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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
08BAGHDAD2328	EMBASSY HOLDS SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE FOR GOI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Embassy-sponsored conference in July brought together representatives from all three branches of the Iraqi government to begin discussing ways to improve the legislative process. The conference was an Iraqi-led event with minimal facilitation by the Embassy, and the Iraqi p [...]	2008-07-26 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IZ

08BAGHDAD2342	DROUGHT SAPS KRG DAM LEVELS, POWER GENERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Site visits in May and June by RRTOff to the Kurdistan Region's Dokan and Darbandikhan hydroelectric dams in Sulaimaniyah governorate revealed facilities severely limited by drought and producing at near-minimal capacity. Officials at Dokan, a large and well-maintained facility [...]	2008-07-27 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2431	NO SUB-PRIME CRISIS HERE: CONSTRAINTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOI wants the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) to loosen its monetary policy to promote economic growth. But cuts in the CBI's interest rates or reserve requirements will not deliver the growth boost GOI officials seem to expect. Iraqi banks already have plenty of money to lend, [...]	2008-08-05 03:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2463	KIRKUK: TENSE, RETURNING TO NORMAL, BUT NO RESUMPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, ethnic relations in Kirkuk have been buffeted by the passage - and subsequent veto - of a controversial provincial elections law in Baghdad, a terrorist attack at a Kurdish demonstration resulting in mass casualties, a violent confrontation between Kurdis [...]	2008-08-06 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS KCRM IZ
08BAGHDAD2501	THE GERMAN-IRAQI INVESTMENT PROMOTION AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the departing German Ambassador to Iraq, the recently initialed German-Iraq Investment Promotion Agreement (IPA) would be better described as an "Investors' Protection" Agreement. Routine to nearly all German bilateral commercial relationships, similar documents ar [...]	2008-08-10 06:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD IZ GM
08BAGHDAD2561	PRT TEAM LEADER'S CONFERENCE - MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The message of the July 6-7 Team Leader's Conference was clear: Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) must lay the groundwork for Iraqis to assume greater responsibility, which will occur sooner rather than later. State-DoD cooperation will be essential as DoD turns it [...]	2008-08-13 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREZ IZ
08BAGHDAD2617	IRAQ FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraq Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) is an automated governmental accounting data tracking system, designed to increase the effectiveness and transparency of the GoI's accounting process. As of June 2007 when it was taken off line (following the abduction of [...]	2008-08-17 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2651	THE TWO BIGGEST CONCERNS OF LOCAL BUSINESSMEN [...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad ePRT 2 and Embassy reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) During a luncheon with Embassy econoffs and Baghdad ePRT #2 members, businessmen from the Karada district of Baghdad said lack of affordable credit and reliable electricity were the two biggest impe [...]	2008-08-19 11:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2663	DIYALA SOUTH: U.S. CITY COUNCIL WORKS WITH IRAQI [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 10 the New Bedford, Massachusetts City Council (Council) participated in a video teleconferencing (VTC) event with Iraqi officials from the local and district levels of Diyala Province. The Council held a mock council meeting for the benefit of the Iraqis followed by [...]	2008-08-20 12:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD2719	KIRKUK: PIC ESTABLISHED; PC CHAIRMAN ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Months of negotiations between the different blocs of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (PC) ended on 18 August with an agreement signed by representatives of each of the major ethnicities (Kurds, Arabs, Turkomen) establishing the Kirkuk Provincial Investment Commission (PIC). The [...]	2008-08-24 12:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV ETRD ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2772	PRT SALAH AD DIN: MICRO-FINANCE PROGRAM STALLED [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On 11 August, the PRT met with the Director General of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) loan program for Salah ad Din (SaD) to gauge the status of the MOLSA credit program in the province. The MOLSA loans in [...]	2008-08-28 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD2891	SHELL LOOKS TO ESTABLISH A PRESENCE IN BASRA [...] This is a Regional Embassy Office Basra cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Shell International executive team visited Basra between August 28 and September 1 as part of its negotiations on a potential joint venture with the Iraqi government. Under the multi-billion dollar, 25-year agreement, She [...]	2008-09-08 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2913	STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ: NORTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Similar to conditions in southern and central Iraq, there are serious problems with overcrowding in detention facilities in northern and western Iraq. Ongoing GOI military operations and a lack of sufficient facilities, especially prisons, have exacerbated overcrowding in Diy [...]	2008-09-09 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PINS IQ
08BAGHDAD2928	IRAQ NOT IN A TIME OF CHOLERA [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq Ministry of Health (MoH) officials said September 9 that there have been a total of 26 cases of cholera reported in 2008; according to health officials, this is far below the number of cases reported by this time last year and falls well short of the threshold of an outbreak [...]	2008-09-10 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI KSCA IZ
08BAGHDAD2979	Security Hampers, But Does Not Quash, Baghdad 9-Nissan [...] (U) Summary: On August 29-30, Baghdad EPRT-2 funded the 9-Nissan Trade Show, which was organized by the Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IACCI),at the Palestine Hotel. This was Baghdad's fourth district-level trade show this year, all organized as spin-offs of the February B2 [...]	2008-09-16 03:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD2995	DIYALA BUDGET EXECUTION DELAYED BY CIVIL STRIFE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable 2. (SBU) Summary: Reports on budget execution show Diyala last or near last among provinces in regard to disbursements against its 2006 and 2007 development budgets. Improvements in performance are needed and PRT Diyala is working on those it has id [...]	2008-09-17 06:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3039	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: US GOALS AND PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On September 21, Poloff conveyed refel points on US UNGA goals and priorities to Ambassador Talal al-Khudairi, the head of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Al-Khudairi did not provide any substantive response but promised that the MFA would study the points carefully. [...]	2008-09-22 05:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IZ
08BAGHDAD3060	IRAQ VICE PRESIDENT AL-MAHDI - LACK OF STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi Vice Predident Adel Abdul Al-Mahdi told EMIN on September 16 that progress in the energy sector was impaired by a lack of overall strategy, but is now moving ahead with large contracts. Problems in the Nasariyah water supply plant were gradually being addressed, he added. [...]	2008-09-23 14:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAIR EINV EAGR PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3111	IRAQ WTO ACCESSION: BETTER NEWS ON CUSTOMS LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Iraqi officials, political differences over the stalled draft Law on Customs and Tariffs appear to have been resolved, and it could be enacted as early as January. Passing a WTO-compatible customs law would mark a significant step forward on Iraq's WTO Legislative Ac [...]	2008-09-26 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3134	IRAQ WTO ACCESSION: BETTER NEWS ON CUSTOMS LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Iraqi officials, political differences over the stalled draft Law on Customs and Tariffs appear to have been resolved, and it could be enacted as early as January. Passing a WTO-compatible customs law would mark a significant step forward on Iraq's WTO Legislative Ac [...]	2008-09-28 11:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3149	KARBALA: PERSIANS PIRATING PUBLICATIONS [...] (SBU) A QRF project to provide a number of badly needed English engineering books to the Provincial Engineering Department illustrates Iran's violation of intellectual property rights. Of the 175 titles delivered by a local supplier to the PRT for inspection, all were counterfeits. Although a [...]	2008-09-29 17:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KIPR IQ IZ
08BAGHDAD3162	KARBALA UNIVERSITY FAST-BREAK A SLAM DUNK [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Karbala hosted Karbala University representatives to an iftar on September 15. The PRT described its activities and the Karbala guests explained their needs. In cooperation with Karbala University, PRT Karbala hopes to assist Iraq regain its tradition of academic excellenc [...]	2008-10-01 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD3174	PROPOSED U.S.-IRAQ CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy proposes a one-day conference on Iraq,s business and investment climate in late October/early November. This is in response to DPM Salih's requests for a bilateral dialogue before the end of the year. However we do not [...]	2008-10-02 02:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3198	RRT ERBIL: CHRISTIANS IN THE KURDISTAN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Long-term Christian residents of the Kurdistan Region enjoy unique material and political advantages, but this has failed to stem the tide of emigration in search of better economic conditions. Christians do not feel that they suffer discrimination as a result of religious and [...]	2008-10-03 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3210	RRT ERBIL: JOURNALISTS GIVE NEW KRG MEDIA LAW A TENTATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Key independent media editors in the Kurdistan Region have cautiously welcomed passage September 22 of a new KRG Press Law, with one veteran editor characterizing it as "80 percent good." Our interlocutors were pleased with revisions in the law that cap defamation fines, prohib [...]	2008-10-05 02:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD3256	Current Economic Challenges and Opportunities in Muthanna [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary: The current economic landscape in Muthanna is largely characterized by small-scale farming and animal husbandry, with only a few factories and other industrial plants. With an unemployment rate between 23 and 32 percent, employment [...]	2008-10-09 02:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3276	IRAQI MOT EXPECTS BETTER RESULTS FROM REORGANIZED WTO UNIT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials have informed us that Trade Minister Al-Sudani is seeking to reorganize his WTO unit and "raise its profile" -- a move that he hopes will revitalize the unit's work and improve interagency coordination in advancing Iraq's WTO accession bid. The Minister [...]	2008-10-10 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3318	AL-KUT CELEBRATES EID WITH PLAY HIGHLIGHTING RULE [...] (SBU) Summary: The cast of the popular Iraqi TV sitcom Mud House performed a free outdoor public play in downtown al-Kut, sponsored by PRT Wasit, as part of the Eid celebrations on October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The hour-long play, a secular patriotic performance, hammered away at the themes of [...]	2008-10-14 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD3351	PM MALIKI TO MOVE ON INVITATIONS TO FOUR COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nuri al-Malaki has agreed to the U.S. request to formally invite four countries - Australia, El Salvador, Romania, and Estonia - to maintain forces in Iraq for non-combat purposes following January 1, 2009. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a letter dated October 1 [...]	2008-10-19 03:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS EN ES IZ MOPS PREL RO
08BAGHDAD3364	US-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION: A PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY / INTRODUCTION: In preparation for the early November U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate, this cable looks back at the February 2008 Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC); reviews what was agreed then; and takes stock of what has been achieved in the interim. [...]	2008-10-20 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3394	CAPITAL BUDGET SNAPSHOT: Dhi-QAR. [...] Summary. Dhi Qar Capital budget planning is marked by a mild trend towards transparency and input from local government. While party politics politicized budget negotiations at the Council and Sub-district level, the negotiation of a Provincial Development Plan and Strategy helped focus the e [...]	2008-10-24 06:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3405	KARBALA JAM CASES UNDERSCORE JUDICIAL PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A Karbala court on October 20 convicted two Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members of possessing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and sentenced them to life in prison. Days earlier, the same court acquitted five JAM members accused of setting fire to police vehicles during the violen [...]	2008-10-25 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3417	WITH CITI DEAL, WARKA POSITIONED TO LEAD IRAQ'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Citibank and Iraq's Al Warka Bank for Investment and Finance (Warka) announced establishment of a correspondent relationship on October 22. This is good news for Iraq as Warka is leading the way in revitalizing Iraq's private banking industry. This is also good news for the USG [...]	2008-10-26 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3428	IRAQ ENACTS CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) After long administrative delays, legislation authorizing the Government of Iraq to accede to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC) was published in the Offici [...]	2008-10-27 15:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ
08BAGHDAD3438	BUDGET EXECUTION CHALLENGES IN MUTHANNA PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Current budget execution difficulties in Muthanna are caused by insufficient training, a shortage of certified accountants working for the government, a lack of clear guidance from Baghdad, and funding delays from the Ministry o [...]	2008-10-28 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3443	NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Embassy Baghdad is submitting four (4) nominees, but understands that only three of them will be considered [...]	2008-10-28 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3458	NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE PROVIDING SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Heather Therrien, Political Party Development Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Iraq, outlined NDI's political party training and election observer training efforts to an inter-agency provincial election working group at Embassy Baghdad on October 28, 2 [...]	2008-10-30 11:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3460	PRT SALAH AD DIN: PRIVATE BANKS DEVELOPING [...] (U) This is a reporting cable from PRT Salah ad Din. 2. (SBU) Summary: It is difficult to imagine a provincial business or economic sector that has more fully exploited the vastly improved security environment than has the private-banking sector within Salah ad Din. The calculated exploitat [...]	2008-10-30 12:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3493	PRT DHI QAR HOSTS NUNCIO AT INTERFAITH PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Papal Nuncio visited Ur on October 23 accompanied by senior Embassy officials. Although weather conditions compressed the party's time on the ground, it had the opportunity to meet with the small Christian community, which [...]	2008-11-04 02:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRIF PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3498	IRAQI TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES GRAIN IMPORT [...] (SBU) FAS and FCS Attaches met October 27 with Minister of Trade Dr. Abdul-Falah Hassan Al-Sudani and other MoT officials to discuss the Iraqi grain import situation, planned GOI renovations at the port of Umm Qasr, and the Public Distribution System (PDS),the GOI's subsidized food distributi [...]	2008-11-04 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3561	THE SADRIST PROGRAM FOR KARBALA [...] (SBU) Summary: The PRT obtained in early November a copy of an Arabic-language pamphlet titled The General Program of the Martyr al-Sadr Office in Karbala, signed by Shaykh Muhannad Abd al-Hussein al-Karbala'i, Manager of the al-Sadr Office in Karbala, and dated 2008. We have sent a scanned c [...]	2008-11-11 13:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3597	KARBALA'S PREPARATIONS FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) PRT members met with the Government Elections Officer (GEO) on November 6 and the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) Representative on November 9 to discuss preparations for the provincial elections, expected to be on January 31. The GEO believed that Karbala was on track [...]	2008-11-13 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3620	ANBAR GEO UPDATE: ONGOING ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On November 2, PRT and MNF-West staff met with Anbar Governorate Electoral Office Director (GEO),Khalid Rajab, for a second time in Ramadi. The GEO noted that there are 52 registered entities for provincial elections in [...]	2008-11-15 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3622	US-IRAQ DIALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS IMPEDIMENTS TO BUSINESS AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-15 12:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CVIS IZ
08BAGHDAD3623	KARBALA VIEWS ON OBAMA ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: With the assistance of one of our Locally Employed Staff (LES),PRT Karbala conducted an informal survey of Karbala residents to get a sense of local views concerning the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the United States. Although not a scientific sampling, t [...]	2008-11-16 03:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3626	ANBAR GEO DIRECTOR'S PREPARATIONS FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On October 25, Anbar Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Khalid Rajab met with PRT PolOff and MNF-West to discu [...]	2008-11-16 05:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3628	US-IRAQ DIALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS IMPEDIMENTS TO BUSINESS AND [...] (SBU) On November 1, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt, Deputy Commerce Secretary John Sullivan, and Assistant US Trade Representative Mike Delaney participated in the Iraqi-U.S. Dialogue on Business and Investment (DBIC). During the day-long event, which also included American and Iraq [...]	2008-11-16 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV CVIS IZ
08BAGHDAD3651	KARBALA RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY AND STRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: The imams of the al-Husayn and al-Abbas Shrines are the most-senior religious figures in Karbala. They were appointed by Iraq's highest Shi'a authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, who delegates the selection of imams at other mosques and husayniyahs to a committee. Except at [...]	2008-11-18 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3674	PRT SALAH-AD-DIN: SUNNI TRIBAL SHEIKS DEMONSTRATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah-ad-Din reporting cable. It is sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Sunni tribal sheikhs from across Salah-ad-Din (SaD) province staged a peaceful demonstration in support of the Status of Force [...]	2008-11-20 12:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3680	PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION AND FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Improved physical security in Iraq has led to dramatically improved food security, with the number of "food insecure" Iraqis falling to 930,000 in 2008 from a high of more than 4 million in 2005. Although Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS) is expensive and woefully ineffici [...]	2008-11-21 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3681	ANBAR: THE COWS COME HOME [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary: Respected women in the community pitched a plan to form a women's cooperative for dairy products to help widows and divorcees in the Anbar province, in an effort to raise up this marginalized sector of society that is considered parti [...]	2008-11-21 13:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3682	PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION PRIORITIES IN MUTHANNA [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the Muthanna Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) met with the PRT's EconOff and business development adviser to discuss the PIC's priorities and investment strategy. In contrast to the agricultural focus in Mut [...]	2008-11-21 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF EAID ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3698	2009 BUDGET: FALLING OIL PRICES MEAN CUTS, DEFICIT, DFI [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite pressures from key members of the Maliki Government for fiscal largesse, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr cut the proposed 2009 budget while it was under consideration by the Council of Ministers (CoM),where it secured approval before moving on to the Council of Representa [...]	2008-11-23 16:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3701	KARBALA RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: PREPARATORY LEVEL [...] (U) Summary: Karbala has seven Islamic preparatory academies, whose all-male students often go on to attend one of the 21 religious schools comprising the Hawza, or seminary center, in Najaf. The academies provide free education to their students, some of whom also receive room and board. En [...]	2008-11-24 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD3730	63RD UNGA: DEMARCHE ON FIRST COMMITTEE COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) On November 23, we conveyed reftel points to Ambassador Talal Al-Khudairi, MFA's IO Chief, urging that Iraq support the First Committee resolution on Compliance when it comes before the UNGA Plenary. In a November 25 follow-up phone conversation, Al-Khudairi said Iraq had followed th [...]	2008-11-25 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA IZ
08BAGHDAD3731	USAID IRAQ MISSION WAIVERS AND EXCEPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID/Iraq requests waivers to collocation and setback requirements required by the Secure Embassy Construction and Counter-Terrorism Act (SECCA) of 1999. Additionally, USAID/Iraq requests exceptions to the following OSPB standards: 12 FAH-5 H-433.1-1 paragraph (c),clear z [...]	2008-11-25 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT ABLD EAID
08BAGHDAD3785	BASRA CALM AFTER SOFA APPROVAL [...] (U) This is an REO Basra reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Basra province remains calm after the approval of SOFA by the Council of Representatives (CoR) on November 27. Immediately after passage, the Iraqi Army 14th Division Commander had placed his troops on high ale [...]	2008-12-02 16:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD3799	IRAQ AGRICULTURE: RAIN FUELS EXPECTATION OF NORMAL GRAIN [...] (SBU) Substantial general, at times locally very heavy, rain arrived 29 November, providing much needed moisture for rain-fed wheat and barley production in the 2009/10 crop year. Based on accumulated rainfall data from the Ministry of Agriculture, this event provided ample moisture for seedi [...]	2008-12-04 08:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3834	BUDGET EXECUTION: WHAT THE IRAQIS SAY, OR FAIL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite improved results in provincial budget execution in 2008, the Government of Iraq (GOI) and provincial government offices continue to be hampered by insufficient staffing levels, unclear policies and poor communication. Representatives from the two groups briefed PRT and [...]	2008-12-08 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3865	CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION (CWD) ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With one of the highest levels of landmine and unexploded ordnance contamination in the world, and possibly millions of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) in the hands of insurgent groups, militias and private citizens, Iraq has struggled to make progress in reducin [...]	2008-12-11 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3923	RRT ERBIL: THE PLIGHT OF THE SMALL: YAZEIDI COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The supreme leader of the Yazeidis believes that association with the Kurdistan Region (rather than the central Iraqi government) is better for his community, but resents the top-down imposition of KDP-chosen authorities in local communities and the diminution of his own powers [...]	2008-12-15 11:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3924	JURASSIC PARK ON THE TIGRIS: SAVING BAGHDAD'S [...] Summary: The Baghdad economy depends heavily on state-owned enterprises (SOEs),but these dinosaurs have uncertain prospects in Iraq,s nascent free-market economy. Poor leadership and daunting capital needs are their biggest challenges. We need to have realistic expectations for the restructu [...]	2008-12-15 12:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD3927	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TRAINING FOR GOI [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Baghdad hosted a three-day conference for Iraqi Government officials on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),building knowledge and relationships that will help Iraq to implement the CWC after it accedes to the treaty. The GOI has ratified and signed the CWC - the pri [...]	2008-12-16 03:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KTIA KLSO CWC IZ
08BAGHDAD3993	FURTHER INDICATION THAT IRAQI PDS REFORM WILL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A senior Iraqi MOT official has indicated that significant reforms to the Public Distribution System (PDS) would be "unrealistic" in 2009, mainly because it is an election year. But he also expressed optimism that limited monetization could be phased in starting as early as 2010 [...]	2008-12-21 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR EAID ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD4000	PROGRESS IN ADHAMIYAH [...] (U) This is an EPRT Baghdad reporting cable. 2. (SBU) As many as 1857 families have returned this year to the once strife-torn district of Adhamiyah, according to GOI figures available at the end of November. (Coalition figures differ slightly.) The overwhelming majority of returnees are [...]	2008-12-22 11:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD4018	"THE AX IS ALREADY IN THE HEAD": RURAL BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is an ePRT Baghdad-5 reporting cable. It is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings over the past month with political, tribal and governmental leaders throughout three of Baghdad's rural qadas (distri [...]	2008-12-23 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD402	PRT DIYALA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Security in Diyala Province has long adversely impacted the ability of the provincial government to provide services for its citizens. Thanks to recent security improvements, both the provincial council and the executive branch [...]	2008-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EAID SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD4024	IRAQI POLITICOS TRAINED ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Republican Institute (IRI) has expanded its candidate-training program in Iraq to include sessions in Baghdad. IRI is providing political party training to 43 parties competing for seats in the Iraqi provincial council elections scheduled for January 31, 2009 [...]	2008-12-24 07:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PGOV PREL KDEM
08BAGHDAD4026	RRT ERBIL: EFFORTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence against women in the Kurdistan Region (KR) is widespread, including honor killings, provoked "suicide" by burning, and female genital mutilation. Tackling this issue requires combining law enforcement and education; it will take time. We don't know whether there is mo [...]	2008-12-26 03:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD4037	MAYSAN: AMBASSADOR URGES SADRIST PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT TO [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT report. 2. (SBU) During a December 18 meeting in the provincial capital Amarah, the Ambassador encouraged the Sadrist Provincial Council Chair and the ISCI Deputy Governor to work to improve the provincial government's strained relationship with the GOI and to take [...]	2008-12-27 12:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD4060	GOI BEGINS WIDENING LABOR RIGHTS IN ANTICIPATION OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI is determined to bring its labor code into compliance with international standards, but is still struggling to move a new ILO-compatible draft bill through the legislative process. The constitutional review is nearly complete, and the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs [...]	2008-12-30 03:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD EFIN EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD4077	REVISED 2009 BUDGET ENDORSED BY COUNCIL OF [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A further revised proposed GOI budget for 2009 endorsed by the Council of Ministers on December 23, reflects the reality of lower oil prices. Revenues are projected to be USD 42.5 billion based on exports of 2 mbpd at USD 50 per barrel, expenditures planned to be US [...]	2008-12-31 14:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD4078	ERBIL RRT: Movement on the KRG Provincial Powers Law [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The KRG Council of Ministers (COM) and the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) are discussing the latest draft of the KRG Provincial Powers Law. In a sign of the KNA's limited but growing political independence from the KRG executive branch, the KNA rejected the previous draft on [...]	2008-12-31 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD42	WAIVER REQUESTED -- Section 565 Waiver of Prohibition [...] (SBU) Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236, 22 USC 2679c) prohibits the Department of State from entering into any contract, except real estate leases and contracts below the small purchase threshold (currently $100,00 [...]	2008-01-04 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD507	COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ISSUES REGULATIONS TO IMPROVE [...] (U) According to internal GOI memoranda, the Council of Ministers (CoM) agreed in a January 27 meeting to a package of reforms aimed at improving Iraq's capital budget execution performance. The new regulations stipulate formation of internal ministerial contracting committees (chaired by the [...]	2008-02-22 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD581	KIRKUK PRT: LION DAY MARKET-WALK RESTORES KIRKUK LEADERS [...] This is a PRT Kirkuk cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Kirkuk Brotherhood List (KBL) and the Arab Bloc continue to work together to identify mechanisms for the implementation of the last of the 13 points cited in the agreement between the two blocs that resulted in the Arab bloc's return to the [...]	2008-02-28 12:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD590	BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES [...] (U) This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period April 2007-April 2008. Little progress has been noted since the previous report, and post strongly recommends that Iraq continue to be treated as a special case during this rating period. The government of Iraq co [...]	2008-02-29 09:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IZ
08BAGHDAD600	KIRKUK PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIR DESCRIBES ROLES AND [...] This is a PRT Kirkuk cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Kirkuk Provincial Council Rizgar Ali convened an information sharing session on February 17 with the district and sub-district councils of the predominantly Arab areas. Regarding the Provincial Powers Law (PPL),he said it woul [...]	2008-03-01 07:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD643	Dialogue on Economic Cooperation Ends With Follow-Up [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GOI) hosted the U.S. Government (USG) at the Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad February 27-28, 2008 for the U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC). Senior officials from both governments discussed the nature of the bilateral economic relationship, its [...]	2008-03-05 07:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD646	Input for New Required Reports to Congress on Energy [...] (U) This report is prepared per reftel request under Sections 931(b) and (d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, requiring a description of the Department of State personnel who are dedicated to energy matters at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a major energy producer. The p [...]	2008-03-05 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER ABUD IZ
08BAGHDAD678	ICI: BAGHDAD DONOR MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMI convened an informal donor meeting March 4 to: a) update Baghdad-resident donor reps on GOI preparation for the ICI first anniversary, b) brief on the January 23 IRFFI meeting in Naples, and c) brief a visiting EC delegation on a and b. UNAMI Deputy Guy Siri and World B [...]	2008-03-07 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD695	PRT KIRKUK: COUNCILS CONVOCATION II - [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Rizgar Ali, Chairman of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (PC),convened a second information sharing session on February 24 with the primarily Kurdish and Turkman district and sub-district councils to discuss council operations, rol [...]	2008-03-09 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD701	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR EQUIPPING NINE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S Embassy Country Team concurs with the full and immediate equipping of nine additional Iraqi army units via Foreign Military Sales (FMS) as a part of the force generation plan. The GOI will generate these units [...]	2008-03-09 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MASS MCAP PREL
08BAGHDAD717	IRAQ FY08 REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) As requested in reftel, Embassy Baghdad's submission for the congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency for countries receiving USG assistance follows: 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Government of Iraq (GoI) recently reiterated its commitment to fiscal transparency in the U.S.-Ira [...]	2008-03-10 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD747	MND-C ECONOMIC SITUATION: A VIEW FROM MND-C POLAD [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In the Multi-National Division Center (MND-C) area of responsibility (AOR) improved security, the return of stability and normalcy, the emergence of economic activity and our increasing ability to engage with Iraqis have combined [...]	2008-03-13 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD88	THREE STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES FIND STRATEGIC PARTNERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three cement plants in Iraq have found joint venture partners in consortia built in each case from different European firms joining with separate Iraqi partner companies. The deals are not final -- negotiations may take several more months -- and are to be developed around produ [...]	2008-01-13 02:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD999	NINEWA: PROVINCE'S CHIEF JUDGE MOVING AHEAD ON [...] (SBU) Chief Judge (CJ) for Ninewa Province Faisal Sadeeq Hadeed told PRToffs March 16 that preparations for implementation of the Amnesty Law were well underway in this northern province. CJ Faisal said he had formed committees that had already begun receiving and reviewing applications for a [...]	2008-04-01 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CJUS PHUM MARR PREL IZ
08BAKU10	IMPLICATIONS OF FSA BUDGET REDUCTION FOR AZERBAIJAN [...] (U) As we have started to implement our FY08 assistance programs, we are beginning to appreciate in very real terms the magnitude of the FY08 budget cuts. The 40 percent reduction in our FSA budget in a single year will have a serious impact on our ability to advance our political and econom [...]	2008-01-04 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV AJ
08BAKU1026	SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPURTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election, which resulted in a landslide victory for President Ilham Aliyev. This fall also marked a troublesome time for the region, with Russia's invasion of Georgia casting a shadow on security and [...]	2008-10-27 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG PREL AJ GG
08BAKU1069	IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW [...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...]	2008-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ
08BAKU12	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU14	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHUSTER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 12:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU149	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BROWNBACK'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe and to use its energy resources to drive growth and development in the region, make it an important U.S. partne [...]	2008-02-15 15:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON AJ
08BAKU171	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 14:05:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU AJ
08BAKU172	AZERBAIJAN: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Based on the GOAJ's endeavors to improve intellectual property rights (IPR) legislation, enforcement, and human capacity in 2007, and the lack of nominations and complaints from the private sector, Embassy Baku recommends that Azerbaijan remain off the Special 301 Watch List in 2008. Bui [...]	2008-02-27 05:37:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETDR ECON KIPR USTR WTRO PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU182	AZERBAIJAN: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Paragraph 4 below provides Embassy Baku's submission on the status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Azerbaijan are conducted under the direction of the Deputy Ministe [...]	2008-03-03 08:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
08BAKU21	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN, [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-08 10:29:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR MASS AJ
08BAKU254	AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER REVIEW EPC AGENDA, [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Sharifov and his team reviewed the EPC agenda, communique and logistics with us on March 14. Sharifov said that the GOAJ will provide a list of the GOAJ delegation by March 31. The GOAJ delegation could include a n [...]	2008-03-14 09:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL AJ
08BAKU34	AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL COMPANY APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENTS [...] (U) On December 27, 2007, President Ilham Aliyev appointed three new vice presidents of the State Oil Company (SOCAR). Under the decree, Qorkhmaz Huseynov was appointed VP for social issues, Mukhtar Babayev VP for ecology issues, and Khalik Mammadov VP for personnel, regime, and information t [...]	2008-01-15 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ

08BAKU348	AZERBAIJAN PLANS A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE RAILWAY SYSTEM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan plans a five-year, USD 1.5 billion overhaul of the state railway system, expected to be launched by the end of the year. The plan envisions a major reorganization of the railway agency, as well as new construction, reconstruction, and procurement effo [...]	2008-04-10 06:50:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN BEXP BTIO IR RU AJ
08BAKU349	IRAN SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM SUBMISSIONS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Baku and Yerevan. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassies Baku and Yerevan recommend that the Department fund two Iran small grants applications from institutions in Azerbaijan and Armenia that are designed to support the development of civil society and hu [...]	2008-04-10 06:52:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AFIN AMGT ECON KDEM KPAO PREL AJ AM TU
08BAKU413	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) The global increase in commodity and agricultural prices has had an inflationary effect on consumer prices in Azerbaijan, according to both the International Monetary Fund and the Government of Azerbaijan. Since late 2007, some of the most important food and agricultural commodities cons [...]	2008-05-01 05:37:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL AJ PGOV
08BAKU437	RESPONSE TO STATE 44903: FOLLOWING UP ON THE [...] (SBU) In response to reftels, as part of the Embassy's democracy strategy, the Ambassador and Emboffs regularly meet with human rights activists, opposition members, and other democracy defenders, such as journalists. These cases have been reported throughout the year; highlights are listed b [...]	2008-05-06 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AJ
08BAKU459	OSCE BAKU HOLDS FIRST ELECTION BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, OSCE Baku Head of Mission Herrero Ansola held the first of planned monthly election briefings for OSCE member states. He briefed the OSCE members on logistics for the October presidential election, including the likely 11 candidates, as well as planned OSCE technica [...]	2008-05-16 12:14:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU460	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan. [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU473	AZERBAIJANI MFA READOUT ON MAY WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadguliyev provided a positive assessment of Azerbaijan's May WTO Working Party meeting and bilateral negotiations with the U.S. Azerbaijan plans to complete concordance within the next two months and hopes to complete its WTO Action Plan and submit [...]	2008-05-22 13:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL EAGR WTRO AJ
08BAKU485	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) On May 19, the DCM delivered reftel points to Gabil Israfilov, Head of Regional and International Security in the MFA's Security Affairs Department. Poloff also delivered the points to MFA Security Affairs Department Officer Yalchin Rafiyev in a May 20 meeting. Rafiyev explained that th [...]	2008-05-23 16:06:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AJ
08BAKU543	AZERBAIJAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) As requested ref a, the Embassy offers our thoughts on areas of concern in Azerbaijan's human rights performance that could be discussed with the GOAJ in the run-up to the September 29 - October 10 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),in hopes of securing greater progress. [...]	2008-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE AJ
08BAKU582	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES WITH [...] (SBU) On June 19, the Ambassador raised the case of Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil with Presidential Advisor Ali Hasanov. Khalil, who had been beaten and stabbed following his investigative reporting on a suspect land deal (ref a),told the press that he was once again prevented from [...]	2008-06-20 10:58:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AJ
08BAKU593	AZERBAIJAN: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. This cable contains proprietary business information and should be handled accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to request in reftel for information on current business disputes and expropriation claims for inclusion in the Department's annual report to [...]	2008-06-24 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIDE PGOV AJ
08BAKU596	UPDATE ON TWO HUMAN RIGHTS CASES: KHALIL AND [...] (SBU) The GOAJ continues to maintain that opposition Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil was stabbed by Sergey Strekhalin in a homosexual lovers, quarrel. Strekhalin, who faces criminal assault and narcotics charges, was scheduled to be tried June 24 in a Baku municipal court (Nasimi dist [...]	2008-06-24 13:30:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU627	BUSINESS LEADERS EXPERIENCE ONGOING CHALLENGES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Business and IFI leaders gave visiting Special Representative for Economic and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud an overview of increasing problems in Azerbaijan's business climate, stating that in some instances, corruption and monopolistic practices were on the rise. They agree [...]	2008-07-02 12:03:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KCOR PREL AJ
08BAKU637	AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST AGIL KHALIL FORCED TO [...] (SBU) The Azerbaijani judiciary moved forward with its effort to force opposition journalist Agil Khalil to testify at the trial of Sergey Strekhalin. (Per reftel, the Prosecutor General's office maintains that Strekhalin stabbed Khalil in a homosexual lovers' quarrel. Khalil denies that St [...]	2008-07-03 10:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU718	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 13:34:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AJ
08BAKU764	PRESIDENT ALIYEV MAKES POSITIVE ELECTION [...] (SBU) During an August 5 Cabinet of Ministers' meeting, President Aliyev made several election-related comments, ranging from monitoring to candidates' meetings with voters to the media environment. The meeting's primary purpose was the semiannual review of the economy (January - June 2008),[...]	2008-08-12 12:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG KIRF AJ
08BAKU791	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EPC, CO-FINANCING, BUSINESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met August 8 with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to discuss a wide range of economic issues, including prospective dates this fall for the next meeting of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) and co-financing of assistance projects. Ambassador also [...]	2008-08-22 04:03:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EIND ETRD ETTC AJ
08BAKU80	EEB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) In a meeting on January 22, Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud, the Ambassador and Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov discussed preparations for the second annual Econo [...]	2008-01-31 04:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL ENRG KCOR AJ
08BAKU809	RECOMMENDATION FOR US-AZERBAIJAN CEIP MEMORANDUM [...] (SBU) Per email exchanges with S/CT and the EUR/CARC, the Embassy understands the U.S. is considering two draft Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) MOUs with the GOAJ. The Embassy recommends that any MOU list the governments of Azerbaijan and the U.S. as the parties to the agree [...]	2008-08-26 12:33:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ
08BAKU981	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP#1 10:30AM [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's polling stations opened largely on time (08:00 local time) on October 15, with observers noting an orderly process with minimal technical violations or issues, and a slow, steady stream of voters casting ballots. Voting in the presidential election will take place until 19:0 [...]	2008-10-15 09:00:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU985	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP#2 16:00 [...] (SBU) During the late morning and afternoon, voting in Azerbaijan's presidential election continued relatively smoothly. Election monitors from the U.S. Embassy, spread throughout the country in 19 separate teams, are reporting that most polling stations are well-organized and the polling s [...]	2008-10-15 12:23:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU986	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP#3 21:00 [...] (SBU) After a largely uneventful day of voting across Azerbaijan, polls closed at 19:00 local time. Vote counting was initiated immediately thereafter. Early indications are that the tabulation process is being rushed, perhaps as a result of pressure from the Central Election Commission or [...]	2008-10-15 17:22:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAMAKO204	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 14:56:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ML
08BAMAKO288	LEADER OF MALIAN HAMALLIYYA DISCUSSES AQIM [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 14:30:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SOCI PTER ML
08BAMAKO346	MALIAN MUSLIMS PEACEFULLY PROTEST AGAINST DUTCH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 07:02:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP KISL ML
08BAMAKO491	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MOSS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 10:54:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR ML
08BAMAKO493	U.S. PARTICIPATION IN MALI'S JUNE 12-13 DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 16:40:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC EAID ML
08BAMAKO574	THE ANSAR DINE MOVEMENT AND ISLAM IN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:17:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PHUM SOCI PTER ML
08BAMAKO575	MALI HOLDS ROUNDTABLE IN BAMAKO FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:18:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD AORC EAID ML
08BAMAKO606	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY MICHAEL O. LEAVITT'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 16:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ML
08BAMAKO648	UNHCR REPORT FINDS TUAREG REFUGEES NOT REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 09:00:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO660	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES TERRORISM LAW BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 08:50:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PTER PHUM EAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV
08BAMAKO695	MALI RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 17:24:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ML
08BAMAKO702	JUSTICE SLOW FOR VICTIMS OFSLAVERY IN NORTHERN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 21:40:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOI ELAB ML
08BAMAKO722	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PRIVATIZATION OF COTTON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 16:25:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV PGOV KDEM ML
08BAMAKO759	CHILD PROTECTION OFFICIALS DISAPPOINTED WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 07:34:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ML
08BAMAKO798	MALI'S MCC COMPACT ENTERS IMPLEMENTATION PHASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 15:51:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV ECON EAGR ML
08BAMAKO831	NEW NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF POLICE SHAKES UP POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 11:09:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI ML
08BAMAKO835	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 05:45:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI TBIO KHIV ML
08BAMAKO876	UPDATE ON DOW CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 07:15:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM EINV ELAB ML
08BAMAKO956	MALI: AU PSC TO RAMP UP PRESSURE ON MAURITANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 14:25:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL USAU MR ML
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN101	BRUNEI: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR TO MAY [...] (U) Per reftel B, Ambassador met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Permanent Secretary Datin Maimunah to urge formal Government of Brunei (GOB) endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) prior to the May 28-29 PSI Fifth Anniv [...]	2008-03-25 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XE XD XO XT BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN111	USTR BRUNEI VISIT MOVES FORWARD IP PROTECTION & HALAL FOOD [...] (SBU) USTR Director Karl Ehlers moved forward our dialogue on intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement and trade in halal food with Brunei during his March 29-31 visit. Ehlers cautioned key Government of Brunei (GoB) interlocutors that the Special 301 review for Brunei was still underway [...]	2008-04-15 07:22:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN118	BRUNEI CONSUMERS PARTIALLY INSULATED FROM RICE PRICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Government subsidies are helping to shield Brunei consumers from the full effect of increase in the price of rice imported from Thailand. Domestic retail prices for subsidized varieties of rice have not changed despite their trading prices on the world market having [...]	2008-04-23 07:21:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN128	BRUNEI SPECIAL 301 REPLY - MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER ON IP [...] (SBU) Per ref A instructions, DCM informed Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) officials on April 25 of the decision not/not to place Brunei on the Special 301 Watch List. DCM followed up, delivering the full demarche to MoFAT Permanent Secretary for Trade Dato Lim Jock Hoi on April [...]	2008-04-30 08:03:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN136	Brunei Fraud Conditions Summary - FY2008 [...] (U) Brunei is a low-fraud environment for consular services and historically has had low rates of fraud and low non-return rates. Brunei has been a member of the Visa Waiver Program since its inception. On May 5, the Government of Brunei announced that it would begin issuing ICAO compliant bio [...]	2008-05-06 07:38:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN139	Brunei Issues Biometric Passport [...] (SBU) On May 5, the Government of Brunei (GoB) began issuing ICAO-compliant biometric passports. Post requests Department clearance to issue the press release in paragraph 4 and update our web information for Brunei citizens seeking visa waiver travel to the U.S. END SUMMARY and ACTION REQUE [...]	2008-05-06 08:35:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS CVIS KFRD CMGT ASEC BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN142	STRENGTHENING U.S.-BRUNEI EDUCATION TIES [...] (U) Ambassador Skodon met with Brunei's Minister of Education, Pehin Rahman Hj Mohamed Taib, to discuss how the U.S. could contribute to the Minister's ambitious agenda for educational reform, including integrating 'American-style' elements and a more holistic approach to Brunei's education sys [...]	2008-05-08 05:37:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KISL PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN144	BRUNEI WANTS TO GIVE HUMANITARIAN AID TO BURMA [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points on May 8 to Joana Hj Daniel, Assistant Director of the Political I Department (ASEAN member countries) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT). She had no immediate response, but offered to follow up later in the day. 2. (SBU) That afternoon, M [...]	2008-05-09 08:05:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BM BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN158	BRUNEI WORKING ON IPR ENFORCEMENT, AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Communications Pehin Abu Bakar on May 19. The Ambassador thanked Abu Bakar for his Ministry's support for the USG-sponsored seminar on the protection of intellectual property rights scheduled to take place in early June, and stressed our [...]	2008-05-23 04:29:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR EAIR CVIS ETRD EWWT BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN162	BURMA DONOR CONFERENCE MESSAGES DELIVERED TO BRUNEI [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref A points on May 21 and ref B points on May 22 to Joana Hj Daniel, Assistant Director of the Political I Department (ASEAN member countries) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT). She had no immediate response. Please note that Friday is a non-working [...]	2008-05-23 06:39:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BM BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN178	BURMA FORCED RELOCATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BRUNEI [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref A points on June 4 to Joanna Hj Daniel, Assistant Director of the Political I Department (ASEAN member countries) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT). She had no immediate response to our points but said that she would ensure that our message receive [...]	2008-06-09 00:28:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BM BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN179	BRUNEI BRIEFED ON GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel briefing on May 29 to Malai HjH Halimah, Director of the Political II Department (U.S. and non-ASEAN member countries) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT) and Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations at MoFAT and point of [...]	2008-06-09 00:28:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PHSA
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN193	BRUNEI SUPPORTIVE ON ARF DISASTER PREP STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref A points on June 23 (earliest available date) to Sharifa Amalina, Assistant Director of ASEAN Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MoFAT). Sharifa responded that in general, Brunei was supportive of the scope of the proposed elements of the stateme [...]	2008-06-27 00:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF EAID ASEAN BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN195	MEDIA OUTLETS PRACTICE SELF-CENSORSHIP IN BRUNEI [...] (SBU) Charge and ECA Assistant recently met with the Home Editor of the Brunei Times who described how self censorship operates in practice within the framework of the Sedition Act which gives the Government of Brunei authority to monitor media content. The Brunei Times, a 2 year old independen [...]	2008-06-27 08:01:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KISL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN230	BRUNEI RECEPTIVE TO SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S MESSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber was warmly received during his recent visit to Brunei. S/E Cumber steady message emphasized the U.S. commitment to increased participation in OIC, combating Islamic extremism, intrafaith dial [...]	2008-08-26 07:18:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OIC PGOV PHUM BU
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN231	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Post delivered non-paper to Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance on August 22, 2008. Brunei officials will update when further action, if required, is taken. TODD [...]	2008-08-28 07:36:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP EFIN MNUC
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN295	BRUNEI BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR TODD TALKS WITH BRUNEI, A [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 08:03:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KTIP BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN43	USTR VISIT MAKES PROGRESS ON IP PROTECTION, TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) Assistant USTR Barbara Weisel opened the door for closer Government of Brunei cooperation with the USG and rights-holders on enforcement of intellectual property rights. She also suggested that the GoB submit comments for the Special 301 process by the February 29 deadline and that it co [...]	2008-01-29 08:21:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN49	BRUNEI WELCOMES USG ARF PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) DCM delvered reftel points on January 31 to Datin Masrainah Ahmad, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Masrainah responded that Brunei supported efforts to strengthen ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) institutions and welcomed, without endorsing, the U.S. pr [...]	2008-02-06 00:02:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF PTER BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN60	BRUNEI STILL CONSIDERING RESPONSE TO KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref A points on February 12 to Malai Hajah Halimah Malai Yussof, Director for Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Halimah welcomed the points and was well informed about some countries' concerns about the possible precedent a declaration of [...]	2008-02-13 04:19:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV YI BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN69	BRUNEI: SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Having recently reengaged with the Government of Brunei on IPR protection and enforcement (refs B, C and D),it is not yet time to put Brunei on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB enforcement efforts have been minimal in the past, but we see increased willingness to work with rights holders [...]	2008-02-21 08:27:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80	BRUNEI TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Please find below Post's submission in preparation for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Brunei is not a major destination for trafficked persons, nor is it a source or transit c [...]	2008-02-28 06:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN88	BRUNEIAN VIEWS OF ASEAN'S FUTURE [...] (SBU) Brunei's First and Second Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Trade have outlined a broad vision for ASEAN emphasizing the creation of a regional identity via actions that directly address the day-to-day problems of the population in member states. They appear to see ASEAN integration as [...]	2008-03-11 05:14:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEAN BX
08BANGKOK1006	USTR PUSHES RTG TO ESTABLISH ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, RESOLVE CL [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17 and 18, Assistant USTR Barbara Weisel and USTR Director for Southeast Asia David Bisbee met with a range of RTG officials and private sector contacts in a bid to renew regular contact on economic issues with the newly elected government. Weisel proposed the two gov [...]	2008-03-31 03:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK1021	THAKSIN FOES DRAW THOUSANDS TO ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) mobilized a higher-than-expected 11,000 demonstrators at its first post-coup rally held on March 28 at a renowned Thai university. PAD leaders joined with prominent academics to protest the new Thai government's policies and oppos [...]	2008-04-01 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1027	THAI MFA FIELD TRIP SEEKS TO EXPLAIN PREAH VIHEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 01:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL TH CB
08BANGKOK1063	THAILAND STRENGTHENS LABOR TRAFFICKING GUIDELINES, GAINS [...] (U) Summary: Thai Ministry of Labor officials laid out a series of operational guidelines for handling future labor trafficking cases, drawing from recent TIP cases involving exploitation in the fishing and seafood processing industries. The guidelines grant immunity to TIP victims from prosec [...]	2008-04-03 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1214	NONPROLIFERATION - URGING RTG SUPPORT P3 UNSC 1540 [...] (SBU) POLOFF conveyed reftel points in an April 21 meeting with Pattarat Hongtong, Director, Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. POLOFF emphasized the potential benefits to be gained through support of the P3's (U.S., French, UK) proposal for a strength [...]	2008-04-22 00:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP PREL PTER UNSC TH KPAO
08BANGKOK1254	RTG WELCOMED APDP PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) During an April 18 visit to Bangkok, Ambassador Rees, IO Special Representative for Social Issues, met with MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations Ittiporn Boonpracong to deliver reftel points on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). Ambassador Rees explain [...]	2008-04-24 09:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL TH
08BANGKOK1278	THAILAND DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT SURPRISED BY PRIORITY WATCH [...] (SBU) Econ counselor, accompanied by USPTO Intellectual Property Attache, conveyed talking points in reftel to Department of Intellectual Property Dep. Director General Wiboonlasana Ruamraksa, informing her that Thailand will be placed on the Section 301 Priority Watch List again this year. At [...]	2008-04-25 11:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK1281	Thailand Disappointed, but not Surprised, by Priority Watch [...] (SBU) Econ counselor, accompanied by USPTO Intellectual Property Attache, conveyed talking points in reftel to Department of Intellectual Property Dep. Director General Wiboonlasana Ruamraksa, informing her that Thailand will be placed on the Section 301 Priority Watch List again this year. At [...]	2008-04-28 00:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK1282	THAILAND DISAPPOINTED BUT NOT SURPRISED BY PRIORITY WATCH [...] (SBU) Econ counselor, accompanied by USPTO Intellectual Property Attache, conveyed talking points in reftel to Department of Intellectual Property Dep. Director General Wiboonlasana Ruamraksa, informing her that Thailand will be placed on the Section 301 Priority Watch List again this year. At [...]	2008-04-28 00:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK1425	U.S. Wins Concessions on UNESCAP 64th Commission Session [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its 64th annual commission session in Bangkok April 22-30. This year's theme was "Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific." After several days (and nights) of n [...]	2008-05-09 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG UN IR CH IN KS JA PK RS AS XB
08BANGKOK1430	MGBM01: RTG, THAI NGOS SENDING CASH, SUPPLIES TO [...] (SBU) The MFA reported to us that the RTG was already in the process of transferring USD 300,000 to the Burmese government and that the Royal Thai Air Force delivered three planeloads of relief supplies as of May 8. Thus far, RTG assistance has been limited to the delivery of supplies only, a [...]	2008-05-09 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH BM
08BANGKOK1435	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Hanoi, April 8-10. Advisor met with Customs specialists from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and European Commission (EC) to assess potential areas for collaboration or deconfliction. The Thai translation [...]	2008-05-10 13:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK1452	U/S PADILLA PUSHES RENEWED ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Christopher Padilla held a productive visit to Bangkok on April 28, underscoring with Thai government officials, private sector groups, and the press that the United States fully supports Thailand's democratically-elected gove [...]	2008-05-13 03:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EINV TH
08BANGKOK1475	THAILAND'S TOP IPR COP TRANSFERRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's lead police commander for IPR enforcement has been eased out of his position as part of a larger police shakeup. Rights holders had given General Visut high marks for reinvigorating police action against IPR violators, with high-profile raids on manufacturers and di [...]	2008-05-15 00:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON TH
08BANGKOK1486	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAIS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama intended to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple during a May 14 trip to Cambodia. According to a Thai MFA official, Noppadon hoped to discuss with the RGC in general terms a possible joint statement on the management of the [...]	2008-05-15 02:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1562	DSI RAID NETS THAILAND'S LARGEST CD SEIZURE [...] (SBU) On May 7, a Department of Special Investigations (DSI) team hit a major distributor of piated optical discs outside of Bangkok, netting oer 500,000 CDs and DVDs valued at over 50 million baht (USD 1.5 million). The raid was the largesthaul of optical discs in DSI's six-year history and [...]	2008-05-21 08:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TH
08BANGKOK1568	THAI FM TO ATTEND BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama would lead the Thai delegation to the Burma Donors Conference, MFA Department of East Asian Affairs Director Kallayana Vipattipumiprates told us on May 21. He said that the RTG shared USG concerns outlined in reftel. The Thais had a tentative plan for wha [...]	2008-05-22 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM TH
08BANGKOK1569	THAI FM TO ATTEND BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama would lead the Thai delegation to the Burma Donors Conference, MFA Department of East Asian Affairs Director Kallayana Vipattipumiprates told us on May 21. He said that the RTG shared USG concerns outlined in reftel. The Thais had a tentative plan for wha [...]	2008-05-22 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM TH
08BANGKOK1605	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 07:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
08BANGKOK1613	RTG HACHET MAN TAKES AXE TO MEDIA, BUT WOUNDS HIMSELF [...] (SBU) Embattled Prime Minister's Office Minister Jakrapob Penkair suffered another blow when the Democrat Party filed a motion on May 21 to impeach him. Jakrapob, the bete noir of the media, has been accused of abuse of power and lese majeste. This is the latest chapter in a series of running [...]	2008-05-25 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK1678	MAY 26 IAEA REPORT ON IRAN -- RESPONSE TO ACTION [...] (SBU) Having previously provided the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department with the background information and non-paper on the May 26 International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA) report on Iran's nuclear activities, we called on Third Secretary of the Peace [...]	2008-06-03 06:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA TH
08BANGKOK1753	THAILAND CONSIDERS SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] Summary: With over $100 billion in accumulated foreign exchange reserves, Thailand is considering whether to establish a Sovereign Wealth Fund to better invest its excess foreign holdings. Bank of Thailand and Ministry of Finance officials believe they have sufficient funds available to star [...]	2008-06-09 08:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK1877	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAHVIHEAR [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1878	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAH [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2021	Thai Media Sides with Opposition During Censure Debate [...] (U) The recent censure debate over the performance of Prime Minister Samak's administration has swept the headlines with virtually all local Thai print and broadcast media outlets dedicating significant space and airtime to readouts on the daily action in the House. Local print dailies devoted [...]	2008-07-02 23:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK2458	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: THAILAND PLANNED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08BANGKOK276	BIO OF THAI PRIME MINISTER SAMAK SUNDARAVEJ [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR TH
08BANGKOK2782	THAILAND BUSINESSES TO WAIT OUT POLITICAL CRISIS BUT WORRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's political stalemate has had a somewhat expected immediate impact on certain segments of the Thai economy. Of greater concern to the entire business community, however, is the stalemate's potential long-term economic implications. Prominent business leaders in Thailand [...]	2008-09-14 23:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV TH
08BANGKOK2813	AMBASSADOR WOLCOTT DISCUSSES CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 25, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott led an interagency delegation to discuss civil nuclear cooperation with officials from Thailand's Nuclear Power Plant Development Office (NPPDO, responsible for overseeing the introduction of nuclear power) and the Office of Atoms for Peac [...]	2008-09-17 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PARM TRGY KNNP TH
08BANGKOK2942	THAI PLANS ON DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR [...] (SBU) Pattarat Hongtong, Deputy Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told us September 25 that the MFA had recently received word that Sudan was close to agreeing to allow Thai troops to join UNAMID. The RTG still planned to deploy a battali [...]	2008-09-26 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO TH SU
08BANGKOK2943	MIXED REVIEWS FOR NEW PM SOMCHAI'S ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Somchai's selections for his Cabinet's economic team have come under attack from the local press and business community. Controversial appointments include the placement of former Interior Minister Chalerm Yubamrung at the Ministry of Public Health, former Police [...]	2008-09-26 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR TH
08BANGKOK3066	MEDIA COVERAGE OF THAI CRISIS, OCTOBER 7-10: BLACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of Thailand's worst street violence in 16 years has been extensive and pervasive. Print media, televised news coverage and internet blogs each have their own spin on the October 7 violence as they join in the "blame game" that has played out in the public arena. [...]	2008-10-10 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3070	THAI BANKS BEGIN TIGHTENING CREDIT FOR FOREIGN FIRMS [...] (SBU) Concerned about the creditworthiness of foreign business entities in Thailand, Thai banks are reportedly tightening lines of credit for U.S. firms. The Bangkok Post reported October 9 that Thai banks are cutting back funding lines to U.S. companies "as credit risks have jumped sharply in [...]	2008-10-10 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3071	THAILAND OCTOBER 10: COURTS ACTIVE, STREETS QUIET, [...] (SBU) Summary: The streets of Bangkok stayed quiet October 10 for the third day after the October 7 violence. As on October 9 (reftel),the primary action occurred in the Thai courts, with seven remaining Peoples' Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leaders turning themselves in to police authorities [...]	2008-10-10 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CASC TH
08BANGKOK3087	JUSTICE DELAYED, NOT JUSTICE DENIED? FAMOUS THAI [...] (SBU) Thailand's Criminal Court convicted Rangsan Torsuwan, one of Thailand's most famous architects and influential developers, on charges related to attempted murder on September 29, and sentenced him to 25 years' imprisonment. Three other defendants also received lengthy sentences, ranging [...]	2008-10-15 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PREL PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3099	THAILAND COMMITS TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13 DRL Senior Advisor Christopher N. Camponovo and poloff met with Thai MFA International Organizations Deputy Director-General Ittiporn Boonpracong and Social Division Director Nadhavathna Krishnamra to discuss Thai participation in the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partne [...]	2008-10-16 03:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TH

08BANGKOK3126	Financial Turmoil: Limited Impact on Thailand [...] (U) Econoff passed reftel points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Commerce, and Finance Ministry (FinMin) on October 3. According to Director General Krit Kraichitti of the MFA's Department of International Economic Affairs, his Department's Division of International Econo [...]	2008-10-17 05:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3144	THAI GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The RTG agreed October 14 to a series of measures aimed at helping offset the impact of the global financial crisis and shoring up economic growth. The plan calls for expanding of tax exemptions for long-term personal investments; accelerating budget disbursements and increase [...]	2008-10-17 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3188	Thai Finance Minister says Baht should be Weaker [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Finance Minister Suchart told the Ambassador October 21 that he would prefer a "weaker" baht to promote exports, given Thailand's high dependence on export growth to keep its economy expanding. He also has proposed extending deposit protection guarantees to maintain invest [...]	2008-10-22 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3207	ORIGIN OF THAI RUBY EXPORTS HARD TO DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Thai jewelry dealers say that while African rubies are increasingly imported for processing in Thailand, the rubies headed for the U.S. market have traditionally been higher quality stones that are likely to have come from Burma. Rubies are typically shipped to the United States [...]	2008-10-24 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL BM TH
08BANGKOK3210	THAILAND: APEC FOOD DEFENSE PILOT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Embassy Bangkok believes that Thailand is a strong candidate to host an APEC Food Defense pilot project in 2009, per criteria provided in ref C. Our Economic Section and the Foreign Agricultural Service reviewed Thailand's suitability for the project and also discussed the pilot project [...]	2008-10-24 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PTER EAGR APEC
08BANGKOK3211	SHRIMP: THAI GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY CAUTIOUS [...] This message is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) and is not intended for use outside the U.S. Government. 2. (SBU) Summary: Thailand continues to be anxious about the USG's implementation of the August 1 World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body decision on anti-dumping duties and cont [...]	2008-10-24 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS ETRD WTO TH
08BANGKOK3229	THAI STOCKS PLUNGE. AGAIN. [...] (U) The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) dropped approximately 10.5 percent October 27, prompting an automatic 30 minute halt in trading for the second time in one month, and only the third time since the circuit-breaker mechanism was implemented in 1975. The main SET index closed at 387.43, [...]	2008-10-28 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3336	THAILAND, ENERGIZED BY FINANCIAL CRISIS, PUSHES [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior Ministry of Finance official explained November 4 that the Thai government hopes to build consensus among the ASEAN plus three nations, in time for the December ASEAN Summit, on the creation of a multilateral currency pool based on the bilateral swap agreements of the C [...]	2008-11-07 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3443	Labor Fraud Case: Thai Workers to Libya [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Thai authorities, in August and September 2008, the Thai Consular Section in Cairo, Egypt helped repatriate 57 Thai construction workers from Libya back to Thailand. The workers, all male adults, traveled to Libya to work for a construction firm and contacted the T [...]	2008-11-21 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
08BANGKOK3490	AUTO INDUSTRY IN THAILAND CUTS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. American automakers in Thailand have reacted to a decline in domestic and regional demand by revising growth forecasts downward and reducing production. Ford has cut back production of cars for the remainder of the year. General Motors has taken more drastic steps, including c [...]	2008-11-26 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3519	THAILAND: ECONOMY SUFFERS FROM AIRPORT SHUTDOWNS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the anti-government protesters continue to blockade Bangkok's airports, tourism and other industries dependent on air cargo are getting clobbered. Thai Airways alone reports losses of $14 million a day. Tourism has long been a mainstay of Thai economic growth, and to the ext [...]	2008-12-01 11:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3530	Thai Banks Remain Strong Despite Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the economic impact of Thailand's prolonged political stalemate, including the ongoing airport closure crisis (ref a),financial sector leaders in Thailand believe the local banking sector remains sound. Even though credit rating agencies have downgraded Thailand's cred [...]	2008-12-02 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3531	DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]	2008-12-02 11:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3532	DECEMBER 2: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S MAKE-SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy is assisting Amcits 24 hours a day though a call center manned by consular officers and volunteers from the Embassy community, to find hotel rooms and/or outbound transportation from Thailand. Neither United nor Northwest, the only U.S. carriers that serve Bangkok, [...]	2008-12-02 23:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3540	DECEMBER 3: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-government protesters claimed victory and departed Thailand's airports December 3 after the high court dissolved several political parties and the prime minister stepped down December 2. The Airports of Thailand (AOT) reports that Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok's international ai [...]	2008-12-03 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3561	DECEMBER 4: UPDATE ON THAILAND'S AIRPORTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) representatives began assessing the security conditions at Suvarnabhumi on December 4. TSA is working with U.S. air carriers and Thai officials to ensure that all safety and security regulations are met prior to U.S. air carr [...]	2008-12-04 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT EAIR EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3588	THAILAND'S NEW TIP LAW: NOTABLE PROGRESS AFTER SIX MONTHS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the six months since its new Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act came into force, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has taken substantial steps to implement the law. The RTG is developing subordinate regulations to make the law's provisions operational, and has identified $1 [...]	2008-12-09 07:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
08BANGKOK3632	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment to working with a democratically-elected Thai government and to affirming U.S. commitment to the bilateral relationship, particularly our im [...]	2008-12-12 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS TH
08BANGKOK3659	AMBASSADOR VISIT TO NORTHEAST THAILAND HIGHLIGHTS U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 25-26 visit to Northeast Thailand highlighted U.S. outreach efforts in the region and conveyed the USG's ongoing commitment to building and sustaining cultural and economic ties that extend beyond Bangkok to all regions of Thailand. Emphasizing the val [...]	2008-12-16 01:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3675	THAI VIEWS ON HARMONIZATION OF UN CONDITIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 06:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT AORC UNGA TH
08BANGKOK3701	"ASEAN CHARTER FOR ASEAN PEOPLE": GENUINE [...] (U) Summary: A December 11 panel of academics and activists gathered at the Foreign Correspondents' Club Thailand (FCCT) to debate the validity of the ASEAN Charter's claim to be "an ASEAN Charter for ASEAN People." Most panelists questioned the ability of the Charter's regional architecture [...]	2008-12-19 07:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEAN TH
08BANGKOK3711	THAILAND AIMS FOR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Summary. Thailand has expressed commitment to nuclear energy and hopes to build an operational nuclear power plant by 2020. Potential obstacles towards achieving this goal include political instability, the current financial crisis, and negative public opinion towards nuclear power p [...]	2008-12-22 07:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO TH
08BANGKOK3747	NEW FINANCE MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR WE MUST [...] (SBU) Summary: New Finance Minister Korn told the Ambassador in a courtesy call December 24 that he hopes both the U.S. and Thailand will avoid protectionism, which would erode the reservoir of goodwill that the incoming U.S. administration now enjoys internationally. Thailand avoided fallout [...]	2008-12-24 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3774	AMBASSADOR PUSHES KEY TRADE ISSUES WITH NEW COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Ambassador John paid a courtesy call December 26 on newly appointed Commerce Minister Pornthiva Nakasai (SecGen of Bhum Jai Thai Party) and Deputy Minister Alongkorn Ponlaboot (Democrat). The meeting began with a photo-op after which the Minister invited the Ambassador into her office fo [...]	2008-12-30 08:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV TH
08BANGKOK419	THAI MUSICIANS AND ACTORS PROTEST IP VIOLATIONS, POLICE [...] (U) Over 300 representatives of local rights holders from the music and movie industries recently staged a protest in front of the Plab Pla Chai police station in Bangkok. IP protestors targeted that station as it oversees the district with the highest concentration of wholesale and retail pi [...]	2008-02-08 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK46	THAILAND JOINS ASEAN-KOREA FTA [...] (SBU) Thai trade officials announced January 3 that Thailand had agreed to sign on to the ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA) after negotiating bilateral concessions from the Koreans. Thailand was the last ASEAN member to agree to the trade deal. Thai negotiators had refused to sign the [...]	2008-01-04 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV TH
08BANGKOK488	NEW HEALTH MINISTER PROMISES REVIEW ON COMPULSORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's new pro-business government has quickly announced plans to review the previous administration's controversial policy of issuing compulsory licenses (CLs) on patented medicines. In his last days in office the outgoing Health Minister paved the way for continuation of [...]	2008-02-14 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK587	THAILAND 2008 SPECIAL 301 SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: The elevation of Thailand to Priority Watch List in 2007 sparked some improvement in police enforcement of intellectual property rights in the past year, but such efforts were insufficient to make any noticeable dent in the availability of pirated and counter [...]	2008-02-23 00:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TH
08BANGKOK864	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor participated in a foreign embassy drug enforcement community trip to the northernmost land and river border crossing sites from Thailand into Burma and Laos, Feb. 11-13. Advisor visited Danang port and Lao Bao border crossing in central Vietnam, Feb. 28-29. The Washington State [...]	2008-03-19 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TH VN
08BANGKOK904	COMMERCE MINISTER PLEDGES SUPPORT, BUT FOR HOW LONG? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 17 courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Mingkwan Sangsuwan, Ambassador John, accompanied by A/USTR Weisel, expressed the importance the U.S. held for its economic relationship with Thailand and the continued interest of U.S. companies in in [...]	2008-03-21 09:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EINV TH
08BANGKOK940	UNHRC RESOLUTION: THAIS REQUEST MORE INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On March 25 we conveyed reftel points regarding the extension of the mandate of the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression to Pornnika Garnjana-Goonchorn in the Thai MFA Social Division. Pornnika was not familiar with the resolution as initiated by C [...]	2008-03-25 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC
08BANGKOK968	LAO HMONG: THAI ARMY EXPLAINS POLICY, SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai Army revealed that it will seek Laotian Government agreement to a proposal to allow third country resettlement for the 153 Lao Hmong confined in an immigration jail in Nong Khai, Thailand. The proposal will be made by the Thai Prime Minster at a bilateral border [...]	2008-03-27 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH LA
08BANGKOK976	RTG ASSESSING PSI ENDORSEMENT [...] (SBU) POLOFFs delivered REFTEL points on March 26 to Chamsai Menasveta, First Secretary in the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Chamsai stated that Thailand is still evaluating whether to endorse the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement [...]	2008-03-28 00:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL TH
08BANGUI236	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - OPENING DAY OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African Republic's 'Inclusive Political Dialogue' began under the gavel of President Francois Bozize and in the presence of Gabonese President Bongo, UN Special Representative Francois Fall, and former Burundian President and chosen Dialogue Mediator Pierre Buyoya. T [...]	2008-12-09 23:49:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI237	DISSIDENT GROUP FIGHTING NEAR BRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fighting between CAR Government forces and unidentified rebel forces has broken out approximately 50km northwest of the town of Bria, in central CAR. Fatalities and casualties on the government side range from 4-8 deaths and several more wounded, with reports of some number of re [...]	2008-12-10 21:45:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI240	DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN BANK EDBI DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook informed CAR Minister of Foreign Affairs Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya of reftel demarche and the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran under E.O. 13382 in a meeting on December 17. The MFA did not provide a substantive response, but promised to study the demarche. [...]	2008-12-17 15:01:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN CT
08BANGUI241	UN FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a lengthy conversation regarding the CAR's voting record within the United Nations General Assembly in a meeting on December 17. 2. (SBU) The MFA promised to study the demarche, and engage with the PermRep in [...]	2008-12-17 15:10:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA MNUC PARM CT
08BANGUI242	OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a lengthy conversation regarding the CAR's voting record within the United Nations General Assembly in a meeting on December 17. 2. (SBU) The MFA noted that he had worked on Israeli and Palestinian issues for [...]	2008-12-17 15:33:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY CT
08BANGUI244	UPDATE ON END USE, SECURITY ASSURANCES AGREEMENT WITH CAR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Defense Minister (and President Bozize's son) Jean-Francis Bozize, in a meeting on December 12. The Ambassador explained the importance of the reftel agreement in unlocking U.S. peace-keeping operations funding for security sector reform [...]	2008-12-17 15:41:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS PGOV CT
08BANGUI247	FURTHER DEMARCHE TO GOCAR ON TIP PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche in person to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a meeting on December 17. The Ambassador explained the importance of increasing efforts to combat TIP, and said that U.S. law required host government engagement on the issue if the country was to remai [...]	2008-12-18 16:36:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KTIP CT
08BANGUI250	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - FIRST COMMISSION RESULTS BOLD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 16, the Political Issues and Governance Commission of the CAR's National Dialogue presented a series of recommendations to Dialogue Chair and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. The resolutions included the creation of an ad hoc committee of Central Af [...]	2008-12-19 18:18:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI251	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - POSITIVE FINALE, BUT WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) The CAR's National Dialogue ended in a seven-hour closing ceremony on Saturday, December 20, that brought speeches by President Bozize, former President Ange Felix Patasse, and Dialogue mediator and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. Finishing on a positive note as well as on schedul [...]	2008-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANJUL117	PRESIDENT JAMMEH OPENS 2008 LEGISLATIVE YEAR [...] (U) On March 28, President Yahya Jammeh presided over the opening of the National Assembly, which marked the beginning of the 2008 legislative year. This year's event was the most elaborate in recent years and was attended by National Assembly Speakers and parliamentary delegations from four [...]	2008-04-04 08:18:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET KDEM SOCI GA
08BANJUL18	THE GAMBIA'S 2008 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK [...] (U) On December 20, 2007, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) issued a press release announcing that The Gambia has reached completion point under the Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative, and is now eligible for debt relief under HIPC and the Multilater [...]	2008-01-08 17:03:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV KMCA IMF GA
08BANJUL86	THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]	2008-02-29 09:15:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BARCELONA17	ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA -- ANDORRA [...] (SBU) CG raised reftel points February 25 with Andorran FM Mateu. Mateu noted that Andorra agreed with the U.S. position and supported efforts to protect civil and human rights in Cuba as well as promote democratic principles on the island. Mateu said the GOA was not likely to issue a statem [...]	2008-02-29 09:29:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EU CU SP AN
08BARCELONA76	DIVERGENT PARTY CONVENTIONS UNITE CATALAN PARTIES [...] (SBU) "We love you a lot, Mr. Zapatero, but we love Catalonia even more," declared Generalitat and PSC president Jose at the close of the PSC eleventh party congress. For the PSC, Montilla's words were especially poignant, a sign that their responsibilities of governing Catalonia would take so [...]	2008-08-11 11:01:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SP
08BARCELONA86	GENERALITAT TO OPEN OFFICIAL "DELEGATION" IN NEW YORK CITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Catalan regional government plans to open an official "delegation" in New York city as early as October 30, 2009. Housed in Rockefeller Center, the new offices will bring together the various Catalan entities in the city under one roof and will be coordinated by a representa [...]	2008-09-10 18:51:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SP
08BEIJING1	SED SESSION IV: MANAGING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a discussion focused on managing the economic impact of energy choices, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said both the United States and China are affected by high oil prices and are vulnerable to potential supply disruptions. National Development and Reform Commission Ch [...]	2008-01-02 00:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD SENV CH
08BEIJING1113	CHINA SUPPORTIVE OF TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) In a March 18 meeting between Assistant United States Trade Representative Tim Stratford and Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) WTO Director General Zhang Xiangchen, DG Zhang referenced the February 15 meeting with Econ Minister Counselor Robert Luke and EU Counselor for Trade and Investment [...]	2008-03-25 00:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING119	BEIJING AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: REPORTED OUTBREAK IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities confirmed in the domestic and international media that there had been an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza amongst poultry in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region beginning December 29, 2007. Reports indicated a die-off of about 5,000 birds and control measures culling [...]	2008-01-11 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING1225	U.S.-CHINA DIALOGUE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: YOUR [...] (SBU) Your meeting with Ministry of Commerce Vice Minister (VM) Yi Xiaozhun in Tokyo will be an excellent opportunity to discuss the launch of the U.S.-China Dialogue on Foreign Assistance, which was proposed by Deputy Secretary Negroponte during his January meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao. We [...]	2008-04-01 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PREL PGOV EFIN CH
08BEIJING1280	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL TO BEIJING APRIL 9 [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on April 9 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell: [...]	2008-04-07 08:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08BEIJING1284	The United States-China Economic and Security Review [...] (SBU) A "responsible government" would never "initiate, sponsor or support" cyber attacks on other countries, a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences told United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission members on April 1. However, the scholar described cyber warfare [...]	2008-04-07 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM CH
08BEIJING1308	China Investment Corporation Meeting with [...] (SBU) Summary: China Investment Corporation General Manager Gao Xiqing met with Commissioners of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 31, 2008. Gao suggested that U.S. officials be patient with CIC as it evolves relative to sovereign wealth fund (SWF) best practice [...]	2008-04-08 06:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH
08BEIJING1492	TOY SAFETY IMPROVES, BUT OFFICIALS WARY OF IMPOSED CHANGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight months after the spate of massive toy recalls in the United States, Chinese toy exporters are paying more attention to the safety of their products and compliance with U.S. toy safety standards. Conversations with industry representatives, standards experts, and other observ [...]	2008-04-18 01:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING1506	RURAL FINANCE INITIATIVES STILL STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) New rural finance initiatives continue to struggle in China's countryside one year after their introduction because they are not commercially viable. Promoting private banks' involvement in the rural sector through the establishment of Village Banks is the right approach, by increasing c [...]	2008-04-18 09:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
08BEIJING1625	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. United States Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with Ministry of Housing Urban-Rural Construction (MHURC) officials and construction industry leaders on April 21 and 22 to follow-up on the March 4th United States [...]	2008-04-27 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG EFIN BTIO IAEA CH
08BEIJING1671	PRICES STILL RISING BUT PROVINCES REMAIN CALM [...] (SBU) Commenting on inflationary trends in their respective localities, government officials and citizens in two provinces outside Beijing recently expressed optimism that prices are stabilizing and said their regions have not so far experienced widespread social unrest or hoarding. Their comm [...]	2008-04-30 02:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING1690	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES -- CHINA [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: This report is Mission China's response to reftel, which requested input on the impact of food and commodity price increases. It is a composite of analysis and data compiled by Embassy Beijing as well as by Econoffs in Consulates General Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chengdu, and She [...]	2008-04-30 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING1760	HUNAN'S RETURN MIGRATION? [...] (SBU) Contacts in Hunan Province claim that rural-to-urban migrants who previously had worked in factories on the coast in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) appear to be returning home in greater numbers than before to Hunan's countryside. The trend is not necessarily a new one -- many temporary mig [...]	2008-05-08 08:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING1777	USITC IS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 25, 2008, International Trade Commission (ITC) Chairman Daniel Pearson met with Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Vice Minister (V/M) Yi Xiaozhun and Director General (DG) Li Ling. V/M Yi proposed closer cooperation on information sharing and said China wants to work with [...]	2008-05-09 02:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING1870	STATE COUNCIL RESEARCHER SAYS APRIL CPI DATA WARRANTS [...] (SBU) China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 8.5 percent year-on-year in April, fueling further concern about inflation in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. Food prices again accounted for most of the increase, led by surging pork and cooking oil prices. A leading researcher at China' [...]	2008-05-15 05:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR SOCI CH
08BEIJING2012	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on May 27-29 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell [...]	2008-05-27 01:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA
08BEIJING2076	SED Ambassador Alan Holmer Previews SED IV During [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) Ambassador Alan Holmer discussed plans for the fourth round of the SED with Chinese officials during a May 22-23 visit to Beijing. In his discussion with NPC Vice Minister Wu Xiaoling, Holmer praised Chi [...]	2008-05-29 07:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENV CH
08BEIJING2084	CHINA REVISITS MANDATORY CERTIFICATION FOR [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative Timothy Wineland met with the Chinese Government and United States industry representatives in Beijing from May 6-16 to discuss China's unprecedented proposal for mandatory certification requirements across a wide range of securi [...]	2008-05-29 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD PREL EINV WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING2127	UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL [...] (SBU) PolOff on June 3 delivered to MFA reftel points urging Chinese support for a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin said China in the past has sup [...]	2008-06-03 02:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH
08BEIJING2155	SFDA'S TREATMENT OF BAXTER IN CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Baxter Healthcare (protect) visited the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to present their concerns about the deterioration of relations with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) amid concerns that the agency may try to shift responsibility for the hepar [...]	2008-06-04 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD HHS PREL CH
08BEIJING2331	CHINA/ENERGY: NEAR-TERM FUEL PRICE HIKES UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Beijing appears unlikely to raise retail fuel prices significantly in the near-term amidst policymakers' ongoing concerns about CPI inflation and social stability. The most commonly purchased blend of gasoline is held at USD 2.92/gallon, while diesel is USD 2.89/gallon. Against the back [...]	2008-06-13 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PREL CH
08BEIJING2386	UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ARMED [...] (SBU) PolOff on June 18 delivered to MFA ref b points urging Chinese support for consensus adoption of a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict and China's agreement to withdraw from suggested amendments that would weaken key elements of that resolution [...]	2008-06-18 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH
08BEIJING2389	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL AND DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on June 20-27 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cel [...]	2008-06-18 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA RS
08BEIJING2393	CHINESE PROTEST AT JAPANESE EMBASSY OVER EAST CHINA SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: A small group of Chinese demonstrators chanted and waved flags in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing in protest against a Sino-Japan joint gas exploration deal on June 18. Security was tight at the government-sanctioned protest, with an estimated 150 municipal police and Pe [...]	2008-06-18 22:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI CH JP
08BEIJING2433	CHINA/ENERGY: SIGNIFICANT AND SURPRISING PRICE HIKES [...] (SBU) In a surprise move that came late on June 19, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) announced significant energy price increases. Effective June 20, gasoline rose 16.7 percent, diesel 18.1 percent, and jet fuel 25.2 percent; effective July 1, electricity will rise an [...]	2008-06-20 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET EFIN PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2720	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MAJOR ISSUES AT [...] (U) This is an action request (please see para 7). 2. (SBU) On June 25, post delivered reftel diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). On June 30, post faxed reftel points to MFA and faxed reftel points and a copy of the diplomatic note to the State Postal Bureau (SPB),wh [...]	2008-07-13 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO CH
08BEIJING2794	CHINESE VIEWS ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 26-27 conference on the Darfur hosted by the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs-affiliated China Institute of International Studies (CIIS),Chinese Government officials and scholars attributed the conflict in Darfur to poverty, resource scarcity, effects of global warmin [...]	2008-07-17 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR UNSC KPKO SU CH
08BEIJING2817	CHINA'S RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel non-paper to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Sun Lei on July 17, and Econoff delivered the non-paper to the People's Bank of China International Department's Foreign Affairs Division Director Cao Li on July 18. MFA Deput [...]	2008-07-18 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP EFIN CH IR
08BEIJING2837	U/S PADILLA PUSHES FOR LEGISLATIVE TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. United States Department of Commerce (DOC) Under Secretary (U/S) Christopher Padilla and USTR General Counsel (GC) Warren Maruyama met with State Council Legislative Affairs Office (SCLAO) Vice Minister Zhang Qiong on July 16 to discuss SED 4 transparency initiatives and raise [...]	2008-07-22 08:30:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV EFIN CH
08BEIJING2865	BOCOG: BEIJING DESIGNATES OLYMPIC PROTEST ZONES [...] (SBU) BOCOG officials reported at a July 23 press conference that the Beijing Public Security Bureau has designated specific areas to be used for demonstrations, complaints and protests during the Olympic Games. Protesters will need to apply and receive approval in advance to hold demonstratio [...]	2008-07-23 23:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH
08BEIJING2878	Mofcom DG Wang discusses Steel Dialogue with AUSTR [...] (SBU) Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) Director General for Foreign Trade Wang Shouwen met with AUSTR Timothy Stratford in Beijing on July 14 to discuss plans for the next U.S.-China Steel Dialogue. Wang and Stratford agreed that the Dialogue will include discussion of the competitiveness of the s [...]	2008-07-24 22:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL ENRG EPET CH
08BEIJING2897	PUSHING FOR TRANSPARENCY ON MEDICAL DEVICE [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy FCS officers and Econoff met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Department of Planning and Finance Director General Zhao Zilin and MOH International Health Exchange and Cooperation Center (IHECC) Centralized Purchasing Office Director Li Ling on July 24 to push for greater t [...]	2008-07-25 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CH KIPR WTRO EFIN EINV EIND PGOV
08BEIJING2898	CHINA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) The PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the Chinese delegation to the UN General Assembly (UNGA) will include Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. See formatted response, as requested reftel, below. A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- President Hu Ji [...]	2008-07-25 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH KSEP OTRA OVIP PREL UNGA
08BEIJING2909	CHINA NOT YIELDING ON CERTIFICATION SCHEME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 18 meeting with the National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA),United States Trade Representative (USTR) Chief Legal Counsel Warren Maruyama, Assistant USTR Tim Stratford, Deputy Assistant USTR Tim Wineland, USTR Director for China and Taiwan David [...]	2008-07-28 06:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD PREL EINV WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING2997	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-03 07:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3024	China: Central Bank Interested in Anti-money Laundering [...] (SBU) Summary: China's Central Bank official responsible for anti-moneylaundering (AML) issues confirmed Chinese concerns regarding the Financial Action Task Force's (FATF's) recent draft guidance papers on implementing the financial provisions of UNSR 1803 regarding Iran. The Chinese welcome [...]	2008-08-05 13:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH PTER
08BEIJING3030	Realizing Mao's Vision of Water for the North in Time for [...] (U) With the start of the Beijing Olympics set for August 8, Northern China's water shortage has received widespread attention in both local and international press, with accounts of what the Chinese government has done in recent years to address the problem. Instead of addressing the water sho [...]	2008-08-06 03:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO PREL CH
08BEIJING3052	AUSTR STRATFORD RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 14, Assistant USTR (AUSTR) for Asia Tim Stratford told State Postal Bureau (SPB) Deputy Administrator Wang Yuci that a provision in China's latest draft postal law is of great concern to the United States as it would seem to exclude foreign firms, but not domestic firms, [...]	2008-08-07 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3054	STATUS OF USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE USED FOR SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) On July 30-August 2, 2008, ESTHOFFS met with representatives from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Chengdu to review the status of the USD 500,000 donation disbursed by USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) on May 21 in response [...]	2008-08-07 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CH
08BEIJING3055	CHINA BUILDING INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting convened by the DOE China Office, Westinghouse China provided an update on China's nuclear reactor program, including progress at the Westinghouse AP1000 sites, plans for new reactors, and an assessment of China's overall current and future capacity to build new nuc [...]	2008-08-07 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3078	INVITATION TO APEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Econoff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Director of the Division of International Conference and Organization Cai Jianing on August 11, 2008. Division Director Cai told Econoff that China would send two representatives to the September [...]	2008-08-11 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD APECO CH
08BEIJING3079	INVITATION TO APEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Econoff conveyed reftel talking points to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Director of the Division of International Conference and Organization Cai Jianing on August 11, 2008. Division Director Cai told Econoff that China would send two representatives to the September [...]	2008-08-11 09:19:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD APECO CH
08BEIJING3102	CHINA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A demarche urging China to support the circulated draft exception for India at the August 21-22 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Dep [...]	2008-08-13 06:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC IN CH
08BEIJING3155	AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE (ACE) DUE DILIGENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: I have reviewed Cargill's performance as requested in reftel regarding nominees for the 2008 Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). I can reaffirm that the company's performance in China has been exemplary. End summary. 2. (U) Specific answers to the questions pos [...]	2008-08-18 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV TBIO SENV ELAB ETRD CH
08BEIJING3158	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/18/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-18 07:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3200	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/20/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-20 08:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3205	SED HAILED IN SECRETARY PAULSON'S MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate meetings with PRC Vice Premier Wang Qishan (August 13) and Finance Minister Xie Xuren (August 12),Treasury Secretary Paulson emphasized the importance of sustaining the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). Paulson stressed that significant accomplishments are needed [...]	2008-08-20 08:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3210	AUSTR STRATFORD DISCUSSES ENTERPRISE ANNUITIES [...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday July 18, Assistant USTR for China Tim Stratford and USDOC DAS Ira Kasoff discussed enterprise annuities with China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) Director-General Li Fuan. Li Fuan outlined the current state of affairs regarding enterprise annuities and agreed th [...]	2008-08-20 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3233	Party Economist Looks to Control Prices, [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 04:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH
08BEIJING3257	Party Economist Looks to Control Prices, [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic M/C met with Senior Communist Party Economist Zheng Xinli to discuss current economic issues. Zheng noted that the declining dollar was eroding the value of China's dollar-denominated assets. He thought China's inflation was the result of externalities such as rising [...]	2008-08-25 02:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN WTRO ENRG EAGR CH
08BEIJING3275	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/25/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-25 07:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3300	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/26/2008. KEY ISSUES ---------- 2. (SBU) Conclusion of JOC Operations: This is the final situation report from the [...]	2008-08-26 07:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER

08BEIJING3307	AN OVERVIEW OF PRIVATE EQUITY IN CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private equity finance is a useful tool for China's transforming economy, as private entrepreneurs and small business continue to have difficultly accessing financing from the bank dominated financial sector and capital markets. Moreover, in a tightening credit market and a b [...]	2008-08-27 03:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV TNDG CH
08BEIJING3311	CHINA ECONOMY: OBSERVERS SEE LIQUIDITY HURTING, [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with visiting Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Mark Sobel and Financial Min-Couns, long-time China observers agreed on the basic condition of the Chinese economy, but disagreed dramatically on the likely outcomes. They agreed China's ability to sterilize [...]	2008-08-27 05:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH ECON EFIN
08BEIJING3332	CHINESE RESPONSE TO IRAN PROLIFERATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 08:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IR KNNP PARM PTER PINR CH
08BEIJING3336	U.S. Presidential Delegation August 23, 2008 Meeting with [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB KOLY OVIP CH
08BEIJING3340	U.S. Presidential Delegation August 23, 2008 Meeting with [...] (U) August 23, 2008; 1045; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound, Beijing, China. 2. (U) Participants: United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Ms. Karen Hughes Ms. Michelle Kwan Associate Deputy [...]	2008-08-28 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB KOLY OVIP CH
08BEIJING3343	LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETS BEIJING MAYOR GUO JINLONG, [...] (U) August 26, 2008; 11:00; Beijing Municipal Government North Building. 2. (U) Participants: United States: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui Dr. James Chao Michael Crain, U.S. Embassy Beijing Dan Kritenbri [...]	2008-08-28 22:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL OVIP PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3345	Secretary Chao's August 25, 2008 Meeting with [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao met with Vice-Premier Zhang Dejiang on August 25, 2008. Secretary Chao noted how much President Bush enjoyed the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics and expressed condolences from the American government and people regarding the Sichuan Earthquak [...]	2008-08-29 01:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL OVIP PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3346	LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETS YIN WEIMIN, MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao met with Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) Minister Yin Weimin on August 22, 2008. Secretary Chao said she was honored to serve as head of the Presidential Delegation to the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic games, and ex [...]	2008-08-29 01:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL OVIP PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3362	EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR ADVOCACY IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Effective advocacy for U.S. nuclear suppliers is essential to ensuring access to China's rapidly growing civil nuclear power market. With the exception of the bidding process that resulted in a contract for four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, all reactor purchases t [...]	2008-08-29 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3366	CHINA/IRAQ: $3 BILLION OIL SERVICE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Chinese Government has confirmed that a major Chinese state-owned oil company has agreed to a contract to develop an oil field southeast of Baghdad. The exact details of the as-yet-unfinalized agreement are unclear, but appear to involve a fee-for-service arrangement, with [...]	2008-09-01 02:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV CH IZ
08BEIJING3476	MINISTER OF CIVIL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PARALYMPICS, [...] (SBU) In a September 5 meeting, Minister of Civil Affairs Li Xueju welcomed Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake, head of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the Paralympic Games, and wished U.S. athletes success. Minister Li said that with assistance from the international community, [...]	2008-09-08 05:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS SOCI EAID SENV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3497	U.S. Presidential Paralympics Delegation Meeting with [...] (U) September 8, 2008; 10:40 am; Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, China. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Kirk Bauer, Executive Director, Disabled Sports USA Jean Driscoll, Paralympic Gold Medalist LTC. G [...]	2008-09-09 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS KOLY OVIP CH NK IR TW
08BEIJING3501	Positive Chinese Reaction to Fannie Mae and [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese official and private reaction to news that the United States Government would place housing mortgage agencies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae under conservatorship was generally positive. Vice Premier Wang Qishan appreciated the effort. Finance Assistant Minister Zhu Guangy [...]	2008-09-09 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3509	USTR MEETING WITH STATE COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USTR officials Claire Reade and Tim Stratford discussed China's draft Postal Law with State Council Legislative Affairs Office Director General Zhao Xiaoguang on September 2. Zhao acknowledged that the current draft still restricts the rights of foreign companies to engage i [...]	2008-09-10 03:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN EINV EAIR CH
08BEIJING359	FOOD SAFETY CAMPAIGN WON, BUT THE REAL BATTLE IS JUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese officials claimed success January 16 at the official wrap-up meeting for the four-month food and product safety "rectification campaign" and announced plans for a long-term regulatory structure to continue monitoring production quality of the nation's industries. Despite [...]	2008-02-01 00:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING3598	China's Food Security Concerns: Perception [...] (SBU) Summary: Although China is largely self- sufficient in grain production, rising global and domestic food prices have reinforced longstanding Chinese concerns about food security. This has sparked a debate in China over whether China's current policies need to be adjusted to ensure Chin [...]	2008-09-17 06:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON WTRO EAGR ETRD EINV CH
08BEIJING360	2008 FOOD AND PRODUCT SAFETY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: China is preparing for a banner year in 2008 in food and product safety as authorities draft and review seven separate pieces of legislation or regulations. The most important piece of legislation, the Food Safety Law, is a comprehensive law encompassing all facets of the food p [...]	2008-02-01 00:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON HHS ETRD BEXP CH
08BEIJING3625	NUCLEAR LIABILITY ISSUES IN CHINA; CSC ACCESSION LIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Per ref A, DOE China Deputy Office Director and ESTHoff on September 12 and 16, 2008, led a group of nuclear industry experts to discuss nuclear liability issues and the United States May 2008 ratification of the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuc [...]	2008-09-19 04:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3655	CHINA URGED TO OPPOSE ABKHAZIAN AND SOUTH OSSETIAN [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on September 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Li Junhua reftel points urging China to oppose the participation of separatist leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN Security Council discussions. Li made no substantive resp [...]	2008-09-22 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC CH RU GG
08BEIJING3662	BEIJING WELCOMES COORDINATION IN FINANCIAL CRISIS; CONCERNS ABOUT GROWTH GOING FORWARD [...] Summary. Chinese Government officials praised U.S. Government willingness to brief them regularly on developments in the financial sector, particularly given their exposure to GSE debt. Although the direct exposure of Chinese firms to other troubled financial institutions is limited, most Bei [...]	2008-09-23 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG
08BEIJING3705	AQSIQ STILL LACKING IN INFANT FORMULA RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 23:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL HHS CH
08BEIJING3732	CHINA/IPR: APPLE TAKES A BITE OUT OF [...] (SBU) As amazing as it seems, computer maker Apple Inc. had no global security team - including inside China - until March 2008, when they hired away the team from Pfizer that formed and led a multi-year crackdown on counterfeit Viagra production in Asia. Now with Apple, Don Shruhan, based i [...]	2008-09-26 01:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING3750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 07:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG CH RS
08BEIJING3784	New Quality Control Minister Boasts Anti-Corruption [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 21, China sacked General Administration on Quality, Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) Minister Li Changjiang in the aftermath of China's biggest ever food and product safety scandal, the widespread contamination of milk products with the industrial chemi [...]	2008-09-29 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR PREL HHS CH
08BEIJING3817	MERMOUD VISIT: SINOSURE WELCOMES THIRD [...] (SBU) Summary. China's Sinosure told State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud on September 18 that it would welcome third country cooperation with Ex-Im Bank on a joint project. In meetings with Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Developme [...]	2008-10-07 01:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG EFIN BTIO CH
08BEIJING3853	CHINA/AFRICA: A PROVINCIAL PERSPECTIVE FROM HENAN [...] (SBU) Summary: China's efforts to expand trade and investment ties with Africa were prominently on display at the 5th China Henan International Investment and Trade Fair held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province August 26-28, although little concrete business materialized. A day-long "Go Global" inve [...]	2008-10-08 08:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD AX CH
08BEIJING3857	CHINA'S RURAL POLICIES: UPDATE ON THE STATE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The stated focus of the October 9-12 Third Plenum of the 17th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee is rural reform. Scholars continue to debate China's current path of rural reform and doubts remain about implementation and whether China's current policy direction a [...]	2008-10-09 00:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI CH
08BEIJING3949	CODEL HAGEL: CHINESE THOUGHTS ON WORLD FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13-14, Senator Charles Hagel met Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, Central Bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, and Commerce Vice Minister Ma Xiuhong. The Vice Premier discussed weaknesses in the U.S. system that had led to the financial crisis, and asserted China's commit [...]	2008-10-16 09:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING3968	DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 01:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS
08BEIJING3980	DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 08:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN CG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS
08BEIJING4074	OCTOBER 19-20 VISIT OF TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Vice Premier Wang Qishan and other senior Chinese financial officials told U/S McCormick on October 20 that China welcomed recent U.S. Government actions to address the financial crisis. People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan and other officials raised questions about t [...]	2008-10-28 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4084	China/G-20 Summit: Hu Jintao will Attend, MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei asked CDA Daniel Piccuta to join him at the Ministry to inform him that President Hu Jintao would attend the Financial Summit. The Vice Minister asked for specific logistical arrangements, including a larger Chinese delegation, sea [...]	2008-10-29 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON KPAO PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING4088	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CNSA RESPONSE TO VENEZUELAN SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On October 29, ESTHOFF conveyed points in REFTEL and discussed the issue directly by phone with Mr. XU Yansong of the China National Space Agency's (CNSA)International Cooperation Department, who is already at the launch site [...]	2008-10-29 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TSPA KSCA CH
08BEIJING4102	THE CCP THIRD PLENUM: HOPEFUL BUT NOT HOLDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contacts from the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, one of China's poorest regions, expressed hope the decisions of the October 9-12 Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) 17th Central Committee would translate into concrete policies to boost agricultural production, su [...]	2008-10-30 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH
08BEIJING4178	CHINA ANNOUNCES STIMULUS PLAN AHEAD OF G-20 SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the G-20 summit China's leadership on Sunday took the unusual step of endorsing a long-anticipated stimulus package before its annual economic work conference later this month. The plan emphasizes infrastructure spending, but also includes targeted tax reductions, [...]	2008-11-11 22:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON KPAO PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING4198	AMBASSADOR HOLMERQS NOVEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN BEIJING [...] (SBU) Summary. In November 7 meetings in Beijing, Chairman Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Finance and Economics asked Ambassador Alan Holmer to convey ChinaQs support for the upcoming global financial summit and for measures taken individually and collectively by G-20 members. He rev [...]	2008-11-12 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4222	ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT DISCUSSED DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a visit to Beijing on October 26-30 (after stops in Chengdu and Shanghai),Congressional-Executive Committee on China (CECC) members Jonathan Stivers (Senior China Advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) and Gerry Waldron (Staff Director and Chief Counsel, House Select Comm [...]	2008-11-14 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENGRD EAID CH
08BEIJING4250	DATA EXCHANGE ISSUE DISCUSSED AT NOAA-SOA MARINE SCIENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings at the margins of the World Ocean Week and U.S.-China Marine Science Forum in Xiamen November 7-10, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Assistant Administrator for Research Dr. Richard Spinrad raised with State Oceanic Administration (SOA) Depu [...]	2008-11-18 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV TSPA PGOV PREL MARR CH
08BEIJING4293	HOW TO ADDRESS CHINA'S DRAFT POSTAL LAW RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: China's recent release of its draft revised postal law confirmed the pre-release concerns of the global express delivery industry, including U.S. companies FedEx and UPS. If enacted, the law would exclude foreign express delivery companies from domestic docume [...]	2008-11-24 02:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON WTRO ETRD EAIR CH
08BEIJING4301	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT - [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the International Department, Ministry of Finance (MOF),the Department of Aid to Foreign Countries, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),and the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Forei [...]	2008-11-24 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL UN CH
08BEIJING4304	CHINA CONCERNED OVER FUTURE TEXTILE PROTECTIONISM, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 23:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX EIND CH
08BEIJING4307	CHINA RESPONDS TO U.S. TRADE CONCERNS OVER STEEL AND YELLOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 01:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD EIND CH
08BEIJING4327	CHINA'S ECONOMY: HOPING FOR THE BEST IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials and businesspeople in Western China's Xinjiang and Ningxia minority autonomous regions do not yet see a large impact from the slowing economy, and although they are concerned, some are also hopeful that their unique development circumstances may provide some [...]	2008-11-25 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PREL ZK CH
08BEIJING4330	U.S. DOL SECRETARY CHAO ATTENDS WORK SAFETY FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 00:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND CH
08BEIJING4332	COMBATING LAND DEGRADATION IN CHINA: A LOOK AT THE PRC-GEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An International Workshop on "Integrated Ecosystems Management (IEM): Approaches and Applications" was held in Beijing (Nov. 6-7) under the auspices of China's Ministry of Finance, the State Forestry Administration of China, the Asian Development Bank, and the Global Environmen [...]	2008-11-26 00:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENGRD EAID CH
08BEIJING4347	Strengthening China's Anti-trafficking Legal Framework [...] (SBU) Participants from the Chinese Government and key non-governmental agencies agreed at a recent symposium that China must improve its efforts to combat human trafficking. Attendees discussed in detail whether China's existing laws could be modified to address trafficking better. Despite s [...]	2008-11-26 07:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM KJUS CH
08BEIJING4394	China reluctant to engage on EITI [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Post delivered background paper in reftel demarche by fax to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Affairs Division, the National Energy Administration (NEA) International Cooperation Division, and the Ministry of Land and Resources (MOLAR) International Coop [...]	2008-12-02 05:21:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EPET EMIN KCOR CH CA AS
08BEIJING4402	CHINA/ECONOMY: DETERIORATION WAS SURPISING, [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese financial officials and foreign economists and bankers told Federal Reserve Board Governor Randall Kroszner that recent deterioration in ChinaQs real economy was much faster than they had expected. However, most were confident that the government would inject sufficien [...]	2008-12-02 06:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4453	U/S JEFFERY AND SCIO AGREE TO FUTURE [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery, III met with State Council Information Office Vice Minister Cai Mingzhao on December 3 to discuss China's Internet administration and information access policies. The two hailed the success of industry cooperation in the U.S.-China Internet Summi [...]	2008-12-05 08:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING4457	CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE [...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...]	2008-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV
08BEIJING4458	CHINA/G-20/PAKISTAN: CHINA URGES WIDER SCOPE [...] (SBU) China believes a United Kingdom-drafted paper on follow-up taskings to finance ministers from the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy, in advance of the next G-20 summit, does not adequately address the political dimensions of the financial crisis, Chinese Vice [...]	2008-12-06 03:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID IBRD IMF KPAO PREL PGOV
08BEIJING4481	HAS CHINA CHANGED ITS EXCHANGE RATE POLICY? [...] (SBU) Summary. Since December 1, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) has depreciated 0.7 percent against the USD, generating speculation that the government has altered itQs longstanding policy of gradual appreciation. Senior economic and financial leaders, however, continue to maintain that policy h [...]	2008-12-09 23:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4495	Coal Bed and Coal Mine Methane (CBM/CMM) in China: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A two-day international symposium and follow-on workshop on coal bed/coal mine methane (CBM/CMM) and carbon trade in China was held December 4-5, 2008, in Beijing. Both the symposium and workshop stressed progress made in existing CBM/CMM projects, the opportunity for future p [...]	2008-12-11 01:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG CH
08BEIJING4496	MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]	2008-12-11 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING4506	MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]	2008-12-11 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING4527	CHINA SUPREME COURT JUDGE REPORTED - [...] (SBU) According to one local media report, China Supreme People's Court (SPC) IP Judge Kong Xiangjun on December 10 said the SPC is studying "how to adjust patent, trademark and other IP judicial policies" to mitigate the effect of the global financial crisis on China's economy, and might int [...]	2008-12-12 13:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
08BEIJING4530	DEMARCHE TO G20 NATIONS ON REJECTING PROTECTIONISM [...] (SBU) Treasury Secretary Paulson, USTR Schwab, Assistant to the President Daniel Price, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sullivan and other senior U.S. Government officials delivered reftel demarche talking points throughout the course of the December 4-5 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in Beiji [...]	2008-12-15 00:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD CH
08BEIJING4549	CHINA/ECONOMY/CURRENCY: CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting Fed Governor Warsh, Chinese researchers and bankers expressed concern that the U.S. economic downturn would become a protracted recession. They worried about the impact on ChinaQs economy, and expected problems such as rent-seeking and corruption to sp [...]	2008-12-16 04:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4600	DELIVERY OF UNION OF GOOD TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) On December 18, 2008, Econoffs and Finatt conveyed reftel to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of External Security Affairs, Mr. Wu Shifan, as it relates to bilateral counterterrorism efforts. We expressed his appreciation and indicated he would pass the information on [...]	2008-12-19 01:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08BEIJING4602	CHINA/EITI: SUPPORTIVE IN PRINCIPLE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a discussion with EEB DAS Douglas Hengel in Beijing, a Foreign Ministry official said the objectives of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) are consistent with China's efforts to promote corporate social responsibility. He welcomed inviting China's Nati [...]	2008-12-19 03:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EMIN ECON SENV KCOR CH
08BEIJING4603	IEA/CHINA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES IEA, BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese energy experts and government officials explained their views on bilateral energy cooperation and China?s engagement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) with EEB DAS Douglas Hengel December 3-5. On bilateral energy cooperation, National Energy Administration Int [...]	2008-12-19 03:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EMIN SENV CH
08BEIJING4614	CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...]	2008-12-21 23:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
08BEIJING4615	CHINA/ENERGY: CHINA CUTS FUEL PRICES [...] (SBU) The Chinese government announced significant energy price cuts December 18, marking the first change in domestic fuel prices since international crude prices began to fall from their mid-summer peak. As of December 19, refinery gate prices for gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel were re [...]	2008-12-21 23:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET EFIN CH
08BEIJING4626	U.S-CHINA TRANSPORTATION FORUM AGREES TO BROAD BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China sees an opportunity in the current global financial crisis to develop transportation infrastructure, Ministry of Transportation (MOT) Vice Minister Weng Mengyong told U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials attending the Strategic Economic Dialogue's (SED) first U [...]	2008-12-22 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR ETRD CVIS CH
08BEIJING4631	Ruby Trade in China: Opaque at Best [...] (SBU) This is a preliminary response to REF A request for information on the ruby trade in China. SUMMARY: Burmese rubies apparently are entering China primarily via "walk across" trade at the Burma-China border as well as through other intermediaries, primarily Thailand. The ruby trade is [...]	2008-12-22 23:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV PREL CN BM
08BEIJING4645	NDRC RESPONDS TO U.S. CONCERNS ON POSTAL LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Embassy received on December 22 from the National Reform and Development Commission (NDRC) a faxed statement, dated December 18, responding to U.S. Government and private sector comments on the Revised Draft of the Postal Law. NDRC's statement avers that the exclusion of fo [...]	2008-12-23 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON WTRO ETRD EAIR CH
08BEIJING4679	ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN HITS CHINA'S TRANSPORT SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China's maritime transport and civil aviation sectors are beginning to show signs of stress from the global economic slowdown. After nearly 10 straight months of double digit growth this year, November port volumes were up just 2 percent over the previous year. Shipping compan [...]	2008-12-29 03:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT EAIR ETRD CH FR
08BEIJING4700	DCM URGES MFA TO SIGN COCA II AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China cannot go forward on the COCA II agreement unless the renovation of the old Chinese chancery in Washington DC is included under the 2003 COCA I agreement, MFA Department of Administration Director General Li Chao told the DCM in a December 30 meeting. China would like to [...]	2008-12-31 07:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABLD AMGT CM
08BEIJING527	DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche points on amending the Montreal and Hague Conventions to include provisions against the transportation of particularly dangerous goods, related items, and fugitives to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and to the Ministry of Fo [...]	2008-02-15 04:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX CH
08BEIJING533	DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON INCORPORATION OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche points on amending the Montreal and Hague Conventions to include provisions against the transportation of particularly dangerous goods, related items, and fugitives to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) and to the Ministry of Fo [...]	2008-02-15 06:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX CH
08BEIJING545	DIPNOTE DELIVERED ON ALLOCATION OF PASSENGER [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered dipnote 233 contained in reftel on the allocation of passenger frequencies to U.S. carriers for service to China Zone 1 to the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) on February 13. CAAC staffers confirmed receipt on February 15. Piccuta [...]	2008-02-15 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA CH
08BEIJING548	DEMARCHE TO CHINA ON TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On February 15, Econ M/C together with EU's Counselor for Trade and Investment Olivier Micol, jointly demarched China on labeling for textile, apparel, footwear, and travel (TAFT) goods (reftel) through China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) WTO Director General Zhang Xiangchen. Zhang's r [...]	2008-02-15 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON CH
08BEIJING561	DIPNOTE DELIVERED AND CONFIRMED ON ENTRY INTO [...] (U) On February 13, Econoff delivered dipnote 232 on the completion of internal USG procedures for the entry into force of the "Protocol to Amend the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) relating to Civil Ai [...]	2008-02-19 03:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA CH
08BEIJING580	INFLATION, EXACERBATED BY SNOWSTORMS, HITS A NEW 11-YEAR [...] (SBU) China' National Bureau of Statistics announced today that consumer inflation reached a new eleven-year high of 7.1% in January. This may well be followed by an even higher figure for February that would be released on March 11, while the National People's Congress (NPC) is in session. O [...]	2008-02-20 00:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CH
08BEIJING583	INFLATION, EXACERBATED BY SNOWSTORMS, HITS A NEW 11-YEAR [...] (SBU) China' National Bureau of Statistics announced today that consumer inflation reached a new eleven-year high of 7.1% in January. This may well be followed by an even higher figure for February that would be released on March 11, while the National People's Congress (NPC) is in session. O [...]	2008-02-20 00:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CH
08BEIJING585	MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Chinese authorities retrospectively confirmed a human case of avian influenza (H5N1) in January in Hunan Province. The young man died on January 24, 2008. Tests of respiratory fluids taken and saved from the patient were tested last week by the Provincial CDC and confirmed influen [...]	2008-02-20 00:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING620	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EAP/K DPRK [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance February 23 - 25, 2008, for EAP/K DPRK Unit Chief Yuri Kim to Beijing en route to Pyongyang. 2. (SBU) Political Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell: (86)139-1023-4347 Fa: (86-10)6532-64 [...]	2008-02-21 06:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH
08BEIJING637	China: Bank of Japan Representative discusses Chinese [...] (SBU) On February 4, Finatt Minister Counselor and Econoff exchanged views on the Chinese economy with Kiyoyuki Seguchi, Bank of Japan's (BOJ) Chief Representative in China. Seguchi predicted that China's GDP -- buoyed by growing fixed asset investment and rising domestic consumption -- will l [...]	2008-02-22 01:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH JP
08BEIJING657	BEIJING CONFIRMS SECOND AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY IN 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed the second avian influenza death in China in 2008. The case, an unemployed 41 year-old male, died on Feb. 20 in Guangxi Province. Although the MOH report indicated that the patient had been in contact with infected poultry before contra [...]	2008-02-22 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING672	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Trade Affairs MinCons delivered reftel demarche points and letter regarding WTO services negotiations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),Department of WTO Affairs Director General Zhang Xiangchen on February 25. Per separate instructions from USTR, MC Trade Affairs also previewed telep [...]	2008-02-25 23:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO CH
08BEIJING688	BEIJING CONFIRMS THIRD AVIAN INFLUENZA FATALITY IN 2008 [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed on February 26 to Embassy Beijing the third avian influenza death in China in 2008. As reported in REF A, the Government of China had previously notified Embassy Beijing and Consulate Guangzhou of the suspected AI case, a 44-year-old female migrant w [...]	2008-02-27 06:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAGR CH
08BEIJING721	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM, [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance February 29 - March 2, 2008, for EAP/K Director Sung Kim and NSC Asia Director Paul Haenle to Beijing for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Political Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10 [...]	2008-02-29 03:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH
08BEIJING750	MORE ATTENTION ON THE RURAL SECTOR: WILL IT BE ENOUGH? [...] (SBU) Beijing-based rural experts say the State Council's 2008 Number One Document, which identified rural issues as the Central Government's top policy priority for the fifth year in a row, signals the leadership's continuing concern about the urban-rural income gap and restates the case for a [...]	2008-03-03 00:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV EFIN SOCI CH
08BEIJING800	China: PBOC Research Bureau Deputy Director General [...] (SBU) On February 28, Minister Counselor for Financial Affairs and econoff exchanged views on China's macroeconomic and monetary policy with Dr. Jiao Jinpu, Acting Director General of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) Research Bureau. Jiao stressed that, despite the potential deflationary risk [...]	2008-03-05 06:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH
08BEIJING823	NDRC CHAIRMAN: SLOWING INVESTMENT GROWTH, FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Ma Kai, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),stated on March 6 that China's macroeconomic controls over the past five years have been effective and he is satisfied with the rate at which investment growth is slowing. Ma reiterated concerns expressed by Premi [...]	2008-03-06 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV CH
08BEIJING826	HENAN NPC DELEGATION STRESSES RURAL DEVELOPMENT, [...] (SBU) Henan's Provincial National People's Congress (NPC) Delegation stressed the importance of rural development and family planning during discussions on March 6 regarding the Government Work Report that Premier Wen Jiabao delivered the previous day (Ref A). Representatives from China's most [...]	2008-03-06 23:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PGOV SOCI ELAB CH
08BEIJING845	PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON CHINESE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Solving the situation in Darfur requires pressure from the international community on both the Government of Sudan and rebel forces, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin said in a March 7 briefing for diplomats and the press on his February 21-March 6 trip to the UK, Fra [...]	2008-03-07 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING855	PROMINENT ECONOMIST SEES CHALLENGE IN RESPONDING TO [...] (SBU) On March 6, the Vice President of the National Development and Reform Commission's Academy of Macroeconomic Research, Ma Xiaohe, characterized elevated inflation as a challenge that will outlast recent food supply shocks. Five consecutive years of double-digit GDP growth has boosted dema [...]	2008-03-10 06:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV CH
08BEIJING870	NPC: FOOD INFLATION RURAL SECTOR'S MAIN CONCERN [...] (SBU) Ministry of Agriculture officials met the press on March 10 to discuss agricultural and rural development issues. The officials cited China's rural development accomplishments in 2007, notably the 9.5 percent increase in rural incomes, and also outlined the challenges ahead. Food prices [...]	2008-03-10 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV ETRD CH
08BEIJING896	INNER MONGOLIA NPC DEPUTIES TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT: WE'LL [...] (SBU) Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's NPC Deputies met on March 7 and stated that they would continue to pursue rapid economic growth despite Central Government efforts to cool growth. Inner Mongolia remains focused on the energy sector as its engine for growth, and a Petro China official s [...]	2008-03-12 01:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV EINV CH
08BEIJING930	NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON AIRLINE "TERRORIST" INCIDENT; [...] (SBU) The Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao),a newspaper run by the Communist Party's flagship People's Daily newspaper, described on March 11 how a 19 year-old "Uighur girl" smuggled gasoline contained in beverage cans onboard a China Southern flight from Urumqi to Beijing. The article claimed t [...]	2008-03-13 11:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV KOLY CH
08BEIRUT1014	SYRIA TAX ON TRUCKS COULD OBSTRUCT TRADE, INFLATION [...] (U) On July 3,the Syrian authorities began imposing a "gas tax" of around $300 on regular trucks leaving Syrian territory and $500 on refrigerated trucks. Head of the Lebanese Syndicate of Fruit and Vegetable Exporters said that this tax would lead to losses of around $50,000 per day for refri [...]	2008-07-14 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1053	NEW MINISTERS TAKE OVER; TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ENDORSED [...] (U) During the handover ceremony at the Ministry of Finance on July 15, newly appointed Minister Mohammad Chatah expressed his belief that Lebanon could witness nine percent GDP growth if the political and security situation were stable. Chatah pledged to continue reforms at the Ministry, and [...]	2008-07-21 08:24:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1087	LEBANON: MARCH 14 WORKSHOP: IMPOSSIBLE TO COEXIST WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 23, the March 14 Secretariat held a workshop at the Bristol Hotel in Beirut to discuss and incorporate public opinion into a draft paper on civil peace and building a state of independence. The paper concluded that it is impossible to build such a state while Hizballah [...]	2008-07-24 16:46:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT1105	TELECOM MININSTER SUPPORTS PRIVATIZATION, BROADBAND [...] (SBU) During a meeting on July 24 between CDA Grant and Embassy Officers and Minister of Post and Telecommunications Gebran Bassil, the Minister indicated that he is a strong advocate of privatization, although he recognizes that it will not be easy. Meanwhile, Bassil noted that introducing bro [...]	2008-07-28 17:29:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1140	LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER STRESSES THAT ALL AGREE ON [...] (U) In a press conference on July 30, Telecom Minister Gebran Bassil stated telecom privatization is something that all Lebanese agree upon, and that close examination of the issue will take place as soon as the Cabinet's policy statement is ratified by parliament. Bassil noted that $67,000 ha [...]	2008-08-04 18:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1176	LEBANON: ECONOMISTS LET DOWN BY MINISTERIAL POLICY [...] (SBU) Prominent financial economist Dr. Charbel Nahas told us on August 6 that the ministerial statement came "far below what it should have been." He said that "this cabinet has a unique opportunity as all the political parties are represented in the cabinet; thus actions can be quickly endor [...]	2008-08-11 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1181	LEBANON: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN...AND WOMAN [...] (SBU) Though President Sleiman is still in the process of forming his staff, following is a list of individuals we believe will be key advisors and members of his staff as well as persons close to him who have no official role. OFFICIAL ADVISORS ----------------- 2. (SBU) Nazem Khoury, [...]	2008-08-12 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT1211	UNIFIL: PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTIFICATIONS FOR VISITS [...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut appreciates the efforts of USUN in bringing the issue of the suspicious incidents involving representatives of the Indian contingent of UNIFIL to the attention of the Asia and Middle East Director in the Office of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) detailed in reftel. In [...]	2008-08-18 14:35:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1213	LEBANON: PM SINIORA MAKES ENERGY DEALS IN EGYPT TRIP [...] (SBU) Board member and head of the Agriculture Committee at the Beirut Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture Raphael Debbane told us on August 13 that agriculture and industrialist representatives urged Agriculture Minister Elie Skaff to ask President Sleiman to convince his Syrian cou [...]	2008-08-18 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE

08BEIRUT1243	LEBANON: PROMISES, BUT NO FIRM COMMITMENTS, FOR EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) During his visit to Baghdad on August 20, PM Siniora discussed reinforcing bilateral economic ties with Iraq. Iraq has long been one of Lebanon's major export markets, but it has exported only a trickle of goods to Lebanon in recent years, and no oil. Daily An Nahar reported that during [...]	2008-08-25 11:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1246	LEBANON: PROMISES, BUT NO FIRM COMMITMENTS, FOR EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) During his visit to Baghdad on August 20, PM Siniora discussed reinforcing bilateral economic ties with Iraq. Iraq has long been one of Lebanon's major export markets, but it has exported only a trickle of goods to Lebanon in recent years, and no oil. Daily An Nahar reported that during [...]	2008-08-25 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1247	LEBANON: AOUNIST SOCIAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SEEKS BIGGER ROLE; [...] (SBU) During a visit by Charge Grant, newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs Dr. Mario Aoun explained that the Ministry of Social Affairs' (MOSA) main challenges in implementing social reform were overlapping responsibilities with other ministries and a small budget. Aoun said he hoped to [...]	2008-08-25 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1281	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT OPEN; NOT CLEAR WHEN IT WILL TAKE UP [...] (SBU) A senior legal trade specialist at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) told us on August 27 that, although parliament has reopened, it is not known yet if there will be progress on IPR-related draft laws and amendments that were sent to parliament in 2007. These include an amendment [...]	2008-09-02 13:33:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1311	LEBANON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR [...] (SBU) Ambassador, PolOff, ConChief, ConOff, and the Department of Homeland Security circuit-ride team leader met with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Stphane Jaquemet and UNHCR Senior Protection Officers, Ayaki Ito and Anna Leer on September 4. The UNHCR represen [...]	2008-09-05 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PTER UNSC IQ LE
08BEIRUT1321	LEBANON: MINIMUM WAGE CONTROVERSY AMONG ISSUES FORCING [...] (SBU) The cabinet cancelled is September 4 session due to lack of consensus on minimum wage increases. The next cabinet session is scheduled for September 9, and though the minimum wage is not on the formal agenda, contacts tell us it may still be discussed. So far, disagreement among cabinet [...]	2008-09-08 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1346	LEBANON: CABINET APPROVES FIRST WAGE INCREASES SINCE 1996 [...] (U) During its September 9 session, the cabinet decided to raise the minimum wage for the private and public sectors from 200 to 333 dollars per month (the first minimum wage increase since 1996) and the transportation allowance from 4 dollars to 5.30 dollars per day. In addition, it mandated a [...]	2008-09-15 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV
08BEIRUT1376	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin September 22, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed traine [...]	2008-09-19 06:16:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT1383	LEBANON: U.S. FINANCIAL CRISIS HAS NO IMPACT ON BANKING [...] (SBU) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh reportedly said that the banking and financial crisis in the U.S. will not have an impact on Lebanon's banking sector. A survey by the Banking Control Commission (BCC) showed that banks in Lebanon were not involved directly or indirectl [...]	2008-09-22 13:11:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1387	LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Khachab had no substantive response, but said that he would pass the message along to Foreign Affairs Minister Fawzi Salloukh and the GOL,s UN PermRep. In addition, Khach [...]	2008-09-22 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
08BEIRUT1394	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police 3d and 4th Instructor's course, scheduled to begin October 7, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 50 proposed train [...]	2008-09-23 08:32:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT1395	LEBANON: TASTE THE RECONCILIATION: BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) It has been an outstanding summer for Lebanon's tourism industry and service sector generally. Hotels have been full, restaurants packed, and it is impossible to find a rental car on short notice. Businesspeople are saying that political reconciliation initiatives among Lebanon's feud [...]	2008-09-23 08:33:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EIND LE
08BEIRUT1402	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Sergeants and Corporals Training course, scheduled to begin October 6, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 120 propo [...]	2008-09-25 07:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT1413	LEBANON: ELECTION LAW DRAFT GOES TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) IFES officials briefed PolOff on last minute changes to the draft electoral law submitted by the Parliament's Administration and Justice Committee to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on September 24. The draft law states that elections should take place in one day but notes that election [...]	2008-09-26 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
08BEIRUT1415	LEBANON: ENERGY MINISTER NOT EAGER FOR PRIVATIZATION, [...] (U) At a two-day workshop on electricity in parliament on September 15-16, Minister of Energy and Water Tabourian said that the best option to solve electricity problems would be continuing state ownership of the power sector, which is of "strategic importance," and corporatization of national [...]	2008-09-29 13:41:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1427	LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES APPROVED [...] (SBU) Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Oussama Khachab orally informed us September 18 that Lebanon undertook the necessary measures regarding the nine names approved by 1267 Sanctions Committee (List 103). He indicated that "the Special Investigation Commissi [...]	2008-10-02 12:17:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1440	LEBANON: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1835 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC IR LE
08BEIRUT1445	LEBANON: IMF TO ANNOUNCE NEW EPCA FOR LEBANON (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The IMF Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) team told us September 30 that the IMF will formally announce a new EPCA program for Lebanon during the Core Group Donors' meeting on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF Annual meetings October 10-13 in Washington, D.C. The new EPCA progr [...]	2008-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1475	LEBANON: FIRST MADE IN AMERICA SHOW SINCE 2005 (ECONOMIC [...] (U) For the first time since 2005, the Embassy and FCS sponsored the Made in America exposition of American products October 9-11. Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the Foreign Commercial Service Israel Hernandez and U.S. Ambassador Michele Sison, along with Lebanese Minis [...]	2008-10-14 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1476	LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC ON [...] (SBU) In an October 9 meeting with Commerce A/S Israel Hernandez and the Ambassador, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inquired about the status of the two missing American journalists and talked about the significance of the case for Lebanon. He was enthusiastic about the Embassy [...]	2008-10-14 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ECPS EINT EAID BEXP LE
08BEIRUT1496	LEBANON: REGULATOR SAYS BANKING SECTOR STRONG [...] (SBU) Boeing International Sales and Regional Directors, Edward Schacle and Anthony Arvish, met with Ambassador October 14 for an update on Boeing's interest in selling B787 to national aviation carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA),as well as to some private charter companies operating out of Be [...]	2008-10-20 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1523	LEBANON: CHATAH SAYS GOVERNMENT UNITED ON ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a Paris III donor briefing on October 23, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah stressed the current government's commitment to improving the standard of living of the Lebanese people by fostering an economic climate that encourages investment, creates jobs, and supports its people thro [...]	2008-10-24 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1529	LEBANON: FINMIN: ALL PARTS OF GOVENMENT SUPPORT ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) During a Paris III donor briefing on October 23, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah stressed the government's commitment to improving the standard of living of the Lebanese people by fostering an economic climate that encourages investment, creates jobs, and supports its people through stro [...]	2008-10-25 02:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGO LE
08BEIRUT1530	LEBANON: NOMINEE FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] Embassy Beirut nominates Ms. Maya Mansour, an attorney and human rights activist, for the 2009 International Women of Courage Award. 2. Ms. Mansour is a partner at the Public Interest Advocacy Center, PINACLE, and is a member of the Institute of Human Rights at the Beirut Bar Association. S [...]	2008-10-25 02:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO LE
08BEIRUT1534	LEBANON: UNSOPHISTICATED LEBANESE BANKING SECTOR NOT [...] (U) The Lebanese economy so far seems to have emerged unscathed from the international financial crisis. While part of the reason for its immunity to the crisis has been good banking oversight, it is actually the unsophisticated nature of the Lebanese banking sector, with its assets centered o [...]	2008-10-28 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1569	LEBANON: GOL RESUMES COLLECTING GAS EXCISE TAX (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) On October 30, the GOL resumed the collection of gasoline excise taxes, suspended while oil prices surged, following the recent fall in international oil prices. Because the tax fluctuates based on the price of oil, a continued price drop will bring in much needed additional revenues to [...]	2008-11-03 15:04:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1570	LEBANON: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TRIPOLI FACES [...] (SBU) Northern Lebanon, which is in dire need of economic development, has existing infrastructure that, if improved and utilized, could in time promote investment and create jobs. However, political roadblocks are delaying progress on current projects, particularly the expansion of Tripoli po [...]	2008-11-03 15:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD LE
08BEIRUT1605	LEBANON: GOL APPROVES NEW EPCA (ECONOMIC WEEK IN REVIEW, [...] (SBU) On November 3, the cabinet approved the signing of the IMF's Emergency Post Conflict Assistance (EPCA) II program, and informed the IMF of this decision. During the cabinet session, Chatah also gave a presentation of the 2009 budget proposal, which will be discussed at a separate session [...]	2008-11-10 07:55:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1618	LEBANON: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Econoff on October 3 and 4 delivered reftel demarche, Designation of Additional Iranian Entities and Individuals under E.O. 13382, to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Head of the Americas' Desk Oussama Khachab and to Central Bank of Lebanon Governor Salameh. Salameh heads the Special In [...]	2008-11-12 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON KTFN KNNP LE IR
08BEIRUT1627	LEBANON: CHATAH DISCUSSES BUDGET, ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said that despite differences between the U.S. and Lebanese definitions of terrorism, there is ample room for terror finance and anti-money l [...]	2008-11-13 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1630	LEBANON: TELECOM PRIVATIZATION ON TRACK, BUT UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, Embassy contacts have publicly and privately expressed doubts that the privatization of mobile telecom licenses can take place before the spring 2009 parliamentary elections. Most contacts blame poor market conditions following the international financial crisis for the [...]	2008-11-14 09:28:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1643	LEBANON: CABINET REJECTS CONTRACT FOR FRENCH FIRM'S [...] (U) (U) On November 15, the cabinet rejected Minister of Telecommunications (MOT) Gebran Bassil's proposal to contract French company Sofrecom (100 percent owned by France Telecom) to manage one of the GOL-owned mobile companies until it is privatized later this year. Bassil's proposal came in [...]	2008-11-17 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1686	LEBANON: FRANCE LOOSENS CONDITIONALITY ON SECOND TRANCHE [...] (SBU) On November 20, during French PM Frangois Fillon's visit to Beirut, France and Lebanon signed an amendment to the Paris III conditions for disbursement of French budgetary support. Lebanon has already received a 150 million euro loan for budgetary support under Paris III. The amendment [...]	2008-11-26 11:53:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1690	LEBANON: STUDENT AND ASSOCIATION VOTES SPLIT BY MARCH 14 [...] (U) Results of recent elections in several university student councils suggest that Lebanese society is divided between March 14 and the opposition. March 14, however, dominated recent professional association elections. The outcomes of such elections generally are predicated on local circums [...]	2008-11-26 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT1706	LEBANON: PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO IRAN YIELDS NO NEW ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Arab nationalist As-Safir reported November 26 that during the visit to Iran of President Sleiman November 24-25, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a joint Lebanese-Iranian ministerial commission will soon be set up to reinforce bilateral relations, revive previous agreements si [...]	2008-12-01 08:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1725	LEBANON AND FINANCIAL CRISIS: IMF SAYS GOOD OVERSIGHT HAS [...] (U) In its first report on Lebanon since the onset of the global financial crisis, the IMF indicated that oversight by local supervisory authorities has so far shielded the banking system from direct impact of the crisis. It warned that the crisis could impact Lebanon through weakening conditi [...]	2008-12-05 12:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1752	LEBANON: PRESIDENT CARTER WELCOMED POLITELY BY POLITICOS, [...] (SBU) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an accompanying delegation presented a proposal to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Interior Minister Ziad Baroud to send a team to observe the 2009 parliamentary elections. Baroud welcomed Carter's proposal, but noted that it required cabinet appro [...]	2008-12-12 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1763	LEBANON: NEW SALARY MEASURES COULD BREAK THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) On December 11, a parliamentary committees approved a set of measures which, if implemented, will put a significant additional burden on state finances. While the measures still require approval by the full parliament, their passage would dramatically increase Lebanon's already huge budg [...]	2008-12-16 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1775	LEBANON: USG CASH TRANSFER: IS GAS EXCISE TAX REFORM [...] (SBU) In a December 18 meeting with NEA DAS Hale and the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he may want to retain the imposition of a gasoline excise tax as a condition for the disbursement of USG budget support pledged at Paris III, instead of replacing it with a reform of elect [...]	2008-12-22 04:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1790	LEBANON: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, questions regarding export license application 050055911 for the export of carbines to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) in Lebanon, Post confirms that this is a legitimate ISF purchase. In coordination with Embassy's Office of Defense Coordination (ODC) [...]	2008-12-24 04:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC LE
08BEIRUT1791	LEBANON: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, questions regarding export license application 050057708 for the export of 10 million centerfire ammunition, calibers 5.56, 9mm, and 40S&W to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) in Lebanon, Post confirms that this is a legitimate ISF purchase. In coordinat [...]	2008-12-24 04:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG ETTC GM KOMC LE
08BEIRUT1798	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR PROJECTS HIGHER DEFICIT AND [...] (U) In a televised interview on December 21, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh said the deficit will reach $2.66 billion in 2009, and will further grow by ten percent as a result of the recently approved salary increases in the public sector. He also indicated that inflation [...]	2008-12-30 10:11:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT322	LEBANON: ENERGY MINISTER VISITS SYRIA (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) Acting Energy and Water Minister Safadi on February 23 attended the Arab Energy Ministers meeting in Damascus, hosted by Syrian PM Naji Ottari, to discuss the Arab gas pipeline project. Safadi also met on the sidelines with Syrian Minister of Electricity Ahmad Khaled Al-Ali to discuss the [...]	2008-03-03 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT334	Lebanon: Print Media -- Newspapers [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This cable provides information on Lebanese newspapers including political affiliations and circulation figures where available. Lebanon's print media is diverse, vibrant and often opinionated. There a [...]	2008-03-05 08:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR OPRC KPAO PREF PREL KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT335	PD PROGRAMS ATTRACT YOUTH THROUGHOUT LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: Youth from throughout Lebanon are increasingly interested in Public Diplomacy's (PD) student programs. Results from the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) and English Access Microscholarship programs indicate that PD's outreach includes students from all groups of Lebanon's diverse se [...]	2008-03-05 13:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC SCUL KPAO
08BEIRUT339	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TO HOLD FIRST CONVENTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) The March 14 coalition, seeking to build on the momentum gained during the February 14, 2008 third commemoration of Rafiq Hariri's assassination, which rallied larger than expected crowds, is planning its first ever convention [...]	2008-03-05 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT356	LEBANON: SWAP OF MATURING EUROBONDS AND FRENCH SOFT LOAN [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Finance (MOF) on March 6 contracted with international financial institution Credit Suisse and local Audi Bank as lead managers in a new five-year Eurobond to refinance March 12 maturities amounting to $869 million, a senior MOF source told us. The coupon is estimated to [...]	2008-03-10 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT359	LEBANON: ADVANCING FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] (SBU) Lebanon's democratic traditions go back at least to its initial elections in 1854, under Ottoman Empire rule. The key landmarks in Lebanon's democratic history are the 1924 Constitution, the National Pact of 1940, and the 1989 Ta'if Accord. Throughout Lebanon's history democratic initi [...]	2008-03-10 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BEIRUT393	LEBANON: WILL LEBANON RECEIVE PROMISED NATURAL GAS? [...] (SBU) General Manager of the government-owned Tripoli and Zahrani (south Lebanon) Oil Installations Sarkis Hlaiss expressed skepticism that Lebanon will start receiving natural gas through the Arab gas pipeline this summer as announced by Acting Energy Minister Safadi on February 27. Hlaiss to [...]	2008-03-17 14:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT406	LEBANON: PROSPECT OF HIZBALLAH WAR WITH ISRAEL PROMPTS SOME [...] (U) Rumors of an imminent Hizballah-Israeli war have spread throughout various regions of Lebanon, namely southern Lebanon, the Biqa', and the southern suburbs of Beirut. These rumors have led many to prepare themselves for such a war: renewing their passports, stocking up on food, applying [...]	2008-03-19 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IS LE
08BEIRUT418	LEBANON: IMF SEES POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR 2008 DESPITE [...] (SBU) IMF resident representative Edward Gardner told us on March 18 that the outlook for 2008 looks positive even if the political situation remains unresolved, forecasting two to four percent GDP growth, continuing rise in deposit inflows, and a small drop in the debt to GDP ratio. On the fi [...]	2008-03-25 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT448	LEBANON: MOBILE PRIVATIZATION DELAYED (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (SBU) Senior contacts at the Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT) and the Higher Council for Privatization (HCP) told us on March 28 that mobile privatization will be delayed. The deadlines for submitting bids and for conducting the auction for the sale of Lebanon's two mobile companies expire [...]	2008-03-31 13:42:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT472	LEBANON: RECONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO REPAIR 2006 [...] (U) The GOL and some Arab donors continue to pay beneficiaries compensation to rebuild houses destroyed or damaged in the July 2006 war, but the GOL needs additional funds to complete the process. The opposition has continuously attacked the GOL regarding disbursement of compensation, and even [...]	2008-04-07 04:06:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM MNUC LE
08BEIRUT478	LEBANON: LABOR STRIKES AND NEW TAX ON SYRIAN BORDER AFFECT [...] (U) The Teachers' Union (including public, private and technical school teachers, and Lebanese University professors) held a "warning" strike on April 3 demanding higher wages, citing dramatic increases in the cost of living. Teachers' wages have been unchanged since 1996. Organizers stressed [...]	2008-04-07 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT483	VISIT OF INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO LEBANON MARCH 30-31, [...] (U) Summary: During his official visit to Lebanon March 30 to March 31, 2008, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),David T. Johnson reaffirmed the U.S. government commitment to a sovereign, democratic Lebanon, and discussed INL's continuing [...]	2008-04-08 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL PBTS NAS PGOV IS SY LE
08BEIRUT502	PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON POLICE BASIC CADET TRAINING [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin April 21, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed trainees i [...]	2008-04-11 10:33:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT508	LEBANON: CENTRAL BANK FOREIGN ASSETS INCREASE BY EIGHT [...] (U) The Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) balance sheet reached $34.48 billion at the end of March 2008, compared to $32.3 billion at the end of 2007 -- an increase of 6.7 percent. Assets in foreign currencies increased by eight percent in the first quarter of 2008, and reached $13.39 billion, up [...]	2008-04-14 09:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT538	LEBANON: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GROUP ASKS USTR TO UPGRADE [...] (U) The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) asked The United States Trade Representative (USTR) to upgrade Lebanon from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List. The IIPA attributed its recommendation to the fact that anti-piracy efforts by the Lebanese authorities have shown [...]	2008-04-21 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT540	LEBANON: SHOOTING IN ZAHLE KILLS TWO PHALANGE MEMBERS [...] (U) On April 20, two members of former President Amine Gemayel's Phalange party ("Kataeb") were killed and two others wounded during a shooting incident at a party branch office. During an inauguration ceremony for the new office, two Zahle residents, followers of MP Elie Skaff (who is allied [...]	2008-04-21 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT572	LEBANON: IMF MISSION TO DISCUSS NEW EPCA PROGRAM; ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is expected to arrive in Beirut on April 29 for a two-week visit to discuss a new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program for Lebanon, Finance Minister Jihad Azour told Charge on April 23. The mission will discuss and negotiate wi [...]	2008-04-28 09:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT581	LEBANON: BANKERS VALUE U.S. ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) Senior officials from a cross-section of Lebanese banks told Charge that USG financial assistance, especially where it shows confidence in the banking system, is critical. OPIC loans, managed by Citibank, of $108 in early 2007 and $153 in 2008, are popular with the banks and the borrower [...]	2008-04-30 11:36:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ENIV PGOV SY SA LE
08BEIRUT609	LEBANON: PRESSURE TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE AND MAY 7 STRIKE; [...] (U) Sources in the Finance Ministry expect the Lebanese cabinet on 05/05 to approve an increase in the minimum monthly salary (currently $200/month) of $100-130, of which part will be transportation allowance, according to moderate anti-Syrian An-Nahar. An-Nahar indicated that the GOL will als [...]	2008-05-05 13:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT649	MGLB01: CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) In reponse to reftel para 4a, following is the contact information for Country Team members: Michele Sison ------------- CDA Office 961-4-544-260 4200 Mobile 961-3-533-900 Office STE 961-4-543-600 4444 Home 961-4-544-260 4259 Home ST [...]	2008-05-10 20:07:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASE CASCC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT LE
08BEIRUT690	LEBANON: CABINET REVOKES CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS [...] (U) On May 14, the Cabinet revoked its two contentious decisions on transferring the head of airport security after discovering Hizballah-installed monitoring cameras and declaring Hizballah's fiber optics network illegal. The decisions, which sparked street violence between Hizballah fighter [...]	2008-05-15 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT722	LEBANON: ECONOMY DEMONSTRATES RESILIENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Following the endorsement of the Arab Ministerial Committee agreement by all political leaders on May 15, all roads that were blocked since May 7 immediately reopened, including the road leading to Beirut International Airport (BIA) and the Masna (Biqa') border crossing; national and intern [...]	2008-05-19 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT724	LEBANON: PETITION FOR CIVIL PEACEFUL RESISTANCE AND [...] (U) On May 18, a group of 327 civil society activists, politicians, intellectual and media figures signed and publicly released a petition in which they accused Hizballah of attempting to seize full authority in Lebanon and linking the country to the Gaza-Damascus-Tehran axis by destroying the [...]	2008-05-19 14:40:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT747	LEBANON: STOCKS SOAR ON NEWS OF POLITICAL SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Prices of Lebanese stocks soared on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) on May 21 and 22 after Lebanese political leaders reached an agreement in Doha. Real estate consortium Solidere and some bank shares reached the exchange-mandated percentage limits on how much share prices may increase. [...]	2008-05-22 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT770	LEBANON: NASRALLAH EXTENDS HAND FOR PARTNERSHIP, BUT [...] (U) During a ceremony held in the Beirut southern suburbs to mark the eighth anniversary of the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah delivered a televised speech in which he extended to the GOL the hand for partnership and cooperation, but at the same time just [...]	2008-05-27 12:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR LE
08BEIRUT772	LEBANON: STOCKS SOAR/INVESTMENTS PICK UP FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Prices of Lebanese stocks soared on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) on May 21 and 22 after Lebanese political leaders reached an agreement in Doha. Real estate consortium Solidere and some bank shares reached the BSE cap on daily price fluctuations. The market saw some profit-taking on M [...]	2008-05-27 12:47:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT819	LEBANON: STOCK MARKET BEGINS CORRECTION PHASE, TOURIST [...] (SBU) The prices of listed shares on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) started to drop the beginning of the week of May 26, due to technical factors and some profit taking, BSE president Dr. Fadi Khalaf told us on May 28. Khalaf explained that the market is in "a correction phase," after the sub [...]	2008-06-02 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT861	LEBANON: LABOR CONFEDERATION IN HIZBALLAH'S GRIP (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) According to a long-time employee at the General Labor Confederation (GLC),Hizballah has been exerting almost full control over the GLC for the last three years. The GLC has totally ignored labor demands, and has been transformed into a political tool which Hizballah uses against the GO [...]	2008-06-09 05:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT896	LEBANON: SEVERE POWER CUTS AND INCREASED GAS AND [...] (U) It is expected that power outages will be reduced in frequency after Finance Minister Azour approved opening $140 million Letters of Credit for fuel imports for national power utility Electricite du Liban (EDL). Azour indicated that EDL is using power cuts to put pressure on the GOL and Tr [...]	2008-06-16 05:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT897	LEBANON: PARTICIPATION IN THE FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS [...] (SBU) The entity that represents Lebanon at the FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission is the Lebanese Standards Institution, known by the acronym LIBNOR. Currently, political parties in Lebanon are negotiating formation of a new cabinet. Given that travel expenses to attend the commission me [...]	2008-06-16 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
08BEIRUT929	LEBANON: FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR SWANEE HUNT ENCOURAGES [...] (SBU) In a visit to Beirut, former U.S. Ambassador and Harvard University John F. Kennedy school professor, Swane Hunt, met with a cross-section of talented andsuccessful Lebanese women active in business, civil society and politics. Although she recognized the importance of the current role [...]	2008-06-25 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI LE
08BEIRUT935	Lebanon: Leahy Vetting For Participants in INL's Lebanon [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 7, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 201 proposed trainees inc [...]	2008-06-26 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT944	LEBANON: INCREASE IN FLOUR SUBSIDIES FORCE BAKERIES TO [...] (U) Following a unilateral decision by the Union of Bakeries on June 25 to increase the price of Arabic flat bread -- without consulting the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET) -- from $1 to $1.3, the union retracted its decision on June 26, after the Ministry decided to further increase its s [...]	2008-06-30 04:58:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT973	LEBANON: SYRIA NOT IN A RUSH TO PROVIDE LEBANON WITH [...] (SBU) Advisor to Acting Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Mohammed Safadi, Raymond Ghajar, told us on July 3 that Lebanon will not receive Egyptian natural gas to run the Beddawi power plant (northern Lebanon) as anticipated in June/July because the infrastructure between Syria and Lebanon's n [...]	2008-07-03 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT974	LEBANON TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 14:33:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFTN EFIN PTER PREL PGOV LE
08BELGRADE1007	SERBIA INTENDS TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT [...] (SBU) Serbia intends to seek membership in the Wassenaar Arrangement 2. (SBU) Comment: Serbia's initiative to seek Wassenaar membership is MUNTER [...]	2008-09-26 15:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP SR
08BELGRADE1008	SERBIA INTENDS TO SEEK MEMBERSHIP IN WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT [...] (SBU) Serbia intends to seek membership in the Wassenaar Arrangement within the next several months, MFA Director for Weapons Control Ambassador Branka Latinovic told us on September 24. She said the government had already taken the decision to start the process and hoped to finalize "internal [...]	2008-09-26 15:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP SR
08BELGRADE1009	SERBIA: IRF RELEASE PROMPTS COMPARISON, CRITICISM [...] (SBU) The release of the 2008 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report (reftel) drew a strong response from the Serbian Ministry of Religion and in the press. While expressing dissatisfaction regarding the report's conclusions about the discriminatory nature of the Serbian religion law, c [...]	2008-09-26 15:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF SR KV
08BELGRADE1020	SERBIA: PRESIDENT TADIC SAYS KOSOVO'S PARTITION IS AN [...] (SBU) Serbian President Boris Tadic publicly stated on Monday that Kosovo's partition was an option, if all other options failed. His comments followed his lobbying efforts in New York where he publicly said all options were on the table, but where he did not mention partition. Although his t [...]	2008-09-30 13:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE1026	SERBIA'S AUTONOMOUS PROVINCE OF VOJVODINA PRESENTS ITS [...] (SBU) A draft of new governing legislation for the autonomous province of Vojvodina released by the province's Democratic Party (DS)-led coalition has attracted the criticism of nationalist parties, who charge that it is unconstitutional and separatist. DS coalition partners G-17 Plus and the [...]	2008-10-01 14:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE1029	SERBIA: TADIC CLARIFIES COMMENTS ON PARTITION [...] (SBU) In response to the media flurry over his recent comments on Kosovo partition, Serbian President Boris Tadic held a press conference on September 30 to clarify Serbia's stance on Kosovo. He did not rule out the idea of partition completely, but stressed that he was not proposing it and w [...]	2008-10-02 12:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE104	THE SANDZAK: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS A "REHEARSAL" FOR LOCAL [...] (SBU) For leaders of Southwestern Serbia's predominantly Muslim Sandzak region, the results of the presidential election suggest that May's local elections will bring a new, more democratic local government. On January 20, local voters largely ignored Novi Pazar Mayor Suleman Ugljanin's endor [...]	2008-01-28 17:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV BK
08BELGRADE1040	SERBIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST RULING PARTY MAYOR FOR [...] (SBU) Popular ruling party mayor Goran Knezevic was arrested October 1 and charged with participating in a criminal conspiracy. The arrest comes less than a month after statements by top officials of the ruling Democratic Party (DS) announcing a crackdown on corruption. The media and observers [...]	2008-10-03 15:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR SR
08BELGRADE1059	SERBIA: NEIGHBORS' KOSOVO RECOGNITION UNDERMINES ICJ [...] (SBU) The Government of Serbia reacted strongly to the coordinated announcements late on October 9 by neighbors Montenegro and Macedonia to recognize Kosovo, declaring the Montenegrin and Macedonian ambassadors personae non gratae. The new recognitions, coming the day after the UN General Ass [...]	2008-10-10 16:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR MK MW KV
08BELGRADE1072	SERBIA: FORMER RADICAL NIKOLIC FORMS PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (SBU) Former Radical and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) leader Tomislav Nikolic gave his first press conference on October 8 outlining SNS principles, which include engaging countries that recognize Kosovo independence. The SNS is steadily gaining support among the rank-and-file of the Serbia [...]	2008-10-16 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1098	SERBIA AND UN AGREE ON 6 POINT TEXT ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Serbian leaders are positioning themselves to accept EULEX by the November 7 UN Security Council meeting on Kosovo. In preparation, both the UN and Serbian officials have agreed to language on the so-called 6-points which they wish to insert into the SRSG report to the UNSC on November [...]	2008-10-22 14:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR MK MW KV
08BELGRADE1108	SERBIA: EX-RADICALS TOUT OPENNESS AND CHANGE AT FOUNDING [...] (SBU) At the founding congress of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS),newly elected president Tomislav Nikolic and his deputy Aleksandar Vucic emphasized themes of open dialogue and change in tackling Serbia's political challenges. Seeking to appear moderate and to distance themselves from t [...]	2008-10-24 13:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1116	SERBIA ARRESTS FUGITIVE MILADIN KOVACEVIC [...] (SBU) Serbian police detained fugitive Miladin Kovacevic on October 28 in connection with his alleged assault of a U.S. citizen in May and his subsequent flight from justice using a travel document obtained from the Serbian consulate in New York under suspicious circumstances. Kovacevic will [...]	2008-10-28 12:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE112	SERBIA: POSITIVE RECEPTION FOR INTERIM AGREEMENT WITH EU [...] (SBU) President Boris Tadic was able to spin the January 28 announcement of a political agreement between the EU and Serbia as a victory. He thereby avoided a self-inflicted wound, since he had promised an SAA signature without securing it in advance. End Summary. Positive Media Coverage [...]	2008-01-29 16:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE1123	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PREPARES FOR ELECTION AS PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Following its October 24 meeting, the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) announced that 94-year old Patriarch Pavle had submitted a request to relinquish his duties. If, as anticipated, the Holy Assembly of Bishops accepts the request at its upcoming meeting on November 11, [...]	2008-10-29 15:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE1124	SERBIAN JUDGE ORDERS FUGITIVE KOVACEVIC TO BE HELD WITHOUT [...] (SBU) A Serbian judge has denied bail to fugitive Miladin Kovacevic and former consul Slobodan Nenadovic, meaning both will spend at least 30 days behind bars while Serbian investigators look into charges against them. The story has attracted significant local press coverage, with much ink de [...]	2008-10-30 07:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE1148	SERBIA'S SANDZAK: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES [...] (SBU) Though still facing significant economic and political challenges, Novi Pazar, the largest predominantly Muslim city in Serbia, is no longer the potential tinderbox that it was just a year ago. May's election of a democratically oriented - though inexperienced - mayor, and the subsequent [...]	2008-11-06 08:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE1167	SERBIA TRADES ICJ REFERRAL FOR IRAN NAM VOTE [...] (SBU) During a November 7 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister Feodor Starcevic, Director General for Multilateral Relations, confirmed to us that Serbia will abstain from the upcoming UN General Assembly Third Committee vote on the Iran no-action motion (NAM)(reftel). Starcevic stated bluntly that [...]	2008-11-13 14:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN SR
08BELGRADE1169	SERBIA STANDS FIRM ON EULEX CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) While talks on EULEX deployment and the upcoming report to the Secretary General continue in Pristina, Serbian leaders are making daily public statements emphasizing that the language they have agreed to should not be changed and reiterating their three conditions for EULEX deployment: [...]	2008-11-13 19:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE1175	SERBIA AND THE IMF REACH AGREEMENT ON A STAND-BY [...] (U) Serbian Government announced on November 14 an agreement with the IMF on a new 15-month $516 million Stand-By Arrangement. The Finance Minister highlighted that the arrangement was a stand-by arrangement and that Serbia would withdraw funds "only if needed." She also announced a cut in pub [...]	2008-11-14 14:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE118	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ENTERS FINAL STRETCH STILL [...] (SBU) In the final week of campaigning, Serbia's two presidential candidates are hot after the votes and each other. President Boris Tadic is taking two campaign messages to the people: A vote for Tadic is a vote for Serbia's European future and economic well-being; and a vote for Radical Par [...]	2008-01-30 16:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1186	SERBIA: FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS IT WILL ABSTAIN ON IRAN [...] (SBU) During a November 17 meeting in Belgrade, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic confirmed to visiting EUR/SCE Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones that Serbia would abstain from the upcoming UN General Assembly Third Committee vote on the Iran no-action motion (NAM)(reftels). Jeremic [...]	2008-11-18 14:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN SR

08BELGRADE1197	HAGUE TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR VISITS SERBIA [...] (SBU) On his final visit to Serbia before completing his December report to the UN Security Council, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz told us on November 17 that Serbia's political will and operational capability had increased dramatical [...]	2008-11-21 09:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KAWC SR
08BELGRADE1200	SERBIA: FM JEREMIC TAKES A BRUISING IN THE PRESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 12:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE1207	SERBIA TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Vladan Lazovic, First Secretary with the MFA Human Rights Directorate, told PolOff on November 21 that Serbia likely will abstain on the UNGA resolutions reaffirming the existence and activities of three UN bodies that promote a culture of bias against Israel (reftel). 2. (SBU) Lazo [...]	2008-11-24 10:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS SR
08BELGRADE1217	SERBIA: HOLY ASSEMBLY RETAINS PATRIARCH PAVLE [...] (SBU) The annual fall session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) ended with a whimper on November 15. Although the Sabor reportedly discussed the life, organization, and mission of the Church, it failed to resolve decisively the most pressing issues. [...]	2008-11-26 14:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE1226	SERBIA: STILL NO GRAND ECONOMIC STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Serbia has so far escaped the worst of the initial effects of the global financial crisis. The economy is slowing and the government faces a difficult 2009 with declining revenues, a sharp slowdown in economic growth, increasing spending demands from the diverse government coalition and [...]	2008-12-01 06:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1243	SERBIA: ATTACKS ON G-17 PLUS CREATE UNCERTAINTY IN [...] (SBU) A rising crescendo of public criticism of G-17 Plus leader Mladjan Dinkic and high-profile party appointees such as the director of Belgrade "Nikola Tesla" airport has prompted speculation that some within President Tadic's Democratic Party are seeking to oust G-17 Plus from the governme [...]	2008-12-03 15:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1250	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS JUDICIAL REFORM AMID [...] (SBU) The Serbian Parliament is developing a package of legislation designed to strengthen the judiciary and improve its efficiency. Some observers, especially the Judges Association of Serbia, have criticized the bills for requiring the selection of new judges for all courts, warning this cou [...]	2008-12-05 15:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE1261	SERBIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FOR MOUNTED OPERATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission supports the Country Team's proposal for Section 1206 funds to establish a regional Mounted Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) facility for the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF). 2. (SBU) Purpose and Background: The MOUT complex will address an urgent need to provide an ad [...]	2008-12-09 13:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS SR
08BELGRADE1268	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...]	2008-12-10 14:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR
08BELGRADE1270	SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 19-20 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Your visit to Serbia comes as we are rebuilding high-level contacts with a new, pro-European Serbian government in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence. The recent agreement in the UN Security Council on the deployment of the European Union's Rule of Law mission was a crucia [...]	2008-12-10 14:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR SR
08BELGRADE1275	SERBIA: DELTA REAL ESTATE'S LOFTY PLANS TEMPERED BY [...] (SBU) In October 2008, Delta Holdings, owned by controversial Serbian billionaire Miroslav Miskovic, opened the region's second modern shopping mall in Montenegro with high level government officials and business elite from Serbia and neighboring countries in attendance. Just a year after the [...]	2008-12-10 15:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD SR ZL
08BELGRADE1287	SERBIA: PLANNED CHANGES TO EXTRADITION LAW WOULD RESOLVE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para. 3. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In order to get on the Schengen "white list" for visa-free travel to the European Union, Serbia needs to change its law to permit extradition of its nationals. This change would create a legal basis for [...]	2008-12-11 16:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE1291	SUPPORT OF EUCOM'S 1206 PROPOSAL FOR THE SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission supports EUCOM's proposal for Section 1206 funds to establish a South-Eastern European Regional Airspace and Surveillance Center (SEERASC) in Serbia as part of the overall SEERASC initiative. 2. (SBU) Purpose and Background: EUCOM's SEERASC initiative will facilita [...]	2008-12-12 16:02:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR MASS NATO SR
08BELGRADE1294	SERBIA TO CONSIDER ALL PROPOSALS FOR UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] (SBU) Marija Antonijevic, Director for the MFA's United Nations Directorate, told us on December 12 that Serbia would review and consider all proposals put forward for the Harmonization of Conditions of Service (reftel). Antonijevic said Serbia would take into consideration the position of t [...]	2008-12-15 12:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA SR
08BELGRADE1302	SERBIA: GAZPROM NIS PURCHASE CONTINUES TO DIVIDE SERBIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 05:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
08BELGRADE131	SERBIA: AS CAMPAIGN CLOSES, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TOO [...] (SBU) As Serbia's presidential election campaign drew to a close, both candidates made their final pitch to voters in an effort to secure what could be a narrow victory or a contested win on Sunday's election day. In a televised debate and rallies, Boris Tadic promoted his European agenda, and [...]	2008-02-01 17:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE132	SERBIAN VOTERS TURN OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS TO REELECT [...] (U) Record numbers of voters on both sides of a deeply polarized electorate headed to the polls February 3 to elect Serbia's next president, choosing Democratic incumbent Boris Tadic over his Radical Party opponent Tomislav Nikolic. Preliminary results put Tadic 100,000 votes ahead of Nikolic [...]	2008-02-03 20:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1326	SERBIA: NEW PROGRESSIVE PARTY'S POLICY PLATFORM AND PLANS [...] (SBU) The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS),led by ex-Radicals Tomislav Nikolic and Aleksandar Vucic, has recently advocated a more active role of the government in the economy coupled with a shift away from focusing on macroeconomic fundamentals. Despite rampant speculation to the contrary, S [...]	2008-12-24 07:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SR
08BELGRADE1332	SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF IN OPEN [...] (SBU) A simmering conflict between Serbia's civilian and military defense leaders burst into the open with a front-page interview in which Army Chief of Staff Zdravko Ponos boldly criticized Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac and alleged that Serbia had neither a national security strategy n [...]	2008-12-26 13:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SR
08BELGRADE1333	SERBIA: ALMOST A DONE DEAL - TADIC AND MEDVEDEV TO SIGN [...] The Serbian government announced that on December 24 in Moscow, a Serbian delegation headed by President Boris Tadic and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would officially sign three separate contracts to sell Serbian state owned oil company NIS to Russian Gazprom, construct the South Stream p [...]	2008-12-29 06:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1338	CONGRESSMAN POE'S MEETING WITH SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Tangible progress toward European integration in 2009 - namely EU candidacy status and visa liberalization - is necessary for Serbia to weather the coming economic crisis and avoid destabilization, Foreign Minister Jeremic told Congressman Ted Poe on December 19. Jeremic asked for U.S. [...]	2008-12-29 09:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SR
08BELGRADE1341	SERBIA MADE AWARE OF JUNE 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 12:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SR
08BELGRADE1343	SERBIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST NINE SERBIAN-CITIZEN ALBANIANS [...] (SBU) On December 26 in southern Serbia's Presevo Valley, authorities arrested nine Serbian-citizen Albanians on allegations of war crimes committed against Serbs in neighboring Kosovo in 1999. Police are searching for an additional eight suspects while judicial proceedings have begun in Belg [...]	2008-12-30 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR KV
08BELGRADE1345	SERBIA: PRESIDENT FIRES ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF PONOS [...] (U) Following several hours of debate in the National Security Council on December 29, President Tadic announced on December 30 that he had relieved Army Chief of Staff (CHOD) Zdravko Ponos of his official duties. While the short announcement on the presidency web site did not provide any det [...]	2008-12-30 15:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SR
08BELGRADE136	SERBIA: REELECTED PRESIDENT TADIC [...] (U) Serbian President Boris Tadic won reelection, February 3, edging out his Radical Party opponent, Tomislav Nikolic thanks to a large last-minute turnout. Tadic cast the election as a referendum for European integration, economic recovery, and political reform, and a majority of the voters [...]	2008-02-04 13:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE142	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT TEETERS AT PROSPECT OF EU ROLE IN [...] (SBU) The EU invitation to Serbia to sign an interim political agreement with EU member states has brought to the forefront the division between newly re-elected President Tadic and his coalition partner Prime Minister Kostunica over Europe, and threatens to bring down the government. The pro [...]	2008-02-05 11:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE143	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT COLLAPSE LIKELY, BUT NO ONE KNOWS HOW [...] (SBU) Serbia's government is likely to fall. Prime Minister Kostunica has taken a stand against his pro-EU coalition partners. Through the current roiling within the political community it appears that Kostunica may attempt to cobble together a new government with the support of the Radical P [...]	2008-02-05 17:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE145	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT STUCK [...] (SBU) The continuing political crisis in the Serbia has brought the government to a standstill. Prime Minister Kostunica refuses to convene his Cabinet and the Speaker refuses to convene Parliament. The first casualty of the show-down between the members of the ruling coalition is the interim [...]	2008-02-06 17:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE146	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT STUCK [...] (SBU) The continuing political crisis in Serbia has brought the government to a standstill. Prime Minister Kostunica refuses to convene his Cabinet and the Speaker refuses to convene Parliament. The first casualty of the show-down between the members of the ruling coalition is the interim agr [...]	2008-02-06 18:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE148	MECHANISMS FOR THE FALL OF GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The anticipated fall of the government of Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's and rise of a successor could follow different trajectories. Possible scenarios include the resignation of PM Kostunica, a parliamentary vote of no confidence in the government, and a government recommendation [...]	2008-02-07 16:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE150	BELGRADE HOPES FOR SLOW CHANGE IN KOSOVO STATUS [...] (SBU) Kosovo Ministry officials told visiting State and Defense Department representatives on January 30 that only a compromise on Kosovo final status would lead to a durable solution. Assistant Kosovo Ministers urged "incremental" changes in Kosovo and said a "surge to independence" would de [...]	2008-02-08 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE155	SERBIA: DESPITE GOVERNMENT CRISIS SERBIA FINALIZES MINING [...] (U) While the Serbian Government spent the week largely paralyzed due to Prime Minister Kostunica's (DSS) refusal to call a government session, on February 7 a conference call among ministers approved the privatization sale of mining firm RTB Bor to Austrian A-Tec. The government needed to ap [...]	2008-02-08 16:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SR
08BELGRADE162	DSS Delivers Ultimatum while Government Stalemate [...] (SBU) In the ongoing political stalemate in Serbia's government (reftels),Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) has presented a clear ultimatum to President Boris Tadic and his Democratic Party (DS): Compromise is only possible if the DS fully renounces its in [...]	2008-02-12 06:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE165	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: [...] (SBU) On February 6 the Ambassador met with UNHCR Representative in Serbia Lennart Kotsalainen to discuss UNHCR humanitarian response and preparedness in case of population movements from Kosovo into Serbia. Kotsalainen said that signals from Kosovo thus far have been good. He added that the [...]	2008-02-12 17:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR
08BELGRADE166	Tadic Caves: DS and DSS Confirm the "Necessity of a Unified [...] (SBU) The Democratic Party (DS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) said on February 12 that their number one priority was to pursue a unified position protecting the territorial integrity of Serbia, and government's institutions will work towards fulfilling this objective. Missing from [...]	2008-02-12 17:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG KS
08BELGRADE167	TRIAL of ALLEGED MUSLIM EXTREMISTS IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) The trial of 14 Muslims from Serbia's Sandzak region on charges of terrorism and related charges began on January 14. According to the indictment, the group was planning attacks on the U.S. Embassy and other sites in Belgrade and Novi Pazar, as well as the murder of an Islamic religious l [...]	2008-02-13 06:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ASEC PTER SR US
08BELGRADE171	SERBIA ON THE EVE OF KOSOVO'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders and activists are preparing for Kosovo's imminent declaration of independence and the European Union's decision to deploy a mission to Kosovo. Ruling parties plan to convene parliament to oppose both moves, while nationalist groups have announced protests calling an EU [...]	2008-02-14 06:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE182	MGKV01: EMBASSY BELGRADE WILL OPEN FEBRUARY 20 [...] (SBU) Post EAC met February 19, at 1700 local time at the Ambassador's residence to assess the security situation in Belgrade. RSO reported that there were no incidents in front of the Embassy during the last 24 hours. Police presence has been active around the city in breaking up groups of p [...]	2008-02-19 19:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC AEMR AMGT PREL SR
08BELGRADE185	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) The Serbian government is making good on its promise to oppose Kosovo independence at every turn. Political leaders and government officials have taken Serbia's fight into international arenas, pressing their points with legalistic arguments. The government is skirmishing diplomatically [...]	2008-02-20 12:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KV SR
08BELGRADE206	SERBIA: PM CALLS TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica recommended on March 8 to dissolve parliament and for new parliamentary elections be held. He said this was the best solution for ending the ongoing government gridlock over Serbia's Kosovo policy and its path to Europe. President Tadic said he would a [...]	2008-03-10 11:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO KV XG SR
08BELGRADE21	SERBIA: UNHCR FINALIZES KOSOVO CONTINGENCY PLANNING WHILE [...] (SBU) In the lead-up to Kosovo final status UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has finalized preparations on its contingency planning related to possible population displacements within and out of Kosovo. UNHCR assumes final status will involve a form of supervised independence for Kos [...]	2008-01-04 17:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR
08BELGRADE218	SERBIA: LONG-TERM DAMAGE TO FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (SBU) President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) and other pro-Western parties hope that Serbia will be able to return to European integration after Kosovo subsides. Others in government recognize that the freeze between Serbia and the EU may last longer. But even pro-European party insid [...]	2008-03-11 11:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SR XG KV
08BELGRADE22	CANDIDATES FOR SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Nine candidates submitted and met the requirements to run in Serbia's presidential elections, scheduled for January 20. The nine candidates include Radical Party deputy Tomas Nikolic; Serbia's President, Boris Tadic of the Democratic Party; Liberal Democratic Party head Cedomir Jovanovic; [...]	2008-01-04 17:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SR
08BELGRADE232	SERBIA: DRASKOVIC TO FORM ELECTION COALITION WITH DS [...] (SBU) Former Foreign Minister and leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, Vuk Draskovic, told the Ambassador March 12 that he intended to join a coalition with the Democratic Party for the May elections. Draskovic encouraged Washington and Pristina to accept Kosovo Serbs participation in the M [...]	2008-03-13 16:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW KV
08BELGRADE26	SERBIA STILL DEALING WITH RUSSIA ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) In a January 4 meeting with Serbia's Energy Minister Aleksandar Popovic, the Charge emphasized U.S. concerns regarding potential nontransparent deals between Serbia and Russia's energy giant, Gazprom, and encouraged Serbia not to limit any future options for developing or supplying Serbi [...]	2008-01-08 08:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE269	SERBIA: PFP ON HOLD, BUT STILL WANTS OPEN DOOR AT BUCHAREST [...] (SBU) Serbia's involvement in NATO's PfP programs has come to nearly a complete stop since Kosovo's declaration of independence in February. Serbia plans to attend the Bucharest Summit in April, but the government has not yet determined at what level it will be represented. Serbia's MFA hop [...]	2008-03-20 13:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR HR BK MK AL
08BELGRADE273	SERBIA: KOSTUNICA'S CAMPAIGN: ALL KOSOVO, ALL THE TIME [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia will try to keep national attention on Kosovo, rather than European integration, as part of its electoral strategy for Serbia's May 11 elections. The DSS campaign will seize on and prolong stories of unrest in Kosovo, such as the Mar [...]	2008-03-21 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE275	SERBIA: TADIC'S DS FORMS ELECTION COALITION WITHOUT LDP; [...] (SBU) In advance of Serbia's parliamentary elections, scheduled May 11, the Democratic Party has formed a pro EU coalition. Pollsters believe the Liberal Democratic Party may not cross the five percent threshold on election day, while the Socialists may play kingmaker in any new government. [...]	2008-03-21 15:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SR
08BELGRADE279	SERBIA: LORD, HOW THIS SANDZAK IS GIVEN TO LYING [...] (SBU) The ethnically-Muslim region of Sandzak remains a tense volatile area, prone to sporadic violence as a result of a feud between two rival Islamic associations. The May 11 parliamentary and local elections in Sandzak provide both an opportunity to vote out a particularly distasteful loca [...]	2008-03-24 17:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE294	SERBIA: VOJVODINA POLITICS -- POOR MAN'S ENTERTAINMENT [...] (SBU) Two of Vojvodina's most influential political leaders portrayed their political ideology as flexible in their efforts to secure the most votes and their own political futures. Novi Sad mayor and candidate Maja Gojkovic affirmed she is no longer a Radical party member and expressed her f [...]	2008-03-25 16:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
08BELGRADE297	SERBIA: SAMARDZIC'S PROPOSAL TO UN: IT'S ALL DOMESTIC PARTY [...] (SBU) Making full use of the ambiguity surrounding a caretaker regime, Prime Minister Kostunica empowered his Kosovo Minister and chief advisor Slobodan Samardzic to offer an interim agreement with UNMIK. President Tadic's party has complained that its government ministers were not given a cha [...]	2008-03-26 14:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE299	SERBIA: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BISHOP IRINEJ ON KOSOVO AND [...] (SBU) Novi Sad Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) said although the Church disagreed with U.S. policy on Kosovo, he renounced recent violence and said the Church should continue dialogue with the diplomatic community. Irinej did not feel Kosovo independence was a utopia and w [...]	2008-03-27 09:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SR
08BELGRADE309	SERBIA: PARTIES' IDEOLOGIES GIVE WAY TO "MATHEMATICAL [...] (SBU) Leaders of Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia and failed presidential candidate Nikolic's Radicals are openly discussing a likely post election coalition. President Tadic's Democratic Party has apparently seeks to keep all post election options open, though increasingl [...]	2008-03-31 10:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE322	SERBIA: UN OFFICE BELGRADE SEEKING NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) The United Nations Office in Belgrade is assessing the Government of Serbia's willingness to negotiate with the UN on breaking the impasse on Kosovo. UNOB Head Richard Wilcox told the Ambassador that if the GOS is willing, UNHQ would try to negotiate a solution by the end of April, but [...]	2008-04-02 08:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MW PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE324	SERBIA: DELIBERATIONS ON SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Serbia's caretaker government will meet for the first time to discuss on April 3 how to hold May 11 local and parliamentary elections in Kosovo. No decision is expected. Parties have not yet reached agreement on technical details but Serbian officials generally support holding both nati [...]	2008-04-02 15:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE325	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH [...] (SBU) On March 27, refcord met with UNHCR Serbia Senior Program Coordinator Angelita Cecere to discuss country operations planning. Cecere told refcord UNHCR Serbia submitted a two year budget (2008-2009) plan in March 2007 and this year planned only a few revisions to the original submission [...]	2008-04-02 16:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE334	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT AGREES TO HOLD MAY ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Serbia's government agreed on April 3 to hold upcoming parliamentary and local elections in Kosovo. The government will now contact UNMIK to discuss the arrangements for the elections, which would be carried out by Serbia's Election Commission. End Summary. Elections Will Be Held [...]	2008-04-04 11:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE335	SERBIA: TYCOON MISKOVIC WINS AUCTION - INTERCON BUYS ITS [...] (U) In a March 31 televised auction, a holding company owned by controversial Serbian tycoon Miroslav Miskovic purchased the New Belgrade property holdings of the once well-known Yugoslav firm Genex. In the $235 million purchase, Miskovic bought the hotel formerly licensed as Intercontinental [...]	2008-04-04 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SR
08BELGRADE336	SERBIAN'S ENERGY DEAL WITH RUSSIA POSTPONED [...] At the April 3rd session, Serbia's caretaker government denied PM Kostunica's proposal to send the draft law on the Serbian-Russian energy agreement to parliament for ratification. Belgrade and Moscow signed the deal on January 25, 2008. The DSS-NS coalition used the failure as a political t [...]	2008-04-04 14:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR MW
08BELGRADE340	VETTING FOR IMET COURSE [...] The following candidate from Serbia is presented as a nominee for IMET COURSE -- Basic Non Commissioned Officer Course scheduled for 14 APR 2008 to 04 MAY 2008 at Ohio Army National Guard. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to the Leahy Amendment/Human Rights Vetting, this individ [...]	2008-04-07 09:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM SR
08BELGRADE356	SERBIA: LEGISLATION ON HOLD DURING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) While Serbia's political elite crunch the numbers in anticipation of forming coalitions after the May 11 elections, Serbia's caretaker government has stalled a mountain of critical legislation. While this is business as usual for the politicians, legislation that would improve the day-to [...]	2008-04-09 10:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SR
08BELGRADE357	SERBIA: DOMESTIC CONDEMNATION OF HARADINAJ VERDICT; APPEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's coalition and opposition parties universally condemned the April 3 decision by The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),finding former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The political partie [...]	2008-04-09 13:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE365	GOS CANCELS RTB BOR SALE TO THE AUSTRIANS [...] Serbia's caretaker government, on April 10, voted to cancel the sale of copper mining company and smelting RTB Bor to Austrian company A-Tec even after the Austrian government pledged financial backing. The decision came one day after a government steering committee of G17 and DS ministers r [...]	2008-04-10 16:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
08BELGRADE367	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL [...] (SBU) On April 10, refcord met with European Commission Delegation to Serbia's First Counselor and Head of Operations Ferenc Simon to discuss the 2007 and 2008 Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) support for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees. The EC announced on April [...]	2008-04-11 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE372	SOUTHERN SERBIA COPES WITH NEW POLITICAL REALITIES [...] (SBU) In addition to the ongoing challenge of its integration with the rest of Serbia, the ethnically-mixed Presevo Valley is struggling with the impact of Kosovo independence on links across the new border. Politically, ethnic Albanian leaders are still divided between two camps: pro-integrat [...]	2008-04-14 14:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE374	SERBIA: GOS WILL IMPLEMENT THE UN TRAVEL BAN [...] (SBU) Serbia's Ministry for Foreign Affairs confirmed on April 14 that the Government of Serbia will fully implement the travel bans on designated Iranian proliferators, as authorized by UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803. End Summary. Serbia will Implement Travel Ban ---------------------- [...]	2008-04-15 08:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR KNNP MNUC SR
08BELGRADE382	RUSSIAN ENERGY ACTIVITIES IN SERBIA - NOTHING TO SEE HERE? [...] (U) On April 14 the Serbian state power company EPS signed an agreement with Russian electricity firm Inter RAO that gives Inter RAO the opportunity to partner with EPS in building new power generation capacity in Serbia. The agreement is seen as a politically-driven opening for additional Ru [...]	2008-04-16 15:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG SR RS
08BELGRADE396	SERBIA: SOCIALISTS EAGER TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's Socialist Party appears to have enough support to win seats in the May 2008 parliamentary elections, and may even increase their parliamentary presence for the first time since the ouster from power of former party chairman and convicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. Party of [...]	2008-04-18 15:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE397	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL [...] (SBU) On April 11, refcoord participated in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) bi-monthly Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) working group featuring the Kosovo Ministry's Coordination Center President Vuko Antonijevic. Participants included a number of IDP associations [...]	2008-04-18 15:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE412	SERBIA: ICTY PROSECUTOR CALLS FOR ARREST OF REMAINING [...] (SBU) The Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz urged Serbian authorities to increase cooperation with the Court and, in particular, to arrest the four remaining Serb fugitives. Serbian officials used Brammertz's first visit to Belgrade to underscore their anger with the Tribunal's [...]	2008-04-22 14:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SR
08BELGRADE414	FOREIGN MINISTER: SERBIA MUST CHOOSE EU, BUT ONLY WITH [...] (SBU) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told political science students and foreign diplomats that Serbia was at a crossroads and must choose to join the EU to bring stability and economic prosperity to the country. Playing the Kosovo card, Jeremic insisted Serbia would join the EU intact. [...]	2008-04-22 15:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE418	SERBIA: TO BRUSSELS OR MOSCOW? SAA AND GAZPROM DEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders and media have seized on two pending agreements, the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and a bilateral energy deal with Russia, as symbols of the struggle between political allies turned adversaries to chart the country's direction. President Boris Tadic l [...]	2008-04-23 15:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE426	SERBIA GETS SAA, DEMOCRATS WIN BACK INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) A late-breaking decision by the EU to sign the SAA with Serbia boosts President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party coalition in advance of May 11 elections. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic plans to travel to Luxembourg to sign today (April 29). Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic benefits po [...]	2008-04-29 13:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE428	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT APRIL [...] (SBU) Budget woes were a principal concern of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy Director for Europe Udo Janz in a April 23 meeting with refcoord to discuss UNHCR next steps in the Balkans. Janz said that the falling dollar had resulted in a $14-million loss for UNHC [...]	2008-04-30 09:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PHUM PREL SR KV PREF
08BELGRADE436	SERBIA: UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEF GUEHENNO ON NORTHERN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 5, UN Under Secretary General for Peace-Keeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guehenno briefed Contact Group ambassadors in Belgrade about his efforts to obtain buy-in for "practical arrangements" for future EULEX and UNMIK involvement in northern Kosovo. Guehenno, in Belgrade on h [...]	2008-05-06 10:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SR KV
08BELGRADE450	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND RADICALS STILL NECK AND NECK [...] (SBU) Serbia's radical and democratic parties are still running neck-and-neck toward the May 11 parliamentary elections. Despite tabloid press reports showing the democratic coalition with a small lead over the Radicals, more accurate polling data shows the Radicals maintaining its slight le [...]	2008-05-07 08:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE460	ON EVE OF ELECTIONS SERBIA AND FIAT SIGN LUCRATIVE MOU [...] The GOS and Fiat signed a memorandum of understanding on April 30 in which Fiat would acquire 70% ownership and invest $1.1 billion in Kragujevac-based Zastava Autombili while the GOS would retain 30% ownership, invest $160 million and provide investment incentives to Fiat. The deal is seen a [...]	2008-05-09 15:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND ELTN SR MW
08BELGRADE461	SERBIA: MAY 11 ELECTION PRIMER [...] (SBU) Serbian citizens in Serbia and Serbs in Kosovo will head to the polls on May 11 to elect a new Serbian Parliament and local municipal assemblies. The main contenders for the national parliament are the Democratic Party and the Serbian Radical Party's tickets, but either party would need [...]	2008-05-09 15:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE474	SERBIAN ELECTIONS: DEMOCRATS TAKE PLURALITIES IN MOST [...] (SBU) In Serbia's May 11 local elections President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party-led "For a European Serbia" coalition won a plurality of seats in Belgrade and in 13 of Serbia's 21 other cities. Similar to parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party's (DS) and its partners' performance ove [...]	2008-05-14 04:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SR
08BELGRADE482	SITREP BOSNIA FROM BELGRADE: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On April 21 and 22, Belgrade based Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Balkans traveled to Bosnia to meet with local officials and to discuss concerns facing displaced persons and returnees. Durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons and sustainability of return continue to b [...]	2008-05-15 06:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM BK
08BELGRADE488	SERBIAN CIVIL AVIATION, NOT MAKING HEADWAY [...] As the rest of the world moves to liberalize the aviation market, Serbia's aviation industry remains at a standstill with key civil aviation legislation stalled and privatization plans grounded. A lack of political will, extended breakdowns of the government, and the fallout over Kosovo indep [...]	2008-05-16 07:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EINV SR MW
08BELGRADE495	EMBASSY BELGRADE OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 14:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SR
08BELGRADE496	SERBIA'S SANDZAK: DESPITE PRO-DEMOCRATIC ELECTION RESULTS, [...] (SBU) Democratic forces in the Bosniak majority city of Novi Pazar won more votes than the party of strong arm Mayor Sulejman Ugljanin in May 11th's local election. Despite his second place finish, Ugljanin may still be able to maintain power with the help of a local Serb coalition and his pa [...]	2008-05-19 15:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL MW KV SR
08BELGRADE50	SERBIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS [...] (SBU) Upcoming Serbian presidential elections pit the incumbent President Boris Tadic against Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic in a race that Tadic will likely win in the second round of voting. The Radicals are running an effective campaign, however, presenting a kinder, gentler message that m [...]	2008-01-11 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE500	SERBIA: SPECULATION ON NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Although there has been little progress in the formation of Serbia's new coalition government, speculation is growing about who would be the Prime Minister of a democratic, European-leaning government. The leading candidates are individuals who would not pose a political threat to Presi [...]	2008-05-20 16:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SR PREL PGOV
08BELGRADE508	SERBIA: VOJVODINA PROVINCIAL RUNOFF ELECTIONS MAY INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Runoff elections for the autonomous Vojvodina province's provincial parliament will take place on May 25. Voters already chose the half of the parliament that is based on proportional representation and will choose the remaining, directly elected seats in the runoff. The Democratic Part [...]	2008-05-23 07:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE509	SERBIA: COALITION NEGOTIATIONS HEATING UP [...] (SBU) President Tadic's formal meetings May 22 with the leaders of the parties that won seats in the new Serbian Parliament confirmed that no group has yet formed a majority, but it appears that pro-European forces have the upper hand. Socialist Party leader Ivica Dacic, whose coalition holds t [...]	2008-05-23 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE514	SERBIA: RESPONSE ON CUBAN SOLIDARITY DAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 12:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU SR
08BELGRADE516	SERBIA: RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 12:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHCR SR
08BELGRADE519	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS WIN OUTRIGHT MAJORITY IN VOJVODINA [...] (SBU) The Democratic Party won an outright majority in the May 25 runoff elections for Serbia's Autonomous Province of Vojvodina's parliament. Low voter turnout helped the Democrats win, as Radical voters stayed home. The provincial win is a major boost for the DS as it negotiates to form a g [...]	2008-05-27 15:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE53	Serbia's Kosovo Minister Pledges No Violence and No [...] (SBU) Serbia's Kosovo Minister Samardzic told UK, US, French, German and Italian COMs on January 11 that Serbia was committed both to no-violence and no-recognition of Kosovo. In response to a UK-headed "Quint" demarche, Samardzic said EU and U.S. policy toward Serbia was stuck in a Milosevic [...]	2008-01-11 17:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR
08BELGRADE533	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT AS COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of the third week of government coalition negotiations in Serbia, it appears that the Democratic Party (DS) is still on track form a democratic, pro-European government with the Socialists (SPS) and others. DS leaders appear to be moving forward with a plan to final [...]	2008-05-30 18:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE559	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND SOCIALISTS CLOSER TO FORMING [...] (SBU) It now appears likely that Boris Tadic's Democratic Party will form a coalition government with the Socialists, perhaps as early as next week. Recent actions by the Socialists (SPS) and further intransigence by Prime Minister Kostunica's party regarding Serbia's European future have tip [...]	2008-06-09 09:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE569	SERBIA: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) We presented the Combating Trafficking in Persons report on Serbia to Srdjan Milkovic, North Americas Division Chief at the Foreign Ministry, on June 4. Miljkovic praised other recent human rights-related reports from the Department for their accuracy and said he was eager to read the fu [...]	2008-06-09 18:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SR
08BELGRADE574	SOUTH SERBIA: BOMB BLAST IN BUJANOVAC [...] (SBU) A late night bomb blast on June 6 at Police Headquarters in the multi-ethnic town of Bujanovac in southern Serbia destroyed a police vehicle but resulted in no fatalities. Police are closely holding information on the incident as they try to gather information on motives and perpetrators [...]	2008-06-10 18:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC SR
08BELGRADE577	SERBIA: WAR CRIMES FUGITIVE ZUPLJANIN ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Serbian authorities arrested Stojan Zupljanin, one of four remaining ICTY fugitives (PIFWC),on June 11 in a Belgrade suburb. His arrest was based on a tip from Serbian Intelligence Services (BIA) and carried out by officers of the Special War Crimes Prosecutors Office with participation [...]	2008-06-12 08:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
08BELGRADE579	SERBIA: COMING CLOSER TO CLOSING THE DEAL ON A PRO-EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) Although there has been no public announcement, it appears that President Boris Tadic and Socialist leader Ivica Dacic have reached agreement in principle on a pro-European coalition government. Dacic is expected to take a deputy premier position. We believe the Prime Minister slot has [...]	2008-06-12 11:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE587	SERBS WILL ANSWER UN SYG BAN'S LETTER WITH A "SOFT NO" ON [...] (SBU) President Tadic will likely respond on June 15 with a "soft no" to UN SYG Ban's letter on UNMIK (UN Mission in Kosovo) reconfiguration. Prime Minister Kostunica has already responded publicly, calling the Ban proposal unacceptable for Serbia. Kosovo Minister Samardzic publicly said UN [...]	2008-06-13 15:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR KV
08BELGRADE591	SERBIA - KOSOVO MINISTRY WAITING CONSTITUTION AND [...] (SBU) As Kosovo prepares to enact its new constitution on June 15, Serbia's Ministry for Kosovo is cautiously watching, but not actively planning any major response to the event, and is expecting that little on the ground will change in the near term. Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic will [...]	2008-06-13 18:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE600	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH - TIME TO DEFINE ITS FUTURE? [...] (SBU) The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) is going through a turbulent period. The recent session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops revealed the divide within the church on a range of religious and political issues. With a technical authority taking over the functions of the Patriarch, none of t [...]	2008-06-17 16:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SR

08BELGRADE602	SERBIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for input, post suggests the following areas of concern that the U.S. delegation to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) might wish to raise: -- The remaining three fugitive war crimes suspects under indictment by the International Criminal Tri [...]	2008-06-17 16:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL SR
08BELGRADE603	SERBIA: PRIME MINISTER LOSES BID (FOR NOW) TO HAVE [...] (SBU) In contrast to President Tadic's "soft no" to UNSYG Ban's letter on UNMIK reconfiguration, Prime Minister Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) sought a special session of Serbia's new parliament to declare Kosovo's new constitution illegal and reject the EU's plan to send a [...]	2008-06-18 08:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR KV
08BELGRADE61	SERBIA ADOPTS KOSOVO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government on January 14 adopted a plan of official responses to a declaration of Kosovo independence. The government will not release the document to the public and no specifics of the plan are yet clear. Serbian officials, including the Foreign Minister, told us the plan [...]	2008-01-16 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE616	SERBIA: FORMAL DS-SPS COALITION NEGOTIATIONS NEXT WEEK? [...] (SBU) Informal coalition negotiations between President Tadic's Democratic Party and Ivica Dacic's Socialists have reportedly concluded, with brief formal negotiations expected the week of June 23. Tadic is widely believed to be shooting for a public announcement of a governing coalition by [...]	2008-06-23 08:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE617	SERBIA: SUPREME COURT VERDICT IN 1999 ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) The Serbian Supreme Court handed down verdicts on June 19 against 10 individuals, including the Milosevic regime's secret police commander and state security chief, for the 1999 attempted assassination of Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO) head Vuk Draskovic and the murder of four of his asso [...]	2008-06-23 08:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE619	SERBIA: P5+1 PACKAGE AND SIMULTANEOUS [...] (SBU) On June 19 we presented the updated P5+1 Package to the MFA's Section Chief for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States, Vasilje Petkovic. Petkovic said he was encouraged by the extensive package. Simultaneous to our delivery of reftel demarche, Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltani [...]	2008-06-23 15:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR PGOV SR
08BELGRADE62	SERBIA ADOPTS KOSOVO ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government on January 14 adopted a plan of official responses to a declaration of Kosovo independence. The government will not release the document to the public and no specifics of the plan are yet clear. Serbian officials, including the Foreign Minister, told us the plan [...]	2008-01-16 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE625	SERBIA: SOCIALISTS ACCEPT COALITION WITH PRO-EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) After weeks of slow progress, President Tadic's "For a European Serbia" coalition and the Socialists launched and quickly concluded formal coalition negotiations over the weekend. The Main Board of the Socialist Party voted overwhelmingly on June 23 in favor of a coalition with pro-Euro [...]	2008-06-24 08:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE630	PRM TRIP REPORT: CROATIA'S PROGRESS ON REFUGEE RETURN, [...] (SBU) Belgrade-based Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Balkans traveled to Croatia, June 10-13, to assess the status of refugee returns and to discuss concerns of displaced persons and returnees. Meetings with representatives of the Government of Croatia, the United Nations High Commission [...]	2008-06-24 17:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM HR REFUGEES
08BELGRADE648	SERBIA: TADIC NAMES CVETKOVIC AS PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Following several days of heated debate within his own party, Serbian President Boris Tadic named outgoing Minister of Finance Mirko Cvetkovic as his choice for Prime Minister on June 27. Cvetkovic's nomination was supported by Tadic's coalition partners but criticized by the Radicals a [...]	2008-06-30 18:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE662	SERBIA: TRIAL OF ALLEGED MUSLIM TERRORISTS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Serbia's first domestic terrorism trial, in which the defendants are accused of planning attacks in Belgrade on sites including the U.S. Embassy, continues to work its way slowly through the judicial system. The case crept forward during two recent trial sessions and is scheduled to res [...]	2008-07-03 10:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE671	SERBIA: UPDATE ON KOVACEVIC CASE [...] (SBU) Embassy Resident Legal Adviser (RLA) and Consular Chief met July 6 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the parents of Serbian citizen Miladin Kovacevic and their lawyer Veselin Cerovic to discuss the ongoing case against Kovacevic in connection with the assault of U.S. citizen Bryan S [...]	2008-07-08 08:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP SR
08BELGRADE677	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND SOCIALISTS FORM NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) After almost two months of coalition negotiations, Serbia's new European-oriented government under Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic was formed on July 7. The cabinet, a mix of old faces and new, contains representatives of seven political parties. The government enjoys the support of a sl [...]	2008-07-08 18:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE684	SERBIA: SENIOR LEADERS SYMPATHETIC ON CONTACT POLICY, [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and Dragan Djilas, the Democratic Party's candidate for mayor of Belgrade, both believe that the Serbian government's policy of restricting high-level contacts with countries that have recognized Kosovo is ill-advised. They say that the Kovacevic case [...]	2008-07-11 17:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE695	SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH IVICA DACIC, FIRST [...] (SBU) In a July 14 meeting, new First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ivica Dacic expressed his willingness to meet with the Ambassador despite the Serbian government's Kosovo-related contact policy. Dacic said that he would not be an obstacle to ICTY cooperation. On Kosovo, he [...]	2008-07-16 12:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC SR
08BELGRADE70	SERBIA: UNHCR REFINES CONTINGENCY PLANS FOR POPULATION [...] (SBU) The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Belgrade continues contingency planning and preparations for possible population displacements from Kosovo into Serbia, in consultation with Serbian Government, NGOs, and donors. UNHCR officials told emboff that, while the g [...]	2008-01-18 06:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM KV SR
08BELGRADE700	SERBIA: KOVACEVIC ASSAULT CASE: AMBASSADOR APPEALS TO [...] (SBU) During a second meeting with Embassy representatives, the lawyer for Miladin Kovacevic, the Serbian basketball player accused of brutally assaulting U.S. citizen Bryan Steinhauer, stated that he will advise his client not to return to the U.S. for trial. He requested that Kovacevic be tr [...]	2008-07-17 19:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE718	SERBIA ARRESTS ACCUSED WAR CRIMINAL KARADZIC [...] (SBU) Serbian security forces arrested Hague Tribunal indictee Radovan Karadzic late on July 21 in Belgrade, where he had reportedly been living under an assumed identity. The Serbian War Crimes court ruled the same night that he could be transferred to The Hague, a process that could take sev [...]	2008-07-22 17:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC SR
08BELGRADE744	SERBIAN PUBLIC REACTION TO KARADZIC ARREST MUTED [...] (SBU) Public reaction to the July 21 arrest of Radovan Karadzic, indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),thus far has been confined to a few small demonstrations by ultra-right groups and Radical Party members, although thousands of soccer fans cheered [...]	2008-07-24 18:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO ASEC SR
08BELGRADE745	SERBIA: KEY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FORMED, BELGRADE STILL [...] (SBU) After more than two months of negotiations, many key municipalities in Serbia have now formed their new local governments. Many local coalition agreements were dependent on the formation of the national coalition government, which took place July 7. Only in Central Serbia and Vojvodina [...]	2008-07-24 19:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE75	Serbia: Bulgarian DCM Say Serbs Don't Cooperate on Energy [...] (SBU) On January 17, the DCM met with her Bulgarian counterpart, Plamen Atanasov, to discuss energy issues and Gazprom. Atanasov said that he had approached Serbian Energy Minister Popovic in the past to discuss sharing information or cooperating in the negotiation process with Gazprom over t [...]	2008-01-18 14:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE757	SERBIA TO RETURN AMBASSADORS TO EU COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Despite our multiple warnings that such a move would be ill-advised and counterproductive, the Serbian Government voted "unanimously" on July 24 to send their ambassadors back only to European Union countries that had recognized Kosovo. Some ministers reportedly opposed the partial retu [...]	2008-07-28 10:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE76	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE765	SERBIA: KARADZIC APPEAL PENDING WHILE PROTEST LOOMS, EAC [...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic remains in custody at the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade pending receipt of his extradition appeal, which his lawyer reportedly mailed to the Special Co [...]	2008-07-28 19:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE77	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 18:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE770	SERBIA: EMBASSY REQUESTS SERBIAN GOVERNMENT TO RETURN [...] (SBU) In meetings with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Justice, post has reinforced the USG request for the return of Miladin Kovacevic to the United States to stand trial on charges of assaulting Amcit Bryan Steinhauer in a bar in Binghamton, NY. The Charge has emphasized the responsib [...]	2008-07-29 18:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELGRADE773	SERBIA EXTRADITES FUGITIVE WAR CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government extradited Radovan Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, to The Hague in the early morning hours of July 30. Human rights NGOs, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),and other o [...]	2008-07-30 18:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE78	SERBIAN VOTERS HEAD TO POLLS IN FORCE [...] (SBU) In a country where the number of conspiracy theories exceeds the population, the assumption is that Saint John (whom Orthodox Serbs celebrate today) and the Democratic Party conspired to ensure the fine weather that brought voters to the polls in record numbers for Serbia's first round of [...]	2008-01-21 10:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE785	SERBIA: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE ON UNGA PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on July 18 we asked Marija Anotnijevic, Director of MFA's UN Directorate, for a listing of who from the Government of Serbia will attend the UNGA General Debate in September. Antonijevic said at this preliminary stage both President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minis [...]	2008-08-01 15:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA SR
08BELGRADE786	SERBIA: NEW SANDZAK MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FACE OLD [...] (SBU) New municipal governments in Serbia's predominantly Muslim southwestern Sandzak region are optimistic that their ties to the national coalition government will pay off in both political support and state funds. These political alliances, though helpful, may not be enough for the region t [...]	2008-08-01 18:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV SR
08BELGRADE788	SERBIA: PRIVATIZATION WELL ON ITS WAY [...] On July 30, the Embassy met with State Secretary of Economy and Privatization Nebojsa Ciric of the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development. Fresh from negotiations with Fiat, Ciric was confident that the remaining 450 state-owned will soon be privatized while the 400 socially-owned compa [...]	2008-08-04 08:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SR MW
08BELGRADE79	SERBIAN VOTER TURNOUT FOR PRESIDENTIAL FIRST ROUND [...] (U) Radical Party candidate Tomislav Nikolic's predictable first place showing in the first round of Serbia's presidential elections, left incumbent President Boris Tadic with less than a five-point gap to fill by the February 3 second round. To win, Tadic needs to kick his sluggish campaign [...]	2008-01-21 15:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE793	SERBIA: OBSTACLES TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT [...] During a series of meetings, business representatives, local analysts, and government officials told us significant impediments remained to foreign direct investment (FDI) in Serbia. All observers highlighted political instability and the difficulty in obtaining permits for construction on ur [...]	2008-08-05 13:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SR MW
08BELGRADE800	SOUTHERN SERBIA: HIGH EXPECTATIONS, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) By not including Serbs in local governments, Southern Serbia's ethnic Albanian political leaders missed an opportunity to exercise political inclusiveness and set a course for stability in the multi-ethnic, economically depressed, politically volatile region. In Bujanovac and Presevo mun [...]	2008-08-07 08:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE818	TFGGO1: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SILENT ON GEORGIA, BUT RADICAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government has not taken an official position on the Georgia situation (Ref A),hoping to avoid a diplomatic Catch 22 with regard to Kosovo and aggravating either Russia or the West. Government officials, the local press, and Russia's ambassador to Serbia, however, have drawn [...]	2008-08-14 05:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE840	SERBIA: FINANCIAL VULNERABILITIES RISING [...] With a large and growing current account deficit estimated at almost 20% of GDP in the second quarter of 2008, Serbia's financial vulnerabilities are on the rise. Increasing levels of external corporate borrowing and a strengthening dinar are raising concerns about medium-term sustainability [...]	2008-08-19 11:16:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN SR MW
08BELGRADE844	SERBIA: BELGRADE MAYOR FINALLY NAMED [...] (U) Dragan Djilas, a leader of the Democratic Party and a close associate of President Boris Tadic, was named mayor of Belgrade on August 19 after months of coalition negotiations, following the May 11 municipal elections. Djilas formed a minority coalition government with Ivica Dacic's Socia [...]	2008-08-19 16:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EADM PINR SR
08BELGRADE852	SERBIA ASKS USG UNDERSTANDING FOR SENSITIVITIES ON GEORGIA [...] (U) During an August 21 meeting, MFA Political Director Borislav Stefanovic asked DCM for USG "understanding" for Serbia's specific circumstances vis-a-vis Russia and Georgia (Ref A). DCM Brush stressed that it was important for Serbia to know what the United States was communicating to countr [...]	2008-08-21 15:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL RU GG SR
08BELGRADE861	SERBIA: STAFFDEL DESAI'S AUGUST 14 - 17 VISIT [...] (SBU) During an August 14-17 visit to Serbia, a staff delegation from the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (HACFO) heard about the benefits and importance of U.S. assistance from a wide variety of Serbian interlocutors and deliver [...]	2008-08-26 06:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE875	SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTRY MEETS WITH UNMIK REP, SERBIAN [...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic and UNMIK Deputy Head Nicholas Haysom on August 25 discussed the return of ethnic Serbs to judicial bodies in northern Kosovo and to the Kosovo Police Service (KPS),the third UNMIK-GOS meeting in the past six weeks. Bogdanovic reiterated tra [...]	2008-08-28 05:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR KV
08BELGRADE878	SERBIA: CITY OF NIS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) After four years under the control of reactionary nationalist parties, the city of Nis is under "new management" by pro-European forces. The new mayor is intent on opening his city for engagement with the west in an effort to attract assistance and investment. Although he is a newcomer [...]	2008-08-28 09:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR SR
08BELGRADE88	Serbia: DPM Djelic Outlines a European Economic Future [...] (SBU) During a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Djelic (DS) outlined the government's vision of a European economic future for Serbia. Djelic focused on Serbia's preparations for EU negotiations and hopes to sign an SAA as soon as January 28. Djelic admitted that [...]	2008-01-23 11:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG SR
08BELGRADE885	SERBIA UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (U) Pol Chief delivered Ref A demarche to Damjan Krnjevic Miskovic, senior advisor to Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, on August 27, emphasizing the unacceptability of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and its failure to abide by the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Miskovic sa [...]	2008-08-29 08:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL RU GG SR
08BELGRADE890	SERBIA: RUSSIAN INVESTMENT - THREAT OR MIRAGE? [...] (U) Russia is the largest exporter to Serbia exporting $2.6 billion in mainly oil and gas in 2007, while Serbia exported only $450 million to Russia. Although Russian trade accounts for 14.3% of Serbia's 2007 total imports, Russian foreign direct investment is low and investors are non-committ [...]	2008-09-02 13:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SR RU MW
08BELGRADE892	SERBIA: PRIVATIZATION AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING MOVING [...] On August 28, the Embassy met with Branislav Zec, Executive Director of Serbia's Privatization Agency (PA). He offered details into the PA's handling of the privatization and restructuring process for the more than 800 small and medium-sized public enterprises remaining in Serbia. These firm [...]	2008-09-02 14:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SR
08BELGRADE904	SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH DISPUTE ECHOES DESCENT OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of Serbia's presidential, parliamentary, and local elections, wherein nationalist politics experienced a marked loss in popular support, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) also is undergoing internal debate over its future orientation. Long-simmering disputes and tensions with [...]	2008-09-04 12:39:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE913	SERBIA: FORMER PM KOSTUNICA'S PARTY IN DISARRAY, LEAVES [...] (SBU) Following its poor showing in the May parliamentary elections and its failure to form a governing coalition with the Socialist Party, former Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) is struggling to find a new political niche. Many inside the party believe that Kostun [...]	2008-09-08 07:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE928	SERBIA: RADICAL LEADER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Acting head of the Serbian Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic resigned from his party leadership positions on September 5 and created a new parliamentary caucus of 19 members on September 8. Although it was widely known that Nikolic was frequently in conflict with party president and ICTY in [...]	2008-09-09 15:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE929	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES STABILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH EU [...] (SBU) On September 9, Serbia's Parliament approved both the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU and its energy deal with Russia, ending months of gridlock over the two agreements. Getting the SAA agreement approved was a priority of the new pro-European government led by the D [...]	2008-09-09 15:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE950	SERBIA: PRIVATE BANKS SHARE VIEWS ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Executives from Serbia's major private banks met with Embassy econoffs on September 4-5 to discuss the country's financial vulnerabilities and overall business climate. The banks voiced strong concerns about Serbia's current account deficit but expressed confidence about continued exter [...]	2008-09-11 15:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SR
08BELGRADE958	SERBIA HOPES FOR REWARDS AFTER ICTY PROSECUTOR VISIT [...] (SBU) Serbian officials said they were pleased with the September 10-11 visit to Belgrade of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz. They said they were confident they had demonstrated Serbia's willingness to capture the remainin [...]	2008-09-12 14:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE960	SERBIA STILL DEFINING THIRD COMMITTEE POSITIONS [...] (SBU) During a September 12 meeting, Acting Head of the MFA Directorate for Human Rights Valentina Kravljanac told us that her government has yet to elaborate its stance on the issues that will be discussed at the upcoming UN General Assembly Third Committee session (reftel). Kravljanac said t [...]	2008-09-12 15:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN SR
08BELGRADE964	SERBIA: UNMIK CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ENGAGING [...] (SBU) UNMIK SRSG Lamberto Zannier told us on September 12 that he was cautiously optimistic that he could continue to engage with the Serbian Government on resolving "practical matters" related to Kosovo Serbs, but expected slow progress on any solutions. Zannier said they were closest on a d [...]	2008-09-15 12:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR KV
08BELGRADE966	ENERGY DEAL WITH RUSSIA RATIFIED - DEAL OR NO DEAL? [...] (U) On September 9 the Serbian Parliament voted 214 to 18 to approve the energy framework agreement with Russia that includes the sale of state oil firm NIS to Gazprom. Ratification of the deal received nearly unanimous support from all sides in the deal. With the framework agreement ratified [...]	2008-09-16 05:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN SR
08BELGRADE98	SERBIA'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE: WINNER TAKES (ALMOST) ALL [...] (SBU) The winner of Serbia's Presidential elections will receive more than $6 million in state funds to offset the cost of what is becoming an increasingly expensive campaign. Serbia's 2004 law on political party financing makes available public funds to offset campaign expenses of candidates [...]	2008-01-25 15:49:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE984	SERBIA REACTS TO EU DECISION NOT TO IMPLEMENT INTERIM TRADE [...] (SBU) The European Union's September 15 decision not to approve the Interim Trade Agreement with Serbia was met with disappointment, and some anger, in the Serbian government. Opposition parties are using the decision to claim that the EU will "blackmail" Serbia into recognizing Kosovo as a co [...]	2008-09-18 15:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD SR
08BELGRADE987	SERBIA: VICE CONSUL ARRESTED IN KOVACEVIC CASE; KOVACEVIC [...] (SBU) Serbian authorities arrested former Vice Consul Igor Milosevic on September 2 and are investigating him for misuse of authority for issuing a travel document to former University of Binghamton basketball player Miladin Kovacevic, who is accused in New York of first-degree assault and fir [...]	2008-09-19 15:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
08BELMOPAN130	BELIZE'S MISSING VENEZUELAN MILLIONS [...] (U) On December 28, 2007, the Government of Belize received a US $10.0 million grant from the Government of Venezuela. The money was earmarked for home investment, social projects, and a new sporting complex in Belize City. The outgoing government went on a spending spree and disbursed the en [...]	2008-03-05 17:43:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL BH
08BELMOPAN140	BELIZE RESPONSE TO REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) The government of Belize publishes its annual budget on a compact disk that is made available upon request. It also publishes a summary of the budget on the government of Belize website. Revenues and expenditures are documented on the disk and website. However, politics often appears to [...]	2008-03-12 15:11:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL BH
08BELMOPAN147	BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Responses are keyed to the checklist (paras 27-32) in reftel A. 2. (SBU) Overview of Belize's 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 cou [...]	2008-03-13 20:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN148	BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 20:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN149	BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 20:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BELMOPAN187	BELIZE: PARTY LEADER IS AN ELECTION UPSET FOR THE PUP OLD [...] (U) On March 30, the People's United Party (PUP) held a convention in the nation's capital to determine the party's new leader. Initially, three candidates were vying for the top position: Johnny Briceno, Mark Espat, and Francis Fonseca. Espat and Briceno withdrew from the election several we [...]	2008-03-31 21:43:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
08BELMOPAN29	BELIZE: VENEZUELAN CASH MAKES AN IMPACT ON THE ELECTION [...] (U) The ruling People's United Party (PUP) is putting a US$10 million grant from Venezuela to work quickly in the runup to elections called for February 7. Although the grant was first announced in the summer of 2007 (ref A),the funds were received less than two weeks ago, around the time o [...]	2008-01-18 16:16:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN BH
08BELMOPAN336	WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ON BELIZE'S OIL INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of difficult negotiations, on July 16, the GOB introduced a new windfall profits tax (aka petroleum surcharge) on the country's current and future domestic oil producers. Belize Natural Energy Ltd. (BNE) received a special arrangement on current production, accoun [...]	2008-07-23 21:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENGR EPET PREL EINV
08BELMOPAN342	POSITIVE SIGNS AFTER FIVE MONTHS IN OFFICE? [...] (SBU) The GOB released the national budget on July 14, addressing several of the 21 pledges made in the pre-election United Democratic Party (UDP) manifesto. At first glance, the GOB has demonstrated some measurable progress compared to their manifesto and the public remains cautiously optimis [...]	2008-07-24 20:54:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BH
08BELMOPAN343	GOB STILL "IMAGINING THE POSSIBILITIES" IN THE BUDGET [...] (U) On July 14 2008, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented the national budget for FY 2008/2009 budget. It is a relatively balanced budget of US$412.4 million, up by 12.2% over last year's revised figure of US$367.7 million. Much of the increase results from capital III expenditures aimed at p [...]	2008-07-24 20:59:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV
08BELMOPAN438	BELIZE REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON M/V FAINA [...] (SBU) Post received an e-mail message from Oliver del Cid, Deputy Coordinator of the National Security Council of Belize on Monday October 13, 2008. The email includes correspondence from the Belizean ship registry office and from TOMEX, the ship's agent. The text of the forwarded messages is [...]	2008-10-14 20:50:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MOPS PREL PHSA BH
08BELMOPAN46	BELIZE: AUDITOR GENERAL ISSUES SCATHING REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent report of Belize's Auditor General paints a bleak picture of "widespread" waste, fraud and abuse in the public sector. Like many of the reports of scandals and corruption in the current government, this one made a brief sensation in the press and then faded fr [...]	2008-01-24 19:31:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI BH
08BELMOPAN503	FORMER BELIZE PM CHARGED WITH THEFT OF USD 10 MILLION [...] (U) Amidst cries from a small crowd shouting, "leave our daddy alone", Said Musa, former Prime Minister of Belize, entered the courtroom today to face a single charge of theft of USD 10 million alleged to have occurred in December 2007 (reftel). Over 40 police officers were dispatched to the s [...]	2008-12-04 22:22:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
08BELMOPAN505	BELIZE: MINISTER OF NATURAL RESOURCES ON LAND TITLES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge and POLOFF met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources Gaspar Vega on December 3, 2008. Vega said he was working hard to eliminate the backlog of over 5,000 land transfer and title cases inherited from the previous government. He estimated it will t [...]	2008-12-04 22:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET BH
08BELMOPAN517	BELIZEANS REACT STRONGLY TO THE SIGNING OF THE ICJ [...] (SBU) FM Wilfred Elrington returned home to a barrage of questions from the local press after the signing of the compromis in Washington, DC on Monday December 8, 2008. He and Belize's lead negotiator, Ambassador Fred Martinez, held a press conference immediately upon their return. Elrington [...]	2008-12-15 15:01:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS GT BH
08BELMOPAN55	BELIZE: ELECTION POLLS SUGGEST SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) Two recent polls suggest significantly different outcomes for the February 7 national elections in Belize. A survey by SPEAR, the Society for the Promotion of Education and Research, projects turnout close to 90%, and gives the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) the edge over the r [...]	2008-01-31 20:33:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BH
08BELMOPAN57	BELIZE: SENATE REFERENDUM ADDS CONFUSION TO CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to the national election on February 7, Belizeans will be asked to vote on whether they favor an elected Senate to replace the current appointed body. The government added the referendum to the general election ballot with no warning, in effect allowing only the 30 [...]	2008-02-01 21:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BH
08BELMOPAN64	BELIZE: ELECTION CAMPAIGN CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Observers of Belize's election campaign refer to issues of class and race to predict voting patterns but most agree that after ten years in power and numerous corruption scandals it will be difficult for the government to be reelected on February 7. The two major political [...]	2008-02-06 20:21:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI BH
08BERLIN1026	GERMANY MAY NAME OFFICIAL DELEGATES TO THE METHANE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has repeatedly engaged German Environment Ministry (BMU) officials to encourage their active participation in the Methane to Markets (M2M) Partnership. While Germany became a Partner Country to the Partnership in July 2006, it has yet submit the name [...]	2008-07-29 07:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM
08BERLIN1048	GONO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GERMANS - NO OBJECTION [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to German Ministry of Foreign Affairs representatives Julian Luebbert, Desk Officer, International Economic and Financial Policy and Antje Haeusler, Southern Africa Division. Both officers expressed appreciation for the informaton. They stated that t [...]	2008-07-31 17:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI
08BERLIN105	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of January 13, Germany had 6,481 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7,173 in late December),plus 5,700 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, re [...]	2008-01-24 17:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN109	MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II - FINALIZED GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The German delegation to the second Major Economies Meeting has been finalized and will now include a representative of the Federal Chancellery in addition to those from the Environment and Foreign Affairs Ministries. In response to the action request (REF A),the Environment Mi [...]	2008-01-25 11:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1108	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of July 30, Germany had 6,750 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7000 in May),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the ex [...]	2008-08-13 09:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1166	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN, [...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...]	2008-08-21 13:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1171	GERMAN GOVERNMENT NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel non-paper to relevant MFA and Finance Ministry contacts. Julian Luebbert, German MFA Desk Officer responsible for Iran Financial Sanctions, told EconOff that Germany has already designated these entities. In a separate conversation, MFA Iran Unit Chief Andreas [...]	2008-08-21 15:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM
08BERLIN1241	HYDROSOL: AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH [...] (U) Summary and Comment: The German Space Agency (DLR) has, in conjunction with the International Energy Agency's solar-thermal energy cooperative "SolarPACES", developed an efficient carbon dioxide (CO2)-free method of harvesting hydrogen from water. Named "HYDROSOL", this is an interesting [...]	2008-09-09 16:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY TSPL TNGD SENV GM
08BERLIN1250	NINTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROLS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 10:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC HR KSTC PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN1279	NO FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTION TO FDA-937-07 GRANT [...] (SBU) The U.S. Embassy in Berlin finds no negative U.S. foreign policy implications for the proposed award of FDA Research Grant Entitled "Phase 2/3 Study of FX-1006A for Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy." The Embassy understands that this grant began in 2007 and that there are already ten pa [...]	2008-09-17 13:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO FDA GM
08BERLIN1329	GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM
08BERLIN1330	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE [...] (SBU) REF A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050104085 for export of a U.S.-origin piezoresistive accelerometer (Endevco Model 7270A-200K) to the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) in Freiburg, Germany. The reason for this end-use check is that [...]	2008-09-25 15:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DA ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN1379	GERMAN PARTICIPANTS - 9TH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 16:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC HR KSTC PARM PREL GM
08BERLIN1385	GERMANY MOVING QUICKLY FORWARD ON BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) John Mizroch and U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary (DUS) Douglas Faulkner represented the U.S. in July 2008 bilateral discussions on biofuels with German officials represe [...]	2008-10-10 16:01:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG EU EUN SENV TPHY TRGY
08BERLIN1389	THE VIEW FROM BERLIN: NO EUROPE-WIDE BAILOUT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 9, Thomas de Maiziere, Head of the Federal Chancellery, signaled the possibility of greater European coordination following the upcoming EU summit. The Chancellery is critical of the way the UK and Ir [...]	2008-10-14 05:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1399	GERMANS DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS, INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State Secretary Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach of the Ministry of Economics told Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 10 that although Germans are alarmed by the ongoing financial turbulence, the country is relatively well positioned to ride out the storm. A fisca [...]	2008-10-15 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1414	GERMAN FINANCIAL BAILOUT APPROVED [...] SUMMARY. Despite concerns raised by some of Germany's states regarding the division of cost between the federal and state government, the German Parliament today approved legislation to shore up the country's ailing financial system. Business leaders and economists applauded the development. [...]	2008-10-20 05:56:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB GM
08BERLIN1421	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BLUE LANTERN END USE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 5. 2. (SBU) The director of the Fraunhofer Ernst-Mach-Institute (EMI) recently provided additional information and supporting documentation that adequately addresses all questions posed in Blue Lantern post-shipment end-user license check 056 [...]	2008-10-20 16:26:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DA ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN149	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Refs B and D requested post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-948922 for export of unclassified components and spare parts to the NATO E-3A SIPDIS AWACS Component Logistics Wing in Geilenkirchen, Germany. The reason for the request was U.S. law enforcement en [...]	2008-02-06 16:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN1496	New German Agriculture Minister Likely to Follow [...] (U) Summary. Ilse Aigner has been appointed as the German Minister for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, replacing Horst Seehofer who has returned to Bavaria as Minister President. It is unclear how this change will affect Germany's agricultural and trade policy decisions in the comin [...]	2008-11-03 15:37:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV INRB GM
08BERLIN1511	MERKEL IN CHINA SEEKS RESOLVE IN HANDING FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Much of Chancellor Merkel's October 23-25 visit to Beijing to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) focused on the financial crisis, according to Chancellery advisors Ludger Siemes (Bilateral Relations to the Near and Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America) and Petra Sigmu [...]	2008-11-05 13:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON CH GM IN PK
08BERLIN153	GERMAN ENERGY GIANT RWE JOINS NABUCCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After negotiations lasting nearly a year, German energy giant RWE became the sixth member of the Nabucco Gas Pipeline consortium. RWE joins energy companies from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey in the EU-supported project to pipe gas from the Caspian region to [...]	2008-02-08 09:28:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN1537	GERMANY: RAPIDEYE AG READY TO SELL UNIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By January 2009, German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG (RE) will likely begin commercial delivery (without significant export restriction) of unique, space-based imagery with potential reconnaissance applications and capable of imaging any point on Earth daily. Althoug [...]	2008-11-13 16:22:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN1543	MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]	2008-11-14 18:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF
08BERLIN1544	MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]	2008-11-17 05:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF

08BERLIN1548	GERMAN ENGAGEMENT WITH PAKISTAN AND VIEWS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To help Pakistan deal with its broad range of challenges, Germany has significantly ramped up its diplomatic engagement with Islamabad and plans to double its development assistance. Both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier have met with Pakistani leaders in recent weeks. Germa [...]	2008-11-17 10:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ECON EAID PK GM
08BERLIN1575	GERMAN FIRM INFOTERRA EYEING NEXT SAR-LUPE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infoterra, a subsidiary of EADS-Astrium, believes that their next generation digital synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology provides them with a competitive edge in securing the SAR-Lupe follow-on contract with the German MOD and are actively pursuing entry into the USG defe [...]	2008-11-21 16:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR GM
08BERLIN1605	GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PAKISTAN DONORS [...] On December 1, Econoff met with Gudrun Sraega, Head of Division, South Asia, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage German participation in the proposed December 16 Pakistan Donors Conference in New York (ref A). Other than a recent inquiry by the Japanese, Sraega said she had not b [...]	2008-12-02 10:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL GM PK
08BERLIN1608	GERMANY OFFERES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) Germany, current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),confirmed their full support for the U.S.-proposal to amend NSG guidelines regarding transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment/technology and expect little resistance from members with the possible exception of S [...]	2008-12-02 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY SF GM
08BERLIN1626	URGENT REQUEST TO EXPEDITE POTENTIAL UAV SALE TO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) In support of a potential $150 million Foreign Military Sale (FMS) of U.S.-origin Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to Germany, Embassy Berlin requests that PM/DDCT move as quickly as possible in gaining approval for Technical A [...]	2008-12-05 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETRD IS GM
08BERLIN1629	GERMANY SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON RETURN OF HEU TO [...] (SBU) In the interest of enlisting German MFA support to expedite preparations for the return of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) from the Rossendorf Research Reactor in Saxony, Germany to Russia by the end of 2010, Berlin EMIN delivered the reftel DOE letter with cover letter to MFA Deputy Dire [...]	2008-12-05 17:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM
08BERLIN1652	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries of Finance, Economics, and Foreign Affairs regarding the U.S. designation of the Saudi Arabia-based Union of Good organization as a supporter of terror and encouraged the ministries to pursue similar measures. None of our Germa [...]	2008-12-11 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08BERLIN1656	GERMANY WELCOMES OFAC PAPER ON BURMA SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the EU mulls its Common Position against Burma/Myanmar, Germany welcomed reftel information as a means of improving the effectiveness of EU sanctions against Burma. During the week of December 1, EconOff delivered the OFAC Burma sanctions paper to the German Ministries of F [...]	2008-12-11 17:05:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BM EU GM
08BERLIN166	GERMANY: ONE OF EUROPE'S LEADING ARMS EXPORTERS SEES NO [...] (U) Summary: Germany exported 7.7 billion Euros worth of arms in 2006, making it one of the largest arms exporters in the European Union. Almost half of these sales were to other NATO and EU member states in support of cooperative multinational projects like the Eurofighter. But critics poin [...]	2008-02-11 16:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PARM GM
08BERLIN1667	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK: LICENSE [...] (SBU) After multiple attempts to determine Logi-Sped's role in Blue Lantern (BL) end-use check 05-050057708, EconOff did not receive a satisfactory response addressing the questions in reftel. Logi-Sped,s broker told us that he has no record of a transaction involving AES Shipping Number 105 [...]	2008-12-12 15:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DA ETTC KOMC LE GM
08BERLIN1695	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of December 3, Germany had 7,200 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,700 in July),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with t [...]	2008-12-19 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1702	GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) On December 22, 2008, Econoff spoke with Christiane Botschen, Deputy Head of Division for Mexico, Central America & Caribbean, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge host country suspension of assistance to Nicaragua following the fraudulent November 9 municipal elections. Having f [...]	2008-12-22 14:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PREL UNGA NU GM
08BERLIN1703	GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM
08BERLIN212	GERMANY: KOSOVO RECOGNITION LETTER ON ITS WAY [...] (SBU) The German cabinet approved today (February 20) FM Steinmeier's proposal to recognize Kosovo's independence. MFA Western Balkans Deputy Director Marc Bogdahn told us that President Koehler, who has been on vacation in the German state of Thuringia, was expected to return to Berlin this a [...]	2008-02-20 18:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GM KV
08BERLIN218	GERMAN MINISTERS TO ATTEND WIREC, MAY USE OCCASION [...] (SBU) Summary: German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul will attend the March 4-6 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. The rest of the German delegation has registered online. The Germans may use W [...]	2008-02-22 10:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY GM
08BERLIN224	GERMAN TAX DRAGNET EXPANDS AMID GROWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The highly publicized raids by German law enforcement officials on Germany's rich and powerful in the ongoing tax evasion investigation threatens to ensnare hundreds of prominent citizens. It has also ignited a heated public debate on Germany's moral fabric and its ability to ma [...]	2008-02-22 16:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN240	GERMANY/TIP - MINISTRIES WELCOME ACTION GUIDE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government officials from key federal ministries welcomed the recommendations in G/TIP's "Action Guide to Combat Trafficking in Persons" for Germany. They highlighted a series of steps taken in 2007, including finalization of the second Federal Action Plan to Combat Violence a [...]	2008-02-27 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN250	GERMAN OUT-OF-AREA DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) As of February 17, Germany had 6,657 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,481 in late January),plus 5,700 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, r [...]	2008-02-29 11:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF BK ET EUN GG KV
08BERLIN256	GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-03-03 08:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BERLIN264	MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: WORLDWIDE GNSS [...] (SBU) REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA PRESENTED UPDATES ON DEPLOYMENT OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AT THE 6TH ANNUAL MUNICH SATELLITE AND NAVIGATION SUMMIT HELD FEBRUARY 19-21, 2008. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, RUSSIA'S GLONASS PROGRAM IS PROJEC [...]	2008-03-03 17:09:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN270	WIREC - GERMAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER SENDS HIS [...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry transmitted a letter dated February 25th to Embassy Berlin from German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel addressed to Secretary Rice. The original has been pouched to EUR/AGS for appropriate dissemination within the Department. An MFA-prepared courtesy translation [...]	2008-03-04 12:26:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY PREL GM
08BERLIN315	BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Ref A requested Embassy assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 05-050080456 for export of unclassified pizoresistive accelerometers to IABG mbH in SIPDIS Lichtenau, Germany. Ref requested that post contact the foreign end user and confirm receipt of the item, exact [...]	2008-03-12 16:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC SZ GM
08BERLIN343	GLOBAL INITIATIVE - EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 16:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR GM
08BERLIN38	GERMANY TO ATTEND JANUARY 30 MEM DESPITE MISGIVINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany will send a delegation to the January 30 Major Economies Meeting (MEM) although they remain skeptical about the value-added that the Major Economies Process (MEP) brings to the UNFCCC process. German officials are expressing concerns about the frequency and scope of the [...]	2008-01-10 10:29:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN386	EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2008 PEDOPHILIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin has found no evidence that would suggest that United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations have ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation, [...]	2008-03-28 14:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM
08BERLIN407	WIREC - GERMAN PLEDGES AND REACTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many of Germany's pledges included in the Washington International Action Program (WIAP) from the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) were similar to climate and energy measures already agreed to by the German Cabinet in August 2007. Additional commitme [...]	2008-04-01 12:52:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA GM
08BERLIN412	AUSTRALIA GROUP MESSAGE DELIVERED: U.S.-UK [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 08:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC CBW SIPDIS GM
08BERLIN427	GERMANY WALKS TIGHTROPE BETWEEN CHINA AND THE [...] (SBU) German Chancellor Merkel and the interior and foreign ministries have ruled out a boycott of the Olympics, but government reactions, along with that of the public, continue to be critical of China. Government statements and an April 3 special session of the German parliament on China's [...]	2008-04-04 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CH GM
08BERLIN432	MESSAGE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 07:50:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PREL PTER KGIC FR GM
08BERLIN464	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: GIIP ADIVISORY COMMITEE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 14:55:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC PARM PREL EN GM
08BERLIN475	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 15 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Environment Minister Gabriel told the Ambassador that Germany recognizes the role sectoral approaches will play in supporting global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Gabriel views the Major Economies Process as the key forum for building consensus to support [...]	2008-04-16 10:09:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA GM
08BERLIN479	MESSAGE DELIVERED - BAHRAIN ENDORSES GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 14:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DTRA PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA GM
08BERLIN493	GERMAN CONFERENCE PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: German officials say they plan to work with "like-minded" countries to establish the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this fall, regardless of whether major developed nations support the endeavor. According to the German proposal, IRENA would offer policy advice, f [...]	2008-04-18 17:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN494	EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MINISTRY SHOWCASES GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: There are four major scientific research institutes in Germany, each with tens of affiliated research centers. The institutes are entirely funded by the German federal and individual state governments. The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) sponsored a two-day [...]	2008-04-18 17:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPL SENV ENRG PREL GM
08BERLIN540	GERMANY: OPEN TO CUSTOMS TRAINING ROLE FOR OSCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Clemens Hach and OSCE desk officer Eric Tosatti April 24, emphasizing that the U.S. felt it was important to go forward as soon as possible in implementing the December 2007 decision on providing OSCE [...]	2008-04-25 16:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE AF GM
08BERLIN558	BERLIN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) Originally intended as a venue for formally rolling out German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's proposal to establish a new IAEA-run uranium enrichment facility, the scaled-back "International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Supply: Challenges and Opportunities," hosted by Germany, the Netherlan [...]	2008-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC IAEA KNPP ENRG GM
08BERLIN585	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SENIOR COUNTRY [...] Embassy Berlin welcomes and grants country clearance for LTC Sande Schlesinger and delegation to travel to Berlin May 8 - 10, 2008, as proposed reftel. 2. Point of contact for the visit is POL/MIL-External Unit Chief, William E. Moeller. Contact information is as follows: Office: [...]	2008-05-05 15:28:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GM FR CD OTRA
08BERLIN615	GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] (U) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Iraq Desk Director Dr. Ruediger Lotz May 7. Lotz noted that Germany would again participate in the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Stockholm. Due to scheduling reasons, FM Steinmeier will likely not attend, but State Secretary Sil [...]	2008-05-09 15:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN628	RESPONDING TO NUCLEAR TERRORISM AND RADIOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German officials from the Federal Environment Ministry and the Federal Office of Radiation Protection (BfS) briefed NNSA Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations Admiral Krol on Germany's task force approach to respond to incidents of nuclear terrorism and other radiolo [...]	2008-05-13 15:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP PTER ASEC KCRM ENRG PREL KGIC GM
08BERLIN669	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of early May, Germany had just over 7,000 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,657 in mid-February),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observe [...]	2008-05-21 06:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN715	GERMANY WILL BE REPRESENTED (BARELY) AT FRIENDS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 15:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MOPS OTRA PREL GM IQ
08BERLIN723	GERMANY DECLINES INVITATION TO PRESENT AT THE JUNE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 14:26:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC SP GM
08BERLIN750	TIP REPORT DELIVERED TO KEY GERMAN MINISTRIES [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR G/TIP. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (U) On June 4, Global Affairs Officer and Embassy Legal Advisor delivered ref A points informing regarding the TIP Report's release and Germany's tier ranking to key officials in the German MFA, Family Ministry, In [...]	2008-06-06 12:49:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PREL
08BERLIN790	GERMANY FORMULATING POSITION ON CSC [...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel nonpaper and talking points on June 6 to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) Specialized Working Group for Nuclear Safety Head of Division Ms. Ursula Adenauer and on June 11 to the German MF [...]	2008-06-16 07:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM GM
08BERLIN795	CODEL ROHRABACHER AND ROSCOSMOS DIRECTOR PERMINOV [...] (SBU) On May 28, 2008 CODEL Rohrabacher met with Roscosmos Director Anatoliy Perminov at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to discuss a variety of U.S./Russia space cooperation issues focusing on how to strengthen bi-lateral civil space cooperation policy and exploring new areas of future research c [...]	2008-06-16 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL TSPA RS IR GM
08BERLIN853	GERMANY INFORMED OF NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS: [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 15:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC PARM PREL KNNP JO IN RS GM
08BERLIN876	NASA-CNSA CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the German MFA on June 30. Goelz welcomed the talks and noted that Germany will continue to press China as necessary on space issues. She also promised to share the information with re [...]	2008-07-03 09:48:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL GM
08BERLIN890	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer for UN Human Rights and International Protection of Human Rights Sarah Bernardy told Poloff July 7 that, in response to reftel points, the MFA could not support a prisoners of conscience public affairs event at the UN without first having more de [...]	2008-07-08 09:46:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM
08BERLIN897	BERLIN GNSS TELEMATICS CONFERENCE: GALILEO FEELING [...] (SBU) The 2nd GNSS Technologies and Telematic Applications Conference, held June 12, 2008, highlighted a paradigm shift in Galileo's business philosophy to generate revenue and openness to foreign procurement. Galileo representatives admitted that the goal of having a complete and operationa [...]	2008-07-08 15:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
08BERLIN90	NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM CIVILIANS: GERMANY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Pol-mil chief provided the U.S. diplomatic note in reftel to the director of the MFA Office on the Legal Framework for the Stationing of Foreign Military Forces (Referat 503),Onno Hueckmann, on December 20. On January 10, a [...]	2008-01-18 20:21:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO GM AF
08BERLIN916	GERMAN RESPONSE TO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) On July 1, Emboffs met for a roundtable discussion of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with key German officials from the MFA, as well as the Family, Labor and Justice ministries. While the report was well received, a Family Ministry official expressed regret that more atte [...]	2008-07-11 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC PGOV
08BERLIN917	INVITATION DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 15:11:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA ENRG KNNP GM
08BERLIN945	EU's Solana Welcomes US Participation in [...] (SBU) On July 15-16, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana joined a number of high-ranking former and current foreign policy officials in Berlin at a conference entitled "Managing Global Insecurity (MGI)". During the course of the conference, Solana offered generalized comments about the mu [...]	2008-07-17 11:54:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERLIN959	GERMAN ENERGY LEGISLATION COMPROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six months after triumphantly presenting draft energy laws to meet aggressive global warming targets (reftel),coalition harmony has dissolved, resulting in watered down legislation that is likely to cost more and deliver less than initially expected. Parliamentary hearings we [...]	2008-07-21 05:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PGOV EU SENV GM
08BERLIN960	GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALLY RESPONDS TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Berlin delivered the information in STATE 66363 about U.S. health priorities for the G8 summit to German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg and Economic Cooperation and Development Ministry State Secretary Erich Stather on Monday, June 23 in formal letters from [...]	2008-07-21 06:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV WHO PREL GM
08BERLIN999	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 14:48:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM IR GM
08BERN108	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: SEEKING SWISS VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 28 with Rolf Ott, MFA Director for East African Affairs, to discuss the query in reftel. Ott appreciated the question, but said he would need to coordinate with other MFA offices and Swiss government agencies before he could respond. He undertook to try to provide su [...]	2008-02-28 16:37:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ
08BERN125	UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered non-papers in reftel A on March 4 to Roland Vock, Head of the Sanctions Task Force at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock's deputy, Thomas Graf, participated in the meeting. Vock said that SECO already was working on the necessary steps for the [...]	2008-03-07 17:21:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ
08BERN179	TIP - SWITZERLAND: Supplement [...] (U) The Federal Office of Police has adjusted its organization and hired new staff to step up the fight against trafficking in persons and child sexual abuse. At the operational level, the former investigative unit "Pedophilia-Human Trafficking-Migrant Smuggling" in July 2007 was split up int [...]	2008-04-17 14:56:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
08BERN196	SWISS AGAINST A SIX-MONTH STRATEGIC REVIEW: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an April 24 meeting with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO),Economic Cooperation and Development officials Raimond Furrer and Nathalie Floras told Emboff that Switzerland is "favorably inclined" to support Turkey's request to change membership status fr [...]	2008-04-24 14:57:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON TU SZ
08BERN224	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Acting POL Counselor discussed the message in reftel on May 9 with Rascha Osman, Swiss MFA Iraq Desk Officer. Osman reported that MFA State Secretary Ambuehl (Deputy Minister equivalent) will lead the Swiss delegation to the May 29 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial in Sto [...]	2008-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ SZ
08BERN246	PLEDGING AT THE PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff emphasized the message in reftel A in a May 9 meeting with MFA Senior Coordinator for South Asia Yves-Pierre Fux, highlighting the pressing need for election support; Fux's deputy, Agnes Christeler participated in the meeting. Fux explained that Switzerland made a five-y [...]	2008-05-23 16:27:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF SZ
08BERN247	UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] (U) Contains Action Request; please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff emphasized the message in reftel in a May 21 meeting with MFA Deputy UN Affairs Coordinator Frank Gruetter and MFA Deputy Legal Advisor for Development of International Law Joerg Lindenmann. Gruetter, who recently returned from [...]	2008-05-23 17:17:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNGA PREL SZ
08BERN35	SCENESETTER: THE 2008 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM ANNUAL [...] (U) The Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) is an independent international organization, with a self-proclaimed commitment to "improving the state of the world." It can be thought of as a large think tank with global mobility. The WEF's aim is to be a leader in identifying strategic iss [...]	2008-01-17 16:41:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD SENV ENRG EAID PGOV SZ
08BERN480	FINANCE MINISTER SUFFERS HEART ATTACK [...] (U) Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf Merz suffered a heart attack on Saturday, September 20 and subsequently was placed into an artificial coma and underwent quintuple bypass surgery. His condition is listed as critical but stable. The doctors confirmed that his heart now seems to be circulating [...]	2008-09-22 14:21:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SZ
08BERN508	UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message and text in reftel on October 2 to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Friedrich thanked poloff for the information. He had no immediate reaction to the text, but und [...]	2008-10-03 12:06:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA KNNP SZ LS
08BERN527	LIECHTENSTEIN DIALOGUE: THE FUTURE OF BANK SECRECY [...] (U) Summary. At the annual forum "Liechtenstein Dialogue," bankers and financial wealth management companies met in Liechtenstein to discuss private wealth management, and more particularly the future vision of a financial center built on banking secrecy. While the panel speakers ranged fro [...]	2008-10-10 14:44:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD SZ
08BERN528	IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 2 to Roland Vock, Head of the Export Controls Sanctions Policy Division of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). Vock commented that UNSCR 1835 reaffirmed the requirements of the previous sanctions UNSCRs on Iran, but did no [...]	2008-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP UN IR SZ
08BERN552	DAS GARBER'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS AND LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting with DAS Garber, senior Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) contacts outlined their priorities for U.S.-Swiss relations. EDA Americas Division Head Yvonne Baumann requested support for another round of senior-level U.S.-Swiss bilateral meeting [...]	2008-10-29 09:34:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN SZ
08BERN563	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...]	2008-11-03 15:16:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR SZ
08BERN564	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL- [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on October 29 to Alessandro Capelli, Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, and to Rene Bruelhart, Director Financial Intelligence Unit, National Administration of the Principality of Liechtenstein. 2. (SB [...]	2008-11-03 15:17:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC SZ
08BERN592	FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT:SWISS DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points on November 20 to Marcus Eggenberger, Programme Manager, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC),Department of Foreign Affairs. Eggenberger reported that the Swiss position remains the same as provided in the Swiss discussion paper located on [...]	2008-11-21 14:04:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID UNGA SZ
08BERN599	LIECHTENSTEIN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the message in reftel to Doris Frick, DCM of the Liechtenstein Embassy in Bern on November 24. Frick noted that Liechtenstein consistently has voted in line with EU consensus on such UN resolutions. She could make no commitments regarding how Liechtenstein will vote at [...]	2008-11-24 16:23:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS
08BERN605	LIECHTENSTEIN VOTING PLANS REGARDING UNGA [...] (SBU) Further to reftel B, Doris Frick, DCM of the Liechtenstein Embassy in Bern, informed poloff on November 26 that the GOL will abstain on the resolutions reaffirming three UN bodies (i.e., The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (62/80); Division f [...]	2008-11-26 12:48:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS
08BERN621	SWISS RESPONSE TO AMENDED LACEY ACT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to the Swiss Secretariat of Economic Affairs (SECO) Americas Officer Guido Barsuglia on December 3. Barsuglia reported that the Swiss intend to file comments against the Lacey amendments, specifically in regards to the plant import declaration. The comm [...]	2008-12-05 06:14:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO SZ
08BERN633	SWISS CABINET ELECTIONS: UELI MAURER TO [...] (U) Swiss People's Party (SVP) candidate Ueli Maurer was elected December 10 by a joint session of the Swiss Parliament into the seven-member Federal Council (Executive Cabinet). In what was expected to be a narrow contest, Maurer won by a single vote, garnering 122 of the 243 valid ballots c [...]	2008-12-11 15:43:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SZ
08BERN639	DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] (U) On December 11, poloff delivered the message in reftel to Frank Gruetter, Deputy Head of UN Coordination at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA),and to Doris Frick, DCM at the Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein in Bern. Neither Gruetter nor Frick had any immed [...]	2008-12-15 15:23:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA SZ LS
08BERN75	REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 21:15:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR SZ
08BISHKEK1021	Libel Suits Chill Free Speech in Kyrgyzstan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A successful libel suit by President Bakiyev's nephew against two independent newspapers has opened a veritable flood gate to additional criminal and civil suits against newspapers. The suits, which can result in awards of one million soms (over $28,000) in moral damages, are o [...]	2008-10-06 09:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1045	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO KYRGYZ PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gfoeller presented her credentials to President Bakiyev on October 14 in a ceremony at the Kyrgyz White House full of military precision, pomp, and circumstance. Other Ambassadors participating in the presentation ceremony were from Argentina, Finland, Japan, Mala [...]	2008-10-14 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1094	KYRGYZ OFFICIAL BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON ISSUK KUL [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 22 discussion with the Ambassador, Issyk Kul region officials outlined desires for increased tourism, expressed optimistic plans for a shorter road link to southern Kazakhstan and described needed investment at Tamchi Airport. Local schools will be shuttered for [...]	2008-10-29 11:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1116	OSCE BRIEFS BISHKEK AMBASSADORS; PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrew Tesoriere, chief of the Bishkek OSCE Center, convened an October 15 meeting of OSCE member state Ambassadors to outline OSCE goals and programs, which he claimed arose from Kyrgyz requests. Key among these activities is OSCE's ongoing police reform program, where cooper [...]	2008-11-03 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG OSCE
08BISHKEK1117	Christian Missionary Foundation Opens New American [...] (SBU) Summary: The Mercy Christian Foundation, a legally registered Christian organization active in the northern Kyrgyz city of Tokmok, has partnered with some of the original founders of the American University of Central Asia and has opened an American Professional Institute in the city. W [...]	2008-11-04 03:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PHUM KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1124	SNAPSHOT OF A KYRGYZ RESORT TOWN [...] (U) Summary: During a stop in Cholpon Ata, the main tourist town on Lake Issyk Kul's northern shore, the Ambassador visited the Ruh Ordo religious park and the local petroglyphs. Accommodations in the region range from Soviet-era relics to modern (and pricey) developments, which attract Kyr [...]	2008-11-04 11:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1133	Embassy Election Events a Hit with Kyrgyz Elites and [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bishkek hosted sx public events November 5 to mark the U.S. presidential elections. The events took place at the Chief of Mission's Residence (CMR); the American Corners in Jalalabad, Kant, and Karakol; and the American Centers in Bishkek and Osh. Prominent opposition p [...]	2008-11-06 11:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1134	KYRGYZ DEPUTY GOVERNOR BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Issyk Kul Oblast Deputy Governor Alishbayev briefed the Ambassador October 23 about the Oblast's agricultural, mining and industrial sectors. The Oblast's greatest potential, however, appears to be further development of its tourism sector. While air links are limited, inter [...]	2008-11-06 11:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1144	KYRGYZSTAN: KARAKOL MAYOR PRAISES INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The mayor of Karakol, capital of Issyk Kul oblast, praised NGO and international assistance projects to the Ambassador October 23, but also identified infrastructural shortcomings, particularly in the transportation sector, which challenge the region's aim to develop its touri [...]	2008-11-10 10:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1165	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS ISSYK KUL CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings October 23 in Karakol, the Ambassador fielded questions about the U.S. political system, learned about civil society programs and fundraising activities, and obtained insights into efforts to improve primary healthcare in Issyk Kul oblast. Representatives of t [...]	2008-11-14 07:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1173	KYRGYZSTAN: VIEWS FROM ISSYK KUL'S SOUTH SHORE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Issyk Kul regional chief briefed the Ambassador October 24 on the shift of his region's economic foundation largely to agricultural and livestock pursuits. While the Soviet Union's collapse took its toll on major industrial and tourist facilities, the chief expressed hope t [...]	2008-11-18 03:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK118	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT- [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 03:59:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KG
08BISHKEK1206	KYRGYZSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Econ Chief Robert Burgess, email: burgessrg@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow is Em [...]	2008-12-03 02:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1209	ANALYZING CHINESE TRADERS IN KYRGYZ MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: A university survey of traders at two Chinese-dominated markets identified a "lack of market competition" as a main reason for Chinese "migration" to the Kyrgyz Republic. Despite large increases in visa and work permit costs, Chinese entrepreneurs continue to trade in bazaars [...]	2008-12-03 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1215	NO OFFICIAL KYRGYZ INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER [...] In response to reftel inquiry, Post is not aware of any official Kyrgyz interest in developing nuclear power. No nuclear power facilities exist in the Kyrgyz Republic. There has been some academic discussion of the topic; however, Post has not learned of any consideration of this option amon [...]	2008-12-09 09:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KG
08BISHKEK1222	KYRGYZ TV PULLS RFE/RL OFF THE AIR, AVOIDS EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz National Television and Radio Company (KTR) suspended broadcasting of RFE/RL radio and television programming on October 8, ostensibly due to non-payment by the International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB). However, IBB has since confirmed that its electronic funds transfer r [...]	2008-12-10 08:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK211	KYRGYZSTAN 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...]	2008-02-29 11:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG
08BISHKEK320	FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST NO. 200706444 [...] (SBU) Post's search of records produced no/no material relevant to reftel request. Post conducted this search in early December 2007 and communicated the finding of no responsive material to the SCA Bureau on December 10, 2007. LITZENBERGER [...]	2008-04-03 08:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AINF KG
08BISHKEK328	NEW KYRGYZ 2008 BUDGET ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed the 2008 Kyrgyz budget into law March 17. The 2008 budget projects a 25% increase in revenues and 19% rise in expenditures over 2007 budget levels, with revenues reaching approximately $1.1 billion and expenditures reaching almost $1.2 [...]	2008-04-07 08:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK353	Kyrgyz Government Requests Results of Shooting [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On April 8, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note requesting that the Embassy provide the results of the U.S. investigation into the December 2006 shooting of Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivano [...]	2008-04-09 09:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK373	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION KURULTAI CALLS FOR UNITY, CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The April 12 kurultai, or "people's gathering," delivered few surprises, as presentations focused on the government's "poor" performance since the March 2005 "revolution." Issues of concern included rising unemployment, the "illegal" October 2007 constitutional referendum and D [...]	2008-04-15 10:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KG
08BISHKEK38	Local Kyrgyz Election Coverage Far From Fair and Balanced [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Embassy's election monitoring program, a Democracy Commission grant was awarded to a local NGO to study the use of broadcast and print media in the run-up to the December 21 parliamentary elections. The results were unsurprising. The results confirm the trend ove [...]	2008-01-11 08:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG

08BISHKEK392	Kyrgyz Women Debate Merits of Legalized Prostitution [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Women's Political Discussion Club, which wields increasing influence in Kyrgyz politics, held a heated discussion on prostitution in Kyrgyzstan and plans to raise the issue in Parliament. Widely reported as an effort to "legalize" prostitution, it is, in fact, an effort to ra [...]	2008-04-22 05:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF KG
08BISHKEK394	KYRGYZ RECEIVE INFORMATION ON GIIP MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 09:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC PARM PREL KG
08BISHKEK395	1540 COMMITTEE POINTS PASSED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP KG
08BISHKEK409	KYRGYZ RECEIVE NPT PREP COMMITTEE PAPERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 10:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KG
08BISHKEK422	Kyrgyz Media Reaction on Shooting of Russian Officer Based [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, April 20th, there was an altercation between Russian servicemen and Kyrgyz traffic police outside Bishkek. As a result, Kyrgyz traffic police shot a Russian officer based at the Russian air base in Kant, who was severely injured, losing a rib and his spleen. While the [...]	2008-04-30 10:56:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK427	KYRGYZ RECEIVE ADDITIONAL NPT PREP COMMITTEE PAPERS [...] (U) Poloff sent reftel non-paper to the MFA Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs' Melis Mamadaliev on May 2. Mamadaliev agreed to forward information to GOKG representatives currently attending the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom II) for the 2010 [...]	2008-05-02 11:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA KG
08BISHKEK428	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kyrgyz Republic, a net food importer with limited arable land, saw 28% food price inflation in 2007 and is likely to see its wheat import bill double to $142 million in 2008. With wheat a major staple of the Kyrgyz diet, Kyrgyz officials have announced a 45,000 hectare exp [...]	2008-05-02 12:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK525	UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 08:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC KG
08BISHKEK576	KYRGYZSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM ELECTION [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Western Countries Director Kanat Tursunkulov on June 2. Tursunkulov noted that Ministry had our previous demarches in support of Ambassador Swing's candidacy, and he said that the Ministry would consider our latest points. 2. (SBU) On June [...]	2008-06-05 10:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREF PREL SMIG KG
08BISHKEK63	MFA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR KYRGYZSTAN'S MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Kyrgyz MFA January 14 seeking an agreement of reciprocal support, whereby Kyrgyzstan would support Pierre-Richard Prosper for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination "on the understanding that the Government of the United Stat [...]	2008-01-17 11:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA KG
08BISHKEK654	KYRGYZ VIOLATIONS OF VISA RECIPROCITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, post has received reports from U.S. citizens of the increasing difficulties in obtaining Kyrgyz visas. At a June 16 meeting with the head of the Consular Department of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy was informed that foreigners may only r [...]	2008-06-24 04:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD KREC PGOV KG
08BISHKEK719	KYRGYZ INTERESTED IN GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING [...] (U) The Kyrgyz MFA sent Embassy a diplomatic note, dated June 27, 2008, requesting that the Kyrgyz Republic be considered eligible to participate in the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI). The Kyrgyz government had earlier asked for information about GPOI, and on May 16 the Amba [...]	2008-07-14 03:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK742	Kyrgyz Visitor Group Returns from U.S. BaQTour with [...] (U) SUMMARY: Four Kyrgyz officials returned from an International Visitor Program tour of Air Force bases in the U.S. convinced that hosting a base offers benefits for a community, but eager to increase such benefits in Kyrgyzstan. In separate meetings with Embassy and Manas Airbase leadershi [...]	2008-07-18 10:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK743	Kyrgyz Education Roundtable Identifies Worrying Trends [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Yovanovitch participated in a roundtable discussion of education systems with Russian television host Vladimir Posner on May 28 at the American University of Central Asia. The group, which included Kyrgyz officials, did not agree on one best model for Kyrgyzstan. Some [...]	2008-07-18 10:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK747	Kyrgyz Media Embed in Afghanistan Counters Misinformation [...] (U) SUMMARY: Four Kyrgyz journalists were embedded June 21-27 in Afghanistan to allow them better to understand Coalition military and reconstruction efforts and the critical role of Manas Air Base in supporting those efforts. The journalists, who spent time at Bagram Air Base and a Provincia [...]	2008-07-21 07:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK750	Country Team Assessment for 1206 Case B8-B-UDY Night [...] (SBU) REASON FOR ARTICLE OR SERVICE: The Special Operations Unit 52806 based in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan has been designated by the Ministry of Defense to perform the function of a rapid reaction force in the event of terrorist or other threats in southern Kyrgyz Republic. The unit must be capable [...]	2008-07-22 10:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK784	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REID'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bishkek warmly welcomes the August 4-6 visit of CODEL Reid to Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan is an important ally of the United States, hosting the Manas Coalition Air Base, which serves as a crucial logistical hub for Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. The U.S.-Kyrgy [...]	2008-07-31 13:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP OTRA KG
08BISHKEK820	TFGG01: Reactions in Kyrgyz Media to the Crisis in Georgia [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Kyrgyz newspapers continue in a sporadic summer publishing schedule, and only a few analysts have spoken out on the events in Georgia. Television media is overwhelmingly dominated by reports based on information from Russian sources. Internet forums are overflowing with mi [...]	2008-08-12 10:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK874	INVESTIGATION OF FATAL KYRGYZ BOEING 737 CRASH [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, an Iranian Aseman Airlines flight crashed outside of Bishkek killing 65 of the 90 people on board. The plane, a Boeing 737, was leased from a Kyrgyz company, Itek Air, and was operated by a Kyrgyz crew. The majority of the passengers (and victims) were Kyrgyz and [...]	2008-08-26 10:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK897	KYRGYZ LOCAL ELECTIONS SET FOR OCTOBER, BUT RULES STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyzstan will hold local elections on October 5, with voters choosing local councils (keneshes) in Bishkek, 21 other cities, 40 districts, and 428 villages. Thirty-one local keneshes, including that of Osh, have terms remaining and will not hold elections. The deadline for c [...]	2008-09-04 08:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KG
08BISHKEK930	Environmental Specialist Plants Seeds of Consciousness in [...] (SBU) Summary: IIP Speaker Jaime Lozano, Los Angeles Environmental Specialist with over twenty years experience in solid waste management, raised awareness of the solid waste disposal challenges facing Kyrgyzstan. He met with students, academicians, NGO's, and local authorities in the capital [...]	2008-09-12 11:01:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK933	KYRGYZ AGRICULTURE MINISTER POSITIVE ON FOOD SUPPLY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, Kyrgyz Agriculture Minister Nogoyev assured the Ambassador that government officials had taken steps to secure food supplies this winter, but did express concern about the impact of continued electricity cuts. Nogoyev welcomed the extension of two U [...]	2008-09-15 04:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK948	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KYRGYZ MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, the Ambassador met with Kyrgyz Minister of Education Boldjurova. Boldjurova expressed pride in the steps made over the years to improve the level of education in Kyrgyzstan, but acknowledged that there should be a renewed focus on improving teacher quality. Th [...]	2008-09-19 07:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO KG
08BISHKEK956	OSH TRIP: SOUTHERN KYRGYZ UNIVERSITY GREETS [...] (SBU) During a September 16-17 visit to the southern city of Osh, Ambassador visited Osh State University. She found a school in good physical shape, eager for international cooperation, but tarred by allegations of corruption. First Vice-Rector Turdumamat Kadyrov gave the Ambassador a tour o [...]	2008-09-22 10:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV SCUL KG
08BISHKEK963	Kyrgyz Press and Public Opinion Still Overwhelmingly [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty days after the beginning of the Georgian conflict, opinions on the conflict in the Kyrgyz media are resoundingly pro-Russian. Reader reactions to an Embassy op-ed indicate that the U.S. version of events has little support. On the contrary, the events in Georgia appear to [...]	2008-09-23 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BOGOTA1094	LEAK IN PARA-POLITICAL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ONE [...] (U) On March 19, Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran accepted the resignation of Martha Luz Hurtado, a prosecutor before the Supreme Court working on investigations related to the ongoing para-political scandal, after a suspected leak of information. The Prosecutor Generals Office (Fiscalia) ack [...]	2008-03-19 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1095	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) The Ambassador emphasized the important role human rights workers in a democratic society to Gloria Florez, the Executive Director of the Association for Alternative Social Policy (MINGA) in a March 18 meeting. MINGA officials expressed appreciation for the Ambassador's visit to demonstr [...]	2008-03-19 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO ELAB
08BOGOTA1127	COLOMBIAN COAL SECTOR BOOMING IN THE FACE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite already ranking as the world's fifth largest coal exporter, Colombia's coal sector looks to increase production nearly 65 percent over the next three years. Rich coal deposits in Guajira and Cesar Departments as well as attractive prospects for developing nearby natural [...]	2008-03-26 18:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON SENV CO
08BOGOTA1144	GOC SEIZES "UNENRICHED" URANIUM FROM FARC [...] (U) On March 26, the GOC confirmed that it had seized from the FARC approximately 30 kilograms of uranium "empobrecido" (unenriched or depleted) -- low in radioactivity, safe to handle with special equipment, and similar to material used in medical equipment, armoring material or counterweights [...]	2008-03-27 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PINR PARM CO
08BOGOTA1205	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 4-6 VISIT OF USTR SCHWAB AND [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...]	2008-04-01 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA1320	USTR SCHWAB AND CODEL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 21:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KJUS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1373	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1376	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1708	COLOMBIA TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS -- MORE HARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after Colombia's Central Bank implemented controls on inflows of foreign capital in an attempt to stem the appreciation of the Colombian peso, the U.S. dollar has fallen a further 16 percent and reached a nine-year low against the peso due to external and domestic press [...]	2008-05-09 16:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1713	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO ARAUCA, APRIL 29, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on April 29 to the oil-producing and historically conflict-plagued Department of Arauca (along the Venezuelan border) to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives as well as to visit Occidental Petroleum's (Oxy) major production [...]	2008-05-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EAID PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA177	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR AND CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John P. Walters and accompanying CODEL. Your delegation will visit a Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 [...]	2008-01-14 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SNAR MARR KCRM PTER EAID ETRD ECON
08BOGOTA1838	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In April the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 10,630 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 1,607 hectares of coca and 48 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 7.46 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, 11.50 metric tons of [...]	2008-05-16 16:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA1921	FARC DOCUMENTS INDICATE THAT ERADICATION FINANCIALLY HURTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Documents recovered from the laptop computers of two recently killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC in Spanish) Secretariat members and subsequently released to the press indicate that coca eradication causes financial hardship for the organization. In essence, the [...]	2008-05-22 11:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA1925	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: APRIL 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for April, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,859 tracks during April. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). Two other aircraft without a flight plan were visually identified in [...]	2008-05-22 16:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA1966	COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AXES FORESTRY LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia's Constitutional Court issued a decision overturning a controversial Forestry law for failing to adequately consult with "affected" Afro-Colombian and indigenous groups on the law's impact. While proponents claimed the law strengthened sustainable forest management, o [...]	2008-05-28 18:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2	COLOMBIA'S 2008 MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK-AIMING FOR A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Colombia completes one of its best economic years in recent history with growth approaching seven percent, the outlook for 2008 foreshadows slower growth closer to the five percent average registered since 2003. Buoyed by an improving security situation, strong inflows of for [...]	2008-01-02 16:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV AADP CO
08BOGOTA2052	GOC TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For the second time in six weeks, the GOC has tightened capital controls in an attempt to stem the steady appreciation of the Colombian Peso against the U.S. dollar. The peso's rise (14 percent since January 1) has significantly strained the competitiveness of Colombian non-ene [...]	2008-06-06 13:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2053	GOC TIGHTENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO HITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. For the second time in six weeks, the GOC has tightened capital controls in an attempt to stem the steady appreciation of the Colombian Peso against the U.S. dollar. The peso's rise (14 percent since January 1) has significantly strained the competitiveness of Colombian non-ene [...]	2008-06-06 14:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2073	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Officer to determine the circumstances surrounding the relationship between the Colombian Air Force (CAF) and Higher Source Aviation (HSA). On June 9, Econoff and MilGroup Officer met with Colonel Jaime Ivan Reyes Rincon, [...]	2008-06-09 17:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC ECON CO
08BOGOTA209	FOREIGN INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO BOOM IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to preliminary figures Colombia attracted over USD 7.5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2007 amid improvements in security, investment climate reforms and strong macroeconomic fundamentals. The total represents Colombia's second highest inflow of FDI in h [...]	2008-01-16 16:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BEXP CO
08BOGOTA2097	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for May, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,543 tracks during April. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events during the month. END SUMMARY. ----- [...]	2008-06-10 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2105	SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN'S REQUEST FOR EMBASSY ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Senator John McCain's Senate office informed Post on June 10, 2008 that the Senator intends to visit Cartagena, Colombia at GOC invitation from July 1-2, 2008. The office classifies the visit as a "campaign trip" not a CODEL. The Senator's office, dealing dire [...]	2008-06-11 16:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP APER ASEC CO
08BOGOTA2120	OY CANADA - COLOMBIA CLOSES FTA WITH CANADA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia closed free trade negotiations with Canada on Saturday, June 7. Implementation before the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) could place some U.S. producers at a competitive disadvantage, most notably agricultural products, certain manufactured products, ser [...]	2008-06-11 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON CO CA
08BOGOTA2156	COLOMBIA'S PACIFIC COAST: CAN THE PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's largely Afro-Colombian Pacific coast suffers from high unemployment, isolation and poverty. Poor infrastructure and lack of human capital hobble development. The coast's three most important cities, Buenaventura, Tumaco and Quibdo, generate the majority of its econo [...]	2008-06-16 19:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EFIS EAID EIND ELAB EWWT EAGR CO
08BOGOTA2175	GOC ADVANCES ON LABOR CONCERNS [...] (U) The GOC continues to make progress on labor concerns. The GOC announced plans to make special labor judge jobs permanent positions, and the Colombian National Police's (CNP) new "rewards program" for information on violence against unionists led to the capture of five perpetrators. The Fis [...]	2008-06-17 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2176	COLOMBIA TO BOOST POWER WITH SIX NEW HYDROELECTRIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Colombian government has issued contracts for the private construction of six new hydroelectric dams that will add almost 3000 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the domestic network by 2018. The additional wattage represents a 22 percent increase in installed capacity and wi [...]	2008-06-17 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON CO
08BOGOTA2179	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In May the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 9,540 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 9,358 hectares of coca and 62 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 8.21 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, sixteen metric tons of [...]	2008-06-17 20:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2195	COLOMBIA: MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) Post has consulted internally in response to reftel and suggests current Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char Chalub and Colombian businessman and philanthropist Samuel Azout. 2. (SBU) Prior to his 2007 election as Mayor of Barranquilla (one of three major ports on Colombia's Caribbean Co [...]	2008-06-18 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2215	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA, JUNE 7, 2008 [...] (U) Ambassador visited Barranquilla, Atlantico Department, on June 7 to receive a major food donation funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and destined for the World Food Program (WFP). Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char, Atlantico Governor Eduardo Verano, a [...]	2008-06-19 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA229	FOREIGN INVESTMENT CONTINUES TO BOOM IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to preliminary figures Colombia attracted over USD 7.5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2007 amid improvements in security, investment climate reforms and strong macroeconomic fundamentals. The total represents Colombia's second highest inflow of FDI in h [...]	2008-01-16 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BEXP CO
08BOGOTA2317	COFAN INDIGENOUS GROUP DEMANDS CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) The Santa Rosa del Guamuez Cofan Indigenous community petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to seek precautionary measures requiring the GOC to consult with them on plans to build a military base near their territory. The Santa Rosa representatives (who clash wi [...]	2008-06-25 22:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2328	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO META, JUNE 12, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on June 12 to the historically conflict-plagued Department of Meta to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives and highlight USG efforts to assist the GOC in consolidating security gains made in territory previously occupied by th [...]	2008-06-26 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC ECON EPET EAID
08BOGOTA2331	SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION IN COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite challenges, Colombia's palm industry continues to expand as a result of high palm oil prices, increasing security and biofuels demand. The GOC and private industry have publicly committed to developing the sector in a sustainable manner and initiated efforts to do so, i [...]	2008-06-26 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON CO
08BOGOTA2373	URIBE CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS AFTER COURT [...] (SBU) President Uribe addressed the nation at midnight on June 27, calling for the "repetition of the 2006 presidential elections." His speech was prompted by the Supreme Court's request--in its ruling sentencing former Congresswoman Yidis Medina to 47 months of house arrest for selling her vo [...]	2008-06-27 23:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2510	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) At a July 7 meeting with Association of Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES) President Geiler Romana, the Ambassador underscored U.S. support of Afro-Colombian communities through institution-building, human rights, and development programs. AFRODES said the GOC and internation [...]	2008-07-14 13:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2545	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In June the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 17,953 hectares. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 28.3 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 19.3 metric tons of marijuana, and 22 kilos of heroin. They also captured 26 metric tons of precursor chemicals. [...]	2008-07-14 19:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2558	ECONOMIC WOES OVERTAKE SECURITY ATOP COLOMBIANS' [...] (U) SUMMARY. A plurality of Colombians now believe the economy is the number one problem the country faces, more so than security, according to a recent Gallup poll. While the data undoubtedly reflect the perception of an improved security situation (particularly in the wake of Operation Jaq [...]	2008-07-14 22:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ETRD
08BOGOTA2597	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR, [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia celebrates major victories in its fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),continued strong economic growth, and an expansion of democratic governance. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 perce [...]	2008-07-17 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL CO
08BOGOTA260	SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 24-25 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit is well timed. Colombia is in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murder rates have declined over [...]	2008-01-22 13:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SNAR ETRD PHUM VZ CO
08BOGOTA2623	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for June, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5,867 tracks during June. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events with one Law Enforcement End game [...]	2008-07-21 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2641	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-23 12:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2674	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-24 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA273	INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL ROILS COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid recent turmoil in global markets and fears of a recession in the United States, the Colombian stock market suffered its fourth-worst drop ever on January 21. Despite regaining some ground on January 22, the market remains in negative territory for 2008 and concern has grow [...]	2008-01-22 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA277	VENEZUELAN CRACKDOWN ON SMUGGLING UNLIKELY TO HURT [...] (SBU) On January 21, Venezuela initiated a crackdown on the smuggling of subsidized food and gasoline into Colombia via the northeastern Colombian border town of Cucuta. Contacts tell us that so far the crackdown has had limited impact. Pedro Sayago, Executive Director of the local Chamber [...]	2008-01-22 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON CO
08BOGOTA2798	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 7-9 VISIT OF ACTING DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid strong economic growth, pro-investment policies, improved security, and targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Foreign direct investment and trade, led by the energy [...]	2008-08-01 12:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2800	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Incre [...]	2008-08-01 16:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA2831	COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE [...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...]	2008-08-01 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO
08BOGOTA2892	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON DISCUSSES COLOMBIA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga told Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on July 23 that the long-term outlook for the Colombian economy remains strong despite turmoil in international markets, rising inflation, and appreciation of the peso. He pointed to energy, [...]	2008-08-06 15:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO ECIN ECON
08BOGOTA2902	COLOMBIA INSTITUTES TUNA MORATORIUM; PLEDGES NEW [...] (U) On July 22 the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (ICA),Colombia's lead agency for fishing-related issues, published resolution 002557 creating a moratorium-period on tuna fishing from July 22 to December 31. Luisa Maldonado, the marine biologist who drafted the resolution, told Econoff [...]	2008-08-06 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA2918	SLOWER COLOMBIAN ECONOMY IN 2008 AMID INFLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A slowing global economy, rising inflation and currency appreciation are now expected to drag Colombia's economy down from its average of over 7 percent in 2006-07 to less than 5 percent in 2008. Many business leaders and GOC officials including President Uribe blame the Central [...]	2008-08-11 12:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2930	CIVAIR COLOMBIA: RESPONSE TO SANCLEMENTE LETTER [...] (SBU) On August 12 Econoff met Fernando Sanclemente, Director of Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority and provided Sanclemente with a copy of the July 30 Robl letter and orally delivered talking points per reftel. Sanclemente said he would review the Robl letter to see if it could be the basis [...]	2008-08-12 20:37:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA CO
08BOGOTA3003	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 7,268 tracks during July. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There were three events in miss [...]	2008-08-15 11:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3017	COLOMBIA SHOWCASES POTENTIAL AS STRATEGIC ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer led a DOE delegation to Cartagena, Colombia August 7-9, which met with a wide array of government and private sector leaders from across the energy sector. They told the delegation that Colombia's business climate was excellent a [...]	2008-08-18 14:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET EAGR PGOV ETRD CO
08BOGOTA3076	STRENGTH OF THE COLOMBIAN PESO: HOW HEAVY IS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since 2003, the Colombian peso has averaged about nine percent annual nominal appreciation against the dollar. The revaluation, a product of global economic pressures and Colombia's improved economic and security situation, has been more pronounced in the last two years and is [...]	2008-08-19 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CO
08BOGOTA3082	GOC TO TAKE LARGER SHARE OF HIGH OIL REVENUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid sustained high oil prices and rising production (ref A),the GOC plans to increase its take in new hydrocarbon contracts from 30 percent up to a maximum 50 percent. GOC officials have told us that they will not retroactively implement the proposed changes to existing contr [...]	2008-08-21 20:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3135	COLOMBIA'S TRADITION OF CORPORATE SOCIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia has a long tradition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Philanthropic foundations and industry associations have, fueled in part by absences of state presence or resources as a result of civil conflict, provided social services and built infrastructure in areas [...]	2008-08-26 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3181	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CAUCA, JULY 30, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on July 30 to the Department of Cauca to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives, as well as to visit USAID sponsored sites in and around Popayan, Cauca. During his visit he emphasized the U.S.-Colombia partnership in matters [...]	2008-08-27 23:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ETRD PTER PREL ECON CO
08BOGOTA3289	COLOMBIA LOOSENS CAPITAL CONTROLS AS PESO FALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than three months after tightening capital controls on portfolio investment (reftel),the Colombian Finance Ministry announced September 1 that it would eliminate deposit requirements on foreign capital inflows into Colombian stocks. The move represents the first loosening [...]	2008-09-04 11:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3315	SECOND PALM OIL SPILL RAISES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two palm oil spills in the last four months on Colombia's northern coast have begun to raise concerns about industry procedures and the sector's safeguards. While the spills of the biodegradable material were limited in size and appear to have caused little environmental impact, [...]	2008-09-05 14:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON CO
08BOGOTA3350	IS THE COST OF LIVING INCREASING IN COLOMBIA? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Inflation figures over the last 12 months indicate an acceleration of an already increasing cost of living in Colombia. Analysts expect the consumer price inflation to come in at double the target for 2008, and prices for producers have risen even faster. While a month-long dep [...]	2008-09-08 22:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CO
08BOGOTA3352	COLOMBIA GAINING ON UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE, BUT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the 1993 implementation of national health care coverage in Colombia, the GOC has tripled the number of Colombians with access to public health services. However, the expansion has come with fiscal, legal, bureaucratic costs that are expected to rise further with the recen [...]	2008-09-09 12:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TBIO PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3424	GOC AGREES WITH GOPA COMMUNIQUE TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD UNGA CO
08BOGOTA3497	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: AUGUST 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for August, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,612 tracks during August. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event during [...]	2008-09-17 22:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3583	AMBASSADOR GROSS LAUNCHES NEW ERA IN BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As part of a broader effort to expand economic relations with Colombia and complement the pending U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (reftel),Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, launched a new bilateral dialo [...]	2008-09-24 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV EAID PREL CO
08BOGOTA3585	BIOFUELS: US EXPERT URGES COLOMBIA TO LOOK TOWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels Director Charlotte Opal September 3-5 to inform local biofuels producers and policymakers about the ongoing international dialogue [...]	2008-09-24 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3588	WEATHERING THE STORM: COLOMBIA'S EXPOSURE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid ongoing turmoil in U.S. and global financial markets, Colombia's financial sector appears at low susceptibility to a contagion and its macro-economic foundation significantly more stable than during the 1998 international financial crisis. Nevertheless, local experts predi [...]	2008-09-25 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3604	TOUGH WEEK FOR THE BAD GUYS: COLOMBIAN POLICE FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3710	SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the U.S. presidential campaign, and speculate on what the outcome of the campaign might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). As a bridge [...]	2008-10-08 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3728	GAINS OF POLICE REESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM JEOPARDIZED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since its inception six years ago, the Reestablishment of Police Presence in Conflictive Zones program has achieved impressive successes in restoring government control throughout rural Colombia. This program has also begun to play a major role in other high-priority missions, [...]	2008-10-09 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3729	COLOMBIA LIFTS CAPITAL CONTROLS IN THE FACE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On October 8, President Uribe announced the elimination of remaining capital controls on foreign investment, as part of a plan to ensure liquidity to Colombian markets in the face of the worsening global financial crisis. Uribe also outlined draft legislation that would offer [...]	2008-10-09 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3848	ECOPETROL TO EXPAND COOPERATION WITH PETROBRAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reinforcing its growing international focus, Colombia's state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol has agreed to increase cooperation with Brazil's parastatal Petrobras. The companies recently announced they will jointly cooperate in exploration in Colombia and Brazil, block of [...]	2008-10-22 16:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3887	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 16,524 hectares; the Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 30 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 17 metric tons of marijuana, and 74 kilograms (kgs) of heroin, and captured 1,973 metric tons of precursor chemic [...]	2008-10-23 21:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA3892	COLOMBIA RETOOLS ITS IATTC POLICY, BUT GOC [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 23 MFA Director of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Maria Andrea Alban, told EconCouns that the GOC has been meeting to revise its posture before the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) in an effort to avoid the embarrassment caused in Panama ( [...]	2008-10-24 21:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PHSA SENV CO
08BOGOTA3927	COLOMBIA: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 21:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PARM KNNP MNUC CO
08BOGOTA3982	PEACE LABS: THE BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO GOVERNANCE, [...] (U) The European Commission (EC),along with the GOC Accion Social's Peace and Development Program (PDP),helped found and support three "Peace Laboratories" in six different regions. The "Peace Laboratories" focus on three key areas: supporting human rights and local peace initiatives, stre [...]	2008-10-31 21:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO

08BOGOTA4007	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: SEPTEMBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for September, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5063 tracks during September. Five were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event in [...]	2008-11-05 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4008	AMBASSADOR'S BARRANQUILLA VISIT FOCUSES ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an October 30 visit to Barranquilla, Ambassador Brownfield discussed a range of themes -- including U.S.-Colombia relations, U.S. elections, the global financial crisis, corporate social responsibility, and sports diplomacy -- with a wide array of interlocutors. The Ambas [...]	2008-11-05 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA4093	DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised the Government of Bolivia's suspension of operations by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez this month. Additionally, on November 12, post delivered points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia C [...]	2008-11-13 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CO
08BOGOTA4134	COLOMBIA: PYRAMID SCHEMES SWINDLE THOUSANDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombian authorities believe as many as three million Colombians have been defrauded of at least USD 300 million in a series of pyramid schemes that began collapsing November 12 after the government's seizure of the firm Proyecciones DFRE. The fall of DFRE spurred the subseque [...]	2008-11-17 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KCRM PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4178	COLOMBIA TO SIGN TRADE/INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia plans to sign its Free Trade Agreement with Canada as well as a Bilateral Investment Treaty with China on the margins of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru, November 22-23. Colombia will also use the occasion to formally accept an invitation from the P4 to begin accession [...]	2008-11-19 20:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN PREL APEC CO
08BOGOTA4194	COLOMBIA TO OPPOSE IRAN NO ACTION MOTION ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) On November 12 and 13, Post delivered all points in reftel to Director of U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Adriana Mejia, urging a review of previous GOC policy to abstain on no action motions. Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Adriana Meji [...]	2008-11-21 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4201	GOC ARRESTS ALLEGED PYRAMID RINGLEADERS AMID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid collapsing pyramid schemes suspected of defrauding at least 300,000 Colombians (reftel),the GOC seized DMG Holding Group, S.A., the largest suspected scam in the country and arrested its founder and principal directors on charges of money laundering, illicit enrichment, and [...]	2008-11-21 21:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KCRM SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4215	SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the transition period to President-elect Barack Obama, and speculate on what the outcome might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The [...]	2008-11-25 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4243	GOC OUTLINES AMBITIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Infrastructure has long constrained Colombia's economic competitiveness, geographical cohesion and presence of the state. However, as security continues to improve and Colombia aims to position itself to compete in the global marketplace, the GOC is launching an ambitious plan [...]	2008-11-25 22:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ELAN EWWT EFIN PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4248	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even with poor weather conditions negatively affecting the total hectares sprayed, the contractor remains above the projection line for the year. Total manual coca eradication for the month of October was 11,683 hectares - bringing the GME program's year-to-date total to 68,60 [...]	2008-11-26 17:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA4263	FALLOUT FROM PYRAMID SCHEME CONTINUES TO SHAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly three weeks since the first of Colombia's various pyramid schemes collapsed (ref A) and ten days since the closure of the largest such alleged entity, DMG (ref B),the economic, political, and social fallout continue to shake Colombia. Officials from Colombia's southern [...]	2008-11-28 22:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON KCRM SNAR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4265	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6262 tracks during October. Seven were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event where the aircraft departed Colomb [...]	2008-12-01 13:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4310	MAPP/OAS COMMENDS PEACE PROCESS, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) The MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) twelfth draft report commends GOC progress made under the peace process, including increased victim participation, expanded services for ex-combatants, and advances in investigations of paramilitary crimes. The report recommend [...]	2008-12-02 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4312	U.S. AIRLINES EXPAND COLOMBIA OPERATIONS DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. airlines operating in Colombia have no plans to cancel existing routes or flights, despite a significant drop in bookings in recent weeks and concerns about 2009 profitability. They cite the current global financial crisis and Colombia's strict regulatory structure -- spec [...]	2008-12-03 15:36:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
08BOGOTA4352	COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF AMENDED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO
08BOGOTA4353	COLOMBIAN PALM: RURAL SAVIOR OR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Driven by strong international demand for palm oil, improving security in rural areas, government support for viable alternatives to coca, and domestic demand for palm oil-derived biodiesel, Colombia's palm industry has expanded 70 percent since 2003. As a result, it now ranks a [...]	2008-12-09 18:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ENRG ECON PGOV PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4398	BOGOTA FY 2009 SEC 1206 PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) The Charge confirms Post's review and concurrence with the following five project proposals for Section 1206 funding in FY 2009. Listed in priority order, all will strengthen Colombia's capacity to conduct counter-terrorism operations against the three Designated Foreign Terrorist Organ [...]	2008-12-15 16:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PTER PGOV PREL MARR CO
08BOGOTA4452	COLOMBIA ENERGY UPDATE: MORE BLOCS, GAS PROSPECTS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's energy sector continues its solid expansion in spite of the recent decline in oil and gas prices. The National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) has adjudicated 100 exploration contracts in 2008--a new record--and concluded two successful bloc auctions during the year. On t [...]	2008-12-17 15:11:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV EPET PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4499	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November, only 4,492 hectares of coca were sprayed due to bad weather and lack of support from the Colombian National Police (CNP); this setback slowed our progress toward the annual eradication goal of 130,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in four ho [...]	2008-12-19 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA4521	COLOMBIA: DESIGNATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 17:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM PTER CO
08BOGOTA49	BOGOTA FY08 "1206" PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota concurs with the following six project proposals for section 1206 funding in FY 2008. Listed in priority order, all will strengthen Colombian military capacity to conduct counterterrorism operations against the FARC and ELN (designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and [...]	2008-01-04 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
08BOGOTA511	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES EXPANDED ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a breakfast on February 4 for senior Colombian government economic policymakers to discuss ideas for expanded bilateral economic engagement to reinforce the benefits of the pending U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA). The Ambassador emphasized t [...]	2008-02-08 18:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV CO
08BOGOTA570	COLOMBIA'S OIL & GAS OUTLOOK: INVESTORS BULLISH, [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV CO
08BOGOTA687	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PUTUMAYO HIGHLIGHTS USG [...] (SBU) Ambassador Brownfield visited Villa Garzon, Putumayo on February 8, to inaugurate a major road pavement project and survey a water treatment project funded by USAID. Local officials touted the road as an important step to reducing Putumayo's isolation, improving security, and promoting [...]	2008-02-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA712	ECOPETROL ANNOUNCES PLAN TO TRIPLE OIL PRODUCTION [...] (U) Amid strong investment in Colombia's oil and gas sector (ref A),state-owned hydrocarbons company Ecopetrol announced February 25 plans to increase its annual production to 1 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2015. Ecopetrol intends to direct much of the proceeds from its successful partia [...]	2008-02-26 20:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA736	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia experiences a dramatic transformation, fostered by targeted U.S. assistance. Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, including aga [...]	2008-02-28 00:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA737	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 3 VISIT OF LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 00:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD CO
08BOGOTA794	POPULAR WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION MEMBERS ALLEGE [...] (SBU) Polcouns visited a Popular Women's Organization (OFP) office in Barrancabermeja and also made remarks at the inauguration of a new OFP office in Bucaramanga on February 13. Members of the group told Polcouns about the threats against their group by so-called "paramilitaries" and other [...]	2008-03-03 19:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER OAS CO
08BOGOTA838	COLOMBIA: REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The following information responds to request in reftel. Colombian Government Efforts ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Under the administration of President Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian government (GOC) has made significant progress on increasing accountability and transparency. N [...]	2008-03-05 22:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA901	WEATHERING THE VENEZUELA/ECUADOR CRISIS - GOC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following meetings with business leaders, the GOC has announced a four-point contingency plan to stimulate the Colombian economy in the event Venezuela cuts all trade with Colombia for the killing of FARC senior leader Raul Reyes in Ecuador (ref A). While presented as a worst-c [...]	2008-03-06 19:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BEXP CO
08BOGOTA903	MARCH 6 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR AND [...] (U) Venezuela continued to restrict the import of Colombian goods and people into Venezuela in response to the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador (reftel). Still, the flow of food and other perishable products continued. Businessmen reported GOV authorities were lifting restrict [...]	2008-03-06 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PTER MOPS ETRD VZ FR SP SZ EC NU
08BOGOTA911	VENEZUELAN NATIONALIZATION THREAT RATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Adding fuel to the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Ecuador over the killing of FARC senior commander Raul Reyes (ref A),Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned he may nationalize Colombian companies operating in Venezuela. While a number of Colombian private sector repr [...]	2008-03-07 21:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA940	COLOMBIA'S EIGHT ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Scott Fagan, phone number (57-1) 383-2122, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 48 hours preparing the report. 2. (U) Responses below are to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. ------- SUMMARY --- [...]	2008-03-10 22:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
08BOGOTA971	COLOMBIA INCREASES TRANSGENIC CROP CULTIVATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia's planting of Genetically Modified (GM),or transgenic, crops, while small compared to some other countries in the region, grew by 23 percent in 2007. Experts believe the increase demonstrates that Colombia does not oppose GM agriculture, and told us that local devel [...]	2008-03-12 18:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV TBIO CO
08BRASILIA1000	USDA UNDER SECRETARY KEENUM CO-CHAIRS 3RD U.S.-BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Mark Keenum, USDA Under Secretary Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services co-chaired the 3rd U.S.-Brazil Consultative Committee on Agriculture in Brasilia May 19-20, 2008 which was successful in expanding bilateral dialogue and in nudging the agricultural trade agenda with Br [...]	2008-07-24 10:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1002	BRAZIL: FOUR SENATORS TAKE ON THE FOURTH FLEET [...] (SBU) Summary. Four members of the Senate Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee visited Ambassador Sobel on July 9 to express objections to the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet, and called on President Bush to reverse it. They asked the Ambassador to transmit their objections [...]	2008-07-24 16:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL XM BR
08BRASILIA1048	Brazil: Post-Doha - early public reaction [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 15:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA1102	BRAZIL GENERALLY SUPPORTS CREATING NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. At an August 14 meeting with Environment, Science and Technology Counselor, the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technol [...]	2008-08-15 11:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC ETTC BR
08BRASILIA1111	2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT DECLARATION OF [...] As per reftel, post discussed preparations for the April 2009 Summit of the Americas with Brazilian Ministry of External Affairs Division of American States Deputy Director Antonio Franca. Franca said that Brazil was still reviewing the draft declaration and would have specific comments later [...]	2008-08-15 20:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1112	CLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZIL WILL CONSIDER USG NOMINATION FOR [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology Counselor met on August 15 with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director of the Division of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development, Cou [...]	2008-08-15 21:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG KSCA SENV AORC BR
08BRASILIA1113	BRAZIL SUPPORTIVE OF ATCM MEASURE ESTABLISHING THE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology Counselor met on August 14 with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director of the Department for the Environment and Special Themes, Min. Luis Alb [...]	2008-08-15 21:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KSCA KTIA SENV TPHY BR
08BRASILIA1120	CONTROVERSY OVER BRAZIL,S AMNESTY LAW INFLAMES OLD [...] (U) On August 31, Brazilian Justice Mininster Tarso Genro called for prosecution of members of the Brazilian military involved with violations of human rights, including torture, during Brazil,s 1964-85 military government. This would call for a revision of the 1979 law on amnesty which hal [...]	2008-08-19 15:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR MARR PGOV PHUM
08BRASILIA1122	EXPANDING THE ENERGY REALTIONSHIP WITH BRAZIL: KUPFER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffery Kupfer and his delegation visited Brazil August 4 - 7. They met with a wide variety of private sector and government officials to discuss a broad range of energy issues. In Rio on August 4, Kupfer discussed primarily oil issues, in Bras [...]	2008-08-21 15:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EINV SENV KSCA BR IN
08BRASILIA1124	SHOOTDOWN: VISIT TO CINDACTA IV [...] In late July, a team from MLO Brasilia and SOUTHCOM visited CINDACTA IV, the regional air traffic control center responsible for almost fifty percent of Brazil's territory and controlling the most commonly used routes for drug traffickers. The team reported that the CINDACTA was working effi [...]	2008-08-22 13:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR MOPS BR
08BRASILIA1128	BRAZIL: Trade, Taxes and Investment - CAMEX Lytha Spindola [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting August 20 between Ambassador Sobel and CAMEX (see para 7) Executive Secretary Lytha Spindola, Spindola hinted strongly that MRE is becoming extremely interested in pursuing 4 plus 1 conversations on trade with the United States. She expressed optimism that forward m [...]	2008-08-25 16:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA113	CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRASILIA AND BELEM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Bill Nelson visited Brazil November 27-30, 2007, focusing primarily on environmental issues, biofuels, and national security matters. He met with key Brazilians in the national gove [...]	2008-01-22 11:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG EAGR TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1151	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...]	2008-08-27 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1159	BRAZIL LAUNCHES ITS AMAZON FUND, BUT WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 1, President Lula signed Decree 6527 calling on the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) to create the "Fundo Amazonia" (or Amazon Fund),a new tool to help reduce Brazil's [...]	2008-09-02 11:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN NO BR
08BRASILIA1160	BRAZIL: Airport Administrator INFRAERO Meeting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting between Ambassador Sobel and the head of INFRAERO, Sergio Guadenzi, Guadenzi provided a brief overview of civil aviation administration in Brazil, discussed airport profitability and privatization proposals, reviewed cargo infrastructure, and noted a decision on Gu [...]	2008-09-02 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BR
08BRASILIA1170	SHOOTDOWN: Brazilian Air Defense Procedures [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Paragraph 2 contains an Embassy translation of the text of the procedures under which Brazil's Air Defense Authorities can order a shootdown under Brazilian law. These procedures were provided by the Braizilian Air Force and should be treated as an internal Brazilian [...]	2008-09-04 16:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER FARC BR
08BRASILIA1176	BIOFUELS IN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Brazil biofuels steering committee met at the technical level on August 20 in Brasilia, following the postponement of travel to Brazil by Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Reuben Jeffery. The meeting included a highly constructive private sector element and a very p [...]	2008-09-05 20:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRD ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA1217	BRAZIL: BTT-Receita Federal Lina Vieira and Ambassador [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the new head of Receita Federal, Lina Vieira and the chief international tax negotiator Marcus Pontes, Vieira appeared focused, well-briefed and clearly knowledgeable both on general tax issues and very aware of domestic political atmospherics. She understood [...]	2008-09-12 11:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1218	LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS CONTINUITY, IRAN, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings with Senator Hagel, President Lula and Foreign Minister Amorim shared common views about the need for the next U.S. Administration to continue building on the remarkable progress achieved in the past several years in bringing the two countries closer. Bo [...]	2008-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1252	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: BRAZILIAN PRIORITIES [...] Poloff discussed this year's UNGA with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) UN Division Director Gilda Neves. Brazil will be represented by President Lula and Foreign Mininster Amorim. Both will have extensive schedules of bilateral meetings. Lula is spending more time than planned in New Y [...]	2008-09-19 20:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1257	BRAZIL- DEMARCHE DELIVERED -OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008 ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF officials Joaquim da Cunha Neto and Bernardo Mota took delivery of the document, which outlined the reasons behind the designation of thr [...]	2008-09-22 14:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE BR SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08BRASILIA1261	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNODC SELF-ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) On September 16, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. Asked if Brazil would complete the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) self-assessment checklist, which Bra [...]	2008-09-22 20:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS UN PG BR
08BRASILIA1265	LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS TRADE, CUBA, UNSC REFORM WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 21:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1267	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES ENERGY, REGIONAL POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Brasilia from August 31 to September 1, during which time he met with key leaders in the Brazilian government, including Minister of Defense Jobim, Minister of Mines and Energy Lobao, and Minister for Strategic Affairs Unger, to discuss Brazil,s dynam [...]	2008-09-22 21:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1290	Brazil Municipal Elections: Belo Horizonte Race Will Test [...] (SBU) Summary: Although all Brazilian cities elect mayors and city councils on October 5, the municipal elections in Belo Horizonte and Sao Paulo have the most potential to affect the national political situation. In Belo Horizonte, Brazil's sixth largest city located in the state of Minas G [...]	2008-09-29 20:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1299	Brazil Responds to U.S. Financial Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the U.S. financial crisis, Brazil's Central Bank (CB) has partially reversed its hawkish anti-inflationary policies by adding 13.2 billion reais to the financial system in hopes of freeing up credit and has indicated that future interest rate hikes are unlikel [...]	2008-10-01 11:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA13	BRAZIL: SEN. BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During a November 27 conversation with Senator Bill Nelson (Florida),the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy, Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas, discussed relati [...]	2008-01-03 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG KPKO EAGR TRGY PREL HA VE BR
08BRASILIA130	BRAZIL: USTR OCR MEETING WITH GOB OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On January 15, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) Chris Wilson and delegation met privately with Hadil Vianna, Director for Scientific and Technical Affairs (DCT) at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) and later with members of the [...]	2008-01-25 18:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA131	MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II: BRAZIL DELEGATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian delegation to the second Major Economies Meeting (MEM2) in Honolulu has changed little in terms of personnel. What we do see, however, is a remarkable change in terms of their [...]	2008-01-25 19:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR
08BRASILIA1320	BRAZIL: LOCAL ELECTIONS AN EARLY SIGNAL OF TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Brazilians will elect mayors and city council members in all cities except Brasilia. It is increasingly looking like the results will define the 2010 presidential election as a contest between Dilma Rousseff (PT),the president's chief of staff and clear favorite, [...]	2008-10-03 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1325	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR CEO FORUM - OCT 9/10 - SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 13:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1332	Growth Trends in Brazilian Telecommunications [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian Ministry of Communications (MOC) staff noted in a recent meeting that information technology use has increased by 40% over 2006 in the mobile service sector, by 35% in the internet service sector and by 30% in the pay TV service sector. The MOC also confirmed the rumo [...]	2008-10-08 14:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT MARR PINR TINT TSPA BR
08BRASILIA1334	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON SPACE COOPERATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 1, 2008, Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor met with Luis Maria Pio Correa, the Acting Director of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Oceans, [...]	2008-10-08 17:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TSPA TSPL SENV BR
08BRASILIA1335	NEXT MOVES IN BRAZILIAN ENERGY ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Based on a conversation between Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) Minister Lobao and Ambassador Sobel on October 6, Deputy MME Minister Zimmermann is expected to come to the United State in late October, to be followed by a visit at a later date by Minister Lobao. The trip is e [...]	2008-10-08 17:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG BR IN EINV KSCA
08BRASILIA1353	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: OFAC KINGPIN ACT DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On October 3, 2008 Econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF official Bernardo Mota took delivery of ref A document regarding the Department of the Treasury's (DOT) Office of Foreign Assets Contr [...]	2008-10-10 19:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN NU CI UY PA PM CA VE BR AR
08BRASILIA1354	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON BRAZIL'S AMBITIOUS CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has ambitious plans for Brazil's nuclear renaissance. It intends to complete construction of its third nuclear power plant (Angra 3) located near Rio de Janei [...]	2008-10-10 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1362	Brazil: U/S Jeffery - Central Bank and External Relations [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 10:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1365	IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON VIEWS TOWARD CHINA [...] (SBU) This cable transmits Brasilia's responses to questions (reftel) about the impact that China's hosting of the Olympic Games has had on views of China. A) How closely did the public follow the Beijing Olympic Games? The Brazilian public followed the games with great interest, especial [...]	2008-10-15 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PGOV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA1366	BRAZIL: THIRD MEETING OF USG GOB BIOFUELS STEERING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III, Special Advisor Greg Manuel and PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the third USG-GOB Biofuels Steering Committee meeting on October 3. The Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) new Under Secretary f [...]	2008-10-16 11:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1377	BRAZIL-DEFORESTATION: GREAT CONCERN BUT LITTLE ASSISTANCE, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a September 8 meeting, representatives of key European and Asia-Pacific countries outlined their current and planned financial and technical assistance to Brazil to help combat deforestati [...]	2008-10-20 09:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG EFIN NO BR
08BRASILIA1378	BRAZIL DEFORESTATION UPDATE - OCTOBER, 2008 [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) had another bad month in August in its efforts to reduce the rate of deforestation: the rate more than tripled compared to August 2007. Against this backdrop, [...]	2008-10-20 09:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA BR
08BRASILIA1398	Ambassador Schulte Visit to Brasilia - Nuclear Issues [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 13 visit to Brasilia, Ambassador Gregory Schulte discussed Iran, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issues and Brazil's nuclear program. Brazil wants to play a constructive role with the UN on nuclear issues, particularly with Iran. Completing an Additional Pro [...]	2008-10-24 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG MNUC PARM UN BR
08BRASILIA1407	Brazil: WTO Amb Azevedo Meeting with DUSTR Veroneau [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 09:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1414	Brazil: Incumbents, PMDB Win in Second Round Mayoral [...] (U) Summary. In second round voting for mayors in thirty Brazilian cities, candidates from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and incumbents did well, while President Lula's Workers' Party (PT) lost in Sao Paulo, Salvador, and Porto Alegre, but did well in the industrial cities su [...]	2008-10-28 10:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1417	Brazil Enacts Preventive Measures to Address Global [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the global financial crisis, Brazilian President Lula signed Provisional Measure 443 (MP443) October 22 that allows two federal institutions, the Bank of Brazil (BB),and Caixa Economica, the right to purchase stock in Brazilian banks, private or public, as a pre [...]	2008-10-28 18:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1435	BRAZIL: NEW DELHI IBAS SUMMIT ENSURES CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazilian diplomats say Brazil was satisfied with the October 15 India)Brazil-South Africa (IBAS) Summit in New Delhi because it strengthened IBAS and should ensure its continuity after the upcoming changes in member state governments. The IBAS Fund is capitalized at only tw [...]	2008-11-03 11:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD IN SF BR
08BRASILIA1462	BRAZIL'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN - NON-BINDING, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has released its draft National Plan for Climate Change, which it intends to submit at the Poznan UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference [...]	2008-11-06 12:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EAGR KGHG ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA1463	Brazil: Views on G20 meetings [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian officials across GOB welcome the G20 approach to address the global financial crisis. External Relations Ministry, Finance Ministry and Central Bank emphasize the G20 must be seen as a mechanism to develop concrete proposals that take emerging economy input into accou [...]	2008-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1471	BRAZIL DEMARCHE DELIVERY: UNITED STATES COMPROMISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel points, the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) raised concerns that consolidating working party activities could diminish focus on international mobile telecommunications work. ANATEL looks forward to discussing these issues further with [...]	2008-11-13 09:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECIP ECON BR
08BRASILIA1472	BRAZIL: CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) REFTEL A asked how the Brazilian government may have changed organizationally with respect to climate change over the past 12-18 months. Post's answers are keyed to questions. 3. (SBU) HAS YOUR [...]	2008-11-13 09:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG BR
08BRASILIA1477	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON NUCLEAR MATTERS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per November 10 meeting with the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),the Government of Brazil (GOB) has n [...]	2008-11-13 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM BR
08BRASILIA1479	Brazil: Obama's Victory Unleashes Outpouring of [...] (SBU) Summary. Official statements and media reactions to the election of Barack Obama have been overwhelmingly positive, and political and opinion leaders have expressed hopes that the already good bilateral relationship will improve. Brazilians elites have high expectations that Obama will [...]	2008-11-13 17:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1482	Brazil: Cachaga and Tennessee Whiskey [...] (SBU) Summary: William Foster, Assistant Administrator of the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB),met with Agriculture, External Relations, and Receita Federal (Brazilian Customs) on October 29th to propose a Memorandum of Understanding, discuss new Brazilian a [...]	2008-11-13 19:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BR
08BRASILIA1493	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...]	2008-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR
08BRASILIA1523	Brazil: Economic Partnership Dialogue meetings [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian External Relations Ministry (MRE) U/S Mendonca welcomed the continuation of the Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) in the October 30 meeting with WHA A/S Tom Shannon and EEB A/S Dan Sullivan. The EPD agreed to expanded substantive cooperation in third countries on de [...]	2008-11-24 18:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1525	BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD ON A NEW EXTRADITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: From October 27-29, Clifton Johnson, Department of State Assistant Legal Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Thomas Black, Associate Director for South American affairs of the Department of Justice,s Office of International Affairs (OIA),and Magdalena Boynton, and Nic [...]	2008-11-24 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNA
08BRASILIA1529	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR SEEKS BRAZIL SUPPORT FOR NSG PROPOSAL ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 5, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator D'Agostino met with senior officials of the Government of Brazil (GOB) - Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Und [...]	2008-11-25 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1552	Brazil: Investment Agreement Discussion on EPD Margins [...] (SBU) Summary: DOS and USTR representatives met with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations officials Carlos Marcio Cozendey, Minister, Director of the Economic Development Department and Marcello Salum, Gabinete to the Under-Secretary for Economic and Technology Affairs, on October 29, in ad [...]	2008-12-04 09:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1553	BRAZIL'S BIOFUELS CONFERENCE - MANDATES NEEDED, [...] SUMMARY: The International Biofuels Conference hosted by the Brazilian government in Sao Paulo from November 17-21, may have changed the focus of the international debate over biofuels. Despite some criticisms of U.S. corn-based ethanol and tariffs, the participants from over 90 countries over [...]	2008-12-04 09:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR BR
08BRASILIA1557	BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDERSTANDS DEA ROLE IN [...] (SBU) On November 18, Ambassador Sobel met with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas to inform him of our intention to increase DEA staff in our offices in Brasilia and Sao Paulo in light of the Bolivian government's dec [...]	2008-12-04 11:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL BR BO
08BRASILIA1565	GERMANY SEEKS TO EXPAND ITS SUBSTANIAL ASSISTANCE TO BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany has long been the leading contributor of financial and technical assistance to Brazil on deforestation and climate change. It is looking to expand its substantial program of technic [...]	2008-12-05 18:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA KGHG BR GM
08BRASILIA1567	BRAZIL SEEKING REASSURANCE ON ARGENTINA WILL CONFER WITH [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 3, Science Counselor and Science Officer met with the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technology, Min. Santiago Mourao, to [...]	2008-12-05 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1568	BRAZIL SEEKS REASSURANCE ON REGIONAL ARRANGEMENT BEFORE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On December 3, Science Counselor and Science Officer met with the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations' Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technology, Min. Santiago Mourao, to [...]	2008-12-08 13:07:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1588	BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...]	2008-12-12 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR
08BRASILIA1603	PRODUCTIVE U.S.-BRAZIL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIALOGUE, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 30-31, representatives of the USG scientific and technological community met with Brazilian counterparts in Brasilia. The Brasilia meeting was generally viewed as very productive [...]	2008-12-12 17:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV ECON ETRD EINV BR
08BRASILIA1608	BRAZIL CRIMINALIZES POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH [...] (U) Brazilian President Lula opened the Third International Child World Congress in Rio de Janeiro on November 25 (SEPTEL) by pulling out his pen in front of thousands of participants and signing a bill that made possession of child pornography a felony, the first time it has been criminalized [...]	2008-12-15 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM BR

08BRASILIA1610	FIRST MERCOSUL-ASEAN MINISTERIAL: BABY STEPS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. At the first Mercosul-ASEAN ministerial, delegations discussed global affairs, trade and investment, people-to people ties, and future cooperation. A joint declaration highlighted the blocs' "firm commitment to successfully concluding the Doha Round in a fair and balanced ma [...]	2008-12-16 11:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD BR ASEAN

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