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08YEREVAN933	INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS' LEADER ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On November 17 the Chairperson of the Investigative Journalists NGO and chief editor of Hetq online media outlet Edik Baghdasarian was attacked and severely beaten by three unknown individuals when exiting his office and approaching his car. According to Baghdasarian's reports to the medi [...]	2008-11-19 04:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM AM

08YEREVAN939	EMBATTLED REGIONAL TV STATION SCORES LEGAL VICTORY [...] (SBU) The regional GALA TV company scored a legal victory on October 31 when Armenia's Cassation Court overruled a lower court's verdict ordering the removal of GALA's antenna from a Soviet-era broadcast tower. While welcoming the victory on the antenna, GALA was less pleased that the Cassation [...]	2008-11-20 10:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS KPAO AM
08YEREVAN974	COURTS RELEASE SOME DETAINEES, BUT RULE AGAINST [...] (SBU) In the second half of November, several Armenian courts issued rulings on cases involving high-profile opposition supporters of ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). Two of these cases resulted in the release of opposition supporters. In one of these, Armenia's Cassation Court vacate [...]	2008-12-02 15:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08ZAGREB113	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 20, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIAN MILITARY BECOMES AN ALL-VOLUNTEER FORCE: February 19, 2008, saw the last conscripts in the Croatian military depart their barracks for the final time. With the end of this cohorts' tour of duty, the Croatian military no longer has any conscripted personnel. New soldiers entering [...]	2008-02-21 12:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB121	ACTION AND FOLLOW UP REPORT FOLLOWING DOJ VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior DOJ/OIA Trial Attorneys Michael Dittoe and Teresa McHenry met with officials from the Croatian Ministry of Justice Directorate for International Legal Assistance, Office of the State Prosecutor and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss extradition issues between the [...]	2008-02-25 15:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN KCRM KAWC HR
08ZAGREB153	CROATIA'S UNBEARABLE PENSION BURDEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With a quarter of its population receiving pensions, Croatia's pension expenditures amount to 11% of GDP and a third of the proposed 2008 state budget. The ratio of pensioners to contributors, currently 1:1.4, is expected to improve slightly over the next decade as employment lev [...]	2008-02-27 13:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB SOCI HR
08ZAGREB181	SERBIA'S CIVIL SOCIETY FEARS VIOLENCE, UNCERTAIN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's NGO and civil society leaders are concerned about potential aggression against them in the aftermath of Kosovo's declaration of independence and following the February 21 attacks against diplomatic missions in Belgrade. Prominent NGO leaders are concerned that the campaign in t [...]	2008-03-03 09:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SR
08ZAGREB182	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the Annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons Report for 2007. Croatia has previously been ranked as a Tier Two country. As detailed below, Post believes Croatia has made successful efforts to meet Tier One requirements under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, [...]	2008-03-03 10:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR
08ZAGREB184	Gasoline on a Fire: Serb Leaders' Rhetoric Inflaming [...] (SBU) In the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, Serbian leaders within the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and New Serbia (NS) coalition have publicly incited and enflamed the delicate political situation through continued statements condoning violence as a legitimate response to K [...]	2008-03-03 14:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SR
08ZAGREB185	SERBIAN MFA PROMISES TO PAY DAMAGES, PREVIEWS LEGAL [...] (SBU) A Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official confirmed to the Ambassador that the Serbian Government will pay all damage to embassies during the riots on February 21. The official also said the Serbian Government had formed a legal team to consider suing foreign governments over Kosovo [...]	2008-03-04 06:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT KLIG ODIP OFDP AEMR PREL SR
08ZAGREB186	SERBIAN MFA PROMISES TO PAY DAMAGES, PREVIEWS [...] (SBU) A Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official confirmed to the Ambassador that the Serbian Government will pay all damage to embassies during the riots on February 21. The official also said the Serbian Government had formed a legal team to consider suing foreign governments over Kosov [...]	2008-03-04 08:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT KLIG ODIP OFDP AEMR POLI SR
08ZAGREB197	ATTACKS ON ETHNIC ALBANIANS IN SERBIA [...] Following Kosovo's declaration of independence, nationalist protestors have targeted ethnic Albanians and their property in several Serbian cities. Besides Albanians, protestors have also attacked the property of the Gorani ethnic community, who are often mistaken for Albanians. South Serbia, [...]	2008-03-05 05:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB198	SERBIA: EU-KOSOVO DIVIDE GROWS [...] (SBU) On the eve of the first parliamentary session of 2008, a resolution proposed by the Radicals that would allow Serbia to join the EU "only with Kosovo" has deepened the rift between Serbia's ruling parties. Officials from Prime Minister Kostunica's party have said they will support the res [...]	2008-03-05 05:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB203	WHO'S RUNNING SERBIA [...] (SBU) By keeping Serbians fixated on Kosovo, Prime Minister Kostunica has retained control of Serbian politics despite President Tadic's reelection last month. Kostunica's hard-line nationalist response to Kosovo is obstructing Serbia's path to EU integration by paralyzing the government and e [...]	2008-03-05 09:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB222	SERBIA: KOSOVO RESOLUTION DIVIDES GOVERNMENT, RADICALS MAY [...] (SBU) A parliamentary majority of Prime Minister Kostunica's party and ultranationalist Radicals supported consideration of a resolution stating that Serbia should only join the European Union with Kosovo as its territory. Parliament's Speaker, from President Tadic's party, suspended session [...]	2008-03-06 06:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB229	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 5, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIAN PEACEKEEPING TROOPS RECEIVE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TRAINING PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT: In late February, the GOC Office of Human Rights organized the first "train the trainers" program focusing solely on trafficking in persons for ten Croatian Military officers. These officers will no [...]	2008-03-07 11:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB238	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN CROATIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, the Croatian Law on the Right of Access to Information, adopted in October 2003, requires the government to provide information to the public about its activities, organization, expenditures, and sources of financing. The Ministry of Finance makes the budget available [...]	2008-03-10 15:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL HR
08ZAGREB24	NEW CROATIAN GOVERNMENT CONFIRMED; PM SANADER'S [...] (U) Croatia,s re-elected Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on January 12 presented his new government and its program to the newly elected Croatian parliament (Sabor). After a full day of parliamentary debate, 82 Sabor members supported Sanader,s cabinet, while 62 members of the opposition voted aga [...]	2008-01-15 15:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
08ZAGREB244	CROATIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 15:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB253	CROATIAN/MONTENEGRIN PRIME MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader met with his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Djukanovic on 12 March 2008 in Zagreb. According to the Montenegrin DCM in Zagreb, the two PMs held a 15 minute private meeting before turning discussions over to their advisors and relevant subject-matter expe [...]	2008-03-14 14:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB256	CROATIA DUMPS FISHING ZONE OVERBOARD IN HOPES OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Croatian parliament voted to suspend application of its Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone (ZERP) to EU member states until Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia can reach a joint agreement on the issue. The one-vote margin by which the suspension passed belies broad [...]	2008-03-18 06:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS PGOV PREL SENV HR
08ZAGREB284	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MARCH 27, 2008 [...] (U) CROATIAN SERB PARTY TO REMAIN IN GOVERNMENT: The Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) has decided to remain a coalition partner in the Croatian Government despite its disagreement with the government's decision on March 19 to recognize Kosovo. On March 26, the SDSS leadership met to r [...]	2008-03-27 14:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB29	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2008 [...] (SBU) US CONTINUES ENGAGEMENT ON ICTY LEGACY, WAR CRIMES ISSUES: S/WCI and SCE visitors traveled to Croatia on January 13-14 to examine ICTY legacy issues in the region and regional cooperation on war crimes. Along with Poloff, the visitors met in Osijek and Vukovar with county court judges [...]	2008-01-17 08:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV ICTY EUC HR
08ZAGREB290	CROATIA'S 2008 BUDGET: IN LINE, IF NOT INNOVATIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Croatia's 2008 budget represents a relatively conservative and fiscally responsible approach, with projected revenues set at 115.9 billion HRK ($24.7 billion) and expenditures at 118.4 billion HRK ($25.2 billion). The general government deficit is projected to be 2.3% of GDP. The [...]	2008-04-02 10:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV HR
08ZAGREB291	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 2, 2008 [...] (U) GOC TO DEPLOY TROOPS TO UN MISSION ON GOLAN HEIGHTS IN JUNE: On Friday March 28, the Croatian parliament supported a decision to send 95 soldiers to serve as members of the UN peacekeeping force in the Golan Heights. A clear majority (104 of the 153-seat parliament) endorsed the plan to [...]	2008-04-02 13:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB3	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 3, 2008 [...] (U) HOUSE ARREST SCANDAL - INTERIOR MINISTER RESIGNS; ICTY INDICTEE MARKAC RETURNS TO HAGUE: MOI Ivica Kirin submitted his resignation on 29 December following reaction to a 22 December boar hunt with ICTY indictee Mladen Markac, who was supposed to be under house arrest during his provisional [...]	2008-01-03 14:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB320	CROATIA RESPONSE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM [...] Non paper was delivered to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9, 2008. Bujas-Juraga welcomed this clarification and noted that the GoC fully supports and implements these measures. In early June, Croatia will co-h [...]	2008-04-18 07:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM NSG HR IR MNUC
08ZAGREB321	CROATIA RESPONSE ON IRANIAN TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL [...] Ref points were delivered to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of International Security Department at Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 9, 2008. Bujas-Juraga welcomed this information and noted Croatia's commitment to strict enforcement of these measures. Bradtke [...]	2008-04-18 07:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP IR HR UNSC
08ZAGREB357	DEPUTY PM UZELAC ASSURES PROGRESS WILL BE MADE ON [...] SUMMARY: In an April 25 meeting with representatives of the international community, recently appointed Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac promised significant progress in the promotion of refugee returns in the immediate future. Uzelac, the Croatian Serb minority party's representative in [...]	2008-05-07 14:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL HR EUC REFUGEES
08ZAGREB358	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 6, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIA COMPLETES ACCESSION TALKS WITH NATO: Croatia completed its accession talks with NATO on May 7. This second and final round of membership negotiations focused on the security, legal and financial requirements of the alliance. As Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic, who was [...]	2008-05-08 13:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB366	CROATIA SENSITIZED TO NATO INTEROPERABILITY [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on May 8 to MFA head of Arms Control and Disarmament Section Mirko Capjak, who will be part of Croatian delegation at Dublin negotiating session this month. Capjak was previously [...]	2008-05-13 15:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL NATO HR
08ZAGREB409	CONCERT BY NATIONALIST POP SINGER PASSES WITHOUT INCIDENT [...] (U) The controversial Croatian pop singer Marko Perkovic Thompson's concert on Zagreb's central square on May 30 passed without serious incident or any significant presence of the Ustasha (neo-Nazi) insignia that had appeared among his audiences in earlier performances. The concert, organized [...]	2008-06-03 11:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB41	BRANKO VUKELIC, NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Among the more controversial appointments made in the forming of the new Croatian government on January 12 was the naming of former Economy Minister Branko Vukelic as Croatia's new Minister of Defense. Vukelic's tenure as Economy Minister was not viewed as among the more successful per [...]	2008-01-22 12:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR MARR HR POLITICAL PARTIES
08ZAGREB410	CROATIAN GENERAL CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES, ANOTHER GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 30 May, Zagreb's County Court returned verdicts against Croatian generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in domestic courts. Both men were accused of commanding troops who killed 28 civilians and POWs and [...]	2008-06-03 11:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB411	CONVALIDATION OF PENSIONS IN FORMER OCCUPIED SERB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac, the highest ranking Croatian Serb in the government, appears to be making some progress toward solving problems related to the return of Serbs who fled Croatia at the end of the war. On May 17th, 2008, the Croatian Government published a Rul [...]	2008-06-03 12:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL HR EUC SR
08ZAGREB42	GORDAN JANDROKOVIC, CROATIA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) In a new Croatian government that consists largely of too familiar faces (reftels),perhaps the most important new face, certainly for U.S. engagement with Croatia, belongs to new Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic. From 2004 to the present, Jandrokovic was chair of the Croatian parliame [...]	2008-01-22 12:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR HR POLITICAL PARTIES
08ZAGREB426	VISIT OF S/WCI WILLIAMSON TO ZAGREB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Clint Williamson visited Zagreb on June 2. He met with Assistant Justice Minister Markotic to discuss the status of Croatian cooperation with the ICTY. Markotic defended Croatia against recent claims by the ICTY prosecutor that the GoC is only [...]	2008-06-09 11:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB437	CROATIA LEANING TOWARD CANADIAN IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel (A) points last week to Andrej Dogan from the Department of the United Nations at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. On June 11, Dogan informed Post that the GOC would not be supporting International Organization for Migration Direc [...]	2008-06-12 12:28:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF SMIG AORC HR
08ZAGREB445	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 13, 2008 [...] (U) IN ABSENTIA WAR CRIMES CONVICTION "UPHELD": This week the Split County Court sentenced former Serb police commander Mitar Arambasic to 20 years imprisonment for war crimes. Arambasic, who was extradited from the U.S. in 2006, was retried by the same judge who had convicted him in absenti [...]	2008-06-17 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB456	OSCE HDIM: NO ISSUES TO RAISE FOR CROATIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV HR OSCE
08ZAGREB465	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 19, 2008 [...] (U) MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO MINNESOTA, WASHINGTON DC: Croatian Minister of Defense Branko Vukelic headed a delegation that consisted of State Secretary Zejlko Gorsuc, Deputy Chief of Defense LTG Slavko Baric, and Army Commander LTG Mladen Kruljac on a visit to Minnesota and Washington DC. The [...]	2008-06-20 15:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS PHUM PREF EAIR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB468	GOC COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HOUSING TO RETURNEES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac continues his active engagement (REFS) to address outstanding refugee return issues in Croatia. During a June 16th, 2008 meeting between senior representatives of the European Commission, UNHCR, U.S. Embassy, and the Zagreb based office of t [...]	2008-06-23 11:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HR CROATIA PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES
08ZAGREB504	U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 15:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR
08ZAGREB505	U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF KUWAIT-BASED CHARITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 15:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC KU HR
08ZAGREB507	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES: [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 15:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR HR
08ZAGREB517	ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 11 [...] (U) CROATIAN FM ATTENDS SIGNING OF NATO PROTOCOL: Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic attended the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol for Albania and Croatia in Brussels on July 9. Croatian press reports, with headlines such as "From Now On NATO Protects Us," featured Jandrokovic's prais [...]	2008-07-14 09:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC HR
08ZAGREB523	CROATIAN SABOR APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA [...] (U) By a vote of 121-1,the Croatian Sabor (Parliament) approved on July 15 the Supplemental Status of Forces Agreement with the United States, which was signed in April of this year. The Sabor approved the agreement under a procedure requiring a two-thirds majority, after a determination by [...]	2008-07-15 14:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB53	DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 15:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC IR HR
08ZAGREB538	ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 18 [...] (U) CROATIAN SABOR SUPPORTS DEPLOYMENTS TO PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS: ISAF, KFOR AND CHAD: In its final sitting prior to the summer recess, the Croatian Sabor voted overwhlemingly to continue its support for the participation of the Croatian Armed Forces in a variety of multilateral peacekeepin [...]	2008-07-18 10:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB545	THE EU TRUMPS THE CHURCH: GOC BUCKS CHURCH OPPOSITION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian parliament on July 10 adopted Croatia's first comprehensive anti-discrimination law, despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church and conservative local NGOs. The Law on Suppression of Discrimination is a piece of "umbrella" legislation that prohibits discrimin [...]	2008-07-21 09:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV HR
08ZAGREB556	ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 25 [...] (U) ONE MORE CHAPTER CLOSED, ONE MORE OPENED IN EU ACCESSION TALKS: At its first negotiating session under the French EU Presidency in Brussels, on July 25, Croatia will close the negotiating chapter on Enterprise and Industrial Policy, and open negotiations on the Free Movement of Goods chapt [...]	2008-07-25 09:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB557	CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 10:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO PHUM PTER IR HR
08ZAGREB562	CROATIAN ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoC has initiated a process to produce a comprehensive energy strategy, allegedly as early as this fall. But it appears that at this point there is no consensus on what the country's priorities should be in this sector. In the meantime, considerable attention has centered o [...]	2008-07-29 14:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB566	CROATIAN POLICE FIGHTING IPR PIRACY BUT OUTMATCHED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Croatian police actively pursue intellectual property pirates and have achieved some successes at raids and seizures, especially of smaller operations. However, police officials cite technological challenges and the global nature of the problem as major obstacles to further [...]	2008-07-30 14:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT KIPR HR
08ZAGREB574	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 08:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS
08ZAGREB579	ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 1 [...] (U) WITNESS SUPPORT PROJECT ACHIEVING SUCCESS: In a recent meeting, UNDP officials announced that their pilot program to provide witness support services in three county courts and the Zagreb municipal court assisted more than 100 witnesses in serious crimes trials during its first three mon [...]	2008-08-01 14:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KHDP MASS MARR PARM HR
08ZAGREB581	CROATIA'S ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 15:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HR
08ZAGREB585	DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 14:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI HR
08ZAGREB601	ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 15 [...] (SBU) CROATIA MOVES AHEAD WITH GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS INITIATIVE: The Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed this week Croatia's willingness to accept the terms and conditions for the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). This will allow the GOC to move ahead on receiving [...]	2008-08-14 16:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ELTN PHUM MARR MASS HR
08ZAGREB61	SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CROATIAN SOFA [...] (SBU) After two years of difficult negotiations and a brief delay during the Croatian elections, the Croatian Government finally appears ready to sign our bilateral Status of Forces Agreement. I strongly recommend that the signing ceremony take place during the visit of the new Croatian Def [...]	2008-01-29 14:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR NATO HR
08ZAGREB620	CROATIA WILLING TO PROCEED WITH EXPANSION OF THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Pol officer discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter on August 22 with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue cooperation with the A-3 countries as well as with other potential new members. T [...]	2008-08-27 11:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL MK HR
08ZAGREB629	CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES [...] (U) Stu, the Croatia that you will be visiting on September 10 has changed greatly from your desk officer days and even from the time we worked together on NATO issues. Croatia has made steady progress in strengthening its democracy and rule of law, reforming its economy, cooperating with the [...]	2008-09-05 11:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB630	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2008 [...] (SBU) RUSSIAN MINISTERIAL VISIT TO DISCUSS GAZPROM CONTRACT AND DRUZBA ADRIA PROJECT: On September 24 Croatia will meet with Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergey Shoigu to begin preparations for a meeting of the Croatia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientifi [...]	2008-09-05 12:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB64	CROATIAN ECONOMY - THE DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES [...] Summary: Croatia's economy grew strongly in 2007, with most analysts predicting an annual growth rate of 5.9 percent. Fueled largely by increased consumption, government revenues also grew at a better-than-expected rate, rising nearly 15 percent. The government's fiscal deficit is expected to [...]	2008-01-30 08:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV HR
08ZAGREB640	CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT IRAN'S [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Sanja Bujas-Juraga and Ivana Djerek of the Department for International Security at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. While neither provided a specific response to the non-paper, they did express the GOC's continued suppo [...]	2008-09-09 14:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC HR PREL
08ZAGREB65	AMBASSADOR MEETS SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT LUKA BEBIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Sabor President Luka Bebic strongly endorses all of PM Sanader's priorities, including close cooperation with the US, a strong desire to join NATO, and an eagerness to play a constructive role in the region. He said the Sabor should shortly take up several pieces of legisla [...]	2008-01-30 11:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES
08ZAGREB661	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (U) HUNGARY IS FIRST NATO MEMBER TO RATIFY CROATIAN AND ALBANIAN ACCESSION: The Hungarian Parliament on September 15 voted overwhelmingly in favor of Croatia's and Albania's Accession Protocol, making Hungary the first NATO member state to approve this round of NATO enlargement. having serve [...]	2008-09-18 13:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB668	CROATIAN RESPONSE TO NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 22 discussed reftel points on the potential Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) meeting with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said she would pass on to the Croatian Mission to NATO before September 23 our request that c [...]	2008-09-22 13:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL GG RS HR
08ZAGREB673	CROATIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN, OPPOSE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref points to Mario Horvatic, Croatia's representative to the IAEA Board of Governors. Horvatic indicated the GOC has not conveyed to him its official position regarding the candidacies of Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan. He noted his personal preference that neither Syria [...]	2008-09-24 05:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA PARM MNUC HR PREL
08ZAGREB674	CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 23 discussed ref A points on the expansion of the Adriatic Charter with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue with the Adriatic Charter with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as [...]	2008-09-24 13:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK
08ZAGREB681	RUSSIAN MINISTER VISITS CROATIA TO DISCUSS SOUTH STREAM [...] (U) Russian Emergency Situations Minister Dmitri Shoigu visited Zagreb on September 22 for a brief one-hour meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec. The goal of the visit was reportedly to discuss preparations for an upcoming meeting of the Croatia-Russia Intergovernmental Technical [...]	2008-09-29 08:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV HR RS
08ZAGREB70	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 30, 2008 [...] (U) US Supports Mine Risk Children's Book: Through PM/NADR demining funds, Post supported the development of a children's comic book for distribution in Croatia's schools. The project employed teen artists and writers to educate youth about the dangers of mines, which still remain a threat [...]	2008-01-31 10:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB707	REFUGEE RETURNS: MISSED BENCHMARKS BUT CONTINUED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a September 17 meeting with ambassadorial-level representatives of the international community (IC),the Minister of Regional Development, Forestry and Water Management, Petar Cobankovic, renewed the GOC's commitment to complete the process of resettling former occupancy/tenancy [...]	2008-10-07 14:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES HR CROATIA
08ZAGREB726	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - OCTOBER 16, 2008 [...] (U) NEW MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND JUSTICE SWORN IN: New Minister of Interior Tomislav Karamarko, formerly head of the Security Intelligence Agency, and Minister of Justice, Ivan Simonovic, a law professor with a long diplomatic career, were approved by parliament on Friday, October 10 and swo [...]	2008-10-17 08:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB734	CROATIA SEES BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR RESOLVING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zagreb is cautiously optimistic that Croatia can reach an agreement with Slovenia by the end of the year to take their unresolved border issues to arbitration, most likely at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The Croatia-Slovenia border commission has largely [...]	2008-10-22 09:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL HR SI
08ZAGREB735	GOC PREPARES TO PRIVATIZE SHIPYARDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOC has begun the process to privatize shipbuilding, the last major industry under state ownership in Croatia. Subsidies to the loss-making industry have been a burden on the state budget and are an obstacle to EU accession. The Ministry of Economy and representatives of the s [...]	2008-10-22 10:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV PGOV PREL HR
08ZAGREB757	GOC WORKS TO OPEN FISHERIES CHAPTER AS FISHERMEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the end of September, the GOC submitted its negotiating position for the fisheries chapter of EU accession negotiations. The position focuses on maintaining Croatia's traditional fisheries, most of which are not covered by EU rules. Although the GOC does not expect major obje [...]	2008-10-31 13:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS SENV PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB762	CROATIA EU NEGOTIATIONS HIT A SLOVENIAN-MADE BUMP [...] (U) The French EU Presidency and the EU Commission hosted a meeting on October 30 in Brussels regarding Croatia's EU negotiations, at which Croatia was only able to provisionally close one negotiating chapter, "External Relations." According to both Croatian and EU sources in Zagreb, Slovenia [...]	2008-10-31 14:52:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL HR SI EUC
08ZAGREB766	CROATIA PURSUING MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Croatian law enforcement system is undergoing a massive shake-up in reaction to several high-profile, mafia-style killings in Zagreb in October (Ref A and B) and long-stalled initiatives to fight organized crime are now quickly being implemented. These initiatives include [...]	2008-11-03 07:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR
08ZAGREB781	NEGOTIATIONS STALL ON TAKEOVER OF INA; RUMORS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of the Croatian government and Hungarian MOL have so far failed to agree on the terms of a share swap that would give MOL a majority stake in the Croatian national oil company INA. The previous shareholders' agreement expired at the end of October, giving MOL [...]	2008-11-07 07:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG HR
08ZAGREB792	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 14, 2008 [...] (SBU) ICTY PROSECUTOR EXPRESSES CONTINUED DISAPPOINTMENT WITH GOC DOCUMENT SEARCH: ICTY Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz visited Zagreb on Nov. 10-11 at the beginning of a tour of regional capitals in advance of the next periodic report from the ICTY to the UN Security Council on December 12. [...]	2008-11-14 16:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB793	CROATIA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian government has continued to actively address the issue of trafficking in persons during 2008. The government has worked aggressively to increase public awareness and to train government employees, public officials, and NGOs in identification and prevention. The governm [...]	2008-11-18 08:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KWMN PREL SMIG HR KCRM PGOV
08ZAGREB802	QUESTIONS LOOM ON CROATIA'S DEBT AS PM ANNOUNCES A [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Sanader has announced his intention to balance the federal budget in 2009 and has called for a salary freeze and cutbacks in Christmas activities in both the government and state-owned industries to achieve this aim. The PM feels he has little room for maneuver [...]	2008-11-24 10:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV HR
08ZAGREB812	NIKE REPRESENTATIVE DESCRIBES COUNTERFEIT GOODS [...] Summary. Nike's brand protection manager for Croatia met with Econ and FCS officers at the American Chamber of Commerce in Zagreb in late November to discuss patterns of counterfeit goods smuggling and quality of enforcement as it faces growing demand for smuggled counterfeit apparel through [...]	2008-12-01 14:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI HR
08ZAGREB825	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 14:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PINR PREL PTER UNSC HR
08ZAGREB849	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 12:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC HR
08ZAGREB854	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 12, 2008 [...] (U) PM SANADER EMPHASIZES EQUALITY ON FIRST VISIT TO ZAGREB MOSQUE: On Monday, December 9, Prime Minister Sanader paid his first visit ever to the Zagreb Mosque on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. Sanader greeted the Mufti of Zagreb, Mufti Omerbasic, with a traditional Muslim greeting, attended [...]	2008-12-12 15:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB864	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - DECEMBER 17, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIAN TROOPS DEPLOYED TO ISAF RECEIVE ADDITIONAL 150 IMPROVED FIRST AID KITS FROM U.S.: On December 11 Croatian troops deployed to Afghanistan received another 150 Improved First Aid Kits (IFAK) from U.S. forces. When used in trained hands, the kits give soldiers a greatly improved [...]	2008-12-18 10:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB870	CROATIA CIVIL NUCLEAR INVESTMENT PLANS: [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post has prepared the following information on Croatia's current plans for nuclear sector investment This cable was prepared with the assistance of embasssy commercial service staff. 2. (U) Overview: Croatia released its new national energy strategy for p [...]	2008-12-19 15:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG BTIO TRGY BEXP HR
08ZAGREB872	WIDE DIVERGENCE OF VIEWS ON PROSPECT OF DEBT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the government has failed in its goal to balance the 2009 budget (septel),instead turning in a plan for a 0.88 percent of GDP deficit, experts inside and outside the government are discussing with renewed vigor whether or not the economy can maintain the necessary liquid [...]	2008-12-19 15:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HR PGOV
08ZAGREB90	DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-07 13:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KDEM LE PGOV PHUM PREL EINV SY HR
092OF5	CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...]	2009-12-11 03:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI
09ABIDJAN171	CORRUPTION ARTICLE PROVOKES DESTRUCTION OF [...] (U) On February 28, the "Nouveau Reveil," a newspaper closely affiliated with former President Henri Konan Bedie's PDCI political party, announced it would publish an article on the theft of 4 billion CFA (approximately 8 million USD) by government officials with ties to President Gbagbo. Th [...]	2009-03-12 14:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN22	MILITARY ISSUES RESOLVED IN OUAGA IV (THE FOURTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ouagadougou Political Agreement's (OPA) fourth supplementary agreement (often referred to as Ouaga IV) addresses military issues that have blocked disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR),including grades, ranks, and the establishment of a new army. This cable [...]	2009-01-12 16:32:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV KDEM EAID PREL IV
09ABIDJAN315	PRAISE AND SKEPTICISM ACCOMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has announced that the first round of the presidential election will be held on November 29, 2009. This is generally considered a positive development demonstrating that pressure from the international community to hold elections bore fruit. H [...]	2009-05-18 12:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM IV
09ABIDJAN346	IVOIRIAN WOMEN HELD BACK BY SOCIETY, POVERTY AND [...] (U) Summary. Ivoirian jurisprudence puts women on an equal footing with men and protects their rights. However, these laws are infrequently enforced due to ignorance of the law or societal pressures. Ivoirian women from diverse sectors of society told Emboffs that Ivoirian women, especially [...]	2009-06-02 13:14:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN SOCI KJUS IV
09ABIDJAN366	PRESIDENT GBAGBO FINALLY VISITS WESTERN COTE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 7, President Gbagbo amid tight security embarked on a ten day trip to the west and northwest of the country. His visit to the west is a political and personal triumph as he has not been able to travel to the west since the country was divided in 2002. The visit, which [...]	2009-06-10 15:34:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN411	IDENTIFICATION/VOTER REGISTRATION ENDS, BUT MUCH [...] (SBU) Summary. The identification/voter registration process, which began almost one year ago, ended formally on June 30. The fact that it was carried out without violence is a major step forward in the peace process. The accuracy of the results could, however, be questioned. Accusations of [...]	2009-07-06 14:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IV
09ABIDJAN592	TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE MOVES FORWARD--SLOWLY [...] (U) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's initial report for compliance with the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) is behind schedule. Nevertheless, it is still possible for the GOCI to meet the May 2010 deadline for EITI validation. End summary. 2. (U) In an October 8 meeting with [...]	2009-10-14 14:46:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EMIN ENRG EPET PGOV PREL IV

09ABIDJAN675	ELECTIONS OFFICIALLY POSTPONED, NO NEW DATE SET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced that presidential elections will not take place on November 29. The provisional voters' list has been printed, however, and the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has begun distributing it. Acco [...]	2009-11-13 13:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN716	NORTH-CENTRAL COTE D'IVOIRE AWAITS ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Poverty in northern Cote d'Ivoire has worsened during the seven-year political/military crisis. The Forces Nouvelles (FN) still exert substantial control over the northern economy, levying significant taxes on some sectors. Additionally, businesses in the north have experie [...]	2009-11-27 09:08:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN758	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: There were few changes or emerging trends regarding counterterrorism in Cote d'Ivoire in 2009. The ongoing political crisis continues to weaken police and security forces and increase the risk that foreign terrorists can use Cote d'Ivoire as an operational or financial base. P [...]	2009-12-21 13:00:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC IV
09ABUDHABI100	UAE DRAFT PRESS LAW HEADLINES AT FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: After lengthy delays and multiple appeals from journalists for the Federal National Council (FNC) to discuss the draft press law (ref B),the FNC took up the issue January 20 and forwarded the law for Cabinet consideration (the FNC's role is consultative, not legislative, so it [...]	2009-01-25 14:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI1001	UAE REQUEST FOR NTSB ASSISTANCE INTO AZZA AIR CRASH [...] (SBU) On October 25, General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Director General Saif Al Suwaidi called FAA Attache to request NTSB assistance with the investigation of the October 22 crash of a Boeing 707 cargo plan operated by Azza Air Transport. Al Suwaidi asked that the NTSB begin to assist w [...]	2009-10-25 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV SU AE
09ABUDHABI1007	REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR ADVOCACY POINTS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) On October 22, Post delivered Commerce Secretary Locke's advocacy letter supporting GE-Hitachi's bid on the UAE's nuclear tender to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Executive Affairs Authority (EAA) Chairman Khald [...]	2009-10-26 10:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KNNP PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI1042	UAE REQUEST FOR ICAO CANDIDACY SUPPORT [...] (SBU) On October 15, Post received a diplomatic note (informal translation in para 3) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announcing the UAE's decision to re-candidate its representative to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) within the third category for the period 2010-2013. [...]	2009-11-05 05:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI1117	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN [...] (U) Mission UAE looks forward to hosting Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman's December 8-10 visit to Abu Dhabi. Reftel provided a separate classified scenesetter. THE UAE AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Ar [...]	2009-12-01 11:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI1123	UAE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT APPLICATION [...] (SBU) The responses below are keyed to reftel questions: A. Whether the host government requires participation in or cooperation with any of the three forms of the ALB or other international boycotts, for example by requiring that U.S. firms complete boycott compliance questionnaires or furn [...]	2009-12-06 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KBCT ECON UAE
09ABUDHABI1154	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ERA FEAT GENERAL TRADING [...] Ref email requested that post conduct a pre-license check for application D428003: Civilian Aircraft Generator to be exported by Air Eagle Aviation, Costa Mesa, CA. 2. On December 9, 2009 Export Control Officer met with Mr. Alireza Pourmatin, Managing Director and Board Member, Era Feat [...]	2009-12-10 10:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI1160	SUPPORTING UAE ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AE AF
09ABUDHABI1166	UAE SUPPORT - AND SUGGESTIONS - FOR CAIRO INITIATIVE, [...] (SBU) Mission UAE looks forward to supporting the proposed visit of Science Envoy in first quarter of 2010. As first reported in Ref B, the opportunities for science and technology (S&T) cooperation with the UAE are enormous. UAE entities often enjoy strong financial resources and motivation, [...]	2009-12-17 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ECON KISL KSCA KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI1177	KOREAN COMPETITION RAISES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: KEPCO's success in Abu Dhabi's USD 20 billion nuclear tender (reftel) is the latest - and highest value - example of Korea's growing commercial success in the UAE. UAE officials report Korean technical and commercial advantages, particularly in engineering, procurement and const [...]	2009-12-28 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG KNNP PGOV EINV
09ABUDHABI1180	UAE CONCERNED BY REPEAT BOYCOTT OFFENDERS [...] (SBU) On December 20, EconOff presented Ref B USDOC list of Jan-Jun 2009 UAE prohibited boycott requests to Ministry of Economy Executive Director for Commercial Affairs (Undersecretary-equivalent) Humaid Bin Butti. EconOff highlighted the large number of UAE requests compared to others in the [...]	2009-12-21 11:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KBCT AE
09ABUDHABI142	UAE FM TRAVELING THE REGION ON "UNITY" MISSION [...] (SBU) Subsequent to hosting a February 3 gathering of nine Arab foreign ministers (reftel),UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) met with the visiting Kuwaiti FM over the weekend (February 6) and embarked on a regional tour characterized in official news reports as seeking Arab unity, presumably wi [...]	2009-02-08 14:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI145	UAE PLANS BIG SPLASH TO OPEN FRENCH NAVAL PRESENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE leadership will send a loud message with the May opening of a French naval facility in Abu Dhabi, amplified by the presence of headliners like French President Sarkozy. Adding a new military presence to the strategic equation reasserts the UAE's welcome to Western partn [...]	2009-02-10 03:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MASS FR AE
09ABUDHABI199	UAE REQUEST TO HOST IRENA HEADQUARTERS [...] (SBU) On February 19, post received a diplomatic note reiterating the UAE's desire and qualifications to host the headquarters of the International Agency for Renewable Energy (IRENA, first reported in Ref A). Post's informal translation of the diplomatic note follows. 2. (SBU) Further dem [...]	2009-02-26 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PREL PARM RS IR AE
09ABUDHABI20	UAE REMINDED OF PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post relayed ref B appeal for donations to UN-related relief agencies in separate conversations with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al Haidan. Dr. Gargash acknowledged the need and told the Ambassador [...]	2009-01-07 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI202	UAE: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. 2. (SBU) The Embassy's point of contact for the Trafficking in Persons Report is: Kundai Mashingaidze Tel: +971 2-414-2621 Fax: +971 2-414-2639 Email: mashingaidzek@state.gov Number of hours spent on th [...]	2009-02-26 14:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG AE
09ABUDHABI21	UAE PRESSED ON NEED FOR PA BUDGET SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI220	MISSION UAE COMMENTS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEWS [...] (U) Summary: In 2008, the UAE Government (UAEG) continued its strong efforts to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The UAEG continues to enforce copyright, trademark, and patent laws passed in 2002 to protect U.S. intellectual property, and remains committed to the 2002 Agreement pro [...]	2009-03-05 09:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR PREL ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI234	UAE OPEN TO COMPROMISE ON GCC CUSTOMS UNION WTO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) On March 10, EconOff discussed reftel concerns about the WTO notification of the GCC Customs Union under the Enabling Clause with Ministry of Foreign Trade Director of Trade Negotiations and WTO Department Juma al Kait. Al Kait a [...]	2009-03-10 07:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL USTR AE
09ABUDHABI239	UAE RETAIL SALES DECLINE WITH CONSUMER CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The local impact of the global financial crisis has contributed to weakening UAE consumer confidence. As sales fall, retailers have cut prices for essential goods, diesel, used cars, and luxury goods. Emirati nationals report they are delaying purchases with the hope prices wil [...]	2009-03-12 11:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI243	UAE TIP SHELTER OPTIONS INADEQUATE BUT THERE IS HOPE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: UAE shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and trafficking (sexual or otherwise) remain limited. In Dubai, there is only one officially recognized facility of whose existence the wider Dubai co [...]	2009-03-13 17:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE
09ABUDHABI271	THE DILEMMA OF EMIRATI JOB SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 14:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB ECON KDEM SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI318	NEW UAE NGO SEEKS TO CONFRONT ROOT CAUSES OF TERRORISM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy officers met March 12 with Saif Bin Helal Al Shehhi, Founder and CEO of a new international humanitarian NGO based in Dubai, "Peace Without Limits (PWL)." PWL is inspired by a desire to reduce terrorism and extremism by addressing the root causes of discontent in the re [...]	2009-03-29 13:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KMPI KWMN PTER XF SU AF AE
09ABUDHABI322	WELCOMING CODEL McCONNELL TO THE UAE [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai. 2. (U) Summary: The U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pleased to welcome CODEL McConnell for a first-hand review of key U.S. priorities here. Our robust relations with the UAE focus on mutual [...]	2009-03-30 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN MASS AE
09ABUDHABI331	UAE REQUEST TO ATTEND MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM ON ENERGY AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. (SBU) In a March 30 letter, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash asked the Ambassador for assistance with a matter "extremely important" to the UAEG: an invitation to the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in [...]	2009-04-01 13:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI337	UAE BUDGET TRANSPERANCY [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request regarding UAE budget transparence, responses below are keyed to reftel para 3: -- The UAE is expected to receive FY-09 foreign assistance. -- The UAE federal budget, including revenue and expenditure, is available from the Ministry of Finance on request a [...]	2009-04-02 05:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL AE
09ABUDHABI34	HUMANITARIAN AID THE FOCUS OF PUBLIC EFFORTS ON GAZA [...] (U) As local news outlets warn of escalation of Israeli military activity in Gaza, UAE citizens and residents are expressing solidarity, taking to the streets in calm, controlled (and relatively small) demonstrations while pledging donations in cash and in kind. Marching in solidarity ---- [...]	2009-01-11 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI367	LACK OF EDUCATION AND SKILL HINDERS EMPLOYMENT FOR UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: With 80 percent or more of its residents expatriates, the UAE Government is very concerned about providing sufficient jobs for Emiratis, who face increasing employment challenges. Recent studies show that lower education, skill and experience hinder the "Emiratization" process [...]	2009-04-13 06:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI AE
09ABUDHABI370	UAE CONTINUES TO BEAT IRENA DRUM [...] (SBU) Keeping a top UAEG priority front and center, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash stressed for the Ambassador April 13 how much effort the UAEG continues to put into its campaign to host the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). He said most of his time duri [...]	2009-04-14 07:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV ECON PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI431	TFFLU01: UAE H1N1 PORK BAN [...] (SBU) Although the FAS Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) engaged early and proactively, the UAEG banned pork imports on April 27 in response to the global spread of H1N1 influenza. Individual emirates have applied the ban differently, with Abu Dhabi, Fujairah and Ajman removing pork from shelves [...]	2009-05-04 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO
09ABUDHABI432	TFFLU01: UAE H1N1 RESPONSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UAEG has taken a number of steps to combat the spread of H1N1 virus to the UAE and reassure the public. Interagency task forces have been established and are sharing information about their efforts. Residents are concerned, but with no confirmed cases in the UAE, remain calm [...]	2009-05-04 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09ABUDHABI440	UAE GOVERNMENT TARGETS FOOD PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to high inflation driven in part by food prices which rose 30 to 40 percent in 2008, the UAE Ministry of Economy has implemented price cap agreements with large retailers and signed memoranda with Emirate-level economic entities. As a result of these measures and the [...]	2009-05-06 05:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI441	UAE RESPONSE TO 2009 SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 3, EconOff delivered reftel demarche on the 2009 Special 301 review to Ministry of Economy (MoE) Executive Director (under secretary-equivalent) for Commercial Affairs Humaid bin Butti. EconOff noted the Ministry's efforts to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR),but urged b [...]	2009-05-06 05:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR PREL ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI444	UAE SUPPORTS TFG IN SOMALIA -- VIA ARAB LEAGUE [...] (SBU) Pol Chief discussed reftel points, including UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah's remarks about supporting TFG security forces, on May 4 with MFA Department of Arab Affairs Director (Ambassador) Mohammed Sultan Saif al-Sowaidi. Al-Sowaidi clearly stated UAEG support for the TFG and Sheikh Sh [...]	2009-05-06 05:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SO AE
09ABUDHABI449	UAE GOVERNMENT COMPLAINS ABOUT USG REGIONAL MEDIA [...] (SBU) At the end of a meeting on other topics, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash told the Charge May 5 that the UAEG is unhappy with regional USG media interviews using backdrops identified with UAE/Dubai locations. He pointed to two recent examples, both in Dubai, which [...]	2009-05-07 10:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO AE
09ABUDHABI478	NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP BRIEFS UAE NUCLEAR EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: UAE officials working on developing nuclear power met May 12 in Abu Dhabi with the Nuclear Suppliers Group, discussing mechanisms of collaboration to prevent proliferation and ensure program integrity. With members of the UAE's export control team also present, they reviewed UA [...]	2009-05-13 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG KNNP PNUC ECON AE
09ABUDHABI513	UAE AND UNICEF CONTINUE TO ASSIST REPATRIATED [...] (U) Summary: The effort to repatriate young foreign camel jockeys was the headline focus of the UAE's anti-TIP efforts just a few years ago; the follow-up continues unabated, with significant UAE effort and resource applied to the rehabilitation of prior jockeys. End summary. 2. (SBU) U [...]	2009-05-21 08:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP EAID MR SU BG PK UN AE
09ABUDHABI52	UAEG ON PROPOSED GCC FOOD IMPORT PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ and Agriculture officers raised reftel talking points on GCC food import requirements with Ministry of Foreign Trade Director of Trade Negotiations and WTO Department Juma al Kait, who said that the UAEG was committed to adhering to its WTO commitments and that he would ra [...]	2009-01-14 10:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL USTR AE
09ABUDHABI525	UAE NON-COMMITAL ON INCREASING TRANSPARENCY IN EXPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 07:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI526	UAE MEDIA REACTION TO 123 SIGNING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's May 19 signature of the US-UAE 123 Agreement, and its subsequent movement to Congress, generated broad UAE media coverage. The signing coincided with a commercially organized "GCC Nuclear Summit" of key international and regional officials, including US Nuclear [...]	2009-05-26 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KTIA KPAO PARM PHUM SENV PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI540	NRC VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US-UAE NUCLEAR COOPERATION POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 19-21 visit of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Executive Director for Operations Bill Borchardt and Director of International Programs Margie Doane to Abu Dhabi and Dubai provided an opportunity to engage key UAE nuclear officials on regulatory issues of safety, secur [...]	2009-05-31 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PARM SENV MNUC PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI568	THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FROM THE CONSULAR WINDOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As business and financial circles debate the extent of the economic downturn in the United Arab Emirates (reftels),Consular Section patrons have a decidedly negative outlook. Rising numbers of Americans in the UAE are reporting job losses and economic hardship, and many expect [...]	2009-06-08 07:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CASC CVIS ELAB PGOV SOCI AE
09ABUDHABI576	UAE CONSIDERS COLLECTING SOCIETY FOR RECORDED MUSIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 10:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR PREL ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI585	UAE INTERESTED IN DOE/NNSA COOPERATION, MOU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftel request, the Ambassador and EconOff discussed DOE/NNSA's interest in pursuing nuclear infrastructure cooperation with the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation (FANR) and the Emirates Nuclear Energ [...]	2009-06-11 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AE
09ABUDHABI599	UAE SUPPORTS US IRENA OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) On June 14, EconOff delivered reftel talking points on US membership in IRENA to Masdar CEO Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, who welcomed US intentions to join IRENA and expressed hope that the US would participate in the headquarters' vote. He said he would appreciate US lobbying in support of the [...]	2009-06-15 09:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG AE
09ABUDHABI6	ABU DHABI TO SUPPORT IRENA, REQUESTS USG SPEAKER FOR WORLD [...] (U) This cable contains an action request in para 2. 2. (SBU) On January 4, Iain Twine, a consultant for MASDAR, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, asked EconOff if a USG official would be able to participate in a January 21 round table discussion of governments' role in promoting renewal [...]	2009-01-04 12:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PGOV KGHG EUN AE
09ABUDHABI600	UAE 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),Embassy Abu Dhabi has compiled a list of U.S. citizen expropriation claims and investment disputes involving the Government of the United Arab Emirates. The Embassy is aware of two ongo [...]	2009-06-15 09:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI609	THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FROM THE VISA WINDOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As business and financial circles debate the extent of the economic downturn in the United Arab Emirates (Ref B and C),Consular Section patrons have a decidedly negative outlook. Beyond the impact on private Americans (Ref A),rising numbers of third country national (TCN) visa [...]	2009-06-16 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CASC CVIS ELAB PGOV SOCI AE
09ABUDHABI638	UAE CONFIRMS 5 H1N1 CASES, WANTS USG TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health reported publicly on June 21 that it had confirmed five cases of H1N1 influenza, and told us privately that it had a sixth under surveillance. Ministry officials told EmbOffs that the sixth - a nurse - would be the first case of domestic transmission of th [...]	2009-06-22 10:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09ABUDHABI674	UAE REAL ESTATE: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: That the UAE experienced a real estate boom through early 2008 is well known. Equally well know is that the Emirates experience a subsequent bust driven in part by the world financial crisis. In response, UAE federal and local governments strengthened much needed real estate re [...]	2009-07-02 10:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI684	UAE TARGETING DRUG AND ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS TO/FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings June 28 and 29, Central Bank and Ministry of Interior officials told visiting Staffdel Frantz the UAE is working with Afghanistan to disrupt illicit financing and drug trafficking. UAE officials stressed the importance of developing alternatives for Afghans currently [...]	2009-07-06 13:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR ETRD PGOV AF AE
09ABUDHABI686	GHQ TO TRANSFER PUMA HELICOPTERS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) On July 6, the Ambassador met with UAE Armed Forces (GHQ) Chief of Staff LtGen Mohamed Al Thani Al Rumaithi to urge GHQ to complete expeditiously necessary USG documents for authorizing the transfer to Pakistan of US-origin equipment (Rockwell Collins radios and Cubic PLS) on 14 UAE Puma [...]	2009-07-06 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL ETRD PGOV PK AE
09ABUDHABI688	UAE CABINET APPROVES NUCLEAR LAW, NOW WITH PRESIDENT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 13:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PARM SENV MNUC PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI690	EMIRATI NEWSPAPER FORCED TO SUSPEND PUBLICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Local Arabic daily, Al Emarat Al Youm, was ordered on July 2 to suspend publication for 20 days and its Chief Executive Officer and Editor-in-Chief each fined 20,000 Dirhams (Approx. 5500 USD),following the 2006 publication of an article accusing Abu Dhabi ruling family member [...]	2009-07-07 03:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AE
09ABUDHABI715	UAE INVITES SECRETARY CHU TO WFES [...] (SBU) During a July 2 meeting, Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company),told the Ambassador that he would like to invite Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu to be a keynote speaker at the third World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi January 18-21, 2010. Al [...]	2009-07-13 12:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG AE
09ABUDHABI743	UAE FEDERAL CUSTOMS AUTHORITY (FCA) ROLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Each UAE emirate has its own customs body and regulations. In 2003, the UAEG created the Federal Customs Authority (FCA) to unify UAE customs policies and regulations. Since its establishment, the FCA has improved coordination among local customs agencies, represented the UAE at [...]	2009-07-22 07:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PTER AE
09ABUDHABI761	UAEG STRICT LIMITS ON PRIVATE WEAPONS POSSESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UAEG has strict laws regarding private possession of weapons and ammunition. Americans have been arrested and jailed for transporting such weapons and equipment, even in cases where airline and U.S. authorities allowed shipment on a U.S.-originating flight. Although diploma [...]	2009-07-27 11:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA CASC AE
09ABUDHABI765	CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AUTHORITY INTEREST IN USCG, DHS [...] (SBU) On July 26, the Ambassador received a letter (text in para 2) from the Chairman of Abu Dhabi's Critical National Infrastructure Authority (CNIA) Sheikh Ahmed bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan requesting formal and ongoing cooperation with the US Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security. Sheik [...]	2009-07-28 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA AE
09ABUDHABI789	UAE SPYWARE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Widespread local and international media coverage of UAE telecom giant Etisalat's reported attempt to install spyware developed by a U.S. firm on local BlackBerries has dominated a normally quiet summer news cycle. Etisalat (Emirates Telecommunications Corporation) denied that t [...]	2009-08-06 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS KPAO PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI808	OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOE/NNSA TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the August 3-5 visit of a DOE/NNSA and State delegation, UAE nuclear power officials expressed great interest in bilateral civil nuclear infrastructure engagement and formal cooperation in the fields of safety, security and safeguards, under the auspices of a bilateral imp [...]	2009-08-13 04:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP OTRA AE
09ABUDHABI873	UAE CROWN PRINCE INVITES SECRETARY CHU TO WFES [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) invited Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu to be a keynote speaker at the third World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi January 18-21, 2010. 2. (SBU) On August 31, MbZ's office provided a copy of the official invitation letter (text [...]	2009-09-02 07:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG AE
09ABUDHABI920	ACTION CABLES FOR EMBASSY ABU DHABI AND AMCONGEN DUBAI [...] (SBU) RECENTLY WE'VE NOTICED A NUMBER OF CABLES CALLING FOR ACTION BY THE UAE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE BEEN MISDIRECTED TO DUBAI. WHILE DUBAI HAS BECOME THE MORE FAMOUS CITY AS A RESULT OF ITS ROLE AS A REGIONAL BUSINESS AND TOURISM HUB, ABU DHABI REMAINS THE CAPITAL AND SEAT OF THE UAE FED [...]	2009-09-23 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AE
09ABUDHABI944	UAE INVITES SPECIAL ENVOY STERN TO WFES [...] (SBU) On September 23, Post received an invitation from Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company),for Special Envoy Todd Stern to speak at a session titled, "What's After Copenhagen" at the third World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi on January 19, 2010. [...]	2009-10-04 06:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG AE
09ABUDHABI995	UNESCO Eternalizes the Tango at Intangible Cultural [...] (SBU) Summary. UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage named the first intangible cultural heritage elements at its fourth extraordinary session in Abu Dhabi September 28 to October 2. Ambassador Richard Olson attended the opening ceremony [...]	2009-10-22 11:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL UNESCO KPAO AE
09ABUJA1	NIGERIA: A GLANCE AT THE STATE OF WILDLIFE AND FORESTRY IN [...] (U) Summary: ESTHOff and visiting REO met with key Nigerian federal officials responsible for wildlife and forest conservation and management November 26-29. Ownership of the major Nigerian wildlife and forestry reserves transferred from the federal government to the states starting in 2000 w [...]	2009-01-02 06:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA1008	NIGERIA: FORMER SECRETARY POWELL COMMENTS ON [...] (U) Summary: On June 3, former Secretary of State Colin Powell delivered remarks on the values of democracy, with particular attention to Nigeria's democratic development and the upcoming 2011 elections, at an event organized by Tell Magazine to commemorate 10 years of uninterrupted democracy [...]	2009-06-09 14:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
09ABUJA101	NIGERIA: CBN TAKES ACTION TO SLOW NAIRA DEVALUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The naira has lost over 25% of its value vis-`-vis the dollar since November 26, 2008. It exchanged for 120 naira to one dollar in the official market in November 2008 as against 150 naira to one dollar on January 14, 2009. This is in sharp contrast to the relative stability [...]	2009-01-20 06:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI
09ABUJA1050	NIGERIA-US ROUNDTABLE ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE SETS [...] (SBU) Summary. From May 21-22 2009, a U.S. delegation headed by Douglas Hengel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, held roundtable discussions on energy and climate change issues with counterparts from the Government of Nigeria [...]	2009-06-12 10:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1058	NIGERIA: DELTA NEW YORK-ABUJA ROUTE LAUNCHES WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Delta flight 215 touched down at Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport June 11 at 12:13 p.m., currently the only U.S. flag carrier to fly direct from the U.S. to Nigeria's capital city Abuja. The plane was met by a full staff of ground crews and customer service staff to ai [...]	2009-06-15 08:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1064	NIGERIA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel country narrative of the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). NAPTIP's Director of Investigations and Monitoring, Muhammed Babandede, and Executive Secretary, Simon Egede, [...]	2009-06-15 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KMWN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ABUJA1072	NIGERIA: USTDA SPONSORED ELECTRICITY HEALTH AND SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 28, the Ministry of Power held a mandatory meeting of the electricity sector to disseminate the Nigerian Electricity Health and Safety Standards Manual and to declare that the industry is now accountable to the standards and that infractions will be punishable by law. Th [...]	2009-06-16 12:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1074	NIGERIA COMMENTS ON U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Per ref instructions, on June 15 Econ Couns presented U.S. views on the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to Prof. A. S. Sambo, Director General, Energy Commission of Nigeria and candidate for position of IRENA Executive Director. Sambo commented that the policies of the Oba [...]	2009-06-16 13:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV NI
09ABUJA1076	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 1-14, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Political News --Delta Incidents --Oil and Gas ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U [...]	2009-06-16 13:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1096	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The challenges of economic development in the Niger Delta was the subject of a meeting on May 21 for EEB DAS Douglas Hengel with Group General Manager for Strategy, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Dr. Timothy Okon, and NNPC Manager of the Nigerian Content Divisio [...]	2009-06-17 13:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1109	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL MEETS WITH GON PERM SEC FOR PETROLEUM [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: After the conclusion of a two-day U.S.-NIGERIA roundtable on energy and climate change (Reftel),the U.S. delegation, headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met on May 22 with the Permanent Secretary of the Nig [...]	2009-06-19 07:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV ENRG ECON EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1139	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL VISITS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met in Abuja on May 20 with the leadership of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI),accompanied by DCM, Econ Counselor and Deptoff. NEITI Chairman Asobie noted [...]	2009-06-24 10:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1175	NIGERIA: GLOBAL ACTION ON FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) As per reftel instructions, the Ambassador delivered demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ojo Maduekwe on June 13 by phone while the Minister was on a visit to Rome. The Minister agreed on the need for a sustained commitment on food security and also with the basic thrust of the USG a [...]	2009-06-29 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL NI
09ABUJA1186	NIGERIA: GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR SEEK USTDA SUPPORT [...] (U) Summary. During the June 7 - 13 visit of United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Business Development Manager Jason Nagy, Government of Nigeria (GON) officials and private sector representatives expressed keen interest in USTDA support. Despite tremendous market growth i [...]	2009-06-29 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1209	NIGERIA: USTDA VISIT ELICITS GON ASSISTANCE REQUESTS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman; Minister of State for Petroleum Odien Ajumogobia and Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum, Professor Emmanuel Egbogah on June 8 to introduce U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Africa Mana [...]	2009-06-30 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA122	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA'S NEW ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 13, 2009 President Yar'Adua created a Presidential Steering Committee (PSC),which will coordinate the administrations economic strategy. It was announced that one of the purposes of the PSC is to assess the impact of the global financial crisis on Nigeria and recomme [...]	2009-01-21 10:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EAGR PGOV NI
09ABUJA1274	NIGERIA: DELTA ATLANTA-LAGOS ROUTE INTRODUCES BOEING 777 [...] (SBU) Delta flight 54 landed at Lagos' Murtala Muhammed International Airport on July 2 at 3:05 pm local time with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. On April 8, 2009 the Government of Nigeria agreed to approve Delta's new route from New York John F. Kennedy Airport to Abuja Nnamdi Azikiwe Internation [...]	2009-07-13 15:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1289	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JUNE 15-30, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of June 15-30, 2009 political/economic highlights, which was delayed in transmission and did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Oil and Gas --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS [...]	2009-07-16 05:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1310	NIGERIA: INFORMATION REQUESTED ON LIBERIAN ASSOCIATES OF [...] (SBU) As per request in reftel, on July 17, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting information on Martin George and Edwin Snowe, believed to be associates of indicated war criminal former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Post will report separately on [...]	2009-07-22 05:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XY UNSC NI
09ABUJA1328	NIGERIA: MINISTER TAKES ACTION ON GAS FLARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman is seriously discussing the installation and promotion of a Gas to Liquid (GTL) process developed and patented by Synfuels International in cooperation with Texas A&M University. Lukman would like to purchase the equipment and [...]	2009-07-22 10:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1357	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 1-23, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 1-23, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Political News --Economic News --Narcotics News --Delta Incidents POLITICAL NEWS -------------- Â [...]	2009-07-27 05:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB PREL EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1400	NIGERIA: CHIEF OF MISSION DELEGATION MEETS OIL & GAS CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador was part of a diplomatic delegation (French, UK, and Dutch) to meet with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Chief Dr. Mohammed Barkindo to encourage more transparency in the oil and gas sector reform process, raise concerns with problematic provisions o [...]	2009-07-31 13:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1412	NIGERIA: TREASURY DELEGATION MEETS WITH GON AND NGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Senior Advisor Ian Solomon and Senior G-20 Policy Advisor Robin Ritterhoff visited Abuja from July 12-15 to meet with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Minister of State for Finance, representatives of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initi [...]	2009-08-03 14:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ECON SENV PREL ENRG PGOV ELAB NI
09ABUJA1438	NIGERIA: POL/ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) The Following is an Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of July 23 through August 7, 2009 political/economic highlights not previously reported. ECONOMIC -------- 2. (SBU) GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MOVES TO CHECK E-WASTE DUMPING: On July 20, addressing an international conference on [...]	2009-08-06 08:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV KGHG ENGR EAID ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA1457	NIGERIA: OMNIBUS LEGISLATION ON OIL & GAS REFORM GOES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Oil majors and other stakeholders appeared in record numbers at the National Assembly for the five day public hearing of the Petroleum Industry Bill before the House and Senate Joint Committee on Gas and Oil. In their testimonies, international and indigenous oil companies, and [...]	2009-08-06 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1465	NIGERIA: PFIZER SIGNES A $75 MILLION SETTLMENT AGREEMENT [...] (U) On July 30, Pfizer and the Kano State Government signed a $75 million settlement and non-prosecution agreement, effectively terminating the longstanding litigation stemming from Pfizer's Trovan medical tests (oral vaccines) on children during a 1996 meningitis epidemic. TRUST FUNDS FOR V [...]	2009-08-07 14:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1469	NIGERIA: ACTION REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador received a letter dated July 23 from Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Minister of Petroleum Resources, as follow up to their meeting on June 8 and requesting USG technical assistance in reducing gas flaring th [...]	2009-08-11 15:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1497	NIGERIA: THE GON TEMPORARILY TAKES OVER FIVE BANKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Nigeria fired the senior management of five banks following a financial viability audit that indicated the banks faced collapse due to excessive non-performing loans and over-exposure to capital markets and the downstream oil and gas sector. The CBN injected [...]	2009-08-18 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV ELAB EPET NI
09ABUJA1515	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1516	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1517	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1518	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1540	NIGERIA: POL-ECON GRAB BAG [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political and economic developments not reported elsewhere. -------------------------------------------- DANGOTE ELECTED NEW STOCK EXCHANGE PRESIDENT -------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Aliko Dangote gained [...]	2009-08-21 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EIND ELAB EPET NI IZ

09ABUJA1582	THE POWER HOLDING COMPANY OF NIGERIA CLAIMS PROJECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Power Holding Company of Nigeria claims that its plan to increase electricity supply to 6,000 megawatts by December 31 is threatened by the disruption of natural gas feedstock due primarily to militant activities in the Niger Delta. End Summary. Gas for Power Production [...]	2009-08-28 05:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA1603	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICSC CANDIDATE MYERS [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, POLOFF delivered requested demarche on the candidacy of Lucretia F. Myers for re-election to the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Second United Nations Division Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on A [...]	2009-08-31 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA168	NIGERIA-USG LED CIVIL AVIATION PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 20, 2009 the U.S Mission led a search and rescue (SAR) briefing with Nigerian civil aviation officials in Abuja. Lt. Col. David MacKenzie, 17th Air Force, United States Air Force Africa Command, presented information on the United States search and rescue system. Th [...]	2009-01-30 06:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1682	NIGERIA: MISSION HOLDS SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH ON BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary. Mission Nigeria hosted U.S. Speaker Gary Blumenthal August 31-September 4 for a successful biotechnology outreach in Ibadan, Lagos, and Abuja. Over 200 scientists, government officials, representatives of civil society, and the media participated in the program [...]	2009-09-11 14:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON TBIO NI
09ABUJA169	NIGERIA: INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS ASK FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 16, 2009 meeting with ten members of the Independent Power Producer Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) and EconOffs, IPPAN requested assistance from the USG to spur the Nigerian government (GON) to finalize steps for electricity sector privatization, which would assist I [...]	2009-01-30 06:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA1735	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO START AIR MARSHAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 10:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ABUJA1768	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------- DUTCH DELIVER DIGITAL EVIDENCE TRAINING --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Law enforcement and legal [...]	2009-09-24 18:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SENV KTIP KPAO NI
09ABUJA1814	NIGERIA'S DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAKES FIRST ARREST ON [...] (SBU) On September 23, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) personnel arrested Nigerian National Onugha Benjamin Simon at Lagos's Murtala Mohamed International Airport while he attempted to board a U.S. bound Delta Airlines flight with heroin. During the screening of passengers, NDLEA [...]	2009-10-02 12:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1845	NIGERIA: CBN RELEASES ITS SECOND BANK AUDIT RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Central Bank of Nigeria's second and final bank audit report found five banks to be undercapitalized and/or suffering from illiquidity. The CBN replaced three managing directors and injected 200 billion naira ($1.3 billion) into the affected five banks. The Nigeria Stock Exc [...]	2009-10-07 15:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09ABUJA1852	Nigerian Nominees for ILEA GABORONE - Vetting for [...] (SBU) The following six Nigerian personnel from the Nigerian Police Force and National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name ELISHA, Taibat Oyedoyin DOB 01 April 1967 Gender [...]	2009-10-09 10:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PHUM KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1854	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 9, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------- MINING TEAM VISIT ----------------- 2. (U) The Mission sponsored a visit by a five-person mining team to Jos and Abuja to better under [...]	2009-10-09 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1861	U.S. MISSION'S ADVOCACY ON PIB: SOME PROGRESS MADE, MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission has supported Nigeria's oil and gas reform and has worked with both the GON and the international oil companies on issues of concern within the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. The bill has already had two readings in the National Assembly and public hearings were [...]	2009-10-10 12:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1877	CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA SEEKS UPDATE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Action request: Post requests updated information for Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on the consolidated list of individuals and organizations linked to Al-Qaida. The CBN earlier released a circular advising Nigerian financial i [...]	2009-10-15 06:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KCOR EFIN NI
09ABUJA1947	AU AND ECOWAS TO MEET IN ABUJA TO DISCUSS SUDAN, [...] (SBU) The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will convene a "consultative meeting of major Nigerien actors" in Abuja October 30 under the chairmanship of ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General Abdulsalami Abubakar. An ECOWAS representative informed PolMilOff October 22 that ECOWAS w [...]	2009-10-23 16:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI GV NG SU
09ABUJA1954	CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA DISCUSSES GROWTH, EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Research Director spoke to Embassy about the impact of the global economic crisis, GDP growth, the naira-to-dollar exchange rate, foreign exchange reserves, oil production, and the impact of the recent CBN bank audits. GDP growth is expected to decline [...]	2009-10-26 11:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG NI
09ABUJA198	TRIP REPORT: AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS EDUCATION IN NIGER STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a January 29 trip to Niger State, the Ambassador met with Deputy Governor Ahmed Musa Ibeto, who touted the many successes of the Niger administration and assured the Ambassador that there would be no Jos-like ethnic uprising in Niger State. (NOTE: Governor Aliyu Muazu Bab [...]	2009-02-04 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI
09ABUJA1990	KANO'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Representatives of Kano's Chamber of Commerce told USTDA visitors that the state's irregular power supply and poor infrastructure have contributed to business closures and high unemployment. Agricultural activity suffers from the lack of improved agricultural inputs and a well-developed [...]	2009-10-30 12:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EAGR ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA1995	AFRICA UNION TO DIRECT MEMBER STATES TO IMPLEMENT [...] (SBU) The African Union (AU) hosted a Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting in Abuja October 29 in which Guinea featured as a major topic of discussion (reftel a). Several African Heads of State, including President Deby of Chad, Prime Minister Meles of Ethiopia, President Kibaki of Kenya [...]	2009-10-30 17:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS NI
09ABUJA1997	LOCAL CONTENT BILL COULD BE SIGNED INTO LAW BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Senate and the House have passed competing versions of the Nigerian Content Development Bill, with the main difference being a requirement for operators to maintain bank accounts in Nigeria with at least ten percent of their total revenue and to contribute up to one percent [...]	2009-10-31 11:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG EAGR EAID ELTN NI
09ABUJA1998	NIGERIA OIL POLITICS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A HUGE SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-31 11:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO EPET KDEM NI
09ABUJA1999	NIGERIA OIL POLITICS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A HUGE SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-31 11:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO EPET KDEM NI
09ABUJA2001	NIGERIA: ANAMBRA GUBERNATORIAL RACE OFF TO ROCKY START [...] (SBU) Judicial and electoral commission rulings on the disputed People's Democratic Party (PDP) nomination process have fueled confusion and tension in the February 2010 race for Governor of Anambra State. Political temperatures rose further with the reported kidnapping of the father of the fo [...]	2009-11-02 06:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
09ABUJA2002	SENIOR PDP OFFICIAL AND FIVE OTHERS CONVICTED ON [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured convictions and prison terms for Olabode George, vice-chairman of President Yar'Adua's campaign in 2007 and a former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),and four other NPA board directors. The court f [...]	2009-11-02 06:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA2003	CHINA'S GROWING PRESENCE IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) China's presence in Nigeria is growing. There are 200 to 300 Chinese businesses in the country while the bilateral trade between the two countries is estimated at $7 billion for 2009. China's dependence on oil is encouraging its oil companies, such as CNOOC and Sinopec, to take an inter [...]	2009-11-02 06:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV NI
09ABUJA2006	NIGERIAN LABOR PROTESTS AGAINST DEREGULATION [...] (SBU) Some 15,000 members of national and state unions, civil society organizations, and political parties marched on October 29 to the National Assembly to protest the GON's proposed deregulation of fuel prices and the lack of action on minimum wage and electoral reform issues. The Nigerian [...]	2009-11-02 18:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EAID ENRG PREL NI
09ABUJA2007	NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY UNIONS SUSPEND FOUR-MONTH [...] (SBU) The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),Non-academic Staff Union (NASU),and Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSAU) officially suspended their four-month long strike October 26. During the strike, the ASUU, NASU, and SSAU strikes effectively shut down almost all public [...]	2009-11-02 18:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM NI
09ABUJA2009	ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COORDINATOR FOR [...] (SBU) The oil and gas industry in Nigeria accounts for 92 percent of export earnings and 85 percent of GON revenues, according to the World Bank. Nigeria is the 12th largest producer of crude in the world, the 8th largest exporter, and is the world's 10th largest crude oil reserves at 36.2 bi [...]	2009-11-03 07:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ELTN NI
09ABUJA205	NIGERIA: BA BOEING 777 EMERGENCY LANDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, 2009 British Airways (BA) flight 82 bound for London Heathrow Airport made an emergency landing at Kano airport in Northern Nigeria just an hour after takeoff from Abuja airport due to mechanical problems. The Boeing 777 landed without incident and there were no [...]	2009-02-05 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA2059	2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR [...] (SBU) The Nigerian Government (GON) has made progress since the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report by continuing strong efforts to prosecute and convict trafficking offenders. Through October 2009, prosecutors obtained 25 convictions, compared with 23 convictions for all of 2008. As of [...]	2009-11-16 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP NI
09ABUJA2072	NIGERIA SEEKS TO REKINDLE ITS DILAPIDATED MINING SECTOR - [...] (SBU) Nigeria, a leading hydrocarbon producer, has allowed its mineral sector to decline through an overdependence on oil and the relative neglect of its non-oil sectors. The Government of Nigeria (GON) now seeks to restore its mineral sector and declare itself "open for business." GON offici [...]	2009-11-17 07:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV ECON ETRD SENV NI
09ABUJA2097	S/CIEA GOLDWYN DISCUSSES NIGERIA'S POWER SECTOR WITH POWER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 09:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON NI
09ABUJA2099	S/CIEA GOLDWYN ENCOURAGES STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Promoting transparency in Nigeria's energy industry was a centerpiece of U.S. Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) David Goldwyn's visit to Nigeria November 9-11. Goldwyn met with the Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Chairman Professor Assisi [...]	2009-11-20 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ETRD ECON NI
09ABUJA2117	NIGERIA: BINATIONAL COMMISSION: GTI FOCUSED GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Mission Nigeria has met several times over the last 12 months to review current and proposed initiatives to improve transparency, good governance, and fight corruption. Some of these measures could be captured under the proposed Binational Commission's Good Governance, Transparency and In [...]	2009-11-24 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PTER KDEM NI
09ABUJA2130	NIGERIAN SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Security dialogues by the U.S. Government with the Government of Nigeria (GON) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are multifaceted and often informal. Embassy compiled the following information, the substance of which we forwarded earlier via electronic-mail mess [...]	2009-11-24 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM MARR MCAP NI
09ABUJA2141	NIGERIA: BINATIONAL COMMISSION FOOD SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) Mission Nigeria has met several times since March 2009 to discuss initiatives to increase reliable access to food in Nigeria and the region through improvements in agriculture and trade policy. We understand that the goals of the Binational Commission's Food Security and Agriculture Work [...]	2009-11-25 11:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PTER KDEM NI
09ABUJA2162	ISLAMIC OUTREACH IN NIGERIA [...] (U) Recognizing the importance of improving our relationships with and understanding of Muslims in Nigeria, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria incorporates engagement with Muslim communities as part of our daily work. As roughly half of Nigeria's population is Muslim, many of the interlocutors of Em [...]	2009-12-01 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL NI
09ABUJA2186	NIGERIA: REQUEST HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Embassy requests the Department's assistance under the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for training by OFFICE OF SECURITY COORPORATION ABUJA. The individuals are to attend UNDERGRADUATE PILOT TRAINING at LACKLAND AFB, HO [...]	2009-12-03 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AF NI
09ABUJA2187	GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE QDDR [...] (U) Ref A requested input from the field regarding the global section of the QDDR. Mission Nigeria's answers pegged to Ref A para 4 follow: A) TO WHAT DEGREE WILL/CAN TECHNOLOGY EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS, OR CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE HOST COUNTRY, TO EXERCISE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN PUBLIC LIFE? In t [...]	2009-12-03 18:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI EAID ECON
09ABUJA2189	AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT ON US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador encouraged the Government of Nigeria (GON) on December 3 to support the Danish Plan for a "politically binding" operational agreement at the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen and highlighted the figures on U.S. emission reductions per reftel. Ministe [...]	2009-12-03 20:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA219	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economy --Agriculture --Environment --Aviation --Elections --Labor --Corruption --Delta Incidents --Oil, Gas, a [...]	2009-02-06 09:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA2198	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ------------------------- SGF PRAISES DELTA AMNESTY ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Permanent Secretary Ambassador Chike Alex Angigbo, speaking on be [...]	2009-12-04 17:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR EPET NI
09ABUJA2218	NIGERIA CELEBRATES WORLD AIDS DAY WITH FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS [...] (SBU) Nigeria commemorated World AIDS Day on December 1 with a symposium on bridging the gap between the current coverage of 11 percent and its target of achieving 80 percent in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Nigeria has a 4.6 percent HIV/AIDS prevalence rate. It has [...]	2009-12-08 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KISL PGOV SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI
09ABUJA222	NIGERIA: GOVERNORS PROMISE TO KEEP THEIR STATES POLIO-FREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sustained engagement by the Ambassador and other senior staff has yielded positive results in the battle to eradicate polio in Nigeria. The Ambassador's advocacy with Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki has led the Governor's Forum to give polio eradication a priority and to eng [...]	2009-02-06 13:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KISL PGOV PREL SOCI ECON KOCI EAID NI
09ABUJA2253	NIGERIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In 2009, the Government of Nigeria continued efforts to improve coordination, communication and cooperation between the executive and legislative branches on counterterrorism (CT) matters. However, progress on CT legislation in the National Assembly slowed due to reconciliation and consoli [...]	2009-12-11 13:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC
09ABUJA2254	NIGERIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In 2009, the Government of Nigeria continued efforts to improve coordination, communication and cooperation between the executive and legislative branches on counterterrorism (CT) matters. However, progress on CT legislation in the National Assembly slowed due to reconciliation and consoli [...]	2009-12-11 14:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC
09ABUJA2260	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- DECEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------------------------------- PDP POLITICIANS NABBED IN EDO BY-ELECTION ----------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Edo State politici [...]	2009-12-12 09:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EFIN ECON NI
09ABUJA2292	NIGERIA'S CROSS RIVER STATE PUTS THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE [...] (SBU) Regional Environment Officer (REO) and ESTH Officer visited Cross River State November 20-24 to assess wildlife and forest conservation efforts in the state. State officials reported that the state has embarked on an ambitious environment-centered development agenda with the primary obje [...]	2009-12-18 12:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EAGR ECON NI
09ABUJA2293	BALANCING DEVELOPMENT WITH CONSERVATION AT YANAKARI GAME [...] (SBU) Regional Environment Officer (REO) and ESTH Officer visited Yankari Game Reserve November 19-20 to assess wildlife and forest conservation efforts in the state. The game reserve, Nigeria's most well-known wildlife park and home to one of West Africa's largest remaining elephant populatio [...]	2009-12-18 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO EAGR ECON NI
09ABUJA231	NIGERIA: NEW COMMERCE MINISTER SEEKS FURTHER US INVESTMENT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Commerce and Industry (MCI) Chief Achike Uzomah Udenwa February 5 to update him on the March 30-31 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Washington, the USG $25 million Global Food Security Respons [...]	2009-02-09 09:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR EINV EAID EAGR PGOV NI
09ABUJA2321	THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HOLDS PUBLIC HEARING ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigerian National Assembly hosted an inaugural biosafety legislation public hearing in Lagos. The Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture and on Science and Technology urged legislators to move forward with the implementation of national biosafety legislation. Friends of [...]	2009-12-23 06:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON TBIO NI
09ABUJA290	NIGERIA: 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 9th Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The main sources of available information are the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffi [...]	2009-02-17 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ABUJA316	NIGERIA - BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 1-14, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of February 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economy --Politics --Agriculture --Environment and Health --Aviation --Elections --Corruption and Crime --Oil, G [...]	2009-02-23 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA329	NIGERIA: INAUGURATION OF COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE BY [...] (U) Summary: On February 10, in a well-attended ceremony, the Nigerian House of Representatives inaugurated a new Committee on Climate Change (CCC). In his inaugural address, Committee Chair Ezuiche Ubani declared that his committee will provide oversight and the legal framework for the Niger [...]	2009-02-24 07:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EPET PGOV ECON NI
09ABUJA331	NIGERIA: INAUGURATION OF COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE CHANGE BY [...] (U) Summary: On February 10, in a well-attended ceremony, the Nigerian House of Representatives inaugurated a new Committee on Climate Change (CCC). In his inaugural address, Committee Chair Ezuiche Ubani declared that his committee will provide oversight and the legal framework for the Niger [...]	2009-02-24 15:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EPET PGOV ECON NI
09ABUJA361	NIGERIA-USG MAKING HEADWAY BUT STILL LOOKING FOR TAILWIND [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador met with Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Director General Dr. Harold Demuren February 20 to review progress since NCAA, Nigerian, and U.S. firms met in November for a public private-partnership (PPP) aviation workshop. Demurren was very positive stating that [...]	2009-03-02 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN NI
09ABUJA396	NIGERIA - 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite USG-sponsored training and capacity building efforts the Nigerian government (GON) in 2008 failed to curtail rampant, sustained and serious intellectual property rights (IPR) violations in Nigeria. The U.S. Mission recommends that Nigeria be included in the "Special Men [...]	2009-03-05 10:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA448	NIGERIA: USG-GON RAPID RESPONSE STEMS ACUTE RENAL FAILURE [...] (SBU): SUMMARY: Following reports of an unusually high number of cases of acute renal failure (ARF) among Nigerian children between November 2008 and January 2009, the USG dispatched a team of experts which assisted with conducting epidemiological investigations, developing and launching an e [...]	2009-03-13 13:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID KIPR ECON SOCI ETRD NI
09ABUJA455	NIGERIA: STATES SEEKING MORE DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) plans to share $1.5 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) among the three tiers of government to make up for shortfalls in government revenue. Revenues from the sale of crude oil have dwindled due to the fall in the international price of c [...]	2009-03-16 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV NI
09ABUJA456	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ROBUST NEXT STEPS WITH AVIATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with the new Minister of Aviation Babtunde Omotoba on March 5 to advocate for new Delta Airline routes from Abuja to Atlanta and Lagos to New York and reviewed the multilateral Open Skies Agreement signed between the United States and Nigeria in 2000. Omotoba [...]	2009-03-16 17:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA474	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA SIGNS 2009 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signed into law the 3.087 trillion naira ($21.29 billion) 2009 budget appropriation bill on March 10, 2009. The final 2009 budget represents a 17% increase (217 billion naira, $1.5 billion) by the National Assembly above the 2.87 trillio [...]	2009-03-19 07:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA476	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIFA, BIT WITH ECONOMIC ADVISOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with President Yar'Adua's Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Dr. Tanimu Yakubu on March 12 to discuss upcoming March 30-31 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council Meeting in Washington, GON interest in a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and areas o [...]	2009-03-19 14:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KIPR ECON EAID EAGR PGOV NI
09ABUJA483	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 14-28, [...] (U) HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS INAUGURATED: On February 10 Poloff, EconOff, and Econ Specialist attended the Inauguration of the House of Representatives Committee on International Donors and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). In her addre [...]	2009-03-20 06:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA501	OIL CHIEF REQUESTS DIALOGUE ON ENERGY, CLIMATE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is requesting that USG officials visit Abuja in the near future to commence a dialogue on energy and climate policies, includ [...]	2009-03-24 06:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV PREL ELAB ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NI
09ABUJA526	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MARCH 1-14, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Northern Nigeria --Southern Nigeria --Delta Incidents Economic News -------------- [...]	2009-03-26 15:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA549	NIGERIA: KADUNA REFINERY - NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 5, 2009 Engineer Olayinka Agora, the Managing Director of the Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC),described the ongoing saga of poor planning and neglected maintenance that has reduced the effectiveness and usefulness of the refinery. He underscored that s [...]	2009-03-31 15:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV ENRG EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA561	FRAUD SUMMARY - ABUJA [...] Following is post's semi-annual fraud reporting cable for the period September 2008 to February 2009, per reftel instructions. ------------------ COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------ 2. Background: Nigeria covers 356,700 sq miles and has a population of approximately 145 million. The [...]	2009-04-02 06:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NI
09ABUJA573	NIGERIA: NEW MINISTER OF POWER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 19 the Ambassador met with the new Minister of Power Dr. Lanre Babalola to discuss opportunities for the U.S and Nigeria to improve the power sector. The Ambassador provided a briefing paper on the USG's assistance to the GON in the power sector, encouraged that the bil [...]	2009-04-02 11:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA577	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON STATUS OF EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) On March 30, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of State for Defense Ademola Seriki. The Minister affirmed that the Nigerian Contingent Owned Equipment (COE) is in Lagos, awaiting shipment, and would be forwarded to Darfur as soon as possible. In a related conversation, N [...]	2009-04-03 12:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL PGOV SU NI
09ABUJA578	NIGERIA: MINISTER OF FINANCE CONFIDENT ON BUDGET NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel B reports on the signed 2009 budget allocations and ways to successfully execute the budget. Following the press announcement, Finance Minister Mansur Muhtar gave a speech on March 24 to audience of key ministers, head of government agencies, press and others at the Intern [...]	2009-04-03 12:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EAID EINV ENRG NI
09ABUJA611	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR March 15-31, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 15-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economics --Politics --2011 Elections --Labor --Education --Environment and Health --Aviation --Elections --Cor [...]	2009-04-10 09:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA614	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND STANDARD CHARTERED CEO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria, American citizen, Christopher Knight, paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador and discussed challenges facing the banking sector. He stated that the low price of oil is the main contributor to the economi [...]	2009-04-14 08:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ECON EINV EAID NI
09ABUJA618	NIGERIA USES WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY TO BRING FOCUS TO THE [...] (U) Post provides the following response per reftel request. 2. (U) Summary: In commemoration of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) held a press conference on March 24, 2009 and briefed the media on Nigeria's TB challenges, efforts underway to combat [...]	2009-04-14 16:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID AMED SOCI KPAO NI
09ABUJA626	NIGERIA: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] Following is Embassy Abuja's response to reftel A. 2. (U) The Government of Nigeria is expected to receive U. S. foreign assistance using FY 2009 funds, for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),International Military Education and Training (IMET),foreign military fi [...]	2009-04-15 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL NI
09ABUJA627	NIGERIA: A FULLER PICTURE OF THE FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff, PolAssist and a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) traveled to Bauchi March 30 to April 1 to gain a better understanding of the February 21-22 sectarian violence in the state. The team met with State government officials, re [...]	2009-04-15 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF NI
09ABUJA641	NIGERIA: SUPPORTING THE AU'S EFFORTS IN MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) Post delivered Ref. A demarche to E. Josakweker, Director of the African Union Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Josakweker referred to the March 20 statement issued by the MFA (Ref. B) in which the GON strongly condemned the coup and affirmed that it will not recognize Rajoe [...]	2009-04-17 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MA NI
09ABUJA644	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S [...] (SBU) On April 17, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Finance (MinFin),Mansur Muhtar. MinFin Muhtar took our points on board, but said he wanted to consult with the Foreign Minister. Ambassador noted that she had already spoken to the FonMin on April 12 where he indicate [...]	2009-04-17 14:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL NI
09ABUJA666	NIGERIA: KADUNA PRIVATE SECTOR SEEKS US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 5-6 visit to Kaduna by EconDeputy, Kaduna Chapter Members of the Nigeria-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) were unanimous in their displeasure with the Yar'Adua administration's inability to increase electricity supply. They complained that epileptic electricit [...]	2009-04-20 10:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG CVIS EINV EAGR EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA674	NIGERIA: NIGERIAN INVESTMENT PROMOTION COMMISSION SOLICITS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an April 9 courtesy call, officials of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) informed the Ambassador that the organization is working towards attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Nigeria, despite the global economic downturn. It is currently work [...]	2009-04-21 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON PGOV NI
09ABUJA696	NIGERIA TO HEAD THE FORUM OF NUCLEAR REGULATORY BODIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 10, ESTHOff met with the Director General of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA),Professor Shemsiden Elegba, who reported that he has been elected to chair the newly-formed Forum of Regulatory Bodies in Africa (FORBIA). The forum aims to harmonize and str [...]	2009-04-23 08:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG ECON PARM TRGY PTER PGOV KRAD NI
09ABUJA708	NIGERIA: THE LATEST ON GUINEA-CONAKRY FROM ECOWAS' [...] (SBU) On April 21, Economic Community of West African States President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas assembled Abuja's diplomatic corps to discuss the latest developments in Guinea. He said that overall, ECOWAS was pleased with the outcome of the efforts of the International Contact Group (ICG),w [...]	2009-04-24 11:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECOWAS PREL KDEM GV NI
09ABUJA714	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APRIL 1-17, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-17 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Politics --2011 Elections --Human Rights and TIP --Labor --Environment and Health --Corruption and Crime --Oil, Gas, [...]	2009-04-24 13:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA72	NIGERIA: TRAVEL OF FONMIN TO U.S. [...] (SBU) According to former Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for North America and Caribbean, FonMin will travel to the U.S. on January 15 to attend U.S. inauguration events and meetings with the Nigerian Embassy in Washington and meetings with the Nigerian Mission to the United Nations in [...]	2009-01-14 13:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA744	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PLANNING MINSTER TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the head of the National Planning Commission April 9 to discuss need for a President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Partnership Framework (CPF) Agreement and the way forward towards achieving one in the near future. Ambassador and Minister [...]	2009-04-29 11:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KISL PGOV KHIV ECON KOCI EAID PREL NI
09ABUJA746	NIGERIA: COUNTERFEIT MEDS ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN LAGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a April 7-9 three-day counterfeit products and investigative techniques workshop, Nigerian government (GON) agencies made progress in better understanding what intellectual property rights (IP) are, how counterfeit medicines enter Nigeria, and what steps should be taken to [...]	2009-04-30 09:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA747	MGSF01: NIGERIA SAYS IT HAS NO SWINE FLU [...] (SBU) Contacts at the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and Avian Flu Lab scientists employed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concur that there are currently NO/NO confirmed cases of swine flu in Nigeria. As a precaution to an outbreak of swine flu, the Governmen [...]	2009-04-30 09:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09ABUJA748	NIGERIA: VISIT TO NIGERIA-BENIN BORDER AND LAGOS AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, 2009 an interagency USG Team visited the Nigeria-Benin border to observe the movement of goods and people between the two countries. The Seme border crossing post is manned by 650 Nigerian Customs Officers and is a major transit point of goods in West Africa. On Apr [...]	2009-04-30 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA751	NIGERIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) As per reftel B demarche instructions, and as reported in reftel A, the Ambassador delivered a demarche to the Minister of Finance on April 17 regarding Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership bids. On April 30, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance told Economic Counselor th [...]	2009-04-30 15:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL NI
09ABUJA753	NIGERIA SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) As per reftel B demarche instructions, and as reported in reftel A, the Ambassador delivered a demarche to the Minister of Finance on April 17 regarding Kosovo's IMF and World Bank membership bids. On April 30, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Finance told Economic Counselor th [...]	2009-04-30 15:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL NI
09ABUJA79	GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IMPACTING NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A tasking. Despite the Nigerian government's (GON) public statements, the global financial crisis (GFC) has impacted Nigeria in its most vulnerable area - revenue from crude oil sales. Crude oil accounts for over 80% of government revenue and over 9 [...]	2009-01-15 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV EPET ENRG PGOV NI
09ABUJA790	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APRIL 18-30, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of April 18-30, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Political News --2011 Elections --House of Representatives Economic News --------- [...]	2009-05-06 14:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET SENV EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA823	NIGERIA: USG PARTICIPATES IN INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an international workshop and conference on waste management from April 21-22 in Abuja, stakeholders discussed strategies for improving waste management in Nigeria. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) helped design the workshop and provided four trainers. Delegat [...]	2009-05-11 09:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON EAID TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
09ABUJA868	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR YATES' MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 21, visiting Africa Command Deputy Commander Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates met with Minister of State for Defense Ademola Seriki to discuss regional security cooperation and the growing military-to-military partnership between the U.S. and Nigeria. Reviewing the recent [...]	2009-05-18 08:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PGOV NI
09ABUJA926	NIGERIA SIGNS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH GE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador joined General Electric (GE) Vice President John Rice at the State House on May 26, 2009 for a 30-minute courtesy call with President Yar'Adua and to witness the signing of a landmark Country-to-Company Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)agreement between the government [...]	2009-05-28 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET ENRG ELTN EAIR ETRD SOCI TPHY NI
09ABUJA938	NIGERIA: A REVIEW OF CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SOLUDO'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Professor Chukwuma Soludo's first term at the Central Bank ended on May 29. It appears unlikely he will be appointed to a second term (First Bank Group Managing Director Sanusi Lamido Sanusi appears to be the frontrunner at this point, but in Nigeria one can always expect last [...]	2009-06-01 10:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV NI
09ABUJA950	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economics --Politics --Environment and Health --Oil, Gas, and Power Economics --------- 2. (U) U.S. PARTICIPATES [...]	2009-06-02 06:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA968	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 16-31, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of May 16-31, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Environment --Political News ECONOMIC NEWS ------------- 2. (U) FG TO REVIEW CBN' [...]	2009-06-04 14:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN NI
09ABUJA976	NIGERIA: INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS OFFERED USG [...] (SBU) The Independent Power Producer Association of Nigeria (IPPAN) met with EconOff and USAID Consultant on May 19 to discuss the challenges they are facing in the industry and propose a plan to overcome the obstacles, which included: an authorized power purchase agreement; loan guarantees; an [...]	2009-06-05 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ABUJA98	NIGERIA: NEW CUSTOMS COMPTROLLER GENERAL [...] (SBU) Former Nigerian Customs Comptroller General Alhaji Hamman Bello Ahmed resigned on January 14, 2009 and handed over his position to Dr. B. E. Nwadialo. H. B. Ahmed is retiring because he has reached the mandatory retirement age of 60. The media has reported that there are tensions within [...]	2009-01-16 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV NI
09ACCRA1021	GHANA'S NEW CIVIL AVIATION HEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOG has signaled that it was raising the profile of civil aviation issues by selecting a new head of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Air Commodore Kwame Mamphey. Mamphey's selection also underlined the continuing influence of former President J.J. Rawlings in civair affa [...]	2009-09-28 16:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR GH
09ACCRA1040	NDC GAINS ADDITIONAL SEAT IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) won the Chereponi by-election September 29, taking a seat that had been held by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP). By winning this Northern Ghana constituency, the NDC increased its majority in parliament to 116 seats [...]	2009-10-02 12:00:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN GH

09ACCRA1068	Mills under pressure to act following corruption [...] (U) Summary: President Mills' commitment to aggressively fight corruption is under scrutiny following a September 25 guilty plea by British company Mabey and Johnson (M&J),in which the company admitted paying 470,000 pounds in bribes to eight current and former Ghanaian officials during the 19 [...]	2009-10-08 13:14:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PREL GH
09ACCRA1102	Ghana's New Central Bank Governor [...] (SBU) Summary: Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur on October 1, 2009 assumed office as the Governor of the Bank of Ghana (BOG) for a four-year term. He took over from Paul Acquah who completed his two four-year terms on September 30, 2009. Amissah-Arthur's appointment is primarily political althou [...]	2009-10-19 14:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PINR GH
09ACCRA1119	GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) Following is an Embassy Accra compilation of political highlights from late September to early October that were not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- President nominates new ministers to replace those implicated in corruption scandal - [...]	2009-10-23 11:39:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR PHUM PREL GH
09ACCRA1125	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, the State Prosecutor indicted former Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei and former Chief Executive Officer of the National Investment Bank (NIB) Daniel Gyimah on corruption charges over their role in importing 10,000,000 Pounds worth of rice from India during the f [...]	2009-10-26 11:29:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL GH
09ACCRA1139	FOREIGN MINISTER UPDATE ON MFA FIRE AND REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On October 27, Foreign Minister Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni told the diplomatic corps that the October 14 MFA fire (reftel) resulted in no injuries or deaths, but that there was significant loss of equipment, furniture, fixtures, and [...]	2009-10-28 14:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GH
09ACCRA1154	GHANA RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered reftel demarche November 4 to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Beatrice Brobbey, expressing the USG's serious concern regarding the Goldstone Report, and urging Ghana to support the U.S. position on the resolution likely to be proposed by the Arab Group and the OI [...]	2009-11-04 15:49:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS GH
09ACCRA1215	GHANA TENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) In 2009, Ghana has increased its investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in human trafficking, convicting at least five people and sentencing them to terms in prison. At least nine investigations remain in progress, and 18 trafficking victims were rescued. Ghana collaborat [...]	2009-11-17 16:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PGOV
09ACCRA1234	Corrected Copy: 2009 TIP Interim Assessment-Ghana [...] (SBU) In 2009, Ghana has increased its investigation and prosecution of individuals involved in human trafficking, convicting at least five people and sentencing them to terms in prison. At least nine investigations remain in progress, and 18 trafficking victims were rescued. Ghana collaborat [...]	2009-11-20 11:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG PGOV
09ACCRA1262	Military Personnel Accused of Human Rights Violations in [...] (SBU) Summary: A video and still photos were released to the Ghanaian media November 23 depicting military personnel in Bawku (Upper East Region) interrogating and abusing two naked civilian suspects. Earlier media reports stated that soldiers stripped the suspects and paraded them through th [...]	2009-11-30 16:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM GH
09ACCRA1274	GHANA: DECEMBER VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS [...] (SBU) POL Chief met December 2 with MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Betty Osafo Mensah, to deliver reftel points and urge Ghana to vote against the impending OIC-sponsored Defamation of Religions resolution in next week's UNGA plenary session. POL Chief noted Ghana's abstention i [...]	2009-12-02 14:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA GH
09ACCRA1283	Anti-Corruption Chief cites need to attack culture of [...] (SBU) Summary: Emile Short, the head of Ghana's leading anti-corruption institution, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ),said that combating corruption is his highest priority, but resource limitations limit his agency's effectiveness and low salaries cause exces [...]	2009-12-03 14:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR PHUM GH
09ACCRA1290	GHANA HOLDS NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ghana held its National Climate Change Forum in advance of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Environment, Science and Technology Minister Sherry Ayittey announced that Ghanaian President John Evans Atta [...]	2009-12-07 02:34:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAID GH
09ACCRA1291	GHANA HOLDS NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE FORUM IN ADVANCE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ghana held its National Climate Change Forum in advance of the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Environment, Science and Technology Minister Sherry Ayittey announced that Ghanaian President John Evans Atta [...]	2009-12-07 02:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN EAID GH
09ACCRA1296	NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING FOR GHANA - GUIDANCE [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CS Accra was approached by a U.S. company seeking assistance with potential ExIm financing for downstream gas project in Ghana. Project has a large U.S. export potential but Post has concerns about appearance to GOG if ExIM f [...]	2009-12-08 12:00:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BTIO BBSR GH
09ACCRA1327	CHILD TRAFFICKING ON LAKE VOLTA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff and Democracy and Human Rights Program Coordinator (DHRC) spent December 1-3 in fishing villages on Lake Volta with the West Africa Regional Director for the NGO Free the Slaves and the Director of the Ghanaian NGO Challenging Heights following children believed to have be [...]	2009-12-15 16:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KTIP XY GH
09ACCRA144	GHANAQS 2009 UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following updated information on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor ("WFCL") in Ghana. POC for this report is Paul Stevenson (StevensonPW@state.gov). A) Laws and regulations proscribing the WFCL --------------------------------------- [...]	2009-02-20 11:07:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB ECON GH
09ACCRA182	ACCRA 2009 ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Ghana (GoG) continued to make progress during the reporting year toward combating trafficking in persons. The Ghana Police Service (GPS) was involved in several rescues, particularly of children; during July and August of 2008, nearly 200 children were rescu [...]	2009-03-04 16:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD GH
09ACCRA279	GHANA MINING HIGHLIGHTS, MARCH 2009 [...] SUMMARY: A. In large numbers, artisanal miners have begun to abandon diamond fields in favor of more lucrative gold mines in the Western Region as a result of depressed diamond exports due to the global financial crisis. Diamond exports are expected to drop 30 percent and prices in one dia [...]	2009-03-31 17:08:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EIND EINV KPRV GH
09ACCRA289	GHANA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE VISIT TO [...] (U) Senators Inhofe and Enzi and Representative Boozeman: Our entire mission joins me in extending to you a very warm welcome to Ghana. We hope your visit here helps inform you and your team, and we look forward to supporting your objectives. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Ghana?s December, 2008 electi [...]	2009-04-01 15:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON AMGT GH
09ACCRA325	GHANA FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, APRIL 2009 [...] SUMMARY: A. Ghana's inflation rate crossed 20% in March. Ghana's cedi continues to depreciate against major currencies, and inward private transfers dropped steeply in January. B. Global economic slowdown: First reports of job losses in Ghana due to cuts in funding to non-governmental or [...]	2009-04-09 09:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV GH
09ACCRA326	TWIN DEFICITS CHALLENGE GHANA [...] SUMMARY: Ghana's budget and current account deficits constitute major challenges to Ghana's macroeconomic performance in 2009. Corresponding with the deficits, Ghana's cedi continues its fall against world currencies, driving domestic inflation beyond 20 percent. Growth in 2008 has been provisi [...]	2009-04-09 09:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EINV GH
09ACCRA330	TWIN DEFICITS CHALLENGE GHANA [...] SUMMARY: Ghana's budget and current account deficits constitute major challenges to Ghana's macroeconomic performance in 2009. Corresponding with the deficits, Ghana's cedi continues its fall against world currencies, driving domestic inflation beyond 20 percent. Growth in 2008 has been provisi [...]	2009-04-09 16:02:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EINV GH
09ACCRA70	Ghana Refugee Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16, 2009, PRM (Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration) Africa Office Director, PRM/AFR West Africa Program Officer, and Accra Refugee Coordinator and Refugee Assistant visited the Krisan Refugee Camp and the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in the company of UNHCR [...]	2009-01-30 10:45:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL LI GH SL
09ACCRA747	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RUSH [...] (U) Our entire mission joins me in extending to CODEL Rush a very warm welcome to Ghana. We hope your visit here helps inform you, and we look forward to supporting your objectives. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Ghana,s December, 2008 election saw the country,s second peaceful transfer of power betwee [...]	2009-08-05 14:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OTRA OVIP PREL PGOV ECON GH
09ACCRA770	GHANA TURNS TO COURTS TO COMBAT CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent corruption cases have received media attention, and suggest an increasing propensity for government and non-governmental actors to use the legal system to combat public corruption. Government prosecutors charged a government official for his role in fraudulently orga [...]	2009-08-11 16:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KDEM CVIS GH
09ACCRA813	MILLS ADMINISTRATION FOCUS ON DECENTRALIZATION [...] (SBU) Recent statements by senior Ghanaian officials suggest a renewed focus on decentralization as the Mills Administration moves to implement its agenda. President Mills has designated the Minister for Local Government as point person for decentralization, which officials claim will enhance [...]	2009-08-19 14:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GH
09ACCRA814	MILLS ADMINISTRATION RENEWS FOCUS ON DECENTRALIZATION [...] (SBU) Recent statements by senior Ghanaian officials suggest a renewed focus on decentralization as the Mills Administration moves to implement its agenda. President Mills has designated the Minister for Local Government as point person for decentralization, which officials claim will enhance [...]	2009-08-20 07:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GH
09ACCRA832	GHANA PROMOTES REGIONAL INVESTMENT HUB TO CODEL BUTTERFIELD [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17-19 visit to Ghana, CODEL Butterfield discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation on trade and investment with Government of Ghana (GOG) leaders. President Mills underlined Ghana's commitment to removing investment obstacles, and said Ghana aspires to r [...]	2009-08-25 08:48:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD GH
09ACCRA860	GHANA'S OPPOSITION ENERGIZES GRASSROOTS SUPPORTERS THROUGH [...] (SBU) At its August 22 National Conference, Ghana's main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) made important amendments to the party's constitution that broadly expand the voting base for choosing parliamentary and presidential candidates. Upon the recommendation of the incumbent National Exec [...]	2009-08-27 14:36:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
09ACCRA903	GHANA: BROAD SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNGA OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) POL Chief met September 2 with MFA Director of International Organizations Affairs Beatrice Brobbey to seek support for U.S. priorities at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),including non-proliferation and disarmament; climate change and other environmental issues; huma [...]	2009-09-08 17:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA ECON GH
09ACCRA916	Ethnic and Political Dispute leads to violence in Accra [...] (SBU) Summary: In an incident of violence with political and ethnic undertones, three individuals were hacked to death August 25 following a dispute over a piece of land at the notorious Kontonba Yam market in Accra. The conflict took place between members of rival migrant communities from nor [...]	2009-09-10 13:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCRM GH
09ADANA11	TURKEY: KURDISH PROTESTS ERUPT TO MARK DATE OF OCALAN'S [...] (SBU) PKK supporters came out in the thousands to mark the 10th anniversary of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's capture. Defying a ban on pro-Ocalan demonstrations, protesters gathered at the headquarters of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) in several southeastern cities. In the ens [...]	2009-02-17 12:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC IZ TU
09ADANA12	TURKEY: ADANA'S MAYORAL RACE - PERSONALITY VS. PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With five weeks before the voting, three candidates are in the running for Adana's mayoralty, but four-term incumbent Aytac Durak is still the man to beat. Durak is running from MHP (his fourth party affiliation) after being publicly dropped from his former perch in AKP. His [...]	2009-02-20 09:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
09ADANA15	TURKEY: ADANA ELECTIONS: THE GLOVES COME OFF AS AKP VIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Adana mayoral race is heating up as AKP seeks new attack angles to unseat incumbent Aytac Durak, who only months ago jumped ship (while being pushed off) from AKP to join MHP. Sidestepping its own candidate, AKP's party apparatus is using bigger guns - parliamentarian Den [...]	2009-03-24 15:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
09ADANA16	TURKEY: AKP FACING LOSSES, POSSIBLE EMBARRASSMENT IN SE [...] (SBU) Of the 22 provincial capitals in southeastern Turkey, AKP holds the mayoralty in 15 cities, the pro-Kurdish DTP runs five municipalities and the CHP and DP have one mayor each. While AKP candidates will do very well again this year, the party is likely to lose two-to-four seats and its v [...]	2009-03-26 07:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
09ADANA19	TURKEY: SLIM VICTORY FOR INCUMBENT ADANA MAYOR STILL HOTLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial election results from Adana's mayoral race showed incumbent Mayor Aytac Durak, who switched to the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) declined to renominate him, had edged out his primary AKP rival by fewer than 1,500 [...]	2009-04-07 05:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TU
09ADANA51	TURKEY: SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN NUMBER OF SOUTHEAST VIOLENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When compared with previous years, the 2009 anniversary of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) saw significantly lower levels of violence in Turkey's southeast, with only two notable incidents. The night of August 15, one police officer died in clashes between PKK sympathizers [...]	2009-08-18 11:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER TU
09ADANA55	TURKEY: ARREST OF DTP PARTY MEMBERS SPARKS PROTESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkish police apprehended 19 members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) during September 11 anti-terror operations. The arrests sparked a week of protests in Kurdish-populated areas throughout the southeast. Kurdish contacts have divergent assessments of what [...]	2009-09-18 14:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER TU
09ADANA6	TURKEY: ADANA REGION SEES SPIKE IN VIOLENCE IN LEAD-UP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Increasing incidents of violence in Kurdish-populated areas of Adana's consular district may be related to the upcoming February 15 anniversary of the capture of PKK terrorist leader Abdullah Ocalan. Local and regional anti-terrorism units are preparing for possible demonstra [...]	2009-01-29 11:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER TU
09ADANA7	Habur Gate Operations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local contacts in the Southeast say sustained pressure from the business community and high-level interest in Ankara has led to increased capacity and efficiency of operations at the Turkey-Iraq border crossing at Habur Gate. From October 2008 to January 2009, Habur Gate's dai [...]	2009-02-06 09:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ADANA76	ONE STUDENT DEAD IN DIYARBAKIR STREET PROTESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Diyarbakir chapter of the Human Rights Association (HRA) said police fatally shot a 23-year-old student during December 6 demonstrations against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). According to local media, clashes erupted when demonstrators, who had gathered [...]	2009-12-07 15:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PGOV TU PINR
09ADANA78	ADANA EAC MEETS TO REVIEW NEO CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 12:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC TU
09ADANA79	TURKEY: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES IN GAZIANTEP, ADANA AND MERSIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Douglas Silliman, accompanied by Adana PO and DPO, held three business roundtables in Gaziantep, Adana and Mersin to discuss President Obama's Cairo speech and the upcoming Summit on Entrepreneurship. During the roundtables, business leaders from Gaziantep, with their can [...]	2009-12-23 13:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TU
09ADANA8	TURKEY: LOCAL CONTACTS IN SOUTHEAST REPORT BUSINESS IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local contacts in the Southeast say sustained pressure from the business community and high-level interest in Ankara has led to increased capacity and efficiency of operations at the Turkey-Iraq border crossing at Habur Gate. From October 2008 to January 2009, Habur Gate's dai [...]	2009-02-06 09:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ADANA80	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST PERSPECTIVE: POLICE SWEEP NETS DOZENS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Media report police have detained more than 30 incumbent and former mayors and active party members from the recently banned Democrat Society Party (DTP) in raids in 11 provinces that began the night of December 23. Consulate contacts confirm the Diyarbakir chief public prosec [...]	2009-12-24 11:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PINR PGOV TU
09ADANA82	TURKEY: UNREST CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST TURKEY FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kurdish community in SE Turkey continues to manifest its outrage following December 24 arrests of more than 60 Kurdish leaders including seven incumbent mayors. Significant street protests continue in Hakkari, Sirnak, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir, and other heavily Kurdish-populat [...]	2009-12-31 11:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PINR PGOV TU
09ADDISABABA1015	FOREX CRUNCH IMPERILS REPATRIATION OF PROFITS? [...] (SBU) As Ethiopia continues to suffer from a severe forex shortage, a growing number of foreign companies have begun to echo concerns about not being able to repatriate profits outside of Ethiopia. No American firms have yet reported being prohibited from repatriating profits abroad, but most [...]	2009-04-30 14:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA1060	Ethiopian Government Builds Case Against VOA [...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu asked the Ambassador May 4 if the United States has now taken an anti-Ethiopia position and Ethiopia is no longer considered an ally of the United States in the region or in counterterrorism programs. Tekeda based his question [...]	2009-05-07 06:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA1200	ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMIC SCRAMBLE FURTHER STIFLES PRIVATE [...] (SBU) In hurried efforts to stabilize the economy, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has implemented policies that are destabilizing the private sector and investment climate. Ethiopia has been trying to rein in the money supply, increase government revenue, and boost ailing foreign exchange re [...]	2009-05-21 14:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1237	ETHIOPIA TO THE P-5: TIME FOR ERITREA SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin on May 22 called in the UNSC P-5 Ambassadors to urge them to follow-up on the InterGovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) May 20 call for Security Council sanctions against Eritrea and the imposition of a naval blockade and no-f [...]	2009-05-26 14:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET ER
09ADDISABABA1276	ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides a summary of recent economic highlights in Ethiopia, including: 1) decreasing inflation rates; 2) expected depreciation of the Birr; 3) declining export performance; and 4) factory stoppages due to increasing power supply rationing. Annual Consumer Price Inde [...]	2009-06-01 08:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1278	ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO DISCUSSES BOEING AND AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) CEO Girma Wake discussed his relationship with Boeing and plans for airport expansion during a May 22 meeting with the Ambassador. Wake confirmed that EAL placed a deposit on five Boeing 777 aircraft the previous day based on his comfortable, ongoing relationship [...]	2009-06-01 10:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR BEXP ECON ETRD EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1319	PRIME MINISTER MELES ON GOVERNANCE AND FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi met with the joint Ambassadors and Donors group on June 5, the first such meeting with this group and the first in several years with any broad group of Ambassadors. Organized by the American Embassy chair, Meles explained that international observers will be i [...]	2009-06-08 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL ET SO SU ER
09ADDISABABA1348	ETHIOPIA'S EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS - A PERMANENT STATE [...] (SBU) Ethiopia is in a state of chronic food insecurity. Climatic changes with the lack of rain have reduced annual harvests from one instead of three harvests in many areas of Ethiopia. Along with poor agricultural practices, Ethiopia faces another severe year of hunger with the government un [...]	2009-06-10 12:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID EAGR PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1389	ETHIOPIA'S TEXTILE AND GARMENT SECTOR HAS YET TO REACH ITS [...] (SBU) From humble beginnings, Ethiopia's textile and apparel sector has been rapidly expanding in recent years. Sector exports under the U.S. African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),which more than doubled from 2007 to 2008 to reach USD 9.4 million, accounted for most of this growth. The p [...]	2009-06-15 07:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA1451	Ethiopian Stowaway Detained in U.S. [...] (SBU) Action Request and Summary: Embassy requests guidance, update and information to allow us to respond to an official diplomatic note from the Ethiopian Government (GOE) demanding the immediate return of an Ethiopian stowaway, Asfaw Mekonnen, an official of the Ethiopian National Intelligen [...]	2009-06-22 14:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AEIR ET
09ADDISABABA1473	ETHIOPIA: IMF DETAILS ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On Saturday June 20, 2009, representatives of the donor community were invited to a briefing by the head of the IMF review delegation which had been consulting with the Ethiopian government over the previous week. The IMF team was both reviewing progress on the agreed macro-economic acti [...]	2009-06-24 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EAGR PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1526	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND PRIME MINISTER MELES [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Meles told visiting Deputy Secretary Lew on June 29 that he was grateful for U.S. assistance to Ethiopia, and they both agreed that shifting from emergency food aid to sustainable agriculture development should be a priority for Ethiopia. Meles was comfortable [...]	2009-06-30 10:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1553	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 ON [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Minelik Alemu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for International Law and Consular Affairs, on July 1. Minelik was aware of the provisions of UNSCR 1874, and stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) was prepared to comply with t [...]	2009-07-02 12:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL KN ET
09ADDISABABA1570	G-8 - PRIME MINISTER MELES' LETTER TO POTUS [...] (U) Embassy Addis Ababa received the following letter from Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi to President Obama on July 6. We will send hard copy via diplomatic pouch. As Prime Minister Meles will attend the July 8-10 G-8 Summit in Italy, we request that the letter and its contents be bro [...]	2009-07-06 13:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC ECON PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1587	ETHIOPIA'S PROPOSED ANTI-TERRORISM LAW [...] (SBU) On its final day in session, the Ethiopian parliament passed the government's Antiterrorism Law (ATL, reftel) on July 7. In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Head of the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Affairs Minister Berhanu Adello -- one of the key drafters of the ATL and other [...]	2009-07-07 13:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1589	ETHIOPIA URGES UNSC APPROVAL OF AFRICAN UNION CALL [...] (SBU) Summary. Ethiopian Minister for Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin and State Minister Dr. Tekeda Alemu on July 7 called in the Ambassadors to the P-5 countries to urge them to convey to their respective capitals the need to support the July African Union (AU) resolution calling on the UNSC t [...]	2009-07-07 14:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ER ET
09ADDISABABA1617	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW HIGHLIGHTS U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND [...] (U) Deputy Secretary of State Jacob Lew's visit to Ethiopia on June 29-30 signaled the importance the new Administration is placing on how U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance is working in Ethiopia. Deputy Lew held discussions with the Country Team, met with the Prime Minister (reftel),[...]	2009-07-09 05:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1673	A/S CARSON DISCUSSES FOOD SECURITY IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) In a meeting with humanitarian community representatives, Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson described the Obama administration's plans to promote food security by emphasizing agricultural development. Participants described Ethiopia's chronic food insecurity and Government of Ethiopia [...]	2009-07-15 13:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1745	MADAGASCAR POLITICAL RIVALS AGREE TO MEET IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The second International Contact Group meeting on Madagascar hosted by the African Union (AU) July 22 condemned the violence occurring in Madagascar, called on all parties to refrain from extremism, expressed concern about arbitrary arrests, welcomed the appointment of former M [...]	2009-07-23 06:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MA AU
09ADDISABABA1866	AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT ON RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS IN [...] (U) The African Union (AU) will hold a Special Session of the Assembly of the Union (heads of state) in Tripoli, Libya, on August 31. According to AU Commission officials, the Special Session will be devoted to the consideration and resolution of conflicts in Africa, and specifically those in [...]	2009-08-04 09:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC AU
09ADDISABABA1908	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL THOMAS VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) Your visit to Addis Ababa comes at a challenging time for the Ethiopian economy. Average inflation stands at 36 percent -- the second highest in Africa, after Zimbabwe. Despite two rounds of devaluation of the Birr by 10 percent each this year, the real exchange rate remains overvalued. [...]	2009-08-06 10:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA1911	AFRICAN UNION WANTS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFIC [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The African Union Commission wants to be a partner with the United States and others who are fighting the drug traffic that originates in South America, transits West Africa, and ends up on the streets of Europe. The AU [...]	2009-08-06 13:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR XR AU
09ADDISABABA1977	USTR KIRK VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TRADE OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk and his delegation visited Ethiopia from August 6-9 to highlight trade opportunities with the United States. During his meeting with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ambassador Kirk praised Ethiopia's success under the U.S. African Growth [...]	2009-08-17 10:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ECON EFIN EINV PREL OVIP ET
09ADDISABABA2057	ETHIOPIA TO INVITE SELECT FOREIGN ELECTION [...] (SBU) In an August 19 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin stated that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has decided to invite select foreign election observers to monitor the country's 2010 national elections. Seyoum noted specifically that the Foreign Ministry ha [...]	2009-08-25 04:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2058	ETHIOPIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Attendance information follows. Post will provided updated information once it is available. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- At present, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not plan to attend. The Ministry of [...]	2009-08-25 04:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2059	ETHIOPIA: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Attendance information follows. Post will provided updated information once it is available. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- At present, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi does not plan to attend. The Ministry of [...]	2009-08-25 04:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2060	ETHIOPIA TO INVITE SELECT FOREIGN ELECTION [...] (SBU) In an August 19 courtesy call with Charge, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin stated that the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has decided to invite select foreign election observers to monitor the country's 2010 national elections. Seyoum noted specifically that the Foreign Ministry ha [...]	2009-08-25 04:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2065	GOE PASSES RESTRICTIVE BIOSAFETY LAW, BUT IS [...] (SBU) Ethiopia recently enacted highly restrictive biosafety legislation that could significantly impact the importation of bioengineered seeds, food commodities, and processed foods. Ethiopia's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is admittedly unprepared to implement the new legislation [...]	2009-08-25 08:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR ETRD EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2072	ETHIOPIA'S ECONOMY FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE URBAN [...] (SBU) The rising cost of fuel and imported goods, as well as the power shortages that have plagued Addis Ababa for several months, are having a sharply negative impact on families and livelihoods of the urban poor. Over a two-week period, EconOff visited several of Addis Ababa's poorest neigh [...]	2009-08-26 07:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PHUM ELAB PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2084	ETHIOPIA - PM MELES PARTICIPATION IN PITTSBURGH [...] (U) Charge had a follow-up discussion with FM Seyoum August 27 regarding the Pittsburgh G20 Summit. Seyoum confirmed that PM Meles intends to attend the Summit, following a New York stop where he will be engaged in activities associated with UNGA, the Clinton Foundation, and the UN Climate C [...]	2009-08-27 14:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2096	CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN ETHIOPIA REACHES ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Since the emergence of initial reports of cholera cases within Addis Ababa around August 10 the number of cases has risen sharply. As of August 26, 2,592 cases and four deaths were reported in Addis Ababa to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The number of cases continues to increase, althou [...]	2009-08-31 13:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO CASC SOCI KHIV ET
09ADDISABABA210	POST ASSESSMENT OF OHCHR EAST AFRICA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel,s request for Post,s assessment of the efficacy of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) East Africa Regional Office in Addis Ababa. The East Africa Regional Office covers countries in the East and Horn of Africa, focusi [...]	2009-01-28 10:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2208	DO NOT INTERVENT IN OUR AFFAIRS: GOE LAYS DOWN A MARKER [...] (SBU) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Mike Gonzales and Public Affairs Officer Alyson Grunder met with the Director of the Office of Government Communications Affairs, Minister Bereket Simon, on September 4 to discuss two opinion pieces published in the state-owned Amharic language Addis Zemen n [...]	2009-09-14 08:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2223	UPDATED ETHIOPIAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Updated attendance information for Ethiopia follows: A. Attendance of the Head of State -- No plans to attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Government -- H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister -- Will arrive in New York on September 20 (3:30 AM) to attend UNGA and related meeting [...]	2009-09-15 05:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2285	FRENCH FIRM PROJECT TO REHAB BERBERA [...] (SBU) At a September 16 dinner organized by the French Ambassador, representatives of the French firm Bollore Group briefed the British, EU, and U.S. heads of mission on a proposal to rehabilitate and operate the port of Berbera in Somaliland. The Bollore Group representatives reported that t [...]	2009-09-22 12:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA2299	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING THE ETHIOPIAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Addis Ababa compiled experiences engaging the Ethiopian diaspora community from relevant agencies at post. Post's point of contact for future submissions is Political/Economic Officer Skye Justice (justicess@state.gov). Responses to specific reftel questions follow: [...]	2009-09-24 14:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP SCUL SMIG PGOV BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC PHUM PREL
09ADDISABABA2314	MONITORING REPORT ON ETHIOPIA G/TIP PROGRAM [...] (U) This cable provides monitoring information, requested ref A, to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) to evaluate the effectiveness of G/TIP's USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI). PCI's used the funds to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE [...]	2009-09-28 05:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP SMIG PHUM ASEC ELAB KWMN PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2323	USAU: AFRICAN UNION UNDETERRED BY ATTACK ON AMISOM [...] (U) The African Union Commission's Acting Head of the Peace and Security Department, El-Ghassim Wane, told international partners on September 25 that the African Union is keen to get the remaining three AMISOM battalions into Somalia by the end of the year, although he acknowledged that could [...]	2009-09-29 05:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS SO AU
09ADDISABABA2339	ETHIOPIAN TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's Minister of Trade and Industry (MoTI) Girma Birru discussed World Trade Organization (WTO) and African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) issues with CDA, Pol/Econ Chief, and EconOff during a September 22 courtesy call meeting. Birru stated that MoTI is working closely with US [...]	2009-09-30 08:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA239	UPDATE ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON [...] (SBU) Program Head (Ambassador) Hiruy Amanuel briefed PolOff on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT),which is wholly funded by foreign assistance (Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Norway and Italy participate). [...]	2009-01-29 13:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PINR ET
09ADDISABABA2423	USAU: AFRICAN LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS LEADERS [...] (U) On October 1, U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Michael Battle, A/DCM, and PolOff attended the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Labor and Social Affairs Commission held at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The conference theme was "Impact of the Global Crisis [...]	2009-10-09 07:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB ECON AU
09ADDISABABA2425	ETHIOPIA: PRESIDENT GIRMA PROMISES CONTINUED [...] (U) On October 5, Ethiopian President Girma Woldegiorgis presented the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) parliamentary agenda at the opening of the joint session of the House of Federation (HoF) and the House of Peoples' Representatives (HoR). In traditional fashion, it was a short laundry list o [...]	2009-10-09 07:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA2427	USAU: DARFUR PANEL HANDS OVER REPORT TO AU CHAIR [...] (U) Summary: The African Union (AU) High-Level Panel on Darfur handed over its report to AU Commission Chairperson Jean Ping on October 8. Ping promptly announced that he would deliver the report to the AU Peace and Security Council (head of state level) at a late October meeting in Abuja to [...]	2009-10-09 09:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM UNSC SU AU
09ADDISABABA2434	ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]	2009-10-13 11:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2436	ETHIOPIA AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009 [...] (U) After a difficult period of socialist dictatorship and civil war, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the early 1990s began a transition towards a more open economic system. While government and ruling party-affiliated enterprises continue to dominate the economy, the GoE has carved out so [...]	2009-10-13 12:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2493	ETHIOPIA - VISUALIZING IRREGULAR MIGRATION PATTERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1, International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) officials publicized i-Map, a tool that visually maps irregular migration patterns, and recent efforts to bring the GoE on board as an information-sharing partner. Under the auspices of the Mediterranea [...]	2009-10-20 04:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG KTIP KHLS ASEC AORC INS IOM ML NG SG ET
09ADDISABABA2494	USAU AMBASSADOR AND AU'S PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra reviewed political crises on the African continent and each pledged to reinforce cooperation in the peace and security arena, including in the emerging counternarcotics effort. [...]	2009-10-20 08:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2495	USAU: AU DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON AND USAU AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Commission Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha affirmed the need to broaden and deepen the U.S./AU partnership that began when the AU emerged seven years ago. Specifically, the AU leadership is seeking a strategic di [...]	2009-10-20 09:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2497	ETHIOPIA: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET [...] (SBU) P/ECouns and EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for Europe and the Americas Tesfaye Yilma on October 8 and Minister of Finance and Economic Development State Minister Mekonnen Manyazewal on October 13, emphasizing USG concern with the [...]	2009-10-20 14:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2499	DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopia has become increasingly popular as a transit point along narco-trafficking routes as a result of convenient air service, limited law enforcement, and minimal criminal penalties. Heroin is the most commonly trafficked substance, followed by cannabis and cocaine. Most i [...]	2009-10-21 05:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC ET
09ADDISABABA2545	AU ECONOMIC COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AFRICAN [...] (U) On October 20, USAU Ambassador Michael Battle met with Dr. Maxwell Mkwezalamba, the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Economic Affairs. Mkwezalamba began by explaining that the Economic Affairs Commission is organized into three divisions: (1) Economic and Policy Research; (2) Economic [...]	2009-10-27 13:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2556	ETHIOPIA'S HOLD OVER THE IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the local International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (Bank) representatives discussed the Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) strong position when negotiating for additional donor assistance during a October 22 lunch with Embassy officials and visiting AF/E Director. Acco [...]	2009-10-29 05:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2618	ETHIOPIA: SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY AND STANDARDS-RELATED [...] (U) This cable is a response to reftel request for reports on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) and Standard-Related foreign trade barriers. Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) -------------------------------- 2. (U) On September 9, 2009, the Ethiopian Government enacted Proclamation No. 655 [...]	2009-11-04 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2624	ETHIOPIA: FOUR PARTIES SIGN ELECTORAL CODE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After nearly three months of often tedious negotiation, four Ethiopian political parties -- including the ruling EPRDF -- have signed a preamble to a code of conduct (CoC) intended to govern the political campaign leading to the May 2010 parliamentary elections. Speaking at the [...]	2009-11-04 14:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ET

09ADDISABABA2638	GOLDSTONE REPORT: ETHIOPIA NONCOMMITTAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 16:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09ADDISABABA2644	USAU: UNECA EXECUTIVE SECRETARY DISCUSSES DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAU Ambassador Battle and Under Secretary General Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA),affirmed the partnership between the USG and the UN system in support of African development priorities. Janneh shared information about two [...]	2009-11-06 12:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV IO PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2648	G/TIP VISIT REVEALS PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) continues to take steps to curb the international trafficking of Ethiopian citizens, but is challenged by economic realities, limited law enforcement capacity, and ever-changing trafficking patterns. To combat international trafficking, the GoE passed a [...]	2009-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID DJ SU ET
09ADDISABABA2660	RISK BASED ASSESSMENT ON AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP [...] (SBU) Embassy Addis Ababa received an allocation of USD 90,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program (SSH) for the fiscal year 2009. Eight projects were selected for funding according to the SSH selection criteria and Mission objectives. We estimate that a total of 14,163 people wil [...]	2009-11-10 14:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON AFIN ET
09ADDISABABA2663	ETHIOPIA: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (U) Per reftel request, this cable provides information on security dialogues between the USG and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE). 2. (SBU) Security dialogue between Embassy Addis Ababa and the GoE primarily occurs between the U.S. Defense Attache Office (DAO) and the Ethiopian military. [...]	2009-11-12 05:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MARR ET
09ADDISABABA2688	ETHIOPIA: MFA DISCOURAGED OVER ANOTHER POOR MCC [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 14:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2690	Ethiopia: Quiet on Food Security Demarche But Engaged on [...] (U) Post delivered Reftel demarche by diplomatic note to the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 20, and followed up with Tesfaye Yilma, Director General for Europe and the Americas, but did not receive a substantive reply. 2. (SBU) Comment: The US Mission in Addis Ababa has [...]	2009-11-13 04:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA2720	ETHIOPIA ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS: [...] (SBU) Ambassador Grum Abay, chief of MFA's Directorate of International Organizations, told pol/econ counselor and deputy on November 17 that the ministry has not instructed the Ethiopian Mission to the United Nations how to vote on any of the three country-specific UNGA resolutions or their r [...]	2009-11-17 15:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA ET
09ADDISABABA2743	ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES CEO KEEPS SUPPORTING BOEING [...] (SBU) In a shift from his privately-made disparaging remarks about the lobbying efforts of Airbus in June (reftel),Ethiopian Airlines (EAL) CEO Girma Wake told CDA on November 2 that Ethiopian Airlines needs a "mix of planes given the size of the airline." (Note: Wake subsequently confirmed [...]	2009-11-20 11:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2763	ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent economic highlights in Ethiopia include: 1) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) claims 10 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for fiscal year 2008/09; 2) Falling inflation rates; 3) Birr still overvalued at 12.59 per USD alongside continuing foreign exchange crunch; 4) W [...]	2009-11-23 13:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA2770	INCREASE IN TCN IMMIGRANT VISAS CAUSES CONCERN IN ADDIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consular section in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia has noted a substantial increase in the number of third country national immigrant visa cases. From FY08 to FY09, post recorded a 13 percent increase in the total number of immigrant visa cases scheduled. Over the same period, post [...]	2009-11-24 07:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID
09ADDISABABA2852	OIOS: ETHIOPIAN DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON OWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 11:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNAUS PREL AMGT ET
09ADDISABABA2855	OIOS: ETHIOPIAN DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON OWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 04:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNAUS PREL AMGT ET
09ADDISABABA2878	DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting DAS Karl Wycoff and CDA Meece hosted a luncheon on November 19 to discuss trade and investment issues with Government of Ethiopia (GoE) officials from the trade and finance ministries. All parties expressed an interest in moving forward with scheduling the second work [...]	2009-12-09 05:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2895	USAU MEETING WITH SOUTH SUDAN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN [...] (SBU) On December 8 USAU Ambassador Battle and the U.S. Charge to Ethiopia Mushingi attended a lunch hosted by the French Ambassador to the African Union and Ethiopia, Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard, and attended by Ambassadors from the AU Partner Nations and the Sudan Head of Mission fo [...]	2009-12-09 09:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU SO ER AU
09ADDISABABA2900	ETHIOPIA SEEKS DRAMATIC CHANGE IN AGRICULTURAL LAND USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. All land in Ethiopia is owned by the government. Farmland is leased long-term to individuals (95 percent) and companies (5 percent). Having determined that (1) vastly more acreage must be brought into agricultural production, (2) existing farmland must be made much more product [...]	2009-12-10 07:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP AF ET
09ADDISABABA2902	USAU: AFRICAN UNION, UNECA HOLD PARTNERS DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY: From December 1-2, the AU and UNECA hosted a Partners Dialogue in Addis Ababa, bringing together 15 donor nations and other entities to discuss how to create a more strategic and equitable partnership between the AU/ECA and donors. Key themes that emerged included: the need for a [...]	2009-12-10 10:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UN AU
09ADDISABABA2912	USAU: AFRICAN UNION PUSHING FOR SOLUTION IN [...] (SBU) In a December 10 meeting at AU headquarters, Ambassador John Shinkayie, the Chief of Staff of the AU Commission Chairperson, told USAU Ambassador Battle that the African Union is establishing an office in Antananarivo to help coordinate the transition period per the Maputo Agreement. Th [...]	2009-12-10 14:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2936	DASD HUDDLESTON DISCUSSES ETHIOPIAN ECONOMY WITH [...] (SBU) Government of Ethiopia (GoE) Minister of Finance and Economic Development Sufian Ahmed reviewed local economic conditions with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Vicki Huddleston during a December 10 meeting. DASD Huddleston congratulated the GoE on stron [...]	2009-12-15 09:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR EAIR ET
09ADDISABABA2946	USAU: AMISOM MEETING UNDERSCORES FRUSTRATION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 14 meeting at the AU, AMISOM stakeholders and partners expressed their frustration with the ongoing danger in Somalia and discussed how to improve the situation. Many underscored the need to enhance the TFG and its security forces, as well as the need for partners [...]	2009-12-16 14:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2959	USAU: AMISOM EXPERTS MEET FOLLOWING AUC MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 15 meeting of experts focusing on Somalia, the Force Commander advocated for an increase in AMISOM's troop strength in order to help the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Mogadishu, as well as an internatQally supported program to encourage defection [...]	2009-12-18 08:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AU MASS PREL SO
09ADDISABABA2982	ETHIOPIA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR FIVE GINBOT 7 DEFENDANTS [...] (U) In a packed courtroom on December 22, Ethiopia's Federal High Court sentenced 40 Ginbot 7 defendants (reftel). The Court sentenced five defendants to death, 33 defendants to life terms, and two defendants to 10 years. The charges in which the defendants were convicted included: conspirac [...]	2009-12-22 14:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA3008	ETHIOPIA BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDING REQUEST [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel guidance, Embassy Addis Ababa submits the following request for biotechnology outreach funds to support a biotechnology workshop to be held by the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in Addis Ababa February 2-4, 2010. USAID/Ethiopia is also supporting this effort. [...]	2009-12-24 08:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO ET
09ADDISABABA3010	ETHIOPIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ELECTORAL CODE OF [...] (U) On December 22, the Ethiopian Parliament passed a new electoral code of conduct into law, following more than three months of negotiations between the ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and opposition political parties, and a further two months of review in Pa [...]	2009-12-24 08:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA3026	MELES IN COPENHAGEN: ETHIOPIA GIVES CAVEATED APPROVAL [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of the December 2009 United Nations Framework Convention's Fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) meeting in Copenhagen, Ethiopia has mixed reactions to the Accord. As Chair of the African Union (AU) Conference of African Heads of State and Governments on Climate Ch [...]	2009-12-29 11:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA SENV ETRD PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA3027	ETHIOPIA: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS REGARDING SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Ethiopia is a conservative society, as the vast majority of the population identifies itself as Ethiopian Orthodox Christian or Muslim. Leaders of both religious groups have denounced homosexuality. Homosexual conduct between adults is criminalized under Ethiopian law and punishable by [...]	2009-12-30 05:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA32	ETHIOPIA'S NEW PRESS LAW: BEWARE "OFFENSES" [...] (SBU) Ethiopia's new press law, the "Freedom of the Mass Media and Access to Information Proclamation," came into effect December 4, 2008 (although Part Three, the "Access to Information" portion, will enter into force on December 4, 2009 unless that deadline is extended by Parliament). The n [...]	2009-01-06 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA380	OPIC INVESTMENT FUND: A GOOD CARROT, BUT ETHIOPIAN [...] (SBU) While an OPIC-supported private equity fund could support U.S. and nominal Ethiopian Government (GoE) economic development objectives in Ethiopia, we assess that Ethiopia's current business and macroeconomic policy environment is not conducive to taking full advantage of such a resource. [...]	2009-02-11 13:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OPIC ET
09ADDISABABA386	ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact until March 1: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-4112; fax: +251 (11) 124-2405, WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV After March 1: Deputy Pol/Econ Chief Dante Parad [...]	2009-02-13 06:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC
09ADDISABABA459	ETHIOPIAN FORMIN CALLS FOR SENIOR BILATERAL TALKS TO [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador and USAID/Ethiopia Mission Director February 20 to officially protest Congress' listing of Ethiopia in last year's foreign operations appropriations bill (section 620) with 20 other countries -- including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Ir [...]	2009-02-24 04:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA47	G/TIP FY07 PROGRAMS: MONITORING REQUEST - ETHIOPIA [...] (U) Per reftel, this cable provides monitoring information for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons' (G/TIP),USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI) to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in the identification, rescue, assistance to and referral of tra [...]	2009-01-12 10:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN KTIP ET
09ADDISABABA472	WORLD BANK PBS VOTE - SETTING BENCHMARKS AND REVIEW [...] (SBU) The World Bank's Protecting Basic Services (PBS) project has filled a gap in providing critical health and education services to rural Ethiopians while creating a limited window of significant transparency in illuminating budget allocation and expenditure data to the public. Still, three [...]	2009-02-25 12:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA594	BIRTUKAN MIDEKSSA IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT [...] (SBU) Ms. Almaz Gebre-Egzabhier, mother of incarcerated opposition leader Birtukan Midekssa (reftel),informed Pol/Econ Chief on March 11 that her daughter has been held in solitary confinement at Kaliti prison since January. Birtukan's attorney was able to visit her once in January but has si [...]	2009-03-11 14:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA606	ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Newly-appointed Somali Regional President Dawood Mohammed told the Ambassador and delegation that Ethiopia's Somali region wants U.S. and international support for long-term development, especially in exploiting water resources. Security is still a major issue in the Somali region, Dawo [...]	2009-03-13 11:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA63	ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]	2009-01-13 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA64	ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]	2009-01-13 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA675	FOREIGN EXCHANGE SHORTAGE HALTS COCA COLA PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Coca Cola's (Coke) primary distributor in Ethiopia, Coca Cola Sabco, stopped production at their bottling facility, outside of Addis Ababa on March 12, 2009, as a result of Ethiopia's foreign exchange (forex) crisis. Coca Cola Sabco's decision to stop production in Ethiopia follows eight [...]	2009-03-19 11:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ET
09ADDISABABA697	MELES TOUTS "GREAT VICTORY" IN SOMALIA, CONCEDES [...] (SBU) Answering questions from Parliament, Prime Minister Meles' touted Ethiopia's "great victory" in Somalia. Meles said that Ethiopia had achieved its objective of greatly reducing the threat to the Ethiopian "system" posed by the "conspiracy" of Eritrea, Somali extremists and "anti-peace e [...]	2009-03-24 04:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON ET
09ADDISABABA745	LUCY CLAIMS ASYLUM [...] (SBU) In a move that shocked the paleo-human rights community, Lucy -- the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil discovered in rural Ethiopia in 1974 -- claimed asylum in Seattle during the second leg of her North American tour. The move has illuminated socio-political dynamics among our ancesto [...]	2009-04-01 04:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC PREL ET
09ADDISABABA752	CENTRAL BANK EASES REMITTANCE FLOWS, MOVING AML EFFORTS [...] (U) On 26 March 2009, EconOff met with the National Bank of Ethiopia's (NBE, Ethiopia's central bank and the regulator of all private banks in country) legal department head Kibre Moges to discuss reports claiming that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had relaxed the process for international r [...]	2009-04-01 12:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL ET
09ADDISABABA780	COFFEE EXPORTS FALL AS GOE TIGHTENS GRIP ON MARKET [...] (SBU) The government of Ethiopia (GoE) established a new coffee quality control and marketing law (amended August 25, 2008) in order to enhance its control of the domestic coffee sector and carve out a new strategy for increasing coffee exports. However, over the last eight months, the new law [...]	2009-04-07 09:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA798	TREASURY FINDS AN ETHIOPIA MORE RELIANT ON AID THAN REFORM [...] (SBU) In a March 12 visit to Ethiopia, Acting Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Andy Baukol, found a Government of Ethiopia (GoE) that has become more vocal about its need for sustained aid flows from the West and more recalcitrant about implementing any reforms or liberalization of key sectors [...]	2009-04-09 12:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA877	OPPOSITION HOLDS FIRST PUBLIC PROTEST SINCE 2005 [...] (SBU) Mainstream opposition party Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) staged a peaceful public demonstration in Addis Ababa on April 16 to protest the re-jailing of its Chairperson, Birtukan Midekssa (reftel). The demonstration was authorized by municipal authorities and was the first oppos [...]	2009-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ET
09ADDISABABA899	CODEL CARNAHAN MEETING WITH CHINESE IPU DELEGATION [...] (SBU) On April 7, CODEL Carnahan met the Chinese delegation from the National People's Congress (NPC) on the margins of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, held in Addis Ababa. The two delegations emphasized the importance of the bilateral relationship and discussed opportunities for [...]	2009-04-21 10:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV CH ET SU
09AITTAIPEI1067	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 08:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1197	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) On October 15, the Advisor will attend the grand opening of the MacArthur Center for Security Studies at National Chengchi University. Professor Liu Fu-kuo, the Executive Director of the MacArthur Center, is also a Taiwan representative to the WMD Working Group of the Council for Securit [...]	2009-10-05 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1229	TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT Econ Officer and FN visited Gao Jun Co. Ltd in Gangshan Township, Kaohsiung County and interviewed the Company's Owner, Mr. Luo Bin and Sales Assistant, Ms. Hsu Pei-hsuen. 2. (SBU) Gao Jun's Sales Assistant Ms. Hsu told AIT that in addition to Gao Jun Co.,Ltd [...]	2009-10-14 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1233	TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-0928 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T econoff visited the Ameleks Corporation and talked with Mr. Huang Johnny Jiun-kai, Chief Executive Officer; Mr. Jimmy Hsiung, Chief Strategy Officer; and Ms. Angie Wu, Program Manager. The information collected demonstrates the bona fides of the subject [...]	2009-10-16 08:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1234	TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-2304 AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel requests, AIT/T econoff visited the two subject companies, Evergo Instruments Incorporated (EII) and Evergo Microwave Incorporated (EMI),which are both located at the same address, and are headed by a husband-and-wife team. The information collected demonstrates the b [...]	2009-10-16 09:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1256	TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST) confirmed reftel order from Eugenix Systems through consignee Pegasus Hi-Tek Co. Pegasus President William Mar also provided copies of the order for 20 rate gyros. End summary. 2. (SBU) Ref A requested that AIT/T confirm t [...]	2009-10-23 06:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI127	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) The Advisor was in the U.S. for the month of January on personal leave and consultations. During the consultation week, the Advisor met with State/ISN/ECC, ISN/MTR, ISN/CB, ISN/CPI, EAP/TC, PM/DDTC; DHS/Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement; DOC/Bureau of In [...]	2009-02-06 05:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1304	TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK K-2388 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T Econ Officer and FN visited Sum-Mit Co. and interviewed the President, Mr. Joseph G.L. Cheng. Collected response shows the bona fides of the subject broker. End summary. 2. (SBU) The company was established in 1989 and now has 10 employees. The ref [...]	2009-11-05 03:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1337	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER THROUGH [...] (SBU) On October 23 and November 6, the Advisor, Econ Chief, POL Officer, and Econ Officer met with officials of the Department of North American Affairs of the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). MOFA is interested in getting more involved in nonproliferation issues. The Advisor brief [...]	2009-11-10 07:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1359	TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN BROKER CHECK NO. K-1385 [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T Econoff and FN visited Vichem Company, Ltd. and interviewed Vichem President Mark Hsu, husband of Vichem Chairwoman Tai Wen-min, and Mr. Rocky Pong, Senior Manager. Ms. Tai was not available for the interview. End summary. 2. (SBU) Vichem was esta [...]	2009-11-16 08:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1401	TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the end user, the Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology (CSIST)--the research and development arm of the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense Armaments Bureau--and visited the consignee, Carbon-Based Technology Incorporated (CBT). We c [...]	2009-11-25 09:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TW
09AITTAIPEI1454	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER THROUGH [...] (U) On November 9, the Advisor met with two researchers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to get a status report on ITRI's study on Taiwan establishing a nonproliferation-focused non-governmental organization (NGO). ITRI officials said t [...]	2009-12-10 06:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI1468	CONTROVERSIAL COMPUTER-ANIMATED NEWS SERVICE LAUNCHED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Taiwan's mass-circulation "Apple Daily" newspaper has come under fire following the launch of its computer-generated graphic motion news service in mid-November. The sensational and make-believe content and graphic animation have been criticized more for depicting violence and [...]	2009-12-11 11:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO TW
09AITTAIPEI235	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (U) Internal Control Program software completion and deployment workshops: Train-the-trainer workshop - March 11 - 13, 2009; Kick-off Conference - March 31, 2009; Deployment 1 (Hsinchu) - April 16 - 17, 2009 (TBC); Deployment 2 (Taichung) - May 2009 (TBC); Deployment 3 (Tainan) - June 2009 [...]	2009-03-04 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI275	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan law enforcement personnel, who will participate in DEA Chemical Diversion Seminar beginning March 16, [...]	2009-03-12 09:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW
09AITTAIPEI405	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2009 [...] (U) On March 2, the Advisor attended the Taipei International Machine Tool Show. This year's show was most notable for sparse attendance by potential buyers as compared with last year. (U) According to statistics released by the Taiwan Machine Tool Foundation (TMTF),Taiwan exported US$3.721 b [...]	2009-04-06 08:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI483	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct a human rights review of the below listed Taiwan National Immigration Agency personnel, who will participate in a DHS/ICE Human Trafficking and Smuggling Investigati [...]	2009-04-23 05:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MAS PHUM PM PREL KTIP TW
09AITTAIPEI487	NATIONAL ENERGY CONFERENCE LEANS TOWARD NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Taiwan's April 15-16 third National Energy Conference ended with an informal consensus on what direction energy policy will take in the next decade. President Ma Ying-jeou and Premier Liu Chao-shiuan both pledged to guide the island toward becoming a "low carbon homeland" by emp [...]	2009-04-24 04:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL KNNP ECON TW
09AITTAIPEI509	Taiwan Enacts New Anti-Terrorism Finance Law [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 14, Taiwan's legislature passed a bill that authorizes financial regulators to take enhanced action against terrorist financing, including freezing bank accounts and financial transactions associated with designated terrorists, entities, and countries. In the past, onl [...]	2009-04-29 09:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID ECON SL TW
09AITTAIPEI562	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - APRIL 2009 [...] (U) From April 6-10, Incident Command Systems Training, implemented by Customs and Border Protection, was held in Taipei. Forty-one high ranking officials from the National Security Bureau, the Coast Guard, the Office of Homeland Security of the Executive Yuan, the Environmental Protection Agen [...]	2009-05-11 07:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI675	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY 2009 [...] (U) An ICP administrator training program and the last in a four-part series of ICP deployment workshops will take place during the second half of July in Taipei. 2. (U) A Commodity Identification Training program, implemented by the Department of Energy, is scheduled for August 12-14 in Tai [...]	2009-06-10 01:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI717	Penghu in Lead to Open Taiwan's First Casino [...] (SBU) Summary: Penghu County recently submitted an application to the Executive Yuan (EY) to establish a casino on the island, and will hold a legally-required referendum on the issue in August. The Ministry of Transportation and Communication (MOTC) will soon establish an interagency casino c [...]	2009-06-16 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV TW
09AITTAIPEI727	Global Action on Food Security: Securing [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 15, AIT economic and agricultural officers shared reftel information with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Department of Economic and Trade Affairs Director General Weber Shih and Council of Agriculture (COA) International Affairs Department (IAD) Director General Susan [...]	2009-06-18 03:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON PREL APEC TW
09AITTAIPEI831	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE 2009 [...] (U) An ICP Deployment Workshop is scheduled to take place in Taipei on July 13-14. 2. (U) A Commodity Identification Training program, implemented by the Department of Energy, is scheduled for August 12-14 in Taipei. 3. (U) An ICP Administrator Training is scheduled for August 27-28 in [...]	2009-07-09 10:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09AITTAIPEI975	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2009 [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Advisor and the EconChief met with Lin, Sheng-Chung, Vice Minister of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA). The meeting was to provide first-hand knowledge of EXBS work in Taiwan and to elevate export control discussions above the working level. (SBU) Vice Mi [...]	2009-08-13 07:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
09ALGIERS1006	SEPTEMBER SUMMARY OF TERRORIST INCIDENTS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major security-related terrorist activities, terrorist threats, and incidents for Algeria during the month of September 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news reports, and RSO police contacts. Press-based information should [...]	2009-11-12 08:51:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS ASEC AG
09ALGIERS1007	AUGUST 2009 SUMMARY OF TERRORIST AND [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major security-related activities, terrorist threats, and incidents for Algeria during the month of August 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news reports, and RSO police contacts. Press-based information should not be taken a [...]	2009-11-12 09:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS ASEC AG
09ALGIERS1009	ALGERIA: JULY - SEPTEMBER SECURITY TRENDS SUMMARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable is the first of a series of quarterly summaries of security trends in Algeria related to terrorism, social unrest and criminal activity. This report refers to trends observed during the period July - September 2009. The information draws on reporting from local pres [...]	2009-11-12 14:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR PINS ASEC AMGT AG
09ALGIERS1018	ALGERIA: SOCCER VIOLENCE AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed reports that Algerian fans were injured and killed in attacks in Cairo November 14 following a soccer match between the two countries' national teams have led to public gatherings and some violence. Embassy has no GOA confirmation of deaths among Algerian fans in Ca [...]	2009-11-17 06:56:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINS AG EG SU
09ALGIERS104	SPORTS DIPLOMACY IN ALGERIAN PRISONS: AN IV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ideas gained through the International Visitor (IV) Program are contributing tangibly to Algerian efforts to reduce violence and combat radicalization within the prison system, through sports diplomacy in particular. Some of Algiers' most notorious prisons have been organizing [...]	2009-01-28 18:20:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO AG
09ALGIERS1043	ALGERIAN RESPONSE TO EL-BARADEI REPORT ON SYRIA [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief on November 19 explained reftel points on the most recent IAEA Director General report on Syria to Hamza Khelif, head of the Sub-Directorate for Disarmament in the MFA's General Directorate for Political and International Security Affairs, and left him a copy of para 6 ref [...]	2009-11-23 12:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNC IAEA SYR AG
09ALGIERS1072	ALGERIA AND THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Charge discussed reftel points with Algerian MFA Director General for the Americas, Sabri Boukhadoum on December 1. Charge said we wanted to preview the President's speech because Algeria is a close partner in security matters and in light of Foreign Minister Medelci's upcoming visit to [...]	2009-12-02 16:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MARR MOPS AF PK AG
09ALGIERS1141	ALGERIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The security situation in Algeria was marked by a decrease in the number of high-profile terrorist attacks throughout the country, although ongoing low-level terrorist activities, comparable to guerilla insurgency operations, continued in non-urban areas. Previously, the Salafist Group fo [...]	2009-12-23 07:47:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC AG
09ALGIERS1144	APPROACHING ALGERIA ON DIFFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] Algeria's national identity is derived from secular-nationalist and Islamic traditions. Although a nominally secular state, Algeria is nevertheless politically sensitive to domestic Islamic political currents and sensibilities. It is a strong advocate in the OIC and the Africa Group at the U [...]	2009-12-23 14:40:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM OPDC AG
09ALGIERS1157	SUMMARY OF TERRORIST AND SIGNIFICANT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: This cable is a summary of major terrorist incidents and threats as well as significant security-related incidents (including criminal activities and civil disturbances) for Algeria during the month of October 2009. The information was obtained from open sources, news repo [...]	2009-12-29 14:21:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS ASEC AG
09ALGIERS164	ALGERIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's population of roughly 35 million, its energy wealth, and growing demand for modern infrastructure and consumer products have generated broad interest in this market from companies around the world. But an often difficult business regulatory environment, symbolized by [...]	2009-02-17 07:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPOC PGOV USTR AG
09ALGIERS177	ALGERIA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The TIP Officer for Embassy Algiers is Ryan Campbell; tel. (213)-(0)770-08-20-00, ext. 2264; fax (213)-(0)21-60-73-35; unclassified email: campbellrt@state.gov. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hour FE-MC, 2 hours FE-OC, 2 hours FS-02, 15 hours FS-03, 25 hours FS-06, 10 hours FSN. SUMM [...]	2009-02-23 17:02:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09ALGIERS221	DEFAMATION CHARGE LANDS NEWSPAPER DIRECTOR IN JAIL [...] (U) The 2005 defamation case of Ouargla-based El Waha newspaper took a sudden turn on March 2 when El Waha director Hadj Daoud Hadjar was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison. From his cell in Chaabet Ennichene prison in Ghardaia, Hadjar will now wait for the local court to make his [...]	2009-03-03 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KPAO AG
09ALGIERS223	EXPANDING ESTH OPPORTUNITIES IN ALGERIA [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian government ministries would like to engage in greater cooperation with the USG pursuant to our 2006 Science and Technology (ST) Agreement. During a visit of the ESTH Regional Hub Officer, officials at the Min [...]	2009-03-03 17:03:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV EINV PGOV AG
09ALGIERS228	ALGERIA 2009 SPECIAL 301 REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria's IPR posture remained generally static in 2008, and took a marked turn for the worse in regard to pharmaceutical market access with the imposition of a ban on imported pharmaceutical products that are produced domestically (ref A). Furthermore, it has become clear that [...]	2009-03-04 17:24:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KPIR AG
09ALGIERS247	PROMISES, PROMISES: BOUTEFLIKA BETWEEN CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A week before the official start of the 2009 presidential campaign, President Bouteflika and his government have already chalked up a sizable list of promises and largesse -- a list that exceeds traditional levels of election-year munificence. In addition to a USD 150-million d [...]	2009-03-11 17:09:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI ECON AG
09ALGIERS273	FIND A PARTNER: ALGERIA'S NEW INVESTMENT RULES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has implemented policies that require a majority stake be held by Algerian interests in all new investments in the country, and a minimum 30-percent stake in import businesses. The policies have taken shape through a series of written instructions and guidance sent from [...]	2009-03-21 13:30:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON KPRV EIND AG
09ALGIERS30	ALGERIA IMPLEMENTS THREATENED BAN ON PHARMA IMPORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: With no fanfare or public announcement, the Algerian government has implemented a ban on the importation of a wide range of pharmaceutical products that are also manufactured in Algeria. The ban, which took effect on January 1, is designed to spur the development of the Algerian [...]	2009-01-11 16:44:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL AG
09ALGIERS302	E-BARBARY COAST: PROFITS AND PIRACY IN THE [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS BUSINESS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria was the second-leading growth market for Microsoft in 2008, and even as the global recession appears to be dampening sales, it might maintain its position relative to other marke [...]	2009-03-29 16:33:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EINV ECON TSPL AG
09ALGIERS496	GO WEST! AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT BEYOND ALGIERS [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS BUSINESS PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND IS INTENDED FOR GOVERNMENT USE ONLY. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE ON THE INTERNET. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's recent trip to Oran (Algeria's second largest city) and Tlemcen provided him an excellent platform to highlight existing coo [...]	2009-05-26 13:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV EINV ECON OEXC OIIP SCUL PINR AG
09ALGIERS563	ALGERIA OPEN TO DISCUSS TIP LAW IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel non-paper and the 2009 TIP Report country narrative for Algeria to MFA American Affairs Director General Fatiha Selmane the afternoon of June 15. Selmane said the government took seriously USG recommendations for Algeria contained in the 2008 TIP Report, and under [...]	2009-06-16 07:56:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ALGIERS611	CODEL SCHIFF ALGERIA SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers welcomes the visit of Representative Adam Schiff and his delegation on June 30 and July 1. Algeria is an important front in the struggle against violent extremism and against Al-Qa'ida in particular. Our primary goal is to help reduce the threat that violent extremists p [...]	2009-06-22 16:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OREP PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG
09ALGIERS615	H1N1 FLU CONFIRMED IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) The Algerian Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed June 21 the first two cases of H1N1 flu in Algeria. The patients, an Algerian-American and one of her daughters, arrived June 16 on Lufthansa flight LH462 from Miami via Frankfurt. On June 19, the woman developed flu symptoms and went to a [...]	2009-06-23 13:17:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR TBIO AMED EAID KSTH AG
09ALGIERS66	ISLAMOFEMINISM: FINDING A FEMINIST AUDIENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recent American Bar Association (ABA) seminars on sharia law held in Algiers and Oran featured lectures using the theological tenets of Islam to support arguments in favor of gender equality. The lectures, by Islamic feminist scholar and Richmond University law professor Ha [...]	2009-01-21 16:34:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KISL SOCI SCUL AG
09ALGIERS779	MEPI ALGERIA SNAPSHOT: PSP ENGLISH TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We saw the MEPI-funded Partnership Schools Program (PSP) in action recently in the western Algerian city of Sidi Bel Abbes as MEPI implementers provided training to a group of government language inspectors. The progress we saw, along with anecdotal evidence from participants, [...]	2009-08-26 14:27:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI PREL KPAO PGOV AG
09ALGIERS903	ALGIERS MEDIA REACTION TO USTR PAUL BURKHEAD'S [...] (U) On September 27-28, Paul Burkhead, Director of European and Middle Eastern Trade Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, visited Algiers to meet with senior officials in the GOA and key private sector stakeholders to explore areas of potential cooperation in international t [...]	2009-10-06 07:33:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG US KPAO
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1234	VIETNAM APPROVES SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Vietnam has approved a second stimulus package that extends and modifies elements of the existing package into 2010. This decision was hotly debated, with some economists and National Assembly (NA) members arguing that the danger of resurgent inflation outweighed any need for [...]	2009-11-19 09:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT ETRD KTDB VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1246	VIETNAM'S STRATEGY FOR COPENHAGEN [...] Please see paragraph 7 for Action Request. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam (GVN) intends to play a more active role during the upcoming fifteenth Conference of the Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen next month. While V [...]	2009-11-23 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1274	Minister Defends Decree 97 in Face of Criticism from Charge, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 05:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1284	(SBU) UNSIC advances planning for April 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior United Nations (UN),European Union (EU),and USG officials met with government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi on November 25-27 in preparation for the 7th Inter-Ministerial Conference for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) to be held in Hanoi on April 19-21. The [...]	2009-12-01 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1290	(SBU) Avian H5N1 influenza A human fatality, Vietnam [...] (U) Summary: On November 30, 2009, Vietnam's Ministry of Health (MOH) reported the death of a 23 year-old man in Dien Bien province (in northern Vietnam) from the avian H5N1 strain of influenza A. Over one month earlier, on October 21, Dien Bien had reported a poultry outbreak. This is the fi [...]	2009-12-02 03:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM

09AMEMBASSYHANOI1292	PETROVIETNAM AND THE IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel regarding investment in the Iranian energy sector by foreign companies, including PetroVietnam, Ambassador on November 27 in a previously scheduled meeting delivered reftel points to Ms. Nguyet Nguyen Nga, MFA Director General of Multilateral Economic Cooperation. [...]	2009-12-02 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL VM
09AMMAN1024	JORDAN PLEASED WITH SPECIAL 301 RESULTS FOR 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Econoffs delivered ref A points separately to Minister of Industry and Trade Amer Hadidi and Director General of the National Library Mamoun Talhouni, noting that Jordan would not be listed in the Special 301 report and urging continued engagement with the USG [...]	2009-05-04 10:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR JO
09AMMAN1027	DISI WATER PROJECT CONTINUES TO ENCOUNTER POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) The Disi water conveyance, one of Jordan's largest infrastructure projects with a $800 million budget, proposes to convey 100 million cubic meters (MCM) per year from the Disi fossil aquifer on the Jordanian-Saudi Arabia border to Amman. Recent test results indicate that Disi aquifer wa [...]	2009-05-04 11:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR PGOV PREL IS SA JO
09AMMAN1035	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL PELOSI TO AMMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman welcomes the May 7-8 visit to Jordan of CODEL Pelosi. Jordan is one of the United States' strongest partners in the Middle East. In line with the CODEL's request, we have received tentative agreement for an audience with King Abdullah. We expect that the topics of discussi [...]	2009-05-05 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1053	Exports to Iraq Increased 52 Percent in Early 2009, But [...] (SBU) Jordan's Department of Statistics (DOS) announced exports to Iraq rose to JD 117.9 million (USD 166.5 million) for January-February 2009, up 52.1 percent from JD 77.5 million (USD 109.5 million) during the same period in 2008. This accounted for approximately 15 percent of all Jordanian [...]	2009-05-06 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND ELTN JO IZ
09AMMAN1058	TFFLU01 -- DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REMOVAL OF JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) EconOffs delivered May 7 ref B demarche urging the lifting of Jordanian trade bans on pork products to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Secretary General Dr. Montasser Okla and MOIT Director for Foreign Trade Policy Maha Al-Ali. Okla clarified that the ban, reported in the press, [...]	2009-05-07 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED
09AMMAN1109	VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP -- [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 07:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV JO
09AMMAN1115	Pope's Visit Brings "Twitter", Tight Security, and Hopes [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the Pope concluded his four-day visit to Jordan, which took him to Christian and Islamic historical sites and included a mass attended by around 20,000 people. An increased security presence was seen throughout the city with a show of force from both the Jordanian Pol [...]	2009-05-13 12:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO VT
09AMMAN1116	ATHENS RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. The second donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) led by the World Bank convened in Athens on May 4. The RDS, which started in May 2008, is studying the feasibility of rehabilitating the Dead Sea, generating hydropower, and constr [...]	2009-05-13 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL IS JO
09AMMAN1121	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1125	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAIRD'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1129	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BAIRD'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the May 15-18 visit to Jordan of CODEL Baird. In line with the CODEL's request, we have arranged a meeting with His Excellency Eng. Nasser Lozi, Chief of the Royal Hashemite Court, and advisor to King Abdullah II. Since your last visit in February, His Ma [...]	2009-05-14 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1130	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman welcomes the May 15-16 visit to Jordan of CODEL Kerry. In line with the CODEL's request, we have arranged an audience with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh. Since your last visit in February, the King had a lengthy and domestically well-received vis [...]	2009-05-14 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP JO
09AMMAN1157	USG ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP IN AMMAN LEADS NATIONS TO [...] (U) The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),the Department of Justice's Office of International Assistance (OIA),and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently delivered in Amman the workshop "Addressing the Challenges of Corruption" to explore and discuss method [...]	2009-05-19 10:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PGOV PINS SOCI SNAR XF
09AMMAN1177	Jordan's QIZ Garment Factories Continue to Close or [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's apparel sector has been hard hit by the recession in the U.S., where most of its exports are destined, and competition with Egypt (ref A). The Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported that Jordanian garment exports produced in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) pe [...]	2009-05-21 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX EAID JO
09AMMAN1179	Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI) in [...] (SBU) Mediterranean Resources Apparel Industry (MRAI),an Emirati-owned garment factory in Ad-Dulayl Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ),is currently under liquidation after suffering significant financial losses. Since a strike in September 2008 (ref A),MRAI had been having financial difficul [...]	2009-05-21 11:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN1188	2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN JORDAN [...] (U) In response to ref A, the Embassy is aware of two (2) outstanding claims of United States persons against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). 2. (U) The first claim was included in the 2007 and 2008 reports (refs B and C). This dispute is presumed to have ended with the Claimant's cessatio [...]	2009-05-26 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV JO
09AMMAN1191	ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS ABOARD MERCHANT VESSELS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Attaches delivered ref A demarche to Al-Moutasem K. Alsaket, Director General of the Jordan Maritime Authority (JMA),and several members of his staff in Aqaba on May 18. This meeting also served as the introductory courtesy call by DHS [...]	2009-05-26 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC MARR PARM PREL PHSA KHLS JO
09AMMAN1203	JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 2: SHEIKHS [...] Summary: This cable is the second of a three part series on internal governance in Jordan's tribal system. Sheikhs are the backbone of the tribal community, acting as informal mediators, employment agencies, moral guides, and the state's eyes and ears in the community. Sheikhs rise to leade [...]	2009-05-27 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM KPAL JO
09AMMAN1246	Child Abuse Fatalities Spark Outrage and Prompt Royal Push [...] (U) The recent deaths of two Jordanian children due to child abuse has sparked a media firestorm regarding domestic violence and generated widespread community outrage, including strong public statements from the King and Queen. Queen Rania expressed concern that Jordan has "failed" to adequat [...]	2009-06-03 07:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO
09AMMAN1264	JORDAN: JOURNALISTS BOTH PRAISE AND CRITIQUE CAIRO [...] (SBU) Ten of Jordan's leading journalists joined the Ambassador for a luncheon to view and discuss the President's speech in Cairo. All responded favorably to the overall substance and tone of the speech. This group also focused in great detail on the language used to deny the legitimacy of [...]	2009-06-04 15:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO JO
09AMMAN128	JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD [...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...]	2009-01-14 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN137	DELAYED END OF RENT CONTROL HIGHLIGHTS HOUSING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The government is currently drafting amendments to the Tenants and Landlord Law which was set to end Jordan's de facto rent control as of December 31, 2010, by cancelling and requiring the renegotiation of all rental contracts. The amendments, which are backed by the King and PM [...]	2009-01-15 10:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV SOCI JO
09AMMAN1378	Jordan's Trade Deficit Has Decreased 35 Percent in 2009 [...] (U) Summary: After hitting a historic high in 2008, Jordan's trade deficit narrowed by 35 percent to $2.048 billion between January and April 2009, compared to $3.15 billion during the same period in 2008. This is largely due to a significant drop in the price of fuel, which led to a 60.6% d [...]	2009-06-18 12:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
09AMMAN1397	JORDAN: PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS FEATURE LIMITATIONS [...] (SBU) A package of over 100 amendments to Jordan's penal code will be discussed in parliament's extraordinary session that began on June 11 (Ref A). The Ministry of Justice has led a lengthy inter-ministerial consultative and drafting process over the past year that resulted in proposed compr [...]	2009-06-22 12:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KISL KJUS JO
09AMMAN1399	JORDAN REPORTS 13 H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES [...] (U) Jordan has reported thirteen H1N1 cases as of June 22. The first two cases were reported on June 15, followed by 8 cases of Jordanian and Palestinian students returning from the Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program (ref A). Thermal scanning sensors at Amman's Queen Alia International Air [...]	2009-06-22 12:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09AMMAN1418	JORDAN TO LIFT TRADE BAN ON PORK [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 10:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON JO
09AMMAN146	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN STRESSES THAT ARAB [...] (SBU) EconCouns reviewed reftel on the Arab Economic Summit in Kuwait with Finance Minister Dr. Hamed Kasasbeh on January 15. Kasasbeh, who was in Kuwait, welcomed U.S. views on economic integration and the global financial crisis and reported that central bank governors had discussed these [...]	2009-01-15 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD KPAL PREL AL JO
09AMMAN1480	CONFERENCE ADDRESSES NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear energy and non-proliferation experts discussed security challenges in the Middle East during the conference "Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Energy Security, Political and Economic Implications" held in Amman from June 22-24. Participants welcomed the call by President [...]	2009-07-01 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY KNNP PARM JO XF
09AMMAN1493	Jordan Promises to Implement Regulations to Ease Entry and [...] (SBU) The Iraqi-Jordanian Technical Trade and Investment Committee announced on June 22 that the GOJ would apply "softer entry and residency procedures" for Iraqi businessmen and investors. The announcement followed a February 2009 decision by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to issue more leni [...]	2009-07-02 11:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV JO IZ
09AMMAN1512	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ITSO EXTRAORDINARY ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 04:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS AORC ECON EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA JO
09AMMAN1518	JORDAN: SPECIAL BBG TRAINING FOCUSES ON BROADCASTING [...] (U) The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Office of International Media Training arranged for a one-week workshop June 14-18 on Basic Broadcasting Reporting Skills at the offices of Jordan Radio and Television (JRTV). The training was provided under a ten-year technical support and mainten [...]	2009-07-07 06:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	JO KPAO OIIP PREL
09AMMAN1558	HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN: THE TRIBAL PERSPECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tribal leaders have a unique perspective on the issue of honor crimes in Jordan. In their role as mediators of community disputes and exemplars of morality, sheikhs frequently prevent domestic squabbles from escalating into honor crimes. The tribal leaders we talked to criti [...]	2009-07-09 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SOCI JO
09AMMAN1579	Jordanian-Iraqi Technical Committee Discusses Ways to [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian-Iraqi Joint Technical Committee met on June 22 to discuss efforts to advance bilateral trade and economic ties. Jordanian officials viewed the meeting as important for building upon growing bilateral trade levels, as evidenced by Iraq receiving 20 percent of Jord [...]	2009-07-14 09:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV JO IZ
09AMMAN1581	Jordanian Government Puts a Six Billion Dollar Railway [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Ministry of Transport (MOT) announced that a USD 6 billion national railway project had been placed on hold due to a lack of funding and interested bidders. Despite the hold on the national railway network, MOT officials stated that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) [...]	2009-07-14 10:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD ECON EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN1589	JORDAN: STATE SECURITY COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE [...] (SBU) On July 14, the Jordanian press reported that Muammar Ahmad Yusuf Al-Jaghbir had been sentenced to death by hanging for his role in the 2002 murder of Laurence Foley, a USAID employee at Embassy Amman. This ruling represents the third legal decision that has been issued in this case. [...]	2009-07-15 06:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC JO
09AMMAN1664	USG AML WORKSHOP FOR JUDGES IN AMMAN RAISES AWARENESS OF [...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered four, two-day workshops in Amman on "Adjudicating Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Cases" to 86 Jordani [...]	2009-07-26 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO
09AMMAN1676	EMBASSY AMMAN'S FOLLOW UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: As reported in refs D and E, the President's June 4 speech in Cairo was generally well received in Jordan. Most Jordanian audiences focused on language related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but they nevertheless expect and look for increased engagement stemming from the [...]	2009-07-27 11:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN1695	THE JORDAN INSTITUTION FOR STANDARDS AND METROLOGY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the new facilities of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) on July 16 where he commended JISM's activism and restated U.S. support for JISM's efforts through the award of INCLE funding for equipment. Though hampered by a weak legal fra [...]	2009-07-29 10:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09AMMAN1724	JORDAN'S LOWER HOUSE AND SENATE AT ODDS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Senate and Lower House remain at odds over an amendment to the controversial Associations Law which would restrict the operation of non-Muslim religious charities to those of certain Christian denominations only. The amendment was proposed on the floor of the Lower Hou [...]	2009-07-30 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KIRF JO
09AMMAN1746	JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT TORTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian government, with assistance from several European donors, has embarked on an extensive reform program designed to root out torture in the prison system. The reform plans are impressive and include a wide range of initiatives including placement of the prison system [...]	2009-08-03 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CACS KJUS SOCI JO
09AMMAN1757	JORDAN: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Amman has learned the following about Jordanian attendance at the UN General Assembly. A. Attendance of the Head of State -- King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein II -- While his departure and arrival times are unknown, the King has accepted an invitation to address t [...]	2009-08-04 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KSEP CVIS OVIP OTRA UNGA JO
09AMMAN1761	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN CITIZENSHIP: A PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The current debate in Amman about the citizenship status of Palestinian-origin Jordanians centers around regulations connected to Jordan's 1988 unilateral disengagement from the West Bank. Some of the regulations left the residency requirements for certain groups vague. This [...]	2009-08-04 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KPAL KDEM KWBG SMIG IS JO
09AMMAN1787	JORDAN EXTENDS HOURS OF ISRAEL AND WEST BANK CROSSINGS [...] (SBU) Recent press reports touting round-the-clock opening of the main West Bank crossing to Jordan for the benefit of Palestinian commerce are exaggerated. According to Post contacts, Israel made the announcement without full coordination with the GOJ. Jordan has nevertheless taken action an [...]	2009-08-06 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG JO IS
09AMMAN1793	JORDAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING FACES MULTIPLE ROADBLOCKS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's new transportation strategy for 2009-2011 aims to make the country a regional transportation hub. The approach outlines plans to improve infrastructure, ease traffic flow, and encourage private investors to participate in Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) arrangements. Long [...]	2009-08-09 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN PGOV JO
09AMMAN1813	JORDAN'S PM STRESSES NATIONAL UNITY IN MEETING [...] (U) Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi convened Interior Minister Nayef Al-Qadi, provincial governors, and directors of the security services on August 10. In the meeting, the PM reiterated comments made by the King on August 4 about the importance of national unity and domestic political stabili [...]	2009-08-11 12:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ASEC JO
09AMMAN1867	Boycott Planned to Protest Rising Meat Prices; GOJ Takes [...] (SBU) The private Jordanian Consumer Protection Society (JCPS) has called for a week-long national boycott of the purchase and consumption of red meat in protest of what it described as the "unjustified rise in red meat prices." Historically, food prices in Jordan rise during the run-up to th [...]	2009-08-19 04:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD SOCI JO
09AMMAN1880	Changes in Jordan's S&T Establishment Likely to Impact U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Secretary General at the Higher Council for Science and Technology (HCST),and other changes in Jordan's S&T establishment will challenge us to maintain the momentum under the U.S.-Jordan S&T agreement, which has had mixed success. Jordan's Scientific Research Fund, esta [...]	2009-08-20 13:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV PREL EAID TBIO TPHY ETRD PINR JO
09AMMAN1884	JORDAN: HONOR CRIMES 101 [...] (SBU) This cable serves as an overview of honor crimes in Jordan, Post efforts to address the issue, and an analysis of the Jordanian establishment's response to the problem. More detailed reporting has been provided by post in reftels. End Summary. Defining Honor Crimes ----------------- [...]	2009-08-20 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS PREL KMPI JO
09AMMAN1885	JORDAN: POTENTIAL HONOR CRIME VICTIMS JAILED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Jordan's Juwedeh women's prison on July 23, PolChief, Consul, RSO, and Emboffs met with the prison warden and prisoners to discuss Jordan's practice of administratively detaining women at risk of becoming victims of honor crimes. Jordan uses its Crime Preventi [...]	2009-08-20 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS KMPI JO CASC
09AMMAN1892	Agricultural Trade between Jordan and Iraq Reportedly [...] (SBU) Iraq has reportedly reopened its market to Jordanian fruits and vegetables after a three-month closure. Representatives of the Jordanian Exporters and Producers of Fruits and Vegetables Association (JEPA) maintain the ban was imposed to facilitate the Iraqi import of Iranian produce, a [...]	2009-08-23 12:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL JO
09AMMAN190	JORDAN: MTCR PLENARY READOUT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MTCRE JO
09AMMAN1942	EXPAT REMITTANCES AND OTHER ECONOMIC INDICATORS FALL; [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis continues to hit Jordan. Jordanian remittances fell 4.4% during the first half of 2009. Other economic indicators, including foreign direct investment, imports, and exports, are also all down for the first half of 2009. Jordan's currency reserves a [...]	2009-08-27 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV JO
09AMMAN1943	USG WORKSHOP FOR MILITARY JUDGES PROMOTES PROSECUTING AND [...] (U) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT) and U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) recently delivered two, two-day workshops in Amman on "Prosecuting and Adjudicating Terrorism Finance Cases" to 38 Jordanian State Sec [...]	2009-08-27 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER SOCI JO
09AMMAN1945	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Night Vision Devices (NVDs) through Foreign Military Financing (FMF) as part of their Jordan Border Security Plan (JBSP) FMS Case (JO-B-WAW). The NVDs will enhance Jordan's border security b [...]	2009-08-27 11:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN1968	JORDAN CONSIDERING ORAL STATEMENT FOR ICJ ADVISORY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 05:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL ICJ KV JO
09AMMAN2018	JORDAN: POST FIGHTS FOR BAHA'I BIRTH CERTIFICATE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The approximately 1,000 Baha'i in Jordan face several forms of official discrimination, including the non-recognition of their faith and assembly, inability to register schools and places of worship, and difficulties in obtaining official documentation. One of the Baha'is immed [...]	2009-09-03 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI JO
09AMMAN2054	LET MY PEOPLE GO: TRAVEL HOLDS IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Travel holds are the legal mechanism which allow Jordanian officials to prevent travelers from departing the country. The legal framework for travel holds in Jordan is full of loopholes. These allow abuses of the system which have the effect of restricting the travel of Jord [...]	2009-09-10 07:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CASC KWMN JO
09AMMAN2113	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 15 to Samer Naber, Chief of the Americas Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber appreciated the invitation, and noted that Jordan was currently celebrating its twentieth anniversary of participation in UN peacekeeping operations. (N [...]	2009-09-15 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPKO JO
09AMMAN2141	A New Strategy to Curb Rising Food Prices: GOJ to Enter [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOJ has announced a three-part strategy to confront increasing commodity prices: amending laws, directly entering the market with a government trading company, and a public awareness campaign on curtailing consumption. Commodity traders were skeptical that the GOJ strategy [...]	2009-09-17 04:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR SOCI JO
09AMMAN2190	JORDAN'S LIGHT RAIL PLAN STILL LACKS FUNDING; REVIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan continues taking small steps to implement its plans to establish a light railway linking its two largest cities, Amman and Zarqa. The project has been fraught with financial difficulties due in part to the domestic impact of the global financial crisis as well as to Jord [...]	2009-09-28 12:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN2242	JORDAN DENIES REPORT OF MASSIVE FLIGHT OF QIZ FACTORIES TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 09:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO
09AMMAN2254	JORDAN: WIDE DISMAY OF "GARMENTS" INCLUSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts strongly and quickly voiced dismay and disapproval of "garments from Jordan" placement on the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) List of Goods Made with Forced Labor. There is near unanimous agreement in Jordan that labeling the entire garment s [...]	2009-10-08 07:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB JO
09AMMAN226	Jordan's Garment Industry Hurting - High Production Costs [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordanian exports from the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),which are predominantly apparel, fell almost 17% to $946 million in 2008. Since 2007, at least twenty garment factories in the QIZs have closed down; four have downsized; and five decided to expand operations in oth [...]	2009-01-27 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX EAID JO
09AMMAN230	Update on Labor Issues in Jordan [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has continued to take measures to strengthen its institutional capacity to identify and correct labor violations, in part by hiring 60 new inspectors in 2008. Inspectors for the International Labour Office's (ILO) Better Work Jordan program have [...]	2009-01-27 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN2346	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR NIGHT [...] (SBU) This cable provides additional information requested by Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) related to the FMS sale of NVDs to Jordan. The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase several types of Night Vision Devices (NVDs) through Foreign Military Financing [...]	2009-10-22 11:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2378	New Amman Power Plant, Financed in Part by OPIC, Run by [...] (U) King Abdullah presided over the ceremonial opening of Jordan's first independent power station on October 26. The Amman East Power Plant was built and is owned and operated by AES Jordan PSC, a consortium of AES Oasis (a subsidiary of U.S.-based AES Corporation) and Japan-based Mitsui and [...]	2009-10-28 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV EFIN JO
09AMMAN2379	UN 1267 SANCTIONS DEMARCHE ON USG REVIEW OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 11:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PREL KTFN PGOV UNSC JO
09AMMAN2459	Proposed Agenda for the U.S. Jordan FTA Joint Committee [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (U) Secretary General of Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Montasser Oklah reconfirmed to EconCouns on November 10 that Jordan is prepared to host the December 15-16 U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement Joint Committee (JC) meeti [...]	2009-11-12 12:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON ELAB EFIN JO
09AMMAN2487	SIGNIFICANT ESTH OPPORTUNITIES IN JORDAN TO ADVANCE POTUS' [...] (SBU) Summary: A robust bilateral and regional ESTH partnership with Jordan is evidenced through 18 USG agencies engaging in ESTH collaborations over the past several years. Despite the individual merits of each activity, the collective impact of this engagement in supporting Jordan's scienc [...]	2009-11-16 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV PREL EAID PINR JO
09AMMAN2523	JORDAN: CONTROVERSIAL RELIGIOUS SIGNS APPEAR ON AMMAN'S [...] (U) Controversial religious signs with statements, such as "know that you will die", "headscarf or suffer" and "never look at women," have appeared throughout Amman during Autumn 2009. The signs are posted in areas with heavy traffic and can be found on electricity poles, traffic lights, and [...]	2009-11-19 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF SOCI JO
09AMMAN2554	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR 5X [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase 5 x AN/AAQ-33 Advance Targeting Pods. Jordan currently has no targeting system to deploy air to ground munitions. The acquisition of these Targeting Pods will allow Jordanian F-16 fighter jets to acquire and destroy targ [...]	2009-11-24 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2555	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR 17 X [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to upgrade 17 x APG-66 to APF-68(V)9 in support of the modification of their F-16 fleets. This upgrade will enhance air-to-air tracking and targeting capabilities by increasing the range with which forces can identify, acqyuire, and [...]	2009-11-24 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2556	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase AN/TPS-79 Radar systems from Lockheed Martin. Jordan is currently seeking a replacement for their outdated AN/TPS-63 radar, but requires time to finance such a large transformation. The acquisition of this Radar system w [...]	2009-11-24 11:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2562	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase 20 AGM-114M Blast Fragmentation Hellfire Missiles with 8 Single Rail Launchers for their Cessna Caravan Reconnaissance Aircraft. The purpose of this is to create an armed reconnaissance capability to support their counter [...]	2009-11-24 12:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2566	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase AN/MPQ-64 FI Sentinel Radar from Thales Raytheon Systems. Jordan is currently seeking a replacement for their outdated AN/TPS-63 radar, but needs time to finance such a large transformation. The acquisition of this radar [...]	2009-11-24 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2567	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan has requested authorization to purchase TPS-703 radar systems from Northrop Grumman. Jordan is currently seeking a replacement for their outdated AN/TPS-63 radar, but requires time to finance such a large transformation. The acquisi9tion of this radar system w [...]	2009-11-24 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2572	Jordan's Tax Revenues Increase in 2009, But 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Tax Department announced recently that tax collections through October 2009 are 7.2% higher than the corresponding 2008 levels. Better collection efficiency and good business performance in 2008 have led to higher tax revenue income in 2009. Tax reform efforts in 2009 [...]	2009-11-25 12:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAID JO
09AMMAN2592	Jordan Seeks U.S. Support for its ICAO Council Candidacy [...] (SBU) Post was notified by diplomatic note dated November 18, 2009 of the Government of Jordan's (GOJ) candidacy for the 2010-2013 Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in membership category III. The GOJ seeks U.S. support. 2. (SBU) Jordan has been a good partner [...]	2009-12-02 11:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AORC ICAO PREL JO
09AMMAN2597	Jordan and Turkey Sign Free Trade Agreement [...] (U) Jordan and Turkey signed a Free Trade Agreement on December 1 during a visit of Turkish President Abdullah Gul to Amman. The agreement is set to establish a free trade zone, cut duties on imports, scrap visa requirements, and increase customs cooperation to help boost two-way trade, touris [...]	2009-12-02 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN EFIN PREL JO
09AMMAN2603	JORDAN: TWENTIETH REPORTED HONOR KILLING FOR 2009 [...] (U) The latest honor killing in Jordan occurred on November 29 when a 19-year-old girl was repeatedly shot and ultimately killed by her uncle. The perpetrator told police that the victim had been missing for two weeks. When found with a man, she was brought home to be confronted by her famil [...]	2009-12-03 06:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO
09AMMAN2614	Jordan Does Not Participate in or Cooperate with Arab [...] (U) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) does not participate in any form or cooperate in any way with the Arab League Boycott or other international boycotts of Israel. Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, after which the Jordanian parliament enacted legislation ending economic boycott [...]	2009-12-03 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KBCT JO
09AMMAN2663	Scenesetter for the U.S. - Jordan FTA Joint Committee [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (U) Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) will host the December 15 U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Agreement (FTA) Joint Committee (JC) meeting in Amman. This JC occurs on the eve of the FTA coming into full force in January 2010. T [...]	2009-12-09 11:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON ELAB EFIN EAID JO
09AMMAN2667	Social Security Corporation Pursues New Investment [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Social Security Corporation (SSC),faced with a 25% loss in value of its capital fund, is looking to shore up its investment strategy by having its investment arm, the Social Security Investment Unit (SSIU),form and finance three companies to run its interests in the t [...]	2009-12-09 11:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN2675	Visa Validation Study - Iraqi B1/B2s Applying in Jordan [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman recently conducted a validation study of Iraqi visitor visas. The study revealed that over 21% of Iraqis remained in the United States beyond the duration of stay originally granted to them by DHS at port of entry. The only clear indicator of a likelihood to return to the [...]	2009-12-10 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS JO
09AMMAN2693	JORDAN SEEKS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH UN COMPENSATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Then Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi requested from the Ambassador, during a November 11 meeting, support for Jordan's interests during the next meeting of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC). Subsequent to that meetin [...]	2009-12-13 10:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SENV KUNC JO IZ
09AMMAN2761	JORDAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 14:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR JO
09AMMAN2765	JORDAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (SBU) Through both its public statements and its actions, the Jordanian Government continues to demonstrate a solid commitment to combat terrorist groups and extremist ideologies. 2. (SBU) Despite the government's steadfast support, however, extremist messages still find a receptive audience [...]	2009-12-22 07:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR JO
09AMMAN2767	EMBASSY AMMAN ASSESSMENT OF FMS REQUEST FOR IMAGE [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan requests authorization to purchase Image Intensifier Tubes (IITs) for Night Vision Devices. The purpose of this acquisition is to stock an inventory of key spare parts for NVDs in procurement through Foreign Military Sales (FMS). The acquisition of NVDs has a [...]	2009-12-22 07:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
09AMMAN2768	Controversial Landlord and Tenants Law Comes into Force; [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Landlord and Tenants Law came into effect on December 1 which will increase landlord rights and establish a mechanism with which to base future increases in rents. The law also includes termination dates for old leases. Critics expect the new law to hit hardest lower-inc [...]	2009-12-22 10:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI AMGT ABLD JO
09AMMAN2799	SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post extends a warm welcome to Science Envoy Dr. Ahmed Zewail. Your visit will enable us to build upon a robust bilateral and regional ESTH partnership which has seen 18 USG agencies engage in ESTH collaboration with Jordan over the past several years. Despite the individual [...]	2009-12-30 06:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV PREL EAID PINR JO
09AMMAN284	JORDAN BLUE LANTERN: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) EconOffs first met with Mr. Mousa Ababneh, in November 2008 (Ref A). He identified himself as a former Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) Brigadier General (aircraft maintenance background, including an advanced engineering degree from Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Pa [...]	2009-01-29 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC JO
09AMMAN286	DOD PARTICIPATION IN JORDAN,S SOFEX 2010 [...] (U) In anticipation of Jordan's Special Operations Forces Exhibition (SOFEX 2010),Embassy Amman strongly supports and encourages direct participation by the Department of Defense in general, and specifically to encourage participation by the Association of the United States Army (AUSA). This [...]	2009-01-29 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS BTIO MCAP PREL JO
09AMMAN333	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftel, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in the U.S. Coast Guard's Port Physical Security/Port Vulnerability course [...]	2009-02-03 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL ASEC JO
09AMMAN345	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in the U.S. Coast Guard's Port Physical Security/Port Vulnerability cours [...]	2009-02-04 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EWWT PREL JO
09AMMAN347	OPIC Visit Energizes Banks Supporting Jordan's Housing and [...] (SBU) OPIC Vice President Robert Drumheller, in order to invigorate stalled negotiations, discussed proposed OPIC housing loans with senior government officials and participating Jordanian banks during a January 25-30 visit. The $250 million in loans would allow three local banks to make 25-y [...]	2009-02-05 06:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV OPIC JO
09AMMAN362	Jordan Signs Statute Establishing the International [...] (U) Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Khaldoun Qutishat signed the statute establishing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during the January 26 founding conference in Bonn, Germany. President of the Jordanian National Energy Research Center (NERC),Malek Kabar [...]	2009-02-08 12:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC SENV ENRG PGOV KGHG JO
09AMMAN388	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in the U.S. Coast Guard's Port Physical Security/Port Vulnerability cours [...]	2009-02-11 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EWWT PREL JO
09AMMAN391	ROYAL JORDANIAN CONFIRMS SOME FLIGHT PATTERNS AVOID ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 10:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON JO IZ
09AMMAN392	QIZ GARMENT FACTORIES: JORDANIAN-ISRAELI BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two garment factories in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) have continued to show strong business links to Israel, despite public calls in Jordan during events in Gaza to boycott American and Israeli goods (ref B). The Al-Methaliah factory plans to begin in March sat [...]	2009-02-11 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB PREL KTEX IS JO

09AMMAN410	IFRC: MONITORING AND EVALUATION ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) RefCoord met with Ahmed Gizo, Regional Director for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Organizations (IFRC) in Amman on January 26, 2009 to discuss IFRC's work, under PRM-funded agreement, with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) primary health clinics in Jordan. [...]	2009-02-16 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO
09AMMAN429	Complete Text of Jordan's New Anti-TIP Law [...] (U) Jordan's Upper House of Parliament endorsed on February 4 the anti-Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Law. The law was previously endorsed by the Lower House on January 25 and now moves forward for the King's signature and publication in Jordan's Official Gazette. The law would come into effect [...]	2009-02-18 10:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN432	Demarche Delivered on Biosafety: Jordan Does Not Plan to [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 10:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JO
09AMMAN457	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in, or are considered as alternate candidates for, the U.S. Coast Guard's [...]	2009-02-18 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EWWT PREL JO
09AMMAN458	FINE TUNING REFUGEE ASSISTANCE IN LEBANON, SYRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: To keep pace with the most recent information about Iraqi refugees, PRM refugee assistance in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan should be fine tuned to address specific vulnerabilities in the Iraqi population in the three countries. Advanced health care for the chronically ill, post- [...]	2009-02-18 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IZ JO LE PREF SY
09AMMAN459	JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan demonstrated a strong commitment to and made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Progress includes the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law, an increase in forced labor cases being investigated and sent forward for [...]	2009-02-18 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09AMMAN468	JORDAN'S MFA SHARES USG GOALS FOR MARCH 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG JO
09AMMAN470	PROPOSALS FOR NADR-FUNDED PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT RSI [...] (U) This message is Embassy Amman's response to reftel's call for proposals to use Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining and Related Projects (NADR) funds for programs in support of Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) goals. Post is pleased to submit four proposals, all of which leverage [...]	2009-02-19 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC JO
09AMMAN473	Jordan Lifts Restrictions on U.S. Beef [...] (U) Action Request for USDA/FSIS in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has removed all product-specific restrictions on U.S. beef imports after over two years of discussions with the USG (reftels). The Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) has adopted the new World Org [...]	2009-02-22 04:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
09AMMAN498	KING DENIES FEAR OF ALTERNATIVE PALESTINIAN HOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a February 16 meeting with community leaders, King Abdullah defiantly asserted that "Jordan is not a substitute homeland for Palestinians." This and related remarks denying any fear of the so-called Jordanian option received front-page attention in all major newspapers and [...]	2009-02-23 10:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAL KPAO KMDR JO
09AMMAN512	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.- sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in, or are considered as alternate candidates for, the U.S. Coast Guard's [...]	2009-02-24 04:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EWWT PREL JO
09AMMAN526	JORDANIAN RED CRESCENT ECLIPSED BY ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The NGO International Relief and Development (IRD) has told PRM that it intends to sever its relationship with the Jordanian Red Crescent (JRC) over its belief that the organization was deliberately double-billing donors for services. As part of an independent inquiry, Post [...]	2009-02-25 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO
09AMMAN556	JORDAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. COAST GUARD PORT [...] (SBU) In addition to the names submitted reftels, Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the individuals listed in paragraph 2 for U.S.-sponsored training. The individuals have been selected to take part in, or are considered as alternate candidates for, the U.S. Coast Guard's [...]	2009-03-01 13:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EWWT PREL JO
09AMMAN6	MONITORING REFUGEE HEALTH CENTERS IN JORDAN-- [...] (U) Summary: RefCoord and Program Specialist visited on December 22, three health centers for the benefit of Iraqis administered by Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRC) on behalf of three different donors: UNHCR, International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and ECHO. [...]	2009-01-04 10:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID IZ JO
09AMMAN638	JORDAN NOMINATES TAYSEER AL-NOAIMI FOR UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 07:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO JO
09AMMAN672	Jordan's Trade Deficit Hit High of $9.1 Billion in 2008, [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's trade deficit hit a historic high of $9.1 billion in 2008, compared to $8 billion in 2007 and $2.7 billion in 2000 when Jordan joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) and signed the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement. The upward trend is attributed to strong import grow [...]	2009-03-16 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO
09AMMAN705	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS JO
09AMMAN706	LABOR MINISTER ASSURES FOCUS ON PROMOTING LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Labor Ghazi Shbeikat promised a strong focus on promoting labor rights and combating trafficking in persons (TIP) during a March 10 courtesy call with the Ambassador. The Minister expects that the remaining 36 amendments to the labor law, including a revised articl [...]	2009-03-18 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX JO
09AMMAN709	DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS REGARDING MANAS AIR BASE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF JO
09AMMAN712	Jordan Announces Revised Rules for Iraqis Entering or [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Ministry of Interior (MOI) has issued new rules for Iraqis entering or residing in Jordan (ref B). The new, simplified regulations target Iraqi business people and investors with the goal of enhancing Jordan's economic relations with Iraq. Iraqi interlocutors wel [...]	2009-03-19 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ
09AMMAN766	JORDAN DEMARCHED ON SUPPORT FOR AMISOM AND SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Mohammad Tarawneh, acting Deputy Director for International Organization Affairs at the Foreign Ministry on March 25. Poloff requested the Government of Jordan (GOJ) consider offering support to AMISOM and Somalia security sector reform efforts. Taraw [...]	2009-03-25 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SO JO
09AMMAN768	JORDAN DEMARCHED ON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE; GOJ [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, Ambassador discussed Jordan's participation in the Afghanistan conference on March 24 with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi who said that LTG Prince Faisal, who is the King's brother and the special assistant to the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff [...]	2009-03-26 07:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK IR UN JO
09AMMAN771	JORDAN INVESTIGATING SUBMISSION OF ITS ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 11:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MTCRE MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA JO
09AMMAN798	JORDAN DELEGATION TO THE HAGUE RECEIVES CONCLUSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-31 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MARR MOPS JO
09AMMAN806	JORDAN--SURVEY SHOWS IRAQI REFUGEE WEALTH MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: A draft UNICEF/Save The Children study due for 2009 release will challenge the myth of the affluent Iraqi refugee. The notion that Iraqis in Jordan are well off and so do not deserve assistance persists despite growing evidence that Iraqis are in worsening economic and social [...]	2009-04-01 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM EAID JO
09AMMAN829	UNCC-funded Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program Takes [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC),through its Compensation Fund established to reimburse countries for losses and damages resulting from the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, awarded $160 million to Jordan in 2005 for the Badia Ecosystems Restoration Program (BERP) [...]	2009-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV EAID ECON UN IZ KU SA JO
09AMMAN833	GROWING INTERNET COMPETITION AND LAUNCH OF A 3G TENDER IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref A, this cable provides an update on Jordan's initiatives and strong government commitment to improve telecommunications and Internet connectivity. Such efforts led to an increase in Jordan's rank to 44 out of 134 countries in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2 [...]	2009-04-07 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT EINV TINT JO
09AMMAN856	DK Garment Factory Shuts Down After Strike and Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 93 Bangladeshi employees at DK Textiles Company in Al Hassan Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) went on strike in January 2009 after an altercation between a Bangladeshi supervisor and Bangladeshi employee. The strike led to financial problems that caused DK to clo [...]	2009-04-12 04:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN859	REFCOORD REPORTING FORM RESPONSE JORDAN, SYRIA, AND LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Reftel tasked RefCoords to open a dialogue with UNHCR in the field as they prepare their biannual program/budget planning document, the Country Operational Plan (COP). Initial conversations with UNHCR Country representatives and staff in Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon on the COP re [...]	2009-04-13 09:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID UNHCR IZ JO SY LE
09AMMAN86	JORDAN OPEN TO HOSTING GICNT EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER PREL KGIC JO
09AMMAN876	JOURNALIST FACES SLANDER CHARGES FOR ARTICLE [...] (U) Journalist Khaled Mahadin, who published an article critical of parliament on the Amman-based news website Khaberni.com in February, pled not guilty on March 30 to charges of slander. Mahadin's article, "For God's Sake, Abdullah," called for the dissolution of parliament and an end to "u [...]	2009-04-14 12:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KISL JO
09AMMAN883	JORDAN FY 2009 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Amman's submission for the FY2009 report on fiscal transparency follows. 2. (SBU) Question 1: Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funds using FY 09 funds? Answer 1: Yes, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) is expected to [...]	2009-04-15 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL JO
09AMMAN894	JORDAN--UNHCR LOOKS AT NEW WAYS TO MONITOR [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR-Jordan recently changed the composition of its monitoring and evaluation teams to include staff from both its protection and program offices. UNHCR invited the Refugee Coordinator for assistance to participate on March 30, in the first deployment of the newly constitut [...]	2009-04-16 05:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM EAID AORC JO
09AMMAN904	JORDAN ALSO RUNNING FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 12:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AORC JO
09AMMAN912	PLANNING MINISTRY RECONFIRMS JORDAN'S POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 11:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV JO
09AMMAN925	JORDAN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON AID TO PA, UNDERSCORES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG JO
09AMMAN930	JORDAN ASKS FOR NON-PAPER TO FACILITATE PLANNING [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) PolChief and Netherlands DCM Johan Verboom delivered on April 21 reftel demarche and a proposed agenda for the June plenary of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Nabil Masarweh, Office Director to [...]	2009-04-22 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MNUC KNNP KGIC JO
09AMMAN946	JORDAN IPR UPDATE: SOME PROGRESS IN REVISING LAWS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan has continued its efforts to strengthen protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). Jordan's revised Copyright Law, updated to bring it into full compliance with the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA),has passed the Legislative and Opinion Bure [...]	2009-04-23 07:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09AMMAN985	JORDAN SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S MEMBERSHIP BIDS, SAYS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 06:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN KV JO
09AMMAN992	MGSF01: EMBASSY AMMAN REVIEWS PREPAREDNESS FOR H1N1 [...] (U) The Embassy's Pandemic Influenza Task Force (PITF) met on April 29 and reviewed Embassy preparedness and Pandemic Tripwires. A message to the Embassy community was sent out with an update on the H1N1 influenza as well as general precautionary guidance. The PITF will continue to monitor the [...]	2009-04-30 10:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09AMSTERDAM38	MARCH VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hague and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The March Visas Viper meeting was held on April 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by A/DCM James Foster and was coordinated by Consul Michael Barkin. 4. (SBU) The fol [...]	2009-04-09 12:51:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM45	APRIL VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hague and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The April Visas Viper meeting took place on May 7, 2009. Charge d'Affaires Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting; Global Issues Officer David Jaberg coordinated the [...]	2009-05-08 15:34:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM49	MAY VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The May Visas Viper meeting took place on June 4, 2009. Charge d'Affaires Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consul Michael Barkin coordinated the meeting. [...]	2009-06-08 16:05:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM53	JUNE VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The June Visas Viper meeting took place on July 2, 2009. Charge d'Affaires Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consul General Marjorie A. Ames coordinated [...]	2009-07-09 09:02:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM62	JULY VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The July Visas Viper meeting took place on August 6, 2009. Charge d'Affaires Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consul General Julie A. Ruterbories coord [...]	2009-08-07 14:44:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM72	AUGUST VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The August Visas Viper meeting took place on September 3, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consular Chief Stuart Wilson coordinated the meeting. [...]	2009-09-09 12:49:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM77	SEPTEMBER VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The September Visas Viper meeting took place on October 1, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consul General Julie Ruterbories coordinated the mee [...]	2009-10-05 07:06:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM86	OCTOBER VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The October Visas Viper meeting took place on November 5, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consular Section Chief Stuart Wilson coordinated the [...]	2009-11-09 09:54:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM93	NOVEMBER VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The November Visas Viper meeting took place on December 3, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consul Daniel King coordinated the meeting. 4. ( [...]	2009-12-09 15:16:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09ANKARA1024	Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 1-7, 2009, seven security officials were i [...]	2009-07-16 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1049	USG-UK COOPERATION CONTINUES ON TURKEY'S CT ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During July 6-8 meetings in London, Embassy Ankara's Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) and her British counterparts agreed that Turkey is unlikely to change its attitude toward its terrorism legislation without clear evidence of the law's inadequacy. Separately, the UK proposed work [...]	2009-07-23 04:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
09ANKARA1050	Turkey's Terrorism Laws: Little Likelihood of Change [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite repeated prodding, Turkey continues to resist suggestions that it needs to amend its terrorism laws to broaden the definition of terrorism. Lacking releasable concrete examples of shortcomings in the current law, continued USG requests on this front are unlikely to mee [...]	2009-07-23 04:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
09ANKARA1063	SMOKE LIKE A TURK NO MORE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 18:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU
09ANKARA1085	Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 16-23, 2009, one security official was kill [...]	2009-07-29 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1102	TURKEY: URBAN POOR LEERY OF MODERN COMFORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Urban renewal remains problematic in Turkey. Today's gecekondus (illegally built shanty houses) are a visible reminder of the rapid influx of rural migrants into the cities. The GOT wishes to develop the land occupied by these gecekondus into modern high rises with the aim of [...]	2009-07-31 04:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1127	Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 24-31, 2009, three security officials were [...]	2009-08-04 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA117	SIXTH TIFA ADVANCES TRADE DIALOGUE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth meeting of the U.S.- Turkey Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council held January 13 in Ankara was an opportunity for the U.S. and Turkey to discuss ways to further advance the bilateral trade relationship and to enhance cooperation in regional efforts. [...]	2009-01-23 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON KIPR TU
09ANKARA1191	Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 1-7, 2009, one security official was kill [...]	2009-08-14 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1222	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (AUGUST 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the week of August 8-15, 2009, one security officia [...]	2009-08-19 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1223	TURKEY: ON BOARD WITH US APPROACH TO BROADEN [...] (SBU) MFA Maritime Affairs Section Head Haldun Tekneci confirmed on August 19 that the GOT fully supports the proposal to shift from the concept of "membership" in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to one of participation, in line with ref a and the presentation Pri [...]	2009-08-19 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09ANKARA1230	DAVUTOGLU URGES ISRAELI SETTLEMENT RESTRAINT AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU IS
09ANKARA124	Update on PKK Violence (January 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23, 2009, reporting period, no securi [...]	2009-01-26 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1247	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: You will find Turks increasingly focused on Erdogan's still inchoate "Democratic Initiative," which seeks to address the social and economic factors contributing to many Turkish Kurds' sense of alienation from their government and modern Turkey. The initiative's opponents fear [...]	2009-08-24 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1264	GOT PROTESTS GEORGIAN SEIZURE OF MERCHANT SHIPS [...] (SBU) The GOT has protested the seizure of two ships, which, it claims, were stopped by the Georgian Coast Guard in international waters in the Black Sea off the coast of Georgia and taken into the port of Poti (see reftel). The Turkish-crewed Panamanian-flagged oil tanker "Buket," which was [...]	2009-08-26 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT TU GG
09ANKARA1277	Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 16-23, 2009, two security officials were [...]	2009-08-28 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1304	Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 24-31, 2009, four security officials were [...]	2009-09-04 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1333	Update on PKK Violence (September 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During September 1-7, 2009, no security official was killed [...]	2009-09-10 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1343	TURKEY: CHILD LABOR REPORT RUFFLES GOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered the points in reftel to appropriate officials in the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MOLSS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOT's response ranged from moderately negative to baffled. Even though the USDOL report on Worst Forms of Child Labor (WFCL [...]	2009-09-11 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1375	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 8-15, 2009, ten security officials wer [...]	2009-09-18 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA14	TURKEY MITIGATES THE EFFECTS OF RUSSIAN GAS CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 6, the GOT announced Russian gas flowing to the West Line (a gas pipeline originating in Russia and transiting Ukraine) was cut off. In public statements, Energy Minister Guler and PM Erdogan sought to reassure the Turkish public the GOT is taking measures to deal w [...]	2009-01-06 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU IR
09ANKARA1411	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the period September 16-23, one security official wa [...]	2009-09-30 05:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1421	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes your visit to Turkey October 8-10. Our relations with Turkey are strong. While the euphoria from the President's visit last April have faded, the steady stream of senior visitors from Washington has helped us convince Turkey's leaders that the Administrat [...]	2009-09-30 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1447	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (SEPTEMBER 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 24-30 period, no security personnel we [...]	2009-10-06 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1452	TURKISH PARLIAMENT EXTENDS AUTHORITY FOR CROSS [...] (U) On October 6 the Turkish Parliament approved a one-year extension to perform cross border operations in Iraq. Out of the 475 Ministers of Parliament who voted on the motion, 452 voted in favor. All twenty-one members of DTP, the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party. The one-year time line [...]	2009-10-07 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS TU IZ
09ANKARA1466	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON IMO CANDIDACY DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche and aide-memoire to Haldun Tekneci, Maritime Department Head at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He recognized the ongoing and active participation of the United States in the IMO and observed that Turkey and the United States have a long history of excellen [...]	2009-10-09 09:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TU
09ANKARA1473	DRAFT BIOTECH REGULATION COULD DISRUPT MORE THAN 1 [...] (SBU) Agricultural Affairs Office learned on October 9 that the Ministry of Agriculture intends shortly to issue a new regulation on agricultural biotechnology. As written, the regulation would have a drastic effect on U.S. agricultural exports valued at more than USD 1 billion per year. Acc [...]	2009-10-13 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON ETRD TU
09ANKARA1482	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 1 - 7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 1 - 7 period, two security officials, i [...]	2009-10-14 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA15	SCENESETTER FOR THE SIXTH U.S.-TURKEY TIFA [...] (SBU) Summary: We should focus our efforts in the sixth U.S.-Turkey Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) discussions on expanding U.S. market access in Turkey and building on recent progress in reducing barriers to trade and investment, with emphasis on market access issues, partic [...]	2009-01-07 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR KIPR TU
09ANKARA1512	LABOR UPSET THAT GOT WILL USE UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Turkey passed a law last August that will allow it to dip into a fund for unemployment insurance and transfer payments for "infrastructure development" projects, primarily in the Southeast. The law is unpopular with labor unionists because while the fund is not [...]	2009-10-20 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
09ANKARA1521	TURKEY ON UK DECISION TO BAN THE PROVISION OF [...] On October 20, visiting Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Financing David Cohen delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Feridun Sinirlioglu. Sinirlioglu said Turkey does not want to see any of its neighbors with nuclear weapons. Sinirlioglu said he wo [...]	2009-10-21 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN ETTC
09ANKARA1530	TURKEY UNDECIDED ON PARTICIPATION FOR BMENA FORUM [...] (SBU) On October 22 we spoke with Rami Sayliman at the Turkish MFA try of Foreign Affairs concerning Turkish participation in the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future on November 2-3 in Marrakech (REFTEL). Sayliman told us the MFA has not yet determined who to [...]	2009-10-23 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KDEM KPAO OPDC PREL KMPI TU
09ANKARA1539	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 8-15, 2009, four security officials were [...]	2009-10-24 10:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1544	TURKISH BIOTECH REGULATION PUBLISHED, U.S. AG [...] (SBU) On October 26, the GOT published the biotechnology regulation described in reftel. The regulation is effective immediately (vice the 6 month implementation period reported earlier) and could affect up to USD 1 billion worth of U.S. agricultural exports. Apart from the effective date, th [...]	2009-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR ECON ETRD TU
09ANKARA1573	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 16-23 period, no security official was [...]	2009-11-02 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1585	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (OCTOBER 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 24-31 period, no security official was [...]	2009-11-04 09:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1601	MORE COMMENTATORS QUESTION AKP FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Among Turkish media commentators and academics, we are observing an increasing tendency to question the Erdogan/Davutoglu foreign policy's perceived goal of reorienting Turkey away from the West towards positions and a vernacular that appeal to the "Islamic street." Riza Turmen, a former [...]	2009-11-09 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA1629	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the week of November 1-7, no security official was [...]	2009-11-13 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1655	TURKEY ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Yonca Ozceri, head of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told us November 17 that Turkey would "act in the way it acted in previous years" on the UNGA Third Committee resolution on Iran. (Note: It chose to be absent during the 2008 vote. End Note). He said t [...]	2009-11-17 17:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA TU
09ANKARA1660	TURKEY WANTS MORE INFORMATION ON ANGARSK RESERVE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci and Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on November 17. While noting no particular objections to the reftel information, Ekinci said the GoT will seek additional information about the prop [...]	2009-11-19 06:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC IAEA ENRG TRGY
09ANKARA1663	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 8-15, no security official was killed or i [...]	2009-11-19 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1664	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 8-15, no security official was killed or i [...]	2009-11-19 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1674	TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE CONTINUES WAR AGAINST IPR [...] (SBU) Summary. Following several major seizures of IPR-violating goods in April and May (described in reftels),the Turkish National Police (TNP) IPR Branch continued its stepped-up assault on piracy and counterfeiting with three additional raids in June and October. These netted millions of [...]	2009-11-20 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCRM KIPR ETRD TU
09ANKARA1683	TURKEY: LGBT ORGANIZATIONS OVERCOMING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) organizations in Turkey identify the major problems facing the LGBT community as restrictions on freedom of expression, unfair implementation of Turkish laws, and systematic abuse by security forces. Both formal and informal LGBT o [...]	2009-11-20 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
09ANKARA1687	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) We visited the office of Elsan Defense and Communications (reftel) and met with Murat Unluturk (vice president for contracts) and Ambassador (retired) A. Hikmet Alp (senior advisor) on November 23. Unluturk told us that the company does not engage in manufacturing or storage of US Munit [...]	2009-11-24 10:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC TU
09ANKARA1689	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) We visited the office of Helper Ltd (reftel) and met with company president Sezai Cihan Dalmis on November 24. Dalmis told us that the company is not directly involved in the import or storage of items on the US Munitions List but serves as an intermediary for U.S. and Turkish firms invol [...]	2009-11-24 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC TU
09ANKARA1695	TURKEY: RESPONSE FOR GLOBAL CONTEXT SECTION OF THE [...] (U) This cable responds to the information request in reftel. This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) To what degree will/can technology empower individuals, or civil society in the host country, to exercise a more active role in public life? Are hos [...]	2009-11-25 07:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL SOCI TU
09ANKARA1708	TURKEY: MIXED REVIEWS ON NOVEMBER 25 STRIKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The nationwide strike by civil service workers November 25 drew more participants than expected and reduced the traffic flow in the country's main urban centers as many workers stayed home. Ankara airport was chaotic in the morning but ghostly quiet by late afternoon. Union l [...]	2009-12-01 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PGOV TU
09ANKARA1719	TURKEY ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU IS
09ANKARA1732	TURKEY: Eastern Provinces Score Gains in Counternarotics, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkish officials are making steady inroads against drug smuggling in the southeast, local officials told Embassy officers during a recent visit. PKK terrorist activity has declined, but it remains active in drug smuggling. The inability of Turkish officials to share informati [...]	2009-12-04 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR PREL EFIN IR IZ TU
09ANKARA1733	TURKEY'S F-TYPE PRISONS: MOVING AWAY FROM "MIDNIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent Embassy visit to one of Turkey's high-security "F-type" prisons found a clean, modern facility housing inmates who appeared to be well-fed, well-behaved, and well-treated. The prisoners, incarcerated for crimes related to terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking [...]	2009-12-04 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER SNAR SOCI TU

09ANKARA1734	GOT PROPOSED "VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES ON OIL TANKER TRANSIT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 3 meeting of the U.S. Turkey Energy Working Group, Hakki Akil, MFA deputy undersecretary for economic affairs and head of the Turkish EWG delegation, asked for U.S. consideration and support of proposed "Voluntary Principles on Oil Tanker Transit through the Turk [...]	2009-12-04 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET SENV PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1740	TURKEY: COMPROMISE DEAL REACHED ON PHARMA, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The long negotiations between the GOT and the pharmaceutical industry on how to close the health care budget gap ended in a "compromise" deal on December 2. Under the terms of the deal, the GOT moved only marginally from its initial negotiating stance, and reserved the right to [...]	2009-12-07 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA1744	Iran Student's Day Protest Feedback [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday December 8th, CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) applicants regarding the December 7th "Student's Day" protest in Iran. The protests were described as better organized and larger than the November 4th demonstrations. Reactions to the present political c [...]	2009-12-08 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
09ANKARA1746	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 16-23, no security official was killed or [...]	2009-12-08 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1748	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (NOVEMBER 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During November 24-30, no security official was killed or [...]	2009-12-09 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1752	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7 period, eight security officials we [...]	2009-12-09 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1780	REVIEW OF TPAO INVESTMENT UNDER IRAN SANCTIONS ACT [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) General Manager Mehmet Uysal on December 13. 2. (SBU) In November 2008, the GOT Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) signed a one-year memorandum of understanding on energy with Iran. The MOU provides for TPAO [...]	2009-12-15 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR TU
09ANKARA1789	TURKEY: NEW NATIONAL PROJECT TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) MFA Department Head for Migration and Asylum Berlan Alan told us December 10 his ministry is spearheading a multi-agency effort to create a comprehensive plan for addressing trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey. The plan will propose legislation that, if approved, would empower the Mi [...]	2009-12-16 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU
09ANKARA1794	EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING WORKSHOP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Ankara will host a three-day regional counterterrorism workshop for law enforcement officials and prosecutors from Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Greece, February 10-12, 2010. Embassy Ankara requests assistance from addressee embassies to en [...]	2009-12-17 10:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR AL BU GR MK TU
09ANKARA1804	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During December 8-15, no security official was killed but [...]	2009-12-18 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1829	PRIVATIZED TOBACCO WORKERS CONTINUE ANGRY PROTESTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Thousands of workers who face losing their benefits and right to organize under Turkey's privatization of its tobacco industry entered their ninth day of raucous protest in Ankara December 23 while union leaders and the government discuss ways to address their concerns. Extraordi [...]	2009-12-23 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
09ANKARA1833	TURKEY: DIVERSE WOMEN LEADERS FIND COMMON GROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires hosted a lunch December 17 to honor individuals at the forefront of eliminating violence against women. The event brought together prominent female parliamentarians, academics, NGO leaders, think-tank analysts, and activists. It prompted broad discussion [...]	2009-12-24 09:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA184	Update on PKK Violence (January 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 24-31, 2009, no security official was i [...]	2009-02-05 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA1844	UPDATE ON PKK VIOLENCE (DECEMBER 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During December 16-23, no security official was killed or [...]	2009-12-29 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA185	TURKEY'S TERRORISM LAWS: MOJ AGREES TO REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During January 2009 meeting in Washington, high-ranking officials of the Turkish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) agreed for the first time to conduct a comprehensive review of their legal framework for prosecuting terrorism activities. They also expressed keen interest in the USG de [...]	2009-02-05 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
09ANKARA197	TURKEY: MINISTER OF JUSTICE SUPPORTS HIGH-LEVEL CT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Justice Mehmet Ali Sahin told the Ambassador February 6 he supports in principle the high-level CT dialogue proposed by Ambassador Dell Dailey during his November visit to Ankara. Minister Sahin also agreed that MOJ should continue reviewing its counterterrorism la [...]	2009-02-09 04:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM TU
09ANKARA232	Update on PKK Violence (February 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1-7, 2009, no security official was in [...]	2009-02-13 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA233	Update on PKK Violence (February 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1-7, 2009, no security official was in [...]	2009-02-13 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA236	TURKEY - RESPONSE TO BIOSAFETY DEMARCHE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Emboffs contacted the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) and Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU). The Directorate of Agricultural Research at MARA, which has been the lead agency [...]	2009-02-13 05:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD KPAO TBIO TU
09ANKARA267	Update on PKK Violence (February 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 8-15, 2009, no security official was i [...]	2009-02-20 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA269	TURKEY: PROPOSAL FOR NADR-FUNDED COUNTER-NARCO-TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug trafficking is known to be a significant source of revenue for the Kongra-Gel/PKK terrorist organization. Disrupting this revenue source is a major USG goal. The following proposal is designed to facilitate closer interagency cooperation among Turkish law enforcement agenc [...]	2009-02-20 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IZ TU
09ANKARA274	TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to reftel questions. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Article 80 of the Turkish Penal Code ( [...]	2009-02-20 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA275	TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS ------------------------------------ A. (SBU) The GOT provides witness protection in practice. Fo [...]	2009-02-20 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA297	TURKEY'S AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR RUNNING ON EMPTY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA298	TAX FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST DOGAN MEDIA SEEN AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT Revenue Administration charged Dogan Media with criminal tax fraud on November 18 and imposed a TL 860 million ($505 million) fine. Dogan and the opposition CHP party claim the charges are intended to silence Turkey's largest media company, which has lately been critica [...]	2009-02-25 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECON TU
09ANKARA313	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PASSES CRISIS RESPONSE PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. Parliament approved a 111-page crisis response package on February 18 that amends existing tax, social security and incentive laws. The focus of the package is on preventing further increases in unemployment and extending existing tax incentives. Among its features, the law in [...]	2009-02-27 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
09ANKARA326	TURKEY 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) This report is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The last year has been a mixed story for IPR protection in Turkey, with several positive developments but two high-profile setbacks - a regression in the protection of confidential pharmaceutica [...]	2009-03-02 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR USTR ECON TU
09ANKARA340	Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2009, no security official was [...]	2009-03-05 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA342	Update on PKK Violence (February 24-28, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 24-28, 2009, no security official was [...]	2009-03-05 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA371	Update on PKK Violence (March 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 1-7, 2009, no security official was injure [...]	2009-03-12 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA373	TURKISH GOVERNMENT CRITICIZES DECISION TO CENSOR [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Fierce reaction to the recent decision of the Turkish Scientific and Technological Studies Institution (TUBITAK) to pull a planned cover story about Charles Darwin has led GOT officials to speak out against the decision. Following a protest organized by the Universi [...]	2009-03-12 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA401	Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 8-15, 2009, no security official was injur [...]	2009-03-18 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA41	Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 1-7, 2009, reporting period, no security [...]	2009-01-12 09:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA442	TURKISH BANKING SECTOR STRONG, BUT WARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The number one concern of Turkish banks today is credit risk from Turkish Lira (TL) and foreign exchange (FX) loans made to the private sector. That risk is manageable now, but all banks, the Central Bank, and the Banking Regulator (BDDK) are all watching trends in non-perfor [...]	2009-03-24 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TR
09ANKARA445	TURKEY: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) program in Turkey wound down after 2000 because of the GOT's refusal to accept Leahy Amendment language contained in the Year 2000 Letter of Agreement. We are in the process of negotiating a new Letter of Agreement [...]	2009-03-24 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AFIN TU
09ANKARA455	U.S. HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered the U.S. Annual Declaration under the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) on March 25 to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Deputy DG Ahmet Gun. He expressed appreciation for the information and confirmed that the GOT had submitted its Annual Declaration during the week of March [...]	2009-03-25 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA ETTC PARM TSPA AORC
09ANKARA478	Update on PKK Violence (March 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 16-23, 2009, no security official was inj [...]	2009-03-27 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA483	TURKEY'S PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings in Istanbul and Ankara, high ranking terrorism prosecutors described terrorism "specialty courts," procedures for prosecuting terrorism cases, evidence used in terrorism prosecutions, and the level of expertise of terrorism prosecutors. Although Turkey's criminal j [...]	2009-03-30 08:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU
09ANKARA5	Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...]	2009-01-05 07:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA514	Update on PKK Violence (March 24-31, 2009) [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. [...]	2009-04-07 05:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA536	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: TURKISH BUDGET IS TRANSPARENT [...] Per reftel, Turkey does make publicly available on an annual basis its national budget, including income and expenditures. Therefore, it is in full compliance with Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2009. 2. The G [...]	2009-04-10 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL TU
09ANKARA566	GLOBAL CRISIS CAUSES FURTHER DAMAGE TO TURKEY'S TEXTILE SECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA573	Update on PKK Violence (April 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 1-7, 2009, no security official was killed [...]	2009-04-20 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA574	Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 8-15, 2009, three security officials were [...]	2009-04-20 08:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA584	TURKEY: FIFTH GICNT PLENARY MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on April 21 jointly with Dutch and Russian embassy representatives to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul. Yurkdakul noted Turkey's support for the goals and principles of the Global Initiative and pointed to Turkey's role as h [...]	2009-04-21 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PTER MNUC
09ANKARA6	Update on PKK Violence (December 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no securi [...]	2009-01-05 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA603	Update on PKK Violence (April 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 16-23, 2009, no security official was kill [...]	2009-04-27 07:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA65	INVESTIGATION INTO IRANIAN SHIPMENT BOUND FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU IR
09ANKARA669	Update on PKK Violence (April 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 24-30, 2009 reporting period, nine securit [...]	2009-05-07 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA68	TURKISH ECONOMIC TEAM EAGER TO MEET WITH NEW U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 13 courtesy call, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nazim Ekren told the Ambassador he wants to visit Washington to meet with President-elect Obama's top economic leaders as soon as practical. The Ambassador said he would be pleased to support such a visit, although [...]	2009-01-15 10:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON OVIP TU
09ANKARA7	Update on PKK Violence (December 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 24-31, 2008 reporting period, three se [...]	2009-01-05 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA705	SIGNIFICANT IPR SEIZURES BY TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish National Police (TNP) conducted two major raids in March and April aimed at disrupting organized crime networks distributing counterfeit products in Turkey. A raid in April by the Istanbul Security Directorate's Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Bureau yielded hund [...]	2009-05-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR USTR ECON TU
09ANKARA711	TURKEY: RESPONSE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS' EFFECT ON [...] (SBU) The following is Turkey's response to reftel information request. Answers are keyed to the questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) B.1. To date, the drop in remittances to Turkey -- most of which originate in Western Europe -- following the onset of the economic crisis has not had a noticeable [...]	2009-05-15 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR ECON ELAB EUN PGOV PREL SMIG TU
09ANKARA715	Update on PKK Violence (May 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 1-7, 2009, one security official was killed [...]	2009-05-18 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA716	Update on PKK Violence (May 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 8-15, 2009, five security officials were ki [...]	2009-05-18 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA732	TURKISH NATIONAL POLICE CONTINUES SUCCESSFUL SEIZURES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-22 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
09ANKARA745	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CASEY [...] (SBU) Coming in the wake of hugely successful trips of President Obama and Secretary Clinton, your visit will be seen as a further sign that Washington views Turkey as an important strategic partner. Your visit is an opportunity to reinforce the importance of strong U.S.-Turkey relations and [...]	2009-05-26 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU
09ANKARA749	Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2009, no security official was killed [...]	2009-05-27 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA753	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TURKEY ON AMENDING NSG [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU
09ANKARA766	Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria Sign Electricity Cooperation [...] (U) Summary. During his May 27-28 visit to Bagdad, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz participated in the first Regional Power and Energy Conference, and signed an electricity cooperation protocol with his counterparts from Iraq, Iran and Syria. The agreement provides for the interconnecti [...]	2009-06-01 04:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TU IR ENRG IZ
09ANKARA768	TURKEY SUPPORTED KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] Per reftels, the Government of Turkey voted in support of Kosovo's application to become a member of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. According to Memduh Akcay, Treasury's Director General for International Economic Relations, Turkey sent in its vote on May 27, 2009. In addit [...]	2009-06-01 11:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KVPR PREL TU
09ANKARA777	TURKEY: UPDATED INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Post's responses are keyed to Ref A questions. As instructed, only updates are provided. Unless otherwise stated, information provided Ref B remains valid. New information is provided in CAPITAL LETTERS. A. (SBU) Imm [...]	2009-06-02 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KVPR PREL PGOV CVIS KHLS TU
09ANKARA783	Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2009, nine security officials were k [...]	2009-06-03 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA795	ERDOGAN UNVEILS NEW INCENTIVE PACKAGES [...] (U) Summary: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan unveiled a new set of incentive and employment packages on June 4. Erdogan said that because of the global downturn, employment and industry have been negatively affected, but that the impact of the crisis was limited by the strong banking se [...]	2009-06-05 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND TU
09ANKARA797	ISTANBUL ANALYSTS CONCERNED BY LACK OF IMF DEAL [...] (SBU) Summary: We participated in two May 2009 conferences in Istanbul: "Forum Istanbul" (the "Turkish Davos"),and the KPMG's "Financial Risk Management". High-level speakers included Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz; Former Central Banker, now UNDP President, Kemal Dervis; Former IMF Vic [...]	2009-06-05 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
09ANKARA824	TURKEY:AMERICANS, HOMOSEXUALS AND BIKINIS NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul's Bahcesehir University conducted a face-to-face survey with 1,714 Turks on radicalism and extremism as measured by neighborhood tolerance in 34 cities. The poll revealed high levels of intolerance toward non-Muslim, American, homosexual, and non-married neighbors. It [...]	2009-06-12 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA828	TURKEY: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ankara's submission for the 2009 report to the U.S. Congress on expropriation claims and investment disputes, providing an update on the two ongoing cases reported in 2008 and adding two new cases that have been brought to Post's attention. 2. (SBU) Claimant Dat [...]	2009-06-15 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC TU
09ANKARA829	Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2009, three security officials were k [...]	2009-06-15 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA864	TURKEY: UN COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU
09ANKARA870	Iranian Visa Applicants Talk about the Crisis. [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 07:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CVIS IR TK
09ANKARA896	Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the week of June 8-15, 2009, one security official w [...]	2009-06-25 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA902	IPR ASPECTS OF TURKEY'S NEW CUSTOMS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary. The Turkish Parliament approved the long-awaited Customs Law on June 18. The law aims to fully harmonize Turkey's customs regime with that of the European Union, and it will now go to the President for signature. The law will take effect three months after it is signed and publ [...]	2009-06-26 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TU
09ANKARA93	Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2009 reporting period, no security [...]	2009-01-20 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA938	Update on PKK Violence (June 16-23, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16-23, 2009, two security officials were k [...]	2009-07-02 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANKARA958	TURKISH ECONOMY CONTRACTS 13.8 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
09ANKARA979	Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2009) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2009, seven security officials were [...]	2009-07-09 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
09ANTANANARIVO10	PRESIDENT SAMBI ANNOUNCES WISH TO EXTEND MANDATE [...] (SBU) In a New Year's speech Comoran President Sambi expressed his intention to ask the electorate, by referendum, to extend his term in office by one year until 2011. The President stated he wants "twelve more months at the country's helm so that I can complete the projects I promised to un [...]	2009-01-07 12:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CN
09ANTANANARIVO102	Comoran Dialogue Finished Before It Begins (Again) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: African Union Special Envoy Madeira obtained agreement early this month from all Comoran stakeholders to convene an Inter-Comoran Dialogue February 27 to March 4. A few days later, President Sambi announced a date for his constitutional referendum (March 22),at which point all [...]	2009-02-17 04:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO107	Former Comoran President Azali Watching, Waiting [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Comoran President Azali told Comoros Officer February 17 he is concerned about President Sambi's "dangerous and unconstitutional" actions. He believes Sambi cares too much about foreign friends (like Iran) and is losing touch with the Comoran people; especially Imams who [...]	2009-02-19 09:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO114	COMOROS PURSUING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY [...] SUMMARY: The Union of the Comoros Government (GOC) is actively pursuing geothermal energy options to tap into volcanic Mount Karthala's heat on the main island of Grande Comore. Given the high cost and unreliability of the MAMWE electric utility, the geothermal alternative has the potential t [...]	2009-02-20 04:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID PGOV CN
09ANTANANARIVO115	Comorans Rally Against Sambi [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dozens of opposition leaders, Imams, and elder leaders representing all three islands held a rally February 18 calling on the people to actively prevent President Sambi's constitutional referendum from taking place. They denounced the president as illegitimate and dangerous, vowi [...]	2009-02-20 05:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO136	SUPPORTING UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 14:22:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA MA
09ANTANANARIVO138	COMOROS WELCOMES IRANIAN PRESIDENT AHMEDINEJAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of moderate Sunni Comorans saw no contradiction in turning out to enthusiastically welcome Shi'a Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, to the Comoros February 25. Comorans are pro-American, eagerly asking that we reopen our Embassy and Peace Corps program. After year [...]	2009-02-26 14:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL PHUM EAID ECON CN IR PGOV PTER
09ANTANANARIVO140	DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel request on February 27 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and will keep the Department informed of any GOM response. MARQUARDT [...]	2009-03-02 13:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO141	MADAGASCAR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Madagascar is not a confirmed source or destination for internationally trafficked men and women, during the year there were reports of labor and sex trafficking in persons (TIP) within the country's borders. Cultural values, poverty, corruption, lack of funding and capacit [...]	2009-03-02 13:54:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID MA
09ANTANANARIVO153	Inter-Comoran Dialogue Opens [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Union Vice President Idi Nadhoim, speaking on behalf of the Head of State, officially opened the Inter-Comoran Dialogue March 3. African Union Special Envoy Madeira hailed Comorans for their historic decision to meet in order to advance reconciliation. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]	2009-03-04 13:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO156	GOM SUPPORTED JUDGE PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) The Bureau of Multilateral Cooperation in the Malagasy Ministry of Foreign Affairs has notified Post of their decision, in time for the March 2 vote, to support Judge Mark Painter for the position on the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Particularly in the current crisis environment, Post [...]	2009-03-05 06:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO178	Inter-Comoran Dialogue Ends [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After five days of talks on the constitution, institutions, and governance, the Inter-Comoran Dialogue closed March 7. While the recommendations are not binding, an overwhelming majority of participants insisted that President Sambi not seek to extend his mandate in the upcomi [...]	2009-03-14 08:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO187	Engaging with the new Malagasy "Government" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance from the department on an expected request for contact with the transition government of Andry Rajoelina (see paragraph 3). The transfer of power from the short-lived military directorate to another unnamed entity with Rajoelina as its president occurred Tues [...]	2009-03-18 13:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO19	Six Months Of Enhanced Engagement In The Comoros [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since July, 2008, Post has had a dedicated Comoros Officer spending three-quarters of his time on extended TDYs in the Comoros. This cable highlights the positive reaction from the Comoros and improved efforts to pursue Mission objectives. END SUMMARY. U.S. Presence "Promo [...]	2009-01-09 11:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN CN
09ANTANANARIVO193	CUTTING NON-HUMANITARIAN AID TO MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post strongly supports suspending all non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar in the wake the recent unconstitutional transfer of power. In doing so, in order to continue to support the impoverished Malagasy people to the largest extent possible while still sending an unmistakable si [...]	2009-03-19 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO198	France's Last African Colony Votes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The island of Mayotte, governed by France but claimed by the Union of the Comoros since independence in 1975, will vote March 29 in a "consultation" to become a French Overseas Department. Most observers expect the overwhelming majority of Maorais to vote in favor of becoming a [...]	2009-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID CN FR
09ANTANANARIVO2	Gulf Investment Group Influence In The Comoros [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post seeks insight from the Department into the background of Comoro Gulf Holdings and its principal officers: Bashar Kiwan (French-Syrian),President; Ali Kazma, Vice President; Ahmed Jaroudi (Lebanese),Manager. END ACTION REQUEST. Investment Promotion - - - - - - [...]	2009-01-05 08:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN CN
09ANTANANARIVO200	AU Efforts IN The Comoros Continue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the Inter-Comoran Dialogue (REFTELS),AU S/E Madeira continues to mediate in the Comoros. With guidance from Addis, he brokered a meeting between Preisdent Sambi and the island presidents and obtained agreement for all parliamentary elections to take place in 2009. Tanza [...]	2009-03-24 09:08:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO218	SUSPENDED PARLEMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the "suspended" Malagasy parliament - almost all belonging to Ravalomanana's TIM party -- published a statement Thursday condemning the recent coup d'etat, denying that Marc Ravalomanana resigned willingly, and calling on the international community to help restore and [...]	2009-03-26 14:10:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO225	COMOROS CELEBRATES AU ANJOUAN ACTION ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tanzanian President Kikwete visited the Comoros March 24-26 to join celebrations of the one year anniversary of the African Union liberation of Anjouan. Lauded by President Sambi and cheered by throngs of Comorans as a national hero, President Kikwete promised closer ties with [...]	2009-03-31 12:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD MOPS PGOV TZ CN
09ANTANANARIVO246	Comoros Explanation Of Economic Citizenship [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros provided the Embassy with an official explanation of the implementation of its new "economic citizenship" law. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Upon our request, the GOC provided an official explanation of how the "economic citizenship" law is bei [...]	2009-04-02 13:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN
09ANTANANARIVO248	MADAGASCAR: A HOBSON'S CHOICE ON AGOA ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar is an AGOA success story almost without parallel, having created a vibrant garment industry employing around 100,000 workers. AGOA eligibility should be used as a carrot for encouraging early elections and a return to constitutional order. During Madagascar's 2009 eli [...]	2009-04-03 07:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON AGOA MA
09ANTANANARIVO252	MADAGASCAR: 2008 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, Madagascar recorded strong growth and improved macroeconomic performance despite external shocks. Real economic growth reached 7.2 percent. Fiscal policy improved tax revenue, while monetary and exchange rate policies contained inflation and prevented excessive volatili [...]	2009-04-06 07:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO258	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE UNDER REVIEW IN MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although many donors in Madagascar are still deliberating on the future of their assistance programs, several missions have moved to suspend support to the High Transitional Authority (HAT) government and stop any new projects, but maintain non-governmental and humanitarian prog [...]	2009-04-07 12:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA

09ANTANANARIVO265	MADAGASCAR: ECONOMY SUFFERS AS CRISIS CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The political crisis in Madagascar has already negatively impacted unemployment, tourism, inflation, and exports. The economic downturn, increased inflation, and depreciation of the currency are likely to continue during 2009, with analysts predicting annual GDP growth of only 3 [...]	2009-04-10 08:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO267	"POLITICAL" PRISONERS RELEASED IN ANTANANARIVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High Transitional Authority (HAT) President Andry Rajoelina has released 48 "political prisoners" from Madagascar's jails. Most were politicians or military leaders imprisoned under former President Ravalomanana, although in many cases the charges were legitimate even if they we [...]	2009-04-10 09:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO275	MADAGASCAR: QMM MINE BEGINS OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Rio Tinto's billion dollar ilmenite mine in southern Madagascar, QMM, began production in December 2008 and shipped its first load of ilmenite in April, despite dual Malagasy political and global financial crises. The company has made a conscientious effort to hire local workers [...]	2009-04-15 06:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO277	MADAGASCAR UNLIKELY TO USE WTO RAW SUGAR TARIFF [...] (SBU) The USG does not recognize the current government of Madagascar, following a military coup in March 2009; we were thus unable to request the most recent statistics sought in reftel on raw sugar exports. However, Madagascar has not fulfilled its US quota since 2004, and remains a net impo [...]	2009-04-15 14:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO283	MADAGASCAR'S TRANSITION CABINET PARTIALLY FORMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's transition cabinet remains incomplete, with only 12 ministers named (out of a planned 25),and the critical post of Minister of Defense still empty. Transition President Andry Rajoelina remains evasive on further appointments, and will likely wait until the full cab [...]	2009-04-18 04:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO285	Comoran President Announces Referendum May 17 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Comoran President Sambi announced the constitutional referendum will be held May 17. The new draft revision has not been made public yet, but is expected to concentrate powers in the Union presidency, reduce island autonomy, and allow Sambi to extend his current term in office [...]	2009-04-20 06:03:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO301	MADAGASCAR: ADDITIONAL CABINET MEMBERS NAMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A second group of Madagascar's transition cabinet members was named on April 17, leaving only the mining, public works, agriculture/fisheries, and youth/sports portfolios unassigned. The cabinet now contains 21 ministers and one cabinet-level secretary of state, with several stru [...]	2009-04-23 13:28:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO302	MADAGASCAR: MORE POLITICAL TENSION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition protesters clashed with GOM security forces on Thursday, April 23, resulting in several deaths, 22 arrests, and at least 40 wounded. The violence ended by nightfall, but picked up again on April 24 before dissipating in mid-afternoon after warning shots and tear gas [...]	2009-04-24 11:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO306	AN EXILE RETURNS: PIERROT RAJAONARIVELO ENTERS THE FRAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After seven years of exile in France, Mr. Pierrot RAJAONARIVELO returned to Madagascar on April 25, and is now poised to enter the political fray as alternative to TGV, Ravalomanana, and Ratsiraka. Mr. Rajaonarivelo is the National Secretary of AREMA, the political party of form [...]	2009-04-28 05:42:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO312	REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL: [...] (SBU) Embassy Antananativo is referring Yvan RANDRIASANDRATRINIONY and his family to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Randriasandratriniony is the former President of the Malagasy Senate and President of political party Tiako-i-Madagasikara (TIM),and fled to Mauritius following t [...]	2009-04-30 11:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PHUM PREF MA MP
09ANTANANARIVO332	Comoros Tense Ahead Of May 17 Referendum [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sambi's Union Government is actively campaigning for a constitutional referendum that would concentrate power in the central government, weaken island autonomy, and open the possibility that he could remain in office beyond the May, 2010 end of his term. Opposition l [...]	2009-05-07 12:24:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CN
09ANTANANARIVO346	MADAGASCAR'S ECONOMY: LOWER REVENUES AND SHIFTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's ongoing political crisis continues to negatively impact key macroeconomic indicators and the business sector. Customs duties collected during the first quarter were lower than predicted, and the plummet in tourism is pushing national airline Air Madagascar towards b [...]	2009-05-14 04:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP KTDB MA
09ANTANANARIVO356	MADAGASCAR RECEIVES QUESTIONABLE SAUDI INVESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A group of questionable Saudi investors has signed an agreement with Madagascar's High Transitional Authority (HAT) allegedly to invest 2 billion dollars (over 20% of GDP) in Madagascar. To further sweeten the deal, the Saudi investors plan to export large quantities of staple c [...]	2009-05-18 13:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL MA SA
09ANTANANARIVO357	Comoros President Pleased With Referendum Win [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Comoros President Sambi received AU S/E Madeira, the diplomatic corps, and 10 Libyan elections observers the day after his apparently successful constitutional referendum May 17. While an official Constitutional Court declaration of the result is pending, the President outlined [...]	2009-05-19 07:34:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CN
09ANTANANARIVO366	MADAGASCAR: DOWNWARD ECONOMIC SPIRAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Madagascar appears to be headed towards a serious recession, as diminished government spending, loss of investor confidence, flagging exports, and suspension of donor funds translate into a loss of jobs and a slowdown of GDP growth. In addition to increased poverty, the transit [...]	2009-05-26 06:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO370	MADAGASCAR: BRINKMANSHIP AS NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contrary to media reports on the faltering negotiations between Madagascar's four main political movements, UN and AU mediators remain confident that talks will continue, that last week's negotiated gains will not be lost, and that the increasingly loud rhetoric emanating from th [...]	2009-05-26 13:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO390	MADAGASCAR: MONTH THREE OF GENERAL SOCIAL CALM BEGINS, AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the exception of a brief flare up of violent confrontations April 20-25, Madagascar and Antananarivo are moving into the third month of general social calm since the coup of mid-March. The generally positive conditions reported in refs A and B continue to prevail. Through [...]	2009-05-29 12:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC MA
09ANTANANARIVO431	MADAGASCAR: AMBATOVY MINING PROJECT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite dual financial and political crises, the USD 4.5 billion Ambatovy nickel mining project in eastern Madagascar is moving forward, with production scheduled to begin in early 2011. Ambatovy managers are able to work with the transition government (HAT),notwithstanding th [...]	2009-06-15 11:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN MA
09ANTANANARIVO446	Comoros Plans To Hold Legislative Elections in July [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While still implementing new constitutional provisions, President Sambi intends to hold legislative elections before Ramadan begins in late August and has asked donors for financing and technical assistance. Hundreds of candidates will likely contest the more than 70 positions [...]	2009-06-18 06:59:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CN
09ANTANANARIVO449	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES AGOA WITH AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, the Ambassador urged the members of AMCHAM to lobby Malagasy political leaders to take concrete steps to reinstall constitutional order to preserve AGOA benefits, protect U.S. investments, and save tens of thousands of jobs. AMCHAM explained that it has already beg [...]	2009-06-19 07:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO475	COMOROS CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (SBU) SUBJECT: Union of the Comoros President Sambi made sweeping changes to his cabinet June 24, dismissing some competent and loyal Ministers in favor or several unknowns. END SUBJECT. 2. (SBU) President Sambi has made the most dramatic changes to his cabinet since taking office in 2006 [...]	2009-06-25 10:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON CN
09ANTANANARIVO511	MADAGASCAR: REGIONAL CONFERENCES CONSOLIDATE POWER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malagasy "High Transition Authority" (HAT) held regional conferences in each of the country's 22 regions from June 30 to July 3. The agenda focused on changing the constitution; setting up the fourth republic; reforming political parties, communication, and electoral laws; [...]	2009-07-09 12:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO512	MADAGASCAR: GARMENT MAKERS SHOUT FOR AGOA ASSURANCES AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Madagascar's garment industry is suffering the effects of the political crisis that began in January and is already showing signs of further collapse due to the uncertainty of AGOA renewal at the end of the year. Commercial chambers and businesses have successfully educated memb [...]	2009-07-09 12:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AGOA EINV ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO526	MADAGASCAR: PROPOSED TALKING POINTS FOR JULY 22 [...] (SBU) Summary: The second consultative meeting of the international contact group (ICG) on Madagascar will be hosted by the African Union in Addis Ababa July 22. This meeting presents an opportunity to shore up cohesiveness within the international community to ensure that all ICG members con [...]	2009-07-16 09:57:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO573	MADAGASCAR: FIRST SEMESTER 2009 MACROECONOMIC REPORT [...] (SBU) Unofficial GDP projections for 2009 are around negative four percent due to poor performance of the secondary and tertiary sectors resulting from the global slowdown and political instability in Madagascar. During the first half of 2009, inflation remained in check, while unemployment sp [...]	2009-08-04 07:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR MA
09ANTANANARIVO607	MADAGASCAR'S ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP WITH EU UNDER THREAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2002 the European Union (EU) and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) have been working to put in place new trade agreements: the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs),designed to enhance cooperation in all areas related to trade. Madagascar signed an [...]	2009-08-21 06:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO615	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for the week of August 24 to 28, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. END SUMMARY. POLITICS -------- 2. (SBU) POLITI [...]	2009-08-28 09:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO629	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for the week of August 31 to September 4, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. END SUMMARY. POLITICS -------- 2. (SBU) [...]	2009-09-04 09:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO631	MADAGASCAR: ISPS CODE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 10:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD ECON KHLS PTER PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO633	MADAGASCAR: RAJOELINA'S MESSAGE TO MEDIATORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The leader of the Malagasy de facto transition regime, Andry Rajoelina, responded to the international mediation team late Sept 4. In his speech, he stated that he intended to hold on to his position as president of the transition regime, while also maintaining his current prim [...]	2009-09-08 12:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO657	MADAGASCAR'S COUP REGIME HEADS TO NEW YORK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several representatives of Madagascar's transition MFA departed for New York on September 13; a presidential delegation intends to follow on or around September 21. In total, there are 23 members of the official delegation, and nine journalists accompanying them. The MFA team i [...]	2009-09-15 13:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA MA
09ANTANANARIVO669	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for September 7 to 18, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. END SUMMARY. POLITICS -------- 2. (SBU) POLITICAL UPDATE: Op [...]	2009-09-18 08:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO682	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (09/25/2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for September 21 to 25, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-7) - Rajoelina at the UN General Assembly [...]	2009-09-25 08:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO691	MADAGASCAR: SUGGESTED TALKING POINTS FOR OCTOBER 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: The third consultative meeting of the international contact group (ICG) on Madagascar will be hosted by the African Union in Antananarivo October 6. This meeting presents an opportunity to shore up cohesiveness within the international community and endorse mediator Chissano's [...]	2009-09-30 07:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO692	MADAGASCAR: VITUPERATIVE ANTI-SADC RHETORIC FOLLOWS UNGA [...] (U) The Malagasy transition government (HAT) and its allies are clearly frustrated by the successful efforts of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to block the scheduled speech of HAT President Andry Rajoelina at the United Nations General Assembly last week. On Monday September [...]	2009-09-30 11:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SADC MA
09ANTANANARIVO693	AGOA SUSPENSION COULD JEOPARDIZE 80 PERCENT OF SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, DCM met with Maersk Madagascar (MM) local lawyer and sales manager to discuss a commercial dispute that occurred between MM and a local firm. MM sales manager advised that if this legal problem is not resolved and AGOA is suspended, Maersk may withdraw from Mada [...]	2009-10-01 07:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO697	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (10/02/2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for September 28 - October 2, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-4) - Rajoelina's Return from UNGA - [...]	2009-10-02 08:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO713	MADAGASCAR: NEW TECHNOCRAT PRIME MINISTER AWAITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: See Action Request in para 7. The ambassador greeted Madagascar's new consensus Prime Minister Eugene Mangalaza upon his arrival in country October 10 to publicly display the international community's support for the implementation of an inclusive, consensual transition governm [...]	2009-10-13 12:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MA
09ANTANANARIVO726	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (10/16/2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for October 5-16, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-4) - Ambassador Carter Visit - Public Reaction [...]	2009-10-16 10:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO727	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (10/16/2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for October 5-16, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (paras 2-4) - Ambassador Carter Visit - Public Reaction [...]	2009-10-16 10:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO728	MADAGASCAR: BIG FOUR SUMMIT POSTPONED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Envoy Tiebile Drame convoked the diplomatic corps October 16 to seek their opinion on the next steps in finding a way out of Madagascar's political crisis. He explained that ousted President Ravalomanana had rejected the Geneva venue for the planned Oct 17-19 summit of Madag [...]	2009-10-16 12:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO753	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (11/02/2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for October 19 to November 2, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICAL (Paragraphs 2-6) - Negotiations in Addis Abab [...]	2009-11-02 14:01:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO763	UPDATE ON ILLEGAL LOGGING IN MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The forestry sector in Madagascar continues to be decimated by rampant unsustainable and illegal practices. Insufficient monitoring of the situation makes it difficult to ascertain the true dimensions of the problem, but a recent report issued by scientists associated with Missi [...]	2009-11-06 09:09:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETTC ECON ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO767	MALAGASY LEADERS STRIKE A DEAL IN ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request; see paragraph 12. Three months after Madagascar's four main political leaders signed their breakthrough Transition Charter in Maputo, the long-awaited transition government is finally on the starting blocks. Over four days of talks in Addis Ababa, A [...]	2009-11-09 15:25:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO779	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (13-NOV-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 2-13, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) - Transition Government: Still a Work in [...]	2009-11-13 12:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ECPS EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO791	MADAGASCAR: INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENT BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The implementation of the transition charter agreed to in Maputo by Madagascar's four main political rivals has begun. The leadership of a new power-sharing transition government has been installed, including a consensus prime minister, president of congress, the transition pre [...]	2009-11-19 14:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO804	MADAGASCAR: ELECTIONS FEASIBLE IN 2010, PENDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Concurrent missions from the UN, the Francophonie (OIF),and the Indian Ocean Commission (COI) conducted a brief evaluation from November 16 to 20 of Madagascar's legal and institutional capacity to hold elections in 2010. The three organizations shared their preliminary conclu [...]	2009-11-23 14:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO818	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (27-NOV-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 16-27, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-8) - AU/UN Evaluation Mission - Continued [...]	2009-11-27 11:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO832	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (04-DEC-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 30 to December 4, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) - TRANSITION CABINET REMAINS [...]	2009-12-04 07:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO833	MADAGASCAR REPORT OF FAILED ATTACK ON TRANSITION PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Via multiple press sources, Madagascar was informed on December 3 and 4 that on the night of December 2 President Rajoelina's car was allegedly fired on as he returned to Antananarivo from an in-country trip. No one was hurt and as of December 4, there are no known witnesses, e [...]	2009-12-04 07:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO856	MADAGASCAR: SECURITY MINISTER STOPS POLITICIANS' RETURN [...] (SBU) The de facto GOM has clarified its intention to keep rival political leaders from returning to Madagascar after their summit in Maputo, Mozambique (reftel A and B). Minister of Internal Security Organes RAKOTOMIHANTARIZAKA issued a note on December 11 listing 25 individuals who were to b [...]	2009-12-14 14:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO87	Comoros Reestablishes Links To Swahili Coast [...] (U) SUMMARY: After decades of instability and post-colonial focus on France, the Union of the Comoros is rediscovering historic links to the Swahili Coast of Africa. In partnership with Tanzania's Board of External Trade, the Comoran Chamber of Commerce will soon open an office in Dar es Sal [...]	2009-02-09 06:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD CN
09ANTANANARIVO872	OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maputo [...]	2009-12-21 18:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO874	OPPOSITION REJECTS NEW PM, PLANS PARALLEL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andry "TGV" Rajoelina has removed all of the opposition leaders from positions held under the failed Maputo process, and named a retired army colonel, Albert Camille Vital, as his new prime minister. The opposition movements announced they would continue implementing the Maput [...]	2009-12-22 04:46:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA SF
09ANTANANARIVO876	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (22-DEC-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for December 7 to 22, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 1-5) - Rajoelina kills the Maputo process [...]	2009-12-23 10:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO88	Comoran Students Look Abroad For Opportunity [...] (U) SUMMARY: Comoran education and foreign ministry officials express growing concern about the trend in Comoran students going abroad far and wide seeking educational opportunities. Thousands of Comorans study in more than 30 countries, some with scholarships, some self-financed and most ob [...]	2009-02-09 06:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON CN
09ASHGABAT1	QUESTIONS ON TURKMENISTAN'S PLANS TO PURSUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 06:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
09ASHGABAT100	TURKMENISTAN: BURNISHING BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S REGIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 2008 article written by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attributed the positive outcome of the October 2008 Bishkek Summit to President Berdimuhamedov's initiative and resourcefulness and portrayed Turk [...]	2009-01-22 05:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1006	TURKMENISTAN: USAID SEMINAR ON LOCAL GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5-6, 25 Turkmen parliamentarians, local government leaders and other officials participated in a USAID sponsored seminar on local governance. The Turkmen parliament is currently considering reforms to t [...]	2009-08-10 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT1008	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FIRMS DOMINATE COMMERCIAL AIR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. companies have supplied almost all the commercial air conditioning systems (central air conditioning systems, not single-household units) for new, foreign-built government, commercial, and residential build [...]	2009-08-10 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1009	TURKMENISTAN: IGNORING WATER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a Turkmen government water specialist, for the past seven years, Ministry of Water Management resources have been devoted to the Turkmen Lake project (reftel). The Karakum Canal, the country's water lifeline, has suffered from the resulting neglect. Water conserva [...]	2009-08-11 04:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1018	TURKMENISTAN: COMMANDER ARRESTED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A commander of a military Unit in Tejen Etrap (District) was reportedly arrested last week for drug smuggling. While the Defense Ministry was embarrassed by the case, officers from the same military unit commen [...]	2009-08-13 03:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT102	STRAIGHT TALK BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN'S STATE [...] (SBU) Chairman of the State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Col. Murat Islamov, told UN Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) Project Coordinator, Ercan Saka, at an Imamnazar Border Crossing Checkpoint Project Steering Committee meeting on January 15 that Turkmenistan is not a narcotics smuggling [...]	2009-01-22 08:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1023	TURKMEN WINES WON INTERNATIONAL PRIZES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state-owned wine industry dates back to the 1920s. It produces predominantly a sweet red wine, most of which is exported to Russia. The government's news agency reported recently that Turkme [...]	2009-08-13 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1031	TURKMENISTAN : PRESIDENT MIFFED AT UNAUTHORIZED CARWASH; [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the last weekend, a staff member of the Cabinet of Ministers made a working visit to the "Turkmenistan Airlines" National Civil Aviation Agency, whose activity he oversees in his Cabinet capacity. After [...]	2009-08-14 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1036	TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, Post conducted training for officers of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) on the use of recently donated narcotics field testing systems. The training included demonstrations of various [...]	2009-08-17 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1037	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT AGREES TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (SBU) On August 14, Post received the Turkmenistan Foreign Ministry's response to reftel letter and non-paper proposing the establishment of regular bilateral policy consultations. In its response, "the Turkmen side consent(ed) to arranging the high-level consultations between Turkmenistan a [...]	2009-08-18 05:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1043	TURKMENISTAN'S AGENDA FOR THE 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, Post received a circular diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan containing an explanation of the Turkmenistan Government's positions on issues to be considered during t [...]	2009-08-18 09:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR PARM SENV UNGA UNHCR FAO TX
09ASHGABAT1048	TURKMENISTAN: FOOD PRICES REMAIN HIGH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the government's attempts to reduce food prices, including short-lived price caps for meat, eggs and some other basic food staples, prices for basic food items have not changed since April and remained s [...]	2009-08-19 03:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1055	TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]	2009-08-21 05:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1056	TURKMENISTAN STILL FLOUNDERING ON STURGEON FARM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government is again casting about for a private company to build a sturgeon farm that would produce sturgeon and ultimately yield black caviar. The State Fisheries Committee announced a tender to this [...]	2009-08-21 08:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PBTS SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1057	TURKMENISTAN: WILL "ADALAT" CONTINUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On July 31, Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) newspaper published an article by Jumamyrat Achylov, Judge of Azatlyk Etrap (district) Court, reporting that two Ashgabat residents, Meylis Durdyev and Nurberdi Bayramov, bot [...]	2009-08-21 09:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1061	TURKMENISTAN: FIRST INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Turkmen official media announced the First Annual International Investment Forum to be held October 15-17 in Ashgabat. The Turkmen Chamber of Commerce is organizing the forum with the support of the Cabinet of Ministe [...]	2009-08-21 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1066	TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO EDUCATES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the past few years, an unregistered civic group in the town of Hazar, on the Caspian coast, has organized summer ecology camps for children from disadvantaged families. The group was unable to registe [...]	2009-08-24 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM SOCI SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1069	BERDIMUHAMEDOV AIMS TO BOOST TURKMEN AGRICULTURE BUT [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, President Berdimuhamedov made a working visit to the eastern province of Lebap. The President checked the status of the province's cotton-growing campaign by visiting two cotton farms and a [...]	2009-08-25 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT1071	TURKMENISTAN: CNPC ON SCHEDULE TO SHIP GAS TO CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive But unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) recently announced that its Amu Darya project had been connected to the Uzbek section of the Central Asia - China pipeline. CNPC added that the inter-border connectio [...]	2009-08-26 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1074	TURKMENISTAN RESPONDS TO LETTER FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Nor for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev called in DCM on August 26 to discuss a letter Representative Joseph Pitts had sent to President Berdimuhamedov on the topic of religious freedom in Turkmenistan. Hajiyev said that w [...]	2009-08-26 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1078	NEW TURKMEN EDUCATION LAW - CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive But unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Education Law of Turkmenistan, announced on August 19, 2009, represents incremental educational system reform, especially in the field of adult continuing education, private-public partnerships, internatio [...]	2009-08-27 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1083	TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW FOR SMALL BUSINESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, the Government of Turkmenistan officially published the Law on State Support for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) - the first law of this type adopted in Turkmenistan. The purpose of the law [...]	2009-08-31 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1084	TURKMENISTAN: CHRYSLER DISTRIBUTOR TRIES TO RE-ENTER SUV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Chrysler's official distributor in Central Asia, Saitco, hopes to reenter the Turkmen automobile market. In 2002, Saitco sold about 100 Dodge SUVs on contract through IPC Motors to the Turkmen Government. Seven [...]	2009-08-31 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1088	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION TO AUGUST POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: August saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of U.S. Government-related events in Turkmenistan. Media accurately covered the CENTCOM delegation's August 15 visit to Turkmenistan, with most of [...]	2009-08-31 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1105	TURKMENISTAN: PROMISING RESHUFFLING IN STATE NEWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, President Berdimuhamedov appointed two promising professionals to head the key state media print outlet "Neytralniy Turkmensitan (NT)" and main state news agency "Turkmen Dowlet Habarlary (TDH)." Th [...]	2009-09-01 11:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1109	HAZING PERSISTS IN THE TURKMEN ARMY [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Inherited from Soviet times, the practice of hazing still occurs widely in the Turkmen army. Recruits are usually hazed because of their ethnicity or tribal affiliation. As it can involve violations of human [...]	2009-09-02 07:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MCAP KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1110	TURKMEN GAS NOT TO REACH BULGARIA SOON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting between Bulgarian President Dmitry Pyrvanov and Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Pyrvanov announced that Bulgaria is ready to import more than 2 bcm of Turkmen gas, and B [...]	2009-09-02 07:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1111	TURKMENISTAN: A WOULD-BE EDUCATION NGO FORCED TO OPERATE AS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 27, the Director of "Soltan Dag" Educational Center briefed Embassy Political Assistant on the activities and background of the organization. Soltan Dag provides foreign language and computer literac [...]	2009-09-02 07:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM SOCI SCUL TSPL TX
09ASHGABAT1113	TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW ON PLANT QUARANTINE -- KEEPING THE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The new law on plant quarantine provides a legal framework for the implementation of plant quarantine and phytosanitary controls to protect the territory of Turkmenistan from pests, plant diseases and weeds. Th [...]	2009-09-02 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1116	UPDATE ON INTERNET ACCESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the first half of 2009, Internet access in Turkmenistan increased significantly, along with the number of Internet subscribers. Government-owned Turkmen Telecom remains the main provider of Internet service t [...]	2009-09-02 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT PGOV ECPS ECON SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1117	TURKMENISTAN: PETROCHINA TO TAKE OVER AMU DARYA PROJECT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets reported this week that PetroChina will acquire assets from the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC),PetroChina's parent company, including CNPC's share in the Amu Darya pro [...]	2009-09-02 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1122	TURKMEN-AFGHAN JOINT BORDER TRAINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 21, Turkmen and Afghan customs officials completed joint training, facilitated by the OSCE, in Ashgabat and Atamurat (formerly Kerki),a town in southeast Turkmenistan. This was the first ever joint training for Turkmen and Afghan customs officers. The course was aime [...]	2009-09-03 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETTC PARM PREL PBTS OSCE AF TX
09ASHGABAT1123	TURKMENISTAN: CHEMICALS SHIPMENT SNAFU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A shipment of chemicals that arrived in February under the auspices of Post's INL- funded DOJ/ICITAP project with the Ministry of Interior (MVD) has finally reached its destination at the Interior Ministry's Cr [...]	2009-09-03 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1131	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA 64 GOALS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-04 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT1135	TURKMEN GAS TO UKRAINE; FORWARD TO THE PAST? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A number of Turkmen media reports recently speculated that Ukrainian President Yushchenko will discuss the possibility of importing natural gas directly from Turkmenistan during his visit to the country scheduled f [...]	2009-09-08 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX UP
09ASHGABAT1138	TURKMENISTAN: KISS FROM A ROGUE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 6, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Ashgabat for his first visit to Turkmenistan, which has the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas. The short (less than 24-hour) visit, included a welcoming [...]	2009-09-08 11:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EPET TX
09ASHGABAT114	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SACKS DEFENSE OFFICIALS; ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent session of the State Security Council, President Berdimuhamedov fired the Defense Minister and the heads of the border and migration services. He also reprimanded the Interior Minister. Their rep [...]	2009-01-23 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1140	TURKMENISTAN'S NEW LAW ON OZONE PROTECTION LACKS ENFORCER [...] (U) Sensitive, But Unclassified. Not For Internet Distribution. Â [...]	2009-09-08 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1143	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC EVALUATED IMAMNAZAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 4, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Chief of Mission Ercan Saka hosted an evaluation meeting for its Strengthening Turkmen- Afghan Border project, particularly construction of Imamnazar border crossing che [...]	2009-09-09 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1145	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT WANTS NATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov announced plans to launch the country's first national satellite. The satellite would support telephone and Internet communications, hydrocarbon industries, and Turkmen T [...]	2009-09-09 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT EINV ECON PINR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1149	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GOODS PRODUCED BY FORCED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT115	TURKMENISTAN: INTENSE PACE OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, President Berdimuhamedov approved more than $1 billion in new construction projects across the country. In the course of the year, foreign construction companies signed contracts for a massive Olympic villa [...]	2009-01-23 12:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD PGOV LE TU TX
09ASHGABAT1158	TURKMENISTAN ACQUIRES TWO NEW OIL TANKERS. [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkmenistan received its second Russian-made oil tanker on September 8; the "Hazar" (Turkmen for "Caspian") was built in Krasnoye Sormovo (Novgorod),Russia. In August, the first tanker, the "Sumbar", named after [...]	2009-09-11 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EPET EINT EINV ECON PGOV TX

09ASHGABAT1160	TURKMENISTAN'S LEGISLATIVE REFORM -- GENUINE OR COSMETIC? [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan is in the process of reforming outdated Soviet-era laws, with the stated intention of supporting broader reforms in the country and bringing about compliance with international standards. President Berdi [...]	2009-09-11 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1161	TURKMEN PRESIDENT PARDONS 1,284 PRISONERS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the recent session of Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan, on the occasion of holy "Gadyr Gijesi" (Night of Omnipotence) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov signed a decree on the pardoning of prisoners. [...]	2009-09-11 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1177	IRAN PLANS TO TRANSIT 35 BCM OF TURKMEN GAS TO TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Iranian media reported on September 12 that Ankara and Tehran agreed to transport Turkmen gas to Turkey. The media reports quoted an official of the National Iranian Oil Company as saying that the volume of Turkme [...]	2009-09-15 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV IR TU TX
09ASHGABAT1186	TURKMENISTAN: CHEMICALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Although information about environmental hazards is difficult to obtain in Turkmenistan, occasional reports indicate the existence, if not the scope, of such problems. In two separate cases, the uncontrolled [...]	2009-09-17 06:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1188	WILL BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S "NEW REVIVAL" PUSH [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Niyazov era was characterized by the official "Golden Age" ideology, whereby Niyazov promoted himself as the "Father of Turkmen Nation." His long deceased parents and brothers were recruited to become role models [...]	2009-09-17 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1189	TURKMEN, UKRAINIAN LEADERS FAIL TO REACH GAS DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko visited Turkmenistan September 14-16, participating in negotiations with Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on September 15. As expected, the two Presidents did not reach agreement on r [...]	2009-09-17 11:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV UP TX
09ASHGABAT1205	TURKMEN ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO SIBERIA? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) International press reported recently that Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stated that Turkmenistan is ready to supply electricity to Siberia to supplement electricity losses caused by the August 17 accident at [...]	2009-09-23 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1207	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HAILS PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen State Media painted a positive picture of the short September 21 meeting between Secretary of State Clinton and President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. State TV led their programs with the meeting and a gr [...]	2009-09-24 03:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1209	TURKMENISTAN: INL COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS EXTEND TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the invitation of Department's INL Bureau, Post hosted the visit of Travis Birney of DEA's International Training Division from 14-18 September. The visit was arranged to prepare for two one-week Basic Drug E [...]	2009-09-24 09:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1216	NEW SUPPORT FOR TURKMEN OIL AND GAS INSTITUTE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmengaz, the state-owned Turkmen gas company, first established its Institute of Oil and Gas in the 1970s. Since that time, the Institute has served as a think tank for Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry. The Institut [...]	2009-09-25 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT122	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS USTDA REGIONAL DIRECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director for Europe and Eurasia, Daniel Stein, visited Turkmenistan January 7-10. State media highlighted his visit and meetings at different GOTX ministries. The Turkmen St [...]	2009-01-26 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO ETRD ECON TX
09ASHGABAT1225	COUNTERFEIT TURKMEN CURRENCY DISCOVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Quantities of counterfeit Turkmen currency, the "manat," reportedly have been printed in the past few months and are circulating in the country. Warnings were distributed in government agencies to check the genui [...]	2009-09-28 07:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT123	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNEWS RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNALS ON MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings on January 22 with the Turkmen National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) and Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting, USAID/Internews received renewed confirmation of these entities' desire for [...]	2009-01-26 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1232	TURKMENISTAN'S MUFTI REPLACED; IMAMS RESHUFFLED [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On September 26, Turkmenistan's Mufti since 2004, Rowshen Allaberdiyev, was relieved of his positions as the nation's Mufti and as the Chief Imam of the largest mosque in Turkmenistan, following a resolution by the Coun [...]	2009-09-29 03:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1243	TURKMENISTAN: NO PROGRESS ON CASPIAN LITTORAL PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen government seems to have made little progress on the Caspian Littoral Pipeline project since President Berdimuhamedov's visit to Moscow in March. The pipeline project, also known as the Pre-Caspian Pipeline, is [...]	2009-09-29 12:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1247	REACHING OUT TO THE TURKMEN DIASPORA: A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Officially, there is a clear recognition within Turkmenistan that there is a Turkmen diaspora beyond the borders of the country, including both descendants of groups long departed from Turkmenistan and more recent emigrants. Efforts to reach out to this diaspora began only during the ear [...]	2009-09-30 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09ASHGABAT1249	TURKMENISTAN: HOW MUCH OF CHINA IS TOO MUCH? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese presence and the number of Chinese citizens living and working in Turkmenistan have traditionally been related to business activities conducted here by the Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) [...]	2009-09-30 13:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1255	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHT TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov recent visit to the U.S. to attend the UNGA dominated all media outlets for a full week. Coverage was positive and extensive for each meeting and event, including special note of [...]	2009-10-02 03:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1258	TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC LOSING PATIENCE WITH FREQUENT ROAD [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Road closures in Ashgabat to provide security for the president and his VIP foreign guests have become a frequent practice. While VIP visitors no doubt appreciate the gesture, locals are becoming increasingly [...]	2009-10-02 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1264	TURKMENISTAN: IRAN'S RECENT CASPIAN-ENERGY RHETORIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets recently cited Reza Kasaeizadeh, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Export Company, as stating Iran would prevent Turkmenistan from participating in any projects aimed at t [...]	2009-10-02 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV IR TX
09ASHGABAT1265	BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S "OPEN" PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 1, President Berdimuhamedov held his first "open" press conference with state-run and foreign media. The event was heavily controlled and, like most media events in Turkmenistan, designed to develop the President's image. Journalists were forced to repeat questions ha [...]	2009-10-05 03:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1267	OSCE CENTER HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) On October 1, the Head of the OSCE Center in Ashgabat, Ambassador Arsim Zekolli, briefed representatives of OSCE-member country embassies on the activities of the Center during the past year. The briefing was based on Zekolli's Report to the OSCE Permanent Council on September 3, but al [...]	2009-10-05 10:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE TX
09ASHGABAT1269	TURKMENISTAN: MODERN HEALTH FACILITIES LACK DOCTORS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two months ago, the Turkmen government commissioned two major medical hospitals in Ashgabat, but the facilities remain closed due to a shortage of qualified medical personnel to staff the hospitals. The serious [...]	2009-10-05 11:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO TSPL SOCI EIND TX
09ASHGABAT1273	TURKMENISTAN: BACKING OFF ON THE CASPIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets have recently cited President Berdimuhamedov's remarks regarding Turkmenistan's Caspian dispute with Azerbaijan, made during his October 1 press conference (Ref A). According to the [...]	2009-10-08 09:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL EPET PGOV EINV AJ TX
09ASHGABAT1274	TURKMENISTAN: UNDP AND EU LAUNCH SWEEPING HUMAN [...] (SBU) On October 2, the Turkmen government's Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) hosted the opening ceremony for the joint EU, UNDP and UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) project "Strengthening the national capacity of Turkmenistan to promote and protect hum [...]	2009-10-08 09:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KDEM EUN UNDP UNHRC TX
09ASHGABAT1282	TURKMENISTAN: RECENT DRUG CRIME REPORTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 18th, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) reported that a 40-year old, unemployed resident of Ak Bugday village in Ahal Province, Gurbanberdi Charyev, had been arrested by State Counter- Narcotics Service (S [...]	2009-10-09 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1283	TURKMENISTAN: OFFSHORE REGISTERED COMPANIES NEED NOT APPLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The two latest tender announcements published on the Turkmenistan Oil and Gas Ministry's website contained a bracketed note saying that tender bids from companies registered in offshore zones or possessing banking accounts [...]	2009-10-09 10:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1285	TURKMEN PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS MAIN FOREIGN POLICY TRENDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1, President Berdimuhamedov held his first "open" press conference with state-run and foreign media, fielding questions on the results of Turkmenistan's participation at the 64th United Nations Gener [...]	2009-10-09 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1301	TURKMENISTAN: AN APPARENT DECREASE IN THEFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Theft is the second most common type of crime in Turkmenistan, drug crime being the most common. Although former President Niyazov sentenced many criminals, including the heads of criminal networks, to death [...]	2009-10-15 08:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1308	TURKMENISTAN'S TRIBES INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen tribes Yomut and Tekke, although, rivals in the past, were promoters of common Turkmen identity, national unity, and nationhood in the early 20th century. Former president Niyazov balanced the tribes in his "d [...]	2009-10-15 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1320	NO RE-EXPORTS OF TURKMEN GAS? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Turkmen media, Turkmen Deputy Chairman Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, who oversees the country's energy sector, stated on Friday that Turkmenistan is going to put a clause in future gas sale contracts which [...]	2009-10-20 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1326	TELEPHONE HOTLINES: TREND OR TOOL? [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Using international donor community funding, local NGOs Ynam, Keik Okara, and the National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan have established or plan to set up telephone hotlines to provide the public with c [...]	2009-10-22 09:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1328	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYRDOCARBON AGENCY HEAD ASKS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After waiting since early August for an October 20 meeting to discuss potential cooperation on introducing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with funding from the USAID-Chevron public-private partn [...]	2009-10-22 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT134	UNDP HELPS TURKMENISTAN DEVELOP CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently facilitated an inter-ministerial dialogue on climate change, aimed at helping Turkmenistan develop an official position on the issue. UNDP hoped to gain a commit [...]	2009-01-27 11:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAGR ENRG EPET SENV TX AORC
09ASHGABAT135	TURKMENISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON KEY NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During the past two weeks, President Berdimuhamedov has replaced 17 senior officials to include one Deputy Cabinet Minister, three ministers, the directors of five major state enterprises, one significant committee chair [...]	2009-01-27 11:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1369	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN MEDIA LIKELY DISTORTED ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets, initially Russian, have linked recent changes in the Turkmen energy sector's leadership (reftel) with allegations that high-ranking oil and gas officials had passed classified geolog [...]	2009-10-26 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT137	TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON COUNTERING TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-28 10:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID TX
09ASHGABAT1371	TURKMENISTAN: EDUCATION LAGGING IN MATH AND SCIENCES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The former Turkmen president's education policies resulted in poor quality secondary schools and insufficient professional education. The current president has reinstated the final year of secondary school and spent m [...]	2009-10-29 03:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI TSPL TX
09ASHGABAT138	MICROSOFT/POLIMEKS DEVELOPING TURKMEN DICTIONARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post has learned that Microsoft, with support from Turkish construction firm Policom Istanbul (known locally as "Polimeks"),has apparently agreed to develop a Turkmen language dictionary and relevant software in cooperatio [...]	2009-01-29 03:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1384	TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Six law enforcement officers graduating from Post's INL-funded English Language training (ELT) courses gave presentations on various subjects in English on October 19 before their classmates, language instructors, [...]	2009-10-30 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1386	TURKMENISTAN: TEXTILE FACTORIES NOT AS PRODUCTIVE AS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent inauguration of a new textile factory in the southeastern city of Turkmenabat was supposed to demonstrate the progress that Turkmenistan has made in its textile industry. However, decreasing cotton [...]	2009-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD BTIO EAGR TX
09ASHGABAT1387	TURKMEN SECTION OF PIPELINE TO CHINA DELAYED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) A number of international media outlets recently reported that Turkmenistan had completed its section of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline, which is better known as the as Central Asia - China [...]	2009-10-30 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1398	TURKMENISTAN: "THE SANDPIT GENERALS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, President Berdimuhamedov conferred the rank of the Major General (MajGen) to the Minister of Defense (MOD) and the Chief of the State Border Service (SBS). S [...]	2009-11-02 06:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1399	TURKMENISTAN: NGO HOLDS SEMINAR ON MASS MEDIA AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local NGO recently held a public seminar on the role of mass media in the democratization of society. Topics covered included an overview on the legal sphere of mass media activity, a comparative analysis of [...]	2009-11-02 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT140	TURKMENISTAN: CENTCOM VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN COVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander General Petraeus made his first official visit to Turkmenistan January 15-16. State media highlighted the visit, especially the General's meeting with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdi [...]	2009-01-29 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO MARR TX
09ASHGABAT1400	TURKMENISTAN: USAID TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On September 10, USAID and its implementer, Project HOPE, held a conference to mark the completion of their second five-year tuberculosis (TB) program. From 2000 to 2009, this program cooperated with the Ministry [...]	2009-11-02 09:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1407	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL TX
09ASHGABAT1415	TURKMENISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BUDGETARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 2, post received a diplomatic note from the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to Ref B demarche that urged the Turkmen government to improve its budgetary transparency. BEGIN DIPLOMATIC [...]	2009-11-04 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1416	TURKMENISTAN: FAMOUS POP STAR IMPLICATED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A popular Turkmen female singer was reportedly detained with drugs and sent into internal exile. The report could not be officially confirmed, but several sources provided details. Drug use has been a traditi [...]	2009-11-04 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1425	TURKMENISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY IN IMO [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-06 12:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO UK TX
09ASHGABAT1428	THE FEW FOREIGN BANKS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Five foreign banks currently operate in Turkmenistan: Turkmen-Turkish Bank, National Bank of Pakistan, Saderat (Export) Bank of Iran, Deutsche Bank and Commerz Bank of Germany. Besides the two German banks, these ba [...]	2009-11-06 14:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON EAID PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1471	TURKMENISTAN: ASHGABAT HOSTS REGIONAL UN [...] (U) The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) held a three-day, regional conference on human trafficking in Ashgabat this week. OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) also sponsored the event, intended to promote cooperation and information and intelligence sharing between [...]	2009-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM DPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ASHGABAT1477	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT1493	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF INTERIOR PUBLICLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov last week publicly reprimanded the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),Ingender Mulikov, citing "shortcomings." Mulikov was appointed to the position six months ago and received a promo [...]	2009-11-23 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1498	GE TURBINES BOOST ELECTRICITY CAPACITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (U) Chalyk Energy, a Turkish company, and General Electric (GE) are nearing completion of a project to build a new power station in Balkanabat, the capital city of Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan. According to an article in [...]	2009-11-24 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1506	TURKMENISTAN: BOUNDARIES OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) According to a local environmental activist who works for the Kopetdag nature preserve, there is a government plan to make the entire Archabil nature site off-limits to the public. The Archabil nature site is on the southe [...]	2009-11-25 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1507	TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTS ITS 2010 BUDGET [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 21, President Berdimuhamedov signed the law on the state budget of Turkmenistan for 2010. According to the law, budget revenues are set as 48.28 billion manats (USD 16.94 billion) and budget expenditures are se [...]	2009-11-25 10:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1526	COLGATE-PALMOLIVE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Anka Trading and Shipping Company holds the only license for distributing Colgate and Palmolive products in Turkmenistan. The group also partners with Turkmen entrepreneurs to avoid high taxes for foreign co [...]	2009-11-27 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1527	"SWINE FLU" KEEPS TURKMEN FROM HAJJ TRIP [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 7, the Turkmen government issued an order prescribing the Committee on Religious Affairs to make the necessary arrangements for a pilgrimage to holy sites around Turkmenistan for all citizens who wi [...]	2009-11-27 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF TX
09ASHGABAT1529	CHEVY AND DAEWOO CARS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Commerce entered a joint venture with an Uzbek private businessman who sells General Motors/ UZ-Daewoo cars in Ashgabat. A reported agreement between the Turkmen and Uzbek Presidents initiated [...]	2009-11-27 11:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND BTIO EFIS EINV PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1532	BELARUS COMPANIES DOMINATE TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 25-27, Ashgabat hosted an agriculture trade show, during which producers of agriculture equipment from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) exhibited their equipment and demonstrated new technologies [...]	2009-11-27 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD BO TX
09ASHGABAT1542	TURKMENISTAN: CENTRAL ASIAN DIPLOMATS ATTEND UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Ashgabat-based UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) conducted a seminar on preventive diplomacy for junior-level diplomats from the five Central Asian countries on November 3-6. Th [...]	2009-12-03 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN ZK TX
09ASHGABAT1549	TURKMENISTAN: PROMOTING INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a technical advisor funded through the USAID-Chevron Global Development Alliance delivered a presentation on "The Role of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in Encouraging Foreign [...]	2009-12-04 09:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT155	TURKMENISTAN: UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although it has experienced its share of growing pains, the Ashgabat-based UN Preventive Diplomacy Center is playing an increasing role in promoting regional cooperation on a variety of issues shared by all the Central Asian states. Its director has made huge strides in gett [...]	2009-01-30 14:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG UN TX
09ASHGABAT1550	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY SUBMITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, USAID received a detailed request for technical cooperation from the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The requested activities, which will be carried out within the fr [...]	2009-12-04 09:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EPET TX
09ASHGABAT1551	TURKMENISTAN: DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, USAID received a letter dated November 19 from Head of Mission- Turkmenistan for Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) announcing its intentions to end its operational presence in Turkmenistan. MSF had [...]	2009-12-04 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1563	TURKMENISTAN: LOTS OF GAS, BUT WHAT ABOUT OIL? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Annual oil production in Turkmenistan has varied from 9 to 10 million tons for the past six years, but the Turkmen Government has announced plans to increase the oil production to 50 million tons by 2020. Turkmenis [...]	2009-12-04 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1565	TURKMEN PRESIDENT PARDONS 3,934 PRISONERS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a recent session of the State Security Council, for the occasion of Neutrality Day, President Berdimuhamedov signed a decree pardoning 3,934 prisoners. These individuals, including 19 foreigners, have be [...]	2009-12-04 13:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCRIM TX
09ASHGABAT1566	WILL TURKMENISTAN'S ENERGY EXPORTS TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmenistan's electricity exports to Tajikistan might be affected by Uzbekistan's decision to withdraw from the integrated Central Asia power grid. In the winter, Turkmenistan exports electricity to Tajikistan by transiti [...]	2009-12-07 05:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL ZK TI TX
09ASHGABAT1568	TURKMENISTAN: AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY EXCHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) On November 27, Poloff met with the Rector of the Turkmen Agricultural University, Gurbandurdy Mammetgulyev, and Chary Taganov, Head of the Academics Department, to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) fund [...]	2009-12-07 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV PREL SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1569	TURKMENISTAN: A LOOK INTO THE FEAST OF THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) During November 28-30, Turkmen celebrated Gurban Bayram, or the Feast of the Sacrifice. Gurban Bayram is the Turkmen version of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha, and is widely celebrated across the country. The three- [...]	2009-12-07 09:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KIRF TX
09ASHGABAT1570	TURKMENISTAN: BIDDING ON GOVERNMENT TENDERS; TRICKY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Bidding on Turkmen Government tenders requires an understanding of both the official process, as laid out in the regulation on tenders, and the unwritten rules. Under the table payments to state officials can repor [...]	2009-12-07 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1578	GOVERNMENT-ORGANIZED PILGRIMAGE TO TURKMEN SHRINES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to alleged concerns about the spread of the H1N1 virus, the Turkmen government decided to skip sending pilgrims to the Hajj ahead of Eid al Adha (Gurban Bayram) holiday, for the first time since 1993 (Ref [...]	2009-12-08 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1579	TURKMENISTAN'S HIGH DOMESTIC NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has one of the highest per capita natural gas consumption rates in the world, which is quite unusual for a country with a population between five and six million and a generally undeveloped industrial [...]	2009-12-08 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1580	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT1581	TURKMENISTAN: POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF A [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a local media report on the government's efforts to implement its plan on national parks, Pol/Econ local staff member met with two environmental activists to discuss the issue. Both contacts confirmed the [...]	2009-12-08 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV UN TX
09ASHGABAT1597	INL-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Turkmen Government officials participated in an INL-funded General Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Program in Alexandria, VA from December 1-4. Delegation members also met with INL Deputy [...]	2009-12-10 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPA PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1598	TURKMENISTAN HOLDS ELECTRIC POWER EXHIBITION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7-8, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Energy and Industry, Academy of Sciences, and Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted the Second Annual International Electricity Industry Exhibition. The exhibition included l [...]	2009-12-10 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV EINV EIND BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT16	TURKMEN AUTHORITIES GRADUALLY EXPAND PUBLIC INTERNET ACCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been signs over the past year that the Turkmen government intends to expand public access to the Internet for citizens. In December, Ashgabat residents began reporting success in getting connected. Howev [...]	2009-01-07 04:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECPS ECON ETRD SOCI RU TX
09ASHGABAT1600	TURKMENISTAN: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OPEN TO [...] (SBU) The Acting President of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Dr. Gurbanmurat Mezilov, and Head of the International Relations Department, Dr. Orazmamed Vasov, met with Poloff on November 27 and discussed areas for possible cooperation on environmental protection and alternative energ [...]	2009-12-10 13:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1606	TURKMENISTAN OPENS ITS FIRST COASTAL LPG TERMINAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, the Turkmen Government held an opening ceremony for a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal with the capacity of 200,000 tons per year built near the village of Kiyanly on the Caspian coast. Intern [...]	2009-12-14 14:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX IR
09ASHGABAT1613	TURKMENISTAN: LOSSES AT POULTRY FARM DRIVE UP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A large private poultry complex, which started working a year ago and enjoyed support from President Berdimuhamedov, is experiencing a serious problem. The poultry complex is losing a large number of chickens to a [...]	2009-12-15 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1615	TURKMEN STATE-OWNED COMPANY ANNOUNCES 3G SERVICES, [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 12, TM Cell, the state-owned cell phone company run by the Ministry of Communications, began to offer 3rd Generation (3G) services to cell phone customers across the country. Tech-savvy customers, who were [...]	2009-12-15 11:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINT ECPS BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1620	MEDVEDEV TO VISIT ASHGABAT ON DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Medvedev confirmed that his next visit to Turkmenistan will take place on December 22 during a phone conversation with President Berdimuhamedov on December 15. According to Turkmen media reports, Medvedev will hol [...]	2009-12-16 12:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT1623	TURKMENISTAN: PRM TAFT GRANT-FUNDED VOCATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 11, poloff and political assistant attended the opening of three vocational training workshops funded by a Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Julia Taft Refugee Fund grant, the first such grant pr [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1625	GOVERNMENT WORKERS SLEEPLESS IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Long working hours are the norm for Turkmen government employees. Few agencies compensate their staff for overtime. Some higher-level officials bring bedding from home for the long nights at the office. On the [...]	2009-12-17 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1626	TURKMENISTAN: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES AT AVAZA [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen Government media depict the newly developed Avaza resort on the Caspian Sea as a popular, year-round vacation spot. However, the climate on the Caspian is not conducive to winter seaside vacations. In the absenc [...]	2009-12-17 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1627	TURKMENISTAN: MORE CHINESE LOANS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 13, Turkmen and Chinese officials signed a number of intergovernmental agreements stipulating that the Chinese government will provide soft loans to Turkmenistan through China's Export-Import Bank. According to [...]	2009-12-17 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV EFIN CH TX
09ASHGABAT163	TURKMENISTAN: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY--THE GOOD, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, the Turkmenistan government kicked off a wide array of development projects, under the auspices of a 2007 National Development Program, which was designed to refurbish crumbling Soviet era infrastructure [...]	2009-02-03 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1635	TURKMENISTAN: PROJECTS TO HELP REFUGEES STILL NEEDED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) On December 16 the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly with the UN Population Fund (UNFPA),briefed a donors meeting about achievements from the project "Improvement of the Quality of Reproductive Health and Socia [...]	2009-12-18 14:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT1643	ASHGABAT'S PRICEY WHITE MARBLE DECOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In the mid 1990s, the late Turkmen President Niyazov ordered that each newly-built, multistoried house or office building be decked with white marble siding, in order to beautify Turkmen cities, especially Ashgabat. Althou [...]	2009-12-22 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EMIN BBSR BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1647	TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS INAUGURATE NEW SCHOOL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 22, President of the Russian Federation Dmitriy Medvedev visited Ashgabat to hold bilateral talks with Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and to attend the opening ceremony for the new [...]	2009-12-23 03:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI RS TX
09ASHGABAT1648	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Ashgabat held its last 2009 law enforcement coordination meeting on December 18th. Ministries and agencies members of the National Drug Control Committee f [...]	2009-12-23 06:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1656	TURKMENISTAN: ANY GAS LEFT FOR NABUCCO? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The commissioning of the Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan - China gas pipeline (ref A) and the recent Turkmen-Russian decision to resume gas supplies to Russia (ref B) triggered international media speculatio [...]	2009-12-24 03:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1657	TURKMENISTAN TOUTS PARTICIPATION IN CIS SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) President Berdimuhamedov on December 19 took part in a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) informal meeting in Kazakhstan, at Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev's dacha in the village of Akbulak. Turkmen media reported tha [...]	2009-12-24 03:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZK TX
09ASHGABAT1660	TURKMENISTAN: LOCALS STRUGGLE ON SMALL SALARIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (U) Despite Turkmenistan's widely published wealth from hydrocarbon sales, the average salary in Turkmenistan is estimated to be about $200 per month. The average retirement pension is $50-$60 per month, and the average welfare ben [...]	2009-12-24 07:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1666	TURKMENISTAN AND THE NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent by the city of Ashgabat each year to decorate the Turkmen capital for New Year's celebrations. Locals have observed that this year there are more l [...]	2009-12-29 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1672	TURKMENISTAN: A BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FROM IDB [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkmen media reported last week that the Turkmen Government is in the process of preparing loan agreements with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to finance nine projects totaling $950 million. The IDB will provide loans [...]	2009-12-30 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT1673	TURKMENISTAN: ADDITIONAL GOVERNMENT RESTRICTION ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Traffic police posted in Ashgabat's southern outskirts reportedly have instructions to prohibit cars from entering the city if the drivers cannot produce a title for the car with their name on it. Many drivers do not have le [...]	2009-12-30 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1676	TURKMENISTAN: PROSPECTS FOR ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Turkmenistan possesses substantial hydrocarbon resources, the Turkmen Government has recently started paying more attention to alternative energy sources. President Berdimuhamedov has on numerous occasions [...]	2009-12-31 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG PGOV EINV TX

09ASHGABAT1679	TURKMENISTAN: SHOW ME THE NEW MONEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Turkmen Central Bank appears to have successfully phased in its redenominated currency (the Turkmen manat) over the last year, in accordance with an order to do so by President Berdimuhamedov in January 2009. In a [...]	2009-12-31 06:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TX

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