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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00TASHKENT4223 |
KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...] |
2000-11-02 11:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER RU AF UZ |
| 04TASHKENT2609 |
AFTER THE BOMBINGS: KARIMOV'S DECISION-MAKING [...] (C) Summary. This is the second of two cables, which provides insight into President Karimov's decision-making process. The first of which looked at Karimov's possible succession plans (ref D). Although Uzbekistan was rocked twice this year by terrorist bombings, little has changed for Pre [...] |
2004-09-30 13:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBIO PINR PTER UZ |
| 04TASHKENT3180 |
FIRST DAUGHTER LOLA (KARIMOVA) CUTS LOSE [...] (C) For at least the past month, the youngest of President Islom Karimov's three children, 26-year old Lola Karimova, has been frequenting restaurant/club Barkhan ("shifting sand dune") on a near nightly basis. On November 13, we once again ran into the First Daughter at this location. During this [...] |
2004-11-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PBIO PINR UZ |
| 04TASHKENT3519 |
PRESIDENT KARIMOV NOT AN ORPHAN, AND OTHER FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: Although his face was covered in bruises, the physical resemblance to the President is striking. In a wide-ranging conversation with poloff, Islom Karimov's estranged nephew, Jamshid Karimov, and Jamshid's mother, Muslima Karimova -- the President's sister-in-law -- revealed det [...] |
2004-12-27 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBIO PGOV UZ |
| 05TASHKENT2473 |
GULNORA KARIMOVA LOOKS TO IMPROVE HER IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: In the last month, several Uzbek publications have carried articles about the good works of First Daughter Gulnora Karimova. The articles focus on her selfless giving, charity work, and business acumen. One, an interview with Russian scholar Aleksi Malashenko, discusses Gulnora's [...] |
2005-09-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PINR UZ |
| 05TASHKENT284 |
GULNORA INC. STRIKES AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: According to various reports from industry insiders, Gulnora Karimova, the President's daughter, is interested in taking over a new cellular company with U.S. investment, as well as Uzbektelekom, the monopoly state- owned telecommunications company. She also reportedly has agreed with [...] |
2005-01-28 13:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PINR UZ |
| 05TASHKENT3019 |
GULNORA KARIMOVA PROVIDES GRANTS IN HOPE OF [...] (C) Summary: Eager to improve her less than stellar image, First Daughter Gulnora Karimova is pursuing an intensive grant disbursement program with both domestic and international dimensions. She is using three associations to provide grants: FundForum.Uz promotes Uzbek foreign cultural relat [...] |
2005-11-03 04:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR UZ |
| 05TASHKENT3414 |
RUSSIAN BUSINESSMEN TAKE OVER GULNORA'S NIGHTCLUBS [...] (C) First Daughter Gulnora Karimova has recently spun off management of her main Tashkent nightclub complex to a group of Russian businessmen. The complex includes Basha Nightclub (now renamed "Club"), Fashion Bar and Prestige Cinema. Gulnora does not, however, seem to have given up control of [...] |
2005-12-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PREL RU UZ |
| 05TASHKENT572 |
SKYTEL SCANDAL: FIASCO IN THE MAKING [...] (C) Summary: NCI Projects International, a U.S. firm that invested in Uzbek cellular company Skytel, claims that President Karimov's daughter, Gulnora Karimova, is attempting to take over Skytel. The GOU officially stated that the "primary operator" of Skytel's frequency is causing interferenc [...] |
2005-02-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PINR UZ |
| 06TASHKENT1212 |
GOU IMPOSES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT OF NUCLEAR, [...] (U) The Uzbek parliament has adopted an amendment to its export control law restricting the export of nuclear, chemical, and biological materials, according to multiple Uzbek press reports. The text was published in the Russian language Narodnoye Slovo newspaper on June 21. The amendment to [...] |
2006-06-23 11:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP UZ |
| 06TASHKENT1225 |
UZBEKISTAN BURNS 700 KGS OF NARCOTICS [...] (U) Uzbekistan marked the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking by burning 700 kilograms of seized narcotics on June 26. The narcotics burned included 430 kg of heroin, 182 kg of opium, 73 kg of marijuana, 8 kg of hashish, and an unspecified amount of other phychot [...] |
2006-06-27 06:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR UZ |
| 06TASHKENT1358 |
FM GANIEV OUT, NOROV IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Confirming rumors post picked up through the day, President Islom Karimov issued a decree July 12 naming former Ambassador to Belgium, NATO and the EU Vladimir Norov as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Former Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev returned to his old post of Minister [...] |
2006-07-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UZ |
| 06TASHKENT1562 |
UZBEKISTAN'S KARIMOV THREATENED BY MILITANT ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: In a marathon discussion with President Karimov, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Boucher pressed Karimov to live up to the promise that U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations once held. Karimov welcomed the effort at dialogue, but said that a lack of trust is at the heart [...] |
2006-08-11 12:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT1582 |
GOU SAYS AMERICAN AIR COMPANIES VIOLATING UZBEK [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note (No. 03/14406) from the MFA alleging that U.S.-flagged aircraft belonging to American and Continental Airlines violated Uzbek air traffic control regulations on four occasions in May and June. A [...] |
2006-08-16 13:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR UZ |
| 06TASHKENT1707 |
FEARS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The GOU has urged Tashkent community leaders to take robust measures to discourage Islamist tendencies among the public. An Embassy contact with strong local government connections said that officials expressed fear that Islamists may be planning disturbances ahead of the 2007 P [...] |
2006-09-07 10:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM PTER SOCI UZ |
| 06TASHKENT1739 |
UZBEKISTAN HAVING ITS WAY WITH THE OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Two contacts at the OSCE's Tashkent Project Coordinator's Office (PCO) told poloff OSCE Ambassador Jenca is working closely with the MFA to restructure the PCO. The MFA reportedly will select two local OSCE staff to replace four who will lose their jobs in October. Jenca also re [...] |
2006-09-11 11:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSEC UZ |
| 06TASHKENT2324 |
NEW STATE ADVISOR ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS BAKHROM [...] (C) Summary: Bakhrom Abdukhalimov has been appointed State Advisor to the President for Religious Affairs and Interethnic Relations. Abdukhalimov is an expert in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He has spent much of his career at the Al Beruni Oriental Studies Research Institute under the Academ [...] |
2006-12-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF UZ |
| 06TASHKENT245 |
(U) NATIONAL TV AND RADIO REPLACES STATE TV [...] (U) On January 28 Uzbekistan's state-owned television company, "Uzbekistan State Television and Radio," officially reverted to its former name of "Uzbekistan National Television and Radio." This followed a November presidential decree bringing television and radio stations under unified manag [...] |
2006-01-31 13:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT247 |
DISARRAY IN EGULIK'S JIZZAK BRANCH LEADS TO CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: In December 2005, the head of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society, Vasila Inoyatova, filed a request with Jizzak Province registration authorities to dissolve Ezgulik's Jizzak regional branch. As she explained to poloff, the decision was the result of more than two years of internal [...] |
2006-01-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT261 |
TAJIBAYEVA TRIAL OPENS WITH CHARGES OF U.S. AND [...] (C) Summary: The trial of human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva opened in a small town near Tashkent on January 30. The charges against her include having received funding from the U.S. and French Embassies, which she used to distribute literature intended to sow panic among the populace. T [...] |
2006-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT262 |
LITTLE FRIENDSHIP ON BRIDGE BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOU and UN claim that the Friendship Bridge border crossing between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan is very active. Recent visits to the bridge show that the border crossing there is in significantly better condition than other border posts in Uzbekistan. However, Emboffs have ob [...] |
2006-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AF UZ |
| 06TASHKENT263 |
EGYPT ENCOURAGES UZBEK STUDENTS TO STUDY ARABIC AND [...] (C) DCM met with Egyptian Charge d'Affaires Jailan Abbas Abdel-Aziz on January 30 to discuss educational programs for Uzbeks offered by the Egyptian Government. According to Abbas Abdel-Aziz, annually 20 Uzbek undergraduates receive four-year scholarships for either Islamic or secular studies [...] |
2006-02-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EG UZ |
| 06TASHKENT266 |
OSCE MISSION IN TASHKENT PROVIDES UPDATE ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: The OSCE anti-TIP Working Group project is stalled, and unlikely to make significant progress any time soon. The working group has not met since March 2005, although the OSCE Ambassador has reportedly obtained written statements of support from the General Prosecutor, Ministry o [...] |
2006-02-02 12:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG KCRM KWOMN OSCE UZ |
| 06TASHKENT268 |
NO UZBEK POSITION ON CARICC VENUE YET [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CIS SNAR KCRM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT269 |
PROSECUTORS SEEK TO MERGE SUNSHINE COALITION LEADERS' [...] (C) Summary: January 30 was scheduled to be the last day of Sunshine Coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova's trial on tax evasion charges. It also was to be the first day of fellow co-founder Sanjar Umarov's trial on similar accusations. Instead, the judge postponed action on both cases an [...] |
2006-02-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ECON UZ |
| 06TASHKENT300 |
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROPOSES G-8 COOPERATION [...] (SBU) As part of the 2006 Russian Chairmanship of the G- 8, the Russian Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Farit Mukhametshin, invited other G-8 ambassadors to discuss how their countries might cooperate on assistance to Uzbekistan. The chief of the United Nations Office of Drug Control (UNODC) and th [...] |
2006-02-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV RS UZ |
| 06TASHKENT302 |
OSCE FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE TO KEEP ITS PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Jenca told the Ambassador that the GOU continues to review the Tashkent CenterQs mandate. Jenca expects a change for the worse, perhaps even a proposed decrease in OSCE international staff, when the current mandate expires in June. OSCE officers are facing accred [...] |
2006-02-09 08:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PGOV ECON EAID UZ |
| 06TASHKENT305 |
UZBEK SENATE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 24 [...] (C) The Embassy obtained an advance copy of the agenda of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Uzbekistan Senate, to take place in Tashkent on February 24. Items slated for discussion are: A. Law on information security in the automated banking system B. Amendments to laws relating to simpl [...] |
2006-02-10 05:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT324 |
RUMORS OF AN IMMINENT EARTHQUAKE SHAKE THE COUNTRY [...] (U) Rumors of an imminent earthquake spread throughout Tashkent and into the provinces of Uzbekistan late afternoon on February 9, causing panic among the population. The Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) confirmed for the Embassy that it had in no way predicted an earthquake. An Instit [...] |
2006-02-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SENV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT325 |
FREEDOM HOUSE APPEAL DENIED [...] (U) On February 7, Freedom House lost its appeal of an Uzbek court order issued January 11 suspending its operations for six months (Ref A). After deliberating for approximately seven minutes, the appeals court also upheld the decisions to forward allegations that Freedom House illegally oper [...] |
2006-02-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT326 |
TAJIBAYEVA - NOT A RUN-OF-THE-MILL SHOW TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a dramatic departure from Uzbekistan's recent Soviet-style show trials, human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva and her attorneys are putting up a spirited defense in her criminal trial. The judge has opened the proceedings to outside observers: journalists, diplomats and NGO [...] |
2006-02-14 01:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR UZ |
| 06TASHKENT327 |
SUNSHINE COALITION LEADERS' TRIALS - BOMBAST AND [...] (C) Summary: Sunshine Coalition co-founders Sanjar Umarov and Nodira Khidoyatova's trials continue in parallel sessions, in the same court and under the same judge. The judge has excluded testimony about alleged USG financial support for the opposition movement, limiting testimony to esoteric [...] |
2006-02-14 01:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT345 |
UNHCR PRESSING FOR UZBEK RATIFICATION OF REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Country Representative asked for U.S. support in encouraging the GOU to sign the 1951 Convention on Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Uzbekistan is the only CIS state not to have signed the documents. There are currently 1,816 refugees, mostly Afghan, registered wit [...] |
2006-02-15 02:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT346 |
DANISH CARTOONS - A WESTERN CONSPIRACY [...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek ambassadors to Egypt and the OSCE both made statements alluding to a greater Western conspiracy with regards to the Danish cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Though the GOU has issued no official statement on the controversy, it seems that it is jumping at the opp [...] |
2006-02-15 02:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UZ |
| 06TASHKENT377 |
NO UNAUTHORIZED COOPERATION WITH FOREIGNERS [...] (C) Summary: An August 2005 decree of the GOU Higher Education Ministry effectively imposed a blanket prohibition on any cooperation between Uzbek educational institutions and foreign organizations without explicit prior government approval. The decree mentions the Peace Corps by name, and th [...] |
2006-02-23 07:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KPAO PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT426 |
KARIMOV TO VISIT SEOUL; UZBEKISTAN WELCOMES SOUTH [...] (C) South Korean ambassador to Uzbekistan Moon Hayong told Ambassador on February 28 that President Islam Karimov will visit Seoul March 28-30 for discussions with the South Korean government. 2. (U) In a development possibly related to the upcoming visit, the Uzbek Foreign Ministry's news [...] |
2006-03-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS UN UZ |
| 06TASHKENT427 |
SUNSHINE COALITION TRIALS - KHIDOYATOVA SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: The trial of Sunshine Coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova ended on March 1 with a ten-year prison sentence. A verdict in the trial of fellow coalition co-founder Sanjar Umarov is scheduled for March 6. The final session of Umarov's trial featured a theatrical debate between [...] |
2006-03-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT430 |
GOU BLASTS UNHCR AND OSCE FOR THEIR CONCERN WITH [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan has accused the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) of needlessly politicizing the deportation of ten Uzbeks from Ukraine. The MFA has summoned the OSCE Ambassador in Tashkent to protest the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's statement on the returnees. The GOU [...] |
2006-03-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT439 |
RADIO FREE EUROPE/RADIO LIBERTY NAMANGAN [...] (C) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Namangan correspondent Nosir Zokir was released from prison on February 26 after serving a six-month sentence at a Namangan detention facility. Zokir was convicted in August 2005 for insulting a member of the National Security Service (Ref A). Zoki [...] |
2006-03-03 13:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT440 |
WHAT IS EU IDENTITY IN UZBEKISTAN? [...] (C) Summary: The French Embassy, current EU chair in Tashkent, has started a campaign to inform Uzbek students about the EU. However, at a round-table discussion, EU diplomats failed to convey a concept of EU identity that satisfied their audience. The Uzbek students attending the roundtable [...] |
2006-03-03 13:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT462 |
ANOTHER UZBEK OPPOSITION LEADER SENTENCED TO A [...] (C) Summary: Sunshine Coalition co-founder Sanjar Umarov was convicted on March 6 and sentenced to 14 and a half years in prison, with the sentence reduced to ten years and ten months by an amnesty decree. He plans to appeal. Fellow coalition co-founder Nodira Khidoyatova, convicted earlier o [...] |
2006-03-08 08:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT464 |
GOU'S EMINENT DOMAIN PLACES AMCITS OUT ON THE [...] (SBU) On March 2, the Amcit owners of a local business, American Optical, were served an eviction notice by the Tashkent City Hokimiyat giving them two days to vacate the premises before the building was demolished. The one-story building was shared by two other shops, both of which had close [...] |
2006-03-09 05:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CASC ECON UZ |
| 06TASHKENT465 |
(S) VIDEO SHOWS MAFIA TIES TO GOU [...] (S) Summary: Video footage obtained by Post suggests close ties between families of senior GOU officials and organized crime. The footage shows the wives of four top GOU Ministers and two Deputy Prime Ministers, with the family of Tashkent crime boss Salim Abduvaliyev and the wife of a foreign-base [...] |
2006-03-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | KCRM PGOV PINR PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT466 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TAJIBAYEVA SENTENCED TO [...] (C) On March 6, the Lower Chirchik District Criminal Court sentenced human rights activist and Embassy Democracy Commission grantee Mutabar Tajibayeva to eight years in prison. The many charges against her included using U.S. Embassy grant funds to distribute printed materials intended to spr [...] |
2006-03-09 13:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT477 |
UZBEKISTAN PLAYS THE RUSSIAN AND CHRYSANTHEMUM [...] (C) Summary: The GOU appreciates Japan,s continued economic assistance and views the Central Asian (CA) plus Japan Forum as complimentary to other regional groups. The GOU said it will work with any &friendly8 country on projects. The Japanese government plans to reduce the number of aid pro [...] |
2006-03-13 09:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT495 |
POWER OUTAGE SPARKS ANDIJON PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Over 100 local residents protested gas and electric outages near the Andijon city limits on March 8. Reports conflict in the details, but all agree that residents are fed up with the frequent utility interruptions, which have left many with no means to cook or heat their homes. Pr [...] |
2006-03-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON UZ |
| 06TASHKENT500 |
A SURPRISING RECIPE: PLOV WITH CUBAN RICE [...] (C) The Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) refuses to confirm reports that a Cuban delegation, headed by Deputy FM Eumelio Caballero, visited Tashkent March 13 to establish diplomatic relations with Uzbekistan. The delegation's visit was reported by Cuba-based Prensa Latina, the National [...] |
2006-03-15 11:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT502 |
DEMARCHE ON THE MILLENIUM CHALLENGE CORP. FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Poloff requested a meeting to deliver reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Consistent with recent practice, the MFA refuses to respond. Therefore, on February 21 post faxed the points to the MFA. The Ministry provided no comment or acknowledgement that the points were r [...] |
2006-03-15 12:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UK ZK |
| 06TASHKENT506 |
KAZAKH DCM COMMENTS ON TRADE AND BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokaev did not meet with any Uzbek officials during his February 8 visit to Tashkent. The majority of ethnic Kazakhs in Uzbekistan live along the border between the two countries, but require a visa to cross the border. While there is some cross-border tr [...] |
2006-03-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK ZK |
| 06TASHKENT512 |
RESOLUTION TIGHTENS CONTROL OF JOURNALISTS - [...] (C) Summary: A Cabinet of Ministers resolution passed on February 24 and released March 7 restricts working conditions for independent journalists and accreditation procedures for foreign journalists. Under the resolution, it is illegal for Uzbek citizens to work for non-MFA accredited foreign [...] |
2006-03-16 13:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL GM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT520 |
GOU ORDERS CLOSURE OF UNHCR [...] (C) UNHCR Protection Officer Asako Nozawa told poloff that the Uzbek mission in Geneva had delivered a note verbale to UNHCR headquarters on March 17 giving the Tashkent office thirty days to close. She added that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will not intervene, and that the office w [...] |
2006-03-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT521 |
INTER-AGENCY GROUP DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP MEASURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Amendments to the Uzbek criminal code for strengthening Trafficking-In-Persons (TIP) legislation are still under consideration, the current composition of the inter-agency TIP working group is still unknown, and there are no plans to register the International Organization for [...] |
2006-03-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SMIG ELAB ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT522 |
ACCUSED "WAHHABIS" DETAIL TORTURE IN DETENTION, [...] (C) Summary: Eight defendants being tried on religious extremism charges in Tashkent have openly testified that investigators beat and otherwise intimidated them into signing confessions. Such charges have rarely been raised in open court sessions in the past. A defendant's mother told trial [...] |
2006-03-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT532 |
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (C)Summary: Deutsche Welle stringer Obid Shabanov told Poloff that the MFA revoked his accreditation after he wrote a report about Uzbek migrant laborers freezing to death on a bus headed to Russia. Only one Deutsche Welle stringer is still accredited. Several international wire agency corre [...] |
2006-03-23 02:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI GM KDEM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT535 |
FREEDOM HOUSE'S DIRECTOR DEPARTS UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Freedom House's Uzbekistan country director, Branka Sesto, has left Uzbekistan following the organization's decision not to appeal the March 6 Tashkent City Civil Court liquidation order. Prior to her departure, Sesto told Emboffs that the liquidation of Freedom House's Tashkent office wa [...] |
2006-03-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT536 |
GOU DENIES ACCESS TO UZBEKS DEPORTED FROM UKRAINE [...] (C) In response to Post's request that international monitors be given access to the Uzbeks deported from Ukraine (ref A), the MFA replied in a March 23 diplomatic note that the individuals are subjects of a criminal investigation. In order to provide a fair investigation free from interferenc [...] |
2006-03-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT538 |
KYRGYZ DCM DISCUSSES GOU DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek-Kyrgyz economic relations are souring and the GOU is reneging on a long standing deal to trade Uzbek gas for Kyrgyz water, according to the Kyrgyz DCM. Uzbekistan,s accession to the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) has the potential to improve regional relations. Howeve [...] |
2006-03-24 02:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT577 |
UNHCR OFFICE PROPOSES PASSING TORCH TO UNDP [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT579 |
GERMANY WARNS THE UZBEKS TO BE NICE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarians (MPs) from the German-Central Asia group met with GOU officials in February to discuss cooperation on issues including terrorism. GOU officials held to the party line that the truth about Andijon had been established. The Germans were generally pleased that the [...] |
2006-03-24 16:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT584 |
MFA DISCUSSES OIC, KOREA AND INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Asia and Africa Department of the MFA surprisingly agreed to see us regarding the upcoming meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Arab League Boycott (ref A). The MFA official gladly discussed South Korea and India, and welcomed future meetings. End [...] |
2006-03-27 11:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT601 |
ANDIJON RESIDENTS ASK BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE [...] (C) In a recent visit to Andijon, British Ambassador David Moran was followed and questioned by self-proclaimed mahalla (neighborhood) representatives. He told the U.S. Ambassador that he first encountered the mostly-female group when he exited his hotel. They asked the purpose and duration [...] |
2006-03-28 12:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT605 |
CUTTING OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE - GOU [...] (C) Summary: When the Ambassador, at the invitation of the MFA, decided to attend a provincial investment roundtable in Andijon, the GOU quickly canceled the event. A Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, several other government officials and a handful of diplomats were already p [...] |
2006-03-28 13:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT611 |
THE END OF THE NEXIA? HYUNDAI LOOKING TO INVEST IN [...] (C) Summary: A key agenda item for President Islam Karimov,s March 28 meetings in Korea will likely be a possible Hyundai investment into UzDaewoo. According to UzDaewoo senior management, they were informed just prior to Karimov,s departure that Hyundai would likely purchase up to half of th [...] |
2006-03-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT632 |
KAZAKH AMBASSADOR ON NAZARBAYEV'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakh President Nazarbayev signed several cooperation agreements with President Islam Karimov during his Navruz visit to Tashkent. Kazakh Ambassador Kabdrakhmanov said the visit was successful, but discussions will continue on reducing excise tariffs and oil and gas investments. [...] |
2006-03-31 12:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KZ PGOV PREL UZ EINV |
| 06TASHKENT633 |
OIL, AUTOS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: KARIMOV VISITS KOREA [...] (C) Summary: President Karimov,s trip to South Korea was successful, according to the South Korean DCM Jeung-Hyun Ryu, but it is too early to know how much fruit the agreements will bear. In addition to speaking to Karimov about human rights, the Korean President discussed oil, gas and uraniu [...] |
2006-03-31 13:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT650 |
IN THE SPORT OF MINING, THE RUSSIANS TAKE URANIUM [...] (C) Summary: The local press is painting an idealistic picture of the agreement between Techsnabexport and Uzbekistan,s Navoi Mining and Metallurgy Combine (NGMK) to produce uranium. Meanwhile, US-based RWE Nukem is worried that it is slowly being pushed out of the uranium industry. Non-West [...] |
2006-04-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PGOV PREL UZ ZK PENV |
| 06TASHKENT651 |
DE GUCHT AND KARIMOV - AN OSCE MANDATE CHANGE AND [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Jenca briefed OSCE ambassadors on Belgian FM and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Karel De Gucht,s visit. According to Jenca, President Karimov told De Gucht a decision has not yet been made on the OSCE,s mandate, but he would like the mission to transform into a &Pr [...] |
2006-04-04 12:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ PHUM |
| 06TASHKENT691 |
JOURNALIST SOBIRJON YAKUBOV RELEASED [...] (C)Sobirjon Yakubov, a journalist with "Hurriyat" newspaper, was released on April 3, after spending a year in prison. Yakubov was detained on April 11, 2005, on the charge of undermining the constitutional order, under article 159 of the criminal code (ref A). However, he was never formally [...] |
2006-04-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT693 |
UNHCR OFFICE MAKES CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: The GOU has still not responded to UNDP's proposal to assume some of UNHCR's responsibilities after its closure. UNHCR headquarters has told its office to begin closing down on April 11 if the GOU has still not responded by then. UNHCR's Protection Officer told Poloff that the GO [...] |
2006-04-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT694 |
CULTURAL DELEGATION HEADED TO RUSSIA EXCLUDES [...] (C) According to a source in the parliament, an Uzbek cultural delegation will travel to Saint Petersburg from April 17-22 to participate in the Forum of Art and Science Intellectuals of the CIS countries. The delegation was invited by the rector of Moscow State University, actor Kyril Lavrov [...] |
2006-04-07 14:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PGOV PREL RU UZ |
| 06TASHKENT699 |
KARIMOV IN KOREA: FOREIGN INVESTMENT GOOD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to the Korean Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Moon Hayong, the GOK has chosen to engage Uzbekistan instead of isolating it. Despite concerns over lack of progress in human rights, the GOK is interested in Uzbekistan's energy sector, UzDaewoo plant and the sizeable resident e [...] |
2006-04-11 02:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ENRG KS PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT703 |
LOCAL RESIDENTS SING THE K2 BLUES [...] (C) Summary: The forced departure of the U.S. military from the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) airbase immediately affected hundreds of local area workers who depended on the generous wages. According to the head Imam of Kashkadaryo Province, the loss of jobs and humanitarian support has impacted the [...] |
2006-04-11 10:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT710 |
GOU PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON STUDENTS AT EU MEETING [...] (C) Several universities in Tashkent reportedly threatened to expel students if they attended EU informational meetings sponsored by the French Embassy. An Embassy contact told poloff numerous students missed the latest meeting out of fear that the universities would make good on the threat, [...] |
2006-04-12 11:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT728 |
UNHCR OFFICE CLOSES; UNDP ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-14 12:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT730 |
GANIEV AND AZIMOV TO VISIT JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: In the next three months, FM Ganiev and Deputy PM Azimov will both travel to Japan. Ganiev will head the Uzbek delegation to the Uzbek-Japan Joint Committee on the Economy in May, and Ganiev will represent Uzbekistan at the May Central Asia Plus Japan Foreign Ministers Meeting in [...] |
2006-04-14 13:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL UZ JP |
| 06TASHKENT755 |
DEUTSCHE WELLE REPORTER BUSHUYEVA HARASSED [...] (C) Deutsche Welle reporter Natalia Bushuyeva told Poloff that she has been the subject of extensive harassment since March 28, when she began receiving hundreds of telephone calls inquiring about sexual services and the sale of her apartment. Anonymous individuals posted fliers stating that [...] |
2006-04-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT756 |
FY06 FUNDING OF OSCE EXTRABUDGETARY PROJECTS IN [...] (U) Summary: The OSCE website listing of extrabudgetary projects does not reflect any activities in Uzbekistan. Post recommends the USG contribute funding to the following projects that fulfill both U.S. and OSCE interests: a research grant on intellectual property rights (IPR) (USD 100,000 [...] |
2006-04-19 07:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON OSCE PHUM PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT774 |
RUSSIA CONSIDERS OPENING CONSULATES, REGULARIZING [...] (C) Summary: Russian Embassy Counselor Yury Lebedev told Poloff that Russia is considering opening consulates in Samarkand and Ferghana City. This would be based on a reciprocal agreement under which Uzbekistan would open two consulates in Russia. However, a final decision has not yet been r [...] |
2006-04-20 11:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV RS UZ |
| 06TASHKENT777 |
INL COORDINATOR/DCM TRIP REPORT: TERMEZ AND [...] (U) Summary: Visiting INL Coordinator and DCM visited the Surkhandarya Province for inspection and observation of border post facilities and procedures. Emboffs assessed the use of equipment and training provided to Uzbek Customs and Border Guard officials by USG-funded programs through the [...] |
2006-04-21 03:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF TI UZ |
| 06TASHKENT798 |
FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE STILL UNDER [...] (C) During a recent embassy reception, Bekzod Yuldashev, the director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, pulled the Ambassador aside to discuss the current status of his brother-in-law, former Defense Minister Kodir Gulomov. Yuldashev told Ambassador that Gulomov is still under GOU investi [...] |
2006-04-24 03:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT799 |
INDIAN EMBASSY'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Indian PM Manmohan Singh will officially visit Tashkent on April 25-26 to talk with President Karimov and lay a wreath at the National World War II Memorial. According to Indian DCM B.M. Vinod Kumar, the GOI's expectations are very low for the visit, as this trip seems primarily t [...] |
2006-04-24 03:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UZ IN |
| 06TASHKENT800 |
UNDP ESTABLISHES REFUGEE SUPPORT UNIT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-24 03:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT802 |
(CORRECTED COPY) WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...] |
2006-04-24 07:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ |
| 06TASHKENT808 |
WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...] |
2006-04-24 12:42:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ |
| 06TASHKENT809 |
THE REJUVENATION OF ISLAM: WHY UZBEK MOSQUES ARE [...] (U) This is the first in a series on the state of Islam in Uzbekistan with future cables addressing a trip to Friday prayer, the relationship of mosque and state, and the growing market for Islamic materials and media. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Uzbek men are filling the mosques in search of solace [...] |
2006-04-25 03:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT823 |
IREX DIRECTOR DEPARTS [...] (C) AmCit IREX Country Director departed Tashkent with his family on April 19. His visa had expired, but he was able to obtain a one day visa at the airport for his family and himself. He is now in Ashgabat, where he will continue to manage IREX regional programs. 2. (C) Before they can l [...] |
2006-04-26 03:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT825 |
UZBEKISTAN AND SOUTH KOREA DEEPEN THEIR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan and South Korea are taking steps to strengthen their labor relations. Sources at the Uzbek Ministry of Labor and South Korean Embassy told Poloff that their governments have agreed to facilitate labor contracts for Uzbek guest workers. Uzbekistan will reportedly become [...] |
2006-04-26 03:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB SMIG ECON EFIN SOCI PGOV KS UZ |
| 06TASHKENT826 |
AN INVITATION TO FRIDAY PRAYER [...] (U) This is the second in a series on the state of Islam in Uzbekistan, with future cables addressing the relationship of mosque and state and the growing market for Islamic materials and media. 2. (C) Summary: During a recent visit to a neighborhood mosque during Friday prayers, poloff [...] |
2006-04-26 03:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KISL PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
| 06TASHKENT827 |
EMOTIONS STIR UP ROMANIAN-UZBEK RELATIONS [...] (C) Romanian Political Officer Calin Ilie told PE Chief that the Romanian-Uzbek relationship continues to flounder. He said that his Embassy's interactions with the MFA are essentially non-existent. The last meeting the Romanian Ambassador had with Deputy FM Nematov occurred last fall when th [...] |
2006-04-26 03:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RO UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT828 |
ADB COUNTRY DIRECTOR ON FUTURE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)released its strategy for Uzbekistan that cites difficulties with the GOU as a reason for the failure of certain projects. ADB will focus its program funds on technical assistance and education. ADB Country Director told DCM that ADB will become t [...] |
2006-04-26 03:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | AF ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UZ EINV |
| 06TASHKENT833 |
MAGEN DAVID ADOM DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-27 02:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREF PHUM PREL ICRC UZ |
| 06TASHKENT834 |
MULTILATERAL DEBT RELIEF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-04-27 02:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PGOV UZ |
| 06TASHKENT845 |
THE LATEST FROM ANDIJON [...] (C) Summary: A local contact from Andijon reported a series of recent "worrying events" in and around the province. He said that the local government seems to be continuing to try to boost public morale but does not plan to officially commemorate the anniversary of the May 2005 violence. Six [...] |
2006-04-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT852 |
GOU CLOSES ABA/CEELI [...] (SBU) On April 27, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasia Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) to liquidate. In requesting ABA/CEELI's liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) alleged that the organization acted outside its mandate and ch [...] |
2006-05-01 02:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT875 |
FOLLOW UP BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) Per ref. A request by Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTTC), Post reviewed documentation from the April assessment of equipment provided under licenses 05-813909, 05-851518, and 05-921858 by Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) staff. Th [...] |
2006-05-02 13:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC KSEP UZ |
| 06TASHKENT881 |
BRITISH STUDY PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Despite an often rocky Uzbek-British relationship, British sources in Tashkent indicate that the GOU has not imposed direct obstacles to study programs in the UK. A scholarship program jointly supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Open Society Institute, and a [...] |
2006-05-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT882 |
WE AGREE TO AGREE: KARIMOV RECEIVES INDIAN PM [...] (C) Summary: After years of GOU pressure, the Indian PM finally visited Tashkent on April 25-26. The timing was convenient, as President Karimov departed one week later to Pakistan. The PM's visit resulted in numerous agreements, but most lacked substance, according to the Indian DCM. Seven [...] |
2006-05-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON IN PGOV PREL PTER UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT887 |
NGO'S SAMARKAND OFFICE FORCED TO CLOSE DUE TO [...] (C) Summary: The local office of the Ministry of Justice took action against Amcits from the NGO Global Involvement through Education in Samarkand. Several were detained, harassed, and forced to sign statements. The organization paid fines for non-compliance with registration laws and volunt [...] |
2006-05-04 09:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT888 |
(S) UZBEK AMBASSADOR TO CHINA FEARS RECALL [...] (S) Summary: Uzbekistan's Ambassador to China, Sabirjon Yusupov, told an Embassy contact visiting China that he fears being recalled. Yusupov said that President Karimov is dissatisfied with his performance, and considering replacing him with former Primer Minister Utkir Sultanov. He specu [...] |
2006-05-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH UZ |
| 06TASHKENT900 |
COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL ORDERED LIQUIDATED [...] (SBU) On May 4, a Tashkent City Civil Court judge ordered Counterpart International to liquidate. In requesting liquidation, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) accused Counterpart of not providing required documentation on its programs, acting outside its mandate in setting up a local NGO in Kokan [...] |
2006-05-05 12:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 06TASHKENT902 |
(S) MAFIA BOSS FIXES GOU TENDERS AND JOBS \ [...] (S) Summary: A well connected Embassy contact described a \ mafia chieftain's role in helping businessmen to secure GOU \ tenders and job applicants to "buy" government jobs. Crime \ boss Salim Abduvaliyev puts bidders for tenders in touch with \ an Iranian businessman holding British citizenship [...] |
2006-05-05 12:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | KCRM PGOV ECON PREL PINR UZ |
| 06TASHKENT938 |
LANDMINE ACTIVIST UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Alisher Taksanov (please protect), the local representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), told us that he was denied an exit visa at the end of March, preventing him from attending an international landmine conference. Taksanov, who is also an independent [...] |
2006-05-15 13:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT948 |
TENSE WEEKEND IN TASHKENT [...] (C) Summary: The first anniversary of the Andijon unrest generally passed quietly in Tashkent. However, tension in the capital was higher over the weekend, as evidenced by several unrelated, yet illustrative, events. Students at several universities were ordered to report to class on May 13 [...] |
2006-05-16 12:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI UZ |
| 06TASHKENT980 |
LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TOLD TO BUILD TIES WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) The GOU is encouraging local NGOs and civic leaders to focus their international activities on cooperation with Russia and China. In a meeting on March 8 in celebration of International Women's Day, Deputy Prime Minister Svetlana Inamova told a group of local women civic leaders that they [...] |
2006-05-19 05:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL UZ |
| 06TASHKENT992 |
PARANOIA IN FLIGHT: KARIMOV ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE IN [...] (S) Summary: Prior to President Karimov's visit to Islamabad, Pakistani DCM Malik said the two largest issues facing Uzbekistan and Pakistan were transportation and customs problems. Pakistani Ambassador Kamran reported that Karimov's visit produced few tangible results, but stressed that the [...] |
2006-05-22 10:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | PGOV PREL UZ ZK |
| 06TASHKENT997 |
SUBJECT: SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT: DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | UZ IZ KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL |
| 06TASHKENT999 |
NATIONWIDE PROSECUTION OF FAITH-BASED NGO [...] (C) Summary: According to senior management at the faith-based NGO Central Asian Free Exchange (CAFE), the GOU has launched a coordinated effort to prosecute several of its regional offices. Seven of its nine provincial offices have come under scrutiny by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). Thes [...] |
2006-05-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1010 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST TURAYEVA'S APPEAL DELAYED [...] (C) Summary: Andijon-based human rights activist Gulbahor Turayeva, who was convicted and sentenced to six years' imprisonment on April 24, was scheduled for an appeal hearing on May 22. However, the court delayed the hearing by at least a week. Earlier news reports had claimed that Turayeva [...] |
2007-05-24 11:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1016 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. OBJECTIVES AT WORLD HEALTH [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A information to Ministry of Health Department of Sanitary Epidemiology Director Saidmurad Saidaliyev and Deputy Director Botkijon Matkarimov on May 22. Saidaliyev and Matkarimov agreed that all nations have a responsibility to share live virus samples immediately an [...] |
2007-05-25 12:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1022 |
CHEAP CHINESE LOANS TO KEY UZBEK SECTORS [...] (U) In April, the Chinese Eximbank extended by one year the validity of a $300 million export-financing credit line to the National Bank of Uzbekistan. This credit line was initially provided in 2004 to finance the purchase of Chinese-produced equipment for use in key sectors of the Uzbek eco [...] |
2007-05-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECON PREL PGOV CH UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1029 |
UZBEKISTAN REACTS TO EU SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan reacted on several fronts to the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) decision on May 14 to prolong sanctions against Uzbekistan. The Foreign Ministry issued a critical statement; state-controlled media published negative stories; [...] |
2007-05-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EUN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1037 |
DEMARCHE ON NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-30 11:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IBRD UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1051 |
OSCE PROJECTS GET AXED DUE TO EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) OSCE Ambassador Jenca, on May 31, told Charge he was called in by Foreign Minister Norov on May 29 to express the GOU,s dissatisfaction with the EU,s May 14 sanctions decision (Ref A). Norov explained to Jenca that since the OSCE and EU were &like-minded8 organizations and cooperated clos [...] |
2007-06-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV EU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1054 |
EU PUSHES ON AFTER SANCTIONS DECISION [...] (C) Summary: After the EU decision to extend sanctions to Uzbekistan, the EU Special Representative to Central Asia, Pierre Morel, visited Tashkent on May 28 to explain the sanctions decision and EU continue engagement with the Uzbeks. Although the Uzbek Foreign Minister expressed deep dissa [...] |
2007-06-04 04:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PREL PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1058 |
UZBEKISTAN 2007 FOREIGN LABOR TRENDS (FLT) REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-04 09:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1061 |
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PERSEVERES DESPITE DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Uzbekistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Europe and Central Asia Division Executive Director Holly Cartner met with Charge and Acting DCM on June  [...] |
2007-06-05 03:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1065 |
BOEING AND AIRBUS WIN CONTRACTS [...] (C) A Boeing official told econoff that on May 30 Uzbek Airways signed the contract to purchase two 787s (reftel). Additionally, the Uzbeks contractually agreed to purchase ten 737s at a future date. The German Embassy confirmed Uzbek Airways signed a deal with Airbus on June 1 to purchase six [...] |
2007-06-05 09:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD PGOV PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1069 |
THE ERA OF U.S. ASSISTANCE IS OVER [...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Tom Adams urged Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov to resolve ongoing issues involving an Embassy FSN and the seizure of U.S. assistance funding from two nongovernmental organizations. The U.S. is re [...] |
2007-06-05 11:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1070 |
GOU AGREES TO RETURN SEIZED U.S. ASSISTANCE FUNDS, [...] (C) First Deputy Foreign Minister Ilkhom Nematov summoned Charge to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs June 5 and said that the Government of Uzbekistan accepted the proposal (reftel) made June 4 by U.S. Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Tom Adams. The proposal calls for the Gover [...] |
2007-06-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1079 |
FM HARSHLY CRITICIZES PRESIDENT'S REMARKS ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov registered the Government's deep displeasure with President Bush's criticism of Uzbekistan's human rights practices in his June 5 speech at the Prague Conference on Democracy and Security. Norov said that these comments demonstrate that [...] |
2007-06-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1095 |
CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST THREE DEUTSCHE WELLE [...] (C) Summary: German Poloff Uwe Berndt confirmed a June 5 Ferghana.ru report that the Tashkent City General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges against three Deutsche Welle correspondents: Yuri Chernogayev, Sayyora Rozikulova and Obid Shabanov. The three were charged with working without a lic [...] |
2007-06-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1096 |
GOU CONTINUES NGO REGISTRATION GAMES [...] (C) American nongovernmental organizations continue to experience registration problems despite good faith efforts to comply with Uzbek law and the advice of the Ministry of Justice. Post learned June 5 that the Ministry of Justice has denied Project Hope's application to transfer its status [...] |
2007-06-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1139 |
2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States Government is aware of fifteen (15) claims of United States persons against the Government of Uzbekistan, seven (7) of which have been resolved. 2. a. Claimant B b. 1998 c. Claimant B is a US trading company that exported alcohol to Uzbekistan. In 1998, customs au [...] |
2007-06-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV EINV KIDE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1140 |
COSCOM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Uzbekistan Agency for Communications and Information Technology (the Telecom Agency) and other authorities have quietly dropped their legal and administrative complaints against U.S. majority-owned cellular provider COSCOM. The company has recovered most of [...] |
2007-06-15 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ECPS PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1146 |
UZBEKISTAN DENIES ACCREDITATION TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: On June 14, the Ministry of Justice denied accreditation to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) newly arrived junior expatriate staff member. Unless the Government reverses its decision, HRW will be left without any accredited [...] |
2007-06-18 12:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1151 |
UZBEKS APPARENTLY WILLING TO "FORGIVE" NGO TAX [...] (C) Summary: A U.S.-Uzbekistan working group met June 19 to discuss the process whereby U.S. assistance funds frozen or seized by the Government of Uzbekistan could be returned to the USG for reprogramming in the health sector. The U.S. side said that the most pressing issue was to halt liqui [...] |
2007-06-19 11:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1152 |
CHARGE ASKS GOU TO REVERSE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] (C) Summary: Charge urged Deputy Foreign Minister Anvar Salikhbaev on June 19 to reconsider the GOU's accreditation denial to Human Rights Watch's (HRW) amcit staff member (reftel). Salikhbaev said he would take the message directly to the Foreign Minister, and did. End summary. 2. (C) Ch [...] |
2007-06-19 12:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1167 |
DEUTSHCE WELLE REPORTERS AMNESTIED? [...] (C) Summary: Post reported on June 8 that the Tashkent General Prosecutor's Office dropped charges of working without a license against three Deutsche Welle correspondents. However, other sources announced that the three journalists were amnestied. A German Embassy representative insisted th [...] |
2007-06-21 12:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV GM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1187 |
GOU PAYS OFF NEWMONT LOAN TO EBRD [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Representative Office of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Fernand Pillonel, said the remainder of its loan to the Zarafshan-Newmont Joint Venture will be paid in full by the GOU by the end of June. As EBRD is a third tier creditor, this [...] |
2007-06-25 03:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EBRD PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1196 |
GOU SUSPENDS PORTIONS OF MONEY [...] (SBU) In late spring, President Karimov signed legislation suspending aspects of Uzbekistan's 2004 law on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing until 2013. The new legislation suspends the authority of the Department on Combating Tax, Currency Crimes, and Legalization of Criminal [...] |
2007-06-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PTER KTFN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1197 |
JEHOVAH'S WITNESS SAMARKAND CONVICTION UPHELD ON [...] (C) Summary: A Jehovah's Witness in Samarkand was convicted on May 14 of illegally teaching religion and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. His associates claimed he had never committed the act of which he was accused, and that testimony favorable to his case had been erased from trial rec [...] |
2007-06-25 11:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1206 |
COURT SUSPENDS ACTION AGAINST FINCA FOR ONE MONTH [...] (SBU) On June 28, the Tashkent City Economic Court postponed further legal action in the Foundation for International Community Assistance's (FINCA) ongoing tax case for one month. The court initially heard oral arguments on the State Tax Committee's petition to declare FINCA bankrupt. Inste [...] |
2007-06-28 10:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1216 |
CDA URGES FM NOROV TO REVERSE HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-02 04:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1217 |
EUREKA! NEWMONT MAKES A DEAL WITH GOU [...] (C) Newmont Mining's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer told Charge that he expected to sign a settlement agreement with the Government of Uzbekistan on June 29. Under the agreement, the government will pay Newmont $80 million over the next several months, will pay outstanding obligations to [...] |
2007-07-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1246 |
OSCE AMBASSADOR DEPARTING TASHKENT; GOU TO HOST [...] (C) Summary: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ambassador Miroslav Jenca told Charge that he plans to leave his post in September to take up a new position as Chef de Cabinet for Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis. He said the OSCE plans to organize a regional conferen [...] |
2007-07-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE EUN LO ZK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1257 |
GOU SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON POLICE [...] (C) Senior Police Advisor to the OSCE Secretary General Kevin Carty told Poloff that the OSCE and Government of Uzbekistan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on police training. The MOU was signed during Carty's July 4 meeting with First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Kadiro [...] |
2007-07-09 09:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1258 |
ICRC RESTARTS, IMMEDIATELY SUSPENDS PRISON [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director told Charge d'Affaires on July 2 that the ICRC suspended its prison monitoring program again after a three hour visit to one of Tashkent's principal detention facilities on May 21. ICRC's prison monitoring program in [...] |
2007-07-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1264 |
TAX AUTHORITIES SEIZE REMAINING MERCY CORPS ASSETS [...] (C) Mercy Corps' remaining assets have been seized by Uzbek tax authorities to partially satisfy financial penalties imposed on the organization for alleged violations of Uzbek law (ref A). Igor Pakan, ABN-AMRO Bank Uzbekistan Country Representative, told Charge July 10 that the tax authoriti [...] |
2007-07-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1265 |
UZBEKS AND AFGHANS SIGN FOLLOW ON ELECTRICTY DEAL; [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan reportedly has agreed to supply 150 megawatts of electricity a year to Afghanistan starting in 2008 and 300 megawatts a year by the end of 2009. Uzbekistan declined a $25 million loan to help finance the upgrade of power lines between the Talimarjan Power Plant and the [...] |
2007-07-10 11:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1271 |
UZBEKS TOUT FOREIGN "EXPERT" COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) In early June, the Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a publication claiming to highlight positive international reactions to the adoption of the two new Uzbek Constitutional Laws. The booklet, titled "Comments and Assessments of Foreign Political and Expert Circles of the Constitut [...] |
2007-07-11 05:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1274 |
UZBEKISTAN: NO RESPONSE TO ICAO DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 11, Pol-Econoff delivered reftel information to Ismat Fayzullaev, the Foreign Ministry's director for U.S. Affairs. Fayzullaev said that he in turn referred the information to Uzbekistan's National Agency for Aviation Oversight (GosAviaNadzor). As of July 11, despite requests f [...] |
2007-07-11 23:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1292 |
GOU CRACKDOWN ON CASH "SMUGGLING" [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek law requires that cash brought in to, or taken out of Uzbekistan, be declared and establishes limits on the amount of cash that can be taken out of the country. Enforcement of these regulations, historically weak, appears to have been stepped up in recent months, particular [...] |
2007-07-16 08:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV CASC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1299 |
AFGHANISTAN ELECTRICITY PROJECT: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Hong Wei told the Charge July 13 that the bank is ready to finance upgrades to approximately 80 miles of power lines between the Talimarjan Power Plan and the Uzbek-Afghanista [...] |
2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL RF AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1300 |
UZBEK OFFICIALS SHOW A HINT OF FLEXIBILITY IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with four key Uzbek Government interlocutors during his five-day visit to Tashkent. All fiercely defended Uzbekistan's record on religious freedom and suggested that the country's designation as a Country of [...] |
2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1301 |
AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE HANFORD MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan from June 25 to June 30, Ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met several of Uzbekistan's religious leaders, including the Mufti and the head Imam of Tashkent, the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church, th [...] |
2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF UZ TX TI |
| 07TASHKENT1302 |
UZBEK-RUSSIAN LABOR MIGRATION AGREEMENTS: DETAILS [...] (C) Russia and Uzbekistan signed three bilateral labor migration agreements during the July 3-4 visit to Tashkent of Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. Russian Ambassador Farit Mukhametshin told the Charge July 12 that the agreements are meant primarily to legalize the status o [...] |
2007-07-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR RF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1308 |
MFA RESPONDS TO HANFORD'S OFFER [...] (C) On July 12, MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev informed Poloff that the Government had accepted Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford's offer to exchange a series of confidential letters on improving religious freedom in Uzbekistan. Hanford had suggest [...] |
2007-07-17 01:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1323 |
SECOND DEMARCHE ON ICAO ASSEMBLY DELIVERED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-18 10:36:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1324 |
SERGEI IVANOV TALKS BUSINESS WITH THE UZBEKS [...] (C) Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov's visit to Tashkent focused primarily on resolving issues in the Russia-Uzbekistan commercial relationship. Although trade turnover is increasing, the growth is primarily due to large oil and gas projects while other Russian business conti [...] |
2007-07-18 10:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EAIR KNNP JO RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1325 |
RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS UNIVERSITY TO OPEN BRANCH IN [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Farit Mukhametshin confirmed to the Charge July 12 that the Moscow-based Russian Oil and Gas University plans to open a branch campus in Tashkent later in 2007 (ref A). Mukhametshin said that the decision to open the branch campus was made because Russian oil and gas co [...] |
2007-07-19 04:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI EPET RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1333 |
ADB CHIEF ON PROJECTS IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) The Asian Development Bank depends on a combination of official statistics, a "huge problem" according to the bank's country director, and independent analysis to assess the Uzbek economy. The Uzbek mentality is to make things better than they actually are, but a lack of know how in gather [...] |
2007-07-19 10:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAGR PREL PINR ADB UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1345 |
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH EFFECTIVELY CLOSES [...] (c) Summary: Human Rights Watch's (HRW) office in Tashkent will effectively close on July 22 with the expected departure of Mira Rittman, the last remaining expatriate HRW staff member in Uzbekistan. Rittman received a letter from the Ministry of Justice on June 14 informing her without expla [...] |
2007-07-20 12:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1354 |
EIGHT WOMEN SENTENCED FOR EXTREMISM; ANDIJON [...] (C) Summary: On July 9, the Tashkent City Court convicted eight women of membership in the banned religious extremist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT). Seven of the women received three-year suspended sentences, while an eighth was sentenced to three years in prison. Human Rights Watch, which monito [...] |
2007-07-24 01:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1356 |
HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER DIES AFTER APPARENT POISONING [...] (C) Summary: The Swiss Ambassador told Charge d'Affaires on July 5 that a local lawyer, who was one of the Swiss Embassy's main human rights contacts, was poisoned near the Chorsu bazaar after an unknown assailant stabbed him with a syringe. The lawyer died after spending several days at home [...] |
2007-07-24 03:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1366 |
UPDATE TO 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CASES [...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, Post provides the following update to its submission for the 2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Cases. Post requests Department update ref B as indicated below. 2. (SBU) a. Claimant S (resolved) c. In late June, Claimant S informed Post that [...] |
2007-07-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV KIDE UZ EINV |
| 07TASHKENT1369 |
CZECHS EXPECT "PRAGMATIC" SIX MONTHS AS LOCAL EU [...] (C) Czech Political Officer Dagmar Novohradska told Poloff that the Czech Embassy will be pragmatic during its six months as the local representative of the European Union (EU). She said that the Czechs understand their role is to represent the EU as a whole, and may need to temper some of it [...] |
2007-07-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EU EZ UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1370 |
ANDIJON EYEWITNESS REAPPEARS [...] (C) Mahbuba Zakirova, an Andijon-eyewitness who was reported to have disappeared in May, reappeared two days ago in Andijon province. According to Elena Urlayeva of the Human Rights Alliance, Zakirova was seen on July 23 by her nephew. She has been staying in the village of Hakan in Andijon [...] |
2007-07-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1373 |
ELECTION ANNOUNCEMENT REPORTEDLY PLANNED FOR [...] (C) Two human rights contacts recently provided Post with information about the scheduling of the upcoming Uzbek presidential election. The Chairman of the Uzbek Human Rights Society "Ezgulik" provided Poloff with a copy of a Constitutional Court letter stating that election day will be the " [...] |
2007-07-26 10:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1380 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL ANAND [...] Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to House Committee on Foreign Affairs Staff Members Manpreet Singh Anand, Melissa Adamson, Gene Gurevich and Amanda Sloat for the proposed visit to Tashkent August 22. Post will meet Staffdel at the airport and provide transportati [...] |
2007-07-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1386 |
HIGH POVERTY DESPITE STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (C) Summary: While Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials tout the country's strong economic growth, they fail to recognize problems associated with high inflation and poverty rates. Inflation in 2006 most likely was around 20 percent and the cost of living continues to rise, fueled recent [...] |
2007-07-30 04:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1405 |
PRE-ELECTION TOUR FOR KARIMOV? [...] (C) Summary: President Karimov traveled unusually far afield in May and June, possibly in anticipation of an expected reelection campaign. Independent press speculation suggests that the Uzbek president will seek reelection, possibly by amending the Uzbek Constitution to allow him to run for [...] |
2007-08-01 11:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1407 |
EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM - 2007 [...] Per reftel, Post requests the temporary posting of an Embassy Science Fellow to Embassy Tashkent for approximately six weeks in either October-November 2007 or March-April 2008. No medical or security clearance is required. If approved for participation in the program, Post commits to provi [...] |
2007-08-02 03:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL AMGT UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1414 |
NO BIBLES IN TASHKENT BOOKSTORES [...] (C) Summary: On July 20, Poloff met with the Executive Director of the Uzbekistan Bible Society, who explained that his organization currently faces its most difficult environment since opening in 1993. Since July 2006, the Bible Society has only been able to officially import 500 books in [...] |
2007-08-02 11:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF UZ TX |
| 07TASHKENT1416 |
POWER OF THE PURSE: UZBEK GOVERNMENT UNVEILS PLAN [...] (U) Post received a circular diplomatic note, sent to all diplomatic missions and international organizations in Tashkent, announcing a plan to make Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) funds available to Nongovernmental Organizations (NGO). According to the note, the Cabinet of Ministers adopted th [...] |
2007-08-03 08:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1420 |
OTAKHONOV OUT, RUSTAMBAEV REPORTEDLY IN AS [...] (C) Embassy contacts have confirmed internet press reports that Minister of Justice Foziljon Otakhonov has been transferred to a position within the Presidential Apparat where he possibly will be in charge of preparations for the upcoming Presidential election. Our contacts suggest that Otakh [...] |
2007-08-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1427 |
NEW SHAKEUP IN SENIOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVISORS [...] (C) President Karimov has released his State Advisor for Law Enforcement, Anvar Nabiev, from his duties and appointed him instead as a Deputy General Prosecutor. This appears to be a clear demotion for Nabiev, who gained prominence as the lead prosecutor in the 2005 Andijon show trial. A par [...] |
2007-08-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1433 |
UZBEKS ADOPT JUDICIAL REFORMS, BUT THE JURY'S [...] (U) The Government of Uzbekistan has adopted long-planned legislation abolishing the death penalty and transferring the power to issue detention warrants from the Prosecutor's Office to the judiciary. The new laws, adopted by both chambers of the Oliy Majlis in June, are generally the same as [...] |
2007-08-07 09:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1444 |
UZBEKS SEEK TO PUNISH NATO'S "SPOILED CHILDREN" [...] (C) NATO's Central Asia Liaison Officer briefed NATO mission on the results of a trip to follow up on agreements made during the visit to Tashkent of a NATO expert-level delegation in May. Shortly after that visit, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed NATO that a further development of [...] |
2007-08-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR NATO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1445 |
UZBEKS ANNOUNCE "MICRO-FINANCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM" [...] (U) The Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) has announced a plan to expand popular access to microcredit over the next three years. The "Micro-Finance Development Program", adopted by decree of the Cabinet of Ministers in June, recognizes the important role the availability of microcredit plays in [...] |
2007-08-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1447 |
POPULAR WEEKLY CLOSED BY UZBEK AUTHORITIES [...] (U) The Uzbek Agency for Press and Information closed the popular Uzbek Islam-oriented weekly Odamlar Orasida (Among the People) on July 30 for alleged violation of media laws. The Uzbek authorities, unsurprisingly, did not outline the specific breaches of the law. 2. (C) Launched in Februa [...] |
2007-08-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KPAO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1448 |
ICRC PLANS TO DEMARCHE KARIMOV [...] (C) Summary: On August 8, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation for Central Asia Head told poloff that ICRC has received no response from the Government on restarting its prison monitoring program since their last abortive attempt in May and is now considering del [...] |
2007-08-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ICRC UZ TI |
| 07TASHKENT1479 |
LET THEM EAT BREAD! PRICES SURGE ACROSS THE BOARD [...] (C) Summary: August 1 marked an overall surge in prices for nearly every basic consumer good and service, from gasoline to food to public transportation. This surge coincided with a presidential decree that raised the minimum salary. Presidential elections are expected in only four months. [...] |
2007-08-14 08:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1481 |
PASSING THE BUCK ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Government of Uzbekistan officials provided little information on anti-money laundering efforts during a roundtable with international donors on August 7. Donors expressed concern at the suspension of Uzbekistan's money laundering law, warning that the decision makes Uzbekistan's particip [...] |
2007-08-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PTER KTFN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1486 |
KAZAK AMBASSADOR BRIEFS CHARGE ON UZBEK RELATIONS [...] (C) Charge met with Kazakh Ambassador Myrzakhmetov on August 8 to discuss the visit of Kazakh Prime Minister Masimov to Tashkent on 26 July. The Ambassador said the visit was the second in a scheduled series of high level visits under the Uzbek-Kazakh Intergovernmental Committee. The Ambassad [...] |
2007-08-15 06:19:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG ECON KY KZ UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1488 |
POINT OF CONTACT FOR ILEA PROGRAM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-15 07:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ASEC KCRM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1489 |
UZBEKS PROPOSE JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message contains a guidance request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Uzbekistan's Regional Policy Foundation has proposed a human rights conference to Post as the means to nudge the bilateral relationship back on track. The Foundation's director said the conference had been vetted and [...] |
2007-08-15 08:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1493 |
POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SECOND DEMARCHE ON ICAO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1494 |
AFGHAN REFUGEES THREATENED (AGAIN) WITH DEPORTATION [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires met with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative on August 10 to discuss renewed threats by the Government to deport Afghan refugees from Uzbekistan. Charge shared with Akcura a copy of a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Af [...] |
2007-08-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL AF UZ TI |
| 07TASHKENT1509 |
ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE EXPOS FAIL TO ATTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Agrominitech and Oil and Gas Expositions opened Uzbekistan's expo season, but attracted less foreign interest and attention than in 2006. On the whole, foreign companies continue to avoid investing in Uzbekistan. Even Russian companies are adversely affected by t [...] |
2007-08-17 09:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ETRD EINV ENGR PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1514 |
INDIANS ASK ABOUT URANIUM [...] (C) Charge met with Indian Ambassador Skand Ranjan Tayal at the latter's request August 17 to discuss potential supplies of uranium to India. Tayal mentioned the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) in 2004 had discussed selling uranium yellow cake to India, but nothing had come of these discussion [...] |
2007-08-20 04:59:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PARM IN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1519 |
UZBEKISTAN: NO RESPONSE TO COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-21 05:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1520 |
TIP: PROPOSED PROJECTS TO ENGAGE THE GOVERNMENT [...] This is an Action Request; see Para 6 2. (C) Post has experienced greater transparency, cooperation, and engagement with the Uzbeks on TIP matters during the last six weeks than in the past two years. We believe that imposing sanctions at this point will only serve to discourage further [...] |
2007-08-21 05:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1546 |
LAST REGISTERED JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONGREGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel told poloff on August 17 that authorities may be planning to deregister the congregation in Chirchik, the last remaining legal JW congregation in Uzbekistan. The Chirchik congregation recently received a second warning letter fro [...] |
2007-08-28 10:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1561 |
TORTURED OVER A SHEEP [...] (C) Summary: On August 14, Mashrab Jumaev, the son of dissident poet Yusup Jumaev, was fined 62,000 soum (50 dollars) by the Karakol District Criminal Court (Bukhara province) for stealing a neighbor's sheep. Jumaev was then released from pre-trial detention, where he was allegedly tortured [...] |
2007-08-30 10:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1562 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR ICAO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 23:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1576 |
PULATOV FOR PRESIDENT? [...] (C) Summary: A Birlik party member told poloff on August 17 that an initiative group would be formed in September to announce the candidacy of Birlik Chairman Abdurakhmon Pulatov for the expected presidential elections in December. The Birlik party member, who is also head of the Ezgulik huma [...] |
2007-09-04 10:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1586 |
KARIMOV'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECHES: PLATITUDES, [...] (C) Summary: During his two-hour televised speech to the Cabinet on August 30, President Karimov touted Uzbekistan's accomplishments since independence and pledged greater successes in the future, but warned that "foreign centers" were trying to undermine the country. His Independence Day ad [...] |
2007-09-06 10:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1596 |
PROTESTS REPORTED IN FERGHANA VALLEY AND TASHKENT [...] (C) Summary: Independent websites and Embassy contacts have reported scattered demonstrations in the Ferghana Valley and in Tashkent this past week. The demonstrations reportedly have been caused by rising food prices and scarcities. Officials in the city of Margilan also reportedly have pa [...] |
2007-09-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1602 |
GOU AGREEMENT TO CONVENE BILATERAL BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded positively to the United States proposal to resume cooperation with Uzbekistan's Committee for State Border Protection (reftel). 2. (U) An unofficial translation of the GOU's diplomatic note No 20/21189 follows: Begin text: The Ministr [...] |
2007-09-11 01:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1603 |
WORLD BANK MEETING: UZBEKS STILL THINKING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-11 04:45:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON WB UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1605 |
PENTECOSTAL PASTOR FLEES TO KIEV; SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) On September 7, poloff received an email from Pentecostal Pastor Bakhtiyor Tuychiev, an Embassy contact from Andijon, explaining that he had left Uzbekistan and is currently seeking political refugee status from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Kiev, Ukra [...] |
2007-09-12 10:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1606 |
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FACE OBSTACLES AND [...] (C) Summary: While President Karimov has not yet made any official announcement on elections, which are widely expected to be planned for December 23, several human rights activists already have announced their candidacies. These self-declared candidates have little chance of being registered [...] |
2007-09-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1607 |
UZBEKISTAN'S FOREIGN POLICY MAP OF THE WORLD [...] (C) Summary: In an Independence Day speech to the Tashkent Diplomatic Corps August 28, FM Norov outlined Uzbekistan's foreign policy, rank-ordering relations with five tiers of countries and international organizations. Not surprisingly, he extolled relations with Russia and Russian-supporte [...] |
2007-09-13 10:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1648 |
U.S. COTTON GIN IS A RARE SEMI-SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 7, econoff visited the Central Asia Seed Company (CASC), a modern, fully U.S.-owned cotton gin located in Syrdarya, about two hours southwest of Tashkent. With over ten years experience in Uzbekistan, CASC is valued by the provincial government for its social and e [...] |
2007-09-17 10:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD ICAC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1652 |
NETWORKING HELPS SHELTER ASSIST TIP VICTIMS [...] (U) Summary: On September 10, Poloff visited the only shelter in Tashkent for victims of human trafficking. The "Reintegration Center" is funded by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which operates in Uzbekistan through the organization "Istiqbolli Avlod" due to registration [...] |
2007-09-18 06:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1659 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) On September 17, 2007 poloff delivered demarche to the Division Chief of the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk, Ismat Fayzullaev. Mr. Fayzullaev responded that Uzbekistan is a small country and is not generally involved in affairs of the Middle East. He added that Uz [...] |
2007-09-19 04:32:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC LE PTER |
| 07TASHKENT1661 |
HIGH PRICES, RATIONING OF STAPLES IN THE FERGHANA [...] (C) Summary: On September 12-13, poloffs visited the Ferghana Valley provinces of Namangan and Ferghana. Whether meeting with human rights contacts or sellers at the bazaar, the main topic of conversation was invariably peoples' frustration at price hikes for basic staples, especially for fl [...] |
2007-09-19 10:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1662 |
GM-DAT, UZDAEWOO IN JOINT VENTURE TALKS; CHEVROLET [...] (C) Summary: GM-DAT, a Korean-based GM subsidiary, is in talks on the establishment of a joint venture (JV) with UzDaewoo. GM-DAT intends to sign the formal contract with President Karimov in October and then publicly announce the JV. GM-DAT views the JV as a long-term investment in which it [...] |
2007-09-19 10:17:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND ELTN RU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1663 |
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN THE FERGHANA VALLEY [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to the Ferghana Valley on September 12-13, poloffs met with two former recipients of USAID grants, the Namangan Credit Union and the Ferghana-based Unicons consulting firm. These enterprises show that some of the Uzbek people's traditional entrepreneurial spirit p [...] |
2007-09-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1664 |
UNHCR TO REASSESS REFUGEES AS PRESSURE MOUNTS [...] (C) Summary: DCM met with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Fikret Akcura on September 17 to discuss the status of Afghan refugees. DCM conveyed that all DHS interviews have been completed but any new candidates put forth by UNHCR and any successful appeals wi [...] |
2007-09-19 10:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL AF TI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1665 |
GOU SETS ELECTION, CAMPAIGN DATES [...] (C) Summary: The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on September 18 that Uzbekistan will hold a presidential election on December 23 and the campaigning will begin on September 21. The GOU intends to invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Mos [...] |
2007-09-19 11:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1667 |
KAZAKH AMBASSADOR TO HEAD NEW KAZAKHSTAN STATE [...] (C) Summary. Kazakh Ambassador to Uzbekistan Askar Myrzakhmetov is departing post on September 20 to head the new state-owned company Ontustik, which will be headquartered in Shimkent. Ontustik will focus on economic development projects in the the provinces of South Kazakhstan, Jambul, and [...] |
2007-09-20 05:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EMIN PREL KZ UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1675 |
OSCE HDIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) P/E section chief delivered reftel demarche September 20 to MFA's Ismat Faizullaev, Chief of Section for U.S. Affairs. Faizullaev thanked us for the information and promised to share with the International Organizations Department. Faizullaev said he expected we would continue to work [...] |
2007-09-24 05:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ECON OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1678 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CENTRAL-ASIA TIFA COUNCIL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered reftel demarche on September 14 to Uzbek Minister for Foreign Economic Relations, Elyor Ganiev. Ganiev found the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) meeting useful, saying he would like [...] |
2007-09-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD WTRO ZK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1679 |
FERGHANA VALLEY COTTON HARVEST IN FULL SWING [...] (C) Summary: The cotton harvest is in full swing in the Ferghana Valley. A deputy hokim (mayor) in the Ferghana town of Oltiaryq told poloffs on September 12 that he expected the cotton harvest in his region to exceed the previous two years. However, despite the deputy hokim's rosy outlook, [...] |
2007-09-24 09:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EAGR SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1680 |
YOUTH REPORTEDLY DISCOURAGED FROM MOSQUE ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Summary: During a September 5 meeting at Namangan's Mahdum Ishon Mosque, Namangan province Head Imam Tursunov allegedly ordered imams to bar schoolchildren from attending nightly readings of the Qur'an during Ramadan. Word of the reported incident has spread in the community, causing res [...] |
2007-09-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1681 |
SECURITY SERVICE DISRUPTS POLOFF BUKHARA VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited Bukhara from September 20 - 23, where he previously served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in a high school. Local English teachers informed poloff that an NSS (National Security Service) agent was monitoring the hotel and questioned them about their association with an [...] |
2007-09-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PINS PHUM OEXC UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1682 |
NUKEM'S URANIUM QUOTA UNMET BY UZBEKS [...] (C) Summary: As per ref C guidance, econoff informed Nukem Inc.'s Tashkent Head of Office, Yevgeny Onokhin, of the Indian Embassy's inquiry into Nukem's business in Uzbekistan. Onokhin said he is cautious yet open to meeting with the Indians. DCM informed the Indian Ambassador he should direc [...] |
2007-09-25 02:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN KNNP ENRG ETRD ECON IN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1699 |
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON ALISHER ANVAROVICH [...] (U) Summary: On August 25, 2007, the Senate of the Republic of Uzbekistan appointed Alisher Anvarovich Kurmanov as the country's first Ambassador to Singapore. Post has obtained biographical information on Kurmanov. 2. (C) Alisher Anvarovich Kurmanov, an ethnic Tatar (officially Uzbek), w [...] |
2007-09-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV UZ SN |
| 07TASHKENT1701 |
CZECH AMBASSADOR ON KARIMOV, ANDIJON AND WAY [...] (C) AMB paid a courtesy call September 24 on Czech Ambassador Alex Fojtik, who also represents the EU Presidency in Tashkent. Fojtik, who is nearing the end of his tour after nearly three and a half years in Uzbekistan, was extremely cynical about prospects for genuine democratic reform in th [...] |
2007-09-27 13:08:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EUN OSCE PHUM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1705 |
UNODC HOSTS MEETING ON COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (U) On September 25 in Tashkent, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a meeting for Drug Liaison Officers and Embassy staff with a counternarcotics role. The meeting addressed recent drug production and trafficking trends in Central Asia, [...] |
2007-09-28 07:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1707 |
CHINESE LOOK TO BUY UZBEK URANIUM [...] (C) Nukem Inc. Head of Office, Yevgeny Onokhin, told econoff the Chinese have quietly started talks with Uzbekistan to purchase uranium. (Note: A Chinese congressional delegation reportedly was in Tashkent September 6-10. End note.) He said the Chinese want to sign a long-term contract to p [...] |
2007-09-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN KNNP ENRG ETRD ECON CH UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1710 |
BUKHARA TIP SHELTER MAKES INROADS [...] (C) Summary. Poloff visited a shelter in Bukhara that has assisted 45 female TIP victims since its opening in 2006. Funding from International Organization for Migration (IOM) has supported the shelter's operation as well as enabled the Istiqbolli Avlod NGO to conduct awareness training among [...] |
2007-09-28 11:02:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1729 |
UZBEKISTAN: U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on October 4. Fayzullaev agreed that the draft resolution dealt with a serious issue and that he would refer the information to their appropriate officials at the MFA and the UN. He promised to inform post i [...] |
2007-10-04 09:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1730 |
UZBEKISTAN: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO COMMITTEE AGAINST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1732 |
REGISTERED PARTIES NOMINATING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan nominated President Karimov as its candidate for the December presidential election at an October 4 plenary session. The four other political parties represented in parliament, all compliant and largely pro-government, have also begun no [...] |
2007-10-04 11:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1733 |
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON DILOROM GAFURDJANOVA [...] (U) Summary: On September 28, the Adolat (Justice) Social Democratic Party, one of five registered political parties, all of which support the government, nominated Dilorom Gufurdjanova Tashmukhamedova to be a candidate for the presidency of Uzbekistan. Post has obtained biographical informa [...] |
2007-10-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1734 |
COTTON TRADE, PROFITS (AND REFORMS?) [...] (C) Summary: The 2007 Third International Cotton and Textile Conference attracted over 250 companies, the majority Asian. Embassy staff attended. Uzbekistan expects to export over one million tons of ginned cotton in 2007 for approximately USD 1.55 billion. Over 70 percent of this year's bu [...] |
2007-10-05 04:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ICAC EINV ETRD ELAB ZK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1735 |
DEFENSE MINISTRY OWES LOCKHEED-MARTIN USD 1.2 [...] (SBU) In 2005, Lockheed-Martin completed the modernization of Uzbekistan's Air Defense System and ATC Automation System at the Khanabad Aerodrome. The value of Lockheed's contract with the Uzbek Ministry of Defense (MOD) was USD 12,675,000. To date, Lockheed has received all but 10 percent [...] |
2007-10-05 04:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1739 |
MFA ON CANCELLED DRL/IRF VISIT [...] (C) Summary: MFA U.S. Affairs Section Chief Ismat Faizullaev met October 4 with poloff to cover several matters. On religious freedom, Faizullaev explained that the decision to cancel the trip next week of DRL/IRF's Barbara Cates was influenced in part by the GOU's frustration with not having [...] |
2007-10-05 10:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1740 |
UZBEKS THREATEN TO DEPORT AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative in Uzbekistan Fikret Akcura informed DCM on the evening of October 4 that the Uzbek mission in Geneva may make a public statement October 5 at the UNHCR Executive Committee meeting that it no longer recognizes UNDP [...] |
2007-10-05 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL AF TI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1744 |
CONTINUED GOU INTERFERENCE AND HARASSMENT WITH [...] (C/NF) During the last two weeks of September, travel and contact work by U.S. officials has been hindered or disrupted by the GOU on multiple occasions. On September 21 (ref B), poloff,s visit to a Bukhara school was interrupted by a National Security Service officer and the director of the [...] |
2007-10-08 01:47:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1751 |
SELF-DECLARED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES HOLD PRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: While the five officially registered political parties nominated candidates, including President Karimov, last week for the presidential election in December (ref A), four human rights activists and self-declared presidential candidates held their own press conference in Tashke [...] |
2007-10-10 12:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1752 |
CONTACT REPORTEDLY FIRED AFTER MEETING POLOFF [...] (C) During an Embassy event on October 9, journalist and human rights contact Bakhodir Elibaev (strictly protect) told poloff that he was fired from his job as a translator at a Turkish firm shortly after meeting with poloff on September 13. Elibaev continues to work informally as a stringer [...] |
2007-10-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1753 |
ICRC'S GLOOMY OUTLOOK ON GOU COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: ICRC's Head of Regional Delegation for Central Asia, Yves Giovannoni, met Ambassador October 5 and expressed concern at continuing lack of cooperation from the GOU, including on prison access. Giovannoni said ICRC was no longer willing to be used for political advantage by the GOU [...] |
2007-10-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1760 |
GM VENTURES INTO UZBEK ECONOMY [...] (U) On October 8 GM-DAT, a Korean-based GM subsidiary, signed a joint venture with UzDaewoo, receiving 25 percent plus one share of the company, with the possibility of increasing its share to 40 percent. As noted reftel, this deal brings the Chevrolet brand to Uzbekistan, with an eye to the [...] |
2007-10-11 10:07:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND ELTN SK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1761 |
ESTABLISHED CONTACT TO SEEK ASYLUM IN BISHKEK [...] (C) At an Embassy event on October 9, dissident academic and human rights contact Tashpulat Yuldashev told poloff that he planned to flee Uzbekistan in the next few days and seek political asylum with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Bishkek. He requested that polo [...] |
2007-10-12 00:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV UZ KG |
| 07TASHKENT1764 |
JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES REPORT POSITIVE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with the Ambassador on September 28, Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) AmCit General Counsel noted having a "constructive" meeting that week with Acting Religious Affairs Committee Chairman Ortiq Yusupov, who reportedly assured him that deregistration for the last re [...] |
2007-10-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF UZ TI |
| 07TASHKENT1765 |
KOKAND TV STATION CAREFULLY MAKES PROFIT [...] (C) Summary. On October 3 poloff and visiting SCA/CEN desk officer visited the headquarters of Kokand TV, an independent television station that reaches an audience of one million in the densely populated Ferghana Valley. The owner noted that the station must compete with subsidized state ch [...] |
2007-10-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ECON OEXC CH UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1768 |
EU-UNDP HOSTS CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL ASIAN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The Border Management in Central Asia and Central Asia Drug Action programs (BOMCA/CADAP) hosted a donors conference in Tashkent on October 5 to coordinate national and organizational projects related to border security and trade facilitation in Central Asia. BOMCA/CADAP is an EU [...] |
2007-10-16 04:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL AF UZ KG |
| 07TASHKENT1796 |
JOURNALIST REPORTEDLY ATTACKED IN TASHKENT [...] (U) The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the independent Uznews.net website both reported on October 12 that Sid Yanyshev, a Tashkent-based correspondent for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and the independent Ferghana.ru website, was attacked in Tashkent on October [...] |
2007-10-18 04:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1806 |
UZBEKS PROMISE POST-ELECTION PROGRESS ON TIP ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. On October 17 poloffs and visiting G/TIP officer met with GOU officials from MFA, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), and the Office of the State Prosecutor to discuss TIP issues. MFA said the GOU was surprised and upset by the recent Tier 3 rating, which it considered "political [...] |
2007-10-19 06:27:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID GG KG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1807 |
FORENSIC LABORATORY WANTS USG TRAINING [...] (C) On October 11 poloff and INL LES visited the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health to formally deliver INL-funded equipment as part of an ICITAP-administered project to upgrade the forensic laboratory. Laboratory Chief Dr. Zaynutdin Giyasov expressed his gratitude for the ass [...] |
2007-10-19 06:29:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1810 |
UZBEKISTAN-CONTROLLED MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Uzbek media coverage and official statements have extolled democratic principles while the election field has grown to an unprecedented six candidates that include Uzbekistan's first female and "independent" presidential candidates, though we doubt that President [...] |
2007-10-19 10:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1811 |
UMIDA NIYAZOVA OFFERED HRW JOB IN BISHKEK [...] (C) During an Embassy function on October 18, former Human Rights Watch (HRW) local staffer and journalist Umida Niyazova told poloff that she supported post's nomination of her for the Secretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage (septel). Niyazova, who was sentenced to [...] |
2007-10-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1817 |
GOU PROVIDES WRITTEN REBUTTAL TO EU ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy event on October 9, MFA U.S. Affairs Chief Ismat Fayzullaev provided, at Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov's request, the Ambassador with a written GOU rebuttal to recent public statements made by EU officials criticizing human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. The re [...] |
2007-10-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1822 |
MUTABAR TOJIBOYEVA'S HEALTH WORSENS IN PRISON [...] (C) On October 18, poloff met with the brother and lawyer of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva. The brother reported visiting his sister in prison on October 3 and confirmed a recent report on an independent website that her health has been deteriorating and prison officials [...] |
2007-10-22 09:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ICRC PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1823 |
OSCE FORMALLY INVITED TO OBSERVE UZBEK [...] (C) On October 22 OSCE Charge d'Affaires Bernard Rouault paid a courtesy call on Ambassador to introduce himself and elicit advice on OSCE activities during this "delicate" pre-election phase. Rouault noted that OSCE expects a renewed mandate from the GOU by December 20, and at a meeting last [...] |
2007-10-22 10:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1827 |
TASHKENT "KREMLINOLOGY": UZBEK OFFICIAL MEDIA SHOW [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's official media has shown a very troubled, aged President Karimov at the October summits of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), CIS, and EURASEC in Dushanbe. This differs dramatically from previous coverage, which has generally shown an upbeat, more you [...] |
2007-10-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1828 |
POLOFF RECEIVES ACCREDITATION AND WARNING [...] (C) On October 23 poloff was summoned to MFA for a rare personal appearance regarding his accreditation. MFA Protocol Head of Accreditations, Mr. Akhmedov, said the Ministry typically deals directly with LES on these issues "but, on occasion, it is necessary to personally explain the obligati [...] |
2007-10-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AMGT ODIP UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1829 |
NEW HUMAN TRAFFICKING OBSERVATIONS FROM KEY NGO [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, DCM, poloff, and visiting G/TIP officer met with anti-TIP NGO Istiqbolli Avlod to discuss new trends. New data on assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to Uzbek victims through the NGO indicates that the UAE is still the largest destin [...] |
2007-10-23 11:13:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN AE RS KZ GG IS TH |
| 07TASHKENT1843 |
NUMBER OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES GROWS...BUT IS [...] (C) Summary: The field of presidential candidates for the December election continues to widen with reports that an independent initiative group has nominated National Human Rights Center Director Akmal Saidov. According to its leaders, the Birlik opposition party may also still nominate its [...] |
2007-10-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1849 |
BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON HURSHID NABIEVICH [...] (U) Summary: On October 2, the Milliy Tiklanish (National Rebirth) Party, one of five registered political parties, all of which support the government, nominated Hurshid Nabievich Dosmukhamedov to be a candidate for the presidency of Uzbekistan. Post has obtained biographical information on [...] |
2007-10-25 06:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1852 |
GANIEV ON UZBEK ECONOMY AND AFGHAN ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Ambassador made a courtesy call on the Uzbek Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations, Elyor Ganiev, on October 23. The GOU now is granting the Ambassador meetings with officials approximately once a week. Ganiev reiterated a number of points expressed at his meeting with Charg [...] |
2007-10-25 08:40:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1853 |
(C) MY WAY OR NO WAY: UZBEKISTAN GETS DEFENSIVE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karimov,s speech at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek on August 16 was the clearest and most official statement of Uzbekistan,s position on the use of transboundary waters of Central Asia. In an effort to legally justify its position, on S [...] |
2007-10-25 09:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | KENV ETRD ENRG PREL TBIO ZK UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1865 |
LONG-AWAITED MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 16 October 2007, the Ambassador, the Defense Attache (DATT), Defense Attache Office (DAO) Operations Coordinator (OPSCO) and DAO FSN, met with the Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev. This is the first time that Mirzayev himself has received U.S. representatives since January [...] |
2007-10-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1866 |
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED DAY AFTER PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, the Deputy Chairman of the Syrdarya province branch of the Ezgulik human rights group was arrested by police and charged with several violations of the criminal code, including fraud. His arrest occurred one day after a public protest in the provincial capital of [...] |
2007-10-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1887 |
GOU RESPONSE TO SAIPOV SLAYING [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan (belatedly) condemns the murder of VOA stringer Alisher Saipov, and claims the Kyrgyz government has not yet asked for Uzbek assistance in the investigation. End summary. 2. (C) Ambassador met October 30 with MFA First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov, who delivered [...] |
2007-10-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1888 |
ERK PARTY TALKS WITH HIZB UT-TAHRIR LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, poloff met with Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif, who claimed that Erk was to hold a meeting in Istanbul on October 27 with leaders of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) and other religious extremist factions on coordinating their opposition to President Karimov [...] |
2007-10-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR RS TU UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1889 |
ERK LEADER DESCRIBES RELATIONSHIP WITH SLAIN [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Erk political opposition party leader Atanazar Arif described to poloff Erk's relationship with journalist Alisher Saipov, who was murdered on October 24 in Osh, Kyrgyzstan (ref C). According to Arif, Saipov was not an official member of Erk, but had long standing [...] |
2007-10-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1894 |
CROSSING THE UZBEKISTAN-KAZAKHSTAN BORDER A SLOW [...] (C) Summary: During a recent unofficial trip from Uzbekistan to southern Kazakhstan, poloffs observed a relatively inefficient, poorly equipped Uzbek border crossing port. Poloffs also observed a much greater flow of people from Uzbekistan into Kazakhstan, perhaps reflecting the continuing re [...] |
2007-10-31 11:20:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1895 |
RAISING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH THE GOU [...] (C) Ambassador met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov October 31 and pressed again for ICRC prison access (see ref B for more background on ICRC troubles). Ambassador also raised the case of imprisoned human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva, whose family says her health has seriousl [...] |
2007-10-31 11:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1896 |
UZBEK MEDIA ACCUSES U.S. OF SAIPOV MURDER [...] (C) On October 29, Uzbek state-run television in Namangan Province broadcast a program describing murdered journalist Alisher Saipov in terms much the same as those used by the MFA in its October 30 diplomatic note (ref A). Saipov was accused of being a tool of foreign (including western) in [...] |
2007-10-31 11:33:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1900 |
GOU WANTS TO REVIVE SENSITIVE INVESTIGATIVE UNIT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Kamol Dusmetov, Director of the National Center of Drug Control and the Deputy Chairman of the State Commission of Drug Control (which is part of the Cabinet of Ministers). Dusmetov told poloff that the GOU would welcome the revival of collaborative efforts on the [...] |
2007-11-02 04:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1904 |
EBRD SOFTENS APPROACH TO UZBEKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) Head of Mission, Fernand Pillonel, on October 30 to discuss the bank's situation in Tashkent. Pillonel said EBRD is taking a softer approach to Uzbekistan and will reconsider its engagement strategy [...] |
2007-11-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EBRD EAIDB WB UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1908 |
GOU EXPRESSES INTEREST IN FURTHER BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first bilateral border security assistance working groups met November 1. The GOU's delegation repeatedly expressed its desire for improved border security cooperation with the United States. GOU representatives from the MFA, Border Guards of the National Security Service [...] |
2007-11-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1910 |
UZBEKS STALL ODIHR ELECTION ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary. An OSCE staffmember told poloff on November 3 that the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) election assessment team, which was expected by November 1, had not arrived in Tashkent and the status of the visit was uncertain. Poloff spoke with OSCE Senior Pro [...] |
2007-11-05 05:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1922 |
UZBEKS TAKE TEETH OUT OF MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (C) Summary. A Department of Treasury official was part of a Eurasia Group delegation which met in Tashkent with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) counterparts from the Office of the State Prosecutor (Procuracy) to discuss anti-money laundering efforts. The official purpose of the event was to [...] |
2007-11-05 10:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1927 |
UZBEK OFFICIAL CALLS THE ELECTION, HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary. On November 2, poloff spoke at length with Furqat Sidikov, an Uzbek Diplomat who recently completed a five-year tour as Press Attache at the Uzbek Embassy in Washington, DC, and now works at the state-run International Center for Strategic Studies and Inter-regional Cooperation i [...] |
2007-11-06 09:00:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1928 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1929 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED--DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 09:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1931 |
JIZZAKH AND SYRDARYA EXCHANGE PROGRAM ALUMNI FULL [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day tour of Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces on October 31 and November 1, poloff met with several USG international exchange program alumni who described what they learned in the United States and how they have transferred that knowledge to their home communities. The [...] |
2007-11-06 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ECON KPAO PGOV SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1932 |
KARIMOV REPORTEDLY ACCEPTS NOMINATION FOR [...] (SBU) Two websites, Press-uz.info and Uzmetronom, on November 6 reported that President Karimov's Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) had met that day and formalized its nomination of the president for re-election. The articles implied that Karimov has accepted his party's nomination [...] |
2007-11-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1933 |
COTTON HARVEST IN JIZZAKH AND SYRDARYA PROVINCES [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day tour of Jizzakh and Syrdarya provinces on October 31 and November 1, poloff met with local officials and several USG international exchange program alumni (septel), who described the recent cotton harvest in the two provinces, with local officials being more upbe [...] |
2007-11-07 03:10:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1935 |
KARIMOV GIVES SPEECH TO LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) Summary. There were several press reports on November 7 confirming that the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan (LDPU) formally nominated President Karimov as its candidate for President, however there is still no formal indication that he accepted the nomination. Karimov did personall [...] |
2007-11-07 10:25:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1937 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, Forum 18 News Service reported that Uzbekistan's Religion Law is currently being discussed in the Religious Affairs Committee (RAC) and speculated that restrictions on religious organizations could be made harsher. During an introductory courtesy call by the Ambas [...] |
2007-11-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1938 |
JIZZAKH ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO DESCRIBES COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Jizzakh province on October 31, poloff met with local officials and a local NGO to discuss trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Local NGO leader Nazifa Kamilova, whose organization has received some government assistance, complained that more needed to be done to stren [...] |
2007-11-07 10:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CVIS ECON KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1949 |
UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN FOCUSES ON STRUCTURAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met November 1 with Sayora Rashidova, Parliamentary Ombudsman for Human Rights and daughter of former Uzbek Communist Party boss Sharof Rashidov. Although Rashidova operates under certain political limits, she is clearly aware of broader human rights issues in Uzbekist [...] |
2007-11-08 09:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1950 |
KYRGYZ AND PAKISTANI AMBASSADORS ON RECENT SCO [...] (C) Summary. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conducted its sixth annual meeting of Prime Ministers in Tashkent on November 2. The Ambassador visited his Pakistani and Kyrgyz counterparts this week to get a readout of the proceedings. Pakistan, which has observer status, is an as [...] |
2007-11-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC PGOV PK KG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1952 |
GERMAN LEGAL EXPERT OFFERS JUDICIAL REFORM PROJECT [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met on November 7 with Klaus Schmitz, outgoing legal expert from the German Association for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), which is completing a two year EU-funded rule of law project in Uzbekistan. The project achieved some positive results, especially in providing busines [...] |
2007-11-09 07:34:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1975 |
LARGE-SCALE DEPORTATION OF AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary. On November 13 poloff met with UNDP Deputy Resident Representative Kyoko Postill to discuss the situation of Afghan refguees remaining in Uzbekistan. Postill said there has been no international uproar over the GOU's October 4 statement at the UNHCR Executive Committee announcing [...] |
2007-11-15 01:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV UNDP UNHCR AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1988 |
MINI-DUBLIN GROUP ALARMED BY AFGHAN DRUG PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador and poloff attended a meeting of the Central Asian Mini-Dublin Group on November 13 to discuss regional narcotics trends and donor country projects. UNODC presented "an increasingly alarming trend" in Afghanistan drug production and described "a record harvest" [...] |
2007-11-16 10:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM EAID AF UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1989 |
NATO PURSUING LIMITED REENGAGEMENT WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons reported that his meetings with Foreign Minister Norov and Defense Minister Mirzayev on November 12 were substantive and he had been well-received. Uzbekistan has resumed participation in Euro-Atlantic Pa [...] |
2007-11-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NATO UZ AF |
| 07TASHKENT199 |
WARNING - DO NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT! [...] (C) Summary: Self-declared presidential candidate Jahongir Shosalimov sued in Uzbekistan's Supreme Court alleging that President Karimov is violating the constitution by staying in office beyond his mandated term. The Tashkent police responded by detaining his wife for a seven-hour "discussion [...] |
2007-02-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1995 |
EURO REPLACES USD IN OFFICIAL ACCOUNTING AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Uzbek Government officially switched from USD to euros for accounting and financial management. The tourism industry followed suit, and is also raising prices to keep up with high inflation. The GOU likely is concerned over the depreciation of its USD 2.3 billion in reserve [...] |
2007-11-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1997 |
WORLD BANK OFFICIAL ON UZBEKISTAN'S ECONOMIC BOOM, [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador's meeting with World Bank Regional Director Loup Brefort on November 14, Brefort said Uzbekistan's economic growth stems mainly from rising prices of raw materials, exports of capital goods, and remittances from abroad. This has done little to reduce the 26 perce [...] |
2007-11-19 11:01:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON SOCI EMIN EPET UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1998 |
DEPUTY HOKIM OF UZBEKISTAN'S KHOREZM PROVINCE: [...] (U) Summary: On November 5, Poloff met with Usmonboy Jumagaldiyev, the Deputy Hokim (Deputy Governor) for Economic and Public Development Issues in Uzbekistan's Khorezm province. He painted a very rosy picture of economic development and political stability in Khorezm. While some of his clai [...] |
2007-11-20 07:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV ECON ECIN EAGR PTER SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT1999 |
DEATHS IN CUSTODY - TORTURE REPORTED [...] Summary: (C) Human rights activist Surat Ikramov told P/E Chief November 20 that two convicted members of Hizb ut-Tahrir had died in an Andijon prison in recent weeks. Both, he said, had been tortured. Ikramov had not seen the bodies himself but said he believed the families, who were his sou [...] |
2007-11-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2000 |
PRESIDENTIAL APPARAT WAITING FOR U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Visiting AmCit National Democratic Institute (NDI) Senior Program Director for Eurasia was approached on the margins of a civil society conference on November 15 by a member of the GOU Presidential Apparat. The woman asked why the USG has not responded to the recent "signals" put [...] |
2007-11-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2005 |
AMCHAM CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE U.S. SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMCHAMS PREL ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2006 |
HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH UZBEKISTAN INTENSIFYING [...] (C) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's request for a meeting with President Karimov, First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov summoned the Ambassador on November 20 to discuss the reasons for such a high-level meeting. The Ambassador emphasized the prospect of an upcoming sanctions vote i [...] |
2007-11-21 10:38:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PINS EAID UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2011 |
GOU RESTATES REJECTION OF BERNE CONVENTION ART. 18 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-23 08:15:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR WTO UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2012 |
NDI SEES POTENTIAL IN TWO PARTIES, BUT NOT BIRLIK [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the National Democracy Institute (NDI) Senior Program Director for Eurasia and Country Director on November 13. The Country Director is quietly consulting with four opposition parties, two of which have potential for developing into proper political partie [...] |
2007-11-23 08:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAD UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2013 |
FY'08 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL HUB WORK PLANS FOR TASHKENT [...] Per reftel request, the Central Asian Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Hub (CA ESTH Hub) submits its projected work plan for FY 2008. -------------------- Goals and Objectives -------------------- 2. The CA ESTH Hub endeavors to act as a clearinghouse in support of Bureau [...] |
2007-11-23 09:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TBIO ECON UZ ZK AF |
| 07TASHKENT2022 |
NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICE CHAIRMAN WELCOMES [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met November 23 with National Security Service (NSS) Chairman Rustam Inoyatov, who welcomed renewed U.S.-Uzbek cooperation. Inoyatov stressed that we share mutual interests in a stable Afghanistan and in fighting terrorism, extremism and narcotics. He stressed his [...] |
2007-11-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2023 |
GOU CONTINUES TO EXPAND CONTROLLED ACCESS TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Embassy personnel, and in particular Ambassador Norland, have been afforded expanded, though carefully controlled, access to GOU officials. Over the past several weeks, Ambassador Norland has met twice with President Karimov, and once each with National Security Service Chairman [...] |
2007-11-23 13:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ECON ECIN EAGR KPAO OEXC PGOV PTER SCUL |
| 07TASHKENT2024 |
MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Internal Affairs Bakhodir Matlyubov on November 22. Matlyubov cited counterterrorism and counternarcotics as key priorities, and repeatedly noted Uzbekistan's cooperation with a variety of other countries on these issues. He was also [...] |
2007-11-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PBTS PREL SNAR SOCI UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2029 |
RESOURCE NATIONALISM: GRAB WHAT YOU CAN \ [...] (C) The natural resources sector is strictly controlled by \ the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). Its equipment and \ infrastructure is antiquated and, out of economic necessity, \ it relies on foreign firms to help extract and export \ resources. Foreign firms operate in joint ventures with \ sta [...] |
2007-11-26 07:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EPET PGOV UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2049 |
FOREIGN LABELS BOYCOTTING UZBEK COTTON [...] (SBU) Summary: International concern over Uzbekistan's use of child labor to pick cotton is not new. However, the October airing of BBC's "Newsnight" investigative program on the issue re-ignited interest that is quickly gaining international momentum. Fueled by the program and internet site [...] |
2007-11-30 08:16:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | ICAC ECON ETRD PREL PHUM UK XZ EN LG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2054 |
GOU RESTATES REJECTION OF BERNE CONVENTION ART. 18 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-30 11:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON WTO UZ KIPR |
| 07TASHKENT2060 |
ODIHR TEAM COMPLETES RUSHED NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: Two officials from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) conducted a hastily organized needs assessment mission from November 28 - 30 in Uzbekistan, immediately after MFA stopped dragging its feet on issuing visas. The ODIHR team met with each of the [...] |
2007-12-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2063 |
WMD PORTAL DETECTION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-03 11:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR KZ KG UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2064 |
GOU INTERNAL SECURITY CAPABILITIES AND PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's vast internal security apparatus would play a critical role in any GOU efforts to deter or respond to civil disturbances. Security forces have trained to improve interoperability and to overcome potential breakdowns in command and control since 2005. We are not awar [...] |
2007-12-03 11:48:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PBTS MCAP SOCI PHUM ECON UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2065 |
POST REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF EXBS PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Tashkent requests that the Department approve pursuit of three on-hold Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) items in Uzbekistan: training and provision of ten radioisotope detectors to the State Customs Committee, repair of one of their X-ray vans, and expor [...] |
2007-12-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PREL UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2066 |
ICRC CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON RESUMING PRISON [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires met with ICRC Country Director Raffaello Muller and Head of the Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni on December 3 to inquire about the status of negotiations with the GOU on resuming prison visits. ICRC remains "cautious" but noted that contact [...] |
2007-12-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ |
| 07TASHKENT2072 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-04 11:26:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KTFN EFIN |