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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07ASHGABAT742 | U.S. SUPPORT FOR STEVE CARR'S CANDIDACY TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-25 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PINR PREL PGOV TX US AF |
07ASHGABAT749 | CHEVRON PREPARING TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 26 meeting, Chevron's Director of Business Development for the CIS, Gerry Harris, told A/DCM that his company had just submitted two proposals to Turkmenistan's State Agency for Hydrocarbon Manageme [...] | 2007-07-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET EINV ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT754 | TURKMENISTAN: USAID DAA LUTEN PROPOSES MFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev was pleasant but non-committal to proposals for more direct contacts between embassy personnel and working-level Turkmenistan officials during a 60-minute meeting July 23 with [...] | 2007-07-27 17:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAGR EAID TX |
07ASHGABAT756 | TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE WELCOMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) In a July 23 meeting at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF),USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten and his economic growth delegation met with MOEF First Deputy Minister Tuwakmammet Ja [...] | 2007-07-27 17:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EAGR TX |
07ASHGABAT757 | CENTRAL BANK OF TURKMENISTAN OPEN TO RENEWED U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) During a July 23 meeting with USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan indicated openness to assistance from the United States for the first time in two years. Assistance [...] | 2007-07-27 17:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT758 | MEJLIS CHAIRS OPEN TO USAID COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) During a July 24 meeting with USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten, Maral Poltayeva, Chairperson of the Mejlis (Parliament) Committee on Social and Economic Policy, and Akmuhammet Shamuhammedov, Chairm [...] | 2007-07-30 03:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID TX |
07ASHGABAT759 | TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES USCIRF VISIT FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Charge met with Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister, Rashit Meredov, on July 27. Citing Secretary Rice that we have turned a new page in U.S.-Turkmenistan relations, Charge noted Turkmenistan's [...] | 2007-07-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
07ASHGABAT76 | PETRONAS IN TURKMENISTAN: FULL OF GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas, which unexpectedly hit substantial (an estimated 20 billion cubic meters at maximum production) reserves of ethane- and propane-rich natural gas in the Caspian Sea, is looking at gas export options. The [...] | 2007-10-05 06:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT762 | TURKMENISTAN: DONORS COMPARE NOTES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten met on July 24 with representatives of the Asian Development Bank (ADB),UNDP, World Bank (WB) and EU/TACIS. All agreed that working assistance programs remains a c [...] | 2007-08-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID TX |
07ASHGABAT767 | Turkmenistan: 2007 Report on Investment [...] (U) a. Claimant A b. 2004: c. Claimant A concluded a contract on purchasing 3,000 tons of K-354 type carbon black at a price of $320.00 per ton with the State Concern "Turkmen Fertilizers and Chemistry" in November 2004. During 2005, the selling organization failed to deliver the [...] | 2007-08-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL BTIO EINV CASC OPIC ENRG PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT768 | TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN'S "UNPROFESSIONAL" BEHAVIOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan's Ministry of Energy and Industry Foreign Economic Affairs Department Chief Eziz Berdimyradov blasted Afghanistan's approach to negotiating increased electrical sales as "unprofessional" and questione [...] | 2007-08-02 09:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX |
07ASHGABAT769 | TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS: TOTAL JOINS THE RUSH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Olivier Bouygues, Vice President of French construction firm Bouygues, Senior Bouygues Vice President Aldo Karbonaro, and Yves-Louis Darricarrere, the president for exploration and production of the French hydrocarbons compa [...] | 2007-08-02 09:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EINV FR TX |
07ASHGABAT778 | UNDERSTANDING TURKMENISTAN: DESCENT INTO FANTASY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is a two-part series. This first part reviews the Niyazov era and how he dragged his country into international disrepute. The second part suggests policy directions for Washington to consider, and reviews current con [...] | 2007-08-06 06:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV KDEM RS TX |
07ASHGABAT78 | Government of Turkmenistan Files Multiple Charges against [...] (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan responded quickly to Embassy request for information on the arrest of Environmental Rights Activist Andrey Zatoka by a dipnote cataloguing a number of charges ranging from public disorder, to illegal possession of a poisonous snake, a wide variety of weapons [...] | 2007-01-18 14:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS TX |
07ASHGABAT781 | SCENE-SETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. On August 13, you will head the U.S. delegation that participates in the opening ceremony of the new border-crossing point between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan at Imam [...] | 2007-08-06 08:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR ECON ENRG KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT817 | TURKMENISTAN: DASHOGUZ FARMERS MAKE GOOD USE OF U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY 2. (U) During his July 25 meeting with USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten, Dashoguz Hakim [governor]Saparmyrat Ashyrov positively assessed USAID's contributions to economic development in Dashoguz welayat [pro [...] | 2007-08-08 13:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID AF TX |
07ASHGABAT836 | TURKMENISTAN: FARMERS SPEAK OUT IN MARY PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY 2. (U) During his July 27 meeting with the economic growth delegation led by USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten, a cautious Mary Hakim Muhammet Gurbannazarov credited the contributions of Turkmenistan's first [...] | 2007-08-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX |
07ASHGABAT84 | Russian Ambassador on NGO Activist Zatoka [...] (SBU) Russian Ambassador Igor Blatov told the Charge on January 19 that the Russian Embassy had been involved with the Zatoka case for "many days" and that he had met Foreign Minister Meredov on the issue. According to Blatov: -- Local law does not recognize dual citizenship. The governmen [...] | 2007-01-19 12:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS RU TX |
07ASHGABAT841 | FORMER AGRICULTURE MINISTER MEREDOV DISMISSAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition Turkmenistani news website Gundogar reported August 8 that police arrested former Minister of Agriculture Paizugeldy Meredov for embezzlement and corruption. Well-known for his close personal relation [...] | 2007-08-15 13:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KCRM PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT843 | TURKMENISTAN: NEW WAVE OF CONSTRUCTION - TURKS GET MOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov is continuing the process begun by President Niyazov of transforming Ashgabat into a city of massive white marble buildings. Just as before, construction in Turkmenistan is primarily carri [...] | 2007-08-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT845 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT TO USCIRF: "DID I PASS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USCIRC meeting with President Berdimuhamedov was an honest give and take. The president told the delegation, "Take your time to meet whomever you want in Turkmenistan. Learn all you can. You'll probably fi [...] | 2007-08-20 10:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT851 | STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT USAID DELEGATION VISIT ON ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: State media provided positive and broad coverage at an unprecedented level for Deputy Assistant Administrator for USAID Drew Luten's visit to Turkmenistan, July 22-28, as the head of a delegation discussing economic [...] | 2007-08-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ECON SCUL KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT860 | TURKMENISTAN: USCIRF MEETS THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation's meeting with the Ministry of Education (MOE) was polite and lively, yet not particularly conclusive. Although Minister Muhammetgeldi Anna [...] | 2007-08-22 06:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KIRF KISL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT861 | FM MEREDOV: TURKMENISTAN WANTS BROADEST POSSIBLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a positive meeting with EEB Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan, Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov said SIPDIS Turkmenistan wanted concrete cooperation with the United States on the widest possible range of i [...] | 2007-08-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG TX |
07ASHGABAT862 | TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE, PART 2 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Lidiya Kerimi of the President's Institute of Democracy and Human Rights and editor of the Institute's journal, came to the Embassy's public Information Resource Center (IRC) on August 21. She inquisitively asked for help f [...] | 2007-08-22 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KDEM KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT863 | MEREDOV DESCRIBES TURKMENISTAN'S RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] USCIRF Chairman Michael Cromartie kicked off the session by asking Meredov about the right of Muslim citizens to go on the Hajj, given recent reports that some applicants are refused exit visas. Meredov responded that there are no restrictions for those seeking to go, especially if they have [...] | 2007-08-22 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KDEM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT864 | TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 14 meeting at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF),EEB Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan and his delegation met with MOEF First Deputy Minister Tuwakmammet Japarov. Sullivan encou [...] | 2007-08-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR TX |
07ASHGABAT865 | TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBON AGENCY: "HELP!" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a remarkable meeting with EEB Assistant Secretary Sullivan, Turkmenistan's top energy negotiator, who is close to Berdimuhamedov, made crystal clear he is feeling overwhelmed by his responsibility and lack of [...] | 2007-08-23 06:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT866 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV SAYS HE WANTS U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his meeting with EEB A/S Sullivan, President Berdimuhamedov -- expressed thanks to Secretary Rice for her attention to Turkmenistan and the region, particularly regarding her vision of Central/South Asia [...] | 2007-08-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET SNAR SCUL IR TX |
07ASHGABAT871 | TURKMENISTAN: UNPRECEDENTED COOPERATION AND CAMARADERIE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The August 13 opening ceremony for the Imamnazar border station was a resounding success for U.S.-Turkmenistan relations, and in terms of outreach to the public. EEB Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan headed the U [...] | 2007-08-23 09:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT876 | HARD-WON 2007 TV CO-OP ON ECOLOGICAL ISSUES A GOLDEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In late June, a three-man crew of Turkmenistan state television journalists completed a high-spirited and enlightening TV CO-Operative Project focused on urban environmental issues. Despite worse-than-usual burea [...] | 2007-08-24 08:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP KPAO OPRC OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT878 | TURKMENISTAN: USCIRF AT THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE: RUHNAMA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Ministry of Culture and TV/Radio Broadcasting, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation received a warm reception and more disjointed answers regarding the Ruhnama (the late [...] | 2007-08-24 12:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SCUL KIRF KISL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT880 | ASHGABAT CONSULAR OUTREACH - SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, [...] SUMMARY: Over the last year, AmEmbassy Ashgabat looked for both traditional and creative opportunities to expand its consular outreach program. Working with other Embassy offices, notably Public Diplomacy and Peace Corps colleagues, the consular section has developed continuing programs to pr [...] | 2007-08-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CACS CMGT PREL SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT885 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT CREATES NEW HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An August 24 session of Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministers became a vehicle for President Berdimuhamedov to announce that he was establishing an interagency "Human Rights Commission" to coordinate work designed t [...] | 2007-08-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT893 | TURKMENISTAN: GETTING AROUND THE ROADBLOCK AT THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Ministry of Education (MOE),Charge made progress in drawing the Minister's attention to continuing concerns with the Embassy's education and exchange programs. This meeting was perhaps the first opportuni [...] | 2007-08-28 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT895 | AHMEDINEJAD'S VISIT TO ASHGABAT YIELDS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following on the heels of President Berdimuhamedov's official visit to Tehran two months ago, Iranian President Ahmadinejad made an official visit to Ashgabat August 14-15 on his way to the Shanghai Organization Summit in Bishkek. Although Iranian ministers arriving in Turkmen [...] | 2007-08-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EPET ETRD IR TX |
07ASHGABAT899 | TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS TELL STAFFDEL ANAND THEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs (HCFA) staff delegation visiting Turkmenistan August 24-25 came eager to see evidence of positive changes in the right direction. All of their inter [...] | 2007-08-29 14:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID TX |
07ASHGABAT904 | DEA DELEGATION MAKES THE ROUNDS, AND A CASE FOR [...] (SBU) Classified By: Charge d'Affaires Richard Hoagland for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agents Paul Hackett and Edward Coffey visited Turkmenistan August 13-18 to start rebuilding contacts with Turkmenistan's major law-enforcement [...] | 2007-08-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT908 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT TO ATTEND 62ND UN GENERAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov -- Arrival at JFK on September 23 at 13:00 hours. -- The president's spouse will not accompany. -- Interpretation in Russian will be requi [...] | 2007-09-04 13:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP UNGA TX |
07ASHGABAT920 | TURKMENISTAN: IMPLEMENTING "EDUCATION REFORM" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the first day of the new school year in Turkmenistan under new educational reforms that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov enacted after taking office in February 2007. The changes, which inclu [...] | 2007-09-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT923 | REQUESTING DATA FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COMPACT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-05 10:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SCUL KMCA TX |
07ASHGABAT927 | TURKMENISTAN INVITES SECRETARY RICE TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the Embassy a diplomatic note September 3 stating that Turkmenistan will hold an international conference on "Preventive Diplomacy and International Cooperation" in Ashgabat on December 10-11. The conference is timed to coincide with Turkmen [...] | 2007-09-05 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT930 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENE-SETTER FOR TREASURY VISIT, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. You are coming to Turkmenistan in the early months of a bilateral dialogue directed toward encouraging Turkmenistan to make the economic and finance reforms that will [...] | 2007-09-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG PHUM KIRF PGOV EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT941 | TURKMENISTAN NOMINATIONS FOR U.S. BASED TRAINING PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Post is nominating two (2) educational advisers from Turkmenistan to the U.S. based training program to be held May-June 2008. End Summary. NOMINATION ---------- 2. NAME OF NOMINEE: MRS. AFANASYEVA NINA V. D. NATIONALITY, DATE OF BIRTH, PASSPORT NUMBER: Turkmenistan, August 15, 19 [...] | 2007-09-11 03:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT944 | TURKMENISTAN NOMINATIONS FOR U.S. BASED TRAINING PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 03:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT956 | TUKRMENISTAN: THE TRIALS OF TOURISM [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Getting out of Turkmenistan proved as difficult as getting in for five AMCIT tourists who tried to exit with lapsed visas September 4. Negotiating Turkmenistan's rigid bureaucracy to get exit stamps took three d [...] | 2007-09-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT966 | TURKMENBASHY AMERICAN CORNER: MAYOR SAYS ONLY FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The American Corner in the Caspian Sea port city of Turkmanbashy, closed since May 2005, can reopen if we find an "appropriate stand-alone building." This would entail higher expenses than normal for an American [...] | 2007-09-13 10:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT967 | TURKMENBASHY REFINERY WILL SOON PRODUCE MORE JET FUEL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Charge called on Turkmenbashy Refinery General Director Tagangeldi Mamedov September 11. Mamedov confirmed the refinery currently produces 6M tons of refined petroleum products a year, although the current capacity is 7.5M t [...] | 2007-09-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EPET EINV ETRD MARR AF TX |
07ASHGABAT970 | TURKMENISTAN: "AVAZA INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ZONE" ANOTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a September 11 meeting with Mayor of Turkmenbashy Ashyrniyaz Pomanov, Charge asked him about the "Avaza International Tourist Zone" on the Caspian Sea that President Berdimuhamedov had announced with great fanfare on [...] | 2007-09-13 11:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT971 | TURKMENISTAN: LIFE AIN'T EASY IN TURKMENBASHY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a September 11 visit to the Caspian Sea port city, Turkmenbashy, Charge met at a cafe with three FLEX and one IVLP alumni. Although one of the oldest cities in Turkmenistan, founded in the mid-19th century during th [...] | 2007-09-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT975 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S.TREASURY DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 10 visit by a Department of the Treasury delegation demonstrated both a strong need for monetary and fiscal policy reform, and that Treasury assistance would be useful. Although the Central Bank's Ch [...] | 2007-09-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT976 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S.TREASURY DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 10 visit by a Department of the Treasury delegation demonstrated both a strong need for monetary and fiscal policy reform, and that Treasury assistance would be useful. Although the Central Bank's Ch [...] | 2007-09-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT977 | TURKMENISTAN: RUHNAMA GOING, GOING, BUT NOT YET [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov's inauguration in February, there has been a gradual diminution of the cult surrounding the Ruhnama. References to and articles on former President Niyazov's book in the [...] | 2007-09-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT980 | TURKMENISTAN NOMINATION FOR NAFSA: ASSOCIATION OF [...] (U) Post is nominating an educational adviser from Turkmenistan to the NAFSA: Association of International Educators Annual Conference & EXPO - Shaping the Future of International Education to be held in Washington, DC, May 25-30, 2008. End Summary. NOMINATION ---------- 2. (SBU) NAME OF [...] | 2007-09-18 04:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT983 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHT A/S [...] (U) State media positively highlighted U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan's participation in the August 13 inauguration ceremony of the Imamnazar border checkpoint on the Turkmen-Afghan border and his August 14 meeting with Turkmenistan' [...] | 2007-09-18 09:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP RS TX |
07ASHGABAT996 | TURKMENISTAN: GREATER ENGAGEMENT IN THE SPHERE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USAID Religion, State and Society (RSS) specialist found a greater willingness by officials to discuss the possibility of cooperation during his September 17-21 visit to Turkmenistan. The director of the Instit [...] | 2007-09-21 11:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL KIRF KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT997 | TURKMENISTAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS TESTING THE WATERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Conoco-Phillips is looking at the feasibility of opening an office in Ashgabat, the company's General Counsel for Upstream Finance, Chuck Ferree, told Pol/Econ Chief on September 19. Ferree said he was doing research into th [...] | 2007-09-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENERG EPET TX |
07ASMARA453 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ERITREA [...] As reported in ref C, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) has extremely limited resources to battle an outbreak of human-to-human highly pathogenic influenza. The country's weak infrastructure and resource shortages raise serious questions about the GSE's ability to respond to even a [...] | 2007-05-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV ER |
07ASMARA620 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO GSE VIEWS ON [...] (U) In an interview posted on www.shaebia.org on July 9, Yemane Ghebremeskel, Director of the Office of President, offered the position of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) on a wide range of topics -- from religious freedom and human rights to international relations and Somalia. ( [...] | 2007-07-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF ER |
07ASMARA640 | ERITREA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of four claims by American citizens that may be outstanding against the Government of the State of Eritrea(GSE). All, four of these claims were reported in previous reports. Point of Contact for U.S. Embassy, Asmara, Eritrea is: Holly Holzer, Political a [...] | 2007-08-01 12:47:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENIV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV ER |
07ASMARA751 | ERITREA: AGOA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Post point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Holly Holzer, Tel: 291-1-12-00-04, Fax: 291-1-12-75-84, email: holzerhc@state.gov 2. (SBU) Post's response is keyed to outline provided by AF/EPS. Begin text: Country Background Summary: Eritrea's economic policy continues to be built on a [...] | 2007-09-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AGOA ECON ETRD ER |
07ASMARA815 | QUARTERLY FRAUD REPORT - ASMARA [...] The following is a summary of fraud conditions experienced during the July to September 2007 period. --------------------------------------------- - COUNTRY CONDITIONS - INCREASING DETERIORIATION --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) The Eritrean economic downward spira [...] | 2007-10-16 06:30:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC ER |
07ASMARA950 | AFP Reporter Ordered to Leave Eritrea [...] (SBU) On December 11, AFP stringer and British national Peter Martell was ordered to appear at the office of Eritrean Minister of Information Ali Abdu to discuss his reporting activities in Eritrea. Mr. Abdu objected to an article Mr. Martell filed on November 22 entitled, "Looming Threat of R [...] | 2007-12-14 05:24:00 | Embassy Asmara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PGOV ECPS ER |
07ASTANA1003 | KAZAKHSTAN: FINANCE MINISTER CONFIRMS APPROVAL OF CTR [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Korzhova sent a letter to the Ambassador on April 17 confirming that the interagency commission established to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption (VAT) claims for subcontractors has recommended the approval of nine of ten pending contra [...] | 2007-04-19 00:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA1062 | KAZAKHSTAN: PARTICIPATION IN THE FORMAL SIGNING OF THE [...] (U) On April 25, the Government of Kazakhstan informed Post via diplomatic note that Ambassador Bagdad Amreyev, Kazakhstan's Ambassador to Egypt, will attend the signing of the International Compact with Iraq on May 3 in Egypt. 2. (SBU) Sergey Savelyev of the MFA's International Security di [...] | 2007-04-25 14:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN KZ |
07ASTANA1094 | NEW HEAD OF FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY IN [...] (U) Summary: On March 29, the Chairman of the Financial Police appointed Major-General Ramazan Tleuhan to head the Kazakhstani Financial Police Academy located near Astana. The new Head of Financial Police Academy replaces Colonel/Professor of the Financial Police Academy, Marat Kogamov. End [...] | 2007-04-26 03:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCOR KCRM KZ |
07ASTANA1095 | KAZAKHSTAN: FINANCE MINISTER CONFIRMS [...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Korzhova sent a letter to the Ambassador on April 17 confirming that the interagency commission established to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption (VAT) claims for subcontractors has recommended the approval of nine of ten pending contra [...] | 2007-04-26 03:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA1116 | KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO NPT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Kayrat Sarzhanov, MFA International Security Department Advisor, who welcomed the information and emphasized Kazakhstan's commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Sarzhanov noted that Kazakhstan condemned North Korea's [...] | 2007-04-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT KZ |
07ASTANA1121 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) In an April 19 speech before the 6th Annual Eurasia Media Forum in Almaty, President Nursultan Nazarbayev declared that Kazakhstan and its Central Asian neighbors must take some responsibility for reconstructing Afghanistan, in part to help create a "belt of economic well-being" that would [...] | 2007-04-27 07:01:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF XD KZ |
07ASTANA1261 | KAZAKHSTAN UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE BELARUS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-11 06:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHCR KZ |
07ASTANA128 | KAZAKHSTAN: REACHING OUT TO THE U.S. ON REDUCING ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: While discussing our non-paper on U.S. policy on testing secondary school students for drugs, the Head of Youth Policy at the Ministry of Education said that not only law enforcement agencies but MinEd too was now providing grants to NGOs to create anti-drug programs and implemen [...] | 2007-01-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KZ |
07ASTANA1286 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRELIMINARY INTEREST IN FOLLOW-UP REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points on May 7 to Askar Bishigayev, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Informatization and Communications. Bishigayev stated that a follow-up telecommunications conference would be "quite interesting," remarking that Kazakhstan has a big transit potential. Bishi [...] | 2007-05-15 00:21:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KZ |
07ASTANA1304 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV TO ANNOUNCE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev will present a package of proposed constitutional amendments to a joint session of parliament on May 16. The draft amendments would transfer certain presidential powers to the parliament, change the method of electing the parliament, change the role of part [...] | 2007-05-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1323 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV FAST-TRACKS CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev presented a package of proposed constitutional amendments to a joint session of parliament on May 16, and instructed parliament to pass them this week. The proposed constitutional amendments retain significant power in the presidency, but increase the size [...] | 2007-05-16 15:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1326 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING TRAVEL OF UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 07:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP IR KZ |
07ASTANA1336 | KAZAKHSTAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN OSCE COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief and Gennadiy Spiglazov of the Russian Embassy conveyed reftel points and agenda to Yerkin Akhinzhanov, head of the MFA's European Cooperation Department, on May 17. 2. (SBU) Akhinzhanov said that Kazakhstan was working to put together a diverse delegation for the OSCE conf [...] | 2007-05-18 00:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1357 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE APPROVED WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament voted on May 18 to approve President Nazarbayev's package of constitutional amendments designed to increase the size and authority of the parliament, as well as to introduce other changes aimed at democratic reform. In a surprise move, a small group of parliamentaria [...] | 2007-05-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1371 | KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF HARE KRISHNA COMMUNE REMAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Various government officials have assured the Hare Krishnas that their ongoing property dispute with local officials will be resolved fairly and peacefully, through negotiations. Although there is hope that an acceptable resolution will be found, so far the Hare Krishnas report [...] | 2007-05-21 11:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA1448 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KAZAKHSTAN'S INCREASE IN MEAT [...] (U) The Ambassador raised the issue of increased meat import tariffs with Prime Minister Masimov on May 17, underscoring the negative impact on WTO accession efforts. Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on May 23 to Zhanar Aitzhanova, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade and lead WTO acc [...] | 2007-05-29 05:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO USTR KZ |
07ASTANA1449 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROOD'S TRIP TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 08:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA1544 | KAZAKHSTAN PREPARING FOR GREATER INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: On May 25, SCA Special Envoy for Assistance to Afghanistan Ambassador Ronald Neumann briefed key government and business officials on the current situation in Afghanistan with the aim of encouraging greater Kazakhstani involvement in reconstruction and stabilization efforts. The K [...] | 2007-06-06 05:09:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF KZ |
07ASTANA1558 | KAZAKHSTANI OPPOSITION SHARPLY CRITICAL OF POLITICAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: After initially welcoming the reform proposals outlined in President Nazarbayev's May 16 speech, the Kazakhstani opposition movement has become sharply critical of the measures after analyzing the actual text of the constitutional amendments. The last-minute inclusion of a provi [...] | 2007-06-06 07:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1584 | KAZAKHSTAN: INTEREST IN UPCOMING TIFA EVENTS [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points on June 8 to Damigul Kabiyeva, Head of the WTO accession Department, and Saltanat Mukasheva, Head of the Section for Trade and Economic Cooperation at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Kabiyeva expressed a strong interest in the details of the program and [...] | 2007-06-11 07:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ETRD PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1625 | KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTIVE OF US INITIATIVE FOR GREATER UNDP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 00:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNDP EFIN EAID KZ |
07ASTANA1639 | KAZAKHSTAN REACTION TO EITI VALIDATION DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A action request, Kazakhstan appears well on its way to meeting the September 2007 deadline for completing the four Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) "sign-up" indicators, with the last criteria -- publication of a work plan -- likely to be fulfilled late [...] | 2007-06-15 06:58:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA1650 | KAZAKHSTAN: 2007 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT UPDATE [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel. The United States Government is aware of two (2) claims by United States persons that are outstanding against the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK). 2. (SBU) a. Claimant A b. 1996 c. Although it has faced a number of regulatory issues, Claimant A is c [...] | 2007-06-15 10:27:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ENRG KIDE KZ |
07ASTANA1666 | KAZAKHSTAN: TIP REPORT GARNERS LITTLE ATTENTION BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, drawing on points provided in reftel, Charge delivered the TIP report demarche announcing Kazakhstan's Tier II Watch List ranking to Ministry of Justice Office Director Azimova, receiving a muted response in return. Charge provided a copy of the Kazakhstan TIP repor [...] | 2007-06-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRIM KZ |
07ASTANA1705 | KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEMOLISHES HARE KRISHNA HOMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Early on May 15, Karasai district officials demolished an additional 12 homes at the Hare Krishna commune outside of Almaty. As they did during the November 2006 demolitions, the police forced residents out of their homes while crews threw their possessions outside and demolishe [...] | 2007-06-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA1716 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT DISSOLVES MAZHILIS, CALLS ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: On June 18, the parliament passed a number of legislative amendments to implement the recent changes to Kazakhstan's constitution. Most of the legislative changes are identical to the recent constitutional changes, though the new law on elections sets forth the election process i [...] | 2007-06-21 00:04:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1722 | CORRECTED COPY: KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEMOLISHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Early on June 15, Karasai district officials demolished an additional 12 homes at the Hare Krishna commune outside of Almaty. As they did during the November 2006 demolitions, the police forced residents out of their homes while crews threw their possessions outside and demolish [...] | 2007-06-21 08:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA1730 | KAZAKHSTAN REQUESTS IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT ON ALL ALATAU [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 12 meeting in Astana, Vice Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Satkaliyev told Assistant Secretary Rood and Deputy Administrator Tobey that Kazakhstan preferred to sign an Implementing Arrangement covering all Department of Energy activities at the Institute of Nu [...] | 2007-06-22 03:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC MCAP KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA1796 | KAZAKHSTAN: VERDICT IN HIV OUTBREAK TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A court in South Kazakhstan sentenced seventeen medical workers to prison terms of up to five years for their roles in infecting over 100 children with HIV. Four senior health officials, including the former head of the South Kazakhstan's Region health department Nursulu Tasmaga [...] | 2007-07-02 04:33:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHIV SOCI KZ |
07ASTANA1801 | KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS ELECTION ROUNDDUP, JULY 2 [...] (U) This is the first in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's August 18 Mazhilis and Maslikhat elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. --------------------------------------------- - Social Democratic Party and True Ak Zhol Merge ----- [...] | 2007-07-02 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE KZ |
07ASTANA1808 | KAZAKHSTAN: TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 06:28:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU KZ |
07ASTANA1824 | KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER GUARDS VISIT U.S. AND WANT TO STAY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17-26, the Director and Deputy Director of the Kazakhstani Border Guard training academy visited Washington, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers in Glynco, GA and Artesia, NM, and the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the Border Patrol in order to familiarize themselv [...] | 2007-07-06 00:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KZ |
07ASTANA1837 | KAZAKHSTAN: NATO PFP DESTRUCTION PROJECT MEMORANDUM PASSED [...] (SBU) On June 20, the Mazhilis ratified the memorandum for the NATO Partnership for Peace-sponsored destruction of Kazakhstani small arms and light weapons. On June 28, the Senate followed suit and passed the memo, forwarding it to the desk of the president. According to the press, Deputy Defe [...] | 2007-07-06 08:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1842 | KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE SUGGESTS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The two Kazakhstani entities with the greatest interest in concluding a State Aircraft Fees Agreement with the U.S., the Civil Aviation Committee and KazAeroNavigatsiya, believe that the time is ripe for a U.S. negotiating team to come to Astana to conclude negotiations and init [...] | 2007-07-06 10:23:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR MARR MOPS PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1877 | KAZAKHSTAN FACES ANOTHER POTENTIAL WATER CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: As a country short on water, Kazakhstan relies heavily on the resources of the Ili-Balkash Basin, particularly the Ili River and Lake Balkhash. Mismanagement, abuse, and increased water use by neighboring China all now threaten the Basin,s long-term sustainability. The problem [...] | 2007-07-10 05:53:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA1902 | KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION ON POULTRY TARIFF LINES [...] (SBU) Post has reviewed evidence on Kazakhstan's 2006 tariff rates on poultry in response to Ref A request. Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) decrees establishing poultry tariff rates, as well as import documents for frozen chicken halves or quarters, support the assertion that the poultry tariff [...] | 2007-07-12 10:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD WTRO USTR KZ |
07ASTANA1925 | KAZAKHSTAN: SIX TRAFFICKERS DO THE CRIME... AND GET TIME [...] (U) Summary: On July 12, the town court in the western Kazakhstani city of Aktobe convicted and sentenced six people for torturing and using force to secure the labor and sexual services of 13 citizens of Uzbekistan. The Uzbek men and women had been held as slaves in a sauna complex. The poli [...] | 2007-07-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PGOV KZ UZ |
07ASTANA1988 | KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTER NARCOTICS DONOR MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16, the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Section of the US Embassy in Kazakhstan hosted another in a series of Counter Narcotics Donor Coordination meetings. Major General Nukenov, Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drug Trafficking (KBN) briefed partici [...] | 2007-07-23 05:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KZ |
07ASTANA1991 | KAZAKHSTAN: A LITTLE PRE-ELECTION SPIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 13-14 nodel visit of Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, the GOK highlighted its preparations for the August parliamentary elections, arranging two separate trips for her to local polling stations. Domestic media coverage was extensive, and pro-government media outl [...] | 2007-07-23 08:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE KZ |
07ASTANA2061 | KAZAKHSTANI OFFICIALS LUKEWARM TO DEMARCHE ON WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary:(SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Labor and Social Protection Gulzhana Karagusova, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Baktykozha Izmukhambetov, and Deputy Chairman of the Financial Supervision Agency Gani Uzbekov. While the responses ranged from friendly but t [...] | 2007-07-27 08:39:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN WTRO WTO KZ |
07ASTANA2067 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNGA DELEGATION NOT FINALIZED [...] (U) Poloff contacted Erlik Ali, head of the international organizations section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concerning reftel. Ali reported that the Government of Kazakhstan has not finalized its delegation to UNGA, and would not do so until mid-August at the earliest. 2. (SBU) Seve [...] | 2007-07-30 07:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA KZ |
07ASTANA2113 | KAZAKHSTAN: G/TIP ACTION PLAN SEEN AS A (MOSTLY) GOOD [...] (SBU) On July 26 INL Officer delivered the TIP Action Plan demarche providing recommendations for increasing Kazakhstan's conviction and sentencing of traffickers, and improving assistance to victims to Ministry of Justice Office Director Elvira Abilkhasimovna Azimova. INL Officer provided a [...] | 2007-08-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KCRIM KZ |
07ASTANA2178 | KAZAKHSTAN: STRUCTURE OF THE BORDER GUARD SERVICE [...] (SBU) Post continues to work with the Border Guard Service through programs to combat narcotics, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and trafficking in persons. Programs are implemented by Department of State International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Office (INL) and Export Control and [...] | 2007-08-09 07:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KZ |
07ASTANA219 | BN-350 PERMANENT DISPOSITION TALKS BEGIN [...] (U) On January 24-25, a U.S. delegation led by NNSA Deputy Administrator William Tobey met with Kazakhstani officials for initial BN-350 spent fuel program Senior Policy Group (SPG) discussions. During the talks, the two sides agreed upon language for a draft joint communique establishing the [...] | 2007-01-25 09:48:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA2192 | KAZAKHSTANI MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS MAY-JULY 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary of media developments: --As reported in local media, Bulat Utermuratov, head of management affairs in Kazakhstan's presidential administration, and Armanzhan Baitasov, Channel 31 president, each plan to sell 25 percent of Channel 31, Kazakhstan's most objective television station [...] | 2007-08-12 23:56:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA2201 | KAZAKHSTAN DIPS ITS TOE IN ETHANOL [...] (SBU) Summary. The recently built ethanol plant in North Kazakhstan Oblast is touted by regional officials and company executives as the first ethanol production facility in all of the CIS. Officially opened in September 2006 (with President Nazarbayev pressing the "start" button to great fan [...] | 2007-08-13 03:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EIND ENRG PGOV KTDB KZ |
07ASTANA2221 | CAMPAIGNING IN MANGISTAU OBLAST: INCREASED FAIRNESS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8-10, Poloff and Pol FSN traveled to Aktau in Mangistau Oblast (western Kazakhstan) to meet with political party representatives and NGOs in advance of the August 18 elections. In general, the Aktau political scene reflects trends apparent throughout the country, with [...] | 2007-08-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE KZ |
07ASTANA2222 | CAMPAIGNING IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST: WHERE ART THOU, [...] (SBU) Summary. Northern Kazakhstan Oblast (NKO) presents an interesting, albeit somewhat extreme, microcosm of Kazakhstan's campaign for upcoming Mazhilis [lower house of Parliament] and regional legislative elections. The oblast, which has the distinction of having been the strongest support [...] | 2007-08-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA2223 | SCENESETTER: KAZAKHSTAN ELECTION PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: With Kazakhstan's parliamentary elections headed into the final few days of campaigning, it is clear that the pre-election period has been substantially freer and fairer than in any prior election. As one pundit put it, the political field is now much more level, although there [...] | 2007-08-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE KZ |
07ASTANA223 | JURY TRIAL SYSTEM DEBUTS IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 1, criminal defendants in Kazakhstan charged with aggravated murder have the right to request a jury trial. Under the system developed by Kazakhstani authorities, two judges, including the judge presiding at trial, participate on the jury along with nine lay jurors [...] | 2007-01-26 01:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KZ |
07ASTANA2244 | CAMPAIGNING IN EASTERN KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST: NUR OTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 10-12, Conoff and Con FSN traveled to Ust-Kamenogorsk in Eastern Kazakhstan Oblast (central eastern Kazakhstan, bordering on China and Russia) to meet with political party representatives and local authorities in advance of the August 18 elections. Additionally, Conoff [...] | 2007-08-19 23:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE KZ |
07ASTANA229 | KAZAKHSTAN: INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, post submits the following names of the five most influential women in Kazakhstan: NAME: Dariga Nazarbayeva TITLE: Member of the Mazhilis; Deputy Chairperson of the Otan Party; Leader of the Congress of Journalists. ORGANIZATION: Mazhilis (lower house [...] | 2007-01-27 05:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2297 | KAZAKHSTAN: UNGA DELEGATION MORE FIRM [...] (U) According to Almabek Demessinov, head of the United Nations section in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Kazakhstan now has more firm plans concerning its delegation to UNGA. Demessinov reports that the information below is "99%" certain, and that there are no plans for oth [...] | 2007-08-24 06:54:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA KZ |
07ASTANA2312 | KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO CONSIDER GAER CANDIDACY FOR COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 09:31:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA KZ |
07ASTANA2318 | KAZAKHSTAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Summary: Political parties competing in the August 18 Mazhilis elections had more freedom to campaign than ever before, the Central Election Commission operated professionally and transparently, and the voting process on election day was relatively smooth and fair. However, this progress [...] | 2007-08-27 01:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OSCE KZ |
07ASTANA232 | KAZAKHSTAN: NO RESPITE IN CAMPAIGN AGAINST HARE KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the negative publicity and diplomatic pressure Kazakhstan received after authorities executed a surprise demolition of Hare Krishna homes in November 2006, local government officials have not relented in their campaign to confiscate the Hare Krishna properties. In addit [...] | 2007-01-27 05:52:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA2432 | CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (SBU) Summary: In a one-hour meeting with Congressmen Faleomavaega and Cannon and the Ambassador, President Nazarbayev discussed Kazakhstan's development, praised U.S.- Kazakhstan relations, critiqued U.S. foreign policy and offered advice on Russia. Nazarbayev called Kazakhstan the United St [...] | 2007-09-10 07:42:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2511 | MERMOUD DISCUSSES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. In September 3-5 meetings with leaders of Kazakhstan's government and business, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud discussed the planned October 22 Washington inauguration of the bilateral U.S.-Kazakhstani Public Private Partnership Initi [...] | 2007-09-13 09:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EINV ELTN PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2541 | KAZAKHSTAN READY TO DEFEND RECORD AT OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Yerkin Akhinzhanov, director of the European Cooperation Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Akhinzhanov was joined by several members of Kazakhstan's delegation to the forthcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation [...] | 2007-09-14 08:26:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL OSCE KZ |
07ASTANA2581 | Kazakhstan Moves Cautiously Toward KAZBRIG Deployment; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has indicated that it is ready to commit units from its light infantry brigade, "KAZBRIG" to an overseas Peace Support Operation (PSO). An official announcement is expected after the details of the deployment (location, command and control ((C [...] | 2007-09-18 23:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS KZ |
07ASTANA2686 | KAZAKHSTAN: URALSK COURT CONVICTS TWO WOMEN FOR TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Summary: On September 19, the district court in the western Kazakhstani city of Uralsk convicted and sentenced two women for trafficking in minors. End summary. 2. (U) In December 2006 the oblast-level Department of Interior received information about two schoolgirls aged 15 and 16 who [...] | 2007-09-26 04:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PGOV KZ UZ |
07ASTANA2716 | GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN PROPOSES RESOLUTION OF CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) Summary. A new amendment to the Customs Code, enacted by the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) on July 26, mandates submission of export declaration forms when bringing goods into the country "for free circulation." When the new statute came into force on August 21, it immediately stopped [...] | 2007-09-28 02:03:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EIND ENRG PGOV KTDB KZ |
07ASTANA2718 | KAZAKHSTAN: CONFUSION SURROUNDS TREASON INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Committee for National Security (KNB) agents raided the headquarters of the Grace Presbyterian Church in Karaganda, a Grace Church in Ust Kamenogorsk, and several church-owned private homes in Karaganda, seizing documents and computers and questioning church officia [...] | 2007-09-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA2727 | KAZAKHSTAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT TIFA [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points on September 28 to Damigul Kabiyeva, Head of the WTO accession Department. Kabiyeva stated that she thought this summer's Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council events in Washington were a success and reiterated Kazakhstan's commitment to de [...] | 2007-10-01 05:46:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON PREL AF KG KZ TI TX UZ |
07ASTANA2728 | KAZAKHSTAN'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTION: UPDATED [...] (U) The following data for Kazakhstan in 2007, provided by Lubov Khudova, representative of the Kazakhstani Association of Light Industry Enterprises, and sources from the National Statistics Agency, responds to questions in ref A and updates information provided in ref B. -- Industrial pro [...] | 2007-10-01 11:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX KZ |
07ASTANA2760 | KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...] | 2007-10-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KZ |
07ASTANA2761 | KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...] | 2007-10-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KZ |
07ASTANA2762 | KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...] | 2007-10-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KZ |
07ASTANA2765 | KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...] | 2007-10-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KZ |
07ASTANA277 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: While recent Kazakhstani headlines have been dominated by discussion of the country's new government, its bid to assume the OSCE chairmanship, and a democratization initiative presumed to be in the works, the real, abiding story here is Kazakhstan's economy. The country's natura [...] | 2007-01-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KZ |
07ASTANA2807 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT ADVANCES QUESTIONABLE MEDIA REFORM [...] (U) Summary: On October 1, Adil Soz and several other media watchdog groups circulated copies of draft amendments to Kazakhstan's law concerning defamation in the media, as well as an open letter to Parliament criticizing the draft. Among other things, the proposed legislation removes imprison [...] | 2007-10-12 12:35:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2818 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRODI VISIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: During his October 8-9 visit to Kazakhstan, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi urged President Nazarbayev to avoid short-term solutions to long-term problems in the energy sector, focusing particularly on the Kashagan dispute and proposed amendments to Kazakhstan's law on subs [...] | 2007-10-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG KZ |
07ASTANA2819 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA ADVISOR DISCUSSES SHANGHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a discussion with Poloff, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Advisor for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Yerlan Shamishev stated that the SCO has a broad mandate and serves an important purpose because it solidifies links between Central Asian member states and Russia a [...] | 2007-10-15 12:15:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2823 | KAZAKHSTAN'S CUSTOMS SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON AMID HOPES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Kazakhstani customs shutdown, precipitated by the late-August enactment of a law with severe unintended consequences (reftel),continues. The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is pursuing a potential resolution on two different tracks: enactment of a law designed to relax the [...] | 2007-10-16 02:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EIND ENRG PGOV CASC KTDB KZ |
07ASTANA2851 | SOLANA DISCUSSES OSCE, ENERGY, AND IRAN WITH SOLANA [...] (SBU) Summary: European Union High Representative for External Policy and Security Javier Solana met with President Nazarbayev in Astana on October 10. Solana asked Nazarbayev to consider the option of chairing the OSCE after 2009. Nazarbayev told Solana that proposed amendments to the law on [...] | 2007-10-19 05:59:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA2931 | KAZAKHSTAN'S PROPOSED SUBSOIL AMENDMENT RATTLES FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: On 27 September 2007, the Kazakhstani Parliament approved an amendment to the "Law on Subsoil and Subsoil Use" which, if signed into law, may have substantial negative consequences for the investment climate in Kazakhstan. The draft amendments give the Government of Kazakhstan [...] | 2007-10-24 13:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ |
07ASTANA2935 | KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION WEBSITES BLOCKED [...] (U) On October 24, Tamara Kaleyeva of the media watchdog group Adil Soz and web publishers Yuriy Mizinov and Sergey Duvanov held a press conference in Almaty to criticize the blockage within Kazakhstan of four independent/opposition-oriented websites. According to the press conference organizer [...] | 2007-10-28 07:30:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA295 | KAZAKHSTAN MEDIA NEWS [...] (U) "Kazakhstan Media News" is a reporting series tracking events and developments affecting Kazakhstan's media. DRAFT LAW ON REGISTERING PRINT HOUSES RAISES CONCERN 2. (U) In December the Ministry of Information submitted to the Mazhilis, Kazakhstan's lower house of parliament, a draft [...] | 2007-02-04 05:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA3011 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES CRACKDOWN AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani law enforcement initiated a harassment campaign last week against four opposition newspapers that recently published stories about Rakhat Aliyev that included transcripts of recordings of embarrassing telephone conversations among high-level government officials. F [...] | 2007-11-06 02:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ |
07ASTANA3025 | KAZAKHSTAN MANAGING REVERBERATIONS OF THE U.S. SUBPRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. The global reverberations of the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S. have not passed Kazakhstan by. Though most observers believe that the impact of the current turbulence will be limited and not threaten the country's long-term economic prospects, there are nevertheless short [...] | 2007-11-07 07:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV KTDB KZ |
07ASTANA309 | KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 2, 2007 [...] (U) The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. "Shanyrak District Defenders" Stand Trial ----------------------------------------- [...] | 2007-02-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KZ |
07ASTANA3185 | KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT ADDRESSING CHALLENGES IN BANKING, [...] (SBU) Summary. Kazakhstan's central bank foresees 7 percent economic growth in 2008. Even so, the bank's chairman acknowledged to the Ambassador that challenges remain, particularly for the banking and construction sectors. The government appears firm in its commitment to support Kazakhstan [...] | 2007-11-26 05:14:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EFIN EINV KTDB KZ |
07ASTANA3206 | KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF ENERGY EXPLAINS DELAYS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff on November 21, Bakhit Shaikhislamova, Chief of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources External Relations Office, stated that several government agencies oppose signing the Communique on BN-350 Spent Fuel Permanent Disposition. As a result, Shaikh [...] | 2007-11-28 06:07:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC MCAP KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA372 | COOL ME DOWN: KAZAKHSTANI CENTRAL BANK'S DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 19 meeting, Medet Sartbayev, Deputy Chairman of Kazakhstan's Central Bank, discussed with Charge d'Affaires the current state, the risks, and the outlook of the Kazakhstani economy. Sartbayev expressed his concern with persistent inflationary pressures, the real e [...] | 2007-02-13 01:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD KZ |
07ASTANA443 | KAZAKHSTAN: OIL AND GAS AMENDMENTS SLIGHTLY TIGHTEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 12, Kazakhstan adopted new amendments to its "Petroleum" and "Subsoil" laws, the most notable of which prohibits the transfer of subsoil rights for two years following signature of a subsoil contract. While this amendment has received considerable attention in the pr [...] | 2007-02-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA454 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2006, Kazakhstan made further progress in its efforts to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Legislation passed in November 2005, combined with stepped-up enforcement efforts, further tipped the economic scales against piracy. President Nazarbayev underscored the impo [...] | 2007-02-21 09:41:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD KZ |
07ASTANA515 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRATIZATION COMMISSION COMPLETES ITS WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: During the final meeting of Kazakhstan's Democratization Commission on February 19, President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted many of the democratic reform proposals put forward by the Commission's five working groups and announced the formation of a new working group designed to m [...] | 2007-02-26 01:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA584 | KAZAKHSTAN: GUIDANCE SOUGHT ON ASSISTANCE TO U.S. TOBACCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Post seeks Department's guidance on a request from Phillip Morris's Kazakhstan office for the Ambassador to sign a letter of support for Phillip Morris's application to join Kazakhstan's "Foreign Investors' Council" (FIC). The FIC, chaired by President Nazarbayev, promotes dial [...] | 2007-03-06 01:20:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON KZ |
07ASTANA594 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 28, President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivered his annual state of the nation address before a joint session of parliament. The address, entitled "New Kazakhstan in the New World," was intended primarily for domestic consumption, with a heavy focus on modernizing socia [...] | 2007-03-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA613 | KAZAKHSTAN SUBMISSIONS FOR 2007 TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to submit the following information in response to reftel request. ------------------- OVERVIEW (PARA. 27) ------------------- 2. (SBU) (27A) Kazakhstan is a destination, transit, and source country for people trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexu [...] | 2007-03-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07ASTANA614 | KAZAKHSTAN SUBMISSIONS FOR 2007 TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to submit the following information in response to reftel request. ------------------- OVERVIEW (PARA. 27) ------------------- 2. (SBU) (27A) Kazakhstan is a destination, transit, and source country for people traffQked for the purposes of forced labor and sexua [...] | 2007-03-07 12:06:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07ASTANA618 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO RELIGION LAW SPARK CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Religious Issues Committee (RIC) of the Ministry of Justice recently acknowledged that it is drafting amendments to "modernize" and "update" Kazakhstan's law on religion. According to a draft of the amendments circulating among the human rights community, the new amendments [...] | 2007-03-12 01:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA652 | KAZAKHSTANI JOURNALISTS DEMAND RESIGNATION OF INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: A dispute between Kazakhstani journalists and Minister of Information Yermukhamet Yertysbayev boiled over the week of March 5 when prominent media advocates demanded the minister's resignation for his adversarial attitude toward the media. On March 2, as TV cameras rolled, Yer [...] | 2007-03-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA654 | CORRECTED COPY: KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO RELIGION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Religious Issues Committee (RIC) of the Ministry of Justice recently acknowledged that it is drafting amendments to "modernize" and "update" Kazakhstan's law on religion. According to a draft of the amendments circulating among the human rights community, the new amendments [...] | 2007-03-14 03:38:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA689 | KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS TO HOST THIRD GICNT MEETING [...] (SBU) On March 13, post received a diplomatic note from the Kazakhstani MFA dated March 5 formalizing the GOK's offer to host the next meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Informal embassy translation: No. 10-2-2/632 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic [...] | 2007-03-19 01:11:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA692 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO RELIGION LAW SPARK CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Religious Issues Committee (RIC) of the Ministry of Justice recently acknowledged that it is drafting amendments to "modernize" and "update" Kazakhstan's law on religion. According to a draft of the amendments circulating among the human rights community, the new amendments [...] | 2007-03-19 03:55:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA693 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO RELIGION LAW SPARK CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Religious Issues Committee (RIC) of the Ministry of Justice recently acknowledged that it is drafting amendments to "modernize" and "update" Kazakhstan's law on religion. According to a draft of the amendments circulating among the human rights community, the new amendments [...] | 2007-03-19 03:57:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA723 | KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO RELIGION LAW SPARK CONCERN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Religious Issues Committee (RIC) of the Ministry of Justice recently acknowledged that it is drafting amendments to "modernize" and "update" Kazakhstan's law on religion. According to a draft of the amendments circulating among the human rights community, the new amendments [...] | 2007-03-20 02:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA741 | KAZAKHSTAN: "OPERATION RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM" NETS BAPTISTS, [...] (U) Summary: From February 12-21, law enforcement services in the Northern Kazakhstan Oblast conducted a preventative sweep entitled "Operation Religious Extremism," purportedly as part of a CIS-wide program to combat terrorism and violent extremism. Authorities detained the leaders of eight Ch [...] | 2007-03-26 00:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA856 | GE SEEKS TO BUILD ON SUCCESSES IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 13 and 29, high-ranking GE executives discussed with Ambassador Ordway the company's plans for Kazakhstan. Six months after signing a contract, valued at about $700 million, with Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ, Kazakhstan's national railroad company),the company held in [...] | 2007-04-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ENRG EAIR ETRD EPET KZ |
07ASTANA86 | KAZAKHSTAN: KARIM MASIMOV NAMED NEXT PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev named Karim Masimov Kazakhstan's new Prime Minister on January 10, replacing Daniyal Akhmetov. Masimov's nomination was approved by a joint session of Parliament the same day. Once Masimov is officially appointed to the position, he will have 10 days to r [...] | 2007-01-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
07ASTANA860 | KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER ESTABLISHES CTR VAT [...] (SBU) On April 3, Prime Minister Masimov issued a decree establishing an interagency commission to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax (VAT) exemption claims for subcontractors. The commission met quickly for the first time on April 4 to establish its working procedures [...] | 2007-04-05 08:43:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA87 | KAZAKHSTAN: KARIM MASIMOV NAMED NEXT PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev named Karim Masimov Kazakhstan's new Prime Minister on January 10, replacing Daniyal Akhmetov. Masimov's nomination was approved by a joint session of Parliament the same day. Once Masimov is officially appointed to the position, he will have 10 days to r [...] | 2007-01-10 11:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
07ASTANA905 | AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR KAZAKHSTAN'S ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Although they have not suffered the level of upheaval experienced by Russian minorities in other former Soviet republics, Kazakhstan's ethnic Russians face concerns created by their dwindling political influence and the potential long-term ascendancy of the Kazakh language. Som [...] | 2007-04-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA918 | UPDATE ON KAZAKHSTANI JOURNALISTS CONFLICT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The rapid escalation of the conflict between Era TV and Information Minister Yermukhamet Yertysbayev in early March was just as rapidly defused by mid-month. Yertysbayev apologized March 14 "to all" whom he "might have offended" during a live television program. After Yertysba [...] | 2007-04-11 00:36:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ |
07ASTANA924 | KAZAKHSTAN: SPANISH FM MORATINOS SEES HOPE FOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) OSCE Chairman-in-Office Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos wrapped up his two-day visit to Kazakhstan with a briefing on April 11 for the press and diplomatic corps. Echoing the April 10 OSCE press release, Moratinos said that it was vital for Kazakhstan to make concrete progress [...] | 2007-04-12 00:49:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KZ |
07ASTANA927 | KAZAKHSTAN: PUSH CONTINUES ON CTR VAT ISSUE [...] (SBU) On April 10, the Ambassador met with Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Vladimir Shkolnik to urge his support in finding a solution to the value added tax issue threatening the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program in Kazakhstan. Shkolnik, a former Minister of Energy and Natu [...] | 2007-04-12 00:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA93 | KAZAKHSTAN ACCEPTS DATES FOR BN-350 TALKS [...] (SBU) Almaz Tulebayev, Director of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Department of Nuclear Energy and International Affairs, told Pol-Econ Officer on January 10 that Kazakhstan agrees to the dates of January 24-25 for senior level policy discussions on the final disposition of [...] | 2007-01-11 07:12:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA950 | KAZAKHSTAN: CTR VAT COMMISSION MOVES TOWARD A [...] (SBU) The interagency commission established to review the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption claims for subcontractors met twice on April 12 and 13. The Commission has not yet issued a written decision but several commission members told Pol/Econ Chief and DTRA Chief [...] | 2007-04-13 10:34:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA974 | KAZAKHSTAN: VAT COMMISSION APPROVES CTR CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Korzhova informed the Ambassador late on April 13 that the interagency commission established to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption claims for subcontractors had approved nine of ten pending contracts. (Note: Post submitted five of the su [...] | 2007-04-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP KZ |
07ASTANA986 | KAZAKHSTAN FLOATS IDEA OF CHINA-CASPIAN ENERGY / [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK is floating the idea of an "energy transportation corridor" running from China to the Caspian through Southern Kazakhstan, which would consolidate oil and gas pipelines, railroad tracks, highways, electricity transmission lines and generating plants, and telecommunicati [...] | 2007-04-18 03:10:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET KZ |
07ASTANA991 | NEW HEAD OF FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Summary: On March 29, the Chairman of the Financial Police appointed Major-General Ramazan Tleuhan to head the Kazakhstani Financial Police Academy located near Astana. The new Head of Financial Police Academy replaces Colonel/Professor of the Financial Police Academy, Marat Kogamov. End [...] | 2007-04-18 06:25:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCOR KCRM KZ |
07ASUNCION1020 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Post reports the following information per reftel on the worst forms of child labor in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: A) What laws have been promulgated on child labor? Are there exceptions to the minimum age law? -- The 1993 L [...] | 2007-12-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI PA |
07ASUNCION1031 | PARAGUAY'S COUNTERDRUG AGENCY UNDER INVESTIGATION [...] (U) Economic crimes prosecutor Arnaldo Giuzzio opened a formal investigation of members of Paraguay's National Counternarcotics Secretariat (SENAD) December 7 regarding alleged irregularities involving a food services contract. Giuzzio confiscated SENAD files pertaining to the alleged failure [...] | 2007-12-14 19:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR PREL PA |
07ASUNCION146 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE FEBRUARY 17 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Conviction Against Gonzalez Maachi Overturned -- Supreme Court Rules Congress Not To Oversee Dam Funds -- CAPSTONE Class in Paraguay -- Ambassador Visits Cooperatives -- MCC Brings Investors to Paraguay -- Fostering Competitiveness CONVICTION AGAINST GONZALEZ MAACHI OVERT [...] | 2007-02-26 17:02:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PA |
07ASUNCION158 | PARAGUAY: THE SEVENTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) This cable responds to the detailed questions regarding Anti-Trafficking in Persons efforts for Paraguay. OVERVIEW A. Paraguay is a source country for trafficked women and children, many of whom are smuggled across Paraguay's borders into the neighboring countries of Argentina, Boli [...] | 2007-03-02 18:15:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PA |
07ASUNCION193 | PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MARCH 3 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: Action Request, see para 2. -- POTUS and the Mayor -- Barakat Kidnapped -- Better Health with Better Information -- Journalist Attacked by Log Traffickers -- Afro-Paraguayans Release Report POTUS AND THE MAYOR 2. (U) POTUS, March 5 speech on the Americas was widely cover [...] | 2007-03-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PA |
07ASUNCION202 | URGENT - REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 10 and 11. 2. (U) President Duarte, under law 3159 and Presidential Decree 9056, declared the dengue fever situation a national emergency February 27. In what is the country,s worst outbreak in seven years, more than 19,189 cases have been confirmed [...] | 2007-03-13 22:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PA |
07ASUNCION379 | PARAGUAY: A/S SHANNON STRESSES POSITIVE U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon expressed during his April 26-28 visit the U.S. commitment to strengthening our relationship with Paraguay and the region, based on a deeper appreciation for the economic and social challenges facing the region. Members of U.S.-funded investigative units expressed their [...] | 2007-05-07 21:11:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER ECON PA |
07ASUNCION687 | DUARTE TAKES ON THE CHURCH [...] (SBU) President Duarte, who has been actively campaigning for Colorado Party presidential pre-candidate Blanca Ovelar, has extended his verbal attacks on resigned Catholic bishop (and front-runner) Fernando Lugo to the Catholic Church as a whole. On August 12, Duarte implicitly jabbed Lugo whe [...] | 2007-08-17 19:00:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PA |
07ASUNCION742 | TURBULENCE HITS PARAGUAY'S AVIATION INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite low passenger volumes and unprofitable conditions, several airlines are expanding operations to Paraguay. Regional politics, as opposed to market realities, drive their decisions. Additionally, concerns over Bolivia's nationalization of key industries prompted one ai [...] | 2007-09-06 19:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PREL PA |
07ASUNCION820 | DUARTE'S POPULARITY SINKS AS ECONOMY REMAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Faced with declining poll numbers indicating that he is the least popular president in the Western Hemisphere, President Duarte labors to counter public perceptions that his administration has ineffectively managed Paraguay's economy. Those perceptions reflect Duarte's fiscal [...] | 2007-10-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PA |
07ASUNCION894 | LUGO GEARS UP, AS DUARTE MOVES TO BLOCK [...] (U) Pre-presidential candidate and former Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo officially registered his political organization, the Patriotic Alliance for Change (APC),with the National Electoral Tribunal (TSJE) September 28. The APC includes eight opposition parties and various political and soci [...] | 2007-10-25 21:05:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL PA |
07ASUNCION986 | CODEL REID AFFIRMS U.S. INTEREST IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) During its November 25-27 visit to Asuncion, CODEL Reid met with senior-most leaders of all three branches of government. The CODEL met Foreign Minister Ramirez, who Senator Reid thanked for his role in securing a meeting with President Duarte earlier that morning (septel). Ramirez re [...] | 2007-12-03 10:01:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP PGOV PA |
07ASUNCION994 | FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT [...] (U) Paraguay is the third most corrupt country in the hemisphere after Haiti and Venezuela, and it has an antiquated and weak legislative framework. Regional Legal Advisor (RLA) Kevin Sundwall arrived in Asuncion in March 2007 and began working with committed Paraguayan counterparts to bring a [...] | 2007-12-04 18:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON SNAR PGOV PA |
07ATHENS1036 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED ARMS TRADE [...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Proposed Arms Trade Treaty to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations at the MFA. On May 21, Poloff met with Rallis and with his assistant Dionyssios Kyvetos who handles [...] | 2007-05-22 04:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC UNDC PARM GR |
07ATHENS1037 | UNSCR 1267: GREEK RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-22 04:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER UNSC |
07ATHENS1249 | AMCITS IN IRAN: GREEKS SUPPORT EU APPROACH [...] (SBU) On June 12, DepPolcouns delivered reftel demarche on the treatment of Amcits in Iran to MFA A6 Directorate for Arab and Middle East Countries First Counsellor Ioannis Pediotis. Pediotis promised to look into the possibility of Greece's making an approach to the Iranians. 2. (SBU) On [...] | 2007-06-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN GR |
07ATHENS1333 | GREEK POLL: ND VICTORY BUT SMALLER MAJORITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent opinion poll by authoritative MRB Hellas predicts electoral victory for the incumbent New Democracy (ND) party but with a reduced parliamentary majority. According to the poll, Greek voters continue to show qualified confidence in the governing party and find PM Karama [...] | 2007-06-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS1342 | GREECE: FOREST FIRES, BRUTAL HEATWAVE TAKE TOLL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An eight-day heat wave and onslaught of rural fires destroyed the old-growth Mt. Parnitha National Forest in Attica, as well as other swaths of precious forest resources throughout Greece. In the face of at least nine deaths, critics have called the government "confused" and "s [...] | 2007-07-02 04:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI GR |
07ATHENS1361 | GREECE: BSEC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 2, DepPolCouns, Econoff, and Poloff delivered BSEC environmental symposium demarche points to MFA B2 Directorate for Economic and Commercial Affairs Deputy Director Ioannis Metaxas. Metaxas responded that high-level officials from the Ministry of the Environment and the Minist [...] | 2007-07-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL KCRM GR |
07ATHENS1383 | GREECE: ND CONGRESS KEEPS 'EM GUESSING ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A carefully orchestrated seventh New Democracy party congress ended Sunday without setting a date for the next elections, though some pundits hinted no later than November. PM Karamanlis defended his administration's record and promised to stick to the path of government reform [...] | 2007-07-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS1384 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S DISAPPOINTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EUN UNHCR GR |
07ATHENS1386 | GREECE: DEMARCH DELIVERED ON AMBASSADOR WILLIAM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG GR |
07ATHENS1416 | GREECE SCORES VICTORY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 8, Greek anti-trafficking police carried out simultaneous raids on 34 different locations in Athens, arresting 11 suspected members of an international trafficking ring and another 62 persons accused of facilitating vice and prostitution. Three women (out of 45 detaine [...] | 2007-07-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG GR |
07ATHENS1422 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: GREEKS UNABLE TO ATTEND AUGUST [...] (SBU) On July 2, DepPolCouns delivered reftel information sheet on the August 26-29 meeting in Germany on establishing a web-based information portal for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. [...] | 2007-07-16 11:55:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PREL GR |
07ATHENS1486 | GREECE: SIGNED BUT NOT RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) On July 23, DepPolCouns discussed reftel issues concerning the International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC) with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Counsellor Photis Bourlogiannis. Bourlogiannis said Greece was amongst the first signatories [...] | 2007-07-25 21:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GR |
07ATHENS1531 | 99TH U.S.-GREEK JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 23, the 99th meeting of the U.S.-Greek Joint Commission dealing with bilateral political-military issues, particularly the relationship between Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) and the Government of Greece, was held at Souda Bay NSA on the island of Cre [...] | 2007-07-31 13:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL GR |
07ATHENS1542 | GREECE UPDATED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE NEWS [...] (SBU) On August 2, DepPolCouns/GICO informed Greek counterparts that Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Zambia had endorsed the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (ref a). We also took the opportunity to provide to Greece its GI web portal interim log-on information (ref b). COUNTRYMAN [...] | 2007-08-02 06:29:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC GR |
07ATHENS1557 | CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION: GREECE OFFERS [...] (SBU) PolOff and visiting DeskOff delivered reftel dipnote, points, and CV of Felice Gaer to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Deputy Head Ambassador Alexandros Rallis. Rallis said he would forward the materials to the FM's Cabinet and to the Greek mission in Geneva with the [...] | 2007-08-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA GR |
07ATHENS1714 | FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 28 SITREP [...] (SBU) Though apparently fewer in number, wildfires continue to burn, principally in the Peloponnese peninsula and on the island of Evia but also elsewhere. Risk of fire remains high. According to the Fire Service spokesperson, no villages are currently threatened but the winds remain unpre [...] | 2007-08-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1742 | GOG ATTENDANCE AT 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Information requested reftel provided below but should be treated as strictly provisional. Greece's general elections will take place on September 16; any revision due to changes in government structure will be provided after that date. 2. (SBU) Responses below are keyed to refte [...] | 2007-08-31 13:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
07ATHENS1761 | GREEK FIRES: SEPT. 4 UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Greek Fire Service has announced that all wild fires are now out. PM Karamanlis presented a recovery plan to the nation over the weekend, as did opposition PASOK's Papandreaou. FM B [...] | 2007-09-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS CASC PREL PGOV EAID GR |
07ATHENS1785 | GREEK ELECTIONS PART I: MECHANICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: On September 16, Greek voters will go to the polls in snap elections called by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in mid-August before devastating fires claimed scores of lives, hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable forests, and billions of euros in damaged an [...] | 2007-09-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1804 | GREEK ELECTIONS PART II: NEW DEMOCRACY STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis called elections for September 16 in mid-August before massive wildfires had taken scores of lives and destroyed valuable forests and property. Poll figures are not conclusive on the political impact of the fires; most observers believe ruling N [...] | 2007-09-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS184 | INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER: GOG NAMES NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF [...] (SBU) On January 23, the Greek Committee on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by PM Karamanlis replaced retiring Chief of the Air Force General Staff Lt. General George Avlonitis with Lt. General Ioannis Giangos, presently chief of Tactical Air Force HQ (HTAF). Rumors that the GoG w [...] | 2007-01-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR |
07ATHENS1840 | GREECE'S INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Defense and promotion of human rights and of those engaged in the cause of advancing human rights is one of our top Mission Strategic Goals. Embassy Athens regularly engages with defenders of freedom, meeting with NGO leaders in local clinics, shelters, and day cay centers; attending cr [...] | 2007-09-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL GR |
07ATHENS1889 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] (SBU) On September 18, DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies meeting on the margins of the UNGA on October 1 to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, deputy head, MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Rallis was una [...] | 2007-09-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV |
07ATHENS1890 | GREECE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) On September 18, DePolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche encouraging Greece to make a contribution to the special Tribunal for Lebanon to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, deputy head of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. Rallis said Greece recognized the import [...] | 2007-09-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE PTER GR |
07ATHENS1899 | GREECE WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On September 20, DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered ref a demarche encouraging Greece to vote in favor of U.S. candidate Felice Gaer in the UN Committee Against Torture elections to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, deputy head, MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. 2. (SBU) R [...] | 2007-09-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL GR |
07ATHENS1992 | GREEK POSITION ON PRESSURING BURMA REGIME [...] (SBU) On October 2, PolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel points on Burma to First Counsellor Adam Adamidis, Asia-Oceania Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) Adamidis confirmed the EU and Greece's general condemnation of the tactics used by the Burma regime, noting existing EU [...] | 2007-10-04 13:32:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS1994 | BIRD-CARRYING BANK ROBBER LINKED TO THE LEFT [...] (SBU) On October 3, Greek media devoted surprising attention to a minor bank robbery. The inept thief apparently stopped by a local open-air market on the way to his crime. Having purchased some groceries and a caged bird, he placed them on his bicycle and proceeded -- with unidentified ac [...] | 2007-10-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS2006 | Date Change for Athens "Challenge of Climate" Conference - [...] Summary. In response to the recent GoG elections, and the selection of new Minister of Development Christos Folias, the organizing committee of the Athens "Challenge of Change" Climate Change conference announced the postponement of the conference until May 2008. The primary reason given for [...] | 2007-10-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV SOCI EAID GR |
07ATHENS2017 | DASD DOUGLAS PUSHES FOR GREEK PSI SHIPBOARDING [...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 30-October 5 visit to Greece as head of the U.S. delegation to the PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) conference in Rhodes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Douglas advocate [...] | 2007-10-10 09:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR |
07ATHENS2106 | GREECE RATIFIES NAZI-ERA ARCHIVE RELEASE DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Athens visit of Special Holocaust Envoy Kennedy, the new Greek Parliament in its first official ratification act approved by unanimous consent the amendment to the International Tracing Service (ITS) agreement, capping off the eleven-nation approval process for releas [...] | 2007-10-25 07:49:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GR PGOV PREL |
07ATHENS2109 | GREECE WILL SUPPORT WALKER FOR UN AUDIT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On October 19, PolOff delivered reftel demarche seeking Greek support for the candidacy of David Walker to the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) to MFA D1 International Organizations Deputy Head Ambassador Alexandros Rallis. 2. (SBU) DepPolCouns discussed the issue furthe [...] | 2007-10-25 08:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC GR UNGA |
07ATHENS2113 | GREEK VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On October 18, PolOff delivered reftel points on U.S. positions on UNGA Third Committee resolutions to Ambassador Georgios Dimitriadis, deputy head of the MFA D4 Directorate for Human Rights Issues. 2. (SBU) On October 25, DepPolCouns discussed the issues further with Dimitriadis His [...] | 2007-10-25 12:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA GR |
07ATHENS2155 | CWC: U.S./ITALY TEXT PASSED TO GREEKS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 11:33:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC GR |
07ATHENS217 | CODEL SMITH MEETINGS WITH GREEK POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 28-29 visit to Athens, CODEL SMITH met with Prime Minister (PM) Kostas Karamanlis, Foreign Minister (FM) Dora Bakoyiannis and prominent business leaders and parliamentarians. The PM emphasized the good cooperation between Greek and American authorities investigatin [...] | 2007-02-01 15:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OVIP GR |
07ATHENS2196 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary. EconOffs visited GOG officials regarding the latest FATF statement regarding enhanced due diligence for Iran entities. GOG officials stated that "Greek banks are already required to conduct enhanced due diligence when dealing with Iranain entities", therefore further official [...] | 2007-11-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC GR |
07ATHENS2263 | GREECE ON UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE [...] (SBU) On November 13, Poloff delivered reftel points regarding the "UN General Assembly Resolution Condemning Rape8 to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, deputy director of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. 2. (SBU) On November 15, Rallis replied that he had shared the U.S. [...] | 2007-11-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA GR |
07ATHENS2280 | GREEK MEDIA WELCOME PAROLED SPY STEVEN LALAS AS HERO [...] (U) Summary and Comment: A major news story over the weekend of November 24-25 in Greece, the return of former Foreign Service communicator and convicted spy Steven Lalas on Sunday afternoon was covered live on Greek television, and featured prominently in the evening's prime-time broadcasts. [...] | 2007-11-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL ASEC KPAO GR |
07ATHENS2295 | UNGA: GREECE WILL FOLLOW EU LINE ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on anti-Israel UNGA resolutions to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Deputy Head of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, and to Giorgos Ayfantis, Deputy Head of the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab and Middle East Issues. DepPolCons stressed [...] | 2007-11-30 12:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IS GR |
07ATHENS2313 | TGI GAS PIPELINE INAUGURATION: GREEK EDITORIALISTS WORRY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The US presence at the November 18 inauguration ceremony of the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas inter-connector and Energy Secretary Bodman's meetings in Athens the next day were very visible in the Greek media. International press coverage from the Athens-based wi [...] | 2007-12-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KPAO GR TU IT |
07ATHENS2335 | GREECE: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Political section and LEGATT discussed the status of the Greek ratification process of the 2003 U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance with several contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Justice. Greek legal experts were of the opinion that the agreements@o be [...] | 2007-12-11 14:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA PREL KCRM KJUS EUN GR |
07ATHENS2351 | GREECE: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Political section and LEGATT discussed the status of the Greek ratification process of the 2003 U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance with several contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Justice. Greek legal experts were of the opinion that the agreements the [...] | 2007-12-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA PREL KCRM KJUS EUN GR |
07ATHENS2367 | GREECE: VETERAN PETRALIA NAMED EMPLOYMENT MINISTER [...] (SBU) On December 14, veteran Greek ruling New Democracy party member and former minister Fani Palli-Petralia was named Minister for Employment and Social Protection as the government faces a tough, uphill fight to reform the ailing state-run pension system. Petralia ) a former Tourism Minist [...] | 2007-12-17 14:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS2380 | GREECE: TIP ACTION GUIDE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On December 19, DCM delivered reftel Action Guide to Combat TIP to Aristedes Agathocles, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Agathocles informed DCM that he was now the Coordinator of the Inter-Ministerial Group dealing with TIP issues for the GoG. DCM advised Agatholc [...] | 2007-12-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG GR |
07ATHENS2393 | IPR AFTER THE ELECTIONS: SOME PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Greek authorities told us on December 18 that they launched a coordinated sweep against contraband street peddlers. The sweep will be conducted each day between now and January 15, with the exception of December 24. Subsequent calls ot industry representatives revealed tha [...] | 2007-12-21 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR GR |
07ATHENS334 | NEXT ROUND BEGINS: 505 AND BLANKET ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Greg Vassiloconstantakis, acting head of MFA North America directorate, DepPolCouns and ODC officer delivered reftel End-User Agreement texts. Vassiloconstantakis promised to pass the texts immediately to both his political leadership and MFA legal experts. Hazarding a [...] | 2007-02-14 16:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV PREL KPKO KTIA GR |
07ATHENS340 | GREEK INITIAL RESPONSE TO UN MIDDLE RING SECURITY [...] (SBU) On 15 February, Poloffs communicated reftel points to MFA Deputy Director (International Organizations) Amb. Rallis. Rallis inquired which nations had previously contributed to the Distinct Entity Trust Fund. Poloffs responded per reftel paragraph 5. Rallis further inquired whether U. [...] | 2007-02-15 14:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN IZ GR |
07ATHENS342 | BSEC: GREEKS URGE HASTE ON U.S. ENVIRO PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with DepPolCouns on the Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization (BSEC),Greek MFA Bilateral Economic Relations Directorate Counselor Ionnis Metaxas said Greece supported the U.S. proposal for an environmental worksho [...] | 2007-02-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS413 | ANTI-TIP IN GREECE: NGO & GOG ASSESSMENT OF [...] (U) In a series of meetings February 9-13 with visiting Cyprus/Greece/Turkey Desk Officer and Embassy PolOff, MFA officials repeatedly underscored their appreciation for U.S. cooperation in the battle against the "deplorable crime" of trafficking in persons (TIP). Officials stressed Greece's [...] | 2007-02-26 08:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR |
07ATHENS462 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-GREEK ECCC MEETING MARCH 12 [...] SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Athens warmly welcomes DAS Bryza, USDOC DAS Dyck and AID DAA Mefford's March 12 visit to participate in the 2007 meeting of the U.S.-Greek Economic and Commercial Cooperation Commission (ECCC). The visit offers an opportunity to strengthen our "strategic partnership," [...] | 2007-03-05 09:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ENRG ECON GR |
07ATHENS467 | GREEK RESPONSE TO RRW ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) On March 2, DepPolCouns delivered ref a demarche on the announcement of the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program to officials in several relevant offices at MFA, including A7 North America Directorate acting chief Grigorios Vassiloconstandakis, D2 NATO Directorate deputy chief Chron [...] | 2007-03-05 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL GR |
07ATHENS496 | 98TH U.S.-GREECE JOINT COMMISSION: MEETING SUMMARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 98th session of the U.S.-Greek Joint Commission dealing with bilateral political-military issues, particularly relations between the U.S. Souda Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Crete and the Government of Greece (GoG),was held in Athens on February 28 and made p [...] | 2007-03-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL GR |
07ATHENS497 | U.S./RUSSIAN DEMARCHE ON THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On 6 March 2007, Ambassador Ries and Russian Ambassador Andrey Vdovin called on MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas to deliver jointly demarches concerning the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel). Both ambassadors urged the GoG to endorse the Statement of Princip [...] | 2007-03-09 05:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GR |
07ATHENS504 | GREECE PART 4: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 09:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
07ATHENS509 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ASEAN EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) PolOff raised reftel points with Greek MFA Deputy Director (International Organizations) Ambassador Alexander Rallis. Rallis promised to communicate the points in advance of the March 14-15 conference to FM Bakoyannis, MFA Secretary General Rocanas, Political Division Director Vassilopou [...] | 2007-03-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BM EUN GR |
07ATHENS534 | EDUCATION BILL PASSES AMID VIOLENT PROTESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The education bill passed by the Greek parliament on March 8 is far from the sweeping constitutional reform the Karamanlis government once sought. Rather than providing for a systematic overhaul, it tinkers with the existing state-funded university system. The bill makes no p [...] | 2007-03-13 16:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS625 | SEA CHANGE AT SOUDA BAY: NEW LOCAL POLITICIANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a March 22 visit to Crete to attend the retirement ceremony for departing Captain Sale, Ambassador met local mayors and the new nomarch (governor) of Chania. The positive reception Ambassador received was markedly different from his very frosty meetings with the old left [...] | 2007-03-27 08:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL GR |
07ATHENS644 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 1-2 CODEL HOYER VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: I warmly welcome CODEL Hoyer's April 1-2 visit to Athens. We are delighted you will have an opportunity during this stopover to glimpse post-Olympics Athens and learn about our strategic partnership with Greece. Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis -- who has just returned from a v [...] | 2007-03-28 15:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CVIS GR |
07ATHENS647 | GREECE: REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following the pattern of recent years, the release of the Human Rights Report in Greece was generally reported with straightforward analysis of the issues. For the most part, newspapers avoided the hyperbolic tones that are often the watermark of Greek journalism - especially on any matt [...] | 2007-03-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR |
07ATHENS651 | CFE GREECE: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. DEPARTMENT SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) U.S. delegation led by DAS Karin L. Look concluded with Greek counterparts the text of the political commitment (NOTE: referred to as an "arrangement" in the final text. END NOTE) that will govern the exchange of CFE Treaty ent [...] | 2007-03-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL NATO KCFE GR |
07ATHENS758 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GREECE AND GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On April 12, Russian DCM Aleksey Rogalev with the consent of Embassy delivered welcome message on joining the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas. Russian DCM also SIPDIS delivered the schedule of events, statement of principles, [...] | 2007-04-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIT PARM PREL UP GR |
07ATHENS763 | GREECE WANTS TO ATTEND SIGNING OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On April 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the signing of the International Compact with Iraq to Greek MFA D1 International Organizations Directorate deputy chief Ambassador Alexandros Rallis then followed up with acting deputy chief of the A7 Directorate for Arab and Middle East [...] | 2007-04-17 09:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL GR |
07ATHENS82 | REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO REOPEN EMBASSY TO THE [...] At 0555 on January 12, a rocket propelled grenade struck the Embassy chancery. In order to facilitate the investigation, the Embassy remained closed until 11:00 a.m., opening at that time only for internal business related to the incident itself. A warden message was distributed. The crime [...] | 2007-01-12 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC AMGT AEMR PINS KFLO GR |
07ATHENS823 | REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO REOPEN EMBASSY TO THE [...] Per REFTEL A American Embassy Athens closed to the public and all non-essential security personnel at 0600 hrs local on April 25, 2007. All Embassy personnel were contacted through the Emergency Notification System, with a back-up message sent vis SMS, to avoid the Embassy and surrounding are [...] | 2007-04-25 10:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC GT KFLO PINS PTER |
07ATHENS903 | ACES VETTING REQUEST (PANAGIOTOPOULOS, [...] (SBU) This ACES vetting request is for a FOAA-funded course sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and scheduled for June 5-25, 2007. This is the 85th International Narcotics Enforcement Management Seminar (INEMS),and will be held in the Tampa/Clearwater, Florida area. Co- [...] | 2007-05-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSEP MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL GR |
07ATHENS977 | ACES VETTING REQUEST (POGA, MARIA) [...] (SBU) This ACES vetting request is for a FOAA-funded course sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and scheduled for June 5-25, 2007. This is the 85th International Narcotics Enforcement Management Seminar (INEMS),and will be held in the Tampa/Clearwater, Florida area. Co- [...] | 2007-05-16 04:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS KSEP PHUM PINR PINS PREL GR |
07AUCKLAND118 | LOCAL ELECTIONS IN AUCKLAND - LITTLE ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (SBU) Summary. Towns and cities across New Zealand are voting for new mayors and council members. The vote - even that in New Zealand's biggest city - will have little impact on national politics. The issues are pedestrian and the voters apathetic. New Zealand's future leadership is not in [...] | 2007-10-12 02:15:00 | Consulate Auckland | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV NZ |
07BAGHDAD1028 | PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI LOCAL LEADERS SPEAK OUT: NEW [...] THIS IS A PRT TIKRIT, SALAH AD DIN CABLE. 2. SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, ENTIRE TEXT. 3. SUMMARY AND COMMENT. BAYJI COMMUNITY LEADERS STRONGLY WELCOMED THE PROSPECT OF NEW PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING REGULATIONS IN 2007, WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND [...] | 2007-03-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR IZ |
07BAGHDAD1124 | PRT TIKRIT: PROVINCIAL GOVERNANCE TAKES BIG STEP, APPROVES [...] This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 3. SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Salah ad Din Provincial Council (PC) approved the 2007 provincial capital budget during a special meeting in Tikrit on March 28. After several hours of energetic debate, bu [...] | 2007-04-01 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1238 | THE DOLLAR MARKET IN SULAIMANIYAH, IRAQI KURDISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Sulaimaniyah Province, Iraqi Kurdistan said the unofficial dollar market operates there in response to the lack of basic banking services and products of the local banks. The dollar market operates without official controls which lend [...] | 2007-04-10 07:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1257 | GOI SUBMITS NON-PROLIFERATION LAW [...] (SBU) During an April 8 meeting, Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Rai'd Fahmi Jahid and Director General of Nuclear Technology Mohammad al-Sharaa told PolMilOffs that the GOI had drafted a non-proliferation law. They said that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had [...] | 2007-04-12 01:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1339 | UNION OF KURDISTAN WOMEN IN SULAIMANIYAH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The head of the Zhinan Union of Kurdistan Women (ZUKW) told PRTOff that her organization supports the rights of Kurds to self-determination and freedom and the opportunity for women to exercise a broad range of civic and legal rights. ZUKW, which operates at both the regional [...] | 2007-04-19 06:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN IZ |
07BAGHDAD134 | PRT TIKRIT: PRT-BCT RELATIONS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. It has been cleared by the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (3/82) Brigade Combat Team (BCT),which is the Coalition Forces (CF) task force with responsibility for the province of Salah ad Din (SaD). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. PRT Tikrit and 3 [...] | 2007-01-13 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD1424 | NINEWA'S PROVINCIAL COUNCIL FULLY FUNCTIONAL [...] (U) The Ninewa Provincial Council (PC) has evolved into a fully-functioning political body that debates and resolves provincial issues of the day. With this maturity, Ninewa PRT has assumed a role with Ninewa's PC that a U.S. Mission office would normally play in a developing democracy. Acco [...] | 2007-04-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1442 | UNION OF KURDISTAN WOMEN IN SULAIMANIYAH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Zhinan Union of Kurdistan Women (ZUKW) supports the rights of Kurds to self-determination and freedom and the opportunity for women to exercise a broad range of civic and legal rights. ZUKW is supported by Iraqi public and international agencies and Iraqi President Jalal T [...] | 2007-04-29 05:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1475 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT, UPDATE FROM BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Against the backdrop of intense diplomacy on the Neighbors' Conference and a difficult political environment, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has done a good job of getting international support for the Compact lined up. Given the relatively short lead time following the decision [...] | 2007-05-01 19:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD1505 | THE KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP IN SULAIMANIYAH, IRAQI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) members told RRT off that they would like to increase the dialogue on a range of issues between the KIG and USG. They similarly said they wanted to see more USG engagement with moderate Islamic political parties in Kurdistan and more broadly in Ira [...] | 2007-05-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1540 | KIRKUK FACING WORST WATER SHORTAGE IN TEN YEARS [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Low precipitation in Lake Dokan's watershed means that Dokan Dam's electrical generation this year likely will be 25 percent less than last year's and Kirkuk faces its most serious water shortage in the last ten years, with a significant impact on farmers in Kirkuk's restive A [...] | 2007-05-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD1580 | THE KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP IN SULAIMANIYAH, IRAQI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) members told RRTOff that they would like to increase the dialogue on a range of issues between the KIG and USG. They similarly said they wanted to see more USG engagement with moderate Islamic political parties in Kurdistan and more broadly in Ira [...] | 2007-05-14 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD1597 | Situation of Internally Displaced Persons in Dohuk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The majority of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Dohuk Province are from two groups: Iraqi Christians from Mosul who moved for economic reasons or fled sectarian violence; and Iraqis from Baghdad and other parts of Iraq who fled due to the security environment. The off [...] | 2007-05-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD1621 | PRT TIKRIT: TIKRIT LAW SCHOOL LEARNS ABOUT U.S. [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (SBU) In a first of its kind May 14 lecture, the PRT's Rule of Law Advisor, a Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutor, gave an overview of the U.S. Justice system to over 40 law school students and faculty from the University of Tikrit's [...] | 2007-05-19 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KCRM IZ |
07BAGHDAD1625 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for trainin [...] | 2007-05-20 05:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1630 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-05-20 08:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1699 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We request the release of U.S. sensors and weapons (described in para 3-5) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) for incorporation onboard Iraqi Air Force (IAF) aircraft to advance the GOI's counter-terrorism capability and sec [...] | 2007-05-23 08:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1731 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the release of AN/PVS-7 (Gen 3, 1250 FOM) Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) and AN/PEQ-2 Target Pointer Illuminating Aiming Lights (TIAPL) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Mini [...] | 2007-05-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1738 | LETTER FROM FORMER PRIME MINISTER JA'FARI TO [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister and current Council of Representatives member Ibrahim al-Ja'fari gave the Ambassador a letter to President Bush on May 23. Full text of the letter is below. Begin Text: His Excellency George W. Bush, President of the United States of America I would like t [...] | 2007-05-25 10:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1741 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ [...] This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the full release of U.S Generation III AN/PVS-7 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq for use by the Iraqi Army to enable improved counterterrorism operations and reduction of potentia [...] | 2007-05-25 14:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ |
07BAGHDAD1747 | CODEL BAIRD VISITS RAMADI, MEETS WTIH LOCAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: CODEL Baird, which consisted of Representatives Brian Baird (D-WA) and Christopher Shays (R-CT),visited Camp Blue Diamond in Ramadi on May 22, where the congressmen met with the Mayor of Ramadi and Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, a Provin [...] | 2007-05-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV OEXC PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD1821 | MINISTRY OF TRADE'S GULF IRAQI EXPO [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Embassy Baghdad considers the Gulf Iraqi Expo to be a serious Ministry of Trade effort, run by the State Company for Iraqi Fairs. The U.S. Foreign Commercial Service in Iraq's website includes a link to the Expo, which was postponed from March 2007 to November 200 [...] | 2007-05-31 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EINV ETRD IZ |
07BAGHDAD2048 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-06-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2200 | PRT TIKRIT: SALAH AD DIN LEADERS FACE TOUGH ECONOMIC [...] This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. This is the first of two cables regarding the Salah ad Din Business Investment Conference. 3. Sensitive but unclassified, entire text. 4. SUMMARY. The Governor of Salah ad Din hosted a gathering of over 100 public and private sector leader [...] | 2007-07-03 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR IR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2228 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2007-07-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD2343 | PRT TIKRIT: COULD A LIST-BASED ELECTION THREATEN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) Most residents in the province of Salah ad Din (SaD) want elections to happen as soon as possible. They acknowledge that the boycott of the 2005 poll was a serious political misstep, and they are keen to correct it. In addition to wan [...] | 2007-07-15 12:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2344 | PRT TIKRIT: TRIBAL SECURITY INITIATIVES IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) Since the Salah ad Din (SaD) Support Council, a grouping of tribal sheikhs fighting al Qaeda in the province, formed in mid-June (reftel),two major differences have emerged which distinguish the SaD efforts from the tribal security ini [...] | 2007-07-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MCAP IZ |
07BAGHDAD2435 | PRT TIKRIT: DE-BAATHIFICATION CONTINUES TO PLAGUE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Salah ad Din's continued receipt of de- Baathification orders to remove individuals with ties to the former regime from their government positions, many of which it has chosen to ignore, is eroding the central GOI's influence [...] | 2007-07-23 06:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD2494 | ANBAR PROVINCE -- THEN AND NOW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. Provincial government officials re-opened parts of the war-damaged Government Center in central Ramadi on July 26 amid signs of continuing security improvements. According to MNF-West records, there were 82 security incidents in th [...] | 2007-07-27 16:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2550 | IRFFI DONORS DISCUSS TERMS OF REFERENCE [...] (SBU) The Italian Embassy hosted an informal meeting of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) Donors Committee on July 31. Representatives from Donor countries were invited to review a draft report on the Terms of Reference (TOR),which were originally raised at the l [...] | 2007-08-01 07:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD265 | IRAQ: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy POC: Allison Monz; monza2@state.gov. Telephone: 914-822-9289. 2. (SBU) Iraq remains at the center in the global war on terror battling al-Qaida and affiliated terrorist organizations; insurgent groups fighting against Coalition Forces (CF); along with militias and death squads inc [...] | 2007-01-25 18:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2687 | BAGHDAD'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- OVERTAXED AND [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Judicial investigators and investigative judges, and personnel at the Iraqi Bar Association (IBA),the Iraqi Jurists Union (IJU),local police stations, and provincial courthouses consistently tell the PRT Baghdad Rule (ROL) of La [...] | 2007-08-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2693 | CODEL BAIRD DISCUSSES IRAQ'S ENERGY NEEDS WITH [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid al-Hassani outlined Iraq's energy needs to CODEL Baird (Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA),Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT),and Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)) in an August 11 meeting. Highlighting security and fuel shortages as the two most pressing issues [...] | 2007-08-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENGR EPET IZ |
07BAGHDAD2722 | DIRT EXPECTED TO BE TURNED SOON FOR ANBAR'S FY [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anbar Governor Ma,amoun signed 17 of an expected 131 construction contracts for the province,s $107 million FY 2007 capital expenditure budget on August 13. Six months ago, few if any private contractors would have stepped forward [...] | 2007-08-15 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2728 | BAGHDAD CITY HALL TAKES INITIATIVE TO EXPAND ITS [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Baghdad Amanat (City Hall) has been independently continuing and improving earlier USG capacity building projects. In particular, a city Training Center is providing technical and management classes to Amanat professional sta [...] | 2007-08-16 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD2830 | PENSION REFORM UPDATE: WILL COOLER HEADS PREVAIL? [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The future of pension benefits for Iraqi retirees remains in doubt as debate on the first amendment to the Unified Retirement Law (#27/2006) will not resume until the Council of Representatives (CoR) reconvenes in September following its summer recess. The Pension Reform S [...] | 2007-08-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD2844 | BANKING SYSTEM IMPEDES INVESTMENT IN KURDISTAN [...] This is a Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Private sector leaders and senior government officials recently told PRTOff that the Dohuk Governorate's primitive banking system remains the single largest impediment to the province's economic developmen [...] | 2007-08-25 12:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD2860 | NINEWA: PRT SUPPORTS FARMERS' ASSOCIATION IN [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa is supporting the formation of grassroots farmers' organizations in the religiously and ethnically diverse towns of Bartallah & Al Qosh in northeastern Ninewa P [...] | 2007-08-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2884 | CODEL TAUSCHER AUGUST 26 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) Congresswoman Tauscher and accompanying CODEL members/staff met separately during their August 25-26 visit to Baghdad with Kurdish Regional President Barzani, Vice President Abdulmehdi, and National Security Advisor Al Rubaie. In each meeting, Representatives Tauscher (D-CA),Moran (D- [...] | 2007-08-28 06:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP KBIO IZ |
07BAGHDAD2923 | KURDISTAN REGION'S INVESTMENT LAW ATTRACTS LITTLE [...] (U) This is a Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. 2. (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Dohuk Governorate has received little new foreign direct investment (FDI),following enactment of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Investment Law in mid-2006. Although the law is materiall [...] | 2007-08-31 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD2979 | NINEWA: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKING THE FIRST [...] (SBU) The chairman and two other representatives from the Human Rights Committee (HRC) of the Ninewa Provincial Council, northern Iraq, told the Rule of Law Section of the Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in August that the committee was committed to protecting the dignity and human [...] | 2007-09-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD2981 | NINEWA: SUNNI WOMEN'S GROUPS ACTIVE AND READY TO [...] (SBU) Women's group leaders associated with the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),a Sunni Arab political party, in Ninewa Province told the PRT August 12 that they were dedicated to making Mosul, Iraq,s second-largest city, a better place to live for women and children. This cable outlines the activ [...] | 2007-09-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2996 | IRAQI REFUGEE PROCESSING: CAN WE SPEED IT UP? [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. has provided substantial assistance to Iraq's two million refugees, over USD 120 million in FY-07, which is considerably more than all other donors combined. Assistance also involves resettling some refugees; over 10,000 UNHCR referrals are pending. The process typicall [...] | 2007-09-07 02:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SY JO IZ |
07BAGHDAD3071 | HUNT OIL SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH KRG UNDER KRG OIL LAW [...] (SBU) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) recently signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with Hunt Oil Company that covers oil exploration and production in "the Dohuk area." Comments by Hunt officials indicate that the block is actually in the Ninewa Governorate's northern administr [...] | 2007-09-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG IZ |
07BAGHDAD3104 | NINEWA: 2007 HAJJ FLIGHTS: PROGRESS TO DATE, [...] (SBU) PRT Ninewa organized a September 5 meeting of the Mosul Airport Hajj Operations Committee for Iraqi Prime Ministerial Advisor on Airports and Seaports Ahmed Al-Saadawi and Ninewa Governor Kashmoula. Both reported the Hajj Committee had approved Mosul as a point of embarkation for 2007 [...] | 2007-09-15 05:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PGOV EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD3253 | NINEWA: UNAMI SRSG VISITS QAHTANIYA BLAST SITES -- [...] (SBU) On September 17, United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi visited the blast sites in Qahtaniya and Al-Jazeera (reftels) to see the situation on the ground and assess the possibility of UNAMI coordination of futu [...] | 2007-09-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL USUN UN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3254 | NATURAL GAS FROM IRAQ [...] (SBU) Iraq has world class reserves of natural gas, although most of it is associated with oil deposits and will become available only with oil development over the coming decade. In the medium term, however, Iraq may be able to export 4-10 billion cubic meters per year (BCM/yr) of gas. Depe [...] | 2007-09-28 13:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV ENRG PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3298 | KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT SIGNS NEW PRODUCTION SHARING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Ministry for Natural Resources announced that the Regional Oil and Gas Council executed four new production sharing agreements (PSAs) and endorsed two new refinery projects in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The combined initial exploration inve [...] | 2007-10-03 03:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3310 | EPRT AL ASAD - STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN WESTERN AL ANBAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in Western Al Anbar Province are under considerable strain to achieve even modest production goals. The availability of raw materials, fuel, and stable electricity are primary factors in lagging production for products that have a substantial econ [...] | 2007-10-05 05:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EMIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD3312 | Jordan Gets Crude Oil from Iraq [...] (U) The Iraq Ministry of Oil confirms that it has resumed exporting crude oil to Jordan at a discounted price. Shipments are being arranged via truck from Kirkuk. 2. (SBU) Iraq had reached agreement with Jordan in August 2006 to export an initial 8,000 barrels/day of crude oil. Deputy Mi [...] | 2007-10-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3396 | MAYSANIS CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH PRT [...] (SBU) This is a PRT Maysan report. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: We have seen a dramatic turnaround in the willingness of Maysan officials to engage with the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),beginning in late May. On September 13, we hosted a substantive meeting with the PRDC Chairm [...] | 2007-10-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3414 | KEEPING THE MOMENTUM IN MAYSAN: KEY AREAS FOR [...] (U) This is PRT Maysan report. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Despite four years and over USD 200 Million of consent-winning projects in rural and urban Maysan, the province remains solidly allergic to any Coalition military activity. That said, the recent burst of engagement opens the d [...] | 2007-10-12 14:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3441 | PRT TIKRIT: MCC HOLDS FIRST TRIALS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The key concern during the initial cases heard by the new ad Din Province Major Crimes Court was whether local judges would have the courage to carry out their duties or whether they would succumb t [...] | 2007-10-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRS KCRM KJUS SNAR KWMN OTRA ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3526 | BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CONNECTS NATIONAL AND [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Baghdad Provincial Council passed a major milestone October 10 when it completed a Provincial Development Strategy and presented it to the Ministry of Planning. Provincial officials describe the Provincial Development Stra [...] | 2007-10-24 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3600 | IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL BUDGET EXECUTION: FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial budget execution in 2007 remains one of Iraq's major accomplishments in good governance. At 60 percent, current commitment rates for 2007 remain impressive. USG programs in training and capacity building, administered nationally and through PRTs, have played an important [...] | 2007-10-30 07:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD3624 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (SBU) On October 26, Post provided Foreign Minister Zebari with copies of reftel Non-Paper and Fact Sheet. During an October 30 meeting with the FM, CDA followed-up and Zebari promised the GOI would do everything it could to assist the USG in this matter. BUTENIS [...] | 2007-11-01 11:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP PREL PARM EFIN |
07BAGHDAD3672 | PRT NINEWA: LOCAL BUSINESS SAY WHAT IT WOULD TAKE [...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Provincial Reconstruction Team Ninewa (PRT) regularly engages the Iraqi private sector in and around Mosul, a region known for its historically active traders, agricultural processors and constructio [...] | 2007-11-06 03:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL EAGR EAID PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3679 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of ANV-20/20 NVD Infinity Focus System (NSN: 6625-01-431-8615) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command [...] | 2007-11-06 11:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD3680 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ - [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command and Coalition Forces t [...] | 2007-11-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER |
07BAGHDAD3684 | DIYALA PRT: IDPS CONTINUE TO FACE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Management challenges continue to constrain the Diyala provincial government's capacity to address issues confronting the estimated 52,000 internally displace persons (IDPs) currently living in Diyala. Housing, [...] | 2007-11-06 15:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3690 | Letter from President Talabani to POTUS [...] (U) Post received a letter from Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on November 5, addressed to President Bush. The following is the English text. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: The Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of America The White House Washington DC. November 4, 2007 [...] | 2007-11-07 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07BAGHDAD3691 | ABDUCTORS RELEASE RADIO FREE LIBERTY-IRAQ [...] (SBU) Jumana Take was released by her captors on October 31, 2007 after 9 days in captivity. Ms. Take is an Iraqi citizen freelance journalist employed at times by Radio Free Liberty-Iraq (RFL-I). 2. (SBU) According to Bill Key, Director of Corporate Security for RFL, Ms. Take called the R [...] | 2007-11-07 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ KCRM PGOV PTER |
07BAGHDAD3719 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LETTER TO NATO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU). The Office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor requests the assistance of Embassy Baghdad and USNATO in forwarding the letter in paragraph 3 to the NATO Secretary General. Embassy Baghdad POLMIL has already provided a facsi [...] | 2007-11-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT |
07BAGHDAD3726 | DIYALA PRT: EDUCATION SYSTEM UPDATE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) The education system in Diyala continues to face severe challenges. Pre-OIF infrastructure shortcomings combined with the effects of recent kinetic activity in the province and general neglect have left only a skeleton of a [...] | 2007-11-13 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3727 | DIYALA PRT: COMPENSATION PAYMENTS-STILL WAITING [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) In August 2007, as operation Arrowhead Ripper came to a close in Diyala, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salah visited the province. After surveying the damage he promised that USD 50 million would be made available to r [...] | 2007-11-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD3728 | DIYALA PRT: BRING BACK THE BA'ATHISTS? IT COULD WORK [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summary: Several senior provincial executives in Diyala Province, both Sunni and Shia, believe that controlled conditions allowing former Ba'ath party members to return to public life would accelerate the stalled reconcil [...] | 2007-11-13 08:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3860 | ANBARIS MEET IN AMMAN TO DRAFT A PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (U) Some 115 Anbari notables, including government officials, civil servants, and tribal leaders, participated in an off-site conference November 14-18 sponsored by USAID contractor RTI in Amman to draft the Provincial Developm [...] | 2007-11-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3887 | TRANSMITTAL OF LETTER FROM PM NOURI AL-MALIKI TO [...] (U) Post received a letter addressed to POTUS from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (PM) addressed on November 28, 2007. Scanned copies of the original document and the translation to English have been emailed to the NSC and NEA/I. The following is Post's translation of the Arabic tex [...] | 2007-11-29 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD3898 | EMBASSY AND MNF REACH AGREEMENT ON MOA ON PSDS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
07BAGHDAD3946 | NINEWA: HAJJ FLIGHT INAUGURATES MOSUL'S FIRST [...] (U) In Mosul's first commercial passenger flight operation since 1993, Iraqi Airways Flight 020 departed Mosul Airport for Baghdad International Airport at 2230 December 2 with approximately 150 Hajj pilgrims. A second Iraqi Airways flight departed Mosul Airport December 3 with approximately [...] | 2007-12-05 08:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAIR EAID IZ |
07BAGHDAD3986 | PROVINCIAL COUNCILS TERMS OF OFFICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq,s provincial councils were seated in January 2005. It is commonly assumed that members of the provincial councils were, like members of the Council of Representatives, elected to four year terms and that new elections are therefore required by January 2009. However, this [...] | 2007-12-09 07:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD4006 | CO-FINANCING HEADLINES IRFFI DONORS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Ambassador De Martino chaired the first International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFF) Donors Committee meeting following Bari. Recently arrived UN SRSG Steffan De Mistura also gave opening remarks during a mostly unremarkable meeting. MoPDC senior advisor Dr. [...] | 2007-12-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4049 | EPRT DIYALA SOUTH: HOW CONFLICTING LINES [...] (U) This is an ePRT Diyala South reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The emergence of effective local government in Diyala Province is stalling due to conflicting lines of authority, a lack of defined roles and responsibilities, and disconnects with ministerial representatives from the cen [...] | 2007-12-13 10:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD4055 | REHABILITATING INDUSTRY IN DIYALA PROVINCE - PROGRESS AT [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. SUMMARY -------- 2. (U) In the wake of recent clearing operations by Coalition Forces in Baqubah, rehabilitation of the primary State-Owned industrial facility in Diyala province made good progress in September and October. The Director General [...] | 2007-12-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD4056 | Currency in the city - A Diyala Banking Update [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Despite various setbacks in September, October was a very successful month for banking in Diyala. Most significantly, Ministry of Finance contracted money trucks are now being used to transport funds from Baghdad to Baq [...] | 2007-12-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD4059 | WHAT IS DRIVING IRAQ'S DECLINING INFLATION RATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Inflation in Iraq is on a downward trend, reflecting improved security, supply and targeted monetary policy. A close examination of the country's inflationary trend revealed poor security compounded by increasing demand--especially for fuel--to be the major inflationary pressur [...] | 2007-12-13 18:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD4062 | GOI TESTING THE WATERS ON PDS REFORM [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: In recent weeks, GOI officials, including the Ministers of Trade and Finance, have spoken publicly about the need to institute changes in the public distribution system (PDS). World prices for wheat alone, one of the commodities provided in the PDS basket, have risen signi [...] | 2007-12-14 11:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4095 | INVESTMENT COMMISSION CHAIR: POLITICS SHOULD NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD4099 | IRAQI LEGISLATIVE CASE STUDY: JAPANESE ODA LOAN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Approximately one year following initial agreement, a batch of Iraqi reconstruction assistance projects financed with Japanese soft-loans has nearly completed its journey through the Iraqi legislative process. Currently, ten projects (valued at some USD 2.1 billion) have b [...] | 2007-12-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4107 | RRT ERBIL: UN SRSG DE MISTURA ADDRESSES KURDISH [...] (U) Summary: In a Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) session December 17, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General (UN SRSG) Staffan de Mistura presented UNAMI's proposal for a six-month technical delay of the Article 140 process and offered UN technical support to serve [...] | 2007-12-17 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD4205 | CURRENT STATUS OF GOI FUNDING FOR CLCS [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Coalition efforts to secure counterpart GOI funding for the transition of Concerned Local Citizens (CLCs or Awakening Councils) have garnered positive responses from Finance Minister Bayan Jabr and Chair of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Economic Committee Dr. Haider [...] | 2007-12-30 09:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD4223 | PRT KIRKUK: ORDER TO HASTEN RETURN OF PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Article 140 committee in October approved Order #6 to return land in parts of Kirkuk to its mostly Turcoman original owners. The decision potentially relieves the backlogged Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes (CRRPD) of nearly a third of its caseload, [...] | 2007-12-31 14:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ |
07BAGHDAD433 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. Continuing Reaction to Article 140 Committee Resolutions --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Kurdish press was dominated today by continued reactions from across the region on two resolutions of the Higher Com [...] | 2007-02-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ US |
07BAGHDAD434 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. Ansar al-Islam Plot to Murder Sulaimaniyah Security Officials Thwarted --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Hawlati independent newspaper published details of a plot by three members of Ansar al-Islam to murde [...] | 2007-02-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON PINS IZ US |
07BAGHDAD447 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. U. S. Air Force Attacks Peshmerga in Mosul --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) PUK media outlets reported that late Thursday night the U. S. Air Force attacked a PUK office in al-Karama neighborhood in Mos [...] | 2007-02-11 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR PKPA PGOV ECON IZ TU |
07BAGHDAD494 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. KRG Prime Minister Meets with Undersecretary for Management --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Major Kurdish media covered the meeting of Undersecretary of State for Management Henrietta Fore and U. S. Region [...] | 2007-02-13 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD504 | Iraqi Kurdistan Region Media Summary -- [...] (U) This is a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. Kurdistan Regional Government Strongly Condemns U. S. Air Strike in Mosul --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) The office of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani issued a statement [...] | 2007-02-14 05:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON IZ TU IR |
07BAGHDAD540 | SUBJECT: PRT TIKRIT: DEPUTY GOVERNOR PUTS FORTH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) Salah ad Din Deputy Governor Abdullah Ajbarah has been engaged on reconciliation and is keen to see greater Sunni involvement in the political process. In that vein, he passed the following letter to a number of individuals, including [...] | 2007-02-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR IZ |
07BAGHDAD551 | COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (SBU) Late 15 February an animated Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Ali Baban told Coordinator for Economic Transition Carney that the Council of Ministers meeting that day had approved two documents submitted by the MoPDC making proposals for reforming and improving Iraq's bu [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IZ |
07BAGHDAD621 | MINISTRY OF DISPLACEMENT AND MIGRATION (MODM) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sheikh Abdullah Fadil, head of the MODM,s Kirkuk Office, says his primary responsibilities include care of returning and new internally displaced people (IDPS),and of stateless persons. He currently is focused on assisting arriving IDPs from central and southern Iraq. His o [...] | 2007-02-20 18:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD699 | NEA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY BUTLER [...] (SBU) During his first visit to the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, NEA DAS Butler held separate meetings on February 16 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Director of the Office of Foreign Relations Falah Mustafa Bakir and Minister of Planning and Development Othman Shwani. 2. (SBU) Both B [...] | 2007-02-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | POL ECON EAID AMGT IZ |
07BAGHDAD714 | CONFERENCE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RRT Offs participated in the Coordination Meeting for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Sulaimaniyah Province in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region to determine information that will help identify and assist IDPs. The IDP population includes Iraqi Arab Shia and Sunnis migrating to [...] | 2007-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD754 | PRT KIRKUK: PC BOYCOTT: PARTIES AGREE TO FORMAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Calls for "joint administration" dominated a January 12 meeting called to find an end to the Arab-Turkoman boycott of the Kirkuk Provincial Council. Despite apparent agreement at that meeting, the Arab and Turokman blocs have failed to follow up and appear to be uninterested i [...] | 2007-03-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IZ |
07BAGHDAD880 | DEMARCHE TO KRG ON PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) At march 7 meeting with KRG Interior Minister Karim Sinjari, Regional Coordinator Yellin per reftel made the following points re Palestinian refugees: -- The Palestinian refugee population in Iraq has been singled out for persecution by armed, violent elements in Iraqi society. -- T [...] | 2007-03-13 05:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM KPAL IZ |
07BAGHDAD937 | US REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM REFERRAL FOR LOCALLY [...] Embassy Baghdad would like to refer the following locally employed staff to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) 2. (SBU) Principal applicant (PA): Name: Everest Albarazanchi (A.k.A. Everest Kareem Mohammad Amin) DOB: November 27, 1974 (Iraqi Passport states in error November 1 [...] | 2007-03-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ PHUM PREF |
07BAGHDAD988 | DIYALA PRT: DIYALA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TACKLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Largely due to the security situation, Diyala province has not received its Public Distribution System (PDS) food shipment from the Ministry of Trade (MoT) since September 2006. This has been a major contributor to the public perception that the provincial (and national) gover [...] | 2007-03-21 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR PGOV PHUM IZ |
07BAKU1000 | A LOOK AT AZERBAIJAN'S CONTROVERSIAL DRAFT LAW ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's draft law on education remains mired in controversy. Although key Members of Parliament (MPs) predicted that the new law was scheduled to be discussed in the 2006-2007 Parliamentary session, debate has been deferred until the fall of 2007. The key sticking point a [...] | 2007-08-10 04:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SCUL KOCI AJ |
07BAKU1037 | VISIT TO ONE OF AZERBAIJAN'S MOST NOTORIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An OSCE-led delegation visited Gobustan Prison One - notorious for abuses, mysterious deaths, and restive inmates -- to assess conditions and meet with prisoners. The delegation met with Elchin Amiraslanov, Arif Kazimov, and Safa Poladov, three individuals determined to be pol [...] | 2007-08-20 09:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PINS SOCI AJ |
07BAKU1074 | AZERBAIJANI-IRANIAN JOINT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Azerbaijan and Iran signed four memoranda and one joint statement during President Ahmadinejad's August 21-22 visit to Baku. The Embassy's informal translation of the key points from the August 22 joint follows: 2. (SBU) Begin translation of key points: - Recognizing [...] | 2007-08-27 12:45:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETRN PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ |
07BAKU1170 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev on September 21, noting Foreign Minister Mammadyarov's interest in the Lebanon crisis during the summer of 2006 and Azerbaijan's growing role as an international donor. Mammadguliyev responded that internat [...] | 2007-09-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC LE AJ PREL PTER |
07BAKU1175 | SECOND UN COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE DEMARCHE [...] (U) On September 21, Pol/Econ Chief delivered the second UN Committee Against Torture demarche per ref a to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev. She left the points from ref b as a nonpaper, along with Ms. Gaer's CV. Mammadguliyev had no substantive comment on the demarche, but promi [...] | 2007-09-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AJ |
07BAKU1264 | AZERBAIJAN'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (U) We are pleased to nominate Fatima Aghamirzayeva to be considered for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (ref). In Azerbaijan, very few women are active in business or politics; however, Ms. Aghamirzayeva has been a trailblazer in both areas. As a young wido [...] | 2007-10-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1272 | EMBASSY BAKU EXPANDS MUSLIM OUTREACH THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy this year made a concerted effort to expand our outreach to Azerbaijani Muslims during Ramazan, as part of our broader, long-term effort to engage with local believers. Azerbaijan - a non-Arab, majority Muslim country with a strong secular tradition, a tradition of [...] | 2007-10-23 03:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO SCUL AJ |
07BAKU1275 | ACTION REQUEST: PRESS GUIDANCE ON THE FARHAD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) As the trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev wraps up (ref a),the need for definitive press guidance on his case has resurfaced. The Prosecutor has asked that Aliyev be sentenced to 11 years in pris [...] | 2007-10-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KPAO AJ |
07BAKU1285 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON PACE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1290 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) On October 24, emboffs delivered reftel points on U.S. priority resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee to the Azerbaijani MFA's International Security Affairs Department (responsible for UN issues) and the MFA's Americas Desk. MFA International Security Affairs Departmen [...] | 2007-10-26 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN AJ |
07BAKU1310 | EX-MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS [...] (U) On October 31, former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment on charges of misappropriation, embezzlement, illegal entrepreneurship, smuggling, tax evasion, abuse of power, accepting bribery, and forgery (articles 179.3.1, 179.3.2, 192.2.1, [...] | 2007-11-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1348 | AZERBAIJAN PASSES NEW INSURANCE LAW [...] (U) On October 9, Azerbaijan's parliament passed an updated Law on Insurance Activity that the Ministry of Finance indicates is a first step to raising Azerbaijan's domestic insurance up to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors'(IAIS) standards. The World Bank and other inter [...] | 2007-11-09 07:29:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU135 | BLANKET OVERFLIGHT GRANTED BY AZERBAIJAN UNTIL THE [...] (SBU) The Government of Azerbaijan has extended for one year blanket diplomatic overflight clearance for all US Government and contract flights in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in Iraq. The GOAJ renewed this important support fo [...] | 2007-01-26 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AJ PGOV PM PTER MARR |
07BAKU1394 | DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-20 04:19:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN BL AJ |
07BAKU1412 | JEWISH LEADER CONFIRMS CEMETERY DESTRUCTION NOT TARGETED [...] (U) Since August, the Azerbaijani press has carried periodic reports on the Baku municipality's plans to destroy a cemetery in the city's Narimanov district, as part of a new road construction project. The GOAJ is engaged in a massive road and infrastructure construction effort, and has been [...] | 2007-11-28 08:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF AJ |
07BAKU1413 | BAKUTEL: ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL IT CONFERENCE OPENS IN BAKU [...] (U) The 13th annual international exhibition and conference "Telecommunications and Information Technologies," known as Bakutel, was held in Baku November 21-24. The exhibition featured 152 exhibitors from 25 countries with organizers expecting 15,000 visitors this year. High ranking GOAJ offi [...] | 2007-11-28 11:26:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ECPS BTIO AJ |
07BAKU1430 | BRIEFING AZERBAIJAN ON U.S. PROPOSALS ON MD, CFE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO RS AJ |
07BAKU1440 | AZERBAIJAN INVESTMENT COMPANY LAUNCHES ISLAMIC JOINT [...] (SBU): On November 29, the Azerbaijan Investment Company established a joint investment company with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICDP). The new company, "Caspian International Investment Company" (CIIC),will invest in non-oil sector business development [...] | 2007-12-03 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ |
07BAKU147 | ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER FOR EB [...] (SBU) The inaugural Economic Partnership Commission comes at a critical time as we look to elevate the U.S.-Azerbaijan bilateral economic dialogue. Azerbaijan's rapid economic growth, the fastest in the world, and its expected USD 250 billion in energy revenues over the next decade, highlight [...] | 2007-02-01 10:30:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU1479 | MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS LOOKING TO BUY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a December 12 meeting, Minister of Emergency Situations (MES) First Deputy Rafail Mirzayev said that the MES is extremely interested in sending a delegation, led by a deputy minister and including agency heads and experts, to [...] | 2007-12-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EFIN AJ |
07BAKU1482 | PROMINENT JOURNALISTS CONTINUE HUNGER STRIKE TO [...] (SBU) On December 13, Poloff visited the Yeni Musavat newspaper office, where a number of prominent editors and journalists have been staging a hunger strike to draw attention to the case of detained opposition Azadliq newspaper Editor-In-Chief Ganimat Zahid. Hunger strikers include Yeni Musa [...] | 2007-12-13 11:57:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
07BAKU1501 | AMERICAN IT COMPANIES BULLISH ON OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3, the Ambassador met with representatives of seven American information technology (IT) companies to discuss their activities in Azerbaijan, perceptions of the business climate, and future plans. The companies outlined common challenges like the lack of qualified em [...] | 2007-12-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ECPS AJ |
07BAKU1506 | AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT 2008 EPC AGENDA AND DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) Embassy passes to Washington colleagues initial thoughts for the 2008 EPC agenda items and potential deliverables and welcomes Washington's comments, edits and additions. We note that in this early draft of possible deliverables, many of the proposed action items are for the Government [...] | 2007-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL ENRG KCOR AJ |
07BAKU1530 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI MFA ON COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA AJ |
07BAKU199 | AZERBAIJAN'S NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF [...] (U) We are pleased to nominate Novella Jafarova to be considered for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (per reftel). Ms. Jafarova is a leading human rights activist with a nationwide network of women's advocacy centers, who has shown exceptional courage and lead [...] | 2007-02-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO AJ |
07BAKU204 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ORTIZ'S FEBRUARY 18-19 VISIT [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...] | 2007-02-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU252 | \\CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER\\ PART I OF II: AZERBAIJAN [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, the Embassy has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizatio [...] | 2007-03-01 11:19:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ |
07BAKU254 | PART II OF II: AZERBAIJAN 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 11:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AJ |
07BAKU269 | AZERBAIJAN: EPC NEXT STEPS AND FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on the successful February 7 inaugural Economic Partnership Commission meeting, Embassy provides the following ideas for next steps to build upon the positive momentum created from elevating the U.S.-AJ bilateral economic dialogue. The Government of Azerbaijan (GOA [...] | 2007-03-05 13:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR AJ |
07BAKU273 | AZERBAIJAN: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Chairperson of Azerbaijan's State Committee for Family, Women and Children's Issues, Hijran Huseynova, thanked the USG for her recent successful trip to the U.S. She applauded the USG's emphasis on promo [...] | 2007-03-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KDEM AJ |
07BAKU291 | AZERBAIJAN: A/S SULLIVAN LEADS SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sharifov and Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan opened the inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission February 7, elevating the bilateral economic dialogue and leading a constructive dialogue focusing upon Az [...] | 2007-03-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL AJ |
07BAKU327 | INDEPENDENT MP POSSIBLY ARRESTED, STRIPPED OF IMMUNITY [...] (U) A March 16 parliamentary session on Prime Minister Rasizade's annual report on the government's performance was disrupted by a scuffle between MPs that resulted in the apparent March 19 arrest of independent MP Hussein Abdullayev. During the March 16 session, Abdullayev harshly criticized [...] | 2007-03-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS PINR AJ |
07BAKU329 | OPPOSTION MUSAVAT PARTY HOLDS THIRD, PEACEFUL PROTEST OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 18, the opposition Musavat party held a third, sanctioned protest against the January price increases. Approximately 800 people turned out for the peaceful protest, calling on the GOAJ to lower prices and provide a better life for Azerbaijani citizens. Turnout generally [...] | 2007-03-19 13:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM PREL CASC AJ |
07BAKU331 | AZERBAIJAN: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND [...] (U) Summary: In response to the risks posed by the Avian Influenza threat, on March 4, 2006 the GOAJ introduced and began implementing an Action Plan for Prevention and Containment of HPAI, under the coordination of the Azerbaijani Commission on Avian Influenza. The Commission included all rel [...] | 2007-03-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KFLU TBIO CASC AJ |
07BAKU360 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOEKSTRA'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...] | 2007-03-30 13:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ |
07BAKU367 | AZERBAIJAN INTERESTED IN JOINING INITIATIVE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered REF information about the "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism" on March 30, to Azerbaijani MFA Security Affairs Department officers. The officers said that the MFA was interested in the initiative [...] | 2007-04-03 12:36:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL |
07BAKU393 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S OPENING OF NATANZ [...] (SBU) DCM spoke with MFA Americas desk officer Elchin Bashirov regarding reftel demarche on April 7. Bashirov said he would forward the request to the appropriate MFA office and, on April 9, confirmed that the Director of the MFA,s First Territorial Division would convey this information to [...] | 2007-04-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AJ |
07BAKU468 | PRESIDENTIAL PARDON DECREE INCLUDES YOUTH ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU476 | AZERBAIJAN: TECHNICAL SUPPORT STRATEGY AND PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Democratic and economic reform is essential to Azerbaijan's long-term stability and prosperity. Azerbaijan's WTO accession process is a vital instrument of reform efforts, as it will put in place the legal, regulatory and institutional framework necessary for Azerbaijan to emerge as a ru [...] | 2007-04-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID USTR PREL AJ |
07BAKU477 | AZERBAIJAN CREATES NEW SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES [...] (SBU) Summary: Azerbaijani President Aliyev signed a decree March 6 creating Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The decree aims to create favorable conditions for Azerbaijan's economic development, streamline more investments in high-priority sectors, create new jobs, apply modern management practi [...] | 2007-04-20 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG EPET AJ |
07BAKU482 | AZERBAIJAN: EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES [...] (U) Ref (A) was Department request that Embassy approach the GOAJ to enquire about the state of their influenza response plans. Ref (B) was Embassy Baku's response, detailing the GOAJ's development and exercising of a Avian and Pandemic Influenza Response Plan. 2. (U) In response to Ref (C) [...] | 2007-04-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR KFLU TBIO CASC AJ |
07BAKU519 | GOAJ ISSUES SIX-YEAR LICENSES FOR ANS TV AND RADIO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 13:43:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU524 | REQUEST FOR AZERBAIJAN-SPECIFIC STATEMENT FOR PRESS [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Over the last year, media freedom in Azerbaijan has deteriorated significantly, with physical attacks on several journalists, numerous criminal libel cases launched against independent and opposition journalists, government pressur [...] | 2007-04-30 10:29:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AJ |
07BAKU554 | AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES IRAN SANCTIONS ACT CONCERNS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador took the opportunity of a May 2 meeting with Austrian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Marius Calligaris (resident in Ankara) to raise US concerns regarding reports of any agreement between OMV and Iran to dev [...] | 2007-05-04 06:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR AJ |
07BAKU575 | AZERBAIJAN SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION AND REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (U) Embassy delivered reftel points regarding USTR's decision not to list Azerbaijan in this year's Special 301 report to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Economic Department and the State Copyright Agency. Contacts at the MFA and Copyrig [...] | 2007-05-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR |
07BAKU605 | LETTER FROM THE MINISTER OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (U) Below is the text of a May 10, 2007, letter from Kamaladdin Heydarov, Minister of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan, to The Honorable Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland Security, which the Embassy has been asked [...] | 2007-05-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL SMIG SNAR KHLS KNNP AJ |
07BAKU640 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJAN'S PSI [...] (SBU) Acting DCM delivered ref a demarche answering Azerbaijan's questions about the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in a May 18 meeting with Qalib Israfilov, Director of the MFA's International Security Affairs Department, and left para 3 points as nonpaper. Israflov listened attent [...] | 2007-05-25 10:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AJ |
07BAKU67 | FIRST SANCTIONED OPPOSITION PROTEST SINCE NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) On January 28, the opposition Musavat Party held a peaceful, sanctioned protest, in response to the Tariff Council's decision to raise utilities prices. This was the first sanctioned protest since police violently dispersed a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2005 (se [...] | 2007-01-29 10:43:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC ASEC AJ |
07BAKU688 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku and believe it will advance U.S. energy, commercial, and economic reform objectives. Since President Aliyev's successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral r [...] | 2007-06-01 12:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ |
07BAKU725 | A SNAPSHOT OF BAKU'S IDP COMMUNITIES [...] (SBU) Over the next few months, the Embassy plans to take a closer at Azerbaijan's internally displaced persons (IDP) population, estimated at roughly 675,000 persons. The GOAJ has pledged to close all existing tent camps by the end of 2007, but hundreds of thousands of IDPs still live in very [...] | 2007-06-11 08:20:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV EAID AM AJ |
07BAKU748 | CRITICISM OF CAUCASUS MUSLIM BOARD'S HANDLING OF [...] (SBU) Prominent human rights activist Elchin Behbutov and two of his friends -- Bayram Sadikov, Hafiz Osman -- recently shared with us their views on the Hajj. The three had traveled together to Mecca, Saudi Arabia between December 21, 2006 and January 18, 2007 in order to participate in the m [...] | 2007-06-15 08:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KCOR AJ |
07BAKU780 | Embassy Baku Concurrence on FY08 Requests for Section [...] (U) The Office of Defense Cooperation at US Embassy Baku, in conjunction with US European Command, has developed several requests for funding under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act. The Chief of Mission strongly supports these requests as being significant proposed contr [...] | 2007-06-25 04:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MARR KTIA AJ |
07BAKU801 | AZERBAIJAN HOLDS ENERGY TRANSPARENCY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, the State Oil Fund and Embassy of Norway collaborated to organize a conference highlighting Azerbaijan's successful role in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) during the Caspian Oil and Gas show. Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov and [...] | 2007-06-26 08:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
07BAKU806 | AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF [...] (U) Russian President Putin's proposal on the joint usage of the Gabala radar station has triggered extensive press reports on the long-dormant issue of the station's negative impact on the environment and health. Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev has been quoted as saying that the station [...] | 2007-06-27 07:34:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM SENV RU AJ |
07BAKU812 | AZERBAIJAN: 2007 TIP REPORT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 20, Poloff delivered the 2007 TIP Report to Fakhraddin Ismayilov and Gulnara Asgarova, Human Rights Attaches for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Per reftel instructions, she highlighted U.S. concerns regarding Azerbaijan's efforts to combat trafficking in persons, particularly [...] | 2007-06-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
07BAKU822 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TIERNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship. Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical situation, its status as a secular, democratizing, Muslim coun [...] | 2007-06-29 09:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PBTS IR RU AJ |
07BAKU836 | AZERBAIJANI READOUT ON SURPRISE TRACK II DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) On June 28, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu visited the region of Nagorno Karabakh, accompanied by representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectual elite. While there, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu reportedly met wit [...] | 2007-07-03 08:46:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV AM RU AJ |
07BAKU837 | REACTION TO SURPRISE TRACK II DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NK [...] (U) On June 28, Armenian Ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatian and Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu visited the region of Nagorno Karabakh, accompanied by representatives of the Armenian and Azerbaijani intellectual elite. While there, Smbatian and Bulbuloglu reportedly met wit [...] | 2007-07-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV AM RU AJ |
07BAKU904 | IMPRISONED NEWSPAPER EDITOR FACES ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) On July 4, the Ministry of National Security (MNS) brought two new criminal charges against imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev for a Realny Azerbaijan article titled, "The Aliyevs Go to War." The MNS charged Fatullayev with inciting national, ethnic, and religious hatred (article [...] | 2007-07-18 09:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KISL OSAC IR AJ |
07BAMAKO1296 | PRIME MINISTER RESPONDS TO MCC CRITERIA CONCERNS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 15:53:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ECON EAGR ML |
07BAMAKO1316 | MALI BLOCKS TAIWAN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador had several conversations with officials at the Foreign Ministry about Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD) participation in the NGO portion of the Bamako Community of Democracies ministerial. In a November 2 discussion, Dr. Oumar Makalou the coordinator of the civil society [...] | 2007-11-07 10:28:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TW ML |
07BAMAKO1321 | FOR WHOM THE WHISTLE BLOWS: AN OFFICE DU NIGER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCOR EAGR PGOV KDEM ML |
07BAMAKO1357 | POLICE TEAR GAS ISLAMIC GROUP IN BAMAKO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 16:23:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL SOCI PHUM PINR PGOV ML |
07BAMAKO1384 | CHAPLAINS' VISIT SPURS INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary. The visit of three U.S. military chaplains to Mali launched useful discussions with military and civilian leaders that emphasized the positive role of religion in America and countered impressions held by some that the United States was anti-Muslim. The chaplains, including t [...] | 2007-12-05 14:58:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EINV ECON EAGR KISL ML |
07BAMAKO166 | MALI ON AFRICOM: PUT THE HEADQUARTERS HERE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on the establishment of AFRICOM to the Chief of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mamadou Diarra, on February 12. Diarra welcomed the move; when told no decision had been made on the location of the headquarters, his immediate response [...] | 2007-02-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN108 | BRUNEI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US INITIATIVES IN [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points and proposals on March 22 to Sharifa Amalina Murad, Assistant Director of the ASEAN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Sharifa welcomed receiving the proposals in advance but had no initial comment. 2. (SBU) Sharifa and MOFAT Deputy [...] | 2007-03-22 07:46:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR EAID PARM BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN113 | DEMARCHE TO BRUNEI ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] Ambassador delivered reftel points on March 29 to Datin Maimunah, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bilateral and Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). (We were unable to arrange for a joint demarche with Russian Federation; it has no resident diplomatic represe [...] | 2007-03-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN121 | BRUNEI NONCOMMITTAL ON NATANZ OPENING PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche at OOB on April 9 Pg Ali Hashim, Director for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Ali Hashim thanked us for the information and said he would immediately pass our request to MFAT leadership for consideration. He cautioned that in [...] | 2007-04-09 07:51:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN138 | BRUNEI DECLINES TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBE ASIA [...] (SBU) On April 24, immediately prior to receipt of reftel, DCM met with Pg. Ali Hashim, Director for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Unprompted, Ali Hashim informed that the Ministry of Education had decided not/not to participate in the GLOBE Asia program. A [...] | 2007-05-04 08:05:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGLB SENV BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN14 | BRUNEI WELCOMES INFO ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) DCM delivered demarche reftels on January 11 to Florence Chong, Assistant Director of the UN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Chong welcomed U.S. transparency in providing the draft text and background information. 2. (SBU) Chong stated that ASEAN would need [...] | 2007-01-12 06:22:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV UNSC BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN156 | BRUNEI MOVING FORWARD ON HEART OF BORNEO [...] (SBU) The Government of Brunei is pushing forward with projects under the Heart of Borneo (HoB) initiative that it hopes will establish Brunei as a leader of this rainforest protection project. This month Brunei will receive the first-ever ASEAN peer review of its forest management practices an [...] | 2007-06-01 06:09:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN16 | NEW ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY TO EMPHASIZE MODERATE [...] The Sultan of Brunei has announced establishment of an Islamic university which will educate Muslim students from across Southeast Asia in mainstream Islamic doctrine. Brunei's government will fund scholarships for nine prospective Filipino Islamic clerics in the new university's first enteri [...] | 2007-01-17 03:40:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN165 | BRUNEI SEEKS U.S. CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT IN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Barbara Weisel and Lim Jock Hoi, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, led their respective delegations for the third meeting of the U.S.-Brunei Trade and Investment Council (TIC) under the U.S.-Brunei Trade and Investment Fr [...] | 2007-06-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SENV PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN205 | BRUNEI RELEASES FIVE ISA DETAINEES [...] The Government of Brunei (GOB) has announced release of five detainees held without public trial on counterfeiting charges since February 2004 under provisions of the Internal Security Act (ISA). Detentions under the ISA are usually for two-year renewable periods, but in this case the release [...] | 2007-07-17 09:05:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN227 | HEART OF BORNEO TRILAT STARTS TO COORDINATE RAIN FOREST [...] (SBU) The Government of Brunei hosted a trilateral Heart of Borneo (HoB) meeting at which Indonesian and Malaysian representatives agreed to an 11 point action plan (ref A) to begin stitching together national plans into a coherent strategy for conserving Borneo's remaining primary rain forest. [...] | 2007-07-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN228 | HEART OF BORNEO TRILAT STARTS TO COORDINATE RAIN FOREST [...] (SBU) The Government of Brunei hosted a trilateral Heart of Borneo (HoB) meeting at which Indonesian and Malaysian representatives agreed to an 11 point action plan (ref A) to begin stitching together national plans into a coherent strategy for conserving Borneo's remaining primary rain forest. [...] | 2007-07-30 07:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN230 | BRAVO ZULU FOR DV FLYOUT TO USS NIMITZ [...] (U) BRAVO ZULU to the USS Nimitz for outstanding support for a DV flyout by the Minister of Energy of Brunei, Pehin Yahya Bakar on August 2. Pehin Yahya, the Commander of the Royal Brunei Air Force and acting CHOD Pehin General Mahmud Saidin, the Permanent Secretary in the Prime Minister's Of [...] | 2007-08-03 06:03:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR OVIP PREL EPET BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN259 | BRUNEI SULTAN WILL ATTEND PRESIDENT'S LUNCHEON FOR [...] Embassy received MFAT diplomatic note number JPK 693/2007 dated August 25 confirming the Sultan's acceptance of the President's invitation to the September 7 luncheon for ASEAN leaders attending the APEC Leaders Meeting in Sydney, Australia. Text of the diplomatic note reads as follows: 2. [...] | 2007-08-27 06:28:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN276 | USTR PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON IP PROTECTION [...] (SBU) In a visit to follow up on issues discussed under the U.S.-Brunei Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) (ref A) USTR Director David Katz pressed Brunei to take more active measures against intellectual property rights violations. GoB officials welcomed USG training at ILEA and [...] | 2007-09-12 05:07:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN279 | BRUNEI POLITICAL PARTIES CALL FOR RIGHTS EDUCATION BEFORE [...] (SBU) In an effort to raise the level of political maturity in Brunei, the country's two active political parties recently held events designed to educate the public on political rights currently available to Brunei citizens. Party leaders expressed concern that some GOB officials still see th [...] | 2007-09-18 05:44:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN29 | BRUNEI: NO REPLY YET ON PROPOSED ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points and proposed economic agenda on January 18 to Kai Lip Ang, Second Secretary, Multilateral Economic Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Ang said that he would make sure the right people at the MFAT saw our draft prior to the meeti [...] | 2007-01-23 23:56:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EAIR ETRD PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN316 | BRUNEI REQUESTS TARGETED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TRAINING [...] (SBU) This is an action request for ICE Singapore to organize a study visit to the U.S. for GoB anti-TIP personnel. See paragraph 2. ----------------------- ACTION REQUEST ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Brunei (GoB) has requested USG support in improving its abili [...] | 2007-10-23 07:42:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KTIP BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN318 | BRUNEI PREFERS A CONSENUS CANDIDATE FOR UN IAAC [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel CV and points on October 24 to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Chong replied that the GoB would prefer for the WEOG to come to a consensus on a single candidate to avoid a contested election. [...] | 2007-10-24 06:13:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN319 | BRUNEI LIKELY TO REPEAT LAST YEARS' VOTES ON UNGA [...] (SBU) DCM delivered ref A demarche on October 24 to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Chong replied that Brunei would likely take positions on single country resolutions similar to last year (see also ref B),when Brunei [...] | 2007-10-24 07:12:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL UN BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN32 | HEART OF BORNEO UPDATE [...] According to the Government of Brunei (GOB),there is yet one more procedural step to be taken before the Heart of Borneo (HOB) partner nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei) can begin to implement the HOB forest conservation declaration that was endorsed by their leaders at the ASEAN Cebu S [...] | 2007-01-26 07:45:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR PREL ASEAN BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN321 | BRUNEI LIKELY TO SUPPORT CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) on October 25. Chong responded that Brunei was opposed to sanctions in principle and had supported the Cuba resolution last year. DCM p [...] | 2007-10-26 07:24:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA ETRD PHUM BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN329 | A GLIMPSE OF BRUNEI STYLE DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, DCM and Pol/Mil Assistant observed the election for the Village Chief of Kampong Lumapas. Voters approved by a vote of 226 to 20 the single candidate placed on the ballot after official screening. GoB officials were disappointed at the low turnout, but noted than [...] | 2007-11-02 05:04:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN335 | BRUNEI WILL SUPPORT ANTI-RAPE RESOLUTION IF [...] (SBU) Charge delivered Ref A points on November 14 to Adnan Jaafar, Acting Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Adnan is recently returned to Brunei, having served as Brunei's Deputy PermRep in New York. Updating Brunei's position from ref B, [...] | 2007-11-14 07:30:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWMN SOCI UNGA BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN350 | BRUNEI WILL ATTEND PARIS CONFERENCE AT [...] (SBU) On December 10 French Ambassador Bonneville informed Ambassador that Brunei had accepted his government's invitation to the Paris Donors Conference in support of Palestinian reform and capacity building. The Bruneian delegation will be headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade II [...] | 2007-12-11 06:16:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL AMGT IS XF BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN359 | PSI SAVE THE DATE NOTICE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Prior to delivering reftel non-paper, Ambassador coordinated with the Australian High Commission in Brunei and received the assurance of the High Commissioner that Australia supported the pre-invitation. Note: by mutual agreement with the USG, Australia has the lead on PSI in Brunei. [...] | 2007-12-22 06:37:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80 | ASEAN ENVIRONMENT MINSTERS POSITIVE AFTER BRUNEI MEETING ON [...] (U) ASEAN Environment Ministers met in Brunei February 28-March 1 to discuss regional plans to combat haze in advance of the dry season. This year's session had added urgency as the forcast effect of the expected El Nino surface ocean temperature rise could lead to a hot-dry March-August creat [...] | 2007-03-07 01:12:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PGOV BX |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN87 | BRUNEI TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Please find below Post's report in preparation for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph numbering is keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Brunei is not a major destination for trafficked persons, nor is it a source or transit country. [...] | 2007-03-09 06:43:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF BX |
07BANGKOK1209 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PRIDIYATHORN RESIGNS [...] (U) On February 28, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula resigned his positions in government effective March 1. The reasons he gave for his resignation were: - Unhappiness with the criticism leveled at him by the head of the Manager Media group, Sondhi Limthongkul [...] | 2007-02-28 23:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK1269 | RTG DEFENDS COMPULSORY LICENSES, INDUSTRY CONSIDERS [...] (U) Summary: The RTG issued a white paper defending its use of compulsory licenses and stated that it will continue their use. Industry attempted to open a dialogue with the Ministry of Public Health to head off future actions, but met antagonism by health officials who hold the industry in l [...] | 2007-03-04 23:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
07BANGKOK1399 | THAILAND'S NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with visiting Regional Finatt and Econoff, Dr. Chalongphob Sussangkarn, President of economic think-tank Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) and newly appointed Minister of Finance, said that his priorities in office would be to strengthen the monetary a [...] | 2007-03-09 02:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK14 | BANGKOK BOMBS AND THE THAI ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The series of bomb explosions in Bangkok on New Year's Eve occurred at the height of Thailand's tourism season. Tourism is an important component of the Thai economy, contributing more than 6 percent to GDP. Since 2001, Thailand's tourism industry has faced the effects of 9/11, SARS, av [...] | 2007-01-03 10:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TH |
07BANGKOK152 | THAI CABINET APPROVES FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT [...] (U) On January 9 the Thai cabinet approved amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA). The key changes are: - An alien company is now defined as one in which ownership and voting control are both 51 percent non-Thai. Previously voting rights were not addressed. - Increased monetary penalties [...] | 2007-01-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TH |
07BANGKOK1520 | SOMKID PLANS OWN POLITICAL PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 14 Econoff met with Somkid Jatusripitak, Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy during the Thaksin regime and, for five days, the current government's spokesman on "sufficiency economy" questions. In a wide-ranging discussion, Somkid expressed full confidence that electio [...] | 2007-03-14 09:36:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK1634 | PRIDIYATHORN REVEALS A CABINET IN CONFUSION [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently-resigned government economic czar Pridiyathorn told the Ambassador that the current government is weakly led, faction-ridden, and under threat of being replaced. While mindful of the self-serving nature, and some contradictions, in his remarks, this is more evidence of [...] | 2007-03-20 01:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV ETRD TH |
07BANGKOK1669 | THAI MINISTER OF FINANCE AND THE MIDDLE PATH [...] (U) On March 21 Ambassador Boyce made his initial call on newly appointed Finance Minister Chalungphob Sussangkarn. The Minister, very business-like but relaxed, explained that while he was familiar with most of the issues he now faces due to studying these matters in his previous position as [...] | 2007-03-21 07:17:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK1695 | THAI ECONOMIC FORECASTS REVISED DOWNWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials (including newly appointed Finance Minister Chalungphob) and private sector analysts expressed deep concerns about the economy in meetings with visiting US Treasury officials. Growth forecasts for 2007 have recently been revised downward - from 4.5 to 5 perc [...] | 2007-03-22 05:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK1702 | PROSPECTS FOR THAILAND'S 2007 ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Government officials (including newly appointed Finance Minister Chalungphob) and private sector analysts expressed deep concerns about the economy in meetings with visiting US Treasury officials. Growth forecasts for 2007 have recently been revised downward - from 4.5 to 5 perc [...] | 2007-03-22 07:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK1717 | SUWIT DEFENDS BREAKING PATENTS, MINISTER MAY TAKE CASE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The RTG continues consideration of future compulsory licenses on patented drugs, though none appear to be on the immediate horizon. The Ministry of Public Health's leading proponent of compulsory licenses, Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert, defended their use but stated the Ministry wo [...] | 2007-03-22 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
07BANGKOK172 | THAI GOVERNMENT RE-AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 09:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TH |
07BANGKOK1809 | BANK OF THAILAND'S LATEST EFFORT TO STOP THE BAHT [...] (U) Rumors of a return to a fixed foreign exchange rate regime were widespread the afternoon of March 26 as word spread that all commercial banks in the country were being summoned to the Bank of Thailand: Thai banks to appear at 5:00, foreign banks at 5:45. There were several factors propelli [...] | 2007-03-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON TH |
07BANGKOK1859 | EMBASSY REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR ZAW THAN HTIKE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) Embassy is referring Burmese citizen, Mr. Zaw Than Htike, for resettlement to the United States through the Department's Refugee Resettlement Program. Biographical information follows: Name: Zaw Than Htike DOB: November 11, 1975 Nati [...] | 2007-03-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TH BMGT |
07BANGKOK1873 | THAIS APPROVE JAPAN FTA, BUT NGO'S SHOW THEIR CLOUT [...] Summary: The RTG approved an FTA with Japan this week, but not before anti-trade NGOs demonstrated their clout with a public and media that is receptive to their anti-globalization positions. Although the NGOs greatly exaggerated the potential effects of a couple minor provisions in the agreem [...] | 2007-03-29 23:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TH |
07BANGKOK1968 | NEW TAX INTERPRETATION SNARES THAKSIN; OTHERS TOO? [...] (U) On April 2 the government Asset Examination Committee (AEC, a committee set up by the current government to examine alleged cases of corruption committed during the Thaksin regime) ruled that the sale of shares in Shin Corp by former PM Thaksin's children was a taxable event (reftel A). The [...] | 2007-04-04 09:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL TH |
07BANGKOK2020 | THAI TELECOM CONCESSIONS ON THE PRECIPICE [...] Summary: Thailand's Council of State is reviewing amendments made over the years to the private telecom concessions and is likely to conclude that the amendments were granted illegally. The Ministry of Information Technology and Communication (MITC) could use the Council's finding to move ah [...] | 2007-04-07 05:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECPS TH |
07BANGKOK2037 | TH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-09 05:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK2045 | THAI HEALTH MINISTER TO VISIT WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary. The proposed visit of Health Minister Mongkol Na Songkhla to Washington provides the USG the opportunity to engage with perhaps the most high profile member of the current Thai cabinet in terms of driving his agenda forward. As judged by recent polls, he is clearly the most popul [...] | 2007-04-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK2047 | Internet Censorship and YouTube [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT) has blocked the popular website YouTube.com because of video clips mocking the Thai King. In the past two weeks, Thailand has also blocked a pro-Thaksin website and has asked at least one major site to take down a po [...] | 2007-04-09 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OIIP PHUM TH |
07BANGKOK2053 | BAHT APPRECIATION, CAPITAL CONTROLS AND EXCHANGE RATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-10 00:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK2071 | CABINET SENDS INVESTMENT BILL TO LEGISLATURE [...] (U) On April 10 the Thai cabinet approved the revised version of proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA). The first version, approved by cabinet on January 9, was revised somewhat after review by the Council of State (RTG lawyers) and efforts by the Ministry of Commerce to incorp [...] | 2007-04-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EINV TH |
07BANGKOK2251 | PETCHABOON HMONG PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THAI [...] (SBU) Summary. UN and interested country Ambassadors on April 19 presented a multi-part proposal to address the Petchaboon Hmong situation to the Thai MFA PermSec. The PermSec expressed appreciation for the proposal which he said would be discussed at an upcoming senior-level RTG interagency [...] | 2007-04-23 01:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM LA TH |
07BANGKOK2282 | HEALTH MINISTER POSTPONES U.S. TRIP, DEFENDS CL'S [...] Summary: Thailand's Minister of Public Health postponed his planned trip to the U.S. this week, citing medical reasons. Although he will no longer have the opportunity to explain his Ministry's actions on compulsory licenses before the USG Special 301 decision is issued, he remains enthusiast [...] | 2007-04-23 23:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO TH |
07BANGKOK2392 | CORRECTED COPY: BAHT APPRECIATION, CAPITAL CONTROLS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Last December, the Bank of Thailand (BOT) imposed controls on capital inflows blaming foreign speculators for appreciating the baht and reducing the competitiveness of Thai exporters. However, Thailand continues to face strong appreciation pressures on its currency but, at leas [...] | 2007-04-27 07:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK2403 | FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT CHANGES IMMINENT [...] (U) On April 25, the Thai National Legislative Assembly (NLA) approved for consideration the cabinet-proposed version of amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA). The purpose of the bill is to tighten restrictions (or, as the RTG prefers to term it; "close loopholes") in the current version [...] | 2007-04-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PREL TH |
07BANGKOK2407 | TiTV: The BBC-ification of Thailand's "Independent" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai cabinet has decided to re-establish TiTV, the TV station seized from Shin Corp., as a public television station in the image of BBC or PBS. Station staffers are concerned that the move will lead to a reduction in salaries and production quality, while former station ex [...] | 2007-04-29 23:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TH |
07BANGKOK247 | THAI MFA REQUESTS HELP WITH ABDUCTION IN SOMALIA [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) The Thai MFA has requested USG assistance in pressing Somali authorities to work with the Thai Government to secure the release of a Thai citizen held hostage in Somalia. On January 12, we spoke with Panyarak Poolthup, MFA Deputy [...] | 2007-01-12 04:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM TH SO |
07BANGKOK2542 | SPECIAL 301 RESULTS CONTROVERSIAL, CL'S BLAMED FOR [...] Summary: Thailand's placement on USTR's Special 301 Priority Watch List (PWL) for IPR violations sparked controversy and recrimination, but also an RTG commitment to work with the USG to improve IPR protection and find a way off the list. As expected, RTG officials, press and general public [...] | 2007-05-07 01:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
07BANGKOK2578 | MATERIAL SUPPORT LEGISLATIVE FIX STILL NEEDED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Waivers for material support have allowed major resettlement programs for Karen and Chin refugees from Burma to move forward. However, a significant number of Karen and Chin refugees continue to be ineligible for U.S. resettlement because their previous activities are not waiv [...] | 2007-05-09 04:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH BM |
07BANGKOK2594 | UNHCR'S FELLER READOUT ON VISITS TO THAILAND AND LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Erika Feller told the Bangkok diplomatic corps on May 3 that she thought a Thai-Lao solution to the issue of the 155 Nong Khai Hmong might be possible soon if the concerns of the two sides were addressed. She stated that she believed both sides [...] | 2007-05-09 23:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL TH LA |
07BANGKOK261 | DEPUTY PM EXPLAINS FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai Cabinet has approved important changes to the Foreign Business Act (FBA). The motivation for the changes is clear: the current government has a political imperative to find legal fault with the deposed PM Thaksin's ShinCorp transaction. The problem is that the ShinCo [...] | 2007-01-12 08:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL TH |
07BANGKOK2691 | THAI FINANCE MINISTER STILL SEARCHING FOR THE [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Dr. Chalongphob Sussangkarn told the Ambassador that the Thai government is working towards achieving a "middle ground" in its policies after being "too extremely moderate" in its initial attempts to unwind former PM Thaksin's populist economic policies. On the other hand [...] | 2007-05-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK271 | FORMAL THAI POSITION ON BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on January 11 spoke with MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Gooncharn about the UNSC draft Burma resolution, subsequent to the discussion reported in reftel. Krit reported that, in discussions in Cebu, many ASEAN officials voiced the view that ASEAN was a more suitable [...] | 2007-01-12 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC BM TH |
07BANGKOK2749 | SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (SBU) Chris, your visit will help us to reinforce with top-level RTG officials the need to return to democratic governance through elections by the year's end. Political parties, NGOs, and others in the political class are currently debating an initial draft of the constitution, to be finaliz [...] | 2007-05-16 10:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK2790 | THAIS INCREASINGLY SUSPICIOUS OF U.S. [...] (SBU) America's image in Thailand has deteriorated in recent months. Thais generally do not share the American concerns prompted by the RTG's issuance of compulsory licenses for prescription medicines. Not only do they continue to believe that Thailand's placement on the USTR Special 301 Pri [...] | 2007-05-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK280 | FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AND THAILAND'S GATS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-16 04:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON TH |
07BANGKOK2916 | WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE THAI ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's GDP growth rate is decelerating rapidly and RTG officials are concerned about the short-term impact. However, this concern does not extend to changing policies that are having a clear impact on the primary reason for the economy's poor performance-loss of both consumer [...] | 2007-05-25 01:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK2930 | SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Your visit will help us to reinforce with top-level RTG officials the need to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law, and our continued interest in a return to democratic governance through elections by the year's end. Political parties, NGOs, and others in the political cl [...] | 2007-05-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK2993 | THAI TRIBUNAL CLEARS DEMOCRAT PARTY; TRT RULING [...] (U) Thailand's Constitutional Tribunal has cleared the Democrat Party (DP) of all alleged wrongdoing in connection with the April 2006 elections (reftel). Due to the time required to read the verdict, which includes a summary of the positions of all sides in the case, the Tribunal's follow-on [...] | 2007-05-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK309 | RTG ATTENDANCE AT ARF WORKSHOP ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-16 10:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AORC ARF TH |
07BANGKOK3115 | THAI GOVERNMENT RELAXES POLITICAL PARTY [...] (U) Following a cabinet meeting on June 5, a government spokesman announced the cabinet's decision to lift with immediate effect a prohibition on political parties' conduct of political activities. The cabinet also decided to draft a bill to lift or modify a ban on the registration of new pol [...] | 2007-06-06 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3154 | SWISS OFFER LESE MAJESTE SURVIVAL GUIDE [...] (SBU) The recent arrest and subsequent pardon of a Swiss national accused of offending Thailand's revered King Bhumipol Adulyadej -- a serious crime in a country where the monarch wields great moral authority -- provided a rare window into the reaction of the palace to incidents of lese majest [...] | 2007-06-07 08:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TH |
07BANGKOK3276 | THAKSIN'S FROZEN ASSETS [...] (SBU) On June 11, Thailand's Asset Examination Committee (AEC),which has been investigating corruption cases from the previous government, ordered that the assets of former PM Thaksin and his wife, sister, children and brother-in-law be frozen pending a court ruling on alleged corruption. The [...] | 2007-06-13 08:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TH |
07BANGKOK3416 | YET MORE CHARGES AGAINST THAKSIN [...] (U) In the latest move against former Prime Minister Thaksin and his Thai wealth, on June 19 the Department of Special Investigations (DSI) announced charges of concealing assets and violating Stock Exchange and SEC regulations in respect to Shinawatra family holdings of SC Asset Management, a [...] | 2007-06-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK3439 | MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN THAILAND: GLOBAL RISKS [...] Collaborative efforts between the CDC and the Thai Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) have improved the accuracy of testing and reporting of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Thailand. As a result, health authorities here better understand the prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) and extensively dru [...] | 2007-06-21 08:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV PHUM PREL TH |
07BANGKOK4091 | THAI ANTI-JUNTA GROUP LEADERS ARRESTED AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of the demonstration against GEN Prem (reftel) were detained by police on July 26 and denied bail. Thai officials briefed the diplomatic community, emphasizing that they would respect the right of citizens to peaceful protest, but would not allow violence, or disrupt [...] | 2007-07-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK4442 | PARLIAMENT WITHDRAWS FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS, [...] (U) Summary: The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) last week withdrew proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act that foreign investors fear would further restrict investment in the Thai economy. Before withdrawing the bill, the NLA succeeded in expanding the definition of foreigner t [...] | 2007-08-16 09:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TH |
07BANGKOK4588 | TIME RUNNING OUT FOR FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Key MP Somchai Sakulsurarat assured foreign embassies August 23 that controversial amendments to the Foreign Business Act were unlikely to be reintroduced in the Assembly before end-of-year elections. He further stated that a revised version of the amendments would only pass i [...] | 2007-08-24 10:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TH |
07BANGKOK4639 | THAILAND: TEN YEARS AFTER 1997 FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the ten-year anniversary of the 1997 financial crisis, Thailand faces economic challenges of a much different nature. Gone are the days of easy loans fueling massive real estate speculation and luxury imports. Rather than fighting a currency devaluation, and exhausting its [...] | 2007-08-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD ECON PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK4725 | THAILAND LIFTS BAN ON YOUTUBE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MICT) announced on August 30 that it had lifted its ban on the popular video-sharing website YouTube, a ban that has made the site inaccessible for most Internet users in Thailand for nearly five months. The announceme [...] | 2007-08-31 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECPS TH |
07BANGKOK4753 | IS FOREIGN INVESTMENT UP OR DOWN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Board of Investment (BOI) is reporting substantial increases in foreign direct investment in 2007, flying in the face of sour economic news and controversial economic policies. Some of the increase can be attributed to a repackaging of investment through the BOI, as [...] | 2007-09-04 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TH |
07BANGKOK4822 | Education and Civil Society in the Deep South: Bitterness [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 28-29, 2007 trip to the three southernmost provinces of Thailand - Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala - PAO, AIO, ARSO and two locally-employed Thai staff (LES),visiting rural educational institutions to deliver educational resources and materials about the United St [...] | 2007-09-06 10:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TH |
07BANGKOK4849 | DEMARCHE PRESENTED TO ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT RE: IRAN-IAEA [...] (SBU) DCM spoke to RTG MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul September 6 re: demarche points in ref. B. Virasakdi responded that the RTG is willing to listen to USG concerns but would like further details. On September 7, econoff presented non-paper from ref. A) to Charn Jullamon, Direct [...] | 2007-09-07 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NOTAG TH IAEA IR |
07BANGKOK4926 | New Cyber Law Nets First Violator [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent apprehension and release on bail of the webmaster of a website often critical of the monarchy was the first known arrest under the controversial Computer Related Offenses Act -- also known as the Computer Crimes Act -- which was signed into law in June. Authorities h [...] | 2007-09-13 03:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO TH |
07BANGKOK4943 | DEMOCRATS AND PPP OUTLINE ECONOMIC PLATFORMS [...] Summary: Leaders of Thailand's likely top two political parties in the coming elections, the Democrat Party and the People's Power Party (PPP),outlined notional economic platforms at an investment conference on September 12-13. The Democrat leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, said he would scrap the [...] | 2007-09-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV TH |
07BANGKOK4980 | NEW PANEL TO INVESTIGATE THAI DRUG WAR KILLINGS [...] (SBU) In the latest in a series of moves to investigate abuses by the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra, the Ministry of Justice in August established an independent commission to probe the extra-judicial killing of an estimated 2,500 people during the Thaksin government's [...] | 2007-09-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK499 | RECENT THAI ECONOMIC POLICY - WHY? [...] (SBU) Summary. Investor confidence in Thailand has suffered a series of shocks over the past 40 days. The introduction of more stringent capital controls effectively limiting new investment, a series of bombs in Bangkok on New Year's Eve, and proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (F [...] | 2007-01-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK5011 | EMBASSY URGES GREATER RTG EFFORT ON LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Emboffs voiced strong concern at the lack of progress on labor trafficking cases in Thailand in delivering reftel demarche to MFA DG for the Americas, Nongnuth Phetcharatana. DCM advised MFA that Thailand's record on labor trafficking threatens to overshadow continued [...] | 2007-09-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM CVIS TH |
07BANGKOK5150 | DOWN AND OUT IN THAKSIN'S HEARTLAND - TOURING THE [...] (SBU) Summary: A tour of the economically depressed Northeastern region revealed strong sentiment for populist policies of former PM Thaksin and his disbanded Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party amid hopes that the coming December elections will boost economic growth. Economic conditions, reflecting [...] | 2007-09-28 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK5154 | THAILAND MAKES PLANS FOR NUCLEAR POWER [...] Summary. With increasing energy demand and dwindling domestic natural gas reserves, Thailand will face energy shortages unless new sources are developed. The RTG's long-term energy policy strategy calls for nuclear energy to play a significant role, with plans to have 4000 MW of generating capa [...] | 2007-09-30 23:57:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET KNNP TH SENV TSPL TRGY |
07BANGKOK523 | THAI GOVERNMENT ADDRESSES FOREIGN BUSINESS [...] (U) On January 24, PM Surayud addressed a lunch meeting attended by more than 700 members of the Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand. The PM's address was intended to rebut the increasingly widely held view the military-appointed interim government is more cautious toward foreign in [...] | 2007-01-25 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL TH |
07BANGKOK5253 | FORD TO BOOST INVESTMENT IN THAILAND'S "DETROIT OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a year and a half of deliberation and discussions, Ford Motor Company is set to announce on October 9 a USD 843 million investment in passenger car production in Thailand. Ford made the decision after the RTG agreed to conditions for the investment, including a five-year [...] | 2007-10-05 02:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TH |
07BANGKOK527 | MORE COMPULSORY LICENSES LIKELY FOR THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Public Health announced his intention to issue further compulsory licenses next week for HIV/AIDS medicines and heart medicine. Similar to its earlier compulsory license on another HIV drug last November, the Ministry did not discuss or negotiate with patent ho [...] | 2007-01-25 23:48:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
07BANGKOK5325 | Media Reform in Thailand: The Good, the Not-so-Bad, and the [...] (SBU) Over the last few months, Thailand's interim government has introduced three pieces of important legislation governing media in the country. In August, a new printing bill, nullifying the antiquated 1941 Printing Act, was passed by the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and now awaits e [...] | 2007-10-10 05:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO ECPS EINT TH |
07BANGKOK5436 | EMBASSY BANGKOK REQUEST FOR FY08 JIATF WEST SUPPORT [...] (SBU/NF) This is a request for U.S. DoD operational support under section 1004, National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 as amended, for FY 2008 JIATF West training and construction support to Thai counterdrug law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and Thai military units with counterdrug roles. [...] | 2007-10-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR MOPS TH LA KCRM |
07BANGKOK5578 | THAI ELECTION SEASON PROMPTS CAMPAIGN, FRAUD, AND [...] (SBU) Thailand's campaign season is under way following the enactment of the royal decree establishing a December 23 general election. Political parties and journalists raised strong objections to the Election Commission of Thailand's (ECT) strict new campaign rules which dramatically restrict [...] | 2007-10-29 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK5595 | LAO HMONG IN THAILAND: MATERIAL SUPPORT WAIVER [...] (SBU) On October 26, RefCoord delivered the demarche on the Lao Hmong material support waiver to Ittiporn Boonpracong, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ittiporn was accompanied by Phantipha Iamsudha, Acting Director, MFA Social Divis [...] | 2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TH LA |
07BANGKOK5663 | THAI POLICE INCREASE IP ENFORCEMENT BUT PIRATED GOODS [...] (SBU) Summary: Six months after Thailand's elevation to the Special 301 Priority Watch List for IPR violations, local representatives of intellectual property rights holders say police have stepped up enforcement of copyright and trademark laws, but fear that commitment to greater enforcement [...] | 2007-11-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR TH |
07BANGKOK5667 | THAI ELECTION CAMPAIGN RULES EASED BUT TENSIONS [...] (SBU) On October 31, the Election Commission of Thailand eased restrictive election campaign rules issued a week earlier following widespread public criticism. While most rules remain unchanged, the amendments, issued over the objections of one outspoken election commissioner, loosen restrict [...] | 2007-11-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK5740 | THAI ELECTION CANDIDATE REGISTRATION BEGINS WITH [...] (SBU) Registration for 80 party lists seats to be contested in the December 23 general elections began on November 7, with 18 political parties and several dozen candidates registering with the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT). Political party leaders speculated on the superstitious impl [...] | 2007-11-08 23:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK5749 | THAI POLITICAL PARTIES: ELECTION PLAYBILL [...] (SBU/NF) As the December 23 election approaches, post provides the following brief profiles of the most prominent political parties in Thailand. We caution that the seat projections are extremely unscientific, and the campaign season is just beginning. They are provided to give a rough idea [...] | 2007-11-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK5766 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor and ISN/ECC Desk Officer met with key Thai export and border control officials, October 1-2. All Thai ministry officials were supportive of U.S. training and cooperation. EXBS Advisor visited Laem Chabang port and conducted initial deconfliction coordination with CSI team as [...] | 2007-11-13 07:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
07BANGKOK5782 | EXBS VIETNAM: MEETINGS WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) EXBS Advisor and POL Officer met with Vietnamese border and port control officials in Hanoi, Lang Son, and Haiphong between October 30 and November 2, 2007. Rapid growth in industrial development and international trade is stretching the government's ability to monitor activities at lan [...] | 2007-11-13 23:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL VN |
07BANGKOK581 | RESPONDING TO CHANGES IN THE THAI FOREIGN BUSINESS [...] (U) Action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On January 23, we received a Diplomatic Note providing the official translation of the proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act (FBA, see reftels). These were e-mailed to EB/MLS. Reftel A included a draft letter the EU mission in Bangkok [...] | 2007-01-30 05:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TH |
07BANGKOK5811 | NEW CONSTITUTION WOULD REQUIRE PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Article 190 of Thailand's new Constitution outlines procedures for negotiating and approving international agreements, including requirements for obtaining parliamentary approval and holding public hearings. Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have e [...] | 2007-11-15 05:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TH |
07BANGKOK5881 | OATHS, INSULTS, AND RESTRICTIONS AMID THAI [...] (SBU) Citing new election laws, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) ruled on November 16 that 111 "banned" former executives of the dissolved Thai Rak Thai party could not participate in the December 23 election campaign. The ECT later said its ruling was merely advisory, but some affect [...] | 2007-11-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK5914 | THAI ELECTION ROUNDUP: DISQUALIFICATIONS AND [...] (SBU) Citing duplicate party registrations and other procedural ineligibilities, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) on November 21 disqualified 37 party list candidates from 16 political parties from competing in the December 23 elections. The ECT threatened legal penalties against dis [...] | 2007-11-23 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK598 | RTG OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS WITH PHARMA "AFTER CL'S ARE [...] On January 29, Minister of Public Health Mongkol na Songhkla issued a statement officially announcing compulsory licenses (CL) on Abbott Labs' HIV medicine Kaletra, and the heart medication Plavix, distributed by Sanofi-Aventis. The official notification for Kaletra was signed on January 24, [...] | 2007-01-30 23:41:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR TH |
07BANGKOK6074 | FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS STILL UP IN THE AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: MP Somchai Sakulsurarat told a diplomatic and business group that his committee is still debating amendments to the Foreign Business Act but is confident it would report the bill out to the full assembly next week. Committee debate is focused on whether to grandfather foreign [...] | 2007-12-07 09:23:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TH |
07BANGKOK6077 | OFFICIAL BIAS AND VOTER INDECISION [...] (SBU) Coup leaders have reportedly claimed immunity from prosecution after an Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) panel concluded that the Council for National Security (CNS) was biased against the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The CNS plans to send a prominent coup leader to test [...] | 2007-12-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK6089 | FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE UPCOMING THAI ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 09:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK6153 | EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) EXBS Advisor completed an introductory visit to Vietnam, meeting with officials in Hanoi, Haiphong port and Lang Son border crossing. An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, Nov. 27-29. Interest and participation were good; several possible follow-on activi [...] | 2007-12-14 09:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN |
07BANGKOK6233 | MESSAGE ON SINOPEC-YADAVARAN DELIVERED TO RTG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 07:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH |
07BANGKOK6234 | Prospects for Future USG Assistance to the Thai Anti-Money [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting USDOJ Official Linda Samuel accompanied by Embassy Bangkok officers called on senior Thai Anti-Money Laundering Office officials and held a productive discussion of possible new USG-RTG cooperation and capacity building assistance. The visit responded to a recent RTG de [...] | 2007-12-21 07:29:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM SNAR TH |
07BANGKOK6236 | EXBS VIETNAM: MEETINGS WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) EXBS Advisor and local USG officials met with Vietnamese border security officials in Ho Chi Minh City and port, at Moc Bai border crossing with Cambodia, and at Border Guards headquarters in Hanoi, December 3-6, 2007. Vietnamese officials were uniformly anxious for cooperation and assist [...] | 2007-12-21 07:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL VN |
07BANGKOK6239 | A BURMESE ROCK BECOMES A THAI RUBY [...] (SBU) Visits to the major gem trading and polishing centers in Thailand reveal that most of the value of finished Burmese gems is added outside of Burma. The Chantaburi Gem and Jewelry Traders Association says its members get most of their raw stones from private smugglers in Thai border towns [...] | 2007-12-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ETRD PHUM PREL BM TH |
07BANGKOK6240 | NLA FAILS TO PASS FOREIGN BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS; [...] (SBU) Summary: A parliamentary committee failed to report out proposed amendments to the Foreign Business Act in time for consideration by the full National Legislative Assembly (NLA),leaving any future changes to the next government. Although foreign business groups overwhelmingly opposed [...] | 2007-12-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TH |
07BANGKOK6241 | THAILAND READIES POST-ELECTION THAKSIN-LIKE SPENDING BINGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's major political parties have all made campaign promises of large spending increases both on traditional programs for infrastructure development and on "populist" programs. Economic advisers in all parties believe that a substantial fiscal boost is necessary for econ [...] | 2007-12-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV TH |
07BANGKOK6254 | Prospects for Future USG Assistance to the Thai Anti-Money [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting USDOJ Official Linda Samuel accompanied by Embassy Bangkok officers called on senior Thai Anti-Money Laundering Office officials and held a productive discussion of possible new USG-RTG cooperation and capacity building assistance. The visit responded to a recent RTG de [...] | 2007-12-26 07:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KCRM SNAR TH |
07BANGKOK6257 | THAI ELECTION: UNOFFICIAL RESULTS GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (SBU) Final, unofficial results from Thailand's December 23 elections indicate that a record 74.5% of the electorate voted to give the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) a plurality of 233 seats in the 480-seat House of Representatives, including a plurality of proportional party list seat [...] | 2007-12-26 08:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TH |
07BANGKOK6296 | MEDIA FREEDOM IN COMMUNITY RADIO: A VIEW OF NORTHERN [...] (SBU) On December 12-13, AIO and LES Specialist visited community radio stations in the northern region of Thailand. Community radio members with whom we met expressed concern over the current operating environment, but indicated that not much had changed between the Thaksin and post-Thaksin e [...] | 2007-12-31 10:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH |
07BANGKOK82 | LEGISLATOR OFFERS TO HELP SPREAD USG VIEWS [...] (SBU) On January 5, Dr. Vachara Phanchet, a member of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) and Secretary of its Committee on Foreign Affairs, called on the Ambassador seeking cooperation between his committee and the Embassy on issues including trade and restoring Thailand's reputation in t [...] | 2007-01-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON TH |
07BANJUL101 | THE GAMBIA: BACK ON TRACK WITH IMF [...] (U) We note, per the IMF's press release, the IMF Executive Board's February 21 approval of a three-year, dols 21 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) for The Gambia. According to the IMF's announcement, the Executive Board also approved additional interim assistance of dols 0 [...] | 2007-02-27 11:55:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EFIN PREL IMF GA |
07BANJUL104 | THE GAMBIA: IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche February 26 to Foreign Affairs Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) Bala Garba Jahumpa, stressing Iran's failure to comply with UNSCR 1737 and ongoing defiance of the international community over its nuclear activities. Ambassador urged the GOTG's suppor [...] | 2007-02-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP IR GA |
07BANJUL105 | THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche February 26 to Foreign Affairs Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) Bala Garba Jahumpa, briefing on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and providing a copy of the Global Initiative Statement of Principles. Ambassador urged the GOTG to endo [...] | 2007-02-28 11:52:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GA |
07BANJUL16 | THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) In meeting with Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy, Ambassador briefed on the President's new Iraq strategy and provided text of his remarks. The Ambassador urged the GOTG to consider expressing publicly its support for the President's strategy and for the Iraqi government's efforts on be [...] | 2007-01-12 11:41:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ GA |
07BANJUL160 | THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 16:20:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IAEA PARM KNNP MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GA |
07BANJUL247 | THE GAMBIA: MINOR PUBLIC DISTURBANCE NEAR CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Corroborating media reports, our sources report that on the evening of May 9, police in the Banjul suburb of Serrekunda raided a hangout known to be frequented by youths engaged in smoking cannabis and mugging passers-by. The raid resulted in the detention of 12 youths and the death of [...] | 2007-05-11 11:41:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC CASC GA |
07BANJUL275 | THE GAMBIA: ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 11:00:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD AU SU GA UN |
07BANJUL306 | THE GAMBIA: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 11, Ambassador and Poloff met with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Bai Ousmane Secka to inform him of the TIP Report narrative for The Gambia in advance of the Report's public release June 12. Providing copies of the narrative, points, and press guidance contained in reftel, [...] | 2007-06-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO ELAB GA |
07BANJUL402 | GAMBIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] In response to reftel demarche the Permanent Secretary of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs told the Charge on August 2 SIPDIS that the final decision on the delegation has not yet been made but that either President Jammeh or Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy would lead the delegat [...] | 2007-08-02 17:28:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GA |
07BANJUL44 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION RESULTS: RULING APRC [...] (SBU) The ruling party Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) has won a total of 42 out of 48 seats in the National Assembly elections held on January 25. Five seats were won by default as APRC candidates ran unopposed in their constituencies, while 37 of the 43 contes [...] | 2007-01-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM GA |
07BANJUL449 | CASAMANCE REBELS SKIRMISH IN THE GAMBIA [...] (SBU) Post received a note verbale addressed to all diplomatic missions in The Gambia, dated August 16, from the Department of State (Ministry) for Foreign Affairs, documenting two casualties (one death) from an encounter between rival Senegalese rebel groups along the Casamance border on Ju [...] | 2007-08-22 08:52:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PREF SG GA |
07BANJUL46 | THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-29 11:16:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM AU GA |
07BANJUL494 | THE GAMBIA - UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] THE FOLLOWING IS CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY SECTION HEADS: NAME: Brian Bachman TITLE: Charge d'Affaires a.i. (CDA) OFFICE TEL: +220-439-2856 x2103 OR +220-439-6577 CELL TEL: +220-996-0908 HOME TEL: +220-446-5975 UNCLASSIFIED E-MAIL: BachmanBD@state.gov SIPDIS CLASSIFIED E-MAIL: Ba [...] | 2007-09-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT APER GA |
07BANJUL589 | ETHNICITY IN THE GAMBIA: THE RISE OF THE JOLAS [...] (SBU) The Gambia is lauded by its government, people, and visitors for its ethnic diversity and the apparent harmony among its many tribes. The lack of civil conflict along ethnic lines in an often-troubled region is prized by Gambians. Freedom from tribalism is also touted at the political [...] | 2007-11-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI GA |
07BANJUL61 | THE GAMBIA: STRIKE BY EMBASSY GUARD FORCE [...] (U) Per reftelcon, today, February 2, the Embassy's local guard force (Wackenhut) staged a peaceful strike,as most guards failed to assume their posts for the day shift (0700-1500 hrs local) at Embassy facilities -- chancery, warehouse, Peace Corps Office, medical office, and EMR. To compensa [...] | 2007-02-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CMGT GA |
07BANJUL614 | GOTG ANNOUNCES 2008 DRAFT BUDGET [...] (SBU) The budget figures for the 2008 fiscal year and 2007 year-end estimates released on December 3 indicate that the GOTG's new revenue collection systems are working. The budget numbers reflect, at least on paper, the government's focus of the current IMF Poverty Reduction and Strategy Pa [...] | 2007-12-13 16:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA |
07BANJUL67 | THE GAMBIA: ENSURING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof (Deputy Formin equivalent),stressing the imperative of strong pressure by the international community on Iran, via full, effective implementation of UNSCR 1737, to prevent its acquisition of a nuclear we [...] | 2007-02-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP EFIN IR GA |
07BANJUL75 | THE GAMBIA: CREATION OF COMBATANT COMMAND FOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador briefed Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof on the U.S. decision to establish a SIPDIS combatant command for Africa (AFRICOM),drawing from reftel points and February 7 Pentagon briefing. Ambassador stressed that while U.S. military engagement in Africa was no [...] | 2007-02-12 11:54:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS GA |
07BARCELONA102 | ANDORRA ELECTS ITS MAYORS [...] (SBU) The ruling Liberal Party of Andorra (LP) continued its winning ways December 2 handily winning weekend municipal elections. The Social Democratic Party (PS),which had formed a coalition with other like minded groups under the name L'Alternativa, came in second. Two big surprises were the [...] | 2007-12-03 16:40:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SP AN |
07BARCELONA112 | ANDORRA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The following submission provides Post's contribution to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2007" report. 2. (SBU) Andorra continues to be a supportive partner in the global war on terrorism. The government has cooperated to build law enforcement capacity, enhance border se [...] | 2007-12-21 15:15:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC SP AN |
07BARCELONA52 | HIGH LEVEL OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN IMMIGRATION SCANDAL [...] (SBU) Eduard Planells, formerly the Spanish government's deputy representative to the region of Catalonia, was arrested July 16 in connection with Operation Wasp (Avispa),a Spanish National Police (SNP) operation targeting the Russian mafia. A national anticorruption court ordered the arrest [...] | 2007-07-20 10:54:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KCRM RS GG IS SP |
07BARCELONA53 | EX-FM PIQUE STEPS DOWN AS REGIONAL PP LEADER [...] (SBU) Former Foreign Minister and Catalan Popular Party (PPC) leader Josep Pique resigned with immediate effect July 19, claiming mistreatment by the national PP. In a letter to PP President Mariano Rajoy, Pique said that it had become impossible for him to continue working for the party after [...] | 2007-07-20 14:31:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
07BARCELONA55 | CG RAISES MONEYLAUNDERING, UNGA WITH NEW ANDORRAN FM, [...] (SBU) Summary: CG traveled to Andorra July 26 to call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Meritxell Mateu, meet for the first time with opposition party leader Jaume Bartomeu, President of the Social Democrat group in the Andorran Parliament, and handle an ACS case. Mateu delivered a copy of a [...] | 2007-07-27 17:47:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA KCRM SNAR SP |
07BARCELONA57 | 62ND UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS FOR MEETINGS -- [...] (SBU) Listed below are the officials that will be attendance for the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA): A. Attendance of the Head of State: No B. Attendance of the Head of Government: - Albert Pintat Santolari, Cap du Govern (Head of Government) will attend - Carmen Rossell T [...] | 2007-08-09 09:07:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SP |
07BARCELONA76 | BARCELONA'S SUMMER OF DISCONTENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A spate of infrastructure failures over the summer angered Catalans even as they prepared for their summer holidays, and calls for greater autonomy or outright independence by current and former political leaders only added fuel to the fire. The signing of an agreement between th [...] | 2007-09-21 17:08:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SP |
07BARCELONA87 | HIGH SPEED TRAIN HITS BUMP; THREATENS SOCIALISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Jose Luis Zapatero acknowledged October 28 that the arrival of the AVE to Barcelona, which he had repeatedly confirmed would happen by December 21, will not be finished before the March 2008 general elections. Safety concerns, poor management, and ill-advised political con [...] | 2007-11-02 16:38:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP |
07BASRAH117 | BASRAH DEVELOPMENT FORUM HIGHLIGHTS POLITICAL CONSENSUS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Third Basrah Development Forum" on December 12 was a resounding success. PM Maliki's presence on the dais next to Basrah Governor Wa'eli was a public announcement that the central and provincial governments are working together to solve Basrah Province's security and developm [...] | 2007-12-16 11:36:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV IZ |
07BASRAH8 | LOOKING AHEAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The REO staff have been polling our Basrah contacts since September regarding the likelihood of provincial elections and possible outcomes. With few exceptions, REO contacts have overwhelmingly stated that election planning and candidate vetting is stalled until the new election law is p [...] | 2007-01-17 07:11:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
07BASRAH82 | ELECTRICITY ISSUES IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary: REO Discussions with a wide range of contacts revealed an intermittent supply of 8 to 9 hours of grid electricity per day for Basrah, with ever rising demand. Single family or neighborhood for-profit generators are common, as is theft from grid lines. The lack of consumer billin [...] | 2007-09-08 14:51:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID ECON PGOV IZ |
07BASRAH94 | PRT/USACE WORKSHOP GETS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL AND GOVERNATE [...] (U) Summary: In an August 31 - September 5 conference at the Dubai School of Government, the Basrah PRT and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers introduced best practices by successful UAE and Jordanian municipal services providers to Basrah municipal service directorate (sewage, water and electricity) [...] | 2007-10-13 09:59:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
07BASRAH95 | PROMOTING GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Over the past two months, militia attacks against Coalition personnel in Basrah have significantly subsided, but the absence of anti-Coalition violence has not resulted in tranquility for the citizens of Basrah. Shi'a militias and criminal gangs continue to terrorize Basrawis through a c [...] | 2007-10-13 13:03:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAID KWMN IZ |
07BEIJING1081 | Rural Policy Remains Government's Top Priority in 2007, [...] (SBU) On January 29, the State Council issued its Number One Document, naming rural policy as the leadership's top priority for the fourth year in a row. As expected, the Number One Document supported the outcome of the December 2006 Rural Work Conference and emphasized the importance of moder [...] | 2007-02-15 06:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1094 | FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: OECD VISITOR ON CHINA'S LIMITED [...] (SBU) China has a growing but still limited willingness to discuss its emerging role as a donor, to be transparent about its programs, and to coordinate development assistance issues with other countries, according to Richard Manning, Chair of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC),[...] | 2007-02-15 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CH XA XB XC XD XE XF DAC |
07BEIJING1116 | URBAN-RURAL INCOME GAP NARROWING IN JIANGXI THANKS TO [...] (SBU) Remittances from rural-to-urban migrants have boosted rural incomes in Jiangxi Province, lowering the urban-rural income gap to below the national average. Provincial and municipal level government officials believe agricultural sector modernization, including renewed emphasis on agro-pr [...] | 2007-02-16 03:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING113 | DOUBLING LAND USE FEES: RURAL WATCHERS HOPE [...] (SBU) China's Central Government, seeking to slow development in urban areas and protect farmland, implemented a new regulation on January 1 to double land use fees. The regulation, announced by the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Land Resources, and People's Bank of China in November 2006, [...] | 2007-01-05 09:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1130 | CHINA INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 04:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM IR CH |
07BEIJING1210 | CENTRAL CHINA'S JIANGXI PROVINCE SEEKING TO REPLICATE [...] (SBU) Jiangxi Province aims to replicate Coastal China's model of attracting investment in export-oriented manufacturing and processing industries as the basis for rapid economic development. Receiving renewed attention from the Central Government under the Central China Rising strategy, Jiangx [...] | 2007-02-23 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1688 | INVITATION TO FBI-SPONSORED GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-14 07:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
07BEIJING1689 | USTR PROPOSES BILATERAL LABOR DIALOGUE WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6 Assistant USTR Tim Stratford met with the Chinese Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSS) and proposed that the United States and China initiate a bilateral labor dialogue that would help the United States sustain and improve trade ties with China. USTR has coor [...] | 2007-03-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD CH |
07BEIJING1700 | COURT AND PROCURACY REPORTS STRESS ANTI- [...] (SBU) During his March 13 presentation of the Supreme People's Court Work Report at China's annual legislative session, Court President Xiao Yang discussed death penalty reforms and made repeated reference to the need for supervision of the judiciary. Procurator-General Jia Chunwang highligh [...] | 2007-03-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON KJUS KIPR CH |
07BEIJING1734 | CHINA/ENERGY: REFINING HOW OIL IS PRICED [...] (SBU) China presently has in place an interim oil pricing mechanism that will eventually lead to the integration of domestic prices with global prices, according to National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Bi Jingquan, as quoted by media on March 11. Bi's comment caps ye [...] | 2007-03-15 03:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING1753 | ADB's NGO PROJECT GETTING HIGH MARKS IN JIANGXI [...] (SBU) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and its Chinese Government partners launched the second phase of the NGO-Government Partnerships in Village-Level Poverty Alleviation project on January 19. The pilot project, based in Jiangxi Province, was inaugurated in December 2005 (see reftel). Gov [...] | 2007-03-15 07:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING1757 | CHINA WILL CONSIDER UN REFORM POINTS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ACABQ UNGA CH |
07BEIJING1786 | MOST'S VIEWS ON SED DIALOGUES AND UPCOMING BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTH Counselor met with Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Department of International Cooperation Deputy Director General Ma Linying March 14 to touch base following the SED Whitepaper meetings and hear MOST's views on SED preparations and other upcoming bilateral issues [...] | 2007-03-16 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING1842 | UN REFORM: CHINA BELIEVES REFORM ISSUES SHOULD BE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ACABQ UNGA CH |
07BEIJING1885 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para. 2. 2. (SBU) China is pleased to see expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and particularly welcomes the announcement that Ukraine has joined the Initiative, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told [...] | 2007-03-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH |
07BEIJING2091 | U/S LAVIN, MOFCOM VM MA DISCUSS SED, JCCT, MARKET [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary Lavin informed Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong that unaddressed market access and IPR issues, the possibility of countervailing duty cases against China this year and the potential for a deterioration in the bilateral economic and trade rel [...] | 2007-03-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP KIPR WTRO EINV CH |
07BEIJING2101 | CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) Summary. This is the first of two cables to assist Washington, DC agencies in their Section 301 decision making for China. This cable focuses on non- enforcement related IPR issues, including policy developments, legislative developments and patent and trademark prosecution. Post reco [...] | 2007-03-29 12:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING2103 | CHINA MISSION 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION: [...] (SBU) This is part two of the Mission's reporting on "Special 301" related developments. The Mission's recommendations that China should once again be placed on the Priority Watch List, with Section 306 monitoring, and considered for an appropriate WTO case on IPR, were set forth in the first [...] | 2007-03-30 00:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING2152 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, ANSWERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH |
07BEIJING2187 | QINGHAI NGOS DISCUSS PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Qinghai Province told Chengdu- based Poloff that local NGOs have grown rapidly in the last several years. NGOs in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai have invested 40 million RMB (USD 5.2 million) in so [...] | 2007-04-03 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2455 | USPTO U/S DUDAS AND SUPREMEPEOPLE'S COURT DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Commerce Under Secretary and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Jon Dudas met with Supreme People's Court (SPC) Deputy President Zhang Jun on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and innovation in China. The two discussed China's crimi [...] | 2007-04-13 03:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO PGOV CH |
07BEIJING2463 | U.S. COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL [...] (U) United States Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement Chris Israel met with China General Administration of Customs officials on March 28 to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. China Customs expressed their interest in moving forward quickly wit [...] | 2007-04-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING2477 | Tibetan Scholars: Cultural Preservation [...] (SBU) Tibetan scholars and monks in Gansu Province advocated focused, selective cultural preservation in discussions with Poloffs during a recent visit, but stressed that making culture a boutique luxury is not the path to success in this effort. Acknowledging that some aspects of Tibetan cu [...] | 2007-04-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL SOCI CH |
07BEIJING2514 | STAFFDEL MIXTER DISCUSSES NORTHEAST ASIAN [...] (SBU) China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) Japan expert Jin Xide told Staffdel Mixter that Premier Wen's visit to Japan aims to enhance China's image in the minds of the Japanese public. Energy, including cooperation on energy conservation and the dispute over gas in the East China Sea, is [...] | 2007-04-17 01:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV CH JA KS KN |
07BEIJING2517 | STAFFDEL MIXTER'S VISIT TO INNER MONGOLIAN [...] (SBU) Officials of China's Shenhua Company told Staffdel Mixter that their factory for direct coal liquefaction could begin producing diesel fuel from coal with minimal environmental impact by the end of this year. During an April 6 tour of Shenhua's eighty percent-complete facility in Erdos, [...] | 2007-04-17 01:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG KIRF CH |
07BEIJING2535 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting on March 28, 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) informed Mark Ginsberg, Member of the Board of Directors, DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Ginsberg),that the Ministry of Construction (MOC) has the lead in negotiating the Ene [...] | 2007-04-17 06:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH |
07BEIJING2536 | U.S. -CHINA ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On the margins of the Third International Conference on Intelligent Green and Energy Efficient Building Technologies and Products Expo (Intelligent Building Technology Conference),Vice Minister of the Ministry of Construction (MOC) Qiu Baoxing shared his vision for expanding t [...] | 2007-04-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV SENV CH |
07BEIJING2555 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomes ref A information about the expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to include Armenia, Romania, Cambodia and Macedonia, MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan told poloff April 17. Poloff noted that we did not yet have any informat [...] | 2007-04-18 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING2566 | USTR CONCLUDES PROVINCIAL IPR REVIEW IN BEIJING [...] (U) USTR Chief Negotiator for Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Stanford McCoy and USTR Senior Director for China Affairs Amy Celico visited Beijing on March 16 to conclude a series of provincial review meetings in several Chinese cities. They discussed Internet copyright issues at the B [...] | 2007-04-18 06:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON WTRO CH |
07BEIJING259 | STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED) OPENING SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 14 opening of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi and National Development and Reform Chairman Ma Kai,s presentations on China,s development road and strategy broke little new ground and drew largely from 11th Five-Year Plan documents. [...] | 2007-01-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN WTRO PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING262 | SED SESSION TWO: RURAL AND URBAN BALANCED [...] (SBU) In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) luncheon session on rural and urban balanced development, Finance Minister Jin Renqing outlined a recurrent SED theme ) how to raise the standard of living in China's countryside to narrow the rural-urban income gap. Policies to achiev [...] | 2007-01-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN SOCI SENV ENRG PREL CH |
07BEIJING263 | SED SESSION THREE: SUSTAINING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on sustaining economic development, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke discussed how a flexible exchange rate will help balance China's economy. National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Ma Kai raised [...] | 2007-01-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING264 | SED SESSION FOUR: PROMOTING TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 14 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on promoting trade and investment, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez described the mutual SIPDIS benefits of United States-China trade, urged China to open further its services market, and underscored the need [...] | 2007-01-11 13:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING265 | SED SESSION FIVE: ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the December 15 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) session on energy, environment, and sustainable development, National Development and Reform Commission Chairman Ma Kai, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman, State Environmental Protection Administration Minister Zho [...] | 2007-01-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL CVIS SENV ENRG CH |
07BEIJING2786 | TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS? MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters discussed a broad range of bilateral aviation issues during her meeting with General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) Minister Yang Yuanyuan on April 13, 2007. The meeting included a signing ceremony for a record of [...] | 2007-04-26 00:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2793 | TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERS' MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters highlighted opportunities for cooperation in railway expansion and economic development and advocated on behalf of United States railroad equipment suppliers in her April 14 meeting with Chinese Minister of Railways Liu Zhijun. Minist [...] | 2007-04-26 05:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON BEXP PGOV OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2798 | TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters on April 14, Minister of Construction Wang Guangtao stressed that public transportation is a priority in China. He announced his attention to visit the United States in June or July to discuss implementing the soon to be sign [...] | 2007-04-26 05:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN BEXP PGOV KOLY OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2799 | SECRETARY PETERSQ MEETING WITH COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters and Chinese Minister of Communications Li Shenglin agreed that a bilateral agreement on safe transportation of hazardous materials could and should be concluded in the very near future. Secretary Peters outlined cooperation with China [...] | 2007-04-26 05:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ELTN SENV PREL CVIS OVIP SECRETARY PETERS CH |
07BEIJING2857 | MOST MINISTER XU GUANHUA TO RETIRE; TONGJI UNIVERSITY [...] (SBU) Xu Guanhua, Minister of Science and Technology, has retired and will be replaced by fifty-five year old automotive engineer and returnee Wan Gang, currently president of Tongji University in Shanghai. His appointment was approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congres [...] | 2007-04-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA PINR TSPL CH |
07BEIJING2907 | U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) In response to questions posed by a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) delegation led by USCC Chair Carolyn Bartholomew, scholars from the MFA-affiliated Chinese Institute for International Studies (CIIS) noted that China-Russia relations are enjoying the [...] | 2007-04-30 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IAEA CH IR RU |
07BEIJING2908 | U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Scholars from the People's Liberation Army- affiliated Academy of Military Science expressed the view to a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation that while United States' global strike capabilities may raise the threshold for the United States resorting t [...] | 2007-04-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CH IR |
07BEIJING2909 | U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Chair Carolyn Bartholomew and a United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission delegation used a meeting with MFA North America Deputy Director General Xie Feng to urge China to do more to produce concrete results on key economic issues, to allow American FDA inspectors to [...] | 2007-04-30 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH |
07BEIJING3058 | New Ministers of Water and Land Resources Named [...] (U) China announced the selection of Xu Shaoshi as the new Minister of Land and Resources and Chen Lei as Minister of Water Resources following confirmation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress April 27. Minister Xu was previously Deputy Secretary General of the State Cou [...] | 2007-05-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING3083 | CHINA/ENERGY: PETROCHINA ANNOUNCES MAJOR BOOST TO CHINA'S [...] (SBU) China's largest oil producer, PetroChina, announced a major oil discovery in the Bohai Bay (water near Beijing-Tianjin) last week. The oil is considered to be of high quality and is easily recoverable, according to our contacts. Although estimated by the company to be around 7 billion b [...] | 2007-05-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3120 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomed refs A and B information about expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to include ten new members, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told poloff May 10. China continues to urge that the process for adding new members be refined, as [...] | 2007-05-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING3155 | CHINA/ENERGY: WESTERN ENERGY COMPANIES DISCUSS MECHANICS OF [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary of State for Economics, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan held a roundtable discussion in Beijing with representatives from several United States energy companies on April 24, 2007. The companies noted problems in the nature of their ties with Chinese partn [...] | 2007-05-11 09:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3273 | CHINA/IPR: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 23 meeting with the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) that focused on the state of IPR protections in China, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) North American Affairs Deputy Director General Jin Xu told USCC Chairwoman Carolyn Bartholomew and othe [...] | 2007-05-16 06:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EIND PREL WTRO CH |
07BEIJING3316 | CHINA BANKS GIVEN LIMITED CHANNEL TO INVEST IN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) New rules allow banks with Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) quotas to invest in equities in addition to fixed-income instruments, which are already permitted. Hong Kong registered funds will for now be the sole beneficiaries, since no other overseas regulatory body has ye [...] | 2007-05-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV CH HK |
07BEIJING346 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH NDRC [...] (SBU) Summary. China views the sustainability of its economic growth to rest on its domestic economy, with trade only recently becoming a more significant factor. Future cooperation on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and nuclear power will be the focus of post-Strategic Economic Dialogu [...] | 2007-01-16 06:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON TRGY PREL OVIP CH |
07BEIJING347 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman discussed the Global Nuclear Energy Program (GNEP),Generation IV International Forum (GIF),ongoing cooperation under the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology (PUNT) and potential areas for new cooperation with China Atomic Energy Authority (CA [...] | 2007-01-16 06:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP KOLY PTER OVIP CH |
07BEIJING3578 | ZHENGZHOU WELCOMES EMBASSY'S FIRST VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST IN [...] (SBU) The China Mission launched its first Virtual Presence Post (VPP) in Henan Province's Zhengzhou city during a major commercial Expo in the city. Despite local officials' initial uncertainty, the media and residents of Zhengzhou welcomed the new initiative, which built on more than a year [...] | 2007-05-29 03:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH KPAO KIIP |
07BEIJING3587 | CHINESE OPEN DOOR ON DEVELOPMENT FINANCE...MAYBE [...] (SBU) In a possible indication of greater openness to talking about development finance, officials from China's foreign aid bureaucracy told a visiting Treasury official that they look forward to more exchanges on the topic. Long reluctant to discuss foreign aid-related issues (see reftels),t [...] | 2007-05-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CH |
07BEIJING3631 | STRUCTURAL ISSUES WORKING GROUP AND TRADE REMEDIES WORKING [...] (SBU) The Structural Issues Working Group (SIWG) convened on April 17, 2007, in Beijing and the Trade Remedies Working Group (TRWG) met on April 18, 2007. The SIWG was established in the April 2004 meeting of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) to provide a forum for th [...] | 2007-05-31 00:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING3717 | UNIVERSITY STUDENTS VIEWS ON ECONOMIC REFORM: ENJOYING THE [...] (SBU) Students at two of China's most prestigious universities said they are optimistic about China's economic growth prospects and feel fortunate to be graduating from college during this period in China's development. While they remain concerned about finding a good job after graduation, the [...] | 2007-06-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3718 | MIGRANTS FUEL SHAANXI PROVINCE'S RURAL ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Rural-to-urban migration is the primary driver of Shaanxi Province's rural economy -- even in one village that receives strong financial support from the local government and an American NGO. Rural residents in Shaanxi are increasingly looking for opportunities in urban areas for both wag [...] | 2007-06-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING3719 | WESTERN CHINA'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO LAG BEHIND COAST [...] (SBU) During a May 19-23 visit, officials in Shaanxi Province lamented the relatively slower pace of economic development in Western China. Shaanxi, considered to be China's gateway to the West, has enjoyed rapid growth during the past 10 years, but the province's economy remains far weaker th [...] | 2007-06-04 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV SOCI INRB CH |
07BEIJING3765 | CHINA/STEEL: MERGER EFFORTS HIGHLIGHT PROTECTIONIST [...] (SBU) Reflecting concerns about energy, environmental efficiency, and competitiveness in the steel industry, China's State Council recently adopted policies aimed at eliminating excess capacity, facilitating mergers, and reducing resource intensity. Econoff's recent meetings with industry reps [...] | 2007-06-05 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING3769 | CHINA WELCOMES NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL CH |
07BEIJING3870 | ZHENGZHOU CHINA-AFRICA SYMPOSIUM EXPOSES CENTRAL CHINA'S [...] (SBU) A recent China-Africa Trade and Investment Symposium in Zhenzhou, held in conjunction with the Central Chin Expo, attracted a large number of local Chinse businesseople but failed to provide many pportunities for dialogue with African counterparts. Although it might have been the Expo's [...] | 2007-06-08 03:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ELAB CH AX |
07BEIJING390 | LABOR CONTRACT LAW: NATIONAL PEOPLE's [...] (U) On December 25, 2006, the National People's Congress (NPC) debated a new, second draft of the Labor Contract Law (LCL). The LCL is intended to complement existing labor legislation and specifically address prevalent abuses of workers? rights. The second draft is substantially different [...] | 2007-01-17 08:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
07BEIJING3916 | CHINA WELCOMES FIVE NEW MEMBERS OF GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-11 06:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PREL PARM RS CH |
07BEIJING3998 | EXPANSION OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE ALBANIA, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING429 | Embassy Visit to Mine Safety Program Site [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States Department of Labor's (USDOL) program on Mine Safety and Health in China is proceeding well. Both the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) and the Yangquan Coal Group (YCG),the project's industrial partner, report that the project has opened their ey [...] | 2007-01-19 04:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID EMIN PHUM PGOV CH |
07BEIJING4331 | CHINA/ENERGY - PDAS FREDRIKSEN HOLDS WIDE-RANGING ENERGY [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: United States Department of Energy (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Katharine Fredriksen discussed a wide range of bilateral energy issues during a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)/Energy Bureau Deputy [...] | 2007-06-27 23:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN SENV TRGY KNNP CH |
07BEIJING450 | Rural Work Conference Promotes Modernization As [...] (SBU) The annual Rural Work Conference, held in Beijing December 22-23 2006, emphasized that modernization, including agricultural technology, rural finance reform, and energy efficiency, will be one of the Central Government's top priorities in the coming year. The conference also aimed to a [...] | 2007-01-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING461 | TOPICS OF CHINA'S JANUARY 19-20 NATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: China's National Financial Working Conference, to be attended by Premier Wen Jiabao and members of the Politburo, will be held on January 19-20, and focus on advancing financial reforms, particularly in the rural sector. This event, which takes place once every five years, will [...] | 2007-01-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN |
07BEIJING4780 | SCLAO DISCUSSES ANTI-MONOPOLY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) officials raised United States concerns about China's draft Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) and proposed amendments to its 1993 Anti-Unfair Competition Law (UCL) in a March 30 meeting with State Council legislative Affairs [...] | 2007-07-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV PGOV WTRO CH |
07BEIJING483 | U/S HUGHES URGES INCREASED EXCHANGES, MEDIA [...] (SBU) During a packed two-day visit to Beijing, Undersecretary Karen Hughes in concert with Public Diplomacy Envoy Michelle Kwan visited a middle school classroom, Beijing University's Women's Legal Aid Center, a Special Olympics training facility, attended a church service and met with State [...] | 2007-01-22 12:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL PHUM KOLY KPAO KIRF CH |
07BEIJING4875 | CHARGE PRESSES CHINA ON ARF NONPROLIFERATION ISM [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan July 25, voicing U.S. concerns that the proposed name change for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation would broaden the meeting's scope beyo [...] | 2007-07-26 01:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ARF CH |
07BEIJING5042 | CHINA SHOWS INTEREST IN DETAILS OF 123 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Emboffs met with MFA Department of Arms Control Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian to deliver reftel nonpaper and a copy of the U.S.-India Joint Statement regarding the United States-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation (123 Agreement). DOE China Executive Director p [...] | 2007-08-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP |
07BEIJING5142 | U.S.-BASED COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS CHIDES [...] (SBU) The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) held a press conference in Beijing on August 7 to announce the release of a report highly critical of China's record on press freedom in advance of the Olympic Games. The press conference proceeded smoothly without incident, in contr [...] | 2007-08-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI KCUL KOLY CH |
07BEIJING5176 | INFORMAL FOREIGN AID DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) A Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official responsible for foreign aid told a visiting USAID official that the Chinese Government would welcome efforts by the United States to cooperate with China on economic development initiatives. The August 2 meeting followed a positive exchange with a [...] | 2007-08-08 09:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID CH |
07BEIJING5248 | CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...] | 2007-08-10 06:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH |
07BEIJING5254 | CHINA CONTINUES FTA EXPANSION IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: While consistently professing support for the Doha Round of WTO negotiations China is moving forward on an ever increasing number of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) in 2007, according to MOFCOM Director Zhu Guangyao. Previously concluded Trade in Goods Agreements are being follow [...] | 2007-08-10 07:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH |
07BEIJING5316 | INTERIM REPLY: FOREIGN MINISTER TO LEAD CHINA'S [...] (SBU) MFA Department of International Organizations Deputy Director Yao Shaojun told PolOff informally on August 14 that FM Yang Jiechi will almost certainly lead China's delegation to the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) session. No other Chinese senior officials will attend. However, bec [...] | 2007-08-14 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CH |
07BEIJING5317 | REASSURANCE ON FREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 07:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFI PREL EINV CH |
07BEIJING5325 | NO RESPONSE YET FROM CHINESE ON OVERCOMING DARFUR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Chen Zhishan of the MFA's Department of International Organizations on August 13. Chen said he would convey our message but noted that the UN Security Council had passed resolution 1769 [...] | 2007-08-14 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING5502 | AQSIQ INVESTIGATING SOURCE OF LEAD PAINT IN GUANGDONG "LEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) General Director Wang Xin told econoffs August 14 that AQSIQ was investigating the paint pigment that Foshan Lee Der Company (Li Da) acquired from a supplier for the manufacturing of Mattel Fisher P [...] | 2007-08-20 22:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL CH |
07BEIJING552 | CHINA/STEEL: WRAP-UP OF SECOND SINO-UNITED STATES STEEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese and United States Government delegations supported by steel industry representatives from both countries conducted the Second Sino-United States Steel Dialogue in Beijing October 19-20, 2006. The dialogue included a broad range of presentations relating to the steel ind [...] | 2007-01-25 07:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EINV WTRO CH |
07BEIJING5554 | SECRETARY PAULSON, STATE FORESTRY ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 1, Secretary Paulson and State Forestry Administration (SFA) Administrator Jia Zhibang agreed on the need for the United States and China to collaborate on sustainable logging issues and asked staff to follow up at the working level. End Summary. 2. (SBU) Administr [...] | 2007-08-22 07:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SENV |
07BEIJING5558 | CHINA OFFERS TRADE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On August 22, China provided an official reply to ref (a) request for China's support for Ms. Felice Gaer's candidacy for re-election to the United Nations Committee Against Torture. China offered to support Ms. Gaer's ca [...] | 2007-08-22 08:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA CH |
07BEIJING5562 | PBOC GOVERNOR AND SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan told United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson that he supports using dividend payments from state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to help rebalance China's growth and that only a relatively small share of payments [...] | 2007-08-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING5565 | TREASURY SECRETARY PUSHES CAPITAL MARKET REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with Treasury Secretary Paulson, China Securities Regulatory Commission SIPDIS (CSRC) Chairman Shang Fulin described steps CSRC has taken to implement SED agreements, including licensing foreign stock market rep offices, resuming licensing new securities [...] | 2007-08-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING5566 | SECRETARY PAULSON DISCUSSES BOND MARKET, EQUITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with Secretary Paulson, China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Chairman Liu Mingkang reported that China is making significant efforts to step up its AML enforcement efforts, noting that banks are &getting a lot tougher.8 Second, he reported that the [...] | 2007-08-22 22:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING5578 | INFLATION SPIKE GETTING ATTENTION FROM LEADERSHIP, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) With CPI inflation hitting a ten-year high of 5.6 percent in July, there is now widespread concern among the public, extensive coverage in the media, and evident attention from China's senior leadership to rising prices. The spike over recent months is generally viewed as resulting from [...] | 2007-08-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING5599 | NINGXIA BENEFITING FROM CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE BUT [...] (SBU) Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest provinces, has benefited from Central Government funding under both the Great Western Development Program and New Socialist Countryside policy. As a result, Ningxia has improved its infrastructure and expanded its energy sector as wel [...] | 2007-08-24 05:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING5601 | NINGXIA: FARMERS GETTING INCOME BOOST FROM CASH CROPS AND [...] (SBU) Farmers in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region's Zhongning County have enjoyed a significant income boost in recent years as a result of both expanding opportunities for non-farm work and Zhongning's production of wolfberries, a cash crop which is earning historically high prices in the interna [...] | 2007-08-24 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING5639 | CHINA/SOE REFORM: THE LOCAL VIEW, AS SEEN FROM QINGDAO [...] (SBU) Coverage of state-owned enterprise (SOE) reform in China tends to focus on the 155 large national firms managed from Beijing by the central State Assets Supervisory and Administration Commission (SASAC). Easily overlooked, however, are the tens of thousands of companies run by the 32 pro [...] | 2007-08-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING5655 | CODEL SKELTON ADDRESSES MILITARY TRANSPARENCY, [...] (SBU) The United States and China share a long history and have many common interests that will only grow deeper and more plentiful, National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo told CODEL Skelton August 27. The delegation raised tough questions concerning military exchan [...] | 2007-08-29 04:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF ETRD PARM CH |
07BEIJING5755 | CHINESE ACADEMY OF MILITARY SCIENCES DESCRIBES [...] (SBU) PLA General Zheng Shenxia told CODEL Skelton that transparency in strategic intent and expanded military-to-military exchanges enhance our bilateral relations and contribute to the stability of the Taiwan Strait. General Zheng, Director of the Academy of Military Science, discussed the [...] | 2007-08-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS PREL PTER MCAP CH TW |
07BEIJING5791 | IN SCANDAL'S SHADOW, HENAN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-04 08:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH |
07BEIJING5793 | PRC URGES USG TO CONVINCE U.S. CONGRESS, MEDIA AND [...] (SBU) The U.S. Government should engage the American people, Congress and media and urge them to stop politicizing the Darfur issue and linking it to the Olympics, Assistant Foreign Minister Affairs Zhai Jun says in an August 31 letter to AF Assistant Secretary Frazer. The letter, delivered to [...] | 2007-09-04 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO SU CH |
07BEIJING5797 | IN SCANDAL'S SHADOW, HENAN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the impetus of the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Party Secretary's recent visit to Henan Province, local officials have launched an interdepartmental working group to address the challenges of local enforcement of Bei [...] | 2007-09-04 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH |
07BEIJING5801 | CENTRAL CHINA RISING: HENAN PLEASED WITH PROGRESS [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with EconMinCouns, Henan Provincial Government officials painted a picture of a province whose strategy of economic opening has resulted in three years of GDP growth above 14 percent as well as growing participation of foreign companies in local industry. The Cent [...] | 2007-09-05 02:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI KPAO KIIP CH |
07BEIJING5899 | CHINESE AUTHORITIES LAUNCH PUBLIC FOOD AND PRODUCT SAFETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities launched a massive campaign in late August to publicize their improvements to China's food safety and product quality systems. The TV, print, and internet coverage coincided with the release of the August 20 "White Paper on the Food Safety and Quality Situa [...] | 2007-09-09 22:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD TBIO PREL CH |
07BEIJING594 | LABOR CONTRACT LAW: SECOND DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The National People's Congress (NPC) has invited the American Chamber of Commerce in China (Amcham) and the US-China Business Council to submit comments on the second draft Labor Contract Law (LCL) which the NPC published on December 25. Amcham hosted a breakfast for members [...] | 2007-01-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EINV PGOV CH |
07BEIJING5950 | WAL-MART PULLS CHICKEN JERKY PET FOOD STRIPS FROM SHELVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy APHIS Attache and HHS Health Attache were informed separately on August 30 by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of Wal-Mart's recent decision to remove chicken jerky pet food strips manufactured by two Chinese firms from [...] | 2007-09-11 23:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON PREL HHS CH |
07BEIJING6005 | CHINA REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS REGARDING U.S. [...] (SBU) On September 13, 2007, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) American and Oceanian Affairs Deputy Director General (DDG) Wang Hongbo summoned Embassy Deputy Senior Commercial Officer and USTR Senior Trade Representative to inform them that the Chinese Government will file a request for consultati [...] | 2007-09-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH |
07BEIJING6006 | CONCERNS ABOUT U.S. INVESTMENT CLIMATE FROM SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) In meetings held September 10 and 11, top officials involved in the formation and investment decisions of the Chinese Investment Corporation (CIC, the new sovereign wealth fund) warned of a growing perception in China that the U.S. is decreasingly open to trade and investment. One of the [...] | 2007-09-13 22:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING6018 | AQSIQ AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS IMPROVEMENTS TO CHINA'S [...] (SBU) This report is Sensitive But Unclassified, for official United States Government use only and not for release to the media. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Congressional Committee on Commerce and Energy Staff Delegation led by investigator David Nelson met China's food safety ministerial and r [...] | 2007-09-14 05:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH JA |
07BEIJING6070 | CHINA/CFIUS: TREASURY DAS DALY, CHINESE OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Treasury Department Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Nova Daly held discussions with Chinese Government officials and business leaders relating to bilateral investment issues on September 10, 2007. During the meetings DAS Daly provided an introduction to the new Committee for Financial [...] | 2007-09-17 06:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EINV ETRD EFIN CH |
07BEIJING609 | CHINA'S FIRST FTA SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: China signed its first Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in Services with the ten countries of ASEAN in January, 2007 during the 12th Annual ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines. While initially opening a limited set of services, the agreement brings China and ASEAN closer to realiz [...] | 2007-01-26 08:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON EINV CH XC AS NZ |
07BEIJING614 | FIRST THE PRD, THEN THE YRD... NOW THE BOHAI RIM? [...] (SBU) China's Central Government has backed the Bohai Rim Economic Circle (BREC) in Northern China as a key region for economic development in a manner often compared to the Pearl River Delta (PRD),emanating from Shenzhen-Guangzhou, and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD),anchored by Shanghai. The [...] | 2007-01-26 08:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6155 | CHINA APPROVES SHANGHAI PORT FOR MEGAPORTS PILOT [...] (SBU) The Chinese State Council has approved the deepwater port of Yangshen in Shanghai as the Chinese location for the Megaports pilot program, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Song Jia told Poloff on September 19. FM Yang Jiechi will notify Secretary Rice of the Chinese de [...] | 2007-09-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH |
07BEIJING6168 | AUSTR STRATFORD'S MEETING WITH MOF A/S ZHU [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging discussion September 13 with Ministry of Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangyao, Assistant USTR for China Tim Stratford outlined U.S. expectations for the upcoming Joint Committee on Trade and Commerce (JCCT) and discussed the status of various follow-up items from the [...] | 2007-09-20 02:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING6201 | Staffdel Knauer Discusses Drug Export Safety with China [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Staffdel Knauer on September 3, officials at China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) described a rigorous inspection system for imports and exports of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs),but admitted that there is a "fatal" gap in the system be [...] | 2007-09-20 22:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL HHS ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING6253 | CHINA/SCO ECONOMIC CONFERENCE - FEWER SPEECHES, [...] (SBU) A September 2007 forum on economic cooperation among members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) had far fewer and lower ranking speakers than the previous year. The SCO Secretary General highlighted China's leading role in deepening friendship, cooperation and mutual economi [...] | 2007-09-24 03:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK |
07BEIJING6264 | CHINA'S NATIONAL RECALL SYSTEM: AN UNFUNDED MANDATE [...] (SBU) China unveiled its new national recall system for toys and processed food on August 31, a program spearheaded by the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Administration, and Quarantine (AQSIQ),the regulatory agency in charge of inspection for some aspects of domestic productio [...] | 2007-09-24 22:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING6286 | PARTY CONGRESS ECONOMIC POLICY IMPACT SEEN AS [...] (SBU) Several ECON contacts have told us that next month's Party Congress is unlikely to affect China's macroeconomic policies. One economic analyst opined that personnel changes at the Ministry of Finance could play a role in China's fiscal policy, but said the overall direction of reform wou [...] | 2007-09-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV CH |
07BEIJING6347 | AQSIQ VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES SALMONELLA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspecion, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Vice Minister Wei Cuanzhong discussed with FAS Mincouns September 26 the issue of poultry import restrictions in both countries, salmonella-contaminated Chinese fish exports, possible contamination [...] | 2007-09-27 22:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING6365 | MIGRANTS, MICROFINANCE, AND MEAT -- SHANXI'S RURAL [...] (SBU) Professors and students at Shanxi Agricultural University in Central China said on September 25 that rural development in the province is based on non-farm income, local microfinance models have been disappointing, and the province's residents are paying close attention to inflation. Loc [...] | 2007-09-28 07:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI CVIS CH |
07BEIJING6367 | CHINA/STEEL: XINJIANG MILL (SORT OF) CHARTS ITS OWN COURSE [...] (SBU) Econoff recently held a series of steel related meetings in Xinjiang Province with local government officials and the Xinjiang Bayi Iron and Steel Company (Bayi). A Bayi executive told us that the company has successfully merged with Shanghai's Baosteel. Xinjiang Province Government supp [...] | 2007-09-28 08:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH |
07BEIJING6374 | CHINA: FIVE REASONS FOR NO TELECOM [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 13, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce Policy Jonathan McHale, accompanied by Econoffs, met with Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General of WTO Affairs Wang Zhen to discuss JCCT [...] | 2007-09-28 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECPS PGOV ASEC WTRO CH |
07BEIJING6456 | China/Central Asia - Weak Infrastructure and [...] (SBU) Transportation and logistics issues continue to hamper regional economic growth linking China and Central, West and South Asia. The widely hyped Horgos Cross Border trade area featured at last year's High- Level Forum on Regional Economic Cooperation in Urumqi is still under constructio [...] | 2007-10-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK |
07BEIJING6609 | CHINA INFLATION: ASSET AND CONSUMER PRICE PRESSURE IN [...] (SBU) Rising asset and consumer prices, and Central Government reactions to the increases, continued to draw attention during the recently concluded "Golden Week" period. With the 17th Party Congress set to open on Monday, October 15, inflation remains a predominant domestic economic concern. [...] | 2007-10-12 01:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING6652 | MEETING WITH MFA VICE MINISTER ZHANG YESUI [...] (U) Summary. On October 9, Deputy USTR Karan Bhatia and Department of Commerce Acting Under Secretary Christopher Padilla told MFA Vice Minister Zhang Yesui that the JCCT preparatory meeting with VM Ma were constructive and much work remains for the JCCT and SED. China should send an unequiv [...] | 2007-10-15 00:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL CH |
07BEIJING6654 | UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...] | 2007-10-15 03:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6655 | UNDERLYING CHALLENGES HINDER RURAL FINANCE [...] (SBU) Promoting rural finance has been a Central Government priority during the past year, as government leaders recognize that the significant financial services gap in rural areas adversely impacts efforts to balance the economy. Rural finance reform was a primary focus of the National Finan [...] | 2007-10-15 03:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING6676 | U.S. FDA COMMISSIONER MEETS WITH CHINESE COUNTERPARTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner traveled to Shanghai October 10-14 to deliver one of the keynote speeches at the Fifth Annual Sino-U.S Symposiu on Medicine in th Twenty-First Century and to participate in the centennial anniversary cel [...] | 2007-10-15 22:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ETRD ECON PREL HHS CH |
07BEIJING6872 | S/CRS WORKS WITH CHINA ON A RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting officials from S/CRS participated in a successful Reconstruction and Stabilization Workshop in Beijing on October 24-25. The MFA organized the workshop, with attendance by representatives of several Chinese ministries. Each side briefed on its international emergency [...] | 2007-10-29 05:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH KCRS |
07BEIJING6889 | TREASURYS SMITH AND MEDEIROS MEETING WITH MOF A/S ZHU [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Chief of Staff Taiya Smith and Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Political Advisor Evan Medeiros discussed preparations for the third round of the SED with Ministry of Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangyao October 10. Smith and Zhu agreed that the SED should fo [...] | 2007-10-30 06:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING6932 | MORE BLEAK CONDITIONS IN NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: The agricultural situation in North Korea continues to deteriorate according to UN FAO experts briefing Beijing-based diplomats. Although the spring harvest was better than usual, food shortages are still expected. Three major agricultural disasters hit the DPRK in 2007, includi [...] | 2007-11-01 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PGOV CH KN |
07BEIJING6936 | CHINA/ENERGY: TENSION AMID SHORTAGES AND PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) Amidst fuel shortages and even the death of a line-jumper at a gas station in Henan Province, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has raised refined oil prices by USD 9/barrel and gasoline/diesel prices at the pump by 20 US cents per gallon. The goal is to encourage [...] | 2007-11-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV PGOV EPET EFIN CH |
07BEIJING6978 | Strategic Economic Dialogue Meeting on [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Chinese Government and industry representatives met October 29-30 to discuss transparency in administrative licensing, an outcome from the second round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) held in May. The sides exchanged information on general licensing requireme [...] | 2007-11-05 23:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH |
07BEIJING6979 | 2007 U.S.-China Legal Exchange [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Commerce and the Ministry of Commerce held the 2007 U.S.-China Legal Exchange in Xi'an, Beijing, and Shanghai from October 22-27. The program consisted of U.S. and Chinese presentations on each country's inbound investment and trade secrets regimes as well as [...] | 2007-11-05 23:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING7052 | CHINA/ENERGY: FUEL SHORTAGES TIED TO INDEPENDENT COMPANIES' SWING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) China's ongoing struggle with fuel shortages underscores the role of both independent refiners, which control approximately 15 percent of capacity, and independent retailers, which run half of the country's filling stations. Experts we spoke with believe that last week's gasoline and die [...] | 2007-11-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN CH PGOV |
07BEIJING7102 | UNGA RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RAPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA CH |
07BEIJING7192 | CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) On October 23-24, the China Mission held Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.'s Sixth Annual Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China, with the theme "IPR Protection on the Ground - What the United States Embassy is Doing to Support Rights Holders in China, and What [...] | 2007-11-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH |
07BEIJING7233 | OCTOBER PRICE SURGE ATTRACTS ATTENTION IN BEIJING AND [...] (SBU) Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rose to 6.5 percent year-on-year in October, tying with August's 11-year high, further exacerbating a major leadership concern (reftels). Food prices remain the primary contributor to price increases, as core inflation was low at 1.1 percent. Officia [...] | 2007-11-27 07:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING7251 | OLYMPIC DISAPPOINTMENT IN CENTRAL CHINA AS HENAN ON OUTSIDE [...] (SBU) Contacts in Henan Province said they are disappointed that Central China has been largely excluded from the events surrounding the 2008 Beijing Olympics even as they look forward to the Games as a "national event" and a "showcase." One official went so far as to say that because all of t [...] | 2007-11-28 08:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KOLY ETRD EINV PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7382 | CHINA/JAPAN HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, FORM WINS OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Form prevailed over substance at the first ever China-Japan High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) in Beijing December 1, 2007. The meeting was co-chaired by Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan and Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura. Topics included macroeconomic policies, ec [...] | 2007-12-06 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH |
07BEIJING7389 | NOT-SO-SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT: LOOKING FOR FAST GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Third-tier cities in Central China are aiming for more investment and faster growth even as the Central Government promotes "Scientific Development" following the 17th Party Congress. Hu Jintao's Scientific Outlook on Development calls for more balanced and sustainable development, but a [...] | 2007-12-07 00:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7401 | BEIJING AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NEW HUMAN AI CASE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: China confirmed a human case of avian influenza on December 2, 2007. This is the fourth human case this year, three of which have died. The last case was reported in May 2007 (Ref A). In a divergence from past AI announcements, the Ministry of Health did not/not send around a form [...] | 2007-12-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CH |
07BEIJING7407 | BEIJING TFCO CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) Per reftel (State 164437),Embassy Beijing's Terrorist Finance Coordinator is Rachel Brunette-Chen, Second Secretary, Economic Section. Her contact information is as follows: 86-10-6532-3831 x. 6859; BrunetteChenR@state.gov; ChenRX@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Deputy Terrorist Finance Coordina [...] | 2007-12-07 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN |
07BEIJING7430 | EU-CHINA SUMMIT REACHES AGREEMENT FOR MORE TALKS [...] (SBU) The EU-China Summit held in Beijing November 27-28, 2007 covered over thirty topics ranging from the EU arms embargo on China and human rights to macroeconomic issues and exchange rates. In a 47 paragraph joint statement, borrowing from last year's language, the two sides agreed to upgra [...] | 2007-12-11 02:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON CH |
07BEIJING7445 | CHINA/IRAN: SINOPEC SAYS OIL DEAL DOES NOT HARM U.S. [...] (SBU) On December 11, Sinopec's Director General for International Affairs confirmed and elaborated on several elements of its deal with Iran to develop oil production at Yadavaran. He told us the activities to be undertaken in Iran constitute a services contract, not an investment. He argued [...] | 2007-12-11 23:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ECON EINV CH IR |
07BEIJING7485 | ARMS WIDE OPEN, BEIJING WELCOMES U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT [...] (SBU) Summary: Even after a week of United States toy recalls totaling almost 5 million units, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Rich O'Brien received a cordial welcome from Beijing authorities, private industry, and the China Toy Association during a four day November visit. Meetings [...] | 2007-12-14 06:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH |
07BEIJING7486 | U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES NEXT ROUND OF STATE-NDRC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery and the Vice Chairman of China's National Development Reform Commission (NDRC),Zhang Xiaoqiang, met on the margins of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on December 12 to discuss the upcoming 7th Ro [...] | 2007-12-14 07:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV SOCI CH |
07BEIJING7513 | JADE IN OLYMPIC MEDALS: CHINESE, NOT BURMESE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 08:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KOLY CH BM |
07BEIJING7535 | GUANGZHOU INSURANCE CONFERENCE NOV. 28-29 [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants at the 8th annual China Rendezvous Insurance Conference in Guangzhou November 28-29 discussed insurance challenges in the China market for foreign insurance and reinsurance companies. Industry participants lamented the lack of insurance product awareness among the [...] | 2007-12-18 09:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO EFIN EINV CH |
07BEIJING7554 | CHINA: MODERATE INFLATION HERE TO STAY, EXPERTS SAY [...] (SBU) Beijing-based economists said this week that moderate inflation likely will continue in 2008, and they expect further administrative tightening measures by the Central Government in order to control prices. Their comments followed the government's announcement earlier this month that Chi [...] | 2007-12-20 01:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH |
07BEIJING7557 | SED SESSION II: INTEGRITY OF TRADE, DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 12 working lunch, the United States and China stressed that product quality and the safety of food and drugs pose a complicated new challenge in a global economy. Both sides said trading partners should increase dialogue and cooperation and called for science- [...] | 2007-12-20 07:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO BEXP HHS CH |
07BEIJING7567 | Avian Influenza Cases in Jiangsu - Latest Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the death of a twenty-four year old male from Avian Influenza (AI) in Jiangsu Province on December 2, the young man's 52 year old father developed symptoms and was confirmed positive for Influenza A H5N1 virus on December 6. The father had extensive close contact with [...] | 2007-12-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC CH |
07BEIJING7579 | SED III: OPENING SESSION, DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (SBU) At the December 12 opening session of the third round of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi said the SED has improved not only bilateral business ties, but also overall Sino-U.S. relations and has attracted widespread international attention. Wu said th [...] | 2007-12-21 01:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV CH |
07BEIJING7581 | SED SESSION V: MERGING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Session V of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on the environmental protection achievements of both countries and sustainable development recommendations for the future. Several successful collaborative efforts on environmental protection were highlighted [...] | 2007-12-21 03:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SENV KGHG TBIO CH |
07BEIJING7593 | SED SESSION III: BALANCED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary. The third session of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on Balanced Economic Development. Both sides agreed on the need for further economic reforms, but Chinese interlocutors insisted that reforms take place gradually to avoid "overshooting." The Chinese [...] | 2007-12-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD CH |
07BEIJING7595 | SED SESSION VI: ADVANCING BILATERAL INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 13 investment session of the third SED, both sides agreed that increased Chinese investment in the United States would strengthen bilateral ties. Chinese officials expressed frustration over how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIU [...] | 2007-12-21 09:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON CH |
07BEIJING7600 | SED SESSION VII: CONCLUDING SESSION OF SED III, [...] (SBU) At the Concluding Session of the Third Round of the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED),Vice Premier Wu Yi said the meeting was held during a critical period of Sino- United States relations and that it was a complete success. She summarized three important accomplishments: a focus on a c [...] | 2007-12-25 23:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO EFIN EINV CH |
07BEIJING7610 | China Requests Date Change for UN ESCAP Meeting to May, [...] (SBU) Mr. Geng Shuang, MFA Director of the Department of International Organizations and Conferences, called Embassy to request the United States support the Chinese sponsored change of date for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asi and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) meeting to May [...] | 2007-12-27 05:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON CH |
07BEIJING792 | CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH |
07BEIJING800 | CHINA'S LABOR MARKET: SURPLUS OR SHORTAGE? [...] (SBU) Summary. China simultaneously faces both a large labor surplus and shortages of labor in certain segments of its labor market. Workers with skills have ample employment opportunities, and some industrialized regions are experiencing shortages of even marginally skilled workers, whose [...] | 2007-02-02 02:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM SOCI CH |
07BEIJING804 | COMMUNIST PARTY SCHOOL PROFESSOR SAYS IVP CHANGED HIS [...] (SBU) Niu Xianfeng, an Associate Professor at China's Central Communist Party School, said that participation in an International Visitor's Program (IVP) in the United States in September 2006 changed the way he teaches his students, many of whom are high-level Communist Party officials from pr [...] | 2007-02-02 05:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SCUL KPAO OEXC SOCI CH |
07BEIJING808 | BANK OF JAPAN REPRESENTATIVE'S CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (SBU) The Bank of Japan (BOJ) Chief Representative to China, Kiyoyuki Seguchi, said that BOJ is concerned that China's large balance of payments surplus and rigid exchange rate are contributing to excess liquidity, over-investment, and asset bubbles in real estate and stocks, increasing the ris [...] | 2007-02-02 06:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR WTRO CH JP |
07BEIJING83 | Xie Zhenhua - sacked former Environment Minister - given [...] (SBU) Xie Zhenhua, the former Minister of the State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA),who was sacked following the much publicized November 2005 chemical spill into the Songhua River, is about to be appointed as a Vice Chairman to the powerful National Development and Reform Commi [...] | 2007-01-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL ENRG KSCA CH |
07BEIJING958 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 05:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
07BEIRUT1664 | LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: VIEWS ON KEY [...] (SBU) What are the views of the candidates for president on issues such as Hizballah, Syria, UN resolutions, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and revising Lebanon's election law? To answer that, embassy prepared the following summary of key candidates' views based on a review of source materia [...] | 2007-10-24 13:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
07BEIRUT1778 | LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADVANCING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 16:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LE |
07BEIRUT1808 | LEBANON: GOL TO SUPPORT U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UNGA LE |
07BEIRUT1833 | LEBANON: GOL UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA IS LE |
07BEIRUT1845 | LEBANON: SESSION TO ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT ADJOURNED TO [...] (SBU) On November 23, the Lebanese Parliament failed to elect a new president, even with the looming expiration of President Lahoud's extended mandate, which expires on midnight of November 23. Some 109 parliamentarians of 127 showed up in Parliament, but only 66 parliamentarians were present [...] | 2007-11-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LE |
07BEIRUT610 | LEBANON: SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION NOTIFICATION [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, emboff delivered talking points regarding Lebanon's continued designation as a Priority Watch List country to appropriate officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy and Trade. Lama Oueijan, Senior Advisor to Minister of Economy [...] | 2007-04-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD LE PGOV PREL |
07BEIRUT618 | LEBANON: MINISTRY OF FINANCE STAFF REVIEWS [...] (SBU) In separate meetings with Ministry of Finance staff, the common view of their recent meetings in Washington was positive. While MOF Director General Alain Bifani gave a sharp, insightful readout of the meetings, his working level finance team were already focused on the next event, a E [...] | 2007-05-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN LE PGOV PREL SY |
07BEIRUT624 | LEBANON: HIGHER COUNCIL FOR PRIVATIZATION SYG [...] (SBU) SYG Ziad Hayek does not believe early progress will be made in the privatization of Lebanon's mobile sector. There are "technical" solutions, but according to Hayek, PM Siniora has said he would prefer a new law. Privatization of the telecommunications fixed sector is also delayed, pri [...] | 2007-05-03 09:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ECPS ENIV LE PGOV PREL SY |
07BEIRUT861 | LEBANON: BRAVO ZULU FOR U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE [...] Speed, professionalism, effectiveness: those qualities exemplified the extraordinary effort put forth by our EUCOM, CENTCOM and TRANSCOM military brethren and our State and DOD civilian colleagues in providing urgently needed military assistance to Lebanon's fledgling armed forces in their ti [...] | 2007-06-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MOPS PTER PREL LE SY |
07BEIRUT898 | LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) As you visit Lebanon, the much-buffeted democratic government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora is fully engaged on a number of critical issues. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are now locked in close combat with Sunni extremists who profess affiliation with Al Qaida, but who many believ [...] | 2007-06-20 12:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07BELGRADE1018 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ENERGY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Polt met with new Minister of Energy Aleksandar Popovic on July 11 to review his plans for addressing Serbia's energy security. The minister, a vice president in Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS),said Serbia has no alternative to sourcing gas from th [...] | 2007-07-19 06:58:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SR |
07BELGRADE1029 | Serbian Kosovo Position Continues to Harden: Kosovo Weekly [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 16. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo was not as much in the public eye as last week, as there were no visits comparable to A/S Fried and FM Kouchner to report on. The GoS showed private signs of increasing rigidity on rel [...] | 2007-07-20 13:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR |
07BELGRADE1050 | SERBIA ADOPTS NEW KOSOVO RESOLUTION, PM DECLARES VICTORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's parliament approved a resolution on July 24 which empowers the GOS to negotiate on Kosovo status as long as Kosovo remains within Serbia. The document requires the GOS to "react vigorously" to any foreign government's recognition of Kosovo but does not prescribe any spec [...] | 2007-07-26 06:37:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE1061 | SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SPENDING RAISES MEDIUM TERM RISK [...] (U) Adoption of the 2007 budget on June 23, along with issuance of a memorandum of economic policies for 2008-2010, makes it clear that fiscal tightening will take place, at best, only in the medium term. The GOS outlook assumes a further increase in wages, which will fuel the growing trade a [...] | 2007-07-27 12:32:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KPRV SR |
07BELGRADE1066 | KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE READIES ITSELF FOR NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: In the last week before the typical August lull, Serbian leaders made sure to line up all possible political unity on Kosovo through a parliamentary resolution in order to be ready for the international community's next steps on Kosovo status resolution. The Serbian Foreign Min [...] | 2007-07-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR |
07BELGRADE1098 | Kosovo Weekly Report (July 30 - Aug. 3, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of July 30. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was marked by an anticipatory pause - most of the GoS was on vacation, with only Foreign Minister Jeremic making waves in the media. GoS reactions to the UNSYG announcement of a new n [...] | 2007-08-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR KV |
07BELGRADE1113 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WISNER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wisner, Serbia's leaders, led by Prime Minister Kostunica, have prepared for the new round of Kosovo talks and the first visit of the negotiating troika by affirming their unity on Kosovo policy and by submitting their "rules" for the format and substance of the talks. In sh [...] | 2007-08-07 07:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV |
07BELGRADE1122 | HIGHWAYMEN CLASH WITH POLICE IN SOUTHERN SERBIA, ONE DEAD [...] (sbu) Summary: A spate of recent shootings in the Presevo valley have led to knee-jerk conspiracy theories among local analysts and media. While the incidents themselves are clearly not political, they do tend to highlight the fragility of the security situation in the valley as the Kosovo [...] | 2007-08-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV |
07BELGRADE1130 | Kosovo Weekly Report (August 6 - 10, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of August 6. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was dominated by the Serbian government's preparation for the visit of the mediating Troika to Belgrade - the GoS's adoption of proposed rules for the talks, the forming of a new ne [...] | 2007-08-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV SR KV |
07BELGRADE1160 | KOSOVO WEEKLY: KOSTUNICA TARGETS NATO [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian leaders generally termed the Kosovo Troika's first visit to Belgrade as positive and a new start -- leaving behind the Ahtisaari's proposal. The DSS quickly dismissed partition of Kosovo as unacceptable and instead made pronouncements alleging that NATO is trying to for [...] | 2007-08-17 17:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
07BELGRADE1181 | KOSOVO MINISTRY PREVIEWS BELGRADE'S TROIKA APPROACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Dusan Prorokovic, State Secretary of Serbia's Kosovo Ministry, told us that Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic and Foreign Minister Jeremic will participate in August 30 discussions with the Kosovo Troika in Vienna and that the GOS will announce the names of the others in the del [...] | 2007-08-24 08:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV |
07BELGRADE1223 | KOSOVO WEEKLY: RHETORIC OUTSHINES TROIKA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-NATO rhetoric and talk of inflicting "injury" in response to a Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),in Serbia, eclipsed the first week of talks in Vienna. Tadic and his Democratic Party (DS) remain silent, while Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia ( [...] | 2007-08-31 16:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
07BELGRADE1252 | KOSOVO WEEKLY: DS HITS BACK AT DSS RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Party (DS) responded to the Democratic Party of Serbia's (DSS) NATO-bashing and inflammatory comments about Serbian "use of force" or "severe measures" in Kosovo. Serbian media covered the U.S. and EU's reactions to the latest DSS rhetoric, which included a Kosovo [...] | 2007-09-07 18:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
07BELGRADE1276 | KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...] | 2007-09-14 19:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
07BELGRADE1277 | KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...] | 2007-09-14 19:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
07BELGRADE1302 | KOSOVO WEEKLY: MORE OF THE SAME FROM BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic attended Troika-led discussions in London, bringing little new to the table or to the discussion back at home. The President and Prime Minister announced their participation in the next round of discussions to take place [...] | 2007-09-24 07:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR |
07BELGRADE132 | SERBIA: TADIC LAUNCHES COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Official consultations on the formation of a new Serbian government began on January 29. Ironically, the election returns proved most disappointing for the three most likely partners in Serbia's next government--the DS, DSS, and G17--while the Radicals, Socialists, and LDP are generally [...] | 2007-01-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE1323 | ECONOMIC TRAIN NOT (YET) DERAILED BY KOSOVO [...] (U) During introductory meetings with Serbian government leaders and the U.S. business community the Ambassador heard positive messages that economic reform activity is moving forward. Despite the fact that economic issues are pushed off the front page by Kosovo, there are areas of progress a [...] | 2007-09-28 12:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR |
07BELGRADE1329 | Serb Rhetoric on Kosovo Status Stronger than Resolve [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders, in New York for the UNGA and Troika-led Kosovo talks, continue to call on the international community to play by UN rules on Kosovo. At home, government officials echo that Serbia will do everything short of sending in the troops to hold on to Kosovo, while quietly sugg [...] | 2007-09-28 17:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
07BELGRADE133 | UPDATE ON ENERGY ISSUES FROM SERBIA [...] (SBU)Several major energy issues are still on the front burner as Serbia's democratic parties work to assemble a new government. Srbijagas's general director recently announced that Gazprom is likely to be Srbijagas's strategic partner in providing natural gas for the underground storage facil [...] | 2007-01-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR |
07BELGRADE1348 | Just Say When: Scheduling Serbia's Presidential Elections [...] (SBU) Exploiting ambiguities in the law, Serbia's political parties are wrangling over the election schedule, with the presidency, government of Vojvodina province, and key mayoral races potentially at stake. The key consideration scheduling elections is not the law, however, but rather specu [...] | 2007-10-03 15:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SR |
07BELGRADE1359 | SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CRITICIZE BELGRADE [...] (SBU) All ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia's Presevo Valley signed a declaration, September 29, criticizing the Government of Serbia for "delaying" political progress in the region. The parties alleged that the GOS was militarizing the region, failing to follow through on promised [...] | 2007-10-05 17:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
07BELGRADE1360 | Reservists Protest Back Wages in South Serbia [...] (U) Military reservists in south Serbia continue protests, seeking additional payments for their prior military service during the Kosovo conflict. The protests grab headlines and inconvenience regional travel, but pose no significant threat to order or stability, and protesters will likely ha [...] | 2007-10-05 18:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV |
07BELGRADE1362 | NAZIS AND VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) Leaders from Serbia's Vojvodina told the Ambassador that the appearance of a Nazi Movement in the province was a reflection of the changes in the delicate balance of the multi-ethnic, autonomous province as a result of the population migrations in the 1990's. Demographic changes enabled [...] | 2007-10-05 22:13:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
07BELGRADE1363 | BELGRADE FEIGNS OPTIMISIM AFTER DIRECT TALKS [...] (SBU) Serbian leaders returned from the September 28 Kosovo talks in New York boasting confidence in Serbia's Kosovo strategy and hopeful that the talks could produce an agreement. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador privately on October 1 that he believed the Troika was receptive to Pres [...] | 2007-10-05 22:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
07BELGRADE1364 | NAZIS AND VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) Leaders from Serbia's Vojvodina told the Ambassador that the appearance Of a Nazi Movement in the province was a reflection of the changes in the delicate balance of the multi-ethnic, autonomous province as a result of the population migrations in the 1990s. Demographic changes enabled [...] | 2007-10-05 22:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
07BELGRADE1376 | ENERGY MINISTER POPOVIC TELLS AMBASSADOR SERBIA NEEDS MORE [...] (U) Serbian Energy Minister Popovic told the Ambassador on October 4 that Serbia's single source of gas from Hungary, and domestic electricity production could not meet peak demand during winter cold snaps. Popovic compared Serbia's energy relationship with Russia as "business, not friends." [...] | 2007-10-10 07:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SR |
07BELGRADE1380 | SERBIA TO SEND DELEGATION TO BRUSSELS EMPTY-HANDED [...] (SBU) Serbia will bring no new ideas or proposals to the next round of Kosovo talks, Slobodan Samardzic, Serbia's Kosovo Minister and lead negotiator, told Ambassador. Resident European diplomats and a Government advisor echoed this message in conversations with the DCM and, further, conveyed [...] | 2007-10-10 17:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KV SR |
07BELGRADE1392 | Violence within Serbia's Muslim Community in Sandzak [...] (SBU) Serbia's non-Albanian Islamic community in the Sandzak, split along political and party lines, dramatically and repeatedly clashed in Novi Pazar, the week of October 1. The series of disturbances began with Belgrade's attempt to oust Serbia's chief Islamic religious leader, followed with [...] | 2007-10-11 17:54:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK |
07BELGRADE1394 | SERBIA - DUELING MUFTIS OVERSHADOW IFTAR [...] (SBU) In the midst of a bitter contest between Islamic leaders that reaches deep into the politics, economics, and financial aspirations of Serbia's Sandzak region (septel),the Ambassador went to Novi Pazar to host an Iftar and to deliver a message about reconciliation. Building on this theme [...] | 2007-10-11 18:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR |
07BELGRADE1400 | SERBIA: ANTI-FASCISTS CLASH WITH NEO-NAZIS [...] (U) An unauthorized neo-Nazi rally on October 7 in Novi Sad, Serbia, ended with police arrests, after fighting broke out with counter-demonstrators. Parliament took up the battle in overheated debate. The rally was relatively well-contained and not likely indicative of rising Serbian extremis [...] | 2007-10-12 19:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV |
07BELGRADE1433 | GAZPROM IN SERBIA - BUYING UP THE WORKS? [...] (U) Russia's Gazprom is making a push to control Serbia's key energy companies and infrastructure. During an October 9 visit, Gazprom CEO, Alexei Miller linked three major energy projects in Serbia -- a new gas pipeline, a gas storage facility and perhaps a deal involving 51% ownership of the [...] | 2007-10-22 07:21:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SR |
07BELGRADE1435 | Serbs Defend Kosovo Status Proposal to EUR/SCE Director [...] (SBU) Government of Serbia officials told visiting Director for South Central Europe (EUR/SCE) Chris Hoh on October 16 that Serbia's proposal for Kosovo autonomy was extensive and fair, and that the dynamics of the Kosovo status discussions were not. The government officials outlined their vi [...] | 2007-10-22 10:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV |
07BELGRADE1445 | SERBIA'S FOURTEEN POINTS [...] (U) Serbia's delegation to the October 22 Troika talks held in Vienna submitted 14 principles on resolving Kosovo status. These points were an amended version of the Troika's fourteen points and did not differ substantively from Belgrade's previously announced "broad autonomy" plan for Kosovo. [...] | 2007-10-23 18:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV |
07BELGRADE1463 | SERBIA: ELECTION DAY SPRINT OR HURDLES [...] (SBU) Serbian citizens may head to the polls on December 9 -- or maybe they won't. The election date remains up in the air, as ruling coalition partners jockey for control of the process and results. President Boris Tadic, with the most to gain from elections prior to the end of the Kosovo St [...] | 2007-10-26 14:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KV SR |
07BELGRADE1472 | SERBIA'S DSS DECLARES MILITARY NEUTRALITY [...] (U) The Democratic Party of Serbia of Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica on October 28 adopted a declaration supporting military neutrality for Serbia. The declaration, while dramatic, in fact, allows for the possibility of Serbia entering a military alliance by public referendum. For the mome [...] | 2007-10-30 12:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KV SR |
07BELGRADE1480 | Serbia: President and Foreign Minister Defend Dayton [...] Both President Tadic and Prime Minister Jeremic, in separate meetings on October 30 reaffirmed Serbia's support for the Dayton Accords as one of the "guarantors," and criticized High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak for taking measures in Bosnia contrary to the accords. [...] | 2007-10-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BH SR |
07BELGRADE1498 | SERBIA: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR UNDERCUTS TROIKA ROLE [...] (SBU) The Russian ambassador to Serbia told a Belgrade daily November 2 that the Troika's 14 Points did not "100% reflect the stand of Russia," and reiterated that December 10 was not a deadline for a decision on Kosovo status. The local UN office (protect) confirmed that the Russian ambassad [...] | 2007-11-02 16:56:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
07BELGRADE1504 | Serbia: Election Announcement to Follow Troika Report on [...] (SBU) The leaders of Serbia's governing coalition agreed on November 3 to call presidential elections, only after December 10. The timing defers the call for elections until after delivery of the Troika's report to the UNSYG on the conclusion of Kosovo status negotiations and sets the first ro [...] | 2007-11-05 19:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE1509 | SERBIA: MISSILE DESTRUCTION STALLS SHORT OF GOAL [...] (U) This is a time sensitive action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) In.2005, the United States and Serbia and Montenegro signed an agreement for the destruction of 5,000 MANPADSs by the end of 2007. As of October 31, 2007 Serbia had destroyed nearly 4,000 of those weapons and inten [...] | 2007-11-06 17:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MCAP PREL PTER MW SR |
07BELGRADE1529 | ANTI-CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION PASSES SERBIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] (U) The Serbian Parliament overwhelmingly approved a declaration condemning sanctions against Cuba, in principle. The text of the declaration reflects the vigorous debate between the democratic and radical MPs that resulted in only one explicit mention of the United States. While Serbia has v [...] | 2007-11-08 20:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN CU SR |
07BELGRADE1532 | Serbia: Vojislav Seselj Goes on Trial in The Hague while [...] (U) Notorious Serbian Radical Party (SRS) leader Vojislav Seselj's November 7 war crimes trial in The Hague attracted only moderate media attention in Belgrade and no public pronouncements or protests. With the concomitant press of Serbia's initialing of a Stability and Association Agreement [...] | 2007-11-09 16:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KV SR |
07BELGRADE1585 | SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BISHOP IRINEJ ON PATRIARCH'S [...] (SBU) Novi Sad Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church spoke to the DCM on November 21 about successors to Patriarch Pavle, who is ill, naming Metropolitan Amfilohije as a likely candidate. Irinej said SOC would need a dynamic new patriarch who could both command the same authority as his [...] | 2007-11-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SV |
07BELGRADE1604 | SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS RAISE FLAG BUT EVENT PASSES WITH [...] (SBU) Local Albanians in Southern Serbia publicly celebrated Albanian Flag Day, more calmly than in past years. In the Presevo Valley, Albanians temporarily flew the Albanian flag alongside the Serbian flag, but caused little reaction. USG calls to local leaders from Belgrade and Pristina in [...] | 2007-11-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
07BELGRADE1617 | SUSPECT EMBASSY MEMO BECOMES PART OF [...] This is an Urgent Action Request - See Paragraphs 12 and 13 Summary --------- 2. (SBU) Serbian Liberal Party leader Cedomir Jovanovic has dragged the United States into the middle of a political and legal battle with Serbian tycoon Miroslav Miskovic. Jovanovic has accused Miskovic of [...] | 2007-12-05 06:23:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CVIS SR |
07BELGRADE1627 | The Sandzak: Ugljanin's Fiefdom [...] (SBU) Sandzak is one of the last vestiges of Milosevic-era rule in Serbia where a local politician holds on to his power base through manipulation, coercion, and intimidation. However, this Muslim-populated area appears primed for a political opening, as Novi Pazar Mayor Ugljanin's tactics ar [...] | 2007-12-10 06:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK |
07BELGRADE1630 | SERBIA TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A STABLE IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 07:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MAR MOPS PGOV SR IZ |
07BELGRADE1635 | SERBIA TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A STABLE IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MAR MOPS PGOV SR IZ |
07BELGRADE1641 | South Serbia Fears "Neglect" by Belgrade and the [...] (SBU) According to Serb and Albanian leaders in Southern Serbia, the central government is neglecting the region's economic and political needs, and is only focused on the immediate security issues stemming from a decision on Kosovo. In meetings with international representatives, at an OSCE [...] | 2007-12-10 17:48:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK |
07BELGRADE1655 | SERBIA TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Arms Control, Branka Latinovic, told PolChief on December 11 that Serbia had agreed to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, providing a note verbale formally informing the USG of this decision. Ambassador Latinovic said that thedecision culminated an [...] | 2007-12-12 15:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PARM PREL SR |
07BELGRADE1657 | SERBIA: SPEAKER CALLS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Serbia's Parliament Speaker Oliver Dulic on December 12 formally called for presidential elections, setting the first round of voting for January 20, 2008 and runoff for February 3. In announcing elections, Dulic, a member of the President's Democratic Party (DS),fulfilled a legal mand [...] | 2007-12-12 21:17:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE1666 | SERBIA: DSS CHALLENGES CALL FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The Democratic Party of Serbia publicly challenged the December 12 call for presidential elections by Serbia's Parliament Speaker Oliver Dulic. Other parties, however, including those in the opposition, support the election timeframe. Dulic defended his actions and said that any challe [...] | 2007-12-13 16:26:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE1674 | Serbian Government Warns EUR/SCE Deputy Director about [...] (SBU) Officials of Serbia's ruling parties warned visiting EUR/SCE Deputy Director Robert Silberstein on November 28 that U.S. recognition of Kosovo independence would destabilize Serbia and the region. Kostunica's key lieutenants went further, saying the GOS was planning a tough response (NFI [...] | 2007-12-17 07:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
07BELGRADE1700 | SERBIA PACKAGES ENERGY DEAL FOR RUSSIA [...] (U) In the wake of a December 11 press conference to propose a bilateral energy agreement between Russia and Serbia, Embassy interlocutors confirm that support in the Serbian government to sell state oil company NIS to Gazprom has gained momentum. Embassy contacts point to government approval [...] | 2007-12-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SR |
07BELGRADE1704 | SERBIA: ELECTRICITY AND KOSOVO [...] (U) Recent discussions with the head of a large electricity trading firm and others indicate Serbia does not plan to break electricity connections with Kosovo. Serbia, however, remains firm in only dealing with UNMIK on Kosovo energy issues, and has moved away from electricity "donation" to se [...] | 2007-12-20 13:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SR |
07BELGRADE171 | REACTION TO AHTISAARI'S BELGRADE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Serbian political leaders have reacted almost universally negatively to Special Envoy Ahtisaari's 2/2 status plan. President Tadic has convened the representatives of all the parties to a meeting on 2/5 to chart the course ahead. End Summary 2. (U) Ahtisaari's time in Belgr [...] | 2007-02-05 16:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE1718 | KOSTUNICA'S OPTIONS: ELECTIONS AND KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kostunica has two key decisions to make: whether to endorse President Tadic's reelection bid and how to proceed with a parliamentary resolution on Kosovo. On Friday, December 21, Kostunica's party unexpectedly withdrew from the parliamentary session, effectively suspending [...] | 2007-12-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
07BELGRADE1719 | DATE FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS STILL LINGERS [...] (SBU) Although first and second round Presidential elections are scheduled for January 20, and February 3, 2008, Serbia's Parliament Speaker has yet to call for local elections. Parliament first must pass a series of laws before the Speaker can call local elections. Although some analysts bel [...] | 2007-12-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KV SR |
07BELGRADE1727 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON KOSOVO AND ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) President Tadic is working to maintain calm in Kosovo and to prevent any misunderstanding with the international community regarding any potential redlines, President Tadic's foreign policy advisor, Jovan Ratkovic, told the Ambassador on December 26. Ratkovic said that the draft Kosovo r [...] | 2007-12-26 16:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KV SR |
07BELGRADE1733 | PARLIAMENT ADOPTS UPDATED KOSOVO RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Serbia's parliament overwhelmingly adopted on December 26 a resolution against Kosovo independence. A product of negotiations between ruling coalition parties, the text reiterated Serbia's Kosovo policy without prescribing specific steps Serbia must take if Kosovo declares independence, [...] | 2007-12-27 16:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV |
07BELGRADE1742 | FORMER SERBIAN RELIGION MINISTER DEFENDS DISCRIMINATORY [...] (U) NGOs and small Protestant churches have criticized Serbia's 2006 Religion law, citing its multiple obstacles to becoming a legally recognized church. The 2007 International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR) identified these obstacles as well, prompting criticism from the Religion Ministry ab [...] | 2007-12-31 16:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE1743 | LOCAL ELECTIONS SET FOR MAY 2008 [...] (U) On December 29, after parliament passed supporting legislation, Serbia's Parliamentary Speaker called for local and provincial elections to be held in May 2008. Both the Democratic Party (DS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) supported the legislation and election date. Setting a [...] | 2007-12-31 16:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE1744 | WIDENING THE DEMOCRATIC SPACE IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) Civil society representatives report a growing sense that right-wing groups and conservative political elements within Serbia are stifling public speech. Threats against human rights activists, journalists, and media outlets who provide alternative views of the political situation contin [...] | 2007-12-31 16:08:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR |
07BELGRADE188 | WAR CRIMES ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS CROSS- [...] (SBU) Summary: A war crimes conference held in Belgrade to commemorate the second anniversary of the 2005 signing of the Croatia-Serbia MOU on war crimes cooperation highlighted the significant achievements that have been made since the MOU in establishing cooperation and cross-border collab [...] | 2007-02-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM ICTY PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE19 | DS-DSS COALITION MOST LIKELY AFTER SERBIAN [...] (SBU) Although both DS and DSS officials deny that they have a pre-cooked deal to share power after elections, a coalition centered around the DS and DSS is the most likely outcome of 21 January elections. Prime Minister Kostunica has made clear his intention to retain his position in the nex [...] | 2007-01-09 06:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE203 | MORE REALISM OVER KOSOVO OUTSIDE SERBIA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a working breakfast with Serbia's analytical community, the Ambassador, together with the French Ambassador, took stock of the Ahtisaari plan and the way forward on Kosovo. Ambassador Polt stressed that active participation in the next stage of negotiations is the only way t [...] | 2007-02-12 10:47:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV UNSC SR |
07BELGRADE215 | SERBIAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS AHTISAARI PLAN [...] (SBU) As expected, Belgrade's new parliament overwhelmingly rejected the Ahtisaari plan as ?illegal? during its first session on 2/14. The reappointed Kosovo negotiating team is now equipped with a largely rejectionist platform -- mostly reflective of the last government's position on Kosovo [...] | 2007-02-15 16:04:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KO SR |
07BELGRADE218 | SERBIAN PARLIAMENT REJECTS AHTISAARI PLAN [...] (SBU) As expected, Belgrade's new parliament overwhelmingly rejected the Ahtisaari plan as ?illegal? during its first session on 2/14. The reappointed Kosovo negotiating team is now equipped with a largely rejectionist platform -- mostly reflective of the last government's position on Kosovo [...] | 2007-02-16 10:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KO SR |
07BELGRADE234 | NGO RELEASES PRELIMINARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Transparency Serbia's (TS) preliminary findings on political parties' campaign finance reports have raised concerns about the effectiveness of oversight by government bodies. Parties almost certainly spent more money on campaigns than they reported to oversight bodies, suggest [...] | 2007-02-21 16:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL SR |
07BELGRADE236 | VINCA NUCLEAR INSTITUTE: CAS STAFFING, VIND [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has been informed by Vinca Nuclear Institute direction that the Department of Energy (DoE)-built Central Alarm Station (CAS) will be staffed in the near future. After the institute and the Ministry of Interior (MUP) reached an agreement on CAS staffing, Vinca identif [...] | 2007-02-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM EAID OTRA SR |
07BELGRADE238 | SERBIAN RESPONSE TO OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT TEXT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph three. 2. (SBU) The Civil Aviation Directorate of Serbia (CAD) provided a formal response to the proposed Open Skies Model Text in reftel A in a letter dated February 8, 2007 (full text of letter below). As reported in reftel B, Serbia is reque [...] | 2007-02-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SR KTIA |
07BELGRADE239 | UNSCR 1737 IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Iran to leaders of the business community in Serbia and also to Minister of Finance Milan Parivodic. 2. (SBU) On February 20, the Ambassador gathered the leaders of the of the American Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Investors Council, Serbian Ch [...] | 2007-02-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR |
07BELGRADE249 | KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. UNOSEK: the view from Belgrade ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) For the week of 2/19, almost all Kosovo focus was on the UNOSEK talks in Vienna. The media reports from Vienna have been mostly straightforward. [...] | 2007-02-23 17:01:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE255 | CEFTA - RATIFICATION LIKELY AS GOVERNMENT PREPARES NEW [...] (SBU) Following the initialing of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) in December, the Government of Serbia (GOS) is still in negotiations with various parties to minimize the adverse impact CEFTA will have on the domestic tobacco industry. Officials told econoffs that Serbia wil [...] | 2007-02-26 10:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL HR SR |
07BELGRADE260 | BELGRADE TOUTS ICJ RULING AS A "NOT GUILTY" VERDICT FOR [...] (SBU) In early reactions, Serbian political parties, media and the government are touting the ICJ ruling today that Serbia failed to prevent genocide in Srebrenica and to punish those responsible as a "not guilty" verdict for the people and for the State, and a victory for international justice [...] | 2007-02-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI |
07BELGRADE266 | KOSOVO'S FINAL STATUS BURDENS ECONOMIC TIES [...] (U) This is a joint cable from USOP and Embassy Belgrade. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Belgrade econ chief and Pristina econ officer made the rounds of UNMIK and PISG economic agencies to identify some of the economic issues that are factors in current and future relations between Kosovo and [...] | 2007-02-27 11:20:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG ECON SR YI |
07BELGRADE268 | MORE SERBIAN REACTIONS TO ICJ RULING [...] (SBU) Serbia's major parties (DSS, DS, SRS, SPS) all heralded the findings issued yesterday by the International Court of Justice as a generally "not guilty" verdict for Serbia. While welcoming the exoneration for complicity in genocide, both President Tadic and PM Kostunica did acknowledge [...] | 2007-02-27 13:52:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR YI |
07BELGRADE27 | PM KOSTUNICA'S OUTRAGE OVER BABIN MOST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Kostunica expressed to Contact Group (CG) Ambassadors 1/9/07 his deep concern over the alleged mistreatment of K-Serbs in Babin Most by ethnic Albanian KPS officers earlier this month. Displaying strong emotion, the PM stood by his earlier public assertion that the Babin Mos [...] | 2007-01-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KBTS SR YI |
07BELGRADE272 | SERBIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] OVERVIEW --------------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 62 TIP victims. Of these, there were 60 females and 2 males; 33 wer [...] | 2007-02-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SR |
07BELGRADE275 | KOSOVO SERB PROTEST AT EMBASSY BELGRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo-based Serbian National Council (SNV) staged a peaceful demonstration of approximately 10,000 - 20,000 people in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 27 to protest against the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo status and alleged USG support for "dividing up" Serbia. The s [...] | 2007-03-01 09:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS SR YI |
07BELGRADE291 | KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (2/26 - 3/2) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of February 26, the second week of UNOSEK talks, the SNV rally and Russian DFM Titov's visit were the most notable events related to Kosovo in Serbia. End Summary. UNOSEK: the view from B [...] | 2007-03-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE301 | GlACIAL COALITION TALKS SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (SBU) President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) and Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) began formal talks on assembling a working coalition government March 2, but so far they remain deadlocked over which party should hold the PM position. DS and DSS officials mostly to [...] | 2007-03-06 10:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE303 | EDUCATION MAFIA ARRESTED ON BRIBERY CHARGES [...] (U) Serbian police have arrested 18 people, including 12 university teachers, in an ongoing investigation of rampant corruption at the Law Faculty of Kragujevac University. The arrests, all occurring since February 20, include Assistant Minister of Education Emilija Stankovic, Sveta Puric, rec [...] | 2007-03-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KCRM KCOR PREL SR |
07BELGRADE323 | KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/5 - 3/9) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of March 5, Serbia's preparation for the final, top-level round of UNOSEK talks, as well as the visits of A/S Fried and NATO SYG Scheffer were the most notable events related to Kosovo and S [...] | 2007-03-09 13:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE332 | LDP - PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT [...] (SBU) One of the least discussed, but arguably most significant outcomes of Serbia's recent parliamentary elections, is the successful effort of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to gain representation in parliament. The party -- which will almost certainly stake out an opposition role in par [...] | 2007-03-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE381 | DELIVERY OF JOINT DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR TERROR [...] (SBU) On March 15, the Ambassador and Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexeev delivered reftel joint demarche to FONMIN Draskovic regarding the Joint Declaration on the principles of a global initiative for fighting nuclear terrorism. Draskovic told the Ambassadors he would consult with PM Kostu [...] | 2007-03-21 07:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL SR |
07BELGRADE383 | KOSOVO: SERBIA APPLAUDS RUSSIAN CALL FOR NEW TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Kostunica and other Serbian leaders rushed to lend their strong support to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Ivanov's statements over the weekend in favor of continued talks on Kosovo status under a new mediator. The statements, along wi [...] | 2007-03-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE426 | MINORITY PARTIES FIND THEIR VOICE [...] (SBU) Due to legislative changes enabling smaller ethnic minority parties to enter parliament more easily, several such parties find themselves for the first time in the Serbian parliament. Each has established itself as a potential ally of the democratic bloc of parties and has promulgated an [...] | 2007-03-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE441 | NEW TOBACCO STRATEGY ADOPTED [...] (u) The Government of Serbia (GoS) adopted an action plan for tobacco production and trade on March 22 in order to smooth its relationship with the cigarette industry and at the same time permit ratification of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). The new strategy has been nego [...] | 2007-04-03 07:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL HR SR |
07BELGRADE459 | KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/2 - 4/5) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 2, the UNSC meeting attended by Prime Minister Kostunica was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. Both before and after the April 3 session, Belgrade media speculated [...] | 2007-04-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE477 | SERBIAN COURT CONVICTS FOUR FOR SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (sbu) Summary: On April 10, the Belgrade Special War Crimes Court handed down convictions to four former members of the "Scorpions" paramilitary unit for their roles in the execution of Muslim civilians in Trnovo, Bosnia, on July 17, 1995. Chief war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said [...] | 2007-04-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE483 | GETTING REAL ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Embassy's ongoing effort to reach out to Serbs and explain our support for Kosovo's supervised independence, the Ambassador and his French counterpart co-hosted a lunch for Serbian journalists and other opinion makers for a frank, off-the-record, discussion on Koso [...] | 2007-04-12 14:05:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE597 | KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/30-5/4) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (sbu) This was an abbreviated week for Kosovo-related news owing to a 2-day May Day holiday. Media focus at the beginning of the week was on the SCM visit that concluded in Kosovo over the prece [...] | 2007-05-04 16:25:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR |
07BELGRADE599 | UPDATE ON ENERGY ISSUES FROM SERBIA [...] (U) Summary. State-owned gas monopoly Srbijagas has managed to improve its financial outlook via an intergovernmental agreement that uses old Yugoslavia clearing debt to pay gas arrears to Gazprom of USD 188.2 million, debt accumulated from 1994 to 2000. However, the company still has a debt [...] | 2007-05-07 06:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR |
07BELGRADE630 | GOS SELLS TRAVEL AGENCY AS AMCIT WINS ARBITRATION [...] (U) On April 20, the Government of Serbia (GOS) sold its 70 percent share in the Putnik travel agency - and its valuable real estate holdings - to Cyprus-based Acciona Investments Limited for EUR 38 million. This rapid-fire sale on the Belgrade Stock Exchange was concluded in the midst of a t [...] | 2007-05-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL OPIC SR |
07BELGRADE643 | COALITION DEAL STRUCK; NO FORMAL WORD YET [...] (sbu) Summary: Though there is still no official word, a deal has been struck that will keep Kostunica at the helm of a weak democratic coalition government. The deal and the politics surrounding it have left a pall of fear in political circles and in the population at large, as many saw th [...] | 2007-05-11 17:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE644 | KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (5/7 - 5/11) [...] (U) This cable summarizes the week's notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of May 7, Kosovo news was muted by the dominant story of last-minute government formation. Nevertheless, Belgrade media still reported on speculation about the draft UNSC resolu [...] | 2007-05-14 06:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE662 | Party Reactions to Coalition Agreement [...] (U) The announcement of the formation of a new Serbian government including the Democratic Party of Serbia/New Serbia (DSS/NS),the Democratic Party (DS) and the G-17 Plus was received with mixed feelings. Democratically oriented citizens welcomed the agreement with relief since it included th [...] | 2007-05-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE668 | SERBIA'S NEW KOSOVO MINISTRY [...] (U) Summary: Serbian lawmakers have created a new Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija which will administer the GOS' functional institutions within Kosovo. Many of the Ministry's competencies assume the continuation of international negotiations to resolve Kosovo's status. Under the terms of the [...] | 2007-05-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE709 | AMBASSADOR, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS SHARE COMMON [...] (U) Summary: On the eve of the new government's formation, the Ambassador sat down with human rights groups to hear their concerns, discuss mutual interests, and express support for their role in civic society. The lively exchange, which took place at the Embassy, reinforced the need to work [...] | 2007-05-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SR |
07BELGRADE75 | POLLING: DEMOCRATIC BLOC PARTIES STILL LEADING [...] (SBU) Most observers and pollsters give the Radical Party an edge over the Democratic Party in the contest for the top vote-getter in Sunday's elections, although two respected Serbian polling agencies for the first time since 2003 have give the DS higher political ratings than the SRS. Prime [...] | 2007-01-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE775 | SERBIA BROADBAND OPERATING IN HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Only five years after the Southeastern Europe Equity Fund invested USD 10 million in this cable television and broadband start-up, Serbia Broadband (SBB) has become a significant market player in Serbia. Its successful growth places it squarely as a threat to state-owned Telekom Srbija. O [...] | 2007-06-01 16:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN BTIO PGOV KPRV SR |
07BELGRADE785 | Verdict in the Djindjic Case [...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Court in Belgrade rendered its verdict in the case of the March 12, 2003 assassination of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, convicting all twelve defendants and sentencing them to harsh penalties by Serbian standards. Even though the verdict is subject to appea [...] | 2007-06-04 16:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS SR |
07BELGRADE810 | NEW SERBIAN FINANCE MINISTER PROMISES RESPONSIBLE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Finance Minister Mirko Cvetkovic for the first time on June 5 to discuss the economic agenda for the new government. Cvetkovic said that he aims to uphold the Ministry's role in safeguarding a stable macroeconomic environment, including a return to convention [...] | 2007-06-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KIDE SR |
07BELGRADE84 | SERBIAN ELECTIONS: SRS, DS TAKE TOP SPOTS [...] (u) SUMMARY: Initial results from the Republic Election Commission (RIK) indicate that the Serbian Radical Party (SRS) again took the top spot in parliamentary elections, with Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) coming in second. ODIHR will likely announce the elections to have been general [...] | 2007-01-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE85 | SERBIAN ELECTIONS: A MIXED PICTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian elections were free and fair with high turnout and no significant problems. The results suggest difficult negotiations for forming a government between the three strongest democratic parties: the DS, the DSS and the G-17+ -- the DS just did not do well enough to shake up [...] | 2007-01-22 13:28:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE881 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (sbu) The Ambassador's June 4 courtesy call on new (and quite impressive and articulate) parliament speaker Oliver Dulic focused primarily on parliamentary institutional reform. The Ambassador congratulated Dulic on his appointment, and pledged support for his efforts to make the parliament [...] | 2007-06-21 09:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE883 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (sbu) The Ambassador's June 4 courtesy call on new (and quite impressive and articulate) parliament speaker Oliver Dulic focused primarily on parliamentary institutional reform. The Ambassador congratulated Dulic on his appointment, and pledged support for his efforts to make the parliament [...] | 2007-06-21 09:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SR |
07BELGRADE894 | REVISED BUDGET SEEN AS EXPANSIONARY [...] (u) Serbia's new government on June 14 presented a 2007 budget proposal that would continue expansionary fiscal policy with an expenditure increase of 27.4 percent and a projected deficit of 0.6 percent of GDP. A chorus of criticism, from economists, the central bank, and the IMF, greeted the [...] | 2007-06-25 06:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KPRV SR |
07BELGRADE895 | REVISED BUDGET SEEN AS EXPANSIONARY [...] (u) Serbia's new government on June 14 presented a 2007 budget proposal that would continue expansionary fiscal policy with an expenditure increase of 27.4 percent and a projected deficit of 0.6 percent of GDP. A chorus of criticism, from economists, the central bank, and the IMF, greeted the [...] | 2007-06-25 06:33:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KPRV SR |
07BELGRADE897 | KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: STATUS DELAY GAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian officials, confident that a Kosovo status decision will be delayed considerably, augmented diplomatic overtures to Russia and European countries with the aim of isolating the USG in the push for independence. The GOS reacted quickly to the new draft UNSC resolution by e [...] | 2007-06-25 06:34:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE907 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ECONOMY MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic for the first time on June 20 to review the economic agenda for the new government. Dinkic, leader of the G17 party, said that he personally favors a partition of Kosovo but said that preserving momentum on Euro-Atlantic rela [...] | 2007-06-25 14:14:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR |
07BELGRADE914 | AMBASSADOR MEETS ECONOMY MINISTER [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with new Minister of Economy Mladjan Dinkic for the first time on June 20 to review the economic agenda for the new government. Dinkic, leader of the G17 party, said that he personally favors a partition of Kosovo but said that preserving momentum on Euro-Atlantic rel [...] | 2007-06-26 08:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV KIDE KPRV SR |
07BELGRADE915 | MINISTRY OF KOSOVO: KOSTUNICA'S FULCRUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbia's Ministry of Kosovo and Metohija (MOK) emerged as a new ministry during the government coalition negotiations following Serbia's January 2007 parliamentary elections. The Ministry aims to coordinate Serbia's Kosovo policy by combining the operational elements of the exi [...] | 2007-06-26 16:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE920 | SOUTHERN SERBIA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to Presevo and Bujanovac on June 19-20, poloff and polspec met with political leaders and various contacts from NGOs, the media and the Orthodox Church. In general, the region is currently acceptably calm and secure. Our contacts confirmed that the protest on June [...] | 2007-06-27 12:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE933 | KOSOVO DOMINATES BELGRADE COE MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic used their speeches at the opening of the 1000th meeting of the CoE Ministers' Deputies to reiterate the GOS' position on Kosovo, advertise recent cooperation with The Hague, emphasize Serbia's sincere commitment to co [...] | 2007-06-29 15:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE934 | KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: KOSTUNICA'S "BATTLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: With news of another rejection by Russia on a UNSC draft resolution, Prime Minister Kostunica used his strongest anti-U.S. rhetoric to date in reaction to the Ambassador's direct speech about Serbia's path to Europe. Kostunica cast bilateral differences over Kosovo as a "battle [...] | 2007-06-29 16:55:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE958 | KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE PREPARES FOR NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Without hard news on Kosovo out of Kennebunkport, Serbian media filled the vacuum with speculation about new status negotiations. Serbian officials doggedly continued their diplomatic offensive abroad and political entrenchment at home. Partition of Kosovo crept back into the ne [...] | 2007-07-06 15:53:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE991 | KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: RHETORIC HARDENS AS A/S FRIED AND FM [...] SUMMARY: A/S Fried and the French Foreign Minister both came to Belgrade this week to offer an additional 120 days of engagement on Kosovo, but also to confirm to Belgrade that without an agreement of the parties, Kosovo will be independent. Both men expressed U.S. and French eagerness to help [...] | 2007-07-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI |
07BELGRADE997 | DJINDJIC ASSASSINATION STILL POLITICAL FOOTBALL [...] (SBU) Special prosecutor for organized crime Slobodan Radovinovic has opened an investigation into the political background of late Serbian PM Djindjic's assassination in response to competing accusations between the LDP and the DSS over who bore ultimate responsibility for creating the condit [...] | 2007-07-16 06:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM SR |
07BELMOPAN131 | BELIZE: FORMER AMBASSADOR CAUGHT SMUGGLING CASH [...] (U) A former Belizean Ambassador to Guatemala is facing accusations of using his diplomatic credentials to facilitate international money laundering after he was caught trying to enter Panama with a huge amount of undeclared U.S. cash. Moises Cal had also served in the Foreign Ministry as Am [...] | 2007-02-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL ECON BH |
07BELMOPAN150 | BELIZE - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in Ref. A. 2. (SBU) Overview of BelizeQs Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons A. Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking occurs within the countr [...] | 2007-03-02 22:00:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH |
07BELMOPAN313 | FUEL SECTOR COMPETITION IN BELIZE [...] (SBU) Summary. With the recent discovery of oil in Belize and the anticipated delivery of PetroCaribe fuel, a privately-owned marine terminal has recently constructed in the south of Belize. Esso, the sole importer of fuel in Belize, believes that up to forty percent of its future imports may [...] | 2007-05-07 20:08:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON EFIN PREL BH |
07BELMOPAN492 | BELMOPAN: GOB RESPONSE TO SEAWELL EXTRADITION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (U) In response to Embassy's formal request for an update on the Seawell Extradition request, the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was received August 3, 2007. 3. (U) TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE NO. 495 COMPLIMEN [...] | 2007-08-06 19:38:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KTIA BH |
07BELMOPAN495 | CHAVEZ HAS FRIENDS IN BELIZE [...] (SBU) Summary. Since November 2006 Venezuela has given the Belizean government a US$5 million grant, US$50 million in loans, and US$1.6 million for road construction. Several sources have confirmed that recently an additional US$10 million grant has been promised. The government appears to b [...] | 2007-08-06 22:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID BH VE |
07BELMOPAN5 | BELIZE: PM MUSA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2007 [...] (U) In his New Year's Message, published in the December 31 edition of The Reporter (one of Belize's weekly newspapers),Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Said Musa was optimistic about the country's future - particularly in the areas of the economy and the border dispute with Guatemala. [...] | 2007-01-04 19:49:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN BH |
07BELMOPAN520 | BELIZE-VENEZUELA: NEW BRV AMBASSADOR TO BELIZE [...] (SBU) With timing perhaps linked to Prime Minister Musa's visit to Venezuela for the PetroCaribe Summit, the BRV Embassy in Belize circulated on August 14 an announcement that the Mission's Charge d'Affaires, Roberto J. Dubuc, was being transferred to the Internal Service in the Ministry of F [...] | 2007-08-16 21:36:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR BH VE |
07BELMOPAN614 | BELIZE: PREPARING FOR UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Belize will call national elections between January and March 2008. Belize's two major political parties have swapped power peacefully since acquiring independence in 1981. In the upcoming elections, the House of Representatives will expand from 29 to 31 seats. Despite efforts in recent [...] | 2007-10-17 22:14:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
07BELMOPAN645 | BELIZE: NOTE RECEIVED AT LAST ON SOFA [...] (SBU) Embassy received on October 29 diplomatic note 695 from the MFA agreeing to the terms of the SOFA as we proposed them in July via note 07/038. (There are some minor typos but nothing of substance. A copy of the MFA note has been e-mailed to WHA/CEN, Rois Beal.) The note makes no refe [...] | 2007-10-30 21:39:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MASS MOPS BH |
07BELMOPAN649 | BELIZEAN GOVERNMENT UNRESPONSIVE IN CRIMINAL CASES [...] (U) SUMMARY: While Belizean police have been very cooperative in returning U.S. fugitives, efforts requiring the cooperation of higher levels of the Belizean government have repeatedly led to stonewalls and dead ends. Action on extradition requests has been slow to come. Cases then languish i [...] | 2007-11-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC BH |
07BELMOPAN655 | STRONG MS-13 PRESENCE IN WESTERN BELIZE [...] (SBU) Recent reports from Belize of the Mara Salvatrucha gang (MS-13) presence in Belize (REFTELS A, B) indicated a stronger base of operations than previously known. Reports from a Confidential Source (CS) (REFTEL A) led RSO to independently determine MS-13 strength in the Cayo District of we [...] | 2007-11-06 21:52:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT BH |
07BELMOPAN657 | BELIZE: CORRUPTION SPAWNS NEW POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (SBU) Frustration with repeated corruption scandals has generated several new third party movements in Belize. A noteworthy development is a recent alliance designed to give third parties a stronger voice acting together. However, this alliance is not likely to make an impact on the two-party [...] | 2007-11-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
07BELMOPAN700 | BELIZE: INTEGRITY COMMISSION INEFFECTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Belize's Integrity Commission has not prosecuted a public official for corruption since the body was formed in 1994. The current head of the commission privately told poloff that he would resign if reforms were not instituted prior to the upcoming election. The commission's inac [...] | 2007-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR BH |
07BELMOPAN97 | BELIZE: FORENSIC AUDIT UNCOVERS "POSSIBLE ILLEGALITIES" IN [...] (SBU) The draft report of a forensic auditor's review of the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) - released on February 1 - revealed conflicts of interest, procedural irregularities, and possible illegalities. Mark Hulse, a chartered accountant, appeared before the DFC Commission of Inquiry [...] | 2007-02-12 20:14:00 | Embassy Belmopan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV BH |
07BERLIN1003 | U.S.-RUSSIAN DEMARCHE: OSCE CT CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer and Russian Embassy CT Officer Alexander Kondakov delivered ref demarche to Holger Kraemer, German MFA desk officer for International CT cooperation, May 14. Kraemer replied MFA Commissioner for Counterterrorism Ambassador Buso von Alvensleben would attend the eve [...] | 2007-05-16 19:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER ABUD AFIN GM |
07BERLIN1007 | SCENESETTER FOR G-8 AFRICA PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. Chancellor Merkel will open the Eighth Africa Partnership Forum (APF) in Berlin immediately following the G-8 Finance MinistersQ Meeting in Potsdam May 19-20 and the German-World Bank Forum on May 21. Hosted by the German Development Minister, the APF will set out the key co [...] | 2007-05-18 09:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM |
07BERLIN1019 | THIRD G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP (NPDG) [...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Nonproliferation Directors' Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place May 14 in Berlin. The delegates reviewed a German-produced draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm but were unable to reach consensus on [...] | 2007-05-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CACM UK FR IT |
07BERLIN1082 | U.S. INVITATION PASSED TO GERMANY CONCERNING AN [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer passed ref invitation May 23 to Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy desk officer. Polster, who had attended the NSG Plenary and related meetings in Cape Town, South Africa, from April 16-20, queried the need for the U.S.-hosted [...] | 2007-05-30 10:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM |
07BERLIN1083 | U.S. FOLLOW-UP TO PROPOSAL AT NSG PLENARY TO SHARE [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer passed reftel follow-up information May 23 to Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy desk officer. Polster, who had attended the NSG Plenary and related meetings in Cape Town, South Africa, from April 16-20, was familiar with the [...] | 2007-05-30 10:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR GM |
07BERLIN1084 | GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING RUSSIAN SUPPLY OF NUCLEAR [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy desk officer, queried Global Affairs officer May 23 concerning press reports that Russia had delivered a batch of nuclear fuel to two reac [...] | 2007-05-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC ETTC PREL KNNP GM RS IN |
07BERLIN1086 | IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer discussed May 24 reftel with Christof Pollmeier, deputy office director of the German MFA's Arms Export Control Division. Pollmeier said the German Government fully complies with UNSCR 1747 and the EU Regulations enacted to ensure that all EU member states impleme [...] | 2007-05-30 10:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR GM |
07BERLIN1104 | German Government Welcomes Zoellick [...] Germany welcomed President Bush's May 30 nomination of Robert Zoellick to be President of the World Bank. On behalf of Chancellor Merkel (CDU),Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Heidi Wieczorek-Zeul (SPD),praised the choice and described Zoellick as a "good candidate who w [...] | 2007-06-01 14:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD PREL GM |
07BERLIN1126 | U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNSCR [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer conveyed ref demarche to German MFA UN Policy Division Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach June 1. Schilbach said he will share the U.S. report with other appropriate officials in the German Government. He, in turn, shared a copy of the report that Germany submitted to [...] | 2007-06-05 16:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY GM |
07BERLIN1142 | GERMANY DISCUSSES U.S. POSITION ON RUSSIA'S SUPPLY [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A response to ref B German query to Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Division desk officer, June 5. Polster said the U.S. position o [...] | 2007-06-07 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IN GM |
07BERLIN1190 | GERMANY - MFA RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) CONTAINS REQUEST FOR ACTION -- PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered demarche contained in ref and passed an advance copy of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report country narrative for Germany to Axel Kuechle, MFA Deputy Director for International Cooperation against Orga [...] | 2007-06-13 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC |
07BERLIN121 | GERMAN REACTION TO EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 10, the European Commission unveiled its proposals for the EU's first common energy strategy, to be released in March. The German government's reaction was mixed. The Ministry of Economics criticized plans for "unbundling," i.e., the separation of energy generatio [...] | 2007-01-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV PGOV PREL GM |
07BERLIN1215 | GERMANY LIFTS ENTRY BAN ON REVEREND MOON [...] (SBU) According to Dr. Dieter Romann, Director of the German Interior Ministry's Office of Border Security Issues, the "hit" in the German consular and border control system calling for Reverend Sun Myung Moon's visa denial has been removed. Dr. Romann issued a statement to Embassy Berlin, t [...] | 2007-06-18 10:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM PHUM |
07BERLIN123 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of January 14, Germany has 7,486 military personnel in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliamentary approval. A law regul [...] | 2007-01-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL GM |
07BERLIN1234 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Claudia Schuett of the German MFA's International Economic and Financial Policy Division June 18 and to Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director of the Economics Ministry's Foreign Tr [...] | 2007-06-20 15:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN GM |
07BERLIN1247 | GERMAN AND EPO RESPONSE TO WIPO DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin discussed holding WIPO DG accountable for his actions as requested in reftel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts voiced support for the USG view but also discussed the delicacy of Germany's position, due to its ongoing role as President of the European Council. Spe [...] | 2007-06-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR WIPO SZ GM |
07BERLIN126 | EXTREME RIGHT ACTIVITY SURGES DESPITE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Germans are growing increasingly concerned about right-extremism. Although fears that neo-Nazis might try to grab media attention during the World Cup last year did not materialize, subsequent electoral gains by the right-extremist National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) in [...] | 2007-01-22 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM PGOV PHUM SOCI |
07BERLIN1291 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: GERMAN REACTION TO FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ursina Krumpholz, officer director of the German Ministry of Economics' Foreign Trade Law and Law of the Sea Division, and Ernst Roeder-Messell, deputy office director of the same division, June 15. 2. (SBU) Krumpholz said the German Go [...] | 2007-06-29 15:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR GM |
07BERLIN1292 | KEY BUNDESTAG MEMBER INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH [...] Please note action request contained in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Bundestag Transportation Committee Chairman Klaus Lippold (CDU),in a meeting with emboffs, offered to assist us in building a consensus in favor of tackling aviation emissions in a manner that would overcome U.S. object [...] | 2007-06-30 10:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EINV SENV PREL GM EU |
07BERLIN1343 | GERMANY REQUESTED TO PROVIDE IDENTIFIER [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA UN Policy Division Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach July 2. Schilbach thanked us for the identifying information provided for the Iranian entities and individuals listed in the Annexes of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. He said he especially [...] | 2007-07-09 05:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IR KNNP PARM GM |
07BERLIN1425 | GERMANY'S AMBITION TO JOIN THE LUNAR-PROBING CLUB [...] (SBU) Summary: Conversations with German officials concerning Germany's plan to launch an unmanned lunar mission by 2013 indicate that, although enthusiasm is high in the German Aerospace Center (DLR),the government needs to be convinced of the value of this unilateral mission. The chairman [...] | 2007-07-19 16:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL TNGD ETTC ECON GM |
07BERLIN1495 | GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN1496 | GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 15:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN1534 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY GM |
07BERLIN1539 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,597 military personnel (compared to 7,438 in mid-May) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliamentar [...] | 2007-08-13 05:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN1552 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 10, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from the SIPDIS German Chancellery, Ministry of Economics and Technology and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. Sullivan also conducted a w [...] | 2007-08-14 05:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KCHG PREL GM |
07BERLIN1574 | U.S. SUBPRIME MARKET FALLOUT REVERBERATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fall out from the U.S. subprime mortgage market continues to reverberate in Germany. IKB, a Dusseldorf based bank, has chalked up losses of approximately 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion),staving off insolvency due to a bailout of 3.5 billion euros ($4.79 billion) led by state-o [...] | 2007-08-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
07BERLIN1575 | U.S. SUBPRIME MARKET FALLOUT REVERBERATES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fall out from the U.S. subprime mortgage market continues to reverberate in Germany. IKB, a Dusseldorf based bank, has chalked up losses of approximately 3 billion euros ($4.1 billion),staving off insolvency due to a bailout of 3.5 billion euros ($4.79 billion) led by state-ow [...] | 2007-08-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV GM |
07BERLIN1621 | GERMAN CABINET RETREAT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: German Chancellor Angela Merkel emerged from the August 23-24 Federal Cabinet retreat with consensus among the parties in her Grand Coalition Government on a 50-point program designed to sustain Germany's economic upturn. No signs of coalition cracks appeared. The program inc [...] | 2007-08-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN PREL ELAB GM |
07BERLIN1640 | GERMANY - FOLLOWING UP ON PROPOSED OPEN-ENDED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 15:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN ECON ETRD MNUC PARM IR GM |
07BERLIN1652 | GNEP MINISTERIAL - GERMANY STILL UNDECIDED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA GM |
07BERLIN1668 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK COMPLETED [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer contacted Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann (KMW) Procurement Sales Manager Harald Marke July 19 concerning KMV's role as an intermediate consignee in license application 05-050048064. Marke sent the requested information to Global Affairs officer August 31. 2. (SBU) For t [...] | 2007-09-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOMC ETTC NL CACM TU GM NO |
07BERLIN1746 | THE GERMAN SUBPRIME BANKING CRISIS: [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. subprime crisis continues to produce anxiety in Germany?s banking sector, but the exposure of German banks remains unclear. After the bailout of a second state-run bank, SachsenLB, in mid-August, pressure for a consolidation of Germany?s fragmented financial landscape [...] | 2007-09-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SENV ENRG EFIN ELAB PREL |
07BERLIN1771 | AUSTRALIA GROUP - DELIVERY OF U.S. RESPONSE TO TWO [...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests Department guidance to respond to German questions posed in paras 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche and accompanying track-changes document September 19 to MFA Deputy Office Director for Export Controls on Non- [...] | 2007-09-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC CBW GM |
07BERLIN1819 | AUSTRALIA GROUP - U.S. RESPONSE TO GERMANY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW GM |
07BERLIN1822 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,149 military personnel (compared to 7,597 in early August) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliam [...] | 2007-09-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN1841 | IFTAR DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Summary: For the third year, Ambassador and Mrs. Timken led senior Mission Germany staff in hosting Iftar dinners and events, a major element in the Mission's Muslim Engagement activities. This year, the venues were Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich. Muslim guests uniformly praise [...] | 2007-10-04 15:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KIRF KISL PGOV PREL |
07BERLIN1896 | GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY -- MERKEL COMMITTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Merkel is serious about pursuing aggressive international measures to meet the challenges of global warming. She has built her Chancellorship almost exclusively on this issue. Her support for mandatory, targeted global limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and [...] | 2007-10-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV GM |
07BERLIN1964 | GERMANY EXPECTED TO PRESENT HEALTH SYSTEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, EconOff met with Dr. Walter Werner, Head of the Trade Policy, Services and Intellectual Property Division at the Ministry of Economics on reftel points. Werner said Germany will avoid any discussion of Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRI [...] | 2007-10-26 17:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO WHO |
07BERLIN1994 | Resumption of German training of Iraqi forces in the UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a two-year disruption, Germany will resume training of the Iraqi armed forces in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in early 2008. From January through April, the Bundeswehr will train an Iraqi logistics and support battalion of 800 soldiers in the UAE and provide e [...] | 2007-11-01 11:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN1995 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of late October, Germany had 6,737 military personnel in out-of-area deployments, plus an additional 600 dedicated for SACEUR's Balkans Operational Reserve Force (ORF) and 3,100 for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those [...] | 2007-11-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN2008 | OCTOBER 30 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING FOCUSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The final G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin on October 30, and included focused discussions on geographic expansion and related modalities. The delegates also heard presentations from implementing agencies des [...] | 2007-11-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS |
07BERLIN2027 | IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...] | 2007-11-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM |
07BERLIN2028 | IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...] | 2007-11-06 17:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM |
07BERLIN208 | EB/ESC DAS PAUL SIMONS MEETINGS WITH GERMAN [...] SUMMARY. On January 25, EB DAS Paul Simons met with Foreign Office Policy Planning Staff Head Markus Ederer and Economic Ministry Director General for Energy Issues Andreas Schusseil to discuss energy issues during Germany's EU and G-8 presidencies. Both German officials were positive about [...] | 2007-02-01 17:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV PREL SENV EU GM |
07BERLIN2141 | G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary: ISN DAS Andrew Semmel visited Berlin November 27 to participate in the final G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group Meeting (NPDG) of the German presidency. Delegates expressed disappointment with the lack of agreement on a work program at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) and a [...] | 2007-11-30 09:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC KNNP JA GM |
07BERLIN215 | JOINT COORDINATION AND MONITORING BOARD: ENHANCED [...] At the high-level session of the Afghanistan Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) in Berlin January 30-31, donor Government representatives and Afghan partners renewed their commitment to realize the political vision outlined in the January 2006 Afghanistan Compact. In the opening [...] | 2007-02-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PGOV ENRG AF |
07BERLIN2152 | CLIMATE CHANGE -- GERMAN OPINION AHEAD OF UN [...] (SBU) The Germans have endorsed a roadmap approach at Bali that is not dissimilar to that of the U.S. (Reftel A),but Chancellor Merkel's government is committing itself to increasingly ambitious environmental objectives that could challenge the U.S. position in Bali and other international n [...] | 2007-12-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM |
07BERLIN2172 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of December 2, Germany had 7,173 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,737 in late October),plus 3,100 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, req [...] | 2007-12-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN2177 | COMPREHENSIVE GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The coalition government presented a series of far-reaching and ambitious environmental legislative measures to the German Parliament for consideration on December 5 (Reftel). The 14 points of this proposal are not new, but rather stem directly from the 29-point "Meseberg Plan [...] | 2007-12-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM |
07BERLIN218 | GERMANY'S BEST PRACTICES FOR ENHANCING STEEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's steel industry benefits from both national and EU programs to enhance the competitiveness of its steel industry. According to Dr. Dirk Grabowski, Office Director for the Steel and Defense Industries at the Ministry of Economics and Technology, the nation's steel indust [...] | 2007-02-02 17:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OTRA FR GR IT JA KSAC EUN |
07BERLIN2180 | Germany's Defense Budget: Still Scraping Bottom Despite [...] (SBU) Despite a nominal increase of 900 million Euro over last year, the German defense budget for 2008 will fall far below the NATO target of 2% of GDP. Transformation will remain underfunded, as plans to free money for investments by reducing operational expenses have not materialized. -- [...] | 2007-12-07 19:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
07BERLIN2193 | GERMANY "OUT OF THE GAME" ON INTERNET GAMBLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany leans toward favoring a negotiated settlement between the European Commission and the United States on internet gambling to avoid arbitration in the World Trade Organization (WTO). However, Ministry of Economics officials say Germany will not pressure other Member St [...] | 2007-12-12 17:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTRO GM |
07BERLIN2206 | G8 CONFERENCE ON THE ENERGY SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 3, the German government hosted its last major G8 conference on the theme of energy and climate change, a major priority during both its G8 and EU presidencies. Ministers and senior representatives of G8 countries, the European Union and Brazil, China, India, Mexic [...] | 2007-12-14 16:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG GM |
07BERLIN244 | JANUARY 23 MEETING OF G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) met January 23 in Berlin under the German Presidency. The Chair informed partners that the next meeting, February 27-28, would focus on the mid-term review of the 10-year Global Partnership (GP) program, with the International Atom [...] | 2007-02-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
07BERLIN251 | US-EU INFORMAL JHA HIGH LEVEL MEETING, JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the German Presidency, met in Berlin January 22-23 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz, and DHS Acting A/S for Internati [...] | 2007-02-08 06:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KJUS PREL PTER SMIG KHLS CVPR EU |
07BERLIN268 | DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP PREL GM |
07BERLIN269 | GOVERNMENT AND NGO REPORTS EVALUATE GERMAN EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Reports prepared by the German Federal Interior Ministry and Federal Family Ministry, as well as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and key German anti-trafficking NGOs independently conclude there was no significant increase in trafficking in persons (TIP) during [...] | 2007-02-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM |
07BERLIN317 | BUNDESTAG INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE SEEKS USG [...] (U) On February 9, 2007 Ambassador Timken received a letter from the chairman of the Bundestag committee investigating the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz. In the letter, Chairman Siegfried Kauder asks whether the USG would be willing to allow an Amer [...] | 2007-02-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KJUS KLIG PGOV PINS PREL |
07BERLIN321 | REPORT OF FIRST G-8 LYON-ROMA MEETING OF GERMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the G-8 Lyon-Roma Anti-Crime and Terrorism Group (LR/ACT) under the German Presidency was held in Berlin from February 12-15, 2006. The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville and S/CT Director for Trans-Regional Affairs Roopa Rangaswa [...] | 2007-02-16 06:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM OTRA PTER UNGA KJUS GM |
07BERLIN356 | Minister Tiefensee's U.S. Visit - disappointment on Open [...] (SBU) SUMMARY -- Ministry staff report German Minister of Transportation, Construction and Urban Affairs Wolfgang Tiefensee returned from his first official visit to Washington pessimistic about the future of the U.S./E.U. civil air agreement negotiations. Senior Ministry officials report Tief [...] | 2007-02-22 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ENRG ICAO PREL GM |
07BERLIN362 | BERLIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. delegation travelling to Berlin, Germany, for the Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting February 27-28, 2007. 2. (SBU) The control officer for this visit will be Global Affairs Officer Richard Crandell, who can be rea [...] | 2007-02-22 18:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN371 | MISSION GERMANY SUBMISSION FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mission Germany recommends that Germany receive the same treatment in the 2007 301 Report as it received in 2006 and not be listed in the priority watch list category. The situation facing American pharmaceutical companies in Germany has not appreciably deteriorated during th [...] | 2007-02-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR GM |
07BERLIN376 | G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. delegation, headed by Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Andrew Semmel, considers the first meeting of the Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) under Germany's G-8 Presidency a good start and hopes to see it engage [...] | 2007-02-23 17:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA |
07BERLIN390 | GERMAN FAMILY MINISTRY RELEASES EVALUATION OF 2002 [...] (U) Summary: German legislation enacted in 2002 to improve the legal and social situation of prostitutes -- and create conditions for them to get out of prostitution -- has enjoyed only partial success, according to a 200-plus page Family Ministry report released in late January. The report [...] | 2007-02-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV GM |
07BERLIN399 | SECOND ROUND OF US-GERMAN "PRUEM" DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. German and U.S. officials resumed discussions of a data sharing agreement modeled on Germany's "Pruem" Convention for law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation in Berlin January 23. The German delegation said it had not had time to study the U.S. draft text or discuss i [...] | 2007-02-27 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KHLS PGOV CVIS KVPR GM |
07BERLIN408 | AFGHANISTAN: GERMANY INCREASES DEVELOPMENT AID 25% [...] (SBU) Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul announced on February 27 that Germany would immediately increase reconstruction support by EUR 20 million, bringing Germany's overall bilateral Afghanistan development aid to EUR 100 million annually. The German money will target primary [...] | 2007-02-28 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON GM AF |
07BERLIN434 | BUNDESTAG LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S., P5+1 ON IRAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 1 parliamentary debate on Iran policy, the four main German parties presented a relatively unified message in support of P5 1/UN efforts on Iran and making Iran responsible for the next steps. Speakers emphasized the clandestine nature of Iran's nuclear program, its [...] | 2007-03-02 16:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IR GM |
07BERLIN45 | GERMANY TAKES RUSSIAN - BELARUS OIL DISPUTE IN [...] (U) German reaction to the cutoff of Russian oil via the Druzhba Pipeline has been relatively muted. Economics Minister Michael Glos stated there was no cause for alarm as Germany has sufficient reserves to cover any shortages. That said, Glos demanded that "the pipeline be reopened as soon [...] | 2007-01-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM |
07BERLIN455 | GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED ABOUT U.S. 60-DAY [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche and text of the U.S. 60-Day Report on "Efforts Toward Implementing UNSCR 1737" to the German Ministries of Economics, Finance, and Foreign Affairs March 5. Ursula Krumpholz, Office Director of the Economic Ministry's Foreign Trade Law and [...] | 2007-03-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY GM |
07BERLIN459 | GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...] | 2007-03-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC |
07BERLIN524 | MURAT KURNAZ: ANOTHER BUNDESTAG REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) On March 2, 2007 Ambassador Timken received another letter from the chairman of the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry looking into allegations of renditions, the activities of the German intelligence services related to the war in Iraq, and the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born T [...] | 2007-03-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KLIG PREL GM |
07BERLIN535 | FEBRUARY 27-28 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin February 27-28. The two days of discussion covered three themes: "Main Achievements Within the Global Partnership," "Experiences and Lessons Learned," and "Develo [...] | 2007-03-16 19:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA |
07BERLIN577 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director Markus Klinger March 19. Klinger said the U.S. support for Croatia's application for Australia Group (AG) membership is "good news." He noted that the EU, as well as Germany, has [...] | 2007-03-21 17:41:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW ETTC HR GM |
07BERLIN597 | GERMANY NOTIFIED OF USG OUTREACH TO INCREASE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PTER KGIC GM RS |
07BERLIN598 | GERMANY'S REVISED DISCUSSION PAPER ON MTCR DENIAL [...] (SBU) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following English-language Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Discussion Paper to Global Affairs officer March 20. Kauke said Germany also planned to submit the Discussion Paper on Denial Notification and Rel [...] | 2007-03-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR |
07BERLIN599 | GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP |
07BERLIN61 | GERMAN PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN KURNAZ [...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has contacted the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish citizen resident in Germany -- [...] | 2007-01-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM |
07BERLIN619 | BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy, and William F. Menold, Jr., to participate in the Global Partnership Working Group and Nonproliferation Directors [...] | 2007-03-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AMGT OTRA ASEC PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN758 | TERRORISM FINANCE: TROIKA AND FINANCIAL SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Global Affairs Officer passed ref A list to Susanne Welter, MFA Deputy Office Director for Counterterrorism Cooperation. Her only reaction was to ask whether USEU would provide a delegation list to the European Commission in Brussels; Global Affairs Officer responded they would. 2. ( [...] | 2007-04-13 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER ETTC KTFN EUN GM |
07BERLIN759 | GERMANY ALERTED TO U.S. BRIEFINGS AT THE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM |
07BERLIN766 | GERMAN RESPONSE: FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND IRAQ [...] (SBU) DCM delivered points in ref to MFA State Secretary Georg Boomgaarden April 12. Global Affairs Officer followed up with MFA Iraq Team Leader Ruediger Lotz April 13. Lotz stated German Foreign Minister Steinmeier would attend the meeting in Sharm El-Sheik. As to German plans for an anno [...] | 2007-04-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IQ GM |
07BERLIN768 | GERMANY AGREES TO CBP IMMIGRATION ADVISORY PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. German Interior Ministry Director for Air, Sea, and Rail Security Dieter Romann told CBP Representative (Frankfurt) and Global Affairs Officer March 29 that Germany agrees to the U.S. proposal to post four CBP officers at Frankfurt Airport as part of the Immigration Advisory Pro [...] | 2007-04-13 18:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KHLS AMGT APER PTER CVIS ECON PREL CMGT |
07BERLIN80 | TSA OFFICIALS DISCUSS AVIATION SECURITY WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with German Interior and Transportation officials December 19, TSA representatives pushed for more access by USG inspectors to Germany's airports and to air carriers that fly to the U.S. The TSA reps also voiced concerns about Germany's failure to re-screen carry- [...] | 2007-01-12 16:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KJUS PREL PTER GM |
07BERLIN806 | REPORT OF SECOND G-8 LYON-ROMA MEETING OF GERMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The second meeting of the G-8 Lyon-Roma Anti-Crime and Terrorism Group (LR/ACT) under the German Presidency was held in Berlin from April 16-19, 2007. The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and included repr [...] | 2007-04-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR UNGA GM AF |
07BERLIN834 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] | 2007-04-24 17:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
07BERLIN835 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] | 2007-04-24 18:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
07BERLIN845 | APRIL 23 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place April 23, and focused on drafting the Global Partnership (GP) five-year review document. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the U.S. proposals for the future of the [...] | 2007-04-25 17:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK |
07BERLIN92 | GERMAN PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS UP: KURNAZ CASE [...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Further to reftel, the State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has written the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish [...] | 2007-01-17 07:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM |
07BERLIN940 | BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew K. Semmel, ISN/DOS Alexander T. Liebowitz, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to participate in the G-8 NPDG meeting from May 12-15, 2007. 2. (SBU) Point of contact for this visit will be Global A [...] | 2007-05-09 16:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN952 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered ref information to Joerg Polster of the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy May 4. Polster thanked us for the information and said he would pass [...] | 2007-05-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PINR PINS PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN964 | GERMAN REACTION USG PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND [...] (U) EMIN spoke with MFA Director General for Economics and Sustainable Development Peter Ammon May 11 and conveyed the points in ref on the proposal to expand and extend the Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. (Note: Ammon is also the German Foreign Affairs S [...] | 2007-05-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM |
07BERLIN965 | GERMAN REACTION USG PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND [...] (U) EMIN spoke with MFA Director General for Economics and Sustainable Development Peter Ammon May 11 and conveyed the points in ref on the proposal to expand and extend the Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. (Note: Ammon is also the German Foreign Affairs S [...] | 2007-05-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM |
07BERLIN977 | Germany and Iraq Announce Resumption of Training for Iraqi [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Jassim al-Obeidi in Berlin May 9, DefMin Jung announced that Germany will train 350 Iraqi soldiers from a transportation battalion in the UAE this year. The Bundeswehr also plans to train an Iraqi medical unit in Germany. As part of th [...] | 2007-05-14 06:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER NATO IZ GM |
07BERLIN990 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of May 13, Germany had 7,438 military personnel (compared to 7,993 on April 10) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliam [...] | 2007-05-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
07BERN1009 | SWISS ELECTIONS: LEFT-WING RADICALS DISRUPT SVP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6, left-wing radicals disrupted a long-planned campaign rally in downtown Bern by the Swiss People's Party (SVP). At days end, 42 left-wing demonstrators reportedly had been arrested, with 3 demonstrators and 18 police injured. This incident has further disconcerte [...] | 2007-10-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SZ |
07BERN1020 | Swiss October 21 Elections Set to Mark Only Measured [...] (SBU) The upcoming Swiss national parliamentary elections on October 21 look set to mark measured shifts of political support from the center to the two extremes, with power still shared by all of the current major political parties. The central questions to be answered by this election are (1 [...] | 2007-10-18 14:24:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SZ |
07BERN1043 | SWISS APPRECIATE INFORMATION ON NEW IRAN [...] Emboff delivered reftel points and non-paper to Dieter Cavalleri, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Director, International Law Division, on October 26. Cavalleri said he would immediately provide the relevant Swiss ministries with the information and would also provide the Swiss Federal [...] | 2007-10-29 09:25:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN IR SZ |
07BERN1077 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOV PRACTICES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL CVIS ASEC KVPR SZ |
07BERN1132 | SWISS FEDERAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: BLOCHER FAILS TO [...] (SBU) Right up until the voting began, the major Swiss pundits and insiders were saying that all seven Federal Councilors would be re-elected on December 12 by the Swiss Parliament. Justice Minister Christoph Blocher, whose SVP party had the strongest showing in the October parliamentary elec [...] | 2007-12-12 17:27:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SZ |
07BERN1156 | NORTHERN UGANDA UPDATE; ACCOUNTABILITY OF JUBA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the points in reftel on December 19 to Kuno Schlaefli, deputy in the MFA's Office of the Special Envoy for Human Security. Schlaefli thanked poloff for the information. He said he could not yet provide a substantive response, but undertook to discuss the matter with oth [...] | 2007-12-21 17:36:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PREL UG SZ |
07BERN1157 | PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: SWISS NOTIFIED [...] (SBU) On December 18, Poloff provided the "save the date" non-paper in para 5 of reftel to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section. Friedrich thanked poloff for the information, saying that early notice of this planned event was helpful. He could not yet make a [...] | 2007-12-21 17:50:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP KSTC PREL SZ |
07BERN29 | SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2007 WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 13:03:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ASEC SZ |
07BERN880 | PROBABLE RIGHT-WING BOMB ATTACKS AGAINST THREE SWISS CANTONAL OFFICIALS - WARNING SHOT? [...] (SBU) In the early morning hours of September 4, three small bombs exploded outside the homes of three prominent politicians in central Switzerland. The blasts caused limited damage and nobody was harmed in any of these incidents. A link to international terrorist groups can be virtually rule [...] | 2007-09-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SZ PGOV PTER |
07BERN896 | BLOCHER-ROSCHACHER ROILS SWISS CONSENSUS POLITICS [...] (SBU) The Blocher-Roschacher affair is for the most part about Federal Councilor (and Justice Minister) Blocher's role in the July 2006 resignation of Federal Prosecutor Valentin Roschacher. The key question hanging in the air is whether Blocher abused his office as Justice Minister to exert u [...] | 2007-09-13 05:53:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR SZ |
07BERN923 | D/EUCOM GEN WARD DISCUSSES ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA [...] (SBU) During a September 7 office meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, and a subsequent joint MFA/MOD roundtable discussion, Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward and senior Swiss MFA and MOD officials exchanged views on efforts to enhance African security and stability. DefMin Schmid characterize [...] | 2007-09-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL AF SZ |
07BERN937 | LEBANON: SWISS REVIEWING WHETHER TO CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (SBU) Poloff met September 21 with Tim Enderlin, Chief of UNSC Affairs for the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and delivered the reftel message encouraging the Swiss government to make a contribution to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Enderlin responded by emphasizing [...] | 2007-09-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PTER LE SZ |
07BISHKEK1148 | KYRGYZ RECEIVE OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION POINTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered revised reftel points September 14 to Nuran Niyazaliyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs. Niyazaliyev listened with interest, but noted that the Kyrgyz government might not send a delegation to the Warsaw Human [...] | 2007-09-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE KG |
07BISHKEK1154 | Media Reaction: the Sixth Anniversary of the September 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth anniversary of the September 11th tragedy garnered substantial coverage in the local media. Much of the coverage repeated or supported conspiracy theories printed in Russian media, which is widely-read in Kyrgyzstan. Most of the coverage was critical of U.S. policy po [...] | 2007-09-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KG |
07BISHKEK1173 | KYRGYZ FEEL INFLATIONARY AND FINANCIAL PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: With "official" monthly food price inflation of 2.3%, hoarding and rapid price inflation are affecting an increasing array of foodstuffs in Kyrgyz markets. Meanwhile, the Kyrgyz Central Bank has pumped the equivalent of over $150 million into the local currency market to curb [...] | 2007-09-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI KG |
07BISHKEK1178 | U.S. BUSINESS SEMINAR DRAWS KYRGYZ ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) Summary: The Embassy-hosted "Doing Business with the USA" seminar attracted approximately 220 people for a discussion on developing business relations with U.S. firms and ways to compete for U.S. government contracts at Manas air base and in Afghanistan. More than 90% of the companies we [...] | 2007-09-25 04:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG |
07BISHKEK128 | HCOC: ENCOURAGING KYRGYZSTAN TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (SBU) In December 2006, the Kyrgyz MFA contacted post to inquire how to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Post informed the ministry at that time that Kyrgyzstan could subscribe by sending a note verbale to the Government of Austria. 2. [...] | 2007-02-07 08:05:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KG |
07BISHKEK1280 | Embassy Events Marking Ramadan and Orozo Ait [...] (SBU) On September 25, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for local religious leaders and members of the diplomatic corps and interfaith community. Over forty guests joined Embassy staff for this event. In her remarks, the Ambassador emphasized the positive spirit of cooperation between th [...] | 2007-10-15 10:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO SCUL KG |
07BISHKEK1288 | BISHKEK LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM chaired the Embassy's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) meeting on September 19. In addition to reports from Bishkek-based officers, the meeting included presentations by the regional Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officer and the regional FBI Legal Attache. The [...] | 2007-10-17 02:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
07BISHKEK1298 | EMBASSY BISHKEK'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its nomination for the 2008 Secretary's Woman of Courage Award. We nominate Ms. Cholpon Idinovna SIPDIS Djakupova, a well known fearless human rights activist and outspoken defender of the rights of refugees. Ms. Djakupova heads the NGO legal clinic 'Adilet' w [...] | 2007-10-19 11:19:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL KG |
07BISHKEK1328 | Kyrgyz Consular Update: US Contractors, Kazakhstan and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On October 10, Kyrgyz MFA Consular Affairs Director Beshymbiev told Con Chief there is legislation pending before the Kyrgyz and Kazakh parliaments that would allow bearers of valid Kyrgyz visas to enter Kazakhstan without obtaining a Kazakh visa. Beshymbiev a [...] | 2007-10-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KG KZ CVIS PGOV PREL |
07BISHKEK1339 | POOR KYRGYZ OBLAST HIT HARD BY GROWING INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 ) 26, Ambassador Yovanovitch visited Naryn Oblast. Everyone she met, from local government representatives in Naryn City to farmers in remote villages, reported that the economic situation in the oblast is dire. The region, already poor, has been especially hard [...] | 2007-11-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
07BISHKEK1342 | KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR DECEMBER 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold parliamentary elections December 16. Under the new constitution, the parliament will consist of 90 seats elected on a proportional basis by party list. The new electoral code establishes thresholds of 5% of all eligible voters as well as 0.5% of voters in [...] | 2007-11-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
07BISHKEK1363 | FATF IRAN STATEMENT DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points and guidance on November 6 to Ulan Danikeev, First Deputy Chairman of the Financial Intelligence Service of the Kyrgyz Republic. Although Kyrgyzstan is not a member of FATF, Danikeev welcomed the information about the FATF statement. Danikeev said [...] | 2007-11-15 08:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KG |
07BISHKEK1367 | KYRGYZ FEEDBACK ON PAST AND FUTURE TIFA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kyrgyz MFA official pledged to begin preparations within the Kyrgyz government for next summer's U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement meeting. While endorsing greater private sector activity under TIFA, he lamented that Kyrgyz firms were not prepared to [...] | 2007-11-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KG |
07BISHKEK1371 | KYRGYZSTAN: 2007-2008 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Resident Legal Advisor Irfan Saeed, e-mail: SaeedIA@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow i [...] | 2007-11-16 06:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG |
07BISHKEK1383 | KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR RESULTS OF IVANOV [...] (SBU) On November 19, post received a diplomatic note from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the results of the U.S. investigation into the December 6, 2006 killing of Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivanov by an airman from Manas Airbase. Unofficial translation of the Note follows at [...] | 2007-11-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
07BISHKEK1461 | ELECTION EVE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst the political wrangling preceding the December 16 Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, there have been significant economic and financial developments in the Kyrgyz Republic during the past year. Despite strong economic growth in 2007, increasing inflation and the falling v [...] | 2007-12-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI KG |
07BISHKEK1520 | EMBASSY BISHKEK'S SERIES OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE 16 DAYS FREE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Working in conjunction with Post's Mentor Program for Women Leaders and Peace Corps, Embassy Bishkek organized a series of events around the country, including the cities of Bishkek, Osh and Naryn to commemorate the 16 days free of violence against women that run from November 25 [...] | 2007-12-21 07:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KG KWMN PHUM PREL |
07BISHKEK1543 | NEW KYRGYZ CABINET SIGNALS LITTLE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bakiyev signed a decree installing the new Cabinet under Prime Minister Chudinov December 27. The new Cabinet's structure and composition are consistent with previous PM Atambayev's Cabinet, with many holdovers and only a few new names. The positioning of experience [...] | 2007-12-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG |
07BISHKEK264 | MEDIA REACTION: AIR BASE SHOOTING INCIDENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-15 06:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG |
07BISHKEK334 | BAKIYEV CHALLENGES OPPOSITION TO WORK WITH HIM ON [...] (SBU) On March 24, the Kyrgyz Government convoked the leadership of the country to celebrate the second anniversary of the 2005 "revolution." In contrast to last year's public event on Ala Too Square that included a military display and helicopter flyovers, this year's ceremony was by invitat [...] | 2007-03-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
07BISHKEK37 | NEW LAW BANS FOREIGN TRADERS IN KYRGYZ MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Kyrgyz labor law bans foreign nationals from selling goods in the open-air markets. Coming on the heels of a similar restriction in Russia, the measure is scheduled to take effect on April 1. The State Committee on Migration and Employment claims the measure is an attemp [...] | 2007-01-22 02:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KG |
07BISHKEK397 | KYRGYZ OPPOSITION BEGINS MASS DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) The opposition United Front began its mass protest on Bishkek's central Ala-Too Square. Throughout the day, United Front and other party workers erected over 30 yurts and dozens of tents on the square. As of 17:00 local, the crowd had grown to approximately 4-5,000 demonstrators. Much [...] | 2007-04-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KG |
07BISHKEK405 | KYRGYZ DEMONSTRATION CONTINUES; PARLIAMENT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a quiet night at Bishkek's central Ala-Too Square, the opposition United Front and For Reforms movements continued their "non-stop" protest on April 12, with the rally program beginning somewhat after the advertised start time of 16:00 local. Speaker of Parliament Su [...] | 2007-04-12 11:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KG |
07BISHKEK434 | ONE WEEK ON, KYRGYZ DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of the seventh day of anti-presidential demonstrations, opposition leaders struggle to gather momentum and the necessary turnout of demonstrators to succeed in their goals to remove President Bakiyev and achieve constitutional reforms. An increase in frustration and [...] | 2007-04-19 00:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KG |
07BISHKEK468 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Post EXBS and SAO staff have completed thorough inspections of all night vision goggles (NVGs) transferred by the USG to the Kyrgyz Government, including those transferred under the licenses listed in Ref B. Post conducted inspections at the Ministries of Defense (MOD) and Interior (MVD [...] | 2007-04-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL ETTC KOMC KG |
07BISHKEK47 | ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY-ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on January 22, 2007 the DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Memorandum of Agreement Between COMS and COCOMS on Security of DOD Elements and Personnel in Foreign Areas and Additional Annex A Review. Present were: DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, C [...] | 2007-01-24 06:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL AODE AMGT ASEC |
07BISHKEK520 | KYRGYZ PM PARTICIPATES IN US EMBASSY WORLD PRESS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In honor of World Press Freedom Day, Post hosted an event at the recently raided Freedom House Printing Press. The Ambassador, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Alamaz Atambayev, and Kyrgyz Media Representative Shamaral Maychiev gave short remarks regarding the importance of a free press in [...] | 2007-05-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO KG |
07BISHKEK583 | KYRGYZ REQUEST FUNDING FOR PARTICIPANTS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel information to Talaibek Adjikulov from the Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs at the MFA. Adjikulov said that Kyrgyzstan will consider sending representatives to the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group meeting. How [...] | 2007-05-17 11:09:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC ENRG PARM KNNP KG |