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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04TRIPOLI27 |
(C) BULGARIAN MEDICS UPDATE [...] (C) Status of Medics: The five Bulgarian medics sentenced to death for infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV-tainted blood in a Benghazi hospital are being kept relatively secluded, the Bulgarian Embassy's Dimitar Dimitrov told us December 7. Dimitrov personally speculates this is becaus [...] |
2004-12-13 00:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BU LY XA XF XI |
| 04TRIPOLI28 |
(C) U.S. OIL COMPANIES PERSEVERE IN LIBYA [...] (C) Oasis/Oxy Update: The oil majors were in Tripoli the week of December 6 for yet another Libyan economic conference (reftel). The former Oasis partners (Marathon, Amerada Hess, ConocoPhillips) are continuing their negotiations with the NOC for re-entry into the Libyan oil market, as is Oc [...] |
2004-12-14 09:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON PREL LY |
| 04TRIPOLI31 |
(C) CHIRAC VISIT TO LIBYA MODESTLY SUCCESSFUL, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Maurice Dabdoush (please protect) December 15 confirmed rumors circulating around Tripoli that Jacques Chirac's November 24-25 visit to Libya was not a happy experience. While the French President accomplished his most important goal - that of simply showing up h [...] |
2004-12-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR LY VE |
| 05TRIPOLI209 |
LIBYANS PLEASED WITH SAUDI DECISION [...] (C) August 10 COM spoke at some length with Ambassador to the UK Mohammad al-Zway and his colleagues about the Saudi decision to pardon and expel three Libyans accused of an assassination plot again then-Crown Prince Abdullah (reftel). Zway had just returned from Sirte; he flew there August 8 [...] |
2005-08-15 07:30:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LY SA |
| 05TRIPOLI221 |
SENATOR LUGAR'S MEETING WITH QADHAFI AUGUST 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a conversation with Senator Lugar on August 20, Colonel Qadhafi complained that Libya had not been properly recognized and rewarded for its decisions on WMD. He suggested that the most appropriate "rewards" would be defensive weapons to protect the country against the threa [...] |
2005-08-31 14:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PTER PHUM LY BU |
| 05TRIPOLI224 |
CELEBRATING 36 YEARS OF QADHAFI [...] (C) Summary: A hundred thousand or more Libyans gathered on Martyrs Square in Tripoli August 31 to commemorate the 1969 revolution which brought Colonel Qadhafi to power. Qadhafi passed up the opportunity to address the multitude, but he appeared on the reviewing stand for half an hour to re [...] |
2005-09-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LY |
| 05TRIPOLI243 |
LIBYA SENDS OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO BAGHDAD TO EXPAND TIES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ LY |
| 05TRIPOLI285 |
GUANTANOMO DETAINEES: LIBYANS PROVIDE DIPNOTE RESPONSE [...] (S) We received a draft MOU in response to reftel dip note regarding the proposed transfer of Libyan national, Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin,also known as Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita to the exclusive custody and control of the Government of Libya, under circumstances satisfactorily confirmed [...] |
2005-11-30 07:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PTER KAWC LY |
| 05TRIPOLI290 |
THE NORTH AFRICAN BRIGADE OF THE AFRICAN UNION PEACE AND [...] (S) According to press reports, army chiefs of staff from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and "the Western Sahara Republic," announced November 17 the creation of a joint military force. We obtained additional information about the agreement in November 29 meetings with the Egyptian Embassy an [...] |
2005-12-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | MARR PREL EG AG MO TS WI CA LY |
| 05TRIPOLI332 |
UNHCR OPERATIONS STRUGGLING IN LIBYA; BUT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) During a series of meetings over the last three months, the Tripoli-based UNHCR representative, Mohamed Hantosh Alwash, has conveyed information about local operations and ongoing negotiations with the Libyan government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. UNHCR's primary interlocutor [...] |
2005-12-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF KPAL LY |
| 05TRIPOLI4 |
LIBYA ON LINE POISED FOR GROWTH [...] (C) Summary: Director and Founder of Libya On Line (LOL), Moawiya Maghur, describes the genesis and fast growth of Libya's most weighty Internet portal, and estimates that more than 20 per cent of Libyans under the age of 35 access the Internet on a regular basis. LOL offers a range of products [...] |
2005-01-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV LY |
| 05TRIPOLI51 |
(U) LIBYA - FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) The U.S. Government resumed direct bilateral relations with Libya on June 28, 2004, after a 24-year gap, following Libya's decision to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction programs and Missile Control Technology Regime-class missiles. 2. (U) Libya remains among the countries conside [...] |
2005-03-01 16:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG LY |
| 06TRIPOLI197 |
QADHAFI SONS SQUABBLE OVER COCA COLA [...] (C) Summary: A lengthy standoff between the franchise-holder for Coca Cola-Libya, Ka'Mur Bottling Company-U.K., and two of Mu'ammar Qadhafi's sons, Mu'tassim and Mohammed, appears to have stabilized in the wake of a compromise agreement. The problem became public on December 28, 2005 as se [...] |
2006-05-10 08:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI198 |
QADHAFI INCORPORATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Qadhafi often speaks out publicly against government corruption, but the politically-connected elite has direct access to lucrative business deals. This commercial access can easily be cut off when individuals fall out of favor. The Qadhafi family and other Jamahiriya political favorit [...] |
2006-05-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | ECON ECIN ETRD PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI358 |
LIBYAN PROSPECTS FOR BANKING PRIVITIZATION - TOUGH ROAD [...] (C) Embassy has spent several months developing a working relationship with a Libyan banker who returned to Tripoli six months ago to manage the office of a correspondent bank. As a representative office, he chases large business deals and then books the loans in London. He was educated and [...] |
2006-07-23 08:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI360 |
VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM TO INCREASE LIBYAN TRAINING [...] SUMMARY: PAs tripoli requests a two-week voluntary visitor study tour with escort interpreter(s) in the U.S. for a small group of decision makers in Libya's water sector to introduce them to a range of U.S. government, ACADEMIC and professional water institutions and organizations. [...] |
2006-07-24 18:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL LY |
| 06TRIPOLI361 |
LIBYAN ECONOMY AND TRADE OFFICIALS REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, 2006, Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, accompanied by DCM met with Taher Sarkez, the Under Secretary of the General People's Committee for Economy and Trade (Economics Ministry). Looking forward, Sarkez hoped that more U.S. companies would register in Li [...] |
2006-07-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC EINT LY |
| 06TRIPOLI363 |
LIBYAN REACTION TO ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Libyans with whom we are in contact have no sympathy for Hizballah, but are angry about the ongoing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and Gaza. After initially discouraging public demonstrations, the government has allowed a few carefully orchestrated and tightly controlled [...] |
2006-07-26 10:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI374 |
EUCOM J5 MG GRATION BEGINS MIL-MIL DIALOGUE WITH LIBYA [...] (C) EUCOM J-5 MG Scott Gration became the first American general officer to visit Libya in over a quarter of a century during a low key July 8-12 visit. His visit was hosted by MG Ahmed Mahmoud Az-Zway, the nominal head of the Staff College and Bureau of Technical Coordination, and de facto Li [...] |
2006-07-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS LY |
| 06TRIPOLI377 |
TFLE01: LIBYANS SUMMON P-5 COM'S TO DEMAND ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Libyan MFA U/S Obeidi called in the P-5 Ambassadors and COM's July 31 to condemn the Israeli bombing in Qana and to call for an immediate ceasefire UNSCR. CDA responded by citing the Secretary's statement about an emerging consensus on the necessary elements of a ceasefire and l [...] |
2006-07-31 12:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER LE IS LY |
| 06TRIPOLI378 |
LIBYA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY-JUNE/JULY, 2006 [...] (SBU) Repsol said it will increase its production in Libya by 66%, reaching 415,000 barrels per day by 2010. Following the discovery of 21 wells in the last three years, Repsol's reserves in Libya will increase an estimated 10% over the next five years. Repsol, currently the biggest foreign co [...] |
2006-07-31 14:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON LY PGOV |
| 06TRIPOLI383 |
GOVERNMENT OF LIBYA ANNOUNCES EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The Government of Libya announced on Monday a three-step initiative to express its solidarity with the people of Lebanon and denounce Israeli attacks in the country. 1) The General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation was instructed to [...] |
2006-08-01 15:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LY IS LE |
| 06TRIPOLI394 |
TFLE01: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF 8/7 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by DCM, delivered reftel points verbally August 6 to General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) European Affairs Secretary/Qadhafi Advisor Abdelati Al-Obeidi. Obeidi has emerged as the GPCFLIC's lead official on the [...] |
2006-08-06 13:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE IS LY |
| 06TRIPOLI410 |
THE VISA BLUES: TRIPOLI CONSULS SING IN UNISON [...] (SBU) Consular officers from fifteen foreign embassies with representation in Libya gathered last week at the home of the Pakistani consul to discuss common challenges faced in obtaining visitor, business, and diplomatic visas to Libya. In addition to TDY Conoff/Econoff from Embassy Tripoli, co [...] |
2006-08-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ODIP CMGT LY |
| 06TRIPOLI438 |
AL MANAR: REQUEST FOR POST INPUT ON NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-25 17:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | ECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF LY |
| 06TRIPOLI444 |
URGENT LIBYAN DEMARCHE ON DARFUR [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary for European Affairs Abdelati Obeidi called in the UK and U.S. Charges separately on August 29 to deliver an urgent demarche about discussions in New York about a draft UNSC resolution on Darfur. Obeidi noted that African members of the Security Council, the Arab Leagu [...] |
2006-08-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN LY SU |
| 06TRIPOLI453 |
CONGRESSMAN LANTOS STRESSES BILATERAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 22-24 trip to Libya, Congressman Tom Lantos, ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Relations Committee, reviewed bilateral achievements since his first visit to the country in January, 2004 and set new goals for enhanc [...] |
2006-08-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI454 |
SENATOR SPECTER REVIEWS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with senior Libyan officials during his August 21-24 trip to Libya, Senator Arlen Spector, Chairman of the Senate Justice Committee, reviewed the bilateral relationship with senior Libyan officials and inquired about prospects for developing a "Libya model" that co [...] |
2006-08-31 15:03:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | OREP PREL PTER PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI459 |
LIBYANS DISCUSS NON-PROLIFERATION WITH AMB. SCHULTE - WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Schulte conducted extensive discussions on non-proliferation with Libyan officials and the Jamahiriya press August 28-30. The Libyans agreed with our assessment that Iran was working on a weapons program and that it should comply with the IAEA, while stressing tha [...] |
2006-09-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT OVIP PARM KNNP LY |
| 06TRIPOLI466 |
LIBYAN VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 -- "WE AGREE AND DON'T [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL WMD KNNP MNUC KPAO PTER KN KS LY |
| 06TRIPOLI472 |
LIBYAN SCIENTISTS DETAIL PRIORITIES FOR COOPERATIVE EFFORTS [...] (C) Scientists working at the National Bureau for Research and Development, linked to the General People's Committee for Manpower, Training and Employment (GPCMET) headed by Matouq Matouq have used a number of recent meetings to detail the types of projects that they hoped would result fro [...] |
2006-09-06 17:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG ETTC PARM KNNP LY |
| 06TRIPOLI475 |
LARGEST LIBYAN INVESTMENT COMPANY DEVOTES CAPITAL RESOURCES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chairman & General Manager of Libya's largest investment company, the Libyan Foreign Investment Company (LFICO), recently met with Econoff to discuss the company's history and future prospects for investment. LFICO, government owned and established in 1981, is moving away [...] |
2006-09-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL LY |
| 06TRIPOLI476 |
LIBYA SUBMITS GRANT APPLICATION FOR HHS ASSISTANCE IN [...] SUMMARY: On August 29-31, 2006 Dr. Mustafa Mansour of Navy Medical Research Unit -3 of Cairo, and ESTH officer met with Dr. Abduhafid Abudher of the Libyan National (African) Center for Infectious Disease Control to finalize a grant application for U.S. assistance to the Libyan Government in [...] |
2006-09-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OSCI LY |
| 06TRIPOLI478 |
CHARGE REVIEWS IRAN-NAM, LEBANON-SCR 1701, AND DETAINEE [...] (C) During a September 10 meeting with General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA) Under Secretary for the Americas Ahmed Al-Fitouri, Charge discussed Ref A points urging Libyan support for the full implementation of UNSCR 1701, and Ref B points urging tha [...] |
2006-09-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC LE IR LY |
| 06TRIPOLI487 |
PROPOSED COOPERATION WITH LIBYAN BOARD OF MEDICAL [...] SUMMARY: On August 30, 2006, ESTH officer and Dr. Mustafa Mansour of the Navy Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU 3) in Cairo, visited the Libyan Board of Medical Specialties to follow up on the July visit of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary Alex Azar. DepSec Azar and [...] |
2006-09-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OEXC LY |
| 06TRIPOLI494 |
EMBASSY TRIPOLI'S EAC IN RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Charge' convened an EAC to discuss Embassy Tripoli's current security stance in light of the September 12 attack on Embassy Damascus, and last week's attack near Embassy Kabul. Present at the EAC were CDA(A), MGT, MED, DAO, RMAS, POL/ECON, Consular and the Acting RSO. 2. (S/NF) RMAS [...] |
2006-09-14 12:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | ASEC PTER LY |
| 06TRIPOLI497 |
POSSIBLE INCIDENT OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: On September 1, 2006, an unknown group of individuals threw stones at buses holding transporting the diplomatic corps to Libyan National Day celebrations in Beida, (eastern) Libya. 2. (C) September 1 is celebrated as National Day or Revolution Day. It commemorates Colonel [...] |
2006-09-14 13:00:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI498 |
U.S./UK/LIBYA TSCC BIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST 8-10, [...] (U) Summary. The TSCC Biological Subcommittee met in Tripoli August 8-10, 2006. The two and one half day meeting included: a general discussion of progress made to date in implementing the "Roadmap for the Way Forward in Cooperative Engagement in the Life Sciences;" an update of the Roadmap [...] |
2006-09-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | CW PARM PREL AF LY |
| 06TRIPOLI506 |
LIBYA WORKS TO FIND BALANCE ON LABOR AND MIGRATION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOL is beginning to work with international partners such as UNHCR and IOM on facing their migration challenges, but there is still ample room for strengthening cooperation. A staggering 750,000 to one million migrant workers currently live within Libya's borders in addition to [...] |
2006-09-15 12:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF LY |
| 06TRIPOLI511 |
LIBYAN ENVIRONMENT AUTHORITY: HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL [...] Summary: On September 13, 2006 ESTH Officer met with Dr. Abul-Hakim Al-Waer, Secretary of the Libyan Environment Authority (LEA), or as he joked with, "The EPA without the protection." The meeting took place on the margins of the ongoing NDF Chemical Weapons Destruction Assistance Program. [...] |
2006-09-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UNEP EPA HHS LY |
| 06TRIPOLI527 |
LIBYA: UN RESREP ASSESSES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BILATERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Julio Grieco told poloff September 17 that there were opportunities for the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) to expand on activities already underway in Libya that focus on education, financial sector refo [...] |
2006-09-20 11:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREF PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI539 |
LIBYA TELLS EXIM - TRUST US, OUR CREDIT'S GOOD [...] (C) EXIM Bank conducted its first visit in over thirty years to Tripoli September 5-9. After an introductory session with Mohamed Siala, Secretary of International Cooperation, the rest of the week was marked by mixed success pursuing additional meetings with key GOL entities. EXIM's Vice P [...] |
2006-09-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON ECIN ETRD CMGT LY |
| 06TRIPOLI557 |
PROJECT LIBYA: EXHIBITION TO PROMOTE INFRASTRUCTURE AND [...] The 4-7 December Project Libya exhibition is underway following a well-attended press launch on September 17. Organizers Montgomery Libya and Sahara Expo Libya presided over a packed house of reporters, businessmen and local embassy staff at the Corinthia Hotel. Jeremy Sale, Montgomery Libya' [...] |
2006-10-01 13:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT ECON EIND EINV ENRG EPET ETRD LY |
| 06TRIPOLI561 |
LIBYAN BANKING SECTOR REFORM: SLOW AND UNSTEADY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prospects for Libyan banking sector reform remain unsteady and face derailment by systemic economic flaws, according to a U.S. team working with the Libyan Central Bank on a reform strategy. Confident in the utility and relevance of their ongoing work, the professional expert [...] |
2006-10-02 17:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EINV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI563 |
LIBYA: COMMERCIAL ROUND UP, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] Sources indicate that the National Oil Corporation (NOC) plans to introduce measures to require foreign companies operating in Libya to offer Libyans salaries equal to those paid to non-Libyans. (Source: NOC, 8/21) 2. Libya and Japan signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation bet [...] |
2006-10-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EIND EINT EINV ENRG EPET |
| 06TRIPOLI565 |
BIS TEAM "CHECKS OUT" LIBYA [...] (U) Summary: The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) completed a largely successful series of export license compliance checks September 9-19. BIS agents Scot Gonzales and Perry Davis completed dozens of checks during the BIS's first-ever visit to Libya. Levels of co [...] |
2006-10-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN EINV ENRG ECON ETRD ETTC LY |
| 06TRIPOLI568 |
LIBYAN VIEWS ON REGIONAL AFRICA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Ali Treki, Under Secretary of African Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (de facto MFA), called in Charge on October 1 for a discussion of regional African issues. Treki said that Foreign Minister Shalgam instructed him to reach out [...] |
2006-10-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PGOV KDEM SU SO LY |
| 06TRIPOLI569 |
SOUTH KOREAN PM VISITS TRIPOLI TO PROMOTE BILATERAL TRADE [...] (U) South Korean Prime Minister Her Excellency Han Myeong-sook visited Tripoli the week of September 17-21 in association with the "Korean Libyan Business Partnership Conference 2006." The conference was organized by the Korean International Trade Union and the Libyan General Union of Cham [...] |
2006-10-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP BTIO EINT ETRD TINT TRSY OVIP XI XE KS LY |
| 06TRIPOLI573 |
BENGHAZI'S ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Six months after a deadly riot at the Italian consulate that left more than a dozen killed, Econoff made a quick swing through Libya's downtrodden second city on September 13-14, accompanying a two-person team from the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). 2. [...] |
2006-10-05 08:24:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EIND LY |
| 06TRIPOLI586 |
RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA TEST ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Charge met with Ahmed Fitouri, Secretary of American Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) on October 12 and conveyed reftel talking points, stressing the need for swift and stern measures in response to the North Kor [...] |
2006-10-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN LY |
| 06TRIPOLI592 |
THE LIBYAN NATIONAL CENTRE FOR STANDARDIZATION AND METROLOGY [...] SUMMARY: The Libyan National Centre for Standardization and Metrology (LNCSM) was established with the goal of bringing Libya into conformance with international trade standards, focusing on eventual accession of Libya to the World Trade Organization (WTO.) The current focus within the LNCSM [...] |
2006-10-17 14:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BBSR BEXP ECIN EIND WTRO XI LY |
| 06TRIPOLI599 |
LIBYANS DEMUR ON INVITATION TO EXERCISE LEADING EDGE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TS LY |
| 06TRIPOLI600 |
LIBYAN NOC CHAIRMAN GHANEM'S VIEWS ON PETROLEUM ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman (and former Prime Minister) Shukri Ghanem on October 15 to discuss US-Libyan energy sector cooperation. Ghanem expressed confidence in Libyan efforts to boost oil production and defended the establishment of the Cabinet-leve [...] |
2006-10-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL LY |
| 06TRIPOLI614 |
PROJECTED COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES IN LIBYA FOR DAY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-25 15:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT LY |
| 06TRIPOLI623 |
NOVEMBER ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-01 13:24:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL IO IS SY LY |
| 06TRIPOLI626 |
(S) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS DESTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge discussed Reftel points (concerning U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction Assistance to Libya) with senior Qadhafi advisor and General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (GPCFLIC) Secretary Abdulati al-Obeidi October 31. Their discussion [...] |
2006-11-02 10:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PARM PREL OPCW CWC LY |
| 06TRIPOLI644 |
SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY VISIT AND [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs McMurray. The following background information is provided in anticipation of your visit to Tripoli on November 11-13, 2006. Our scientific engagem [...] |
2006-11-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAIR ECIN EFIS EINV ETTC OSCI SENV |
| 06TRIPOLI645 |
LIBYAN DEMARCHE ON CHINA SUMMIT WITH AFRICAN NATIONS [...] (C) Ibrahim Dridi, Director of the Americas Office at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) requested a meeting on November 7 to convey a demarche regarding Libyan views on the China Summit with African nations. "I was instructed t [...] |
2006-11-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ETRD PREL AU KECF LY |
| 06TRIPOLI647 |
WAGE AND PENSION REFORM UNFOLDING IN LIBYA'S OWN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: The GOL sent mixed signals in recent months on wage and pension reform, raising expectations for a thaw in a long-standing freeze on government salaries and a substantial augmentation to state-provided pensions. These are hot-button issues in Libya, where the minimum monthly gove [...] |
2006-11-10 16:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV LY |
| 06TRIPOLI648 |
LIBYAN CENTRAL BANK ESTABLISHING NEW TRAINING INSTITUTE [...] (U) See action request, Para. 7. 2. (U) The Libyan Central Bank is launching a new training center to improve employee skills throughout the banking sector, and its director is open to U.S. offers of assistance. Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff met with the Libyan Central Bank on the afternoon [...] |
2006-11-10 16:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN EFIN LY |
| 06TRIPOLI671 |
LIBYA: TIP SPECIAL WATCH LIST ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The most salient feature of trafficking in Libya is the lack of information about it. Governments, non-governmental organizations, inter-governmental organizations, and the media all appear to know very little about the phenomenon. While slightly more information is available [...] |
2006-11-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM GTIP LY |
| 06TRIPOLI686 |
QADHAFI ISSUES ANTI-CORRUPTION WARNING TO LIBYA'S WEALTHY [...] (U) Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi recently issued a particularly stark warning against official corruption, calling on the wealthy to declare their holdings and income sources and "repent" for any ill-gotten gains. In a November 13 speech before the General Council for Planning broadcast l [...] |
2006-11-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EPET LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1026 |
ABDALLAH YEHIA IS "UNQUESTIONED LEADER" OF SLA/UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Three SLA/Unity representatives visiting Tripoli said December 9 that Abdallah Yehia is the unquestioned leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity branch and that SLA/Unity is open to an agreement with the newly-formed United Revolutionary Front (URF), though serious [...] |
2007-12-10 14:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
| 07TRIPOLI1030 |
SUDANESE DIPLOMAT ALLEGES LIBYAN OFFICIALS' COMPLICITY IN [...] (C) The long-serving Sudanese DCM in Tripoli, Isaac Kenti, told CDA in a recent meeting that Sudanese criminal networks freely operate migration smuggling rings from Libya to Europe with the complicity of some Libyan officials. According to Kenti, while the GOL provides border guards and pol [...] |
2007-12-12 07:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP SOCI PGOV LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1032 |
LIBYA CLOSES BORDER WITH EGYPT TO NON-EGYPTIAN IMPORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-12 07:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV LY EG JO SY TU |
| 07TRIPOLI1033 |
QADHAFI'S TRAVEL TO SPAIN [...] (C) Summary: Planning for Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi's upcoming visit to Spain has been complicated by contradictory GOL requests for meetings and content. After initially saying the Leader did not want to sign bilateral agreements during his visit, the GOL has reversed course and the two sides are [...] |
2007-12-12 14:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY SP |
| 07TRIPOLI1038 |
LIBYAN EPSA GAS BIDDING ROUND: INTERNATIONAL MAJORS' [...] (C) Summary: Four companies won exploration and production rights for gas in the recently concluded fourth round of Libya's Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) mechanism. Winning bids featured low production sharing percentages for the international oil companies (IOC's), but i [...] |
2007-12-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET BTIO ECON EINV ENRG LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1039 |
LIBYA: FOLLOW-UP ON ACCESS TO RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES REF: A) STATE 165729, B) STATE 127608, C) TRIPOLI 723, D) TRIPOLI 797 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-13 16:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1040 |
GOL FURTHER PROTESTS PLANNED TRANSFER OF LIBYAN DETAINEE AT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1053 |
U.S. COMPANIES WIN $2 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS AS REWARD FOR POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP REF: TRIPOLI 1023 TRIPOLI 00001053 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-18 08:55:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | BTIO ECON EIND EINV PREL PGOV LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1055 |
LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING [...] (SBU) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal penalties. [...] |
2007-12-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT PHUM AL ABLD ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN PREL LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1056 |
LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: EXPERIENCING GROWING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PREL KBIO PINR LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1058 |
UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-23 12:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN |
| 07TRIPOLI1063 |
CORRECTED COPY - LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: [...] (S/NF) Summary: Libya's newly-constituted National Security Council continues to experience growing pains. A shortage of skilled staff, questions about its mandate, and friction between National Security Adviser Mutassim al-Qadhafi and some senior GOL officials have limited the NSC's organizat [...] |
2007-12-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KBIO PINR LY |
| 07TRIPOLI1065 |
CORRECTED COPY - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TEAM FINALIZES HEU-LEU [...] (SBU) Summary: A visiting team of experts from the Department of Energy (DOE) finalized language for a government-to-government agreement providing for the return of highly-enriched uranium to Russia under the rubric of the tri-lateral agreement (TSCC) announced December 19, 2003 with the U.S. [...] |
2007-12-28 10:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TRGY KNNP IAEA PINR TSPL TPHY TNGD MCAP |
| 07TRIPOLI1066 |
QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SOUNDS WARNING ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI KPAO SCUL OEXC KISL LY |
| 07TRIPOLI169 |
LIBYA'S COGNITIVE DISSONANCE: HIV AWARENESS PROGRAMMING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Libyan government continues to move forward with its own unique form of education awareness of HIV and AIDs. There is some basic level of educational programming in Libyan schools in conjunction with the UNDP office in Tripoli and the government has also held additional ac [...] |
2007-02-19 16:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KHIV LY |
| 07TRIPOLI170 |
LIBYA: AISHA GADHAFI IN THE BLACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite claiming to be a charitable NGO that provides disaster assistance in sub-Saharan Africa and support to Libyan women while promoting traditional Islamic values, Dr. Aisha Muammar Al-Gadhafi's Wa'atassemo Charity Society is primarily an outlet for Gadhafi's oldest daughter [...] |
2007-02-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON LY |
| 07TRIPOLI397 |
BEARISH: LIBYAN STOCK MARKET LUMBERING ALONG SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Last month Libyan authorities announced the launch of Libya's stock market (the Libyan Stock Exchange Market, or LSEM) on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Jamahiriya (or "state of the masses") with the unveiling of Moammar al-Qadhafi's Green Book. This s [...] |
2007-04-23 17:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINV EFIN LY |
| 07TRIPOLI420 |
TEST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-01 09:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA PTER |
| 07TRIPOLI421 |
QADHAFI'S CALLS FOR AFRICAN AND MUSLIM UNITY RESONATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In two recent public appearances -- a March 27 Al Jazeera interview and a March 31 speech to Tuareg tribal leaders in Agadez, Niger -- Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi continued his long drift away from the Arab world and worked to portray himself as a distinctly African leader. Sp [...] |
2007-05-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LY |
| 07TRIPOLI422 |
LIBYA ENACTS, THEN RETRACTS, BAN ON WOMEN TRAVELING ABROAD [...] SUMMARY. (C) In late February 2007, Libyans started talking about a new law that prohibited women under the age of 40 traveling abroad unless escorted by their husband, father or brother, although there was conflicting information about the source of the "law" or the scope of implementation. [...] |
2007-05-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KSOCI KWMN KISL LY |
| 07TRIPOLI426 |
DRAMATIC STATEMENTS ABOUT HIV INFECTIONS AND MEDICS TRIAL [...] SUMMARY. Libya's newspapers, all government controlled, continue to run dramatic statements about the source of HIV infections in Libya. The press articles consistently blame the Palestinian doctor and Bulgarian nurses, along with foreign intelligence services including the CIA and Mossad, f [...] |
2007-05-03 11:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV BU LY |
| 07TRIPOLI436 |
LIBYA: DARFUR CONFERENCE ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Libyan-organized conference on Darfur April 28-29 was a substantive success (Reftel), but the scheduling challenges posed by a last minute decision by the Leader to fly all delegates to Sirte to meet with him exemplify the capricious environment in which even Libya's most seni [...] |
2007-05-04 12:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO LY |
| 07TRIPOLI474 |
LIBYA: MEDICS DEFAMATION CASE DECISION DUE MAY 27, SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY. All signs indicate the six foreign health workers accused of intentionally infecting over 400 Benghazi children with HIV/AIDS in 1999 will be convicted on May 27 of defaming two Libyan police officers they accused of torture (a separate case from the main criminal case). The Bu [...] |
2007-05-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BU LY |
| 07TRIPOLI487 |
LIBYA: INFECTIOUS DISEASES WORKSHOP ATTEMPTS TO INJECT [...] SUMMARY. On May 4-7 the Libyan National Center for Infectious Diseases Protection and Control (NCIDCP) held the first-ever Infectious and Endemic Diseases Scientific Conference in Tripoli, which included two sessions on HIV/AIDS in Libya. Most conference discussions were not highly technical, b [...] |
2007-05-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV PHUM LY |
| 07TRIPOLI641 |
QADHAFI HOSTS SARKOZY FOLLOWING DEPARTURE OF BULGARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just one day after six foreign health workers accused of intentionally spreading HIV left Libya for Bulgaria, French President Nicholas Sarkozy arrived in Tripoli on July 25 for wide-ranging discussions with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi. Sarkozy and Qadhafi reportedly discus [...] |
2007-07-26 15:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EINV ENRG FR LY |
| 07TRIPOLI664 |
LIBYA, FRANCE CONCLUDE "VERY GENERAL" CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) Summary: According to French diplomats, a civilian nuclear deal concluded between Libya and France during President Sarkozy's visit to Tripoli constitutes only a "very general" framework for future cooperation, with no clear financial commitment from the French side and little expectatio [...] |
2007-08-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG MNUC ECIN EINV ETRD KPWR FR |
| 07TRIPOLI834 |
NURSES GONE, BUT LIBYA'S HIV/AIDS WOES CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A lavishly-funded treatment facility constructed exclusively for the 426 infected Benghazi children remains off limits to hundreds of other Libyans in Benghazi currently living with HIV/AIDS, according to a team of American HIV/AIDS experts who visited Libya in mid-September. T [...] |
2007-09-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL LY BG |
| 07TRIPOLI909 |
ARAB DONORS' CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] (U) The Charge conveyed reftel points to MFA Secretary for Americas Affairs Dr. Ahmed Fituri October 25, urging the GOL to make contributions in a manner supportive of UN and Transitional Darfur Regional Authority efforts in Darfur. Fituri said Ambassador to Khartoum Omar al-Hamdi would repres [...] |
2007-10-25 12:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL LY |
| 07TRIPOLI912 |
A SUCCESS?: ENI'S DEAL WITH LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL [...] Summary: Italian energy firm Eni has struck a major deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation that will significantly extend its concession contracts and launch an ambitious series of exploration and development activities. While trumpeted by Eni as a success, the deal carries serious negat [...] |
2007-10-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO ECON EINV EPET ENRG PREL LY |
| 07TRIPOLI918 |
QADDAFI HOSTS SIGNING OF CHADIAN PEACE ACCORDS [...] (SBU) On the eve of the Darfur peace conference, Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi presided over the signing of a separate peace agreement October 25 in Sirte between the Chadian government and four Chadian rebel groups. The agreement was signed by chief Chadian negotiator (and Infrastructure Mi [...] |
2007-10-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY CD |
| 07TRIPOLI929 |
DARFUR TALKS STRUGGLE WITH POOR REBEL ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Summary: UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks began as announced on October 27 in Sirte, Libya, even in the absence of major political and military leaders from the Darfur rebel movements. The UN/AU leadership is slowly proceeding with a plan to dispatch teams to Juba and Darfur to encourag [...] |
2007-11-04 12:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY |
| 07TRIPOLI930 |
(C) LIBYA EXTRACTS SUDANESE, ERITREAN PROMISES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 30 meeting with S/E Andrew Natsios, Secretary-General of the Community of Sahal-Saharan States, Mohammad al-Madani, briefed S/E Natsios on Libyan efforts in support of the UN/AU Darfur political process, including extracting an agreement from Sudanese President Ad [...] |
2007-11-04 12:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY |
| 07TRIPOLI936 |
GOL OFFICIAL DENOUNCES TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ELAB LY |
| 07TRIPOLI943 |
REQUEST FOR EXPLANATION OF RETURNED DETAINEE ARM DISABILITY [...] (S/NF) Charge met November 1 with MFA Secretary for the Americas Dr. Ahmed Fituri and reiterated Post's request for timely access to returned Guantanamo detainee ISN-194 (Muhammad Abdallah Mansur al-Rimi) to follow up on ref A and B requests for further information on when and how al-Rimi susta [...] |
2007-11-07 09:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PINS PINR LY |
| 07TRIPOLI945 |
LIBYAN REACTION TO AQ-LIFG MERGER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KISL PTER PREL PGOV LY |
| 07TRIPOLI946 |
DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER [...] (U) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary for Americas Affairs Dr. Ahmed Fituri November 1. Fituri offered no substantive response, but undertook to convey to the appropriate authorities the request that the GOL take parallel measures. Noting Libya's recent election to a non-pe [...] |
2007-11-07 16:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN |
| 07TRIPOLI949 |
SLOW PROGRESS ON ITALY-LIBYA COLONIAL COMPENSATION TREATY A [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-07 16:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD LY IT |
| 07TRIPOLI964 |
LIBYAN RESPONSE TO ARB III NOTIFICATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-13 16:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PHUM PINR PREL PTER LY |
| 07TRIPOLI967 |
GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-15 14:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET LY |
| 07TRIPOLI972 |
ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT INCIDENT WITH LIBYAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KBCT ECON ELTN PREL PGOV EINV LY |
| 07TRIPOLI978 |
EXXONMOBIL ADDS NEW OFFSHORE ACREAGE [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil has clinched a deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to increase its acreage in the country by about fifty percent. The soon-to-be announced deal is for a giant offshore bloc adjacent to another it secured in the December 2006 Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement [...] |
2007-11-20 16:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY |
| 07TRIPOLI979 |
LIBYAN MARKET TESTS INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Although an alluring market for the oil and gas industry, Libya is an exceptionally difficult place in which to operate. In their daily operations, international oil companies (IOC's) face numerous challenges on visas, staffing and taxation issues, and their profit margins ar [...] |
2007-11-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY |
| 07TRIPOLI983 |
OXY EXTENDS FOR 25 YEARS IN LIBYA [...] Summary: U.S. energy company Occidental Petroleum is set to announce a 25-year extension of its existing contracts in Libya. This deal will include more than $13 billion in capital investment, and solidifies Occidental's position as a major player and top acreage holder in country. End Sum [...] |
2007-11-21 14:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY |
| 07TRIPOLI984 |
SECRETARY'S INVITATION TO FOREIGN MINISTER SHALGHAM [...] (C) Post conveyed reftel invitation to the MFA via diplomatic note November 17 and P/E Chief followed up with MFA Secretary for the Americas, Dr. Ahmed Fituri, November 21. Fituri said Foreign Minister Shalgham is keen to accept the Secretary's offer and proposes to travel to the U.S. sometime [...] |
2007-11-21 14:56:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP LY |
| 07TRIPOLI989 |
LIBYA ESTABLISHES SPECIAL STATE SECURITY COURT TO TRY REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL quietly established a state security court of appeals on/about August 13, apparently for the short-term purpose of hearing the case of twelve self-described regime dissidents detained since February 16 for planning a peaceful demonstration in Tripoli calling for multiparty el [...] |
2007-11-26 10:51:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL LY |
| 07TRIPOLI993 |
MINISTERIAL DELEGATIONS TO WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA LY |
| 07TRIPOLI999 |
LIBYAN ORGANIZATION ISSUES STATEMENT OPPOSING AFRICOM [...] On November 21, the Community of Sahel and Saharan States (Cen-Sad) issued a statement at its Tripoli headquarters "categorically rejecting" Africom and any foreign military presence in any Cen-Sad member country. The statement noted that Cen-Sad represents roughly half of Africa's territory [...] |
2007-11-27 15:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PMIL PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI104 |
NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-08 11:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LY |
| 08TRIPOLI106 |
LIBYAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIR PREVIEWS UPCOMING PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: The head of the foreign affairs committee of Libya's national parliament told CDA February 4 that he expects a "heated" debate during the General People's Congress' (GPC) upcoming annual session, scheduled for February 20 - March 1, focusing on public sector employment, teachers, and f [...] |
2008-02-08 11:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI113 |
REACTION TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent legislation making it easier for plaintiffs in terrorism-related lawsuits to seize foreign government-owned assets to satisfy U.S. court judgments has caused concern among U.S. firms partnered with Libyan companies (especially in the energy sector), and provoked a sharply [...] |
2008-02-12 16:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL PTER PGOV ETTC LY |
| 08TRIPOLI119 |
GOL POSTPONES ISN VISIT TO LIBYA'S RABTA SITE, TRILATERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PARM PREL LY CWC UK |
| 08TRIPOLI12 |
GOL TELLS IRANIAN VP IT OPPOSES IRAN RESOLUTION, SHARES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-09 09:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PREL PGOV KTFN KNNP PARM ETTC EFIN IR IZ LE LY |
| 08TRIPOLI120 |
EXTREMISM IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL PTER LY IZ |
| 08TRIPOLI122 |
KOSOVO: LIBYAN RESPONSE ON UNSC DELIBERATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-17 11:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UN PREL YI LY |
| 08TRIPOLI126 |
WAHDA BANK PRIVATIZATION BID WON BY JORDAN-BASED ARAB BANK [...] (SBU) In a move that adds momentum to Libya's promising banking reform efforts, the Libyan Central Bank announced that the Jordan-based Arab Bank won the tendering process to buy 19 percent of Libya's Wahda Bank. According to press reports, Arab Bank's winning bid of 210 million euros ($310 m [...] |
2008-02-18 19:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV JO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI137 |
LIBYA: REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO REPATRIATED GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-20 12:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PINS KDDG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI14 |
QADHAFI TELLS MUBARAK HE "MAY" SEEK TO ATTEND UNSC IN NEW YORK TRIPOLI 00000014 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, A/DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP UN PHUM AU SU EG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI141 |
LIBYA LINKS POSITION ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE TO RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with MFA Americas Desk Director Muhammad Matari February 20, P/E Chief noted that there had so far been no official GOL reaction to Kosovo's recent announcement of independence and, echoing our previous demarches on the subject (refs B and C), urged the GOL to recognize Kosovo' [...] |
2008-02-21 08:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR EU YI UNMIK UN |
| 08TRIPOLI142 |
EMBASSY VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-21 18:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI157 |
DEMARCHE ON UNSC 1267 DELIVERED [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche regarding the proposed US listing pursuant to UNSCR 1267 of Syria-based Badran al-Mazidih et al. to Deputy FM Mohamed Siala February 27. CDA requested that the GOL lift its hold on the US request, and asked for clarification of apparent GOL policy to place hol [...] |
2008-02-27 16:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PTER LY |
| 08TRIPOLI166 |
LIBYAN PARLIAMENT CONVENES, CABINET CHANGES EXPECTED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 08:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI167 |
LIBYA: NOTIFICATION OF ARB-IV PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 08:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI168 |
LIBYA: DEMARCHE IN PREPARATION FOR MAR 5-6 AL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 08:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IZ KV LE SY LY |
| 08TRIPOLI182 |
QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION ON NEGOTIATIONS FOR RELEASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 07:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI183 |
FOLLOW-UP ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 08:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI204 |
ENGAGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 08:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER AG LY MO MR TS |
| 08TRIPOLI214 |
GOL STILL BRISTLING OVER VICTIMS OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION, UTA JUDGMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 199, B) TRIPOLI 149 (EXDIS) TRIPOLI 00000214 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-12 09:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ECON EFIN ENRG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI220 |
DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI "RELEASED" [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI223 |
DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI "RELEASED" [...] (C) Summary: Reports by the Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) that detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi was "released" to the custody of his family appear to be premature. Security officials continue to effectively control access to el-Jahmi at the Tripoli Medical Center. His famil [...] |
2008-03-13 16:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI226 |
GOL PROPOSES GLOBAL SETTLEMENT TALKS ON TERRORIST-RELATED LEGAL CLAIMS CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b), (d) [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-17 08:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KLIG PTER LY |
| 08TRIPOLI227 |
BACK TO THE FUTURE? QADHAFI CALLS FOR DRAMATIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE IN GPC SPEECH REF: TRIPOLI 166 TRIPOLI 00000227 001.2 OF 005 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LY |
| 08TRIPOLI229 |
HRW/PHR VISIT FATHI EL-JAHMI, EXPECT HIM TO RETURN HOME SOON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-17 16:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI230 |
LIBYA MAKES PROGRESS ON BANKING REFORM REF: TRIPOLI 126 [...] (C) Summary: Libya's banking reform program continues to make progress. Buoyed by the windfall that accompanied the February 13 sale of a share in state-run Wahda Bank to Jordan's Arab Bank, the Central Bank is pressing forward with its own restructuring and training programs. There may be opportun [...] |
2008-03-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON PGOV EFIN EINV PTER IT LY |
| 08TRIPOLI231 |
LIBYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IRAN BANKING MOU REF: TRIPOLI 0012 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-17 17:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN ECIN PGOV PREL PINR LY IR |
| 08TRIPOLI248 |
SECURITY PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRIPOLI 00000248 001.2 OF 003 [...] (S) Summary. Authority at Tripoli International Airport is clearly divided between security services and civilian authorities, General Youssef al-Jeribi, the airport's director, told a visiting Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) team and Emboffs on March 3. Together with top security and intelligence [...] |
2008-03-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PINS PTER PGOV EAIR PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI266 |
GOL DELAYS RELEASING DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI REF: A) TRIPOLI 223, B) TRIPOLI 229 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-31 09:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI275 |
MFA WEIGHS IN ON EL-JAHMI CASE REF: TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI280 |
FATHI EL-JAHMI'S MEDICAL CONDITION DETERIORATES; ADDITIONAL HOSPITAL TIME MAY BE NEEDED REF: A) TRIPOLI 275, B) HOPKINS-GODFREY EMAIL 4/01/08, TRIPOLI 275, B) TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-03 18:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI297 |
PUTIN VISIT TO LIBYA EXPECTED BY END OF APRIL TRIPOLI 00000297 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary. Although the Russian Embassy has received "nothing official" from Moscow, it expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Libya by the end of April. Putin's projected travel to Libya is the "primary issue" in Libyan-Russian relations; in a recent meeting with Emboffs, the Russian [...] |
2008-04-08 13:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI298 |
ASSASSINATION OF SECURITY OFFICER IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KISL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI307 |
MFA DISCOURAGES IDEA OF SOFT POWER PROGRAMMING IN EASTERN LIBYA REF: A) TRIPOLI 120, B) TRIPOLI 278 TRIPOLI 00000307 001.2 OF 002 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 13:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR SOCI KISL |
| 08TRIPOLI308 |
LIBYAN PROPOSAL FOR MIL/MIL MOU [...] (SBU) Libyan MFA conveyed to Post via diplomatic note a draft MOU on military cooperation. While the Libyan proposal generally tracks with a proposed text conveyed by Deputy Secretary of Defense England to Libyan FM Abdulrahman Shalgham SIPDIS during the latter's January 2008 visit to Wash [...] |
2008-04-10 15:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI319 |
DEBT, ARMS, AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hotels, old city and shopping districts. Confirming media reports, Russian Embassy of [...] |
2008-04-15 15:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI321 |
DEBT, ARMS AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (SBU) Copy corrected to reflect correct overall classification of the cable. 2. (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hote [...] |
2008-04-16 09:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI336 |
LIBYA PREPARED TO FINALIZE - BUT NOT SIGN - A TIFA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Minister of Economy-equivalent said the GOL has resolved two key internal debates related to a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and is prepared to finalize the accord with the U.S., provided a final face-to-face meeting of technical experts - an important polit [...] |
2008-04-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB LY |
| 08TRIPOLI340 |
DEBT, NUCLEAR ENERGY, AND GOLF CARTS: PUTIN VISITS LIBYA REF: (A) MOSCOW 1133, (B) TRIPOLI 321, (C) TRIPOLI 297 [...] (C) Summary. After years of preparation, Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by 400 assistants, journalists and business executives in six planes, visited Libya on April 16-17 primarily to secure an agreement on Libya's sizeable Soviet-era debt. Libya and Russia agreed to swap the $4.5 bi [...] |
2008-04-24 16:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PHUM LY RU |
| 08TRIPOLI36 |
GOL SUGGESTS U.S.-LIBYAN BILATERAL TIES "GREATLY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-22 17:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LY |
| 08TRIPOLI368 |
LIBYA: TOTAL'S OFFSHORE OIL WELL SHUT DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent drilling accident brought drilling and production operations in an offshore wellfield operated by French oil company TOTAL to a halt. Although there were no injuries or environmental damage, production (the field produces about 45,000 barrels/day) will likely be halted [...] |
2008-05-07 07:24:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET FR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI372 |
PD PROGRAMS FALL VICTIM TO BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Since January, Post has experienced increasing difficulties in obtaining visas for incoming Public Affairs Section visitors, both for educational and cultural programs. The Government of Libya (GOL) has canceled some programs outright, and has simply not approved visas for others. [...] |
2008-05-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO SCUL LY PREL OIIP OEXC CVIS PGOV |
| 08TRIPOLI374 |
LIBYA'S NSC SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION & LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT SALES REF: A) TRIPOLI 340, B) TRIPOLI 372 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-08 14:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ETTC KNNP MASS PINR TRGY LY RU FR |
| 08TRIPOLI375 |
QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: FATHI EL-JAHMI HAS RETURNED TO HIS HOME [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI381 |
LIBYA URGED TO SUPPORT FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (C) P/E Chief conveyed reftel points and the draft resolution text on May 12 to Tajouri al-Sheradi, Senior Political Adviser in the MFA-equivalant's International Organizations Department, urging that Libya support a French resolution calling on Burma to facilitate the expeditious delivery of h [...] |
2008-05-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM LY |
| 08TRIPOLI382 |
DEATH OF KEY LIBYAN OFFICIAL HAMPERS COUNTER-MIGRATION EFFORTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF LY IT MT |
| 08TRIPOLI390 |
LIBYA: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL BA QA |
| 08TRIPOLI391 |
SIBLING RIVALRY EMERGING OVER RIGHT TO "FACILITATE" FOREIGN COMPANIES' INVOLVEMENT IN LIBYA? [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD LY MASS PGOV PINR PREL |
| 08TRIPOLI4 |
LIBYA: FAMILY VISIT FOR RETURNED GTMO DETAINEE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-03 09:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | KDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI401 |
FATHI EL-JAHMI REMAINS IN HOSPITAL, DESPITE REPORTS OF HIS RELEASE REF: A) JOHNSON-STEVENS EMAIL 05/12/2008, B) TRIPOLI 375, C) TRIPOLI 229, D) TRIPOLI 280 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI402 |
POLITICAL-ECONOMIC REFORM, JAMAHIRIYA-STYLE [...] (C) Summary: A private sector interlocutor involved in Libya's chambers of commerce described dramatic calls for reform in a recent speech by Colonel al-Qadhafi as "a return to the natural order of things" that existed before the 1969 military coup that brought al-Qadhafi to power and inaugurated t [...] |
2008-05-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR KBIO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI411 |
EMBASSY DENIED ACCESS TO DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...] |
2008-05-22 14:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI430 |
DIE HARD IN DERNA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ |
| 08TRIPOLI442 |
MEETING OF AMU HEADS OF STATE - MINUS ONE - IN TRIPOLI; [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY EG SY MR MO TS AG |
| 08TRIPOLI443 |
LIBYA TO INCREASE PEACEKEEPING COHORT IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Media accounts on June 6 and 7 cited Philippine government sources in reporting that Libya and Brunei had pledged to increase their peacekeeping cohorts on the troubled southern Philippine island of Mindanao to 25 each. Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Dr. Yusuf Sawa [...] |
2008-06-09 17:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PINR PTER LY RP |
| 08TRIPOLI453 |
QADHAFI AND ASAD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-11 13:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE LY |
| 08TRIPOLI455 |
LIBYA: MEETING WITH RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES UNDER USG-GOL TRANSFER FRAMEWORK MOU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post visited two returned Guantanamo detainees to confirm their welfare and whereabouts, and the legal basis on which they are being detained in Libya. One detainee's trial has been completed and he is awaiting a verdict on the four charges he faces; the case of the second detainee [...] |
2008-06-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI457 |
QADHAFI WORKS TO MUSTER ARAB OPPOSITION TO SARKOZY'S [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PBTS PREF LY |
| 08TRIPOLI458 |
CONDITIONS IN SECURITY DETENTION FACILITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KBTS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI466 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CONVERSION OF THE RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY [...] (C) Summary: The GOL's lead interlocutor on CWC issues told us: 1) conversion of the Rabta chemical weapons production facility would not be completed until December 2009 (which the GOL appears to have known since early 2006), 2) the GOL would not submit a new National Paper at the upcoming June 2 [...] |
2008-06-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH JA IT LY |
| 08TRIPOLI467 |
DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...] |
2008-06-16 08:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
| 08TRIPOLI470 |
OIL- AND GAS-RELATED POLLUTION IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary. Libya is slowly acknowledging the need to address the environmental impact of its oil and gas production. Environmental issues are becoming more central to the Libyan oil and gas industry, particularly with the influx of foreign companies, which often have a corporate mandate to [...] |
2008-06-16 12:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET SENV PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI472 |
DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...] |
2008-06-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
| 08TRIPOLI474 |
ENI'S OIL AND GAS DEAL EXTENDED, OTHER COMPANIES WORRY TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Soaring oil prices are allowing Libya to press for more stringent long-term contracts with foreign oil and gas producers. A twenty-five year extension for Italian firm Eni North Africa BV, which entailed a sizeable bonus payment and dramatically reduced the company's production [...] |
2008-06-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI480 |
BUSINESS IS POLITICS: MARKS & SPENCER DRAMA TIED TO FATE OF [...] (C) Summary: In Libya, major business deals are both political and personal. The ongoing drama surrounding efforts by the U.K. government and investors to keep open the Marks & Spencer retail store in Tripoli, and a campaign by some GOL officials to close it, affords a prime example. Libyan officia [...] |
2008-06-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KBCT PGOV UK LY |
| 08TRIPOLI481 |
GOL VIEWS ON DISPOSITION OF C-130'S IN GEORGIA AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) Representatives of Lockheed Martin and the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force traveled to Libya June 2-4 to meet with officials of the Government of Libya (GOL) to discuss the disposition of eight C-130H aircraft purchased by Libya in 1974, which were not granted export licences and r [...] |
2008-06-18 12:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI494 |
JOURNALIST JAILED FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT'S [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-22 08:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI498 |
PETRO-CANADA SIGNS 30-YEAR PACT WITH LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Petro-Canada has signed a series of 30-year contracts with Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC), bringing its old agreements into line with Libya's preferred EPSA-IV contract standard. The new deals stem from Libya's ongoing efforts to secure tougher terms from foreign oil co [...] |
2008-06-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET CA LY |
| 08TRIPOLI500 |
LIBYAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] (S/NF) Information below is keyed to questions in paras 4-6 of reftel tasker. - OBJECTIVE MASSEY NAME TRACES: Names for Libyan foreign fighters recovered in the Objective Massey raid in September 2007 were passed in GRPO liaison channels to the External Security Organization (ESO). As of [...] |
2008-06-25 12:51:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER MCAP PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI505 |
NEGOTIATIONS OVER MIL-MIL MOU CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-26 16:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS PBTS PINS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI506 |
FATHI EL-JAHMI'S SON ASKS EMBASSY TO STOP VISITING HIM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI515 |
LIBYAN LEADER AUTHOR OF HARD LINE ON DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI517 |
LIBYA/UNSC: 1267, IRAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The CDA met with the MFA Director of UN Security Council affairs on June 30 to press for Libyan support for improvements to the UNSCR 1267 sanctions regime, call for increased Libyan diligence with respect to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), and reiterate stro [...] |
2008-07-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER PARM PINR UN LY KV IR |
| 08TRIPOLI526 |
LIBYA SEEKS TO BLACKMAIL EUROPEAN MISSIONS FOR VISAS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS CMGT LY |
| 08TRIPOLI527 |
LIBYAN RESPONSE ON ARB-4 REVIEW PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 13:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PINR KDRG KBTR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI528 |
GOL SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON WHETHER IT COULD CUT OIL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PINS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI530 |
LIBYA'S BERBER MINORITY STILL OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP LY |
| 08TRIPOLI532 |
GOL SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON WHETHER IT COULD CUT OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting, the head of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) reiterated that Libya could/could cut oil production as a response to U.S. legislation facilitating attachment of Libyan assets and lawsuits against it; however, other GOL sources cautioned that his remarks wer [...] |
2008-07-03 14:30:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET PINS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI538 |
LIBYA FAVORS MORE TIME FOR AFRICAN MEDIATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. The GOL is "bound by the AU decision" to support a South Africa-led national reconciliation process in Zimbabwe and will not support a draft UNSC resolution calling for targeted sanctions on key Mugabe regime figures. Libya's top officials responsible for African affairs urged [...] |
2008-07-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZI SU CD UN LY |
| 08TRIPOLI540 |
CHEVRON MAY QUIT LIBYA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI541 |
EUROPEANS ENGAGE GOL ON BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-08 16:05:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA |
| 08TRIPOLI554 |
LIBYAN MEASURES TO CHECK RISING FOOD COSTS AND ACQUIRE [...] (U) On July 7th, the Political/Economic Assistants met with the Resident Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Dr. Saad Elmedani Ahmed. According to Dr. Ahmed, the Libyan government (GOL) has generally taken prudent steps to protect Libyans from [...] |
2008-07-09 16:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI563 |
OXY'S 30-YEAR EXTENSION IN LIBYA AND WHAT LIES AHEAD FOR OTHER IOCS REF: A) TRIPOLI 555 B) 2007 TRIPOLI 983 TRIPOLI 00000563 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited ratification of Oxy's contract extension in Libya has solidified its position as one of Libya's leading oil and gas players. The process by which the contract was finalized has shed light on what lies ahead for other foreign companies, all of whom are expected to be [...] |
2008-07-13 14:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECIN ECON EINV PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI564 |
NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN SHUKRI GHANEM MAY SEEK TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-13 14:25:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET KCOR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI565 |
NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION CHAIRMAN SHUKRI GHANEM MAY SEEK TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: A close friend of National Oil Corporation (NOC) Chairman Shukri Ghanem told us that Ghanem is under pressure to provide $1.2 billion in cash or oil shipments to National Security Adviser Muatassim al-Qadhafi (son of Muammar al-Qadhafi), and may seek to resign soon out of fear t [...] |
2008-07-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET KCOR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI566 |
LIBYA SIGNS CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL WITH FRANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-14 06:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG FR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI567 |
THE EU-LIBYA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT: VENI, VISAS, VETO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-14 07:39:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU ECIN ECON PBTS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI574 |
U.K. VISIT TO RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW IT UK LY |
| 08TRIPOLI577 |
QADHAFI FOUNDATION CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON RELEASE OF FORMER [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI584 |
LIBYAN FOREIGN BANK - PRIMED FOR EXPANSION [...] (C) Summary: The Libyan Foreign Bank (LFB), Libya's longtime conduit for international trade, is pursuing a substantial program of expansion involving a ten-fold increase in its capitalization and creation of an onshore bank. Its chairman is aggressively seeking new investment opportunities in A [...] |
2008-07-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PTER KCOR PGOV KBIO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI588 |
LIBYA ENFORCES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST U.S. OFFICIALS REF: A) TRIPOLI 530, B) TRIPOLI 412, C) STATE 55839, D) TRIPOLI 478 (NOTAL), E) 07 TRIPOLI 165, F) TRIPOLI 515 [...] (C) Summary: Four years after re-establishing diplomatic relations, the Government of Libya (GOL) remains deeply concerned about efforts to cover internal political issues and actively seeks to prevent Emboffs from traveling in-country and engaging with Libyans. The GOL has actively enforced new s [...] |
2008-07-21 16:35:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP LY |
| 08TRIPOLI592 |
THUG LIFE: HANNIBAL AL-QADHAFI'S ARREST PROMPTS FISSURE IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM CVIS ECON EAIR LY SZ |
| 08TRIPOLI594 |
TRIPOLI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - JULY 21, 2003 [...] (S/NF) CDA convened an EAC meeting on July 21 to discuss recent threat reporting (reftel) and the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul. The following personnel attended: CDA, CONS, DAO, MGT, PAO, GRPO, RSO. The EAC considered recent threat reporting and the shooting attack in Istanbul, an [...] |
2008-07-23 07:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC LY |
| 08TRIPOLI595 |
A COMMERCIAL CAUTIONARY TALE: BECHTEL'S BID FOR SIRTE PORT PROJECT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: An unsuccessful year-long bid by U.S. firm Bechtel to build a commercial port in the Libyan city of Sirte has shed light on how decisions about large foreign investment projects in Libya are made. Bechtel's bid went through several evolutions, including signing a memorandum of unders [...] |
2008-07-23 08:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EINV ETRD EWWT KCOR PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI597 |
EUROPEAN OIL COMPANIES EXTEND CONTRACTS IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has signed extensions for a pair of exploration and production sharing agreements (EPSAs) with Spain's Repsol, France's Total, Austria's OMV, and Norway's Saga Petroleum, continuing its policy of redefining old contracts under the new EPSA I [...] |
2008-07-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EPET NO SP FR AU LY |
| 08TRIPOLI6 |
LIBYA IMPOSES NEW CURRENCY REQUIREMENT FOR TOURISTS [...] (SBU) Post received January 3 a copy of a note sent from the GOL's Civil Aviation Committee to airlines announcing that as of 7 January, all tourist visa holders -- except bearers of Egyptian and Tunisian passports -- will be required to present USD 1000 or the equivalent in another convertible [...] |
2008-01-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT CASC PREL PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI614 |
EXBS AIRPORT TRAINING PROCEEDS DESPITE SECURITY SERVICE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP EAID LY |
| 08TRIPOLI621 |
RESPONSE TO LIBYAN BANKING DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-01 09:24:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM XA XF XI TS BA |
| 08TRIPOLI632 |
LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR JULY 2008 [...] Flight Safety Foundation Workshop in Libya: The Flight Safety Foundation's CAAG (Controlled Flight Into Terrain and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction Action Group) brought its internationally regarded Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Tool Kit workshop to Tripoli, Libya last [...] |
2008-08-04 09:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD LY |
| 08TRIPOLI635 |
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: A CASE STUDY IN LIBYAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | BTIO ECON EIND EINV SENV SOCI PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI642 |
HANNIBAL GOES TO SEA: INSIGHTS INTO ANOTHER AL-QADHAFI FAMILY BUSINESS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-12 15:32:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET EWWT PGOV KCOR CY LY |
| 08TRIPOLI650 |
LIBYA SEEKS TO PURCHASE 130,000 KALASHNIKOVS FOR UNKNOWN END-USERS [...] (C) UK Embassy PolOff told P/E Chief on August 10 that HMG's Embassy in Tripoli had recently received a request from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to vet a request for a license to export to Libya a sizeable quantity of automatic rifles. UK company York Guns, acting as the intermediary betwe [...] |
2008-08-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PARM KNNP LY UK UP CD SU |
| 08TRIPOLI666 |
LIBYAN REACTION TO CLAIMS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT POSITIVE, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-25 16:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KPAO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI676 |
ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER AVERTED: HOW LIBYA (MIS)HANDLED RECENT OIL TANK BLAZE REF: TRIPOLI 368 [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, a storage tank for crude oil caught fire during routine maintenance operations in Ras Lanuf, the site of Libya's largest oil refinery and a petroleum port. The fire was isolated to one tank after burning for two days. There were no casualties and oil exports from the p [...] |
2008-08-27 17:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PGOV LY CA |
| 08TRIPOLI679 |
SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI CALLS FOR FURTHER REFORM, THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy, much-anticipated speech at an annual youth forum gathering, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, implicitly criticized past decisions of his father's regime, called for dramatic changes to Libya's system of governance, claimed that much of his program of s [...] |
2008-08-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KPRV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI680 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE’S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-29 18:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM PTER KISL AU SU |
| 08TRIPOLI685 |
LIBYA: MEETING WITH RETURNED GTMO DETAINEES UNDER USG-GOL TRANSFER FRAMEWORK MOU [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post visited two returned Guantanamo detainees to confirm their welfare and whereabouts and clarify the status of any pending legal action against them. One detainee's trial has reportedly been completed and he understands he has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment. The trial [...] |
2008-09-02 15:01:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET//NOFORN | KBTR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI686 |
LIBYA FURTHER PRIVATIZES FUEL DISTRIBUTION [...] (SBU) The Chairman of the Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC), Shukri Ghanem, launched the country's third privately-owned fuel distribution company, al-Rahila, in a low profile ceremony at a newly refurbished filling station last week. The al-Rahila Company is one of three companies est [...] |
2008-09-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG KPRV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI688 |
QADHAFI, BERLUSCONI SIGN HISTORIC AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) The Italian Ambassador in Tripoli briefed local heads of mission on a "historic treaty of friendship and cooperation" (or "colonial compensation agreement", as the Libyan government has characterized it) signed on August 30 in Benghazi by Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi and Italian prime [...] |
2008-09-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IT LY |
| 08TRIPOLI719 |
LIBYA: TRI-LATERAL DIPLOMACY IS THE WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Ali Treiki, Secretary for African Affairs in the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent), is optimistic that Chad and Sudan can be brought to the table to make peace through Libya's tri-lateral efforts. Treiki said the "Gr [...] |
2008-09-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN CD SU LY |
| 08TRIPOLI741 |
MINISTER OF ECONOMY POSITIVE ON BILATERAL ENGAGEMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT DOMESTIC REFORM PLANS TRIPOLI 00000741 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: During a September 16 meeting, Dr. Ali al-Issawy, the Secretary of the General People's Committee for the Economy, Trade and Industry (equivalent of minister of economy and trade) told the CDA that he looked forward to the visit of Assistant Secretary of Commerce Israel Hernandez in [...] |
2008-09-19 12:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV LY EFIN EPET ETRD ECON OVIP |
| 08TRIPOLI745 |
GERMAN OIL FIRM RWE MAKES TWO MORE DISCOVERIES IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) The German oil firm RWE made two more oil discoveries in the Sirte Basin in Libya in September 2008. RWE's new successful discoveries do not reveal any new fields, but ensure the potential of its blocks in the Sirte Basin, where the quality of its sweet crude is high, and operating costs [...] |
2008-09-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EPET PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI748 |
GEORGIA - ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSCR PREL GG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI755 |
UN 1267: USG HOLDS ON LIBYAN TERRORIST SANCTION REQUESTS [...] We are still trying to arrange a face-to-face discussion on Libya's outstanding UNSCR 1267 nominations (reftel) with the MFA's International Organizations Affairs office. The combination of Ramadan hours and the absence in New York of the leadership of that office has so far frustrated our ef [...] |
2008-09-25 13:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER LY UNSC |
| 08TRIPOLI764 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SE WILLIAMSON TO LIBYA [...] (SBU) Your trip to Libya comes one month after Secretary Rice's historic visit marked a new chapter in Libya's re-engagement with the West and nearly two months after a U.S.-Libyan agreement to settle outstanding claims for compensation for attacks including the Lockerbie bombing of 1988. I [...] |
2008-10-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CD SU LY |
| 08TRIPOLI799 |
KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA -- LIBYA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNGA LY KV |
| 08TRIPOLI800 |
U.S. AFRICA COMMAND STATUS UPDATE - LIBYA [...] We informed the Libyan General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA equivalent) on October 6 via diplomatic note of the formal establishment of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) as a unified combatant command effective October 1. 2. There has been no rep [...] |
2008-10-06 16:03:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI803 |
U.S. FOREIGN COMMERCIAL SERVICE OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN LIBYA [...] (SBU) Summary: During his October 5 visit to Tripoli, Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary and Director General of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service Israel Hernandez officially opened the new Foreign Commercial Service office at the Embassy and discussed commercial opportunities [...] |
2008-10-08 03:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND LY EPET ETRD |
| 08TRIPOLI819 |
SELF-DESCRIBED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED RELEASED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-14 17:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA |
| 08TRIPOLI820 |
SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH LIBYA'S ALI TREIKI [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy Richard Williamson emphasized the urgent need to stem the violence in Darfur in order to bring relief to the millions of displaced persons and refugees during his meeting in Tripoli with Libyan Secretary for African Affairs Ali Treiki on October 6. SE Williamson sai [...] |
2008-10-14 17:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO LY CD SU |
| 08TRIPOLI824 |
LIBYA WORKING TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SUBJECTS [...] (C) CDA met October 15 with Jalal Jaidi of the MFA's International Organizations office to discuss Libya's response to reftel demarche. Jaidi said the GOL was working to develop additional supporting evidentiary and bio-identifier information on the eight USG holds and expected to provide tha [...] |
2008-10-17 09:02:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC LY |
| 08TRIPOLI825 |
LIBYA ON DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) CDA met October 13 with Jalal Jaidi of the MFA's International Organizations Department to follow up on reftel demarche and urge that the GOL freeze assets of entities listed reftel, require comprehensive mandatory inspections of IRISL-related cargo and ensure that all Libyan national comp [...] |
2008-10-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI826 |
LIBYA ON DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) CDA met October 13 with Jalal Jaidi of the MFA's International Organizations Department to follow up on reftel demarche and urge that the GOL freeze assets of entities listed reftel, require comprehensive mandatory inspections of IRISL-related cargo and ensure that all Libyan national comp [...] |
2008-10-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL LY |
| 08TRIPOLI827 |
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES LIBYA'S REACTION TO THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV EPET LY PGOV PREL |
| 08TRIPOLI828 |
LIBYA WORKING TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR SUBJECTS [...] (C) CDA met October 15 with Jalal Jaidi of the MFA's International Organizations office to discuss Libya's response to reftel demarche. Jaidi said the GOL was working to develop additional supporting evidentiary and bio-identifier information on the eight USG holds and expected to provide tha [...] |
2008-10-17 14:19:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC LY |
| 08TRIPOLI829 |
AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE? [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-17 14:46:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS LY BO RS UP VZ |
| 08TRIPOLI833 |
COLONEL AL-QADHAFI'S SUMMER READING LIST [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KBIO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI842 |
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TAKES LONGER VIEW OF REFORM PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with a visiting U.S. trade specialist, Libya's Central Bank (CB) Governor shared his views on implementing Muammar al-Qadhafi's vision of government restructuring and distributing the country's oil wealth directly to the population. In contrast to al-Qadhafi's insiste [...] |
2008-10-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV EPET LY |
| 08TRIPOLI851 |
LIBYAN-SWISS CONTRETEMPS DRAGS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAIR ECON SZ LY |
| 08TRIPOLI856 |
LIBYA'S CENTRAL BANK CONTINUES FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Libya's Central Bank Governor briefed a visiting U.S. trade expert and Emboffs on efforts by the Government of Libya (GOL) to modernize the financial sector, in part to attract greater foreign direct investment in non hydrocarbon sectors. Libya is working with international org [...] |
2008-10-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EFIN PGOV LY EAID |
| 08TRIPOLI868 |
U.K. DENIES LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF KALASHNIKOVS TO LIBYA; GOL POTENTIALLY SEEKING ALTERNATIVE SELLERS [...] (C) U.K. Embassy PolOff told P/E Chief on October 30 that HMG had decided not/not to approve a license for U.K. company York Guns to export to Libya 130,000 Kashnikov automatic rifles. Per ref A, York Guns was to have acted as intermediary between an unidentified Ukrainian party and procurement of [...] |
2008-11-06 08:08:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MARR UK LY UP SU RO |
| 08TRIPOLI870 |
AL-QADHAFI'S RUSSIA TRIP SIGNALS DESIRE FOR FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-06 17:17:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR TRGY EPET RS BO UP LY |
| 08TRIPOLI871 |
LIBYA'S TRI-LATERAL DIPLOMACY AND A PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) Summary. Both the GOL and Darfur rebel groups resident in Tripoli are busy crafting agreements with their respective interlocutors regarding efforts in Darfur. In late October, Libya chaired a "Tripartite Committee" meeting, brokering an agreement between Chad and Sudan that called for an [...] |
2008-11-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD AU SU LY |
| 08TRIPOLI874 |
LIBYAN LEADER AL-QADHAFI'S CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE [...] (U) Post received on November 9 via telefax a letter from Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi conveying his congratulations to the President-elect. We have not yet received the note in hard copy. 2. (SBU) Post's informal translation of the Arabic language letter follows: Begin text of letter: D [...] |
2008-11-10 16:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL OVIP LY |
| 08TRIPOLI88 |
TFCD01: LIBYAN LEADER TO CONTINUE PERSONAL EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary. Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, backed by an informal mandate from AU leaders, plans to continue a round of personal diplomacy with both the Chadian government and rebel groups, possibly including an emergency meeting in the coming days. Libya is in contact with France to evacua [...] |
2008-02-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO CD LY |
| 08TRIPOLI882 |
UPDATE ON RELEASED REGIME CRITIC DR. IDRISS BOUFAYED AND PLANNED MEDICAL TRAVEL REF: A) NARDI-GODFREY EMAIL 10/27/2008, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819, D) TRIPOLI 851 [...] (C) Summary: The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) has reportedly obtained a passport and is finalizing travel permission for self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed, who was recently released on humanitarian grounds from a 25 year prison term in light of his advanced lung cancer. The [...] |
2008-11-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI889 |
TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI LY SU |
| 08TRIPOLI895 |
LIBYA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Libya has no legal or regulatory framework to separate victims of trafficking from the general migrant population and undocumented presence in Libya is generally considered a crime. In practice, however, the GOL has drawn on other elements of its existing criminal code to prosecute traffick [...] |
2008-11-17 12:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV SMIG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI896 |
AL-QADHAFI AND THE REFORM "VISION THING" [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting broadcast on state-owned television, senior Government of Libya (GOL) officials disagreed with Muammar al-Qadhafi about plans to implement dramatic government restructuring and privatization he proposed last March. Al-Qadhafi blasted the officials, accusing them of wantin [...] |
2008-11-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPRV KCOR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI901 |
LIBYA'S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND TRADE WELCOMES COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams, Under Secretary for Economy, Trade and Investment Taher Sarkaz emphasized the importance of U.S.-Libya cooperation and outlined steps his ministry taking to facilitate trade and investment. Libya is keenly intereste [...] |
2008-11-20 16:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI912 |
LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (U) A New Oil Discovery by Sirte Oil Company: On October 7, Sirte Oil, a state-owned company, announced a new oil discovery in the well A1-NC216A in the Ghadames Basin. The well is located approximately 310 km southwest of Tripoli. The initial production testing established an oil rate of 1,725 [...] |
2008-11-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND ECON EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI913 |
TREASURY OFAC DIRECTOR ADAM SZUBIN'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN MFA [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with MFA officials on November 12 on UNSCR 1267-related issues, visiting Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control Director Adam Szubin: 1) stressed the need for better U.S.-GOL coordination with respect to refining the GOL's UNSCR 1267 listing submissions; 2) encourag [...] |
2008-11-26 11:49:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL PGOV UNSC LY |
| 08TRIPOLI916 |
TREASURY OFAC DIRECTOR SZUBIN'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Libyan finance, banking and security officials on November 12, visiting Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control Director Adam Szubin stressed two key messages: 1) the U.S. stands ready to help the GOL engage more effectively with the U.N 1267 Committee to ensur [...] |
2008-11-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL PGOV UNSC LY |
| 08TRIPOLI917 |
HEAD OF LIBYA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD: U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS NOT JUST ABOUT OIL REF: TRIPOLI 227 [...] (C) Summary: The head of Libya's national economic planning apparatus and the effort to implement Muammar al-Qadhafi's vision for government restructuring and privatization told the visiting NEA/MAG Director that a new, commonly agreed frame of reference for U.S.-Libya relations that took into a [...] |
2008-11-26 14:53:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPAO SCUL KMPI EAID EPET LY |
| 08TRIPOLI918 |
LIBYA: WE ARE AN EFFECTIVE MEDIATOR FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Libyan officials were evasive on whether the GOL had agreed to offer financial support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) - they suggested that Libya would not be in a position to deny "humanitarian assistance" to its "Somali brothers" - during the recent visit to [...] |
2008-11-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU SO DJ LY |
| 08TRIPOLI919 |
NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG NEGOTIATIONS WITH QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION REF: A) TRIPOLI 819, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 280, D) TRIPOLI 577 [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pursue [...] |
2008-11-26 16:33:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI920 |
NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director a Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pu [...] |
2008-11-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI921 |
LIBYA SEEKS TO DOWNPLAY TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent response to persistent reports by opposition and international media about tribal violence in Kufra, an oasis town located in southeastern Libya, the Government of Libya (GOL) recently staged a meeting in which tribal leaders pledged loyalty to Muammar al-Qadhafi and or [...] |
2008-11-30 14:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI KPAO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI923 |
GOL SEEKS TO TURN THE PAGE ON LINGERING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: A group of older political prisoners, many of whom are in ill health, may be released soon in connection with talks that have taken place under the auspices of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF). Separately, the GOL and QDF may soon significantly raise the amou [...] |
2008-12-01 10:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
| 08TRIPOLI924 |
A RARE PEEK INSIDE LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL CORPORATION REF: TRIPOLI 915 TRIPOLI 00000924 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting, a 15-year veteran of Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) gave an insider's account of widespread dissatisfaction with NOC Chairman Shukri Ghanem's management style. Autocratic, jealous of his prerogatives and inclined to rely on a small, subservient team, Ghan [...] |
2008-12-01 12:54:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI925 |
RELEASED REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED TO TRAVEL TO SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 472, B) TRIPOLI 819, C) NEA/MAG OI 12/01/2008 [...] (C) Summary: Self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed has decided to travel to Switzerland for specialized medical treatment for his lung cancer, a trip he had not undertaken sooner after his release in October because he was weak from chemotherapy. Boufayed has obtained his passport and [...] |
2008-12-02 17:00:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI926 |
SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER MAY VISIT TRIPOLI IN "LAST GASP" \ [...] (C) Swiss Consul Francois Schmidt told P/E Chief on December \ 2 that Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey intends to \ travel to Tripoli on December 5 for talks with as-yet \ undetermined Government of Libya interlocutors in what he \ described as "a last gasp" effort to resolve the lingerin [...] |
2008-12-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON EAIR SZ LY |
| 08TRIPOLI935 |
LIBYA'S TOP AFRICA DIPLOMAT DISCUSSES CHAD-SUDAN, SOMALIA, [...] (C) Summary. Libya is pleased with recent progress on Chad/Sudan reconciliation and expects a Libyan-led peacekeeping force to be deployed along the border by year's end, according to the GOL's top diplomat for African affairs, Dr. Ali Treiki. Treiki said the GOL would soon re-start efforts to [...] |
2008-12-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO LY CD SU MR SO |
| 08TRIPOLI936 |
MUAMMAR AL-QADHAFI QUIETLY INVOLVED IN PROCESS TO ADOPT A LIBYAN CONSTITUTION REF: A) 07 TRIPOLI 759, B) TRIPOLI 679 TRIPOLI 00000936 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary: A new draft was circulated in mid-November to members of a 20-person committee tasked with formulating a Libyan constitution, with the idea that it could be adopted before the September 1, 2009 anniversary of the military coup that brought Muammar al-Qadhafi to power. A well-connected [...] |
2008-12-05 13:15:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM LY |
| 08TRIPOLI937 |
LIBYA'S NASCENT BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAMS A POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, experts at Libya's Economic Development Board (EDB) described their nascent Business Incubator Program to a visiting U.S. Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) specialist. The Libyan program seeks to support existing businesses and to create [...] |
2008-12-10 10:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ELAB EPET EMIN KIPR PGOV BBSR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI942 |
OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. FIRMS AS LIBYA INVESTS BILLIONS IN NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT TRIPOLI 00000942 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with CDA, the powerful head of Libya's Housing and Infrastructure Board (HIB), Abuzeid Dorda, discussed Libya's development needs and the current state-of-play in U.S.-Libyan relations. Dorda portrayed the current period in U.S.-Libyan relations as "sensitive" an [...] |
2008-12-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI943 |
DEVELOPMENTS IN EL-JAHMI AND BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (C) Summary: An official of the Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) invited CDA to meet for an update on the Fathi el-Jahmi and Boufayed group human rights cases. He said el-Jahmi remained hospitalized with a heart condition, and the QDF was in contact with his family to arrange for his treatment [...] |
2008-12-12 16:30:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI945 |
LIBYA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS UNSCR [...] (SBU) CDA delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Ahmed Fituri, MFA Secretary for the Americas (A/S-equivalent) on December 14, encouraging a 'yes' vote and stressing that any amendments to the current draft resolution language would likely prevent it from being passed. Fituri undertook to pass refte [...] |
2008-12-14 16:44:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC LY |
| 08TRIPOLI960 |
QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FACILITATES VISIT TO DETAINED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST FATHI EL-JAHMI [...] (C) Summary: The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) facilitated a visit to detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi, our first since April. El-Jahmi's medical condition was visibly better than during our last visit and his doctor said his heart condition had improved and stabilized. Severa [...] |
2008-12-15 19:50:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI966 |
LIBYA: WE WILL NOT SELL URANIUM YELLOWCAKE TO IRAN [...] (C) The CDA met with Tajuri el-Sheradi Tajuri, Director of UN Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent), on December 18 to convey reftel demarche (the non-paper had been conveyed under cover of a diplomatic note on December 4). [...] |
2008-12-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC PREL PGOV IR |
| 08TRIPOLI967 |
LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The CDA delivered reftel demarche to Tajuri el-Sheradi Tajuri, Director of UN Affairs at the General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent), on December 18. Tajuri said Libya was inclined to view the request to briefly extend the UN Interna [...] |
2008-12-18 16:57:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN LY |
| 08TRIPOLI968 |
LIBYA COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM 2008 [...] (U) The United States rescinded Libya's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism in June 2006 after Libya renounced terrorism and weapons of mass destruction in 2003. Libya has continued to cooperate closely with the United States and the international community to combat terrorism and terr [...] |
2008-12-18 16:59:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR LY |
| 08TRIPOLI969 |
REGIME CRITIC IDRISS BOUFAYED IN SWITZERLAND FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT REF: A) TRIPOLI 960, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819 [...] (C) Geneva-based opposition website Libya al-Youm reported on December 12 that recently released regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed had arrived in Geneva for medical treatment. Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Director of the Qadhafi Development Foundation's (QDF) Human Rights Committee, told the CDA on Dec [...] |
2008-12-18 17:52:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO LY |
| 08TRIPOLI970 |
HIV INFECTION RATES IN LIBYA MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent televised interview, Libya's leading HIV/AIDS prevention official said the number of Libyans infected with HIV could be as high as 70,000 individuals, representing some 1.13 percent of the total population. Previous estimates had put the number at .6 percent (about 3 [...] |
2008-12-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI AMED SMIG LY |
| 08TRIPOLI976 |
LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Economics officer and senior commercial officer met on November 30 with a representative of Bearing Point, who was in Tripoli discussing future contracts for the company with the Libyan government. Bearing Point did a Basel Core Principles assessment for Libya a few years ago, and now is [...] |
2008-12-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY |
| 08TRIPOLI979 |
ARRIVAL OF AMBASSADOR GENE A. CRETZ AT POST [...] (U) Ambassador Gene A. Cretz arrived at Tripoli on December 27 at 1500 local time and assumed charge. CRETZ [...] |
2008-12-29 07:09:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | APER AFIN OTRA AMGT LY |
| 08TRIPOLI982 |
LIBYA: SECTION 565 WAIVER OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CONTRACTING WITH FIRMS COMPLYING WITH AL BOYCOTT [...] (U) The Government of Libya (GOL) does not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Local firms are required by national law to comply with the Arab League (AL) boycott, and would therefore not be able to sign the required U.S. certification without exposing themselves to civil and/or criminal [...] |
2008-12-29 13:14:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN LY |
| 08TRIPOLI984 |
LIBYA PROTEST'S ISRAEL'S STRIKES ON GAZA, CALLS FOR [...] (C) MFA Secretary for European Affairs and senior regime figure Abdulati Obeidi convoked P-5 chiefs of mission on December 28 to denounce Israel's airstrikes against the Gaza Strip. The meeting was filmed and televised by the state-owned Jamahiriya News Agency (JANA). Describing strikes by th [...] |
2008-12-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL UN IS LY |
| 08TRIPOLI987 |
THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...] |
2008-12-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY |
| 08TRIPOLI988 |
LIBYA'S VIEWS ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Desk Director Ahmed Aoun on December 30. Aoun took our points on board, but stressed that while HAMAS' decision to break the ceasefire had precipitated Israel's military strikes in Gaza, the decision to execute rocket attacks had come against [...] |
2008-12-30 15:36:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM UN IS LY |