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| 00BUCHAREST1644 |
ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] (S) Summary. President Traian Basescu told an interagency team led by Ambassador Richard Jones, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy, July 21 that SIPDIS Romania is "unconditionally committed" to a continued troop presence in Iraq. Basescu highlighted the armed f [...] |
2000-07-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ |
| 04BUCHAREST3413 |
IRAQ DEBT: ROMANIA WANTS ITS MONEY BACK [...] (C) Summary: Joint U.S. and British Embassy discussions with Romanian government (GOR) officials reveal little enthusiasm for debt reduction for Iraq. Instead, Romania is aiming for a &flexible8 solution that could involve oil deliveries, equity in joint ventures or debt restructuring. GOR o [...] |
2004-12-10 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3414 |
ROMANIA'S PARLIAMENT PASSES 2005 BUDGET [...] (U) In anticipation of the November 28 general elections, Romania's Parliament rushed to pass the budget this year, bypassing substantive debate. Both the 2005 state budget and social assistance budget laws, passed by both legislative chambers on November 10, and ratified by President Iliesc [...] |
2004-12-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3421 |
CENTER-RIGHT CANDIDATE TRAIAN BASESCU WINS [...] (C) Summary: Center-right National Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) alliance candidate Traian Basescu has won Romania's presidency, according to official results released early afternoon December 13. PNL-PD leaders tell post that the alliance is still absorbing the surprise win, but will soon beg [...] |
2004-12-13 12:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3439 |
REPORT ON NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISISON OFFICIALS' [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Commissioner Jeffrey Merrifield visit to Romania in late September provided the USG insight into the strong Romanian civil nuclear program. End Summary. First Visit to Romania by NRC Commissioner ---------------------------------------- [...] |
2004-12-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA ENRG ECON RO IAEA |
| 04BUCHAREST3442 |
ROMANIA'S NEW PRESIDENT: FORMER SAILER PILOTS SHIP OF STATE [...] (C) Summary. Romania's President-elect, National Liberal Party-Democratic Party (PNL-PD) alliance co-leader Traian Basescu, is a skilled political campaigner and popular politician, renowned for his tenacity, but also for his approachability and straightforward style. Basescu is a long-standing dom [...] |
2004-12-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3445 |
ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...] |
2004-12-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO |
| 04BUCHAREST3446 |
The Lion in Winter: Romania's Foreign Exchange [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Bank of Romania (BNR), the country's central bank, has recently shifted from its long- standing policy of closely managing the Romanian Leu (ROL) foreign exchange (forex) rate to an infrequently managed free float. The BNR now limits its interventions on the forex [...] |
2004-12-15 16:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3447 |
ROMANIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAIAN BASESCU SETS OUT [...] (U) Summary. In his first speech after acknowledging his win in presidential run-off elections, Romanian President- elect Traian Basescu emphasized EU integration, poverty, political influence on state institutions and corruption, all key Basescu themes in his presidential campaign. He highl [...] |
2004-12-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3448 |
COALITION POLITICS LEAVE ROMANIANS WONDERING WHO WILL FORM NEW GOVERNMENT; NASTASE TRIES TO HANG ON [...] (C) Summary. Center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) Prime Minister Adrian Nastase is attempting to remain in power through a coalition deal negotiated before his December 12 presidential defeat. Two small parties - the Romanian Humanist Party (PUR) and the ethnic Hungarian Party (UDMR) - hold th [...] |
2004-12-15 17:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3479 |
ROMANIA: BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON KEY FIGURES IN THE NATIONAL LIBERAL-DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In the wake of President-elect Traian Basescu,s upset victory over PM Adrian Nastase December 12,key members of the center-right National Liberal Party-Democratic Party (PNL-PD) Alliance, which Basescu heads, have moved to the center of Romania,s political stage. While it is too earl [...] |
2004-12-20 05:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3500 |
INAUGURATION SPEECH DELIVERED BY NEWLY ELECTED [...] On December 20, 2004, before a joint session of Parliament, newly elected Romanian President Traian Basescu delivered his inauguration speech. 2. The text of Embassy Bucharest's unofficial translation of President Basescu's inauguration speech follows below: "Mr. President of the Senate, [...] |
2004-12-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3524 |
ROMANIAN PM DESIGNATE PROPOSES NEW CABINET, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister designate Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced his proposed cabinet December 26, with parliament's vote of confidence on the list likely to take place as early as December 28. Many of the proposed ministers are relatively young, with limited experience. The Humanist [...] |
2004-12-27 15:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
| 04BUCHAREST3560 |
ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-30 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1003 |
GEOANA WINS SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY PRESIDENCY; [...] (C) Summary. In a move that surprised the media and nearly all of Romania's political class, former Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana won the presidency of Romania's opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) in the early hours of April 22 at a dramatic party congress. Other reformers within the [...] |
2005-04-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1030 |
HOSTAGE CRISIS TESTS ROMANIAN PRESIDENCY; BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and potential killing of three Romanian journalists presents an unprecedented challenge to President Traian Basescu, four months into his tenure. He has staked out a firm position in favor of strong transatlantic ties and a continued Romanian military contribution [...] |
2005-04-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS IZ RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1031 |
DECLARATION OF DISASTER - ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: In response to heavy damage caused by recent storms and floods, the Embassy hereby declares that a state of disaster exists in seven counties located mainly in the West and South-Western parts of Romania and requests $50,000 to be provided to assist in the relief effort. END SUMMAR [...] |
2005-04-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1035 |
TAX REVENUES IN ROMANIA SHOW IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Romania's budget revenues soared in the first three months of 2005. Embassy attributes this to a variety of factors, including unexpectedly high GDP growth in 2004, wider general tax compliance (perhaps linked to the new flat tax) and the threat of increased tax collection enforcement. [...] |
2005-04-28 09:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1044 |
TAX REVENUES IN ROMANIA SHOW IMPRESSIVE GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) Romania's budget revenues soared in the first three months of 2005. Embassy attributes this to a variety of factors, including unexpectedly high GDP growth in 2004, wider general tax compliance (perhaps linked to the new flat tax) and the threat of increased tax collection enforcement. [...] |
2005-04-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1062 |
ROMANIA: DEMARCHE CONCERNING PENDING [...] (C) Begin Summary: Recent conversations with the President,s domestic affairs advisor and the State Secretary for Adoption Affairs reveal substantial philosophical opposition to international adoption and even concern about alleged irregularities in the registration of such cases. This is desp [...] |
2005-04-29 12:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV SOCI RO EU |
| 05BUCHAREST1063 |
BLACK SEA CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROMANIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. An April 20 conference on strategic opportunities in the Black Sea region permitted Romanian President Basescu to highlight his view that democratic stability, security, and prosperity in the region depended on Euro-Atlantic cooperation. He also emphasized that Romanian strategi [...] |
2005-04-29 13:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PINS ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST1084 |
POLLS SHOW ROMANIANS' VIEWS ON IRAQ, EU [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent polls show mixed results about Romanian military engagement in Iraq, with numbers varying as to when and how the question was asked. Results generated by an April 23-24 poll directly linking a pull-out to saving Romanian hostages' lives showed 70 percent in favor of [...] |
2005-05-05 12:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON IZ RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1114 |
WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ROMANIA DECLINES TO [...] (U) EconOff delivered the key points in reference (B) on WTO services negotiations to Foreign Trade Department Director General for Trade Policy Vasile Radu on May 4, 2005. 2. (SBU) Radu responded on May 10, restating Romania's previous position that the GOR will not submit an independent s [...] |
2005-05-11 10:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON RO WTO |
| 05BUCHAREST1123 |
BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...] |
2005-05-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1126 |
OPPOSITION PARTY STALLS ON KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW, ALLEGES U.S. MEDDLING [...] (C) Summary: Deputies from the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) stormed out of the Romanian Parliament May 10 to avoid a vote on strengthened financial disclosure legislation, a key component in the new government's anti-corruption program. The PSD, which lost the 2004 presidential vote ami [...] |
2005-05-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM ECON SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1129 |
SECI CENTER OFFICIALS TRAVEL TO HQ OF ORGANIZATION [...] On April 26-27 DoS Coordinator for SECI Center, RSO and SECI Public Affairs Officer traveled to BSEC Secretariat in Istanbul. This responds to a recent invitation extended by the BSEC Secretary General and Executive Manager to discuss the possible cooperation. During this meeting BSEC stated [...] |
2005-05-13 14:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM RO SECI |
| 05BUCHAREST1130 |
INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND END USER [...] The Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received a letter dated May 4 from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense addressed to ODC regarding Romania's offer to donate armaments to the Afghan National Army. Post notes that the MOD letter states that the GOR cannot pay for the "inter [...] |
2005-05-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM AF RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1158 |
ROMANIA: INVESTMENT DISPUTE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Romania's piecemeal approach to privatizations resulted in discontent from a number of foreign investors concerned over inequitable or dubious privatization proceedings. The current government is aware of the damaging impact of investment disputes on Romania's image, but lacks the techn [...] |
2005-05-19 07:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1173 |
A/S HARTY MEETINGS IN ROMANIA ON ADOPTIONS [...] (C) In meetings May 10 and 11 with President Basescu, Foreign Minister Ungureanu and other officials of the Government of Romania (GOR), Assistant Secretary Maura Harty found no evidence that the GOR had specific plans or strong commitment to resolve pending cases of international adoption affected [...] |
2005-05-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL OVIP RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1190 |
ROMANIA CELEBRATES RETURN OF HOSTAGES; SEEKS RETURN OF AMCIT GUIDE [...] (SBU) This message contains information on an American Citizen protected by the privacy act. 2 (C) Summary: Romanians welcomed home from Iraq May 23 the three Romanian journalists released by kidnappers on May 22. President Traian Basescu thanked Romanian security services as well as authorities a [...] |
2005-05-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CASC IZ RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1205 |
ROMANIA PLANS TO USE THE CAPITAL MARKETS TO PAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Tariceanu Government has proposed the creation of a real estate investment fund as a novel way of addressing the property restitution issue without drawing from government funds. By unlocking the value of static state holdings through transfer to a publicly traded fund, the [...] |
2005-05-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1243 |
ROMANIAN REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN INTEROGATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) CDA received letter for General Prosecutor Botos 5/26/05 requesting contact information at FBI to facilitate GOR participation in the interrogation of Mohamed Munaf in Baghdad. Text of letter is below. Begin Text: Your Excellency [...] |
2005-05-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL IZ RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1245 |
ROMANIAN POLITICAL PARTIES SEARCH FOR AN IDENTITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Two of the six parties in the Romanian parliament have explicitly redefined themselves as "popular" or "conservative" this year and President Basescu's Democratic Party (PD) is considering a similar move. Their motive is to curry favor with the European Popular Party (EPP), a [...] |
2005-05-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1256 |
INL ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY NANCY POWELL - MAY [...] International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Acting Assistant Secretary Nancy Powell traveled to Bucharest May 10-11 for meetings at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center and to discuss INL regional and bilateral programs and issues with key Romanian officia [...] |
2005-05-27 10:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KJUS KCRM SNAR RO SECI |
| 05BUCHAREST1270 |
ROMANIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RESURGENT BLACK [...] (U) This is an Action Request for the State Department. See Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary. GOR interlocutors who handle Black Sea issues express appreciation for U.S. views on Romania's possible contributions to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and the Romania-organized Black [...] |
2005-05-31 12:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL ENRG SENV ECON TU GG RS UP UK RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST130 |
ROMANIA: NEW GOVERNMENT INAUGERATES FISCAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just before New Year's eve, and the day after receiving Parliament's vote of confidence, the new center-right government of PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu carried out its campaign pledge to amend the Fiscal Code and introduce a 16% flat tax on personal income and corporate profits. [...] |
2005-01-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1304 |
PROSPECTIVE EBRD LOAN WOULD REINFORCE UNFAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post was unpleasantly surprised to learn that the EBRD office in Bucharest is contemplating a loan worth over 200 million dollars to a Romanian company that has repeatedly come into our sights as an unfair and abusive competitor in the soft drinks and consumer product markets. P [...] |
2005-06-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD RO EBRD |
| 05BUCHAREST1307 |
BECHTEL BEGINS TO SHUTDOWN ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: High-ranking Bechtel representatives currently in Bucharest failed to obtain sufficient funds from the GOR to cover mounting arrears on work performed on the 2.8 billion dollar Transylvania Motorway project. Discussions at ministerial level have provided no clear way ahead for [...] |
2005-06-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL RO |
| 05BUCHAREST131 |
ROMANIA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AGENCY LACKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romanian authorities have the political will to combat illegal currency flows out of the country, but the Director of Romania,s National Office for the Prevention and Control of Money Laundering (NOPCML) claims his office lacks the training and resources to track illicit fund trans [...] |
2005-01-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KSEP EFIN RO KFTN |
| 05BUCHAREST1313 |
CHAIRMAN OF ROMPETROL OFFICIALLY INDICTED; BUSINESS SECTOR SHAKEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: One of Romania's most important companies, Rompetrol, was shaken by the recent arrest and temporary detention of its high-profile CEO on a variety of economic charges. The case has important ramifications for rule of law and the investigation of corruption here. The organized business [...] |
2005-06-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD SENV SOCI KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM CASC RO |
| 05BUCHAREST132 |
ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) This is an Action Request for State Department. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian contributions of weapons to the Afghan National Army (ANA) with Andreea Pastarnac, Director of the MFA's Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific Department, on January 12 (REFTEL [...] |
2005-01-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MASS MARR PGOV AF RO |
| 05BUCHAREST133 |
BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROJECT FOR ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Unique in the region, Romania which is expected to join the European Union (EU) in 2007, is a biotech pioneer, promoting and cultivating transgenic soybeans currently not approved for commercial planting in the EU. The Mission's objective is to help Romania enter the EU with i [...] |
2005-01-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR ETRD ECON TBIO RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1336 |
ROMA HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR HELD JUNE 1 AT EMBASSY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Government of Romania, NGOs, international institutions, and academia met in the Embassy Public Diplomacy auditorium June 1 for a half- day seminar on the progress of Roma human rights issues. Some seventy attendees interacted with panels addressing a wid [...] |
2005-06-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1347 |
BLACK SEA BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE EXPERTS GROUP [...] Summary. Under the auspices of the Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI), USG representatives attended a first planning conference to consider Romania,s proposal to hold a tabletop simulation of a WMD incident. The other states represented at the conference were Georgia, Moldova, Bulg [...] |
2005-06-13 08:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KNNP RO MD GG UP BU |
| 05BUCHAREST1348 |
DAMAGED EGOS, DIVIDED PARTIES -- FISSURES IN [...] (C) Summary. Six months after national elections, Romania,s parliamentary opposition has been shaken by public squabbling and some political defections that may precipitate more fundamental changes. Ex-President Ion Iliescu has threatened to resign from the former ruling Social Democratic Pa [...] |
2005-06-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1349 |
IMF'S VIEW OF THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY: THE GLASS IS [...] (SBU) According to the IMF's Resident Representative in Romania, the Romanian economy shows signs of overheating this year and Romania's economic situation weakened in 2005. Inflation and the current account deficit are two leading indicators that will likely fail to meet targets by year's end [...] |
2005-06-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1350 |
ROMANIA SEEKS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PFP PROJECT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR seeks financial support from the USG for participation as a "co-lead country" in a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) trust fund project in the Republic of Moldova to destroy chemicals and pesticides. Post includes a nonpaper that outlines the GOR request. End Summary. [...] |
2005-06-13 11:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM MOPS MD RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST1372 |
ROMANIA CONFRONTS ITS PAST 15 YEARS AFTER MINERS' [...] (C) Summary: Events of recent days have focused renewed attention on violence caused by rioting miners in the 1990's that slowed Romanian democratic development and Romanian progress toward market reform . As Romanians commemorated the 15th anniversary of the riots, a court ordered the mine [...] |
2005-06-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1378 |
POLLS SHOW STRONG SUPPORT FOR BASESCU, CENTER- [...] Summary: Opinion polls conducted in May and June indicate continued strong support for President Traian Basescu, particularly after the release of three Romanian hostages from Iraq on May 22. A poll of June 14 showed Basescu with an approval rating of 71 percent while his center-right Libera [...] |
2005-06-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1402 |
ROMANIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar told PolOff in a June 16 discussion regarding Romanian support for the South East Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) that a U.S. contribution to SEEBRIG of USD 1 million this year as part of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI), would constitute "us [...] |
2005-06-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST1405 |
IRAQ: ROMANIA OPEN TO CHANGES IN ITS MISSION [...] (S) On June 15, PolChief and DATT, along with British DCM delivered talking points on the U.S. Iraq strategy after Iraq elections to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for the Middle East and Global Affairs; Mihaela Matei, MOD Strategic Affairs Directorate Head; and Andreea Pastarnac, Direct [...] |
2005-06-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IZ UK RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1426 |
ROMANIA NOMINATIONS - ILEA ROSWELL - ADVANCED [...] U.S. Embassy Bucharest provides the following nominations for ILEA Roswell Session 36. 2. Full Name: Chief Commissioner DAN Calin Vicentiu, Position/Institution: Chief of Department, Financial Investigations, Economic-Financial Directorate, Bucharest Police, DOB: June 27, 1959, POB: Bucha [...] |
2005-06-23 13:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC RO MD MK |
| 05BUCHAREST1427 |
ROMANIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT CFE TREATY ISSUES [...] (SBU) MFA Strategic Policy Director General Cristian Istrate and NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar discussed with PolChief and PolOff June 9 Romanian concerns regarding the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Subsequent to the June 9 meeting, Maghiar provided a nonpaper (set [...] |
2005-06-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MARR MOPS PGOV PREL MD GG RO NATO CFE |
| 05BUCHAREST1430 |
ECON, EBRD, EFIN, RO [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with the EBRD Director in Romania failed to change the Embassy's stance that a proposed loan to a local company of dubious business ethics is a good use of the American taxpayers' money. An attempt at fencemending on EBRD's part does not make up for the EBRD Director's lack o [...] |
2005-06-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN AA RO EBRD |
| 05BUCHAREST1431 |
UN REFORM -- ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON [...] (C) PolChief delivered on June 22 demarches on UN reform to Stelian Stoian, MFA Director General for Global Affairs (refs). Stoian expressed great appreciation for the points, noting that they provide a far more comprehensive picture than Romania had previously seen of the U.S. vision for UN [...] |
2005-06-24 12:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM PREL RO UNCHR |
| 05BUCHAREST1432 |
TURKISH ADMIRAL REAFFIRMS GO IT ALONE POLICY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 7-10 Black Sea Security Conference held in Chisinau, Moldova, the Turkish delegate repeated previous GOT comments that Turkey alone has the capacity to ensure security within the Black Sea region. Regarding future NATO activities in the region, he stated that wit [...] |
2005-06-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU RO MD NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST1433 |
NEW ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS? MAYBE... [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu continues to push for early parliamentary elections, asserting that they would allow the center-right government to gain a clear majority. The National Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) party alliance is divided over the issue, with the PNL and Prime Minister C [...] |
2005-06-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1445 |
CONSUMER CREDIT BOOM FUELS ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] The consumer credit market is booming in Romania, with lending institutions offering a wide and growing range of products reaching a total volume of $4.7 billion in 2004. The resulting shopping frenzy has contributed to an increase in retailers' profits, as well as a jump in the country's for [...] |
2005-06-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1456 |
ROMANIA'S REDENOMINATED CURRENCY PREMIERS JULY [...] Romania officially and hopefully marks the end of its period of high inflation by introducing its redenominated currency, the "heavy" Leu, on July 1, 2005. Redenomination will slash four zeros off the existing currency, making one leu worth approximately 0.30 cents (U.S.). Although the upco [...] |
2005-06-29 10:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1459 |
ROMANIA: LICENSING CONDITIONS IN TELECOM SECTOR [...] Embassy's Economic Section contacted Alexandrina Hirtan, Vice President of the Romanian National Regulatory Agency for Communications (ANRC), in connection with licensing fees for fixed telephony. Embassy has received the following responses to Reftel questionnaire: 2. Regarding fees char [...] |
2005-06-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD ECON EU RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1461 |
APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: DOMENIA CREDIT [...] This is the Embassy-USAID/Romania's response to OPIC Action Request dated June 16, 2005. 2. Summary: The Mission believes the addition of resources to expand mortgage lending in the country is essential for long- term sustainable growth in the industry. Currently, the legal framework for [...] |
2005-06-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OTRA EINV EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1467 |
CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION (CAC) SESSION: [...] FAS Bucharest passed Reftel demarche to the following government officials in the Romanian Veterinary and Food Safety National Authority (VFSNA): Dr. Liviu Rusu, General Director of the General Food Safety Directorate; Monica Neagu, Director, Division for Standards, Marks and Food Quality, Nat [...] |
2005-06-30 09:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON TBIO RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1472 |
BSBSI "STYX 2005" TABLETOP EXERCISE GOES WELL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Department TDY PolOff officially observed the Romanian-organized Black Sea Border Security Initiative (BSBSI) tabletop exercise, held at the Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) Center in Bucharest from June 22-24. During the exercise, representatives from Romania, B [...] |
2005-06-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KNNP PREL RO GG UP BU MD SECI |
| 05BUCHAREST1478 |
ROMANIAN RAILWAY STRIKE FAILS IN FACE OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following 80 days of negotiations, railway workers went on a general strike on June 8 which lasted for 23 days. The GOR, with IMF-monitored fiscal restraints this year, had little flexibility in meeting the strikers' demands. The strike ended with the unions obtaining only add [...] |
2005-07-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1510 |
EXBS: ROMANIA & BULGARIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - [...] June 9 Advisor and Staff Assistant met with Nelu Pop, Frontier Police Inspector General, for the formal donation of EXBS provided equipment made for the past several months. Frontier Police requested this so that signatures could be witnessed by a notary public. 2. June 24 Advisor met with [...] |
2005-07-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP BU RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1511 |
GOVERNMENT RESIGNS; ROMANIA HEADS TOWARDS SNAP ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced the resignation of his cabinet July 7, pending acceptance by President Traian Basescu. The move, ostensibly in response to a Constitutional Court decision against a judicial reform package, will likely spark new parliamentary elections s [...] |
2005-07-07 16:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1518 |
VISAS VIPER: JUNE 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Embassy Bucharest's Visas Viper Committee met on 28 June 2005. Consul General Bryan Dalton chaired the meeting. No new names were submitted to the committee at the meeting. Since May,s Visas Viper Report (Ref B), post submitted no additional names for consideration b [...] |
2005-07-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR LE PINR PTER RO KANSOU TALAL MOHAMAD |
| 05BUCHAREST1521 |
RULING ALLIANCE MOVES TOWARD ELECTIONS; OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The governing Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) alliance on July 8 continued to send out strong messages that the country is headed for early parliamentary elections, following the surprise July 7 resignation of the cabinet. President Basescu is expected to accept the resignations and [...] |
2005-07-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1529 |
PRESIDENT BASESCU ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY RELATIONSHIP, ADOPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu told Charge July 11 that snap elections are not a given, as there is a chance he will mediate a solution to avoid an early return to the polls. He acknowledged that earlier he had expressed support for new elections and that his Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alli [...] |
2005-07-11 14:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST153 |
THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S FIRST WEEKS - BASESCU COMES OUT STRONG [...] (C) Summary: During his first several weeks in office, President Traian Basescu has been outspoken on the fight against corruption, foreign policy priorities and the status of the center right National Liberal Party -Democratic Party (PNL-PD) political alliance with the small Humanist Party (PUR). [...] |
2005-01-18 14:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1530 |
ROMANIA: PROPOSED FY2005 SOLIDARITY FUND [...] PolChief discussed Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation of $17,000,000 to Romania with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar and other MFA interlocutors on June 30. Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) also discussed the allocation July 1 with Ion-Mircea Plangu, MOD State S [...] |
2005-07-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM PREL MOPS MARR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1533 |
ROMANIA AGREES TO GLOBALIZE THE ITALIAN CHEESE [...] Bucharest's Agricultural Office received consent of Romanian Government to globalize the remaining Italian cheese Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) granted to Romania. 2. Romania was granted a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) allocation for Italian-type cheese in the Uruguay Round for 500 tons. Under the U. [...] |
2005-07-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR RO BU |
| 05BUCHAREST1557 |
EARLY ELECTIONS? BASESCU CONVENES SENIOR POLITICAL LEADERS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-12 14:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1563 |
PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS RESIGNATION; COMMITS TO [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu July 13 announced he would officially step down from office early next week and that the government has begun plans for snap parliamentary elections. The announcement followed a special joint session of parliament and a July 12 meeting among [...] |
2005-07-13 14:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1567 |
ROMANIAN EXTREME NATIONALIST PARTY NEWSPAPER [...] (SBU) The headline of a first page article in the July 12 "Tricolurul," a daily newspaper controlled by extreme nationalist and Greater Romania Party (PRM) leader Corneliu Vadim Tudor, declares that World War II-era fascist dictator Ion Antonescu "saved the lives of at least 600,000 Romanian J [...] |
2005-07-15 04:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1573 |
CHAVEZ – NO INVITATION TO ROMANIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO VE |
| 05BUCHAREST1577 |
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ROMANIA - SEED FUNDED, INL [...] The project accomplishments listed below apply for the Counter-narcotics, Cyber-Crime, Police Academies, and ICITAP Advisor projects coordinated by the RSO. RLA/OPDAT will report separately. 2. The major accomplishments for the last 18 months are: - RSO provided specialized audio-vi [...] |
2005-07-15 11:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC BU KCRM SNAR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1578 |
PD BUCHAREST'S CONFERENCE ON MUSEUM MANAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY: FROM JUNE 22-25, PD BUCHAREST HOSTED A SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR MORE THAN 90 MUSEUM DIRECTORS THAT PROMOTED REGIONAL COOPERATION AND GAVE THEM PRACTICAL IDEAS ON HOW TO THRIVE AS CIVIC INSTITUTIONS IN A MARKET ECONOMY. THE SEMINAR DIRECTOR, DR. MARC PACHTER, ENSURED [...] |
2005-07-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1580 |
ROMANIA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS TO ABOLISH DRAFT [...] (U) The GOR decided July 11 to abolish the draft for the Romanian Armed Forces effective January 1, 2007. The decision reflects Romania's ongoing defense modernization program, which includes the goal of an all-professional MOD, consisting of 75,000 soldiers and 15,000 civilians, by 2007. ( [...] |
2005-07-15 11:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1581 |
ROMANIAN COMMENTS ON MOLDOVA AND MULTILATERAL [...] (C) During the course of an initial call by Charge at the MFA on July 17, Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian specifically raised "very strong" GOR disappointment that it had not been consulted by the U.S. prior to the U.S. approach to EU member capitals, Moscow, Kiev, and Chisin [...] |
2005-07-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD RO EUN OSCE |
| 05BUCHAREST1582 |
ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO URGENT NEED TO TEMPORARILY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1584 |
ROMANIA STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF FLOODS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent flooding in Romania's eastern regions have caused extensive damage to roads, suspended electricity and gas networks, submerged prime agricultural land and affected more than 14,000 households. This comes on the heels of prior spring floods in the southwestern areas that [...] |
2005-07-15 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1592 |
UNSC REFORM: ROMANIA STILL UNDECIDED, UNDER [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref A points July 8 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, underscoring the importance of UNSC reform to the U.S. as well as our concern with the flawed proposal expected to be tabled soon by the G-4. Ungureanu pledged that the MFA would provide the Emba [...] |
2005-07-18 13:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RO UNSC |
| 05BUCHAREST1606 |
NO NEW ELECTIONS -- PRIME MINISTER RETREATS ON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu announced July 19 that he would not follow through with his earlier intention to resign and press for snap elections. The decision follows days of vacillation and what appeared to be a firm decision to step down as late as July 13. President [...] |
2005-07-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1609 |
ROMANIAN FLOOD UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1610 |
FLOOD RELIEF REQUEST - ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Bucharest recommends an increase in USG humanitarian assistance to respond to continuing flooding in Romania. Heavy rains and floods that began in western Romania in April have been followed by other, more serious flooding in the south and east in recent weeks. Some 70 perc [...] |
2005-07-20 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1623 |
ROMANIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON KEY LEADERS AND POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-22 12:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1636 |
OUTLINE OF ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE "INSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) During a July 18 discussion with PolOff regarding Romanian constitutional support for Iraq (Septel), MFA Director for the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Andreea Pastarnac, told PolOff that the GOR currently envisages a number of projects aimed at the "institutional reconstruction" of Ira [...] |
2005-07-25 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EIND IZ RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1638 |
ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-25 13:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EIND IZ RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1641 |
LATEST ROMANIAN POLLS - PRESIDENT BASESCU STILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Opinion polls conducted in July indicated a slight decline in support for both President Basescu and his center-right Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alliance. Support for Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu dropped more dramatically, coinciding with his recent vacillation over [...] |
2005-07-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST1644 |
ROMANIA REAFFIRMS STRONG CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED TROOP PRESENCE IN IRAQ DESPITE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR EFIN OVIP RO IZ |
| 05BUCHAREST175 |
PRESIDENT BASESCU OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu's first major foreign policy address, delivered to Romania's diplomatic corps on January 18, set benchmarks for an active foreign policy agenda during his first term. Tackling corruption, continuing progress toward EU accession and strengthening Romania's stra [...] |
2005-01-20 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM RO |
| 05BUCHAREST189 |
THE GLASS HALF EMPTY: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) representative in Romania is pessimistic about the country's short-term future prospects for macroeconomic stability and progress on economic reforms. The new government, in his view, is inexperienced and will lose valuable time understa [...] |
2005-01-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN PGOV RO |
| 05BUCHAREST199 |
FORMER ROMANIAN RULING PARTY FACES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. The formerly ruling center-left Social Democratic Party (PSD) is roiled by internal divisions and faces a leadership struggle, with former President Ion Iliescu and ex-PM Adrian Nastase the principle contenders to lead the party. The PSD recently reestablished its "Permanent Del [...] |
2005-01-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST212 |
ROMANIA PROPOSES "INTEGRATED APPROACH" FOR BLACK [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry officials met with Embassy officers January 19 to discuss the GOR's proposals for an "integrated approach for security cooperation in the Black Sea region." Romania envisages an expanded NATO role in the region and mirrors its proposed stra [...] |
2005-01-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST228 |
EURATOM TO ROMANIA TRANSFER OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL [...] EconOff transmitted the Department's inquiry regarding EURATOM's shipment to Romania of nuclear material to Dr. Lucian Biro, President of the National Commission for Nuclear Activity Control (CNCAN) and Dr. Serban Valeca, President of Romanian Nuclear Agency. 2. On January 24, Dr. Biro sen [...] |
2005-01-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA RO |
| 05BUCHAREST229 |
TEXT OF ROMANIA'S "INTEGRATED APPROACH" PROPOSAL [...] (C) The Foreign Ministry delivered to Embassy officers January 19 an outline classified by the Romanians as "confidential" and titled "A Basis for an Integrated Approach for Security Cooperation in the Black Sea Region. Building Synergy Among Various Initiatives." Post reproduces below the t [...] |
2005-01-25 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL RS RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST258 |
ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for State Department. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Major General Alexandru Grecu delivered January 26 to DAO a letter expressing GOR willingness to provide material assistance to the Liberian armed forces (Reftel). Grecu also provided a detailed list [...] |
2005-01-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MARR MASS PREL LI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST31 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador January 3-4 made introductory calls on new Foreign Minister Razvan Ungureanu and new Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu. Echoing a prominent theme in President Traian Basescu's electoral campaign, both incoming ministers expressed a firm commitment to a strong relati [...] |
2005-01-06 16:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR MASS ECON PINR MD UP IZ RO UNSC |
| 05BUCHAREST32 |
ROMANIA: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-07 06:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN SNAR KSEP ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST34 |
NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING [...] (SBU) The GOR contact information below should be considered "close hold" and should not be widely distributed. HEAD OF GOVERNMENT LAST NAME: Popescu-Tariceanu FIRST/MIDDLE NAMES: Calin Constantin Anton CONVENTIONAL USAGE: Calin Popescu-Tariceanu FORMAL TITLE: Prime Mini [...] |
2005-01-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL RO |
| 05BUCHAREST353 |
ROMANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. Leading Romanian civil society representatives expressed cautious optimism about anti- corruption efforts under newly elected President Traian Basescu during a February 2 Embassy sponsored roundtable discussion. Corruption remains a top concern for most Romanians according to o [...] |
2005-02-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ECON EAID RO |
| 05BUCHAREST371 |
ROMANIAN LIBERAL PARTY DISPLAYS UNITY, AS [...] (C) Summary. Delegates to the congress of Romania's center-right National Liberal Party (PNL), the largest party in the governing alliance, strongly endorsed Prime Minister Tariceanu's bid for PNL President. Delegates also turned down for the time being a proposed merger with the Democratic [...] |
2005-02-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST476 |
ROMANIA'S EMERGING FOREIGN POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM [...] (C) Summary. Romanian President Traian Basescu will likely seek to focus on solid support in Iraq and the Global War on Terror, Black Sea Security, and Moldova during his March 8-9 trip to Washington. He has defined a strong strategic relationship with the U.S. as the central component of hi [...] |
2005-02-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS MD RO |
| 05BUCHAREST477 |
ROMANIAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PSI OPERATIONAL SUPPORT - AND CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BLACKSEAFOR EXPANSION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | BU GG MARR MASS MNUC NATO PARM PGOV PINS PREL RO RS TU UP |
| 05BUCHAREST490 |
ROMANIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE NATO TOURS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Bucharest nominates the following five Romanian policymakers plus one American escort for a single country program for policymakers. Post requests that the program be scheduled anytime this fiscal year except July - August 2005; would appreciate confirmation of program date ASAP. Pos [...] |
2005-02-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PREL SCUL RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST544 |
ROMANIA: ROMANIA RESPONSE TO CSW DECLARATION [...] Poloff discussed USG position March 2 regarding the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2005 with MFA OSCE and Human Rights Directorate Officer Nicoleta Birladianu March 2. 2. Romania does not have an official opinion on the CSW 2005 Declaration at this time and does not plan to speak [...] |
2005-03-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL RO |
| 05BUCHAREST548 |
SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BASESCU'S MARCH 8-9 TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During the first few months of his mandate, President Traian Basescu has pledged to vigorously battle corruption, supported implementation of free market economic reforms and promised to steer Romania to EU accession in 2007. Basescu is intellectually and emotionally pro-American- a st [...] |
2005-03-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON RS MD RO |
| 05BUCHAREST566 |
ROMANIAN REACTION TO NATO TRUST FUND TO DESTROY [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian support for a U.S.-led NATO/Partnership for Peace (PfP) Trust Fund to destroy Ukrainian munitions, SA/LW and MANPADS with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar March 2. (Reftel) Maghiar stated that the GOR would "seriously consider" supporting the [...] |
2005-03-07 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC MARR MOPS PREL UP MD RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST568 |
ROMANIAN REACTION TO U.S. POSITION ON FEBRUARY 10 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-07 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST611 |
DEMOCRACY GRANT TO TERRA MILENIUL III [...] The purpose of the project "For Whom do we vote for sustainable development?" that Terra Mileniul III implemented through a $14,980 DSG was threefold: to monitor the environmental policies promoted by political parties in their electoral campaigns, to raise citizen awareness of these policies, [...] |
2005-03-11 15:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KDEM KPAO SCUL PGOV |
| 05BUCHAREST658 |
ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PROPOSES NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu is scheduled to propose within the next month a national security strategy for Parliamentary approval reflecting the findings of the February 28 meeting of the inter-ministerial Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT). Responding to five principal thr [...] |
2005-03-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST659 |
ROMANIA: CHILD MARRIAGE SURVEY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-16 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST665 |
ROMANIA: TRADE UNIONS VIEW THE NEW ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Romania's principal trade union federations are unanimous in taking the position that the existing labor code requires enforcement, not amendment. They hold out the possibility of a general strike if the GOR modifies the code without their consent. For their part, businesses in Romani [...] |
2005-03-17 09:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PGOV RO |
| 05BUCHAREST682 |
Draft Resolution on Democracy and the Rule of Law [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA OSCE, Human Rights and Council of Europe Division Deputy Director Andreea Chiriac on March 16 to discuss Romania's draft "Democracy and the rule of law" resolution. Chiriac noted that the resolution presents a new focus on the relationship between democracy and the [...] |
2005-03-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV RO |
| 05BUCHAREST716 |
A WOLF IN WOLF'S CLOTHING: ROMANIAN EXTREMIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The extreme nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM) changed its name to the Greater Romania Popular Party (PPRM) March 12, a move aimed at burnishing its tarnished image and facilitating its affiliation with the center-right European Popular Party (EPP). Corneliu Vadim Tudor, [...] |
2005-03-22 10:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM RO |
| 05BUCHAREST721 |
ROMANIAN ECONOMY APPEARS ON GOOD TRAJECTORY [...] Summary: Romania made impressive economic progress in 2004, demonstrating strong GDP growth, curbing inflation and lowering unemployment. On the negative side, strong consumer demand fueled a growing current account deficit as Romania's trade deficit rose due to surging imports. The country [...] |
2005-03-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO |
| 05BUCHAREST728 |
ROMANIA: COMBATING TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTRY [...] (U) Reftel requests Post TFCO,s response to questions below evaluating the host government,s ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing: A. (SBU) Question: Describe the amount of assets frozen, forfeited or seized by host government pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373, [...] |
2005-03-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL RO |
| 05BUCHAREST742 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE ZOELLICK'S MARCH 30 VISIT TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your March 30 visit as a tangible demonstration of the deepening U.S./Romanian partnership. Your visit will provide an opportunity to underscore the points raised during the successful March 8-10 visit by newly elected President Traian [...] |
2005-03-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PHUM EINV EFIN RO ETRO |
| 05BUCHAREST748 |
SECI CENTER AND BRUSSELS: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER [...] SECI Center DoS Coordinator traveled to Brussels and met with EU officials concerning SECI initiatives and EU plans to become more involved with the Center. Though EU officials were very interested in the current work of SECI, they were reluctant to commit any resources despite the reality th [...] |
2005-03-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU SR HU SL BK MK BU HR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST759 |
OIL AND GAS FROM THE EAST: ROMANIA'S PIPELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania's two energy pipeline priorities continue to be the Constanta-Pancevo-Omisalj-Trieste (CPOT) oil pipeline and Nabucco natural gas pipeline. The Romanian Ministry of Economy values the strategic diversification of energy sourcing that these pipelines would provide. END [...] |
2005-03-25 13:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG SENV RO |
| 05BUCHAREST8 |
ADOPTIONS [...] On December 30, Consul General paid a final call on Gabriela Coman, outgoing Secretary of State at the National Authority for Child Protection and Adoptions (NACPA). Coman reported her discussions with the European Commission regarding a proposed commission on Romanian-origin international ado [...] |
2005-01-03 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS PINR RO EU |
| 05BUCHAREST806 |
POLL SHOWS MAJORITY OF ROMANIANS OPPOSED TO [...] (U) Summary: A Center for Urban and Rural Sociology (CURS) poll released March 28 shows that more than half of Romanians oppose the country's military presence in Iraq. On other key issues, the poll indicates that Romanians are against early elections and believe the fight against corruption [...] |
2005-03-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST814 |
BUCHAREST HEADS TOWARD MAYORAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bucharest voters vote for a new mayor Sunday, April 3, to fill the slot vacated in December by now President Traian Basescu. The two leading candidates in the field of 17 contenders are Adriean Videanu, a Vice Premier in the center-right government and a Vice President of Bas [...] |
2005-04-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST818 |
AMBASADORIAL FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION [...] Post appreciates ECA/P/C indulgence. This is the formal request for the project discussed in Ref B emails. Charge has seen and approved this request. 2. GRANTEE: The Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum (NVM) Address: 28, Kiseleff Bv., sector 1, Bucharest, Romania Phone: 011 4021 222.9 [...] |
2005-04-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL |
| 05BUCHAREST835 |
ROMANIA: CORRUPTION IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REMAINS AN ISSUE FOR NEW ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) One of the key challenges facing Romania,s new Health Minister Mircea Cinteza is a state-run health system plagued by corruption. Two types of corruption manifest themselves in Romania: high-level manipulation of the system for personal gain and low-level &facilitation payments8 that state-em [...] |
2005-04-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TBIO ETRD KCRM EFIN PREL RO USTR |
| 05BUCHAREST836 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MARCH 30 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER CALIN POPESCU-TARICEANU [...] (C) Summary: In his March 30 meeting in Bucharest with Deputy Secretary Zoellick, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu underscored the central importance the new Romanian government ascribes to strong bilateral relations with the U.S. Tariceanu requested as much information sharing and c [...] |
2005-04-05 13:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ RO |
| 05BUCHAREST837 |
FORMER VICE-PREMIER ADRIEAN VIDEANU ELECTED MAYOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Liberal-Democratic (PNL-PD) Alliance candidate Adriean Videanu won the Bucharest mayoral election on April 3. Given that he received more than half the vote, there will not be an electoral run-off. Videanu is a successful pro-American businessman with the ear of President Ba [...] |
2005-04-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST839 |
WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: ROMANIA WILL NOT SUBMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania does not plan to submit its own services offer in May, in view of the country's EU accession scheduled for 2007, but fully supports a good result of the WTO negotiations. Romania argues that its future commitments as a full EU member will dramatically expand after acces [...] |
2005-04-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON RO WTO |
| 05BUCHAREST84 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH KEY ECONOMIC MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first calls on new Romanian government ministers responsible for the economy reveal pro-business and pro-American attitudes. They want to move ahead aggressively to change perceptions of Romania as a destination for foreign direct investment. In particular, they [...] |
2005-01-11 14:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL RO |
| 05BUCHAREST852 |
ROMANIAN ARMAMENT DONATION TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-06 09:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL AF RO |
| 05BUCHAREST872 |
ROMANIA SET TO SIGN EU ACCESSION TREATY [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania will sign its EU accession treaty April 25. Full EU membership is slated for 2007, barring significant backsliding in key areas such as judicial reform and the fight against corruption. While EU accession remains at the top of Romania's foreign policy agenda and enjoys [...] |
2005-04-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST881 |
GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK FROM EMBASSY [...] (S) Embassy Bucharest welcomes this opportunity to provide input on strategies to advance GWOT objectives in Romania and the region. Romania is a staunch ally in the GWOT; its public manifestations of support include the presence of about 1350 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and strong suppor [...] |
2005-04-08 12:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PTER PREL RO |
| 05BUCHAREST887 |
MAYOR BOC MENDS FENCES IN MULTICULTURAL CLUJ [...] Summary: An archeological dig in Cluj's central square has been a source of ethnic division in this multicultural city for more than a decade. Reform-minded Cluj Mayor Emil Boc has forged a democratic solution to address the concerns of both ethnic Hungarians and archeologists -- filling the [...] |
2005-04-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM RO MO |
| 05BUCHAREST899 |
ROMANIAN SENATE PRESIDENT DENIES ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Social Democratic Party (PSD) Senate President Nicolae Vacaroiu denied the existence of anti- Semitism in Romania and downplayed Romania's role in the Holocaust during an April 7 meeting with visiting U.S Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad Chairman War [...] |
2005-04-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST902 |
ROMANIAN-ISRAELI POLITICIAN LEAVES EXTREME [...] (SBU) Summary: The only Jewish MP from Vadim Tudor,s extreme nationalist Greater Romania Popular Party (PPRM) resigned from the party April 7 due to publication of an article in one of Tudor,s publications denying the existence of the Holocaust in Romania. The PPRM responded by expelling the [...] |
2005-04-12 12:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON RO |
| 05BUCHAREST913 |
INITIAL ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ISAF CAVEATS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed Romanian "national caveats" on Romanian forces participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan April 11 with Mihaela Matei, Director of the MOD's Strategic Affairs Directorate (Ref). Pursuant to Reftel instructions, PolMilOff addr [...] |
2005-04-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AF RO NATO |
| 05BUCHAREST914 |
SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HOLOCAUST ISSUES AMBASSADOR [...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador Edward O'Donnell March 20-23 met with senior GOR figures and members of the Romanian Jewish community to discuss property restitution and other concerns related to Romanian efforts to redress its Holocaust past. The Romanian delegati [...] |
2005-04-13 06:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
| 05BUCHAREST938 |
ROMANIA SATISFIED WITH BLACKSEAFOR OUTCOME [...] (C) Summary. Romania is satisfied with the results of the recent BLACKSEAFOR meeting, which includes an agreement allowing Black Sea states to work with non-BLACKSEAFOR states and organizations in the region, and activates the BLACKSEAFOR mission control structure for a period of one year, al [...] |
2005-04-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG IP RO NATO RU |
| 05BUCHAREST946 |
SECI UPDATE MARCH 2005 [...] SECI Center's governing body, the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC), met on 18 March 2005 in Bucharest for their semi-annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included the approval of the SECI Center's near-term strategy, election of a General Director, as well as other issues concerning the [...] |
2005-04-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU HU BK MK BU HR RO SECI |
| 05BUCHAREST982 |
FORMER ROMANIAN RULING PARTY PREPARES FOR NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Social Democratic Party (PSD) holds its national Congress April 21-22, an event at which ex-Romanian President Ion Iliescu will likely be elected party president while former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase will probably win the number two slot of Executive President. Despit [...] |
2005-04-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON PINR RO |
| 05BUCHAREST984 |
ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ENCOURAGING [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 5. 2. (U) PolChief delivered April 18 the demarche on constructive participation in the Santiago Community of Democracies (CD) Conference to Steluta Arhire, MFA Director for the OSCE and Human Rights (reftel). PolChief expressed strong appreciatio [...] |
2005-04-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PHUM RO |
| 05BUCHAREST986 |
ROMANIA: PRIVATIZATIONS PROGRESSES, BUT MORE WORK [...] Romania made substantial progress in privatizing state- owned assets in 2004, a year which could be dubbed "the year of energy privatizations." Major priorities for 2005 include completion of energy privatizations, privatization of the Romanian Commercial Bank and National Savings House, and [...] |
2005-04-21 05:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EINV RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1009 |
ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ABOUT ARMS TRANSFERS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV ETTC IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1010 |
ROMANIA OPPOSES ADJURNMENT AND INTENDS TO VOTE FOR [...] (U) MFA Director Cristina Gaginsky and Deputy Director Andreea Chiriac received reftel A demarche from PolOff on June 16. They confirmed that Romania intends to vote for the adoption of the third protocol. Second Secretary Carmen Burlacu, who will be in Geneva for the conference, took specific [...] |
2006-06-19 15:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1011 |
ROMANIAN SOLDIER KIA IN AFGHANISTAN; FOUR [...] (SBU) Romanian Defense Ministry (MOD) sources confirm that a Romanian soldier was killed in action and four Romanian soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were wounded in Afghanistan June 20 at approximately 0300 local time. MOD sources advise that one of the wounded Romanian soldiers is in crit [...] |
2006-06-20 11:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1015 |
ROMANIAN SENATE RATIFIES DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Romanian Senate meeting in plenary session voted June 20 to adopt legislation to ratify the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) (Ref). The unofficial tally, recorded by an EmbOff present for the vote, was 62 "ayes", 3 "nays" and 2 abstentions. In a demonstration of b [...] |
2006-06-20 15:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PTER RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1016 |
ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-20 15:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1028 |
ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1035 |
ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR AND PM DISCUSS ENERGY, ECONOMY AND ADOPTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Romanian Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu on June 22 to discuss the state of our bilateral economic relationship and the future of international adoptions. Tariceanu reiterated a request made by letter the previous day for U.S. assistance in strategic planning on e [...] |
2006-06-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CASC RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1054 |
ROMANIAN ARRESTED FOR PLANNING CAR BOMBING IN [...] (SBU) Romanian media have reported heavily on the arrest June 26 of a Romanian man near Timisoara who allegedly planned to detonate a car bomb in a busy intersection to protest Romania's military contribution to Iraq and strong relationship with the U.S. Suspect Ioan Florin Lesch, also called [...] |
2006-06-28 13:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS PINR ASEC RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1055 |
ROMANIA SUPPORTS DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM AND LIFTING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1058 |
PM TARICEANU/DEFMIN PROPOSE IRAQ TROOP WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu unexpectedly announced June 29 in a press conference that he would "support the initiative" of Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu to request the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) to withdraw Romania's troops from Iraq. Tariceanu made his stat [...] |
2006-06-29 14:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1072 |
SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL NIXES PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary. Romania's Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) flatly rejected June 30 the unexpected call by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu and Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu for a Romanian troop pullout from Iraq. (Ref) Announcing the CSAT's decision, President Basescu rebuke [...] |
2006-06-30 18:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1081 |
IRAQ PULLOUT PROPOSAL -- DEBATE DEEPENS, WHILE [...] (C) Summary: The debate over Romania's troop presence in Iraq continued to dominate weekend news coverage, following the unexpected June 29 announcement by Prime Minister Tariceanu and Defense Minister Atanasiu in support of a pull-out. Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Finance Minister Vladescu [...] |
2006-07-03 19:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1088 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT SIGNED BY PRESIDENT, [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PTER RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1092 |
ROMANIAN PRESIDENT WELCOMES MOLDOVAN YOUTH TO [...] (C) Summary: In remarks to a group of visiting Moldovan teenagers, President Basescu spoke in terms of Romania's hopes and plans to reunite with Moldova once inside the European Union. His statements, which included an "offer" to Moldova to join the EU along with Romania and a promise of more [...] |
2006-07-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1093 |
PM TARICEANU TO AMBASSADOR -- "TIME HAS COME" FOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told the Ambassador July 5 that he and his National Liberal Party (PNL) believed that "the time had come" for Romania to begin discussing a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Tariceanu stood by the proposal for a pullout he and Defense Minister Atan [...] |
2006-07-06 17:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1106 |
AMID INTERNAL DIVISIONS, OPPOSITION SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary. The center-left opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) reaffirmed July 7 its call for a "timetable" for the withdrawal of Romanian forces from Iraq but underscored the party's commitment to consultation with the U.S. and other allies regarding a possible withdrawal. PSD officia [...] |
2006-07-10 16:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON MARR MOPS RO IZ |
| 06BUCHAREST111 |
FORMER PM NASTASE FACES CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Adrian Nastase, whose reputation for shady dealing was already well-established with the Romanian public, is now caught in a political scandal that threatens both his political career and has set off more fierce infighting within the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Roma [...] |
2006-01-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1115 |
POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT BASESCU, AT PM [...] Summary: (SBU) A July opinion poll carried out by The National Institute for Polling and Marketing Studies (INSOMAR) revealed continued high public support for President Traian Basescu and relatively low support for Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu, despite the latter's recent attempt to [...] |
2006-07-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1126 |
NEW MOD STATE SECRETARY'S MODEST VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary. During a July 11 meeting, the newly appointed MOD State Secretary, Corneliu Dobrotoiu reaffirmed the "centrality" of the U.S.-Romania strategic relationship but insisted that budgetary limitations would force Romania to reexamine its defense commitments. He singled out overseas [...] |
2006-07-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON MOPS MARR NATO RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1132 |
ROMANIAN FM UNGUREANU WILL ATTEND 61ST UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1133 |
BYSTROE CANAL: ROMANIA WELCOMES UN FINDINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania welcomed the unanimous findings released by a special UN Inquiry Commission noting the negative trans-boundary impact of Ukraine's dredging in Bystroe Canal. Romanian officials now expect Ukraine to initiate public and cross-border consultations on this sensitive environ [...] |
2006-07-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PBTS SENV UP RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1149 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS IASI FOR OBSERVANCE OF 65TH [...] Summary. On June 27-29 Romania solemnly commemorated June 27-29 the 65th anniversary of the Iasi Pogrom, one of the worst events of the Holocaust in Romania. The commemoration was sponsored by the Romanian government, through the new "Elie Wiesel" Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in [...] |
2006-07-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI EAID RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1158 |
DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH ROMANIA [...] (U) Summary: Embassy received on July 20 diplomatic note no. H2-1/2187 dated July 14 confirming that the Parliament of Romania ratified and published the Agreement between Romania and the United States of America regarding the activities of the U.S. forces stationed on Romania,s territory in th [...] |
2006-07-20 17:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST116 |
ADOPTIONS: PM TARICEANU SHOWS LITTLE FLEXIBILITY [...] (C) Summary. During a January 16 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu indicated little flexibility in positively resolving pending adoption cases filed by U.S. prospective parents before Romania's de facto ban on inter-country adoptions. He pledged to provide an ex [...] |
2006-01-23 14:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM CASC RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1160 |
PDAS VOLKER'S POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR PDAS Kurt Volker met with the political directors of the 10 new NATO allies for talks on NATO's future and broader regional issues on June 28 in Bucharest. These new NATO allies all shared a common vision for NATO's future focused on securing the entire Western Balkans within [...] |
2006-07-21 08:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1161 |
ROMANIA ADVOCATES BALANCED APPROACH TOWARD CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: President Basescu publicly called for the international community to end the human tragedy in Lebanon by enforcing UN Security Council Resolutions aimed at disarming and disbanding Hezbollah. MFA officials assure Romania's balanced approach to the crisis, citing close contact with [...] |
2006-07-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1168 |
ROMANIA ANNOUNCES 21% REDUCTION OF TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Romanian Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Eugen Badalan, announced July 19 that Romania would reduce its military presence in Iraq by 21%, "as previously discussed with members of the international coalition." According to statements he made to the press, the withdrawal will begin in J [...] |
2006-07-21 14:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1169 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP THE USE AND SALE OF [...] (S) The Ambassador raised reftel subject in his preparatory meeting with President Basescu on July 12. DCM also raised with Presidential security advisors Gen. Medar and Gen. Degeratu on July 17 and stressed that a concrete message of action from the President would be well received. 2. (S [...] |
2006-07-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP KCRM PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC |
| 06BUCHAREST1171 |
THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL [...] (C) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disappearance before being prosecuted in court in connection with the 2005 Romanian hostage crisis in Iraq. Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Director Radu Timofte [...] |
2006-07-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1176 |
YOUR JULY 27 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu's July 27-28 trip to Washington, including his meeting with you at the White House, offers an opportunity to reaffirm U.S. appreciation for Romania's contributions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and more broadly the Global War on Terror. Basescu has anchored his [...] |
2006-07-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON PINR IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1181 |
ROMANIA SEEKS RELEASE OF NATO INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS [...] (C) Romanian MFA Director for NATO Affairs Mirela Maghiar relayed a demarche to PolOff on July 20 regarding Romania's request for U.S. support for NATO infrastructure funds to be released. She said Romania's proposal includes three locations -- Otopeni, Fetesti, and Mihail Kogalcieanu (MK) air [...] |
2006-07-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS NATO RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1198 |
PRESIDENT BASESCU'S COMMENTS BEFORE LEAVING [...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu reaffirmed on July 26 Romania's commitment to keep its troops in Iraq until they are replaced by the Iraqi army. This declaration was made as the president left the Bucharest airport for his official U.S. visit. On Kosovo, however, he struck a discordant [...] |
2006-07-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SOCI MOPS MARR IZ SR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1202 |
DIVISIONS IN THE NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY (PNL) -- [...] (C) Summary: As the National Liberal Party (PNL) faces a decline in the polls, three well-known PNL members have staked out a common position against Prime Minister and PNL leader Calin Popescu-Tariceanu that could form a locus for eventually replacing him. Frustrated by Tariceanu's poor rela [...] |
2006-07-28 05:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1203 |
PRESIDENT BASESCU ADVOCATES SERB LINE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Romanian President Basescu promised to advocate for Serbian President Tadic with the leaders of the Contact Group, beginning in Washington, according to the MFA. Following July 25 bilateral talks in Bucharest, Basescu and Tadic had no discernable difference on Kosovo Final Status [...] |
2006-07-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1219 |
ROMANIAN LIMITS IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Despite popular sentiment in Romania that it is already stretched thin in contributing to peacekeeping operations overseas, decision makers appear cautiously optimistic that Romania would contribute to an international peace keeping force, should there be an UN mandate to stabili [...] |
2006-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL IS LE RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1223 |
ROMANIAN WEAPONS PURCHASE AND POTENTIAL MANPADS [...] (S) On July 20, PolOff delivered to Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, reftel demarche regarding GOR's weapons systems purchase and possible cooperation on surplus MANPADS destruction. On July 21 PolOffs delivered the same demarche to MOD Director for Internat [...] |
2006-08-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL MASS RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1232 |
DEPARTURE OF LAST UZBEK REFUGEES; AMBASSADOR RECOGNIZES [...] Ambassador Taubman visited Timisoara on Monday, July 31 to celebrate the conclusion of the successful placement of 439 Uzbek Refugees in the US, Canada, Britain, Australia, and various European countries. The United States took in 266 of the refugees who fled their native land after the massa [...] |
2006-08-03 16:11:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1233 |
DEFORESTATION CONTINUES IN ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY. Poverty, corruption, a mismanaged land restitution process, and inadequate governmental resources and regulatory oversight have contributed to widespread and rapid deforestation in Romania since the 1989 revolution. Many Romanians experienced firsthand the consequences of deforestati [...] |
2006-08-03 16:15:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON OIIP SOCI HU RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1235 |
ROMANIA'S ROMA AT EUROPE'S DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Persistent poverty among Romania's ethnic Roma population, numbering at roughly two million by some estimates, remains one of Romania's most prominent social problems, which will impact other parts of Europe more directly after Romania enters the EU in 2007. Highly transient, g [...] |
2006-08-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1237 |
ROMANIA'S EXTREME NATIONALISTS: A FEW NEW FACES, [...] (C) Summary: Romania's extreme nationalist political parties continue to garner between 12-20 percent of public support, according to opinion polls. Many analysts believe these groups could gain further support following Romania's anticipated EU accession in 2007, as the public reacts to chan [...] |
2006-08-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1240 |
ROMANIA ENCOURAGED BY DRAFT UNSCR ON LEBANON [...] (C) Ambassador, in separate August 6 conversations, discussed the draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation in Lebanon with Romanian FM Razvan Mihai Ungurianu and Presidential Senior Advisor Claudiu Saftoiu. In response to a request from the Ambassador for a statement of support [...] |
2006-08-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1257 |
ROMANIA - EU MAY OPPOSE BUT CAN'T STOP UNBALANCED [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Andreea Berechet, Deputy Director for the MFA's Human Rights Directorate, told PolOff August 9 that Romania agrees that a special session of the HRC would undercut UNSC efforts to resolve the crisis. Berechet noted, however that while it looked like many EU [...] |
2006-08-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER UN IS LE RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1258 |
BASESCU IN BAGHDAD: ROMANIAN TROOPS STAYING IN IRAQ, [...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu made an August 9 trip to Iraq to emphasize Romania's commitment to stay in Iraq until the Iraqis ask them to leave. His meetings with Iraqi officials also focused on getting Romanian companies reconstruction contracts, both to further support Iraq and t [...] |
2006-08-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1266 |
ROMANIA TO ENDORSE UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on Aug 12 to MFA Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian and also provided a copy to Presidential Advisor Claudiu Saftoiu. 2. (SBU) Stoian, who was in the proces of preparing briefing materials on Lebanon for Romanian President Basescu, reporte [...] |
2006-08-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS IS LE RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1274 |
PRESIDENT BASESCU,S TRAVEL TO BAGHDAD AND KABUL: [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu,s August 9-10 trip to Baghdad and Kabul reaffirmed Romania,s strong military commitment and potential economic links with both countries. In Iraq, Basescu,s meetings with the President, PM, and cabinet members aimed to reestablish historic economic ties b [...] |
2006-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1298 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANTOS VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your visit to Romania. Romania has been a staunch ally, providing troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. President Traian Basescu has championed a strong strategic partnership with the United States, maintaining an outward-looking tr [...] |
2006-08-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL ECON RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1300 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] (C) MFA Acting Director for UN Affairs Eugen Mihut confirmed to PolOff on August 16 that Romania would support U.S. candidate Ruth Wedgwood for the Human Rights Committee. He said the MFA had just sent those instructions to NY. 2. (C) Mihut added, however, that this support meant that Roman [...] |
2006-08-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM US UNHRC RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1308 |
ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO SYRIA-IRAN ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IR SY RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1309 |
IRAN "CONFISCATES" ROMANIAN OIL RIG IN APPARENT [...] (SBU) Romanian press reported on August 22 that an Iranian naval vessel reportedly fired upon and then seized the Orizont, a Romanian-owned oilrig in Iranian waters in the Salman field near the Kish islands. The rig, owned by the Romanian firm Grup Servicii Petroliere (Oil Services Group), ha [...] |
2006-08-22 16:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1317 |
THE DOSSIER WARS: LUSTRATION ROMANIAN-STYLE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1328 |
THE DOSSIER WARS: LUSTRATION ROMANIAN-STYLE [...] (C) Summary. After languishing on the political backburner, the exposure and lustration of Ceausescu-era secret police agents and collaborators has become a white-hot SIPDIS political issue this summer. Some observers speculate that the Liberal party (PNL) could benefit most from the lust [...] |
2006-08-24 14:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1330 |
ROMANIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS AGREE: OILRIG INCIDENT IS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 22, Iranian authorities boarded and seized a Romanian-owned oilrig involved in a commercial dispute (see reftel). The rig's owner, Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP), controlled by controversial business figure Sorin Ovidiu Vantu, allegedly intended to remove the rig from Iranian [...] |
2006-08-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1335 |
ROMANIA: PLANS FOR STOCKHOLM DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Romania MFA has proposed/proposed a &symbolic but credible8 deployment of gendarmes to support the peace process in Lebanon, and as part of the Romanian contribution to be made at the Stockholm donors conference. The Prime Minister has not yet agreed to the proposal, and there i [...] |
2006-08-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID LE RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1338 |
ROMANIA AGREES WITH U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT U.N. HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-28 05:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1375 |
BASESCU ANNOUNCES IRAQI TROOP REDUCTION [...] (U) Summary. On the evening of August 30, President Basescu announced that Romania would reduce its troop presence in Iraq over the next two months, as Iraqi forces take control of areas currently under the command of coalition forces. He emphasized in his public remarks that this was not [...] |
2006-08-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST138 |
AMBASSADOR VISITS TIMISOARA; UZBEK REFUGEES THANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Timisoara Mayor Gheorghe Ciuhandu on January 18 described Timisoara as an economically-thriving city with commercial and cultural links throughout Central and Western Europe, during the Ambassador's first visit to the city. Nonetheless, Ciuhandu lamented that the central gover [...] |
2006-01-25 15:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1385 |
ROMANIA: CODEL LANTOS DISCUSSIONS WITH ROMANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Romanian President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister August 31, Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California) expressed appreciation for Romania's military contributions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. He briefed on his recent visit to Lebanon, [...] |
2006-09-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP HU LE AF IZ IS RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1407 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: ROMANIAN JCET PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) This message constitutes response to SOCEUR request for human rights vetting of Romanian Special Forces Unit participating in Joint Combined Exchange Training (reference: SOCEUR to USDAO Bucharest; DTG 301157Z May 06). 2. (C) The Embassy conducted a thorough review of its records and [...] |
2006-09-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1421 |
AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH FM UNGUREANU ON NAZI [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Ungureanu September 11 to discuss the return of Romanian-born Nazi war criminals Michael Negele and Johann Leprich. Ungureanu said that he had already prepared a response to the Secretary's letter of September 7 in which she urged Romania to accept th [...] |
2006-09-11 16:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST143 |
ROMANIAN COMMITMENT REMAINS FIRM IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) During a recent press interview, Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu stated that Romania would reevaluate its troop presence in Iraq and Afghanistan at the end of 2006, adding that "for the time being, the Iraqi and Afghan armies are not capable of taking over the Romanian Army's mission." S [...] |
2006-01-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1433 |
TIT-FOR-TAT: ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHOD ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-13 10:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1444 |
DAS KRAMER DISCUSSIONS WITH FM UNGUREANU AND [...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings with Foreign Minister Ungureanu and senior advisors in the offices of the President and Prime Minister on September 7 in Bucharest, EUR DAS Kramer provided the Department's perspective on regional issues including the upcoming independence referendum in T [...] |
2006-09-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT MD EU RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1450 |
TIT-FOR-TAT: ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHOD ON [...] (C) President Basescu September 12 suspended Defense Minister Theodor Atanasiu from his duties pending the outcome of a criminal investigation in a domestic spying scandal. The President justified his move as necessary in order to preserve evidence and to prevent the Minister's continued pres [...] |
2006-09-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1451 |
ROMANIAN VIEWS ON SERBIA, ICTY AND PFP [...] (C) In discussions of reftel demarche at the MFA and conversations with both MFA and MOD officials around the margins of a recent V-10 informal defense officials gathering, Romanian officials took our comments on board but also expressed some concern about the diplomatic pressure currently be [...] |
2006-09-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1461 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK [...] This message responds to reftel tasker, to conduct post-shipment, on-site verification on export of Personal Locator Systems to United Arab Emirates involving a Foreign Consignee, IAR S.A., Brasov in Romania. On September 14, POLMILOFF visited IAR, S.A. and met with President and CEO Adviser [...] |
2006-09-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC RO AE |
| 06BUCHAREST1479 |
ROMANIA: SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) DepPolChief delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Laura Mircea. Mircea noted that there was no solution to the Lebanese situation without Syria, and that within the EU process, Romania supported engaging Syria in discussions on the situation in [...] |
2006-09-20 15:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1480 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This message responds to reftel task to conduct post-shipment verification on license 05-956707 for the shipment of radar systems and equipment to Romania, involving foreign consignee, C.N. Romtehnica S.A., in Bucharest. Embassy did not/not conduct a site visit. Location of radar is in Cluj, [...] |
2006-09-21 09:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1499 |
OPPOSITION PARTY FIGURE, BASESCU POLITICAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise move, President Traian Basescu nominated George Maior, a senator of the opposition Social-Democratic Party (PSD), to head the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI). Basescu's move has discomfited his coalition partners in the PNL, and breaks with a longstanding tradi [...] |
2006-09-26 16:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1506 |
ROMANIA THINKING ON GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] (C) DATT, ODC, and POLMILOFF met with MOD State Secretary Claudiu Degeratu on September 26, at his invitation to discuss Romanian interest in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Also present were J7 Brig. General Tabarcia, Col. Popescu, Arina Danila from the Defense Integrated Pla [...] |
2006-09-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1509 |
QUIET PRIDE AND FLEETING COMITY AFTER EC [...] (SBU) In a rare display of comity between increasingly fractious coalition partners, President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu abandoned earlier plans for separate press events, opting instead for a joint press appearance at Cotroceni Palace to announce a positive E [...] |
2006-09-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1511 |
RESPONSE TO CUBA AT UN HRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (UN) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for OSCE, CE, and Human Rights Issues, Steluta Arhire and MFA Director for UN, Petru Dumitru. They said GOR was in agreement and as part of EU group would support the US position regarding NGOs and the working groups dealing [...] |
2006-09-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1512 |
SECOND SESSION HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for OSCE, CE, and Human Rights Issues, Steluta Arhire and MFA Director for UN, Petru Dumitru. Both stated they were in agreement with US comments on the Human Rights Council issue and GOR would support our position as a member [...] |
2006-09-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST153 |
S59-05 AND S23B-04: ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ALERT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW KNNP IR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1540 |
NOMINEES TO HEAD ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES [...] (C) During hearings October 3, President Traian Basescu's nominees to head the Romanian Domestic Intelligence Service (SRI) and the foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), George Maior and Claudiu Saftioiu, received the endorsement of their respective parliamentary committees. The votes cast for [...] |
2006-10-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1541 |
PARLIAMENT VOTES IN NEW HEADS OF INTELLIGENCE [...] (SBU) The Romanian Parliament, in a joint session October 4 confirmed with a comfortable majority the new heads of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE). The new SRI director will be George Maior, a senator from the main opposition Social Democ [...] |
2006-10-04 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1544 |
DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: ROMANIANS [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, Ambassador called on Romanian MFA State Secretary Cosmin Viorita October 4. In response to reftel points, Viorita responded that he totally shared the USG view on the issue, and that the GOR strongly condemned the DPRK announcement. Viorita also [...] |
2006-10-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1573 |
ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) In the absence of FM Ungureanu, Ambassador and Polcouns delivered ref A demarche to MFA State Secretary Adrian Vierita October 11. Vierita prefaced his remarks by noting that the Romanian government had responded to Ambassador's previous demarche (ref B) by issuing a strong official sta [...] |
2006-10-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL PARM KNNP KN RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1574 |
IRI POLLS UNDERSCORE BASESCU'S DOMINANCE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A recent IRI opinion survey underscores President Basescu's continuing dominance of the Romanian political scene. A majority of respondents evinced a preference for political stability over early elections. Interestingly, almost as many Romanians support the opposition PSD as th [...] |
2006-10-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1576 |
ROMANIA ON CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) Polmiloff met October 11 with MFA Office of Non-proliferation and Arms Control Director Dan Neculaescu and Daniela Marca on approaching Greece on the transfer of TLE Entitlements. They were appreciative but cautious. Neculeascu mentioned that the Norwegians had raised the issue (without [...] |
2006-10-13 08:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1583 |
ROMANIA INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Summary. Romania has expanded its participation in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) activities over the past year. Romania has strengthened domestic legislation and export controls, and improved interagency cooperation. Romania has focused on working with regional counterparts on [...] |
2006-10-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC MOPS PARM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1584 |
ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTY STRUGGLES FOR GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from more radical Hungarian ethnic parties and the need to retain sufficient support to remain in parliament, the Democratic Union (or Alliance) of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), has been more vocal of late in its calls for greater territorial autonomy for ethnic Mag [...] |
2006-10-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | HU PGOV PHUM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1589 |
ROMANIA SEEKS NATO CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MOLDOVA [...] During an October 4 courtesy call by D/PolChief, Romania's MFA Deputy Director for NATO Geta Medeleanu requested US support for setting up a NATO clearinghouse mechanism to help Moldova through implementation of its Individual Partnership Action Plan. Medeleanu said that the non-paper (para [...] |
2006-10-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MO NATO PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1600 |
THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN ROMANIA: PASSING [...] (C) Summary: There is some good news in Bucharest these days in the fight against corruption, a longstanding Romanian vice. There is something of a consensus that ongoing anti-corruption efforts are positively impacting both Romanian political life and society. Corruption remains rampant in [...] |
2006-10-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1616 |
DEFENSE POLICY WORKING GROUP BILATERAL DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary: A bilateral working group organized by the Romanian MOD with DOD counterparts provided insights into Romanian views on their ongoing military transformation and bilateral military cooperation. Discussion topics included a review of bilateral cooperation, GWOT, and transformation [...] |
2006-10-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1619 |
VENUE FOR 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1637 |
ROMANIA TO APPROACH GREEKS ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS [...] (C) Following up on Reftel demarche, polmiloff learned on October 24, from MFA Director for Arms Control Dan Neculeascu and CFE Desk Officer Dana Marca that GOR has agreed to demarche Athens on obtaining the ACV entitlements. Neculeascu said the MFA is drafting the instructions today to instr [...] |
2006-10-24 13:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREL MARR PARM RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1639 |
TURKISH AMBASSADOR IN BUCHAREST TERRITORIAL ABOUT TURKISH MINORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 11, Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Okcun met with the Ambassador to discuss "increased U.S. activity in the Dobrogea region directed at the Turkish minority," who he referred to as "his people." Okcun asserted that the activities centered at the American Corner in Constanta were u [...] |
2006-10-25 11:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SCUL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1644 |
PACKAGE DEAL: NEW ROMANIAN DEFMIN AND EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER NAMED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-25 16:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1646 |
FORMER PNL PRESIDENTS EXPELLED AS PARTY TURMOIL [...] (C) Summary: Internecine squabbling in the National Liberal Party (PNL) has claimed more prominent critics of Prime Minister Tariceanu. Two former PNL Presidents, Valeriu Stoica and Theodor Stolojan, are the biggest names in a long list of party leaders expelled in recent weeks. The two re [...] |
2006-10-26 16:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1652 |
ROMANIA ON OPEN SKIES TREATY GUIDANCE AND CFE [...] (C) In an October 24 meeting with Polmiloff, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Terrorism Dan Neculeascu said Romania agreed with the US position on the issue of Russia's hazardous airspace zone Open Skies restrictions for a minimum 3,600 meter flight ceiling (ref A) [...] |
2006-10-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE NATO PARM PREL KCFE RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1653 |
ROMANIA AND U.S. ON SAME WAVELENGTH - DAS BRYZA AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza visited Bucharest October 26 to participate in a conference on Regional Energy Cooperation jointly sponsored by the Romanian Presidency, the U.S. and German Embassies, and the George C. Marshall Center ) Romania. In this forum and in earlier meetings [...] |
2006-10-30 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1665 |
DNI NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH OPPOSITION PSD [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with DNI Negroponte and the Ambassador, opposition PSD head Mircea Geoana evinced concern about a posssible post-EU accession malaise in Romanian politics, with weak and divided governance for the next several years. Geoana was skeptical about prospects for early ele [...] |
2006-10-31 16:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1666 |
ROMANIA AGREES THAT KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR [...] (C) Deputy Political Chief October 30 raised reftel points with MFA Director for Western Balkan and Regional Cooperation Raluca-Irina Zidaru, and sought elaboration of the Romanian position regarding Kosovo. Zidaru agreed that Kosovo is not a precedent for the reasons outlined in the demarch [...] |
2006-10-31 16:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL SR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1667 |
ROMANIA WITHDRAWS EU COMMISSIONER NOMINATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: Romanian senator and Liberal Party spokesperson Varujan Vosganian withdrew his nomination for European Commissioner amid allegations of links to the Communist-era Securitate and shady financial ties. The timing of the allegations lead many to speculate that this was politics Ro [...] |
2006-10-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1672 |
ROMANIA: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: Romania serves as a transit country for narcotics, as it lies along the well-established Northern Balkan route that is used to move heroin and opium from Southwest Asia to Central and Western Europe. Romania also sits astride a developing route for the transit of synthetic drugs fr [...] |
2006-11-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1673 |
ATHENS TEPID TO ROMANIA'S CFE FLANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) MFA Non-proliferation and Arms Control Director Bogdan Neculeascu on October 31 briefed Polmiloff on the results of Romania's demarche to Athens regarding possible CFE Flank ACV Entitlement transfers (refs a and b). He described the exchange between Romania's Ambassador in Athens and Gre [...] |
2006-11-01 16:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE MARR NATO PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1678 |
ROMANIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Human Rights Steluta Arhire on October 17 and to Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI) Deputy Director General of the National Refugee Office Catalin Necula on November 1. PolOff praised Romania's provision of refuge for the Uzbek ref [...] |
2006-11-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1679 |
ROMANIA SUPPORTS BSEC ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE [...] Following Embassy,s delivery of reftel A demarche in early October, Econoff and regional environmental hub officer Sam Kotis met with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs BSEC coordinator, Florica Barbu on October 18. Barbu delivered a dipnote formally stating Romania's support for the U. [...] |
2006-11-02 15:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1685 |
ROMANIA COMMITTED TO UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-06 07:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1686 |
GOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM MNF-I AND ITS BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-06 09:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM IZ RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1693 |
SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S) I welcome your upcoming visit to Bucharest November 13-14. I want to share some thoughts about the extraordinarily strong bilateral partnership we have with the Romanians, the political backdrop to your visit, and how your trip can help advance USG interests here. Romania is a reliable [...] |
2006-11-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1694 |
RAFO REFINERY – A TROJAN HORSE FOR RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RAFO oil refinery is embroiled in a web of corruption, money laundering, fraud and criminal charges involving shady entities in Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Russian-Israeli organized crime figures Mikhail Cernoy and Iakov Goldovskiy are believed to be behind the purchase [...] |
2006-11-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ENRG ECON PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1705 |
ROMANIA: COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-09 09:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1706 |
ROMANIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA [...] (C) Deputy Polcons on 8 November delivered demarche on the Cuba Embargo Resolution (ref a) to MFA Director for UN Affairs Petru Dumitriu and Deputy Director Eugen Mihut. Dumitriu said he was "surprised" by the U.S. demarche because the Romanian delegation in New York had not yet reported on t [...] |
2006-11-09 09:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PHUM PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1707 |
ROMANIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (C) The following information is geared to reftel cable request: A) Contact information for TFCO: John Rodgers; Economic Section Chief; 4021 200-3440; rodgersjr@state.gov; rodgersj@state.sgov.gov; B) Contact information for deputy TFCO: Benjamin Rockwell; Deputy Economic Section Chie [...] |
2006-11-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC KVPR EFIN PTER PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1712 |
AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador paid a courtesy call on November 7 to new Defense Minister Sorin Frunzaverde, who replaced Teodor Antanasiu. Note: Atanasiu's relationship to a domestic spying scandal led to his suspension on September 12, and was followed by his resignation on October 25 (reftels). end note. [...] |
2006-11-09 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1717 |
ROMANIA: GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EU PGOV PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1721 |
ROMANIA,S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REGROUP FOR UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-13 15:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1724 |
ROMANIA'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REGROUP FOR UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: After a two-year slide in the polls while marked as the "party of corruption," Romania's opposition party is now consolidating its leadership and preparing for European parliamentary elections in 2007. Divided and weak since losing the 2004 elections, the Social Democratic Party [...] |
2006-11-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1741 |
ROMANIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON BELARUS, COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-16 16:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1747 |
FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnership in law enforcement and intelligence. In meetings with President Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and other key officials, our Romanian interloc [...] |
2006-11-17 16:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1766 |
ROMANIA PREPARING TO BID FOR OSCE HIGH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-22 15:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1767 |
ROMANIA SEEKS ENTRY-INTO-FORCE ALTERATION TO [...] (U) This is a request for Guidance; see para 3. 2. (SBU) POLMILOFF on November 7, met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Dan Neculaescu, whose office has the lead on the Blanket End-Use Assurances agreement. Neculaescu explained that Romania has [...] |
2006-11-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PGOV RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1768 |
ROMANIA'S INTEREST IN HOSTING 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] (U) Embassy received note verbale from the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Romania's interest in hosting the 2008 NATO Summit. Below, please see the text of the note and the letter addressed to President Bush. 2. (U) Begin text of note verbale: Nr. C1-1/1803 Bucharest, N [...] |
2006-11-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PREL PGOV RO |
| 06BUCHAREST178 |
VANGOETHEM VERDICT, SENTENCING ROILS U.S.-ROMANIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide, along with the news that he would only receive a reprimand for his conduct, has roiled U.S.-Romanian relations. The denouement of the case will likely complicate ratification by [...] |
2006-02-01 19:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1797 |
ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...] |
2006-11-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1804 |
ROMANIA REQUESTS NEGOTIATIONS TO REPLACE BILATERAL TRADE [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials met with Econoffs on November 27 to formally request negotiations on a replacement to the current bilateral Agreement on Trade Relations (BTA). The MFA is proposing that the current BTA, [...] |
2006-12-04 05:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PREL RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1808 |
STABILITY PACT MEETINGS IN BUCHAREST FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) The November 15-16 meetings in Bucharest of the Stability Pact for South East Europe saw continued progress toward shifting the Pact's program of regional cooperation initiatives to the responsibility of regional governments under the umbrella of the South East Europe Cooperation Proces [...] |
2006-12-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD EUN PREL BK BU GR HR MD MI |
| 06BUCHAREST1810 |
ROMANIAN PM TARICEANU UNDER FIRE AS PNL REVOLT [...] (C) Summary. A significant number of National Liberal Party (PNL) figures have joined Agriculture Minister Flutur in support of the rebel Stoica-Stolojan faction, handing Romanian Prime Minister Tariceanu his biggest Liberal Party leadership challenge to date. The breakaway faction has stren [...] |
2006-12-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR RO |
| 06BUCHAREST1811 |
CONSERVATIVE PARTY WITHDRAWS FROM GOVERNING [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu's government no longer holds a legislative majority following the Conservative Party's December 3 decision to leave the governing coalition. The resulting minority government could be ousted by a motion of no-confidence, but unless the oppo [...] |
2006-12-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
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PM TARICEANU'S LIBERAL PARTY SPLITS: DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Tariceanu,s National Liberal Party (PNL) formally split on December 7. The dissident group of former party presidents, Theodor Stolojan and Valeriu Stoica, formed the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD), inviting others to join and claim PNL's position within the ruling [...] |
2006-12-08 16:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
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MINISTERIAL MUSICAL CHAIRS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: The latest round of Romanian government (GOR) ministerial changes have increased the turmoil in the ruling coalition and demonstrated yet again that control of public funding (including from the EU) is a core concern for party leaders. The fight for political leverage over the mo [...] |
2006-12-08 17:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV RO |
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LIBERAL DEPUTY ON PATRICIU SALE OF ROMPETROL [...] (C) In a 12/8 conversation with Poloff, National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy and youth leader Cristian Adomnitei explained that Rompetrol Chairman and leading PNL figure Dinu Patriciu, was in advanced negotiations to sell a 20 percent stake in Romania's Rompetrol to Russia's Gazprom. Adomnitei [...] |
2006-12-08 17:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR ENRG RO |
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ROMANIA READY TO EXCHANGE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS AMENDING THE [...] Econoff met with Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of Community Law Ion Galea on December 5 to discuss formalizing the negotiated additional protocols to the bilateral investment treaty (BIT). Romania signed the additional protocol on September 22, 2003, and Romania's Parliam [...] |
2006-12-18 08:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTIA PREL RO |
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ROMANIA: 2006 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT [...] This report provides Embassy Bucharest,s submission for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Summary: Romania continued to be a staunch ally in the global war against terrorism, providing a full range of political, diplomatic, and military support for U.S. goals to combat internation [...] |
2006-12-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON NATO RO |
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COMMUNICATION IN MUNAF CASE [...] (C) DCM accompanied by PolCouns and Resident Legal Advisor met with representatives from the Romanian Ministry of Justice and the Foreign Ministry December 19 to discuss reftel request to streamline communications between the USG and GOR regarding the Munaf case. DCM underscored the need [...] |
2006-12-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PREL MARR KJUS IZ RO |
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ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES RELIGION LAW [...] (SBU) The Romanian Parliament in plenary session passed on December 13 a new religion law that has provoked criticism from human rights NGOs and the Helsinki Commission. It was approved by 220 deputies out of 224 present. It appears similar to an earlier draft that was withdrawn in March 2006 [...] |
2006-12-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL DRL RO |
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AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROMANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a year-end meeting with the Ambassador, Romanian FM Ungureanu said Romania hoped to promote an informal "gymnich"-type event as a follow-up to this year's Black Sea Forum. He evinced hope that the three upcoming EU Presidencies of Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia would contin [...] |
2006-12-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU MD RO |
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AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu provided assurances at a December 20 meeting with the Ambassador that Romania would maintain current force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan and would continue to upgrade the quality of its forces to NATO standards. Basescu also confirmed Romanian interest [...] |
2006-12-21 15:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
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BREAKING WITH THE PAST: PRESIDENT BASESCU ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. At a special parliamentary session, President Traian Basescu publicly condemned the communist regime that ruled the country between 1945 and 1989 as &illegitimate and criminal8 and tendered a formal apology to its victims. The event marked the release of a report drafted by a president [...] |
2006-12-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
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VANGOETHEM VERDICT: PUBLIC OUTRAGE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide continues to receive prominent press coverage, with political leaders and the general public alike questioning the reasons for the verdict as well as the commitment of the USG to [...] |
2006-02-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO |
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ROMANIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] (C) On February 2, EmbOffs delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Enlarged Europe Razvan Rusu. Rusu agreed that transparency is needed in the Russia-Ukraine gas deal. However, he stated that this issue should be part of a comprehensive approach to [...] |
2006-02-07 09:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON UP RS RO |