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| 00RABAT5272 | MOROCCO: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. A. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ACTS OF TERRORISM DIRECTED AGAINST UNITED STATES (U.S.) CITIZENS OR U.S. GOVERNMENT (USG) FACILITIES IN MOROCCO. THE GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO (G [...] |
2000-11-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 01RABAT3231 | MOROCCO: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] PER DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE, THE FOLLOWING IS KEYED TO REFTEL AND CONSTITUTES POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT. KING MOHAMMED VI AND THE GOM STRONGLY CONDEMNED THE ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11 AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAIDA AND THE TALIBAN. FOL [...] |
2001-12-14 18:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER |
| 03RABAT1086 | CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD), AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH), FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...] |
2003-05-19 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL MO |
| 03RABAT2632 | MOROCCO: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post responses are keyed to reftel. (A) Significant actions taken by host government to support the global coalition against terrorism. The government of Morocco (GOM) continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism. Following the May 16, 2003 bombings in Ca [...] |
2003-12-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MO |
| 05RABAT1052 | WESTERN SAHARA: ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The economy of Western Sahara is based almost entirely on fishing for export, which employs two-thirds of the local workforce, along with small bits of mining, agriculture and tourism. Existing infrastructure is good and cash flow is buoyed by a large military presence, tax brea [...] |
2005-05-18 15:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIS ETRD MO PGOV PINR PREL WS EINV PBTS |
| 05RABAT1061 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] A flurry of construction near key Morocco-Algeria border points is leading to speculation that the border will be opened as early as the end of May. Algerian Minister of Agriculture Said Barkat paid an official visit to Morocco last month, visiting Morocco's locust control center in Agadir a [...] |
2005-05-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PBTS EPET ENRG ELTN MO MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS |
| 05RABAT1070 | KING MOHAMMED VI LAUNCHES MAJOR ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nationally televised address on May 18, King Mohammed VI announced a major government initiative to combat poverty, create jobs, improve infrastructure, and open the Moroccan economy. The speech's timing -- almost to the day of the second anniversary of the May 16, 2003 [...] |
2005-05-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KMCA KMPI ELAB EAID MO |
| 05RABAT1072 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Returns: Emboffs were pleased to greet the freshly groomed and chastened Norwegian ambassador, Arne Aasheim, at Norway's National Day reception on May 17. Aasheim returned to Morocco on May 15 after being recalled to Oslo on May 4 to clarify public remarks on the We [...] |
2005-05-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV KMPI PREL PHUM MO MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS |
| 05RABAT1104 | MOROCCO'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS: TOURISM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Morocco continued to post a Balance of Payments (BOP) surplus in 2004, despite chronic and increasing negative trade balances. Preliminary government figures post a $1.8 billion BOP surplus in 2004 (approximately 2% of GDP) up from $1.6 billion in 2003. Foreign reserves stand a [...] |
2005-05-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN MO |
| 05RABAT1108 | PM JETTOU (RE)OUTLINES SOCIO-ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] Summary: Reinforcing the Government of Morocco's (GOM's) commitment to education and literacy, housing, and health care, on May 23, Prime Minister Driss Jettou outlined his government's priorities and themes for social and economic development in the coming months. End summary. 2. Follo [...] |
2005-05-26 13:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI MO |
| 05RABAT1115 | WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO SAYS GOM HOLDING UP CBMS [...] (C) MINURSO Chief of Staff Philippe Elghouayel told A/DCM May 27 that the UN was in the unusual position of having adequate funding (thanks in part to the US contribution of USD 700,000, A/DCM noted) to go forward with confidence-building measures in the Western Sahara but lacked a green ligh [...] |
2005-05-27 14:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PREL |
| 05RABAT1118 | WESTERN SAHARA: POLICE USE VIOLENCE TO PUT DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts in Laayoune confirm news reports that significant demonstrations have taken place in Laayoune between May 21-25. More than twenty persons have reportedly been arrested and as many are reported to be injured, some seriously. Large numbers of police and milita [...] |
2005-05-27 17:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT1129 | WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos reached out to both Moroccans and Algerians in an attempt to restore "calm" to the situation in the Western Sahara, holding separate bilateral meetings with GOM and GOA officials in Luxembourg May 30, and indicated his government's intention to stay engaged in [...] |
2005-05-31 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT1136 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Sixty-six state-owned companies were fully or partially privatized by the GOM since 1993, earning nearly $9 billion for the state, according to Abdelaziz Talbi, Director of Public Enterprises at the Ministry of Finance. Morocco ranked first in privatization receipts among Arab countries and [...] |
2005-06-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ELAB ELTN KMPI MO |
| 05RABAT1144 | CODEL SMITH MEETS WITH COMMERCE MINISTER MEZOUAR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a very friendly June 2 meeting with Moroccan Minister of Commerce and Industry Mezouar, CODEL Smith discussed FTA implementation, Moroccan economic reform, support for small businesses as an engine for growth and job creation, and the importance of judicial reform to attra [...] |
2005-06-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB KIPR OREP PGOV MO |
| 05RABAT1152 | NEA SENIOR ADVISOR WALSH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] Summary: On May 27, NEA Senior Advisor and MEPI Women's Pillar Manager Elizabeth Erin Walsh visited Morocco to discuss MEPI Programs with Post and MEPI implementers. Contacts gave an overview of the women's movement in Morocco and recommendations for next steps, particularly the need to inclu [...] |
2005-06-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EINV KMPI PGOV MO |
| 05RABAT1159 | ATTIJARIWAFA BANK: SHAKING UP THE MOROCCAN BANKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Attijariwafa bank is the largest private bank in Morocco and the eighth largest in Africa. It was created in late 2003 when two of Morocco's top five banks decided to merge: Banque Commerciale du Maroc (BCM) and Wafabank. The merger took many in Morocco's staid banking commu [...] |
2005-06-03 17:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KMPI MO |
| 05RABAT1161 | MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Poloff joined Dutch Counselor Caroline Weijers (as local representative of the EU Presidency) and EU Commission Charge d'Affaires Olivier Ruyssen to deliver ref (a) demarche (with ref b changes) to MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual on June 2. The delegation explai [...] |
2005-06-03 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC IZ MO EUN |
| 05RABAT1162 | US-MOROCCAN MILITARY CONSULTATIONS: THE MOROCCANS [...] (C) Summary: The third annual US-Morocco Defense Consultative Committee took place in Rabat on May 18-19, 2005, led on the US side by ASD Peter Rodman and on the Moroccan side by Minister Delegate to the PM in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Mr. Abderrahmane Sbai. During the [...] |
2005-06-03 17:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AG ETRD IZ KPKO MARR MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
| 05RABAT1169 | MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of an Israeli liaison office in Rabat, the closure of the Central Boycott Office (CBO) in Damascus, and support for resolving the membership of Magen David Adom [...] |
2005-06-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO |
| 05RABAT1177 | POLISARIO SELLING OIL EXPLORATION PERMITS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Polisario "government" of the putative Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) has issued a call for bids on oil exploration licenses over the length of the Western Sahara territory, including offshore zones where U.S. firm Kerr McGee has been operating under Moroccan licenses [...] |
2005-06-07 19:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PBTS MO WS |
| 05RABAT1204 | MOROCCO PRIVATIZATIONS CONTINUE, NEXT UP: SUGAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seventeen state-owned companies remain on the GOMs privatization list. The GOM will likely privatize six in 2005, according to Moroccan Department of Public Enterprises and Privatization (DEPP) officials. While nine companies are theoretically eligible, only six are considered [...] |
2005-06-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV MO |
| 05RABAT122 | MCC CEO APPLEGARTH MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Driss Jettou laid out for Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth his government's top development priorities in a January 12 meeting attended by Ambassador Riley and Salahuddine Tazi, the Foreign Ministry's director of American Affairs. Also present [...] |
2005-01-14 17:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KMCA EAID ECON PREL PHUM MO |
| 05RABAT124 | MCC CEO APPLEGARTH MEETING WITH MOROCCAN FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth met with MFA Americas Director Salaheddine Tazi and Director for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani on January 12 to formally congratulate the Government of Morocco on its eligibility to apply for Millennium Challenge Account fun [...] |
2005-01-14 17:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EAID ECON PREL EINV MO |
| 05RABAT1250 | GEEKS AND GEEZERS: MOROCCO'S GENERATIONAL DIVIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new generation of Moroccan leaders is emerging, characterized by their formative Anglo-Saxon experiences, entrepreneurial and pro-American outlook, high levels of education and technical skills, and strong, well-informed political opinions. They are eager, even impatient, to bo [...] |
2005-06-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV KMPI MO |
| 05RABAT1690 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised fuel prices by five percent on August 7 in a move designed to lower the government's fuel subsidy burden. Premium grade gasoline now costs $1.15 per liter, diesel fuel $0.90, and industrial fuel $0.30. The GOM said the increase - the second in just thr [...] |
2005-08-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ELAB EAID EFIN EPET SENV EWWT MO |
| 05RABAT1693 | FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA: MOROCCO'S PLAN AZUR [...] Summary: The principal strategy for meeting the goal of Morocco's "Vision 2010" is the development of six beach resorts under the $5.2 billion Plan Azur. Vision 2010 was an agreement established in 2001 between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the private sector to focus on tourism as a [...] |
2005-08-11 15:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EINV EAIR MO |
| 05RABAT1702 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. Table of Contents - King Mohammed VI Presents Vision for African Development - Spanish Foreign Minister Visits Morocco - Polisario Invites Spanish NGOs to Western Sahara - Europe to Send Humanitarian Aid to S [...] |
2005-08-12 18:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM MO |
| 05RABAT1721 | WESTERN SAHARA CBMS: MORE BACK AND FORTH [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Mohamed Loulichki (tapped to be Morocco's next Ambassador in Geneva) briefed Polcouns August 15 on the substance of the GOM's proposed reply to UNHCR concerning the confidence-building measures (in particular the family visit program) for the [...] |
2005-08-16 18:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT1752 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Through a series of messages addressed to world leaders, King Mohammed expressed his satisfaction with the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip, according to official Moroccan news agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). The King called Palestinian President Abbas on August 16 t [...] |
2005-08-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR |
| 05RABAT1767 | SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH KING MOHAMMED [...] (C) Summary: Senator Lugar met for 40 minutes with King Mohammed the afternoon of August 19 in Tetouan, northern Morocco. The King thanked Senator Lugar for US intervention in freeing the remaining POWs from Tindouf. Lugar encouraged the King to use the release as an opportunity to make pr [...] |
2005-08-23 07:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MAS |
| 05RABAT1768 | GOM PITCHES MCC ON DRAFT MCA COMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 15 and 16, Prime Minister Jettou, Foreign Affairs Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri, and more than a dozen other Government of Morocco (GOM) officials gave a first glimpse of Morocco's draft Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal to Millennium Challenge Corporation [...] |
2005-08-23 10:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KMCA MO |
| 05RABAT1809 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Table of Contents - Early Reactions to Algeria's New Ambassador to Morocco - King Mohammed VI Receives King of Bahrain - King Pardons Underage Would-Be Suicide Bomber Twins - International Community Pleased with Tindouf POW Release - PJD and USFP Clash over Cultural Festival [...] |
2005-08-26 17:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MO |
| 05RABAT1810 | GOM EXPLORES USG INTEREST IN NATO DOCUMENTATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) On the margins of a meeting with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim on August 26, and drawing on Reftel, Poloffs inquired about Morocco's stated offer to establish a NATO documentation center in Rabat. Halim said that he was aware [...] |
2005-08-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL XF MR MO NATO |
| 05RABAT1821 | DRAMA IN AGADIR: RECAPPING THE POW RELEASE [...] (C) The two US charter aircraft carrying the final 404 Moroccan POWs held by the Polisario touched down at Agadir Airport shortly after 7:30 pm local time on August 18. Arrayed at the bottom of the stairs to greet the POWs as they came off the aircraft were Foreign Minister Benaissa, Minister [...] |
2005-08-29 17:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT1842 | THE KING'S ROYAL FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palace's royal foundations occupy a unique position in Morocco's political landscape. Headed by a member of the royal family (often the King), they are autonomous from the government, which allows them freedom of action and funding, but have the ability to closely partner w [...] |
2005-09-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID KMCA KMPI MO |
| 05RABAT1853 | DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE: ITALIAN NGO SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, Niccolo Figa-Talamanca and Alison Smith, representatives of the Italian NGO "No Peace without Justice" (NPWJ), briefed Poloffs on preparations for the upcoming Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) to be held in Morocco on October 1-3. While Figa-Talamanca and Smi [...] |
2005-09-02 17:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM MO |
| 05RABAT1854 | UNDERAGE WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBER TWINS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) In a front-page interview with Pan Arabic daily Asharq Al Awsat on August 31, the 16-year old would-be suicide bomber twins that King Mohammed pardoned on the occasion of the Revolution of the King and People on August 20 (ref A) discussed the factors that led to their descent into Isla [...] |
2005-09-02 17:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER MO |
| 05RABAT197 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ROYAL ADVISOR AZOULAY [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 20, the Ambassador spent over one hour exchanging views on economic development and promoting investment in Morocco with Royal Palace Advisor Andre Azoulay during a courtesy call to Azoulay's office. The typically subdued Azoulay was animated and energized during d [...] |
2005-01-25 17:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV MO KMCC |
| 05RABAT2004 | Favorable Views of U.S. surge upward in Arab/Muslim [...] The Pew Global Attitudes Project survey published in July 2005 recorded a startling 22-point increase in favorable attitudes toward the United States among Moroccans. 49 percent of Moroccans held favorable views of the U.S., compared to only 27 percent in each of the two prior years. Morocco [...] |
2005-09-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OIIP PGOV KMPI CVIS ECON MO |
| 05RABAT2008 | WESTERN SAHARA: EMBASSY RABAT VIEWS ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The August 18 release of the remaining 404 Moroccan POWs from Tindouf closed an important humanitarian file in the Western Sahara conflict. In Morocco, the United States gained considerable goodwill from our involvement in the effort; in fact, we believe this is certainly one of the most [...] |
2005-09-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT2015 | SAHRAWI PRISONERS: SEPTEMBER 23 UPDATE [...] (C) On September 23, Poloff contacted Assia El Ouadia, member of the Consultative Council for Human Rights (CCDH) and the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Integration of Former Prisoners. Ouadia accompanied Chawki Benyoub, who heads the CCDH committee on "Control of Violations in Moroccan Pris [...] |
2005-09-23 17:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PBTS PREL MO |
| 05RABAT2016 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] Table of Contents - King Mohammed Shows He's a Man of the People - Swedish MPs Visit Laayoune - Socialist Alliance Holds Town Meetings in Western Sahara - PJD Organizes "Brotherhood Caravan" - Drug Seizure in the North -------------------------------------------- KING MOHAMMED [...] |
2005-09-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS SNAR MO |
| 05RABAT2032 | SAHRAWI PRISONERS: THE MFA RESPONDS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of September 23, the MFA passed us the following document concerning the status of the Sahrawi prisoners discussed reftel. The document is entitled "Elements of Information Relating to the Campaign Orchestrated by Algeria and the Polisario on the Cond [...] |
2005-09-26 16:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT2043 | PARLIAMENT: LOWER HOUSE COMMITTEE SET TO VOTE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the Interior, Decentralization and Infrastructure Committee in parliament's Chamber of Representatives (lower house) prepares to vote on the government's draft law on political parties on September 27, Post wishes to highlight for Washington readers key provisions in the dr [...] |
2005-09-27 17:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI MO |
| 05RABAT2139 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Ahmed Lahlimi, High Commissioner for Planning announced during an October 4 press briefing on the 2004 census results that the poverty rate in Morocco in 2004 stood at 14.2%, 2.3% lower than in 1994. The census showed improvement in both urban (2.5% decrease) and rural areas (1% decrease). [...] |
2005-10-13 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT PTER KTEX EAGR EAIR ETRD MO SOCI |
| 05RABAT2157 | BBG DELEGATION AND MOROCCAN HIGH AUTHORITY FOR [...] SUMMARY In two October 4, 2005 meetings mission, BBG and GOM representatives reviewed the history of Radio Sawa broadcasting in Morocco and agreed on a solution to the licensing impasse. The GOM granted Radio Sawa seven frequencies on an exceptional basis in 2003 before the current radio lice [...] |
2005-10-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO |
| 05RABAT2173 | IRAQI ASSETS UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL UNSC MO IZ |
| 05RABAT2177 | Moratinos Visits Morocco to Discuss Illegal [...] (U) Summary: Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos visited Morocco October 11 to discuss illegal immigration with FM Benaissa in the wake of the massive immigrant assaults on Spanish border posts in northern Morocco (reftels). The foreign ministers agreed to create a bilateral ad hoc ministeri [...] |
2005-10-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MO |
| 05RABAT2192 | QADHAFI WOOS THE LIBYAN EX-PM [...] (C) Former Libyan PM Mohammed Otman Assed, in exile in Rabat since 1969, told Polcouns on October 7 that he continued to receive visits and phone calls from Libyan regime insiders encouraging him to drop his opposition to Qadhafi and move back to Libya. Assed said that in July he received a [...] |
2005-10-21 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | LY MO PGOV PREL PTER |
| 05RABAT2199 | MOROCCO: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Acting Pol/C met October 25 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Bourita noted that he was in the process of drafting a decision memo on this very t [...] |
2005-10-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK MO |
| 05RABAT2200 | MOROCCO: ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST [...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director for UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss support for the UNGA resolution on the Holocaust Remembrance. Bourita said that Morocco will indeed vote for the resolution as the GOM considers it a "follow-up" action to the 28th Special S [...] |
2005-10-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS MO |
| 05RABAT2201 | MOROCCO: 60TH UNFC: DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. [...] (C) Per reftel, Acting Pol/C met October 24 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to seek GOM support and cosponsorship for the U.S. UNGA First Committee (UNFC) resolution on compliance. A/Pol/C left behind a copy of the draft resolution with Bourita per reftel instructions. Bourita [...] |
2005-10-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CDG PARM PREL UNGA MO |
| 05RABAT2203 | MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES MISSING IN IRAQ [...] (C) DCM called MFA Secretary General Omar Hilali October 24 regarding the Moroccan employees reported to Embassy Amman as missing in Iraq. The DCM expressed concern for the missing individuals and assured Hilali of U.S. desire to cooperate to the extent possible on this matter. Hilali said [...] |
2005-10-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ JO MO MOPS PTER |
| 05RABAT2218 | WESTERN SAHARA: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The evening of October 25, emboffs met with 10 Sahrawi dissidents in Laayoune, Western Sahara, as part of our regular reporting and fact-finding visits to the territory (details of the discussion to follow septel [...] |
2005-10-27 16:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PHUM PINR MO |
| 05RABAT2227 | EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: AN UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Dr. Abdelhay Moudden, a member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER), on October 19 to discuss developments within the IER. Moudden was forthcoming and pleased with the progress of the IER. He believes the IER to be pivotal in Morocco's reform proce [...] |
2005-10-28 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PBTS MO |
| 05RABAT2228 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Table of Contents - Morocco Calls Amnesty International Report on Sub- Saharans "Biased" - Driss Basri Speaks Out on Immigration Issue - UGTM Leader Under Fire - Interior Ministry Requests Mayors Cu [...] |
2005-10-31 07:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM MO |
| 05RABAT2231 | ICRC BRIEFS ON LATEST HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) Summary: ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle met with Poloffs October 27 to review humanitarian issues concerning the Western Sahara and to update us on ICRC activities in Morocco. Pfefferle said the ICRC was somewhat put off by Moroccan insistence, conveyed in a meeting between MF [...] |
2005-10-31 11:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS |
| 05RABAT2244 | WTO/AGRICULTURE PROPOSAL: INCREASING PRESSURE ON [...] (SBU) On October 31, Emboffs delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division Chief for Multilateral Economic Cooperation Zakia El Midaoui, to Khalid Sayeh of the Foreign Trade Ministry, and to Hassan Serghini, Director of Planning and Economic Affairs at the Moroccan [...] |
2005-11-01 15:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR WTRO MO |
| 05RABAT2254 | AVIAN INFLUENZA REPORTS DELIVERED [...] Post delivered Chairman's Summary and Summaries of Rapporteurs from the Meeting for the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza to GOM contacts on November 2 per Ref A request. Reports were delivered to Dr. Noureddine Chaouki, Director of Epidemiology at the Ministry of Hea [...] |
2005-11-02 15:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO SENV PREL MO |
| 05RABAT2258 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco's 2006 appropriation bill forecasts a 5.4 percent growth rate and a two percent inflation rate, with oil at $60 a barrel and an exchange rate of nine Moroccan dirham to one U.S. dollar. Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou revealed these figures during his presentati [...] |
2005-11-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN KCOR KIPR MO |
| 05RABAT2265 | DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [...] (C) With a group of fifteen Ambassadors and Embassy representatives, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri on November 2 to underscore our deep concern regarding the Iranian President's remarks on Israel (refs a and b). In an impressive showing, Ambassadors [...] |
2005-11-03 14:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR MO |
| 05RABAT2266 | DIALOGUE, DIVERSITY AND CRITICAL THINKING AT [...] Summary: Morocco's Ramadan public affairs strategy is to adapt to the pace of Ramadan and listen to Moroccans in the context of iftar and post-iftar events. Our observations confirm Moroccan support for "institutionalized dialogue" as well for critical thinking in order to overcome stereotypes [...] |
2005-11-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF KPAO PREL OEXC SCUL MO |
| 05RABAT2295 | MOROCCO: COMBATTING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: Combatting extremism is not a new priority in Morocco, but it has taken on new urgency in the aftermath of the suicide bombings on May 16, 2003 in Casablanca and the March 11, 2004 subway attacks in Madrid, acts of international terrorism in which Moroccans -- whether sons of the [...] |
2005-11-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI |
| 05RABAT2296 | MOROCCO: URGING ISOLATION OF SARG IN WAKE OF UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff met November 10 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami to discuss ref(a) demarche urging isolation of the Syrian government (SARG) following the passage of UNSCR 1636. Hami emphasized that Morocco respects the Security Council resolution and would never tak [...] |
2005-11-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO SY |
| 05RABAT2389 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Contents - Israeli Participation in EuroMed Assembly Sparks Controversy - Mauritanian President Receives Warm Welcome by the King - Morocco Renews Demand for Release of Moroccan Hostages in Iraq - Morocco-South African Relations Still in the Tank - Istiqlal Opts for Socialist A [...] |
2005-11-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT243 | FTA: FEZ YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS -- MORE CARPING THAN [...] (SBU) Largely reconstituting the participants in post's September 2004 FTA Caravan Roadshow, the Fez Young Entrepreneur Association hosted a conference on the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on January 29 and 30. Despite unusually cold temperatures, the sessions were well-attended a [...] |
2005-02-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KPAO MO |
| 05RABAT2436 | PALACE ADVISOR AZOULAY DISCUSSES ISRAEL-MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Andre Azoulay, Royal Advisor to King Mohammed VI and a prominent Jewish Moroccan, on December 2 to discuss Azoulay,s early November visit to Israel, which included meetings with the senior Israeli and Palestinian leaderships and a stop in the Gaza Strip. Azoul [...] |
2005-12-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO |
| 05RABAT2454 | MOROCCO: URGENT DEMARCHE TO VOTE YES ON MDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref(a) demarche on December 5 to MFA Director of the Division for Humanitarian and Social Issues Sidi Abdelfattah El Kadiri and discussed ref(b) urgent demarche to vote in favor of the MDA with El Kadiri on December 7. Kadiri said he understood that the Swiss had held [...] |
2005-12-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IZ MO |
| 05RABAT2455 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA ADVISOR SHAHA RIZA. [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Shaha Riza to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 8-13, 2005 for meetings with civil society representatives in relation to the Foundation for the Future. 2. Should Ms. Riza require assistance during her visit, please contact Political [...] |
2005-12-07 17:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI OTRA |
| 05RABAT2456 | NARCOTICS: MOI DRUG CZAR HOPES FOR GREATER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 6 meeting with visiting DEA officials and emboffs to discuss GOM counternarcotics efforts, senior Interior Ministry (MOI) official Khalid Zerouali, Governor-Director of Internatio [...] |
2005-12-08 07:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR MO |
| 05RABAT2460 | CORE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS RECENT ARRESTS OF [...] (S/NF) On December 5, 2005, Ambassador Riley convened a core Emergency Action Committee meeting to discuss the recent arrests of 17 Moroccan Islamic extremists by Moroccan Security Services. Attending the core EAC were the Ambassador, DCM, RSO, SIMO, POL, DAO, CA, MGT, and LEGAT. The Core EAC [...] |
2005-12-08 17:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC PTER |
| 05RABAT2466 | FTA LEGISLATION MOVING THROUGH PARLIAMENT [...] (C) FTA-related copyright legislation was unanimously approved by the upper house committee on Education, Cultural and Social Affairs on Dec. 9. It will be voted in upper house plenary on Monday, Dec. 12. The bill is scheduled to be seen in the lower chamber committee on Dec. 13, and we expe [...] |
2005-12-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR MO |
| 05RABAT2467 | POST-PARLIAMENTARY STEPS FOR FTA LEGISLATION [...] (C) Two pieces of FTA-related Copyright and Patent/Trademark legislation are currently moving through Moroccan parliament (Ref A). According to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Communications and Commerce and Industry, both pieces of legislation should be approved by parliament by December [...] |
2005-12-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON MO |
| 05RABAT2468 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Morocco continues to be a major producer and exporter of cannabis. It produced an estimated 98,000 metric tons of cannabis in 2004, providing for potential cannabis resin (hashish) production of 2,760 metric tons, according to the second joint study on cannabis released in May 2005 by the Un [...] |
2005-12-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV MO |
| 05RABAT2472 | FTA LAS PASS FIRST HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT [...] FTA-related copyright legislation was approved easilyby the Chamber of Councillor (upper house) plenary on Dec. 12 with several astentions but no votes against. This completes he upper house deliberations for the copyright bll. On Dec. 13 the bill will be seen in the Chamber of Representati [...] |
2005-12-12 17:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR MO |
| 05RABAT2475 | WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEFENDS ITS ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy FM Fassi Fihri defended recent Moroccan actions in the Western Sahara, stressing that the GOM was responding appropriately to violent acts by demonstrators. He fended off any suggestion that demonstrators were rounded up me [...] |
2005-12-13 10:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AG MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 05RABAT2481 | THE KING IN JAPAN: MOROCCO CROSSES THE ASIAN [...] Summary: King Mohammed VI traveled to Japan from November 27-30, his first trip to Japan since assuming the throne in 1999. During the visit, the King emphasized the warm relations between the two countries, called on business communities to boost investment, and highlighted Japan's active [...] |
2005-12-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PREL |
| 05RABAT2487 | FTA LAWS ON THE MOVE AGAIN [...] (C) FTA-related patent/trademark legislation was approved by the lower chamber plenary on Dec. 13, completing lower house deliberations of this bill. The legislation passed immediately to the upper house, where it is scheduled to be seen in a special after-hours session of the committee on Ec [...] |
2005-12-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR MO |
| 05RABAT2491 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan Government unemployment statistics registered 10.9 percent during the third quarter of 2005, up half a percent from the same period one year earlier. The economy created 65,000 jobs in the building and public works sector, and 41,000 in services; but it lost 24,000 jobs in industry [...] |
2005-12-14 16:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB EAIR SENV SOCI MO |
| 05RABAT2500 | DEMARCHE ON ASSASSINATION OF GIBRAN TUENI [...] (C) Polcouns discussed reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, MFA Arab Affairs Division Chief, on December 13, and sent additional copies of the statements by the President and Secretary Rice to MFA Acting Director of Arab Affairs SIPDIS Abdelghani Bellaaziri, who was unavailable. Hami noted th [...] |
2005-12-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | LE MO PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 05RABAT2504 | MOROCCO PASSES ALL FTA LEGISLATION [...] (C) Copyright legislation was approved by the lower house plenary on Dec. 15, completing all parliamentary passage of FTA-related intellectual property legislation. The newly approved Copyright and Patent/Trademark bills (Ref A) now pass to the Secretariat General of the Government (SGG), whe [...] |
2005-12-15 15:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR MO |
| 05RABAT2511 | DEPUTY FM ON VISIT OF MAURITANIAN JUNTA LEADER FAL [...] (C) During a wide-ranging meeting on December 1 (Refs A and B), Ambassador asked Deputy FM Fassi Fihri for a read-out of Mauritanian junta leader Fal's November 20-21 visit to Morocco. Colonel Fal met with King Mohammed in Marrakech on November 21, and the visit was widely covered in the Moro [...] |
2005-12-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PREL |
| 05RABAT2513 | FTA: EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON DATA PROTECTION [...] (C) Post performed an exchange of letters in English and French with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Dec. 16 per instructions in Refs B and C. The signatory for the GOM was Minister of Health Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah. Charge d'Affaires Wayne Bush signed on behalf of the United States. Ori [...] |
2005-12-16 18:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR MO |
| 05RABAT2526 | MOROCCO: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] As requested ref A, Post submits the following text for Department's use in drafting the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC for this report is Political Officer Chad Stevens (StevensCI@state.gov). 2. Begin Text: Morocco The Government of Morocco remains a steadfast ally [...] |
2005-12-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MO |
| 05RABAT2532 | AVIAN INFLUENZA RESPONSE: MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Post committee on Avian and Pandemic Influenza met Dec. 1 to discuss the Government of Morocco's National Pandemic Influenza Preparedness and Response Plan and to assess the Government's general level of preparedness. The GOM's National Plan is of high quality and is backed at th [...] |
2005-12-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO SENV EAGR EAID PREL MO |
| 05RABAT2540 | AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO MOROCCO'S DESERT SOUTH [...] Summary: Ambassador traveled to Morocco's southeastern province of Errachidia December 6-9 to review USG assistance programs in the area and explore ways the Government of Morocco might use Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) funding to generate income and employment in the overwhelmingly rur [...] |
2005-12-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EAGR KMCA SENV ASEC PGOV MO |
| 05RABAT2548 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The flow of American tourists to Morocco has increased through November 2005 by 16 percent in terms of arrivals and by 23 percent in terms of bed-nights, compared to the same period one year earlier. National air carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has also recorded a 23 percent increase in its U. [...] |
2005-12-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR EFIN ECPS MO |
| 05RABAT2549 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Morocco is not a regional financial center and the extent of the money laundering problem in Morocco is not known. Morocco remains an important producer and exporter of cannabis, with estimated revenues of $13 billion annually, according to a joint study released in May 2005 by the United Nat [...] |
2005-12-21 16:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MO |
| 05RABAT2562 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Contents --Moroccan Press Under Pressure? --Frustrated Unemployed Graduates Turn to Self-Burning --2005 National Solidarity Campaign Raises $28 Million --Kings OIC Speech Zeroes in on Terrorism --King Orders Monument at Tazmamart Prison Site --Morocco and Libya Increasing Bilateral Coo [...] |
2005-12-23 15:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MO |
| 05RABAT2604 | MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHALLENGES [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Five Moroccan human rights advocates, including a member of Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission, offered views on Morocco's accomplishments and shortcomings in the field of human rights [...] |
2005-12-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MO |
| 05RABAT2605 | PARLIAMENT: SOME MP'S GROUSE ABOUT PRESSURE TO [...] (C) While the U.S. Mission is extremely pleased with the December 16 passage by the Moroccan parliament of the remaining provisions of FTA-related legislation (reftels), several members of the Moroccan Parliament's (MP) lower house (Chamber of Representatives) have expressed privately their [...] |
2005-12-30 16:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KIPR MO |
| 05RABAT452 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PALACE ADVISOR MOHAMMED [...] (U) Summary: Continuing a series of calls on Royal Palace Advisors, Ambassador met February 18 with Mohammed Kabbaj, one of King Mohammed's lead advisors on trade, finance and investment matters. Kabbaj and Ambassador engaged in a free-flowing discussion of the GOM's economic plans and prior [...] |
2005-03-03 13:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KMCA MO |
| 05RABAT458 | NEXT SIX MONTHS IN MOROCCO [...] (C) The last half of 2004 brought to fruition in several important ways the Principals, Committee decisions to intensify U.S. relations with Morocco and enhance Morocco,s ability to counter terrorism and extremism following the May 2003 terrorist bombings in Casablanca. This cable reviews pr [...] |
2005-03-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID PTER MASS ASEC AMGT MO PDIP |
| 05RABAT563 | MOROCCO: PORT SECURITY IN OUR TIME? [...] (U) Summary: Morocco is taking its port security obligations seriously, and efforts are underway at ports nationwide to bring security infrastructure up to the level required by the International Maritime Organization's ISPS port security code. Observation at several Atlantic ports confirm th [...] |
2005-03-18 11:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECON PTER PREL PINS PINR MO |
| 05RABAT626 | PHOSPHATES: LIFEBLOOD OF MOROCCO, OR ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Summary: Phosphates and their derivatives account for three percent of Morocco's economy and 17 percent of its yearly exports. Morocco has virtually-limitless phosphate reserves and state-owned phosphates company OCP is the world's largest exporter of phosphate rock, phosphoric acid and fer [...] |
2005-03-29 17:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN ECON ETRD EINV SENV MO |
| 05RABAT716 | IRAQ: KING MOHAMMED CONGRATULATES TALABANI [...] (U) According to the official GOM website MAP, King Mohammed sent on April 7 a message of congratulations to new Iraqi interim president Jalal Talabani. The King reportedly characterized Talabani's election as a reflection of the "democratic orientation and commitment to national unity and t [...] |
2005-04-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MO PREL |
| 05RABAT850 | MOROCCO STATE OF PLAY ON MCA [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with GOM officials, from working-level contacts to Ministers, reveal that Morocco is moving forward on developing its Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact and has instituted a formalized coordinating structure. According to these contacts, the GOM will focus [...] |
2005-04-25 12:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID KMCA KMPI PGOV MO |
| 05RABAT896 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) In Jakarta for the April 22-23 Africa-Asia summit, PM Jettou signed the new African-Asian strategic partnership declaration calling for collective action to address common issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime, and committing countries to meeting internat [...] |
2005-04-29 17:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPKO KTFN MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR |
| 05RABAT991 | MARRAKECH BRAVES CONTROVERSY TO ROCK TO CHRISTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Moroccans rocked to the music of seven American Christian bands and nine Moroccan groups at a well-organized outdoor concert, dubbed the Friendship Fest, that took place in Marrakech without incident on May 6-8. The event's American and Moroccan organizers viewed the [...] |
2005-05-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PHUM PREL SCUL |
| 06EFTORABAT1713 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Minister delegate Taieb Fassi Fihri warmly welcomed the U.S.-Russian joint proposal that it host the first Global initiative meeting, and fully supported the initiative itself, but asked for a little time to respond, given that key decision makers are out of the country. He [...] |
2006-09-14 14:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PTER KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT1000 | MOROCCO: URGING SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF THE [...] (SBU) On April 27, poloff discussed ref (a) request for countries to sign and ratify the 2005 SUA protocols with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Polcouns followed up with Bourita on May 24. Bourita told Polcouns that the GOM was supportive of the US [...] |
2006-05-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT MO |
| 06RABAT1001 | MOROCCO: TRIPARTITE DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE UN [...] (SBU) Polcouns met May 24 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel demarche request on the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples. There is no Embassy of New Zealand or Australia in Morocco. Polcouns left behind non-papers w [...] |
2006-05-24 15:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1011 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON HU VISIT, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C) Summary: During a 75-minute meeting May 22, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Tao downplayed the significance of the April 23-25 visit to Morocco of Chinese President Hu Jintao, noting that the Chinese leadership visits Africa annually. Nevertheless Cheng said Morocco-China relations are good, and [...] |
2006-05-25 16:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD MO PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT1030 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche regarding Iran to MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on May 24. Bourita said the demarche was timely as he was departing the following day for the NAM ministerial, accompanying FM Benaissa. 2. (C) Bourita said the [...] |
2006-05-30 18:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR MO |
| 06RABAT1032 | WESTERN SAHARA: GOM SATISFIED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: 2. (C) Polcouns called on MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita May 24 for the GOM perspective on the May 15-18 visit to Morocco and the Western Sahara of the UN Human Rights Commission delegation. The five-person delegation was led by Christophe Girod [...] |
2006-05-30 19:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT104 | FY06 BFIF PROPOSAL - MOROCCO [...] Embassy Rabat seeks to use $11,000 of Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) funding to support the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that was implemented on January 1, 2006. This funding leverages funding from the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Morocco. This is the fir [...] |
2006-01-20 18:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP MO |
| 06RABAT1041 | MOROCCO: IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA Acting Director of United Nations and International Organizations Sidi Abdelfattah El Kadiri on May 31 to convey reftel USG opposition to Iran's candidacy for the Chairmanship of the Executive Committee of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Poloff also [...] |
2006-05-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG IR AORC MO |
| 06RABAT1042 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MOROCCO OF U/S KAREN [...] (C) The US Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit comes as we and the Moroccan government are further energizing the substantial reinvigoration of bilateral relations that has taken place since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca. Since the 2003 attacks, [...] |
2006-05-31 18:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KPAO MO PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT1050 | MEETING THE MORCHIDAT [...] (SBU) Following a flurry of misleading press reports indicating that the recently graduated female Islamic guides (morchidat) would be comparable to male imams, the Moroccan Council of Ulemas issued a fatwa on May 26 confirming Minister of Islamic Affairs' Ahmed Toufiq's statement that indeed [...] |
2006-06-01 13:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL MO |
| 06RABAT1063 | INCREASING FOCUS ON PRISON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: A number of activities are coming together in Morocco to give impetus to prison reform, an area for improvement which is highlighted in the annual human rights report. The Government of Morocco (GOM) through the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Directorate of Prisons, recognizes the ma [...] |
2006-06-02 16:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MO PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT1076 | GOM REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO UN HUMAN [...] Post received the following Diplomatic Note on May 22, 2006, a copy of which has been faxed to NEA/MAG. Unofficial translation begins in paragraph two. 2. Begin unofficial translation: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United [...] |
2006-06-05 22:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT1081 | GOM REGISTERS CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On June 2, the Mission received the following diplomatic note from the MFA, which was delivered to all diplomatic missions and international organizations in Rabat. Enclosed with the note was a copy of the official statement issued by the MFA registering the Government of Morocco's conce [...] |
2006-06-05 22:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT1087 | WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS SEEKS US MEDIATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a 90-minute meeting with Ambassador Riley on May 31, President of the Royal Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) Khalihenna Ould Er Rachid requested US help in starting a dialogue between CORCAS and the Polisario. Khalihenna said he had made informal contacts with the Pol [...] |
2006-06-06 10:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT1091 | TUNNELING UNDER: LINKING EUROPE AND AFRICA ACROSS [...] For decades, the governments of Morocco and Spain have been contemplating a way to connect Europe and Africa through a permanent land link across the Strait of Gibraltar. After a series of feasibility studies spanning more than a quarter century, a mixed Spanish-Moroccan commission determine [...] |
2006-06-06 11:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EINV ECON MO |
| 06RABAT1093 | THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting with Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Benaissa on June 5 to reinforce the May 31 conversation the DCM had with the MFA Secretary Geeral Omar Hilale on the U.S. Statement on Iran (eftels A and B). The [...] |
2006-06-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR PGOV PREL PBTS PINR MO |
| 06RABAT1095 | MOROCCO: PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Further to reftels, MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami contacted Poloff on June 5 to report that during the May 27 Morocco-Kuwait Joint High Committee meeting held in Kuwait FM Benaissa and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Sabah Al Jaber Al Sabah issued a communique [...] |
2006-06-06 15:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ MO |
| 06RABAT1097 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHE FOR PROFESSOR WEDGWOOD'S [...] Per reftel, poloff delivered diplomatic note number 183 on June 6 to MFA Director of UN and International Organizations Affairs Nasser Bourita requesting GOM support for the Ruth Wedgwood's re-election to the U.N. Human Rights Committee. Poloff also left a copy of Wedgwood's CV. The diploma [...] |
2006-06-06 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US UNHRC MO |
| 06RABAT1111 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan economic think tank Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC) is forecasting that the economy will grow by 7.1 percent in 2006, outpacing GOM forecasts of 5.4 percent. The CMC said strong farming output will be the driver behind the growth. The GOM had predicted 5.4 percent growth on th [...] |
2006-06-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR KNNP SOCI MO |
| 06RABAT1123 | THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) The American Bar Association (ABA, reftel A) is a strong partner of the USG as it implements programs relating to the rule of law in Morocco. Funded by both DRL and MEPI, the ABA is effectively and inventively [...] |
2006-06-10 15:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT1137 | WESTERN SAHARA: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TINDOUF? [...] (SBU) Two Sahrawi tribal leaders, Sheikh Abdi Salama Nafaa of Laayoune and Idrissi Belali from Smara, previously unknown to the embassy, called on Polcouns June 9 to seek US support for what they alleged were injustices being committed against members of the Rgiubat tribe, subgroup Layeshi (p [...] |
2006-06-12 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT1138 | Western Sahara: Moroccan University Hosts Conference on [...] The Faculty of Law, Economy and Social Sciences at Hassan I University in Settat, two hours' drive from Rabat, organized on May 31 and June 1 a conference entitled "What Type of Autonomy for the Southern Provinces?" University President Mohamed Rahj opened the conference, noting that the eve [...] |
2006-06-13 07:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PBTS PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1148 | WESTERN SAHARA: GENERAL MOSGAARD'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Force Commander General Kurt Mosgaard told the Ambassador June 8 that MINURSO continued to play an important role in moderating the Western Sahara conflict. He said tensions were up on both sides, and there was more talk of war within the Polisario, but MINURSO does not [...] |
2006-06-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT115 | GOM'S TOUGH MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador January 19 that Iranian Envoy Musavi would visit Morocco January 20 but would not be received by the King. Morocco would listen to Musavi but would express concern over Iranian behavior and warn Iran not to take advantage of turmoi [...] |
2006-01-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MO PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT1151 | MOROCCO: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche regarding U.S. priorities and concerns at the UN Human Rights Council on June 13 with MFA Director for UN and International Organizations Nasser Bourita. Bourita agreed largely with the US position, emphasizing that the first session of the Council should [...] |
2006-06-14 09:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT1159 | SAHRAWI ACTIVIST DISCUSSES CORCAS AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, Brahim Dahane, president of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the State of Morocco (ASVDDH), met with Poloffs. Dahane traveled to Rabat to discuss the current situation in the Western Sahara, particularly in Laayoune, a [...] |
2006-06-14 18:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PBTS PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT117 | WESTERN SAHARA: FASSI FIHRI ON JANUARY 18 [...] (C) During a January 19 meeting covering UN reform (septel) and Iran (Ref A), Deputy FM Fassi Fihri raised the Western Sahara, noting that he was "surprised" by remarks attributed to Ambassador Bolton at the Security Council's closed door briefing on the Western Sahara on January 18 "blaming" [...] |
2006-01-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT1184 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. KROTOSKI [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Dr. Danuta Krotoski, Health Scientist Administrator, national Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 17-22, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with Health Officials. 2. Post understands that [...] |
2006-06-16 14:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1185 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE AMENDMENT FOR JOSEPH MULINARE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Joseph Mulinare to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 18-30, 2006 for the purpose of providing technical assistance to the nutrition program with a particular focus on issues related to birth defects and the impact of flour fortification. [...] |
2006-06-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1190 | MOROCCO: JUNE 19-21 OIC MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BAKU [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding Iran and a possible OIC resolution on the right of nations to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes on June 16 to MFA Chief of the Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations Hassan Hami. Hami noted that MFA Director General for Multilatera [...] |
2006-06-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MO |
| 06RABAT1196 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION BRIEFS PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 16, Prime Minister Driss Jettou met with Ambassador Riley and the visiting team from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to discuss the results of the MCC team's recent meetings with the Government of Morocco's (GOM) Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) team. The [...] |
2006-06-19 18:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON SOCI KMCA MO |
| 06RABAT1206 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA DAS GORDON GRAY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for NEA DAS Gordon Gray to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 28-30, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with government officials. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Cherie Lenzen who can be reached at: Phone: (212) 37-76-22-65 [...] |
2006-06-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1211 | MOROCCO: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- ANTICIPATED [...] (C) Charge discussed ref(a) demarche regarding USG concerns and priorities for the inaugural session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on June 20 with MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale. MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita accompanied Hilale. Charge emphasized the i [...] |
2006-06-20 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1218 | WESTERN SAHARA: BASTAGLI URGES CONTINUATION OF CBMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative for the Secretary General (SRSG) for Western Sahara Francesco Bastagli urged the Embassy to encourage Morocco to accept a revised list of scheduled flights to restart the suspended family visits program. Basta [...] |
2006-06-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PBTS PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1242 | MOROCCO ASKS FOR SUPPORT IN ITU [...] On June 21 post received diplomatic note number 2443 dated June 21, 2006, requesting USG support for Morocco's candidacy for re-election to the Council of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the elections that will take place during the ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Tu [...] |
2006-06-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1249 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. BRYAN BANDONG [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Mr. Bryan Bandong of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 30 - July 9, 2006 for the purpose of meetings with officials of the National Center for Energy, Science and Nuclear Technology of Morocco. [...] |
2006-06-27 12:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1251 | UPDATED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for MCC travelers listed in reftel to travel to Morocco June 25 to July 14, 2006 for the purpose of conducting site visits and meetings with local officials. 2. Post has made transportation arrangements and hotel reservations at the Sofite [...] |
2006-06-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1254 | MOROCCO EURATOM NOTIFICATION [...] On June 28 Post received a letter signed by Khalid El Mediouri, Director General of the National Center for Energy, Sciences and Nuclear Techniques (CNESTEN), confirming that the transferred nuclear material described in reftel will be used for peaceful purposes and will be subject to the term [...] |
2006-06-28 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY MO |
| 06RABAT1266 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Moroccan trade with its Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) partners - Algeria, Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia - reached $686 million in 2005, nearly double the previous year but still only a fraction of Morocco's total trade. Moroccan imports from the AMU totaled $550 million, up from $330 million in 2 [...] |
2006-06-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAIR EINV SOCI MO |
| 06RABAT1267 | MOROCCO ACCEPTS USG S&T PROPOSAL [...] Post received diplomatic note number 2155 dated June 29, 2006, in which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepts the USG proposal submitted on June 6, 2006, for Art. VIII, paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Agreement between the United States and Morocco on Science and Technology Cooperation. The note [...] |
2006-06-29 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL KSCA KTIA EAID MO |
| 06RABAT1272 | PJD LETTER CONDEMNING ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) At the conclusion of a meeting with political party members on June 29, Lahcen Daoudi, a member of the general secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) and SIPDIS vice president of the Chamber of Representatives of the parliament, passed the following letter addressed to [...] |
2006-07-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1276 | POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: On June 29, five political party leaders gathered to discuss the 2007 elections with the Ambassador, DCM and visiting NEA DAS Gordon Gray. The five leaders represented the Istiqlal, Justice and Development (PJD), Progress and Socialism (PPS), Socialist Union of Popular Forces [...] |
2006-07-03 13:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT1280 | DAS GRAY DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA WITH FASSI FIHRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 29 meeting with DAS Gray, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri provided a frank discussion on the Western Sahara and Morocco's path to an autonomy plan. Commenting on future activities for CORCAS, Fassi Fihri explained that starting in July Presi [...] |
2006-07-03 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT1283 | MOROCCO: ENGAGING MED DIALOGUE COUNTRIES ON NATO'S [...] (C) Poloff met July 3 with MFA Bilateral Affairs officer Karim Halim to deliver reftel talking points on engaging Mediterranean Dialogue countries on NATO's Middle East Security Cooperation Center. Poloff stressed the July 5 NAC plus 7 meeting as an opportunity for Morocco to provide its vie [...] |
2006-07-03 18:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MO |
| 06RABAT1284 | DAS GRAY MEETS SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE ARAB [...] (C) Summary. On June 29, DAS Gordon Gray and Ambassador Riley discussed the revitalization of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) with the organization's Secretary General Al Habib bin Yahia. Bin Yahia shared a number of ways he is trying to reinvigorate the AMU after many years of lackluster resul [...] |
2006-07-05 08:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PBTS PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT1285 | DAS GRAY DISCUSSES GAZA EVENTS AND LIBYAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting June 29 with visiting DAS Gordon Gray, Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri expressed Morocco's concern over recent events in Gaza, explaining that Israeli actions were "too strong and extreme" and have complicated Morocco's position. Fassi Fihri [...] |
2006-07-05 08:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1299 | ROMANIAN AMBASSADOR TO MOROCCO EXPLAINS POSITION [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Ambassador July 5 received Romanian Ambassador to Morocco Vasile Popovici, who had requested an urgent meeting to discuss Romania's position on its troops in Iraq. Reaffirming Romania's commitment to the coal [...] |
2006-07-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT13 | Family Code Implementation: Are Judges Resisting [...] The Casablanca Regional Bureau of the Hassanian Judges' Association organized a December 15 meeting between female parliamentarians and judges entitled "Judges and the Application of the Moudawana (family code)." The meeting was also attended by members of civil society and human rights acti [...] |
2006-01-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI PHUM PREL PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT1303 | TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM FOR ASSISTANCE [...] Reftel demarche was delivered to Mohammed Azaroual, Director General of Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 7. Azaroual noted that the GOM provided medical and food supplies to the Palestinian people in May. 2. Post will inform the Depa [...] |
2006-07-07 17:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL EAID MO |
| 06RABAT1309 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OES/STC R. SENSENEY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Robert Senseney to travel to Rabat, Morocco, July 13-22, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with government officials regarding the US-Morocco Science and Technology agreement. 2. Per reftel hotel reservations have been made at the Tour H [...] |
2006-07-11 11:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1319 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] This cable is in response to the request in Ref A on the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). 2. The information on Morocco contained in Ref A is inaccurate now. The National Human Rights Documentation, Information and Training Center still exists, but [...] |
2006-07-11 14:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT132 | IRAN: CODEL DUNCAN WEIGHS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, Codel Duncan, visiting Morocco January 24-26, stressed to Deputy FM Fassi Fihri US concerns with Iran's development of a nuclear program and encouraged Morocco to put its weight behind US and European efforts to reign in the Iranians within the framework of the UNS [...] |
2006-01-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL MO PGOV |
| 06RABAT1329 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROYAL ADVISOR MEZIANE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on his early 2005 meeting, Ambassador met July 11 with Palace Advisor Meziane Belfqih to discuss his views on US-Moroccan relations, recent GOM crackdowns on Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) activities, and the 2007 parliamentary elections. Belfqih said his March [...] |
2006-07-12 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT133 | DEPUTY FM ON UN REFORM [...] (C) As instructed reftels, Ambassador called on Moroccan Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri on January 19 to seek Moroccan support for US goals on UN reform. The Ambassador underlined that UN reform was an important issue for the US, and he was raising the issue at a senior level on instruction from [...] |
2006-01-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT1341 | TFLE01: GOM ON SAUDI STATEMENT ON SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG MO PREL |
| 06RABAT1344 | MEPI SMALL GRANTS REPORT FOR AMCHAM MOROCCO [...] The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) website has effectively addressed private sector demand both in Morocco and in the U.S. for greater information sharing on the provisions of the agreement. In 2004, the site logged over 1.3 million hits, representing 13,522 [...] |
2006-07-14 18:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAID KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT1350 | MOROCCO: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (U) Post delivered July 17 reftel demarche via diplomatic note #248 to the office of MFA Director of American Affairs Salaheddine Tazi, per the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' request. MFA North American Affairs Division Chief Wassane Zailachi pledged to pass the White House Statement and USG r [...] |
2006-07-17 12:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN MO |
| 06RABAT1358 | PJD AND HAMAS: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Morocco's largest Islamist political party, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) (Ref A), could win up to 46 percent of the votes in the 2007 legislative elections, according to results from a hypothetical vote question in a poll conducted by the International Republican I [...] |
2006-07-17 17:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER PINR MO |
| 06RABAT1372 | TFLE01: MFA VIEWS ON LEBANON, GAZA AND THE ARAB [...] (C) Summary: On July 17, Charge met with Ambassador Mohamed Azeroual, Director General of Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the Arab League meeting held in Cairo over the weekend and recent events in Lebanon. Azeroual views the [...] |
2006-07-19 17:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MO |
| 06RABAT1373 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA/GSFC: DAVILA, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Drs. Joseph Davila and Barbara Thompson from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Dr. Umran Inan from Stanford University to travel to Rabat, Morocco between July 26 and July 29, for the purpose of installing very low fr [...] |
2006-07-20 12:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC MO OTRA SENV TSPA |
| 06RABAT1374 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR'S SECRET PLAN FOR MOROCCO'S [...] (U) Summary: French language weekly, Le Journal Hebdomaire (July 15), reported on the Moroccan Ministry of Interior (MOI)'s projections on the 2007 legislative elections. The projections confirmed the preeminence of the Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD), the strong position of [...] |
2006-07-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR MO |
| 06RABAT1377 | MOROCCAN IMAMS TO RECEIVE EDUCATION IN SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED [...] Summary: Moroccan Imams will begin receiving awareness training as part of the GOM's fight against HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) beginning in Sept 2006. The voluntary training represents a joint initiative by the Ministries of Islamic Affairs (MIA) and Health (MOH), and co [...] |
2006-07-20 16:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV KISL PHUM PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT1378 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USPTO: POGODA AND [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to US Patent and Trademark Office Attorney, Darren Pogoda and US District Judge James Rosenbaum to travel to Rabat, Morocco, July 22-25, 2006 to organize and host the USPTO-Middle East Partnership Initiative two day conference on Intellectual [...] |
2006-07-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA MO |
| 06RABAT1380 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL ZOLENSKY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Michael Zolensky from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) to travel to Casablanca, Morocco, August 1-6, 2006 to attend the workshop - Desert Meteorites- recovery, documentation of meteorites, funds and future prospects of research. 2. Pos [...] |
2006-07-21 10:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TSPA MO |
| 06RABAT1392 | MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through June 30, 2006. Update narratives contain both [...] |
2006-07-21 19:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT1394 | WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEMARCHE ON FAMILY VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 18, Charge attended a meeting convened by MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale to explain the GOM position on the stalled family visit confidence building measures CBMs in the Western Sahara. Hilale stressed the GOM's continued support for the family visits, said the GOM is [...] |
2006-07-24 08:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PBTS PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1400 | 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (U) On July 25, Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss Moroccan attendance at the 61st UN General Assembly. Decisions concerning attendance will not be made until August 15. Post will inform t [...] |
2006-07-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
| 06RABAT1404 | P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (C) On July 25, Poloff delivered the points in reftel to Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Bourita, the GOM thinks the P5 1 incentive package for Iran is excellent and the Iranians have no reason not to [...] |
2006-07-25 17:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC MO |
| 06RABAT1405 | WESTERN SAHARA: GOM ON USE OF MOROCCAN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Poloffs met July 25 with Nasser Bourita, MFA Director of UN and International Organizations, to discuss the GOM position that Sahrawis from the Western Sahara who participate in potential non-political seminars in the future should travel on Moroccan passports. Reiterating comments made [...] |
2006-07-25 17:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PBTS PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1407 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MATTHEW SZYMANSKI, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Matthew Szymanski, Chief of Staff, House Small Business Committee, Sean Deverey, Professional Staff, House Small Business Committee, and Brian Jaskot Professional Staff, House Small Business Committee to travel to Casablanca and Rabat, Mor [...] |
2006-07-26 08:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1412 | SUMMER UNIVERSITY EVALUATES REFORMS IN MOROCCO [...] (U) Summary: From July 13 to 15 the Moroccan Center for Social Studies organized a summer university, i.e., a conference, in Tetouan to discuss and assess the reform process. Polfsn political specialist attended the conference. The participants, who were university professors, political ana [...] |
2006-07-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1414 | MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR ON THE ELECTORAL CODE AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Ambassador met with Chakib Benmoussa, the Minister of the Interior for an exchange of views on current issues, including the electoral code under consideration, GOM action vis-a-vis the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO; reftels B, C) and liaison with the Mission [...] |
2006-07-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1415 | ELECTIONS ISSUES ATTRACTING ATTENTION IN THE PRESS [...] (U) Summary: The 2007 legislative elections are getting increasing coverage in Moroccan press outlets. French-language dailies, Le Matin and Liberation, both published articles on the threat "political nomadism" presents to democracy and how the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) Party [...] |
2006-07-26 12:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR MO |
| 06RABAT1427 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE 505 AGREEMENT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloffs met July 27 with MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism officer Karim Halim to encourage the Government of Morocco (GOM) to replace its existing 505 agreement with the text of a new [...] |
2006-07-27 17:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV MO XA |
| 06RABAT1429 | HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAVID BULL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to David Bull to travel to Rabat, Morocco, August 1-5, 2006 for the purpose of providing guidance to Morocco Ministry of Health officials in pandemic influenza planning. 2. Post understands that the traveler is staying at the Sofitel and r [...] |
2006-07-28 09:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA |
| 06RABAT1430 | TETOUAN'S SUMMER UNIVERSITY: PERSPECTIVES ON IMAGE [...] (U) Summary: The Tetouan summer university (conference), held July 13 through 15, focused on reforms in Morocco and was attended by a variety of students, professors, and civil society representatives. Polfsn political specialist also attended the conference. This cable summarizes the vie [...] |
2006-07-28 10:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1456 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR ZALMAY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-31 16:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | JO TU IZ AMGT OTRA ASEC FR MO |
| 06RABAT1457 | IREX BRIEF TO THE MFA [...] (C) Summary: The PAO and IO met with Wassane Zailachi, Director of the North American, Mexico and Central America division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on July 26. The meeting included a discussion of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)-funded IREX regional project, sc [...] |
2006-07-31 16:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO MO |
| 06RABAT1458 | THE KINGDOM FIGHTS SEXUAL HARASSMENT [...] (U) Sexual harassment could not be openly discussed in Morocco until a group of women textile workers decided to go on strike at the Manufacture du Morocco, a textile plant in the suburbs of Rabat, because of the extreme sexual harassment company officials committed against their union leader [...] |
2006-07-31 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1470 | THE MFA DISCUSSES LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On August 1, Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), requested a meeting with the Ambassador. Ambassador and Fassi Fihri met for more than two hours and discussed the Western Sahara (septel) and recent events in Lebanon, particularly the [...] |
2006-08-01 18:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MO PGOV PHUM |
| 06RABAT1471 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1-June 30. Activities included visits by representatives from MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's visit to Oujda, his meeting with the International Republican Institute (IRI), judicial reform, a regional confer [...] |
2006-08-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT1481 | TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY: THE GOM AND POLITICAL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador, accompanied by Sarah Johnson, resident country director of the International Republican Institute (IRI), and Emboffs met with Abdelaziz Meziane Belfkih, one of the king's advisors, [...] |
2006-08-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1483 | NDI: UNCLE SAM WANTS TO "EDUCATE" MOROCCAN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: French-language daily, l'Economiste (August 1), published an article about the "American-Canadian" National Democratic Institute (NDI), entitled "An NGO to 'educate' the parties." The article, which in [...] |
2006-08-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MO |
| 06RABAT1490 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 7 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE IS MO |
| 06RABAT1497 | DEPUTY MINISTER FASSI FIHRI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 3, Taieb Fassi Fihri, the Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), met with Ambassador Riley and the US Ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, for a courtesy call. Ambassador Khalilzad was in Morocco for other meetings with UAE officials. The conversat [...] |
2006-08-08 11:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT1502 | DEMARCHE ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche regarding the Lebanon Security Council Resolution to the office of the Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Global Cooperation, Mohammed Azeroual, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 8, 2006. Post will inform the Department of any substan [...] |
2006-08-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL UN IS PTER MO |
| 06RABAT1504 | TERRORIST CELL DISMANTLED [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 7, THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (MOI) ISSUED A COMMUNIQU THAT THE MOROCCAN GENERAL TERRITORIAL SECURITY SERVICES (DGST) DISMANTLED A TERRORIST CELL COMPRISED OF 44 INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE PREPARING TO OPERATE IN MOROCCO. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) ACCORDING TO THE MOI, TH [...] |
2006-08-08 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1506 | JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTRIES COLLABORATE ON [...] (U) On August 4, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) signed a joint communique expressing their determination to counter any violation of the legal conditions of the upcoming Upper House parliamentary elections, as reported in all major media outlets. The ele [...] |
2006-08-08 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1507 | WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON CBMS [...] (C) On August 8, A/Polcouns met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), to discuss the UN High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (reftel B). Bourita took the opportunity to discuss the G [...] |
2006-08-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT151 | LIBERALIZATION OF MOROCCO'S ELECTRICITY SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: Morocco is opening its electricity sector to private operators, eliminating restrictions on who can generate and sell electricity to whom, and at what price. Private producers will be able to sell power to any client - including in Europe - through an electrical interconnection with [...] |
2006-01-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV MO |
| 06RABAT1514 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate who is designated to attend the University of California Institute on GCC from August 20-24, 2006. Rank: Commissaire Name: NIFAOUI, Mohamed DOB: 22, Februa [...] |
2006-08-10 08:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1533 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 10:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC IS LE MO PTER |
| 06RABAT1534 | URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS UNSC IS LE MO PTER |
| 06RABAT1535 | UNHCR ENCOURAGES REFUGEE SELF-RELIANCE AND GOM [...] (C) Summary: On August 10, A/Polcouns met with Johannes van der Klaauw, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) office in Rabat to discuss the July 24 to 27 sit-ins in front of his office and recent developments relating to the Western Sahara. Van der Klaauw empha [...] |
2006-08-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PBTS PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1540 | 2006 THRONE DAY SPEECH: MORE CONFIDENCE, LESS [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI delivered his seventh Throne Day speech on July 30 (reftel C). This year's speech followed the model established in his 1999 speech -- a recapitulation of accomplishments over the past year. Only the 2004 and 2005 (reftel A) speeches diverged from the accomplis [...] |
2006-08-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1552 | PRESSING FOR CLARIFICATION OF MOROCCO'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Action request; Commercial and Econ Counselors called on Ahmed Maani, Acting Director of International Cooperation of the Moroccan Customs Administration on August 10 to review the status of two recent cases where U.S. imports have been denied preferential entry into Morocco [...] |
2006-08-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP MO |
| 06RABAT1558 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate who is designated to attend the Supply Officers course at Naval Supply Corps, Athens, GA from September 13 - November 18, 2006 Rank: O-4 Name: EL ARABI, Abdel [...] |
2006-08-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1559 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate who is designated to attend the Advanced Management Program at Ft. McNair, Washington DC from September 9 to December 15, 2006 Rank: O-4 Name: BENKHADDA, Hass [...] |
2006-08-17 11:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1560 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate who is designated to attend the USMC C4 Planner Course at Quantico, VA 8/31/06-11/21/06 Rank: O-3 Name: AMINE, Karim DOB: May 13, 1975 POB: Casablanca, Moroc [...] |
2006-08-17 11:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1564 | MINISTER DELEGATE DISCUSSES LEBANON AFTER UNSC 1701 [...] (SBU) On August 16, both Arabic and French language newspapers said that the Lebanese government announced that Turkey, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Malaysia and Morocco would be sending troops. On August 17, Foreign Minister Benaissa was quoted in the French-language newspapers as saying: "The [...] |
2006-08-17 16:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IS LE MO |
| 06RABAT1567 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate who is designated to attend the Senior Executive Seminar 06-6 at Garmish, Germany from August 25-September 8, 2006 Rank: O-6 (Commandant of the Gendarmerie) N [...] |
2006-08-18 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1569 | TRANSFER OF TWO MOROCCAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Ambassador contacted Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on August 18 to determine the status of his request regarding the Moroccan prisoners Mohamed Al Ahmed Rachidi (ISN 5590) and Muhammed Ben Moujan (ISN 160) being transferred to Morocco betwe [...] |
2006-08-18 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PREL PTER MO |
| 06RABAT1570 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 20 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (U) A/Polcouns delivered reftel A demarche to Mohammed Azeroual, Director General of Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 19. Azeroual confirmed FM Benaissa's attendance at the Arab League meeting in Cairo on August 20 and the GOM's suppo [...] |
2006-08-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS MO |
| 06RABAT1574 | KING AND PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION DAY SPEECH [...] (U) Summary: On August 21, Morocco celebrated the fifty-third anniversary of the "Revolution of the King and the People Day." The king's speech underlined the significance of citizens uniting to "build a modern Morocco and turn the country into a highly motivated, enterprising and dedicate [...] |
2006-08-22 15:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1576 | MOROCCO-EU FISHING AGREEMENT SPARKS CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The new Morocco-EU fishing agreement was signed in Brussels on July 26, 2006, but must still be ratified by the Moroccan Parliament before taking effect. Ratification is expected to occur when Parliament reconvenes in October 2006, with implementation by early 2007. The agreeme [...] |
2006-08-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS MO PBTS PGOV |
| 06RABAT1577 | MODERNIZING MOROCCO'S CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary; Lemghari Essakl, General Manager of the Agency for Bouregreg Valley Development, called on Ambassador on August 9 to outline the Government of Morocco's ambitious plans for the development and revitalization of the valley separating Rabat and its neighboring city of Sale. Noting [...] |
2006-08-22 16:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV MO |
| 06RABAT1579 | A TERRORIST PLOT: EXPOSURE AND DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary: On August 8, security forces reported in the press that forty-four (44) suspected terrorists were arrested in July and accused of preparing to conduct terrorist attacks. Five of the arrested are Moroccan soldiers specializing in explosives. The terrorists have been widely critic [...] |
2006-08-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL PINR MO |
| 06RABAT1587 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN [...] (C) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Abdelfetah Kadiri, assistant to the Director of United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 24. Kadiri noted that Morocco did pass the resolutions and that this decision was made because of the conflict [...] |
2006-08-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC MO |
| 06RABAT1588 | INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] (U) On August 24, Poloff delivered the diplomatic note and talking points concerning Michael Matheson's re-election to the International Law Commission to Abdelfetah Kadiri, assistant to the Director of United Nations and International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kadiri [...] |
2006-08-24 11:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA MO |
| 06RABAT159 | NIH SIGNS LETTER OF INTENT WITH MOROCCO [...] SUMMARY: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Elias Zerhouni visited Morocco January 23-24 to meet GOM health authorities and explore opportunities for U.S.-Morocco cooperation in the field of public health and biomedical research. During his Jan. 23 meeting with the Minister of Heal [...] |
2006-01-30 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON TBIO MO |
| 06RABAT1598 | DEMARCHE: DONORS' ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL LE SW MO |
| 06RABAT1617 | MOROCCO: CANCELLATION OF FLIGHT TRANSPORTING TWO [...] (C) On August 29, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism officer Karim Halim, formally notifying the GOM of the cancellation of the proposed flight that would have included two Moroccan national NLECs from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Morocco and several othe [...] |
2006-08-30 15:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINR MO |
| 06RABAT1618 | MOROCCO: FYO6 SECTION 1206 PROGRAMS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloffs met August 29 with MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism officer Karim Halim to inform the Government of Morocco (GOM) of the likely provision of a combined $6,200,000 for Algeria [...] |
2006-08-30 15:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MAS PARM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1621 | SHEIKH QARADAWI VISITS MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Youssef Qaradawi, the popular Egyptian cleric, visited Morocco in late August. A guest of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), the Sheikh addressed several large gatherings of Moroccan youth, lambasting the U.S. and Israel and calling for a boycott of Americ [...] |
2006-08-31 15:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MO PGOV KISL |
| 06RABAT1624 | CONSULTATIONS ON NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES [...] (C) EconOff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 31 to discuss reftel. Bourita was well familiar with the initiative and had a copy of the concept paper. Bourita remarked that the US should not expect a [...] |
2006-09-01 09:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM |
| 06RABAT1631 | MOROCCAN MFA OFFERS OFFICIAL VERSION OF TERROR [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official invited in the Ambassador on September 1 to give him the GOM's formal version of the ongoing investigation of the Ansar El-Mahdi terrorist cell. Most of the briefing consisted of a summary of basic facts of the case already in the public domain. The officia [...] |
2006-09-01 18:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL MO |
| 06RABAT1632 | MOROCCO TIGHTENS AIRPORT SECURITY [...] (C) The arrest of four women, two married to pilots of the national carrier Royal Air Maroc, has resulted in increased security measures at all Moroccan airports. The women were arrested for involvement in the Ansar Al Mahdi terrorist cell, initially broken-up by Moroccan security forces on [...] |
2006-09-01 18:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR MO PINR PTER |
| 06RABAT1635 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) A/Polcouns met on September 4 with Hassan Hami, Director of the Office of Arab and International Organizations Affairs at the Moroccan Foreign Ministry, to urge that the GOM use the occasion of the Arab League meeting in Cairo to press for implementation of UNSCR 1701, to support the trans [...] |
2006-09-05 13:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS LE MO |
| 06RABAT1640 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH/FIC DR. HARFORD [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Dr. Joe Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH to travel to Casablanca, Morocco, September 14-17, 2006 to participate in a Conference on Cervical Cancer. 2. Point of contact for the vis [...] |
2006-09-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KSCA TBIO MO |
| 06RABAT1641 | PARLIAMENT: UPPER HOUSE ELECTIONS SET FOR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On September 8, Morocco will hold indirect elections for 90 of the 270 seats in the Chamber of Councilors, the upper house of parliament. The official campaign period started September 1 and runs [...] |
2006-09-05 16:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT1643 | FURTHER ON MOROCCO'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Economic and Commercial Counselors called on National Electricity Office (ONE) Chairman Younes Maamur on August 18 in Casablanca to learn more about ONE's plans to develop nuclear energy to help meet Morocco's burgeoning demand for electricity, a program in which he had earlier t [...] |
2006-09-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON SENV MO |
| 06RABAT1646 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUESTED FOR MEPI TRAINING [...] Embassy Rabat requests country clearance for Economic Officer David Nobles and MEPI Assistant Ryad Berdayi to travel to Tunis for the purpose of attending the MEPI Program Officer Training Seminar hosted by The Middle East Partnership Initiative Regional Office, September 17-19, 2006. 2. T [...] |
2006-09-06 14:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MEPI OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1648 | U.S. VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC WMD CT KPAO PTER KN KS |
| 06RABAT1649 | DEMARCHE FOR ATTENDEES OF NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) On September 6, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming NAM summit to Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The GOM is in full agreement with the US on Guatemala's election to the UN Security Council, acco [...] |
2006-09-06 16:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU MO |
| 06RABAT1652 | STAFFDEL BIXBY'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JETTOU [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Driss Jettou told Staffdel Bixby in an August 30 meeting that Morocco deeply appreciates the United States' decision to enlist in aiding its economic development through the Millennium Challenge Account," and that it is essential that "America help Morocco succeed. [...] |
2006-09-06 17:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID MO |
| 06RABAT1676 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Rabat warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Levy, Magda Ismail, Steven Clarke, David Picha, Herve Plusquellec and Samuel Hobbs, of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to travel to Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Ourzazate, and Fes, Morocco September 13 - October 8, [...] |
2006-09-08 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KMCA KPAO AFIN EAID ECON OTRA |
| 06RABAT1677 | DONOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS IN MOROCCO [...] (U) This is the third part of a three part series on international donor activities in Morocco. Part 1 (ref A) covered the World Bank while part 2 (ref B) discussed the European Union's Barcelona Process. 2. (U) Summary. A wide variety of international donor organizations are present in [...] |
2006-09-08 17:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MO |
| 06RABAT1678 | URGING MOROCCO TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE WESTERN [...] (S) On September 8, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Western Sahara to Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister-Delegate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff accompanied Ambassador as note taker. Fassi Fihri indicated that he had already spoken with Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar fo [...] |
2006-09-08 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV WI AG PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT1697 | MOROCCO: NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Poloffs met September 11 with MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer Karim Halim to notify the GOM of the start of the second round of Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings (reftel), which will include consideration of the cases of Moroccan nationals Ahmad Abdullah Al-W [...] |
2006-09-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PREL KAWC MO |
| 06RABAT1706 | PUTIN VISIT ACCENTUATES BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian President Putin's 18-hour visit to Morocco September 6-7 emphasized economic and commercial ties between the two countries, with the signature of cooperation agreements in fields ranging from fisheries to tourism, culture, and communications. Putin was accompanied by 50 [...] |
2006-09-13 17:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON RU MO |
| 06RABAT171 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Maroc Telecom's 2005 fourth quarter revenue was up 18 percent over the previous year to $574 million, mostly resulting from the strength of its mobile phone division. The company's mobile phone customer base grew 38 percent during 2005 to 8.8 million. An increase in ADSL internet lines to 24 [...] |
2006-02-02 14:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPCS ENRG EAIR KFLU MO |
| 06RABAT1716 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN, DARFUR AND THE NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO IR |
| 06RABAT1718 | UPPER HOUSE ELECTIONS LEAVE ESTABLISHMENT INTACT [...] (C) Summary: Traditional establishment parties prevailed on September 8 in the race for one-third of the seats in the Chamber of Councilors, Morocco's upper house of parliament. The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) failed to gain any seats. However, given the elite and complex nat [...] |
2006-09-14 15:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT1720 | MOROCCO AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Embassy Rabat has conveyed to senior levels of the GOM the U.S. invitation for Morocco to participate with President Bush in a roundtable discussion on democracy on the margins of UNGA, September 19 (ref B). Morocco will be represented in the discussion by Prime Minister Jettou. 2. ( [...] |
2006-09-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1723 | MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM IN LEBANON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LE MO |
| 06RABAT1731 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] Russian Ambassador called Ambassador Thomas T. Riley September 18, 2006 to convey that Morocco had agreed to host the initial meeting of the Global Initiative. We were subsequently told by Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacts that the Ministry is working on organizing and staffing the meeting [...] |
2006-09-18 17:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KGIC PTER MO |
| 06RABAT1733 | MOROCCO - KING'S "AGILE" RESPONSE TO VATICAN ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: Morocco has reacted strongly in protest to Pope Benedict's controversial remarks on Islam. The MFA confirmed to us that Morocco's Ambassador to the Vatican has been recalled for consultations. King Mohammed VI is also reported to have sent a written protest to the Vatican, but t [...] |
2006-09-18 17:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1745 | MOROCCO: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 20, following a brief pre-meeting, Polcouns and Russian DCM Mikhail Golovanov jointly delivered the text of Statement of Principles, Explanatory Notes Regarding the Statement of Principles, an [...] |
2006-09-20 18:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT175 | MOROCCAN PARTICIPATION AT MENA-OECD INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-03 07:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV MO |
| 06RABAT1754 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: Haddouch, Zouhair DOB: March 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: D 318616 Rank: O-4 Unit: 37 BIS/Zone Sud Purpose: To attend the Specialized [...] |
2006-09-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1755 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: Hafidi, Charif DOB: May 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: P 53480 Rank: O-4 Unit: GEI, Ouezzane Purpose: To attend the International Def [...] |
2006-09-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1758 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: Said Alaoui, Moulay Abdellah DOB: January 3, 1959 POB: Fes, Morocco CIN#: B 612134 Rank: O-5 Unit: Military Hospital - Rabat Purpose: To a [...] |
2006-09-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT176 | WORLD BANK PROGRAMS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank (WB) is one of the longest serving development assistance programs in Morocco and currently has 16 outstanding loans to the GOM worth a total of approximately $500 million. It seeks to help modernize Moroccan institutions through technical analysis and lending [...] |
2006-02-03 07:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MO |
| 06RABAT1761 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: Toumi, Abdelghani DOB: March 6, 1966 POB: Taounate, Morocco CIN#: G 201681 Rank: 0-4 Unit: 1 Base - Sale Purpose: To attend the Logistics Re [...] |
2006-09-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT1763 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUESTED FOR POLITICAL OFFICER [...] Embassy Rabat requests country clearance be granted to Political Officer Ian McCary October 2-7, 2006 for the purpose of attending the USNATO POL/MIL conference. Traveler information is as follows: Name: Ian McCary Title Deputy Political Counselor DOB: 10/11/68 TS clearance SIPDIS Ph [...] |
2006-09-21 15:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MO OTRA MARR |
| 06RABAT1764 | ARAB MAGHREB UNION - POSSIBLE UNGA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The Political Director of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) confirmed to polcouns in a September 20 meeting that the AMU fully endorses the proposed AMU Ministerial on the margins of UNGA (reftel), but noted that AMU SYG Ben Yahia's physical absence from N.Y. (he has not been invited t [...] |
2006-09-21 16:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
| 06RABAT1766 | MOROCCO'S AMBASSADOR HEADED BACK TO VATICAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is sending its Ambassador back to the Vatican, five days after recalling him in protest over Pope Benedict's September 12 remarks about Islam. The controversy over the Pope's remarks appears to have already peaked in Morocco. Meanwhile, the state press agency has relea [...] |
2006-09-22 07:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KIRF PREL MO |
| 06RABAT177 | CODEL DUNCAN MEETS WITH MINISTER DELEGATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a January 24-26 visit to Morocco, Codel Duncan met with Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri and toured the Port of Casablanca on January 25. Fassi Fihri underscored Morocco's desire for fostering dialogue with the U.S. Congress and, by extension, [...] |
2006-02-03 10:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP MO |
| 06RABAT1770 | MOROCCO: CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 22, Poloff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the United States and Russia agreed to its preference (ref A) to hold the first Global Initiative meeting in Morocco on October 3 [...] |
2006-09-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT1771 | MOROCCO: CHANGE OF DATE FOR FIRST MEETING OF THE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 22, Poloff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that the United States and Russia agreed to its preference (ref A) to hold the first Global Initiative meeting in Morocco on October 3 [...] |
2006-09-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT1774 | BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY MEET [...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the thirteen member Business Executives for National Security (BENS) group met with Abdallah Saleddine Tazi, Director of American Affairs, Wassane Zailachi, Chief of the North America, Mexico and Central America Division, Karim Halim, Counselor in the Directorat [...] |
2006-09-22 18:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS ECON MO |
| 06RABAT1775 | WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS HEAD TO BRING NOTHING NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: CORCAS Chairman Khalihenna Ould Er Rachid told Ambassador he would travel to Washington September 23, for meetings beginning September 25. He planned to focus on explaining Moroccan efforts and progress toward pulling together an autonomy plan for the Sahara. Ambassador repeate [...] |
2006-09-22 18:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT1793 | MOROCCO: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO REFUEL [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) On September 25, poloffs notified the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USG's intent to repatriate Moroccan detainee Ben Moujan and the request to refuel the aircraft en route to other destinations (reftel). Counselor for Bila [...] |
2006-09-26 18:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1801 | MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with other highlights of recent economic developments, including: A. Altadis's purchase of the remaining 20 percent of the National Tobacco Monopoly. B. The creation of a new fund (Oleo Capital) to support t [...] |
2006-09-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS |
| 06RABAT181 | VISITING THE PRISON IN LAAYOUNE, WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Prison conditions in Morocco and the Western Sahara are a major human rights concern and are frequently discussed by the USG and international human rights organizations. Poloff raised the possibility of visiting prisons throughout the country with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) [...] |
2006-02-03 14:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT1821 | PAT2006NOVEMBER: MOROCCO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR |
| 06RABAT1825 | MOROCCO: 2007 UN PANEL OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON [...] (U) In an October 2 meeting with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Affairs Azzeddin Farhane, Poloffs urged the GOM to support the final draft of the report of the 2004 Panel as the basis for the 2007 Panel's work, and passed the non-paper conveyed reftel. Farhane thanked pol [...] |
2006-10-02 15:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PARM PREL CDG MO |
| 06RABAT1861 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION SCORECARD [...] On October 5, DCM and econoff delivered Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard talking points to the MFA's Director of the Americas Desk, Ambassador Abdellah Tazi. Tazi accentuated the positive after learning how Morocco's promotion from MCC's Low Income Country (LIC) category to t [...] |
2006-10-05 18:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KMCA MO |
| 06RABAT1862 | EU PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT TO THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On September 29, a clutch of European diplomats informed Poloffs that two European Union (EU) parliamentarians (MEP's) planned to visit the Western Sahara the following week, having previously visited Tindouf [...] |
2006-10-05 20:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PHUM MO EU |
| 06RABAT1865 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Reftel demarche was delivered to Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 5. (Note: Bourita was not in the country prior to Sep [...] |
2006-10-06 10:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1868 | TRADE AGREEMENT MONITORING AT EMBASSY RABAT [...] (SBU) Since the entry-into-force of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement on January 1, 2006, the U.S. Mission in Morocco has made monitoring of Moroccan compliance with the agreement a top priority. We carry out this responsibility through an interagency team, chaired by the Embassy Economic [...] |
2006-10-06 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP MO |
| 06RABAT1874 | MOROCCAN PLANS FOR S MEETING NEXT WEEK ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador,s urging that the proposed delegation bring a concrete autonomy plan to Washington, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri indicated they would not be able to present a written draft plan. There are still many complex internal issues to be resolved, so they [...] |
2006-10-06 18:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS MO AL |
| 06RABAT1875 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-06 18:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KBNC PARM MO |
| 06RABAT1882 | MOROCCAN ULEMA PUSH QARADAWI OFF THEIR TURF [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Qaradawi, the prominent Egyptian cleric, has been attacked by Moroccan newspapers this Ramadan after he issued a fatwa concerning interest-bearing loans in Morocco. The controversy put the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD), which had hosted Qaradawi in Morocco [...] |
2006-10-10 10:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL EG |
| 06RABAT1883 | ISLAMISTS TAKE OFF ON ROYAL AIR MAROC [...] (C) Summary: The newspaper of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) has accused Royal Air Maroc (RAM) of "denying its employees the right to pray" and "forcing pilots to break their fasts." The charges are a disingenuous twist on recent administrative steps by the airline. The char [...] |
2006-10-10 10:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER MO |
| 06RABAT1890 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: MOROCCO WELCOMES AND OFFERS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 6, Ambassador Riley thanked Minister Delegate Taieb Fassi Fihri for agreeing to host the Initial Partner Nations (IPNs) meeting on October 30-31 of the Global [...] |
2006-10-10 15:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT1919 | NOVEMBER 2006 CONVENTION ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 11:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP PARM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1921 | WESTERN SAHARA: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) On October 13, Johannes Vander Klauuw, the country director for the UNHCR, called to say that Morocco has agreed to resume the confidence building measures (CBM's) in the Western Sahara. The CBMs have been stalled since May when family visitation flights were to go between Dakhla in the [...] |
2006-10-13 12:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PBTS PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT1922 | RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 13:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT1923 | DEMARCHE ON THE UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-13 13:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN MO |
| 06RABAT1925 | UNGA ISSUES [...] (C) On October 13, Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the issues raised in reftel A and to emphasize the US' denial of Venezuela's election to the Security Council, reftels A and B. [...] |
2006-10-13 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNGA MO |
| 06RABAT1933 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism advance team members Megan Dieter, David Weekman, and James Warden to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006. 2. POC is Political Officer Marcel Martinez who can be reached [...] |
2006-10-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | WMDT OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT1951 | KING'S OPENING SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary: In his annual speech to open parliament's fall session, King Mohamed VI on October 13 highlighted both his commitment to reform and determination to maintain overall control. He said next year's legislative elections must be open, transparent, and legitimate. He said the 2007 l [...] |
2006-10-18 19:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREL PHUM ECON MO |
| 06RABAT1962 | MEPI SMALL GRANTS REPORT FOR MOROCCO [...] Per reftel and telecoms with the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Tunis Regional Office, post has been asked to report on two MEPI small grant proposals that are now complete - the Zagora Women's Computer Technology Workshop and the Tangier American Legation Museum literacy and vocati [...] |
2006-10-19 17:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT197 | WESTERN SAHARA: MFA REVIEWS PARTY LINE, COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 23, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Morocco Desk Officer Robert Ewing and Poloff paid a courtesy call on MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita said he had to "correct some misunderstandings" concerning the Western Sahara and undertook a long argument ba [...] |
2006-02-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PBTS PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT1974 | POLISARIO COMMANDER READY TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK [...] (C) At a Polisario "base" east of the berm separating Moroccan and Polisario forces, a Polisario Political/Military commander told an Embassy team and MINURSO commander October 12 that he and his comrades were flexible and prepared to talk, but could not compromise the Sahrawis' right to self- [...] |
2006-10-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPKO MA WI |
| 06RABAT1975 | POLISARIO COMMANDER READY TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK [...] (C) At a Polisario "base" east of the berm separating Moroccan and Polisario forces, a Polisario Political/Military commander told an Embassy team and MINURSO commander October 12 that he and his comrades were flexible and prepared to talk, but could not compromise the Sahrawis' right to self- [...] |
2006-10-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPKO MA WI |
| 06RABAT1976 | PHOSPHATE CONVEYER SABOTAGED IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (U) Moroccan press has reported that the long conveyer belt which carries phosphate ore from mines at Bou Craa, about 70 KM south of Layoune, to Layoune port on the Atlantic coast was damaged by a sabotage attack October 10. Press reports blame the Polisario for the attack. 2. (C) During [...] |
2006-10-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL MA |
| 06RABAT1977 | MOROCCO AND UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-20 16:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP |
| 06RABAT1979 | MOROCCAN ROAD SHOW ON WESTERN SAHARA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Immediately following intensive meetings in DC (October 11-13) to discuss the government of Morocco's (GOM) autonomy plans for the Western Sahara (reftels A, B), the delegation headed to various capitals. The delegation went to Paris, where they were met by President Jacques Chirac. [...] |
2006-10-20 17:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PBTS MO UN |
| 06RABAT1982 | WESTERN SAHARA FLAG FLAP: SEEING RED IN LAYOUNE [...] (C) Summary: During our visit to Western Sahara, embassy team heard from both sides about a high-profile dispute over the lowering of the Moroccan flag over MINURSO Headquarters. As reported in the press, this had prompted protests in front of MINURSO, and had complicated the often-testy relati [...] |
2006-10-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MA WI |
| 06RABAT1983 | SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS OUTLINE GRIEVANCES AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) During a mid-October visit to Western Sahara, Sahrawi human rights activists indicated profound alienation from Moroccan authorities and deep skepticism about any autonomy package the GOM might be preparing, charging that human rights practices in the region were getting worse. They viewe [...] |
2006-10-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO MA WI |
| 06RABAT1984 | WESTERN SAHARA: TECHNOCRAT TAKES THE REINS OVER [...] (C) Summary: The newly appointed Wali (governor) of Layoune, territorial seat of Western Sahara, told visiting Embassy team he was sent to build up the Sahara rather than impose order. Polcouns underscored the U.S. view that an agreed settlement was the best way forward and emphasized that an [...] |
2006-10-23 13:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MA WI |
| 06RABAT1986 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S JOSEPH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit as co-chair of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) comes as the U.S. and the Moroccan government are further energizing our bilateral relations. Since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casabla [...] |
2006-10-23 16:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KGIC EAID ECON KPAO PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MO |
| 06RABAT1987 | UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN IN [...] (C) In an October 23 meeting with Nasser Bourita, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Multilateral Affairs, A/Polcouns urged that Morocco vote against items 63 (a) and 67 (b), in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (reftel). 2. (C) Bourita replied that Morocco understood U.S. c [...] |
2006-10-23 16:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA LE IS MA PHUM PTER |
| 06RABAT1998 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, Robert G. Joseph and delegation listed in reftel, for the purpose of attending the first Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting in Rabat, Morocco, October 29 to Novemb [...] |
2006-10-27 10:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | WMDT OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT2 | ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERWHELM UNHCR IN RABAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 30, Poloffs from Rabat and Casablanca met with UNHCR Head of Mission, Johannes van der Klaauw, at UNHCR headquarters in Rabat to discuss the status of refugee seekers in Morocco and UNHCR,s future plans. Van der Klaauw highlighted the challenges with the dramatic [...] |
2006-01-03 08:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB MO PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI |
| 06RABAT201 | CARTOON CONTROVERSY: MOROCCANS ANGRY BUT REACTING [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Danish cartoon controversy, reaction in Morocco has been uniform -- amongst the Moroccan government, the Supreme Council of Ulemas, the political parties, demonstrators, and shopkeepers -- in condemning the drawings and their affront to the Prophet. A Febr [...] |
2006-02-07 19:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KISL MO DK |
| 06RABAT2010 | (C-NE6-01369) POLISARIO COMMANDER READY TO BEND BUT NOT BREAK [...] (C) At a Polisario "base" East of the berm separating Moroccan and Polisario forces, a Polisario Political/Military commander told an Embassy team and MINURSO commander October 12 that he and his comrades were flexible and prepared to talk, but could not compromise the Sahrawis' right to self-d [...] |
2006-10-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINR PGOV MO AG KPKO WI |
| 06RABAT2015 | REALLOCATIONS OF GWOT FUNDS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-31 12:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL PARM MO |
| 06RABAT2016 | WESTERN SAHARA: SENIOR MOROCCAN OFFICIAL UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: In an October 27 telephone conversation, Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador the GOM was upbeat on the status of the Western Sahara process following the visit of a senior Moroccan delegation to Washington earlier this month. Fihri seemed resigned to continuing Alge [...] |
2006-10-31 13:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO |
| 06RABAT2023 | MOROCCO AND THE NATO-MIDDLE EAST COOPERATION CENTER [...] (C) Embassy would like to take this opportunity to remind US Mission to NATO that, in addition to countries mentioned ref A, Morocco has also expressed tentative interest in hosting the NATO-Middle East Cooperation Center. Should other potential host countries decide in the end not to host th [...] |
2006-10-31 14:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL MARR MO |
| 06RABAT2050 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE REGARDING UPCOMING [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Hassan Hami, Chief of Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 3. Hami, spoke unofficially because Mohammed Azeroual, the Di [...] |
2006-11-03 16:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IO IS IZ LE SY ECON MO |
| 06RABAT2061 | NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR A BOYCOTT [...] (C) Summary: A wave of agitation has given new life to an existing "boycott" of cooperation with the US, and has now become linked to the glorification of Hizballah. Six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged to boycott all programs and activities of the Mission. The largest, the [...] |
2006-11-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT2063 | MOROCCO ON U.S. REQUEST TO EXTEND 100 PERCENT [...] (U) On November 3, Poloff presented reftel demarche concerning Morocco's support for the U.S. request and draft decision document to extend the 100 percent destruction deadline to MFA Chief of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane. In response, Farhane said he did not envision any pro [...] |
2006-11-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CBW CWC OPCW MO |
| 06RABAT2064 | MOROCCO PROVIDES UPDATE ON CWC NATIONAL [...] (U) Per reftel, Poloff met November 3 with Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to urge Morocco to fulfill its Article VII national implementation obligations, including the implementation of national legislation that criminalizes activiti [...] |
2006-11-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW MO |
| 06RABAT2073 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: IHOURANE, Abdendi DOB: May 12, 1970 POB: Khemisset, Morocco CIN#: E 410016 Rank: O-3 Unit: 1 Base - Sale Purpose: To attend the Legal Aspe [...] |
2006-11-07 16:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT2076 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, poloff delivered talking points to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Morocco to support the Australian amendment to the Cuba em [...] |
2006-11-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA MO |
| 06RABAT2082 | DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ: INTERIM MOROCCAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel demarche with Hassan Hami, Chief of Division of Arab and Islamic Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 7. Hami declined substantive comment on the issue, indicating that it is being handled directly at a higher level by Mohammed Azerou [...] |
2006-11-09 11:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ MO |
| 06RABAT2087 | MOROCCAN APPROACH ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Due to limitations of availability, Polcounselor raised ref A demarche with MFA IO/UN Director (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita early November 9, highlighting the importance of a strong stand on human rights against these major violators. Bourita thanked us for the information received in [...] |
2006-11-09 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO |
| 06RABAT2095 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BENMOUSSA, Brahim DOB: November 14, 1976 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: BK 150820 Rank: Civilian Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Rabat Purp [...] |
2006-11-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT2096 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FIZAZI, Ahmed DOB: July 22, 1963 POB: Oujda, Morocco CIN#: D 179002 Rank: O-4 Unit: Army HQ - Rabat Purpose: To attend the Infantry Office [...] |
2006-11-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT2103 | MOROCCAN CONCERNS ABOUT IRANIAN AND ALGERIAN [...] (C) Summary: T Senior Advisor Jim Timbie met with Nasser Bourita, Morocco's top International Organizations official, on October 31, to convey USG concerns about Iran and other items on the international non proliferation agenda. Bourita advised that the GOM shares the USG's concerns and said [...] |
2006-11-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PREL MO IR |
| 06RABAT2122 | MOROCCO: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION ELECTION [...] In response to demarche request in reftel C, the Embassy recieved diplomatic note numbered 4344 from the MFA on November 16, 2006 noting Morocco's support for the candidature of Mr. Michael Matheson as a member of the International Law Commission at the elections to be held during the 61st ses [...] |
2006-11-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ILC UNGA MO |
| 06RABAT2123 | SAHRAWI ACTIVIST HAIDAR'S SAFE RETURN TO LAYOUNE [...] (SBU) Aminetou Haidar, the prominent Sahrawi human rights activist, returned to her home in Layoune on November 15, following an extended trip abroad. According to an account posted on the website of the Polisario Front, confirmed by Embassy contacts in Western Sahara, Haidar arrived at Layou [...] |
2006-11-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT2124 | SAHRAWI ACTIVIST HAIDAR'S SAFE RETURN TO LAYOUNE [...] (SBU) Aminetou Haidar, the prominent Sahrawi human rights activist, returned to her home in Layoune on November 15, following an extended trip abroad. According to an account posted on the website of the Polisario Front, confirmed by Embassy contacts in Western Sahara, Haidar arrived at Layou [...] |
2006-11-16 14:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT2134 | DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor pursued the issue of Moroccan debt relief for Iraq in a November 16 meeting with Ambassador Mohammed Azeroual, Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Azarwal noted that the GOM has been in repeated contact with Iraqi officials o [...] |
2006-11-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ MO |
| 06RABAT2140 | MOROCCO: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL SEESION OF [...] (SBU) In a November 17 meeting, Poloff raised with the Moroccan Government USG concerns about the text of a draft resolution condemning recent Israeli actions in Gaza, and urged that the Moroccan delegation in New York vote against it. Drawing from reftel points, poloff outlined the U.S. vie [...] |
2006-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MO PREL KISL |
| 06RABAT2144 | IRAN'S PROPOSED TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH THE IAEA [...] (SBU) In a November 17 meeting, poloff urged Morocco, which sits on the IAEA Board of Governors, to oppose any technical cooperation with Iran that involves the heavy-water research reactor at Arak, drawing on points conveyed reftel. 2. (SBU) Noting that the GOM is also concerned about Ira [...] |
2006-11-17 17:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP MO IR |
| 06RABAT2149 | IRAN BRIEFING: MOROCCO OPPOSED TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-21 10:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PINR KNNP IR MO |
| 06RABAT215 | SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (C) Summary: The US Mission and the Moroccan government warmly welcome your upcoming visit. We believe King Mohammed will see the visit as reinforcement of our solid relationship with Morocco, a relationship the King considers very important. Morocco continues cooperation with us to counte [...] |
2006-02-09 14:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MARR MO OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT2156 | MOROCCO AT THE BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-21 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT2157 | ATTENDANCE AT LEBANON'S NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION [...] (SBU) POLOFF MET WITH HASSAN HAMI, OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR ARAB AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 21 TO URGE THAT MOROCCO NOT SEND ITS AMBASSADOR TO THE NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION HOSTED BY PRESIDENT LAHOUD AND URGED THAT MOROCCO ESCHEW THE EVENT ALTOGETHER IF PRIME [...] |
2006-11-21 17:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL LE MO |
| 06RABAT2158 | DEMARCHE ON ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel demarche last week in separate meetings with Houda Marrakchi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abdallah Ouadghiri, Director of the Moroccan Copyrights Office (BMDA), and Aziz Bouazzaoui, Director of the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPI [...] |
2006-11-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT2168 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: NAGUIME, Samir DOB: February 8, 1970 POB: Meknes Morocco CIN#: D 403735 Rank: O-3 Unit: Forces Auxiliaries HQ's - Rabat Purpose: To attend th [...] |
2006-11-24 09:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT2169 | MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT DEFENDS ITS TOBACCO POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor met on November 15 with Abdelaziz Talbi, Morocco's Director of Public Enterprises and Privatization, to review the GOM's decision to extend Morocco's monopoly on the wholesale distribution of tobacco from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2010. Reiterating the U [...] |
2006-11-24 16:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT2170 | MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with the following other economic highlights: A. Moroccan Ports In Compliance With International Security Standards B. FTA Wheat Quotas Unfulfilled C. Parliament Debates Anti-Money Laundering Law D. Ryan [...] |
2006-11-24 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ELAB ETRD KTEX MO |
| 06RABAT2172 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS SPECIAL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Special Envoy Dr. Gregg Rickman, to travel to Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11 , 2006 for the purpose conducting meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2 [...] |
2006-11-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT2176 | REVISIONS TO ELECTORAL CODE INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: Revisions to Morocco's electoral code passed on November 23 include a new threshold political parties must cross if they wish to compete in the 2007 parliamentary elections. This threshold could exclude a half dozen, and maybe more, of Morocco's 28 political parties, but the bill [...] |
2006-11-27 16:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT2183 | DIPLOMATICNOTE RECEIVED: AMENDING THE 505 [...] (U) Thiscable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received Diplomatc Note 003685 from the Ministry of Foreign Affais November 28, 2006 in response to reftel A and . The Note was transmited in both Arabic and Eglish. In the following note, the Moroccan [...] |
2006-11-29 15:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV MO XA |
| 06RABAT2184 | HIGH-LEVEL GOM SUPPORT FOR NEW CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT VIOLENCE [...] Summary: The Fourth National Campaign to Fight Violence Against Women was officially launched in Rabat November 27 by the Secretariat of State for Family Affairs, Childhood and the SIPDIS Handicapped. The attendance at the launch of the Prime Minister and other key GOM officials underlined [...] |
2006-11-29 16:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL MO |
| 06RABAT2189 | HIGH-LEVEL GOM SUPPORT FOR NEW CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT VIOLENCE [...] Summary: The Fourth National Campaign to Fight Violence Against Women was officially launched in Rabat November 27 by the Secretariat of State for Family Affairs, Childhood and the SIPDIS Handicapped. The attendance at the launch of the Prime Minister and other key GOM officials underlined [...] |
2006-11-30 10:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL MO |
| 06RABAT2196 | USG SUPPORT FOR BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON AVIAN AND [...] (U) Per reftel, talking points were delivered to Dr. Abderraham Benmamoun, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health, on November 30. Benmamoun was well briefed on the Bamako Avian Flu conference and said he would lead the Moroccan delegation, which would also include Dr. Abderrahman L [...] |
2006-11-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU EAGR TBIO PREL EAID |
| 06RABAT22 | MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through December 31, 2005. Update narratives contain [...] |
2006-01-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT2201 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached a [...] |
2006-12-01 14:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT2203 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 14 - 15, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached at: Phon [...] |
2006-12-01 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT2205 | NATURAL GAS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AT CENTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and private industry came together last month for a one-day conference on Moroccan energy policy, stressing the need for Morocco to reinforce its energy sector and render it more competitive. Diversification of supply was the key message articulated by Prime Minister [...] |
2006-12-01 16:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON SENV MO |
| 06RABAT2206 | MISSION MOROCCO PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Mission Avian Influenza Working Group met on November 6 to review guidance in reftel and has worked since that date to prepare the guidance it recommended and disseminate it to Mission personnel. An administrative notice was issued to publicize the most recent M/MED information on avian [...] |
2006-12-01 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AMED TBIO ASEC FKLU SKSAF KSEO MO |
| 06RABAT221 | CARTOON CONTROVERSY; NORDIC DIPLOMATS COMMENT; [...] (C) During a February 8 office call to discuss the aborted Nordic mission to Western Sahara (septel), Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lena Richter Strand told Polcouns that reaction so far against Nordic countries in Morocco in response to the cartoon controve [...] |
2006-02-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KISL MO PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT2218 | MOROCCO'S POLITICAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) A senior MFA official confirmed to us that Iraqi FM Zebari is due in Morocco for a 2-3 day visit on December 8. The Moroccans cautioned the USG against allowing Iraqi Sunnis to become marginalized from the political process and to be wary of any Iranian role in stabilizing the country. The [...] |
2006-12-06 14:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO IZ |
| 06RABAT222 | WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON TRACK [...] (C) Over dinner February 8, Ahmed Hajji, Director of the Agency for the Development of the Southern Provinces, told Polcouns that he was basically satisfied with implementation of the agency's five-year, USD 800 million plan launched in late 2004 to develop "the southern provinces," which incl [...] |
2006-02-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MO PBTS PREL |
| 06RABAT2222 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS DAMON [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Damon Stevens to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11, 2006 for the purpose of attending meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2. Control Officer for the visit is [...] |
2006-12-07 09:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 06RABAT2237 | ELECTORAL CODE AMENDMENT PASSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of debate between the Ministry of Interior and the political parties, the amendments to the new electoral code have been adopted by Parliament. The new law bars parties that failed to win at least 3% of the vote in the 2002 elections from running in the 2007 election [...] |
2006-12-09 15:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT2241 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL INTRODUCED IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's draft bill on anti-money laundering was formally presented to parliament by Justice Minister Bouzoubaa on November 20, and will be taken up by the chamber's Justice Committee the week of December 11. Key parliamentarians predict passage of the measure, but are divided [...] |
2006-12-12 08:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT2248 | MOROCCAN PRO REFORM STIRS OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: A new Moroccan port reform law went into effect December 5, amidst strong opposition from stevedores (longshoremen). The new law, designed to increase port efficiency and competitiveness, divides the present Ports Authority (ODEP) into two entities: a National Ports Agency (ANP), [...] |
2006-12-13 10:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EWWT MO |
| 06RABAT225 | NEW CEO OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION VISITS [...] (U) Summary. New Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO, Ambassador John Danilovich, visited Morocco January 24- 27 to review and discuss the country's progress in preparing its compact proposal to use MCC funds. Danilovich and his staff met with Prime Minister Driss Jettou, the GOM's M [...] |
2006-02-10 10:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON SOCI KMCA MO |
| 06RABAT2252 | HUMAN RIGHTS DAY SIT-IN IN LAAYOUNE ATTACKED BY [...] (SBU) To commemorate International Human Rights Day, the Sahrawi Association for Grave Human Rights Abuses (ASVDH), held a sit-in in Laayoune on December 10. The ASVDH stated that they had received the appropriate Government of Morocco (GOM) approvals, i.e., notification of an event 48 hours [...] |
2006-12-13 15:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT2253 | ISLAMISTS STAGE DEMONSTRATION [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On December 8, the families of 350 Islamist prisoners staged a demonstration in front of the Consultative Council for Human Rights (CCDH) offices in Rabat. The demonstration was organized by the Annasir ("helpe [...] |
2006-12-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT2254 | WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY IDEAS EMERGE DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: The so-called "CORCAS" autonomy plan that its president announced he would submit to the King was not broadly approved by Sahrawis, even among CORCAS itself. In the event CORCAS had legitimately approved, it still would have meant little, as CORCAS itself is not a representative [...] |
2006-12-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PBTS PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT2255 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: SPECIAL SESSION ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-13 15:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA PHUM PREL SU UN MO |
| 06RABAT2259 | MOROCCO/IRAQ: NO REVELATIONS BUT ZEBARI GETS [...] (C) MFA Director General for Middle East and International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual briefed Polcouns December 13 on the December 6-8 visit to Morocco of Iraqi FM Hoshiyar Zebari. Azeroual said Zebari paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament Abdel Wahed Radi [...] |
2006-12-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR SY MO |
| 06RABAT2280 | MOROCCO'S 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Morocco achieved significant reductions in cannabis production and cultivation, although it remains one of the world's major producers and exporters of cannabis. According to the Agency for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development of the Northern Prefectures and Provinces of the King [...] |
2006-12-18 11:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT2282 | HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOSEPH [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Joseph Mulinare, Medical Officer, DBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Rabat, Morocco January 15-27, 2007 for the purpose of providing technical assistance, and to participate in a mission in order to provided technical assistance to the nutrition [...] |
2006-12-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA MO CDC |
| 06RABAT2286 | MOROCCO'S NEW POLLING LAW - A STEP BACKWARDS? [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is considering a new law that would for the first time formally regulate polling and public opinion research. A copy of the draft bill obtained by the Embassy imposes a requirement that all public opinion polls be vetted and approved in advance by [...] |
2006-12-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT2296 | URGING MFA TO REACH OUT ON SAHARA AND DEFEND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-20 14:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT2299 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) Ambassador joined with Russian ambassador to present GI agenda and other information reftel December 13 to MFA Secretary-General Omar Hilale, who led the Moroccan SIPDIS delegation at the Initial Partners meeting in Rabat. Hilale confirmed that Morocco would attend the Ankara meeting [...] |
2006-12-20 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC KNNP PTER PREL MO |
| 06RABAT23 | AIRLINE DESIGNATIONS UNDER MOROCCO OPEN SKIES [...] Post delivered contents of reftel to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Transportation under cover of a diplomatic note on Dec. 20, 2005. A copy of the note was faxed on Dec. 21 to EB/TRA/AN attention Laurence Jones and to the Department of Transportation attention David Modesitt per reft [...] |
2006-01-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA MO |
| 06RABAT2306 | GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR - PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS MO |
| 06RABAT2327 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: EL QORCHI, Driss DOB: 19 October 1965 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 252614 Rank: O-4 Unit: Gendarmeri HQs Rabat Purpose: to attend the Marshall [...] |
2006-12-26 11:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT2328 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: EL KHABBAZ, Abdellah DOB: December 31, 1962 POB: Douar Jarf, Morocco CIN#: G 121751 Rank: E-9 Unit: 2 Base - Meknes Purpose: to attend the Ad [...] |
2006-12-26 11:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT2329 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following candidate(s): Name: OUHDIF, Aziz DOB: 1973 POB: Khenifra, Morocco CIN#: I 300059 Rank: O-3 Unit: 2 Base - Meknes Purpose: to attend the Squadron Officer School a [...] |
2006-12-26 12:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 06RABAT2334 | DEMARCHE: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-26 15:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AORC PREL UNGA |
| 06RABAT2335 | TIP CONFERENCE IN UAE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-26 16:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG MO |
| 06RABAT2336 | UNSCR 1737 [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-26 16:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT2337 | MOROCCAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON PRESS AND POLLING [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with Moroccan Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzouba, the Ambassador urged that pending amendments to the press code encourage journalistic responsibility without impinging on freedom of expression. The Ambassador also expressed concern that a proposed law regulati [...] |
2006-12-26 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER EFIN MO |
| 06RABAT2344 | MINISTER OF INTERIOR TOUGH ON PRESS REFORM AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley raised freedom of expression issues, the Western Sahara and elections with Interior Minister Benmoussa December 27. Following up on earlier senior contacts, Ambassador argued for liberalization of the press code and against the new draft law on polling. Repeatedl [...] |
2006-12-28 15:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PBTS PHUM PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT2347 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from July 1-September 30. Activities included a project officer training session at post, a monitoring visit by staff from MEPI's Regional Office in Tunis, a training seminar for MEPI Program Officers in Tunis and two ne [...] |
2006-12-28 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT2348 | DEMARCHE: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On December 28, econoff passed points coveyed in reftel to Abdellatif Bendahane, Director of African Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bendahane was unaware of the Liberia forum, but spoke very positively abou [...] |
2006-12-29 08:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MO |
| 06RABAT2351 | MOROCCO-EU OPEN SKY AGREEMENT FEEDS TOURISM BOOM [...] (U) Summary: Morocco's booming tourist industry received a boost on December 12 with the signing of a new EU-Morocco open sky agreement. The agreement replaces all existing Moroccan bilateral aviation agreements with European Union (EU) member states and supports the GOM's goal of doubling th [...] |
2006-12-29 17:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON MO |
| 06RABAT238 | WESTERN SAHARA: DISSIDENTS SAY NO TO AUTONOMY, NO [...] (C) Summary: Continuing our dialogue with Sahrawi civil society, emboffs and NEA/MAG Desk Officer met with a group of Sahrawi dissidents at the Laayoune home of prominent activist Mohammed Dadach for an hour the evening of January 25. The dissidents were members of the "Association for Sahr [...] |
2006-02-10 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT24 | MOROCCO'S EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: The Equity and Reconciliation Commission's (IER) mandate ended November 30, bringing to a close the IER's almost two-year investigation into human rights abuses in Morocco between 1956 and 1999. The IER's final report was submitted to King Mohammed VI on December 1. On Decembe [...] |
2006-01-05 18:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT240 | WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO'S HOPES AND FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During NEA/MAG desk officer's January 23-27 visit to Morocco and the Western Sahara, Poloffs and desk officer met over dinner with Francesco Bastagli, the Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Western Sahara and SIPDIS MINURSO Chief of Staff Philippe Elghouyal on January 2 [...] |
2006-02-10 17:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM |
| 06RABAT248 | WESTERN SAHARA: NORDICS PONDER NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lene Richter Strand called on Polcouns February 8 for a read-out of the embassy's late January visit to Laayoune (Refs A-D), and in turn updated Polcouns on the latest Nordic thinking on how to respond to what they view as u [...] |
2006-02-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT261 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised prices on some fuel products on Feb. 9 in a bid to relieve pressure high international oil prices are putting on the state's subsidy mechanism. Premium grade gasoline rose by 1.5 percent to $1.17 per liter and diesel fuel rose by 12 percent to $1.03 per [...] |
2006-02-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV MO |
| 06RABAT276 | MINISTER SURVEYS MOROCCO TRANSPORT REFORMS [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Transportation and Public Works Karim Ghellab gave Ambassador a tour d'horizon of the reforms Morocco is making to its transportation sector, liberalizing its ports (septel), signing an Open Skies agreement with the European Union, and constructing a mammoth new transs [...] |
2006-02-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ESTN EAIR EWWT ECON MO |
| 06RABAT277 | G-8 EMBASSIES MEET ON MOROCCO COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from G-8 embassies in Rabat discussed counter-terrorism efforts in Morocco at a Feb. 2 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting hosted by the Russian Embassy in Russia's capacity as G-8 president. Attendees spoke highly of GOM counter-terrorism efforts but ag [...] |
2006-02-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAO SNAR MO |
| 06RABAT283 | WESTERN SAHARA: THE WALI EXPOUNDS ON THE CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, NEA/MAG desk officer and emboffs met with Driss Sharqi, the Wali of the Laayoune region of the Western Sahara. The discussion covered autonomy (septel), Sahrawi demonstrations, the impact of the Equity and Reconciliation's (IER) final report, the development sit [...] |
2006-02-17 17:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT29 | REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES, FREE TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: PM Jettou January 3 told visiting Rep. Tom Lantos that Morocco appreciates U.S. efforts in the Middle East and Iraq, where positive results are beginning to take shape, and that Morocco would continue to do its part in the war on terror. Jettou was also encouraged by the appro [...] |
2006-01-06 18:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT290 | G-8 EMBASSIES MEET ON MOROCCO COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from G-8 embassies in Rabat discussed counter-terrorism efforts in Morocco at a Feb. 2 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting hosted by the Russian Embassy in Russia's capacity as G-8 president. Attendees spoke highly of GOM counter-terrorism efforts but a [...] |
2006-02-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KPAO SNAR MO |
| 06RABAT308 | IRI POLL SHOWS VOTERS HAVE LITTLE FAITH IN [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2005 poll of 1500 Moroccans administered by the International Republican Institute (IRI) under the auspices of its MEPI/USAID program found that Moroccans are disillusioned with the [...] |
2006-02-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KMPI KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT31 | THE KING CALLS FOR TURNING TO THE FUTURE [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) King Mohammed VI delivered a televised speech to the Moroccan nation on January 6, following midday prayers. The five-minute speech was announced in the press the previous day to maximize interest. In attendance [...] |
2006-01-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT311 | MOROCCO WILL DESIGNATE ALL U.S. AIRLINES UNDER [...] Post received diplomatic note number 0518 dated February 20, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accepting Ref A proposal for a blanket designation of all U.S. air carriers under the October 2001 Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Morocco. 2. Unofficial embassy t [...] |
2006-02-23 12:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KTIA MO |
| 06RABAT314 | ISRAELI LABOR LEADER VISITS MOROCCO FOR INTERNAL [...] (C) During a February 22 meeting with DCM, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Director for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual discussed the February 17 visit of Israeli labor party leader Amir Peretz to Morocco. Azeroual noted that Peretz -- whom he called a "Moroccan" as [...] |
2006-02-23 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MO |
| 06RABAT315 | MOROCCO ON DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY [...] (S) DCM met February 22 with newly appointed Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Director for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss reftel requirements regarding potential Moroccan donations for Iraqi and Afghan security forces. Azeroual asserted that the Iraqis would [...] |
2006-02-23 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | AF IZ MARR MO MOPS PINS PREL PTER MASS |
| 06RABAT316 | ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR BELKHEIR'S VIEWS ON WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted Algerian Ambassador Larbi Belkheir for an informal tea and conversation on the Western Sahara and Morocco-Algeria relations the afternoon of February 16. Belkheir had just returned from Algiers the previous day. Present were Algerian DCM Ginad Boumedienne, NE [...] |
2006-02-23 17:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT321 | SNAPSHOTS OF MOROCCO: MEKNES AND BACK TO RABAT [...] (U) Meknes, Morocco's seventh largest city with a population of more than half a million, is located an hour and one-half southeast of Rabat and is easily accessible by a modern toll road with little traffic and at a minimal cost (USD 3) for expatriates. The drive is through foothills and agr [...] |
2006-02-24 12:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT322 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled for training starting on March 5, 2006 for two weeks in Atlanta, GA: Name: 0-4 Kharchafi, Aziz DOB: 8 December 1966 POB: Casabl [...] |
2006-02-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO |
| 06RABAT326 | WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCO SEEKS US INTERVENTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has asked at the highest levels that the U.S. demarche Algeria to help prevent a march of Sahrawi and European civilians across the berm in the Western Sahara, and the heavily land-mined area adjacent to the berm, reportedly planned by the Polisario to occur in conjuncti [...] |
2006-02-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL |
| 06RABAT327 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled for training starting on April 2, 2006 for one week in Washington, DC: Name: 0-5 Boui, Mohamed DOB: 1959 POB: Taounate, Morocco [...] |
2006-02-24 15:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO |
| 06RABAT328 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the Moroccan nationals listed below who are scheduled to attend the "Intelligence in Combat Terrorism" course at Ft. Huachuca, AZ from April 3-22, 2006: Name: 0-4 Kazouz, Anas DOB: 2 [...] |
2006-02-24 15:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MASS MARR MOPS MO |
| 06RABAT330 | DELIVERY OF MESSAGE TO GOM ON TSCTI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan delivered reftel message on Morocco's inability to participate in a seminar on terrorism in the trans-Sahara region cosponsored by the African Center for Strategic Studies (part of NDU) and the African Union (AU) to MF [...] |
2006-02-24 15:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AG WI AU MO |
| 06RABAT331 | MOROCCO ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) DCM met with newly promoted MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations and Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual February 21 to discuss reftel demarches regarding assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) and potential meetings with Hamas. DCM emphasized that a new [...] |
2006-02-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL MO |
| 06RABAT333 | MFA DISCUSSES NEED FOR ASSISTANCE, PRESS FREEDOM [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, 2006 visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan met separately with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani and MFA Director of American Affairs Salahuddin Tazi to dis [...] |
2006-02-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT335 | FURTHER MOROCCAN VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) DCM used the opportunity of a February 21 meeting with MFA Director General of Multilateral Relations and Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss GOM views on Iran. (NB: Azeroual served as Moroccan Ambassador to Iran from 1993 to 2000 and speaks Farsi.) Azeroual s [...] |
2006-02-24 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT336 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEXT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloffs met February 21 with MFA Director of United Nations and International Organizations Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel points on the appointment of the next UN Secretary General (SYG). Per guidance [...] |
2006-02-24 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN MO |
| 06RABAT337 | MOROCCO: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS' REPORT ON [...] (C) Poloffs met February 21 with MFA Director of United Nations and International Organizations Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel points on the UN Special Rapporteurs' report on Guantanamo. Poloff delivered to Bourita a copy of reftel points in non-paper format. In response, Bourita commented [...] |
2006-02-24 17:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO MO PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT341 | WESTERN SAHARA: US INTERVENTIONS CONCERNING [...] (C) Ambassador Thomas T. Riley called Foreign Minister Benaissa to update him on the steps taken by the USG (reftel) regarding a potential Polisario organized march on the berm in the Western Sahara on February 27. The Ambassador informed the Foreign Minister that the Department of State, E [...] |
2006-02-24 19:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AG KPKO MO PARM PBTS PINR PREL |
| 06RABAT344 | WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO UPDATE AS OF MORNING OF [...] (C) Following up on reftels, Polcouns called MINURSO political officer Alexandyr Sporys the morning of February 27 for an update on weekend activity in Tifariti and a status report on expected activity in Tifariti and Tindouf on February 27 and 28 to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the foun [...] |
2006-02-27 12:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT355 | WESTERN SAHARA: MINURSO REPORTS CONTINUED CALM IN [...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexandr Sporys telephoned Polcouns at 8 pm local time February 27 to brief on the day's activities in Tifariti. Sporys said MINURSO peacekeepers based in Tifariti had observed part of the day's festivities in keeping with MINURSO's mandate. MINURSO estimated th [...] |
2006-02-28 13:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT356 | AML: PROSPECTS FOR PARLIAMENTARY PASSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the controversial draft bill has been languishing in interministerial vetting for three years, Government of Morocco (GOM) officials say the government will push through parliament new anti-money laundering (AML) legislation this spring. Citing a full legislative agen [...] |
2006-02-28 13:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT357 | HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- THE CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. With funding ending March 31, Post seeks an opportunity to express support for the continuation of the American Bar Association "Human Rights Clinical Legal Educat [...] |
2006-02-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT358 | WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI CLAIMS POLISARIO HOLDS AN [...] This cable is sensitive by unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Dahi Akai, President of the Association of Those Who Disappeared by the Polisario. Akai presented a letter in Arabic for the Secretary requesting assistance for an American allegedly hel [...] |
2006-02-28 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC MO PBTS PGOV PHUM |
| 06RABAT359 | GOM REFUGEE POLICY: LIMITED INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale told Polcouns February 22 that the GOM had "no objection" to an international refugee resettlement program out of Morocco provided it remained low-key, with as little media attention as possible to avoid attracting more would-be refugees to Morocco. He s [...] |
2006-02-28 21:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MO PGOV PREF PREL |
| 06RABAT36 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1 to December 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington, the Ambassador's meeting with Global Rights, English ACCESS Microscholarships, capacity building using ICT, Nomadic Craft Caravan, a Family C [...] |
2006-01-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT360 | WESTERN SAHARA: MFA SAYS CBMS IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) During a February 22 meeting (reftel), MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale told Polcouns that the family visits program, a key element of the US-funded confidence-building measures in the Western Sahara, was in jeopardy as a result of politicization of the program by the Polisario. Hilale [...] |
2006-02-28 22:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT367 | AVIAN FLU: NO TIME TO PANIC [...] (U) Summary: Although no cases of Avian Influenza have been detected in Morocco, the malady has many Moroccans quaking in their boots. The issue regularly dominates front page news, rumors of outbreaks circulate at lightening speed, and consumption of chicken has plummeted, putting the $1.4 [...] |
2006-03-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR KFLU CASC MO |
| 06RABAT385 | GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...] |
2006-03-02 11:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID MO |
| 06RABAT386 | GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...] |
2006-03-02 11:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID MO |
| 06RABAT389 | WESTERN SAHARA: PREPARING THE GOM FOR AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with the MOI and MFA on February 17 in Rabat, and reiterated during the embassy's February 22 meeting with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale, visiting NEA/MAG Office Director William Jordan urged GOM officials to be expansive in their thinking on autonomy to make it real and cred [...] |
2006-03-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT39 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Government of Morocco poverty figures indicate that from 1999 to 2004 the number of Moroccans living below the poverty line - defined as a monthly household income of $187 for a family of 5.6 people living in an urban setting, or $194 for a family of 6.4 people living in a rural setting - has [...] |
2006-01-09 17:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN SENV MO |
| 06RABAT398 | MOROCCO: IS THE GOVERNMENT STRANGLING THE PRESS? [...] (C) Freedom of the press continues to be a significant political and human rights issue in Morocco, and the mission continues to discuss the issue with the GOM at high levels, and to raise concerns as we see them. The GOM's latest tack appears to be one of levying heavy fines on offending p [...] |
2006-03-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT399 | CIVIL SOCIETY INVOLVEMENT IN JUDICIAL REFORM [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The American Bar Association (ABA) has MEPI and DRL funds to implement "rule of law" reform changes in Morocco. One of the MEPI funded programs is "judicial development" (reftel A). In light of th [...] |
2006-03-03 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT40 | CODEL LANTOS VISITS PARLIAMENT, MEETS REFORMERS, [...] (SBU) As part of his January 2-5 visit to Morocco, Congressman Lantos (D-CA) visited and toured the Moroccan Parliament, met with Moroccan reformers, and discussed recent political, social and religious reforms with the Minister of Islamic Affairs. Lantos was accompanied by his wife Annette L [...] |
2006-01-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP MO |
| 06RABAT402 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Fishing, which employs nearly one in ten Moroccans, brought in nearly $400 million in 2005, a 12 percent increase over the previous year. The highest growth came from catches brought into the ports of Tan Tan in southern Morocco and Laayoune, in the Western Sahara. -------- Bull Run ---- [...] |
2006-03-03 16:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIS EAIR EINV ECPS MO |
| 06RABAT403 | ARAB MAGHREB UNION: LETTERS TO SECRETARY RICE AND [...] (U) Post received on March 3 the following letters to Secretary Rice and NEA A/S Welch from Secretary General of SIPDIS the Arab Maghreb Union Habib Ben Yahya. The originals have been pouched to NEA/MAG. 2. (SBU) Begin letter (as received) to Secretary Rice: Dear Madam, On the oc [...] |
2006-03-03 17:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MO |
| 06RABAT431 | WESTERN SAHARA: AUTONOMY, INTEGRATION, AND [...] (C) Summary: During the mission's last visit to the Western Sahara in late January, and in a subsequent conversation with the Mayor of Laayoune in Rabat, emboffs have had opportunities to engage with local officials, NGOs, and other contacts concerning their views on autonomy, integration, [...] |
2006-03-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT432 | PRESS FREEDOM: MOROCCO NEEDS TO AVOID A BLACK EYE [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, DCM raised freedom of the press in Morocco, noting that recent actions against journalists in Morocco (reftels) appeared at odds with the country's increasing democratization. It appeared the GOM was taking a [...] |
2006-03-08 18:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT433 | WESTERN SAHARA: DCM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SERIOUS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting with MFA Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani, which also covered freedom of expression (Ref A), DCM underscored the need for Morocco to produce a serious, credible autonomy plan that could serve as the basis of negotiations with the Polisario as well as A [...] |
2006-03-08 18:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT441 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON SECURITY CZAR YASSINE MANSOURI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Director General of the DGED (Direction General des Etudes and Documentation) on March 8 at DGED headquarters in Rabat. While ostensibly a courtesy call in recognition of Mansouri's appointment as head of DGED in 2005, the meeting provided the opportunity to [...] |
2006-03-09 18:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MO PBTS PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT442 | DEPUTY FM FASSI FIHRI VENTS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Ambassador telephoned Deputy FM Fassi Fihri midday on March 8 to inform him about the cancellation of A/S Welch's planned March 13-14 visit to Morocco. A fifty-three minute conversation ensued. Fassi Fihri pressed regarding the rest of the trip, and the Ambassador said A/S Welch still mi [...] |
2006-03-09 18:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT443 | DEMARCHE: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Azeroual on March 3. Post will report any substantive response septel. ****************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea [...] |
2006-03-09 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MO |
| 06RABAT448 | UPDATE ON ICRC ACTIVITIES IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Over lunch March 2 in Rabat, visiting ICRC Regional Representative Bernard Pfefferle and Polcouns discussed the following issues: Western Sahara -------------- 2. (C) Pfefferle sought latest US views on the political situation in the Western Sahara. Polcouns said the US believe [...] |
2006-03-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MO PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT453 | FTA Implementation: First Bumps in the Road [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first 75 days of FTA implementation Moroccan and U.S. businesses have experienced a few difficulties. The most pressing and disturbing implementation difficulties have been in the area of agricultural trade, including an unfavorable rules of origin determination f [...] |
2006-03-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR BEXP KIPR KTIA MO |
| 06RABAT461 | WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTIES KICK [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On March 10-11, the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD), teaming up with the smaller Forces Citoyennes party (FC), held a conference at the Tour Hassan Hotel in Rabat entitled "Regionalization and Autonomy: Models and Options." International experts fro [...] |
2006-03-14 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT469 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHARITIES AND MENA-FATF [...] (SBU) Econoff met March 14 with Moroccan Ministry of Finance official Abdelaziz Khaoua discuss terrorism finance-related issues and to deliver reftel demarche concerning the charities discussion at the MENA-FATF plenary in Cairo next week. 2. (SBU) Khaoua was receptive to demarche and co [...] |
2006-03-15 16:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KFTN PTER XF MO |
| 06RABAT48 | PJD'S OTHMANI ON PARTY SPLIT, WESTERN SAHARA, 2007 [...] (C) Summary: During a January 6 meeting with Emboffs, Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) Secretary General Saad Eddin Othmani Othmani downplayed the reported split within the PJD describing it as a handful of individuals the party wanted to get rid of. He highlighted the party [...] |
2006-01-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT484 | MOROCCO-TURKEY RELATIONS: A ROBUST AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: During a recent two-hour lunch with Polcouns, Turkish Embassy First Secretary Turker Ari painted a diverse portrait of Morocco-Turkish relations, touching on a series of planned and already executed high-level visits, extensive relations between the two countries' Islamist parti [...] |
2006-03-17 16:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KISL MAS MO PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT49 | MOROCCO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICY [...] Econoff met Jan. 10 with Mohammed El Kadiri, Technical Director for Moroccan national telecoms regulator ANRT to discuss Moroccan spectrum management policy per request in Ref A. Answers below are keyed to questions in Reftel. 2. A) The authority responsible for spectrum management in Mor [...] |
2006-01-10 17:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON MO |
| 06RABAT490 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said March 14 that Morocco plans to move "in the medium-term" towards a more flexible exchange rate system. Jouahri said the country's increasing openness to trade warrants a transition to an as-yet-unspecified exchange regime, a move the IMF has c [...] |
2006-03-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ECPS MO |
| 06RABAT497 | GOM PROPOSES HIGH LEVEL DELEGATION TO BRIEF [...] (C) Summary: Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri told Ambassador Riley March 20 that he and Moroccan Amb. to the UN (and until recently Interior Minister) Moustapha Sahel proposed to travel to Washington this week or early next to brief U.S. officials informally on King [...] |
2006-03-20 19:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MO |
| 06RABAT498 | STAFFDEL PHELAN'S WESTERN SAHARA MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Phelan and EconCouns visited Laayoune, Western Sahara on March 18 as swarms of workers readied the city ) festooned with Moroccan flags -- for King Mohammed VI's imminent arrival. MINURSO officials briefed Phelan on the mission's activities, previewed the draft SYG re [...] |
2006-03-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS OREP MO |
| 06RABAT50 | REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) met with FM Benaissa for 90 minutes on January 4 at the MFA. Benaissa lauded US-Morocco relations and outlined many of the accomplishments of King Mohammed in the area of womens rights, equity and reconciliation, and press freedom. Benaissa was gloomy about Iraq, [...] |
2006-01-10 17:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD MO PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT504 | Initial FTA Success Stories - The First 90 Days [...] Summary: As expected, increased foreign direct investment has led FTA successes in the early days. Yet anecdotal evidence shows U.S. and Moroccan exporters are making use of the FTA's market access provisions to explore new market opportunities. U.S. FTA-related technical assistance has bo [...] |
2006-03-21 17:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR BEXP KIPR KTIA MO |
| 06RABAT505 | STAFFDEL PHELAN AT MOROCCAN MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: Staffdel Phelan met senior Moroccan MFA officials, including Bilateral Affairs Director Amrani, to discuss Western Sahara, reform, FTA, MCA and other issues of mutual interest. Phelan emphasized the need for a concrete, practical Western Sahara autonomy proposal that could se [...] |
2006-03-21 17:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP MO |
| 06RABAT506 | Initial FTA Success Stories - The First 90 Days [...] Summary: As expected, increased foreign direct investment has led FTA successes in the early days. Yet anecdotal evidence shows U.S. and Moroccan exporters are making use of the FTA's market access provisions to explore new market opportunities. U.S. FTA-related technical assistance has bo [...] |
2006-03-21 17:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR BEXP KIPR KTIA MO |
| 06RABAT507 | MFA, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS OBJECT TO MEPI [...] (C) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Foreign Affairs Fassi Fihri and Communications Minister Benabdallah told Ambassador Riley March 20 that media outlets accepting MEPI grants or other foreign funding would constitute a violation of Moroccan law, punishable by fines and imprisonment. They e [...] |
2006-03-21 18:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO KMPI KPAO PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT516 | OFFICIAL MOROCCAN VIEWS ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Gerard Cheyne met with GOM officials during his March 3-10 visit to Morocco and Western Sahara to discuss the possibility of launching a limited resettlement program and the CBM family visit exchanges occurring in the Western Sahara. Chey [...] |
2006-03-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS PREL PHUM UNHCR PGOV MO EG |
| 06RABAT517 | HUMAN RIGHTS: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW LAW AGAINST [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On March 16, the GOM announced parliament's passage of a new law against torture, according to the English-language Morocco Times. The Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bouzoubaa, reportedly said, "The new law aga [...] |
2006-03-23 11:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT519 | ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: MOROCCAN RESPONSE [...] (C) DCM met March 22 with MFA Director General for Multilateral Relations Mohamed Azeroual to stress the importance of ref(a) issues for the upcoming Arab League (AL) meeting in Khartoum. Azeroual confirmed that FM Benaissa will lead the Moroccan delegation as King Mohammed is currently "busy [...] |
2006-03-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SU MO |
| 06RABAT527 | MOROCCO PORT REFORM: EYE ON THE FTA [...] Summary: Morocco is making wide-ranging reforms to its port sector, a key piece of an economy which handles 98 percent of the country's of foreign trade. A law passed in December 2005 opens the sector to private operators, breaking the state's monopoly over commercial cargo services and cre [...] |
2006-03-24 16:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EWWT ETRD MO |
| 06RABAT530 | MOROCCO SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On Thursday March 23, 2006, Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 961 from the Moroccan MFA, requesting USG support for its candidature to the newly-created UN Human Rights Council (reftel). A copy of the diplomatic note has been faxed separately to NEA/MAG. 2. Begin text of GOM transl [...] |
2006-03-24 17:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT531 | MEPI MEDIA GRANTS PROGRAMS ALARM THE GOM; EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-25 03:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP PHUM SCUL KMPI KPAO KIRC MO |
| 06RABAT539 | WESTERN SAHARA: A TOUGH SPEECH CAPS A MOMENTOUS [...] (C) King Mohammed spent five days in the Western Sahara, March 20-25, his first visit to the disputed territory since March 2002. The timing of the visit, coming amidst a public consultation process on autonomy and private diplomacy by Moroccan Deputy FM Fassi Fihri with Paris and Washington, [...] |
2006-03-27 19:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT540 | THE BERBER (AMAZIGH) IN MOROCCO, PART I [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff and PAO traveled from Rabat to Al-Akhawayn University, located in the foothills of the Middle Atlas mountain range, south to Erfoud in the anti-Atlas, west to Agdaz and north to Ouarzazate and through the High Atlas range to Marrakesh from March 10 through March 17 on a c [...] |
2006-03-28 11:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO |
| 06RABAT552 | WESTERN SAHARA: THE MFA HELPS UNVEIL THE NEW [...] (C) Summary: The MFA requested the Ambassador's attendance at a meeting on March 28 with MFA SecGen Omar Hilale and other Western Hemisphere ambassadors. The subject of the meeting was the King's recent speech (reftel) and the formation of the "Conseil Royal Consultatif pour les Affaires S [...] |
2006-03-28 17:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT557 | SPANISH AMBASSADOR ON WESTERN SAHARA, MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch March 20, Spanish Ambassador Planas Puchades told Ambassador Riley that Spain continued to encourage Morocco to produce a credible autonomy plan for the Western Sahara. He dismissed alleged splits within the Polisario, suggesting the recently emerged faction "Line of Martyrs [...] |
2006-03-29 14:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PREL SNAR |
| 06RABAT558 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (C) Ambassador called on new Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa the afternoon of March 28. Ambassador expressed appreciation for the strong relations between the USG and the ministry and encouraged the MOI to go forward with anti money laundering legislation as well as a letter of agreement [...] |
2006-03-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT561 | WESTERN SAHARA: INFORMAL MINURSO VIEWS ON CURRENT [...] (C) MINURSO Political Officer Alexander Sporys (please protect) visited Rabat March 22-24 for consultations with the P-5, Spanish, and South Africans at the request of SRSG Bastagli. Sporys called on Polcouns March 23. SRSG Bastagli is expected in Rabat for follow-on discussions in early Apr [...] |
2006-03-29 18:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT565 | MOROCCO'S POLITICAL PARTIES: LAPDOGS OR DEMOCRATS? [...] (C) Summary: The series of splits, mergers, and coups that have dotted Morocco's already fractured political landscape since November 2005 attest to the fact that posturing for the 2007 parliamentary elections is in full swing. They also speak volumes about the force that King Mohammed VI's [...] |
2006-03-30 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 06RABAT567 | THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS), PART II: ERFOUD AND RISSANI [...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables drawn from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas from March 10-17. Erfoud is a medium-sized town, which is quickly becoming a tourist hub for the region, whereas Rissani is a small town on the road sou [...] |
2006-03-30 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL |
| 06RABAT574 | MOROCCO REJECTS U.S. S&T PROPOSAL [...] (U) Post received diplomatic note number 1110 dated March 29, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, rejecting the latest U.S. proposal for Article VIII of the Science and Technology Agreement currently under negotiation. Post submitted the U.S. proposal on March 21 per instructions in R [...] |
2006-03-31 13:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL KSCA EAID MO |
| 06RABAT606 | DEMARCHE ON ALGERIAN/MOROCCAN MIGRATION CONFERENCES [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On April 4, DCM met with Ambassador Youssef Amrani, MFA Director-General of Bilateral Relations, to deliver reftel demarche. Amrani's immediate response to the demarche was that the USG's position on the conf [...] |
2006-04-05 12:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SMIG AG WI MO |
| 06RABAT607 | MFA DISCUSSES NATO AND THE UPCOMING HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) At an April 4 meeting with Ambassador Youssef Amrani, MFA Director-General of Bilateral Relations, the DCM discussed the GOM's understanding of its relationship with NATO. Amrani, who just returned from a positive experience at a NA [...] |
2006-04-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MO |
| 06RABAT615 | THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS), PART III: ASSOCIATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a series of cables from a combined outreach and reporting trip by Poloff and PAO to the anti-Atlas (south side of the Atlas Mountains) from March 10-17. The area discussed is part of the Meknes-Tafilalt region (reftels) and, like the Erfoud area, it [...] |
2006-04-06 16:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL MO |
| 06RABAT616 | SEVENTEEN ACTIVISTS IN THE WESTERN SAHARA: BEATEN [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, seventeen Sahrawi prisoners were brought to court from Laayoune prison for their trials. According to the Polisario website and Sahrawi activist Brahim Afari who called Polcouns April 4, the prisoners were "severely beaten" in vans on the way to the court. One acti [...] |
2006-04-06 17:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN PBTS PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT617 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met April 3 for an hour and a half with Islamist-referenced Party for Justice and Development (PJD) Secretary General (SYG) Saad Eddine Othmani at PJD party headquarters. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff while Othmani was joined by PJD Depu [...] |
2006-04-06 17:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT618 | EMBASSY OFFICERS DISCUSS FOREIGN POLICY WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited Morocco's prestigious Al-Akhawayn University on April 3 to meet with faculty and discuss US-Morocco relations and human rights with undergraduate and graduate students as part o [...] |
2006-04-07 08:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PBTS MO |
| 06RABAT62 | MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Contents --PPS Consolidates Socialist Alliance, Prepares Congress --Eid al-Adha: Prayer, Sacrifice, and Pardon --Morocco and Kuwait Join Forces to Promote Moderate Islam --King Supports Moroccan Children's Parliament --Morocco Creates Young Scientist Academy --Vietnam Opens Embassy in [...] |
2006-01-13 17:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT630 | UNHCR REMAINS UPBEAT ON REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Over lunch March 30, UNHCR Head of Office Johannes Van der Klaauw told Polcouns that he remained optimistic at UNHCR's capacity to resettle abroad several hundred individuals in Morocco whom UNHCR had determined to be refugees. Following the visit of Cairo-based refugee coordinator (Re [...] |
2006-04-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MO |
| 06RABAT633 | PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT HOSTS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) hosted a conference March 31-April 1 on "U.S. Decision-Making and Its Impact on Moroccan-American Relations." Participants included party leaders as well as rank and file PJD members, select diplomats, academics and NGOs. Gues [...] |
2006-04-07 15:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT635 | THE AMAZIGH (BERBERS), PART IV: WESTERN ANTI-ATLAS [...] (C) Summary: From March 10-17, Poloff and PAO were on a combined outreach and reporting trip in the anti-Atlas, south of the Atlas mountains on the edge of the Sahara Desert. This cable is the fourth in a series. The population of the western section of the anti-Atlas is larger, and, the as [...] |
2006-04-07 16:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL MO |
| 06RABAT637 | WESTERN SAHARA: BASTAGLI MAKES THE CASE FOR [...] (C) Summary: During an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, SRSG Bastagli argued that tighter and more robust operations over the last six months had made MINURSO a more effective force. Violations of the ceasefire were down 50 percent. Confidence-building measures remained essential to UN [...] |
2006-04-07 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT638 | MCA: MOROCCO HOLDS NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 28-29, the GOM hosted a national consultative workshop with NGOs, local associations, academics, private sector representatives and members of the international donor community as part of its consultation process for developing a compact proposal to access funds from [...] |
2006-04-07 18:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EAID ECON SOCI MO |
| 06RABAT639 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1 to March 31. Activities included visits by MEPI Washington and MEPI Tunis, a regional conference on the family code, political and judicial reform, women's rights, literacy training, English ACCESS Micro s [...] |
2006-04-07 18:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT640 | MOROCCO: LEVERAGING UN TROOP CONTRIBUTING [...] (C) A/Polcouns met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel request to solicit Moroccan troop and/or equipment support for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Sudan. Bourita raised two issues with Moroccan participation in suc [...] |
2006-04-10 16:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PGOV SU MO |
| 06RABAT642 | MOROCCO: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) A/Polcouns met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to deliver reftel message that the U.S. will not run for a seat on the new UN Human Rights Council this year. Bourita responded with a request for the U.S. to support Morocco's bid to b [...] |
2006-04-10 16:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA MO |
| 06RABAT661 | THE BARCELONA PROCESS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Currently, the European Union (EU) has over $1.5 billion in ongoing projects in Morocco under the Barcelona Process (BP). These projects cover issues related to economics, social services, environmental protection and human rights. The European Commission (EC) in Rabat repor [...] |
2006-04-13 16:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV SOCI MO |
| 06RABAT662 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOCIALIST UNION OF POPULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 3 with for an hour with Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) party leader and Minister of Territory Development, Water, and Environment Mohamed El Yazghi at the recently completed USFP party headquarters in Rabat. The Ambassador was [...] |
2006-04-13 16:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT663 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL RALLY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 5 with National Rally of Independents (RNI) party leader and former prime minister Ahmed Osman at his residence in Rabat. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff (notetaker), while Osman was unaccompanied. This is the fourth in a round o [...] |
2006-04-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO |
| 06RABAT665 | ABU MAZEN VISITS MOROCCO; HAMAS NEXT? [...] (C) FM Benaissa invited Ambassador to the MFA the morning of April 13 to discuss the visit of Palestinian Authority President Abu Mazen (note: Abu Mazen arrived in Morocco April 12. King Mohammed held a dinner for him the evening of April 12 in Casablanca, attended by Arab diplomats and seni [...] |
2006-04-13 18:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT668 | MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through March 31, 2006. Update narratives contain bot [...] |
2006-04-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT671 | WESTERN SAHARA: GOM CLAIMS IT'S NOT STALLING ON [...] (C) Following up on SRSG Bastagli's April 6 comment that Morocco had turned off a third attempted visit to the Western Sahara by the UN High Commission for Human Rights (reftel), Polcouns called MFA Director for UN Affairs Nasser Bourita the afternoon of April 13 to get the official Moroccan [...] |
2006-04-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT676 | IS THERE AN AMAZIGH (BERBER) IDENTITY IN MOROCCO? [...] (C) Summary: While the constitution of Morocco recognizes ethnic and religious diversity, it is also clear that citizens are to think of themselves as Moroccan, not as members of separate ethnic or religious groups. Recent Amazigh history in Morocco (reftel A), however, points to the perse [...] |
2006-04-14 16:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO |
| 06RABAT678 | MOROCCO: CLARIFICATION OF ACTIVITIES AT THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-14 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KTBT MO |
| 06RABAT679 | MOROCCO: FORMATION OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Reftel letter from the Secretary was delivered to the office of Foreign Minister Mohamed Benaissa on April 14. Post also delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director of UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on April 14. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************** [...] |
2006-04-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM UNGA MO |
| 06RABAT680 | DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - AFRICAN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the office of MFA Director of UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on April 14. Post will report any substantive response septel. ****************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat *************** [...] |
2006-04-14 17:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PHUM UNCHR UN MO |
| 06RABAT697 | MOROCCO: PARTICIPATION IN COESPU'S SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Poloffs met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel request encouraging Moroccan participation in upcoming COESPU classes. Poloff delivered to Bourita a copy of reftel points in non-paper format. In response, Bourita ex [...] |
2006-04-18 09:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR IT MO |
| 06RABAT714 | AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) As requested Ref B, the Ambassador called on Moroccan Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri the afternoon of April 17 to follow up on his April 13 discussion with FM Benaissa regarding the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Khalid Mishal to Morocco (FM Benaissa is traveling in South America and was th [...] |
2006-04-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT718 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISTIQLAL PARTY LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 4 with Istiqlal party leader and Minister of State Abbas El Fassi at his residence over lunch. The Ambassador was accompanied by Polcouns, Poloff (notetaker), and PolLES, while El Fassi was joined by Istiqlal Upper House Caucus Leader an [...] |
2006-04-20 10:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT719 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH POPULAR MOVEMENT UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met April 10 for one hour with Popular Movement Union (UMP) president and former Minister of Defense Mahjoubi Aherdane and UMP secretary general and Minister of Agriculture, Rural SIPDIS Development and Sea Fisheries Mohand Laenser at Aherdane's [...] |
2006-04-20 10:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD MO |
| 06RABAT722 | WESTERN SAHARA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CREDIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri for two hours the afternoon of April 17 to deliver points on the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Mishal (Refs A and B). Most of the meeting was consumed by a discussion on the Western Sahara, however, as Fassi Fihri recapped his re [...] |
2006-04-20 11:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT728 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ARAB MAGHREB UNION SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 19 with Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General Habib Ben Yahia to discuss the AMU's role in regional integration, the Western Sahara, counterterrorism and human rights. Ben Yahia explained that the AMU works well at the ministerial and technical levels wh [...] |
2006-04-20 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MO PBTS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT729 | SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is engaging in a disingenuous process to delay movement toward a negotiated settlement of the Western Sahara conflict. Its domestic consultations on autonomy for the Western Sahara cannot be taken seriously, and have thus far excluded those who might offer differing p [...] |
2006-04-20 18:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KPKO UNUS MO AG |
| 06RABAT73 | MOROCCO 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT730 | MONEY LAUNDERING BILL PASSES COUNCIL OF [...] (U) On April 19, Morocco's long awaited draft Anti- Money Laundering (AML) bill was approved the Moroccan Council of Government (the cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Driss Jettou). After clearing the Council of Government, a Ministerial Council, presided over by King Mohammed VI, will then [...] |
2006-04-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT732 | ELECTRICITY (IS) NOT STATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Director of Moroccan state electricity company Younes Maamar described to Ambassador on April 18 the government's plans to deregulate the electricity sector, stressing the GOM's urgency to diversify its energy sources and his personal preference that Morocco move forward with nuc [...] |
2006-04-21 10:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ETTC ECON SENV KNNP MO |
| 06RABAT734 | WESTERN SAHARA: MOROCCANS NERVOUS ABOUT IMPENDING [...] (C) Deputy FM Fassi Fihri telephoned the Ambassador late afternoon April 20 to express concern about the contents of the SYG's report on the Western Sahara, soon to be released, as well as impending action on the Western Sahara by the UN Security Council. Fassi Fihri understood that the Secur [...] |
2006-04-21 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT736 | HUMAN RIGHTS CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- SPENDING MONEY [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. (SBU) Summary: On April 18, Poloff and Laboff visited the Human Rights Clinical Legal Education program at Hassan II University in Mohammedia, loc [...] |
2006-04-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM MO |
| 06RABAT742 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] An EU-Morocco fisheries agreement signed in July 2005 has been delayed due to opposition from some EU governments about whether the deal should include fishing grounds off the disputed Western Sahara. Last year, after six years of talks, the GOM signed a $160 million, four-year deal that wou [...] |
2006-04-21 15:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EFIS EWWT KFLU KHIV MO WS |
| 06RABAT748 | MOROCCO: MFA VIEWS ON COESPU PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Following up on reftels, Poloff met April 20 with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim to discuss Moroccan participation in COESPU's second round of classes in May. Confirming the Moroccan Gendarmerie [...] |
2006-04-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR IT MO |
| 06RABAT779 | GOM SEEKS US SUPPORT IN BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post received the following diplomatic note and aide-memoire seeking US support for Morocco's candidacy to the Human Rights Council. As the aide-memoire is a comprehensive summary of how the GOM views its [...] |
2006-04-26 16:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV MO |
| 06RABAT786 | INTERIOR MINISTER'S FIRST INTERVIEW OFFERS GLIMPSE [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Coming on the heels of his recent visit to France, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa provided April 19, 2006 the Moroccan French-language daily L'Economiste his first official interview since being appointed [...] |
2006-04-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER MO |
| 06RABAT787 | MOROCCO: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita and urged Morocco to oppose the candidacy of Iran and other serious human rights abusers during the May 9 vote for the UN Human Rights Council. Bourita said that Iran [...] |
2006-04-27 11:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL MO |
| 06RABAT788 | MOROCCO: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - US [...] (SBU) On April 27, poloff discussed reftel U.S. extension request to destroy chemical weapons stockpiles with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita expressed surprise that the U.S. was requesting an extension, noting that it was usually the Russian [...] |
2006-04-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CWC |
| 06RABAT789 | MOROCCO ON INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel impact of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) charged with investiging the UN's Oil-for Food program on April 27 with MFA Director for International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. According to Bourita, the issue needs to be viewed "globally," and [...] |
2006-04-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KFIN PGOV IZ MO |
| 06RABAT808 | Misuse of Life Sciences Research - Morocco [...] On April 25, post delivered reftel demarche and questions regarding misuse of life sciences to Dr. Khalid Temsamani, National Coordinator of Materials Science at the Department of Scientific Research at the Moroccan Ministry of Higher Education. Temsamani provided responses and point of cont [...] |
2006-04-28 12:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PTER KTIA MO |
| 06RABAT816 | SCENESETTER FOR FM BENAISSA'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) FM Benaissa is coming to Washington May 2 after a bruising few weeks for Morocco on the Western Sahara. The latest UN resolution was a narrowly dodged bullet, from Morocco's point of view. The MFA in Rabat and Moroccan Embassy in Washington both lobbied vigorously to avoid a resolution [...] |
2006-04-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MO PGOV PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT85 | MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post offers the following information on Moroccan non-governmental organizations that provide support or services to the victims and families of the Casablanca terrorist attacks on May 16, 2003, or are engaged in activities designed to blunt the appeal of Islamic ex [...] |
2006-01-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KAWC KPAO MO |
| 06RABAT880 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Economic and commercial issues dominated Chinese President Hu Jiantao's April 23-25 visit to Morocco - his first stop on a three country Africa tour following his trips to Washington and Riyadh. Responding to Moroccan fears of China's domination of manufactured exports, particularly the text [...] |
2006-05-04 11:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EAGR KIPR KTEX MO |
| 06RABAT897 | MOROCCO: MENA-FATF CHARITIES PAPER DEMARCHE [...] (U) Econoff met May 5 with Moroccan Ministry of Finance (MOF) official Mr. Abdelaziz Al Khaoua, head of banking and financial sector issues, to discuss terrorism finance-related matters and to deliver reftel demarche concerning the Government of Morocco (GOM) position on the MENA-FATF Chariti [...] |
2006-05-08 14:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KFTN PTER XF MO |
| 06RABAT908 | AMAZIGH (BERBER) CONFERENCE DEMANDS [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Le Reporter (April 20), a weekly French-language magazine format journal, reported the results of the April 7 and 8 Amazigh (Berber) conference held in Meknes. (Note: Meknes is located east of Rabat in the Mekne [...] |
2006-05-10 08:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MO |
| 06RABAT911 | MOROCCO: UN DEMOCRACY FUND INVITATION FOR GRANT [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel fund on April 27 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita. Bourita expressed interest in the fund and said that it was likely that the GOM would be interested in participating. He said he would review the information and pro [...] |
2006-05-10 13:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA MO |
| 06RABAT913 | WESTERN SAHARA: GOM WILL PROCEED WITH OHCHR VISIT [...] (SBU) MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita told Polcouns May 10 that the May 15 visit of the Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) was going forward, and the program had been prepared. The delegation, which would not include Louise Arbour, would arrive [...] |
2006-05-10 18:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MO PBTS PHUM PREL PINR |
| 06RABAT918 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN MOROCCO: IS IT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Constitutional reform is regularly brought up by contacts and is occasionally a topic in the press. Reform, however, does not mean the entire constitution but rather portions of it which directly relate to the interest or interests of a particular group. Whereas Moroccans desc [...] |
2006-05-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR MO |
| 06RABAT922 | IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES - MOROCCO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ABLD PHUM ETTC MO |
| 06RABAT961 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] Overall GDP grew by 5.7 percent annually at the end of the first quarter of 2006, while non-agricultural GDP grew by four percent, a consistent figure over several quarters. A report by the Moroccan Government's High Planning Commission said GDP was helped by strong performance in constructio [...] |
2006-05-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EAGR ELAB MO |
| 06RABAT968 | MOURAD EL HAMYANI DEPORTATION [...] (S) Embassy Rabat provides the following background concerning the possible deportation of Moroccan terrorist suspect Mourad El Hamyani to Morocco. The Moroccan police have an arrest warrant for El Hamyani for criminal activity, including armed robbery with the intent to use the profits to f [...] |
2006-05-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MO PHUM PREL PTER |
| 06RABAT970 | ICRC SEES PROGRESS WITH GOM ON HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Over lunch May 18, ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle told Polcouns the ICRC was generally pleased with progress on the humanitarian issues it is working with the GOM, and especially with progress on resolving the issue of the disappeared between Morocco and the Polisario Front. [...] |
2006-05-19 18:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PBTS PHUM PREL |
| 06RABAT971 | NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDY IN MOROCCO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of National War College (NWC) students and faculty, led by Commandant Major General Teresa Marne Peterson and Deputy Commandant Ambassador Marcelle Wahba, visited Morocco May 13-18, [...] |
2006-05-19 18:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO MARR MO MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 06RABAT985 | MEPI RESPONSIBILITIES REVISITED [...] In ref A, post requested clarification of project officer responsibilities related to MEPI grants and information on available/appropriate training in order to carry out these duties effectively. Recently, post's project officers have received delegation of authority notices from MEPI's Regi [...] |
2006-05-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EAID KMPI MO |
| 06RABAT986 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY OF PROGRESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Ambassador met May 19 for one hour with Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) secretary general Ismail Alaoui at the party's headquarters SIPDIS in Rabat. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff (notetaker), while Alaoui was joined by PPS executive commi [...] |
2006-05-23 12:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MO |
| 07EFTORABAT171 | SCHOOL TAX AGREEMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Following completion of consultations with Department offices and the five officially supported American schools in Morocco, Mission has moved to engage senior GOM officials on the issue of concluding a bilateral agreement to give the schools legal status and shield them from [...] |
2007-01-31 11:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT ASCH KREC MO |
| 07EFTORABAT264 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JETTOU ON [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador to discuss our desire to conclude a bilateral schools' agreement, Prime Minister Jettou took on board our concerns about the precarious financial situation of American schools in Morocco and committed to finding a solution to the tax conundrum they [...] |
2007-02-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN SCUL MA |
| 07EFTORABAT521 | PM ADVISOR CATEGORICALLY REJECTS TAX CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting to follow up on the Ambassador's February 7 meeting with Prime Minister Jettou on our desire to conclude a school tax agreement governing U.S. schools in Morocco, the Prime Minister's Finance Advisor Abderrezak Lazrak reiterated the Government of Morocco's desire [...] |
2007-03-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AMGT ASCH PGOV EFIN SCUL MA |
| 07RABAT101 | MOROCCO: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION [...] (S) Following are Embassy Rabat's comments on the Section 1206 FY07 proposals involving Morocco. 2. (S) Post supports the Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS) portion of the "African Maritime Security Capability and Capacity Improvements" proposal, as long as activitie [...] |
2007-01-22 15:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MASS PARM PTER MO |
| 07RABAT1022 | MOROCCO'S PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] (SBU) Poloff met June 12 with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim to encourage Moroccan participation in the next round of COESPU courses. Poloff explained, for the first time and in part based on Moroccan suggestion, COESPU will offer its courses in French taught by instructors from t [...] |
2007-06-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR MASS MO |
| 07RABAT1023 | MOROCCO RESPONSE: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM [...] (SBU) During a June 15 meeting with Ahmed Faouzi, Division Chief for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, econoff drew from reftel points to urge Moroccan support of open consideration of the WIPO Director General issue at the Program and Budget Committee meeting in [...] |
2007-06-18 16:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR MO |
| 07RABAT1034 | SCENESETTER FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...] |
2007-06-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT1046 | BRIEFING MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) Summary: The visit of an interagency delegation headed by PDUSD Ryan Henry to Morocco June 11 to brief on AFRICOM helped reassure the government and provided the opportunity to alert the public to the proposed new command. The delegation briefed a GOM interagency group headed by MFA Dire [...] |
2007-06-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MO PTER PREL |
| 07RABAT1050 | SENIOR JCO LEADER SOUNDS OFF ON ELECTIONS AND GOM [...] (C) Summary: During a June 20 meeting, a senior leader of "Al-Adl wal Ihsane" - the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO), Morocco's large quasi-legal Islamist political organization, told poloQ that the group was adhering to its rejection of participation in the political system but was not [...] |
2007-06-25 12:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM MO |
| 07RABAT1051 | DEMARCHE: MOROCCO SUPPORT FOR UNITAID [...] (U) Action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On June 22, econoff discussed reftel with Zakia Midaoui, Director of the MFA's Division of Economic and Commercial Organizations and Conferences. Midaoui reported that in March 2006 Morocco and several other African countries signed a [...] |
2007-06-25 12:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV PREL TBIO MO |
| 07RABAT1062 | MOROCCO: GOM STRONGLY BACKING FATAH, BUT PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI wrote to Palestinian President Abbas on June 15 to express the GOM's support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs described the letter to us as "the highest expression of support for Abu Mazen we can provide." Despite the Moroccan government's firm support for Abbas [...] |
2007-06-26 13:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MO XF |
| 07RABAT1076 | MOROCCO'S COMPETITIVITY GAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's weak showing in the newly-published competitivity index of the World Economic Forum has again highlighted an issue that has sparked extensive public comment and debate in recent months, particularly in the context of the failure of Moroccan exports to become a locomoti [...] |
2007-06-28 16:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV MA |
| 07RABAT1095 | MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO FIGHT ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN AND [...] Summary: Two recent events highlighted ongoing Moroccan government and civil society efforts to curb violence and abuse against women and children. On June 21, 2007 Princess Lalla Meryam, the King's sister and Chair of the National Observatory for Children's Rights (ONDE), secretary of State [...] |
2007-07-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL MO |
| 07RABAT1099 | MOROCCO: PROGRESS TOWARD A SEISMIC MONITORING [...] (U) Summary: On March 25, Department of the Air Force Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs Michael Zehner and Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) representative Bill Barker held successful follow on negotiations with Said Belcadi, Director of Morocco,s National Center [...] |
2007-07-03 08:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PARM MO |
| 07RABAT1105 | SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) My staff and I are delighted to welcome you to Morocco at a time of increased focus on the terrorist threat in North Africa. The U.S. finds in Morocco a capable and active partner in the war against terror, though there is still room for closer cooperation and enhanced support from our sid [...] |
2007-07-03 18:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT1112 | CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS ELECTION OBSERVERS AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH), told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...] |
2007-07-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MO PHUM PREL |
| 07RABAT1117 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KOGAN, FELIX [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for to the Department of Commerce, NOAA meteorologist Felix Kogan to travel to Morocco, July 9-13, 2007 for the purpose of conducting meetings with GOM and embassy officials. 2. Post understands travelers require no further assistance. 3 [...] |
2007-07-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 07RABAT1118 | MOROCCO'S INSURANCE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's insurance market, the largest in the Middle East and North Africa, and the second largest on the African continent after South Africa, continues to experience solid growth, as companies introduce a range of new products in the areas of life, credit and medical insuranc [...] |
2007-07-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD MA |
| 07RABAT1119 | FBI DIRECTOR AND GOM DISCUSS TERRORISM, TRAINING [...] (S) In separate June 29 meetings, FBI Director Mueller met with Justice Minister Mohammed Bouzoubaa, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa and other top security officials to encourage continued cooperation between the USG and the GOM in combating terrorism. Bouzoubaa said that Morocco is a targe [...] |
2007-07-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | KCRM MO PGOV PREL PTER |
| 07RABAT1122 | CORRECTED COPY: CCDH HEAD SAYS MOROCCO SEEKS [...] (SBU) Ahmed Herzenni, newly appointed President of the Royal Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH), told Ambassador Riley July 2nd that Morocco would welcome senior international observers in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He did not, however, want a flood of NGOs participating. [...] |
2007-07-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MO PHUM PREL |
| 07RABAT1128 | FRENCH FURIOUS OVER MOROCCO'S "MALADROIT" [...] (C) A French diplomatic colleague (protect) privately admitted July 9 that the upper reaches of the French government were furious about the postponement/cancellation of the Sarkozy visit planned for July 10. This was done directly between MFA Minister-Delegate Fassi Fihri and the Elysee at t [...] |
2007-07-10 17:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO FR |
| 07RABAT1145 | MOROCCO MOVES TO HIGHEST LEVEL OF TERRORISM ALERT [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Benmoussa proclaimed on July 6 a "maximum state of alert" citing a "serious threat of terrorist attack" based on "reliable intelligence." Despite a flurry of speculation in the domestic and international press, the alert is not based on specific threat informa [...] |
2007-07-13 14:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC MO SP |
| 07RABAT1155 | MOROCCO ELECTIONS: AMBITIOUS PARTY PLATFORMS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Less than two months before Morocco's lower house elections, political parties have just begun to promote their platforms, but this is still earlier than in previous cycles. All parties have put more emphasis on their platforms, which generally are more detailed, and they have wo [...] |
2007-07-17 12:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 07RABAT1159 | EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS ENHANCED BORDER ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency EXBS (Export Control and Related Border Security) team launched a broad program of cooperation in an initial round of meetings with Moroccan officials in July 9-12. The EXBS program is a multi-year assistance program and will begin delivering training to Morocco [...] |
2007-07-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC MO |
| 07RABAT116 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: EL MOUMNI, Abdel Ali DOB: 1952 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: V 13625 Rank: Procureur du Roi Unit: Cour de Justice -- Meknes Purpose: to att [...] |
2007-01-24 09:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 07RABAT1160 | EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS ENHANCED BORDER ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: An interagency EXBS (Export Control and Related Border Security) team launched a broad program of cooperation in an initial round of meetings with Moroccan officials July 9-12. The EXBS program is a multi-year assistance program and will begin delivering training to Morocco thi [...] |
2007-07-18 12:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM ETTC PREL KSTC MO |
| 07RABAT1161 | THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 16 SPEECH ON ARAB-ISRAELI [...] (C) Mohammed Azeroual, Director-General for Arab and Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told polcouns on July 18 that Morocco "welcomed all initiatives" aimed at restarting the Arab-Israeli peace process and was eager to learn more about the modalities of the U.S. proposal unve [...] |
2007-07-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO |
| 07RABAT117 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan nationals: Name: ANEJJAR, Ahmed DOB: 1947 POB: Marrakech, Morocco CIN#: P 3407 Rank: O-7, Commander Unit: 2nd BIP - Benguerir Name: BADR, Azeddine DOB: [...] |
2007-01-24 09:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 07RABAT1180 | Moroccan journalists detained for publishing confidential [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- Â [...] |
2007-07-19 17:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO PGOV |
| 07RABAT12 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR GREGORY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte to travel to Morocco, January 8-10, 2007 for the purpose of participating in Iran public diplomacy outreach discussions with senior-level GOM officials and the media. 2. Control Officer is Deputy Political [...] |
2007-01-05 10:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA MO |
| 07RABAT1201 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1-June 30. New activities included visits by representatives from MEPI Washington and the approval of two small grant proposals. Highlights from existing programs included the launch of the MEPI Alumni Networ [...] |
2007-07-24 16:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV KMPI MO |
| 07RABAT1223 | PM CLAIMS AND RECEIVES CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: In the customary end-of-term address, Prime Minister Driss Jettou gave parliament an upbeat assessment of his accomplishments since 2002. He focused on political, economic, and social reform, as well as stability and treatment of Berbers. Jettou also touched on ways in which [...] |
2007-07-27 16:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PHUM ECON MO |
| 07RABAT1229 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: During her July 6-8 visit to Morocco, Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, met with the chiefs of Morocco's intelligence service, the internal security service, the chief of the national police, the Minister of Interior [...] |
2007-07-31 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KISL MO IZ XF XA |
| 07RABAT1232 | 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (C) We delivered the points conveyed reftel regarding the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) to MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita on July 26. He said that the GOM will be in flux until after the September 7 election, making it impossible to predict w [...] |
2007-07-31 15:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA |
| 07RABAT1234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Representative Lowey, My staff and I are delighted to welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Your visit will help underscore the importance of our relations with Morocco. Morocco is a paragon of reform in the region and relations are good enough that it has been designated a [...] |
2007-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PTER MA |
| 07RABAT1238 | MOROCCAN TROOPS IN COTE D'IVOIRE: INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) In response to the points conveyed reftel, MFA Chief of International Organizations Section Nasser Bourita told us on July 26 that the GOM takes the accusations of sexual misconduct against its troops in Ivory Coast seriously, and is sending a high level military delegation to join the UN [...] |
2007-08-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO IC MO |
| 07RABAT1248 | MOROCCO: ELECTORAL CAMPAIGNS HEAT UP IN FES, MEKNES [...] (C) Summary: On a pre-election tour of the Moroccan "heartland," poloffs found broad cynicism towards elections and expectations of low voter turnout, even among some politicians. Fes, a spiritual center with a medieval core, and its imperial twin Meknes are politicized but less modernized t [...] |
2007-08-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 07RABAT1249 | MOROCCO MOVES FORWARD ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to add Morocco's first-ever international elections observation to the existing domestic monitoring of the elections are gaining steam, but running against the clock. The Interior Minister publicly affirmed the mandate of the Human Rights Consultative Council (CCDH) to [...] |
2007-08-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO EU EAID |
| 07RABAT1255 | KING'S THRONE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI's July 30 Throne Day speech focused on his commitment to gradual reform as well as the two most pressing national issues: the Western Sahara and upcoming parliamentary elections. He reaffirmed Morocco's intention to negotiate on the basis of autonomy, but "noth [...] |
2007-08-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PBTS MO KDEM IZ LE SO SU XI |
| 07RABAT1258 | MOROCCO CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Speaking after the July 30 Arab League meeting, Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Benaissa expressed support for President Bush's July 16 Middle East peace initiative. "We detected several positive elements in the recent speech of the U.S. president on the Palestinian issue which, we [...] |
2007-08-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS XF MO |
| 07RABAT1265 | MAGAZINES SEIZED AND EDITORS CONVOKED FOR DISRESPECTING THE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Moroccan authorities seized, on orders of PM Jettou, the most recent editions of TelQuel and Nichane, weekly current affairs magazines on August 4 for violating laws that forbid criticism of the mona [...] |
2007-08-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL KDEM EAID PHUM KMPI MO |
| 07RABAT1272 | THE KING'S RIGHT-HAND MAN RESIGNS TO RUN FOR [...] (U) Shocking the conventional wisdom, the Royal Palace announced the resignation of Fouad Ali El Himma from his post of Delegate Minister of the Interior late on August 7. The Palace said he was leaving his post to run in the upcoming elections "on equal footing with all Moroccan citizens." [...] |
2007-08-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR XI |
| 07RABAT1274 | MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: OPTIMISM FROM ACROSS THE ATLAS [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff and Econ FSN visited the largely Berber, rural-oriented Atlas and trans-Atlas towns of Azrou, Midelt and Errachidia preliminary to the September 7 parliamentary elections. Among the business associations, non-government organizations (NGOs), local government officials, [...] |
2007-08-10 08:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL MO |
| 07RABAT129 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: FALSY, Mohammed DOB: 21 December 1956 POB: Kalaat Sraghna, Morocco CIN#: Y 3901 Rank: O-6 Unit: 3rd Bureau -- Rabat Purpose: to attend t [...] |
2007-01-25 17:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 07RABAT1293 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MOROCCAN PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI PREL |
| 07RABAT130 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: CHICHAOUI, Youssef DOB: 31 December 1962 POB: Sefrou, Morocco CIN#: C 160726 Rank: O-3 Unit: 6 GAR - Tantan Purpose: to attend the Field [...] |
2007-01-25 17:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 07RABAT131 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: MAAMAR, Kamal DOB: 21 July 1967 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: A 267392 Rank: O-4 Unit: 2 BSI -- Laayoune Purpose: to attend the Combined Log [...] |
2007-01-25 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 07RABAT132 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] This is an action request. This cable requests the Department of State to initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national: Name: BOUATLAOUI, Mustapha DOB: 1 January 1963 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: L 128338 Rank: O-5 Unit: 2nd BIP -- Benguerir Purpose: to attend the [...] |
2007-01-25 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM |
| 07RABAT1331 | INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVATION BEGINS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The organization of Morocco,s first-ever international election observation kicked off with a week-long pre-election assessment mission organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). In meetings with embassy and an August 15 press conference, the delegation recognized po [...] |
2007-08-22 17:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO |
| 07RABAT1335 | STAFFDEL CAMMACK:THE MOROCCAN ELECTORAL ORCHESTRA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-23 14:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MO OREP OVIP |
| 07RABAT1340 | STAFFDEL CAMMACK: CAN MOROCCO BE FRANCHISED? [...] (SBU) During an August 8-10 visit, Democratic Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack heard that reformers in Morocco, unlike in many other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, already have a safe space within which to operate, and are working to expand existing [...] |
2007-08-23 16:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MO OVIP |
| 07RABAT1343 | INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON ON LITERACY AND HEALTH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA |
| 07RABAT1355 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST [...] (SBU) In an information note released on August 9, the IMF outlined the positive conclusions of its 2007 Article IV consultations with Morocco. The Board praised Morocco's "remarkable economic progress" over the course of recent years, noting that growth has accelerated, inflation has been co [...] |
2007-08-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD MA |
| 07RABAT1387 | MOROCCO REGISTRATION FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 MEETING ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-31 16:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MO TRGY |
| 07RABAT1392 | MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...] |
2007-09-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 07RABAT1393 | MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...] |
2007-09-04 16:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 07RABAT1394 | MOROCCO ELECTIONS - FEELING ABANDONED BY RABAT, [...] (C) During an Embassy visit to Khenifra and Mrirt in Morocco's Middle Atlas region we found a mix of apathy and anger among interlocutors. According to one candidate, and many residents, vote buying by parties is the norm in rural areas and slums. Most welcomed the idea of observers, but s [...] |
2007-09-04 16:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 07RABAT1395 | MOROCCO'S EASTERN PROVINCE UNENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: During a pre-election visit to Morocco,s eastern province emboffs found a broad lack of enthusiasm toward parliamentary elections, particularly among youth and women. Youth of the region feel they have no role in the current political system, and consequently, do not plan to vot [...] |
2007-09-04 17:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
| 07RABAT1397 | MOROCCO FTA ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: During his August 28-31 visit to Morocco, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Shaun Donnelly emphasized the mutual benefits of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and outlined U.S. thinking regarding preparations for the first meeting of the Joint Committee later th [...] |
2007-09-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT141 | COURT RULING SETS BACK KING'S EFFORT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a decision that could lead to enhanced separation of powers in Morocco, the Constitutional Court has struck down a provision of the bill revising the electoral code that would have required small parties to either merge with larger parties or sit out the 2007 parliamentary ele [...] |
2007-01-26 13:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN MO |
| 07RABAT1417 | MOROCCO'S SEPTEMBER 7 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's September 7 parliamentary elections will be its first in five years and second of King Mohammed VI's reign. A crowded, fragmented field of 33 political parties will be competing for the 325 seats in Parliament's lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, of which 30 seats a [...] |
2007-09-07 10:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT1419 | MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: ISLAMISTS TO GROW BUT NO GREEN [...] (C) Summary: We project the September 7 election for the Lower House of Parliament will return only a modest change in the Chamber, though it could produce a different-looking government. We expect 17 parties in the new House, none with a majority, none even with more than half the seats in a [...] |
2007-09-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT1421 | MOROCCO ELECTIONS: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1300 GMT [...] (SBU) General parliamentary elections, Morocco's first in five years, are being staged today, September 7. Polling stations opened across the country at 0800 GMT. 10 teams from Embassy Rabat and Consulate Casablanca deployed to the field are reporting apparently light to moderate turnout. [...] |
2007-09-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT1429 | MOROCCAN MINORITY RETURNS EXISTING MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: A paltry third of the Moroccan electorate returned the current majority parties in the September 7 parliamentary elections. The vote was fair and transparent. The low turnout of 37 percent and high number of blank or protest ballots are a sharp critique of the political parties, [...] |
2007-09-10 10:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV MO |
| 07RABAT143 | ANTI-U.S. SENTIMENTS THWART OUTREACH OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 19, A PROVINCIAL UNIVERSITY ADVISED THE EMBASSY THAT IT WAS "POSTPONING" AN INVITATION TO THE AMBASSADOR TO SPEAK TO STUDENTS AND FACULTY ON JANUARY 23. THE UNIVERSITY'S DECISION WAS APPARENTLY IN REACTION TO PRESSURE COORDINATED BY A COALITION OF DOMESTIC NGOS. PULLI [...] |
2007-01-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL SCUL MO |
| 07RABAT1433 | DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRAN/IAEA; THE LATEST FROM [...] |