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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 MOROCCAN POLITICS [...] (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 DRAFT PARTY LAW ON SEPTEMBER 27 [...] (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 SEPTEMBER 8 [...] (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 MOROCCO: STATUS REPORT #3 [...] (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 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley conveyed ref. B ministerial demarche to MFA Min-Del Fassi Fihri, who accepted the point but would not commit to a statement. Fassi Fihri had benefited from the receipt of the substance of ref. A from his I/O Chief, Nasser Bourita. Bourita, who had just returned [...]	2007-09-11 07:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP IAEA IR MO
07RABAT1441	MOROCCAN UNGA DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-11 14:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MO UNGA
07RABAT1460	PRESIDENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA [...] (C) Summary. Morocco has placed increasing priority on democracy and human rights, including a commitment by its executive monarch, King Mohammed VI to build a "culture of human rights" from the Ambassador down, Embassy Rabat works to promote Human Rights in Morocco through transformational d [...]	2007-09-13 09:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT1466	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FELICE GAER'S CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the points conveyed reftels during a September 13 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs Abdelmounaim El Farouk, urging the Government of Morocco (GOM) to support Felice Gaer's candidacy to the Committee Against Torture (CAT [...]	2007-09-14 09:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC MO
07RABAT1478	MOROCCO RAMPS DOWN SECURITY THREAT LEVEL [...] (SBU) Morocco's Interior Ministry announced September 15 that it was lowering its state of alert from "maximum" to "medium." The Interior Minister was subsequently quoted in the press explaining that the decision to ramp down was made for the same reasons that they had initially raised the th [...]	2007-09-17 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MO
07RABAT1482	MOROCCO WANTS TO PURCHASE F-16S [...] (S) Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) General Abdelaziz Bennani, Morocco's Chief of Defense Equivalent, telephoned the Ambassador late evening September 16 to inform that Morocco decided to select the F-16 aircraft to upgrade its aging fighter fleet. 2. (S) Subsequently, i [...]	2007-09-18 12:22:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL MO
07RABAT1484	ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL - MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Econoff first discussed the points conveyed reftels during a June 15 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Division Chief for International Organizations Ahmed Faouzi, urging the Government of Morocco to support holding the WIPO Director General accountable for his actions and abuses. [...]	2007-09-18 14:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC MO WIPO
07RABAT1495	KING NAMES ISTIQLAL PARTY HEAD EL FASSI NEW PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Local media report that King Mohammed VI named Abbas El Fassi as the new Prime Minister on September 19. Abbas is the Secretary General and leader of the "nationalist" Istiqlal Party, which won the most seats in Parliamentary elections a fortnight ago. Abbas, as Minister of St [...]	2007-09-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT150	MOROCCO LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR 2012 TANGIER EXPO [...] (U) Summary; The Moroccan government kicked off its campaign for Tangier's bid for the 2012 International Expo by convoking the diplomatic corps to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, January 23, for a presentation outlining its plans. Minister-delegate Fassi-Fihri stressed the impor [...]	2007-01-29 13:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON MA
07RABAT1504	MOROCCAN ELECTIONS: MORE TRANSPARENT BUT A SOUR [...] (C) As the dust settles after Morocco's 2007 Parliamentary elections, we are hearing increasing complaints, despite the government's continued openness after polls hailed internationally for their unprecedented transparency. Two factors are leaving a sour aftertaste. First, the low participa [...]	2007-09-21 13:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL MO
07RABAT1513	MOROCCO ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE 62ND UN GENERAL [...] (C) Drawing from ref A, Polcouns provided MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita an overview of U.S. priorities for the upcoming UN General Assembly session during a September 18 meeting. Bourita reacted to several points in the presentation: -- On Iraq, he noted Morocco's consisten [...]	2007-09-21 16:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1515	IRAN: FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER IAEA MEETING [...] (C) In a September 18 meeting with MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita, Polcouns expressed U.S. appreciation for Morocco's strong message at the recent IAEA Board of Governors meeting and drew from reftel to emphasize the U.S. view that DG ElBaradei's "Plan of Action" represented a la [...]	2007-09-21 16:17:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA PARM MO IR
07RABAT1516	SAHARA: MOROCCAN VIEWS ON THE UPCOMING FOURTH [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting, MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita told polcouns that Morocco would press during the upcoming Fourth Committee session for a "cleaned up" consensus fourth committee resolution that reflected the spirit of UNSCR 1754. Bourita said past resolutions w [...]	2007-09-21 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1517	BIOGRAPHY OF ABBAS EL FASSI, PRIME MINISTER DESIGNATE [...] Abass El Fassi was born on September 18, 1940 in Berkane, near the Algerian border. His father was a local judge and his father-in-law was Allal El Fassi, the founder of the Istiqlal Party and the leader of the independence movement. Born to the party, Abbas joined the Istiqlal youth scout mov [...]	2007-09-21 16:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV MO
07RABAT1522	ISLAMIST DISSIDENT: LOW TURNOUT PROVES [...] (C) A leader of the dissident Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) told us that the low turnout in Morocco's September 7 elections were a failed referendum on the regime. He believed that the turnout was actually below the reported 37 percent. He stressed that the JCO had not activ [...]	2007-09-25 09:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT1523	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION - COMMENTARY ON CHOICE OF PRIME [...] (U) The Moroccan print press has commented extensively on King Mohamed VI's September 19 decision to appoint Istiqlal Party Secretary General Abbas El Fassi as the new prime minister. Most of SIPDIS the press, including the partisan, pro-Palace, and more conservative independent press, off [...]	2007-09-25 09:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI MO
07RABAT1525	RISING PROTEST SPURS CLIMBDOWN ON BREAD PRICES [...] (SBU) Summary: The outgoing government of Prime Minister Driss Jettou moved this week to address a thorny problem that threatens to cloud the debut of its successor with its decision to annul recent increases in bread prices and to subsidize the cost of flour. The government also suspended the [...]	2007-09-25 12:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO
07RABAT1541	ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING MOROCCO'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Incoming Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi will take charge this month of an economy that has performed well over the last five years. He follows in the footsteps of a Prime Minister who is generally regarded as having been one of the strongest in Morocco's history, and whose busine [...]	2007-09-27 14:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR MO
07RABAT1542	MOROCCO: BREAD RIOT SHAKES BUCOLIC HAMLET [...] (C) Summary: A rise in the price of subsidized bread, though hastily retracted by the GOM (reftel),nonetheless prompted a riot September 23 that caused serious property damage, numerous injuries, and at least 30 arrests in the normally tranquil hamlet of Sefrou, about 30 KM south of Fes. Tho [...]	2007-09-27 16:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MO
07RABAT1545	FUELING MOROCCO'S FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary. Morocco's GDP has grown by over 5 percent per year for the past five years, foreign direct investment is poised to set a record high for the third consecutive year, and the rapidly growing tourism industry has spurred a con [...]	2007-09-28 15:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON MO
07RABAT1556	AMU PROPOSAL TO "INSTITUTIONALIZE" U.S. - MAGHREB [...] (C) In an October 1 meeting, Zoheir Merchaoui, Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Minister-Plenipotentiary and Counselor for Political Affairs and Information, told A/Polcouns that AMU Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya returned from New York encouraged by the September 27 meeting of AMU Foreign Minister [...]	2007-10-01 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF
07RABAT1575	MOROCCAN DEMARCHE ON FOURTH COMMITTEE SAHARA [...] (C) On the afternoon of October 4, Moroccan MFA Secretary-General Omar Hilale summoned chiefs of mission from SIPDIS OAS states resident in Rabat to a demarche anticipating wrangling over the text of a Western Sahara resolution in the UN Fourth Committee, set to begin next week. In addition [...]	2007-10-04 16:34:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO XA XF
07RABAT1586	MOROCCAN REBUTTAL OF ALGERIAN DRAFT 4TH COMMITTEE [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale convoked Ambassador and counterparts from the Americas again on October 9, to discuss UNGA Fourth Committee consideration of the Western Sahara issue. Hilale called this follow-up to his briefing of October 5 (ref. A),to explain the Moroccan response to [...]	2007-10-09 17:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN AG MO
07RABAT159	SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. In response to reftel, Mission Morocco submits the names of the following five women. Latifa Jbabdi Jbabdi is a well-known Moroccan human rights advocate. She is a founding member of the Moroccan Association fo [...]	2007-01-30 08:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PHUM PREL
07RABAT1599	MOROCCAN PUBLIC AND PALACE IRE PROMPTS REPORTED [...] (C) Summary: Propelled by mounting palace and public ire over shameless wrangling for ministerial portfolios, leaders of Morocco's returning coalition parties appear to have reached at least informal agreement on a new government, just in time for the October 12 Parliament opening. In the mor [...]	2007-10-12 07:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MO
07RABAT1601	PROPOSED NEW MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT TO INCLUDE TFF AS [...] (SBU) Multiple press reports indicate that PM-designate Abbas El-Fassi submitted late October 11 his nominations for the Council of Ministers to King Mohammed VI. There are some inconsistencies in the different reports and the lists remain unofficial and unconfirmed. The King could render hi [...]	2007-10-12 11:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MO
07RABAT1607	MOROCCO: NEW CABINET SWORN IN [...] (C) Summary: On the afternoon of October 15, King Mohammed VI swore in the cabinet assembled by new Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi. As predicted ref A, Taieb Fassi Fihri is Morocco's new Foreign Minister. The other "sovereign" ministries - Defense, Interior, and Islamic Affairs, remain in t [...]	2007-10-15 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MO
07RABAT1617	MOROCCO: AN INSIDE LOOK AT NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi, sworn in on October 15, is an experienced and seasoned politician with four past Ministerial stints and a ten year diplomatic career. El-Fassi was chosen PM as leader of the largest party in the incoming parliament, but there are doubts about his e [...]	2007-10-18 09:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1624	MOROCCAN REMITTANCES BALANCE TRADE DEFICIT [...] (U) Summary: Remittances from Moroccans living abroad (MRE) have doubled since 2000, and dwarf the sum total of all foreign aid. MRE and tourism receipts match the value of all Moroccan exports at approximately USD 11.4 billion, and serve as a critical counter-weight to a spiraling trade defi [...]	2007-10-19 12:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SMIG MO
07RABAT164	SEEKING AFRICA GROUP CANDIDATES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on January 30 to discuss reftel. Bourita expressed pleasure that Morocco's human rights record is recognized positively and that the USG considers it impor [...]	2007-01-30 16:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07RABAT1641	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(s): Name: RADOUANE, Mohssine DOB: Sept 3, 1966 POB: Meknes, Morocco CIN#: D 362246 Rank: Lt-Col (O-5) Unit: Centre d'Instruction d'Artillerie - Me [...]	2007-10-25 14:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT1647	NEW PARLIAMENT: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WITH SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's parliament has begun its new session with a minority government composed of 146 members of the 325 seat Chamber of Representatives. The failure of PM Abbas El-Fassi's coalition negotiations led to direct intervention by the Palace. The King reportedly gave a cabinet li [...]	2007-10-25 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT1649	MOROCCO RESPONSE - WHO IGWG 5-10 NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) On October 25, econoff delivered points conveyed in reftel to Sellam Berrada, Chief of Staff for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Berrada was aware of the upcoming Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) meeting in Geneva November 5-10, but appeared complet [...]	2007-10-25 16:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR WHO MO

07RABAT1652	MOROCCAN PRIME MINISTER UNVEILS AMBITIOUS BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In his inaugural speech to Parliament on October 24, incoming Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi outlined an ambitious but vague economic program that largely represents continuation of efforts undertaken by Prime Minister Jettou and his team. Fassi pledged to seek to raise Morocc [...]	2007-10-26 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN MO
07RABAT1657	SARKOZY SWEEPS MOROCCO OFF ITS FEET [...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's October 22-24 visit to Morocco was viewed as a success by both sides. During a star-like visit and speech to the Moroccan parliament, Sarkozy offered the most explicit French statement to date in support of Morocco's autonomy plan as the basis for a negotiate [...]	2007-10-29 16:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO FR
07RABAT1661	MOROCCAN COMMITMENT TO NEXT ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) On October 26, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita, providing an initial response, underscored Morocco's commitment expressed at Manhasset II to participate in the next round. As conveyed then to Van Walsum, Morocco is in process of government formation and the government was still not offi [...]	2007-10-29 17:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC MO
07RABAT1672	MOROCCO - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING, AND [...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM. The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to us. Post's CT working g [...]	2007-10-31 12:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PTER KHLS MO
07RABAT1676	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...]	2007-10-31 13:07:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1677	MOROCCAN RESPONSE - U.S. IMO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA MO
07RABAT1680	ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS SEPT-OCT 2007 [...] Included in this round up: the tourism sector continues to grow, air traffic increases, the automobile sector gains an investor, the problems at Casablanca Port are resolved, and the energy sector is set to grow. ------------- TOURISM GROWS ------------- 2. Approximately 5.2 million t [...]	2007-10-31 16:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAIR EINV MO
07RABAT1687	TIMING IS EVERYTHING: MOROCCANS IRKED BY FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: The timing of two recent judicial actions in Western Europe has irked Morocco. The past ten days have seen a French indictment of senior Moroccan officials in connection with the 1965 disappearance of a political dissident in Paris, and the launch of a Spanish inquest into allege [...]	2007-11-02 10:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MO FR SP
07RABAT1688	MOROCCO COMMITTED TO NEXT ROUND OF SAHARA TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Chief of Staff and I/O Chief Nasser Bourita confirmed PolCouns November 1 Morocco's determination to pursue UN-sponsored negotiations with the POLISARIO Front, and to clarify the issue of time and place for the next round. He said this can only begin when Morocco's new govern [...]	2007-11-02 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO WS
07RABAT1690	VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FORMALLY INVESTS A SHAKY [...] (C) Summary: An October 31 parliamentary vote of confidence formally invested Prime Minister El-Fassi's cabinet with full constitutional authority to govern. Due to the absence of almost one quarter of the members, the government was confirmed with less than a majority of the 325 seats in the [...]	2007-11-02 13:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT1695	MOROCCANS FURIOUS OVER SPANISH ROYAL VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan government is reacting strongly to the announced visit of Spanish King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. Following blistering criticism of the intended visit by PM El-Fassi and Information Minister Naciri, the GOM announced in the afternoon of Nove [...]	2007-11-02 17:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1698	ARABIC TRANSLATION FOR 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 12:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM APER KPAO
07RABAT1699	MOROCCO LAUNCHES AGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE [...] (U) Summary: The Moroccan government on October 31 launched an aggressive campaign to publicize the country's new anti-money laundering statute and to educate concerned institutions about their responsibilities under the legislation. Moroccan Central Bank Governor Abdellatif Jouahri was join [...]	2007-11-05 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT1706	MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political spect [...]	2007-11-07 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1707	MOROCCO: MONARCH CRITICIZES BUT EXTENDS HAND TO [...] (C) On November 6 Morocco's King Mohammed VI criticized Spain over the visit of King Juan Carlos to the disputed enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, but called for "honest and forward-looking dialogue", sending a clear message that the relationship will be preserved. Moroccans across the political [...]	2007-11-07 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP
07RABAT1712	MOROCCO MOVES GINGERLY TOWARDS FOREIGN EXCHANGE [...] Sensitive but unclassified - entire text. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: A series of new circulars issued by Morocco's Office des Changes this fall represents further intensification of preparations for the country's medium term goal of transitioning to a freely floating exch [...]	2007-11-07 17:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD MO
07RABAT1719	MOROCCO - FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the GOM, which includes combating terrorism finance, cash couriers, and money laundering. Post's CT working group coordinates numerous CT related programs managed by t [...]	2007-11-08 13:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KCRM PTER KTFN MO
07RABAT1721	MOROCCO: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON ANNAPOLIS, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director-General for Multilateral Relations Amb. Mohammed Azeroual stressed Morocco's support for the Annapolis peace conference and the Kingdom's "excellent" contacts with Israel during a November 7 meeting. Azeroual, who is de facto P-level and focused mainly on Arab and Is [...]	2007-11-08 16:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO XF
07RABAT1723	ARGENTINE EFFORT TO ISSUE RED NOTICES TO IRANIANS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1724	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from July 1-September 30. A large MEPI grant (USD 450,000) made possible the first international observer mission in the history of Moroccan elections. Other activities included an election survey by Akhawayn University [...]	2007-11-08 18:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV EFIN KMPI SCUL MO
07RABAT1728	WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES MOROCCO DROPS UNHCR CBM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]	2007-11-09 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1729	CORRECTED COPY: WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES: MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]	2007-11-09 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1730	NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS [...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...]	2007-11-09 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV
07RABAT1731	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, Charge delivered reftel demarche to the GOM MFA General Director of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani. Amrani said the GOM, and he personally, remained very supportive of the Community of Democracies (CD). However, he was concerned about any panel discussions [...]	2007-11-09 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1752	GOM WILL VOTE FOR UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION, BUT... [...] (C) On November 16, MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told Polcouns that the GOM supports and would co-sponsor and vote for the UN resolution condemning rape as an instrument to achieve political/military objectives if it appeared that it would be adopted by consensus. If no consensus could b [...]	2007-11-16 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA
07RABAT1754	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 15, [...] (C) On November 16, Charge delivered reftel demarche to GOM MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale, along with a copy of the U.S. press release. Charge, accompanied by Polcouns and Poloff, added that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA had been selective, incomplete, and reactive. He noted that Iran [...]	2007-11-19 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT177	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUND IN THE REGION [...] (U) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed support for the Euro MENA fund. There is increasing activity in the venture capital field in Morocco, and indeed the Financial Services Volunteer Corps (FSVC) is helping a Moroccan partner organize a roundtable on the subject [...]	2007-02-01 10:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV LE JO AL MO EG
07RABAT1771	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO ACTION MOTION [...] (C) On November 21, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated that the GOM would either vote against the no-action motion o [...]	2007-11-21 13:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1772	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION TO THE ELIMINATION OF [...] (C) On November 21, poloff discussed the re-election of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper to the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (reftel) with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane. 2. (C) Farhane responded that he could not provide an immediate answer but the [...]	2007-11-21 13:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1773	CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BELARUS NO [...] (C) On November 21, in a meeting with MFA UN Affairs Director Azzedine Farhane, poloff urged Moroccan support on the UNGA Third Committee Resolution on the Human Rights situation in Belarus, which faced a "no-action" vote in New York on the morning of the same day. 2. (C) Farhane stated t [...]	2007-11-21 13:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
07RABAT1774	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07RABAT1807	MOROCCO/SAHARA: COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLISARIO, BUT [...] (C) MFA Director-General Hilale convoked Ambassador Riley and other P-5 Chiefs of Mission December 4 to discuss Sahara. Hilale said the GOM is concerned that the POLISARIO's General Congress will be held this year in Tifarity, on Moroccan-claimed territory but on the POLISARIO-controlled sid [...]	2007-12-04 18:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AG MO WI
07RABAT1810	2008 BUDGET'S DIFFICULT PASSAGE UNDERSCORES [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's lower house approved the government's 2008 budget on Saturday, December 1, after a raucous debate that saw opposition deputies accuse the government of misusing its constitutional power to rule opposition amendments out of order. The budget's torturous passage through [...]	2007-12-05 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV MO
07RABAT1812	AMU SYG INSISTS ECONOMIC COOPERATION KEY TO [...] (C) Summary: AMU Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya recently outlined for the Ambassador his view that economic cooperation was the most promising driver for unity and integration in the Maghreb. The agenda for a December 10 economic ministerial in Tripoli would include a draft regional free [...]	2007-12-05 17:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD ECON PREL XA
07RABAT1813	AMU SYG MOVING TO ENHANCE DIALOGUE WITH U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General El-Habib Benyahya was charged by AMU Foreign Ministers with pursuing enhanced dialogue with the U.S. during their November 30 meeting in Rabat, according to both AMU and GOM sources. The preceding week, Benyahya told the Ambassador that [...]	2007-12-05 17:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN XA
07RABAT1814	WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...]	2007-12-05 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI
07RABAT1818	IRAN SCORES POINTS IN DEBATE: "NUCLEAR IRAN: WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Some Iranian arguments resonated with students at a debate, "Nuclear Iran: War and Peace," held on November 23 at a graduate school in Rabat. Iran,s Ambassador argued for Iran,s right to nuclear technologies, including uranium enrichment, citing sovereign right, peaceful inten [...]	2007-12-06 17:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT1826	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (C) On December 10, poloff discussed the UNGA Plenary Votes on Country-Specific Resolutions (reftels) with MFA Humanitarian Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq. 2. (C) El Farouq responded that he did not expect the GOM to change its position on any of the resolutions it had voted for [...]	2007-12-10 13:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UNGA
07RABAT1836	HELPING AMERICAN SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In recent weeks, the clock has run out on the Embassy's eight-year attempt to secure an agreement with the Government of Morocco (GOM) to gain formal status and tax advantages for the five American schools in Morocco. Though the GOM has not yet provided a f [...]	2007-12-13 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCH AMGT EFIN PREL MO
07RABAT1837	MOROCCO EXPRESSES SYMPATHY/SOLIDARITY WITH ALGERIA [...] (SBU) Widespread Moroccan media coverage of Tuesday's bombings in Algiers noted King Mohamed VI's telephone call to President Bouteflika, expressing personal condolence for the tragedy. The King also made a public statement condemning the bombings and expressing Morocco's sympathy and solida [...]	2007-12-13 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO
07RABAT1838	AL-ADL WAL IHSANE: MAJOR MOROCCAN ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Al-Adl wal-Ihsane, widely assessed as Morocco's largest Islamist organization, concluded its recent annual meeting warning of a "catastrophic" political and economic crisis in Morocco and calling for comprehensive reform, while flatly rejecting violence and terrorism. A prominent [...]	2007-12-13 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER MO
07RABAT1843	ECONOMIC AGENDA AND ROLE OF WOMEN IN MOROCCO'S [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) advocates a market economy and has emphasized its commitment to combat corruption as a key to spurring economic growth and job creation. Like other parties, the PJD has focused more on general economic goals and offered less i [...]	2007-12-14 15:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KISL MO
07RABAT1850	G-8 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP REVIEWS THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabat,s G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met on December 12 to review the threat environment and to take stock of G-8 member, EU and Moroccan efforts to counter the threat. G-8 Ambassadors and DCMs agreed that the threat of terrorism in Morocco is real but see no imminen [...]	2007-12-17 13:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINS MO
07RABAT1852	OSAC/CRIME SAFETY REPORT FOR MOROCCO [...] (U) The following information is keyed to requirements posed in reftel. I. CRIME/SAFETY: Though crime has generally not posed a significant risk to visitors in terms of personal safety, it is necessary to take prudent security precautions appropriate for any major American city. The U.S [...]	2007-12-18 09:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MO
07RABAT1857	MOROCCO BERBERS: A PLEA FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Berber (Amazight) activists want greater recognition and clout, a majority of Morocco's population Berbers are among its poorest citizens although there has been an expansion of Berber cultural rights, including in schools and media. Growing frustration among Berber youth may lead to viol [...]	2007-12-18 15:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MO PREL
07RABAT1860	ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOV-DEC 2007 [...] Included in this round up: Royal Air Maroc loses control of Air Senegal. Moroccan trade deficit continues to grow. Timely rains usher-in the planting season. Casablanca remains plagued by inefficiencies. Moroccans don't need a visa to visit TGI Friday's. --------------------------------- [...]	2007-12-19 12:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAIR EAGR MO
07RABAT1861	WESTERN SAHARA CBM UPDATE. [...] (U) UNHCR Sahara program Chief Mazen Abu Shenab briefed the Rabat diplomatic community December 12 on the HCR Confidence Building Measures for Western Sahara and the refugees. Mazen said in CPY 07 HCR had received S2.4 million in pledges for a $3.4 million program, but UNHCR covered the short [...]	2007-12-19 12:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AG MO WI PHUM
07RABAT1862	MOROCCO: ATTENDANCE AT OSCE MEDITERRANEAN SEMINAR [...] (SBU) PolCouns raised reftel request for Moroccan participation in the OSCE Tel Aviv Seminar with Directors General for Bilateral Affairs Yussef Amrani and for International Organizations Mohammed Azeroual (P-level) on December 13 and 14, stressing its importance to the partnership. Amrani c [...]	2007-12-19 12:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI OSCE EG MO XF
07RABAT1863	ISLAMISTS SETBACK IN "GAY WEDDING" CULTURE SKIRMISH [...] (C) The case of an alleged gay wedding in a rural town led to a national debate over morality and forced government leaders to publicly call for tolerance. Convictions against six defendants implicated in the case were overturned on appeal despite strong pressure from Islamic newspapers, Imam [...]	2007-12-19 13:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KISL SCUL MO
07RABAT1864	MOROCCO: KING CRITICIZED AT ELECTION ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The final reports of the international and domestic election observation efforts praised the Government of Morocco's (GOM) execution of the September 7 elections. Speakers at the roll-out, hosted by the royally sanctioned human rights council, were blunt in their criticism of parties and [...]	2007-12-19 15:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT1868	MOROCCO: TAKING STEPS AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] Summary: Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi launched the Fifth National Campaign to Eliminate Violence against Women on November 30 in Rabat, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. For the first time, the Government of Morocco (GOM) released official statistic [...]	2007-12-20 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN MO PHUM PREL
07RABAT1869	MOROCCO: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCING, BUT NOT ENOUGH [...] Summary: Women's rights have advanced in Morocco since the passage of the revised Moudawana (family code) in 2004, but challenges remain. The Government of Morocco (GOM) is providing medical and legal assistance for domestic violence victims. The Nationality Code has been changed to allow [...]	2007-12-20 12:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT1871	WESTERN SAHARA: A NEW BREED OF SAHARACRAT? [...] (C) The Security Wali (territorial police commissioner),Bouchaib Rmili along with the Wali (governor) of Laayoune, Boujdor and Sakia al-Hamra, who arrived in Laayoune over a year ago, and the new director of the Laayoune Prison, who arrived eight months ago, appear to represent a type of more [...]	2007-12-20 15:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC MO PHUM
07RABAT1873	WESTERN SAHARA: THINKING ABOUT AUTONOMY AND [...] (C) In the course of several visits to Western Sahara and conversations with contacts in Rabat, we have sensed the beginnings of a sometimes reluctant willingness by some pro-separatists, including human rights activists, to entertain the idea of autonomy rather than independence. Most Sahraw [...]	2007-12-20 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM UNSC MO
07RABAT1874	EXBS: MOROCCO SEEKS JAN 2008 CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (SBU) During a December 20 meeting to discuss the EXBS proposal to hold an international transshipment conference in Morocco next year, as well as the postponement of a Charleston-based seaport interdiction course from December to Febru [...]	2007-12-20 16:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETTC KSTC PARM PREL MO
07RABAT189	2007 MOROCCAN BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's 2007 budget, adopted in the just concluded fall parliamentary session, highlights both the economic successes of the government of Prime Minister Jettou and the challenges that will remain for his successor. In its broad outline, the budget reinforces the overall ma [...]	2007-02-02 09:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON MA
07RABAT1895	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARTINEZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: 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 so strong that it has been designated a "major, non-NATO al [...]	2007-12-31 12:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EAID ECON PGOV PREL PTER MO
07RABAT194	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: MASROUR, Najib DOB: 1 January 1957 POB: Fes, Morocco CIN#: B 158561 Rank: Colonel (O-6) Unit: Auxiliary Forces Hqs Purpose: to attend th [...]	2007-02-02 16:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT195	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: MELLOUK, Zakaria DOB: 1 July 1973 POB: Rabat, Morocco CIN#: SH 71192 Rank: Chief of Communications Radio Center Unit: Ministry of Interior [...]	2007-02-02 16:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT196	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: ENNAMOUSS, Mohammed DOB: 5 February 1968 POB: Kenitra, Morocco CIN#: G 218869 Rank: Major (O-4) Unit: CIB - Meknes Purpose: to attend th [...]	2007-02-02 16:49:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MO MASS MARR MOPS PHUM
07RABAT220	THE NATIONALITY CODE IS AMENDED [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) In an action hailed by concerned Moroccans as a step towards democracy and equality, parliament passed an amendment to the Nationality Code allowing women married to non-Moroccan men to pass Moroccan citizensh [...]	2007-02-05 18:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CVIS KFEM MO
07RABAT224	WESTERN SAHARA: LANDMINES CLAIM LIVES, SPARK [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent landmine incidents, with at least three deaths, highlight the continuing danger of landmines in the Western Sahara. Two prominent Sahrawi figures, one a local leader and CORCAS member, the other a member of the upper house of parliament, were killed when the veh [...]	2007-02-06 18:41:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PBTS PHUM PREL EAID MOPS KHDP MO
07RABAT225	MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PJD GEARING UP FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) may emerge from elections later this year as Morocco's single largest party in the directly-elected lower house of parliament. In recent conversations, key party leaders indicated confidence that the PJD could double (or more than [...]	2007-02-06 18:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL MO
07RABAT256	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) hastily convened in early February a series of meetings with Embassy officers to convey concerns about the U.S. Human Rights Report. The GOM used the sessions with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice ministries to: pr [...]	2007-02-08 15:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT257	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (U) Further to reftel A, Post informally received on February 8 details regarding Morocco's delegation to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting scheduled in Ankara, Turkey on February 12-13, 2007. Morocco will send a nine-member group consisting of the following individua [...]	2007-02-08 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC KNNP PTER PREL MO
07RABAT265	WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]	2007-02-09 12:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT266	REFORM MESSAGE FOR GOM DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Although focused on the Western Sahara, the February 12-13 GOM visit led by Interior Minister Benmoussa also gives us an opportunity to promote democratic reform. In recent months, press freedom and freedom of expression have become increasingly sensitive issues. The date for the [...]	2007-02-09 12:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV
07RABAT272	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. Activities included the publication of a new guide for NGOs' advocacy, Arab Civitas and International Republican Institute (IRI) activities, teaching Arabic through local languages, Financial [...]	2007-02-09 16:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
07RABAT273	WESTERN SAHARA: PROMOTING AUTONOMY, BUT NOT YET A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moroccan Government (GOM) is in the throes of a campaign here and abroad to sell its notion to provide autonomy to Western Sahara. Domestic consultations have targeted parliament and political parties, the GOM has not yet, however, reached more than the broad outlines of thei [...]	2007-02-09 16:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT275	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jettou told the Ambassador on February 7 the February 5-6 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was long on protocol but short on substance. Jettou said he pressed Iran to resolve its differences with the International Community. MFA DG Azeroual ela [...]	2007-02-09 17:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNP MO IR
07RABAT277	MOROCCO ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff on February 9 informed Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the U.S.-Russia joint outreach plan for seven prospective partner n [...]	2007-02-09 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP PREL KGIC MO
07RABAT286	MOROCCO PRESIDENT OF AFCNDH [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On February 7, Morocco was elected to the presidency of the Francophone Association of National Human Rights Institutions (AFCNDH). Niger was elected to the vice-presidency; France was elected to the position o [...]	2007-02-12 09:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT289	MOROCCAN PRESS REPORTS: SECURITY LEADERS MEET, [...] According to Moroccan Arabic dailies, Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa, Minister-Delegate Fouad Ali Himma, Intelligence Directors Yassine Mansouri and Abdellatif Hammouchi, and other senior police and security officials met over the weekend of February 10 to discuss the creation of a "nation [...]	2007-02-12 14:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV MO
07RABAT290	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM AUTONOMY DELEGATION HOLDS [...] (SBU) The Moroccan delegation in Washington to discuss autonomy held a press conference in Rabat February 9 to discuss their meetings and Paris and Madrid and to brief local press on their effort. According to press accounts February 12, they disclosed no new details on the autonomy plan, but [...]	2007-02-12 15:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTBS PGOV MO
07RABAT291	MOROCCO WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohammed Azeroual, Polcouns urged Moroccan support for international peacekeeping forces being assembled for Darfur and Somalia. Azeroual responded that while Morocco was concerned about the situation in both p [...]	2007-02-12 18:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO MO
07RABAT292	MOROCCO: HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] POLOFF RELAYED REFTEL POINTS TO MFA ARAB AFFAIRS DIRECTOR HASSAN HAMI FRIDAY FEBRUARY 9, MR. HAMI RESPONDED THAT THE GOM FULLY SUPPORTS KING ABDULLAH'S RECONCILIATION EFFORTS AND NOTED THAT THE GOM HAD CALLED FOR PALESTINIAN UNITY. ANY FURTHER SUBSTANTIVE GOM RESPONSE WILL BE SENT SEPTEL. *** [...]	2007-02-13 13:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MO
07RABAT295	MOROCCO: HAMAS-FATAH AGREEMENT ON NATIONAL UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 14:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MO
07RABAT304	FTA SPURS MOROCCAN TEXTILE EXPORTS TO THE U.S. [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) inspection of Moroccan textile factories highlighted the positive impact the U.S-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has made during its first year. The M [...]	2007-02-14 13:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX PREL MO
07RABAT315	DRL-FUNDED NGO EMPOWERED TO PROMOTE PRISON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: USG assistance has succeeded in empowering a Moroccan non-governmental organization (NGO) to promote prison reform. The Moroccan Observatory of Prisons (OMP) has a mission to improve prisoners lives and prison conditions. In the past year, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and [...]	2007-02-15 16:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT328	ROYAL AIR MAROC SERVICE TO CONAKRY MONDAY, 19 FEB [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR CASC GV MARR MO PINS PREL
07RABAT329	TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 17:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC MO PREL PTER KTFN
07RABAT335	MOROCCO AND THE PALESTINIAN UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Drawing on points conveyed reftel, Poloff met with Hassan Hami, Office Director of Arab Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 15, to urge that Morocco avoid premature statements of support or engagement with the new Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) before its new [...]	2007-02-20 18:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT337	AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO REMOTE CORNERS OF MOROCCO [...] Summary: The Ambassador conducted a series of outreach visits across Morocco January 31 - February 7. Taking advantage of the one-week availability of a USG C-12 aircraft, the Ambassador travelled "off the beaten path" to Errachidia, Figuig, and Oujda in the east, Al-Hoceima in the north, and [...]	2007-02-21 09:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KPAO MO
07RABAT355	CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY -- A PROBLEM? [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's Christian population is primarily expatriates; however, in the last few months, newspaper reports indicate that there is a growing number of local converts to Christianity. While the converts seem to lead "double" lives -- Muslim in public, Christian in private, they [...]	2007-02-23 10:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT360	MOROCCO: ELECTION DATE SET, REDISTRICTING PLAN [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOM announced on February 22 that elections for the lower house of parliament will be staged on September 7. Most political parties, including those from the majority who supported a July bal [...]	2007-02-23 18:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT362	AMU INCREASING CT FOCUS, ADVANCING TRADE DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Foreign Ministers from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, Tunisia, and Libya gathered in Rabat February 10-11 for the 26th Ministerial Council meeting of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU). A senior AMU contact told us discussions among the Ministers reflected increased focus in AMU fora on stemming [...]	2007-02-26 09:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL ETRD MO LY AG TS XA XF
07RABAT368	LARGEST U.S. INVESTOR SELLS MOROCCAN POWER PLANT [...] (SBU) Summary. The largest American investor in Morocco, electric utility CMS Energy (CMS),has agreed to sell its $1.4 billion investment in Morocco, CMS Generation Company (CMSGC),to the Abu Dhabi National Electric Company (TAQA),pending approvals. CMSCG owns 50 percent of the Jorf Lasf [...]	2007-02-26 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EIND ENRG EFTA MO
07RABAT375	MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]	2007-02-27 11:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL MO
07RABAT376	MOROCCO, THE QUDS COMMITTEE, AND THE AQSA MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has recently become more visibly active as Chairman of the OIC's Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee. In letters to President Bush, P-5 heads of state, the UN SYG, and the EU, he protested Israeli excavations on the disputed Temple Mount. The King also publicly suggest [...]	2007-02-27 11:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL MO
07RABAT377	MOROCCAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMENTS ON [...] (S) Summary: Embassy delivered Reftel demarche to MFA on February 21 PolCouns urged Abdellatif Bendahane, MFA Director of African Affairs to take advantage of any possible GOM influence to resolve the situation. 2. (C) On February 26 PolCouns and Poloff followed up with Bendahane, who clai [...]	2007-02-27 12:16:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MO PGOV PREL
07RABAT38	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE AMENDMENT TO CHANGE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to acknowledge and concur with traveler's change in travel dates to Morocco. **************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/rabat **************************************** Riley [...]	2007-01-09 09:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA
07RABAT395	A "CULTURE OF HUMAN RIGHTS" IN MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) wants to become known for its observance of human rights and has mounted what appears to be little more than a public relations campaign. On February 26, Prime Minister Jettou and Driss Benzekri, the president of the Consultative Council on Huma [...]	2007-03-01 10:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT396	MOROCCO: LEADER OF ISLAMIST JCO DECRIES [...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's Islamist Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) denounced the Moroccan state as a corrupt and despotic regime and claimed government "persecution" of the group and its members was much worse today than in the era of Hassan II, in our first conversation [...]	2007-03-01 10:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM MO
07RABAT40	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DIMA TOUKAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for MEPI Political/Womens Issues Specialist, Dima Toukan, to travel to Marrakech, Morocco, January 14-17, 2007 for the purpose of attending the IREX Media Sustainability Index Conference. 2. Post understands traveler requires no further as [...]	2007-01-09 11:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
07RABAT403	MFA DISCUSSES REFORM AND COUNTERTERRORISM WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On February 28, a visiting CAPSTONE delegation, led by Admiral (Ret.) Henry Chiles, met with MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale to discuss bilateral and SIPDIS security issues. Highlighting Mor [...]	2007-03-02 09:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MO
07RABAT404	THERE'S A NEW PRINCESS IN THE ROYAL FAMILY [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) A salute of 21 cannon shots boomed across Rabat from El Mechouar Palace shortly after 8 p.m. on February 28 to announce the birth of the king's second child, Princess Lalla Khadija. Naming the baby Khadija, [...]	2007-03-02 09:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL MO
07RABAT406	MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 28, poloff met with Azzedine Farhane, UN Division Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations as required under UNSCR 1737 ( [...]	2007-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP UNSC MO IR
07RABAT417	MOROCCO ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Hassan Hami, MFA Director for Arab Multilateral Affairs, on the morning of March 2 to convey U.S. positions on the Arab League's Ministerial agenda (reftel). Hami confirmed that Foreign Minister Benaissa would lead the Moroccan delegation to the March 3-4 Cairo ta [...]	2007-03-02 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL XF
07RABAT419	GOM SAYS NIGER ASKS FOR HELP VS TERROR GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 20:25:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PTBS MOPS AL MO NG
07RABAT423	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS; FEBRUARY 2007 [...] (U) The following is a round-up of recent economic developments of note in Morocco: 2. (U) Money Laundering Law Advances: Morocco's long-delayed anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance statute was unanimously approved by members of the Justice, Legislation and Human Rights Committee [...]	2007-03-05 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ECPS EINT ELAB ETRD KTEX MO

07RABAT43	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICE OFFICIALS TO [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to ICE officials Senior Special Agent Grave Curcetti, and Import Specialists Tonda Fuller and Mark Palasek, to travel to Morocco, January 20 - February 9, 2007 for the purpose of conducting textile production verification Team (TPVT) visits [...]	2007-01-09 13:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA DHSX MO
07RABAT447	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON ADVOCACY REQUEST BY U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Embassy requests L guidance on how to respond to a request from U.S. investor IAG Manufacturing, a bankrupt manufacturer of body armor, for USG assistance in addressing the "injustice" it claims it has suffered as a result of the Moroccan legal system's failure [...]	2007-03-09 10:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV BEXP MA
07RABAT458	MOROCCO ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (C) On March 7, poloff met with Karim Halim, Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Interpol Secretariat's recommendation to issue six Red Notices related to the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (reftel). Reca [...]	2007-03-12 10:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IR MO AR
07RABAT49	UN-REFOULEING THE REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: The refoulement of UNHCR-documented refugees (reftels) appears to have been largely and well resolved. The Embassy intervened with the MFA urging the GOM treat humanely refugee and asylum seekers and work constructively with UNHCR. MFA Secretary General Hilale told Ambassador [...]	2007-01-10 17:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT493	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...]	2007-03-19 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT494	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...]	2007-03-19 08:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT496	MOROCCO: FRIDAY SERMON USES ISLAM TO BLAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 16 Friday sermon, heard at mosques throughout Morocco (and broadcast nationally),concentrated scathing criticism on the phenomenon of terrorism in general and suicide bombing in particular, obviously prompted by the (abortive) March 11 terrorist incident in Casablanca [...]	2007-03-19 09:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL MO
07RABAT517	PARDONS FOR TERRORISTS? [...] (C) Summary: In Morocco, the granting of royal pardons substitutes for a parole system. The issue of royal pardons for Islamic extremists is beginning to receive public attention in Morocco. The recent Casablanca suicide bomber was among those imprisoned after the 2003 bombing then releas [...]	2007-03-22 17:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PINR MO
07RABAT527	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND SUMMIT IN RIYADH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-23 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MO XF
07RABAT528	ARAB MAGHREB UNION SYG BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary-General Habib Ben Yahya told the Ambassador he was promoting technical cooperation and trade among member states to advance regional integration, in a March 2 meeting. "We can't wait for a miracle political solution," he emphasized. Ben Yahya ci [...]	2007-03-23 17:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MO AG LY TS MR XA XF
07RABAT549	MOROCCO: (ISLAMIST) PJD LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Abdallah Baha, Deputy Secretary-General of Morocco's (Islamist) Party of Justice and Development (PJD),complained to poloff during a mid-March meeting that the party believed the electoral system was unfairly tilted against them. He said the party nonetheless expects to do well [...]	2007-03-27 10:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL MO
07RABAT565	MFA ON SAHARA: SEEKING ANOTHER WASHINGTON MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-28 17:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTBS MO FR AL
07RABAT571	PREPARING FOR THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE FTA [...] (U) Summary and action request: With the envisioned May/June time frame for the first annual review of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement fast approaching, post recommends renewed engagement in coming months with the GOM on key outstanding issues from the first year of the agreement, including [...]	2007-03-30 09:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO
07RABAT572	SAHARANS ON AUTONOMY: PRO AND CON, BUT NO ONE'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During a week-long visit to the Western Sahara, Rabat Polcouns found many supporters of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. Many residents, however, including what a veteran observer described as a majority of the original inhabitants, were opposed - unsurprising g [...]	2007-03-30 10:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT573	WESTERN SAHARA: MORE RESPONSIVE BUT STILL TOUGH [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Rabat Polcouns traveled for a week to the Western Sahara, March 4-9, principally in Laayoune, with one day in Smara - the traditional seat of Sahrawi culture and religion. He met Moroccan government representatives, pro-government business, tribal and youth lead [...]	2007-03-30 10:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO MO
07RABAT576	MOROCCO STILL CONSIDERING F-16 PURCHASE [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, Ambassador met with Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) General Abdelaziz Bennani, Morocco,s Chief of Defense equivalent, to discuss the potential purchase of F-16 aircraft by the GOM. Clarifying the Moroccan military's position on the potential fighter [...]	2007-03-30 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT594	WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR CBMS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Rabat strongly urges the Department to look favorably upon requests for continued financial support of UNHCR's "confidence building measures" (CBMs) program in Western Sahara. The CBMs have injected a hopeful and positive element into a conflict which has often seemed in [...]	2007-04-04 11:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KPKO MO
07RABAT597	BFIF SUPPORT FOR U.S.-MOROCCO FTA CLOSE OUT REPORT [...] Summary. The FY-06 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) program approved $11,000 for Embassy Rabat to support the U.S.-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in its initial year of implementation. Post proposed to use the funds to bolster the American Chamber of Commerce's (AmCham) prog [...]	2007-04-04 16:23:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR ECIN EFTA EIND ETRD MO
07RABAT601	WESTERN SAHARA: THOUGHTS ON THE USG APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: As we prepare for UN discussion of the renewal of the MINURSO mandate, Embassy Rabat would like to offer several thoughts for consideration on the USG's approach to the very delicate Western Sahara process. The Moroccans have been conducting extensive and far-reaching consultati [...]	2007-04-05 18:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF KPKO MO
07RABAT606	PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER DEFENDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 27 meeting, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mohamed Said El Alami told Ambassador that new legislation before parliament will require senior GOM officials to declare their assets. Contrary to the charges of some members of parliament and press speculation, the Minist [...]	2007-04-06 14:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
07RABAT613	MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY [...] (C) On April 9, poloff conveyed reftel demarche, which was received only shortly before the event, to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the MFA's United Nations Division. Poloff urged Morocco not to participate in the ceremony inaugurating the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant scheduled for later in the d [...]	2007-04-09 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR MO
07RABAT619	MOROCCO IMPLEMENTS AGADIR AGREEMENT-- WITH A CATCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Three years after its signature and nearly a year after it technically entered into force, Morocco on March 27 finally published the customs circular necessary to implement the Agadir Agreement. That accord, signed by Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan, and Egypt in 2004, established a [...]	2007-04-10 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD MA
07RABAT627	MOROCCO DROUGHT FORETELLS ECONOMIC CONTRACTION [...] (U) Summary: Late and insufficient rain has severely reduced the expected cereal harvest this year and endangered livestock. Although the GOM has responded with an emergency drought assistance plan, critics complain the plan lacks substance and is a case of "too little, too late." With the ce [...]	2007-04-11 14:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD MO
07RABAT638	A MODERATE ISLAMIST MAYOR - THE PJD IN MEKNES [...] (C) Summary: Abu Bakr Belkora, the moderate Islamist mayor of Meknes, told poloff he was wrestling with poverty and governance issues during an April 10 visit to the city. Meknes is Morocco's sixth largest city and the largest local government controlled by the (moderate Islamist) Party of Jus [...]	2007-04-12 15:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT641	EMBASSY'S INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Summary. In support of implementation of our bilateral free trade agreement with Morocco, Mission Morocco recently hosted an investment conference for potential foreign investors in the automotive parts sector, a key priority of Moroccan industrial policy. The event highlighted success s [...]	2007-04-13 10:12:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ECIN EIND ETRD EINV MO
07RABAT656	SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1130 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) At approximately 0900 GMT on Saturday April 14 two suicide bombers detonated the explosives they were carrying at two locations on Boulevard Moulay Yousef in central Casablanca. One detonation occurred near a police van stationed diagonally across the street from the Consulate General. [...]	2007-04-14 11:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC CASC AMGT
07RABAT657	SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1500 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) The DCM convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee at 1145 GMT to review information and next steps following the detonation of two suicide bombs near the U.S. Consulate General and the American Language Center in Casablanca at approximately 0900 GMT on April 14. Consul-General Ca [...]	2007-04-14 15:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT658	SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1945 GMT 14 APRIL 2007: [...] (SBU) At 1700 GMT, DCM convened the Embassy's full EAC, including (via telephone) members of Casablanca's core EAC, to review the latest information, steps taken, and next steps in light of this morning's suicide attacks near the U.S. Consulate-General and American Language Center (ALC) in Cas [...]	2007-04-14 19:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER CASC AMGT MO
07RABAT660	MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR RILEY MEETS WITH WALI IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-16 10:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MO
07RABAT675	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION PREPARATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: With Morocco,s next legislative election fast approaching, the Ambassador called on leaders of the three largest parties in the ruling coalition to discuss preparations for September's ballot as well party plans to increase voter participation, particularly among youth. All thre [...]	2007-04-18 07:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT680	PARTY FOR PROGRESS AND SOCIALISM LEADER STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Ismail Alaoui, leader of the (leftist) Party for Progress and Socialism (PPS),and Minister of Communication Benabdallah, told the Ambassador April 4 their party had an election platform heavily focused on combating corruption. The formerly communist PPS is a member of the gover [...]	2007-04-18 16:15:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO
07RABAT681	GOM DENIES RUMORS OF FUTURE ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Energy (MOE) officials deny recent press allegations, appearing in the "L'Economiste" newspaper and attributed to National Electricity Office (ONE) sources, that Morocco will face a shortage of electricity starting in 2008. They concede that demand for electricity [...]	2007-04-18 18:23:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EIND ENRG MO
07RABAT683	THEIR RABAT CHARGE SAYS SOUTH AFRICA MIGHT BE [...] (C) Summary: South African Charge to Morocco Charl Moller told Polcouns April 16 that South Africa will not abandon the principle of self determination for the Western Sahara without wavering, it would accept a political settlement agreed to by the POLISARIO. Moller said that South Africa is [...]	2007-04-18 21:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PREL WI MO SF UNSC
07RABAT701	MOROCCO TERRORISM: STATE OF "HIGH ALERT," [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is on a "state of high alert" in the wake of recent terror attacks in Casablanca, said GOM spokesman and Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah in a press conference on April 18. Responding to recent NGO criticism, the Minister asserted that the GOM would take human ri [...]	2007-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PHUM MO
07RABAT704	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS GOA MIGHT BE READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Ambassador Belkheir told Ambassador Riley April 17 that although Algeria was not prepared to listen to the Moroccans about their autonomy proposal, Algiers might accept a delegation from Rabat "after the end of the Security council debate," if it was not to talk about th [...]	2007-04-23 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL AG WI
07RABAT712	MOROCCO REACHES INVESTMENT GRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fitch Ratings' April 19 decision to raise Morocco to investment grade has been welcomed by Moroccan government and media as a vote of confidence in the country's ongoing economic reforms. Fitch noted Moroccan progress across the range of "economic, political and social areas," [...]	2007-04-23 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON MA
07RABAT742	MOROCCO: UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: The United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) is supporting "Promoting Women's Role(s) in the Transitional Justice Process in Morocco" with a $350,000 grant for a two-year period (reftel A). This project is being implemented by UNIFEM North Africa in coordination with the Consultati [...]	2007-04-26 09:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL OIIP MO
07RABAT744	WESTERN SAHARA: CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's (GOM) efforts to sell its autonomy plan within the Sahara may be complicated by continuing repression and reported violations of human rights, although some recent improvement may help their case. Local human rights observers continue to report GOM [...]	2007-04-26 12:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT745	PJD LEADERS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary: The leadership of the Islam-oriented Party of Justice and Development told the Ambassador on April 17 that all Moroccans condemned the recent terrorist attacks against U.S. facilities in Casablanca, but said that feelings of "injustice" prompted by U.S. policies in the region were [...]	2007-04-26 14:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER PREL MO
07RABAT751	MOROCCO TERRORISM: MINISTER BRIEFS ON CT STEPS, [...] (C) In remarks before parliament on April 25, Minister of Interior Benmoussa warned that the threat from terrorism is real and always present. He detailed efforts to upgrade security across the country and said there have been 59 terror-related arrests since March 11. A parliamentary contact [...]	2007-04-26 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV MO
07RABAT777	AMB. MEETING WITH FM BENAISSA ON CONSULATE GENERAL [...] (S) Summary and comment: Meeting with Amb. Riley April 27, FM Benaissa had no new information on prospects for GOM action to close two lanes of traffic in front of Consulate General Casablanca to create necessary security setback. Benaissa said Moroccan police services are working to effectiv [...]	2007-04-27 16:47:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	ASEC CASC CVIS MO PREL
07RABAT781	MOROCCAN ROAD REFORM LOST IN RHETHORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The appalling death toll on Moroccan roads is being overshadowed by uninformed and politically inspired rhetoric against the proposed new road reform law under debate in Parliament, according to the law's principal champion, Transport Minister Karim Ghellab. Moroccan roads are [...]	2007-04-30 10:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON ELAB MO
07RABAT784	MOROCCAN ROAD REFORM LOST IN RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The appalling death toll on Moroccan roads is being overshadowed by uninformed and politically inspired rhetoric against the proposed new road reform law under debate in Parliament, according to the law's principal champion, Transport Minister Karim Ghellab. Moroccan roads are [...]	2007-04-30 12:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON ELAB MO
07RABAT785	SPECIAL 301 MOROCCO 2007 [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered points in reftel in separate meetings on April 30 with Houda Marrakchi, Head of the Free Trade Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Wassane Zailachi, Chief of the Ministry's North America division. Both expressed pleasure with USTR's decision. Marr [...]	2007-04-30 15:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR MA
07RABAT786	NATIONWIDE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CASABLANCA BOMBINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The series of suicide bombings in Casablanca over the last month and resultant country-wide security alert has had only a limited economic impact. Tourism, Morocco's major source of foreign exchange revenue, has remained resilient. Major destinations including Fes and Marrakech [...]	2007-04-30 16:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MA
07RABAT813	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. Activities included the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Better Future (ALEF) literacy project, pharmaceutical and Agribusiness workshops, preparations for the 2007 legislative election [...]	2007-05-04 11:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV ETRD EINV KMPI MO
07RABAT852	MOROCCO: VOTER REGISTRATION LAGGING [...] (C) Summary: Poorer than expected results have prompted the GOM to extend by another week open season for voter registration. So far less than half of the anticipated three million new and updated registrations have been processed. This could be an early indicator of voter apathy, or worse, [...]	2007-05-11 18:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
07RABAT858	SAHRAWI AND BERBER (AMAZIGH) STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi students have been demonstrating at several Moroccan universities, beginning May 3, calling for independence for the Western Sahara. Multiple sources confirm that the demonstrations, inspired by the UNSCR call for negotiations on Sahara, led to violent clashes with Mor [...]	2007-05-14 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT864	MOROCCO ON BELARUS UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) In a May 14 meeting with Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the Social and Humanitarian Issues Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, poloff urged Morocco to use its vote at the upcoming elections for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to elect countries with strong human rights record [...]	2007-05-15 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
07RABAT880	BERBER (AMAZIGH) POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) activists are increasingly outspoken about their desire for political and constitutional change (reftels A and B). Eight Amazigh political activists gathered on May 11 to discuss their disagreement with the present political situation. Drawing on ear [...]	2007-05-17 11:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT889	AML: MOROCCO'S NEW LAW ENTERS INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's long-awaited anti-money laundering statute officially entered into force on May 3, 2007, with its publication in the country's "Bulletin Officiel." Moroccan officials tell us they are currently working to finish the decrees that will implement the new law, and that th [...]	2007-05-18 12:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT890	S/CT DEPUTY COORDINATOR PALMER VISITS MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: During a May 8-10 visit, S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and senior Moroccan officials discussed the GOM's holistic approach to combating terrorism and countering extremist ideology as well as ways to enhance CT efforts. The Moroccans welcomed Palmer's visit in the contex [...]	2007-05-18 16:30:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KISL ASEC MO
07RABAT905	DEATH OF HUMAN RIGHTS LEADER LEAVES VACUUM [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of reform in Morocco will miss Driss Benzekri, the leading proponent of the nascent Moroccan "culture of human rights." His death on May 20 leaves the Moroccan effort to strengthen human rights without a standard bearer. Benzekri's leadership of the Equity and Recon [...]	2007-05-23 13:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV MO
07RABAT909	RE-PROGRAMMING FY2007 AML RESOURCES FOR PUBLIC [...] (SBU) With confirmation from Moroccan Finance Ministry officials that planned USG assistance to help establish Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and train its personnel would be most effective if provided in 2008, after the unit is up and running, post recommends that a portion of th [...]	2007-05-24 11:35:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT912	CASABLANCANS REACT TO CONTINUED POST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: In the more than five weeks since two suicide bombers detonated near the Consulate General, the atmosphere among the populace has gone from sympathetic concern to frustration and anger. Even many Moroccans who offered support immediately after the explosions now feel that the c [...]	2007-05-24 15:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT933	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials and the Embassy reached agreement on a new formula for regular human rights consultations that will include a mechanism for raising specific cases with the Government of Morocco (GOM). In a wide-ranging discussion, the MFA comp [...]	2007-05-30 12:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT935	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT CONFRONTS EXTREMIST THEOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: In late May, Morocco's Ministry of Islamic Affairs convened more than 1200 Moroccan religious scholars and prayer leaders to rebut and condemn the use of religious pretexts for acts of terrorism. The event, which received high profile coverage in Moroccan media, came in the wake [...]	2007-05-30 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL MO
07RABAT940	UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: While recent weeks have seen many demonstrations of Sahrawis in Moroccan universities, unrest inside the territory remains limited. At least nine Sahrawi students have recently received jail terms for their role in demonstrations. In Sahara, Layoune reportedly remains [...]	2007-05-31 18:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT942	MOROCCO SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) During a May 31 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Division Chief for United Nations Affairs Azzedine Farhane told poloff that Morocco is interested in potential USG assistance for Morocco,s planned Global Initiative to Combat [...]	2007-06-01 13:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER PREL KGIT MO
07RABAT947	MOROCCO: PRESS CONFERENCE PREEMPTED, ISLAMIST JCO [...] (C) Summary: A May 23 Moroccan security force operation preempted a press conference scheduled by the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO),the large Islamist political organization which rejects the legitimacy of the monarchy. Though prevented from conducting their media event, the JCO iss [...]	2007-06-04 13:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR KISL
07RABAT95	MINURSO FREE OF TIP/SEA PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy continues to believe Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) are not a problem with the MINURSO mission in the Western Sahara. MINURSO Force Commander Maj. General Kurt Mosgaard told Polcouns that there had been two incidents that were of con [...]	2007-01-19 17:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MO KPKO
07RABAT953	MOROCCO RESPONSE TO U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 14:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EFIN ETRD KNNP MO UNSC
07RABAT955	U/S LEVEY CONGRATULATES MOROCCO ON NEW AML LAW AND [...] (S) Summary: In a series of meetings on May 29, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey congratulated GOM officials on the recent passage of Morocco's long-awaited anti-money laundering law and emphasized USG readiness to help with its implementation. He [...]	2007-06-06 08:54:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV MA
07RABAT964	MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...]	2007-06-07 08:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MO
07RABAT965	MOROCCO ON AFRICOM [...] (C) On June 5, MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani told the DCM he hoped that the upcoming U.S. delegation traveling to Morocco to discuss the formation of AFRICOM did not plan to request permission to base in Morocco. Morocco does not want to host AFRICOM, he said, add [...]	2007-06-07 08:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MO
07RABAT974	MOROCCANS RECEIVE ISRAELI DELEGATION [...] (C) During a June 5 meeting with DAS Carpenter (septel) Moroccan MFA Director-General Amrani said that he had received an Israeli MFA delegation for a full day of discussions in Rabat during the last week of May. The Israeli delegation was led by Policy Planning Chief Abramovitch and also the [...]	2007-06-08 18:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
07RABAT981	MFA DG BRIEFS DAS GRAY ON MOROCCAN PLANS FOR [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray and Ambassador Riley met with MFA Director General Bilateral (P-equiv.) Youssef Amrani June 11, on the margins of the AFRICOM briefing (septel) to discuss the Western Sahara. Amrani asserted that Morocco was faithfully implementing the UN Security Council Resolution on [...]	2007-06-11 17:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT994	DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES OUTLOOK FOR ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During his June 4-6 visit, NEA DAS Scott Carpenter discussed the outlook for Morocco's September legislative elections a range of GOM and non-governmental contacts. There was broad consensus that the elections will be generally transparent and free of systematic fraud. Most civi [...]	2007-06-13 10:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MO
07RABAT996	DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Communications Benabdellah told visiting DAS Carpenter during a June 6 meeting that the latest and presumably final draft of the revised press code reduced from 24 to four the number of categories of offenses that could land journalists in jail. He emphasized [...]	2007-06-13 11:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL MO
08RABAT1002	MOROCCO REMAINS SHELTERED FROM INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector leaders continue to project confidence that Morocco will successfully weather ongoing volatility in international markets. Central Bank Governor Abdellatif Jouahri, Finance Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, business confederation chief Hafid El Alamy and [...]	2008-10-17 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD MO
08RABAT1005	CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO PROVIDES DETAILED [...] (S//NF) Summary: In response to a U.S. request, the Government of Morocco (GOM) recently provided detailed information, via diplomatic note to Embassy Rabat, on the backgrounds of two Moroccan citizens currently being held in the U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the note, the GOM [...]	2008-10-20 07:07:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KCRM MO
08RABAT1017	RABAT'S COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, the Japanese DCM convened the only G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting during Japan's presidency. Representatives of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated, as did representatives of the European Union, [...]	2008-10-23 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN MO
08RABAT1023	MOROCCO SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 13:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO
08RABAT1024	"ISLAM IN AMERICA" DOCUMENTARY ON MOROCCAN TV [...] Morocco's semi-private television network "2m" produced a 28-minute documentary on Islam in the U.S., which aired in early October on the popular monthly news magazine "Grand Angle" ("Wide Angle"). It also aired on Al Maghribiya satellite channel, which is widely watched by the Moroccan commu [...]	2008-10-24 15:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KISL KPAO OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI PGOV MO
08RABAT1025	MEPI 4TH QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from July 1 - September 30. During the quarter the Women in Technology (WIT) program was launched. Highlights from existing programs included activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Bet [...]	2008-10-24 16:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT103	MARRAKECH AEROEXPO - LOCKHEED MARTIN OVERSHADOWS DASSAULT [...] (U) In the first aviation trade show of its kind in North Africa, 300 exhibitors from 12 countries gathered for Morocco's inaugural Aeroexpo at the Marrakech airport, January 23-25. Planned as a biannual event, Aeroexpo Marrakech 2008 showcased Morocco's growing aeronautical industry while at [...]	2008-02-01 12:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MO
08RABAT1031	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS'S NOVEMBER 13- [...] (SBU) Representative Lewis, we welcome you and your delegation to Morocco, our oldest and closest ally in the region. You will find a country that is "on the move," through a range of social, economic and political reforms aimed at making government more responsive to citizen concerns and en [...]	2008-10-27 17:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON ETRD PREL PTER PGOV MO
08RABAT1036	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On October 28 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane concerning the proposed U.S. draft resolution on "Compliance With Non-proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments". Farhane said the GOM would likely suppor [...]	2008-10-28 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM UNGA CDG PREL MO
08RABAT1049	MOROCCO: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco,s counternarcotics efforts appear to be a function of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which places emphasis on co [...]	2008-11-04 16:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MO
08RABAT1050	MOROCCO PROVIDED SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER 2008 PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 14:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MO
08RABAT1058	RENEWABLE ENERGY FOCUS OF DOE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: DOE/EERE Chief Operating Officer Paul Dickerson met with key government, industry, and development officials central to Morocco's efforts to expand its renewable energy portfolio and reduce its 96 percent dependence on imported energy sources during an October 28 visit to Rabat a [...]	2008-11-07 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV TRGY ETRD ECON EAID MO
08RABAT1059	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUESTS ON UPCOMING UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on November 7 to Chief of Service of the Principal Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini regarding Morocco's actions on the upcoming UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Redoune was p [...]	2008-11-07 15:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MO
08RABAT1060	WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS MEMBER SAYS ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 18:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV WI MO
08RABAT1063	MOROCCO: DELIVERY OF 2009 INDICATOR SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and MCC Country Director delivered advance copies of Morocco's 2009 indicator scorecard in November 5 meetings with Minister of Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka and Primature Secretary-General Mohamed Hajoui, and then subsequently with officials at th [...]	2008-11-10 12:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL ECON KMCA MCC
08RABAT1084	EXPLAINING MOROCCO'S "LIMITED IMMUNITY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders in Morocco's financial sector remain confident that it is sheltered from any direct problems as a result of ongoing turmoil in world financial markets. The "immunity" stems less from the sector's inherent virtue, bankers tell us, than from the still limited nature of Mo [...]	2008-11-20 12:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT1086	MOROCCO: NO OBJECTION TO BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP, [...] (C) Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane was briefed on reftel October 29, concerning Burkino Faso and the TSCTP. Bendahane had no objections to the inclusion of Burkino Faso into the TSCTP, and was encouraging on that score. He has since und [...]	2008-11-20 15:34:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MARR ECOWAS MO UV
08RABAT1091	MOROCCO: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. TRANSITION [...] (C//NF) An Egyptian Embassy colleague told Poloff on November 21 that the Egyptian Ambassador in Rabat was convoked on November 13 by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) then-Secretary General Omar Hillale. Hillale asked Cairo to issue a declaration publicly supporting the Government of Moroc [...]	2008-11-21 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS EG WI MO
08RABAT1094	MOROCCO WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR UN RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 11:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC UNGA MO
08RABAT1095	MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH ARAB LEAGUE AND OIC ON [...] (C) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on November 21 and attempted to persuade him to influence Morocco's UN delegation in NY to vote against, abstain, or absent themselves when the anticipated biased resolutions against Isra [...]	2008-11-24 11:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PA IS LE SY UNGA MO
08RABAT1100	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Representative Hastings, my staff and I warmly welcome your visit. As you are aware, Morocco is a member of the OSCE Mediterranean Partnership and has hosted OSCE meetings in Rabat, but there is potential for more engagement. Morocco has given us exemplary cooperation in the struggle [...]	2008-11-25 14:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG WI MO
08RABAT1101	MOROCCO DOWNPLAYS NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General Mohammed Azeroual told Polcouns November 23 that Morocco did not believe that the Cairo Ministerial would accomplish anything, and Morocco would be represented only by its Ambassador. The PLO is history and Fatah is weak and aging, he said. Any solution woul [...]	2008-11-25 18:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG AL MO
08RABAT1109	MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...]	2008-11-28 13:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO
08RABAT1110	ELECTRICITY CHIEF DISMISSED OVER BROWNOUTS, POOR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco abruptly removed Younes Maamar, chief of the National Electricity Office (ONE) on November 14 following widespread discontent related to unannounced extended brownouts in Casablanca's industrial zones. Our Casablanca contacts and media reports indicate t [...]	2008-11-28 14:14:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD MO SP
08RABAT112	WHAT SPAWNED THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF TETOUAN? [...] (C) Summary: Tetouan, notorious for having spawned the jihadists who carried out the Madrid train bombings, and at least two dozen foreign fighters, also carries the promise of a new, more prosperous Morocco. Poloffs learned during a recent visit that it took a variety of environmental, polit [...]	2008-02-06 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL KIRF MO
08RABAT1122	MOROCCO'S "ADVANCED STATUS:" A ROADMAP TO AN [...] (C) Summary: The European Union's attribution of "advanced status" to Morocco reflects the close relationship between the Cherifien Kingdom and its European partners, but is likely to change little in the short run in relations between the two parties. European diplomats are careful to stress [...]	2008-12-05 15:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT1124	MOROCCO RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-05 17:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC
08RABAT1125	MOROCCO FINALIZING SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed our need to sign the bilateral seismic agreement with Morocco by the end of the year via diplomatic note on December 5. In addition, PolCouns met with MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita who informed PolCouns that the GOM is seized with the matter and is working dilgentl [...]	2008-12-05 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
08RABAT1134	BOYCOTT LEADER PROPOSES NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH USG [...] (C) Summary: Younes Mjahed, head of the Moroccan press union, told Information Attache (IO) that as a result of the recent U.S. election, he was prepared to rethink his organization's years-long boycott of USG activities. He reported that the Government of Morocco (GOM) had been stonewalling [...]	2008-12-08 16:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP PGOV PREL PTER MO
08RABAT1136	MOROCCO AND EID AL ADHA: CAN'T AFFORD TO BE POOR [...] (SBU) Working class and poor Moroccans are expressing an almost existential angst about the political and economic state of the country resulting from worry over the price of sheep for this year's Eid Al Adha (feast of the sacrifice). One man said that Morocco was a country in which people "c [...]	2008-12-08 18:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL KISL MO
08RABAT114	AMU SECRETARY GENERAL'S FEBRUARY 1 LETTER TO U/S BURNS [...] On February 6, the Embassy received the following letter in English from Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General Habib Benyahia to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns: Begin text. Arab Maghreb Union Rabat February 1, 2008 His Excellency R. Nicholas Burns Under Secretary of [...]	2008-02-06 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ECIN PTER MO

08RABAT1140	TSANGVIRAI IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Morgan Tsangvirai was in Morocco at the end of November-early December. Tsangvirai received a prize for promotion of democracy on November 29 in Tangier at the first Med Days 2008 Conference. The Conference was organized by a NGO, Amadeus, which is run by the son of the Foreign Minist [...]	2008-12-12 07:52:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MO ZI
08RABAT1143	UNDER SECRETARY GLASSMAN'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his November 20-22 visit to Morocco, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman conducted a variety of activities focused on providing support and productive alternatives to young people vulnerable to radicalization. The visit succe [...]	2008-12-12 12:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM KISL KPAO KIRF MO
08RABAT1144	MOROCCO'S USFP/SOCIALIST PARTY PICKS NEW SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: After several months of indecision and party infighting, the Union of Popular Socialist Forces Party (USFP) elected Abdelouahed Radi as its First Secretary on November 8th, and received a congratulatory visit from Ambassador Riley soon thereafter. The victory, by a thin plurali [...]	2008-12-12 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT1145	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. PROPOSAL ON UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT1150	MOROCCO: KING WITHDRAWS RESERVATIONS TO UN WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed as an important symbolic step, King Mohammed VI announced in a December 10 speech that Morocco will lift its remaining and outdated reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The objections covered co [...]	2008-12-12 18:06:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN MO
08RABAT1152	U.S.-MOROCCO LABORATORY BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY [...] (U) Summary: The first joint U.S.-Morocco Workshop on Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity took place November 3-5 in Rabat, bringing together U.S. and international experts with policy makers, administrators and scientists from several Moroccan ministries and laboratories. The U.S. delegati [...]	2008-12-15 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO TSPL MO XI XF
08RABAT1154	HARSTON ASSESSES MINURSO AND THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Head of Mission Julian Harston briefed the P-5 plus Spain on December 12. Harston believed that Morocco is finally ready to assent to Ambassador Christopher Ross' appointment as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG's) Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. Harston believes th [...]	2008-12-16 14:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM PBTS UN WI MO
08RABAT116	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND [...] (S/NF) The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats, including joint efforts to shut down the foreign fighter pipeline. Your meetings with the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the Chief of Morocco's external intelligence service will [...]	2008-02-07 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT1161	Special Media Reaction: Election of Barack Obama [...] Summary: Reflecting broad Moroccan interest in the U.S. presidential elections, the Moroccan press has been filled with reporting and commentary on the election of Barack Obama as America's 44th president. Commentators variously aver that Obama's leadership will be to Morocco's benefit, detr [...]	2008-12-17 09:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
08RABAT1167	PRIME MINISTER TOUTS PROGRESS IN MCC SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: As previewed during the delivery of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard for Morocco for 2009 (Ref A),Secretary General to the Prime Minister Mohamed Hajoui provided to the Ambassador a copy of Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's December 12 letter to Ambassador J [...]	2008-12-17 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KMCA MO
08RABAT1168	MOROCCO HEARS MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO STAY ABSENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 17:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MO
08RABAT1169	AL ADL WA IHSAN: MOROCCO'S ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: The banned Islamist religio-political organization Al Adl wal-Ihsan (Adl) (more commonly known as the Justice and Charity or Justice and Good Works Organization) may be moving toward political participation, perhaps as a legal political party. Adl spokesman Fatallah Arsalane highlighte [...]	2008-12-18 17:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINR KISL IT MO
08RABAT117	MOROCCO ON THE SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On February 5, Embassy conveyed reftel Note Verbale on the Lebanese political crisis to Mohammed Azeroual, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and the Foreign Minister's point-man on Middle East and Islamic Affairs. 2. (C) Responding in detail to the points in the Note Verba [...]	2008-02-07 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV EFIN MO LE SY
08RABAT1177	MOROCCO SUBMITS TRANSLATED COPIES OF SEISMIC [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs sent to the U.S. Embassy December 19 final draft copies of the English, French, and Arabic translations of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocc [...]	2008-12-19 18:20:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
08RABAT1180	MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...]	2008-12-22 16:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO
08RABAT1181	MOROCCO HOSTS MEPI LDF ALUMNI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The second annual Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) Alumni Meeting took place in Marrakech, Morocco December 15-17. The DCM opened the event that brought together 28 LDF alumni from 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) r [...]	2008-12-22 16:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPMI XF MO
08RABAT1183	MOROCCO RECEIVES JOINT DUTCH, RUSSIAN, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Dutch DCM Frank Keurhorst delivered his country's invitation requesting Morocco's participation in the 5th Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on December 22. Keurhorst del [...]	2008-12-22 18:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL RS MO
08RABAT1187	MOROCCAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A request for an overview of Morocco's nuclear energy plans, Post notes Ref B reporting discussions held during the November 16-18 visit to Morocco of Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, the Secretary's Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Ambassador Wolcott discussed [...]	2008-12-23 15:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO MO
08RABAT1190	MOROCCO'S PENDING FTA ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Foreign Trade Abdellatif Maazouz convoked the Ambassador (accompanied by AgCouns and EconOff) on December 16 to discuss the evolving post-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) bilateral trade relationship and next steps to advance outstanding implementation issues. Minister M [...]	2008-12-23 17:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV MO
08RABAT1191	MOROCCO UNDERSTANDS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) Poloff relayed U.S. concerns regarding the potential candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the position of UNESCO Director-General to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Candidatures and Contributions for the United Nations and International Organizations Ms. R [...]	2008-12-24 07:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO MO
08RABAT1194	MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS ENGAGES PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged members of the Morocco's lower house of parliament to press the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) to allow greater [...]	2008-12-24 12:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV WI AG MO
08RABAT1196	SEDUCED BY THE UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Describing a sea change in their opinions about the United States, on December 19 eight Moroccan women political leaders talked about how they were "seduced" by the U.S. political system and our top leadership during their election visit to the U.S. Several women who held negat [...]	2008-12-24 14:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI OEXC XF MO
08RABAT1198	MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS AGREES WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General Youssef Amrani to enhance Moroccan participation in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]	2008-12-24 17:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ETRD OSCE MO
08RABAT1199	VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIRED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 19:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SP MO
08RABAT1201	AGADIR PROTEST DEATHS: TRAGIC BUT NOT DELIBERATE [...] (C//NF) Based on information obtained during EmbOff's visit, it appears that a tragic accident, and not a premeditated act, led to the deaths of two Sahrawi (Western Saharan) students during a December 1 protest in the Moroccan city of Agadir. Separate statements from a Sahrawi participant i [...]	2008-12-30 12:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL PBTS WI AG MO
08RABAT1202	GAZA/ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOM [...] (SBU) With Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Secretary General Youssef Amrani both out of Morocco, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Nassir Bourita on December 30. The Ambassador particularly emphasized the need to modulate rhetor [...]	2008-12-30 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT1204	MOROCCO: GAZA ANGER GROWS; SCHOOLS SHUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Moroccan public and official response to the recent Israeli air strikes in Gaza continues to be universally critical of Israel and, increasingly, the United States. Almost every article, statement, and interlocutor has used the word "disproportionate" to describe the action. [...]	2008-12-31 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
08RABAT121	MOI BENMOUSSA TELLS AMBASSADOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley's call on Interior Minster Chakib Benmoussa February 5 turned frosty over the human rights situation in Western Sahara. Benmoussa thanked the USG for support for the Moroccan peace effort and its autonomy plan. He praised the Embassy/GOM human rights dialogue, [...]	2008-02-07 16:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ASEC MO
08RABAT127	BROKEN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OFFERS NO EASY FIXES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified - entire text. 2. (SBU) Summary: The backdrop to our efforts to negotiate a bilateral agreement on American schools in Morocco is a national education system that is widely believed to be broken beyond repair. This grim reality was highlighted in this week' [...]	2008-02-08 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SCUL MO
08RABAT140	HUMAN RIGHTS DILAOGUE, WESTERN SAHARA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second annual session of the U.S.-Morocco bilateral human rights dialogue, our senior GOM interlocutor used the occasion to criticize the existence of separate human rights reports for Morocco and Western Sahara. The Moroccans also complained that the USG distorted the go [...]	2008-02-14 12:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MO
08RABAT141	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray urged support for the upcoming independence for Kosovo February 8, during a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). FM Fassi Fihri declined to offer a f [...]	2008-02-14 14:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV UNMIK UN YI MO
08RABAT144	MOROCCO WILL STUDY U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points jointly with the EU's Economic Counselor in Morocco Jerome Cassier in a February 15 meeting with Mohammed Benjelloun, head of the WTO Division at the Ministry of External Commerce. Benjelloun declined to provide an official response pending inter- [...]	2008-02-15 16:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON MO
08RABAT145	MOROCCO WILL STUDY U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points jointly with the EU's Economic Counselor in Morocco Jerome Cassier in a February 15 meeting with Mohammed Benjelloun, head of the WTO Division at the Ministry of External Commerce. Benjelloun declined to provide an official response pending inter- [...]	2008-02-15 16:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON MO
08RABAT148	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITION AGAINST OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 19:18:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL MO
08RABAT150	EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Amb. Dell Dailey and NEA DAS Gray visited Morocco February 7-8 to discuss enhancing security cooperation and especially countering the flow of Moroccan foreign fighters into Iraq. Amb. Dailey asked the highest level of concerned GOM officials to assert pressure on Syria [...]	2008-02-19 09:58:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EAIR PINR PREL OVIP MO
08RABAT151	DAS GRAY URGES MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR UNIFIL AND [...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray urged Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri to increase Moroccan support for Lebanon during a meeting February 8, otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). He pressed for a contribution to the Hariri tribunal and ask [...]	2008-02-19 10:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS LE MO
08RABAT152	MOROCCAN FM SPEAKS WELL OF VAN WALSUM TO S/CT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri was cautiously positive on the Western Sahara peace process during a February 8 meeting with S/CT Dailey and NEA DAS Gray. Fassi Fihri was upbeat on Van Walsum, who recently told him he hoped for a solution based on non-independence, [...]	2008-02-19 12:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UN MO
08RABAT153	MOROCCO ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT HCOC ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
08RABAT154	MR. EL-HIMMA GOES TO PARLIAMENT: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 13 meeting, prominent parliamentarian and royal confidante Fouad Ali El-Himma discussed with the Ambassador his efforts to better coordinate local, regional and national governance in the poor constituency he represents. El-Himma asserted that Morocco's legislature has "a [...]	2008-02-19 17:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MO
08RABAT155	THE AMBASSADOR'S VISITS TO ZAGORA AND AGADIR [...] Summary: During January 24-25 visits to the provinces of Zagora and Agadir, the Ambassador called on ranking local officials, met with local civil society leaders, and visited a range of USG-funded projects. The Ambassador and Embassy team found in Zagora a rural and remote province beset by [...]	2008-02-19 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SCUL KPAO KMCA PREL MO
08RABAT156	S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND DAS GRAY DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting in Rabat, Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Habib SIPDIS Benyahia told S/CT Amb. Dailey and DAS Gray he was working to address the terror threat by advancing regional cooperation and development in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Be [...]	2008-02-19 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECIN MO XA
08RABAT157	DAS PATTON VISITS MOROCCO [...] (U) Summary: DAS Kent Patton and MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Casablanca and Rabat January 16-19 to discuss post's democracy reform activities, introduce the new Democracy Working Group program, and meet with Moroccan contacts from both the government and civil society. Patto [...]	2008-02-19 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KMPI ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI MO
08RABAT158	MOROCCO PRESS FREEDOM: DAS PATTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 16-19 visit to Morocco, DAS Kent Patton discussed Morocco's media environment and press freedom with local stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds. Embassy officials stressed that passage of a revised press code eliminating prison sentences remained a ke [...]	2008-02-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO EAID KMPI KDEM PREL MO
08RABAT16	MOROCCO BACKS EFFORTS TO PRESS SYRIA ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MFA's Co-Political Director passed us a message that Morocco was supporting efforts to break the political deadlock in Lebanon and had urged the Saudis to turn up the heat on the Asad regime. MFA Director-General Mohammed Azeroual said Morocco believed "enough [...]	2008-01-08 11:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO LE
08RABAT170	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Ambassador Welch, the Moroccans will roll out the red carpet for you, including an audience with King Mohammed VI in Marrakech, as well as expected meetings with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Intelligence Chief Mansouri. They are delighted you are visiting them before Algiers and will [...]	2008-02-22 17:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
08RABAT171	MOROCCO: TERRORIST NETWORK DISRUPTED BUT MANY [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities arrested 32 persons including several minor Islamist politicians in mid-February and reported seizing a significant quantity of weapons, from what they called the Belliraj terror network, after its leader, the Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belliraj. In televis [...]	2008-02-22 19:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO
08RABAT178	GOM PROVIDES A/S WELCH WITH A MORE COHERENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri gave NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party a lengthy, comprehensive briefing on the Belliraj terrorist network. Mansouri explained the network,s alleged revolutionary aims [...]	2008-02-27 10:44:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PTER ASEC PINS PINR MO
08RABAT179	EU LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS AML/CTF PROJECT WITH MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: We met this week with Fernando Rosado, the resident advisor who is overseeing the newly launched EU twinning project in support of development of both Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and its overall integrated anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance regime. T [...]	2008-02-27 10:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PGOV MO
08RABAT18	AMENDED REQUEST FOR FRENCH AND ARABIC TRANSLATION [...] Per the points conveyed Ref A, Post requested Language Services' assistance in translating the 2007 Human Rights Report from English to Arabic on November 5 (Ref B). English to French translation was to have been procured locally, replicating the procedure used in 2006. 2. Subsequent to [...]	2008-01-08 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM APER KPAO
08RABAT183	PRESS COVERAGE OF NEA A/S WELCH'S VISIT [...] NEA A/S Welch's remarks to the press following his meeting with King Mohammed VI generated substantial positive local broadcast and print media coverage. Semi-private "2M" and government-run "SNRT" television both ran lengthy lead stories during their prime-time French- and Arabic-language ne [...]	2008-02-28 07:23:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OVIP MO
08RABAT185	NEA A/S WELCH,S MEETINGS WITH KING MOHAMMED VI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI received NEA A/S Welch for an hour on February 25. The wide-ranging exchange of views focused on bilateral cooperation, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mauritania, Syria, Algeria and Western Sahara. In most respects, the audience mirro [...]	2008-02-28 16:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP MO
08RABAT19	AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) In a wide-ranging meeting on January 3, the Ambassador discussed the status of the American schools in Morocco with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Director of American Affairs Abdallah Salah Eddine Tazi. The Ambassador noted that the status and tax situ [...]	2008-01-08 18:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASCH AMGT MO
08RABAT190	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF USG PRIORITIES FOR UPCOMING [...] On February 29th, POLOFF provided Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Principal UN Offices Redouane Houssaini with small briefing, accompanied by a diplomatic note, on US priorities at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs being held March 10-14. 2. Mr. Houssaini thanked [...]	2008-02-29 18:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SNAR AU UN
08RABAT193	MOROCCAN FM TO SYRIANS - "WHO WILL REPRESENT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) bluntly expressed Morocco's dissatisfaction with the political impasse in Lebanon during Syrian Foreign Minister Mouallem's visit to Marrakech on February 26, according to Director-General Mohammed Azeroual, point-man on Arab and Islamic affairs. A [...]	2008-03-03 11:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SY LE XF
08RABAT194	NEA A/S WELCH AND DIRECTOR GENERAL MANSOURI REVIEW [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (the Moroccan equivalent of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party had a cordial and frank two-hour exchange on regional i [...]	2008-03-03 11:32:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PINS OVIP MO
08RABAT195	MOROCCANS SIMMERING OVER GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on March 1 a strong and relatively unusual condemnation of the Israeli government for the IDF's military operations in Gaza. The official Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) agency reported that the MFA "strongly denounced the 'horrible acts committe [...]	2008-03-03 11:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC MO IS PA
08RABAT196	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-MOROCCO FTA JT COMMITTEE [...] (U) The U.S. Mission welcomes the U.S. delegation to the FTA Joint Committee meeting. The FTA, together with the recently signed USD 697 million Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact, is one of our two most visible bilateral accords. Although Morocco has embraced trade liberalization, y [...]	2008-03-03 14:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO
08RABAT20	AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 3, on the eve of his departure for the next round on UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara, Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri expressed his frustration with Algeria's unwillingness to move beyond the status quo to resolve the issue and truly cooperate on economic and securi [...]	2008-01-09 06:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EAID KMCA KPAL MO
08RABAT201	PRIME MINISTER'S ECONOMIC GATEKEEPER ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka set out an ambitious governmental economic agenda in his first public speech at the end of February. The government, he said, would focus on increased and "qualitatively different" growth through increased investm [...]	2008-03-04 16:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASCH MO
08RABAT21	MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSSES PRESS CODE, VIDEO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley paid an introductory call on January 4, 2008 with Khaled Naciri, the new Moroccan Minister of Communications and Government Spokesman. Naciri stated that passing a revised, more liberal press code was one of his top policy priorities. He defended, however, the need to [...]	2008-01-09 06:19:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KISL MO
08RABAT212	BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PRESSES FOR URGENT REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Morocco's chief business lobbying group, the Confederation Generale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM),has added its voice to those calling on the government to adopt urgent reforms in areas ranging from taxation to the judiciary to enable Moroccan companies to c [...]	2008-03-07 18:19:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV MO
08RABAT213	MOROCCO SAYS YES TO REGIONAL IP CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Director of the Moroccan Copyright Office, Abdallah Ouadghiri, enthusiastically agreed to host and coordinate a three-day regional intellectual property rights (IPR) conference in Rabat, Morocco, June 10-12, 2008. Ouadghiri proposes a conference of 60-80 total participants that would [...]	2008-03-10 14:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR MO
08RABAT222	MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PARTY LEADER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (PJD) number two, Lahcen Daoudi, roundly criticized the recent arrests of several prominent Islamist politicians in connection to the Belleraj terrorism case. During a March 5 meeting with Polcouns, he argued that the security service [...]	2008-03-11 12:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER ECON PGOV MO
08RABAT235	FM FASSI FIHRI REPORTS THE ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 meeting with visiting Ambassador Swing, otherwise devoted to thanking Morocco for its support in his quest to lead the International Organisation for Migration (IOM),Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri shared some impressions of the Cairo Arab League Ministerial, [...]	2008-03-13 10:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL LE MO
08RABAT236	FM FASSI FIHRI STRESSES GOM CONCERN OVER POLISARIO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri called in the Ambassadors of the five UNSC Permanent Members March 7 to formally table a complaint about Polisario activity in the trans-berm area of the Western Sahara. He acknowledged that Moroccan complaints about t [...]	2008-03-13 13:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT241	MOROCCO VOICES SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC [...] On March 14, POLOFF conveyed to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of the Security and Disarmament Section Mr. Driss Rushdy reftel points concerning obligations imposed on U.N. member states by the recent adoption of UNSCR 1803, which imposes further sanctions on Iran for its fai [...]	2008-03-14 12:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP MNUC IR MO
08RABAT246	MOROCCO: CONCERNS OVER MANHASSET AND HAPPINESS [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff (CoS) Nasser Bourita told Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and PolCouns that the Government of Morocco (GOM) was concerned over the direction of the Manhasset negotiations. Although he did not make a direct request, Bourita appeared to intima [...]	2008-03-18 11:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PBTS WI MO
08RABAT250	POWER TO THE PEOPLE - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION [...] Summary. The Government of Morocco's (GOM) ambitious program to expand rural electrification throughout the country is nearing completion - two years ahead of schedule. By the end of 2008, the Programme d'Electrification Rurale Global (PERG) will reportedly bring electricity to every village [...]	2008-03-19 11:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SOCI MO
08RABAT252	U.S.-MOROCCO FTA: IMRESSIVE START, OBTIMISTIC FUTURE [...] (U) The Joint Committee of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) met in Rabat on March 13, 2008 for the first time since the agreement's implementation on January 1, 2006. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Shaun Donnelly, headed the U.S. delegation, whi [...]	2008-03-19 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO
08RABAT253	MOROCCO: AGENDA FOR THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (U) Polcons delivered reftel agenda to Arab Maghreb Union Political Advisor Zouhier Merchaoui who will attend the meeting in Washington on April 9, 2008. (Note: Merchaoui will also attend the Africa Defense Policy Dialogue to be held in Washington the last week of March End Note.) 2. (U) S [...]	2008-03-19 15:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PINS PREL PTER MO
08RABAT254	MOROCCAN MARKETS RESIST INTERNATIONAL CREDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: To date, Morocco has largely shrugged off the impact of the international credit crisis. The Casablanca Stock Exchange remains the best performing exchange globally, up 16 percent since January 1. There has been some spillover in Moroccan financial markets, with an evaporatio [...]	2008-03-19 16:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT262	MOROCCO SEEKS CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND SEAPORT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) On March 24, Econoff met with Nouredine Moujahid, Chief of Staff for International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior, to discuss new dates for a consultation visit to Washington by Moroccan border security officials. Moujahid propo [...]	2008-03-25 08:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL KSTC MO
08RABAT265	MOROCCO TRADES SUBSIDIES FOR STABILITY IN THE FACE OF PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Like other countries in the region, Morocco has been buffeted by rapidly escalating international commodity prices. Internal factors such as the 2007 drought have compounded the problem. While official indexes do not yet reflect these price pressures, the exploding budget of th [...]	2008-03-26 14:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO
08RABAT272	MOROCCAN MFA OFFICIAL CITES RISK OF UNDERMINING [...] (C) A senior MFA official told Polcouns March 26 that Morocco was still uncertain about its attendance at the Arab Summit and that this would be discussed by Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri, at that time enroute to Damascus, with his peers. Reminded of USG concerns about attendance at the summit [...]	2008-03-28 09:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL LE MO
08RABAT275	MOROCCO'S MARKET WATCHDOG BARES ITS FANGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's Securities and Exchange Commission, the Conseil Deontologique des Valeurs Mobilieres (CDVM),for the first time in its fifteen-year history moved this month to impose order in Moroccan securities markets by issuing sanctions and warnings to a range of brokers who viola [...]	2008-03-28 17:02:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV MO
08RABAT28	MOROCCO WILL SUPPORT U.S. COMMITTEE AGAINST RACIAL [...] (C) In a Diplomatic Note dated January 8, the Government of Morocco notified the Embassy that it will support the candidacy of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper for membership on the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination during January 17 elections in New York. 2. (C) [...]	2008-01-11 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT280	MOROCCO'S ROAD CARNAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of a multi-year national campaign initiated in 2004 to decrease road fatalities, Morocco suffered an increase in the number of killed and seriously injured in 2007, with on average, more than 10 people killed and 240 seriously injured on Moroccan roads each day. The ca [...]	2008-03-31 17:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON ELAB MO
08RABAT289	TOURISM: ENGINE TO PROGRESS [...] Summary: In 2007, Morocco posted its highest tourist numbers on record, attracting 7.4 million visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2006. Morocco is on track to achieve its goal of 10 million visitors by 2010, in line with the target of its Vision 2010 program for the sector. In addition to [...]	2008-04-04 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	ELTN EINV ELAB EAIR MO
08RABAT29	MOROCCO: CODEL MARTINEZ MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS. [...] (C) On January 5, CODEL Martinez met Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and Speaker of the House-equivalent Mustapha Mansouri among other Moroccan officials. Interlocutors thanked the delegation for U.S. support for the Moroccan Western Sahara proposal and criticized Algeria and the POLISARIO. T [...]	2008-01-14 08:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP MOPS PREL SENV MO
08RABAT290	GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE ECONOMISTS CLASH ON MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 26th symposium hosted by Morocco's leading economic think tank highlighted the contrasting views of government and independent economists on the overall health of the Moroccan economy. Whereas analysts affiliated with the host Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC) pressed [...]	2008-04-04 16:21:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV MO
08RABAT314	MOROCCO OPTIMISTIC ON PROSPECT OF SIGNING ON TO [...] (SBU) On April 3, 2008, Poloff extended ref invitation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane for the Government of Morocco (GOM) to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) May 28-29 event in Washington D.C. Farhane said that he would [...]	2008-04-10 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT319	UNHCR DEPUTY JOHNSTONE BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Craig Johnstone, at the end of a regional tour, told Ambassador Riley UNHCR can live with the imprecise number for Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf Camps. He said UN agencies get around the dispute by counting both the number of rations (reflecting a [...]	2008-04-14 10:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS WI AG MO
08RABAT321	MOROCCO: CODEL BOEHNER'S VISIT - PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE AND MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Both parliamentarians and executive branch officials warmly welcomed CODEL Boehner during a March 27-30 visit to Morocco. Representative Boehner,s counterpart, Chamber of Deputies Second Vice President Baha from the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party (PJD),was very [...]	2008-04-14 10:44:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID SY MO
08RABAT324	MOROCCO TO SEND EMBASSY OFFICER TO GI PLANNING [...] (SBU) On April 14, 2008, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane informed Embassy Poloff that the Government of Morocco intends to send an officer from its Embassy in Paris to the Exercise Planning Group meeting for the Global Initiative for C [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR MO
08RABAT33	LIBYAN MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) DCM raised reftel query on the inclusion of Libya in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs (P-equiv) Youssef Amrani, on January 14, and conveyed talking points. DCM stressed the importance of a regional approach to defeat ter [...]	2008-01-14 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PREL XA XF MO
08RABAT342	MOROCCO STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 13:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI MO
08RABAT344	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 14:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL MO
08RABAT370	TRANSFER OF MOROCCAN GTMO DETAINEE SAID [...] (C/NF) This is a coordinated mission message, with concurrence from all concerned agencies. In response to queries reftel; (a) The GOM is prepared to receive the proposed transfer. (b) The GOM has provided verbal assurances from a variety of sources including MFA Director of Bilateral Affai [...]	2008-04-24 16:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PTER KDRG MO
08RABAT371	FILLON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS MOROCCO-FRANCE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon's April 17-18 visit to Morocco for the 9th meeting of heads of government of the two countries brought signature of a range of contracts, particularly in the field of transport, but little else of note. Fillon was accompanied by an extensive [...]	2008-04-25 15:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MO FR
08RABAT378	BRIEFING MOROCCO ON THE U.S. VIEW ON THE WAY [...] (C) Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri expressed his country's deep appreciation for support from the Department and Washington generally, when briefed by Ambassador telephonically on our plans for an explanation of vote in New York and of reaching out to the Polisario. 2. (C) Co [...]	2008-04-29 12:17:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UNSC AG WI MO
08RABAT38	NEXT WEEK'S 5 PLUS 5 AND EU-AMU MEETINGS IN RABAT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani (P-level) confirmed to DCM and PolCouns on January 14 that Morocco would be hosting the 5 plus 5 and AMU/EU meetings next week. The Foreign Ministers of the 5 plus 5 (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Malta, plus the 5 AMU states [...]	2008-01-16 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU ZM MO
08RABAT389	MOROCCO CONSIDERS US PRIORITIES AT NPT PREPATORY [...] (SBU) On April 30, 2008, Poloff presented U.S. priorities for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) prepatory conference (PrepCom) on April 28 and May 9, 2008 in Geneva (ref A) to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane, in the form of non-pape [...]	2008-04-30 15:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA KNNP MO
08RABAT39	LEADER OF NEW ISLAMIST PARTY WARNS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: A new Islamist party, the Party of Renaissance and Virtue (PRV),competed for the first time in Morocco's legislative elections in September 2007. Though the party garnered just below 1 percent of the national vote, a Casablancan imam representing the PRV won a lower house seat f [...]	2008-01-16 12:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER MO
08RABAT390	MOROCCO SIGNALS DESIRE FOR CLOSER SECURITY TIES TO [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan military and diplomatic officials indicate that they would give serious consideration to the Status of Forces Agreement, but needed to review the U.S. draft. Morocco,s Inspector General of the Armed Forces (CHOD) General Bennani recently pledged to sign the Acqui [...]	2008-04-30 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO
08RABAT391	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Rising food prices have quickly become Morocco's principal domestic issue, sparking sporadic protests and threatening to bring the ongoing "social dialogue" between the Moroccan government and labor unions to an impasse. The government and the King will handle this cautiously, rememberin [...]	2008-04-30 18:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV MO
08RABAT392	MFA POL/MIL CHIEF: AFRICA OPPOSES AFRICOM PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Military Affairs Chief Karim Halim recently criticized U.S. military plans for an AFRICOM presence in Africa, underscoring that the vast majority of African countries considered any U.S. military presence in Africa to be a provocation. [...]	2008-05-01 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MO
08RABAT398	EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART I: HISTORIC [...] (C) In Morocco, as in virtually every other country in the Arab-Islamic world, jihadist terrorism has emerged in the past 10 years as a threat to national stability. Morocco has also produced terrorists that have joined the international jihad, conducting violent attacks in Europe or enlisting [...]	2008-05-05 12:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL ASEC PINR MO XA XF
08RABAT4	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit, the third by a congressional delegation in the New Year, following visits by delegations headed by Senators Martinez and Harkin, will help to underscore the importance the United States accords to our r [...]	2008-01-03 16:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON EAID PGOV PREL SENV MO
08RABAT400	EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART II: PERCEIVED [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In today's Morocco, social alienation and perceived injustice are the key factors driving extremism and terror recruitment. Poverty is not the main determinant, although it clearly contributes to social alienation. Many Moroccan terrorists have come from the cou [...]	2008-05-07 10:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL ASEC MO XA XF
08RABAT401	TANGIER MEETING SEES HIGHEST LEVEL ALGERIAN VISIT [...] (C) The April 27 North African Political Parties Conference in Tangier, attended by both Moroccan Prime Minister El-Fassi and Algerian Prime Minister Belkhadem was the highest-level contact in years between the feuding North African neighbors. It was hailed as a potential landmark both by Alg [...]	2008-05-07 12:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN MO AL XA

08RABAT411	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO AL-MASSAE VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche, the Government of Morocco (GOM) has formally asserted that the libel case against al-Massae was a private law suit to which the GOM was not a party, and in which the GOM did not interfere. Although Minister of Communications Naciri told the DCM tha [...]	2008-05-08 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT413	ADVANCING THE PRESIDENTQS FREEDOM AGENDA IN [...] Summary: To further the PresidentQs Freedom Agenda (Ref A),the Ambassador, DCM and other Mission officers have met with a variety of activists and interlocutors to highlight the importance of continued democratic and human rights reforms in strengthening MoroccoQs position as a moderate, de [...]	2008-05-09 10:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM EAID PREL MO
08RABAT414	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT415	MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AG MO
08RABAT416	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO
08RABAT417	MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...]	2008-05-09 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AG MO
08RABAT418	MOROCCO CONSIDERS PARTICIPATION IN UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO MO
08RABAT419	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON RETENTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM TBIO MO
08RABAT420	MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUEST FOR SHAPING OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 18:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MO
08RABAT422	EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART III: THE GOM [...] (C) The Moroccan Government has pursued an interdisciplinary counterterrorism strategy incorporating aggressive law enforcement and intelligence operations with "soft" de-radicalization efforts including theological outreach, media engagement, and social development initiatives. Though the ge [...]	2008-05-12 10:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL MO XF XA
08RABAT425	MOROCCAN NAVY ACCUSED OF DELIBERATELY DROWNING 30 SUB-SAHARAN [...] (C) Summary: According to survivors, two hours after an early morning clandestine launch from the northern town of El Hoceima, either Moroccan Navy or security force officials deliberately stabbed holes in a zodiac carrying more than 70 illegal sub-Saharan migrants, leaving more than 30 dead. [...]	2008-05-12 12:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08RABAT434	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. During the quarter, NEA DAS Kent Patton visited Morocco and post approved a new local grant proposal. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employabil [...]	2008-05-14 13:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT441	MOROCCO - INTEGRATING BORDER SECURITY TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Countering terrorism remains Post's number one mission objective. As such, we coordinate a multitude of security related events that are programmed and administered through a host of departments, agencies, and bureaus. In addition to USG programs, we have beco [...]	2008-05-16 17:19:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PTER PARM PREL KSTC MO
08RABAT442	MOROCCO RECEIVES USD 500 MIL SAUDI GIFT [...] (SBU) On May 6, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry announced that Saudi Arabia had granted Morocco USD 500 million to help it weather the shock of oil price increases. Over the previous fortnight Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates as a speci [...]	2008-05-16 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN MO
08RABAT443	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...]	2008-05-16 17:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO
08RABAT445	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post validates the bona fides of application 05-050096158 and asses the information conveyed reftel as accurate. On May 16, Econoff visited Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM) and met with its Director, Ahmed Eljorfi. TCSM is a small consulting business, with an office in t [...]	2008-05-18 15:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC MO
08RABAT446	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post validates the bona fides of application 05-050096158 and asses the information conveyed reftel as accurate. On May 16, Econoff visited Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM) and met with its Director, Ahmed Eljorfi. TCSM is a small consulting business, with an office in t [...]	2008-05-19 07:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC MO
08RABAT458	GOM BRIEFED ON CUBAN SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Fouad Yazourh, Director of American (Western Hemisphere) Affairs at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs met Polcouns on May 16 and received a summary of USG interest in Cuban Solidarity Day. Yazourh stated that the Moroccan Government has had no diplomatic relations with the Cuban [...]	2008-05-20 11:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU MO
08RABAT46	OPIC-SUPPORT EURO MENA FUND II [...] (U) OPIC support for the EURO MENA Fund II would mesh with Moroccan efforts to build a diversified and strong private sector and to strengthen and deepen the country's financial markets. The GOM has targeted a number of areas through specific sectoral policies. While most of these are outsi [...]	2008-01-17 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN MO
08RABAT461	U/S BURNS' LETTER TO ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] On May 19, Poloff delivered reftel letter, covered by a transmittal letter signed by Ambassador Riley, to Zoheir Merchaoui, AMU Counselor for Political and Information Affairs. Merchaoui received the text with enthusiasm. Taking note of the proposal to convene all AMU member state Foreign Min [...]	2008-05-20 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PTER ECON SOCI SMIG XI MO MR LY
08RABAT462	MOROCCO: ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's largest Islamist organization, Al-Adl wal-Ihsane (AWI),recently told us that the group was facing intensified pressure from the GOM. AWI Political Committee Chairman Abdelwahed Motawakel underscored the group's rejection of formal political/elector [...]	2008-05-20 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR ECON SCUL MO
08RABAT463	KINGDOM OF MOROCCO FORMALLY ACCEPTS AND ENDORSES [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 17:29:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT469	GOM REACHES OUT TO ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION [...] (S) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us the Government of Morocco (GOM) has quietly reached out to the Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. On May 16, the Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane (strictly protect) told us the Minister of [...]	2008-05-21 12:12:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI SF MO
08RABAT473	SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL ON AQIM [...] (C) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official noted May 13 that the Government of Moroccan perceived the regional terrorist threat as serious but manageable. He described the nature of terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Maghreb, estimating that the [...]	2008-05-21 14:13:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL XA MO
08RABAT475	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GIIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 15:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER KGIC PREL MO
08RABAT478	SECRETARY GENERAL HILALE CONFIRMS MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Moroccan Foreign Ministry Secretary General Omar Hilale sent a letter to Undersecretary of State John Rood on May 19 underscoring Morocco's endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative. It asks that we alert the GOM as to when we will announce this and looks forward to his atte [...]	2008-05-22 11:52:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO
08RABAT485	MOROCCAN RESPONSE TO THE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 15:24:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PARM KSTC KNNP MO
08RABAT489	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO [...] (C) Summary: General Ward, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Since your last visit in February 2007, our governments have become even closer. Continuing close military-to-military cooperation, with a flourishing training/exercise program, was highlighted by Morocco,s agreeme [...]	2008-05-23 18:31:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	OVIP MARR PREL PTER MO
08RABAT493	AL-JAZEERA BUREAU CHIEF EXPECTS RABAT OFFICE TO [...] (C) Summary: Al-Jazeera's Rabat bureau chief dismissed Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that the suspension of Al-Jazeera's broadcast license was technical. Given that no one in the GOM would claim responsibility for the decision, he believed it came directly from the King. He criticized [...]	2008-05-28 16:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC MO
08RABAT495	MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mission has followed up with appropriate Moroccan officials regarding the flow of foreign fighters (FF) to Iraq (Ref A) and determined that the Moroccan security services are actively engaged in preventing FF from leaving the country. Morocco is well aware that the USG c [...]	2008-05-30 13:21:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PTER EAIR PREL MO
08RABAT496	ALGERIAN AMBASSDOR BELIEVES MOROCCO,S [...] (C) Summary: During a two-hour exchange the Algerian Ambassador declined to identify what he referred to as many specific issues that prevent good relations between Algeria and Morocco. He opined, however, that the Moroccan proposal to re-open the border was designed to curry favor with the [...]	2008-05-30 13:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN PBTS AG MO
08RABAT512	MOROCCAN RELATIONS WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is very much an African country. Its foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan African countries, like its worldwide foreign policy, is dominated by a single issue: promoting its sovereignty over Western Sahara. The Western Sahara issue, in parallel with the broader rivalry bet [...]	2008-06-03 12:45:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL EAID PREF KPKO XA MO
08RABAT524	MOROCCO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 4, the Ambassador telephoned Minister of Social Development, Families, and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli, who was traveling, of Morocco's new status as a Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Tier 2 country. The Ambassador also shared basic recommendations and promised to follow up with conc [...]	2008-06-09 10:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV KCRM KPAO KWMN MO
08RABAT53	DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IOM ELECTION [...] (C) Although Morocco is not a member of the African Union, PolCouns delivered demarche in favor of Bill Swing to MFA chief of staff and IO director Nasser Bourita January 18. PolCouns stressed the IOM membership's decision on term limits, even though this had not been made formally part of its [...]	2008-01-18 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO SMIG PREF PREL
08RABAT532	NUDGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION OUT OF A RUT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),which links Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in an effort to promote regional cooperation and economic integration, has to date been a largely stagnant organization with relatively little to show for its 19 years of existence. AMU Sec [...]	2008-06-09 14:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ECIN MO XA
08RABAT538	MOROCCO: NO ASAD VISIT, MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR [...] (C) In a June 10 meeting with poloffs, Amb. Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for Multilateral Affairs said there was currently no indication that Syrian President Bashar Asad would be visiting Morocco. He noted that as of June 10, Asad was in Tripoli, along with [...]	2008-06-10 17:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08RABAT539	MOROCCO SUPPORTS IRAQI RECONCILIATION, BUT WARY OF [...] (C) Amb. Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for Multilateral Affairs (and the MFA's point man on the Arab and Islamic World) clarified Morocco's policy on Iraq during a June 10 meeting with Polcouns. "Our policy is to support stability and reconciliation in Iraq," [...]	2008-06-10 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO IZ
08RABAT54	PALACE INSIDER SET TO FORM NEW PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Chair and top royal confidante Fouad Ali Al-Himma appears to be taking steps to form a new political party. It would be well placed to dominate Morocco's political scene. A January 17 communique signed by Al-Himma and a diverse and influential group of pol [...]	2008-01-18 18:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT540	MOROCCAN ISLAMISTS SUPPORT IRAQI "RESISTANCE" [...] (C) Summary: Some leaders of Morocco's (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (PJD),which won the popular vote and the second largest number of seats in the fall 2007 parliamentary elections, strongly support Iraqi "resistance against occupation," which is "legitimate" and distinct from act [...]	2008-06-11 09:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL MOPS MO IZ
08RABAT546	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Budget Healthy for Now: Moroccan budget officials are confident that the country can meet this year's target of a budget deficit of less than three percent of GDP, notwithstanding pressures from subsidy and social spending. They note that Morocco had an excellent year last year, with a [...]	2008-06-12 13:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR MO
08RABAT548	MOJ OFFICIAL BEMOANS RISE OF EXTREMISM IN MOROCCAN [...] (C) Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director of Penal Affairs and Pardons and Director of the Prosecution Service M'hammed Abdenebaoui (protect) expressed concern over growing societal intolerance and religious rigidity in Morocco. A pious Muslim, he complained that extremism, exported by Saudi Ar [...]	2008-06-13 07:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO
08RABAT56	READOUT OF JOINT DEMARCHE WITH RUSSIA TO MOROCCO [...] (C) On January 18, Polcouns and Russian Embassy Minister Counselor Mikhail Golovanov delivered ref joint demarche to Moroccan MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane regarding our request to have Morocco invite several countries as observers to Global Initiative for Combating Nucl [...]	2008-01-18 20:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO
08RABAT568	MOROCCO CONSIDERS PRESSING IRAN ON P5+1 PACKAGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 17:09:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR MO
08RABAT569	MOROCCO PRISON CHANGES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST [...] (C) The new Delegate-General for Prison Administration, Mohammed Benhachem, indicated to PolCouns a willingness to work with the USG, but asked to defer any USG assessment until at least July, so he would be better prepared. Benhachem is a former head of the national police force and Ministry [...]	2008-06-19 10:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS PTER KISL MO
08RABAT570	MOROCCO RIOTS: WHAT HAPPENED IN SIDI IFNI? [...] (C) The heavy-handed police breakup of a blockade at the Sidi Ifni port on June 7, and consequent riot, yielded numerous casualties. In contrast to media reports, there were neither fatalities nor rapes, but a consensus of credible independent inquiries confirms there were numerous cases of p [...]	2008-06-20 07:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS ECON EFIS EAGR MO
08RABAT572	MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT573	MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:22:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO MO
08RABAT574	CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 16:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA MO
08RABAT577	PARLIAMENTARY REFORM VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary staffer from the Berber-dominated Mouvement Populaire (MP) political party recently told us that real constitutional reform was necessary to advance democracy, but unlikely in the near term. For now, the Parliament could exercise better the authority it already ho [...]	2008-06-23 07:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MO
08RABAT579	MOROCCO: FOLLOW UP ON THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) The Country Report on Human Rights Practices has become an increasingly useful tool for promoting improvement in Morocco. Since the release of the Morocco and Western Sahara human rights reports on March 11, the Government of Morocco (GOM),human rights organizations and other diplomats [...]	2008-06-23 14:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM MO
08RABAT58	CONVICTION OF ANSAR AL-MEHDI CELL MEMBERS [...] (SBU) In a month long trial, 50 out of 51 defendants in the sensational Answar al-Mehdi terror cell case were convicted on January 4 in Morocco's terrorism court in Sale and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 25 years. The alleged mastermind Hassan al-Khattab and the group's second [...]	2008-01-22 07:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS AL MO
08RABAT593	THE OIC'S JERUSALEM FUND AGENCY ASKS FOR USG HELP [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Abdelkebir Alaoui M,Daghri, Director General of the Morocco-based Agence Bayt Al-Mal al Qods (the Jerusalem Fund Agency) appealed to Ambassador Riley in a June 13 meeting for USG help in attesting to the bona fides of his organization. The Agency, subordina [...]	2008-06-27 08:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PTER ECON IS MO
08RABAT60	MOROCCAN REACTIONS TO THE POTUS MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Moroccan media of President Bush's trip to the Middle East was almost entirely, even studiously, factual and based largely on wire service articles. One opinion column in a mass market Arabic daily was stingingly critical. A January 14 visit to Morocco by King A [...]	2008-01-22 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
08RABAT612	KOSOVO: NO CHANGE IN MOROCCAN POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 11:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK KV MO
08RABAT614	HORIZON SHIFT FOR SUBSIDIES REFORM AS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan government moved on two fronts on July 1 to make clear that its existing subsidy regime is unsustainable and that reform of the system is a near term priority. In addition to increasing the price of selected fuel products to reduce pressure on the Caisse de Compen [...]	2008-07-02 13:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN MO
08RABAT617	AMBASSADOR AND KING MOHAMMED VI DISCUSS MILLENNIUM [...] (C) During the Ambassador's June 30 meeting with King Mohammed VI, they briefly went over the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Ambassador expressed his pride in its focus on creating sustainable jobs for the poorest sectors of the economy, much like the King,s own National Ini [...]	2008-07-03 12:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KMCA MO
08RABAT623	FREEDOM OF PRESS IN MOROCCO: BATTERED BUT NOT [...] (C) A rash of incidents over the past month have taken a toll on Morocco,s reputation for relative press freedom. These incidents have included several cases of police harassment or abuse of journalists, Government of Morocco (GOM) efforts to restrict the operations of foreign news agencies i [...]	2008-07-03 17:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI PREL MO
08RABAT632	MOROCCO NOT AN ARABSAT MEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 16:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER XF AL MO
08RABAT648	MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Morocco continues to provide assistance to the Palestinian Administration (PA) and people, and has offered for the first time to provide security training. MFA Director General for Multilateral (Arab and Islamic) Affairs Azaroual told PolCouns July 7 that this is not yet funded, [...]	2008-07-14 14:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KCRM IS MO
08RABAT651	MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA [...] (C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Western Sahara. From 19 to 23 June, the minister visited four Sub Saharan countries and he worked the corridors of the African Union,s (AU) summit meeting in Sharm [...]	2008-07-14 17:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO
08RABAT66	WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES HOPE AND [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...]	2008-01-23 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT661	MOROCCAN MFA CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 16:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA PARM PERL TRGY MNUC KNNP IR MO
08RABAT662	MOROCCO LIKELY TO SUPPORT INDIA'S SAFEGUARD [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC IN MO
08RABAT671	CMA-CGM PLANS DIRECT TANGER MED-NEW YORK SHIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials at CMA-CGM Shipping lines confirm that they will launch the first regularly scheduled service between the United States and Morocco at the end of October. The company will drop Lisbon from its weekly "Amerigo" service and will instead stop in Tanger Med both on its east [...]	2008-07-18 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT MO
08RABAT678	PJD PICKS A NEW, MORE HARDLINE, LEADER [...] (C) In an upset with potentially major implications, the PJD (Party of Justice and Development),Morocco's main Islamist opposition party, elected Abdelilah Benkirane as party leader at its national Congress July 20. Benkirane was the candidate of the "hardline" elements of the party, but has [...]	2008-07-21 18:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT681	ZAPATERO FINALLY MEETS WITH KING:GOOD FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero met with King Mohammad VI on July 11. The purpose of the meeting was to reinforce the strong relations that already exist between the two countries, primarily highlighting cooperation in the areas of economics, security, and immigrati [...]	2008-07-22 17:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMIG SP MO
08RABAT683	MOROCCO: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A TOUCH [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]	2008-07-22 19:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT684	CORRECTED COPY: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...]	2008-07-22 19:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT688	NEW PJD LEADER MOVES QUICKLY TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary: New PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane moved quickly to reassure the nation, in a July 23 press conference, that he will not radicalize the Justice and Development Party (PJD) party. He said his agenda was economic not religious. Outside observers note his election as leader of th [...]	2008-07-24 15:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT693	NEW MOROCCAN ENERGY STRATEGY HITS FAMILIAR THEMES [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's newly unveiled national energy strategy hits the familiar themes of diversification of supply, optimization of resources, and conservation in its effort to guarantee that the country will have sufficient energy resources available to meet a demand that is expected to gro [...]	2008-07-25 15:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN MO
08RABAT70	CORRECTED COPY:WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...]	2008-01-23 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT71	WESTERN SAHARA: BRINKSMANSHIP OVER CIVILIAN MARCH [...] (C) On January 16, a pro-Moroccan NGO announced plans to lead civilians on a march to Tifarity, the "capital" of the trans-berm buffer zone, on January 27. On January 23, the same NGO announced a postponement for logistical reasons. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has encouraged the march but [...]	2008-01-23 17:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO
08RABAT710	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES [...] (SBU) Representative Reyes, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opportunities to shore up our strong bilate [...]	2008-07-31 16:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT711	DEMOCRACY IN TRANSITION: MOROCCAN YOUTH SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: Educated Moroccan youths are concerned about Parliamentary dysfunction, constitutional imbalances, and corruption among elected officials. During a conference attended by young academics and opinionmakers, debate focused on problems related to the mismanagement of public resources [...]	2008-08-01 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL MO
08RABAT716	MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1 through June 30. During the quarter MEPI Women's Pillar Program Manager Olivia Ricchi visited Morocco to assess breast cancer awareness, and the Mission approved two new local grant proposals. Other activ [...]	2008-08-01 16:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO
08RABAT718	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT719	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT72	MOROCCO: HEALTH MINISTER DESCRIBES A CRISIS OF CORRUPTION, NOT CAPABILITY [...] (C) In the course of a courtesy call on Morocco's new Health Minister, Yasmina Baddou, she told the Ambassador that corruption, not capabilities or resources, was the primary reason for Morocco's substandard level of health care provision. She said that fighting graft was her top priority, f [...]	2008-01-24 13:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SOCI ELAB MO
08RABAT726	"MOVEMENT OF ALL DEMOCRATS": ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Movement of All Democrats (MTD),the political association formed by palace intimate Fouad Ali El-Himma is the main topic for political discussions in Morocco. Despite formal denials, members say that MTD is preparing to form a party and participate in the 2009 municipal el [...]	2008-08-04 15:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL MO
08RABAT727	MOROCCO'S MILITARY: ADEQUATE, MODERNIZING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are modernizing but remain weighed down by long-standing problems. King Mohammed VI, who in 1999 inherited a military in need of professionalization, has implemented some needed reforms, but much remains to be done. Civilian control, if as [...]	2008-08-04 16:13:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MARR MASS PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KPKO MO
08RABAT735	MOROCCO: THE AMBASSADOR'S CHAT WITH A KEY ROYAL [...] (C) Abdelaziz Belfkih, Counselor to King Mohammed VI on education, energy and agriculture issues, told the Ambassador that concern over energy and fuel supplies remains a high priority for the Kingdom, but mitigating strategies are hampered by Morocco's complicated relationship with Algeria. [...]	2008-08-07 13:08:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM ENRG PGOV PINR PREL KMCA MO
08RABAT736	MOROCCO CONCERNED BUT CAUTIOUS IN RESPONSE TO COUP [...] (C) On August 7, A/PolCouns met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Nassar Bourita to express the United States' strong condemnation of the August 6 coup in Mauritania and to request that the Government of Morocco (GOM) issue a statement condemning it. Bourita replied tha [...]	2008-08-07 14:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MO MR
08RABAT737	MIXED SUCCESS FOR MOROCCO'S SOCIAL HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after King Mohammed VI directed that social housing be made a "national priority," the range of government programs aimed at reducing the national housing deficit and helping Morocco's working poor to obtain decent accommodation has registered important progress. Tens [...]	2008-08-07 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SCUL MO
08RABAT739	WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING AROUND A [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...]	2008-08-08 13:55:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO
08RABAT741	CORRECTED: WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...]	2008-08-10 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO
08RABAT743	AMBASSADOR'S EMPOWERMENT FUND [...] Mission Morocco's initial USD 100,000 funding allotment for the Ambassador's Empowerment Fund (AEF) was disbursed in early FY-07 and has achieved great benefits for the communities that received grants. The program allows the Ambassador to identify deserving organizations and provide them wit [...]	2008-08-11 14:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI MO
08RABAT746	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Representative Thompson, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats and to discuss border security issues. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opp [...]	2008-08-11 16:30:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO
08RABAT750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING MOROCCO TO ACCEPT AN [...] PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita on July 22. Bourita responded positively but noncommittally, saying that the Government of Morocco (GOM) supported the idea in principle but still had concerns about the Office of the High Comm [...]	2008-08-12 07:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN MO
08RABAT753	MOROCCO: FLOATING NEW PEACEKEEPING INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is exploring the possibility of increasing its peacekeeping profile by creating a UN-sponsored regional training center and/or augmenting its own ability to carry out peacekeeping operations. It is soliciting preliminary international reaction to [...]	2008-08-12 15:46:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MCAP KPKO KUNR MO
08RABAT755	BIOSECURITY: EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT, [...] (SBU) Summary: At least two separate USG-directed visits will survey Moroccan biosecurity and biosafety legislation, regulation, infrastructure and competence in late 2008. Moroccan authorities welcome these separate visits and additional opportunities to cooperate on biosecurity and biosafet [...]	2008-08-13 06:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO TSPL MO XI XF
08RABAT785	JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY LEADER PRAGMATIC IN [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Chairman Benkirane told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that the principal reason for the United States' increasingly negative image among Moroccans is the perception that the U.S. has become increasingly pro-Israeli and less objecti [...]	2008-08-22 16:12:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KCOR MO
08RABAT786	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF QUICK RESOLUTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 16:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG MO
08RABAT797	SUPPORTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT ON [...] (U) Polloff delivered REF A demarche on August 26 regarding support for the UN Security Council statement condemning the Mauritania Coup to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Division of International Organizations Ahmed Faouzi. Faouzi said that Morocco is monitoring the situa [...]	2008-08-26 17:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MO
08RABAT798	MOROCCO CONSIDERS DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 18:01:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO
08RABAT819	MOROCCO: MOJ READY TO SET DATE FOR MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Secretary General Mohammed Lididi said that discussions leading toward a renegotiation of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) currently in force between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the USG are a "high priority" for his ministry. Although [...]	2008-09-02 15:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PREL KJUS KCRM MO
08RABAT83	MOROCCO: UPSET ABOUT GAZA BLOCKADE BUT SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/Sec-level DG Azeroual, responsible for Arab Affairs, told us that Morocco would work behind the scenes at the Arab League Ministerial for a moderate statement, and would succeed. He underscored, however, that the cut-off of essential supplies to Gaza was unacceptable and a [...]	2008-01-28 10:31:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE IS SY MO
08RABAT830	MOROCCO OFFERS MIXED SUPPORT FOR UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 15:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN MO
08RABAT832	MOROCCO FURIOUS WITH UN ON VAN WALSUM REMOVAL, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told PolCouns September 4 the GOM was deeply unhappy with the UN and its "bad faith" in ending the UNSYG Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum's mandate, and had conveyed this in a letter to the SYG. Bourita felt the [...]	2008-09-05 16:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PBTS UNSC AG WI MO
08RABAT833	MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us that the League had no mechanism to block attendance by Mauritanian junta representatives. He maintained that democracy continued to function there and that [...]	2008-09-05 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO
08RABAT845	MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE AND OIG [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA MO

08RABAT846	MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO

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