
09SARAJEVO1008 | SCENESETTER FOR EUCOM ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. I am delighted that you will join us in a visit to Combined Endeavor 2009 in Banja Luka, Bosnia, September 17. Your visit is a great opportunity to stress the U.S. commitment to helping Bosnia on the path to Euro-Atlantic integration. The fact that Combined Endeavor is taking [...] | 2009-08-21 05:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP BK |
09SARAJEVO1252 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FITZGERALD'S [...] (C) Admiral: Your visit comes at a time of intense diplomatic activity responding to a increasingly negative trend in Bosnia's political climate. In October, the European Union and the United States began a process of high-level engagement aimed at breaking the impasse on issues critical to B [...] | 2009-11-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR BK |
09SARAJEVO1370 | BOSNIA: DEPARTING STATE PROSECUTOR WAR CRIMES [...] (U) At a farewell lunch December 9, David Schwendiman (outgoing head of the State Prosecutor's Special Department for War Crimes, SDWC) reflected on his achievements, while lamenting the tremendous difficulties facing the department. His comments underscore the challenges facing the State Pr [...] | 2009-12-14 17:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1387 | BOSNIA: HIGHREP EXTENDS MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) HighRep Valentin Inzko, supported by the Steering Board Ambassadors of the Peace Implmentation Council (PIC),on December 14 used his Bonn Powers to extend for three years the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases at the State Court and the State Pro [...] | 2009-12-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1430 | BOSNIA: POWER TO THE PEOPLE OF BRCKO (OR NOT) [...] (C) On September 18 High Representative Inzko mandated that each entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) supply 50 percent of Brcko's electricity needs as of January 1, 2010. The decision was an effort to ensure Brcko's electricity security as a necessary condition to end OHR's Supervisory rol [...] | 2009-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ECON PREL ETRD BK |
09SARAJEVO147 | BOSNIA: TRANSCO UPDATE - TALKS CONTINUE BUT NO [...] (C) Summary. Little has happened since the entity Prime Ministers agreed on December 3 (Ref A) to do everything possible to jumpstart operations at the State-level electricity transmission company (TRANSCO). The first meeting between the entity Ministers of Energy finally took place on Januar [...] | 2009-02-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO251 | BOSNIA: EU REBUFFED BY RS AGAIN ON TRANSCO [...] (C) RS Minister of Energy Puhalac submitted a strongly-worded reply to EU officials on February 17 regarding the EU,s offer to conduct a management review of the moribund state-run electricity transmission company Electroprijenos (TRANSCO). Instead of a reply from the RS Government, Puhalac i [...] | 2009-03-02 08:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ENRG PINR PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO377 | ITA POSITION USED FOR POLITICAL LEVERAGE AMONG [...] (C/NF) Summary: The position of the Director of the Indirect Taxation Authority (ITA) has opened another struggle for "ethnic balance" in state-level institutions. The current director, Kemal Causevic, is a Bosniak who has managed to keep the institution functioning at a basic level, but has [...] | 2009-03-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON BK |
09SARAJEVO488 | BOSNIA - EU TROIKA FM'S BRING THE SAME OLD EU [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: We have spoken with EU diplomats to assess whether the "EU Troika" foreign ministers broke new ground when they visited Sarajevo on April 7-9. Although the simultaneous visit of Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg, French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Swedish Foreign Minis [...] | 2009-04-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EU BK |
09SARAJEVO500 | WHAT TO DO ABOUT A PROBLEM CALLED BOSNIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Our objectives here are to: 1) maintain Bosnia as a single state; 2) mute the country's potentially explosive ethnic divisions by embedding it in Euro-Atlantic institutions; and, 3) ensure that the state is strong enough to meet its NATO and EU obligations. Unfortunately, Bosni [...] | 2009-04-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO514 | BOSNIA - TIME TO ASSIGN A U.S. GENERAL OFFICER TO [...] (C/NF) I have argued that it remains critical to U.S. interests for a U.S. general officer to command NATO HQ Sarajevo. We did not succeed in keeping that post last year, however, and an Italian general officer assumed command of NATO HQ on January 14. After that decision was taken my hope h [...] | 2009-04-22 14:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM NATO EU BK |
09SARAJEVO733 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO ANNUL RSNA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 20, High Representative Valentin Inzko publicly announced his decision to use the Bonn Powers to annul the Republika Srpska's (RS) May 14 Conclusions on the alleged illegal transfer of 68 competencies from the entities to the state. This decision came after almost a [...] | 2009-06-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR EU BK |
09SARAJEVO839 | BOSNIA: STATE OF PLAY ON SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the fourteenth anniversary of the genocide that took place in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 upon us, we thought it would be useful to review the progress made and the challenges faced by the State Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) investigating [...] | 2009-07-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC PHUM BK |
09SARAJEVO840 | BOSNIA: STATE OF PLAY ON SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the fourteenth anniversary of the genocide that took place in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 upon us, we thought it would be useful to review the progress made and the challenges faced by the State Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) investigating [...] | 2009-07-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC PHUM BK |
09SARAJEVO87 | BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR MOVES CLOSER TO OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office is close to completing its review of the Republika Srpska (RS) government documents provided to it as part of its preliminary investigation into alleged corruption associated with RS Government Building contracts. Based on their preliminary conclusio [...] | 2009-01-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO922 | BOSNIA - EXTENDING THE PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. We are reaching a critical point in our and the international community's efforts to extend the presence of the international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office. The Coun [...] | 2009-07-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SECTIO01OF03BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Secr [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
09SECTON02OF02BRUSSELS579 | EU REACTION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 19:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD BM EUN |
09SHANGHAI321 | (C) AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL'S BRIEFING ON THE RIO TINTO [...] (C) Summary. Australian diplomats in Shanghai have not passed judgment on whether the detention of four Rio Tinto employees here (refs A-B) is retaliation for the failed Chinalco acquisition of Rio Tinto (refs C-D) or for reasons relating to an impasse in iron ore contract negotiations. The [...] | 2009-07-19 10:49:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS |
09SOFIA101 | BULGARIA: F-16 ENDGAME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is in the final sprint of a ten-year marathon to acquire new fighters. A successful deal on F-16s will lock in a NATO-reinforcing U.S.-Bulgaria defense relationship for at least a generation. Without it, we will have a hole in NATO's southern tier: Bulgaria wil [...] | 2009-03-12 11:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR BU |
09SOFIA301 | BULGARIA: FROM PRISON TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corrupt, compromised and even recently incarcerated candidates appear poised to enter parliament in this summer's national elections. In the latest negative development, a June 16 court decision freed the notorious Galevi brothers on bail, pending their trial on racketeering [...] | 2009-06-18 08:01:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL BU |
09SOFIA506 | U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: VIEW FROM BULGARIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Bulgaria would see a major reduction in U.S. forces in Europe as a sign of U.S. disengagement from European security during a period of growing concern over stability in the Western Balkans, Caucasus and Black Sea region. Partnership with the United States has been the bedr [...] | 2009-09-10 16:18:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BU |
09STATE101238 | (C/NF) EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERSHIP (C-AL9-01941) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE PAST REPORTING ON LEADERSHIP STYLES AND GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN. IN RECENT MONTHS, EASTERN CARIBBEAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN--AND SOME UNUSUALLY CRITICAL OF THE UNITED STATES WHEN PRAISING VENEZUELA--AND IT APPEARS THAT VENEZUELA'S FINANCIAL [...] | 2009-09-29 15:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL SCUL AC BB DO GJ SC ST VC VE |
09STATE101469 | (SBU) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN PRIME MINISTER JADRANKA KOSOR AND THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 2010. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION POST CAN PROVIDE ON PRIME MINISTER KOSOR AND ON ACTIVITIES WITHIN POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE RUNUP TO THE 2011 PARLIAMENTARY E [...] | 2009-09-29 20:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL HR |
09STATE102933 | (U) EAC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS (C-AL9-02031) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY'S (EAC) TRADE NEGOTIATIONS IN KAMPALA, UGANDA THAT TOOK PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 24 AND 25. ANALYSTS PLAN TO WRITE ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS, AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY REPORTING ON THE TOPICS BELOW, POSTS' TIME AND RESOURCES PER [...] | 2009-10-02 18:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR BY KE RW TZ UG |
09STATE102954 | (U) KUDOS FOR PORT AU PRINCE REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REF REPORTS ON THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE. WE FOUND THE EMBASSY'S INITIAL THOUGHTS IN REF A ON POTENTIAL OUTCOMES OF THE NEW UNIT INSIGHTFUL. WE ALSO PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED THE UNIQUE DETAILS OF THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL. WE HAD SEEN THE APPRO [...] | 2009-10-02 18:39:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV HA |
09STATE102964 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTAN ARRESTS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS' COVERAGE OF THE ARRESTS OF KAZAKHSTANI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON CORRUPTION CHARGES AND RECENT CAMPAIGN TO FIGHT THE SYSTEMIC NATURE OF CORRUPTION. THE INSIGHTS ON THE ENDEMIC LEVEL OF CORRUPTION, AND THE EPIDEMIC OF RECENT ARRESTS OF MU [...] | 2009-10-02 18:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV KZ |
09STATE102966 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED POST'S REPORTING ON THE RECENT DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF THE SIERRA LEONE CURRENCY, AS REPORTED REFTELS (FREETOWN 000322, FREETOWN 000321, FREETOWN 000262). POST'S ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED THE CAUSE OF THE CURRENCY'S SLIDE, THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL EC [...] | 2009-10-02 18:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON SL |
09STATE105467 | UNIFIL: BUCKING UP THE ITALIANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs three through six. Summary ------- 2. (C/NF) Summary. We want to prevent a significant drawdown of Italy's contribution to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),a linchpin of the post-2006 ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Due t [...] | 2009-10-09 13:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO IT LE IS |
09STATE106749 | (C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP FOR REPORTING ON GABON'S [...] (C/NF) US EMBASSY LIBREVILLE HAS PROVIDED EXCELLENT REPORTING (SEE REFTELS) ON GABON'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PROCESS, CANDIDATES, AND OUTCOME THAT HAS BEEN INVALUABLE TO WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WHO TRACKED THE ELECTION AND COMPLETED VARIOUS WRITTEN PRODUCTS AND BRIEFINGS, INCLUDING A LEADERSHI [...] | 2009-10-14 19:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR GB |
09STATE106750 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SPANISH ECONOMY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTELS REGARDING THE RECESSION IN SPAIN AND THE PLAYERS AND FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE SPANISH ECONOMIC POLICY. WE ESPECIALLY WELCOMED YOUR INSIGHTS INTO HOW THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN IS AFFECTING ZAPATERO AND HIS CABINET AND INTO FACTORS SHAPING SPANISH DOMESTIC ECO [...] | 2009-10-14 19:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN SP |
09STATE111280 | (U) KUDOS FOR SANTIAGO 000877 (C-AL9-02264) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO THANK POST FOR REFTEL, WHICH PROVIDED TIMELY INSIGHTS INTO THE CHILEAN PRESIDENTIAL RACE. WE ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN INFORMATION REGARDING THE CAMPAIGNS OF CHILEAN POLITICAL PLAYERS IN THE RUNUP TO THE DECEMBER 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND REFTEL [...] | 2009-10-28 16:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV CI |
09STATE114981 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO EXTEND THANKS TO ALL POSTS IN BRAZIL FOR RECENT HIGH-CALIBER REPORTING ON UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN BRAZIL, INCLUDING COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENTS OF CIRO GOMES AND AECIO NEVES. WE APPRECIATED DETAILS OF NEVES'S LIKELY PLATFORM, SHOULD HE ULTIMATELY RU [...] | 2009-11-06 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV BR |
09STATE117709 | WHALING: REQUEST FOR POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. Post is requested to discuss with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Tetsuro Fukuyama the potential for reaching a political agreement regarding Japan's whaling practices. Background: 2. (C) Department of Commerce Principal Deputy Undersecretar [...] | 2009-11-14 00:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS PREL SENV KSCA IWC JA |
09STATE120767 | (C) KUDOS FOR BURUNDI POLITICAL REPORTING [...] (C/NF) US POLICYMAKERS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE PRE-ELECTION ATMOSPHERE IN BURUNDI AND ARE INTERESTED IN THE PROSPECT FOR VIOLENCE AT THE POLLS AND POTENTIAL LEVERS US POLICYMAKERS CAN USE TO ALLEVIATE ANY VOTE RIGGING, HARASSMENT, OR CORRUPTION. WE GREATLY APPRECIATED POST'S REPORTING (SE [...] | 2009-11-23 22:50:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR BY |
09STATE120774 | (C) SAUDI ARABIA'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD APPRECIATE ANY EMBASSY RIYADH AND CONSULATE DHAHRAN/JEDDAH REPORTING ON SAUDI ARABIA'S PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS, AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. ANALYSTS ARE PLANNING TO WRITE AN ASSESSMENT FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AND OTHER POLICYMAKERS ON THE ROLE OF SAUD [...] | 2009-11-23 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SA |
09STATE124623 | (C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON JAPAN-IRAN TRADE [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REF REPORT ON JAPAN-IRAN TRADE ISSUES. IT PROVIDES TIMELY, DETAILED, AND UPDATED TRADE AND ECONOMIC TIES INFORMATION THAT IS VERY HELPFUL, PARTICULARLY AT A TIME WHEN ANALYSTS ARE TRYING TO DIG DEEPER INTO IRAN'S ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS. WE ESPEC [...] | 2009-12-04 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ETRD PREL IR JA |
09STATE127749 | (U) Secretary Clinton's December 10, 2009 [...] (U) Classified by: EUR A/S Philip Gordon, Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 10, 2009; 10:30 a.m.; Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S Philip Gordon, EUR A/S Philip Crowley, Public Affairs Toby Bradley, NSC Director for NATO and Western European Affairs Joe M [...] | 2009-12-14 21:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NATO CR |
09STATE127811 | (C) CHINA: KUDOS FOR PENSION SYSTEM REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE KUDOS FOR REFTEL, AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE ON CHINA'S PENSION SYSTEM AND ONE THAT WE WILL BE REFERRING TO FREQUENTLY AS WE DRAFT FINISHED PRODUCTS ON CHINA'S REBALANCING POLICIES AND ITS DEMOGRAPHIC BURDENS. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WAS THE INFORM [...] | 2009-12-14 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON ELAB CH |
09STATE129193 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 14, [...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon. For Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) December 14, 2009; 11:00am; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR DAS Stuart Jones D Staff Alexandra McKnight Stacie Zerdecki (EUR Notetaker) Spain Fo [...] | 2009-12-17 22:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PNAT PREL KDEM ZL HR BK KVPR MK |
09STATE129200 | (U) KUDOS FOR KINSHASA ECON REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO SEND KUDOS FOR THE EXCELLENT ECONOMIC REPORTING KINSHASA HAS PROVIDED. FOR EXAMPLE, REF A OFFERED SUCCINCT AND INSIGHTFUL ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS LAID OUT IN REF B REGARDING THE MEETING OF MINING EXPERTS FROM THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SA [...] | 2009-12-17 22:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR BEXP ECON EMIN ETRD CG |
09STATE130971 | (C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON ITALIAN [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFS ON ITALY'S POLICY TOWARDS THE BALKANS. WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE GRADUAL DRAWDOWN OF ITALIAN FORCES IN THE BALKANS AND ARE ASSESSING ITALY'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT AND POLITICAL POLICY IN THE BALKANS, IN THE EVENT OF A PUL [...] | 2009-12-24 17:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MARR NATO PGOV PREL AL BK IT KV |
09STATE130972 | (U) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND APPRECIATION FOR MUSCAT 001061 ON IMAM GHALIB'S DEATH. REFTEL PROVIDED INSIGHT ON THE EXTENT IBADHISM -- THE MAJORITY SECT OF ISLAM IN OMAN -- MIGHT BE THE BASIS FOR ANY POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, AND ON THE ROLE IBADHISM PLAYS IN LEGITIMIZING OR POT [...] | 2009-12-24 17:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MU |
09STATE26708 | (U) CHINA: KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS VALUED CONSULATE'S DETAILED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ATTENDEES AT A DECEMBER CONFERENCE AS VERY USEFUL IN FORMING A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR THE TI [...] | 2009-03-19 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR CH |
09STATE26710 | (U) KUDOS FOR BIO REPORTING ON MOTLANTHE'S NEW [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK POST FOR ITS BIO REPORTING ON NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CABINET MEMBERS (08 PRETORIA 2477). THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF POLICYMAKER INTEREST, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE SUBJECTS OF PARAGRAPHS 2, 4, AND 8 OF THIS DOCUMENT, AND THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP ANALYST [...] | 2009-03-19 21:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR KDEM KJUS PGOV SF |
09STATE26712 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON [...] (C/NF) INR/B WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND POST FOR ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BIOGRAPHIC CABLES (REFTEL) INR/B OFFICERS HAVE SEEN. THIS KIND OF DETAIL ON PRESIDENT LUGO AND HIS MINISTERS IS ESSENTIAL FOR INR/B OFFICERS WORKING ON A COUNTRY LIKE PARAGUAY AND FACILITATES BETTER PREPARATION OF PROD [...] | 2009-03-19 21:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PA |
09STATE26716 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR RECENT REPORTING ON ALGERIAN [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED RECENT REPORTING ON THE UPCOMING ALGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WITH THE APPROACH OF THE ELECTION, POLICYMAKERS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN DEMOCRATIZATION EFFORTS IN NORTH AFRICA, AND REPORTING ON ELECTION ISSUES WILL BE USED IN WRITTEN PRODUCTION. [...] | 2009-03-19 21:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PROP AG |
09STATE26718 | (U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS COMMEND POST FOR ITS EXCELLENT REPORTING ON ECONOMIC ISSUES IN MEXICO. THIS TIMELY AND INSIGHTFUL REPORTING CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUR THINKING ON TOPICS OF HIGH INTEREST TO WASHINGTON POLICYMAKERS, AND IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL GIVEN THE RAPIDLY CHANGING GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] | 2009-03-19 21:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON MX |
09STATE29721 | (C/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE THE RECENT REFTELS ON PORTUGUESE FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY, AND THE EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF THE MFA, MOD, AND MILITARY. NOTEWORTHY WERE REFERENCES TO THE HISTORICAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES THAT CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE PORTUGUESE FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLI [...] | 2009-03-27 14:48:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON MCAP MOPS PGOV PREF PO |
09STATE3205 | OSCE/FSC: U.S. RESPONSE TO CYPRIOT REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7 below. 2. (C) Ref A reported Republic of Cyprus (ROC) intent to request technical assistance through the OSCE for destruction of excess stockpiles of MANPADS. The ROC informally approached Embassy Nicosia to determine USG interest in lead [...] | 2009-01-13 13:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CY MARR MAS NATO OSCE PARM PREL |
09STATE36077 | CFE/VCC: NON-PAPER FOR DISTRIBUTION TO ALLIES ON [...] (U) This is an action message. Mission is requested to distribute to Allies the non-paper contained in para six below. 2. (C/REL NATO) Background. Ref A indicates that in April 2008 the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) tasked experts to review Vienna Document 1999 (VD 99) implemen [...] | 2009-04-13 14:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
09STATE37330 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR CONSULATE REPORTING ON NORTHERN [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR POST'S REPORTING FOLLOWING THE DISSIDENT REPUBLICAN ATTACKS IN NORTHERN IRELAND AND LEADING UP TO THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY SUMMIT AT THE WHITE HOUSE. POST'S IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF REFS PROVIDED ANALYSTS EXCELLENT INSIGHT INT [...] | 2009-04-15 20:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER UK |
09STATE37352 | C) SOUTH AFRICA: KUDOS WITH FOLLOW-UP FOR [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WANT TO THANK POSTS FOR EXCELLENT REPORTING ON SOUTH AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENTS AND CHALLENGES IN THE AREAS OF EDUCATION, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND HEALTH. THESE CABLES PROVIDED IMPORTANT INSIGHT INTO THE SPECIFIC ISSUES SOUTH AFRICA IS FACING AND HOW THESE ISSUES ARE BE [...] | 2009-04-15 21:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SOCI SF |
09STATE39804 | UPDATE ON EU COUNTER-PIRACY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C//NF) Diplomatic and military interlocutors from the UK Permanent Representation to the EU told PolOff on April 21 that if the U.S. wants NATO to take the lead for counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, we will have to do the "heavy lifting." Our UK contacts also confirmed th [...] | 2009-04-22 10:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09STATE40700 | (U) KUDOS FOR PRESIDENT CALDERON'S SECURITY [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF RECENT REF REPORTING ON PROGRESS IN THE LEGISLATURE AND ON THE GROUND OF PRESIDENT CALDERON'S SECURITY AND POLICE REFORM INITIATIVES. THESE EXCELLENT CABLES HAVE INFORMED SEVERAL HIGH LEVEL BRIEFINGS AND ARE BEING USED IN CURRENT PRODUCTION [...] | 2009-04-23 14:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV MX |
09STATE41025 | (U) KUDOS FOR BRAZIL REPORTING (C-AL9-00886) [...] (C/NF) INR/B OFFICERS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S CABLES THAT CONTAIN IN-DEPTH PROFILES ON, AND THE POLITICAL STRATEGIES OF, LIKELY CONTENDERS IN THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL RACE, PARTICULARLY THE STELLAR REPORTING ON SAO PAULO STATE GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENTIAL FRONTRUNNER JOSE SERRA, AS NOTED IN REFS [...] | 2009-04-23 20:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL BR |
09STATE41027 | (U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON POLITICAL [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS. TO THIS END, ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN INFORMATION REGARDING HOW THE FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS AFFECTED THE SOUTH CAUCASUS--IN PARTICULAR, THE GOVERNMENTS OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, AND GEORGI [...] | 2009-04-23 20:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINT AJ AM GG |
09STATE43869 | (C) QUERY ON KABILA'S FAMILY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 14:07:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV CG |
09STATE47311 | (U) HONG KONG-TAIWAN: TAICHUNG MAYOR'S APRIL [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REF REPORTS FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INSIGHT INTO DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HONG KONG-TAIWAN RELATIONSHIP AS REPORTED IN OPEN PRESS, PARTICULARLY TAICHUNG MAYOR JASON HU'S RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG. ANALYSTS FOUND ESPECIALLY HELPFUL THE VIEWS OF SHIU [...] | 2009-05-08 19:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL HK TW |
09STATE47918 | (S/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS ON BALTIC [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO SEND KUDOS TO POST FOR THE VERY INSIGHTFUL REFTEL ON BALTIC ENERGY INTERCONNECTIONS, WHICH WILL BE USED IN FINISHED PRODUCTS. ANALYSTS WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON EU ASSISTANCE TO JOINT BALTIC ENERGY PROJECTS IF THIS INFORMATION CAN B [...] | 2009-05-11 21:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON ENRG EPET EUN BE LG LH |
09STATE48810 | (C/NF) JAMAICA'S ECONOMIC SITUATION (C-AL9-01026) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS READ WITH INTEREST POST'S REPORTING ABOUT POSSIBLE DEBT RESTRUCTURING OR FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS IN JAMAICA. ANALYSTS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW JAMAICA'S ECONOMIC SITUATION, AND AS TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT, WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE FOLLOW-UP REPORTING ON ANY DEBT FORGIVENES [...] | 2009-05-13 15:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR EAID ECIN ECON JM |
09STATE52174 | (U) KENYA: KUDOS ON POLITICAL REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE INCREASED VOLUME OF REPORTING ON KENYA'S POLITICAL STABILITY, THE FUNCTIONING OF THE COALITION GOVERNMENT, AND THE PROSPECTS FOR THE REFORM AGENDA. ANALYSTS PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED REPORTING ON ETHNIC RELATIONS AND RECONCILIATION EFFORTS IN [...] | 2009-05-21 15:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV KE |
09STATE52767 | (C/NF) ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUEST: PARAGUAY'S [...] (C/NF) SENIOR POLICYMAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PARAGUAY IN LIGHT OF RECENT POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND CABINET CHANGES. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REPORTING TO DATE ON LUGO'S TRAVAILS AND THEIR IMPACT SO FAR ON PARAGUAY,S POLITICAL CLIMATE AND FOREIGN POLICY. ANALYSTS WOUL [...] | 2009-05-22 14:44:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL PA |
09STATE56790 | CFE/VCC: GUIDANCE FOR JUNE 4, 2009 VCC [...] (C/NF) This is an action request, see para 5. Aside from standard agenda items, the June VCC will include a focused discussion on future work of the VCC group of experts. The NATO IS added this topic to the agenda following an April 23 VCC discussion concerning the U.S. non-paper on the stat [...] | 2009-06-03 01:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
09STATE64305 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR ECONOMIC REPORTING (C-AL9-01355) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO THANK POSTS FOR TIMELY AND DETAILED REPORTING ON BRAZIL'S ECONOMY AND THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON THE COUNTRY (REFS A-B). WE ALSO APPRECIATE REF C ON BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN BRAZIL AND CHINA. REFS A-C WERE PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR BRIE [...] | 2009-06-22 14:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECIN ECON PREL BR CH |
09STATE67066 | (C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON PHILIPPINES 2010 [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE TWO REFTELS ON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS SURROUNDING THE MAY 2010 ELECTIONS. REFTELS PROVIDED ANALYSTS WITH A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON CURRENT ELECTION ACTIVITIES IN MANILA. ANALYSTS ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED POST'S DETAILED A [...] | 2009-06-29 16:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR RP |
09STATE68180 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING [...] (C/NF) INR/B OFFICERS GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S COMMITMENT TO BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING, AS NOTED IN REFS A-H. THIS BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY DURING THE RUNUP TO AN ELECTION SEASON, IS ESSENTIAL TO SUPPLEMENT BIOGRAPHIC OFFICERS' RESEARCH AND PREPARATION OF PRODUCTS FOR SENIOR POLICYMAKE [...] | 2009-07-01 14:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV UY |
09STATE71041 | (C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON RUSSIA'S AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL ON RUSSIAN MFA OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN RUSSIA'S POLICIES TOWARD AFGHANISTAN. ANALYSTS IN PARTICULAR APPRECIATED POST'S ASSESSMENTS OF MFA OFFICIALS' LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT IN FORMULATING MOSCOW'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY AND MFA OFFICIALS' ATTITUDE [...] | 2009-07-09 15:15:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL AF RS |
09STATE71045 | (U) CHINA: DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND THE PUBLIC [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY MONITORING CHINA'S DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND THE PUBLIC POLICIES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED TO CARE FOR CHINA'S AGEING POPULATION - INCLUDING PENSIONS, RETIREMENT AGES, NURSING HOME FACILITIES, AND HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE. BECAUSE THESE DEMOGRAPHIC TRE [...] | 2009-07-09 15:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR CH |
09STATE74735 | (U) RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER SERGEY SHMATKO [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN INFORMATION CONCERNING RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER SERGEY SHMATKO. SHMATKO SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT IN MAY 2008 AS ENERGY MINISTER HAS QUICKLY ASSUMED A PROACTIVE ROLE IN ADVANCING RUSSIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY. SHMATKO ALSO APPEARS OPEN TO REVIVING THE LO [...] | 2009-07-17 17:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR BEXP BTIO EINV ENRG RS |
09STATE74794 | (S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ISLAM AND [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE EXAMINING HOW ISSUES OF PIETY AND ISLAM ARE APPROACHED AND AFFECT POLITICAL AND DAILY LIFE IN TURKEY. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON POLITICAL PARTIES' APPROACHES TO ISLAM, ISLAM'S ROLE IN POLITICS, AND PIETY ISSUES IN TURKEY, AS TIME, RESOURCES [...] | 2009-07-17 18:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR KISL PREL TU |
09STATE74796 | (C/NF) URUGUAY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION POLITICS [...] (C/NF) SENIOR POLICYMAKERS ARE INTERESTED IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN URUGUAY IN LIGHT OF RECENT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REPORTING TO DATE ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL EVENTS AND PRIMARY CAMPAIGN COVERAGE. ANALYSTS HAVE FOUND RECENT CABLES ON THE PRIMARY ELECTIO [...] | 2009-07-17 18:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV UY |
09STATE77662 | (U) KUDOS FOR POLITICAL REPORTING (C-AL9-01632) [...] (C/NF) KUDOS TO US EMBASSY BRASILIA POLITICAL SECTION FROM WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOR CONSISTENTLY THOROUGH AND TIMELY REPORTING ON DOMESTIC POLITICAL ISSUES IN BRAZIL. REFTELS A-C ARE THE LATEST EXAMPLES OF REPORTING THAT WE HAVE USED AND WILL CONTINUE TO USE IN OUR ASSESSMENTS AS PRESIDENTIAL [...] | 2009-07-24 20:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV BR |
09STATE80207 | (C) KUDOS AND FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REFTEL ON CHINA'S INVESTMENT TREATY NEGOTIATIONS WITH FRANCE. GIVEN THE ADMINISTRATION'S REVIEW OF THE MODEL BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATY (BIT),WE ARE MONITORING OTHER ONGOING INVESTMENT NEGOTIATIONS, ESPECIALLY AS THEY RELATE TO INCREASING INVE [...] | 2009-07-31 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR BTIO ECIN EINV ETRD CH |
09STATE83581 | (C/NF) CHINA: KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK POST FOR AN EXCELLENT STREAM OF REPORTING ON POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE (PBSC) MEMBER ZHOU YONGKANG. WE GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS FOR THEIR VALUABLE INSIGHT INTO ZHOU'S RESPONSES TO AND ROLE IN HANDLING UNREST IN TIBET AND XINJIANG, HIS GRO [...] | 2009-08-11 21:58:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV CH |
09STATE83582 | (C/NF) CHINA: KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON CHINA'S [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO SEND KUDOS FOR THE TWO EXCELLENT REF REPORTS ON CHINA'S REAL ESTATE MARKET. THE OUTLOOK FOR THE PROPERTY SECTOR IS IMPORTANT FOR CHINA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY, GIVEN THE LARGE EXPOSURE OF THE BANKING SECTOR TO THIS MARKET, THE LARGE EMPLOYMENT IN REAL EST [...] | 2009-08-11 22:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON CH |
09STATE84641 | (C/NF) ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR THE HONDURAN DE [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR HONDURAS IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. WE HAVE APPRECIATED POST'S PREVIOUS ECONOMIC REPORTING AND CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE CAPACITY OF THE DE FACTO GOVERNMENT TO OPERATE AND TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THE CALCULATION [...] | 2009-08-13 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECIN ECON EFIN EINV HO |
09STATE87262 | (U) KUDOS FOR SERBIA TYCOON REQUIREMENTS [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTELS REGARDING THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF SERBIAN TYCOONS. THE REPORTS HELPED ANALYSTS GAIN A DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF HOW WEALTHY SERBIAN BUSINESSMEN INFLUENCE POLITICS DOMESTICALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS NON-TRANS [...] | 2009-08-21 14:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RI |
09STATE88240 | (C/REL TO USA, FVEY) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) SENIOR POLICYMAKERS IN WASHINGTON CONTINUE TO EXPRESS INTEREST IN TURKEY'S NUCLEAR EFFORTS, INCLUDING LEADERSHIP CHANGES WITHIN ANKARA'S NUCLEAR COMMUNITY. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE SEEKING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING ASSERTIONS MADE IN A MID-JUNE 2009 TURKISH ARTICLE IN THE VATAN [...] | 2009-08-24 21:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR TU |
09STATE91299 | RESPONSE TO UK REQUEST FOR OPTIONS TO RESUME [...] (U) This is a response to an action request. 2. (C/NF) Summary and Guidance: Reftel requested guidance on what message to deliver to the UK Embassy regarding resumption of their Naval training mission in Iraq. The Department suggests the following (keyed to Reftel request): Â [...] | 2009-09-01 22:22:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK |
09STATE92500 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR COMPREHENSIVE HONDURAN ECONOMIC [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR EMBASSY REPORTING ON ECONOMIC PROBLEMS STEMMING FROM RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS. REFTELS WERE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS FACING THE DE FACTO GOVERNMENT AND THE OVERALL HONDURAN ECONOMIC ENV [...] | 2009-09-04 18:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EINV HO |
09STATE92509 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR TIMELY BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENT BACKGROUND AND BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING ON RECENTLY APPOINTED FCO MINISTER IVAN LEWIS. REFTEL REGARDING LEWIS' BULLYING, POSSIBLE DEPRESSION AND SCANDALS, AS WELL AS COMMENTS ON THE STATE OF HIS MARRIAGE AND HOW THE JEWISH COMMUNITY SAW HIS AP [...] | 2009-09-04 18:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV UK |
09STATE93000 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON CANADA'S MISSION [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTELS, WHICH COVERED ALL FACETS OF CANADA'S MILITARY AND DEVELOPMENT MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN. EMBASSY,S INSIGHTS INTO POLITICAL, MILITARY, AND LEADERSHIP MATTERS PERTAINING TO CANADA'S INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO [...] | 2009-09-08 14:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MOPS NATO PREL AF CA |
09STATE93866 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR BRAZIL FOREIGN POLICY REPORTING [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO THANK THE POLITICAL SECTION FOR THE TWO DETAILED AND TIMELY REFTELS ON BRAZILIAN FOREIGN POLICY. BRASILIA 001041 PROVIDED A THOROUGH RUNDOWN OF BRASILIA'S REACTION TO THE RECENT US-COLOMBIA DEFENSE AGREEMENT, WHICH GARNERED SUBSTANTIAL ATTENTION FROM US PO [...] | 2009-09-09 21:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PREL BR |
09STATE94259 | (C/NF) BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WELCOMED REFTEL REPORTING ON THE BILATERAL TALKS AND THE GOB,S DECISION TO SUSPEND USAID PROGRAMS. NOT SURPRISINGLY, WE ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE UPCOMING BOLIVIAN NATIONAL ELECTIONS, INCLUDING BOLIVIAN GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION [...] | 2009-09-10 19:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV BL |
09STATE96684 | (U) KUDOS FOR BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING (C-AL9-01990) [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO THANK POST FOR REFTEL, WHICH PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT READOUT OF ONE OF ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDERS. WE ARE INCREASINGLY INTERESTED IN INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS OF ARGENTINE POLITICAL PLAYERS IN THE RUN-UP TO THE 2011 PRESIDEN [...] | 2009-09-17 15:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV AR |
09STATE96693 | (C) SOUTHERN AFRICA: KUDOS AND FOLLOW UP [...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR GABORONE 000674, "THOUGHTS ON ENGAGING WITH SADC." THE CABLE WAS INSIGHTFUL AND TIMELY, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE ONGOING SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) SUMMIT IN GABORONE. ANALYSTS FOUND REFTEL,S DISCUSSION O [...] | 2009-09-17 15:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR AO BC CG LT MA MI MP MZ SF WA WZ ZA ZI |
09STATE99791 | (C/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON IRISH LISBON [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATED REFTEL ON THE PLAYERS AND FACTORS AFFECTING POTENTIAL RATIFICATION OF THE LISBON TREATY IN THE PLANNED OCTOBER 2009 REFERENDUM. EMBASSY INSIGHTS WERE VERY USEFUL, ESPECIALLY AS THEY PROVIDED MORE CLARITY ABOUT FLUCTUATING POLL NUMBERS, THE CURRENT IRISH [...] | 2009-09-24 21:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV EI |
09STOCKHOLM615 | "WE LOOK UNCOORDINATED": SWEDES "EMBARRASSED" BY [...] (C) In a September 25 discussion with Poloff, Swedish Desk Officer for Iran, Ulf Samuelsson, confirmed media reports that Sweden, as EU President, did not/not walk out during Iranian Pres. Ahmadinejad's UNGA speech on September 24. He said the red lines agreed upon by the EU-27 -- the denial o [...] | 2009-09-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR UN EUN SW |
09TAIPEI1196 | VISA WAIVER FOR TAIWAN: THE U.S. NATIONAL INTEREST [...] (C) Summary: One of the most pro-United States places in the world, Taiwan has a highly literate, technologically advanced, and well-educated population, no links to terrorism, a low rate of fraud related to U.S. visas and immigration, and strong commercial, travel and educational links to th [...] | 2009-10-05 08:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CVIS PREL TW |
09TASHKENT1257 | Uzbekistan: International Conference Addresses Problems and [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan and the Marshall Center co-hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security and stabilizing Afghanistan on June 17-18 in Tashkent. Uzbek participants appear to have been instructed to lobby for international support of Presid [...] | 2009-07-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PINS |
09TBILISI1880 | GEORGIA: UN REP VERBEKE RAISES QUESTIONS ON [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. In an October 7 meeting with the Charge, UN Representative Johan Verbeke asked about the U.S. commitment to the Geneva talks -- in particular whether A/S Gordon would be attending the November 11 round. He said Russia was looking for an excuse to downgrade the pro [...] | 2009-10-09 14:44:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG |
09TBILISI1949 | GEORGIA: ASD VERSHBOW LEADS SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Under the umbrella of the U.S.-Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow, Ambassador Bass, and an extended USG team jump-started the U.S.-Georgia Charter Working Groups. The meeting on October 20 with Georgian Deputy Defense Minis [...] | 2009-10-29 15:55:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG |
09TBILISI1989 | GEORGIA: LONDON HOSTS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Participants at the October 14 meeting hosted by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office featured an open and candid exchange of views among Georgian officials, Quad and EU counterparts, and outside experts on other countries that have faced protracted political di [...] | 2009-11-09 14:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID CY EU GM RS UK GG |
09TBILISI1991 | GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION VISIT TO ABKHAZIA - NEW [...] (C) Summary and comment. During a meeting in Sukhumi with Department and Embassy visitors, mid-level de facto officials expressed openness to additional visits from U.S. officials, but were non-committal on waiving the requirement for a "visa" for more senior visitors. They also expressed s [...] | 2009-11-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS EAID RS GG |
09TBILISI2291 | GEORGIA: DASD WALLANDER LEADS BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On 19-20 November, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Celeste A. Wallander co-chaired with First Deputy Minister of Defense Nikoloz Vashakidze the 2009 U.S.-Georgia Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Tbilisi, Georgia. The BDC established the strategic direct [...] | 2009-12-29 12:42:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS |
09TBILISI389 | GEORGIA REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO JOINING NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. Georgian officials continue to express through both public and private channels their continued commitment to NATO membership. On February 17, the Minister of Defense released his "Minister's Vision 2009," a public document that identifies NATO membership as one of [...] | 2009-02-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS GG |
09TBILISI984 | GEORGIA: FM VASHADZE UNDERLINES REDLINES ON UN [...] (C/NF) On May 29, Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze called in the Ambassador to ensure the United States understood Georgia's redlines regarding a new UN mandate. Referring to his May 22 letter to the Secretary, Vashadze emphasized Georgia's absolute commitment to the following minimum requir [...] | 2009-05-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC UNOMIG RS GG |
09TEGUCIGALPA1080 | TFH01: AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT ZELAYA DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador and President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya spoke the evening of October 22. They discussed the status of the negotiations. Zelaya blamed regime leader Roberto Micheletti for the failure of the Guaymuras Dialogue. The Ambassador agreed that Micheletti had not engaged in g [...] | 2009-10-23 20:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA1085 | TFH01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA A/S THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the October 28-29 visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Craig Kelly, and National Security Council Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Special A [...] | 2009-10-27 21:35:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SOCI HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA1296 | AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH DE FACTO REGIME FM [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with de facto regime foreign Minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the private residence of a mutual friend on December 14. While the purpose of the meeting was to discuss completing implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, they also spoke at length about the [...] | 2009-12-16 01:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA431 | ZELAYA SHARES DETAILS ON OAS CUBA RESOLUTION [...] (C) President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya shared details in a June a 7 meeting with the Ambassador, accompanied by the DCM, on his negotiations with ALBA members and Cuba over the negotiations on Cuba at the Organization of American States General Assembly in San Pedro Sula June 2 and 3. Zelaya said that h [...] | 2009-06-08 23:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM CU HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA439 | ZELAYA AND THE FOURTH URN [...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: In a lengthy meeting on June 7, the Ambassador conveyed our concerns to President Manuel &Mel8 Zelaya over the increasingly polarized political situation in Honduras, attributing much of the blame on his recent actio [...] | 2009-06-09 23:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM CU HO |
09TELAVIV1163 | GOI SAYS IT IS READY TO EVACUATE OUTPOSTS [...] (C) Since Prime Minister Netanyahu's May 18 meeting with POTUS, the GOI has publicly announced and demonstrated its intent to dismantle illegal West Bank outposts. On May 20, Ha'aretz reported that Minister of Defense Barak told the YESHA settlers council that the GOI was ready to evacuate ill [...] | 2009-05-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG IS |
09TELAVIV1948 | ISRAEL'S FISCAL OUTLOOK [...] (C/NF) Summary: Israel is likely to meet the 2009 fiscal conditions for U.S. loan guarantees signed at the last Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) meeting on June 29, but it is less certain that Israel will meet the 2010 expenditure conditions for FY2011 loan guarantees. The country face [...] | 2009-09-04 08:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN IS |
09TELAVIV1951 | THE WAY FORWARD ON FISCAL ISSUES FROM THE 2009 JEDG [...] (C/NF) Summary: The United States pressed Israel at the 2009 JEDG to consider creating a budget "watchdog" group and institute a new, more effective fiscal rule. In follow-up meetings with Treasury and Emboffs, all three major economic actors in Israel's government agreed with the necessity o [...] | 2009-09-04 09:14:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN IS |
09TELAVIV723 | MOD MASKING SANSANA SETTLEMENT AS ESHKOLOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On 23 March, Ha'aretz reported and the MOD confirmed that MOD Barak recently approved a plan to declare the non-GOI recognized settlement of Sansansa as a neighborhood of the Eshkolot settlement. Based on this approval, the Civil Administration deposited a detailed outline for c [...] | 2009-03-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG IS |
09THEHAGUE2 | NETHERLANDS: SHELL DISCUSSES BUSINESS IN IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch government agrees that doing business with Iran poses risks for Dutch companies, and it will continue to discourage new investments there. Shell has again pushed back its investment decision on the Persian LNG project, this time until late 2010. However, Shell's go-slo [...] | 2009-01-02 09:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG EPET ETTC PREL NL IR |
09THEHAGUE450 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH POSITIONS IN ADVANCE OF JULY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of the July 27-28 GAERC meeting, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials briefed EMBOFFS on Dutch positions on the Swedish Presidency, the Baltic Sea Cooperation plan, Iceland, Somalia, Iran, and the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia. Few concrete de [...] | 2009-07-24 10:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN EUN NL |
09THEHAGUE671 | NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: SUPPORTING CONTINUED SANCTIONS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch support a "double rollover" of EU sanctions and travel restrictions for Belarus but are not optimistic about the EU supporting their view. The Dutch openness to compromise on Belarus may reflect concern about the Netherlands' image among member states. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-11-04 16:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM NL BO EU |
09THEHAGUE673 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: VIEW FROM THE PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are unlikely to make a decision on post-2010 Afghanistan deployment until March of next year. END SUMMARY. 2. (C/NF) Pol/Econ Counselor met with Jeroen de Graaf, political advisor to Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende, Nov. 6 and reviewed internal discussions on continue [...] | 2009-11-06 17:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO AF NL |
09THEHAGUE707 | NETHERLANDS/ISRAEL: "DISMAYED" [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Dutch will support EU consensus on the anti-Israel resolutions at UNGA, having negotiated a strong Explanation of Vote (EOV) by the EU. FM Verhagen was dismayed by the latest Israel decision on settlements in Gilo, and angered by the surprise announcement of new settlements [...] | 2009-11-20 15:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA IS PINR KPAL NL EU |
09THEHAGUE718 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NEXT STEPS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch officials report that Dutch decision-making on an Afghanistan deployment post-2010 is frozen, but President Obama's new plan provides an opportunity to engage D/PM Bos, who remains the most difficult figure in the Dutch political decision. END SUMMARY. 2. (C/ [...] | 2009-11-24 17:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR NL AF |
09TOKYO1158 | GOJ REPORTS UAE PREFERENCES FOR NUCLEAR PLANT [...] (C//NF) Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Nuclear Energy Policy Planning Division Deputy Director Junichi Yokota commented on the UAE's selection of three international consortia to bid on its upcoming nuclear plant tender during a May 18 meeting with Emboffs (to be reported sept [...] | 2009-05-21 06:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG TRGY NRR PUNE KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE JA |
09TOKYO1268 | MOFA COMMENTS ON IAEA BUDGET INCREASE [...] (C//NF) Summary: Japan's official position of supporting zero growth in the IAEA budget has not changed, but within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),officials are moving to relax the policy in an attempt to reach a compromise position between the U.S. and those countries supporting zer [...] | 2009-06-05 07:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA |
09TOKYO2588 | JAPAN RECEPTIVE TO FURTHER ENGAGEMENT ON WHALING [...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. representative to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Monica Medina met with senior officials from the Fisheries Agency of Japan (FAJ) November 4 to discuss progress in negotiations under the Future of the IWC process. The FAJ Director General described the results of re [...] | 2009-11-09 06:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA |
09TOKYO2592 | WHALING: MOFA WORKING LEVEL THOUGHTS [...] (C/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs working level officials would prefer to postpone any public announcement of a U.S.-Japan commitment to conclude an agreement on whaling by a date certain, and keep our bilateral negotiations confidential until we are closer to an agreement, MOFA Fisheries Di [...] | 2009-11-09 08:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA |
09TOKYO2902 | AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd focused on climate change, but discussed disarmament, the Japan-Australia FTA, and whaling during his talks with Prime Minister Hatoyama and others in Tokyo December 15, according to the Australian Ambassador to Japan and the MOFA Director [...] | 2009-12-18 08:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ETRD PINR AS JA |
09TORONTO213 | UAE CHARITY FUNDS TORONTO DE-RADICALIZATION EFFORTS [...] (C/NF) Muhammed Robert Heft, director of the Paradise Forever (P4E) center in Toronto, traveled to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in late August and early September, accompanied by Toronto-area Liberal federal MP Derek Lee. Heft and Lee met with officials of P4E's principal benefactor, the Mohammed Bin [...] | 2009-09-09 20:09:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KISL PREL CA AE |
09TRIPOLI186 | BASIC PEOPLE'S CONGRESSES DEBATE WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ECON ENGR LY |
09TRIPOLI190 | SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) - SPRING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PTER LY |
09TRIPOLI249 | SLA UNITY SKEPTICAL ON DOHA, SEE UNIFICATION AS INCREASE OF MILITARY STRENGTH REF: A. KHARTOUM 372 B. DOHA 200 C. TRIPOLI 109 TRIPOLI 00000249 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL AU SU KPKO LY |
09TRIPOLI358 | LIBYA-UK PRISONER TRANSFER AGREEMENT IN FORCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 16:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KTIA LY UK |
09TRIPOLI438 | FRENCH TOTAL-LED CONSORTIUMS ACCEPT LOWER PRODUCTION SHARES IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 13:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN EINV LY |
09TRIPOLI492 | QADHAFI IN ROME: THE 'MAN OF HISTORY' VISITS THE ETERNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SMIG KTIA IT LY |
09TRIPOLI579 | EU FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT HANGS ON ICC, TRADE, MIGRATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-19 15:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ETRD EFIS EUN LY |
09TRIPOLI618 | CATERPILLAR NEGOTIATIONS INCHING ALONG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON PGOV EPET LY |
09TRIPOLI619 | THE CURIOUS CONTINUING CASE OF CATERPILLAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 14:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAGR EPET EFIN PGOV ETRD LY |
09TRIPOLI637 | UN OFFICIAL SAYS LIBYA, ITALY SHIRKING HUMAN RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES REF: A. TRIPOLI 579 B. 08 STATE 112873 C. TRIPOLI 273 TRIPOLI 00000637 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PHUM PREL IT LY |
09TRIPOLI65 | PAN AM BOMBER AL-MEGRAHI: THE VIEW FROM TRIPOLI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-28 17:00:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER LY UK |
09TRIPOLI686 | QADHAFI PERSONALLY WELCOMES LOCKERBIE BOMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KMDR KPAO UK LY |
09TRIPOLI714 | SWISS CHARGE OPTIMISTIC ON RELEASE OF TWO BUSINESSMEN \ [...] (C/NF) Summary: Swiss Charge Stefano Lazarotto remains \ optimistic about the release of two Swiss businessmen who have \ been detained in Libya since July 2008. He said that while the \ September 1 deadline for their release had passed, the GOL had \ given him positive indications that the releas [...] | 2009-09-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SZ LY |
09TRIPOLI759 | JORDANIAN PERSPECTIVES ON LIBYAN REGIME AND THEIR BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP TRIPOLI 00000759 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 14:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON JO LY |
09TRIPOLI765 | NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION BUSINESS CONTINUES AMID CHAIRMAN'S RESIGNATION REF: A) Tripoli 72; B) 08 Tripoli 564 TRIPOLI 00000765 001.2 OF 003 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EPET EMIN PGOV LY ENRG |
09TRIPOLI805 | UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT QADHAFI PROMOTES SAIF AL-ISLAM IN "SECRET" MEETING REF: A. TRIPOLI 64 B. TRIPOLI 40 C. TRIPOLI 359 Derived from: DSCG 05-1, B,D [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 16:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KPAO LY |
09TRIPOLI892 | YOUNG LIBYANS SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESS FOR CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: As opportunities grow for young Libyans to travel abroad for educational and professional pursuits, the same group is experiencing frustration upon return. With great expectations of using their education and international experience to effect positive change in their country, yo [...] | 2009-11-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL LY |
09TUNIS372 | TUNISIAN CRITICIZES REGIME IN FORTHCOMING BOOK; [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX approached Ambassador and Pol/EconCouns XXXXXXXXXXXX to share with us XXXXXXXXXXXX the Ambassador gave him assurances that we would. XXXXXXXXXXXX shared a rare first-hand account of corruption from several years ago in which Ben Ali himself was described as asking for a 50 perc [...] | 2009-06-16 18:45:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KCOR SOCI PREL TS |
09TUNIS461 | PM GHANNOUCHI ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, ACST, AND THE [...] (C) During a farewell call by the Ambassador on July 10, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi: -- dismissed the reported plot against US military personnel as &banal8; -- welcomed the new policies of President Obama and offered Tunisian support on efforts for Middle East peace; -- press [...] | 2009-07-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASCH TS |
09TUNIS849 | BEN ALI RECEIVES AMBASSADOR'S CREDENTIALS, [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Ambassador presented his credentials to President Ben Ali in a group ceremony on November 19. In his remarks, Ben Ali offered warm words of welcome and friendship, but insisted that last month's elections had been fair and transparent, and politely warned foreign countries [...] | 2009-11-19 16:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV TS |
09TUNIS895 | BEN ALI BACK IN THE SADDLE, BUT SPECULATION ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: While speculation about President Ben Ali recently suffering from a serious illness seems to have been farfetched, we have confirmation that he traveled to Germany for medical treatment. Since December 1, Ben Ali has apparently been keeping a normal schedule including at least t [...] | 2009-12-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR TS |
09UNVIEVIENNA116 | IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 EXPERTS MEETING USEFUL MECHANISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 12:22:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC IR IAEA KNNP MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA192 | IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 EXPERTS MEETING USEFUL MECHANISM FOR TECHNICAL DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 11:35:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC IR IAEA KNNP MNUC |
09UNVIEVIENNA282 | IAEA/IRAN: SAFEGUARDS TECHNICAL BRIEFING STRESSES [...] (SBU) On June 10, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on safeguards implementation at the Natanz cent [...] | 2009-06-18 06:27:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA40 | UK TO HOST MULTILATERAL FUEL ASSURANCES CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On January 27, a team from the British MFA and Department of Energy briefed Mission officers on plans for an upcoming conference on "Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle" on March 17-18, in London. The conference is in response a public promise the [...] | 2009-02-03 07:51:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG ETTC IAEA IN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY |
09UNVIEVIENNA435 | IAEA/IRAN: SEPTEMBER BOARD KEEPS THE SPOTLIGHT ON [...] (SBU) The September 7 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran balanced between praising Tehran's recent cooperation with the IAEA and noting that more must be done. Although the usual Iran friendlies highlighted Tehran's decision to improve safeguards at Natanz and provide access to the [...] | 2009-09-22 16:05:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA524 | IAEA/IRAN: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Director General's (DG) November 16 report on Iran identifies a number of new issues of concern, including the disclosure of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) near Qom, and highlights Iran's continued failure to abide by UN Security Council and Board resolutions, including by [...] | 2009-11-18 07:08:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA530 | IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On November 18, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG)November 16 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on the IAEA's inspection of the Fordow Fue [...] | 2009-11-20 16:23:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA538 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CRITICIZE FAILURES [...] (SBU) The main event in the November 26-27 Board session was the adoption of the first Board resolution on Iran since February 2006 with the support of all P5 1 partners and by an overwhelming vote of 25-3-6 abstentions, with one absence (septel). Leading up to this, the Board debate on the [...] | 2009-12-02 14:34:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09UNVIEVIENNA544 | IAEA/IRAN: BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution censuring Iran's nuclear program on November 27 , marking the first time since Iran was referred to the UN Security Council in February 2006 that the Board has taken formal action on Iran. The German-sponsored resolution had the support [...] | 2009-12-03 15:10:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
09USEUBRUSSELS1738 | MONUC HEAD AND GREAT LAKES ENVOYS DISCUSS NEED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 18:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS CG |
09USEUBRUSSELS546 | JHA MINISTERS TASK COREPER AMBASSADORS TO PREPARE [...] (U) At their April 6 Council meeting in Luxembourg, European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers agreed to work towards an "EU response" to U.S. requests in Washington and at the Prague Summit for help in closing Guantanamo. They tasked EU Ambassadors in the Committee of Perma [...] | 2009-04-09 10:55:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KISL KAWL PTER EON |
09USEUBRUSSELS552 | ENGAGING THE EU ON DEFENSE ISSUES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As we prepare for the upcoming visit to Washington by the EU's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and Director General of the EU Military Staff Lieutenant General David Leakey, it might be useful to take stock of the EU's steady advance [...] | 2009-04-09 15:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EIND EU MARR MOPS PREL |
09USEUBRUSSELS554 | THIRD STATES LEVERAGING ESDP TO PURSUE THEIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 16:23:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS567 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...] | 2009-04-16 14:41:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS568 | GETTING THE EU TO EXTEND AND REINFORCE ITS [...] (C//NF) Summary. There is an emerging agreement among EU member states to extend the EU's naval operation off the coast of Somalia until December 2010. Discussions are moving beyond extending the mission to include addressing the root causes of piracy. We will have three opportunities in t [...] | 2009-04-16 15:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS587 | UPDATE ON EU COUNTER-PIRACY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C//NF) Diplomatic and military interlocutors from the UK Permanent Representation to the EU told PolOff on April 21 that if the U.S. wants NATO to take the lead for counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, we will have to do the "heavy lifting." Our UK contacts also confirmed th [...] | 2009-04-22 05:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS597 | THE FUTURE OF EU DECISION MAKING ON POLICE AND [...] (C/NF) With or without the Lisbon Treaty, we anticipate that major Treaty provisions affecting police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters will ultimately find their way into the EU decision-making and institutional frameworks. The Treaty's fate will determine how fast these changes ma [...] | 2009-04-24 18:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EON |
09USEUBRUSSELS681 | APRIL 28 U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS [...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) Cabinet Ministers engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and border security issues at the April 28 U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministerial Troika meeting in Prague. The EU side welcomed the Attorney General's de [...] | 2009-05-13 15:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KCRM PTER EUM |
09USEUBRUSSELS692 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C//NF) Summary: On May 13, the European Commission committed to a 1.75 million euro program to support regional judicial capacity for pirate prosecutions in East Africa. The EU hopes this program, which will be implemented in concert with the UN, will allay the Government of Kenya's concer [...] | 2009-05-14 18:30:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS725 | EU FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS FOCUS ON RUSSIA, [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meetings May 18-19 brought together foreign, defense, and development ministers in a complex choreography of meetings in Brussels. During the meetings, foreign ministers laid plans for the June European Council [...] | 2009-05-26 14:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR RS BM IR BK XW XF CE EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS751 | EU MEMBERS WELCOME NATO COUNTER-PIRACY MISSION, WITH U.S. FORCE COMMITMENT [...] (C//NF) Summary: Over the past few weeks, several EU-based diplomats and military officers from key Allies as well as EU officials have told USEU that they see room for both NATO and the EU to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. They add, however, that the NATO counter-piracy force, to [...] | 2009-05-29 17:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN EWWT MARR MOPS PREL XF XW |
09USEUBRUSSELS810 | EU CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL COUNTER-PIRACY ACTIVITIES [...] (C//NF) Summary: (C//NF) The EU is providing to the U.S. and other UNSC Perm Five and G-8 governments a copy of a letter that EU High Rep Javier Solana has sent to EU Foreign and Defense Ministers. The letter describes additional steps the EU can take to combat piracy off the coast of Soma [...] | 2009-06-11 10:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS814 | EU/BURMA SANCTIONS: HOW U.S. CAN HELP [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 6 and 12. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: EU ministers will discuss options for the EU Burma sanctions policy at the June 15 GAERC. No final decision is expected before a verdict is issued in the current Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial. Bank designations are [...] | 2009-06-12 11:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC EFIN PGOV ETRD EMIN PHUM KDEM BM EUN FR |
09USEUBRUSSELS910 | NEXT STEPS IN FURTHERING U.S. - EU CIVILIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-01 16:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRS PREL EUN |
09USNATO100 | NATO'S CIVIL BUDGET: AN EVEN HOLLOWER ALLIANCE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The NATO International Staff is projecting a shortfall of Euros 70 million in the NATO Civil Budget over the next five years. This shortfall is the result of the Alliance taking on an ever increasing number of activities--often at the urging of the U.S.--while also trying to [...] | 2009-03-16 09:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AFIN ABUD AMGT |
09USNATO109 | NATO CIVIL BUDGET: MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paras 5 and 6. 2. (C/NF) NATO is in the process of planning its civil budget expenditures over the next five years. As a part of this process the NATO International Staff has developed a draft Medium Term Financial Plan for 2010 to 2014 (MTFP). Th [...] | 2009-03-19 13:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AFIN ABUD AMGT |
09USNATO114 | RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. The Issue --------- 2. (C/NF) Although Belarus signed a security of information agreement with NATO many years ago as a member of the Alliance's Partnership for Peace (PfP),the U.S. has blocked the certification of the agreement. [...] | 2009-03-20 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
09USNATO122 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 25, [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The U.S. said it was looking for Allies to take decisions this week on paramilitary policing and on melding the U.S. review and Alliance approach in order to show unity and progress at the Summit. Canada encouraged Allies to agree to sta [...] | 2009-03-25 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO129 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 1, [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG reported the Election Support Force remains unfilled, with the most significant shortfalls remaining in RC-South. The SYG said he had met with UN SYG Ban Ki Moon on the margins of the March 31 meeting in The Hague on Afghanistan [...] | 2009-04-02 16:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO131 | THE VICE PRESIDENT'S MARCH 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) March 10, 2009; 9:30AM-12:15PM Central European Time; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: The Vice President Ambassador Kurt Volker National Security Advisor to the Vice President Anthony Blinken Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy Lieutenant Genera [...] | 2009-04-02 16:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP MOPS NATO PGOV PREL KV AF PK |
09USNATO145 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 8, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 10:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN |
09USNATO166 | AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ALIYEV BRIEFS ENERGY, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Appearing before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) for the first time in two and a half years, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (joined by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov) briefed the Allies on Azerbaijan's role as a regional energy supplier, his commitment to resolve the Na [...] | 2009-05-05 08:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL AJ AM GG TU RS |
09USNATO169 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Estonia increased its election support contribution from a platoon to a company for Helmand. SHAPE continues to report Elections Support Force shortfalls, despite the U.S. and OEF partners, recent commitments. Canada expressed its hope t [...] | 2009-05-05 12:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO177 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MAY 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 10:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN |
09USNATO191 | ROGOZIN "SHOCKED" BY NATO EXPULSIONS OF RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador Volker, Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin spoke positively about resuming concrete work in the NATO-Russia Council even while complaining that the recent NATO expulsion of two Russian diplomats was unjustified. Ambassador Volker di [...] | 2009-05-14 14:24:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS RS GG |
09USNATO197 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 13,2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-18 15:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO AF XG |
09USNATO198 | NATO BEGINS BUILDING A BROADER RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO Heads of State and Government agreed at their 60th Anniversary Summit in April to build a broader political and practical relationship with Pakistan. NATO has begun implementing this decision, approving on May 15 the Terms of Reference for a NATO Contact Point Embassy (CPE [...] | 2009-05-18 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR PK AF |
09USNATO199 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN CONTINUES HIS ATTEMPTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to presentations on Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at the May 13 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin criticized NATO's efforts in Afghanistan as both repeating the Soviet Union's earlier mistakes and inve [...] | 2009-05-19 11:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV RS GG TU GM |
09USNATO2 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: REVIEW OF DEFENSE PLANNING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Based upon a tasking from Defense Ministers at their meeting in Vilnius in February of 2008, NATO has undertaken a fundamental review of the Defense Planning Processes in an attempt to harmonize all Alliance work towards meeting the Alliance's required capabilities. The goal [...] | 2009-01-05 10:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL |
09USNATO200 | POLES REQUEST ASSISTANCE BRINGING MONGOLIAN [...] (C/NF) During a May 18 introductory meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Polish Permanent Representative Winid requested U.S. assistance in the deployment of a Mongolian unit to Afghanistan where they would provide force protection for a Polish camp in Ghazni. The Mongolians would be brought in u [...] | 2009-05-19 18:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PREL MARR MCAP PL MG AF |
09USNATO202 | RFG: U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: While the U.S. has been pressing hard for a long-term NATO role in counter-piracy, we have thus far been unable to answer Allied questions about what the U.S. commitment/contribution to such a mission would be. Without [...] | 2009-05-20 15:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS EWWT ZR SO XA |
09USNATO207 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 20,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: While initially objecting to a proposal to begin the committee work to formulate political guidance on the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan until the May 28 release of military advice on the subject, France and Turkey did ultimately agre [...] | 2009-05-22 17:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK |
09USNATO216 | NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC [...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...] | 2009-05-28 18:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP |
09USNATO217 | NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC [...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...] | 2009-05-28 18:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP |
09USNATO221 | ARMENIA AND TURKEY DUKE IT OUT AT NATO [...] (U) This cable has been delayed due to ongoing transmission difficulties. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan appeared before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) to review the 2009 Assessment of Armenia's Individual Partnership Ac [...] | 2009-06-02 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV AJ AM TU |
09USNATO224 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 27,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the May 27 meeting of NATO North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Czech Charge reported that Afghan security forces had demanded to open the cargo on a Czech-charted flight at Kabul International Airport, leading to an 11-hour standoff. Allies discussed the possibil [...] | 2009-06-02 18:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO227 | ACTION REQUEST: NATO COUNTER-PIRACY: FISH OR CUT [...] (C/NF) This is an Action Request. See para 14. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the strong urging of the United States, NATO is moving forward with planning for a long-term counter-piracy operation. At the same time, Allies--including the U.S.--have been tepid in their willingness to actually contri [...] | 2009-06-04 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS EWWT PBTS ZR SO XA |
09USNATO238 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 3,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: At the June 3 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Allies discussed continuing disagreements over the scope of the proposed NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A). Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer stressed the urgency of reaching a [...] | 2009-06-05 19:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO247 | RFG: NOMINATION OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. ----------------------- The Call for Nomination ----------------------- 2. (C/NF) The Danish Representative to NATO, in his capacity as dean of the Council, passed a letter from Secretary General-designate Rasmussen to the Allies o [...] | 2009-06-09 17:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL |
09USNATO253 | NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL: RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C/NF) SUMMERY: In a dramatic change in tone, the Russian Mission to NATO fully engaged in the June 9-10 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) negotiations on deliverables for the NRC June 27 Foreign Ministerial in Corfu. Prior to this week, the Russian Mission had insis [...] | 2009-06-12 04:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP |
09USNATO257 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 10,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 10 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General said that hoped NATO Defense Ministers would agree in principle at their June 11-12 meeting to SACEUR's proposed changes to the ISAF command and control structure, pending additional wor [...] | 2009-06-12 19:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO267 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-21 18:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO268 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 17 meeting of NATO's North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: AWACS deployment to Konya, Turkey, was proceeding. The first operational flight in support of NATO's ISAF mission was scheduled for June 23. After UK PermRep Eldon pressed for regular status reports on [...] | 2009-06-22 10:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO269 | SECRETARY CLINTON: YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (C) This is the first high-level NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the August 2008 Georgia crisis, when NATO suspended meetings of the Council. During the Foreign Ministerial last March, you succeeded in convincing your NATO colleagues to resume NRC deliberations - a decision subsequently rea [...] | 2009-06-22 14:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS RS GG |
09USNATO272 | JUNE 19 NRC AMBASSADORIAL: MINISTERIAL PREP, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 19, NATO-Russia Council Ambassadors prepared for the June 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial in Corfu. They focused on three possible deliverables: a "way forward" paper for the NRC; a political mandate to restart military-to-military cooperation; and, Russian p [...] | 2009-06-23 16:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO RS GG |
09USNATO274 | PAKISTANI PRESIDENT ZARDARI MEETS THE NAC [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari assured the NAC that his government had taken ""political ownership"" of the war against extremists in Pakistan. Stressing the need to respect Pakistani sovereignty, he said that his forces needed to be the ones to fight the war [...] | 2009-06-24 07:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MCAP PK AF |
09USNATO277 | NATO-RUSSIA: LAVROV SAYS NO TO AN AGREED DOCUMENT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a letter to NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that he did not anticipate the adoption a joint document at the June 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial in Corfu. Consistent with Lavrov's letter, the Russian Mission on June 26 k [...] | 2009-06-26 18:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO RS |
09USNATO288 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 1,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 1 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The NATO Senior Civilian Representative briefed the North Atlantic Council on the status of preparations for Afghanistan's upcoming elections, stressing that it was important that the international community [...] | 2009-07-02 19:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS |
09USNATO292 | LITHUANIAN COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO U.S. NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 07:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MNUC NATO KNNP KACT LT XG |
09USNATO302 | A/S'S GORDON AND GOTTEMOELLER DISCUSS MOSCOW [...] (SBU) This message has been cleared by EUR A/S Gordon and VCI A/S Gottemoeller. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On July 8, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Gordon and Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Gottemoeller exchanged views [...] | 2009-07-15 13:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KACT MNUC NATO EL EZ ZB |
09USNATO305 | SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS IN NATO'S ISAF AWACS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO's efforts to deploy AWACS aircraft in support of its ISAF operation in Afghanistan suffered a serious blow on July 15 when Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister indicated that overflight clearance would not be quickly forthcoming. In a meeting of the North Atlantic Council later [...] | 2009-07-15 18:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR AF AJ IO AE ZK XF |
09USNATO311 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 15, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 15 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: Allies asked for a strategic assessment of the impact of the ongoing operation in Helmand province, particularly in light of the increasingly heavy casualties NATO forces are taking. The UK noted the firest [...] | 2009-07-17 18:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO320 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 22, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 22 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC): -- AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: SACEUR, Admiral Stavridis, and COMISAF, General McChrystal, briefed the Council from Kabul via video teleconference, noting--among other things--that McChrystal was generally pleased with the [...] | 2009-07-24 18:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO332 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 29, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 29 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC): -- AFGHANISTAN: Following the advice of the Military Committee and Senior Resouce Board, the NAC has been asked to approve changes to ISAF's upper command structure through a silence procedure which expires on August [...] | 2009-07-31 19:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW |
09USNATO374 | USNATO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (C/NF) You are visiting NATO at a time when the new NATO Secretary General, Allies, and non NATO partners are refining mission priorities and reviewing current resource commitments to align with planned commitments. The new NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is setting an ambitiou [...] | 2009-09-02 16:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PREL AF PK IK EUN |
09USNATO375 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: NATO'S SYG GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the September 2 meeting of the North Atlantic Council to advance his goal for increased NATO strategic policy coordination and guidance for political and military authorities involved in Afghanistan. Allies generally supported th [...] | 2009-09-03 17:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AFDB MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
09USNATO403 | CZECH PERMREP ASKS FOR GREATER U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The new Czech Ambassador to NATO has privately predicted a potentially unfavorable turning-point in the general direction of Czech foreign and security policy. He said challenges would result for Czech transatlanticists, due to the impact of the U.S. decision to retool missi [...] | 2009-09-22 14:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS RS EZ PL |
09USNATO410 | RFG: STAFFING THE NATO LIAISON OFFICE IN TBILISI [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 8. The Problem ----------- 2. (C/NF) Allies will discuss at the September 29 PermReps' lunch the inability of NATO to staff -- via Voluntary National Contributions (VNC) -- the NATO Liaison Office in Tbilisi, which Foreign Ministers agreed [...] | 2009-09-25 15:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MCAP GG |
09USNATO448 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S.-GEORGIA EXERCISE [...] (C/NF) PolOff delivered reftel points at the October 12 meeting of NATO's Political Committee. Allies appreciated the information, but offered no substantive response to these points. DAALDER [...] | 2009-10-13 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS GG |
09USNATO449 | MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA MAP: A SNAPSHOT OF ALLIED [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministerial quickly approaching, Allies are beginning to seriously discuss whether and how to respond to the applications of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join the Membership Action Plan process. While most Allies do not beli [...] | 2009-10-13 18:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL BK MW GG UP |
09USNATO465 | MARCHING TOWARDS DECEMBER: NATO DISCUSSES THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen presided over an informal session of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 20 to discuss views on the Western Balkans in preparation for decisions to be taken at the December Foreign Ministerial, a discussion informed by a n [...] | 2009-10-21 17:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL MW BK YI GG UP |
09USNATO469 | RFG: RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR THERMAL SIGHTS [...] (C/NF) During an October 20 social dinner, Russian Ambassador to NATO Rogozin asked Ambassador Daalder for his assistance in securing the sale of U.S. thermal weapons sights to the Russian Federation for use by the Russian Federal Security Service's (FSB's) Alpha Group. He also handed Daalde [...] | 2009-10-22 12:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL MASS MCAP NATO RS |
09USNATO519 | PAKISTAN: DISCUSSION OF A STRATEGIC ROLE FOR NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 4, the North Atlantic Council discussed progress in implementing the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit decision to build a broader political and practical relationship between NATO and Pakistan. NATO SYG Rasmussen said NATO would enhance the political dialogue, expand militar [...] | 2009-11-13 08:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PK |
09USNATO563 | RFG: HOW TO KEEP THE DUTCH IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance by OOB Brussels time on December 4. See para 7. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. On December 2, the U.S. Ambassador and NATO Secretary General (SYG) Rasmussen received a demarche from The Dutch PermRep to NATO, Frank Majoor, requesting options The Hague could pursue t [...] | 2009-12-03 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO AF |
09USNATO573 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assista [...] | 2009-12-08 12:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO UP RS |
09USNATO575 | (U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 5:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder Brian Greaney (Notetaker) Georgia Foreig [...] | 2009-12-08 13:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO GG RS |
09USNATO61 | NATO-GEORGIA COMMISSION EXAMINES NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the February 4 NATO-Georgia Commission Meeting, Allies were united in support of Georgia's territorial integrity. Allies also stressed their desire to see Tbilisi advance its domestic reforms and to make maximum use of the recently agreed Annual National Program process. G [...] | 2009-02-13 10:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS |
09USNATO63 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Discussion focused on scheduling strategic instructed dialogues prior to the Krakow Defense Ministers, meeting on the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, crafting an interim response to the Afghan-proposed military technical agreement, and Pa [...] | 2009-02-13 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
09USNATO72 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Fernando Gentilini said the Afghan constitution gives no clear guidance on who should govern during the period between the expiration of President Karzai,s mandate on May 22 and the elections on August [...] | 2009-02-19 16:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USNATO97 | READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 15:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PREL NATO |
09USUNNEWYORK292 | SRSG OULD ABDALLAH BRIEFS AMB. RICE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, told Amb. Rice on March 18 that the Council should adopt a "new paradigm" for Somalia, discussed "disappearances" of ethnic Somali youths from the U.S. and UK, and urged tangible support to [...] | 2009-03-20 20:35:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SO |
09USUNNEWYORK475 | SOMALIA: FRANCE PROPOSES SANCTIONS FOR PIRATES [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: The French mission has shared with USUN a list of fourteen individuals linked to piracy whom France wants to designate under the newly-imposed Somalia targeted sanctions regime (UNSCR 1844). France believes these indiv [...] | 2009-05-08 20:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC MARR AU SO |
09USUNNEWYORK73 | AMB. RICE'S CALL ON AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice discussed international humanitarian law, peacekeeping and sanctions with Austrian PermRep Thomas Mayr-Harting during an introductory call on January 28. Mayr-Harting said he was eager to work with the United States, and pledged that when our positions differed, [...] | 2009-01-30 20:32:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC AU |
09VILNIUS174 | RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk hereby offers its views assist with preparation of the guidance requested reftel. 2. (C) As is known, one year ago, the GOB forced the reduction of U.S. diplomatic staff by 90%, declaring among others the Defense Attache persona non grata. We no longer have an America [...] | 2009-04-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
09WARSAW1187 | POLAND'S POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland will respond positively to a U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan and, after interministerial consultations, hopes to announce its own increase soon, according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. Poland prides itself on being a pro-Israel voice within the EU, Sobkow sa [...] | 2009-12-02 16:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR PL |
09WELLINGTON275 | Trade Minister on TPP - The Hour Is Not Yet Here [...] (C) Summary. During a September 16 introductory call on Tim Groser, Minister for Trade and the Associate Minister for Climate Change Issues and Conservation, the ChargC) emphasized his desire to help the bilateral relationship continue on an upward path. Groser assured that he also wanted to [...] | 2009-09-18 02:49:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NZ KGHG EAGR |
09ZAGREB139 | SCENESETTER FOR MG KISNER, CG SOCEUR, VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Sir, your visit is very important for the dedication ceremony in honor of MSG Ivica Jerak (YER-ak). You will meet Ambassador Bradtke at the ceremony and will be hosted later by the Chief of the General Staff, GEN Josip Lucic (LOOTS-itch). 2. (C/NF) Atmospherics. Your trip comes at [...] | 2009-03-13 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE |
09ZAGREB180 | SANADER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE OPENS POSITIVE CHAPTER [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Zagreb and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (C) Summary: Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader visited Belgrade on March 20 to meet with senior Serbian political figures, including Serbian President Boris Tadic. Both the GoC and the GoS viewe [...] | 2009-04-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PRGOV PREL HR SR |
09ZAGREB321 | UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLAPPER DISCUSSES REGION [...] (C) Summary. President Mesic told Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper on June 1 that Serbia needed to send a public message to the political elite in Republika Srpska that they were part of BiH and should look to Sarajevo, not to Belgrade. Mesic warned that the leaders [...] | 2009-06-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR |
09ZAGREB552 | EUR DAS JONES' ZAGREB DISCUSSIONS ON SLOVENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic told visiting EUR DAS Stu Jones on September 1 that he believed agreement with Slovenia on a way forward in the border dispute was near, and that Croatia's EU accession negotiations might be able to re-start soon. He added that he was [...] | 2009-09-10 08:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV HR SI EUC |
09ZAGREB558 | SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. EUCOM'S Visit to [...] (C/NF) Sir, your visit to Exercise JACKAL STONE 09 comes at a time when the excellent security relationship between Croatia and the United States continues to grow stronger. Croatia appreciated the United States being one of earliest countries to ratify Croatia's NATO accession protocol and [...] | 2009-09-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE |
09ZAGREB559 | CROATIA AND SLOVENIA ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT ON BORDER [...] (C/NF) PMs Kosor and Pahor announced today in Ljubljana that they had reached an agreement to unblock Croatia's EU accession negotiations and re-start negotiations on a Arbitration Agreement for their long-standing border dispute. If all goes well, this could mean both processes get back unde [...] | 2009-09-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV HR |
09ZAGREB602 | CROATIA PLANS NEW INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic told Ambassador Foley on October 2 that Croatia is forming a police-led interagency task force to conduct additional investigations into missing documents related to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) trial of Croat [...] | 2009-10-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
09ZAGREB631 | WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP DISCUSSES ICTY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 05:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
09ZAGREB635 | WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP DISCUSSES ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Stephen Rapp met separately with top Croatian justice officials and EU ambassadors to discuss Croatia's latest investigation into the missing Gotovina documents (reftel) and related efforts to unblock the Judiciary Chapter in the EU accession process. He noted t [...] | 2009-10-23 08:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC HR |
09ZAGREB722 | CROATIA CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS WHILE PREPARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia is preparing for a Trial Chamber hearing at The Hague on December 16 to assess its cooperation with the ICTY, which the GoC sees as a critical juncture in Croatia's EU accession process. Justice Minister Simonovic told the Ambassador on December 8 that [...] | 2009-12-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
09ZAGREB723 | CROATIA CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS WHILE PREPARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia is preparing for a Trial Chamber hearing at The Hague on December 16 to assess its cooperation with the ICTY, which the GoC sees as a critical juncture in Croatia's EU accession process. Justice Minister Simonovic told the Ambassador on December 8 that i [...] | 2009-12-10 13:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
09ZAGREB729 | CROATIAN VIEWS ON RUSSIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GoC has traditionally been leery of Russia's involvement in the region, particularly due to Russian support for Serbia during the 1990s war, as well as concerns that the GoR could slow efforts to bring South Eastern Europe into the Euro-Atlantic community. Since taking of [...] | 2009-12-15 11:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ENRG HR RS |
09ZAGREB731 | GOC SAYS ALL LEADS ON ICTY DOCUMENTS POINT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Davor Stier, foreign policy advisor to PM Kosor, briefed the Ambassador on December 14 regarding the latest developments in the GoC's search for the artillery documents sought by ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. Stier said that the searches conducted by the special Task Force [...] | 2009-12-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ICTY HR |
10ABIDJAN37 | OPPOSITION YOUTH TO HOLD MASS DEMONSTRATION ON JAN 26 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political youth leaders from the RHDP opposition coalition have called for a mass demonstration on January 26. It will be the opposition's first major demonstration since March 2004. They plan to march on the state-owned television network in Abidjan and hold a [...] | 2010-01-25 16:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV SOCI IV |
10ABUDHABI53 | Moving the MLAT Issue with the UAE [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 7. 2. (SBU) We have greatly expanded our law enforcement cooperation with the UAE over the past five years, and are likely to enhance it further, not least because of the increasing importance of law enforcement issues in Afghanistan. Our law [...] | 2010-02-03 08:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KTIA EFIN PTER AE |
10ABUDHABI89 | PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...] | 2010-02-21 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE |
10ABUDHABI95 | UAE ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (C/NF) On February 14, the United Arab Emirates became the first OPEC member to associate with the Copenhagen Accord in a letter from Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash to the UNFCC (complete text below). Unusually, there was no UAEG press release on the decision and no lo [...] | 2010-02-22 11:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AE |
10ADDISABABA59 | USAU: CONGOLESE SENATE LEADER PREVIEWS VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a confidential visit to Addis Ababa en route back to Kinshasa after personal leave in Europe, President of the Congolese Senate Kengo wa Dondo (strictly protect) reached out to the US Mission to the African Union (USAU) and gave a preview of what he hopes to discuss with Af [...] | 2010-01-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KCOR PGOV CG AU |
10ALGIERS111 | ALGERIA: DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANY [...] (C/NF) Eight directors, including the CEO, of Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach are under investigation for corruption and have been fired and replaced. Industry insiders fear company operations will soon be affected. Algeria's intelligence services are leading the investigation. This sc [...] | 2010-02-08 16:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD KCRM PINS AG |
10ALGIERS157 | OIL COMPANIES WORRIED ABOUT ALGERIA'S ENERGY FUTURE [...] (C/NF) Leading foreign oil companies (FOCs) are concerned that the corruption investigation into Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach (reftel) has paralyzed company decision-making and could slow ongoing projects. Unless Sonatrach consolidates under new management and resumes normal contr [...] | 2010-02-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EPET ENRG ECON ETRD KCOR PREL PINS AG |
10ASMARA40 | ERITREAN GOVERNMENT GALVANIZES THE PUBLIC OVER UN [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) is coercing its citizens into participating in letter-writing and petition-signing campaigns, ostensibly to get the sanctions overturned, but actually to drum up anti-American, pro-regime sympathy. This week schoolchildren throughout Eritrea were told to br [...] | 2010-02-18 11:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL ER |
10ATHENS141 | Greek Intelligence Dir. Bikas on Proposed Reorganization [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting on February 8, EYP Director General Bikas told Ambassador Speckhard that he accepted the ambassador's proposal for regular dialogue between the embassy and the leadership of EYP and the HNP on counterterrorism. Bikas commented briefly on the challe [...] | 2010-02-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER GR |
10ATHENS53 | NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...] | 2010-01-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS GR TU |
10ATHENS57 | CITIZEN PROTECTION MINISTER UPBEAT ON REORGANIZATION, COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 15:33:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KTIP SNAR PINR SMIG KCOR KCRM KHLS GR |
10ATHENS63 | NATO Air-COM Izmir's Visit to Athens [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Lieutenant General Ralph Jodice (USAF),Commander of NATO's Component Command Air - Izmir (and also dual-hatted in a national role as Commander, 16th Air Expeditionary Task Force, USAFE) visited Athens January 13-14, for introductory meetings with Ambassador Speckhard, HAF Ch [...] | 2010-02-01 20:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS GR TU |
10BAGHDAD224 | PRT KARBALA: TENSIONS MOUNT DURING COUNTDOWN TO [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Dissension is mounting in the Shi'a religious community in Iraq's south following a reported decision from the Iraqi Commission on Shi'a Religious Endowments (Awqaf) to cease most live broadcasts [...] | 2010-01-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL PTER IR IZ |
10BAGHDAD254 | AMBASSADOR MEETS KURDISH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with a U.S. Ambassador, the leader of the Kurdish opposition Goran ("Change") Movement, Nawshirwan Mustafa, made the following points: 1) U.S. observers will be critical in ensuring the legitimacy of upcoming national parliamentary elections; 2) Goran expects [...] | 2010-01-31 17:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD3386 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE IN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...] | 2010-01-01 10:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD3387 | CORRECTED COPY: PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...] | 2010-01-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD386 | PRT KARBALA: ANTI-BA'ATH SENTIMENT RUNS HIGH AS [...] This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala report. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Karbala Governor Amal al-Din al-Hir (party) told PRToffs on February 11 that the United States had suffered a "loss of prestige" from its perceived efforts to "return Ba'athists to power" and war [...] | 2010-02-15 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PGOV IZ |
10BAGHDAD389 | CORRECTED COPY: PRT KARBALA: ANTI-BA'ATH SENTIMENT [...] This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala report. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Karbala Governor Amal al-Din al-Hir (party) told PRToffs on February 11 that the United States had suffered a "loss of prestige" from its perceived efforts to "return Ba'athists to power" and war [...] | 2010-02-15 09:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PGOV IZ |
10BAGHDAD394 | CORRECTED COPY: PRT KARBALA: ANTI-BA'ATH SENTIMENT [...] This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala report. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Karbala Governor Amal al-Din al-Hir (State of Law) told PRToffs on February 11 that the United States had suffered a "loss of prestige" from its perceived efforts to "return Ba'athists to power" [...] | 2010-02-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PGOV IZ |
10BAGHDAD395 | CORRECTED COPY: PRT KARBALA: ANTI-BA'ATH SENTIMENT [...] This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala report. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Karbala Governor Amal al-Din al-Hir (Da'wa) told PRToffs on February 11 that the United States had suffered a "loss of prestige" from its perceived efforts to "return Ba'athists to power" and war [...] | 2010-02-15 10:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PREL PGOV IZ |
10BAGHDAD425 | PRT KARBALA: ANTI-BA'ATH SENTIMENT CREATES STRANGE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala report. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: (C/NF) Strong anti-Ba'ath sentiment in Karbala has created an odd mix of cooperation and competition among provincial political entities to date. Local Sadrists and followers of former PM Ja [...] | 2010-02-17 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD463 | PRT ANBAR: ANBARIS PERCEIVE IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iranian attempts to exert influence in Anbar Province face a significant obstacle: Anbar is 96% Sunni and Anbaris view Iran as Iraq's mortal enemy. Most of PRT's interlocutors believe that Iran has been meddling in Iraq not only t [...] | 2010-02-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ IR |
10BAGHDAD48 | ELECTION COMMISSION REVIEWS PREPARATIONS AHEAD OF [...] (C) IHEC Commissioner Judge Kasim al-Abodi confirmed to poloffs December 30 that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) registered 6,529 candidates for the 325 Council of Representatives (COR) seats to be contested in the March parliamentary election. IHEC will continue the process [...] | 2010-01-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV IZ |
10BAGHDAD487 | PRT KARBALA: SLA BRINGS ITS "A TEAM", WHILE INA [...] This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala report. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PM Maliki expects the State of Law Alliance (SLA) to attain six (out of ten) seats in his home province of Karbala, with likely winners in Da'wa to include Da'wa parliamentary bloc head Ali al-A [...] | 2010-02-23 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
10BELFAST15 | NORTHERN IRELAND'S SDLP ELECTS MARGARET RITCHIE PARTY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Seeking to right itself following years of decline in the post-Good Friday Agreement era, the SDLP has chosen Margaret Ritchie to succeed Mark Durkan as party leader. Ritchie will seek to regain the party's pre-eminence among Northern Ireland's nationalist voters by differentia [...] | 2010-02-12 14:15:00 | Consulate Belfast | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR UK EI |
10BELGRADE3 | Post ICJ Opinion: Serbia to Continue Obstructing Kosovo [...] (C) We expect Serbia will continue to obstruct and undermine Kosovo's sovereignty in the lead up to and following the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion, which most believe will be ambiguous. Regardless of the position taken by the ICJ, Kosovo's independence and sovereignty are irref [...] | 2010-01-12 13:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KV SR |
10BERLIN76 | ISRAEL USES GERMANY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTREE, [...] (C) MFA NEA Assistant-Secretary equivalent Andreas Michaelis told Pol M-C January 20 that the January 18 German-Israeli consultations in Berlin were primarily oriented toward the bilateral relationship rather than the peace process or regional issues, outside of Iran. He described Israeli FM [...] | 2010-01-20 15:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR GM |
10BERLIN94 | GERMAN MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER REVIEWS TOP [...] (C) In a January 20 introductory call with the Ambassador, MFA Political Director Emily Haber (see REFTEL) discussed Iran sanctions strategy, FM Westerwelle's tough message in Yemen, the politics of Afghanistan, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. She praised U/S/ Burns' leadership in the E3 3 meeting in N [...] | 2010-01-25 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF GM IR PGOV PREL YM |
10BOGOTA143 | GOC CONFLICTED OVER RISING URBAN HOMICIDES [...] (C) Homicides in Colombia appear to be on the rise after several years of steady decline. The GOC's leading authorities on crime statistics reported sharply contrasting 2009 homicide rates, with police numbers indicating a 2% downtick and the national forensic examiner's data registering a 15% [...] | 2010-02-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO KCRM ASEC SNAR |
10BOGOTA235 | THAW WITH ECUADOR EVIDENT AT HAITI SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) continued its leadership in the Haiti relief effort at a February 9 UNASUR (Union of South American Countries) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. At the summit, President Uribe expressed his support for the summit's reconstruction initiatives, including reducing [...] | 2010-02-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC EAID HA |
10BRASILIA45 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MRE SECRETARY-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. After presenting his credentials to Brazilian President Lula (septel),Ambassador Shannon met for over an hour February 4 with Secretary-General (Deputy FM) Antonio Patriota, covering the work ahead in Haiti, the status of Brazil's FX2 fighter purchase, climate change negotiatio [...] | 2010-02-09 10:47:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV MASS HA IR |
10BRUSSELS133 | EU HAS "NO INSTRUCTIONS" TO DISCUSS LIFTING CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The European Commission Asia Unit informed Poloff on February 2 that there has been "absolutely no move" towards lifting the EU's China arms embargo, despite Spanish FM Moratinos's January 26 public reference to the most recent decision by the EU "to review the decision on the arm [...] | 2010-02-04 13:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL CH PHUM EUN |
10BRUSSELS161 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ASKS U.S. SUPPORT ON EU [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on February 8, Israeli Ambassador to the EU (and to NATO) Ran Curiel described Israel's frustration with the freezing of an upgrade in Israel-EU relations since the end of the Gaza incursion in 2009. Curiel said Israel was instead [...] | 2010-02-10 06:20:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EUN IS KPAL PREL |
10BRUSSELS17 | BELGIUM: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-07 08:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER BE |
10BRUSSELS171 | IRAN: INCREASING THE PRESSURE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C/NF) USEU poloff presented reftel demarche on February 8 to Claudia Gintersdorfer, Iran Desk Officer at the European Council Secretariat,s Human Rights Unit, who noted that the demarche complemented the just-issued joint U.S.-EU statement on Iran. She indicated that Iran was a standing point [...] | 2010-02-11 15:02:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC PARM IR PREL PHUM PTER EUN |
10BRUSSELS197 | EU REVISES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The EU formally agreed on February 15 to extend its sanctions against Zimbabwe by twelve months. Changes include the de-listing of six individuals and nine entities; the EU otherwise rolled over all existing program measures. Preambulatory paragraphs within the Council Deci [...] | 2010-02-19 13:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER EFIN EUN |
10BRUSSELS211 | THE EU AND SANCTIONS (INTRODUCING THE EU, PART [...] (C) This cable describes political and procedural dynamics associated with the creation and maintenance of EU-wide sanctions programs. Effective USG influence over specific EU sanctions policies generally requires early, sustained, and strategic outreach to Member State capitals, Member Stat [...] | 2010-02-23 16:11:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BEXP EAID EAIR EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN EWWT KHLS |
10BRUSSELS219 | U.S. - EU SANCTIONS INFORMAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On February 3, an interagency delegation held an off-the-record roundtable discussion on sanctions issues with Spain (current EU Presidency) and the EU institutions. Topics included legal challenges to sanctions regimes, innovations to UN and EU counterterrorism programs, d [...] | 2010-02-25 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BEXP BM EAIR EFIN ETTC EUN EWWT KJUS KN KNNP |
10BRUSSELS228 | EU DECLARES U.S. A KEY SECURITY AND DEFENSE PARTNER [...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors recently approved a policy paper on EU defense and security relations with non-EU countries, which singles out the United States as an indispensable partner, according to French Pol-Mil Counselor Thomas Bertin (protect). [...] | 2010-02-26 11:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EUN |
10BRUSSELS26 | BELGIUM:RESPONSE TO UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) [...] (C) Poloff delivered January 8 reftel demarche to MFA Counterterrorism Coordinator Thomas Baekelandt. Baekelandt said the GOB was well aware of U.S. commitment to the integrity of the sanctions list and expressed confidence in the U.S. review of the Tranche 4 names. Baekelandt expressed grat [...] | 2010-01-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER BE |
10BRUSSELS4 | EU PRESIDENT VAN ROMPUY’S PLANS FOLLOWING [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Ambassador discussed the Conference of Parties (COP) Conference in Copenhagen and Afghanistan with EU Council Permanent President Herman Van Rompuy over coffee December 23 after delivering the congratulatory letter (reftel) from President Obama. Van Rompuy called the Copenhagen [...] | 2010-01-04 13:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU SENV PINR BE |
10BUDAPEST26 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS: [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador made January 11-14 introductory calls on President Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Gordan Bajnai, and Foreign Minister Peter Balazs. Although the most substantive meeting was with Prime Minister Bajnai, each of the Ambassador's Hungarian interlocutors stressed the [...] | 2010-01-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG EPET EINV MARR MOPS PHUM RS LO HR |
10BUENOSAIRES5 | ZA-09-0007/YAZ1K MARTINETTI, JULIO et al/ OPERATION HEART OF [...] (SBU/NF) Reference is made to a classified cable, written under ZA-09-0007/YAZ1K; MARTINETTI, Julio et al/Operation Heart of Stone on October 27, 2009 by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent (SA) Russell Baer titled: OPERATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF BANCO AMAMBAY MONEY LAUNDERING INVES [...] | 2010-01-05 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | STAG DEA |
10BUENOSAIRES95 | Falklands/Malvinas: GoA Requires Permission for Ships to [...] (C) The GoA issued a decree on February 16 requiring ships to obtain GoA permission before sailing from Argentina or through Argentine waters to reach the Falkland/Malvinas Islands. Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner sought to justify the decree based on UN resolutions. The decree is intende [...] | 2010-02-17 22:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PHSA PBTS EFIN PREL ENRG AR |
10CAIRO255 | TPT Blanket Approval for Non-technology Transfer Requests [...] (C) Post continues its efforts to improve Egypt's End Use Monitoring (EUM) performance and to simplify the Third Party Transfer (TPT) request process in an effort to streamline the process and provide timely responses to the Government of Egypt (GOE). We recommend implementation of a responsive, st [...] | 2010-02-28 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MASS EG MARR |
10CANBERRA104 | AUSTRALIA INCREASES AID TO BURMA, MAINTAINS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will increase its humanitarian and development assistance to Burma by about forty percent over the next three years to roughly USD 40 million. The aid increase is the only major change resulting from Australia's just completed Burma policy review. Australia's current [...] | 2010-02-12 05:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BM AS |
10CANBERRA118 | RUDD SAYS ZERO "COMMERCIAL" WHALING IN SOUTHERN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will initiate legal action if Japan does not agree by November to end whaling in the Southern Ocean. PM Rudd announced February 19 that if negotiations do not result in a commitment by Japan to reduce the number of whales killed in the Southern Ocean by "commercial w [...] | 2010-02-19 07:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
10CANBERRA128 | AUSTRALIA PRESSURES PAKISTAN ON CONFERENCE ON [...] (C/NF) Australia supports U.S. goals for the upcoming Conference on Disarmament (CD). Officials have already begun to pressure Pakistan to support a new Program of Work (POW) so that discussions can begin on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). Australia is worried that beginning inform [...] | 2010-02-22 06:12:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL |
10CANBERRA129 | AUSTRALIA TO CONTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL ANSF TRAINERS [...] (C/NF) Deputy National Security Advisor Angus Campbell confirmed that Australia is considering how to increase its contribution to the training mission in Afghanistan while still maintaining current troop levels. It is possible that additional trainers will be sent as part of Australia's emb [...] | 2010-02-22 20:56:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS PREL NATO |
10CANBERRA137 | DESPITE PASSPORT INCIDENT, PROBABLE "NO" VOTE ON [...] (C/NF) Australia is likely to support the U.S. position and vote against the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Goldstone report. The recent revelations that suspected Mossad agents used fake Australian passports to enter Dubai and kill a Hamas commander have made this decision more compl [...] | 2010-02-25 08:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IO PHUM UNGA AS |
10CANBERRA138 | READY TO PRESSURE SYRIA AT IAEA [...] (C/NF) Australia's assessment of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General's report on Syria's nuclear program is "virtually identical" to that of the United States. Wendy Walsh of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch at the Department of Foreign Affairs and [...] | 2010-02-25 21:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL SY IAEA AS |
10CANBERRA14 | CORRECTED COPY -- JAPANESE WHALING SHIP COLLIDES [...] (SBU) A Japanese whaling vessel collided with and sank a Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel, the Ady Gil, on January 6. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) confirmed media reports that the Gil, a 79-foot New Zealand-flagge [...] | 2010-01-06 07:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS SENV EWWT AS |
10CANBERRA15 | WHALING COLLISION: AUSTRALIA WILL INVESTIGATE [...] (C/NF) The initial video evidence of the collision between a Japanese whaling ship and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) vessel Ady Gil (ref A) strongly suggests that the Ady Gil stopped or slowed significantly in the path of the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru at close range a [...] | 2010-01-07 06:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS EWWT PREL AS JA |
10CANBERRA17 | AUSTRALIA-INDIA: GOA CONCERNED BY LATEST ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Another Indian student has been attacked in Australia, this time fatally. Nitin Garg, a twenty-one year old was stabbed to death on January 2 as he walked to work in Melbourne. The attack was the most recent in a spate of violent attacks on Indians in Australia over the last two [...] | 2010-01-07 21:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL IN AS |
10CANBERRA28 | WHALING UPDATE: RUDD TO RAISE WITH SECRETARY, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Rudd, under increasing political pressure on the current Australia-Japan whaling dispute, will raise the issue with the Secretary on the margins of the January 18 AUSMIN meetings. Australian media will likely ask about U.S. policy on whaling, views on Australia's policy, or [...] | 2010-01-12 05:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL EFIS AS |
10CANBERRA41 | AUSTRALIA FOCUS ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD, CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia is prepared to notify the UNFCC Secretariat that it associates itself with the Copenhagen Accord and to submit its targets or actions by January 31. China and the U.S. should be the first countries to take such action, in the Australian view, in order to shore up suppo [...] | 2010-01-15 06:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PREL KGHG AS |
10CANBERRA55 | WHALING: AUSTRALIA TO STICK WITH NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Australian negotiators will continue to work towards a deal in the IWC on whaling. Despite aggressive rhetoric by the Japanese, the GOA wants to keep its cool and reach a consensus on a package before the IWC meetings in June. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT [...] | 2010-01-22 03:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS PREL AS |
10CANBERRA61 | HIGH MARKS FOR PROPOSAL ON NPT WITHDRAWAL [...] (C/NF) Australia is very enthusiastic about the proposal to dissuade the abuse of the Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) withdrawal provision outlined reftel cable. While Australia would like to see the measures go farther in some cases, they would be satisfied even if the NPT Review Conference ( [...] | 2010-01-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA |
10CANBERRA63 | ON AFGHANISTAN, THE WAITING IS THE HARDEST PART [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: DFAT and AusAID officials report that Australia is still months away from rolling out its planned civilian surge in Afghanistan. A final announcement is now not expected until March at the earliest. Officials expressed frustration at the slow pace and do not expect that anyt [...] | 2010-01-24 23:08:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MARR MOPS AS AF |
10CANBERRA64 | AUSTRALIA TO BACK U.S. POSITIONS AT LONDON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia supports the positions outlined in reftel demarche (ref A). While Australia backs a reintegration policy and expects to donate to the trust fund, officials would like more information about exactly how the fund will be structured. AusAID officials welcomed the con [...] | 2010-01-25 03:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF AS |
10CANBERRA67 | AUSTRALIA FEELS WELL-INFORMED ON NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia has been very happy with the level of dialogue in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit and NPT Review Conference (RevCon). Officials clearly understand the distinction between the two and what the United States hopes to accomplish at each. Some worry that Thailan [...] | 2010-01-28 04:25:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV AS |
10CANBERRA73 | AUSTRALIA PLEDGES $89 MILLION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Australia pledged an additional $89 million ($100 million Australian) in civilian aid to Afghanistan at the London Conference. Of that sum, $45 million will go to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. $22 million will help fund the proposed Peace and Reintegration Trus [...] | 2010-01-29 07:07:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV AS AF |
10CANBERRA78 | AUSTRALIAN SHERPA LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will take part in the Nuclear Security Summit's third Sherpa meeting in The Hague. The Australian Sherpa expressed concerns over French objections to the discussion of MOX fuel and Non-Aligned Movement criticism of the Nuclear Security Summit. Australia hopes that [...] | 2010-02-02 07:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC |
10CANBERRA79 | STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australia will support efforts to increase pressure on Iran, whether through the United Nations or other channels. A policy paper has already been written outlining specific measures Australia could take. The United States can count on strong Australian support, regardless of [...] | 2010-02-02 20:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL IR UNSC AS |
10CANBERRA86 | GOVERNMENT BLOCKS SHIPMENTS BOUND FOR IRAN [...] (C/NF) Australia has blocked several export shipments bound for Iran because of concerns that the goods could be used in Iran's uranium enrichment program. This news comes as Australia is looking for ways to increase pressure on Iran if it becomes necessary. The news is unlikely to cause a [...] | 2010-02-04 06:03:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AS IR |
10CANBERRA88 | AUSTRALIA: EMISSIONS BILL BECOMES POTENTIAL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Climate Change and Water Minister Penny Wong expressed her appreciation for U.S. commitment to addressing climate change, particularly the "extraordinary" U.S. efforts in Copenhagen in an introductory meeting with Ambassador Bleich. Wong stressed the importance of developed co [...] | 2010-02-04 07:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ECON KGHG PREL AS |
10CANBERRA92 | GARRETT COOL TO WHALING DEAL, SEEKS MORE ON CORAL, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS AS |
10CANBERRA93 | CORRECTED COPY -- GARRETT COOL TO WHALING DEAL, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Environment, Heritage and Arts Minister Peter Garrett raised enhanced coordination with the U.S. in the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI),Antarctic conservation and logistics, and the current whaling negotiations with Ambassador Bleich on February 4. Garrett believes that Aust [...] | 2010-02-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV EFIS AS |
10CARACAS13 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STARTS NEW SESSION, REELECTS MOST OF ITS [...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) opened its new session January 5 with the selection of its three-member executive board and the administrative secretary and sub-secretary positions. President Cilia Flores and First Vice-President Jose Albornoz retained their respe [...] | 2010-01-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM VE |
10CARACAS189 | Widespread Support for "Chavismo Lite" in Lara State [...] (C) Summary: On February 3 and 4, Emboffs visited the city of Barquisimeto in western Lara State, where "Chavista lite" Governor Henri Falcon is widely praised across the political spectrum for his administrative efficiency and relatively moderate political stance. Business leaders noted Fa [...] | 2010-02-12 20:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM VE |
10CARACAS197 | Expections for Chavez' Electoral Strategy [...] (C) Summary: Based on Chavez' past practices, most observers expect him to employ the following electoral strategies in the September 26 elections for National Assembly (AN) Deputies in order to achieve his goal of retaining at least a two thirds majority: using his political machine to get [...] | 2010-02-13 00:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM VE PREL |
10CARACAS21 | Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" Bilateral Contacts [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy as well as ope [...] | 2010-01-08 22:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG VE |
10CARACAS227 | POPULAR GOVERNOR LEAVES THE PSUV, JOINS ALLIED PPT [...] (C) Summary: The second-most popular political figure within the Chavista movement, Governor of Lara State Henri Falcon, announced February 22 in an open letter that he was leaving the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for the allied Fatherland For All (PPT) party. Falcon alleged t [...] | 2010-02-24 21:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM VE |
10CARACAS23 | Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy a [...] | 2010-01-08 22:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG VE |
10CARACAS95 | ELECTORAL COUNCIL PUBLISHES NEW VOTING DISTRICTS THAT FAVOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced the official boundaries of voting districts ("circuitos" or "circunscripciones") that will be in effect for the September 2010 National Assembly (AN) elections. As had been widely anticipated, the Chavista-do [...] | 2010-01-27 20:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM VE |
10CHENGDU15 | "LHOKA" AKA "SHANNAN": SINIFICATION OF THE CRADLE OF TIBETAN [...] (C) Introduction and Summary. Although considered the cradle of Tibetan culture, the historical city and prefecture of Lhoka, in southeastern Tibet, is in the midst of a silent cultural and population invasion by Han Chinese, Consul General's November 22-25 visit there suggests. Lhoka's rapid [...] | 2010-01-15 10:08:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV ECON EAID MCAP MOPS SOCI CH IN |
10DARESSALAAM114 | THE TPDF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: FROM THE OPTIC [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two years, the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force has taken a significantly more active role in regional and international issues while simultaneously implementing broad structural changes within its own organization. End summary. Tanzanian Military Activities in the [...] | 2010-02-04 11:57:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TZ |
10DJIBOUTI203 | DJIBOUTI/FRANCE - Public Spat over GOF Reliability as Ally [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 08:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MASS PBTS DJ ER FR |
10DOHA39 | EGYPTIAN DCM: CAIRO TO THWART ANY QATARI [...] (C/NF) Adham Naguib, Egypt's DCM at its Embassy in Qatar (strictly protect),told P/E Chief Rice January 26 that the Egyptian Government is determined to thwart any initiative that Qatar proposes during its current term as president of the Arab League, just for the sake of thwarting it. Nagui [...] | 2010-01-28 11:47:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL EG SU QA |
10DUBAI29 | U.S. Credit Cards linked to Mabhouh Assassination [...] (C//NF) Summary: The Dubai Police released new details of their investigation into the killing of Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh February 24, including the names of an additional 15 suspects (bringing the total to 26) and the numbers of 14 credit cards issued by a U.S. bank allegedly used by t [...] | 2010-02-25 10:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ASEC PTER IS AE |
10GEORGETOWN1 | Pol/Econ Round-up December 25- January 11 [...] (U) This "round-up" reporting cable covers the period from December 25, 2009 to January 11, 2010. Search for next PPP Presidential Candidate Begins 2. (C) The People's Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Donald Ramotar publicly stated on December 30 that the PPP has st [...] | 2010-01-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON XL CH GY |
10GEORGETOWN15 | Jagdeo Visits Iran [...] (C) Summary. President Bharrat Jagdeo returned from his visit to the Middle East, including Iran January 20-21, announcing that the GoG had signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Iran. Besides announcing these two MoUs, President Jagdeo said Iran would send a team of specialists to [...] | 2010-02-04 19:52:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ENRG IR XL GY |
10GEORGETOWN17 | LCDS COLLIDES WITH GOLD MINING INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: In early January the Jagdeo administration proposed new mining regulations to limit forest degradation as part of President Bharrat Jagdeo's Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). Miners strongly rejected proposed regulations and demanded that five to seven percent of Guyana's [...] | 2010-02-08 17:08:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV EMIN ECON XL GY |
10GEORGETOWN19 | Pol/Econ Roundup January 28-February 16 [...] (U) This periodic reporting cable highlights developments in Guyana's politics and economy affecting Department strategic objectives in country and throughout the Caribbean basin. Local Government Elections - STATUS UPDATE 2. (C) Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (G [...] | 2010-02-16 20:16:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EMIN ECON XL GY |
10GEORGETOWN3 | Pol/Econ Round-up January 11-January 28 [...] (U) This periodic reporting cable highlights developments in Guyana's politics and economy affecting Department strategic objectives in country and throughout the Caribbean basin. JAGDEO'S FIRST VISIT TO IRAN January 20-21 2. (C) Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...] | 2010-01-28 21:38:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IR GY |
10HANOI23 | EAP DAS Marciel and MFA DG for the Americas Exchange Views [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 06:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ECON KNNP MNUC CH VM AF BM |
10HANOI29 | CDA Encourages Vietnam to Step Up Participation in GPOI [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for IO Affairs Le Hoai Trung told Charge February 12 that after reviewing its tenure as a UNSC member, Vietnam was likely to be more active in multilateral fora addressing global issues such as counter-terrorism, piracy, non-proliferation, and climate change. Charge encoura [...] | 2010-02-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO PGOV MARR VM |
10JERUSALEM292 | PALESTINIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 17 [...] (C) On February 9, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet announced that municipal elections would be held on July 17 throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and called on the Central Elections Committee (CEC) to proceed with making arrangements. CEC Chairman Hanna Naser said efforts are un [...] | 2010-02-17 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM |
10JERUSALEM296 | JERUSALEM MAYOR BRIEFS ON UPDATED BUSTAN [...] (C) Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat updated the Consul General on the municipality's plan for the East Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of al-Bustan (just southeast of the Old City). The plan calls for the demolition of 20 homes and the renovation of 80 others, as part of the construction of tourist fa [...] | 2010-02-18 05:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KPAL IS |
10JERUSALEM42 | MUHAMMAD DAHLAN ON FATAH REFORM, ISRAEL, [...] (C) Summary. The new Fatah Central Committee (FCC) is reaching out to the Fatah grassroots in ways the former FCC never did, according to FCC and Palestinian Legislative Council member Muhammad Dahlan. Fatah anniversary celebrations in January; upcoming union, syndicate, and journalist elec [...] | 2010-01-08 17:44:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KPAL KDEM KWBG IS |
10JERUSALEM43 | PM FAYYAD AND SECURITY CHIEFS ARGUE FOR INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: In January 7 conversations with Post, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials offered sober assessments of the December 24 shooting of an Israeli settler in the West Bank and the subsequent Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raid that led to the death of three Palestinian suspe [...] | 2010-01-08 18:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
10KAMPALA21 | UGANDA: UK CONSIDERING CORRUPTION TRAVEL BANS [...] (C) Summary: The U.K. is considering visa restrictions for senior Ugandan officials guilty of misusing $27 million allocated to the November 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala. The British say their primary target is Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa, that recent visa ba [...] | 2010-01-13 14:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KCOR KCRM UG |
10KUWAIT3 | PURSUING REQUEST FOR GOK APPROVAL TO BROADCAST [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL BBG KPAO KU IR |
10LIMA13 | Peru Response: Resettlement of Santiago Alvarez Fernandez [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 19:10:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PE |
10LISBON34 | UPDATE ON TWO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES IN [...] (C/NF) On January 20, the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which is administering the resettlement of two former Guantanamo detainees (Syrian nationals Muhammad Khantumani and Moammar Dokhan) who were tranferred to Portugal in August 2009, provided us a status update. 2. (C/ [...] | 2010-01-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO |
10LISBON66 | PORTUGAL: ACTION REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In April 2009, officials of Millennium BCP, Portugal's leading private bank, visited Iran at the invitation of the Iranian Embassy in Lisbon and met with the Central Bank and other entities in the financial sector to discuss Iran's in [...] | 2010-02-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ECON EFIN EUN PGOV PREL IR PO |
10LISBON72 | VENEZUELA WITHHOLDS PAYMENT TO PORTUGUESE COMPANIES [...] (C) Summary: Portugal signed a series of commercial agreements with Venezuela in 2008 to expand economic cooperation. While the agreements have increased Portuguese investment in Venezuela, Portuguese companies have confronted numerous challenges, including devaluation of the bolivar, delays [...] | 2010-02-22 19:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ENRG EPET VE PO |
10LJUBLJANA34 | IRAN: SLOVENIA WILL SUPPORT EU CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 3 to Tadej Rupel, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East section. Rupel noted that the EU would likely back tougher measures if the UN Security Council did not adopt stronger sanctions against Iran. The EU does not plan to make an ear [...] | 2010-02-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL UNSC IR SI |
10LONDON126 | SCOTLAND: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM NOT MOVING [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment. First Minister Alex Salmond and his Scottish Nationalist Party-led (SNP) minority government are unlikely to introduce an independence referendum bill in the Scottish Parliament in January, as previously planned. According to well-placed sources, the SNP government's [...] | 2010-01-20 17:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PBTS UK |
10LONDON131 | [SOURCE REMOVED] TARGETED BY IRANIAN REGIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: [DETAIL REMOVED] and prominent VOA commentator Ali Reza Nourizadeh recently told [NAME REMOVED] he had been targeted by Iranian intelligence, an allegation confirmed by London LEGATT. Nourizadeh was approached some months ago by Mohammad Reza Sadeqinia, an Iranian national who intro [...] | 2010-01-21 12:17:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PTER PINS UK IR |
10LONDON132 | SOMALIA/ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA: UK MINISTERS ON RESOURCES, SANCTIONS, AND RELATIONS REF: LONDON 89 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] (C/NF) Summary. UK ministers agreed new resources for the implementation of its Somalia policy at a January 18 meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on Africa. They also decided to support, within the EU, a minimal lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe by delisting the eight parastatals requested by Fi [...] | 2010-01-21 13:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETTC PGOV SO ZI SF ZU XW UK |
10LONDON150 | UK PARLIAMENT OFFICIALS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE [...] (C/NF) Summary. At a private meeting on Wednesday, 20 January, two of Parliament's most senior officers laid out the contingency plans currently being put in place for the next general election and beyond. With the outcome of the next election still so uncertain, Parliamentary authorities are pla [...] | 2010-01-22 15:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UK |
10LONDON151 | UK RESPONSE: LIBYAN PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE NPT [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nick Low, Head of Nuclear Issues Section at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Delphine Hournau, Nuclear Issues Desk Officer at the FCO, on January 22. Low and Hournau indicated that the UK supported the U.S. proposal for a follow-up trilatera [...] | 2010-01-22 17:53:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP NPT LY RS UK |
10LONDON159 | SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO LONDON JANUARY 27-29 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you back to London for the conferences on Afghanistan and Yemen this week. PM Brown is our strong ally on both issues, despite some early difficulties in coordinating conference details with us, especially in regard to Yemen. He assured me that they were [...] | 2010-01-25 12:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK |
10LONDON161 | UK SUPREME COURT TO RELEASE TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The newly created Supreme Court took as its first case in October 2009 a grouping of challenges to the UK's terrorist finance regime called the "G and others" case. The Court released its decision to HM Treasury lawyers, but not its policy team, on January 21. The broader Treasury [...] | 2010-01-25 14:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC UK |
10LONDON162 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HMG AGREES ELECTORAL LIST BAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 14:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IQ UK |
10LONDON165 | LIBYA/NPT: UK ACCEPTS CONSOLIDATED TRILATERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 16:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP NPT LY RS UK |
10LONDON177 | UK SUPPORTS CUTTING IRAN OFF FROM CORRESPONDENT BANKING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 18:23:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC IR UK |
10LONDON221 | UK SUPREME COURT QUASHES DOMESTIC TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-29 12:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC PTER UN UK |
10LONDON242 | (C/NF) PM BROWN'S CALL TO SECRETARY CLINTON REGARDING "CUBAN FIVE" [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 16:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR CU UK |
10LONDON253 | IRAN: UK PLANS LOBBYING EFFORT SIMILAR TO THAT OF U.S. TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-03 17:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL IR UNSC |
10LONDON255 | UK SEES FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AS KEY ISSUE IN UPCOMING U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE NEGOTIATIONS IN MADRID [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-04 10:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAIR ECON EU SENV SP UK |
10LONDON263 | UK SUPREME COURT DENIES STAY OF DECISION TO QUASH [...] (C/NF) Summary: The British Supreme Court on February 4 denied a request from HM Treasury to stay the court's January 27 decision to quash part of the UK's terrorist finance regime. Most UK banks have agreed to HMT requests to maintain a freeze until temporary fast-track legislation is in pla [...] | 2010-02-04 17:24:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON KTFN ETTC PTER UN UK |
10LONDON268 | ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN THE UK [...] (C) Summary: Although people of Muslim faith make up only 3-4 percent of the UK's population, outreach to this key audience is vital to U.S. foreign policy interests in the UK and beyond. Embassy London Muslim engagement activities comprise a counter-radicalization strategic plan, public diplomacy [...] | 2010-02-05 12:10:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPAO PGOV PREL UK |
10LONDON313 | UK ELECTION: HUNG PARLIAMENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Narrowing polling data suggests the increased likelihood of a hung parliament in the UK's next general election, expected May 6. Despite small but sustained leads in the polls, the Conservative Party has not managed to seal the deal with the British electorate and faces the p [...] | 2010-02-10 17:14:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UK |
10LONDON339 | SOMALILAND: UK ASSISTANCE TO POLICE SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. In order to increase the UK's and international community's ability to access Somaliland, the UK is funding training to the Somaliland Special Protection Unit (SPU),a branch of the police force, at the level of GBP 375,000 (USD 600,000) in the current fiscal year and GBP 230,000 [...] | 2010-02-12 14:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MASS EAID KPIR SO ET UK |
10LONDON341 | CWC: UK STILL IN INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ON CHALLENGE [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and associated non-papers to Tsui-Ling Yu, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Desk Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on February 2. In a follow-up meeting on February 12, Yu said that the FCO had discussed this matter with Clive Rowlan [...] | 2010-02-12 17:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW KTIA UK |
10LONDON360 | SADC: AF DAS PAGE'S FEB 8 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UK [...] (C) Summary. Senior UK Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Number 10 (No10) Africa officials told AF DAS Page during February 8 meetings that de-listing some entities in Zimbabwe was necessary because of timing and in order to maintain EU consensus. They [...] | 2010-02-17 12:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM ZU SF UK |
10LONDON364 | BANK OF ENGLAND GOVERNOR: CONCERN ABOUT RECOVERY, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Reining in the UK's debt will be the greatest challenge facing the party that wins the expected May 6 general election, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King told the Ambassador in a February 16 meeting. While neither party has adequately detailed plans to reduce the deficit, King ex [...] | 2010-02-17 17:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV PGOV UK |
10LONDON366 | GUINEA: UK THINKING ON JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 13:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM MASS EAID PGOV GV UK |
10LONDON367 | UK ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: SMOKE BUT NO FIRE [...] (C/NF) Responding to reftel, Foreign Office China External and Taiwan Team leader Matthew Moody described for Poloff February 18 the recent Spanish suggestion of a shift in the EU's arms embargo on China as "smoke without fire." He intimated that the UK had been "surprised" by the statements [...] | 2010-02-18 13:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM EUN CN UK |
10LONDON391 | HMG AGREES ON NEED FOR ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANSF [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG agrees on the urgent need to fill the shortage of ISAF trainers and mentors for the Afghan National Security Forces and has encouraged allies to help fill the shortfall, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials told Poloff February 19 (reftel). FCO officials did no [...] | 2010-02-19 17:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MASS PREL NATO MOPS PGOV AF UK |
10LONDON408 | LONDON - GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: Poloff demarched FCO's Levant Team Leader Nishi Dholakia and MENA UN Issues Desk Officer Colin McDonald on February 22 using points provided ref A. Dholakia indicated that the UK's final position on the text was dependent on the outcome of an EU coordination meeting later that d [...] | 2010-02-23 12:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IO PHUM UNGA IS WB |
10LONDON414 | LEFT-LEANING EUROPEAN LEADERS RALLY BEHIND GORDON [...] (SBU) Summary. An international conference on jobs had the feel of a campaign rally for Prime Minister Brown, with several left-leaning European leaders strongly praising Brown for rescuing the world from the economic crisis. The theme of the February 19 conference held in London by Progressi [...] | 2010-02-23 18:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL SP UK GR NO EU |
10LONDON439 | UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Island's Gov [...] | 2010-02-24 19:50:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK |
10LONDON440 | UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Isla [...] | 2010-02-25 06:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK |
10LONDON443 | PDAS NANCY MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH E-6 POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. EUR PDAS Nancy McEldowney's February 18 consultations in London with E-6 counterparts on European security underscored the need to engage Russia in a way that advanced Allied interests; to renew discussions of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty regime to strengthen predi [...] | 2010-02-25 17:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PARM NATO RS UK |
10LONDON444 | UK RESPONSE: SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA MEETING [...] (C/NF) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Duncan Johnson, Regional Issues Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department (CPD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Victoria Dunne, Syria and Lebanon Desk Officer in the Middle East and North Africa Department of the FCO, on [...] | 2010-02-25 17:11:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL IAEA SY IR TU UK |
10LONDON65 | KENYA: KINNOCK'S JANUARY VISIT TO NAIROBI AND [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-12 17:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KE UK |
10LONDON69 | UK MUST WAIT FOR GENEVA FEEDBACK TO AGREE TO NPT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-13 15:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC NPT LY UK |
10LONDON76 | AFGHANISTAN/YEMEN/IRAN: SENIOR UK-BASED DIPLOMATS DISCUSS AT CHINESE AMB'S FAREWELL DINNER Classified By: Ambassador Louis B. Susman, reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 17:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECIN PGOV ECON IR AF YM CH IN UK |
10LONDON84 | UK VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS: UN, EU AND U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 12:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC ECON KTFN EFIN IR US |
10LONDON86 | AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susman paid an introductory call on Liberal Democratic Party leader Nick Clegg on January 12. Clegg may find himself cast into the role of kingmaker if neither of the two main parties wins an outright parliamentary majority in the upcoming general elections, -- though Cleg [...] | 2010-01-15 14:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK |
10LONDON87 | CHINA-UK RELATIONS: PAUSE FOR THOUGHT POST-COP 15, [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 15:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETTC ECON CH UK IR |
10LONDON89 | SOMALIA: UK SET TO PUT RESOURCES TO NEW POLICY REF: 09 LONDON 2435 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d). [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KTFN KPKO SO UK |
10MADRID69 | SPAIN INCREASINGLY LIKE-MINDED ON ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Stephen Mull, Special Advisor to P, on January 15 briefed Spanish diplomats regarding key updates in the USG's engagement track with Iran and the need to begin focusing on a UNSC resolution for additional sanctions if Tehran refuses to engage. Mull emphasiz [...] | 2010-01-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR IAEA TRGY NPT SP EUN |
10MAPUTO50 | GRM RESPONDS HARSHLY TO DONOR CONCERNS ON [...] (C) Summary: International donors have spent recent weeks coordinating a response to the GRM's flawed October 28 elections process, with several nations contemplating reductions in assistance to the central government. The G-19 Donor Group sent a letter to the GRM in December laying out spec [...] | 2010-01-13 15:58:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR EAID MZ |
10MBABANE58 | WITCHCRAFT AND MORE: A PORTRAIT OF INFLUENCES ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Swazi activist, former king's advisor and sugar company chief executive officer (CEO) Mandla Hlatshwayo (protect) described traditional leaders, superstition, and members of the royal family, especially his mother and wives, as the major influences on King Mswati III, while mini [...] | 2010-02-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Mbabane | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV SOCI WZ |
10MELBOURNE14 | VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN STUDENTS: A PERSISTENT [...] (C/NF) Nerves are still raw in Melbourne over an ongoing series of attacks on Indian students. What was initially a student issue is now causing concern for Melbourne's better established Indian communities. Recent changes to Australia's immigration policy have not, however, sparked major pr [...] | 2010-02-12 04:38:00 | Consulate Melbourne | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM IN AS |
10MEXICO123 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO125 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO127 | Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio [...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...] | 2010-02-23 17:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO141 | Mexico’s Latin American Unity Summit -- Back to the Future? [...] (C) Summary: Mexico's ambitious plan to use its final Rio Group Presidency Summit (Cancun 22-23 February) to create a new more operational forum for regional cooperation failed dramatically. The two-day event was dominated by press accounts of ALBA country theatrics and their usual proclivity towar [...] | 2010-02-26 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX |
10MEXICO69 | Chiapas: Mexico's Vulnerable Underbelly [...] (SBU) Summary. Both critics and supporters of Chiapan developmental policies agree that the Mexican government (GOM) and the USG should dedicate more attention and resources to the southern border. The poorest state in Mexico, Chiapas is plagued with economic problems that are further com [...] | 2010-01-22 20:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SMIG PHUM EINV ECON GT MX |
10MONTREAL1 | COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE REVEALS QUEBEC OIL SANDS INTERESTS [...] (U/NF) Summary. Controversy over Quebec's aggressive position at the Copenhagen environmental conference shed some surprising light into the connections of powerful provincial interests in the Alberta oil sands. Montreal's two major newspaper chains battled back and forth over Quebec-based Powe [...] | 2010-01-07 19:15:00 | Consulate Montreal | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG CA PREL PGOV |
10MOSCOW266 | (C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX ON ENERGY INTERESTS, [...] (C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us during a February 4 lunch that his Embassy and his Foreign Ministry often only learn of conversations between PM Berlusconi and PM Putin after the fact, and with little detail or background. He expressed frustration about the PMs' "direct line," which sometimes leaves th [...] | 2010-02-05 10:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS IT |
10NEWDELHI151 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...] | 2010-01-27 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
10NIAMEY123 | ECOWAS Mediator Abubakar Provides Update on Meeting with [...] (C/NF) On February 20, ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General (retired) and former Nigeria head of State Abdulsalami Aboubakar provided Charge with a telephonic update regarding the brief meeting he and outgoing ECOWAS President Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Nigerian Deputy Foreign Minister Bagudu Hirse, and [...] | 2010-02-22 20:09:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECOWAS NG |
10NIAMEY127 | UN-AU-ECOWAS Team Briefs Dip Corps on Meeting with CSRD [...] (C/NF) On the afternoon of February 21, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Systems Coordinator Khardiata Lo N'Diaye summoned the heads of mission of Algeria (dean of diplomatic corps),China, the EU, France, Nigeria, Spain (as EU President),and the United States for an out-brief by the visiti [...] | 2010-02-23 22:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM SOCI ECOWAS UN AU NG |
10NIAMEY27 | NIGER: EU DELEGATION HEAD EXPLAINS VIEWS ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: Although the EU has suspended budgetary support to the Government of Niger (GON) due to recent anti-constitutional actions by President Tandja, it will continue humanitarian aid, including food security. According to the EU Head of Delegation, the EU has provided a 120-day win [...] | 2010-01-12 21:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM EU US NG |
10NIAMEY91 | NIGER: FURTHER UPDATE ON RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) On February 1, local independent weekly newspaper "Le Canard Dechaine" claimed that President Tandja would likely visit Iran to seek funds for the 2010 budget, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie as discussed in reftels. The account added that visits to Venezuela and Cuba, as well as rec [...] | 2010-02-02 19:14:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EMIN EAGR PINR EAID EFIN IR NG |
10OSLO53 | POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...] | 2010-01-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC KOMC NO |
10OSLO55 | POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...] | 2010-01-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BU ETTC KOMC NO |
10OSLO85 | DepMin of Defense: NATO'S Deterrence Capabilities Still Key [...] (C) Meeting with DCM, PolOff and A/DAO before the February 26 release of the joint letter from five Foreign Ministers to NATO SYG Rasmussen calling for a discussion on NATO's nuclear policy at the upcoming Tallinn meeting, Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth Eide strongly criticized news re [...] | 2010-02-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO KNNP PREL NO |
10OTTAWA1 | CANADA; TOP FIVE POLICY PRIORITIES IN 2010 [...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Harper's top goal for 2010 is remaining in power, preferably without an election that the public does not want but, if need be, to force the weak opposition parties to bring on another election and bear the political consequences. The Conservatives will need to demonstrate slow b [...] | 2010-01-04 15:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD SENV CA AF |
10OTTAWA21 | Canadian PM and NATO S-G Discuss Afghanistan, the Strategic [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting in Ottawa with the NATO Secretary General, PM Harper promised to consider a training role in Afghanistan after Canada's combat mission ends in 2011, while noting the importance of managing messaging to avoid characterizations of ""withdrawal."" Mounting Canadian d [...] | 2010-01-20 18:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR AF NATO CA |
10OTTAWA29 | Canada's Conservative Government and its Arctic Focus [...] (C/NF) Summary: Since the day after his initial election victory in January 2006, Canadian PM Stephen Harper has continually played up his government's commitment to defending Canada's "North" (the landmass above 60 degrees North latitude represents about 40% of Canada's total territory, but only h [...] | 2010-01-21 16:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PBTS PGOV SENV CA XQ |
10OTTAWA31 | CANADA PRESSES IRAQ ON BARRING CANDIDATES FROM ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 21, Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada was "way ahead of you" on pressing the Iraq government over the attempts to bar c [...] | 2010-01-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ CA |
10OTTAWA33 | CANADA PRESSES IRAN AGAIN ON AMCIT CASES [...] (C/NF) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on January 22, Director General for the Middle East and the Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said that he had once again raised the six Amcit cases in Iran (reftels) with the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in O [...] | 2010-01-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CASC IR CA |
10OTTAWA41 | Canadian Views on Afghanistan Heading into the London [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada's priorities for London are the transition to Afghan lead, reintegration, and reconciliation. Canada is looking for more information on the Reintegration Trust Fund before making a decision on its contribution. Canada hopes to avoid specific time lines for transition, [...] | 2010-01-26 21:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF CA |
10OTTAWA43 | Canada to maintain human rights pressure on Iran at UPR [...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran (reftel),according to Flavie Major, Deputy Director, and Dane Hiebert, Policy Officer, of the Human Rights Policy Division of the De [...] | 2010-01-27 19:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL IR CA |
10OTTAWA49 | Transforming the Canadian Forces: The Spirit is Willing... [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian Forces are severely stretched and the ambitious goals set by the Canada First Defence Strategy continue to encounter delays and budget constraints that will limit the scope of the projected transformation of the forces. The government of Prime Minister Harper may [...] | 2010-02-04 15:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR CA |
10OTTAWA5 | Canadian review almost complete of MOU for Support to U.S. [...] (C/NF) On January 7, Jamie Pennell of the Bilateral Relations and Operations Division of the Afghanistan Task Force within the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided an update on the status of the draft MOU for life support and security to U.S. civilians operati [...] | 2010-01-07 18:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO MARR AF CA |
10OTTAWA51 | Ottawa Proposes Only Minor Changes in MOU on Life Support [...] (SBU) Summary. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has concluded that the draft MOU for life support for U.S. civilians deployed to non-U.S. PRTs cannot be between two embassies and must be non-binding. Either DFAIT or the Department of National Defence would b [...] | 2010-02-04 19:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PREL EAID AF CA |
10OTTAWA67 | CANADIAN PLANS IN AFGHANISTAN POST-2011 [...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada will not only end its military mission in Afghanistan in 2011 but will likely significantly scale back its assistance after 2011 and offer only relatively modest contributions to Afghan Trust Funds. A top priority is likely to be the Afghan-Pakistan border programs. With grow [...] | 2010-02-18 22:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID MOPS MARR AF CA HA |
10OTTAWA69 | Canadian Thoughts on FMCT and Part 1 of the Conference on [...] (C) Summary. Canada continues to engage Pakistan bilaterally in an effort to persuade Islamabad to join consensus within the CD and allow negotiations to begin on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. Informal discussions under the auspices of a reputable NGO might offer a venue for more open [...] | 2010-02-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MNUC KNNP PREL CA |
10OTTAWA85 | Canada Shares U.S. Views on Challenges, Way Forward in Sri [...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada's analysis of the challenges the international community faces in Sri Lanka "tracks almost identically" with that of the U.S. Canada is nonetheless less optimistic than the U.S. about Sri Lanka's long-term future in light of the undercutting of democratic institutions [...] | 2010-02-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM CE CA |
10OTTAWA91 | Canadian Views on Syria and Iran at IAEA BOG Meeting [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada supports the U.S. call for strong statements on both Iranian and Syrian nuclear activities at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting March 1-5. Nonproliferation is a major theme of Canada's G-8 Presidency, and the Prime Minister has repeatedly voiced his strong views on I [...] | 2010-02-26 23:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL SY IAEA MNUC TRGY CA IR |
10OTTAWA93 | Canada Willing To Consider Training, Equipping Formed Police [...] (C/NF) In a discussion with Deputy Pol/C on February 25, Michael Kaduck, Director of Peace Operations and Fragile States at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),dismissed the idea of contributing a Canadian formed police unit (FPU) for Haiti. He noted that Canada [...] | 2010-02-26 23:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP ASEC MARR KJUS KPKO EFIN HA CA |
10OTTAWA95 | Canada Strongly Supports U.S. Approach to OAS Reform, [...] (C/NF) Canada "strongly supports" the U.S. approach to OAS reform and the mandate for the next OAS Secretary General (reftel),according to Jeff Marder, Director of South American and Inter-American Relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Marder added th [...] | 2010-02-26 23:48:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM OAS AORC CA |
10PARIS142 | CHINA/AFRICA: FRENCH THINK-TANK DIRECTOR WANTS TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French think-tank director Francois Gere (PROTECT) wants to deliver a "tougher message" to Chinese interlocutors during his regular consultations in Beijing on foreign policy issues. Gere said that Chinese behavior in Africa typifies an increasingly aggressive Chinese pursu [...] | 2010-02-05 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR CN XA FR |
10PARIS207 | FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BALKANS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During separate discussions with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow and EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Spencer Boyer in early February, Roland Galharague, MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, adopted a defensive posture about the pot [...] | 2010-02-22 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS GG SR BK AF IR AM FR |
10PARIS211 | WORKING TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS FOR EU MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on ref, Post took advantage of an informal meeting with French and British representatives to press all interlocutors with the Burmese government to maintain a high standard of access for visiting delegations. Post suggested that all visitors maintain the same minimum stan [...] | 2010-02-22 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV BM UK FR |
10PARIS215 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON MEDVEDEV VISIT, MISTRAL SALE [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a wide-ranging conversation on February 22, a relatively pessimistic Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, said France sees some opportunities, and potential pitfalls, ahead as they work with Russia on a new UN Security Council Resolution on [...] | 2010-02-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL RU FR |
10PARIS218 | MTCR POINT OF CONTACT MEETING FURTHERS U.S. [...] (SBU/NF) The following issues were discussed at the February 23 Point of Contact (POC) meeting co-hosted by the Brazilian Embassy in Paris and the French MFA, in its role as MTCR Point of Contact: 2. (C/REL MTCR) Brazilian Chair: Representing Brazil as current MTCR Chair, the Brazilian Emb [...] | 2010-02-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC FR |
10PARIS58 | EMBASSY PARIS - MINORITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In keeping with France's unique history and circumstances, Embassy Paris has created a Minority Engagement Strategy that encompasses, among other groups, the French Muslim population and responds to the goals outlined in reftel A. Our aim is to engage the French population at a [...] | 2010-01-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL FR |
10PARIS68 | FRENCH PREVIEW OF JANUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On January 22, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the January 25 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ------------------------ LADY ASHTON TAKES CHARGE ------------------------ 2. ( [...] | 2010-01-22 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN HA YM AF BK SO IR MD FR |
10PARIS93 | FRANCE MOVES TOWARD BAN ON BURQAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The parliamentary commission investigating the wearing of the burqa in France recommended banning Muslim women from "concealing their faces" in public facilities on January 26, in the release of their much-anticipated report. Calling for a partial ban on burqas, the commission c [...] | 2010-01-28 19:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KIRF FR |
10PORTOFSPAIN7 | REQUESTING PTO FUNDING FROM OGL TO ASSIST IN FUNDING [...] During 2007, the Port of Spain Country Office (POSCO) initiated a Priority Target, CPOT linked investigation into the Bramhanand NANDALALL Drug Trafficking Organization (DTO). The POSCO imitated this Priority Target, CPOT linked investigation with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Gu [...] | 2010-02-04 18:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | DEA SNAR TD |
10PRETORIA226 | (C//NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SOUTH AFRICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SF |
10QUITO101 | Ecuador's Push for Conditions-Free Foreign Assistance has [...] (C) Events over the last year demonstrate that the Correa government is intent on exerting as much control as possible over assistance flows and projects in Ecuador, although so far not to the extent of losing assistance Ecuador needs. The GoE's hyper-nationalistic philosophy has economic nati [...] | 2010-02-24 20:56:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN PREL SNAR MARR EC |
10QUITO75 | GOE REVIEWS INITIAL COMPULSORY LICENSE PETITIONS [...] (C) Summary. Ecuador's Intellectual Property Institute (IEPI) has received two compulsory license petitions under procedures issued on January 15. The procedures provide the detailed follow-up to Presidential Decree 118, issued in October 2009 (refs A and B),which established access to m [...] | 2010-02-10 21:50:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD KIPR EINV EC |
10RABAT158 | RENEWED CONTACT WITH THE JCO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatallah Arsalane, governing board member of the unrecognized but tolerated Moroccan religious/political organization known as the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO; Arabic: "Al-Adl wal Ihsane"),met with D/PolCouns for a wide-ranging discussion of global issues and interna [...] | 2010-02-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL MO |
10RABAT7 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF LANDING SHIP [...] (C/NF) Purpose: The Embassy supports the sale of one Landing Ship - Tank (LST) Amphibious Ship to the Government of Morocco. 2. (C/NF) Reason Desired: Due to a catastrophic fire, the Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) is seeking a replacement for their current LST. The engine room fire rendered [...] | 2010-01-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL MO |
10ROME150 | ENI RUSHES TO FINISH ITS WORK FOR IRAN [...] (C/NF) Summary: In the latest of a series of letters to senior USG officials, the Italian energy company Eni claims that it will conclude its expansion work in Iran, including in the Darquain field, by the end of March. Eni officials told us that their work will end not as a result of USG pres [...] | 2010-02-09 07:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL |
10ROME152 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C/NF) On February 4, Democratic Party foreign policy chief Piero Fassino met with the Ambassador to discuss foreign and domestic policy issues, particularly focusing on Burma and Middle East, on which he has special envoy roles for the European Union and the Council of Europe respectively. Fa [...] | 2010-02-09 08:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
10ROME156 | ITALIAN ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: HEADING IN THE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Recent statements from senior Italian officials describe Italy as significantly scaling back important commercial ties with Iran as part of efforts to increase international pressure. Those senior Italian officials have noted that the GOI has used moral suasion on Italian compa [...] | 2010-02-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD IR IT |
10ROME181 | ITALIAN BANK (UBAE) CLAIMS IT WILL HALT BUSINESS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Managing Director of Banca UBAE, the Italian bank that finances much of Italy's trade with Iran, told Post on February 11 that the bank will halt its business with Iran starting on February 15. The Italian Finance Ministry encouraged the bank to take this step. Banca UBAE [...] | 2010-02-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PARM IR IT |
10ROME35 | GETTING ENI TO HALT ITS EXPANSION IN IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: While Eni claims to cooperate with us on Iran, the Italian energy parastatal company continues to expand its operations in there. One-third owned by the Italian government, Eni is the largest foreign energy company in Iran. With significant assets in the United States, Eni is [...] | 2010-01-12 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL |
10ROME97 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY AGREES ON THE NEED TO AVOID [...] (C) The Ambassador raised Ref A points with Italian MOD La Russa at a lunch on January 19, asking him to help underscore in public that NATO's planning process for ISAF transition to Afghan lead at the provincial level is not an exit strategy. La Russa agreed and said that Italian commander [...] | 2010-01-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
10RPODUBAI1 | IRAN:MOUSAVI MESSAGE SPLITS PRINCIPLISTS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 1 Green Path Opposition (GPO) leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued his 17th declaration, titled "The Events of Ashura and the Following Days." Decrying Ashura-day regime brutality and describing as futile government efforts to end the current crisis via mass arrests and sup [...] | 2010-01-03 14:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
10RPODUBAI13 | IRAN'S GREEN PARTY OPPOSITION: ITS BIRTH AND EVOLUTION (1/3) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran's Green Path Opposition (GPO) came into being as a result of the fixed June 12 Presidential election. What started as a movement to annul the election now gives shelter both to those seeking the full set of rights guaranteed them by Islamic Iran's Constitution and others seeki [...] | 2010-01-12 14:38:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
10RPODUBAI15 | IRAN DOMESTIC POLITICS: 'FROM CRISIS TO STALEMATE' (2/3) [...] (C) SUMMARY: At this point the Green Path Opposition (GPO) is more of a persistent problem for the regime than an existential threat, and it is unrealistic to assume that the GPO will be able to effect any 'regime change' in the short-term. Iran's ruling regime is likely to continue seeing in [...] | 2010-01-13 13:12:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
10RPODUBAI35 | IRAN: TELECOM GROWTH VICTIM OF CONGESTION AND POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Iran, a large number of private-sector telecom companies offer a multitude of services including mobile, Internet access, and Voice over IP. While the private sector offers a dynamic set of services, all telecom services terminate or are routed through the government-controlled [...] | 2010-02-15 10:39:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR ECON PREL EINT |
10RPODUBAI51 | 'KHAMENEI: NOW MORE THAN EVER' SAYS IRAN'S EXPERTS ASSEMBLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23-24 biannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts ended without incident, and despite the pre-meeting agitations of pro-Ahmadinejad elements, without any appreciable diminution of the political standing of its head, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani . The dominant t [...] | 2010-02-25 15:05:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
10RPODUBAI53 | 'KHAMENEI: NOW MORE THAN EVER' SAYS IRAN'S EXPERTS ASSEMBLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 23-24 biannual meeting of the Assembly of Experts ended without incident, and despite the pre-meeting agitations of pro-Ahmadinejad elements, without any appreciable diminution of the political standing of its head, former President Hashemi Rafsanjani . The dominant t [...] | 2010-02-25 15:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR |
10RPODUBAI7 | IRAN CLERICAL ORGANIZATION 'DEMOTES' OPPOSITIONIST SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 2 the Qom Seminary Teachers Association announced that 72-year old Grand Ayatollah Yusef Sanei, one of the main senior reformist clerics supporting the Green Path Opposition (GPO),"did not meet the necessary criteria" to be considered a 'Source of Emulation'' (i.e. a r [...] | 2010-01-05 14:37:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IR PREL |
10SANSALVADOR65 | FUNES WORKING WITH LIKEMINDED LEADERS TO RECOGNIZE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Funes told visiting EEB Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez that he, President Colom of Guatemala, and President Fernandez of the Dominican Republic are working on building consensus among Central American leaders to publically recognize the Government of Honduras. Assist [...] | 2010-02-05 15:56:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON ES |
10SARAJEVO121 | BOSNIA: MAINTAINING U.S. COMMAND OF NATO HQ [...] (C/NF) I have for two-and-a-half years argued that the U.S. needs to maintain leadership of the NATO HQ in Sarajevo, both to show strong U.S. committment to the stability and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and to provide firm leadership, in partnership with the Embassy, in promoting and [...] | 2010-02-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MARR PREL BK |
10SARAJEVO13 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR COMUSNAVEUR FITZGERALD'S [...] (C) Admiral: Your visit comes as Bosnia's leaders are frustrated and disappointed about their country's lack of progress towards NATO. Bosnia's Presidency and defense leadership feel that Allies unfairly passed up Bosnia in December when they allowed Montenegro to begin a Membership Action Pl [...] | 2010-01-05 16:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR BK |
10SARAJEVO70 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR PDASD JOSEPH MCMILLAN'S [...] (C/NF) I am delighted you are coming to Sarajevo to chair the second Bilateral Defense Consultations between Bosnia and the United States. Your visit comes as Bosnia's leaders are frustrated over their country's lack of progress towards NATO. Bosnia's Presidency and defense leadership feel t [...] | 2010-01-22 16:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR BK |
10SHENYANG8 | TRYING TO TAME THE INFLATIONARY BEAST [...] (C) Summary: On January 3, a Consulate contact who delivers oil to North Korean partners told PolOff in strict confidence that millions of dollars currently sit unclaimed in China Merchant Bank accounts opened by North Korean businessmen and government officials recalled from China in the sprin [...] | 2010-01-14 01:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN KN KS PGOV PREL SENV |
10STATE18597 | (U) VIETNAM: KUDOS FOR TO HUY RUA REPORT [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REFTEL ON TO HUY RUA, HEAD OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM'S PROPAGANDA AND EDUCATION COMMISSION. PRIOR TO THIS REPORT, WE HAD LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT RUA. GIVEN HIS POSSIBLE RISE AT THE 2011 11TH PARTY CONGRESS AND HIS COMMISSION'S PENCHANT [...] | 2010-02-28 04:05:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR PGOV VM |
10STATE18600 | (C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS FOLLOWING IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES APPRECIATE REFTEL, AS IT GIVES VALUABLE ON-THE-GROUND INFORMATION THAT HELPS PROVIDE CONTEXT TO OTHER REPORTING ON MORE DETAILED ISSUES OF IRANIAN CONSTRUCTION, FINANCIAL, AND TRADE ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN. IT IS PARTICULARL [...] | 2010-02-28 04:06:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF IR |
10STATE5946 | (C//NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (C//NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE PREPARING TO SUPPORT AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA GIP'S IMPENDING MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER DIPUO PETERS, AS WELL AS UPCOMING TRIPS OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT SUSAN BURK TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND [...] | 2010-01-21 15:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SF |
10STATE5953 | (U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PROTESTS BY [...] (C/NF) OPEN SOURCE REPORTS DESCRIBE SEVERAL PROTESTS IN 2009 BY CHINESE FORMER SOLDIERS, USUALLY OVER ISSUES OF PENSION PAYMENTS AND JOB PLACEMENT. MOST RECENTLY, AS REPORTED IN THE SUIZHOU MINSHENG GUANCHA ON 26 OCTOBER 2009, NEARLY 300 RETIRED PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) OFFICERS UP TO [...] | 2010-01-21 15:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR SOCI CH |
10STATE6439 | (C/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED POST'S BACKGROUND AND BIOGRAPHIC REFTEL ON SHADOW MINISTER FOR PRISONS ALAN DUNCAN. ANALYSTS FOUND THE INFORMATION REGARDING DUNCAN'S MIDDLE EAST EXPERTISE, AS WELL AS COMMENTS ON HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE PARTIC [...] | 2010-01-22 13:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR UK |
10STATE8682 | (SBU) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PORTUGAL'S [...] (C/REL TO USA, FVEY) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING PORTUGAL'S POLICY REGARDING SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN. WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN HOW PORTUGAL'S GOVERNMENT IS MAKING DECISIONS ON THIS TOPIC, WHAT FACTORS AFFECT DECISIONMAKING, AND WHAT GROUPS WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE GOVERNME [...] | 2010-01-28 14:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR ETRD EUN PGOV PREL IR PO |
10STATE8900 | (U) Secretary Clinton's January 20, [...] (U) Classified by: EUR A/S Nancy McEldowney, Acting, Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) January 20, 2010; 3:00 p.m.; Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S Philip Crowley, Public Affairs DAS Stuart Jones, EUR Jeff Hovenier, NSC Director for Central and Eastern Europe Jo [...] | 2010-01-28 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL NATO MW |
10TAIPEI158 | MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING U.S. INFLUENCE UNDER THE [...] (C) Summary: Nearly two years after President Ma Ying-jeou took office, the thaw in cross-Strait relations continues apace, with a steady procession of agreements expanding commercial, transportation and other links and an economic cooperation agreement possible later this year. Nonetheless, m [...] | 2010-02-10 06:43:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN EINV MASS MARR |
10TALLINN25 | Estonian Defense Minister Welcomes Increased NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 16:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PINR PREL NATO EN |
10TEGUCIGALPA125 | SANTOS MEETING AT HONDURAN INAUGURATION [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB) Jose Fernandez, and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Ke [...] | 2010-02-05 20:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM CO HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA2 | AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS NEED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo at the Embassy on January 4 and discussed the need for full implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, and most importantly for de facto regime leader Micheletti to step aside immediately. Lobo sought the Ambassador's [...] | 2010-01-05 17:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID MARR CVIS HO |
10TELAVIV279 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS ECON EFIN KWBG PREL PGOV |
10TELAVIV359 | COGAT DANGOT ON PEACE PROCESS, WEST BANK AND GAZA [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 12:35:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS |
10TELAVIV379 | SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: I am pleased to welcome you once again to Israel. Despite some areas of disagreement, we have a strong and dynamic bilateral relationship. The Strategic Dialogue has been an important mechanism since 2005. This will be a significant opportunity to engage the Israeli governm [...] | 2010-02-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG IS |
10THEHAGUE108 | NETHERLANDS: CABINET FALLS OVER AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Following a marathon 15 hour Cabinet meeting, the Dutch Cabinet fell around 02:30 a.m., February 20 due to fundamental disagreements and Labor Party (PvdA) posturing ahead of local elections. Conflicts within the governing coalition have prompted several near Cabinet crises over the [...] | 2010-02-20 10:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO AF NL |
10TOKYO171 | WHALING: GOJ NONCOMMITAL ON ENCOURAGING ICELAND TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: EMIN urged MOFA State Secretary Fukuyama and Fisheries Agency Deputy Director General Yamashita to press Iceland to lower its proposed quota for whaling in order to facilitate an overall agreement on whaling. Both Fukuyama and Yamashita said the GOJ is reluctant to take such action. [...] | 2010-01-27 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC JA |
10TORONTO7 | Ignatieff's COS Donolo on Elections, U.S., IPR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff's Chief of Staff Peter Donolo told CG January 22 that PM Harper would likely push for Fall elections now that his "heavy-handed" prorogue of Parliament had backfired with the public and made Spring elections less attractive. He said tim [...] | 2010-02-02 21:07:00 | Consulate Toronto | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL CA |
10TRIPOLI73 | SWISS-LIBYAN WOES CONTINUE, NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 19 meeting, the Swiss Charge reported no progress in Switzerland's continued efforts -- via German mediation -- to resolve the situation of the two Swiss businessmen trapped in Libya, now residing in the Swiss Embassy. He believed the recent addition of a French l [...] | 2010-01-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY |
10TUNIS105 | BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR TUNISIAN DEFENSE [...] (U) Tunisian Minister of Defense Ridha Grira was appointed to his post by President Ben Ali during the cabinet shuffle announced on January 14 (ref B). Grira has served in the cabinet since 1999, when he was appointed Minister of State Properties and Real Estate. Grira has been a senior GOT [...] | 2010-02-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR MARR TS |
10TUNIS81 | TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29 [...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...] | 2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL TS |
10TUNIS82 | TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29 [...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...] | 2010-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL TS |
10UNVIEVIENNA15 | IAEA AMANO TRANSITION SITREP 3 [...] (SBU) On January 8, Mission staff consulted with IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Safety and Security (DDG/NS) Taniguchi on his plans. Taniguchi was very forthcoming and stated that he planned to stay as DDG until his contract runs out in August 2010. He said he did not think he was [...] | 2010-01-22 10:06:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC KNNP PINR IAEA |
10UNVIEVIENNA66 | IAEA/IRAN: DG AMANO GIVES FAILING GRADE TO [...] (SBU) On 18 February, Director General (DG) Amano released the IAEA's latest reports on its investigations in Iran in preparation for the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 1. The report was the toughest seen in years and concluded Iran's cooperation has been insufficient to [...] | 2010-02-19 15:56:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10UNVIEVIENNA75 | IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING SIGNALS TOUGHER [...] (C//NF) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) February 18 report on Iran. The briefing reprised the points covered in the report, but also offered more details about the IAEA's proposals for adjusted Safeg [...] | 2010-02-26 15:26:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA IR |
10USEUBRUSSELS212 | COMMISSION TERRORISM SANCTIONS LEGAL CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) This message contains an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 14. This message also contains a list of 26 pending court challenges to EU sanctions designations, as received from the European Commission. Please see Paragraph 13. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY. U.S. interagency sanctions off [...] | 2010-02-24 10:46:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC EUN KTFN PINR PTER UNSC |
10USNATO18 | ALLIES WANT STRONG SRSG AND LONDON PUSHES HARD ON [...] (C/NF) Summary. On January 12, Regional Command - South (RC-S) troop contributing nations discussed the key deliverables for the January 28 London conference on Afghanistan, focusing on civilian coordination and transition. The UK said London would push hard for the Council to expeditiously a [...] | 2010-01-13 17:33:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO |
10USNATO32 | KAZAKHSTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE BRINGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 19 Kazakhstan Deputy Minister of Defense (D/MOD) Bulat Sembinov thanked Ambassador Daalder for U.S. support in both multilateral and bilateral assistance to Kazakhstan's military and informed him of Kazakhstan's intention to contribute staff officers to NATO's operat [...] | 2010-01-21 15:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL KZ AF OSCE MARR |
10WARSAW62 | POLAND'S PM TUSK - NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) In a hastily arranged press conference this morning, Prime Minister Donald Tusk (Civic Platform, PO) announced he will not run for president. Pundits and party insiders had speculated for some time that Tusk was reconsidering a second run for the presidency (reftel),after his defeat to i [...] | 2010-01-28 17:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PL |
10WARSAW90 | POLAND/ISRAEL - PM NETANYAHU VISIT REINFORCES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli Embassy officials were impressed with the strong personal chemistry between Tusk and Netanyahu during the latter's January 26-27 visit to Poland. The Israeli PM reportedly left with a much deeper understanding of extensive Polish-Israeli security cooperation. Netanyah [...] | 2010-02-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KNNP EFIN PGOV IR IS PL |
10WELLINGTON57 | EAP/ANP Deputy Director Gets Read-Out on New Zealand [...] (SBU) Summary. During February 7-9 visit, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) Deputy Director Stephen Schwartz met with a number of academics and Government of New Zealand officials on a range of subjects, including New Zealand's economic situation, the Trans-Pacific [...] | 2010-02-12 07:08:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU |
10ZAGREB55 | NEW DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL OPEN TO IMPROVE RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting on January 20, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic discussed with the Ambassador the recently opened channel with Serbian President Boris Tadic to improve bilateral relations. Bozinovic believed there was good will on both sides to try and tackle the complicated open i [...] | 2010-01-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PREF SR HR |
10ZAGREB56 | ICTY TASK FORCE TO CONTINUE ONCE CHAPTER 23 OPENS, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Foley briefed Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic on his trip to London to discuss Croatia's investigation into missing war crimes documents and the UK's block on Chapter 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) in Croatia's EU accession negotiations. Although some in the B [...] | 2010-01-26 15:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR |
10ZAGREB71 | PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CROATIA'S [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Kosor will visit Moscow on February 22. Croatia's main aim will be to secure a new gas supply contract with Russia, as the current one expires in late 2010. GoC is also interested in talking about Croatia's possible inclusion in South Stream, but only on a 50/50 basis. [...] | 2010-02-02 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ENRG HR RU |
10ZAGREB88 | SERBIAN AMBASSADOR OUTLINES PLANS ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: The Serbian Ambassador to Croatia says Belgrade is looking to improve relations with Zagreb. Planned parliamentary visits could help improve the dialogue. GoS is proposing March 25 for regional ministerial on refugees, but projects that agreement on better data regarding refugee [...] | 2010-02-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL UNHCR HR SR |