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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06ZAGREB1114 | Transport Minister Promises Action on Open Skies [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON HR |
06ZAGREB1115 | Ambassador's Call on Minister for Refugee Issues [...] (SBU) Ambassador paid his initial courtesy call on Bozidar Kalmeta, Minister for Sea, Transport, Tourism and Development on September 19. 2. (SBU) Ambassador raised the GOC's newly-approved housing program for former tenancy rights holders outside war- affected areas (reftel). At the meet [...] | 2006-09-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR REFUGEES |
06ZAGREB1197 | NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO UNSC DEMARCHE, BUT ZAGREB [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 12:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC GT VE HR |
06ZAGREB1199 | MUTED ZAGREB REACTION TO BIH ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR BK |
06ZAGREB1205 | CROATIA EXPRESSES PUBLIC CONCERN ABOUT NORTH [...] (SBU) Ambassador raised reftel points with MFA Assistant Minister Neven Pelicaric on October 4. Drawing from reftel guidance, Ambassador also noted that this was not just a U.S. problem, but a problem for the entire world. Pelicaric agreed that the threat needed to be dealt with on a global b [...] | 2006-10-05 10:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KN HR |
06ZAGREB1232 | CROATIA RESOLVES BILATERAL ISSUE WITH ITALY; STILL [...] (U) Removing a bilateral irritant and potential obstacle to EU membership, the GOC announced October 9 that it would acknowledge by exchange of diplomatic notes with Italy that Croatian citizens face no obstacles buying real estate in Italy, and it will extend the principle of reciprocity to I [...] | 2006-10-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR IT REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB1233 | MEETING WITH CROATIAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader will travel to Washington to meet with President Bush on October 17. Sanader's meeting with the President comes at an important time for Croatia as it seeks to bind itself firmly to Euro-Atlantic institutions. Securing continued economic growth is a c [...] | 2006-10-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV HR EUN |
06ZAGREB1260 | FAR RIGHT POSITIONS ITSELF FOR 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary and comment: The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) has consolidated its status as a major right-wing political party and gained greater acceptability as a democratic political entity, although some statements made by its leaders occasionally echo its extreme nationalist past. Domestica [...] | 2006-10-18 07:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS |
06ZAGREB1261 | GOC CONTINUES ENERGETIC FIGHT AGAINST TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: GOC officials and Croatian NGOs presented a coherent and well-structured approach to fighting trafficking in persons (TIP) to visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly in late September. Although NGOs praised the government's anti-trafficking laws, pol [...] | 2006-10-18 07:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL HR TRAFFICKING |
06ZAGREB1307 | AMB WISNER IN ZAGREB -- ENGAGING CROATIANS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Wisner's first visit to Zagreb is well timed, coming just days after President Bush's White House acknowledgement of Croatia's leadership role in regional stability during his meeting with PM Ivo Sanader. In addition, MP Milorad Pupovac, a leading represe [...] | 2006-10-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB1331 | NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR NATO UNITES TOP LEADERSHIP [...] (U) President Mesic, PM Sanader and Parliament Speaker Seks agreed November 2 to co-chair a "National Committee for NATO Membership" to coordinate government, political party and state institutional activities in pursuit of NATO membership. Among other things, the committee will help relevant [...] | 2006-11-03 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO HR |
06ZAGREB1338 | CROATIA INCSR 2006 - PART ONE [...] (U) Below please find per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling, particularly heroi [...] | 2006-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR |
06ZAGREB135 | FREE TRADE PROPOSAL TOUCHES OFF STORM IN ZAGREB [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The European Union touched off an exaggerated, if predictable reaction in Croatia last Friday when it gave its support to the Stability Pact Free Trade Agreement for Southeast Europe. Seized upon by a press corps ever eager to stir up controversy and let political [...] | 2006-02-01 16:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN EU HR |
06ZAGREB1362 | SEAS RICKMAN SCENESETTER: ANTI-SEMITISM RARE, BUT SPLIT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Overt anti-Semitic acts are rare in Croatia; the Government, NGOs and religious communities work together to promote tolerance as part of Croatia's recovery from ethnic conflict which ended eleven years ago. When members of the Jewish community were harassed in Zagre [...] | 2006-11-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM HR |
06ZAGREB1414 | GOC PROPOSES PSI EXERCISE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Head of MFA's Department for International Security Sanja Bujas Juraga presented PolOff and EXBS advisor with a non-paper on November 16 describing a GoC offer to host a regional WMD-response exercise under the Prolife [...] | 2006-11-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PBTS HR |
06ZAGREB1421 | PROGRESS MADE IN MINORITY EMPLOYMENT, BUT OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A November 27 roundtable discussion sponsored jointly by the Parliament, GOC and OSCE Mission highlighted progress made by local and regional administrations in employing minorities (mainly ethnic Serbs),while Serb politicians complained about delays in implementing [...] | 2006-11-29 14:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB1424 | GOC WELCOMES RIGA LANGUAGE, PROMISES CONTINUED [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 30, MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic expressed to Charge d'Affaires the SIPDIS GoC's appreciation of the positive assessment of Croatia in both the Riga communique and President Bush's speech. "We think Riga was a joint step forward," he said, stress [...] | 2006-11-30 15:04:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
06ZAGREB1457 | GOC TO IMPLEMENT SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 13:49:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP HR KN |
06ZAGREB1460 | ELECTIONS DUE IN 2007 ALREADY SHAPING CROATIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Early elections remain unlikely as the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) holds on to enough coalition partners to pass a budget and approve (with additional opposition support) continued overseas troop deployments. Nevertheless, general elections are due by Nove [...] | 2006-12-08 14:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB1467 | CROATIA ON CEFTA: SIGN AND KEEP TALKING [...] (SBU) In a December 11 meeting with Croatian MFA State Secretary Hido Biscevic, Ambassador urged the GOC to show SIPDIS flexibility in working to find a solution to the current disagreement with Bosnia over CEFTA, stressing Croatia's role in the region and the fact that a CEFTA without Bosni [...] | 2006-12-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL PGOV HR BK SY |
06ZAGREB147 | POST RECOMMENDS HIGH LEVEL USG REPS TO DUBROVNIK [...] (SBU) The GoC will host a high level conference July 9-10 in Dubrovnik. Titled "Completing Europe's Southern Dimension: The Values that Bind Us Together," the GoC will invite Prime Minister-level participation from NATO and EU member-states and candidates. Prime Minister Sanader used his Jan [...] | 2006-02-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR |
06ZAGREB1483 | U/S BURNS' LETTER TO PM SANADER ON BOSNIA [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered U/S Burns' letter to PM Sanader on the Bosnian constitutional reform package (reftel A) to FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14. He noted that while there was as yet no official reaction to the proposals conveyed by State Secretary Biscevic (reftel B),it was his [...] | 2006-12-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC HR BK |
06ZAGREB1504 | CROATIA VOTES TO ACTIVATE ADRIATIC FISHING ZONE IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid no small amount of political posturing, the Croatian parliament voted to activate Croatia's self-declared Protected Ecological and Fishing Zone (ZERP) in the Adriatic as of January 1, 2008. The ZERP, first enacted prior to the last round of parliamentary elections in 2003, [...] | 2006-12-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIS ECIN HR |
06ZAGREB1507 | SCANDALS SHAKE THE MFA [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been rocked recently by a diplomatic scandal and possible cover-up. The case involves the arrest of the husband of an officer assigned to the consulate in Los Angeles for heroin possession in January 2005. The information alleged [...] | 2006-12-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB1513 | GOC SOLVES RETURNEE HOUSING DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. A December 7 Government meeting approved a resolution "process" for temporary occupants of refugee homes who made unsolicited investments to the properties and are seeking compensation from the refugee owners. Along with the OSCE, UNHCR, and EU, Post has pressed the [...] | 2006-12-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB159 | OPPOSITION ALIVE AND KICKING, BUT POWER CAN WAIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 10:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB168 | Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the gr [...] | 2006-02-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB173 | Croatia's Refugee Programs Proceeding, Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Continuing their monthly meetings on refugee return issues, the Ambassador and other principals from the international community (OSCE, UNHCR and EU) met with Minister for Trade, Transport and Development Bozidar Kalmeta February 6 to review progress. Perhaps the g [...] | 2006-02-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB176 | Croatian B1-B2 Visa Reciprocity Embassy Zagreb [...] See action request, paragraph eight. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Zagreb proposes increasing the current B1/B2 reciprocity of 60 months to 120 months for Croatian citizens. Post bases its recommendation on the steadily improving economy, post's low refusal rate (just over four percent) for [...] | 2006-02-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL ASEC HR |
06ZAGREB180 | NATO MEMBER AMBASSADORS IN CROATIA AGREE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) At a gathering of Ambassadors and military attaches from twenty NATO-member countries on February 9 hosted by Ambassador Frank, the assembled Ambassadors agreed to take a more active, public role in supporting the GoC's public education efforts in support of NATO membership. Hungary - a [...] | 2006-02-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO KPOA HR |
06ZAGREB183 | NEW JUSTICE MINISTER INHERITS SOLID JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KAWC PGOV PREL HR |
06ZAGREB192 | INDUSTRY AND REAL ESTATE POSSIBLE BUMPS IN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: EU accession is Croatia's top foreign policy goal and an area of unusual political consensus. After beginning negotiations in October 2005, the government of PM Ivo Sanader has set an ambitious goal of accession by 2009, in time to participate in European election [...] | 2006-02-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EU HR |
06ZAGREB198 | CROATIA AND UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS [...] (SBU) Croatia has not yet ratified the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions. The GOC has made no public statements in support of the Convention or its eventual ratification since its adoption last October. Ratification is not currently on the parliamentary agenda and our contacts assess [...] | 2006-02-14 14:15:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD SCUL UNESCO HR |
06ZAGREB223 | CROATIA SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary and Recommendation: Croatia's intellectual property (IP) protection regime is generally adequate and in accordance with accepted standards. However, problems in the area of patent protection for pharmaceuticals continue. Unfortunately, the GOC has done nothing in the last year to re [...] | 2006-02-17 15:34:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON HR |
06ZAGREB240 | CROATIA CONSIDERING DONATIONS TO IRAQI [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 15 to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of the International Security Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bujas-Juraga said that they would look for suitable equipment to donate. 2. (SBU) In parallel, ODC Chief has been working wit [...] | 2006-02-23 12:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ HR |
06ZAGREB25 | Croatia Scene Setter for Lt. General Hanlon [...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared the major political obst [...] | 2006-01-09 07:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV MARR HR |
06ZAGREB281 | CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NULAND AND THE [...] SUMMARY: The last few months have brought a string of good news for Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and fugitive general Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared major political obstacle [...] | 2006-03-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV MARR HR |
06ZAGREB284 | Declaration of European Muslims Well-Received in Croatia [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. On 24 February, Bosnian and Herzegovinian Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric presented in Zagreb a Declaration of European Muslims. Hosted by the Zagreb Islamic Community, the presentation received widespread public attention as a message of tolerance, peace, and moderation. [...] | 2006-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER PREL HR |
06ZAGREB296 | CROATIA WELCOMES PSI PAPERS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel papers on March 3 to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Director for International Security Programs, MFA. Bujas-Juraga welcomed receiving the input prior to the Warsaw meeting and said she would review them carefully. 2. (SBU) Bujas-Juraga said that she would brief intereste [...] | 2006-03-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMFO MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL HR |
06ZAGREB298 | ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its Annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons Report. Last year, Croatia was ranked as a Tier 2 country and Post recommends retaining that ranking for this reporting period. The GOC is making a concerted effort to take a proactive stance against TIP. Towards that g [...] | 2006-03-06 11:37:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR |
06ZAGREB320 | CROATIA'S LIMITED ECONOMIC CHOICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH CROATIA ENJOYS MODEST ECONOMIC GROWTH AND LOW INFLATION, TWO SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENTS HAVE DONE LITTLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST ECONOMIC ACTIVITY OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. PARTIALLY, THIS IS THE RESULT OF POLITICAL INERTIA AND AN UNWILLINGNESS TO CONFRONT ENTRENCHED INTE [...] | 2006-03-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HR |
06ZAGREB337 | CROATIA SCENE SETTER FOR SENATOR VOINOVICH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Croatia and the government of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader have enjoyed several important successes since your last visit in May 2005. With EU accession negotiations opened on October 4 and Hague indictee Ante Gotovina arrested in Spain on December 7, Croatia has now cleared majo [...] | 2006-03-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB366 | ICJ CASES WEAVE DANGEROUS WEB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In light of recent local media reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina's case against Serbia and Montenegro before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and speculation regarding a possible future BiH case against Croatia, PolOff met March 15 with Professor Ivan Simonovi [...] | 2006-03-17 15:27:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC PREL PGOV BK SR HR |
06ZAGREB382 | PRESIDENT MESIC TRAVEL TO U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP HR US |
06ZAGREB384 | NEW CROATIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY LATEST [...] (SBU) On March 16 the GoC approved and sent to the Sabor for ratification a new Strategy for the Battle Against Corruption. In presenting the Strategy to the public the previous week, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader emphasized that the battle against corruption is a permanent war that the Governme [...] | 2006-03-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM HR |
06ZAGREB448 | GOC'S REFUGEE PROGRAMS: PUTTING THEIR MONEY WHERE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Ambassador and Principals from the EU, UNHCR, and the OSCE convened with Minister Bozidar Kalmeta on 15 March to review the month's progress on refugee issues. The Minister provided the GOC's sizeable financial commitments, which total $350 million in 2006 - or one [...] | 2006-04-06 14:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB475 | CROATIA,S ANTI-TIP AND POLICE REFORM EFFORTS GET [...] (U) Ambassador Frank and Minister of Interior Ivica Kirin gave Croatia,s anti-TIP efforts a strong push on April 11 with a public ceremony to mark the handover of FBI-funded computer equipment to the Croatian police (MUP). Most of the major print media covered the donation, and several local [...] | 2006-04-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL ETTC HR |
06ZAGREB525 | Refugee Housing Scandal: No Investigative Progress [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Over the past year the Croatian Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) made only marginal progress in investigating thousands of potential cases of illegal sales of ethnic Serb houses to the Croatian State Agency for Refugee Property (APN). Int [...] | 2006-04-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB537 | Opposition Takes All In Early Local Elections [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) has managed to enter governing coalitions in all three major places where early local elections were held on April 9 (reftels),pushing the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) from local power in two counties and hanging on t [...] | 2006-04-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL HR |
06ZAGREB539 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Director, North Americas Desk and to Romana Olujic, Deputy Head of the Human Rights Department, MFA on April 26. Olujic responded that she expected the GoC to continue to support the Third Additional Protocol in June. She said that she was actively pus [...] | 2006-04-27 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC HR SZ |
06ZAGREB541 | CROATIA FOREIGN DEBT WORRIES CENTRAL BANK, [...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia's foreign debt as a percentage of GDP reached 82.4 percent at the end of 2005 and has continued to climb in the first quarter of 2006, with some analysts predicting it could reach 86 percent of GDP by year's end. This seemingly insatiable appetite for foreign borrowin [...] | 2006-04-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV HR |
06ZAGREB634 | CROATIAN SUPPORT FOR NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Croatia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following statement on May 22 (informal Embassy translation): -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Croatia expresses its satisfaction regarding the establishment of a new Iraqi government led by Nou [...] | 2006-05-23 08:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM HR IZ REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB655 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY SHORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Croatian PM Ivo Sanader unveiled his government's economic and social development plan on May 15. The strategy, called the "Strategic Framework for Development 2006- 2013," breaks little new ground and appears directed mostly at reassuring the European Union that [...] | 2006-05-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV HR |
06ZAGREB709 | CROATIA ASKS USG TO RECONSIDER POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC asks that the USG reconsider its position declining to support Croatia for membership in the Australia Group at the upcoming Paris plenary (reftel). 2. (SBU) DCM discussed Croatia's application for Australia Group (AG) membership with MFA Assistant Minister for In [...] | 2006-06-12 11:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW HR |
06ZAGREB719 | CROATIA IPR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it remains on the Special 301 list for insufficient protection of pharmaceutical patents, the legal framework for the protection of IPR in Croatia is relatively strong. IPR infringements have been criminalized in Croatia since 1994 and the Ministry of Interior maintai [...] | 2006-06-13 11:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR HR |
06ZAGREB729 | CROATIA EYES REGIONAL ENERGY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia currently covers 46 percent of its overall energy needs from domestic sources. However, the GOC predicts that by 2030 it will only be able to cover 30 percent or less if no other investments are made into the energy sector. Croatia is now engaged in several regional in [...] | 2006-06-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV HR |
06ZAGREB739 | CROATIA CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING EMBASSY IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Following FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic's visit to Afghanistan in April, the MFA has established a small committee to consider the ramifications of establishing a permanent diplomatic presence in Kabul, MFA Assistant Ministe [...] | 2006-06-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV HR AF |
06ZAGREB757 | IMF VIEWS END OF CROATIA PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Rep Athanasios Vamvakidis told Econ Off June 13 that the Fund is likely to conclude its work in Croatia when its current Stand-By Arrangement ends later this year. Although frustrated by the slow pace of economic reform in Croatia, particularly privatization, the [...] | 2006-06-21 07:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN HR |
06ZAGREB768 | ANTI-SEMITISM ROUND TABLE HIGHLIGHTS RECENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Following several incidents targeting members of the Jewish community in early June, community leaders organized a round table on anti-Semitism in Croatia June 20. Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Ephraim Zuroff, representatives of ethnic minorities, the Catho [...] | 2006-06-26 10:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM HR |
06ZAGREB780 | SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO CROATIA: A [...] (U) Serbian President Boris Tadic visited Croatia on June 27, meeting with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and traveling with President Mesic to the town of Knin, where the two statesmen met with ethnic Serb returnees. While the visit was held in a highly positive atmosph [...] | 2006-06-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB786 | CROATIAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES INVITATION TO JULY [...] (SBU) DCM and Canadian counterpart delivered reftel invitation and agenda to MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations Pjer Simunovic on June 29. Simunovic, who visited the Croatian ISAF contingent earlier this year, expressed support for the conference objectives. The GOC will d [...] | 2006-06-30 14:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC NATO HR AF REGIONAL ISSUES |
06ZAGREB815 | NJ-BASED BARR LABS IN BIDDING WAR FOR [...] SUMMARY: NJ-BASED BARR LABS ANNOUNCED A 2.3 BILLION DOLLAR TAKEOVER BID FOR CROATIA'S PLIVA ON JUNE 28, MARKING THE LARGEST SINGLE FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CROATIA AND SPARKING A BIDDING WAR WITH RIVAL SUITOR ACTAVIS PHARMACEUTICALS OF ICELAND. ALTHOUGH BOTH PLIVA'S CEO AND THE GOC HAVE PUBLI [...] | 2006-07-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV HR |
06ZAGREB816 | INTELLIGENCE SERVICES TO MERGE UNDER NEW LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's Intelligence and Counterintelligence Agencies (OA and POA) will merge into a single Security and Intelligence Agency (SOA) under a new law adopted by Parliament on June 30. Tomislav Karamarko, the current head of POA and architect of the new law, is widely e [...] | 2006-07-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV PHUM HR HUMAN RIGHTS |
06ZAGREB83 | GOC CONSIDERING POINTS ON BELARUS ELECTIONS [...] Polcouns delivered points to North America department director January 18, who undertook to discuss them within the MFA and inform us of possible supportive GOC activities. DELAWIE [...] | 2006-01-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KDEM PREL BO HR |
06ZAGREB846 | JUSTICE MINISTER - PROPERTY RESTITUTION ONE STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 12 introductory call on Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Ambassador Bradtke stressed the importance the USG places on Croatia's continued judicial reforms and on creation of a fair and transparent process in dealing with property restitution claims from the time of the for [...] | 2006-07-14 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS CASC CJAN HR HUMAN RIGHTS |
06ZAGREB861 | MFA CONDEMNS HEZBOLLAH ATTACKS, SYRIAN COMPLICITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The MFA condemned Hezbollah attacks on Israel from Lebanese territory in a July 17 statement and called on the international community to facilitate a quick calming of the crisis. The MFA's director of middle eastern affairs told PolOff that the GoC fears the confli [...] | 2006-07-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB867 | DEFENSE MINISTER RENEWS ISAF COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a July 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Bradtke, Minister of Defense Berislav Roncevic reiterated the GoC's long-term commitment to keep troops in Afghanistan. He said he will ask Parliament this fall for authorization to increase Croatia's force contributi [...] | 2006-07-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR AF HR |
06ZAGREB911 | CROATIA SEEKS FUNDING TO CONTINUE AIDS- [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-31 04:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KHIV PHUM PGOV HR |
06ZAGREB952 | CROATIA SEEKS FUNDING TO CONTINUE AIDS- [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KHIV PHUM PGOV HR |
07ABIDJAN1003 | COTE D IVOIRE FINES STRIKING PHYSICIANS [...] (U) The Government of Cote d Ivoire decided on September 20 to suspend the September salary of the leaders of the union representing physicians, the Syndicat National des Cadres Superieurs de la Santede Cote d Ivoire (SYNACASS-CI),which organized a strike by public sector physicians September [...] | 2007-09-27 15:04:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV IV |
07ABIDJAN1111 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOVERNMENT OF COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) On October 25, Embassy Abidjan notified the government of Cote d'Ivoire that three Saudi individuals have been added to the UNSC 1267 Santions List (reftel) by diplomatic note. NESBITT [...] | 2007-11-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA IV |
07ABIDJAN1112 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 07:07:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV |
07ABIDJAN1113 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOVERNMENT OF COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated October 24 acknowledging receipt of Embassy Abidjan's diplomatic note of September 5 conveying the USG's decision to name the Al-Salah Society as a supporter of terrorism (reftel). The Ivorian diplom [...] | 2007-11-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER IV |
07ABIDJAN1116 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 15:56:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL IV |
07ABIDJAN1132 | EMBASSY ABIDJAN DELIVERS POINTS ON FAFT STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered translated talking points drawn from reftel para three to the MFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations Affairs on November 8. MFA had no comments, but post will report any follow-on substantive host government reactions. NESBITT [...] | 2007-11-08 18:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON IV |
07ABIDJAN1180 | COTE D'IVOIRE ADOPTS PLAN AGAINST CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Cote d'Ivoire has adopted a National Plan of Action Against Child Trafficking and Labor that will run from September 2007 through December 2009. The plan's overall objectives are: to adopt laws specifically prohibiting these practices, to determine the scope of [...] | 2007-11-27 16:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV SMIG SOCI IV |
07ABIDJAN1186 | DEMARCHE ON ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations Deputy Director Etienne Kindia told Pol/Econ Chief November 28 that he foresees no reason why Cote d'Ivoire will not be able to support the reelection of Pierre-Richard Prosper to the United Nations Committee on [...] | 2007-11-28 17:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA IV |
07ABIDJAN1227 | SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit to Cote d'Ivoire. Yours will be the second recent visit of high-level U.S. government officials, following the November visit of Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. We believe your visit will be viewed as a sign of increased USG intere [...] | 2007-12-14 17:49:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV |
07ABIDJAN1238 | SCENESETTER FOR HARKIN CODEL JANUARY 7-9 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan warmly welcomes your visit. Yours will be the first visit by a Congressional delegation to Cote d'Ivoire in many years. Senator Harkin and Representative Engle's roles in developing and implementing the international public/private accord (the "Harkin-Engle Protocol" [...] | 2007-12-18 18:02:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL PGOV EAID ELAB EIND IV |
07ABIDJAN135 | COTE D'IVOIRE'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The performance of Cote d'Ivoire's banking system in the government-controlled south has stabilized since the beginning of the political crisis in 2002. Profitability is relatively strong and the total asset base has recently grown modestly. However, these results mask a tr [...] | 2007-02-06 13:17:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD IV |
07ABIDJAN147 | ABIDJAN'S STRUGGLE TO CONTROL GARBAGE SITUATION [...] (U) After more than four weeks, on January 25th, Prime Minister Banny brokered an agreement with community groups located near Abidjan's municipal dump at Akouedo, permitting the resumption of discharge of the city's waste stream. Prior to this breakthrough, the city had become increasingly f [...] | 2007-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENIV PREL IV |
07ABIDJAN314 | TEACHERS, PROFESSORS, MEDICAL WORKERS END STRIKES; [...] (U) Summary. Within the last few weeks, striking secondary school teachers (reftel),university professors and researchers, and medical technicians and nurses all ended their strikes, bringing a measure of labor calm to the government-controlled zone (the strikes did not take place in the F [...] | 2007-03-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV IV |
07ABIDJAN361 | COTE D'IVOIRE: SORO OFFICIALLY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ex-rebel leader Guillaume Soro officially took over the Premiership Wednesday, April 4 at a ceremony at the Prime Minister's compound that included outgoing Prime Minister Banny and most of his cabinet. Soro, who had been named Prime Minister on March 29 by presidential decree, said th [...] | 2007-04-06 14:03:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IV |
07ABIDJAN379 | GOVERNMENT, REBELS AND IMPARTIAL FORCES DISMANTLE [...] (SBU) Representatives of the Ivorian army, the New Forces and ONUCI and Licorne peacekeepers signed an agreement on April 11 to dismantle the zone of confidence (ZOC) starting Monday, April 16. The drawdown of the ZOC will begin at midnight in a concrete step to implement the Ouagadougou Peac [...] | 2007-04-12 17:22:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IV |
07ABIDJAN386 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-16 17:32:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN IR UNSC IV |
07ABIDJAN387 | COTE D'IVOIRE: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-16 17:33:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM IR IV |
07ABIDJAN402 | COTE D'IVOIRE: REPORT CARD FOR WEEK 2 OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY After using week one to get his cabinet installed, the respectful and friendly ceremony marking the beginning of the dissolution of the Zone of Confidence (ZOC) and the opening of the Joint Integrated Command Center (ICC) has been the highlight of week two of the Soro government. [...] | 2007-04-20 17:26:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN IV |
07ABIDJAN539 | UNIVERSITY TEACHERS STRKE CONTINUES, PROMPTS [...] (SBU)The public university teachers, strike, which has continued on and off for more than a year, has garered renewed attention by the recent actions aganst it by the thuggish, pro-Gbagbo students, unin, FESCI (septel). The strike, led by the Natioal Coordination of Higher-Level Teachers and [...] | 2007-05-22 17:19:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB IV |
07ABIDJAN551 | DISARMAMENT OF MILITIAS OFF TO SYMBOLIC START [...] (U) Ivoirian government officials organized a ceremony in the town of Guiglo on May 19 to mark the resumption of the disarmament and demobilization of militias (DDM) in the volatile west of the country. At the ceremony, attended by President Gbagbo, FANCI commander General Mangou, and Acting [...] | 2007-05-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KPKO PGOV IV |
07ABIDJAN596 | COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Emboff demarched MFA Director of International Organizations and United Nations Affairs Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue on June 3 using reftel talking points. The MFA will report back any official GOCI reaction. 2. (SBU) Speaking informally, Boutchoue warmly welcomed the President's init [...] | 2007-06-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ECON IV |
07ABIDJAN600 | THE ROCKY ROAD TO UNHCR'S JUNE 30 RETURN DEADLINE [...] (U) Summary: The Abijan-based Refugee Coordinator for West Africa (RefCoord),traveled by road from Monrovia to Abidjan from May 1 to May 17. RefCoord passed through Gbarnga, Voinjama, Macenta, Nzerekore, Danane, Duekoue/Guiglo, and Tabou during the trip. RefCoord visited a number of villa [...] | 2007-06-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM IV LI GU |
07ABIDJAN666 | COTE D'IVOIRE SUPPORT FOR UNITAID [...] (U) Cote d'Ivoire's Ministry of Finance confirms that Cote d'Ivoire is funding its commitments to UNITAD via the levy of a "solidarity tax" on airline tickets. Taxes are USD 4 (CFA 2000) per ticket for short and medium distance flights (generally flights remaining on the African continent),an [...] | 2007-06-25 07:47:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV TBIO PREL |
07ABIDJAN745 | EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Emboff met with UN Operations in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) Human Rights Affairs and Code of Conduct Affairs Offices to discuss implementation of policies to combat sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP). ONUCI officers indicated that ONUCI has a rigorous, wri [...] | 2007-07-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL IV |
07ABIDJAN904 | COTE D'IVOIRE DELEGATION TO UNGA [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) United Nations and International Organizations Department, told Poloff August 27 that Minister of Foreign Affairs Youssouf Bakayoko will head Cote d'Ivoire's delegation to the United Nations General As [...] | 2007-08-28 12:08:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA IV |
07ABIDJAN918 | ACTION COMPLETED: PROPOSED SUPPORT TO METHODIST [...] (SBU) Post completed the action requested in reftel. Poloff visited the Methodist University of Cote d'Ivoire (UMCI) on August 21 and met with university rector and members of the university's Council for Education and Training (CEI). UMCI is a small institution and is only in its second year [...] | 2007-08-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH IV |
07ABIDJAN927 | COTE D IVOIRE: OUATTARA ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY [...] (U) Former Ivorian Prime Minister and long-time President of the Rassemblement des Republicains (RDR) party Alassane Ouattara announced his candidacy for the Ivorian presidential election during an August 25 speech in Paris to RDR supporters in Europe. (Note: the date of the election has not [...] | 2007-09-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IV |
07ABIDJAN959 | (U) ACTION COMPLETED: IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Abidjan completed action requested in reftel. Here is the biographic information on three influential Ivoirian Muslim leaders who have favorable views of the United States and offer an alternative view to Islamic extremism. 2. (SBU) El Hadj Aboubacar FOFANA Gender: Male DOB [...] | 2007-09-12 18:50:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK PO QA RP RS RW SA SF SG SL SN SO SP |
07ABIDJAN997 | STATELESSNESS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (SBU) Summary. Refugee Office Program Assistant participated in a September 13 trip organized by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Ministry of Justice to the towns of Meagui and Soube in western Cote d'Ivoire. The purpose of the trip was to exami [...] | 2007-09-25 17:11:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL SOCI IV |
07ABUDHABI1016 | UNIFEM SUPPORTS TOWARDS MORE UAE WOMEN POLITICAL [...] On June 13, Sheikha Fatima, widow of the late President Sheikh Zayed, honored 220 women graduates of the "Enhancing the Role of Women Parliamentarians" program, which was organized in 2005 by the General Women's Union in conjunction with the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). [...] | 2007-06-19 09:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KWMN KMPI AE |
07ABUDHABI1104 | UAE CENTRAL BANK STILL WILLING TO TRAIN IRAQ FIU [...] (U) On June 21, 2007 OFAC Attache and Treasury Representative Erin English met with Abdulrahim Al Awadi, Head of the Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU),the financial intelligence unit (FIU) of the UAE Central Bank. Mr. English, who was recently stationed in Baghdad, rep [...] | 2007-07-01 12:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON IZ AE |
07ABUDHABI1157 | ECONOMY MINISTER SHEIKHA LUBNA ON IPR, TIFA PLUS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10, Ambassador and Econchief met with UAE Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi to follow-up on the June 29 TIFA plus meeting in Washington. Sheikha Lubna told Ambassador that she thought that it was an "excellent meeting." She expressed interest in deepening the [...] | 2007-07-11 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR AE |
07ABUDHABI1272 | UAE NATIONAL TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE CHAIR ON UAE [...] (SBU) On July 29, Ambassador spoke with UAE Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs (and Chair of the UAE's Human Trafficking Committee) Anwar Gargash to follow-up on her June 21 session with him (reftel) and to inquire about reports of a new women's shelter opening in Dubai. Ga [...] | 2007-07-30 06:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB AE |
07ABUDHABI141 | UAE RED CRESCENT ON AID TO LEBANON AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) On January 30, Econoff spoke with Dr. Saleh Al Ta,ie, head of the Relief and Emergency Department at the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) regarding the UAE,s recent aid to Lebanon and Afghanistan. Dr. Al Ta,ie said that the UAE,s $300 million pledge to Lebanon, announced at the Paris Co [...] | 2007-01-30 12:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL AF LE AE |
07ABUDHABI1445 | BLOGGER JAILED FOR DEFAMATION OF LOCAL OFFICIAL [...] (U) An AFP story dated August 22 noted that an Arab human rights group (Cairo-based Arabic Network for Human Rights Information -- HRInfo) was decrying the one-year sentence against a website owner in the UAE, Mohammed Rashed al-Shehhi, on defamation charges, adding that al-Shehhi was also fin [...] | 2007-08-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AE |
07ABUDHABI1555 | UAE PRESS WELCOMES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (U) On September 17, most local English and Arabic dailies in the UAE cited the release of the 2007 U.S. International Religious Freedom (IRF) report prominently and in positive terms. Coverage generally highlighted the report's validation of UAE efforts to promote religious tolerance. The p [...] | 2007-09-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KIRF AE |
07ABUDHABI158 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF U/S FORE TO THE UAE [...] (SBU) U/S Fore, Mission UAE warmly welcomes you and looks forward to your February 13-14 visit to Dubai. Your meeting with Vice President, Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR) will allow us to make progress on our new consulate compound (NCC) project and request [...] | 2007-02-01 13:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETTC IR MASS AE |
07ABUDHABI168 | PSI: SHIPMENT OF U.S.-ORIGIN TEST EQUIPMENT TO SYRIA VIA [...] (SBU) Post delivered non-paper with container numbers to MFA on Sunday, February 3, DCM raising subject with Asst U/S for International Cooperation. Econchief followed up with the Ministry of Interior's coordinator for combating trafficking in WMD Major Mohamed Al-Kitbi and the MFA represent [...] | 2007-02-04 13:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC CA SY AE |
07ABUDHABI1695 | SUCCESSFUL US - UAE LEGAL/REGULATORY WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 15. 2. (SBU) Summary: On September 24-25, the U.S. held a legal and regulatory workshop for the UAEG legal team responsible for the UAE's export control law. The UAE's team members clarified ambiguous aspects of the law and stated that the U [...] | 2007-10-10 12:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC AE |
07ABUDHABI1696 | ABU DHABI CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON SWF BEST PRACTICES [...] (SBU) Summary: Abu Dhabi financial officials told a Treasury delegation, led by DAS Ahmed Saeed that they welcomed the opportunity to cooperate with the USG. ADIA Managing Director Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and Yousef Al-Otaiba, Foreign Affairs Director for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shei [...] | 2007-10-10 12:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PINR AE |
07ABUDHABI1749 | (U)ALDIP ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS - UAE [...] (SBU) Econchief met with MFA International Organizations Director Yacoub Al-Hosani on October 18 to discuss USG priorities for UNGA Third Committee resolutions (ref a). Econchief also took the opportunity to follow up with Al-Hosani about the U.S. draft UN resolution condemning the use of rape [...] | 2007-10-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA AE |
07ABUDHABI1811 | UAE RESPONSE TO HIGH-LEVEL DEMARCHE ON UNGA RAPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 10:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA AE |
07ABUDHABI1812 | DEMARCHE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Econchief delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Affairs Director Yacoub Al-Hosani on October 28, the first day Al-Hosani was available to meet. Econchief highlighted the human rights situation in Cuba and urged the UAE to vote against or abstain on the UNGA resolution. Al-Hosan [...] | 2007-10-31 10:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PHUM AE |
07ABUDHABI1820 | UAE TIP COMMITTEE ISSUES REPORT AMID REQUESTS FOR TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAEG provided Post a previously-promised report on its anti-TIP efforts, which emphasizes UAEG intent to combat trafficking while also acknowledging the long term challenges and trining needs of an effective program. Separately, he UAE has requested G/TIP training support [...] | 2007-11-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN AE |
07ABUDHABI1823 | U/S Treasury McCormick Delivers Message on Iran [...] (SBU) On October 29, Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs David McCormick, accompanied by Ambassador, discussed both the Financial Action Task Force's guidance on Iran and the U.S. designations of Iranian entities and individuals with UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al- [...] | 2007-11-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KNAP EFIN IR AE |
07ABUDHABI1852 | FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH,S VISIT TO UAE SCORES PUBLIC [...] (U) In an historic October 21-23 visit to the United Arab Emirates, First Lady of the United States Laura Bush scored a public diplomacy victory while helping to launch the first nation-wide UAE campaign for breast cancer awareness. Mrs. Bush was hosted for a gala luncheon by the "Mother of t [...] | 2007-11-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KMPI KDEM AE |
07ABUDHABI1891 | INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT: ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to ref A request for interim assessment of UAEG efforts toward advancement of TIP goals. As confirmed by Ambassador Lagon's September visit (ref D),the UAE seeks to gain respect for its compassionate treatment of foreign workers and build institutions to s [...] | 2007-11-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB UN AE |
07ABUDHABI1919 | UAE DELEGATION TO ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE [...] Principal plus two for dinner and conference, in order of protocol: A) Principal: His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahayan Title: Minister of Foreign Affairs, United Arab Emirates Passport Number: 18666 DOB: 04/30/1972 POB: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Date of Issue: 07 [...] | 2007-11-25 10:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG PGOV CVIS AMGT AE |
07ABUDHABI194 | UAE MINISTRY OF LABOR INVITES PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 5 the UAE Ministry of Labor published a revised labor law on a special web site and invited public comment. The law mainly provides for new ways to encourage "Emiratization." Contrary to what Embassy had been led to believe, the law does not adddress collective bar [...] | 2007-02-07 11:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV SOCI GTIP AE |
07ABUDHABI198 | UAE LABOR UPDATES [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 5, Obaid Al-Zahmai Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labor (MOL) and Yousif Al-Noor, Labor Advisor to the MOL told econoff that the MoL was working with the Dubai executive council on a specialized labor court to facilitate the hearing of labor disputes in [...] | 2007-02-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CVIS GTIP TC |
07ABUDHABI231 | UAE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) UPDATES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 8, Econoff met Ministry of Economy officials to discuss intellectual property rights (IPR) in the UAE, including a specific complaint by the Estee Lauder Company about counterfeit products. Stating that the Mini [...] | 2007-02-12 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON PREL AE |
07ABUDHABI238 | ETIHAD AIRWAYS UPDATES [...] (U) This message contains business proprietary information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 12, Econoff and FCSoff met with Etihad Airways CEO James Hogan, Manager of International Affairs Vijay Poonoosamy, and Vice President of Operations Richard Hill. Hogan [...] | 2007-02-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ECON AE |
07ABUDHABI240 | UAE Press Highlight FTA "Progress" [...] (SBU) On February 13, the UAEG issued a press release on the progress of the free trade agreement negotiations and on the intention to restart the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council that received extensive UAE press coverage. The UAEG's press release specifically did not m [...] | 2007-02-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV PREL AE |
07ABUDHABI268 | PSI: SHIPMENT OF U.S.-ORIGIN TEST EQUIPMENT TO SYRIA VIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC CA SY AE |
07ABUDHABI298 | EMBASSY ABU DHABI COMMENTS ON SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE Government remains strongly committed to protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). The UAE continues to enforce copyright, trademark, and patent laws passed in 2002 to protect U.S. intellectual property, and remains committed to the 2002 agreement providing TRIPS-p [...] | 2007-02-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR PREL ETRD AE |
07ABUDHABI301 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PHILADELPHIA HURRICANE REBUILDING [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. 2. (U) On February 18, Post received a diplomatic note from the Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Abu Dhabi inquiring about the legitimacy of the Philadelphia Hurricane Rebuilding Committee (Committee). The Kenyan Embassy reports that several Ken [...] | 2007-02-21 13:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL KE AE |
07ABUDHABI368 | UAE 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...] | 2007-03-05 15:27:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE |
07ABUDHABI389 | UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ FROM 2003-2006 [...] (SBU) On March 7, 2007 Yousef Al Otaiba International Affairs Director for the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince's Court provided Ambassador with a matrix of UAE assistance to Iraq from 2003-2006. 2. (SBU) According to the matrix, the UAE Armed Forces provided 129,857,752 dhs ($35,287,433) from 2003-20 [...] | 2007-03-08 12:17:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM ECON PREL IZ AE |
07ABUDHABI395 | ANTI-BOYCOTT TEAM WORKS WITH UAEG OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary: On March 5, Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) officials Edward Weant and Fred Davidson, Department of State official Danielle Monosson, and Econoff met with Ministry of Economy (MOE) officials Undersecretary Abdullah Al-Saleh and Legal Advisor Issa Baddo [...] | 2007-03-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KBCT AL IS AE |
07ABUDHABI427 | UAE ATTENDANCE AT INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) On March 11, Embassy passed copy of letter from Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt to UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) along with cover message from Ambassador urging UAE to send senior level participants to the UN Interim Meeting. Econchief contacted Ministry [...] | 2007-03-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ AE |
07ABUDHABI480 | UAEG CONFIRMS MAY 7 DATE FOR NEXT ROUND OF GULF SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP AE |
07ABUDHABI490 | EXXON REQUEST FOR ADVOCACY ON SOUR GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, Exxon Al-Khaleej President Kemnetz presented Ambassador with suggested advocacy points on ADNOC's sour gas tender. The tender is for gas reservoirs beneath two on-shore oil fields. Reserves of gas in each field are estimated to be extensive (around seven trillion [...] | 2007-03-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV AE |
07ABUDHABI517 | PSI: SHIPMENT OF U.S.-ORIGIN TEST EQUIPMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 12:49:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC CA SY AE |
07ABUDHABI53 | URGING GULF ENGAGEMENT AT PARIS DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On several occasions, Ambassador has urged UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (AbZ) to have the UAE to demonstrate a high level of support for Lebanon both by sending a ministerial level delegation to the meeting and by providing a strong show of financial support f [...] | 2007-01-16 12:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL LE AE |
07ABUDHABI599 | UAE PRESIDENT DEFENDS LABOR SITUATION IN THE UAE [...] (U) Summary: On March 28, 2007, local Arabic and English language dailies, released an interview by the London-based Arabic daily Al Hayat with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The interview discusses, among other issues, the situation of the expatriate labor force and the imb [...] | 2007-04-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI GTIP AE |
07ABUDHABI603 | UAE INVITES CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS TO ABU DHABI [...] In a first-of-its-kind effort to win friends on Capitol Hill, the UAE Embassy in Washington funded the travel of eight Congressional staffers, most of them Chiefs of Staff, four Republicans and four Democrats, to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, April 1-7. The visit was low-key but offered staffers the [...] | 2007-04-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM OFDP OPRC OREP AE |
07ABUDHABI63 | PM SINIORA VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Summary: Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora concluded a very positive visit to the UAE on January 16, with a one-on-one meeting with UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, other UAE officials, and the Lebanese ex [...] | 2007-01-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON LE AE |
07ABUDHABI679 | UAE FNC PASSES EXPORT CONTROL LAW [...] (U) on February 24, the UAE's Federal National Council (FNC) debated on and passed the draft export control law with amendments. The law now returns to the UAE federal cabinet, which will make the changes and send the law to the UAE's Federal Supreme Council (rulers of the seven emirates) for [...] | 2007-04-24 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL AE |
07ABUDHABI697 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON EU DRAFT SMALL ARMS [...] (SBU) On April 25, MFA Director for International Cooperation Yacoub Al-Hosani asked Econchief for any background on a Draft EU Small Arms Agreement and on the USG's objections to the draft agreement. Al-Hosani said that the USG had opposed the agreement (at the UN) and the UAE had abstained. [...] | 2007-04-26 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC AE |
07ABUDHABI717 | UAEG CONFIRMS PARTICIPANTS FOR NEXT ROUND OF GULF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-01 12:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP AE |
07ABUDHABI801 | AMF DG ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-17 10:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL IZ AE |
07ABUDHABI897 | NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT - UAE THOUGHTS [...] (SBU) Econchief contacted MinFinance A/US for Revenue and Budget Khalid Al Bustani on May 30 to inform him that the President was expected to announce the nomination of Robert Zoellick as President of the World Bank and to stress Mr. Zoellick's strong qualifications for the position. Al-Bustan [...] | 2007-05-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IBRD AE |
07ABUDHABI90 | UAE MINSTATE FINANCE AND AMF HEAD ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) On January 22, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams, Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner, Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, and Econchief met with UAE Minstate Finance Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash. Adams told Dr. Kharbash that the U.S. planned to come to th [...] | 2007-01-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL LE AE |
07ABUDHABI976 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON USG ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. (SBU) Yousef Al-Otaiba, Director of International Affairs for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan asked Ambassador for detailed information on U.S. humanitarian and military assistance to Lebanon. This request for i [...] | 2007-06-14 09:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL MARR LE AE |
07ABUJA1091 | NIGERIA: LABOR/CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES ON INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A two-day nationwide strike to protest the outcome of the April elections had limited impact on the Nigerian political situation. While there were no street protests in Abuja, police in Lagos and Benin City disrupted rallies by members of the Labor and Civil Society Coalition ( [...] | 2007-06-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KLAB NI |
07ABUJA1158 | ECOWAS: PROGRESS ON AGRICULTURAL HARMONIZATION [...] Summary: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states met on May 16-18 to discuss harmonization of sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) regulations for ECOWAS non- West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA). Participants agreed that the signed UEMOA regulation should be [...] | 2007-06-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD EAGR ECON EAID NI ECOWAS |
07ABUJA1165 | NIGERIA RESPONDS TO MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] Six months after reftel demarche was delivered, the Nigerian government has responded to the request on mercury issues at the 24th session of the U.N. Environment Program's Governing Council that took place February 5-9, 2007. 2. The following is the text of the Diplomatic Note from the GON: [...] | 2007-06-08 12:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EMIN PREL ECON NI |
07ABUJA1238 | PAY HIKE FOR YAR'ADUA, TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] The Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC),which monitors withdrawals from the Federation Account, recommends revenue sharing agreements across the three tiers of government, and recommends salaries and other allowances for public officials announced a new Consolidated [...] | 2007-06-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI |
07ABUJA1278 | NIGERIA: LABOR TO COMMENCE NATIONAL STRIKE JUNE 20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) announced on June 18 that they will call on member unions to initiate an indefinite national strike beginning at midnight on June 20. Talks between the GON and the union confederations ende [...] | 2007-06-18 15:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB NI |
07ABUJA1302 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE -- SITREP #1 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) initiated a national labor strike at midnight on the morning on June 20. Oil companies report that essential personnel have reported for work and there is no impact as of yet on production. Airports closed in Abuj [...] | 2007-06-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM ENRG EAIR NI |
07ABUJA1326 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE - SITREP #4 [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) As Nigeria enters Day Three of the national labor strike, fuel availability and transportation remain critical problems. Though the strike remains peaceful, road blocks (some set up by labor sympathizers and others by groups of hoodlums) have been reported in Jos, Gombe, Kano [...] | 2007-06-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
07ABUJA1342 | NIGERIA: NATIONAL LABOR STRIKE - SITREP #5 [...] (SBU) Labor unions and the GON reached agreement late on June 23 (Day Four of the strike),with the strike officially ending at midnight that night. The agreement followed a reported intervention by President Yar'adua. In public statements immediately following the announcement of an agreeme [...] | 2007-06-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI |
07ABUJA1391 | NIGER DELTA: VP ENGAGES THE DONORS [...] (U) Summary: Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan met with representatives of lead donor agencies on June 27 to consult with them regarding the Niger Delta. The Vice President said that stabilizing the Delta is his top priority, but offered little in the way of concrete plans or progr [...] | 2007-07-02 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL ENRG NI |
07ABUJA1397 | NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS (PART I) [...] According to the Nigerian Constitution and 2006 Electoral Act, any aggrieved political party or candidate may contest the conduct or result of the April elections, including the gubernatorial and presidential races. Special election tribunals, located in the Federal Court of Appeal for the p [...] | 2007-07-02 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM NI |
07ABUJA1440 | NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS (PART II) - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The results of the April 14 gubernatorial elections are being contested in specially established state election tribunals (Ref. A). While most gubernatorial election tribunals have yet to convene, petitions from aggrieved candidates and parties, including the ruling People's D [...] | 2007-07-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA1535 | EFCC ARRESTS FORMER GOVERNORS [...] (U) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four former governors on allegations of money laundering, diversion of public funds for private use, conspiracy to steal, and abuse of office. Former governors Orji Kalu of Abia State and Saminu Turaki of Jigawa State were [...] | 2007-07-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR NI |
07ABUJA1555 | NORWEGIAN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Norway has an MOU with the Nigerian Government to provide technical assistance in the oil sector to make available Norway's experience and expertise as an oil producing nation in managing the resource for national benefit. The framework includes public/private institutional coo [...] | 2007-07-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EAID PHUM EITI NI |
07ABUJA1558 | ISLAMIC SCHOLAR GUNNED DOWN IN SOKOTO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Nigerian press reported that Umaru Hamza Dan-Maishiya, a prominent Islamic scholar and imam, died from wounds sustained after three gunmen opened fire as evening prayers at the Shehu Usmanu Dan Fodio Mosque in Sokoto on July 18. Nigerian daily This Day reports that two susp [...] | 2007-07-20 13:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KISL NI |
07ABUJA1582 | NIGERIA: MISSING LONG-TERM ENERGY PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria faces power problems despite abundant oil and gas resources because it does not have a coherent long-term energy plan, according to Dr. Joseph Makoju, Special Adviser to the President on Electric Power. Since 2005, the GON has spent $13.7 billion on the power sector, h [...] | 2007-07-25 11:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EAID NI |
07ABUJA1607 | NIGERIA: DOMESTIC ENERGY SECTOR IN TRANSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's power sector was in transition and the World Bank was integrally involved in this process, according to World Bank (WB) Energy Specialist Waqar Haider. He identified three aspects to the transition: unbundling the Nigerian Electric Power Authority (NEPA); regulatory fun [...] | 2007-07-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EAID NI |
07ABUJA1614 | NIGERIA: WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The World Bank-assisted West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project was nearing completion, but faced several lingering impediments, according to Senior World Bank (WB) Energy Specialist Waqar Haider. The pipeline would not be commissioned until June 2008 at the earliest. Pipeli [...] | 2007-07-27 06:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV EAID NI |
07ABUJA1625 | NIGERIA: NEW MINISTERS ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) President Umaru Musa Yar'adua administered the oath of office to his 39-member cabinet on July 26 at the presidential villa in Abuja. The President gave a stern warning that the Administration will not tolerate corruption and indiscipline in the public service. The ministers were offici [...] | 2007-07-27 11:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NI |
07ABUJA1626 | JULY 2007: NORTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent political developments across northern Nigeria. --------------------------------------------- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL UPDATE --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) As noted in Ref. A, election tribunals across the country ha [...] | 2007-07-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KJUS NI |
07ABUJA1638 | NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA HOLDS ENERGY PORTFOLIO [...] Summary. (U) President Yar'adua will act as Minister of Energy, following the footsteps of his predecessor. To assist managing the portfolio three deputy ministers have been appointed to oversee Power, Petroleum, and Gas. This decision is connected to the president's campaign promise that h [...] | 2007-07-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON PGOV NI |
07ABUJA164 | NIGERIAN PARADOX - PETROL SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Long gasoline queues have become endemic in the past two months. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) insists that the product stock available is enough to serve the entire country and that pipeline vandalisms is causing the supply hiccups. Pipeline sabotage has [...] | 2007-01-25 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI PETROL |
07ABUJA1642 | NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY PUSHES FOR ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three months after Nigeria's deeply flawed elections, civil society is keeping the pressure on the new administration to acknowledge the failures of the 2007 elections and reform the electoral process. The week of July 23, civil society held two events: (1) a citizens' electora [...] | 2007-07-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA174 | OPIC REQUEST FOR RESPONSE ON MICROCREDIT ENTERPRISE [...] (SBU) The Economic Section has reviewed OPIC's request for comments or recommendations regarding issuing political risk investment insurance to Microcredit Enterprises. Based on the information in the application we have no comments on the proposal. CAMPBELL [...] | 2007-01-26 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON NI OPIC |
07ABUJA1779 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN ELITES TAKE OVER OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Northern elites have added another key position in the oil sector with the appointment of Engineer Abubakar Lawal Yar'adua as the Acting Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Critics question his competency noting that Lawal Yar'a [...] | 2007-08-17 09:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV NI |
07ABUJA1865 | NIGERIA: NAIRA REDENOMINATION FLIP-FLOP [...] (SBU) Summary. The sudden suspension of the naira re-denomination policy by the Government of Nigeria (GON) demonstrates a lack of coordination and cohesion in President Umar Yar'adua's economic team. Such policy flip-flops affect Nigeria's credibility adversely in the international financial [...] | 2007-08-29 06:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
07ABUJA1954 | THE FOURTH AND FINAL IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI [...] (SBU) Summary. In its fourth Nigeria review, the IMF will recommend a positive outcome and noted satisfaction with overall macroeconomic figures. The third review had a few benchmarks that were not met, one of which questioned a $200 million loan from the Chinese Export Import Bank. Data from [...] | 2007-09-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EPET PINR NI |
07ABUJA1973 | GON WILL CONSIDER DEBT RELIEF FOR LIBERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2007 Ambassador Gribbin, accompanied by EconCouns and EconOff, delivered reftel demarche to the Minister of State for Finance, Aderemi Babalola. Babalola said the GON would consider the USG request that Nigeria forgive $44 million in arrears that Liberia owes t [...] | 2007-09-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET LI NI PREL |
07ABUJA2084 | NIGERIA: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite assurances given in May 2007 (reftel),enabling legislation to create the Nigerian Intellectual Property Commission (NIPCOM) has not yet become law. Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) officials remain opt [...] | 2007-09-27 13:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2099 | NIGERIA'S SPACE AGENCY WORKING WITH AMERICAN [...] (U) Summary: The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has a growing interest in working with U.S. companies. Emerging areas include possibility of antenna production in-country and telemedicine. The NASRDA Director General visited Embassy recently and received a tutorial o [...] | 2007-09-28 12:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA ETRD BEXP CVIS PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2127 | NIGERIA: POLICY SUPPORT INSTRUMENT PART II [...] (SBU) The GON has prepared a policy document for President Yar'adua and the Economic Management Team's approval recommending that Nigeria agree to a second IMF Policy Support Instrument (PSI) covering 2008-2010. According to Tunde Lawal, Deputy Director of Growth and Real Sector Development at [...] | 2007-10-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2177 | NIGERIA ADJUSTING OIL REFERENCE PRICE IN 2008 [...] (SBU) The GON has announced that it plans to use an oil reference price of USD 53.8 per barrel in the upcoming 2008 Budget for allocations to the Excess Crude Account (ECA). The upcoming budget will make more conservative assumptions regarding oil production to take into account supply disrupt [...] | 2007-10-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON PGOV PREL NI |
07ABUJA2178 | COMMERCE MINISTER PROPOSE DECEMBER TIFA; SEEKS INCREASED US [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh proposed December 10-11 as possible dates for the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) 2007 Council meeting in Abuja. He said the Nigeria government (GON) is enthusiastic, but has yet to discuss an inter-agency approved age [...] | 2007-10-10 15:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EAID NI |
07ABUJA2191 | NIGERIA: INDUSTRY HURTING IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Northern business leaders were unanimous in voicing their displeasure with current economic conditions in the region. The supply of electricity is epileptic, requiring expensive generators run on expensive fuel to operate businesses. An energy expert provided a dire overview o [...] | 2007-10-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI |
07ABUJA2201 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR SEPT/OCT [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent political developments across northern Nigeria, including: -- Alleged Christian-Muslim Violence Erupts in Kano -- Sharia Court Bans Play Critical of Sharia Implementation -- Bauchi Governor Yuguda Probes Former Governor Mu'azu ------------------------- [...] | 2007-10-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI NI |
07ABUJA2203 | NIGERIA'S LEADERSHIP INCUBATOR FALLS ON HARD TIMES [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria's National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) has produced three former Nigerian rulers, and scores of ministers, flag-grade officers, and high-level civil servants. Described in past USG reporting as the "cradle of the elite of the elite," NIPSS has played [...] | 2007-10-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO NI |
07ABUJA2228 | NIGERIA: KADUNA GOVERNOR DEFENDS ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Kaduna State Governor Muhammad Namadi Sambo (of the People's Democratic Party (PDP)) discussed with PolCouns on September 28 the April polls and provided insight into his agenda for his first term in office. While conceding that some local government areas in Kaduna state experienced el [...] | 2007-10-19 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM NI |
07ABUJA2240 | NIGERIA: BANK CAPITALIZATION - OVERHEATING, OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria's bank reforms, recapitalization, and consolidation in the sector have been positive and in line with other macroeconomic and financial reforms. Rapid capitalization has raised the issue of possible overheating if Nigeria's commercial banks rush to push available funds [...] | 2007-10-22 16:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EINV PREL NI |
07ABUJA2260 | THE LEBANESE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The majority of the wealthy Lebanese business community left Nigeria during the military period and only remnants remain. Successive poorly planned and executed government policies, such as government subsidies and import bans, have hurt local industries. The Nigerian mining s [...] | 2007-10-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EMIN ENRG PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2322 | NIGERIA: PILOTING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigeria is an admittedly risky environment in which to pilot a new governance initiative, particularly at the state level. Despite the risk, the establishment of better governance in Nigeria can have positive spillover effects for the rest of West Africa and the continent as a [...] | 2007-11-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EUN OECD NI |
07ABUJA2330 | WATER- A CHERISHED COMMODITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. The Hadelia Jama'are River Basin Development Authority (HJRBDA) covers over 45,000 square kilometers with the potential to irrigate 212,000 hectares in Kano, Bauch and Jigawa states. Agriculture is a big driver of Nigerian economic performance representing nearly 41% of GDP and [...] | 2007-11-02 11:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO SENV PGOV SOCI NI |
07ABUJA2380 | NIGERIANS INTERESTED IN INCREASED US INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 12 the Deputy Secretary and A/S Frazer met with bankers, businessmen, government representatives from telecommunications, trade and commerce, and Deputy Economic Advisor to the President to discuss the current investment climate in Nigeria. The bankers were interes [...] | 2007-11-15 08:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV PREL NI |
07ABUJA2403 | NIGERIAN TIFA TEAM STILL DELIBERATING [...] Summary: Ministry of Commerce and Industry reps are looking forward to hosting the December TIFA Council meetings. The Ministry's budget precludes it from hosting more than one day of meetings on December 11. The reps need more time to review the draft schedule, agenda and work plan. Bans [...] | 2007-11-19 06:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NI |
07ABUJA2417 | NIGERIA: 2008 BUDGET SHIFT TO INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) Summary: President Umar Musa Yar'adua presented to the National Assembly (NA) his 2008 federal government budget of $21.11 billion (2.47 trillion naira - exchange rate of 117 naira to one dollar) on November 8. The 2008 budget is a 6.5% increase from 2007 budget. The 2008 budget is nearl [...] | 2007-11-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2430 | FY 2007 CARRY-OVER ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Abuja supports USAID Bilateral Mission proposal to use USD 500,000 from AF ESF to help media, civil society and the National Assembly monitor and move forward Nigeria's electoral reform process. Embassy also supports USAID West African Mission proposal to utilize USD 200 [...] | 2007-11-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV AFIN AMGT PHUM PREL ETRD NI |
07ABUJA2435 | NIGERIAN CUSTOMS INVESTIGATING TEMPORARY IMPORT LICENSES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-23 10:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2436 | NIGERIA: IPR CRIMES WORKSHOP WELL-RECEIVED [...] (SBU) Summary. A three-day workshop on investigative skills for IPR crimes had energetic and high participation from Nigerian enforcement officials in Abuja. The course was successful in raising awareness as to the seriousness of IPR crimes, providing detailed investigative techniques for ha [...] | 2007-11-23 11:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR ETRD PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2447 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONQWITH [...] (U) Poloff met with Charles Ononye, Deputy Director of the Nigerian MFA's International Organizations Division, on November 27 to deliver reftel demarche. Ononye promised to consider the U.S. reasons for opposing the three resolutions and confer with his colleagues in New York, but he was ul [...] | 2007-11-27 15:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA NI IS |
07ABUJA2508 | NIGERIA: INDUSTRY UNHAPPY WITH NCC DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Adebambo Adewopo, Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC),has received negative press reports in the local media and been subject to complaints from intellectual property (IP) rights experts regarding his tenure at the NCC. Some of the reports against him [...] | 2007-12-06 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV NI |
07ABUJA256 | MISSION NIGERIA LES VOTER REGISTRATION SURVEY [...] (U) Nigeria's voter registration exercise got off to a rocky start in October and ended on February 2, 2007. The political section sent a questionaire on voter registration via email to Embassy Abuja, Consulate Lagos and USAID Nigeria locally engaged staff (LES) during the first week of Febru [...] | 2007-02-09 10:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
07ABUJA2579 | NIGERIA: NORTHERN POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR NOV/DEC [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent political developments across northern Nigeria, including: -- Violence erupts in Bauchi -- Niger governor probes former governor Kure -- Kano Imam escapes assassination -- LGC elections spark political violence in Kano 2. (SBU) VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN BA [...] | 2007-12-14 13:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM NI |
07ABUJA2589 | NIGERIA-IMF ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION, ECONOMIC DIAGNOSTIC AND ADVISORY DISCUSSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 12:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON EPET EAID PINR NI |
07ABUJA2593 | NIGERIA: COMMERCE MINISTER SPEAKS ON U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting prior to the December 11 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh expressed appreciation for AGOA and contrasted USG understanding of what countries like Nigeria need to expand trade relativ [...] | 2007-12-21 09:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NI |
07ABUJA2600 | TIFA COUNCIL- U.S.-NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting with the Government of Nigeria (GON),the U.S. and GON agreed on a work plan and joint-communique that paves the way forward for greater dialogue and engagement. Several GON officials expressed interes [...] | 2007-12-21 12:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2601 | NIGERIA: SUCCESSFUL AGOA WORKSHOP AND SHEA BUTTER SITE [...] (SBU) Summary. The AGOA workshop presented an opportunity for the Nigerian private sector to listen to and speak with GON and USG officials on how Nigerian exporters have benefited and can continue to benefit from AGOA. The private sector was well-represented and flexible considering the last [...] | 2007-12-27 06:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI |
07ABUJA2604 | AMBASSADOR'S POSITIVE DISCUSSION WITH NIGERIAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador followed-up on instruction to engage Nigerian President Yar,Adua on his interest in moving forward with a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with the United States, on the fringes of the December 14, 2007, civil society event hosted by the Academy for Education Development (AED [...] | 2007-12-27 06:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD ECON EFIN NI |
07ABUJA404 | NIGERIA AVIAN FLU U.S. RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Nigeria is now better able to take samples and test reported outbreaks, most of the problems that have dogged the country in responding to AI persist. Surveillance remains very weak and urgently needs attention. Inter-ministerial cooperation is still a problem. The publi [...] | 2007-03-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR NI |
07ABUJA44 | NIGERIA CENSUS RESULTS - STATUS QUO MAINTAINED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian National Population Commission (NPC) released the first census in 15 years. The census tabulations affirmed conventional wisdom that the majority of the population is in the 17 northern states - 75 million compared to 65 million in the southern states. The largest [...] | 2007-01-10 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM ECON PGOV EAID NI CENSUS |
07ABUJA582 | MISSION PLANS TO OBSERVE NIGERIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigerians are scheduled to vote for Governors and State Assembly members on April 14 and for the President and National Assembly members on April 21. These elections will mark the first transition of power from one civilian government to another in Nigeria's history. Election [...] | 2007-03-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC AMGT EAID KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA583 | ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #5 [...] (SBU) This cable is the fifth in a series of elections snapshots designed to provide a sense of the local environment in the run up to the elections planned for April 2007. In-depth information will continue to be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting [...] | 2007-03-26 14:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA630 | A SUMMARY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Political violence has increased over the past several months and many fear this trend will only worsen before the April elections. The driving force is a desire to capture power and control of state resources at all costs. Nigeria,s rampant corruption and patronage-based system support [...] | 2007-03-30 15:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA631 | INEC: PREPARATIONS FOR 2003 VS. 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: The current posture of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and preparations for the 2007 elections raise worrisome echoes of the failures of 2003, when preparations were inadequate and polling itself was embroiled in disarray, misconduct and confrontation [...] | 2007-03-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI |
07ABUJA667 | PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION OF NIGERIAN [...] (U) Summary: In addition to this Mission's own plans to to field over 80 observers for the forthcoming Nigerian elections (ref. A),a number of multilateral organizations, other embassies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are planning to have observer teams in the field during the April [...] | 2007-04-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI |
07ABUJA669 | NIGERIA: ELECTIONS PREP - THE SIX STATE TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloffs visited Enugu, Anambra, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Bauchi states over the period of March 20 to 30, meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (where possible),NGOs, local media, and other stakeholders in the elections process. With only two weeks to elections, our P [...] | 2007-04-11 06:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA685 | NIGERIA: IF ACCREDITATION IS THIS DISORGANIZED... [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. INEC's April 10-11 Abuja accreditation briefing for international and domestic observers, clearly thrown together with little or no preparation, provided few answers and raised more doubt as to INEC's organizational capabilities. Iwu and other INEC officials, while offering li [...] | 2007-04-11 15:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV |
07ABUJA692 | Outbreak Communications Evaluation [...] (SBU) Nigeria has recently completed, though not yet formally adopted, a second draft of its Integrated National Avian Influenza Response Plan. Copies of that plan were submitted to AIAG via e-mail. Three UN consultants worked closely with the GON on this new draft, including a UN Communicatio [...] | 2007-04-12 13:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR NI |
07ABUJA725 | DOMESTIC MONITORS RAISE CONCERN, REJECT RESULTS OF [...] (U) A coalition of Nigerian civil society organizations including the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG),Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN),Labor Monitoring Team (LEMT),Women Environmental Program (WEP),Muslim League for Accountability (MULAC),Center for Democracy [...] | 2007-04-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA746 | OBSERVATION OF GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: A REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A single characterization of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly elections across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones is impossible. Observations cover the full range -- from parts of Enugu and the Niger Delta regions where elections were simply never held, to some areas [...] | 2007-04-19 15:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA747 | RELIGIOUS AND LABOR GROUPS SPEAK OUT ON 4/14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Strong public statements were issued on April 17 by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and on April 18 jointly by the two predominant Muslim and Christian organizations (the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)). Bo [...] | 2007-04-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ELAB NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA749 | VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL CLAMPDOWN AFTER SATURDAY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the April 14 elections, Nigeria's Inspector General of Police has banned all public demonstration, political rallies and protests and issued "shoot-to-kill" orders to policemen throughout the nation in cases of arson or attacks on police stations. Excluding the apparent [...] | 2007-04-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA787 | OBSERVATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The April 21 presidential and National Assembly elections were marred with irregularities similar to those of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly polls (Ref. C). However, in some instances, irregularities observed were significantly worse than the previous weekend's [...] | 2007-04-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA791 | NIGERIA: LABOR CALLS ON GON TO REJECT ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on its strong April 17 statement on the Gubernatorial and state assembly elections (reftel),the National Labor Congress (NLC) issued a statement on April 24 that "the long-term interests of our nation will be better served by rejecting these elections." The statem [...] | 2007-04-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA847 | NIGERIA: APRIL 28 MAKE-UP ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) continued its near-sweep of state and national races after this weekend's rescheduled elections, which were held in select parts of 27 states. Previous state or national elections in these locations were either not held on the 14th o [...] | 2007-05-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NI |
07ABUJA852 | LABOR CONDEMNS ELECTIONS AT MAY DAY CELEBRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a joint National Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) May Day celebration in Abuja, labor leaders condemned the April 2007 state and national elections and voiced displeasure with the failure of the Obasanjo administration to address basic issues affecting la [...] | 2007-05-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ELAB NI ELECTIONS |
07ACCRA1033 | UPDATE ON KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a May 4 visit to Krisan Camp, Ref Coord noted relatively good morale, better access to potable water, and no incidents of sexual- or gender-based violence. There was still no lighting at night and the Camp Clinic has experienced occasional shortages of medication. Reset [...] | 2007-05-09 17:41:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM GH |
07ACCRA1037 | UNEASY CALM IN GHANA'S DAGBON CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Summary: An uneasy calm remains over Ghana,s conflict-prone Northern Region. Last April, the two arguing claimants to the Dagbon chieftaincy agreed to bury their chief (Ya-Na) who was murdered in 2002. However, the next step to selecting a new chief -- the Ya-Na's funeral -- remains on [...] | 2007-05-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH PGOV PHUM |
07ACCRA1078 | GHANA ON PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT) [...] (SBU) On May 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Paul Essel, the Supervising Director for Legal, Multilateral Organizations, and Passport Affairs at the MFA. Essel said that the GOG understood the USG position but would have to study this issue more closely before committing itself. He ad [...] | 2007-05-14 17:40:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC GH KOMC PARM UNDC |
07ACCRA1176 | GHANA'S MFA ON HYBRID FORCE COMMAND IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) On May 23, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the hybrid UN/AU force in Darfur to MFA Supervising Director for Multilateral, Legal and Passport Affairs Paul Essel (the Foreign Minister is out of the country and the Deputy Minister was unavailable). Post had already delivered the [...] | 2007-05-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KPKO PGOV PREL SU |
07ACCRA1238 | GHANA ON SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) On May 30, Polchief discussed reftel points on Sudan sanctions with the MFA's Supervising Director for Africa and the African Union, Mr. C.N.A. Kotey. Kotey replied that Ghana would have no problem supporting the U.S. on these sanctions, adding that the Foreign Minister would support [...] | 2007-06-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD AU UN SU GH |
07ACCRA1341 | Affidavit of Relationship (AOR) for Thomas [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-19 18:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM |
07ACCRA1375 | UNSC DISCUSSIONS IN GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and other members of the UN Security Council visited Ghana as part of a five-day African tour. They met as a group with Foreign Minster Nana Akufo-Addo and President John Kufuor. Akufo-Addo was encouraged by recent progress in Sudan and [...] | 2007-06-20 17:06:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH PGOV PREL SO SU AU UNSC KPKO |
07ACCRA1391 | EMBASSY REFERRAL FOR UNACCOMPANIED MINORS ALPHA AND MALLAM [...] (SBU) Embassy Accra hereby refers Alpha Amadu Fofanah, who was born on September 8, 1997, in Kabala, Sierra Leone. Alpha was only two years old when the family fled Sierra Leone. The boy's maternal grandfather was a prominent imam and active member of the UNPP political party. Because of th [...] | 2007-06-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF |
07ACCRA142 | GHANA'S RULING NPP PARTY CONGRESS: EMPHASIZING UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) held its National Delegates Conference from January 5-7 to prepare for the 2008 presidential election. President Kufuor was clearly concerned about the number of NPP presidential aspirants (nearly two dozen) and the effect a divisive camp [...] | 2007-01-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
07ACCRA1451 | PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KUFUOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 28, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the U.S. SIPDIS delegation to the Africa Union Summit met with Ghanaian President John Kufuor. Kufuor agreed with the USG approach on Sudan but his staff thought the current draft UNSC [...] | 2007-07-03 07:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CI GH PREL SO SU |
07ACCRA1461 | PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AU PEACE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, on the margins of the June 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit. They agreed with the need to coordinate AU and UN documents on Su [...] | 2007-07-03 16:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ER ET GH PREL SO SU |
07ACCRA1483 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE AGOA FORUM-JULY 18-19, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: On March 6, Ghana celebrated its fiftieth anniversary as sub-Saharan Africa's first independent country. Ghana has emerged from a turbulent history into a period of stability, democracy and sustained economic growth. Ghana and the United States have enjoyed strong, positive ties [...] | 2007-07-06 17:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR AMGT GH |
07ACCRA1520 | GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR BEGINS CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10 and 11, President Kufuor submitted to parliament the names of thirteen new ministers in the beginning of a Cabinet shuffle. The new list promotes a number of deputy ministers, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Akwasi Osei-Adjei to Foreign Minister. The [...] | 2007-07-11 17:56:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GH PGOV PREL |
07ACCRA1523 | LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA FACE MAJOR CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The mood at Budumburam Refugee Camp, 25 miles west of Accra, is somewhat tense, as the June 30 deadline for repatriating to Liberia with UNHCR assistance has passed. A last-minute surge resulted in over 1,000 refugees signing up to repatriate, but change is coming even for tho [...] | 2007-07-11 21:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH LI TO |
07ACCRA155 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KUFUOR: TIDBITS ON ENERGY, [...] (SBU) In a January 23 meeting with Ambassador, President Kufuor made a strong plea for help with power generation. Ghana needs 100 megawatts by mid-February to avoid power disruptions during the March Jubilee celebrations, he said. Ambassador mentioned several U.S. commercial options, about [...] | 2007-01-23 18:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG GH PREL SOCI |
07ACCRA1579 | GHANAIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On July 24, Paul Essel, Supervising Director for Multilateral, Passport, and Legal Affairs at the MFA, told poloff that the GOG has not yet decided on its delegation to the 62nd UN General Assembly. However, Essel did say that he is "almost certain" President Kufuor will attend given the [...] | 2007-07-25 16:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA GH |
07ACCRA1606 | Trafficking in Persons Report Rollout in Ghana [...] (SBU) Summary: PolChief and Human Rights Coordinator recently met with senior Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs (MOWAC) officials to discuss the 2007 Trafficking and Persons (TIP) Report. MOWAC reps were disappointed with Ghana's Tier 2 ranking and asked that any reference to the Grace C [...] | 2007-07-31 16:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KOCI KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
07ACCRA1717 | EMBASSY REFERRAL FOR ALPHA OUMAR BARRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Accra hereby refers Alpha Oumar Barry, a citizen of Guinea, born 26 April, 1974, in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, for refugee processing. Barry worked as a driver and distributor of publications for Human Rights Watch (HRW) in Guinea. He also assisted HRW in identifying vict [...] | 2007-08-14 13:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH GV |
07ACCRA1757 | Prominent Candidates Announce Campaign for Convention [...] (SBU) In recent days, two well-known personalities have announced their intention to challenge for the presidential nomination of the Convention People's Party (CPP),and signaled a possible revival for this once-powerful political movement. On August 13, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, former Minister f [...] | 2007-08-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
07ACCRA1791 | GHANA'S ENERGY CRISIS: DAM AT CRITICAL LEVEL; EMERGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables on Ghana's energy sector. The first, ref A, provided background on the crisis and near-term remedial measures. The second, ref B, focused primarily on the impact of the crisis on the mining sector. This cable provides an update on the crisis [...] | 2007-08-24 13:42:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG GH |
07ACCRA1821 | GHANA UNDECIDED ON 1540 RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 12:57:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP GH |
07ACCRA1822 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is selecting Parliamentary Candidates for constituencies in three northern regions (Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions) ahead of the 2008 general elections. [NOTE: The NPP has been historically weak in these areas, and does not hold parliament [...] | 2007-08-30 18:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
07ACCRA1849 | GHANA'S ENERGY CRISIS: RESTRUCTURING TOWARD FULL [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the fourth in a series of cables on Ghana's energy sector. The first, ref A, provided background on the crisis and near-term remedial measures. The second, ref B, focused primarily on the impact of the crisis on the mining sector. The third, ref C, provided an update on t [...] | 2007-09-04 09:09:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG GH |
07ACCRA1871 | TOGO: REO VISISTS MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, DEPARTMENT OF [...] (U) The REO met with Fisheries department officials, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and the Natural SIPDIS Resources program manager for the Peace Corps. The REO visited the artisanal fishing vessel basin and a fish smoking facility. ------------------------------ F [...] | 2007-09-05 13:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CM SENV OTRA AF OES GH |
07ACCRA1893 | GHANA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SIERRA LEONE [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, on September 6 Charge spoke to D.K. Osei, President Kufuor's Foreign Policy Advisor, to convey USG concerns over tensions surrounding the run-off presidential elections in Sierra Leone, and to seek a statement from President Kufuor in his capacity as head of the Afr [...] | 2007-09-06 16:14:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SL GH |
07ACCRA1895 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEPTEMBER IAEA BOARD OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 06:45:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC GH |
07ACCRA1904 | KIMBERLEY PROCESS: GHANA AWAITS PROMISED TECHNICAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GoG is eager to move forward with promised USG technical assistance (TA) to help Ghana improve its capacity to abide by its Kimberley Process (KP) commitments. With the passage of key events such as the KP Review Team visit [...] | 2007-09-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG GH |
07ACCRA1908 | GHANA ON SEEKING A UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 15:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC |
07ACCRA1916 | GHANA - ICAO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; RECAP OF CIVIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EconOff delivered the third ICAO Assembly demarche requesting support for U.S. candidacy to the ICAO Council. Ghana's Minister of Aviation indicated support would be based on reciprocity as Ghana also seeks re-election. The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) inquired about t [...] | 2007-09-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD GH SENV |
07ACCRA1962 | GHANA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) On August 27, the "Ghanaian Observer," a private daily newspaper, published a leaked survey in which the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) asked participants nationwide who they supported in the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) race to succeed President Kufuor. The report has raised publ [...] | 2007-09-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
07ACCRA1964 | GHANAIAN DELEGATION TO UNGA [...] (SBU) On September 17, the GOG State Protocol Office provided the following information concerning the Ghanaian delegation to UNGA. Responses are keyed to reftel request: A. Attendance of Head of State/Head of Government. Plans to attend. -- John A. Kufuor, President -- Plans to arrive [...] | 2007-09-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA GH |
07ACCRA2035 | SOMALIA - GHANAIAN SUPPORT FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PGOV GH SO |
07ACCRA2091 | Ghana: Information on Textiles and Apparel Production [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-02 17:04:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX GH |
07ACCRA2146 | Ghana: Updated Information Apparel Industry [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is SBU. Please treat accordingly; not for internet publication. This cable provides updated information on Ghana's apparel factories that are taking advantage of AGOA. The West Africa Trade Hub surveyed each garment factory and obtained information on number of mac [...] | 2007-10-10 16:17:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX GH |
07ACCRA2162 | GHANA'S ICT DEVELOPMENT: IS THE GLASS HALF FULL? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the first of two cables on the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Ghana. It covers policy and services. Septel will address privatization of the two national carriers. Ghana's ICT sector has considerable promise. Telephone penetration rates have ri [...] | 2007-10-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EAID GH |
07ACCRA2281 | DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR GH |
07ACCRA2320 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE'S [...] (SBU) We look forward to your November 9 visit and provide the following background: 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2007 as Sub-Saharan Africa's first independent country. It has emerged from a turbulent history into a period of stability, democracy and sus [...] | 2007-11-01 15:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC ECON EAID GH |
07ACCRA2374 | PARLIAMENT RECONVENES; PASSES ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] (U) After reconvening on October 23, Ghana's Parliament passed the Anti-Money Laundering Bill on November 2. This bill, which had been under consideration for nearly a year, will strengthen Ghanaian law enforcement authorities' arsenal by criminalizing money laundering for crimes that go beyond [...] | 2007-11-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN GH |
07ACCRA2381 | Ghana - Signs of Economic Overheating [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of its most recent mission to Ghana, the IMF expressed concern about an overall worsening of the macro-economic situation and signs that the economy may be overheating. While growth continues to be strong, foreign reserves are at worrisome levels, inflation seems st [...] | 2007-11-08 13:40:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID GH |
07ACCRA2385 | Ghana - National Trade Estimate 2008 [...] Summary. This cable contains Embassy Ghana's submission for the 2008 National Trade Estimate Report. As instructed reftel, a copy in Word format was submitted via e-mail to USTR. End Summary. 2. Begin Text of National Trade Estimate: TRADE SUMMARY ------------- (Not updated, per r [...] | 2007-11-09 07:58:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON GH |
07ACCRA2391 | GHANA: DEMARCHE ON UNMEE REPORT AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-09 15:02:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC GH |
07ACCRA2409 | THE PNC VIEW OF THE 2008 ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent conversation with Dr. Edward Mahama, the leader of the People's National Convention (PNC) party, Mahama said the PNC supports a greater state role in Ghana's economy, more intense efforts to stamp out corruption and a stronger Parliament. He said plans to reunite the [...] | 2007-11-15 07:18:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
07ACCRA2443 | GHANAIAN WOMEN - 50 YEARS OF PROGRESS BUT A LONG WAY TO GO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing more than half the population, Ghanaian women have contributed substantially to Ghana's development since independence. Aside from their critical role in Ghana's economy, women participate in the public sphere, taking on leading positions in politics and civil socie [...] | 2007-11-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI ECON GH |
07ACCRA2451 | NPP PARTY LEADERS LOOK TO REUNIFY PARTY AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 19 meeting with POL Chief and POL FSN, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman Peter Mac-Manu said he is focusing on maintaining NPP unity as the party undergoes a contentious leadership contest in the run up to its December party congress. Mac-Manu said he recently met [...] | 2007-11-29 07:50:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON GH |
07ACCRA2484 | Ghana - Economic Round-up [...] (U) Summary: this cable provides a summary of notable developments in the economic sector in October and November: -- Parliament Passes Anti-Money Laundering Bill; -- Central Bank Proposal to Raise Banks' Capital Base; -- Bank of Ghana Monetary Policy Committee Increases Prime Rate; -- Coco [...] | 2007-12-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ENRG GH |
07ACCRA249 | A Hero's Homecoming for Kofi Annan [...] (SBU) Summary: Homecoming celebrations marked the return to Ghana of former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, on January 23, 2007. In a conciliatory gesture, main opposition National Democratic Party (NDC) presidential candidate John Atta Mills attended a welcoming reception hosted [...] | 2007-02-06 08:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AORC GH |
07ACCRA2498 | NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC IR PARM GH |
07ACCRA2499 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC GH |
07ACCRA2506 | GHANA: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-11 07:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UNGA GH |
07ACCRA2511 | WOMEN IN GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT - ACHIEVEMENTS AND OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women have contributed significantly to Ghana's social and economic development since its independence fifty years ago. They play a critical role in agriculture, Ghana's largest economic sector, and are responsible for most of the nation's food production. In recent years, Ghan [...] | 2007-12-12 07:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI ECON ELAB GH |
07ACCRA2577 | CODEL INHOFE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND MINISTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, President Kufuor and Ghana's Defense Minister told CODEL Inhofe that Ghanaian peacekeepers for Somalia and Darfur must be properly equipped before a deployment. Otherwise, he said, it would be akin to "sending them to the slaughter." Kufuor and Ghana's military l [...] | 2007-12-20 10:08:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KWMN MARR MOPS GH |
07ACCRA2586 | THE LEADING NPP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Only one more day remains in the race to select the next New Patriotic Party Presidential candidate for the 2008 election. In this two part series, Post will take a closer look at the leading candidates for the NPP's nomination and septel will focus on the internal dynamics infl [...] | 2007-12-21 12:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
07ACCRA2587 | THE NPP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION AND ELECTION 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the December 22 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Convention moves closer, the debate has intensified, and rank and file supporters appear more disillusioned by ostentatious campaigns and exorbitant spending. Some party officials fear the NPP is losing touch with its base and privat [...] | 2007-12-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GH |
07ACCRA2591 | Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom to Lead CPP in 2008 Presidential [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 17, the Convention People's Party (CPP) elected on the first ballot Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom as its candidate for the 2008 Presidential election. Nduom, educated in the U.S. and a former minister in the Kufuor administration, urged the CPP to unite in his acceptance speec [...] | 2007-12-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL GH |
07ACCRA2599 | NPP SELECTS AKUFO ADDO AS FLAGBEARER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Sunday December 23, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) selected former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD Nano Akufo Addo as its nominee for the 2008 presidential election after a solid victory over 16 other candidates. While Akufo Addo received approxima [...] | 2007-12-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GH |
07ACCRA2604 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN GHANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Resource nationalism in Ghana has not been a major concern for the extractive industries since the nationalization of mining interests in the 1970s. The policy was reversed in the l980s under the Rawlings administration. Per the 1992 Constitution, mineral resources are the [...] | 2007-12-29 13:26:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT EINV EMIN ENRG GH |
07ACCRA294 | TOGOLESE REFUGEES IN GHANA NEARLY TWO YEARS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly two years after Togolese refugees streamed across the Ghana border following post-election violence, the number of refugees repatriating to Togo has slowed, even though their situation in Ghana has become somewhat less attractive. Food rations for half of them have stopp [...] | 2007-02-08 17:27:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TO BN GH |
07ACCRA321 | GHANA AT 50: A MIXED ECONOMIC RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the fourth in a series of scene setter cables on Ghana at 50. Ghana can not only boast stability and an emerging democracy (septels),but also two decades of sustained economic growth and modest poverty reduction. However, economic stability is fragile, heavily depe [...] | 2007-02-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN GH SOCI |
07ACCRA474 | GHANA AT 50: U.S.-GHANA RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: This is the fifth in a series of scene setter cables focusing on Ghana at 50. Despite periods of friction in our relations, Ghana and the U.S. have had strong, positive ties for the past decade and are now at an all-time high. Ghana is a reliable, democratic partner for the U.S [...] | 2007-02-28 17:59:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID ECON ETRD GH PGOV PHUM PREL |
07ACCRA478 | GHANA AT 50: ENDURING LEGACY OF AFRICAN [...] (U) Summary: This is the sixth in a series of cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the second in a series focused on Ghana's external relations. Ghana,s legacy of continent-wide leadership began with its first president Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah's legacy includes a commitment to multilateral or [...] | 2007-03-01 15:37:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON GH PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
07ACCRA483 | GHANA AT 50: A WORLD VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the seventh and final in a series of scene setter cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the third looking at Ghana's external relations. Throughout its history Ghana has been independent and vocal on the international stage. It has preferred multilateral solutions, espe [...] | 2007-03-01 18:05:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BR CH ECON GH IN PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
07ACCRA484 | DIVIDED POLITICS ON THE EVE OF GHANA'S JUBILEE [...] (SBU) Summary: Heading into its Jubilee week, Ghanaian politics is heated and polarized. The ruling NPP party and the main opposition NDC party have recently offered contrasting views of the state of the nation. NDC presidential candidate John Atta Mills will participate in Jubilee activi [...] | 2007-03-01 18:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH KDEM PGOV PREL |
07ACCRA569 | WEST AFRICAN REFUGEES ON HOLD FOR MATERIAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Accra is home base for the Regional Refugee Coordinator Office, which has responsibility for refugee resettlement in 21 countries in West and Central Africa, one of only two such offices in sub-Saharan Africa. We take refugee resettlement issues very seriously and appreciate the [...] | 2007-03-13 17:59:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH SL LI |
07ACCRA62 | GRACE COLEMAN EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) On December 28, 2006 PolChief raised with Attorney General and Minister of Justice Joe Ghartey the status of the extradition request of Ghanaian Member of Parliament Grace Coleman on charges related to trafficking in persons. PolChief reminded Ghartey that we have never received a GOG [...] | 2007-01-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GH CFED CJAN PREL |
07ACCRA709 | THE FUTURE OF LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN GHANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Aida Haile Mariam told Ref Coord on March 14 that refugees were becoming more serious about repatriation, with the deadline for returning to Liberia with UNHCR assistance only 3-1/2 months away. A preliminary headcount at Budumburam Camp completed on March [...] | 2007-03-29 18:49:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH LI TO |
07ACCRA811 | IMF MISSION: UPBEAT ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF Resrep (protect) provided local embassy representatives an upbeat assessment of the IMF Mission that concluded on March 28. Follow-on discussions with GoG officials echoed the positive readout. After a somewhat disappointing Mission in February when fiscal data were wor [...] | 2007-04-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN GH |
07ACCRA957 | Embassy Referral for Francis A. Aglamey [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra hereby refers Mr. Francis A. Aglamey and his family to the U.S. resettlement program. Mr. Aglamey took refuge in Ghana in 2006. As Director General Assistant of the Mission Baptist Hospital in Adeta, he gave orders to treat the wounded protestors after the April [...] | 2007-05-02 11:21:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF GH TO |
07ADANA122 | TURKEY'S SOLE ETHNIC ARMENIAN VILLAGE SAYS IT'S TIME TO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkey's only remaining Armenian village, Vakifli, is fighting demographic and social pressures by developing niches in organic farming and religious tourism. The Village elders said Turkish officials treat Vakifli well, including providing help with church renovations. Whil [...] | 2007-10-30 14:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU AM PGOV PHUM PREL |
07ADANA123 | TURKEY: ADANA'S STAGNANT ECONOMY STILL AWAITING BTC-FUELED [...] (U) SUMMARY. Adana's business leaders are starting to develop alternatives to the big business-driven model that characterized the city's early growth. While an overvalued lira, financial mismanagement and removal of textile quotas in 2005 have led to closures of several large textile busin [...] | 2007-10-31 10:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PREL ENRG TU |
07ADANA28 | DTP CO-CHAIRMEN SENTENCED TO 1.5 YEARS IMPRISONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Two co-chairs of the pro-Kurdish DTP were sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for violating laws which forbid speaking in non-Turkish languages during political meetings or party campaigns, and using honorific titles or phrases praising crimes or criminals, such as jailed PKK lead [...] | 2007-02-27 15:00:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM TU |
07ADANA29 | GRAMEEN BANK: HELPING TURKEY'S POOREST [...] (SBU) Using the micro-credit model established by its parent bank in Bangladesh, Grameen's branch in Turkey has been offering loans - and life-coaching - to poor vendors, craftswomen and farmers in Diyarbakir. Though Grameen now has six offices with ambitious expansion plans throughout SE Turk [...] | 2007-03-06 06:49:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TU |
07ADANA47 | TURKEY REOPENS ARMENIAN AKDAMAR CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a year and a half of restoration work, the 10th century Armenian Akdamar Church was reopened in a March 29 ceremony attended by a GOAM delegation and members of the diplomatic establishment from Ankara, as well as members of Turkey's Armenian population. In opening rem [...] | 2007-04-03 14:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TU |
07ADANA51 | TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE SUFFERING FROM INSTABILITY AND A CONGESTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's trade with Iraq has suffered in recent months due to increased instability in Iraq, continuing problems at Habur Gate and inadequate banking services. The situation at Habur dismays many businessmen since, even though the facilities there have been upgraded, it still t [...] | 2007-04-06 06:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TU |
07ADANA56 | FOUR CHRISTIANS KILLED IN SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Three Turkish citizens and one German national were killed, and two injured, in an April 18 attack Christian bookstore in Malatya, a provincial capital about 600 kilometers southeast of Ankara. The victims were all affiliated with the tiny Protestant community that has developed in south [...] | 2007-04-18 14:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CACS PTER PGOV PHUM |
07ADANA78 | TURKISH KURDISH SOUTHEAST: ELECORAL ARITHMETIC [...] (SBU) The pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) released its list of 65 "independent" candidates who will compete for parliament in Turkey's July 22 general election, hoping to elect MPs after 13 years during which no Kurdish nationalists were represented. The DTP-endorsed list includes c [...] | 2007-06-08 09:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
07ADDISABABA1000 | GHANAIAN DRUG COURIER ARRESTED IN ETHIOPIA WITH [...] (SBU) On March 17, Ethiopian Federal Police arrested Ghanaian national Abubakari Yakubu (DPOB: 23 January 1972, Accra) for possession of heroin at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. Mr. Yakubu, age 35, was transiting Bole International Airport en route to Lome, and had concealed the h [...] | 2007-04-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PTER ET GH EG AE TO IR |
07ADDISABABA1042 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country. While HPAI has been confirmed in several states bordering Ethiopia (Sudan and Djibouti) [...] | 2007-04-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW |
07ADDISABABA1131 | SOMALI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DETAINED FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an April 11 press conference in Addis Ababa, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdikarin Farah acknowledged that 41 suspected foreign terrorists had been captured in Somalia and were in Ethiopian custody, and that another 200 were being de [...] | 2007-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM KISL KAWC KJUS SO ET |
07ADDISABABA1165 | REQUEST FUNDING TO INCREASE LOCAL GUARD FORCE PROGRAM AND [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12 for action requested. 2. SUMMARY: Over the past several months, Embassy Addis Ababa acquired 17 additional off-compound residences to support new positions assigned to Post and provide housing for personnel who previously resided on the Chancery [...] | 2007-04-17 06:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN ABLD ABUD ASEC ET |
07ADDISABABA1207 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...] | 2007-04-19 10:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS OTRA UG ET |
07ADDISABABA1230 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST - ACOTA [...] Embassy Addis Ababa welcomes African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and Policy Coordinator Chip Beck and ACOTA Regional Training and Operations Manager Richard Roan to from o/a April 25-26, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situat [...] | 2007-04-20 06:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS OTRA UG ET |
07ADDISABABA1235 | ETHIOPIA: STATE MINISTER TEKEDA ADDRESSES NWC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM ET ER SO CH |
07ADDISABABA1280 | ETHIOPIA: THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND [...] (U) CORRECTED VERSION OF ADDIS 1271. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In consultation with local actors and international agencies, Ethiopia has developed a national avian influenza preparedness plan, which includes containment measures such as vaccination of domestic poultry and culling. The Government [...] | 2007-04-25 05:05:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW |
07ADDISABABA1291 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION IN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 9. 2. (U) On March 25, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region in response to previous day's attack on a Chinese oil drilling facility. EAC members present included COM, DCM, ORA, DAO [...] | 2007-04-26 06:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA1348 | ETHIOPIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, Minister of Transportation and Communication Juneidi Sado and State Minister Getachew Mengiste met with Ambassador and poloff to discuss the state of Ethiopia's information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and capacity building. Minister Juneidi sa [...] | 2007-05-03 08:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECPS EINT ET DJ CH SU XW |
07ADDISABABA1353 | ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military candidate who has been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The candidate has been nominated to [...] | 2007-05-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PMIL PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA1497 | Hand grenade/explosive attacks in Ethiopia [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Embassy has received reports of four separate and unrelated incidents involving explosives (most likely hand grenades) used to carry out attacks in different regions of Ethiopia. An incident in the Amhara Region resulted in 8 dead and 26 wounded. The other three incidents oc [...] | 2007-05-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA1598 | ADDIS ABABA EAC REVIEWS THREAT AGAINST LOCAL HOTELS, [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraphs 5 and 11 for action requested. 2. (SBU) On May 23, Addis Ababa's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in light of the following: -- Recent threat information disseminated by Washington to the U.S. business commun [...] | 2007-05-24 12:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA1924 | ETHIOPIAN WOMEN'S PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS REFLECTS EPRDF'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Established in 2006, the Ethiopian Women's Parliamentary Caucus comprises one-fifth of the members of Ethiopia's House of Peoples' Representatives (117 of 547 seats),and underscores how the number of women in Ethiopia's Parliament has tripled following the May 2005 national ele [...] | 2007-06-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KWMN ET |
07ADDISABABA1958 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is aware of four (4) claims by U.S. persons which may be outstanding against the Government of Ethiopia. One claim included in the 2006 report has been resolved. There is one new reported claim. (See update to case of Claimant E, and new claim by Claimant H). Post is also [...] | 2007-06-22 12:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA1960 | UNSC-AFRICAN UNION DISCUSSIONS IN ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Chairperson Konare urgently requested visiting UN Security Council representatives to provide funding for African peacekeeping forces in Darfur and Somalia. Konare, AU Commissioners, and African Ambassadors highlighted capacity and financial limitation [...] | 2007-06-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC AU SU SO |
07ADDISABABA2030 | U.S. SOLDIER BASED AT EMBASSY INVOLVED IN FATAL MOTOR [...] (U) On June 25, 2007, at approximately 0950 hours, an Amcit active duty U.S. Army soldier (E-4 Specialist) based at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident resulting in the death of a Ethiopian national pedestrian (female, 40 to 50 years of age). 2. (U [...] | 2007-06-28 05:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KJUS MASS ODIP ET |
07ADDISABABA2107 | ETHIOPIAN DELEGATION TO AGOA FORUM [...] According to July 2 information from the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington, the GOE's delegation to the July AGOA forum in Ghana will be comprised of: -- Minister of Trade and Industry Girma Biru; -- Mr. Geremeew Ayalew, head of the ministry's Foreign Trade Relations Department; -- Mr. Sileshi [...] | 2007-07-03 14:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL ET |
07ADDISABABA2301 | ETHIOPIA: INCREASED HEROIN TRAFFICKING ORIGINATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the March arrest of a Ghanaian national who had ingested nearly one kilogram of heroin from Iran, Ethiopian federal authorities have arrested 4 other Africans transiting Addis Ababa from Dubai with ingested heroin, and are randomly searching West Africans on suspect fligh [...] | 2007-07-23 10:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ET GH KE TO IR |
07ADDISABABA2381 | ETHIOPIA: CONFERENCE EXAMINES PROGRESS TOWARD MDGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a half-day seminar, GOE and NGO officials discussed Ethiopia's progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Participants highlighted that Ethiopia had integrated and streamlined MDGs into national development polices and programs, such as the 2002-2005 Su [...] | 2007-07-30 07:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KMCA ET |
07ADDISABABA2402 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (SBU) On July 31, A/DCM and ECONOFF delivered the information in reftel to Adam Tesfaye, Desk Officer for the U.S.and Canada at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tesfaye stated he would forward the information to other GOE offices including GOE security services. YAMAMOTO [...] | 2007-08-01 08:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA2413 | (C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: TRADE RESTRICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Results of a Save the Children- UK assessment representing the donors indicate that, in the limited areas assessment teams were able to visit, under current conditions of restrained trade up to 500,000 people in Ethiopia's Somali Region may need food assistance in the upcoming m [...] | 2007-08-02 05:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR EAID ET |
07ADDISABABA2439 | ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) UNOCHA REPORTS EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An August 2 briefing by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reports that despite the recent decision by Somali Region officials to allow emergency food relief to the Ogaden area---where military operations against suspected Ogaden National Libera [...] | 2007-08-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA2477 | EXPLOSIONS IN JIJIGA (ETHIOPIA'S SOMALI REGION) [...] (U) On August 5, two explosions were reported in Jijiga, capital of Ethiopia's Somali Region, at approximately 1230 p.m.: one at a Protestant church and the other in the "Taiwan" market area. Reported casualties are one killed, eleven injured. 2. (U) The following day, the Ogaden National Li [...] | 2007-08-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PINS PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA2533 | COORDINATING OVERSEAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Diplomatic Security (DS) is currently the only U.S. law enforcement agency based at the U.S. Mission to Ethiopia. All other U.S. law enforcement agencies active in Ethiopia are based elsewhere and cover Ethiopia as a constituent post. The RSO usually serves as the control officer and pr [...] | 2007-08-13 11:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA2577 | ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military candidate who has been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The candidate has been nominated to [...] | 2007-08-17 05:16:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA26 | ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian candidate that has been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The training is an International Counterterr [...] | 2007-01-04 17:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PMIL PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2606 | ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------- A. Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well as ethnic Somalis. Generally, there is very little if any anti-American sentiment among the majority of the population in Ethiopia. Only small segments of the general pop [...] | 2007-08-22 05:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA2620 | ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION RELATED [...] (SBU) On August 22, the Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in regards to the Ethiopian Millennium (celebrated September 12). EAC members present included COM, A/DCM, ORA, DAO, CJTF HOA, POL/ECON, USAID, CDC, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, MGT, PA [...] | 2007-08-23 09:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ASEC PTER ET |
07ADDISABABA2749 | ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with NGOs, UN agencies, and Ambassadors from major donor countries and interested parties on the Ogaden. In the fourth such meeting convened recently by Ambassador Yamamoto to consider the humanitarian and security situation in the Ogaden [...] | 2007-09-10 06:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS EAID EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA2781 | A Sufi and a Wahabi Sit Down to Lunch... [...] (U) Amb. Yamamoto hosted two groups of Ethiopian Muslim leaders to pre-Ramadan lunches. The first group included the Mufti and moderate Sufi leaders allied with the Addis Ababa Islamic Council (AAIC),while the second group was composed of Wahabi Muslim leaders. While the lunches aimed to ope [...] | 2007-09-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO SCUL ET |
07ADDISABABA2785 | ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military or government candidates who have been nominated for a USG-sponsored conference, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The candidates h [...] | 2007-09-10 14:39:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2796 | A/S Frazer's Meeting with AU Commission Chair Alpha Oumar [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UN SO SU AU |
07ADDISABABA2825 | Codel Jackson-Lee Advocates Agricultural Technology and [...] Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee advocated for U.S. Technology as well as the need for Ethiopia to adopt land reform and liberalization of the fertilizer and seed markets to help Ethiopia's farmers enhance agricultural yields during a very cordial meeting with Prime Minister Meles on August 31. [...] | 2007-09-18 06:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR PHUM ET SO |
07ADDISABABA3027 | ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOE [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military or government candidates who have been nominated for a USG-sponsored seminar, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The candidates have [...] | 2007-10-11 11:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MASS ET PGOV |
07ADDISABABA3087 | H.R. 2003 IMPEDES ARTICLE 98 RATIFICATION [...] (SBU) Acting MFA Director General for Legal Affairs Ato Minelik Alemu told Charge on October 11 that the unanimous passage of H.R. 2003 (The Ethiopian Democracy and Accountability Act) on October 2 by the U.S. House of Representatives has made it effectively impossible for the Ethiopian Govern [...] | 2007-10-22 05:57:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PREL EAID PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3099 | ETHIOPIA: EQUIPMENT REQUEST FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) AmEmbassy Addis Ababa supports the application of peacekeeping (PKO) funds toward the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) to equip ENDF troops heading to Darfur to serve as peacekeepers. The GOE has requested that the U.S. provide night vision goggles, bulletproof vests, tents, an [...] | 2007-10-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PREL EAID MASS ET SU |
07ADDISABABA3185 | THE OPPOSITION CHALLENGES PRIME MINISTER MELES IN [...] (U) Opposition Parliamentarians offered critical comments of President Girma Woldegirogis, October 8 remarks at the opening session of Parliament during the monthly questioning session of the Prime Minister. UEDF leader and informal leader of the opposition Beyene Petros, CUD/P leader Temskgen [...] | 2007-10-29 04:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM ET |
07ADDISABABA3254 | UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN DYNAMICS IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions between Post and UN agency, donor, and NGO interlocutors over the past two weeks highlight the challenges facing the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region. Ongoing commercial restrictions, limited operational access due to internal security operations in res [...] | 2007-11-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3300 | ETHIOPIA: AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) In a brief November 8 meeting, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told AFRICOM Commander General Ward that he appreciated the establishment of AFRICOM and looked forward to working closely with the new command. General Ward noted Ethiopia's regional role, especially in Somalia, and welcom [...] | 2007-11-13 14:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER |
07ADDISABABA3334 | USAID FIELD ASSESSMENT IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A small USAID team traveled to conflict-affected areas of the Ogaden November 4-8, 2007 to try to obtain some ground truth on humanitarian, conflict and commercial trade conditions. Following the field assessment, USAID confirms the situation to be very serious and a continued ca [...] | 2007-11-15 14:15:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA3434 | MELES TELLS CODEL INHOFE HR2003 INSULTING [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles acknowledged Ethiopia's challenges as an emerging democracy to a visiting CODEL led by Senator James Inhofe, but clearly stressed that H.R. 2003 - The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act - was an insult and risks jeopardizing the excellent U.S.-Ethiopi [...] | 2007-12-03 04:49:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV EAID PTER ET SO |
07ADDISABABA3454 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S OGADEN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Yamamoto delivered Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore's letter about Ethiopia's Ogaden region to Prime Minister Meles on December 4. The letter and Ambassador's comments laid out key findings from Administrator Fore's November 25 visit [...] | 2007-12-05 06:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID PREL ET |
07ADDISABABA3466 | PASTORALISTS HIGHLIGHT INEFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE AND CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief and USAID/Ethiopia Senior Policy Advisor (EmbOffs) attended a UNOCHA-coordinated pastoralist conference in Hudet, Liben Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia November 28-December 3. Pastoralists from throughout the Horn of Africa convened in plenary and focus groups to addr [...] | 2007-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID SCUL ET |
07ADDISABABA3542 | MELES Pressures CODEL MEEK on H.R. 2003 [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles pressured Codel Meek to reverse his support for H.R. 2003 - The Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability Act - during a November 29 meeting. Meles went on to describe the bill as an attempt to micromanage Ethiopia's internal processes and said he felt personal [...] | 2007-12-17 05:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV EAID PTER ET SO |
07ADDISABABA412 | ETHIOPIA'S PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER OUTLINES RECENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's Speaker of Parliament, Ambassador Teshome Toga, outlined for the Ambassadors' Donor Group (ADG) parliamentary reforms being implemented. Significant reforms included: the right of the opposition to propose agenda items and bills without securing a minimum number of spo [...] | 2007-02-09 06:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID KDEM ET |
07ADDISABABA418 | UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...] | 2007-02-09 09:24:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER |
07ADDISABABA421 | ETHIOPIA: AIRLINE CHIEF SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (SBU) At a meeting with the Ambassador February 5, Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Girma Wake requested USG assistance with two of the airline's strategic initiatives: membership in the Star Alliance airline network and establishment of a free trade zone at Bole International Airpo [...] | 2007-02-09 14:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAID EAIR ET |
07ADDISABABA494 | Ethiopia Gets It -- Economic Reform is Critical, Title I [...] (SBU) This is an action message. Post seeks an update on the status of approval and expected delivery date of Title I food assistance for Ethiopia. See para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum called in the Ambassador February 19 to underscore the urgency of Prime Minis [...] | 2007-02-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON ET |
07ADDISABABA499 | ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian military candidate who has been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) This seminar focuses on a comprehens [...] | 2007-02-21 10:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PMIL PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA776 | ETHIOPIA: IMF ARTICLE IV MISSION CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: A February 23 - March 9 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Article IV consultation mission concluded that the Ethiopian economy was "fine for now," yet noted privately to emboffs that it had serious concerns about Ethiopia's ability to sustain current growth rates. The mission p [...] | 2007-03-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ET |
07ADDISABABA777 | ETHIOPIA: STARBUCKS ATTEMPTS TO DIFFUSE COFFEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Starbucks senior vice president Dub Hay announced February 18 that it will not oppose Ethiopia's efforts to obtain trademarks for its specialty coffees, temporarily blunting the public relations firestorm waged by international NGOs. Hay, however, privately told the Ambassador [...] | 2007-03-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAID EAGR ET |
07ADDISABABA812 | ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 2 - [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. 3. (SBU) QUESTION 29 [...] | 2007-03-16 06:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET |
07ADDISABABA813 | ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 1 - OVERVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-41 [...] | 2007-03-16 06:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET |
07ADDISABABA91 | ETHIOPIA: WTO ACCESSION MOVES FORWARD WITH MFTR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE's December 22 submission of the Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime (MFTR) to the WTO Secretariat ends a two-year delay in Ethiopia's WTO accession SIPDIS process. News accounts of the political debate prior to the memorandum's approval by the Council of Ministers sugg [...] | 2007-01-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAID ET |
07ADDISABABA962 | ETHIOPIA: CENTRAL BANK CITES POSITIVE GROWTH, [...] (U) SUMMARY. During his semi-annual report to parliament March 22, Governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia (central bank) Teklewold Atnafu forecast another year of double-digit growth in 2007 and warned that inflation would continue to be a major concern. Teklewold reported that although ex [...] | 2007-03-30 12:33:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV ET |
07AITTAIPEI1092 | TIFA - LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A DATE, NOT SO SURE [...] (SBU) Minister of Economic Affairs Steven Chen confirmed the dates of July 10-11 for the TIFA Council Talks and urged both sides to consult extensively over the next few weeks. On Tyco, he noted that the Ministry of Finance preferred that the case be resolved in the courts, but offered to sug [...] | 2007-05-15 08:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TW |
07AITTAIPEI1419 | AIT CHAIRMAN AND AUSTR STRATFORD HEAR AMCHAM [...] (SBU) Summary. At an Amcham breakfast in honor of visiting AIT Chairman Ray Burghardt, which was also joined by AIT Director Steve Young and Assistant USTR Tim Stratford, Amcham leadership stated its firm support for bilateral agreements on tax, investment and government procurement. Callin [...] | 2007-06-22 04:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TW |
07AITTAIPEI1437 | USDA SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA DIAGNOSTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 03:10:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TW |
07AITTAIPEI1816 | TAIWAN: INVESTIGATIONS ON ILLEGAL EXPORTS TO NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent conversations with AIT, officials at the Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) confirmed local press reports on the investigation of a Taiwan trading company and an Iranian businessman in Taiwan for export control violations. The case involving th [...] | 2007-08-10 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TW |
07AITTAIPEI1818 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050052501 [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T contacted the ultimate consignee, Professor Huei Wang, the foreign intermediate consignee, Li Chao-chieh, and the National Taiwan University (NTU). The NTU Personnel Office stated that Prof. Wang Huei is on its faculty but not Li Chao-chieh. 2. (SBU) Prof. W [...] | 2007-08-10 08:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TW |
07AITTAIPEI1854 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-15 22:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TW |
07AITTAIPEI1877 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-17 09:16:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TW |
07AITTAIPEI1933 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050055466 [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T visited the foreign consignee, Trebmotion Inc. (Trebmotion),and contacted the end user, Taiwan ROC ORDC Army Logistics Command (Taiwan Army). Based on the site visit and information collected by AIT/T, the subject business transaction appears to be legitimate. [...] | 2007-08-23 08:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TW |
07AITTAIPEI1942 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE 050055470 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, AIT/T visited the foreign consignee, Yang Technology Co., Ltd., and contacted the end user, Taiwan ROC ORDC Army Logistics Command. Based on information gathered and on-site interview, the subject business transaction appears to be legitimate. Taiwan Army: 2. (SBU) AIT [...] | 2007-08-24 04:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TW |
07AITTAIPEI1975 | TAIWAN: RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel A. request, AIT/T visited the foreign consignee, Dong Chin Co., and contacted the end user, ROC Taiwan Navy - Naval Magong Logistics Support Command Penghu Shipyard. Based on the site visit and the information collected by AIT/T, transactions related to pre-license check reques [...] | 2007-08-29 03:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TW |
07AITTAIPEI205 | DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH COA CHAIRMAN SU: PAVING THE WAY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In his January 25 meeting with Taiwan's Council of Agriculture (COA) Chairman, Mr. Su Chia-chyuan, AIT Director Young proposed that the inaugural session of the Consultative Committee on Agriculture (CCA) be convened soon, hopefully in the spring. A senior USDA official is expe [...] | 2007-01-26 08:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TW |
07AITTAIPEI2106 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - AUGUST 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 05:57:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
07AITTAIPEI2137 | INVESTIGATION CONTINUES ON CAL FIRE - BOLT OR [...] (SBU) Although Japanese aviation safety authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire that destroyed a Boeing 737-800 operated by China Airlines (CAL) on August 20, Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration has suggested that an aircraft design flaw may be behind the incident. Tai [...] | 2007-09-19 08:21:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD JA PGOV PREL TW |
07AITTAIPEI2345 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER [...] (SBU) On September 12 and October 2, the EXBS Advisor met with Special Agents of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB)and a Prosecutor from the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office of the Ministry of Justice, respectively. During the September 12 meeting, MJIB officials explained that [...] | 2007-10-17 07:09:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
07AITTAIPEI248 | TAIWAN EXPORT CREDITS FOR SHIPMENTS TO IRAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, AIT/T Econ Chief on January 24, 25 and 26 requested Taiwan banking authorities provide information on the status of export credit facilities Taiwan provides to Iran. While Taiwan authorities are still gathering comprehensive information to respond to our request, the [...] | 2007-02-01 08:23:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN MNUC OECD TW |
07AITTAIPEI2486 | EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER 2007 [...] (SBU) On October 23, the EXBS Advisor, CSI Consultant and AIT Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) to discuss on-going cooperation on investigations, including investigations of export control violations. Mr. Yeh Cherng-Maw, Director General of [...] | 2007-11-15 09:52:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW |
07AITTAIPEI2536 | TAIWAN: TIME TO MOVE FORWARD ON A BILATERAL [...] (SBU) U.S. investment flows into Taiwan are significant and accelerating. With both of Taiwan's presidential candidates calling for more economic opening to China, we expect even greater interest by U.S. firms in Taiwan. While U.S. firms see a number of investment opportunities in Taiwan, [...] | 2007-11-28 09:04:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TW |
07AITTAIPEI360 | TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel, AITOFF recently shared U.S. concern over illicit cash couriers with Taiwan officials. Taiwan officials responded positively, described current compliance with recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF),and indicated they will enhance compliance effo [...] | 2007-02-14 03:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER LE PREL TW |
07AITTAIPEI433 | RESPONSE TO TAIPEI QUESTIONS: INFO SHARING UNDER [...] (SBU) AIT Director Young spoke with Vice Premier Tsai Ying-wen on February 26 to convey reftel points in paras 6-12. In response, Tsai confirmed that Taiwan had contracted U.S. counsel to advise them on the case, but now that it into legal proceedings, Taiwan has respected the independence of [...] | 2007-02-26 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC |
07AITTAIPEI540 | CHINESE TAIPEI NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S. PROPOSAL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 03:06:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO TW |
07AITTAIPEI923 | DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH COA CHAIRMAN SU: CCA AGENDA AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24, Director Young met with Council of Agriculture (COA) Chairman Su Jia-chyuan to review a number of issues, including the status and plans for the Consultative Committee on Agriculture (CCA). Noting recent Executive Yuan (EY) approval of the founding documents and immi [...] | 2007-04-26 05:33:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EFIS TW |
07ALGIERS1057 | LABOR MINISTER'S COMMENTS REVEAL TRUE COST OF LIVING HIKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister of Labor and Social Security Tayeb Louh's July 21 announcement that Algerian purchasing power had increased by 66 percent since 1999 came in sharp contrast to official government figures and public sentiment showing the opposite. In the last year alone, prices [...] | 2007-07-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV AG |
07ALGIERS1123 | ALGERIA'S FINANCIAL SECTOR EMERGING FROM THE DARK AGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria has billions of dollars in excess liquidity from hydrocarbon sales that its archaic banking system is incapable of absorbing and using to fuel economic growth and reduce unemployment. Unproductive state-run banks dominate the financial landscape despite the arrival on th [...] | 2007-08-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PGOV AG |
07ALGIERS1471 | INVESTING IN ALGERIA NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A soon-to-be-released report by the World Bank uses polling data to rank the main challenges facing the private sector in Algeria. Among the key obstacles detailed in the study were credit access and cost, the role of the informal market, access to land, and taxation. The br [...] | 2007-10-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EIND AG |
07ALGIERS1581 | (MICRO)SOFT DIPLOMACY, VERSION 1.0 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer paid a brief visit to Algeria in a trip touted as an opportunity for Microsoft to help the GOA expand Algeria's information and communications technology (ICT) sector and enhance its education system. Ballmer said he was inspired by the GOA's commitmen [...] | 2007-10-30 06:07:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD KIPR AG |
07ALGIERS1599 | IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS AND FATF STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON AG |
07ALGIERS1634 | REDOUBLED EFFORTS TO COMBAT BULK CASH SMUGGLING AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria criminalized bulk cash smuggling in 1996 and maintains strict reporting requirements and a non-convertible currency that limit most Algerians' access to foreign exchange. The value and frequency of smuggled cash interdictions dropped from 2005 to 2006, although this may [...] | 2007-11-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER AG |
07ALGIERS1638 | THE HIGH STAKES OF CITIBANK'S CPA BID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Citibank is the sole American bank bidding on the privatization of the state-owned bank Credit Populaire d'Algerie (CPA). Competition is considered stiffest from the two leading French banks, Societe General and BNP. Citibank may find itself disadvantaged by its recent announc [...] | 2007-11-11 11:33:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN PREL AG |
07ALGIERS234 | "FINAL" ADC AND MALI AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ALGIERS [...] (U) On February 20 in Algiers, the government of Mali and the Democratic Alliance for Change (ADC) signed a "final" agreement on the disarmament and reintegration of the Tuareg rebels in northern Mali. Malian Minister of Territorial Administration Kone Kafougouna and ADC Secretary General Iyad [...] | 2007-02-21 17:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML AG |
07ALGIERS338 | MECHANICS OF ELECTIONS: ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (U) Under the February 28 decree that set in motion the May 17 legislative election process, four Algerian government agencies play some role in the preparations. The Ministry of Finance controls the budget for the elections; the Ministry of Information is responsible for scheduling free media [...] | 2007-03-14 11:23:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM AG |
07ALGIERS367 | RISING WORLD PRICES DRY UP PRIVATE ALGERIAN MILK [...] (U) Recent milk shortages in Algeria are likely to continue in the coming weeks as domestic producers shut down in response to the rising world price of milk powder. The state-run Algerian firm GIPLAIT (Groupe Industriel des Productions Laitieres) controls approximately 38 percent of Algeria' [...] | 2007-03-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EINV AG |
07ALGIERS9 | ALGERIA 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KPAO AEMR KCRM AG |
07AMMAN1141 | JORDANIANS REQUEST MODIFICATIONS TO JIPTC AMENDMENT [...] (U) Action request at paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The head of the Public Security Director's private office wrote to the Embassy March 10 requesting four changes to the U.S.-proposed text (reftels) of an amendment to the JIPTC LOA. The requests include: - Replacing the term "International Tr [...] | 2007-03-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL JO IZ |
07AMMAN1150 | JORDANIAN VIEWS ON JAPAN'S "CORRIDOR OF PEACE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan has been discussing a number of Jordan Valley projects with the Israelis over the past several years. Several would be contingent upon financial support from Japan. All are likely to be discussed in the four-party talks between Japan, Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian T [...] | 2007-03-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAGR ELTN PREL KPAL IS JO JP |
07AMMAN1185 | JORDAN,S CABINET PROPOSES MANDATORY MILITARY [...] (U) The cabinet agreed March 5 to seek parliamentary approval of a bill reviving conscription. The proposal would require both men and women to participate in three months of military training -- men at army camps and women at universities. Prime Minister Marouf Al Bakhit said in a speech M [...] | 2007-03-15 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PGOV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN1186 | INDEPENDENT TV IN JORDAN SLOW TO LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ATV, JORDAN'S FIRST INDEPENDENT TELEVISION BROADCAST CHANNEL, HAS YET TO GO ON THE AIR MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER ITS INITIAL LAUNCH DATE WAS ANNOUNCED. WHILE ATV NEWS AND PROGRAMMING STAFF CONTINUE TO CONDUCT REAL-TIME PRACTICE PROGRAMS FOR THEIR EVENTUAL DEBUT ON THE AIR, STATION [...] | 2007-03-15 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO KPAO PHUM KMDR |
07AMMAN1243 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DENNIS HADRICK [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the visit of PM/WRA Program Manager Dennis Hadrick to Jordan from April 1-6, 2007, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at para 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is [...] | 2007-03-19 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREF PREL OTRA KHDP JO IZ |
07AMMAN1276 | Embassy AI Task Force Meets With Diplomatic Community, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met with representatives from other embassies, Amman-based UN organizations, and Government of Jordan (GoJ) officials on March 7 to share information on avian flu preparedness. The GoJ is focusing now on pandemic preparedness, and [...] | 2007-03-21 04:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
07AMMAN1555 | JORDAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO |
07AMMAN1567 | KING RECALLS PARLIAMENT FOR EXTRAORDINARY SESSION [...] ( SBU ) King Abdullah issued a decree on April 5 recalling Parliament for an extraordinary session, a move that some GoJ contacts were not expecting (ref A). The session, which begins April 15, will probably last one month, and will consider eight government-drafted bills. 2. ( SBU ) Jor [...] | 2007-04-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KTFN MCAP JO |
07AMMAN1803 | INVITATION TO THE COALITION CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ JO |
07AMMAN2139 | UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 08:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JO |
07AMMAN2140 | HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 09:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE JO |
07AMMAN2190 | (SBU) REQUEST FOR ARABIC TEST FOR DAVID GREENE [...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency DVC Test be sent to Amman. 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Employee: David J. Greene SSN: XXX-XX-8104 (the last 4 numbers) Agency: State Language: Arabic Date for exam preferred: FSI has already designated a test time - June 6 a [...] | 2007-05-23 04:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFSI APER JO |
07AMMAN2340 | PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP JO |
07AMMAN2502 | JORDAN,S MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND DONORS MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education and donors are developing plans and identifying resources to educate additional Iraqi schoolchildren in Jordan in time for the August 19 start date of the next school year. UNICEF submitted an education strategy to the Minister of Education on June 7, [...] | 2007-06-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF IZ JO |
07AMMAN2537 | GOJ BRIEFED ON 2007 TIP REPORT; PLANS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Acting PolCouns briefed Thamer Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office, and separately Dr. Waleed Al-Saadi, Senior Advisor to the Foreign Minister on Human Rights, on the Jordan portion of Trafficking in Persons report on June 12. They agreed to review the report and pr [...] | 2007-06-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN ELAB PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO KCRM JO |
07AMMAN2538 | GOJ REVERSES COURSE AND RECOGNIZES GREEK PATRIARCH [...] (U) A month-long disagreement between the Government of Jordan and the Greek Orthodox Church ended on June 12. Local media reported that the GOJ reversed its May 12 decision to withdraw recognition of Patriarch Theophilos III of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem (ref b). At a June 12 pre [...] | 2007-06-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KWBG JO IS |
07AMMAN2562 | JORDAN SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY PROCEEDING WITH PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: After years of research and discussion, the GOJ is evaluating three bids to transfer water from the Disi Aquifer in southern Jordan to Amman. Officials are also contemplating an unofficial offer from an Arab country to exploit Disi and/or build a large desalinatio [...] | 2007-06-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV JO |
07AMMAN2637 | TWO TERROR PLOTTER INMATES ESCAPE FROM JORDAN'S [...] (U) Two inmates, Ma'adh Breizat and Sa'ad Fakhri Yunis al Na'imi, escaped June 19 from Jordan's Jweideh prison - a correctional facility located approximately 20 kilometers south of Amman. According to press reports, the inmates managed to escape by hiding themselves among families who were v [...] | 2007-06-20 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC JO |
07AMMAN2639 | JORDAN AND UNITAID [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID TBIO KHIV PREL JO |
07AMMAN2704 | THE JORDAN EXBS PROGRAM: DON'T FIX WHAT ISN'T BROKEN [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED, PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: Over the past two years, the EXBS program in Jordan has helped to facilitate the safe passage of goods and people through commercial portals in Jordan, and to deliver key training and eq [...] | 2007-06-25 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KNNP PGOV JO |
07AMMAN2752 | Jordan's Electricity Sector Prepares to Meet Increasing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national electric utility expects the country's electricity needs to grow by 10 percent annually due to increases in real economic growth and population (especially of Iraqis),and a rising standard of living for some Jordanians. To meet growing demand, electricity tra [...] | 2007-06-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
07AMMAN2757 | GOJ PUBLICLY RESPONDS TO 2007 TIP REPORT; PLANS TO [...] (U) Jordanian Minister of Labor Basim Al-Salim downplayed the recently released Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report in an interview with Jordanian daily Al-Ghad published June 21. He did not deny the report's contents, but said the ministry "previously addressed" many issues raised in the repor [...] | 2007-06-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO JO |
07AMMAN2784 | UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - JUNE 28 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan will host a neighbors' conference in July about Iraqi refugees. UNICEF, UNHCR, the USG and NGOs continue to prepare to assist the GOJ educate Iraqi schoolchildren in Jordan, but await a GOJ mechanism to approve and implement them. The Ministry of Education (MoE) has not [...] | 2007-06-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV SOCI EAID JO IZ |
07AMMAN2827 | JORDAN REPEATS REQUEST FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR PARIS CLUB [...] (SBU) Jordanian officials have renewed their request for the U.S. to join in supporting a debt buyback scheme. The King's Officer Director, Bassem Awadallah, sent Ambassador a new background paper and the text of a letter the Finance Minister sent to the head of the Paris Club (text below). [...] | 2007-07-01 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL JO |
07AMMAN2955 | RETURN OF PRISONERS FROM ISRAEL WELCOMED; TERMS OF [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Jordanians broadly welcomed the transfer from Israel of four Jordanian prisoners who had been serving life sentences there. Nonetheless, the GOJ faces some criticism for agreeing to their continued confinement, and for a lack of progress on the cases of some thirty [...] | 2007-07-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL IS JO |
07AMMAN2990 | JORDAN'S POULTRY SECTOR AND THE IMPACT OF THE MARCH 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's poultry sector, the largest agricultural business in the country, has almost recovered to pre-outbreak consumption and production levels after experiencing an occurrence of H5N1 Avian Influenza in March 2006 (Ref D). Jordanian Ministry of Agriculture officials and acad [...] | 2007-07-12 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON TBIO KFLU JO |
07AMMAN2994 | Water Update in Jordan [...] (SBU) Summary: Rainfall close to long-term averages over the last year in Jordan has helped ease water shortages, at least in the short-run. Miyahuna, the new privately-run water company in Amman, expects water consumption in the city to grow by 8 percent annually, meaning 20,000 or more new [...] | 2007-07-12 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO |
07AMMAN3083 | JORDAN PREFERS BUT CANNOT AFFORD U.S. WHEAT [...] (U) Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Montaser Oklah reiterated Jordanian interest in purchasing U.S. wheat during a July 9 meeting with Econoffs and Shannon Schlect, the U.S. Wheat Association's Assistant Regional Director for the Middle East/East Africa. Schlect [...] | 2007-07-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID JO |
07AMMAN3098 | GCC+2 THEMES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 05:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3148 | UNGA PARTICIPATION DISCUSSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNGA JO |
07AMMAN3177 | HUNDREDS ILL FROM NONFATAL, WATERBORNE PARASITE IN MAFRAQ; [...] (U) Summary: Approximately 900 residents in Jordan's northern Mafraq Governorate were recently infected by a nonfatal parasite found in their water tanks. Prime Minister Bakhit formed a committee headed by Minister of Health Kharabsheh to investigate the causes of the diarrhea and high fever [...] | 2007-07-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID PGOV EAGR JO |
07AMMAN3185 | NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-29 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP MCAP JO |
07AMMAN32 | Lab Standards for Iraq to Emerge from Biological Risk [...] (SBU) Summary: A dozen Iraqi scientists attended a Department of Energy-sponsored workshop in Amman December 18-20 on reducing safety and security risks at biological labs. The workshop was put on by staff from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). The workshop introduced current best practice [...] | 2007-01-07 04:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO IZ JO |
07AMMAN3209 | ADVANCING THE FREEDOM AGENDA IN JORDAN [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Amman consistently advances the freedom agenda in Jordan through: frequent interaction with and support of civil society; engagement with the media; and a multitude of USAID, MEPI and Embassy-sponsored programming. Civil society leaders, democracy promoters and human righ [...] | 2007-07-30 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KMPI KPAO SCUL PGOV XF JO |
07AMMAN3230 | EXACT Continues to Play a Vital Role in Fostering [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG organized a Steering Committee meeting of the Regional Water Data Banks project (EXACT) July 15 - 16 at the Dead Sea in Jordan. EXACT is a project initiated under the Multilateral Peace Process Working Group on Water Resources. The EXACT meeting brought Palestinian, Is [...] | 2007-08-01 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV TPHY KPAL JO IS XF |
07AMMAN3241 | JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: NATIONALISTS GAIN, [...] (SBU) The political clash pitting Islamists and pro-government nationalists in Jordanian municipal elections on July 31 has left the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, out of office in all of the major mayoral races in which it competed. IAF ca [...] | 2007-08-01 16:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO |
07AMMAN3284 | JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: "A WEDDING FOR [...] (SBU) In contrast to 2003 (in which all mayors and half of municipal council members were appointed; ref C),this year's municipal elections generated a high national turnout and high enthusiasm, as well as some controversy that resulted in scattered disruptions and violence in the country. Th [...] | 2007-08-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO |
07AMMAN3286 | CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: JORDAN'S AVIATION PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: Several privatization and restructuring efforts continue in Jordan's aviation sector with the support of the King and Parliament (ref A). The Cabinet approved privatization of 74% of Royal Jordanian's stock shares. A contract has been signed for the expansion and private manageme [...] | 2007-08-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN3291 | JORDAN SEEING INCREASE OF FAKE DRUGS IN ITS MARKETS [...] (U) Summary: Jordan has seen a disconcerting increase in fake medicine in its markets in 2007. Jordan Customs has made eight significant seizures of such products this year, the largest and most recent involving $500,000 worth of fake blood pressure pills. The Jordan Food and Drug Administrat [...] | 2007-08-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KTIA PGOV JO IPR |
07AMMAN3336 | WELCOME UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the Jordan transit of Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and Kristen Hecht on August 9, 2007. Embassy officers will meet the travelers upon arrival at Queen Alia International Airport and transport them to the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge on the Jordan-Is [...] | 2007-08-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA OVIP PREL JO |
07AMMAN3351 | CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Khalid Takhayneh, Head of the MFA's Disarmament Section. Takhayneh expressed familiarity with the United Nations Committee Against Torture (Committee) and stated that he would be the Government of Jordan's nominee to the committee. He accept [...] | 2007-08-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA |
07AMMAN3353 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Soo Hoo and Paul Ebel of Sandia National Laboratories, and Ian Gross of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to Amman, Jordan from August 25 - 31, 2007 to conduct training for the Iraq Radioactive Source Regulatory Aut [...] | 2007-08-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3355 | Country Clearance for Mr. Steven Welker [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the August 8 - 12, 2007 travel to Jordan of Mr. Steven Walker, Agricultural PRT Advisor in Iraq, to attend a meeting in Amman with New Mexico State University representatives. The traveler should carefully review this message, especially the thr [...] | 2007-08-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3356 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSSA EMPLOYEES SANSOT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Walter Sansot and Douglas Dahl to Amman, Jordan from August 31 - September 07, 2007, as requested reftel. The team will conduct activities in support of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative Program. Travelers shoul [...] | 2007-08-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3369 | GOJ RAPIDLY PREPARING SCHOOLS FOR IRAQI STUDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MoE) sent a letter to all public school principals on August 6 instructing them to allow Iraqi students to register in public and private schools regardless of residence status for the 2007-08 school term. Major Jordanian daily newspapers prominently r [...] | 2007-08-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN3392 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-SALAH SOCIETY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN JO |
07AMMAN3393 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 09:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN JO |
07AMMAN3397 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR PARKER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Advisor Mr. Joe Parker, to Jordan September 1-8, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit [...] | 2007-08-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EFIN PREL JO |
07AMMAN3400 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA ANDERSSON, GHANBARI, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Christina Andersson, Farajollah Ghanbari, Adriane Littlefield, and Reeve Daren of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to Amman, Jordan from Augus [...] | 2007-08-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3402 | JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WOMEN MAKE GAINS [...] (SBU) Women made considerable gains in the July 31 municipal elections as compared with 2003. Almost eight times more women ran as candidates in 2007 than in 2003 (355 versus 46),and women will hold at least 241 seats in municipal councils (as opposed to 97 in 2003). The election also resul [...] | 2007-08-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KWMN SCUL KMPI JO |
07AMMAN3436 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to Jordan, August 31 - September 07, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control office [...] | 2007-08-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO |
07AMMAN3441 | WELCOME CODEL SHELBY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Shelby to Jordan from August 29-31, 2007, as requested reftels. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Dr. Deborah "Duffy" Winters [...] | 2007-08-16 07:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO OTRA |
07AMMAN3463 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Forest Service Assistant Director John Carpenter to Jordan, August 25 - 31, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Contro [...] | 2007-08-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3472 | JORDAN SEES SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRADE DEFICIT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan saw its trade deficit widen slightly to USD 3.4 billion during the first half of 2007, due to imports that more than doubled rising exports. Despite an overall increase in total national exports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) reported that apparel exports to [...] | 2007-08-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO |
07AMMAN3482 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection employees Joyce Gouge, Jackie Ramsey, and Ronald Kihnel to Jordan, August 22 - September 01, 2007, for the purpose of conducting International Seaport Interdiction Training [...] | 2007-08-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3516 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE JOE HARFORD [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Joe Harford, to Jordan, September 1-5, 2007, for the purpose of conducting a site visit to the Jordan Cancer Registry. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the thre [...] | 2007-08-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TBIO OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3545 | UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minster Khatib confirmed that the Governments of Iraq and Jordan agreed in principle to implement a process for issuing visas to Iraqis seeking to enter Jordan. Jordanian schools began on August 19, though with far fewer Iraqis then expected. USAID, UNICEF, UNHCR and [...] | 2007-08-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN3584 | JORDAN'S FEED SUBSIDY PROGRAM: ANIMAL CENSUS IS FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) recently concluded a livestock census, the first serious attempt since 1998 to determine the number of ruminants - sheep, goats, camels, and cattle - in Jordan. Officials told the press the survey was part of a broader effort to establish the geographic [...] | 2007-08-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI JO |
07AMMAN3599 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE COLLINS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins to Jordan, August 30 - September 16, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mon [...] | 2007-08-28 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3612 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS TEJTEL AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials Marc Tejtel and Sana Akili to Jordan, September 07 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of meeting with the Judicial Institute of Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this mes [...] | 2007-08-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3615 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS FILPI AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials James Filpi and Gregory Howell to Jordan, September 03 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending an OECD working group meeting to facilitate development of commercial law programs in th [...] | 2007-08-28 05:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3627 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE MOHAGHEGHI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Amir Mohagheghi to Jordan, August 30 - September 05, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mo [...] | 2007-08-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3629 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG [...] (SBU) Ref A requested country clearance for Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to travel to Jordan August 31 - September 7, 2007. Ref B approved the request for country clearance for this travel. Ref C advised that travel to Jordan will now take place September 7 - 20. 2. (SBU) Embassy A [...] | 2007-08-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO |
07AMMAN3631 | ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO JO |
07AMMAN3642 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Jennifer Peterson, Liza Paqueo, and Howard Horton, to Jordan, September 4-11, 2007, for the purpose of providing technical assistance to Jordan's Badia Research and Development Center and coordinating with other Jorda [...] | 2007-08-29 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3647 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE SHADEN KAMHAWI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, to Jordan, September 5-16, 2007, for the purpose of visiting the Sand Fly Project field site and meeting with collaborators at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. All vis [...] | 2007-08-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OTRA KSCA JO |
07AMMAN3654 | E-GOVERNMENT: LOTS OF POTENTIAL BUT LITTLE ACTUAL [...] (U) Summary: After years of effort with few results, Jordan launched several e-government projects this summer, including those that will allow businesses to check their tax records online and citizens to review draft legislation. Among the projects in development are an online business tradem [...] | 2007-08-30 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT PGOV TINT KMPI JO |
07AMMAN3666 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ EMPLOYEE GUNNISON [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Justice employee Michael Gunnison to Jordan, September 04 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending meetings on terrorist financing. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especiall [...] | 2007-09-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC AMGT JO |
07AMMAN3697 | LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS IN THREE [...] (U) As expected, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit announced September 2 the names of three ministers to replace vacancies left by recent resignations (reftels). All three new ministers are considered technocrats by observers: the new Minister of Finance was promoted from Secretary General (the nu [...] | 2007-09-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO PGOV SENV EAID EFIN PINR |
07AMMAN3731 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VALI YALDA BIBO [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit to Jordan of Embassy Baghdad Economic Section employee Vali Yalda Bibo from September 12 - 23, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. ( [...] | 2007-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA APER IZ JO |
07AMMAN3755 | UNABLE TO OBTAIN ITS WHEAT NEEDS FROM SYRIA, JORDAN [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan, represented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT),signed an agreement with the Syrian government on September 5 to purchase 50,000 tons of Syrian wheat. This purchase is part of an ambitious January 2007 agreement between the two countries for GOJ purcha [...] | 2007-09-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PREL JO SY |
07AMMAN3767 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Inspector General Howard J. Krongard to Jordan from September 17 - 19, 2007, as requested reftel. Travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Man [...] | 2007-09-11 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC ASIG OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3787 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP LORIA AND DOHERTY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sean Doherty and Richard Loria of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Jordan, September 22-25, 2007, for the purpose of conducting C-TPAT validations. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, e [...] | 2007-09-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA APER JO |
07AMMAN3796 | WELCOME CODEL BAUCUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Baucus to Jordan from September 16-17, 2007, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Mark Wilson, Economic [...] | 2007-09-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3806 | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Balancing Development and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) manages the city of Aqaba and its surrounding 26 kilometers of Jordanian coastline. Roughly 30 percent of this strategic and precious real estate is a protected marine habitat. During meetings regarding environmental issues in [...] | 2007-09-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3812 | PRIVATIZATION IN JORDAN: MOVING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (U) Summary: Having begun privatization of its significant assets in 1999, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) currently has projects underway in energy, grain storage, and water. The nature of these efforts has begun changing from privatization to "public-private partnerships (PPP)" due to a decli [...] | 2007-09-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN3813 | KING CALLS FOR LOWER FOOD PRICES DURING RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices have been rising dramatically in Jordan in the run-up to Ramadan. Merchants and animal breeders are citing rising fuel and feed costs, but government officials question whether merchants are taking advantage of increased consumption during Ramadan to reap greater pro [...] | 2007-09-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON KISL SOCI JO |
07AMMAN3814 | UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) This message contains action request for State, USDA, and USTR; please see paragraphs 5, 7, 10, and 15. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) seeks responses to several trade proposals under the rubric of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA),as well as flexibility on a [...] | 2007-09-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
07AMMAN3815 | JORDAN ISSUES FIRST JAIL SENTENCE FOR SOFTWARE PIRACY [...] (U) Summary: Jordanian judge Nihad al-Hisban, a recipient of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) training, recently issued the first-ever jail sentence and a significant fine for software piracy in Jordan. This represents a tremendous step forward for prosecution of intellectual property [...] | 2007-09-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3819 | Jordan Still Waiting for Iraqi Oil [...] (SBU) Jordan has been anticipating oil shipments from Iraq since August 2006, when an agreement was signed with the Iraqi government for Jordan to import an initial 8,000 barrels/day (approximately 1,370 tons/day) with an eventual target of 30,000 barrels/day. Reportedly the agreement set a sp [...] | 2007-09-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV JO |
07AMMAN3822 | (SBU) REQUEST FOR HEBREW TEST FOR MIRIAM SCHWEDT [...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency Hebrew Test be sent to Amman. 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Miriam Schwedt XXX-XX-4507 State Hebrew October 9 by DVC POL: Jack Doutrich 3. (U) Testing materials can be sent via Federal Express to: Embassy of the USA [...] | 2007-09-16 07:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFSI APER |
07AMMAN3825 | ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS SPLIT CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ICAO JO |
07AMMAN3826 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB OFFICER MANU [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for ESTH Hub Officer Manu Bhalla to visit Tel Aviv, Israel, September 23-26, 2007, to meet with ESTH Counselor Paul Rohrlich, tour MERC projects and have meetings regarding ESTH issues in Israel. 2. (U) Traveler requests Embassy assistance with hotel re [...] | 2007-09-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA IS |
07AMMAN3869 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SLAC EMPLOYEE TANTAWI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center employee Sami Tantawi to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of presenting a lecture at the 6th User Meeting for Sesame. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review t [...] | 2007-09-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3870 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE HENRY WALKE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Henry Walke to Amman, Jordan, September 22 - 28, 2007, for the purpose of teaching classes to Iraqi Ministry of Health staff in Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especia [...] | 2007-09-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA JO |
07AMMAN3871 | IRAQIS IN JORDAN ENROLLING AT A MODERATE PACE; [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi enrollment in Jordanian schools reached 21,000 as of September 15, with the GOJ agreeing to extend enrollment through September 30. No consensus has emerged to fully explain the low enrollment totals. UN agencies and NGOs are actively engaged in a last-ditch effort to cla [...] | 2007-09-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SOCI EAID IZ JO |
07AMMAN3876 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman),to visit Beirut, Lebanon from October 18 - 21, 2007, to participate in Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute (NKBCI) dedication activities a [...] | 2007-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER LE |
07AMMAN3877 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS EMPLOYEES LARSEN AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of USGS employees Matthew Larsen and Verne Schneider to Jordan, September 22 - 26, 2007, for the purpose of reviewing the USGS program in Jordan. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially t [...] | 2007-09-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SENV JO |
07AMMAN3880 | Jordan: Planning the S&T Joint Commission Meeting [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (U) Background and summary: The U.S.-Jordan S&T Agreement entered into force on June 12, 2007 (reftel). The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is keen to hold the first Joint Commission Meeting (JCM). Dr. Walid Al-Turk, Secretary General of [...] | 2007-09-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL SENV TBIO TPHY ETRD KTIA JO |
07AMMAN3881 | MENA OECD STEERING GROUP MEETS IN AMMAN TO PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) The Steering Group of the MENA OECD Investment Program met in Amman, Jordan on September 5 to review progress and prepare for its ministerial meeting. The Egyptian Prime Minister will open the November 28 Ministerial and its Investment Minister will chair the meeting. The initiative, n [...] | 2007-09-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV XF |
07AMMAN3902 | ENCOURGING JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JO |
07AMMAN3905 | JORDAN AGREES ON NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN WIPO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-20 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC WIPO JO |
07AMMAN3917 | JORDAN APPEARS OPEN TO BACKING U.S. UNCAT NOMINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
07AMMAN3992 | Jordanian Labor Minister Continues to Focus on Improving [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paras 6-7. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem provided an update on labor issues, noting that despite some intermittent problems, dramatic improvements have been made, particularl [...] | 2007-09-27 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4015 | FIRST UNSCR 1540 OUTREACH IN ARAB REGION PROMOTES [...] (U) Summary. The Regional Seminar, "Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) for Arab States," took place on 4-5 September 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Jordan hosted the workshop jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) in close cooperation w [...] | 2007-09-27 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP EU OSCE ARF |
07AMMAN4037 | JORDAN TO JOIN NEGOTIATIONS ON ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Minister of Industry and Trade Salem Al-Khazaleh informed the Embassy, through a letter dated September 24 (text below),of Jordan's general support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). NOTE: A copy of the letter was also faxed to USTR/Rachel Bae. [...] | 2007-09-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4038 | Jordan's Textiles and Apparel Production: Still Competitive [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref D, Post provides below updated statistics and information on the textile and apparel industry in Jordan. Jordan's exports of textile and apparel slightly decreased during the first half of 2007 to USD 568 million, with over 90% going to the U.S. market. The [...] | 2007-09-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX JO |
07AMMAN4043 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMEMBASSY CAIRO AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Agricultural Minister Counselor Peter Kurz to Jordan, October 08-11, 2007, for a supervisory visit. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...] | 2007-10-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
07AMMAN4060 | STRIKES IN JORDAN'S QIZ FACTORIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers, predominately Bangladeshi, have gone on strike at two factories in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). The Ministry of Labor (MOL) has been monitoring situations at both factories and facilitating negotiations with management. Following receipt of informatio [...] | 2007-10-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4072 | DELTA AIR LINES ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS TO AMMAN [...] (U) Summary: Delta Air Lines recently announced it plans to operate direct service between Amman's Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) and New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport beginning June 2008. This will be the only non-stop service to the United States operated by a U.S. carrier. [...] | 2007-10-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4075 | DAMAN Pre-inspection Program Terminated; Jordan Institutes [...] (U) Director General of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) Dr. Yaseen Khayaat confirmed to EconOffs September 30 that the long-running DAMAN pre-inspection program expired on schedule on September 1, 2007 (reftel). Khayaat added that with the end of the program, Bureau [...] | 2007-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD JO |
07AMMAN4094 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KFTN PREL JO |
07AMMAN4102 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE OLEG BILUKHA [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Oleg Bilukha to Amman, Jordan, October 28 - November 05, 2007, for the purpose of facilitating a coordination meeting on the pilot project of injury surveillance in Iraq. 2. (SBU) Control officer for t [...] | 2007-10-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA TBIO JO |
07AMMAN4112 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman),to visit Dubai, UAE, October 28-30, 2007, to participate in the Knowledge Conference to launch the first project of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al- [...] | 2007-10-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER TC |
07AMMAN4174 | Jordan Continues to Strengthen Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met October 9 with representatives from the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to share information on avian flu preparedness. The meeting focused on: tracking the progress of avian flu; surveillance and detection training; and preparedn [...] | 2007-10-11 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
07AMMAN4190 | RESTAURANT INDUSTRY GROWING IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Revenues from Jordan's restaurant industry have grown 42 percent since 2006, and the total number of restaurants has increased by 18 percent. The restaurant sector currently employs about 11,000 people in Jordan, and government officials and restaurant owners believe the industr [...] | 2007-10-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EIND JO |
07AMMAN4199 | PROPOSED G11 OBJECTIVES FROM JORDAN FOR SUMMIT OF G8-G11 [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) provided the Ambassador the following list of its four key objectives for the summit to be held in Berlin on November 14, 2007 between King Abdullah, as the President of the G11 Lower-Middle Income Countries, and Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the G8 Presiden [...] | 2007-10-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN JO |
07AMMAN4202 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE AND SNL EMPLOYEES COLLINS, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins, and Sandia National Laboratories employees Amir Mohagheghi, and Ruth Duggan to Jordan, November 2 - 13, 2007, for t [...] | 2007-10-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN4203 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE BERKLEY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory staff scientist Zahid Hussain to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of chairing the 6th Sesame Beamlines Committee. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review th [...] | 2007-10-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG AORC ASEC KSCA OTRA TRGY JO |
07AMMAN4205 | JORDAN APPRECIATES U.S. POSITION ON DEBT BUYBACK; [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered on October 16 ref C demarche on the U.S. decision to support Jordan's debt buyback proposal in the Paris Club to Bassem Awadallah, the King's Office Director, by phone (Awadallah was in Paris). Awadallah responded that the GOJ was appreciative of U.S. support and fu [...] | 2007-10-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
07AMMAN4207 | REMITTANCES EQUAL ONE-FIFTH OF JORDAN'S GDP [...] (U) Summary: An estimated 260,000 Jordanians currently work abroad, many in information technology (IT) in the Gulf due to more opportunities and higher salaries. In 2006, remittances totaled $2.54 billion, equaling 19.6% of Jordan's gross domestic product, more than any single industry, and a [...] | 2007-10-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI JO |
07AMMAN4226 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SNL EMPLOYEES HORAK, HAYCRAFT, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Karl Horak, Debbie Haycraft, and Gaurav Rajen to Jordan, November 1 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of hosting a Web Access for Civil Society Initiatives meeting at the Cooperative M [...] | 2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO |
07AMMAN4227 | Israeli Embassy, Japanese, and Jordanian views on Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Israeli President Peres' late September briefing of Ambassadors Jones and Hale and subsequent request for the U.S. to encourage Jordanian progress on implementing elements of the Peace Valley Project, Post has engaged Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, representativ [...] | 2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
07AMMAN4274 | Construction Underway for Al-Mushatta Qualifying Industrial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly established Al-Mushatta Industrial City, a designated Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) on the outskirts of Amman, aims to be the first "green" QIZ in Jordan. Al-Mushatta has partnered with an environmental services organization to screen prospective investors in the [...] | 2007-10-21 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4277 | PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN JORDAN: A PRIMER [...] (U) Summary. Preparations are well underway for November 20 elections in Jordan, in which voters will select members of the lower house (Chamber of Deputies). These elections are the second to take place under a reformed election law from 2001. 110 seats are at stake, among them six seats s [...] | 2007-10-21 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO PGOV KDEM |
07AMMAN4278 | Iraqi Jordanian Transport Company Claims Lack of Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General of the Iraqi Jordanian Land Transportation Company (IJLTC) Ghassan Farkouh confirmed that as of October 18, 40 of 166 trucks of Iraqi oil had reached Jordan's sole refinery in Zarka, and another 23 were about to cross the border (reftels). The whereabouts of t [...] | 2007-10-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD JO IZ |
07AMMAN4338 | DESPITE INCREASED REVENUES, SECOND BUDGET SUPPLEMENT NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's 2007 budget and initial supplementary annex estimated USD 5.6 billion in total revenues, including foreign grants, and USD 6.1 billion in expenditures. While the GOJ's revenue projections are on-track, skyrocketing fuel subsidy costs have necessitated an additional USD 7 [...] | 2007-10-25 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4339 | UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA JO |
07AMMAN4377 | DEMARCHING JORDAN ON ARAB DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) On October 28, PolCouns conveyed reftel points to Thamer al-Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, noting U.S. support for greater Arab engagement on the Darfur issue, and urging that such contributions be in support of existing international efforts. Adwan said that [...] | 2007-10-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL JO |
07AMMAN4378 | Jordan Completes First Privatization Deal in its Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) finalized the privatization sale of the Central Electric Generating Company (CEGCO) - the first in Jordan's energy sector as part of a privatization program underway since 1996 (ref A). No immediate lay-offs of CEGCO's 1,600 employe [...] | 2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4426 | ROYAL JORDANIAN IPO ON SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines president Samer Majali said that RJ's initial public offering is on schedule for completion in 2007. Majali expects that 60 percent of shares will be Jordanian-owned. RJ selected the GEnx engine for its previously-ordered Boeing 787s due in 2010. RJ [...] | 2007-11-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
07AMMAN4441 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Daniel Whalen to Jordan, November 1, 2007 - April 24, 2008, to undertake a TDY assignment to the Cooperative Monitoring Center-Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully re [...] | 2007-11-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP FARM OTRA JO |
07AMMAN4499 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOWARD PASSELL AND JESSE ROACH [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Howard Passell and Jesse Roach to Jordan, November 09 - 24, 2007 for the purpose of holding a workshop with Iraqi engineers and hydrologists on the use of system dynamics modelin [...] | 2007-11-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO |
07AMMAN4525 | BLUE LANTERN PRE LICENSE CHECK CASE 05-050070921 [...] (SBU) EconOff met with Suleiman Aqarbeh, Security Director at the Le Royal Hotel Amman, on November 8. At the site visit, Aqarbeh verified his hotel's order for one Fido XT Handheld Explosives Detector plus Starter Kit, with a license value of USD 24,012. Aqarbeh confirmed that he placed the o [...] | 2007-11-12 05:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JO |
07AMMAN4575 | DRAFT 2008 BUDGET EXPECTS HIGH INFLATION AND SLOWING GDP [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's 2008 budget now being prepared is expected to include raises for public sector employees and pensioners, and to exclude fuel subsidies, which have necessitated budget annexes in 2007. The draft budget assumes a slow-down in GDP growth to four percent in 2008 after three [...] | 2007-11-15 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO |
07AMMAN4717 | WIMAX ROLLS OUT IN JORDAN WITH GOAL OF HIGHER BROADBAND [...] (U) Summary: Telecommunications companies Umniah and Batelco Jordan jointly launched Jordan's first WiMAX Internet service (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) on November 12. Service is now available in Amman and Aqaba, with plans to expand to two other cities. A second WiMAX eff [...] | 2007-11-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS EINV TINT JO |
07AMMAN4773 | View That Iraqis in Jordan Are Only a Burden on the Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prevailing view shared by the Jordanian public and government officials is that the Iraqi presence has further strained Jordan's already stretched budget, with a significant negative impact on the education and health systems, and an inflationary impact on prices. After rev [...] | 2007-12-05 06:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREF PGOV JO IZ |
07AMMAN4793 | CONGRESSWOMAN MCCOLLUM DISCUSSES IMPACT OF IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 24-27 visit to Jordan of Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN),Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials described the strain that approximately 500,000 Iraqis have been placing on the Jordanian infrastructure. All stressed that while Jordan has opened up public [...] | 2007-12-06 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON PREL IZ JO |
07AMMAN4862 | PERSONAL FINANCE IN JORDAN: SAVING LESS, BORROWING MORE [...] (U) Summary: On average, Jordanian households spend $1900 more than they earn annually, and pay for the gap with loans, real estate sales, and remittances. Consumer use of banks is high, more as a vehicle for debit and credit cards than for savings. Mortgages continue to grow in popularity a [...] | 2007-12-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV JO |
07AMMAN4923 | JORDAN MARKETS ITSELF TO CHINA AS A PORTAL TO IRAQ AND THE [...] (U) King Abdullah made his fifth trip to China in late October-early November, a visit that highlighted Jordan's sustained effort to attract increased Chinese investment. China is currently Jordan's third largest foreign trade partner -- China imports chemicals, leather, and agricultural pro [...] | 2007-12-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL JO CH |
07AMMAN4953 | NEW UNITED NATIONS COORDINATION STRUCTURE FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings in early December with the UNHCR Donor Mission, a Baghdad-Amman VTC with donors, and the recent USAID/OFDA conference in Amman on IDPs, Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary General (DSRSG) in Iraq David Shearer presented his main priorities for the Unit [...] | 2007-12-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KUNR JO IZ |
07AMMAN4991 | Jordan Seeing More Illegal and Violent Strikes in QIZ [...] (SBU) Jordan's garment factories in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) have been experiencing strikes five to six times a month, often led by Bengali workers, according to the Jordanian Ministry of Labor (MOL). MOL inspectors have seen strikes become more "illegal" in nature, normally oc [...] | 2007-12-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
07AMMAN4993 | Jordan's Garment Association Cites Shortage of Labor as [...] (U) This contains an action request for USTR. See para 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Jordanian garment exports to the U.S. fell 6.4% during the first nine months of 2007. During a December 13 lunch, the newly elected Board for the Jordan Garments, Accessories, Textiles Exporters' Association (J [...] | 2007-12-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
07AMMAN5023 | WELCOME CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Representative Lincoln Davis and delegation to Jordan on January 12, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control Officer for this visit is Co [...] | 2007-12-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5026 | WELCOME CODEL SCHUMER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Schumer to Jordan from December 29, 2007 thru January 2, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] | 2007-12-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5049 | WELCOME CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Price to Amman, Jordan from January 9-12, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] | 2007-12-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5051 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA JO |
07AMMAN5057 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...] | 2007-12-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5058 | JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departm [...] | 2007-12-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN5060 | WELCOME CODEL WOLF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Wolf to Jordan from January 4-5, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearan [...] | 2007-12-31 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
07AMMAN528 | LOWER HOUSE ENDORSES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT REFORM [...] (SBU) Jordan's lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, endorsed the government's municipal government reform bill. If also approved by the Senate and the King, the bill will lead to municipal elections in early summer. During the debate, Prime Minister Bakhit announced that his g [...] | 2007-02-06 07:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KDEM JO |
07AMMAN668 | Unity Dam on Syria-Jordan Border Storing 3 MCM of Water, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Al Wehdah (Unity) Dam on the Yarmouk River along the Jordan-Syria border was completed in November 2006. The dam can store 110 million cubic meters (MCM) of water, but it currently holds only 3 MCM. When filled, the reservoir is designed to supply 50 MCM of drinking water [...] | 2007-02-13 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PGOV SY JO |
07AMMAN75 | ROYAL JORDANIAN SELECTS BOEING 787 DREAMLINER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national airline Royal Jordanian (RJ) announced it has selected Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to replace its wide-body Airbus A340's. As a first step, RJ will lease four or five of the aircraft starting in 2010. Boeing is optimistic that the leasing arrangements will lead t [...] | 2007-01-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD BEXP JO |
07AMMAN968 | JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Miriam Schwedt, phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 48 hours preparing the report. Political Analyst Manal Hashweh spent 16 hours preparing the [...] | 2007-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
07ANILA1702 | PHILIPPINE POICE, MILITARY CONTINUE EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Policecontinue to file new cases against suspects in ulawful killings, leading already to several arrets and ongoing prosecutions, in addition to four arlier convictions. The Armed Forces launched twodozen inquiries into alleged involvement by miliary personnel in some cases [...] | 2007-05-24 08:22:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV RP |
07ANKARA1010 | TURKEY: ECONOMISTS STRESS ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As domestic political risk comes to the fore in the wake of the weekend's dramatic developments, Turkish economists underline the economy's remarkable transformation since the 2001 crisis. Strong growth, fiscal consolidation and surging Foreign Direct Investment underpin a si [...] | 2007-04-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP ETRD TU |
07ANKARA1015 | TURKEY: ECONOMISTS STRESS ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As domestic political risk comes to the fore in the wake of the weekend's dramatic developments, Turkish economists underline the economy's remarkable transformation since the 2001 crisis. Strong growth, fiscal consolidation and surging Foreign Direct Investment underpin a si [...] | 2007-04-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP ETRD TU |
07ANKARA1017 | TURKEY: FIFTH TIFA TALKS SEE CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The fifth meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting convened April 12 - 13 in Washington, D.C. The issue-packed agenda included substantive discussions on agricultural market access, the Doha Round, the Generalized System of Pref [...] | 2007-05-01 06:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KIPR TU |
07ANKARA1019 | SPECIAL 301: TURKEY DISAPPOINTED BUT FOLLOWING UP [...] (SBU) Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) DDG for the Americas Yuksel Akca and Department Head Atilla Bastirmaci were disappointed, but not surprised, by reftel points about the 2007 USTR Special 301 Report. They welcomed the idea of a more structured dialogue or plan of action in the coming [...] | 2007-05-01 07:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR TU |
07ANKARA1025 | TURKEY HEADED TO EARLY GENERAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Turkey's Constitutional Court announced late Mary 1 that it has accepted the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) petition to annul the first round of presidential voting on the ground that the required quorum was not present. CHP had argued that 367 -- the two-thirds of the members [...] | 2007-05-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON TU |
07ANKARA1033 | TURKISH NEXT STEPS ON EREZ ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 1 meeting, Guven Sak, the brains behind the Turkish business association TOBB's effort to develop the Erez industrial zone in northern Gaza, described his planned next steps. Consonant with reftel reporting, Sak believes that a security arrangement covering movement [...] | 2007-05-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID KWBG BEXP TU |
07ANKARA1042 | TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. PROPOSAL BUT WILL NOT [...] (SBU) According to Hasan Yalcin, Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) Deputy Director General for Multilateral Agreements, Turkey supports the U.S. proposal but wants an agreement with the EC that would consolidate the two papers into one compromise proposal. He added that it would be [...] | 2007-05-03 14:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO TU |
07ANKARA105 | ISPARTA: SMELLING THE ROSES WHILE WAITING FOR PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Isparta, five hours southwest of Ankara, is a central Anatolian city of 150,000, aptly nicknamed "The Land of Roses" owing to its production of sixty percent of the world's rose oil. A candidate for the GOT's expanded regional investment incentives program, Isparta was ultima [...] | 2007-01-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU |
07ANKARA1069 | Investors Ignore Politics, Snap up State Bank Shares [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority sold 24.98% of state-owned Halkbank through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and raised a total of %1.8 billion. Foreign institutional investors, mostly from the Middle East, reported purchased 69.5% of the shares. Privatized shares will start to be [...] | 2007-05-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA1093 | GROWTH HELPING ANATOLIAN BACKWATERS, BUT WORRIES ABOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TU |
07ANKARA1106 | Investors Ignore Politics, Snap up State Bank Shares [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority sold 24.98% of state-owned Halkbank through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) and raised a total of %1.8 billion. Foreign institutional investors, mostly from the Middle East, reported purchased 69.5% of the shares. Privatized shares began to be trade [...] | 2007-05-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA1132 | TURKISH VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey supports Russian OECD membership because of Russia's importance to Turkey and because Turkey believes greater Russian participation in international fora will make Russia feel more secure. Keeping Cyprus out of the OECD is their top priority but Turkey is open to consider [...] | 2007-05-11 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN OECD TU |
07ANKARA1154 | TURKISH MILITARY COURT ISSUES FIRST CONVICTION OF [...] (SBU) In its first sentencing of an active-duty general officer, a Turkish military court convicted Third Army Commander, and previous ISAF Commander, GEN Erdem Erdagi of misusing his authority by accepting a bribe for the award of a military construction tender during his 2002 to 2004 command [...] | 2007-05-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA1160 | Update on PKK Violence (April 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-05-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA1163 | TURKISH TREASURY OFFICIALS ON IRAQ DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials at Sharm expressed willingness to engage with Iraqi officials on the issue of official bilateral Iraqi debt to Turkey. Turkish Treasury officials continue to work on reconciliation of Iraqi debt, both with Turkish state institutions holding claims and with Ir [...] | 2007-05-15 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IZ TU |
07ANKARA1164 | DEMARCHE ON WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY II [...] (SBU) In further response to Ref A points (and post's interim Ref B response),MFA has passed us a written response from the Ministry of Health. 2. (SBU) The GOT agrees that all countries should cooperate in sharing influenza virus samples with the Global Influenza Monitoring Network unde [...] | 2007-05-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU TU |
07ANKARA1176 | TURKEY LOOKS SERIOUSLY AT KYOTO PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is a signatory to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),but has never signed the Kyoto Protocol. Turkish officials are looking seriously at the Kyoto Protocol, both because adopting it is a requirement of the daunting environment chapter of the EU "acqu [...] | 2007-05-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENGR SENV EAGR TU |
07ANKARA1178 | TURKEY-IRAQ BUSINESS COUNCIL IS BULLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 8 meeting, Turkey-Iraq Business Council Chairman Ercument Aksoy asked for help on accessing Japanese soft loans for Iraq, gaining good attendance at the Iraq Trade Fair in Gazientep later this month, and removing onerous performance bond requirements on bidders for Iraq [...] | 2007-05-16 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IZ |
07ANKARA1202 | Update on PKK Violence (May 1-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-05-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA123 | Turkey: U.S. Companies Worried about Business [...] (SBU) Summary. Many U.S. companies in Turkey feel they are missing out on Turkey's economic boom. They blame the persistence of traditional ways of doing business, including corruption and opaque regulatory practices, but also fault U.S. companies' lack of awareness of the substantial impro [...] | 2007-01-23 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP PREL TU |
07ANKARA1230 | Update on PKK Violence (May 1-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-05-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA1242 | Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Nelson/Lott to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of domestic political tumult and continued Turkish anxiety over Iraq and the PKK. Turkey stands at a crucial political crossroads as early parliamentary elections near. Officials here will be eager for an update on the ongoing congressional debate ove [...] | 2007-05-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR |
07ANKARA1243 | Scenesetter for the Visit of the Congressional Study Group [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of domestic political tumult and continued Turkish anxiety over Iraq and the PKK. Turkey stands at a crucial political crossroads as early parliamentary elections near. Officials here will be eager for an update on the ongoing congressional debate ove [...] | 2007-05-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR |
07ANKARA1272 | IMF Board Approval Amid Local Debate [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Board's May 18 review of Turkey's stand-by program focused on the risk of fiscal slippage during an election, a risk also identified by many local analysts. Approval of the $1.1 billion IMF tranche also coincides with a rekindled debate about what form Turkey's future [...] | 2007-05-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA128 | TURKEY: ADVANCE SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE RESPONSE [...] (U) Turkish officials welcomed the opportunity to work with us on intellectual property issues in advance of the regular "Special 301" season. We coordinated with several Turkish government agencies, including the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU),which is responsible for ensuring that Tur [...] | 2007-01-23 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV TU |
07ANKARA1283 | TURKISH-AMERICAN PROJECT LAUNCHES GAS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With political speeches and fireworks alarmingly close to a heroic gas plume, the U.S. oil development company Toreador feted new gas production at its Black Sea facility on May 20. Toreador has overcome significant problems in bringing its production on line and connecting i [...] | 2007-05-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP EINV TU |
07ANKARA1292 | TURKISH VIEWS ON AI SAMPLE SHARING AND RETENTION OF VARIOLA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkey (GOT) strongly supports viral sample sharing with the WHO in support of scientific research. Turkey's response to last year's significant number of human AI cases was perceived as robust and cooperative with international partners and regional neighbors [...] | 2007-05-25 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR TBIO AORC PREL KFLU TU |
07ANKARA1294 | TURKEY INFORMED ABOUT OPEN-ENDED SEMINAR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC TU |
07ANKARA13 | TURKEY-IRAQ WATER TALKS - FORMULAIC BUT TALKING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA1310 | TURKEY PLANS BLACK SEA OIL SPILL RESPONSE EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Private industry, the Turkish Government, and other Black Sea littoral states are planning a comprehensive oil spill response exercise September 19-20 at Eregli on the Turkish Black Sea coast, preceded by a series of planning workshops. Industry observers give the Government of [...] | 2007-05-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET EWWT MARR TU RS GG RO |
07ANKARA1315 | TURKISH PRESIDENT VETOES NUCLEAR ENERGY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 8 the Turkish Parliament passed the long pending Nuclear Energy Law, but on May 24 President Sezer vetoed the legislation based on a few technical provisions concerning privatization and government obligations. Even in the unlikely event that the parliament overturns the [...] | 2007-05-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA1323 | TURKEY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES EXTENSION OF TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) ON MAY 29, THE TURKISH GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF TURKEY'S DEPLOYMENT TO UNIFIL UNTIL AUGUST 31, 2008. THE GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED THE MOTION AT THIS TIME IN THE EXPECTATION THAT PARLIAMENT WOULD NOT BE IN SESSION FOLLOWING JULY 22 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WHEN THE C [...] | 2007-05-31 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR UN LE TU |
07ANKARA1371 | CODEL NELSON AND CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Bulent Arinc met May 28 with Codel Nelson and the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. Arinc focused his remarks on the solid, longstanding bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Turkey as well as Turkish concerns about the situation in Iraq a [...] | 2007-06-04 13:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ TU |
07ANKARA1372 | CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY, CODEL NELSON [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Erdogan and FM Gul met May 28 with Codel Nelson and the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. An unusually upbeat Erdogan focused on the solid footing of the US-Turkish strategic relationship and Turkey's efforts to contribute to regional peace and stability, including in Af [...] | 2007-06-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS TU US IZ SY AM LE |
07ANKARA1373 | CODELS NELSON AND WHITFIELD MEETING WITH D/CHOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Defense General Ergin Saygun briefed Codels Nelson and Whitfield on May 28 on Turkey's contributions to regional peace and stability. He complained that some European nations were seeking to re-define trans-Atlantic security at NATO's expense. He described the [...] | 2007-06-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL MARR TU |
07ANKARA1379 | TURKEY HOSTS BSEC SUMMIT - USG ATTENDANCE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Secretary Rice's March message to FM Gul promising participation by a senior State Department official in the June 25 BSEC Summit in Istanbul (ref B) is an important opportunity to emphasize USG support for BSEC and our bigger objective of encouraging economic a [...] | 2007-06-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA1441 | TURKISH MILITARY ESTABLISHES TEMPORARY SECURITY [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) website on June 7 posted the coordinates of four areas within the southeastern provinces of Siirt, Sirnak and Hakkari that will be designated as Temporary Security Zones for the purposes of military operations. Entry into and exit from these zones will be r [...] | 2007-06-07 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PTER TU |
07ANKARA1499 | Conference Supports Innovation in Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary. An AmCham-organized, Embassy-supported conference on "Innovation" highlighted to Turkish business and policy leaders how business-friendly policies can promote economic development and job creation. The conference completes one of the actions agreed to during the February mee [...] | 2007-06-13 08:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR KPAO TU |
07ANKARA15 | TURKEY'S WINTER GAS WOES AND MEASURES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IR RS |
07ANKARA1512 | "Next Generation" Turkish Economic Reforms [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey is enjoying strong economic performance, with real GDP growth averaging over 7% per year for the past five years, government debt down, and inflation nearing single digits. Medium-sized "Anatolian Tigers" are thriving alongside traditional business conglomerates and Ista [...] | 2007-06-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
07ANKARA1513 | "Next Generation" Turkish Economic Reforms [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey is enjoying strong economic performance, with real GDP growth averaging over 7% per year for the past five years, government debt down, and inflation nearing single digits. Medium-sized "Anatolian Tigers" are thriving alongside traditional business conglomerates and Ista [...] | 2007-06-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
07ANKARA1535 | EU-TURKEY ENERGY CONFERENCE - MISSED OPPORTUNITY ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expectations for a strong European statement in support of Turkey's role in gas transit to Europe were unrealized at the June 5 "Turkey and the EU: Together for a European Energy Policy" Conference in Istanbul, which was attended by Commissioners Rehn and Piebalgs and senior GOT [...] | 2007-06-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
07ANKARA1537 | Government Officials Deny Election-year Fiscal Loosening [...] (SBU)Summary: A series of Government announcements on fiscal policy have led to increased suspicions of populist, election-year fiscal loosening. The most high-profile and IMF-unfriendly of these was the announcement of Value-Added Tax rate cuts for tourism food and restaurants. 2007 tax reve [...] | 2007-06-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA1567 | GUIDE TO TURKISH BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's cornucopia of business organizations is often impenetrable and confusing to outsiders. Following is a brief introduction to the major players. More on each is available on Intellipedia (classified) under the title "Turkish Business Associations." End Summary. ---- [...] | 2007-06-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP BBSR ECON TU |
07ANKARA1578 | TURKEY: WIPO TREATIES RATIFIED IN MAY 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8, Turkey published in its Official Gazette the ratification of WIPO's Copyright Agreement and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, a priority action listed for Turkey in USTR's 2006 Special 301 report. Foreign Trade Undersecretariat officials tell us that Turkey should co [...] | 2007-06-21 06:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR USTR TU |
07ANKARA16 | TURKEY-IRAQ WATER TALKS - FORMULAIC BUT TALKING [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Turkey and Iraq held their second bilateral water dialogue in 2006 in Ankara on December 14. Like the earlier May 24 meeting, delegations repeated long-held positions and quibbled over the agenda and language. The two sides agreed to meet again, and the Iraqis again proposed [...] | 2007-01-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA160 | ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN TURKEY: MORE, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the Heritage Foundation's 2007 Index of Economic Freedom (IEF),Turkey has made impressive strides in reducing the dead weight of government interference in the economy and economic decision-making over the past five years. This helps explain Turkey's similarly i [...] | 2007-01-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP PGOV TU |
07ANKARA1616 | COMMERCE D/S SAMPSON ENCOURAGES TURKEY TO RESOLVE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 5-9 visit to Turkey, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Dr. David Sampson discussed ways to improve SIPDIS the bilateral economic relationship with Turkey's Foreign Trade Minister, the Chairman of Turkey's largest business organization, and the Foreign Minister and [...] | 2007-06-25 11:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KIPR TU |
07ANKARA1626 | SECTION 505 AGREEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 18 enumerating the revised section 505 conditions (reftel) under which the Government of Turkey will handle articles and services from the US for the purpose of peacekeeping operations within the South Eastern E [...] | 2007-06-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GR IT TU KPKO KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PREL |
07ANKARA1634 | Update on PKK Violence (June 16-22, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-06-26 13:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA1644 | ICAO ASSEMBLY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN SUPPORT BUT STILL [...] This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: According to MFA civil aviation officials, Turkey is interested in supporting several of the U.S. positions at the upcoming ICAO General Assembly, but Turkish officials will begin to meet in the next few weeks to formulate [...] | 2007-06-27 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD ECON TU |
07ANKARA17 | TURKEY'S WINTER GAS WOES AND MEASURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Occurring each winter at Turkey's peak need, the Iranian announcement January 3 that it had to stop natural gas exports to Turkey in order to meet its own requirements was not unexpected. Turkey had already embarked on compensating measures after Iran's initial December reducti [...] | 2007-01-05 10:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IR RS |
07ANKARA1708 | Update on PKK Violence (June 23-30, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-07-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA1709 | Azeri Gas Arrives, Contract Issue Unresolved [...] (SBU) Summary. After months of delay, Turkish officials confirm that natural gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field should begin flowing into Turkey in the next few days despite the lack of resolution to the issue of the contract period. The head of Azerbaijan's SOCAR is coming to Turkey wi [...] | 2007-07-05 05:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
07ANKARA1723 | CERA Energy Conference Highlights Caspian Gas Transient and [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 250 government and industry representatives attended the tenth annual "East Meets West" Executive Conference in Istanbul, June 26-27, for two full days of presentations and discussions of energy security, resource access, oil and gas transit, and the impact of climate cha [...] | 2007-07-06 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU |
07ANKARA1731 | TURKEY: HIGH COURT REJECTS CHALLENGES; [...] (U) Summary: Late July 5, Turkey's Constitutional Court (CC) announced that it had rejected appeals from main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and President Sezer that would have annulled the constitutional amendment package that provides for, i.a., direct election of the president. [...] | 2007-07-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA1735 | Turks Positive on Iraq Neighbors Energy Group [...] (SBU) Summary. In separate July 5 meetings, MFA Iraq Special Envoy Oguz Celikkol and Iraq desk official Yagmur Guldere gave positive readouts of the June 28-29 Energy Working Group (EWG) experts meeting of the neighboring countries of Iraq. The Iraqi participants gave detailed presentations [...] | 2007-07-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA1741 | TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY MEDEVACS INJURED FROM TUZ [...] (SBU) Action request at para 4. 2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry's Iraq office expressed to us their appreciation for USG assistance in facilitating the dispatch of two Turkish military medevac aircraft to Kirkuk on July 8 to pick up 21 Iraqis severely injured in the July 7 bombing in Tuz Kor [...] | 2007-07-09 09:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL MARR PHUM IZ TU |
07ANKARA1744 | TURKEY SUPPORTS PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 12:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD TU |
07ANKARA1756 | Second Turkey-Iraq-US Gas Study Meeting in Istanbul [...] (SBU) Summary. During the second trilateral gas working meeting held in Istanbul on Saturday June 30, Turkey's Under Secretary for Energy Sami Demirbilek reassured Iraqi PM Maliki's oil advisor Abd al-Ilah al-Amir and the Iraqi Ambassador, Dr. Jawad al Hindawi, of Turkey's intention to find way [...] | 2007-07-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA1761 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07ANKARA1785 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...] | 2007-07-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07ANKARA1789 | REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...] | 2007-07-13 07:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG TU |
07ANKARA1791 | Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-07-13 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA1824 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, we spoke with Mechanical and Chemical Industries Corporation (MKEK) procurement department July 16 and 17 in order to obtain a contact within the Turkish Ministry of Defense (MOD),the end user listed for license number 05-050047111. MKEK representatives informed us [...] | 2007-07-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG ETTC KOMC TU |
07ANKARA1840 | Update on PKK Violence (July 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most T [...] | 2007-07-19 09:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA1853 | RISING CONSUMERISM IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent years have seen a rapid growth in consumerism in Turkey with private consumption and retail sales more than doubling between 2002 and 2006. Credit has helped drive this consumerism trend, as newly-affordable interest rates have increased the use of consumer loans and cred [...] | 2007-07-19 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
07ANKARA1864 | Opposition Parties' Market-Unfriendly Stance Helps Markets [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have rallied buoyed by global bullishness and the increasing likelihood of an AKP victory that would increase the probability of continued market-friendly policies. Investors' doubts about the principal opposition parties are attributable to these parties elector [...] | 2007-07-20 14:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA187 | TURKEY REVITALIZES ITS PETROLEUM CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a long-awaited good news story for its investment environment, Turkey finally passed a new petroleum code, intended to provide more attractive incentives to encourage foreign investment in oil and gas exploration and production. The U.S. company Toreador, which will start pr [...] | 2007-01-30 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET BEXP TU IZ |
07ANKARA1877 | Turkish Markets Embrace AKP Victory [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Financial Markets soared in reaction to the AKP's strong -- but not too strong -- performance in parliamentary elections. The result, allowing AKP to form a single-party government with a comfortable majority sets the stage for continued orthodox, investor-friendly econo [...] | 2007-07-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA1890 | TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL GROVE, JULY 25-28, [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in Sunday's polls and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential partner, supporting co [...] | 2007-07-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU |
07ANKARA1909 | Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-07-26 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA1921 | TURKEY: OFFICIALS HOPEFUL NEW GOVERNMENT WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 06:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA1922 | TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in the July 22 election and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential par [...] | 2007-07-27 07:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU |
07ANKARA1934 | Turkish MFA on BSEC and Environmental Protection Symposium [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN SENV TU |
07ANKARA195 | ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) We are delighted to welcome Assistant Secretary Sullivan and his delegation to Turkey for the third meeting of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC). Resuming economic dialogue since the last meeting in Washington in December 2003 is an important part of the "Shared Vision and Stru [...] | 2007-01-31 12:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN BEXP TU |
07ANKARA1956 | WMD FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) We presented proposed Consequence Management MOU text (ref a) to Bora Kerimoglu, Section Chief in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, on July 31. Kerimoglu promised to review the text and bring it to the attention of Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun and other officials whe [...] | 2007-07-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA OTRA PTER TU |
07ANKARA1977 | WELCOME CONGRESSMAN SHAYS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Turkey comes as the recently elected parliament prepares to approve a new government and elect the country's next president. Terrorism and Iraq remain key issues, and the return of pro-Kurdish representatives to parliament after 14 years may offer a chance for i [...] | 2007-08-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL PTER ECON ENRG OREP AM IZ TU |
07ANKARA1992 | TURKISH PUBLIC OPINION: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This year's Pew poll confirmed what many already knew -- Turks are angry about US policies. Negative opinion has increased over the past four years, exacerbated by the situation in Iraq and perceived US inaction toward the PKK. Negative Turkish public opinion has gone beyond pol [...] | 2007-08-03 06:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO TU |
07ANKARA1996 | THE WIDENING EFFECTS OF TURKEY'S DROUGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey is experiencing its hottest and driest summer in 78 years, and the drought is having a widening impact across the country. Coming after a dry winter that failed to fill water reservoirs, the drought has caused severe water shortages, particularly in Ankara province, which [...] | 2007-08-03 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAGR ENRG ECON TU |
07ANKARA2000 | USTR GSP DIRECTOR DISCUSSES TURKEY'S PARTICIPATION AT [...] (SBU) Summary: As discussed at the April U.S.-Turkey Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting (reftel),USTR Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program Executive Director Marideth Sandler visited Turkey during the week of July 9 to discuss Turkey's participation in [...] | 2007-08-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD TU |
07ANKARA2001 | Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-08-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2003 | TURKISH MFA ON BSEC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) held on July 10 an after action review of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) 15th Anniversary Summit in Istanbul on June 25. Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ahmet Asim Arar chaired the meeting, and representativ [...] | 2007-08-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN SENV TU |
07ANKARA2004 | TURKEY'S NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENES TO ELECT SPEAKER [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Turkey's newly elected MPs took their oaths without incident on August 4 and will convene again on August 9 to begin electing a Speaker and forming a government. PM Erdogan is expected to announce h [...] | 2007-08-06 10:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA2043 | Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-08-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2052 | Central Bank Governor Stays focused on Inflation [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) noted in its recent inflation report that the Government should restrain spending to help the CBRT meet its inflation target this year. CBRT Governor Durmus Yilmaz affirmed this view to us, and noted that the CBRT has not changed its stance des [...] | 2007-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA206 | U.S.-TURKEY POLICY PLANNING CONSULTATIONS: DATE [...] (U) This contains an action request: please see para 8. 2. (U) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Policy Planning Atilla Gunay informed us that the Turkish side accepts the proposed date of February 22 for bilateral policy planning talks. Ambassador Altay Cengizer, who will shortly t [...] | 2007-02-01 11:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU US |
07ANKARA2120 | TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new parliament is in the midst of electing Turkey,s next president, following general elections in July. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory, returning with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Tur [...] | 2007-08-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AM ECON ENRG IZ OREP PGOV PINS PTER TU |
07ANKARA2139 | TURKISH BUSINESS COMMUNITY LOOKING BEYOND GUL PRESIDENCY TO [...] Both Embassy Ankara and ConGen Istanbul contributed to this report. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Turkish business community's reaction to FonMin Abdullah Gul's presidential candidacy has been positive but muted. In public statements, most business groups expressed support for Gul's presidency wh [...] | 2007-08-20 04:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2149 | HIJACKING OF ATLAS JET FLIGHT KKK 1011 ON AUGUST 18, 2007 [...] (SBU) We are currently awaiting information from the GOT's investigation of the August 18, 2007 hijacking of Atlas Jet flight KKK 1011, which departed from Lefkosa (Northern Cyprus) en route to Istanbul. Two students from Northern Cyprus -- Mommen Abdul Aziz Jumah Talikh, possibly an Egyptian [...] | 2007-08-20 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC TU |
07ANKARA2154 | TIP: TURKEY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 2007 TIP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on August 13 about the Netherlands country narrative in the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which contains a reference to Turkish men being trafficked to the Netherlands for purposes of forced labor. (See paragraph 2 fo [...] | 2007-08-21 08:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREL PHUM NL TU |
07ANKARA2173 | AMERICAN-TURKISH ASSOCIATION STAFFDEL FOCUSES ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2174 | TURKEY: ALEVIS CELEBRATE CULTURE, CALL FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU |
07ANKARA2179 | TURKEY: IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE STARTED [...] We delivered ref A information to Ziya Altunyaldiz, Deputy Director General for Exports, and Kadir Bal, Deputy Director General for Imports, at the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat. Neither had substantive comments at this time but assured us they would review it. We will include this t [...] | 2007-08-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO TU |
07ANKARA2184 | Update on PKK Violence (August 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-08-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA220 | TURKISH BUSINESS ECOURAGED ON GAZA PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish business officials say they had productive meetings in Israel in mid-January about their proposed development of the Erez Industrial Zone in Gaza. Israeli officials said they would start work on special tax and security arrangements for the zone, with the MOD taking t [...] | 2007-02-02 06:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID PREL TU |
07ANKARA2227 | BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK ON LICENSE 05-050022026 [...] (SBU) We met with Tubitak Uzay Director Ugur Murat Leloglu on August 28 to discuss reftel Blue Lantern cases associated with Tubitak Uzay's RASAT Remote Sensing Satellite Project. Leloglu was forthcoming and eager to cooperate with our inquiry. We confirmed that Tubitak Uzay has received the [...] | 2007-08-29 12:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC KS TU |
07ANKARA2246 | TURKEY: THUMBNAIL BIOS OF 60TH GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Thumbnail biographical sketches of the 25 ministers who comprise Turkey's 60th Government, as presented August 29, 2007 President Gul are below in para 2. Ministers are already in place and functioning; the government will seek a parliamentary vote of confidence on September 5. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-08-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TU |
07ANKARA2254 | Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-09-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2255 | Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-09-04 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2266 | TURKEY: "ERDOGAN II" GETS PARTY-LINE VOTE OF [...] (U) On September 5, the Turkish parliament gave PM Erdogan and his single-party Justice and Development Party (AKP) government a vote of confidence. As was the case with the presidential election (ref A),the vote split cleanly along party lines, with 337 AKPers voting for their government and [...] | 2007-09-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
07ANKARA2273 | REGIONAL ENERGY CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE - [...] This message grants country clearance and provides an update on administrative and logistical arrangements for the Regional Energy Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in comin [...] | 2007-09-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ENRG TU |
07ANKARA2278 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) We met with ASELSAN Purchasing Manager Mehmet Ali Akcoray on September 5 to discuss reftel Blue Lantern case. Akcoray confirmed that ASELSAN received the shipment of two quartz dual axis rate sensors on September 21, 2006, and stated that the reftel items are periodically being used in [...] | 2007-09-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TU |
07ANKARA2313 | Update on PKK Violence (September 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-09-11 10:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2367 | Update on PKK Violence (September 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-09-19 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA237 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-02-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA238 | Top rice importer calls on Ambassador to ask United States [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, 2007, the Ambassador met with a top rice importer who wants to persuade the USG to drop the WTO case on Turkish rice imports in exchange for the GOT promising to lower the tariff on paddy (unmilled) rice. The Ambassador responded that although he also hoped for a [...] | 2007-02-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TU WTO |
07ANKARA2384 | IBRAHIM PARLAK DEMARCHE REACTION: "OUR LAWS [...] We delivered reftel demarche urging issuance of a travel document enabling Ibrahim Parlak's return to Turkey. Akil Oktem, head of the Department of Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was familiar with the case. He said the GOT has no travel document akin to the U.S. parole [...] | 2007-09-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU |
07ANKARA2413 | Update on PKK Violence (September 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-09-26 09:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2422 | A/S SULLIVAN WITH MFA U/S APAKAN ON TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 20 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul Apakan, EEB A/S Sullivan raised the progress made on action items identified at the February U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission (EPC),an event showcasing Turkey that A/S Sullivan plans to host on the margi [...] | 2007-09-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ENRG TU |
07ANKARA2442 | TURKEY'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY GAINING IN EU, LOSING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: While overall Turkish exports of apparel increased 15.4% in 2006, government and industry officials are concerned about the continued drop in exports to the U.S., which fell by 26% in 2006. The textile and apparel sectors in Turkey comprise close to 7.8 percent of total GDP and [...] | 2007-10-02 04:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KTEX ECON TU |
07ANKARA2445 | Update on PKK Violence (September 24-30, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-10-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2483 | Turks worried about cholera outbreak want to provide [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. ----------------------------------- GOT Concerned about Outbreak Spread ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) On October 1, we met with Ministry of Health Department Head for Communicable Diseases Dr. Mehmet Ali Torunoglu to discus [...] | 2007-10-05 08:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA2484 | TURKEY'S NEW SPEAKER: PLEASE, NO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) During Ambassador's October 4 courtesy call, Koksal Toptan, the new speaker of Turkey's parliament, stressed his commitment to US-Turkey ties. Turkey was working well with the US on Iraq, including through the Neighbors process, and was strongly committed to Iraq's territorial and polit [...] | 2007-10-05 10:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU US |
07ANKARA2512 | TURKEY'S TIP SHELTERS FACING CRITICAL BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Budgetary short-falls threaten the continued operation of Turkey's two dedicated anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) shelters. While the Istanbul shelter is at least secure through the end of 2007, Ankara shelter administrators have told us that they have had to divert resource [...] | 2007-10-11 07:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AFIN ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI TU |
07ANKARA2517 | TURKS DETERMINED TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT ARMENIAN [...] (U) Summary: Initial GOT reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 decision to send Resolution 106 - the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) - to the House floor reflects disappointment and anger, as well as appreciation for US Administration efforts and determination t [...] | 2007-10-11 10:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PREL PTER MOPS TU US AM |
07ANKARA2521 | Update on PKK Violence (October 1 - 7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-10-11 13:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2573 | TURKEY: PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES MOTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 17, the Turkish parliament, as expected, approved by an overwhelming margin a government-sponsored motion authorizing a cross border operation (CBO) against Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorists in northern Iraq. It gives the government authority for one year to [...] | 2007-10-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US |
07ANKARA258 | INROADS SLOW FOR LIBERTARIAN THINK TANK IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. The Association for Liberal Thinking (ALT),is an Ankara-based think tank established in 1994 to promote classical liberal (i.e. libertarian) thought in Turkey. In an effort to maintain autonomy, ALT has no direct links to any political party or movement, receives minimal fundi [...] | 2007-02-07 08:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM KPAO SOCI TU |
07ANKARA2583 | GOT LOWERS PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET FOR 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT submitted the 2008 budget on October 17, the statutory deadline. At an October 18 press conference, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan announced the GOT expects a budget deficit of YTL 17.8 billion ($14.8 billion). The Minister also announced a program-defined primary su [...] | 2007-10-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA26 | TURKEY: 2006 DECA INSPECTION DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR TU |
07ANKARA2601 | PROVOCATIVE PKK ATTACKS IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PKK terrorists have carried out attacks on Turkish security and other targets over the last 36 hours, accounting for the deaths of at least 12, and possibly more, security personnel. At least 16 security personnel were injured, along with another 17 civilians in a separate attack [...] | 2007-10-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV TU US IZ |
07ANKARA2608 | Update on PKK Violence (October 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents military contacts/clashes with the PKK as well as casualties incurred. TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Int [...] | 2007-10-22 16:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA261 | NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 14:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PTER NATO PINS PREL AF TU |
07ANKARA262 | EURO-TURKISH PROSECUTORS' ANTI-TERRORISM ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, the US Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training ("OPDAT") through post's Resident Legal Adviser, hosted a legislative roundtable on methods to investigate and prosecute terrorist organizations, particularly t [...] | 2007-02-07 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN TU FR NL UK |
07ANKARA263 | GOT POSTPONES FULL PRIVATIZATION OF STATE BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 05:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2677 | Update on PKK Violence (October 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic 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. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-10-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2717 | TURKEY REACTS TO HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (SBU) All media headlined the November 4 release of the eight Turkish soldiers held hostage since October 21 by the terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Before boarding his plane to Washington for his November 5 meeting with President Bush, PM Erdogan thanked the U.S. and Iraqi governme [...] | 2007-11-05 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US |
07ANKARA2739 | Update on PKK Violence (October 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic 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. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-08 11:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2754 | TURKEY: 2006 DOMESTIC REPORT ON COMBATING HUMAN [...] (SBU) The GOT recently issued its 2006 Report on Combating Human Trafficking in Turkey. The report provides an overview of Turkey's anti-TIP legal framework, international cooperation mechanisms, TIP prevention and victim protection measures, and supporting 2006 statistical data. The report [...] | 2007-11-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PGOV SMIG KCRM KWMN TU |
07ANKARA2755 | TURKEY PASSES ITS NUCLEAR ENERGY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish Parliament passed the long pending Nuclear Energy Law on October 8, after just two days of debate and despite criticism from opposition parties and NGO's. The law is expected to be approved by the President. The law establishes an extremely rapid selection process, [...] | 2007-11-09 17:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA2756 | DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] Per reftel we met with and advised all relevant parties in the Turkish Government to inform them of these designations. Those contacts are Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Iranian Affairs, Babur Hizlan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security A [...] | 2007-11-09 17:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM EFIN |
07ANKARA2758 | Update on PKK Violence (November 1-7, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic 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. The TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Inte [...] | 2007-11-13 10:24:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2769 | PERES ENCOURAGES MODERATION, COMPROMISE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed a group of Bilkent University students and faculty on November 11, his first public event during a three-day visit to Ankara. He encouraged the students to embrace a future defined by moderation and risk-taking. Throughout his talk, Pe [...] | 2007-11-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMDR TU IS |
07ANKARA2798 | Update on PKK Violence (November 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic 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. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-19 15:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2815 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, when we promised to support effective measures to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist threat from northern Iraq. A November 20 follow-up visit by Generals Cartwright and Pet [...] | 2007-11-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MASS PARM IR IZ TU |
07ANKARA2852 | U.S. COURT RULING BRINGS HEAVY CASH PENALTY TO UZAN FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 21, Motorola won an appeal in a long-standing U.S. fraud case against the Turkish Uzan family, the former owners of the Turkish GSM company Telsim. The U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a $1 billion award, which the Uzans had appealed claiming they could not afford to pay [...] | 2007-11-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ECPS EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2853 | Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic 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. The TGS does not account for police casualties and the Ministry of [...] | 2007-11-29 10:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2864 | TURKEY/IRAQ: GOVERNMENT APPROVES OCTOBER 17 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Erdogan reportedly stated November 30 that the Council of Ministers and President Gul have authorized the Turkish Armed Forces to conduct a cross-border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists operating in northern Iraq. Foreign Ministry and Turkish parliament contacts tel [...] | 2007-11-30 16:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
07ANKARA2865 | CRASH OF ATLASJET FLIGHT FROM ISTANBUL TO ISPARTA, TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An Atlasjet flight from Istanbul to Isparta, Turkey crashed 12 km from the Isparta Airport at approximately 01:45 local time on 30 November, 2007. The plane was a McDonald-Douglas 83. The remains of all 57 onboard have been located by Search and Rescue teams. The pilot, Serh [...] | 2007-11-30 17:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ASEC TU |
07ANKARA2875 | Update on PKK Violence (November 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website. TGS does not account for police casualties and Ministry of Interior casualty data is not made public. As a result, actual numbers for total Turkish [...] | 2007-12-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2893 | TURKEY: RELIEF ON THE WAY FOR ANKARA TIP SHELTER [...] (SBU) The Ankara TIP shelter, operated by the Foundation for Women's Solidarity (FWS),remains open despite a three-month funding short-fall. FWS could not pay salaries in September, October, or November 2007. The Canadian International Development Agency has responded positively to the IOM [...] | 2007-12-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AFIN ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI TU |
07ANKARA2894 | TURKEY SIGNS ELECTRICITY AGREEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Iran signed an electricity agreement on November 21 and pledged to continue cooperation on energy issues despite U.S. objections. The agreement calls for private sector construction of two thermal power plants and one hydropower plant and investment in trans-border t [...] | 2007-12-04 16:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU IR |
07ANKARA2895 | Rising Inflation Challenges the Central Bank [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's headline consumer inflation was 1.95 percent in November, considerably higher than the 1.58 percent consensus estimate, and this result surpassed even the most pessimistic economic forecasts. Core indicators were not encouraging and non-food inflation picked up sharply [...] | 2007-12-05 05:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA2914 | TURKEY: PEACE UNIVERSITY TO DEVELOP ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) This cable contains confidential business information not intended for external distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: As President Gul prematurely announced during the recent Peres/Abbas visit to Turkey, Bilkent University Rector and philanthropist Ali Dogramaci is building a "Peace Unive [...] | 2007-12-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PRELEVU EINV TU IS |
07ANKARA2921 | PRESIDENT GUL PROPOSES GAS PIPELINE VIA IRAN AND JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul's December 5-6 visit to Turkmenistan focused on energy and economic relations. Gul proposed to his Turkmen counterpart to transport Turkmen gas to market via Turkey, and joint oil and gas exploration in Turkmenistan. Energy Minister Guler was quo [...] | 2007-12-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA293 | BEST YEAR EVER: TURKEY IMPORTANT MARKET FOR U.S. PHRMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey currently represents the 14th largest market in the world in terms of pharmaceutical sales, and it is on track to grow to the 10th largest by 2009. The size of the market comes from volume and not from the pricing of pharmaceuticals, which PhRMA company representatives c [...] | 2007-02-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR USTR EUN TU |
07ANKARA2931 | Update on PKK Violence (December 1-7, 2007) [...] (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, 2007 reporting period, one GOT se [...] | 2007-12-11 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA2938 | INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS ASSOCIATION SETS 2008 PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Moving Turkey's informal economy (still estimated at over 40% of the Turkish workforce) into the formal economy and tax rolls again topped the International Investors Association of Turkey's (YASED) priorities for 2008. During their November annual meeting in Ankara, YASED exec [...] | 2007-12-11 15:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV BEXP KIPR TU |
07ANKARA2959 | TURKEY: 2007 DECA INSPECTION FOCUSES ON INCIRLIK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR TU |
07ANKARA2983 | TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST PKK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to Turkish military air and artillery strikes (ref A) against PKK targets in northern Iraq early December 16 dominated Turkish media on December 17. President Gul, PM Erdogan, and other government officials praised the Turkish military's ability to carry out night-tim [...] | 2007-12-17 12:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ |
07ANKARA3008 | Update on PKK Violence (December 8-15, 2007) [...] (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, 2007 reporting period, no GOT se [...] | 2007-12-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA3014 | TURKEY'S TOP BUSINESS GROUP TAKES LEAD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB) is a leader in the Ankara Forum for Economic Cooperation between Turkey, Palestine, and Israel (refs A-C). They are developing free trade zones in Gaza and the West Bank, although they are frustrated by lack of pro [...] | 2007-12-19 10:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PREL TU IZ AF PA IS |
07ANKARA3015 | TURKISH OPPOSITION APPEALS TO COURT TO ANNUL THE NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) and Democratic Left Party (DSP) asked the Constitutional Court on December 6 to annul the recently passed Nuclear Power Law. They assert that the law is unconstitutional because it usurps parliamentary authority, violates the "great [...] | 2007-12-19 10:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA3028 | TURKEY: REACTIONS TO CONTINUED AIRSTRIKES AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public reaction to repeated Turkish strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq continues to be positive. The role the U.S. has played in sharing intelligence and deconflicting Iraqi airspace has also received a great deal of positive attention. Turkish media continue to note [...] | 2007-12-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA3031 | Update on PKK Violence (December 16-23, 2007) [...] (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, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...] | 2007-12-27 06:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA3040 | TURKEY: 2007 ADVANCE SPECIAL 301 INITIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Turkish government has made little progress on six action items in the 2007 Advance Special 301 Initiative Action Plan since we presented it to them in August. Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) officials enthusiastically accepted the plan but, we surmise, ran into resistance with [...] | 2007-12-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV TU |
07ANKARA316 | Scenesetter for the Visit of CODEL Dicks to Turkey [...] Summary: Your visit comes at a critical period in the U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Dink murder, a potential U.S. congressi [...] | 2007-02-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR |
07ANKARA325 | SUCCESS STORY - AFGHAN-TURKISH COUNTERNAROCTICS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Post organized an INL-funded, DEA-run counternarcotics training program for Afghan and Turkish counternarcotics supervisory agents in Ankara January 29-February 2. The course advanced multiple USG goals at very modest cost: bringing together Afghan and Turkish officials to enha [...] | 2007-02-15 13:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID KPAO TU |
07ANKARA339 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News`ency, and international wilties and are often otherwise unreliable. 2. (U) During the January 16-31, 2007 [...] | 2007-02-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA378 | TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told A/S Sullivan that the Bank was hopeful it could achieve its 2008 target and would attain a respectable 5.1% in 2007 if current conditions prevailed for the remainder of the year. While this is below the official target (of 4%),the Gover [...] | 2007-02-22 09:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA38 | KAYSERI'S BOOM SHOWS TURKEY'S PROMISE, POLITICS PERMITTING [...] (SBU) A recent visit to the thriving central Anatolian city of Kayseri showed the potential for expanding the geographical base of U.S.-Turkey trade beyond the megalopolis of Istanbul and how economic stability and openness are spreading growth in Turkey's regional cities, creating opportunit [...] | 2007-01-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN BEXP SOCI TU |
07ANKARA385 | Kayseri: Eye of the Anatolian Tiger [...] (SBU) Summary: Kayseri, a city of one million people in the center of Turkey, is one of the centers of Turkey economic revival. The business elite tends to recycle investment capital back into the city, and credit is usually obtained overseas. The limits on Kayseri's development are its fic [...] | 2007-02-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI TU |
07ANKARA41 | TURKEY: ELECTRICITY PRIVATIZATION POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Confirmation that the Government has decided to postpone electricity distribution company privatizations planned to begin this month put a damper on markets at the start of the new year. The reason for the delay appears to be the political desire of the AKP Government to avoid e [...] | 2007-01-10 05:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG EFIN TU |
07ANKARA42 | Turkey Seeks Clean Coal Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In an introductory meeting with THE state-owned Turkish Coal Enterprises (TKI),Director Selahaddin Anac expressed hope for activity under the bilateral Implementing Arrangement for Cooperation in the Field of Coal and Power Systems. He voiced strong interes [...] | 2007-01-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP SENV TU |
07ANKARA424 | TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghani and more. US failure `ill be Turkey's failu [...] | 2007-02-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR |
07ANKARA430 | ANKARA'S MAMAK DISTRICT: VOICES OF ANKARA'S HAVE NOTS [...] (SBU) Summary. A visit to one of Ankara's oldest squatter settlements provided insight into the multiple challenges Turkey faces in dealing with its endemic squatter housing problem, which is linked to persistent regional income disparities and the country's deep urban and rural poverty. Res [...] | 2007-02-27 11:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SOCI PHUM PGOV ECON TU |
07ANKARA432 | HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR TURKEY'S NEW MORTAGE LAW [...] (U) Summary. In a social and economic watershed moment for Turkey, officials, real estate developers and finance experts are trumpeting the recent passage of a long-awaited mortgage law as an important step toward transforming Turkey's housing market and blighted urban landscape, a move that c [...] | 2007-02-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
07ANKARA45 | TURKISH FM GUL WILL ATTEND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO TU |
07ANKARA450 | GLOBAL RISK REDUCTION HITS TURKISH MARKETS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 15:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA458 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Cathy Westley, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Westley (FS-03) spent [...] | 2007-03-01 09:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA459 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...] | 2007-03-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA460 | TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 3 (septels). ------------------------------------ Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT [...] | 2007-03-01 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU |
07ANKARA486 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-03-05 07:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA491 | PROGRESS IN TURKEY'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting U.S. team was impressed by the level of commitment and sophistication in emergency planning evidenced in a range of meetings with national-level disaster assistance players in the Turkish capital. FEMA and OFDA committed to follow up with the Turkish Emergency Manage [...] | 2007-03-05 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV EINV TU |
07ANKARA496 | TAEK PRESIDENT ON HEU FUEL EXCHANGE AND SISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu stated TAEK is open to discussing areas for peaceful nuclear cooperation, including repatriation of HEU current held at the Cekmece Nuclear Research Center and the USG-proposed nuclear laboratory-to-laboratory ("Si [...] | 2007-03-06 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TU |
07ANKARA501 | EXCITEMENT AND FRUSTRATION IN TURKEY'S TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from participation at the annual 3GSM World Conference in Barcelona, participants at a recent telecom sector conference in Istanbul were agog with new visions, technology, and opportunities. Coming back to earth, there was widespread frustration with recently privatized an [...] | 2007-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINT EINV TU |
07ANKARA512 | BRIEFINGS ON ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND REVIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary; Two nuclear smuggling and forensics experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted a nuclear smuggling workshop for members of the Turkish National Police (TNP). They also met with Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) scientists at the Cekmece Nuclear Research [...] | 2007-03-07 08:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TU |
07ANKARA513 | A/S HARTY'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH OFFICIALS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary. A/S Harty met with senior Turkish officials from the Ministries of Justice, Interior, and Foreign Affairs during a visit to Ankara on March 6. Expressing gratitude for Turkey's recent efforts to resolve a number of high profile child abduction cases, A/S Harty also conveyed the [...] | 2007-03-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS TU |
07ANKARA514 | CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU |
07ANKARA523 | RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-08 09:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA531 | SMOOTHING THE ENTRY OF TURKISH OFFICIALS INTO THE [...] (U) Action request at para. 5. 2. (SBU) A Turkish delegation headed by Minister of State Ali Babacan and Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun and including Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar, TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MGEN Serdar Savas and other o [...] | 2007-03-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR CMGT TU |
07ANKARA532 | TURKEY: STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 [...] (SBU) We presented reftel points and U.S. report to MFA Iran Desk Officer Aziz Sevi who provided us in return a copy of the Turkish status report to the UN on its compliance with UNSCR 1737 dated February 21 (faxed to ISN/RA). The one-page Turkish report states that the MFA organized a number [...] | 2007-03-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY TU IR |
07ANKARA539 | Central Bank Governor Firm on Independent Policies [...] (SBU) Once again showing his readiness to speak out in implied criticism of government policies and to assert his independence in monetary policymaking -- including in an election year -- Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz told a conference in Istanbul March 7 that the inflation rate was not [...] | 2007-03-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA542 | TURKISH COURT BLOCKS ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL ECPS OSCE TU |
07ANKARA555 | U.S.-TURKEY RENEWS CALL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 8 and 9 U.S.-Turkey EPC meetings resulted in an invigorated bilateral economic dialogue and a plan for cooperation in the coming year. The EPC began in Istanbul with a series of meetings with the U.S. and Turkish private sectors that provided a first-hand account [...] | 2007-03-12 12:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TU |
07ANKARA58 | BSEC: TURKEY ASKS FOR FLESHED OUT PROPOSAL ON ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey seeks to coordinate with the U.S. and the EU as it composes its strategy for its BSEC chairmanship starting in May 2007. Its priority areas are trade and development, transportation, energy security and safety, organized crime, and environment. Turkey asks that the U.S [...] | 2007-01-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON TU |
07ANKARA584 | TURKEY: GOT POSITIVELY INCLINED TO US REQUEST FOR [...] SUMMARY: Turkish government officials are likely to make a positive decision in response to the USG request to resettle Iraqi refugees currently located in Turkey. They expressed some initial hesitation, primarily because they fear an increased influx of refugees from Iraq and elsewhere in t [...] | 2007-03-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM TU IZ |
07ANKARA599 | TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: [...] (SBU) We delivered ref points to Turkish MFA Deputy Directorate for International Political Organizations Head, Zeynep Kiziltan, on March 15. Kiziltan had no immediate substantive response, but she had already discussed the matter with the Turkish mission in New York. We will follow up. V [...] | 2007-03-16 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL TU |
07ANKARA610 | Business Sees Nationalism as Bigger Risk than Elections [...] (SBU) Summary. The head of Merrill Lynch's new Istanbul branch is not overly concerned about the short-term outlook for the Turkish economy or politics. He minimizes the double election year political risk, estimating a 95% chance that PM Erdogan will seek and get the presidency and a large [...] | 2007-03-17 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV TU |
07ANKARA614 | TRILATERAL IRAQ GAS GROUP MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi officials met March 9 in Istanbul to discuss potential development of Iraq natural gas production for domestic use and export via the "Southern Corridor" network of gas pipelines to Europe. The group agreed to cooperate on attracting gas sector investme [...] | 2007-03-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ |
07ANKARA615 | TURKEY OPEN TO PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) We have provided reftel's non-paper to several different offices at the Turkish MFA, particularly those involved in the recent Policy Planning Talks: the Americas desk, their Policy Planning shop and the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. S/P Krasner raised the PDG in his February [...] | 2007-03-19 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OECD KDEM TU |
07ANKARA616 | MFA PREVIEWS TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO EPC ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Ertegrul Apakan previewed Turkey's reaction to our draft of the Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) Action Plan. Stressing that MFA staff needed a week or two to get interagency clearance, Apakan said h [...] | 2007-03-19 09:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD TU |
07ANKARA646 | TURKISH, ISRAELI, PALESTINIAN BUSINESS LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the chairman of TOBB, Turkey's leading business association, described plans to hold a meeting of the Ankara Forum, which includes Hisarciklioglu,s Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, on March 26 in Washington, DC. The po [...] | 2007-03-21 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD IS KWBG TU |
07ANKARA655 | SETTING THE TONE FOR THE 2007 U.S.-TURKEY TIFA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The fifth U.S. Turkey TIFA discussions in Washington provide an opportunity to build on the positive tone set in the 2006 meetings to further improve our bilateral trade relationship. Turkey has made significant improvements to its investment climate, and FDI is rising consider [...] | 2007-03-22 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR KIPR TU |
07ANKARA668 | VISA ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQIS ATTENDING GERMAN MARSHALL FUND [...] (SBU) Turkey's Union of Chambers of Commerce and Commodities Exchange (TOBB),the leading Turkish business association, and the German Marshall Fund will co-host a conference on "Iraq Futures" in Washington, DC April 10 - 11. TOBB has asked for assistance in facilitating travel of some Iraqi c [...] | 2007-03-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL ECON TU IZ JO AE |
07ANKARA670 | TURKEY: SURVEY SPOTS U.S. BUSINESS CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. A membership survey by the American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT) paints a mixed picture of how American companies view the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Turkey. They see a lucrative market with vast potential for growth, a stable macroeconomic environme [...] | 2007-03-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA676 | TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR: ANGST AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long anticipated electricity shortage is at hand. The government's slow progress on liberalization, market pricing, rule- making, and privatization have led to failure to deliver new investment, so the government is already confronted with managing electricity supply [...] | 2007-03-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV BEXP TU |
07ANKARA681 | TURKEY CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, we informed MFA Arms Control DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun's office that the U.S. agrees with all of the Turkish proposed changes to the draft text of the CFE entitlement transfer MOU, and that we seek to put the MOU into final form, exchange notes, and transmit the text to W [...] | 2007-03-26 14:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA685 | ELECTRICITY PRICE ISSUE HOLDING UP IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF mission left Ankara March 21 without reaching agreement on the terms of the Sixth Review. Both sides, however, were at pains to explain that agreement was reached in every area but one: what to do about the fiscal impact of constant electricity prices charged by state-ow [...] | 2007-03-26 14:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN TU |
07ANKARA723 | TURKEY TO SUBMIT FINAL CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER [...] (SBU) Per ref a, we followed up with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament, on March 28 to underscore US acceptance of Turkey's changes to the CFE Entitlement Transfer MOU text and press for the exchange of final documents by March 30. Gun said that the [...] | 2007-03-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA726 | BODRUM: TURKISH TOURIST HOTSPOT "FIGHTING THE MAN" [...] (SBU) Summary: Located on the southern Aegean and one of Turkey's most famous tourist destinations, Bodrum currently faces many challenges as its plans for infrastructure expansion are stymied by the inefficiency of Turkey's centralized government bureaucracy in Ankara. Of main concern to t [...] | 2007-03-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL TU |
07ANKARA728 | EU Funding takes off in Turkey [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 12:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EU PGOV TU |
07ANKARA737 | TURKEY WWF AND TRILATERAL WATER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The Turkish MFA was pleased with the kick-off planning meeting for the 2009 World Water Forum (WWF) conference in Istanbul (ref A) and the subsequent "River Basin Management" Conference in Antalya. On the margins of the latter, Turkish, Iraqi, and Syrian ministers restarted tr [...] | 2007-04-01 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR KPAO OEXC SCUL TU IZ |
07ANKARA750 | PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...] | 2007-04-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ |
07ANKARA755 | EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS TRANSFER MOU [...] (SBU) The Turkish Foreign Ministry and embassy exchanged diplomatic notes in Ankara on March 30 to formalize the transfer of Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) Treaty equipment entitlements based on the memorandum of understanding text in ref b as modified in ref c. Turkish note was e-mailed to [...] | 2007-04-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL TU |
07ANKARA756 | TURKEY: ADVANCING BYPASSES AND IRAQ GAS/OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish public and private sector officials are eager to move forward on consideration of Iraqi gas for export to and via Turkey. The GOT is ready to discuss scheduling the second meeting of the Iraq Gas Working Group, but expects to receive a draft from the USG on conclusions [...] | 2007-04-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EINV TU IZ |
07ANKARA757 | DENIZLI: TEXTILES REIGN SUPREME NEAR TURKEY'S "COTTON [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Denizli province, located just east of the Port of Izmir, is yet another example of how Turkey's economic recovery is trickling down to its diverse regions. One of Turkey's largest textile producing regions, companies who previously lost U.S. business at the end of the [...] | 2007-04-03 09:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON BEXP KTEX TU |
07ANKARA801 | FIFTH YEAR OF STRONG GROWTH IN TURKEY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV EU TU |
07ANKARA804 | TURKEY PLANS ITS BSEC SUMMIT BIRTHDAY PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish MFA held a meeting with Embassies April 4 to describe its planning for the June 25 BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) Summit meeting of heads of state and government. Turkey aims to use its chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary a [...] | 2007-04-09 05:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM TU |
07ANKARA862 | HIJACKING OF TURKISH AIRLINER ON APRIL 10 [...] (U) On April 10, a Boeing 737 owned by private Turkish airline Pegasus heading to Istanbul from Diyarbakir was hijacked 25 minutes after takeoff. The hijacker, Mehmet Goksingol, told crew members he would explode a cell-phone activated bomb in a package he had with him if the plane did not ta [...] | 2007-04-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAIR ASEC CASC TU |
07ANKARA936 | TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT UNBALANCED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar called us in April 18, under instructions, to express concern about a program they had heard would be aired on Iraqi TV station Al Hurra soon regarding allegations of Armenian genocide. Torunlar said that, were thi [...] | 2007-04-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU IZ AM |
07ANKARA944 | TURKEY'S NEXT PRESIDENT: FM ABDULLAH GUL [...] (U) The suspense is over. PM Tayyip Erdogan, at an April 24 meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP),announced that FM and Deputy PM Abdullah Gul is AKP's candidate to be Turkey's 11th president. AKP has the votes to elect its candidate by the third round, all but assuring [...] | 2007-04-24 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR TU |
07ANKARA984 | TURKEY: NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT TU |
07ANTANANARIVO1005 | BOEING PRESENTATION WELL RECEIVED BY AIR MAD [...] (SBU) A perfectly-timed Boeing visit to Madagascar September 24-28 included a sales presentation for new long-haul aircraft to the Board of Directors of Air Madagascar. Consistent with President Ravalomanana's recent pledge to "keep Air Madagascar a Boeing airline," Board members were report [...] | 2007-10-01 10:02:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR BEXP ECON EFIN PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1021 | HILTON TO LEAVE MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Hilton Corporation confirmed that as of November 1 they will no longer manage the largest hotel in Madagascar. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) La Gazette, a local newspaper known for exaggeration, first reported the imminent departure of the Hilton. In typical sensationalist fashion, [...] | 2007-10-05 03:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV ECON MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1056 | COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI, "I WILL END ANJOUAN CRISIS OR [...] (U) This message includes an Action Request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Celebrating the end of Ramadan October 13, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Sambi made a public declaration that he would resolve the ongoing Anjouan crisis or resign. Reflecting on public opinion that he had accomplished [...] | 2007-10-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1063 | RULING PARTY VICTORIOUS IN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The High Constitutional Court (HCC) announced October 13 the official results of the September 23 National Assembly elections: President Ravalomanana's "Tiako I Madagasikara" (TIM) party won 105 seats, others won 20 seats, and two elections were voided for irregularities. New el [...] | 2007-10-16 06:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1085 | FORMER PRIME MINISTER HEADS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) As expected, former Prime Minister and ruling "Tiako-i-Madagasikara" (TIM) party member Jacques Sylla was unanimously elected President of Madagascar's National Assembly October 23 at the body's opening session. The only candidate, Sylla was approved by all 124 deputies present, with the [...] | 2007-10-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1103 | SECOND MALAGASY CABINET RESHUFFLE IN 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Marc Ravalomanana's October 27 cabinet reshuffle, the second of his current term in office, had few significant changes but portends some improvement in overall governance. Only three of the 19 Cabinet members are new to the government. Seven former ministers were dro [...] | 2007-10-29 12:51:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PBIO MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1105 | EASWIO II NEXT STEPS: MADAGASCAR [...] (U) Post response to reftel action request. 2. (SBU) Madagascar sent three personnel to the EASWIO conference held in Mombasa, Kenya. a. The delegates stated the following were most beneficial: - Communications with their other African counterparts; - Exchange of information; - U.S. [...] | 2007-10-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL ECON EWWT MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1114 | DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN MORONI DISCUSSES CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps in Moroni and Government of the Union of the Comoros were surprised by Grande Comore island president Abdouloihab's visit to Anjouan. The international community, led by the African Union (AU),is working to apply sanctions and encourage the Union Governm [...] | 2007-11-02 10:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1131 | GRENADE ATTACK ON PRESIDENT'S COMPANY IN TULEAR [...] (SBU) An early morning grenade attack on a MAGRO building, part of the TIKO conglomerate owned by President Marc Ravalomanana, slightly injured one gendarme and caused minor material damages November 5. Local security forces in the southwestern city of Tulear have launched an investigation to [...] | 2007-11-07 04:55:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1147 | COMOROS SANCTIONS UNDERWAY, BACAR NOT BACKING DOWN [...] (U) African Union (AU) sanctions, including a travel ban and the freezing of assets, against 145 persons on the island of Anjouan (ref) are underway in the Union of the Comoros. With contradicting dates in media reports, the AU confirmed sanctions started on October 20 and will run out 45 day [...] | 2007-11-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1173 | COMOROS TOO INDEBTED FOR DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 10:01:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1191 | COMOROS, NEW MIDDLE EAST TOURISM DESTINATION? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent press reports suggest a surge in tourism investment interest in the Comoros, most notably Dubai World and a Saudi delegation. While promising for the embattled Sambi government, the timing and certainty of most of these investments are unclear. Still, in a tiny impove [...] | 2007-11-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1202 | COMOROS SHELL BANKS ILLEGAL AND UNAUTHORIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. "Just as the United States is not responsible for the criminals who manufacture counterfeit dollars, so the Comoros should not be blamed for criminals who market banking licenses when they lack the legal authority to issue them." With this argument, Vice Governor of the Centra [...] | 2007-11-28 12:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1215 | FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI ON SAMBI'S MISCUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former President Azali told the Ambassador the Union should negotiate with Anjouan's Colonel Bacar for the sole purpose of organizing elections on the island. Azali said President Sambi and the African Union had miscalculated in dealing with Bacar, but thought a solution was [...] | 2007-12-03 05:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1221 | LIFE IN ANJOUAN UNDER COLONEL BACAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reports from Anjouan, where EmbOffs have been unable to visit for six months, indicate life in limbo for most of the 240,000 people living there. There are unconfirmed reports that many opponents to Bacar, journalists, activists, intellectuals, and teachers, have been impriso [...] | 2007-12-04 04:55:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1231 | MADAGASCAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS UNDERWAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Campaign season for Madagascar's December 12 municipal elections is well underway, with the ruling TIM party dominating throughout most of the country. As usual, the Government of Madagascar (GOM) is mobilizing at the highest levels to pitch in with the campaigns; ministers are s [...] | 2007-12-10 13:24:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1236 | BRINGING COMOROS INTO THE FOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As we look at the question of AGOA eligibility for Comoros, the two key interlocking issues are security and opportunity - and how each could be strengthened by AGOA. The Comoran people have a tragic history and few economic endowments; their most famous native son is infamous - [...] | 2007-12-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID KDEM CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1241 | PRESIDENT LOSES ANTANANARIVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results from the December 12 municipal elections show the ruling TIM Party of President Marc Ravalomanana faring well throughout the country, with the notable exception of a humiliating upset in the capital of Antananarivo. Andry "TGV" Rajoelina, a successful busines [...] | 2007-12-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1243 | PRESIDENT LOSES ANTANANARIVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unofficial results from the December 12 municipal elections show the ruling TIM Party of President Marc Ravalomanana faring well throughout the country, with the notable exception of a humiliating upset in the capital of Antananarivo. Andry "TGV" Rajoelina, a successful busines [...] | 2007-12-14 04:14:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO1251 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Welcome to Antananarivo! Your visit to Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros comes at an important time as both countries - in quite different circumstances - face challenges that are likely to define the future character of their governance. Your arrival, as the highest ra [...] | 2007-12-17 11:03:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP MA CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1252 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S VISIT TO THE COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Welcome also to Moroni! Your visit to the Union of the Comoros comes as this fragile country faces the latest in a long series of challenges. Your arrival, as the highest ranking U.S. government official ever (we believe) to visit the archipelago, gives you leverage to help s [...] | 2007-12-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON OVIP MA CN |
07ANTANANARIVO1269 | RULING PARTY CEDES POWER GRACEFULLY IN THE CAPITAL [...] (U) Official results trickling in from the December 12 municipal elections seem to confirm early speculation that the President's TIM party won throughout most of the country, with the exception of a spectacular defeat in Antananarivo (Reftel). Businessman and political unknown Andry "TGV" Ra [...] | 2007-12-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO161 | TACKLING SEX TOURISM IN NOSY BE, ROUND TWO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy staff traveled to Nosy Be, an island off Madagascar's northwest coast notorious for its growing sex tourism, and Diego Suarez, a nearby port on the mainland, to follow up on Embassy Antananarivo's 2005 report on the nature of sex tourism and trafficking in persons (TIP) al [...] | 2007-02-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB MA |
07ANTANANARIVO175 | Malagasy Gendarmes Arrest Three in Khalifa Murder [...] (SBU) Gendarmerie contacts confirmed to the RSO February 20 that three Malagasy men suspected in the murder of Jamal Khalifa were arrested in the southern part of Madagascar (reftels). A fourth suspect who attempted to flee was shot and killed. Police did not recover any of the stolen items a [...] | 2007-02-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER MA |
07ANTANANARIVO180 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM TO BE HELD APRIL 4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Madagascar (GOM) has announced a Constitutional Referendum to be held April 4, 2007. A hastily-convened committee is considering over 200 possible changes, and will soon make recommendations to the Council of Ministers, who will then decide which changes shoul [...] | 2007-02-22 12:59:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO221 | MADAGASCAR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of trafficking within the country's borders. Madagascar has a confirmed child sex tourism problem. The domestic legal framework, cultural [...] | 2007-03-06 14:07:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID |
07ANTANANARIVO225 | COMOROS 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The Embassy Point of Contact for TIP is Political Officer Silvana Rodriguez. Ms. Rodriguez can be reached via email at RodriguezSD [at] state.gov, via telephone at 261.20.22.212.57, or via facsimile at 261.20.22.251.71. POLOFF Rodriguez spent approximately 1 hour preparing this report. [...] | 2007-03-07 11:48:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID CN |
07ANTANANARIVO232 | GOM PROPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Madagascar (GOM) has publicly proposed a number of constitutional changes to be voted on in a referendum April 4, with the stated goal of driving forward the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP),its signature development program (REF A). Changes include eliminating the [...] | 2007-03-09 06:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO287 | IMF Finds GOM Performance Satisfactory [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A just-completed IMF Mission reviewed five major themes in Madagascar: the Madagascar Action Plan (MAP),trade competitiveness, institutional capacity at the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank, private sector reform (especially the electric utility),and fiscal / monetary pol [...] | 2007-03-22 12:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IMF PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO301 | MIXED REACTIONS TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: With only eight days to go, Madagascar's upcoming constitutional referendum has failed to garner the same amount of enthusiasm seen in the recent presidential election. The average citizen has little understanding of the proposed amendments and public reactions have been mixed wi [...] | 2007-03-27 13:07:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO304 | Sambi Announces New Cabinet, Island Election Dates [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sambi expanded his cabinet by adding four new Ministers and shrinking the massive portfolios of his existing team. None of the Ministers in place since 2006 was removed. The electoral commission also announced the Island President elections will be held June 10, with r [...] | 2007-03-28 08:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CN |
07ANTANANARIVO315 | JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Ambassador delivered the joint demarche with the Russian Ambassador to the Malagasy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva. The Minister promised to look at the declaration within the framework of existing treaties and Madagascar's position in SADC and the Indian Ocean. A response wil [...] | 2007-04-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO325 | TURNOUT FOR REFERENDUM LOW BUT PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anecdotal and radio reports from around the country reflect a peaceful day at the polls for Madagascar's constitutional referendum with no security incidents. Voter turnout seems to be considerably lower than for the recent presidential election due to apathy that the constitut [...] | 2007-04-04 13:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO393 | AF/E Director Reddick in Antananarivo [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Madagascar April 15-18, East Africa Bureau (AF/E) Director Reddick paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister to discuss the April 4 referendum and ongoing disaster response. In meetings with the Red Cross and the Presidency, Director Reddick explored possible solutions to M [...] | 2007-04-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO396 | Comoros Protests French Country Code Change In Mayotte [...] (U) Comoran Ambassador to Paris Soulaimana Mohamed Ahmed will reportedly travel to Geneva as soon as possible to submit an official protest to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) after France unilaterally changed the telephone country code for its territory Mayotte from 269 (like t [...] | 2007-04-24 11:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ECPS ITU FR MF CN |
07ANTANANARIVO399 | DELEGATION HOLDS BILATERAL TALKS WITH COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer's suggestion to President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on the sidelines of UNGA last September (REF B),a U.S. delegation led by Director of the Office of East African Affairs Eunice Reddick held the first ever bilateral discussions wi [...] | 2007-04-24 11:39:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN |
07ANTANANARIVO409 | Coastal City Boils Over Electricity Outages [...] (SBU) Public discontent over electricity outages boiled over April 26 as thousands of protestors set fire to a public building in the southern coastal city of Tulear. According to sources in the gendarmerie, members of the mob also kidnapped the regional director of the Penitentiary Administr [...] | 2007-04-26 12:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA |
07ANTANANARIVO411 | Comoran Union Government Fights Shell Banks [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an ongoing struggle to attract foreign investment and repair the country's reputation, the Government of the Union of the Comoros has taken steps to address its "shell banking" problem and has renewed its request for U.S. assistance. Vice President Idi recently briefed PolEco [...] | 2007-04-27 05:30:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PGOV PREL ECON CN |
07ANTANANARIVO417 | Opposition Leaders Arrested; Merina Flee Tulear [...] (SBU) Police in Tulear arrested four opposition leaders for allegedly leading the demonstrations which turned violent in the city April 27 (reftel): Senator Robert Razaka; National Assembly Deputy Dimby Benaria; Luc Vital, Chairman of the Tulear Communal Council; and Tsimarivo Railala. The [...] | 2007-04-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC MA |
07ANTANANARIVO426 | Seaboard Reaches Verbal Agreement to Extend Lease [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After over a year of intense lobbying, including Ambassador McGee insisting on a level playing field in a meeting with President Ravalomanana, the U.S. company Seaboard reached an oral agreement with Tamatave Port Director Botozaza April 27 to extend the company's lease on silos [...] | 2007-05-03 05:08:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MA |
07ANTANANARIVO430 | U.S. FUND SEEKS MADAGASCAR FOREST DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a meeting in September, 2006, between President Ravalomanana and the president of the Global Environment Fund (GEF),a deal to create a 30,000 hectare sustainable forestry operation in Madagascar has progressed in fits and starts. Interrupted by the December 3 presidential [...] | 2007-05-03 09:40:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO435 | COASTAL UNREST CONTINUES IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Public demonstrations in Madagascar against blackouts and poor study conditions (reftels) have expanded to include political opposition grievances. Protests seem to be spreading to different coastal cities and even potentially Antananarivo. After several days of protests with li [...] | 2007-05-04 09:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO442 | Anjouan's Bacar Clings To Power [...] (SBU) Press reports that (former) Anjouan Island "governor" Bacar has accepted the Constitutional Court's decision for him to step down remain unconfirmed. Post Comoros Liaison indicates that Bacar stated he would resign - on the condition that he, not Union President Sambi, name the interim [...] | 2007-05-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MA |
07ANTANANARIVO452 | COMOROS AWAITS SAMBI'S REACTION TO BACAR'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union's (AU) special envoy to the Comoros Jose Francisco Madeira returned May 8 from a second mission to Anjouan, bringing back with him approximately 15 Union government officials and soldiers who had been held hostage by "President" Bacar's forces. Bacar told Made [...] | 2007-05-10 13:48:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN |
07ANTANANARIVO454 | AU BROKERS SHAKY ACCORD IN THE COMOROS [...] (SBU) In a deal signed late May 11 between Union of the Comoros Vice President Ikililou, African Union (AU) Envoy Madeira, Arab League Envoy Husni, and deposed Anjouan Island "president" Bacar, the defiant Bacar finally agreed to step down as ordered by the Constitutional Court (reftels). The [...] | 2007-05-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM CN |
07ANTANANARIVO520 | EMBEZZLING PLAGUES MADAGASCAR'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Central Bank of Madagascar (BCM) faces growing concerns about its competence following recent cases of embezzlement. Three weeks ago evidence came to light that USD six million was missing at the BCM's Manakara agency. Local press reported last week another case of theft of [...] | 2007-05-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID MA |
07ANTANANARIVO523 | NORWAY-FUNDED CORRUPTION EXPERT ADVISES MALAGASY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fredrik Galtung of the organization "tiri: Making Integrity Work" provided donors and anti-corruption officials a briefing May 25 following extensive consultations in Madagascar. He identified judicial reform as the top priority for any substantial improvement on transparency a [...] | 2007-05-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ETRD PREL ECON NO MA |
07ANTANANARIVO566 | ANJOUAN'S BACAR MOVES TO DERAIL COMOROS VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Violence broke out again on the Comoran island of Anjouan June 5 as island strongman Mohamed Bacar continued his pattern of extralegal efforts to cling to power. Bacar, who stepped aside as island president to run for reelection (Reftels),appears to have no intention of losing [...] | 2007-06-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO567 | COMOROS' SAMBI POSTPONES ANJOUAN'S ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi postponed Anjouan's island election to June 17, contrary to international pressure. Deposed Anjouan island president Bacar continues his "end-game" threatening to hold elections anyway. Votes in Grand Comore and Moheli will go [...] | 2007-06-07 12:53:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO573 | TWO-THIRDS OF COMOROS ISLAND ELECTIONS SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 6. 2. (SBU) The people of Grand Comore and Moheli in the Union of the Comoros went to the polls June 10 to elect new island "presidents" (governors). The pro-Sambi candidate Abduloihabi (known as "Albino") leads in Grand Comore, followed by a chari [...] | 2007-06-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO580 | STUDENTS BURN MADAGASCAR CAMPUS AMPHITHEATRE [...] (U) Police contacts report that an unknown number of students set fire to the amphitheatre on the campus at the University in Fianarantsoa, in south-central Madagascar, early June 13. The entire building and an adjoining registrar's office, where many students' files are stored, burned to the [...] | 2007-06-13 09:29:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM MA |
07ANTANANARIVO583 | AU CHALLENGES ANJOUAN'S BACAR IN COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The African Union insists deposed island president Mohamed Bacar must allow island elections on Anjouan June 17; however, it cannot so far enforce compliance. The renegade Bacar is reportedly fortifying his position on the island against possible attack. (Note: No AmCits are [...] | 2007-06-13 12:41:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CASC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO585 | COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in Paragraph Two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support for a military effort to restore democracy to the island of Anjouan. Sambi describes the repeated efforts - by his government as we [...] | 2007-06-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO608 | COMOROS AWAITS AU DECISION ON MILITARY OPTIONS [...] (U) With "President" Bacar of Anjouan refusing to hold new island presidential elections sanctioned by the international community, South Africa is reportedly organizing an urgent meeting of regional foreign ministries and an official from the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council June [...] | 2007-06-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO615 | AFRICAN UNION CHALLENGES BACAR IN THE COMOROS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An African Union (AU) ultimatum and ministerial delegation to the Union of the Comoros is applying pressure on renegade Anjouan island "President" Mohamed Bacar. All three islands of the Union are calm, awaiting Bacar's response to the AU. Rumors abound from Anjouan that Bacar [...] | 2007-06-21 09:36:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN |
07ANTANANARIVO623 | ICRC NOTES MINOR IMPROVEMENT IN MADAGASCAR PRISONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Of 80 countries in which the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) monitors prison conditions; Madagascar continues to stand among the worst. An ICRC representative met with Embassy staff to note that while there have been positive trends over the past year in the Gov [...] | 2007-06-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL MA |
07ANTANANARIVO646 | MADAGASCAR'S TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID OPERATION [...] (SBU) Charge and U.S. Defense Attache met with Madagascar's Minister of Defense Petera Behajaina July 2 to discuss Madagascar's current troop contributions to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and potential contributions to the upcoming UN/AU Hybrid Operations in Darfur. Behajaina affi [...] | 2007-07-02 14:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO AU UNSC MASS SU MA |
07ANTANANARIVO681 | COMORANS HOLD BREATH WAITING FOR ANJOUAN ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Delegates of the Government of the Union of the Comoros as well as those sent by renegade Anjouan Island warlord Mohamed Bacar met under African Union auspices July 8 and 9 in Pretoria to seek a solution to their inter-island impasse. Rather than holding a negotiation between [...] | 2007-07-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR ASEC AU CN |
07ANTANANARIVO685 | COMOROS STABILITY IMPROVING ON TWO ISLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Compared to their predecessors, the newly installed island presidents on both Grande Comore and Moheli appear more conciliatory and more willing to work constructively with the Government of the Union of the Comoros. As such, prospects for greater Union stability - [...] | 2007-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR ASEC AU CN |
07ANTANANARIVO687 | MADAGASCAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM AT RISK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID continues to play a vital leadership role among environment donors in Madagascar seeking to advocate and implement sound conservation and natural resource management policies. Review of the third phase of the environment program has been protracted and did not result in c [...] | 2007-07-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV MA |
07ANTANANARIVO710 | ENVIRONMENTAL TRAFFICKING IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent cases involving tropical hardwood and endangered tortoises highlight the serious problem of environmental smuggling in Madagascar. The island is attractive to smugglers because a broad range of unique species inhabit the island and because law enforcement services tend to [...] | 2007-07-19 10:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EAGR ECON EAID PGOV CH MA |
07ANTANANARIVO718 | MALAGASY MAYOR FINALLY CAPTURED [...] (U) After eight months on the lam (REF D),former Mayor of Fianarantsoa and presidential candidate Pety Rakotoniaina was arrested by mixed police and gendarmes forces in the southern city of Fianarantsoa on the evening of July 19. For the moment, he is being held in Antananarivo under charges [...] | 2007-07-20 09:21:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC MA |
07ANTANANARIVO721 | PRESIDENT TO DISSOLVE MADAGASCAR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Marc Ravalomanana announced July 20 his intention to dissolve the National Assembly and call legislative elections. His justifications include "realignment" with his Madagascar Action Plan (MAP) and the recent Constitutional Referendum; the Deputies' terms are also se [...] | 2007-07-23 12:45:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO749 | MADAGASCAR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SEPTEMBER 23 [...] (U) Following a July 24 decree dissolving Madagascar's National Assembly, the Council of Ministers decided July 25 the election for Deputies to the National Assembly will be held September 23. In a power guaranteed by Article 69 of the Constitution, the Council also decided the new Assembly w [...] | 2007-07-27 04:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO757 | COMOROS, THE COUNTRY DEBT-RELIEF LEFT BEHIND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One of the world's poorest Muslim democracies, the Union of the Comoros has a stock of debt equal to 70 percent of GDP. If not for an annual influx of over USD 12 million in remittances from Comorans living abroad, the tiny country of 700,000 mostly subsistence farmers would f [...] | 2007-07-30 11:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IBRD IMF ECON EAID PREL CN |
07ANTANANARIVO779 | BACAR'S DEFIANCE LEAVES AU FEW OPTIONS IN THE COMOROS [...] (U) Little has changed in the Union of the Comoros in recent days (reftels). African Union (AU) Envoy Francisco Madeira again threatened Anjouan island renegade, Mohamed Bacar, and again offered an ultimatum. In a press statement July 28, Madeira said, "Bacar's boat is sinking and anyone lef [...] | 2007-08-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN |
07ANTANANARIVO78 | GENERAL NAMED PRIME MINISTER OF MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 20 President Marc Ravalomanana appointed former Minister of Interior Lt-General Charles Rabemananjara as his new Prime Minister, to replace outgoing Prime Minister Jacques Sylla. Rabemananjara now has the task of forming a new Cabinet in consultation with the President [...] | 2007-01-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV MA |
07ANTANANARIVO813 | CANDIDATES LINING UP FOR MADAGASCAR'S ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With August 14 ending of the open season to declare candidacy in upcoming legislative elections (REF A),political parties are forming coalitions and preparing their hopefuls. President Ravalomanana's TIM party is actively selecting candidates throughout the 119 districts. To [...] | 2007-08-16 12:48:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO823 | MORE COMORANS DROWN ON FAILED CROSSING TO MAYOTTE [...] (U) Seventeen illegal immigrants reportedly drowned August 13 when their boat capsized while trying to evade the French Coast Guard as they tried to cross from the Union of the Comoros island of Anjouan to the nearby French territory of Mayotte. At least 30 people have died trying to make this [...] | 2007-08-20 05:11:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CN |
07ANTANANARIVO852 | IMF AFRICA DIRECTOR LAUDS MALAGASY ECONOMY [...] (U) International Monetary Fund Africa Director Bio-Tchane met President Marc Ravalomanana August 22 for consultations on Madagascar's economic management and performance. Bio-Tchane also held meetings with Minister of Finance Radavidson, Central Bank Governor Rasamoely, and private sector re [...] | 2007-08-24 10:17:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV EAID MA |
07ANTANANARIVO853 | COMORAN FM JAFFAR REITERATES PRO-AMERICAN STANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ahmed Said Ben Jaffar welcomed the Ambassador to the region, encouraging him to visit the Comoros to deliver credentials and see the country at the first opportunity. Jaffar expressed frustration that the African Union (AU) had not upheld commitments with regar [...] | 2007-08-27 11:18:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID CN |
07ANTANANARIVO869 | HIGH COURT ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES [...] (U) On August 23, Madagascar's High Constitutional Court published the official list of candidates for the September 23 National Assembly elections. 1,542 candidates, of whom 666 are former deputies, will compete for 127 seats. President Ravalomanana's Tiako I Madagasikara (TIM) party is the [...] | 2007-08-29 04:58:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA |
07ANTANANARIVO88 | AU CHAIRMANSHIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR [...] (U) Madagascar: Madagascar's Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva had already departed the country when reftel demarche was received. After repeated attempts to reach him abroad, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) who promised [...] | 2007-01-26 10:33:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AU SU CN MA |
07ANTANANARIVO881 | ENERGY, THE FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Ramiaramanana is pursuing multiple partnerships to revitalize the state electric utility company. He explained to the Ambassador August 30 his ambitious plans to improve electricity supply in major coastal cities and in Antananarivo. The Minister is also keen [...] | 2007-08-31 06:16:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET PGOV PREL ECON MA |
07ANTANANARIVO89 | MADAGASCAR OFFERS PEACEKEEPING TROOPS TO SOMALIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Madagascar (GOM) is prepared to pledge up to 800 troops for African Union Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) in Somalia. Major General Claude, head of the Gendarme, informed DATT that he has 100 troops ready for immediate deployment. 2. (SBU) General Mampianina, head of [...] | 2007-01-29 04:44:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL AU PGOV IO MA |
07ANTANANARIVO892 | EITI: CAN MADAGASCAR AVOID THE RESOURCE CURSE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's Government and mining companies joined August 28 in making public declarations for the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). Much work remains for the GOM to meet all conditions, but the Presidency and Ministers of Energy and Mines are committed to m [...] | 2007-09-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN EFIN EPET ECON PGOV EAID MA |
07ANTANANARIVO895 | FRAUDULENT "BAHAMAS" RECRUITER CONS MALAGASY [...] (U) SUMMARY: A scam promising jobs in the Bahamas took in reportedly thousands of Malagasy job seekers before the Government of Madagascar (GOM) exposed the fraud. Gateway Global Consultants, posing as recruiters for West Palm Textiles and Apparel, took USD 50 fees for a promise of possible e [...] | 2007-09-05 12:52:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB ETRD PREL MA BF |
07ANTANANARIVO955 | FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT SAMBI TO THE 62ND [...] Post has been advised by the Government of the Union of the Comoros of the following flight itinerary for President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi and delegation to New York for the 62ND UNGA. All times are local. THU SPT 20 Depart Moroni 14:55 Kenya Air 455 Arrive Na [...] | 2007-09-19 06:27:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA CN |
07ANTANANARIVO99 | ANTAQNARIVO: ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (ACEQ)Q [...] (U) CRIME MOBILITY: B. Criminal elements generally concentrate their activities in high crime areas, but sometimes enter nearby neighborhoods, including those containing Mission housing. COMMENT: Criminal elements in the capital usually focus on densely populated areas and commercial zone [...] | 2007-01-31 13:17:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KRCM MA |
07ANTANANARIVO998 | LUKEWARM COMORAN REACTION TO LATEST AU MEETING [...] (U) Six "concerned" African Foreign Ministers met in Cape Town September 18 to discuss the ongoing de facto secession in Anjouan, Union of the Comoros. This Ministerial Council adopted the recommendations of an experts group that met in Addis Ababa September 4. While the declaration calls fo [...] | 2007-10-01 03:35:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN |
07APIA27 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAYMOND W. MILLAR [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for Foreign Service National Investigator (FSNI) Raymond W. Millar for travel to Apia, Samoa, from February 19-25, 2007, in order to conduct background investigations and security interviews and to train FSNI Apia. 2. (U) Post understands that no assistan [...] | 2007-02-16 04:04:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA NZ WS |
07APIA29 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for Regional Security Officer (RSO) James P. Doherty for travel to Apia, Samoa, from February 19-23, 2007, in order to conduct a constitutent post visit. 2. (U) Post understands that no assistance from the Embassy is requested. If necessary the Embassy ca [...] | 2007-02-17 01:48:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC OTRA NZ WS |
07APIA50 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RSO JAMES P. DOHERTY AND FSNI RAYMOND [...] Post grants country clearance for RSO James P. Doherty and FSNI Raymond Millar April 16 -20, 2007 to visit Apia, Samoa to meet Samoan Police regarding an ongoing investigation and toprovide constituent post services. 2. Post understands that no assistance from the Embassy is requested. If n [...] | 2007-04-14 03:37:00 | Embassy Apia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC NZ WS |
07ASHGABAT1001 | TURKMENISTAN: NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent introductory meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, officials of Turkmenistan's National Civil Aviation Service expressed interest in possible developme [...] | 2007-09-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAIR PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1003 | TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive byt unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Deirector Shirin Ahmedova told poloff September 21 that the new Human Rights Commission has plans to cooperate closely with the UN and EU. The Commission also wants to devel [...] | 2007-09-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT1009 | TURKMENISTAN: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY SUPPLIES READING MATERIAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) If you want to know about the United States, there probably is no better source than the Embassy's Public Diplomacy Section. Apparently, the people in charge of the preparations for President Berdimuhamedov's trip to UNGA rea [...] | 2007-09-24 09:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1015 | TURKMENISTAN: WORLD BANK CAUTIOUSLY LOOKING AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The World Bank's Bishkek-based Country Manager for Turkmenistan, Roger Robinson, told the Charge September 24 that he was in Ashgabat to look for ways the World Bank can re-engage with the Government of Turkmenistan. In re [...] | 2007-09-24 11:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN IBRD TX |
07ASHGABAT1018 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation's August 20-25, 2007 visit to Turkmenistan, headed by Michael Cromartie, received positive state and international media. However, state media avoided any frank discussion of religious freedom issues with [...] | 2007-09-25 07:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT1036 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN BAZAAR BURNS, BUT NO TAPE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An early morning fire on September 24 destroyed temporary kiosks as well as badly damaging two permanent retail areas of Ashgabat's Russian Bazaar in the center of downtown. Although there is no information rega [...] | 2007-09-26 13:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1037 | TURKMENISTAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GRANTS FLEX RECRUITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Education (MOE) has approved the Future Leaders Exchange Program (FLEX) recruitment for 2007/2008, which will begin September 30. The surprise early approval is a break from the past and signals a possible chan [...] | 2007-09-27 03:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1039 | CATERPILLAR EXEC NOTES CHALLENGES, BUT "IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 26 meeting, Vladimir Naumov, General Manager of Zeppelin Caterpillar Turkmenistan JV said while President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov continues his predecessor's hands-on habits in terms of making [...] | 2007-09-27 09:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD JA TX |
07ASHGABAT1040 | TURKMENISTAN: EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN GROUP IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post confirmed today that the evangelical Christian Source of Life Church in Turkmenabat was successfully registered on the 24th of September, after two years of process. The preacher, Jabar Aliyev, received news of it fro [...] | 2007-09-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT1041 | TURKMENISTAN: REGIONAL UNODC MEETING PARTICIPANTS AGREE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 17-19 regional counternarcotics meeting sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drug Control (UNODC) in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenistan, representatives of Paris Pact countries and international or [...] | 2007-09-27 11:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1043 | DEA/ICITAP VISITS ASHGABAT AND FINDS IDEAS FOR NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 10-14 training visit to Turkmenistan, a joint Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Department of Justice (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) dele [...] | 2007-09-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT1048 | TUKRMNEISTAN: AHAL PROVINCE OFFICIALS SHOW REMARKABLE NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a distinctive change over previous visits to Ahal in post's provincial reporting program, PAO was warmly welcomed and treated to a new level of hospitality and openness, particularly by a high-ranking alumnus of t [...] | 2007-09-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1054 | TURKMENISTAN: NAVCENT COMMANDER OFFERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a September 29 meeting, the U.S. Navy Commander of the Combined Maritime Forces (NAVCENT),Vice Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, offered Minister of Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhamedov assistance with improving Turkmenistan's capacity to deal with a variety of security threats to [...] | 2007-10-01 07:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR EPET MARR TX |
07ASHGABAT1055 | VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendance. ConOff, as Visas Viper coordinator, reviewed the Visas Viper [...] | 2007-10-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX |
07ASHGABAT1056 | TURKMENISTAN: RISING MARKET BASKET COSTS BEGINNING TO BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As President Berdimuhamedov's latest foreign policy moves continue to receive heavy media play, citizens are beginning to complain about rising food prices. A recent market basket price comparison shows prices have increased an average of 20% since last year. While the reason [...] | 2007-10-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1057 | VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendan [...] | 2007-10-01 09:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX |
07ASHGABAT1059 | ASHGABAT RESPONSE TO CALL FOR INFORMATION-HOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Please find below post's responses to the information requested reftel. Watchlisting - The government of Turkmenistan maintains a law enforcement-based watch list against which the names of incoming Turkmen citizen passenger [...] | 2007-10-01 11:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KVPR KHLS CVIS ASEC TX |
07ASHGABAT1064 | POLIMEKS EXECUTIVE WANTS COLLABORATION WITH U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 27, a senior Turkish construction company official outlined the difficulties of living and doing business in Turkmenistan, such as police harassment and lack of Internet access, and how it makes find [...] | 2007-10-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EIND SOCI TU TX |
07ASHGABAT1072 | TUKRMENISTAN: ASHGABAT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FEATURED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Television channel "TV4" October 3 ran a positive feature on Ashgabat International School that highlighted the school's American curriculum and international staff and students. In his interview, the school [...] | 2007-10-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASCH KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1073 | TURKMENISTAN: NARYSHKIN VISIT PROBABLY FOCUSED ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to press reports, during an October 3 meeting in Ashgabat, Sergei Naryshkin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Chairman of the Turkmenistan-Russia Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation Commission, told Turkmeni [...] | 2007-10-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1074 | TURKMENISTAN: BURREN ENERGY MANAGER DISCUSSES THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over dinner, the Amcit operations manager for Burren Energy talked about many of the challenges that his company -- and most foreign firms doing business in Turkmenistan -- are facing, including problems with the [...] | 2007-10-05 04:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1076 | PETRONAS IN TURKMENISTAN: FULL OF GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas, which unexpectedly hit substantial (an estimated 20 billion cubic meters at maximum production) reserves of ethane- and propane-rich natural gas in the Caspian Sea, is looking at gas export options. The [...] | 2007-10-05 06:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1078 | TURKMENISTAN: OSCE SEES IMPROVEMENT IN HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: OSCE sees an improvement in human rights, in the attitude of the government toward human rights, and in the ability of the OSCE Ashgabat Center to do business, since Berdimuhamedov came to power in early 2007. For [...] | 2007-10-05 11:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1079 | TURKMENISTAN: GERMAN EXPERTS PRESS LEGAL REFORM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A German academic delegation from the German Association for Technical Cooperation visited Ashgabat the week of October 1 to hold a roundtable with a number of Turkmenistan's ministries and government agencies dir [...] | 2007-10-05 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1081 | TURKMENISTAN: HIGH-PROFILE AND IRF-CONCERN NAMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Post has learned that several additional names of interest were on the list of those to be amnestied on October 9. A source at the Turkish embassy confirmed that it was notified that six Turkish citizens were on the list [...] | 2007-10-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT1083 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA UNSURE OF ITSELF WHILE THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State media gave minor coverage to the U.S. CENTCOM visit, headed by the Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff, September 27-28. However, it had been believed that the visit would not be covered at all, according to working level sta [...] | 2007-10-09 03:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT1089 | TURKMENISTAN'S BALKAN PROVINCE: ALUMNI KEEPING THE FLAME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Meetings with FLEX alumni during a recent trip to Balkan province demonstrated the considerable thirst for greater exposure to the world beyond Turkmenistan's borders. Emboff also met a blind pastor of a still-un [...] | 2007-10-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1094 | TURKMENISTAN: ANOTHER RELIGIOUS GROUP TO BE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Timur Muradov, the pastor of the "Word of Life" Church, a small unregistered evangelical Christian group based in Turkmenbashy, called the Embassy October 10 to report that the Council on Religious Affairs Deputy Chairman, Nur [...] | 2007-10-10 10:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT1096 | TURKMENISTAN: ONE AMERICAN'S TALE OF STARTING AN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over lunch October 9, an American businessman (cautiously) told of his experiences in opening an Ashgabat office of his information technology company, including a bump in the road involving a poorly chosen local [...] | 2007-10-10 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT1098 | UNITED NATIONS REVIEWS RECENT GOVERNMENT REQUESTS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 8 donor meeting organized by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP),Turkmenistan Resident Representative Richard Young provided an update on recent United Nations' activity, and outlined the [...] | 2007-10-11 04:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM UN TX |
07ASHGABAT1102 | TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. You are coming to Turkmenistan in the early months of an expanding dialogue between Turkmenistan and the international community in general, and the OSCE and the Unite [...] | 2007-10-11 11:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1103 | TURKMENISTAN: CORRECTION TO LIST OF THOSE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post has learned from OSCE human dimension officer Benjamin Moreau that Turkmenistan's former Ambassador to the OSCE Batyr Berdiev was not/not listed among the almost 9,000 names of those amnestied on Tuesday (reftel). [...] | 2007-10-11 11:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM TX |
07ASHGABAT1108 | TURKMENISTAN: MORE OPEN STATE MEDIA REFLECT GOVERNMMENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has observed steps towards a more open and informative state news media in Turkmenistan. Since the death of former President Niyazov, state media have slowly become more open to coverage of U.S. Government vis [...] | 2007-10-15 10:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1115 | TURKMENISTAN: LEBAP PROVINCE: CORNERSTONE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Lebap province, officials from the provincial governor's office concerned with the cotton harvest provided provincial harvest statistics and answered some questions about growing cotton in [...] | 2007-10-15 12:27:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR SOCI KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1117 | TURKMENISTAN COTTON HARVEST - AN EXPERIMENT IN CAPITALISM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to one of Turkmenistan's top producing cotton regions, EmbOff learned that the country is likely to be facing dramatically low cotton yields this year. Surprisingly, the government is turning [...] | 2007-10-16 06:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1128 | TURKMENISTAN: COTTON INDUSTRY STILL TROUBLED [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Visits to the regions revealed that although President Berdimuhamedov can continue to rely on the cotton industry to bring in revenue, the sector needs reform and modernization. One positive change this year is [...] | 2007-10-18 14:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAGR ECON EIND TX |
07ASHGABAT1129 | LONGTIME TURKMENISTAN EXPERT REPORTS POSITIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EU-Tacis Turkmenistan Advisor Michael Wilson told econoff October 17 the Central Bank is cautiously considering a unified exchange rate, but the government fears the effect of shock therapy on the population. Wil [...] | 2007-10-19 05:59:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT1130 | TURKEMNISTAN ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE ON HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Chairman Shirin Ahmedova told USAID Regional Democracy and Governance Office Director Kim Delaney October 18 that the Institute is on the hook to President Berdimuhamedov to [...] | 2007-10-19 06:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1133 | POULTRY AMENDMENT DOUBTFUL TO ALLEVIATE SHORTAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 1, President Berdimuhamedov signed an amendment to agricultural legislation that makes poultry producers exempt from tax on profits for the next three years, starting from the date of registration of the investment [...] | 2007-10-19 11:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1137 | TURKMENISTAN PASSES LAWS ON NATIONAL TOURISM ZONE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has established a new National Tourism Zone (NTZ) instead of the Free Economic Zone that President Berdimuhamedov had previewed in May. The purpose of the NTZ is to promote development of tourism, pa [...] | 2007-10-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT1140 | TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL REQUESTS PRESENTATION ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In USAID's first meeting with Turkmenistan's Supreme Council on Science and Technology on October 18, the Council's Deputy Chairwoman and Department Head for State Science Policy Realization explained the body's role [...] | 2007-10-22 09:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1143 | TURKMENISTAN: IRC ASHGABAT REQUESTS DEPARTMENT APPROVAL TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. The Information Resource Center in Ashgabat (IRC Ashgabat),part of Embassy Ashgabat's Public Affairs Section, would like to extend its Internet access service via wireless internet service (WIFI) to its patrons. The availability of the Intern [...] | 2007-10-23 09:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC ANET PGOV PHUM EAGR KPAO SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1146 | TURKMENISTAN: THE DE-NIYAZOVICATION OF ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) As part of a building boom that continues apace (septel),Turkmenistan will soon erect a number of new statues of prominent Turkmen historical figures in parks, along roadsides, and in fountain complexes. One sculpture will [...] | 2007-10-23 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1147 | MORE CHANGES TO THE FACE OF ASHGABAT, AND TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has approved $1.8 billion in construction projects since he became president in February. As additional projects are constructed outside of Ashgabat, provincial residents say that infrastr [...] | 2007-10-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI TU TX |
07ASHGABAT1156 | TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 24, the Director of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights Under the President of Turkmenistan, Shirin Ahmedova, proposed that the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) jointly organize [...] | 2007-10-26 06:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1165 | TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT1166 | TURKMENISTAN: "DECISIVE STEP" CLOSES ANOTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On Sunday evening, October 28, as the capital relxed after the successes of its Independence Day events, Turkmen television aired a surprising film from the old Soviet film vaults that captured our attention. "Decisive Ste [...] | 2007-10-30 04:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT1167 | TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN ENERGY COMPANIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, Turkmenistani government media reported that a rich gas deposit that will produce 4 bcm per year had been tapped at South Yoloten. On October 26, the eve of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, Presiden [...] | 2007-10-30 07:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EINV EPET RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1172 | TURKMENISTAN: MAJOR INTERNATIONAL OIL PLAYERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) With the Turkmen International Oil and Gas Exhibition less than two weeks away, post provides the following compendium of the major foreign companies cooperating with the Turkmen government on oil exploration and developmen [...] | 2007-10-31 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET EINV ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT1179 | TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE TRENDS IN STATE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: October's state media coverage of U.S. embassy events showed further improvement and suggests Turkmenistan is moving away from the exclusive cult-of-personality policies of the former President Niyazov era. In Tur [...] | 2007-11-01 06:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PROP SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1180 | TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 06:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT1186 | TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEEKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Yatsenyuk's late-October visit to Ashgabat is part of an effort to re-establish a normal relationship between the two countries, after years of commercial disputes and changes in leader [...] | 2007-11-02 11:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD SCUL UP TX |
07ASHGABAT1188 | TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW EMPHASIS ON IMPROVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President of Turkmenistan told State media and cultural officials that they must improve their profession. The President emphasized the need for developing creativity, learning from contemporary world practices [...] | 2007-11-05 04:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1190 | TURKMENISTAN: REUTERS REPORT ON EXCHANGE RATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The November 1 report by Reuters that Turkmenistan state media had reported Turkmenistan would unify the official and black market exchange rates as part of a wider economic reform program is untrue. European Bank for Reco [...] | 2007-11-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT1192 | SCENESETTER FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, NEVADA [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the celebration on October 27th of Turkmenistan's 16th Anniversary of its independence. This visit helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while r [...] | 2007-11-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1196 | ALBUQUERQUE-ASHGABAT SISTER CITY PROGRAM ILLUSTRATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of Albuquerque's Sister City Foundation found their visit to be productive, and more significantly a major step forward in their relationship with the Ashgabat Mayor's office. The delegation attended multiple Independence Day events and conducted successful outre [...] | 2007-11-06 05:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1206 | TURKMENISTAN DESIGNATES WORKING-LEVEL [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy on November 6 responding to an October 3 U.S. request for a working-level contact with whom the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) could liaise on counter- [...] | 2007-11-07 08:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT1208 | TURKMENISTAN: TOO MUCH PRESS ADO ABOUT BILATERAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) "The Times of London" and Dow Jones International News separately ran stories November 6 stating that, during a September 22 visit to Turkmenistan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks had signed a memorandum of understanding ( [...] | 2007-11-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET UK TX |
07ASHGABAT1209 | TURKMENISTAN: U.S. FIRMS SEEKING TO ENTER HYDROCARBON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Business Sensitive. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Moderate reforms and a promise of a better investment climate in Turkmenistan by the country's new leadership have attracted renewed serious interest from U.S. oil majors, including both old an [...] | 2007-11-07 12:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV EPET RS AJ TX |
07ASHGABAT1211 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkmenistan, the first by a cabinet-level official since 2002, will add value to the newly reinvigorated Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE). This visit will advance our bilateral [...] | 2007-11-08 07:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1213 | TURKMENISTAN'S OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION LEAVES NO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The administrative officer at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Oil and Gas (please protect) told an embassy employee that foreign interest in the November 13-15 Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE) has far e [...] | 2007-11-08 11:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1221 | ADB IN TURKMENISTAN: OUT OF TOUCH BUT LOOKING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Asian Development Bank (ADB),long dormant in Ashgabat, especially after the Government of Turkmenistan failed to respond decisively to the bank's initial feasibility study for a Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakis [...] | 2007-11-09 07:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET EAID EFIN EINV TX |
07ASHGABAT1222 | TURKMANISTAN TRIANGULATES: CONOCOPHILLIPS/LUKOIL TANDEM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Business sensitive. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips and Lukoil are in the very final stages of negotiating a product-sharing agreement (PSA) for the Ordekli (Block 21) and Ogurji (Blocks 19 and 20) offshore fields. The PSA for t [...] | 2007-11-09 09:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1223 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE TV REQUESTS U.S. EXPERTS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para nine below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's PAO had an especially productive and open meeting with a Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting official that demonstrated a firm commitment and deisre for tangible movement on President Berdimuhamedov's recent ca [...] | 2007-11-09 13:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PROP EAID SCUL KPAO KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1227 | TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV IN BRUSSELS: A BRIEF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's November 5-7 visit to Brussels seemed to reinforce that Turkmenistan is following its own path and, as yet, has little interest in the kinds of outward-looking compromises that could mak [...] | 2007-11-13 04:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SCUL EU TX |
07ASHGABAT1230 | TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHAKES UP HIS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 12 session of the Cabinet of Ministers held less than a week after his return from Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov renamed the Ministry of Trade and Consumer Cooperation the Ministry of Trade [...] | 2007-11-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD SCUL TX |
07ASHGABAT1236 | TURKMENISTAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION WELCOMES PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a November 9 meeting to discuss possible cooperation under USAID's new regional basic education program, Education Minister Muhammetgeldi Annaamanov told USAID representatives that training for primary and seconda [...] | 2007-11-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT124 | Turkmenistan Reportedly Bans Travel on Russian Passports by [...] (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has reportedly issued instructions to border guards not/not to accept Russian passports as a basis for travel abroad by citizens who until now were able to do so on the basis of their no-longer-recognized dual citizenship. END SUMMARY. Dual Nationals Be [...] | 2007-01-26 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS RU TX |
07ASHGABAT1243 | TURKMENISTAN: MARY PASTOR DENIED EXIT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The pastor of a small evangelical congregation in Mary province, Ilmurad Nurlyyev, told poloff November 16 that the Turkmenistan government prevented him from exiting the country. Nurlyyev, who heads a Turkmen Baptist C [...] | 2007-11-16 12:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT1244 | TURKMENISTAN FAVORS GENERAL ELECTRIC, DISTANCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov wants General Electric to participate in Turkmenistan,s energy sector but without its current partner Chalik Energy, clear evidence that the president is continuing to distance himself fr [...] | 2007-11-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OGIV ECON ENRG EINV TK TX |
07ASHGABAT1248 | TURKMENISTAN MISSES POLISH NATIONAL DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang hosted a reception in Ashgabat on November 19 in honor of Poland's National Day. Standard practice for national day receptions in Ashgabat is for both Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Mered [...] | 2007-11-20 05:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GG UP PL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT1251 | BERDIMUHAMEDOV EMPHASIZES: DO NOT ROCK THE MANAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to a November 20 article in "Neutral Turkmenistan," Minister of Economy and Finance Hojamyrat Geldimyradov reported on the "leveling" of the manat/dollar exchange rate (reftel) at a Council of Ministers meeting on [...] | 2007-11-20 12:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT1252 | DRAFT TURKMENISTAN-EU MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 19, the EU-TACIS office in Ashgabat informally passed to the Embassy a copy of the draft MOU, dated November 9, 2007, for further cooperation between the EU/EC and the Government of Turkmenistan. According to E [...] | 2007-11-20 12:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1263 | TURKMENISTAN: MARKET BASKET COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent market basket price comparison showed that many basic market prices have continued to increase sharply over the last two months, with milk scoring the biggest increase (33%). While the reasons for this rapid increase vary, the higher cost of food globally, a shortage [...] | 2007-11-23 07:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL |
07ASHGABAT1269 | TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN WARMLY COVERED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman's November 14-15 visit to Turkmenistan received broad coverage in both state and international media. Bodman's remarks at Turkmenistan's International Oil and Gas Exhibition conference (TIOGE),and his meetings with Turkmenistan's preside [...] | 2007-11-23 11:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT1271 | TURKMENISTAN LIFTS REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGNERS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Head of the Department for Registration of Foreign Citizens at Turkmenistan's State Service of Registration of Foreign Citizens told an Embassy employee on November 20 that the government has lifted its ban requiring a [...] | 2007-11-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1274 | TURKMENISTAN: IMPENDING PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial People's Council elections are to be conducted on December 9, for the first time since the Berdimuhamedov government approved amendments to the law governing these elections in July 2007. The amendment [...] | 2007-11-23 15:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1282 | TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE MISSES BOAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite earlier expressions of interest in a USAID proposal to develop an Investor's Roadmap to improve Turkmenistan's investment climate, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) is unwilling to commit to USG te [...] | 2007-11-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID PINR PREL PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT1283 | TURKMENISTAN INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This year's Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE) and conference had the highest attendance since 2000 and attracted unprecedented interest from major petroleum companies, regional stakeholders [...] | 2007-11-26 13:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENERG EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1284 | TRIBES OF TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Notwithstanding 70 years of Soviet rule, tribalism remains a potent issue of potential division in Turkmenistan. One's tribal identity continues to influence who one will marry, whether one will enter the univers [...] | 2007-11-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1285 | TURKMENISTAN: LAUNCH IN BALKAN PROVINCE BRINGS NATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 16, USAID's implementing partner Project HOPE organized a ceremony in Balkanabat city marking the expansion of DOTS, the internationally recognized approach to control tuberculosis (TB),to three new town [...] | 2007-11-26 14:44:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1293 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF DRL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles to Turkmenistan. Your visit will help to reinforce the U.S. government's message as it has [...] | 2007-11-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1298 | TURKMENISTAN: ELECTION OFFICIALS CONFIDENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met November 27 with Myrat Garryev, longtime chairman of the National Central Election Commission, and Shirin Akhmedova, the Director of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, to assess the status [...] | 2007-11-28 14:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1300 | TURKMENISTAN: MOVEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has decided to support the registration of the Quality Schools International-run (QSI) Ashgabat International School. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Me [...] | 2007-11-29 10:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASCH TX |
07ASHGABAT1301 | UNDP MAKES CLIMATE CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) At the official launch event on November 28 in Turkmenistan for UNDP's 2007/2008 Global Human Development Report entitled "Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world," UNDP Resident Representative in Tur [...] | 2007-11-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1308 | TURKMENISTAN: CREEPING FORWARD ON BANKING REFORM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a meeting that President Berdimuhamedov held with senior bank officials on November 28, Central Bank (CBT) Chairman Geldimyrat Abylov reported that the CBT is continuing to study available options regarding fi [...] | 2007-12-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT1310 | TURKMENISTAN: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF EDUCATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The next step in the process of registering the Quality Schools International (QSI)- run Ashgabat International School (AIS) took place November 30 when MFA arranged a meeting for the Embassy with the Ministry of Education ( [...] | 2007-12-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASCH TX |
07ASHGABAT1311 | TURKMENISTAN: ENI PURCHASES ONSHORE OIL COMPANY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Burren Energy, a second-tier hydrocarbon company registered in the UK that is the holder of one of the the few onshore production sharing agreements (PSAs) in Turkmenistan, has just been sold to the Italian-based hydrocarbon [...] | 2007-12-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1316 | TURKMENISTAN/INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 28-30 visit to Turkmenistan, the Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Ambassador William Ramsay, found a country in the process of transition. Although there were [...] | 2007-12-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET PGOV TX IEA |
07ASHGABAT1317 | TURKMENISTAN: PHOTO OF TWO PRESIDENTS MAKES SECOND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On December 1, the photograph of President Bush and President Berdimuhamedov shaking hands when they met during the UN General Assembly in September was run on the front of page of both the Russian-language "Neutral Turkmenista [...] | 2007-12-04 08:55:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1318 | TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON TRIES TO INTEREST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Marathon Oil Corporation Senior Vice President told the Charge December 3 that his company wants to interest Turkmenistan in its proprietary gas-to-fuels technology, a gas-conversion process that he claimed is more carbon [...] | 2007-12-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1325 | BERDIMUHAMEDOV TELLS OFFICIALS TO CLEAN UP THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an impromptu Cabinet of Ministers meeting held during an Iranian trade show on November 30, President Berdimuhamedov was seemingly inspired by a three-dimensional satellite map of Ashgabat to issue several dir [...] | 2007-12-05 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1326 | TURKMENISTAN: JAZZ CD RELEASE A HUGE SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy hosted an event "releasing" a free compact disk, with songs by the joint Turkmen-American Jazz group supported by the performing arts initiative program in July 2007. [...] | 2007-12-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL PINR KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT1335 | "DUBAI ON THE CASPIAN" LIKELY TO STILL BE "LAKE ERIE ON A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A December 3 business forum showcased multi-billion dollar, world-class plans for the Avaza Tourism Zone. World-renowned design companies, architectural firms, and developers are involved in the project, guaranteeing [...] | 2007-12-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET ECON ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT1336 | TURKMENISTAN'S PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S COUNCIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid very light turnout, Turkmenistan's citizens voted for members of their provincial people's councils December 9. The Central Election Commission provided its typical overexaggerated estimates, claiming by th [...] | 2007-12-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1338 | TURKMENISTAN: INTRODUCTORY INTERNEWS VISIT -- "TWO OUT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 28-29, representatives from Internews and USAID met with the Minister of Culture, a group of Mejlis (Parliament) deputies, and Turkmen State University's initial class of future journalists to discuss pos [...] | 2007-12-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1339 | TURKMENISTAN'S COUNCIL ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles met December 7 with the Chairman of the Council for Religious Affairs, Charygeldi Seryayev to discuss religious freedom issues. Seryayev emphasized the there is inter-confessional harmon [...] | 2007-12-11 11:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1344 | TURKMENISTAN TAKES UNPRECENDENTED STEP, ANNOUNCES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 11, officials of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) discussed U.S. support of U.S.-funded UNODC border crossing projects with the Charge. In a major policy change, Turkmenistan's Ch [...] | 2007-12-13 13:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT1345 | TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL WOOS TURKMEN LEADERSHIP ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Turkmenistan hosted a highly-politicized December 6-8 official visit by Turkish President Abdullah Gul, who is the first Turkish president to visit here in seven years. President Gul arrived w [...] | 2007-12-14 04:07:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TU TX |
07ASHGABAT1346 | INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS GIVES GREEN LIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 7, the Director of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan told a delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Er [...] | 2007-12-14 04:15:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1349 | TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS CHAIRMAN FOCUSES ON BUILDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation led by DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed parliamentary reform SIPDIS December 7 with the chairman of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament),who focused her comments on the [...] | 2007-12-14 08:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1350 | TURKMENISTAN MOJ OFFICIALS INTRIGUED BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Erica Barks-Ruggles and other delegation members met with Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials to discuss registration of religious groups and NGOS as well as various [...] | 2007-12-14 08:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF EAID TX |
07ASHGABAT1352 | TURKISH INSTRUCTORS MAKE OBSERVATIONS AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two officers from Turkey's Ministry of the Interior, Department of Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime led a workshop sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for a group of Turkmenistan la [...] | 2007-12-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR EAID TX |
07ASHGABAT1353 | TURKMENISTAN: REPORTS ABOUT LUKOIL/CONOCOPHILLIPS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 12, Moscow's Interfax news agency issued a report, cited to Lukoil board member Richard Matske, that Lukoil had signed an agreement with Turkmenistan to develop three Caspian Sea blocks. The following day, Int [...] | 2007-12-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT1365 | TURKMENISTAN: OPENING OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Center for Preventive Diplomacy opened in Ashgabat December 10, amidst intense state media coverage and international attendance. Although the Center is to receive an operating budget of abou [...] | 2007-12-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN TX |
07ASHGABAT1369 | TURKMENISTAN: CEC CHAIRMAN MORE THE PROBLEM THAN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, Turkmenistan's Central Election Commission chairman declared Turkmenistan a democratic nation for the past 5,000 years and needs little in the way of reform. The cha [...] | 2007-12-18 05:47:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT1370 | TURKMENISTAN: NGO ACTIVISTS ADVANCE LEGAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: NGO activists sat down with members of the visiting DRL delegation led by DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles in the modest ABA/CEELI office in Ashgabat to talk about the work they have been doing in cooperation with a vari [...] | 2007-12-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AID SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1374 | TURKMENISTAN: MIXED REPORTS AND CYNICISM FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 8 roundtable discussion with minority registered and unregistered religious groups and a December 6 roundtable with community leaders and staff from USAID civil society implementing partner Coun [...] | 2007-12-18 15:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1376 | TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: PRESIDENTS PUTIN AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) According to Turkmenistan's state media, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and Russia's President Putin agreed during a December 18 telephone call to sign the tripartite agreement on construction of a new Ca [...] | 2007-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET RU TX |
07ASHGABAT1387 | TURKMENISTAN'S GOVERNMENT PUBLISHES NEW LAWS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet 2. (U) Turkmenistan's official Russian-language government newspaper, "Neutralnyy Turkmenistan," published two new laws on December 19 and 20: the 26-article "Law of Turkmenistan on State Guarantees of Equal Rights of Women" and the [...] | 2007-12-20 12:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KWMN TX |
07ASHGABAT1389 | TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME COUNCIL OFFERS TO HOST USAID'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a very positive development on December 13, representatives of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology (SCST) verbally agreed to a proposal for cooperation with the USAID-funded Internet Access and Traini [...] | 2007-12-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT1390 | TURKMENISTAN'S 2008 STATE BUDGET: STILL OPAQUE, STILL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The 2008 State Budget that Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov approved on December 14 has grown by 20% in nominal terms to slightly over 123 trillion manats ($23.7 billion at the official rate). Even at the w [...] | 2007-12-26 03:36:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT1391 | TURKMENISTAN: MFA WELCOMES USAID PROPOSAL FOR NEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of his initial visit to Turkmenistan, USAID/CAR Regional Mission Director Bill Frej met with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vepa Hajiyev on December 13 to discuss potential opportunities to expan [...] | 2007-12-26 03:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT1393 | NEW TURKMENISTAN-KAZAKHSTAN-IRAN RAIL LINE: SIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has added yet one more important construction project to his list: a railway line connecting Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran into a single north-south railway route. The countries ex [...] | 2007-12-27 08:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ELTN ETRD IR KZ TX |
07ASHGABAT1396 | LIMITED COMMEMORATION OF FIRST DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan commemorated the first anniversary of former President Saparmyrat Niyazov's death on December 21 with little fuss or true mourning. Reversing an earlier decision to let the people focus on the Kurban Bayram (Eid) holiday rather than the anniversary of Niyazov's de [...] | 2007-12-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI TX |
07ASHGABAT1403 | BERDIMUHAMEDOV DECREES CHANGES TO EXCHANGE RATE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) At a Cabinet of Ministers meeting on December 27, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov named "wide incorporation of the principles of market economy" as a "priority task" for 2007. In preparation for achieving a unified exch [...] | 2007-12-31 06:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN TX |
07ASHGABAT144 | Turkmenistan: Security Cooperation Has a Bright Future [...] (SBU) During two law enforcement/security meetings with four different ministries, the U.S. government assistance delegation visiting Turkmenistan January 31-February 2 were provided positive assessments of current United States - Turkmenistan cooperation in the law enforcement and security sph [...] | 2007-02-06 08:13:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT145 | COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETING WITH CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Assistance coordinator Tom Adams and Central Elections Commission Chairman Myrat Garryev discussed Turkmenistan's February 11 presidential elections in an hour-long meeting January 31. Garryev, who was mostly affable and responsive, began to bristle when Adams offered USG technical assis [...] | 2007-02-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX TNGD KPAO |
07ASHGABAT146 | Mejlis Speaker Nurberdiyeva Meeting with Adams Del: [...] (SBU) During a January 31 meeting with EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Assistant Administrator Doug Menarchik and USAID Senior Democracy and Governance Advisor Eric Rudenshiould, the new Speaker of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament),Akja Nurberdiyeva, signaled cautious interest in cooper [...] | 2007-02-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT158 | U.S. ASSISTANCE GROUP MEETING WITH CENTRAL BANK ACTING [...] (SBU) Under the umbrella of EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams' visit, USAID Regional Director Crowley raised program implementation issues with Central Bank of Turkmenistan (CBT) Chairman Geldymurad Abylov on January 30. Abylov stated that the CBT was working to prepare for introduction of national a [...] | 2007-02-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PINR EAGR ECON ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT162 | U.S. ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR ADAMS' MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams and delegation heard upbeat accounts of farming-sector developments from Turkmenistan's Agriculture Minister, Esenmyrat Orazgeldiyev, on January 31. Without mentioning recent years' notorious crop shortfalls and other problems, Orazgeldiyev depicted his sector a [...] | 2007-02-08 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX US |
07ASHGABAT163 | COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETING WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) Minister of Health Care and Medical Industry Byashim Sopiev expressed undiluted appreciation for past and present joint health programs, and readiness for new ones, throughout a one-hour meeting with EUR/ACE Assistance Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Assistant Administrator Douglas Menarchi [...] | 2007-02-08 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT164 | Balkan Province Election Commission: Voter Education [...] (SBU) Poloff met with a by now familiar, enthusiastic, Balkan Welayat (region) election commission in the regional capital, Balkanabat, on January 31. There was ample evidence that the commission was working to make the local presidential election process open and available to all eligible vot [...] | 2007-02-08 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT167 | Adams Delegation in Dashoguz Province: Also Optimistic [...] (SBU) Discussion of future assistance needs and hopes -- a welcome replacement to rote glorification of Niyazov and the Ruhnama -- dominated an intensive visit to Dashoguz on February 2 by members of the U.S. interagency assistance delegation led by EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams. In meeting a [...] | 2007-02-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX US |
07ASHGABAT169 | Turkmenistan's Very Public Drug Burn [...] (SBU) The media, the diplomatic corps and Turkmenistan's State Counternarcotics Commission at the Cabinet of Ministers witnessed the incineration of 562 kilograms of narcotics, primarily seized along the border with Afghanistan from December 2006 through early February, on February 7. This, th [...] | 2007-02-09 06:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT171 | EUR/ACE VISIT WITH MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE [...] (SBU) EUR/ACE Director of FSA Programs Deborah Klepp discussed potential areas for U.S. technical assistance with Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance (MOEF) Tuvakmammed Japarov and Chief International Specialist Galina Romanova on January 31 as part of EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams's Turkmenist [...] | 2007-02-09 10:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD PINR TX US |
07ASHGABAT174 | Elections, Activists and Faith in Dashoguz [...] (SBU) During a recent pre-election trip to Dashoguz Welayat (Province),local election officials were friendly but constrained, given the (unexpected) presence of Central Election Commission Chairman, Myrat Garryev. They maintained to the A/DCM that Turkmenistan's February 11 presidential ele [...] | 2007-02-09 11:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT175 | EUR/ACE Adams' Visit: Turkmenistan's Newest [...] (SBU) U.S. government security assistance delegates visiting Turkmenistan January 31-February 2 met with law-enforcement donor-community members from several international organizations and diplomatic missions for a discussion that quickly focused on border-security issues, specifically border- [...] | 2007-02-09 11:29:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT177 | PRE-ELECTIONS MEETINGS IN TURKMENABAT: THE SAME, YET [...] (SBU) On January 23, Charge d'Affaires a.i. Jennifer Brush, ConOff, and PolEcon LES visited Turkmenabat, the capital of Lebap Welayat (Province),to observe activity in the lead-up to Turkmenistan's first multi-candidate presidential elections. During her courtesy call with local officials, t [...] | 2007-02-09 13:25:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON |
07ASHGABAT184 | TURKMENISTAN ELECTION DAY: HOPEFUL EXPECTANCY AMID [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan's election-day proceedings were smooth, relaxed and imbued with genuine, unusual popular enthusiasm over the day's proceedings. The already-broadcast official turnout figure of 98.25% is not credible, but should not wreck appreciation of the day's upside: Ashgabat long-tim [...] | 2007-02-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR TX US |
07ASHGABAT19 | SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S JANUARY 10-13 [...] (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes DAS Feigenbaum and looks forward to a productive stay. Your visit, the second by a high-ranking State Department official since President Niyazov's death, will provide an opportunity to stress to Turkmenistan's top leadership that the United States looks [...] | 2007-01-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM TX US |
07ASHGABAT191 | UN SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL ON BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (SBU) Charge exchanged post-Niyazov views February 10 with visiting UN Secretariat official Vladimir Goryayev, a Turkmenistan veteran with extraordinary local access. Goryayev predicted that change would be slow and cautious at best under Berdimuhammedov, since the latter will remain fettere [...] | 2007-02-13 11:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR TX US |
07ASHGABAT201 | ACTING PARLIAMENT SPEAKER NURBERDIYEVA WELCOMES A/S BOUCHER [...] (U) Acting Parliamentary (Mejlis) Speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva unreservedly welcomed SCA A/S Boucher's suggestion of legislative exchange and assistance activities in their cordial February 15 meeting. Nurberdiyeva described the Mejlis's altered functions and listed its main current agenda items [...] | 2007-02-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT21 | Turkmenistan's Presidential Candidates Raise Hopes With [...] (U) All channels of Turkmenistan State television were tuned to the first campaign meeting of two presidential hopefuls on the night of January 3, 2007, at a townhall-style gathering held at the Mekan Palace in Ashgabat. The Ashgabat-based candidates, Deputy Minister of the Oil and Gas Indust [...] | 2007-01-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT214 | Turkmenistan's Second President, Gurbanguly [...] (SBU) Interim President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov was installed as Turkmenistan's second president on February 14, after national election results were announced during a one-hour live broadcast meeting of the national People's Council. According to Central Election Commission Chairman Myrat [...] | 2007-02-20 13:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT215 | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EDGES BLINDLY FORWARD ALONG APPROVED [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's discussion with the Ministry of Education one day after the inauguration of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov revealed the ministry's grudging acceptance of the president's stated intention to reform higher education and extend the years of secondar [...] | 2007-02-20 13:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TX CVIS KPAO |
07ASHGABAT217 | Turkmenistan Releases 2007 Drug Seizure Statistics [...] (SBU) Post received 2006 drug-seizure statistics from the Government of Turkmenistan via diplomatic note on February 9. The government has passed seizure statistics to post intermittently during the past two years, and post has also received data via the Ashgabat office of the [...] | 2007-02-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR PREL TX US |
07ASHGABAT219 | 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) The 2007 Special 301 review process was announced to the Government of Turkmenistan via diplomatic note on January 24. Post recommends keeping Turkmenistan on the 2007 Special 301 Watch List and suggests including the following paragraph on Turkmenistan in the 2007 Special 301 report: [...] | 2007-02-21 12:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR BTIO ETRD ECON SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT22 | Turkmenistan's Presidential Candidates Raise Hopes With [...] (U) All channels of Turkmenistan State television were tuned to the first campaign meeting of two presidential hopefuls on the night of January 3, 2007, at a townhall-style gathering held at the Mekan Palace in Ashgabat. The Ashgabat-based candidates, Deputy Minister of the Oil and Gas Indust [...] | 2007-01-08 04:23:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT220 | A/S BOUCHER MEETS, VIEWS SUCCESS OF USG PROGRAMS IN LEBAP [...] (SBU) A/S Boucher found Turkmenabat (capital of Lebap province),broadly aglow in anticipation of new post-Niyazov openness and opportunities, and looking for the United States to help realize the latter, in his February 16 meetings with the governor, community-activist groups, American-Corne [...] | 2007-02-22 03:18:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT221 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV'S CABINET [...] (SBU) The collective impression of Berdimuhammedov's Cabinet decisions to date -- especially for the Ministries of Education and of Oil and Gas -- at first glance is dismaying and raises concerns that Turkmenistan's post-Niyazov governance is set to stay the same despite all the campaign hints [...] | 2007-02-22 03:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT226 | NEW ROUND OF CABINET ANNOUNCEMENTS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) President Berdimuhammedov's latest tranche of personnel picks, published February 22, does even less than the prior day's to fuel outsiders' hope of early new approaches in Turkmenistan's governance. Locals, however (including many who have typically been skeptics),stand by their belie [...] | 2007-02-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EAID TX |
07ASHGABAT228 | CULTURE AND EDUCATION APPOINTMENTS IN TURKMENISTAN -- MORE [...] (U) President Berdimuhammedov's February 21 appointments in the cultural and educational sectors represent no break with the past, though in the case of the Institute of Culture and state daily newspaper, Neutral Turkmenistan, they may signal some change in the operation of the affected instit [...] | 2007-02-22 13:42:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT236 | IN TURKMENISTAN TOP SECURITY FIGURES RE-CONFIRMED; NEW [...] (U) Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov has reappointed his entire inherited "power ministries" team to serve in his own government, though without reappointing Defense Minister Mammetgeldiyev to his previous dual role as Secretary of the National Security Council. The new president also [...] | 2007-02-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT242 | PDAS MANN SCENESETTER: TURKMENISTAN'S POST-NIYAZOV OIL/GAS [...] (SBU) In marked contrast to Niyazov, President Berdimuhammedov has no past or expertise in the hydrocarbon sector. His and his new government's first concern has been not to introduce any instability into the status quo, and they may initially be even more unready to enact new directions than [...] | 2007-02-28 13:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT247 | PDAS MANN SCENESETTER (II): TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (U) Post's knowledge regarding Turkmenistan's supply of electricity to Afghanistan remains essentially limited to the scant and mainly declarative details reported after the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed last April 24 by President Niyazov and an Afghanistani delegation headed by [...] | 2007-03-01 13:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL SOCI EAID AF TX US |
07ASHGABAT260 | PRIVATE SECTOR OIL AND GAS TELLS PDAS MANN MORE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Private sector oil and gas representatives told visiting PDAS Steven Mann during a March 4 lunch that the primary inhibition to the further (and long-term) development of Turkmenistan's oil and gas sector was lack of foreign direct investment (FDI). They also believed that a corollary t [...] | 2007-03-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL SOCI EAID AF TX US |
07ASHGABAT309 | Information on Malaysian Oil Company Petronas [...] (SBU) Malaysian oil company Petronas, which signed a 25-year production sharing agreement (PSA) in 1996 to develop the offshore Block 1 in the Caspian Sea, has a large and expanding presence in Turkmenistan. Block 1 resources have been estimated at a level of: 1 trillion cubic meters (tcms) o [...] | 2007-03-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG TX MY |
07ASHGABAT317 | TURKMENISTAN, AFGHANISTAN TO EXPAND ELECTRICITY TRADE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: USAID-Kabul's power team concluded an "understanding" March 23 in Ashgabat that is likely to lead to Turkmenistan providing northwest Afghanistan (initially) a regular supply of electric [...] | 2007-03-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID AF TX UZ TI IR |
07ASHGABAT324 | SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN PETER HOEKSTRA'S VISIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes Congressman Hoekstra to Turkmenistan as the first visiting member of the United States Congress since 2002. Your visit helps to underscore t [...] | 2007-03-29 05:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT326 | Turkmenistan's President Focuses on Hydrocarbons in Cabinet [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov mapped out the short-term petroleum sector development objectives for 2007 during his weekly cabinet meeting on March 24. The president emphasized Turkmenistan's need to work with foreign investors and companies to improve the country's internal infra [...] | 2007-03-29 11:09:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET PGOV TX |
07ASHGABAT348 | Moderate Changes Mark Turkmenistan's Agricultural People's [...] (U) President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov followed in the footsteps of his predecessor, Saparmyrat Niyazov, with his unanimous election as Chairman of the national People's Council (Halk Maslahaty) during an extraordinary March 30 session. This was followed by a unanimous decisi [...] | 2007-04-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR KDEM TX |
07ASHGABAT367 | Turkmenistan Responds to USOSCE Plans to Support OSCE [...] (U) Per reftel, post is providing comments, suggestions and points of contact regarding the scope, focal points, and proposed methodology for assessment of Turkmenistan's borders in conjunction with a general assessment of the five Central Asian states' borders. 2. (SBU) SCOPE: Post envisa [...] | 2007-04-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT371 | RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV PROMISES [...] (SBU) During an April 5 meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan,s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russia,s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expanded the traditional Russian-Turkmenistani state dialog, touching on economic cooperation, but focusing a majority of the time on "humanitarion," [...] | 2007-04-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PHUM PREL RS TX |
07ASHGABAT407 | DAS ROMANOWSKI SCENESETTER -- TURKMENISTAN AND ITS [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkmenistan is an opportunity to help determine whether recently-elected President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov is serious about reform of the educational system or whether his pledge to improve education was more a cynical campaign ploy. Original enthusiasm over Berdimuham [...] | 2007-04-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT454 | PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV TELLS UN HIGH [...] (SBU) UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Louise Arbour characterized her first meeting with Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov on May 3 as "extremely cordial and positive," though she told the Charge later that she had "received the run-around" on a number of issues, including freedom [...] | 2007-05-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV TX UN |
07ASHGABAT459 | Turkmenistan and Afghanistan Twice Talk on the Border, with [...] (SBU) Embassy staff met with border and counternarcotics officials from Turkmenistan and Afghanistan during a first ever multilateral meeting with U.S. Embassy Kabul representatives at the Aquina border crossing checkpoint in Afghanistan on April 9. The following week, embassy staff participat [...] | 2007-05-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR PINR KIPR PREL AF TX |
07ASHGABAT46 | Turkmenistan Customs Seeks Increased Cooperation [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Customs Amanmamet Muhammetgulyev told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum during an unexpected sit-down meeting at the Altyn Asyr Customs Training Center on January 10 that Customs has benefited from USG cooperation and looked forward to enhancing this relation [...] | 2007-01-16 03:19:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR TX |
07ASHGABAT48 | TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA INFORMATIVE ON USTDA DELEGATION [...] (U) State media provided positive and informative coverage on the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) delegation visit, headed by its regional director Dan Stein. The delegation held talks at ministries and agencies August 6-11, 2007. STATE MEDIA ANNOUNCES DELEGATION VISITING TURKMENI [...] | 2007-09-11 04:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT55 | Gazprom's Turkmenistan Contract Secure [...] (SBU) A December 12 visit to Turkmenistan by Gazprom Board Member Valeriy Golubev, a December 21 conversation with the local Gazprom representative, and statements by Turkmenistan's Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Niyazov's death, confirm [...] | 2007-01-16 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV RU TX |
07ASHGABAT583 | BERDIMUHAMMEDOV FIRES MINISTER OF CULTURE, RECTOR OF [...] (U) In his June 8 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhammedov fired Minister of Culture Enebay Atayeva and former Minister of Education-then-director of the International Turkmen Turkish University (ITTU) Shemshat Annagylyjova. Dismissing Atayeva with a reprimand for "serious shor [...] | 2007-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US |
07ASHGABAT592 | PDAS MANN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD HURTS [...] (SBU) During a May 30 roundtable with SCA PDAS Steve Mann, a varied group of expatriate business leaders broadly agreed that there had been very little change in the foreign business climate in Turkmenistan since the December death of President Niyazov. All noted that the Government of Turkme [...] | 2007-06-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TX |
07ASHGABAT605 | TURKMENISTAN TO SEND ECONOMY AND FINANCE MINSTER TO [...] The Government of Turkmenistan officially confirmed that it would send its Minister of Economy and Finance, Hojamyrat Geldimyradov, to participate in the upcoming U.S.-Central Asian Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, to be held July 17-19 in Washington D.C. Bio an [...] | 2007-06-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL OVIP TX US |
07ASHGABAT620 | SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM VS. THE TURKMENISTAN BOARD OF [...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Evan Feigenbaum drew a line in the sand on American values in response to Deputy Chairman for Education, Health, Science, and Technology Hydyr Saparlyev,s feeble calls for a joint selection process of participants in exchange programs during their Jun [...] | 2007-06-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL CVIS KPAO TX |
07ASHGABAT662 | CENTCOM ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT RECEIVES BROAD COVERAGE ON [...] (U) Media coverage of U.S. CENTCOM Commander Admiral William Fallon's June 20 meeting with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov fell into two distinct trends, with international sources focusing on American competition with Russia for gas resources while state media concentrated [...] | 2007-07-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PINR PREL PGOV TX US AF |
07ASHGABAT663 | EXTREME MAKEOVER IN TURKMENISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) The village of Babarap, located in Ahal Province, has been undergoing a massive transformation since early this year, when native son Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov assumed Turkmenistan's presidency. Streets and sidewalks are being paved; electricity lines strung; and sewer and water systems [...] | 2007-07-05 13:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON TX |
07ASHGABAT664 | OF CLOISTERS AND CONSTRUCTION, CHAPELS AND [...] (SBU) Late last year, the "Chronicles of Turkmenistan," a government opposition web site, reported that construction of a women's convent under Nikolsky Church in Ashgabat had halted in the face of Turkmenistani government threats. The web site, created by the independent "Turkmen Initiative [...] | 2007-07-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF TX |
07ASHGABAT682 | INL'S Rule-of-Law Conference Shows Need and Desire for [...] (U) A June 4-6 U.S.-sponsored "Cooperation to Promote Rule-of-Law" conference allowed approximately 30 Turkmenistan law enforcement and justice officials to compare and contrast Turkmenistan's criminal justice system with those of the United States and Russia. The U.S. Department of Justice's [...] | 2007-07-10 12:43:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR |
07ASHGABAT690 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MONOSYLLABLES FROM DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After many postponements, SCA PDAS Steven Mann, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EEB Rob Garverick met late in the day July 11 with Tachberdi Tagyev, the Government of Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Gas and Oil. In contrast to other productive meetings during this visit (septels) [...] | 2007-07-13 09:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ENRG EPET CH TX |
07ASHGABAT697 | PIPELINES DOMINATE FEIGENBAUM PRESS COVERAGE [...] (U) Despite Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan A. Feigenbaum's emphasis on developing a multidimensional relationship with Turkmenistan, media mostly focused on the single dimension of gas pipelines. Most media headlines, including pro-Government of Turkmenistan sites, contained the words "Trans [...] | 2007-07-13 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PINR PREL PGOV TX US AF |
07ASHGABAT701 | TURKMENISTAN: MORE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the July 13 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov announced an important decision to recognize foreign educational degrees and appointed a new, possibly more dynamic and open Deputy Chair o [...] | 2007-07-17 09:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT707 | TURKMENISTAN: MORE STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During the July 13 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhamedov announced an important decision to recognize foreign educational degrees and appointed a new, possibly more dynamic and open Deputy Chair o [...] | 2007-07-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT711 | PRESIDENT OFFERS UP NEW REFORMS DURING HALF-YEAR [...] (SBU) A July 13 meeting of Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministers, a half-year review of government activities, delivered major personnel overhauls and a series of significant new initiatives, many of which Turkmenistan's citizens will welcome. In the meeting, President Berdimuhamedov not only [...] | 2007-07-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EFIN EPET TX |
07ASHGABAT716 | STATE MEDIA GIVES UNSOLICITED, POSITIVE COVERAGE OF PDAS [...] (U) State media provided positive but limited coverage of Principal Deputy Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs meetings on July 12. International media borrowed text straight from state coverage or paraphrased its content. The oddity of the coverage is that it appeared bef [...] | 2007-07-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT717 | JUNE EDUCATION FAIRS DRAW THE BRAVE AND MOTIVATED -- [...] (SBU) Throughout June post co-sponsored a series of successful education fairs in Ashgabat and with each region's American Corners. The fairs, organized principally by implementing partner, American Councils (ACCELS),were successful despite almost no support, but also with no interference, f [...] | 2007-07-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP TX |
07ASHGABAT728 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MYRADOV AVERS AMU DARYA BASIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an hour-long meeting on July 12 with Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Bayrammyrat Myradov, SCA Principal Deputy Secretary Steven R. Mann, EUR DA [...] | 2007-07-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EPET EINV RS CH AZ TX |
07ASHGABAT729 | TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAZPROMISTAN" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lively exchange of views between USDEL and First Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Jeparov, the U.S. side championed multiple export routes for Turkmenistan,s hydrocarbon resources, explained the economi [...] | 2007-07-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV TX RU |
07ASHGABAT731 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to Turkmenistan as the first-ever U.S. delegation here to focus solely on religious freedom. Your visit will help to reinforce the U.S. government's message as it has sought to "turn a new page" in [...] | 2007-07-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL TX |
07ASHGABAT734 | SUSTAINED MEDIA COVERAGE IN JUNE; GREATER ACCURACY IN STATE [...] (SBU) State media gave thorough, positive coverage on all high-level U.S. visits, but as usual ignored smaller programs or events. International media drew heavily from Turkmenistan state media sources for their own reporting in June, but provided different interpretations of the same informa [...] | 2007-07-24 11:51:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ENRG TX |