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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06USOSCE113 |
SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC LOOKS TO OSCE TO HELP [...] (C) Summary: In a March 10 meeting in Vienna with USOSCE Ambassador Finley, Serbian President Boris Tadic expressed hope that the OSCE and ODIHR will play a prominent role in monitoring the May 21 independence referendum in Montenegro. Tadic said that a majority of Serbs favor cooperating wi [...] |
2006-03-13 15:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR YI |
| 06USOSCE142 |
A RUSSIAN TAKE ON OSCE ELECTIONS/OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Russian OSCE Mission DCM Vladimir Voronkov (protect) told USOSCE PolCouns March 31 to expect a "very difficult" second half of 2006 in OSCE with respect to elections observation issues. Voronkov said that while he doubts there is any written instruction, he is convinced that the MFA has [...] |
2006-04-03 08:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PINR PREL RS |
| 06USOSCE203 |
USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) This is a joint USOSCE-Embassy Ashgabat message. 2. (C) Summary: During her May 4-5 visit to Ashgabat, USOSCE Ambassador Finley met with GOTX officials to urge progress on human rights and democratic reforms in Turkmenistan. With the exception of FM Rashit Meredov, GOTX interlocut [...] |
2006-05-16 09:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TX |
| 06USOSCE246 |
WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-12 16:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL |
| 07USOSCE258 |
OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO [...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...] |
2007-06-12 13:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER OSCE PREL RS |
| 07USOSCE291 |
OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 4 - MINOR MOVEMENT; CIO TO [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 14-15 round, much of the initial discussion, as in Round 2, centered on whether the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly should be granted privileges and immunities (P's and I's) and if so, what kind. Many states voiced reservations against doing so, with Canada, Germany and [...] |
2007-07-02 12:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE KTIA |
| 07USOSCE331 |
OSCE LEGAL PERSONALITY, ROUND 5 - MOVEMENT FORWARD AS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 5-6 round of negotiations on a Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI), the absence of key players limited the WG's ability to deal with unresolved issues. There was extended discussion on a Belgian proposal [...] |
2007-08-01 10:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE KTIA |
| 07USOSCE346 |
DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES KOSOVO ISSUES WITH OSCE [...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 meeting in Vienna, EUR/SCE DAS Rosemary diCarlo and OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut agreed that it would be difficult to deter Kosovo from making a unilateral declaration of independence if the Troika-led negotiations do not bear fruit. In the [...] |
2007-09-05 14:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV YI PGOV SR OSCE UNMIK |
| 07USOSCE353 |
OSCE COMMITTED TO MAKING KOSOVO ELECTIONS HAPPEN [...] (SBU) The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) says it is fully committed to doing its part to ensure that the November 17 local and central elections come off successfully and on schedule. Nonetheless, key OMiK officials are worried that they may not be able to overcome a number of logistical hurdl [...] |
2007-09-13 14:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL KV |
| 07USOSCE363 |
OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make Progress As Russ [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 Article 14 -- OSCE Officials ---------------------------- 2. On Wednesday, before the WG convened, Belgium called a small group 3. At the beginning of the WG on Thursday, the Chair, Dutch Ambassador -- Bracketed tex [...] |
2007-09-28 11:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE KTIA |
| 07USOSCE365 |
OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 Q Talks Make [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...] |
2007-09-28 12:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE KTIA |
| 07USOSCE366 |
OSCE Legal Personality, Round 6 ? Talks Make [...] Summary: Meeting for the first time since July, on September 13-14 the Working Group on the Convention on Legal Personality, Legal Capacity and Privileges and Immunities for the OSCE (CLPPI) made considerable progress in removing bracketed text and reaching compromise on previously disputed i [...] |
2007-09-28 12:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE KTIA |
| 07USOSCE382 |
IF KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, WHAT [...] (C) The likelihood that the OSCE will have to close its mission to Kosovo is increasing. In the event of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI), Russia and Serbia have threatened to force closure of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK), and they could easily do so. Under such circumsta [...] |
2007-10-15 08:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV UNMIK KV UNSC SR YI RU |
| 07USOSCE453 |
OSCE: MADRID MINISTERIAL CROATIA BILAT [...] (C) Summary: The November 29 bilateral meeting between U/S Burns and Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic (and with the participation of State Secretary Biscevic) focused on possible negative security implications for Croatia and the region due to developments in Kosovo and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. [...] |
2007-12-06 12:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC HR CROATIA OSCE PREL |
| 07USOSCE9 |
OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...] |
2007-01-13 18:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF |
| 08USOSCE102 |
OPEN SKIES TREATY: UK TO CEASE ACTIVE FLIGHTS DUE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-18 06:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE103 |
OPEN SKIES TREATY: UK TO CEASE ACTIVE FLIGHTS DUE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-18 06:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE104 |
OPEN SKIES TREATY: APRIL 14 PLENARY - U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 14, the U.S. began its Chairmanship of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) calling upon States to complete work on the digital video sensor decision. The U.S. also kicked off discussion on potential commemoration activities for the 500th observation flight e [...] |
2008-04-18 06:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE106 |
FSC APRIL 16: U.S. REPLIES TO RUSSIA ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. responded in the Forum for Security Cooperation on April 16 to Russia's attacks a week earlier on the President's decision that Kosovo was eligible for defense cooperation. The U.S. reminded delegations that the arms embargo against Yugoslavia had been lifted by UN dec [...] |
2008-04-21 06:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE110 |
CFE/JCG: APRIL 22 PLENARY - VIGOROUS DEBATE ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-23 17:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE111 |
FSC APRIL 23: RUSSIANS BRANDISH "BLACKLIST" OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia protested it did not want to be a mentor to participating States who may have violated the Vienna Document timelines for requesting inspections or evaluations, but other delegations asked the CPC to broaden the scope of the inquiry into violations. Several states have c [...] |
2008-04-24 15:52:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE112 |
RAPID REACTION FORCES PROPOSALS: THE STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia on April 22 seemed to accept that the Quad Allies need a few more weeks to come up with a concrete response to its proposal for an information exchange on rapid reaction forces. Meanwhile, Britain, France, and Germany insist that the U.S justify its contention that Germany [...] |
2008-04-25 08:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE118 |
CFE: APRIL 29 JCG PLENARY, ALLIES REFUTE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the April 29 Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Dr. Szabolcs Osvat of the Hungarian MOD provided an academic-style briefing to the JCG on the topic of "Stationing and Temporary Deployment During CFE Adaptation and Beyond, 1996-1999." Inter alia, the brief noted how the CFE F [...] |
2008-04-30 18:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE120 |
FSC APRIL 30: FSC DEFERS TO UNOMIG TO INVESTIGATE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of the Finnish Chairman-in-Office under the OSCE's "Bucharest mechanism," the Forum for Security Cooperation held initial discussions of the August 20 UAV incident in Abkhazia. The EU and several of its members deferred to UNOMIG--as it had the "main responsibili [...] |
2008-05-02 16:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS OSCE KCFE GG RS XG |
| 08USOSCE121 |
OSCE: GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF MILITARY INFO GOES [...] (SBU) Forty-six participating States provided their Global Exchange of Military Information (GEMI) data for 2007 on time on April 29-30. Despite Russia's CFE "suspension," Russia provided its data on time. 2. (SBU) The only participating States with military forces that did not provide req [...] |
2008-05-02 16:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE122 |
OSCE/FSC: US INTERVENTON AT MAY 7 FSC ON GEORGIA [...] (SBU) The is a request for guidance. See paragraphs 2-4 for background and paragraph 5 and 6 for request. 2. (C) Background: Georgian representatives explained to USDEL how allies and other concerned states could support Georgia's planned intervention on the April 20 UAV incident at t [...] |
2008-05-05 16:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE123 |
OPEN SKIES TREATY: MAY 5 OSCC PLENARY: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 5th Plenary of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC), Russia recalled a series of interventions by the U.S. and other delegations on April 14 that opposed Russia's request for a suspension of Open Skies missions in the last week of April due to the lack of [...] |
2008-05-06 10:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE125 |
FSC MAY 7: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA RETURN TO UAV [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia and Russia at the May 7 Forum for Security Cooperation resumed trading accusations on the April 20 UAV incident, Georgia insisting that a Russian fighter shot down the Georgian "interior ministry" drone with a missile as it over-flew Abkhazia. Georgia responded to Russi [...] |
2008-05-09 07:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG RS XG |
| 08USOSCE129 |
CFE: MAY 13 JCG PLENARY: GERMAN PRESENTATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the continuing "focused dialogue," at the May 13 JCG (Joint Consultative Group) Germany presented an update to its October 30, 2007 presentation on the topic of "CFE Limitations in Transition: Security Concerns and Current Force Level Trends." Using available CFE, [...] |
2008-05-14 16:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE130 |
FSC MAY 14: RUSSIA TABLES ANOTHER REVISED VD99 [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 14 Forum for Security Cooperation, Russia announced a revision of its 2007 draft decision to define the "specified area" of Vienna Document inspections, now limiting the area to 25,000 square kilometers. Russia also revised its proposal for a chair's statement on [...] |
2008-05-15 11:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE132 |
GEORGIA/OSCE/RUSSIA: COMPREHENSIVE OSCE TOOLBOX TO [...] (C) Summary: With the increase in tensions between Georgia and Russia over Abkhazia, we understand that Washington is developing new proposals aimed at stabilizing the situation and eventually resolve the conflict (See Ref A). In this context, we believe that the OSCE has a number of tools w [...] |
2008-05-16 15:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OSCE GG RU |
| 08USOSCE135 |
CFE: MAY 20 JCG PLENARY: RUSSIA WANTS GUARANTEES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 20 JCG Plenary, Russia dissected the 28 March NAC Statement on CFE in a futile attempt to draw Allies into interpreting and discussing the details of the text. Russia complained that the NAC statement had few specifics on ratification of A/CFE, accession, the defi [...] |
2008-05-21 16:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE136 |
FSC MAY 21: GEORGIA WILL WAIT FOR UNOMIG REPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia told the FSC on May 21 it would defer release of the findings of the independent group of investigators of the April 20 UAV incident until the UNOMIG fact-finding team reports. Georgia did announce that the independent experts--from the three Baltic states and the U.S.- [...] |
2008-05-23 10:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG RS XG |
| 08USOSCE142 |
CFE: MAY 27 JCG PLENARY: ALLIES CONFIRM NAC [...] (SBU) Summary: At the May 27 JCG Plenary, Russia asked JCG delegations from NATO to confirm the Alliance's current position on the 8 December 1998 NAC Statement on CFE, as well as the NATO-Russia Founding Act. Germany, the U.S., the U.K., the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic told Russia [...] |
2008-05-28 17:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE144 |
FSC MAY 28 - GEORGIA INVOKES VD99 CHAPTER III OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia announced in the May 28 Forum for Security Cooperation it would invoke the Vienna Document Chapter III risk reduction mechanism to call on Russia to explain its actions as described in the recently released UNOMIG investigation of the April 20 UAV incident. Russia rejo [...] |
2008-05-30 14:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG MW RS XG |
| 08USOSCE145 |
DAYTON ARTICLE IV - CONTACT GROUP BRAINSTORMS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 15, the Contact Group (CG), absent Italy and UK, met in Vienna with the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV at his request to informally exchange views on the future of the Dayton Article IV regime. Most agreed with Periotto's assessment and there we [...] |
2008-05-30 15:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE BK HR MW SR |
| 08USOSCE146 |
CFE: JUNE 3 JCG PLENARY: A NON-EVENT [...] (SBU) The June 3 meeting of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was even briefer than expected with no delegation taking the floor on any substantive issue. Belgium was noticeably absent and thus did not present a planned briefing (announced last week) on the Belgian constitutional process a [...] |
2008-06-03 11:37:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE148 |
GEORGIA/RUSSIA/OSCE: RUSSIA STONEWALLS AT VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: To address tensions between Georgia and Russia, the Finnish CiO convened three back-to-back meetings in Vienna on June 4 at the request of both Georgia and Russia. This was the first ever invocation of the Vienna Document 1999(VD99) Chapter III Risk Reduction mechanism. In a [...] |
2008-06-04 15:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM OSCE PREL GG RU |
| 08USOSCE150 |
FSC-PC JUNE 4: CYBER SECURITY AND PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Estonian defense minister and other speakers discussed cyber security and the need for the OSCE to remain involved in coordinating the efforts of participating States (pS) in responding to emerging threats to information and communication systems. Speakers extolled the Cou [...] |
2008-06-06 12:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE KCIP EN FI XG |
| 08USOSCE156 |
OSCE FSC/PC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA AGAIN EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of three Joint FSC-PC meetings held on June 11 in response to requests by Georgia and Russia to further address tensions based on recent events in Abkhazia, both sides traded now familiar accusations on Abkhazia. Russia categorically denied its involvement in the [...] |
2008-06-12 09:37:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG GG RU |
| 08USOSCE158 |
FSC JUNE 11: RUSSIA PROMISES FOLLOW-UP TO MEDVEDEV [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia announced it would provide amplifying details to President Medvedev's call during a recent speech in Germany for a "legally binding instrument on European security." The Russian proposed chair's statement on enforcing the time lines for requesting Vienna Document inspe [...] |
2008-06-12 13:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE160 |
CFE/JCG: JUNE 10, 2008 PLENARY AND RELATED MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 10 JCG Plenary under Kazakh Chairmanship, Belgium briefly described its ratification procedures noting the process would take 6-12 months. Then Azerbaijan and Armenia exchanged a series of interventions in which Armenia did not answer direct questions posed by [...] |
2008-06-12 16:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE163 |
CFE/JCG: JUNE 17, 2008 PLENARY - RUSSIA AWAITS [...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 17 JCG Plenary under Kazakh Chairmanship, Turkey (Begec), supported by the U.S., Germany, the UK and Netherlands, raised the issue of Russia's latest inspection refusal. Russia (Solomenko) underscored there was no need to offer any explanations as they are well [...] |
2008-06-18 14:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE164 |
FSC JUNE 18: AMMUNITION BEST PRACTICES GUIDES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 18 Forum for Security Cooperation Plenary adopted the decision to begin work on publishing a handbook of Best Practices Guides on conventional ammunition. A chair's statement, based on a revised Russian text, underlined the importance of complying "strictly" with the [...] |
2008-06-19 10:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE166 |
FSC JUNE 25: LITTLE CONTROVERSY IN PRIVATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Austrian Brigadier Feichtinger described the increasing importance of private military/security companies as a "worrisome development" that challenges the democratic control of the armed forces and the state's monopoly on the legitimate use of violence. The U.S., in response, [...] |
2008-06-26 16:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE MCAP MOPS XG |
| 08USOSCE167 |
CFE/JCG: JUNE 27, 2008 PLENARY - RUSSIA CLAIMS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 27 JCG Plenary, Greece (Sourani), supported by the U.S., Germany, the UK, Turkey, Bulgaria, France and Romania, raised the issue of Russia's latest inspection refusal and called on Russia to resume its implementation of the CFE Treaty. The U.S., Germany and the [...] |
2008-06-27 16:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE171 |
ASRC WORKING SESSION II, JULY 2: ARMS CONTROL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The keynote speakers at the 2008 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) arms control and CSBMs working session expressed concern over the CFE impasse caused by Russia's suspension. Alyson Bailes said the underlying cause was a "globalization of the security agendas" of the e [...] |
2008-07-03 17:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE175 |
JCG: JULY 8 JCG, ULYANOV SAYS RUSSIA CAN WORK FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the July 8 JCG meeting, Germany (Schweizer) supported by France, UK, Portugal, Turkey and the U.S., raised the issue of Russia refusing Germany's request to conduct a CFE inspection. Germany stated its concern that the Russian Federation was not implementing the CFE Treaty [...] |
2008-07-09 16:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE176 |
FSC JULY 9: U.S. HOMELAND SECURITY PRESENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 9 Forum for Security Cooperation, Russia (Ulyanov) read a Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) statement that sharply criticized the recent U.S.-Czech Missile Defense (MD) agreement. The U.S. did not respond. In Security dialogue, U.S. Assistant Secretary [...] |
2008-07-15 11:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL XG |
| 08USOSCE178 |
OPEN SKIES: LIFT OFF! 500 FLIGHT COMMEMORATION [...] (U) Summary. On July 14, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held a special plenary session to commemorate the conduct of 500 observation flights since the Treaty entered into force in January 2002. The U.S. initiative received strong support from all delegations, and the 500 ballo [...] |
2008-07-16 06:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE179 |
OPEN SKIES: LIFT OFF! 500 FLIGHT COMMEMORATION [...] (U) Summary. On July 14, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held a special plenary session to commemorate the conduct of 500 observation flights since the Treaty entered into force in January 2002. The U.S. initiative received strong support from all delegations, and the 500 ballo [...] |
2008-07-16 06:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE180 |
HATE CRIME MEETING HIGHLIGHTS REMAINING CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The June 16-17 Meeting of the National Points of Contact on Hate Crime organized by the OSCE Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Helsinki highlighted the significant challenges that remain in the effort to combat hate crimes. Participation i [...] |
2008-07-16 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM OCSE |
| 08USOSCE181 |
OSCE/FSC: SUBMISSION OF USG DATA FOR THE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-07-17 07:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
| 08USOSCE185 |
OSCE,S ANNUAL SECURITY REVIEW CONFERENCE - [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations and speakers alike called for the OSCE to move from symbolic words to concrete action during this year's Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC), held July 1-2 in Vienna. NATO SACEUR General Craddock called on the international community to do more in Afghanistan a [...] |
2008-07-18 13:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE187 |
OSCE/FSC: JULY 16, CZECHS - U.S. COUNTER RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech Republic and the U.S. responded strongly to last week's intervention by Russia that inaccurately portrayed the U.S.-Czech agreement on missile defense radar. Drawing on material from President Medvedev's July 15 speech to the Russian MFA, Russia replied with claims t [...] |
2008-07-18 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL XG FSC |
| 08USOSCE194 |
OSCE/FSC: 23 JULY PLENARY: NAVAL CSBMS--ALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The final meeting of the OSCE,s Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) of the winter/spring session included a presentation by Ireland on the Convention on Cluster Munitions (Dublin agreement). Russia Also led a discussion under Security Dialogue on its Naval CSBM proposal. Bri [...] |
2008-07-24 16:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE195 |
CFE/JCG - END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: RUSSIAN VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the course of the JCG's January-July session with 20 weekly meetings, Allies led by the U.S. repeatedly criticized Russia's instances of noncompliance, underscored the importance of Russia negotiating seriously on the basis of the parallel actions package, called on Russia [...] |
2008-07-24 19:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE196 |
OSCE DISCUSSES ROMA/SINTI INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 10-11, the OSCE and civil society representatives discussed Roma and Sinti Integration, highlighting the need for increased Roma/Sinti participation, taking an integrated approach to addressing the root causes of discrimination, and more comprehensive data c [...] |
2008-07-29 14:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM IT CZ BU RO OSCE |
| 08USOSCE197 |
FSC: END-OF ROUND WINTER-SPRING-SUMMER 2008: [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 winter and spring-summer rounds in the Forum for Security Cooperation were highlighted by extensive discussion of the April 20 UAV incident in Georgia and U.S. missile defense in Europe. Russia pushed several CSBM proposals, including its rapid reaction forces informa [...] |
2008-07-31 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE200 |
OPEN SKIES: JANUARY/JULY 2008--TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During its winter-spring session and under U.S. chairmanship, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) commemorated the 500th observation flight since the Open Skies Treaty entered into force. This "good news" event garnered widespread press coverage which emphasized an ar [...] |
2008-08-04 15:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE202 |
ALLIES APPRECIATIVE FOR READOUT ON JULY 29 CFE [...] (C) USDel provided oral readout (reftel) of the July 29 meeting between Assistant Secretary Fried and Russian MFA Arms Control Director Antonov to OSCE delegations of NATO members on August 5. Although the OSCE is on its summer recess and most delegations are operating with skeleton staffing, [...] |
2008-08-05 15:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
| 08USOSCE204 |
DAYTON ARTICLE IV ON EX-YUGOSLAVIA ARMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Review Conference for Dayton Article IV implementation was held in Vienna on 3-4 July 2008. The conference went very smoothly -- there were no contentious issues between Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro. Indeed, the main area of discussion centered on ways th [...] |
2008-08-07 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS SR |
| 08USOSCE212 |
OSCE/FSC SEPTEMBER 10: RUSSIA WILL FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation began its autumn round on September 10 with an exchange of charges and counter-charges between Georgia and Russia. Georgia reports that large numbers of Russian forces remain on its territory, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and are engag [...] |
2008-09-11 14:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
| 08USOSCE217 |
CFE/JCG SEPTEMBER 16: RUSSIAN INSPECTION REFUSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and the U.S. at the September 16 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) announced that Russia had refused their requests for CFE inspections. Germany, Greece, France, Romania, Italy, the UK, and the Netherlands regretted the Russian refusals, including an earlier refusal of Rom [...] |
2008-09-18 14:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE219 |
U.S. 1540 COORDINATOR CONSULTS WITH OSCE, UNODC, [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. coordinator for UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 Thomas Wuchte met with OSCE, IAEA, and UNODC officials to discuss next steps in gaining their support for further implementation of UNSCR 1540 and 1810, particularly in the OSCE region. Wuchte met with the chief o [...] |
2008-09-19 15:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE AORC KPAO PTER UNSC |
| 08USOSCE221 |
FSC SEPTEMBER 17: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA CONTINUE FEUD [...] (SBU) Summary: At the September 17, FSC Russia and Georgia reprised their running feud over culpability for starting the August war. Russia presented an amateurish video purporting to show Georgia's responsibility for starting the conflict and evidence of Georgian attacks on civilian targets [...] |
2008-09-22 06:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE225 |
CFE/JCG: 23 SEPTEMBER MEETING IS AN ALL-ALLIED [...] (C) Summary. Interventions by Bulgaria, Spain and Italy calling out Russia for refusing inspections were the highlight the brief JCG held on September 23. Germany, Turkey, the UK, Romania, Portugal, U.S., Czech Republic and France intervened in support. Russia did not comment. The JCG too [...] |
2008-09-24 16:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE226 |
OPEN SKIES SEPTEMBER 23 PLENARY: RUSSIA CITES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia confirmed it had lifted all restricted airspace associated with its conflict with Georgia while asserting that the restrictions were enacted in the first place strictly on the basis of flight safety. All affected States Parties, save Germany, strongly censured Russia, n [...] |
2008-09-25 06:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE227 |
OPEN SKIES SEPTEMBER 23 PLENARY: RUSSIA CITES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia confirmed it had lifted all restricted airspace associated with its conflict with Georgia while asserting that the restrictions were enacted in the first place strictly on the basis of flight safety. All affected States Parties, save Germany, strongly censured Russia, n [...] |
2008-09-25 06:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE228 |
FSC SEPTEMBER 24: GEORGIA-RUSSIA DUSTUP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia gave a lengthy description in the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation today of Russian transgressions, dating back to the breakup of the Soviet Union and culminating in its continued occupation of Georgian territories. Russia's relatively brief response blamed the "crim [...] |
2008-09-26 14:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE233 |
FSC:RUSSIA BLASTS U.S. ON CSBM POLICY, U.S. AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia criticized what it called the "depraved" U.S. policy of linking all Russian initiatives in the FSC to "unrelated and secondary issues" such as Georgia and CFE. The U.S. position is "unreasonable," and "demonstrates that Washington has lost all interest in arms control." [...] |
2008-10-02 14:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE235 |
CFE: ANTONOV FAILS TO DIVIDE ALLIES AT VIENNA LUNCH [...] (C) Summary. The Russian chief arms control delegate, Mikhail Ulyanov, hosted a lunch on October 2 in honor of the head of the Russian MFA arms control and disarmament division, Anatoliy Antonov. The lunch was billed as an effort to put forward Russian views on the current state of arms cont [...] |
2008-10-06 11:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE240 |
CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 7 PLENARY MORE OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the October 7 JCG Plenary, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic, supported by Romania, France, the United States, Turkey, Portugal, Italy, and Germany, protested Russia,s latest refusals to allow inspections and called on Russia to resume implementation [...] |
2008-10-09 06:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE243 |
FSC OCTOBER 8: USCG COMMANDANT ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia and Georgia again traded innuendo and accusations at the October 8 Forum for Security Cooperation. Russia said "some" were still trying to aggravate the situation in South Ossetia and provoke new military action, citing the October 3 car bomb attack, which killed several [...] |
2008-10-10 08:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
| 08USOSCE245 |
OPEN SKIES: 2009 QUOTA DISTRIBUTION/DECONFLICTION [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9-10 USDEL participated in the 2009 active quota distribution meeting and led the deconfliction discussion for observation flights over Belarus/Russian Federation and Ukraine. The U. S. asked for and received 14 active quotas over Belarus/Russian Federation and 1 a [...] |
2008-10-14 14:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE247 |
CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 14 -- GEORGIA CALLS OUT RUSSIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: At October 14 JCG, Georgia accused Russia of violating core principles of the CFE Treaty (non-use of force, host nation consent) and non-compliance with Treaty provisions. In a surprisingly lengthy give and take (which included seven different interventions by Russia), the U [...] |
2008-10-15 06:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE249 |
FSC OCTOBER 15: RUSSIA SAYS SOUTH OSSETIA/ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian deputy director for export controls and nonproliferation Petr Litavrin told Georgia he had no official information about arms transfers to separatists in South Ossetia and Abkhazia prior to the outbreak of war in August. However, he added, Russia can provide information [...] |
2008-10-16 15:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE253 |
CFE/JCG: 21 OCTOBER PLENARY - ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) At the JCG Plenary on 21 October, the Czech Republic called on Russia to fulfill its Istanbul Commitments and voiced support for Georgia and Moldova on the same issue. Russia continued to accuse Allies of a "double standard" in criticizing Russia but not other States Parties on the ful [...] |
2008-10-21 14:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE258 |
OSCE/FSC OCTOBER 22: MELANGE ELIMINATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the 22 October FSC Plenary Georgia accused Russia of violating the six-point cease fire agreement by not completely withdrawing its forces out of Georgian territory. Russia disagreed and countered that Georgia was increasing its military presence in the "buffer zone" area [...] |
2008-10-23 16:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE259 |
OPEN SKIES 27 OCTOBER: U.S. GETS 15TH MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: At the 27 October Plenary, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted a decision to increase the U.S. number of active missions over Russia from 14 to a record number of 15 for 2008. The OSCC also adopted the Decision on the Distribution of Active Quotas for Obser [...] |
2008-10-28 15:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE263 |
CFE/JCG: GEORGIA/RUSSIA SPAR OVER ISTANBUL, ALLIES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 28 JCG, Georgia delivered a long statement detailing para by para Russia's failure to fulfill many of its Istanbul commitments. Russia denied the accusations, accused Georgia of the same, and declared Gudauta was no longer an issue since it now belongs to Abkh [...] |
2008-10-30 15:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE264 |
FSC OCTOBER 29: MINISTERIAL DRAFT DECISIONS DEBATED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 29 Forum for Security Cooperation, the defense minister of Cyprus appealed for OSCE help in disposing of surplus MANPADS ODIHR director Lenarcic urged participating States (pS) to implement the recommendations of the ODIHR Handbook on human rights in the armed fo [...] |
2008-10-31 16:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE265 |
CFE/JCG: GEORGIA/RUSSIA SPAR OVER ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 4 JCG, Russia rebutted Georgia's October 28 JCG statement in which Georgia detailed Russia's failure to fulfill its Istanbul Commitments. Georgia responded to Russia's rebuttal, reiterating many of the points it made during previous JCG meetings. Germany [...] |
2008-11-05 14:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE268 |
HELSINKI MINISTERIAL THE FOCUS OF EUR PDAS RIES, [...] (C) The OSCE Secretary General, the Chairman-in-Office, and several PermReps told visiting EUR PDAS Marcie Ries November 3-4 that the OSCE faced new challenges, and expressed frustration at the organization's inability to take action on key issues, including additional military monitoring off [...] |
2008-11-06 14:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL |
| 08USOSCE270 |
OSCE/FSC NOVEMBER 5: PLENARY DISCUSSES UNPOA; [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 5 FSC Plenary the Republic of Macedonia criticized Greece for a 28 October military parade in Thessaloniki and said it had evidence that slogans against the Republic of Macedonia were chanted by Greek armed forces. Decision No. 11/08 introducing best prac [...] |
2008-11-07 16:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE271 |
DAYTON ART. IV: 41ST SRCC A COOPERATIVE SUCCESS [...] (U) Summary: The 41st Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC) met October 14-15 in Montenegro and included the signing of key amendments to the agreement that formally integrated Montenegro into the treaty as an independent state party. Four decisions were taken, which i [...] |
2008-11-11 14:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE ZL |
| 08USOSCE273 |
CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 11 PLENARY; RUSSIA MAY TRY TO [...] (SBU) The November 11 JCG, chaired by Romania, was brief. The only intervention was by Belarus First Secretary Vasily Pavlov, who announced his departure from Vienna on November 13 and introduced his replacement, First Secretary Dmitry Krayushkin. 2. (C) During the JCG-T plus 4 held on [...] |
2008-11-13 14:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE274 |
FSC NOVEMBER 12: RUSSIA WANTS TO KEEP UNSCR 1540 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation on November 12 adopted decisions for an information exchange on end-user certificates, endorsement of a guide to disposition of melange (rocket fuel oxidizer), and the forwarding of a draft Ministerial Council decision on small arms, light wea [...] |
2008-11-13 15:04:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE PINR RS XG |
| 08USOSCE275 |
OPEN SKIES: NOVEMBER 10 INFORMALS: UPHILL ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Plenary met in informal session on November 10 to discuss the draft letter from the OSCC Chairperson to the Ministerial Council. The Informal Working Group on Rules and Procedures (IWGRP) followed the informal Plenary and continue [...] |
2008-11-13 15:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE278 |
CFE/JCG: RUSSIA AGAIN ASSERTS IT HAS A LEGAL BASIS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the November 18 JCG, Italy, Poland, and the United States called out Russia for refusing their recent requests for CFE inspections. There was broad support for the Italian, Polish, and U.S. statements as several delegations voiced concern that Russia's continued noncompli [...] |
2008-11-18 17:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE280 |
FSC NOVEMBER 19: GEORGIA ISOLATED ON MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia could not agree to language in the draft Ministerial decision describing the Security Dialogue discussion of the August conflict. Georgia is willing to continue negotiations. The EU and the U.S. restated their opposition to a Russia proposal for an embargo of heavy we [...] |
2008-11-20 13:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE284 |
OPEN SKIES: A GOOD MONTH FOR NOVEMBER, INCLUDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary on November 24 agreed on a letter from the OSCC Chairperson to the Ministerial Council summarizing the past year. The Russian-chaired Working Group on Rules and Procedures (IWGRP) agreed on a draft decision on "alternative [...] |
2008-11-25 14:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE286 |
CFE/JCG: RUSSIA CONFIRMS WILL NOT PROVIDE ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The 25 November plenary adopted a decision that ends the present JCG session on 16 December and sets the first plenary of the next session on 20 January. The U.S. joined consensus, but expressed disappointment that the start of the next JCG session could not be delayed despit [...] |
2008-11-25 18:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE290 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY: HELSINKI OSCE [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Helsinki. FM Stubb has succeeded in attracting a record number of ministers to this OSCE meeting, and hopes to rally the Organization in a renewal of the Q&Spirit of Helsinki.Q8 Following closely [...] |
2008-11-28 08:53:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM OSCE OVIP PHUM PREL PROG |
| 08USOSCE291 |
FSC NOVEMBER 26: GEORGIA JOINS CONSENSUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia reluctantly joined consensus on a draft Ministerial decision that summarizes the FSC's 2008 work and tasks it to submit progress reports to the 2009 Ministerial. At issue was a reference to the Georgia-Russia conflict in August 2008, which Russia wanted described as the [...] |
2008-11-28 13:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE293 |
FSC DECEMBER 10: UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jorge Urbina, chair of the UNSCR 1540 Committee, told the FSC its members were in the vanguard of states implementing the resolution, which calls on all states to prevent the proliferation of WMD and their delivery systems to non-state actors. Urbina said the Best P [...] |
2008-12-11 15:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS CY XG |
| 08USOSCE298 |
CFE/JCG DECEMBER 9 PLENARY: LEGAL ANALYSIS [...] (C) Summary: At the December 9 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, the U.S. provided a legal analysis refuting Russia,s repeated assertions that it has a legal basis for its "suspension" of the CFE Treaty. This was important to clear the air on this issue after repeated Russian challenge [...] |
2008-12-12 16:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE302 |
OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 15 PLENARY -- PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 15 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the Decision on Alternate Airfields. The OSCC also agreed to put a Chairman,s Statement on Allowable Video Sensors on the January OSCC agenda for adoption. The Informal Working Group on Sensors (IWGS) forwarded [...] |
2008-12-16 12:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE305 |
OPEN SKIES TREATY: SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, END OF [...] WEU quota carrot requires review 13. (SBU) New "old" business: In 1995, the former ten Western European Union states made a joint statement regarding potential use of their passive quotas after all the allocated quotas have been fulfilled. Six other States also joined this political stat [...] |
2008-12-16 14:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE31 |
OSCE REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: DEFENDING KOSOVO CDI [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Following a coordinated declaration of independence (CDI) by Kosovo, Serbia will likely use the OSCE as an important venue to lay out its case before world opinion on why it believes its territorial integrity has been [...] |
2008-02-06 17:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL KV SR |
| 08USOSCE310 |
FSC AUTUMN 2008 END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA-RUSSIA WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations from the August Georgia-Russia war echoed through the autumn session in the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC), coloring Security Dialogue presentations and even reactions to an otherwise mundane decision describing the work of the Forum. Russia introduced a d [...] |
2008-12-17 12:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
| 08USOSCE313 |
CFE/JCG: DECEMBER 16 PLENARY - LACK OF RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: At the December 16 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Poland, on behalf of the NATO states, strongly regretted Russia's lack of participation in the CFE Treaty's mandatory information exchange on December 15. The joint statement highlighted the willingness of NATO states to [...] |
2008-12-17 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE315 |
CFE/JCG: FALL END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA CRISIS; [...] (C) Summary: The autumn session of the Joint Consultative Group was dominated by fallout from Russia,s invasion of Georgia and Russia,s continued non-compliance with its CFE Treaty obligations (i.e., refusal of inspections and failure to provide information exchange data). Russia continue [...] |
2008-12-18 11:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 08USOSCE317 |
FSC DECEMBER 17: CYBER SECURITY AND AIAM AGENDAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 17 Forum for Security Cooperation adopted the agendas for the March 17-18, 2009 cyber security workshop and the March 3-4, 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. Russia complained that South Ossetia still needed natural gas and appealed for international e [...] |
2008-12-18 14:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE318 |
REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - NEXT STEPS IN VIENNA ON [...] (SBU) GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission requests Washington approval to circulate the revised Food-for-Thought paper in para 4. The revision reflects USDEL discussions per earlier guidance (ref A) and the visit of the Chairman of the 1540 Committee to the OSCE (ref B). See also para 3 on concerns ra [...] |
2008-12-18 15:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE320 |
CFE/CSBM: ANNUAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION FOR 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. Annual exchanges of information under the CFE Treaty and the Vienna Document, with information effective January 1, 2009, were held in Vienna on December 12-15, 2008. Both achieved high levels of participation. The electronic exchange, with support provided by the United State [...] |
2008-12-23 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE321 |
CORRECTED COPY: CFE/CSBM: ANNUAL EXCHANGE OF [...] (SBU) CORRECTED COPY. Summary. (This cable correctly reports, in paras 1 and 5, how much some of Azerbaijan's declared holdings exceed CFE Treaty limits.) Annual exchanges of information under the CFE Treaty and the Vienna Document, with information effective January 1, 2009, were held in V [...] |
2008-12-30 12:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 08USOSCE48 |
JEREMIC OSCE SPEECH GENERATES LITTLE FIREWORKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Foreign Vuk Jeremic's February 19 OSCE address to protest Kosovo's independence was passionate but reasoned, and met with a surprisingly muted response. Of the six participating States to take the floor following his speech, only two - Russia and Azerbaijan - supported [...] |
2008-02-19 18:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL UNMIK SR KV |
| 08USOSCE60 |
OSCE 2008 ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2008 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) on March 4-5 was not contentious, delegations restricting themselves to broad recommendations that were intended for further concrete development in the Forum for Security Cooperation. Russia did not spend much time bera [...] |
2008-03-07 13:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE62 |
OSCE 2008 HEADS OF VERIFICATION MEETING: GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 3 meeting of Heads of Verification (HOV), discussion of implementation matters extended into the policy arena, as had been anticipated after the 2007 HOV meeting, when the German verification head called for Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) inspection coordination in Vie [...] |
2008-03-07 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE63 |
CORRECTED COPY - OSCE 2008 HEADS OF VERIFICATION [...] (SBU) (This corrected version of reftel contains revised numerical values in para 9.) Summary: At the March 3 meeting of Heads of Verification (HOV), discussion of implementation matters extended into the policy arena, as had been anticipated after the 2007 HOV meeting, when the German verifi [...] |
2008-03-10 14:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE66 |
MARCH 10 OPEN SKIES TREATY PLENARY: AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Plenary met on March 10 in its last formal session before the Spring OSCE break. It heard the Chairman's report of the Informal Working Group on Sensors to the Plenary and for the German Chairman to pass the leadership over to the [...] |
2008-03-11 12:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE |
| 08USOSCE67 |
CFE: MARCH 11 JCG PLENARY; CANADA ANNOUNCES THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 11 JCG Plenary, the last before the spring break, Canada briefed on its new treaty ratification practice and procedure. Russia rambled-on about numerous issues to include the "Parallel Actions Package," the NRC (ACE) meeting of 28 February, why Russia ratified th [...] |
2008-03-11 17:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 08USOSCE68 |
FSC: MARCH 12 PLENARY; SPAIN HANDS OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The March 12 FSC Plenary concluded the chairmanship of Spain. Estonia will be at the helm at the next FSC Plenary which is scheduled for April 8, after the Spring OSCE break. The two main items of business were the Report of the Eighteenth Annual Implementation Assessment M [...] |
2008-03-12 16:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE70 |
VIENNA DOCUMENT 1999: CFE SUSPENSION CASTS LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion of future challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the Vienna Document 1999 was overshadowed at times by concern over the impasse created by Russia's suspension of its CFE commitments. Although most national representatives and several of the speakers cal [...] |
2008-03-18 09:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG |
| 08USOSCE71 |
TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT: THREE PLUS TWO INCHES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Finnish chairmanship succeeded March 13 in winning approval from the 3 2 group for the OSCE mediator to approach Moldovan and Transnistrian authorities to encourage them to establish issue-related working groups at the technical level. The Finnish special envoy for unre [...] |
2008-03-18 11:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE MD |
| 08USOSCE74 |
DAYTON ARTICLE IV: 40TH SRCC IS QUIET BUT BUSY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Parties met in Sarajevo March 10-13 for the 40th Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC). The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, resulting in an impressive list of decisions, to include: agreement on amending the Agreement, dates [...] |
2008-03-21 10:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG ZL |
| 08USOSCE91 |
FSC: APRIL 9 - RUSSIA JUMPS QUEUE TO BLAST ANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia opened the Forum for Security Cooperation spring-summer session even before the new chair had a chance to speak by attacking the U.S. for its announcement that Kosovo, as an independent country, was now eligible for defense assistance. Russia described this as an illegal [...] |
2008-04-11 08:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OSCE KCFE KV RS XG |
| 08USOSCE98 |
CFE: APRIL 15 JCG PLENARY, RUSSIA SAYS TOI WORK IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the April 15 Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Germany and Russia exchanged opposing views stemming from Russia,s refusal to accept Germany's April 8 inspection notice. Belarus said that despite the 28 March NAC statement,s positive tone, it does not solve the problems rela [...] |
2008-04-16 16:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE1 |
NEXT STEPS ON AN OSCE FIELD MISSION MANDATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Whether it was their full intention, Russian obstructionism at the OSCE in Vienna over the last few weeks has resulted in a planned closure of the OSCE Mission to Georgia starting o January 1. Despite a series of creative approahes by the outgoing Finnish Chairmanship to reset he [...] |
2009-01-01 10:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE GG PREL |
| 09USOSCE10 |
CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] |
2009-01-23 17:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE105 |
OPEN SKIES APRIL 27: BIH CHAIRMANSHIP BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bosnia and Herzegovina began its chairmanship of the Opens Skies Consultative Commission with the first plenary meeting of the spring 2009 session on April 27. The chair of the Informal Working Group on Sensors reported progress on technical revisions to Decision 14. Russia re [...] |
2009-04-28 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE111 |
OSCE: 2009 ANNUAL GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-six OSCE participating States, including Russia, provided worldwide information on their national military forces as part of the annual Global Exchange of Military Information, a confidence building mechanism originating in the 1992 Helsinki Document. End summary. 2. [...] |
2009-04-30 13:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE XG |
| 09USOSCE112 |
FSC APRIL 29: GEORGIA TAKES THE CHAIR, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia got off to a good start with its Forum for Security Cooperation chairmanship, which will run to late July. The Georgian deputy defense minister, Giorgi Muchaidze, delivered uncontroversial opening remarks, mentioning problems related to the August 2008 war without provo [...] |
2009-04-30 14:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE118 |
CFE/JCG: MAY 5 PLENARY - RUSSIA TRIES TO TURN [...] (SBU) Summary. During the U.S.-chaired May 5 JCG Plenary, Russia repeated MFA criticisms of the CFE text of the NATO Summit declaration and presented its Aide-Memoire to all CFE States Parties as Russia's official position on how to restore the viability of the CFE regime on the basis of the [...] |
2009-05-06 14:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE119 |
FSC MAY 6: FSC SUPPORTS COMPROMISE ASRC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation supported its Georgian chair's letter to the Permanent Council endorsing the Annual Security Review Conference agenda, until recently the pretext of another Georgian-Russian disagreement. Germany introduced Food-for-Thought papers on review of [...] |
2009-05-07 07:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE122 |
CFE/JCG: MAY 12 PLENARY - RUSSIA ADVOCATES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia cited chapter and verse of Article XVI of the CFE Treaty to support its contention that the JCG should fulfill its mandate by contributing more proactively to efforts to save the CFE Treaty. The Russian Chief Arms Control Delegate (Ulyanov) argued that the JCG historical [...] |
2009-05-14 11:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE123 |
FSC MAY 13: STOCKPILE AND BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova and the OSCE proposed construction of new facilities to improve the safety of munitions storage facilities near Chisinau at the cost of 834,000 euros and requested participating State financial support. Tajikistan outlined its Border Security and Management Strategy and [...] |
2009-05-14 16:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD TI XG |
| 09USOSCE127 |
REDESIGNING EUROPE'S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE - IT'S ALL [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-18 13:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PGOV PREL |
| 09USOSCE128 |
OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-20 06:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE129 |
OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-20 08:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE13 |
FSC JANUARY 28: RUSSIA CALLS OUT GEORGIA FOR VD99 [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia sharply criticized Georgia for its refusal of Russian requests for Vienna Document inspection and evaluation. Dismissing Georgia's defense of force majeure as insubstantial, Russia said Georgia had only itself to blame for the conditions it cited in refusing the inspect [...] |
2009-01-29 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE GG RS XG |
| 09USOSCE131 |
CFE: CFE/JCG: MAY 19 PLENARY - NO SCHEDULE YET; [...] (U) Summary. During the May 19 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia objected to holding the first JCG meeting of the fall session on September 15 as proposed in a Draft Decision. Russia argued it should be on September 8, immediately following the opening meeting of the Permanent C [...] |
2009-05-20 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE132 |
FSC MAY 20: RUSSIA RETURNS TO NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia again proposed naval CSBMs and asked that they be included on the June 3 working group agenda. Code of Conduct expert Alexander Lambert praised the updated Code questionnaire but lamented the "imbalance" caused by additional questions related to terrorism. The decision [...] |
2009-05-22 14:35:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD RS XG |
| 09USOSCE134 |
FSC MAY 27: U.S.-MOROCCO SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Dialogue included an account of the U.S.-Morocco hosted seminar on conventional arms and regional security in Rabat, April 14-15. The U.S., Morocco, Spain, and France described the seminar, which sought coordinated regional responses to the proliferation of weapon [...] |
2009-05-28 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MO RS XG |
| 09USOSCE137 |
CFE/JCG: JUNE 2: RUSSIA ACCUSES WESTERN STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 2 JCG plenary, Russia inquired whether delegations wished to comment on the Russian Aide-Memoire, "Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward," distributed to the JCG on May 5. The U.S. noted that the Aide-Memoire was not up for negotiation in the [...] |
2009-06-03 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE138 |
FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...] |
2009-06-04 15:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE14 |
OPEN SKIES: JANUARY 26 PLENARY AND IWGRP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Chairman,s Statement on allowable video sensors was not adopted at its 26 January plenary because the Russian delegation lacked its final instructions from Moscow to join consensus. The Russians expect a green light for approval in [...] |
2009-02-02 06:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE140 |
OPEN SKIES: JUNE 15: RUSSIA LAST HOLDOUT ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) on June 15 consensus continued to emerge supporting the draft decision on proposed dates for the U.S.-chaired Second Review Conference (June 7-9, 2010). Russia awaits a final go-ahead from Moscow, but assured USDel that it fully [...] |
2009-06-15 12:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE |
| 09USOSCE141 |
TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT A CHARTER FOR THE OSCE? [...] Many countries, led by Russia, have long argued that the legal status of the OSCE should be upgraded to that of a full-fledged international organization. Doing so would remove legal uncertainties hanging over the personnel, improve efficiencies and reduce costs. While there is a general c [...] |
2009-06-15 15:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE AORC PREL |
| 09USOSCE144 |
CFE/JCG: JUNE 16: RUSSIA ACCUSES NATO OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 16 JCG plenary, Russia accused most of its CFE partners of demonstrating a distorted sense of the Russian position regarding CFE and the parallel actions package during the June 9-10 conventional arms control meetings in Berlin. Russia singled out Canada and the [...] |
2009-06-18 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE145 |
FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...] |
2009-06-19 14:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE146 |
SCENESETTER FOR CORFU OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Your decision to attend this first-of-its-kind informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu is a strong signal of your commitment to reinvigorate the OSCE. It marks a return to high-level American engagement at the OSCE after a four-year absence by the U.S. Secretary of State from ministerial-level [...] |
2009-06-19 14:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OSCE XG XH |
| 09USOSCE147 |
OSCE: LAVROV AT ASRC ADDS LITTLE ON NEW SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the opening session of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) June 23, Russian FM Lavrov ploughed familiar ground in terms of the rationale and outline of the Russian proposals to strengthen European security architecture. He attributed much of the deterio [...] |
2009-06-23 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE15 |
CFE/JCG: 27 JANUARY PLENARY - AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the January 27 Joint Consultative Group plenary, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia clashed in another round of lengthy dueling statements. This followed charges last week by Azerbaijan regarding Russian CFE Treaty-limited equipment transshipped through Armenia into Nagorno-K [...] |
2009-02-02 10:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
| 09USOSCE151 |
OSCE 2009 ASRC SESSION II, STATES WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Session II of the 2009 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) on June 24 centered on arms control and CSBMs--in particular the status of CFE, CSBMs, Russia's European Security Initiative and the value of expanded dialogue. The keynote speakers, Klaus-Peter Gottwald of the Germ [...] |
2009-06-29 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE153 |
CFE/JCG:JUNE 30:RUSSIA REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF NATO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a relatively lengthy JCG meeting, Canada refuted Russia's 16 June claim that Canada did not understand Russia's views on actions versus words. Russia commented on its Aide-Memoire, stating that the Parallel Actions Package requires considerable work to flesh out necessary d [...] |
2009-07-02 10:50:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE154 |
OSCE/FSC: JULY 1 PLENARY AND WGS--MONDEM LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In the July 1 FSC Security Dialogue Montenegro Demilitarization Program (MONDEM) Chief Technical Advisor Surprenant recounted the progress on its munitions demilitarization and storage projects in Montenegro. MONDEM's mandate was extended until December 2010, after which, the G [...] |
2009-07-02 14:57:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE156 |
CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...] |
2009-07-08 16:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE157 |
OSCE/FSC: JULY 8 PLENARY U.S. AND RUSSIA SHARE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-10 12:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE16 |
CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 3 PLENARY - AZERI/ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 3 Joint Consultative Group heard another exchange of accusations between Azerbaijan and Armenia regarding excess holdings of Treaty-limited equipment. The JCG POET working group met briefly with little result. At the JCG-T, the Dutch provided a readout of the Ja [...] |
2009-02-04 16:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM |
| 09USOSCE164 |
OSCE MINISTERIAL LAUNCHES "CORFU PROCESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever "informal" OSCE Ministerial debated European security issues on June 27-28, revealing a broad convergence among most delegations in support of the U.S. approach that current European security institutions remain sound (but could be improved), and that discussions on [...] |
2009-07-16 07:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS RU OSCE |
| 09USOSCE166 |
CFE/JCG: 14 JULY PLENARY - RUSSIA RE-SETS OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of the 700th JCG Plenary, the Belarus Chair made some remarks highlighting the importance the JCG itself has played in the history of the Treaty. Russia said there were no grounds to be proud of the JCG during the last 10 years, and hopes the situation will imp [...] |
2009-07-16 14:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE167 |
OSCE/FSC: 15 JULY PLENARY--1540 BEST PRACTICE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-16 17:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE168 |
OPEN SKIES TREATY: JULY 13 PLENARY - SECOND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 13 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) agreed that the dates for the second Review Conference (RC) would be 7-9 June 2010 under U.S. Chairmanship. The draft decision on Rules of Procedure for the RC was circulated for adoption at the September plenary. USDel has [...] |
2009-07-17 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE169 |
DAYTON ARTICLE IV: CONTACT GROUP SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) met July 8 with the OSCE Personal Representative for Dayton Article IV (PR), Italian Brigadier General Costanzo Periotto and his staff, to discuss the PR's proposal for the ownership plan. This envisions a multi-year gradual transfer of t [...] |
2009-07-20 13:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
| 09USOSCE170 |
CFE/JCG JULY 21: RUSSIA PROVIDES ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 21 Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Russia raised three issues which it urged delegations to reflect on over the summer recess: a response to the U.S. December 2008 document on the legality of Russia's "suspension"; the case for provisional application of A/CFE; and [...] |
2009-07-21 16:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE171 |
CFE/JCG: JANUARY-JULY 2009, END OF ROUND: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 winter/spring round of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, juxtaposed with Russia's counter allegations of "gross NATO violations" and, after the Spring recess, a new focus on pres [...] |
2009-07-23 13:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE172 |
OSCE/FSC: JULY 22 RUSSIAN "LESSONS LEARNED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the final plenary before the summer break of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC), Russia made a lengthy statement outlining the lessons learned from the August 2008 war in Georgia. While Russia made what it considered to be a strong case that Georgian President Saakas [...] |
2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE173 |
OPEN SKIES TREATY: JANUARY-JULY 2009 END OF ROUND; [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter/spring session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw initial preparation for the second Review Conference, incremental progress on the draft decision for digital sensors, agreement on a consolidated Cost decision, and discussion of airspace restriction [...] |
2009-07-24 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE18 |
FSC FEBRUARY 4: EU MILITARY HEAD ON BOSNIA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: French General Bentegeat, chair of the EU military committee, reviewed current EU military operations and the European Security and Defense Policy in the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 4. Bentegeat said EU cooperation with NATO and the U.S. was good. Belarus called [...] |
2009-02-05 14:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE181 |
OSCE,S CORFU PROCESS COMES A BIT MORE INTO FOCUS [...] Summary: The OSCE,s Greek Chairmanship has assembled an outline for how it intends to proceed this autumn on a comprehensive review of European security, known as the Corfu process. Leading up to a possible declaration or decision at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial the Greek chairmanship [...] |
2009-08-05 14:58:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OSCE RU |
| 09USOSCE182 |
OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC), the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99), the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] |
2009-08-05 15:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE183 |
OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC), the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99), the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...] |
2009-08-06 07:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE184 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27 - 31, 2009 [...] (U) A team of election experts from the OSCE/ODIHR Mission arrived in Kabul July 26 to support conduct of the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. The 20 experts from the mission will assist election stakeholders in Afghanistan, including election administra [...] |
2009-08-06 15:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RU KZ GG KG MK BK |
| 09USOSCE187 |
CHARGE FULLER MEETS KAZAKHSTAN DFM ZHIGALOV [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Fuller, Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov reiterated his country's priorities in anticipation of its 2010 role as OSCE Chair-in-Office (CIO), including focusing on frozen conflicts, the Corfu process, energy, transportati [...] |
2009-08-20 15:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | AF KZ OSCE PHUM PREL |
| 09USOSCE188 |
DAYTON ARTICLE IV: U.S. CHANGES TO LETTER FOR [...] (C) The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) countries of Russia, Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. have confirmed full support for the U.S.-recommended changes (ref a) to the Contact Group letter to be sent to the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV. Inter ali [...] |
2009-08-21 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR OSCE PARM PREL SR |
| 09USOSCE195 |
CFE/JCG: 2009 FALL OPENING OF ROUND--RUSSIA MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the opening session of the Fall round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCG) on September 8, USDel underscored the U.S. commitment to CFE, noted that Russia's "suspension" left an ominous gap in CFE's unique transparency and predictability, observed that Russia had a [...] |
2009-09-09 12:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE198 |
FSC/VD99: U.S. DELIVERS POINTS TO NORWAY, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, USDel (Neighbour and Meyer) delivered points (paras 29-33) to Norway, Belarus and Russia. Initial reactions are provided below: 2. (S) Norway--The new Norwegian military representative to the FSC (Colonel Terje Killi) said he was unaware that Norway had planned to partici [...] |
2009-09-10 09:21:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE199 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...] |
2009-09-10 13:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
| 09USOSCE200 |
CORFU PROCESS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: At the first informal meeting of the OSCE's Corfu Process on European security, PermReps reiterated their vision of the process and touched on the role of international law in the OSCE area. Most agreed that the process needed to remain firmly rooted in the OSCE, encompass the [...] |
2009-09-11 10:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE |
| 09USOSCE201 |
OSCE/FSC:FALL FSC OPENS--1540 BPG TEE-ED UP; [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) opened on September 9 with a presentation by a British FCO official on the strategic relevance of FSC issues in the global security context. Meanwhile, the USDel drew attention to the draft UNSCR 1540 Best Practi [...] |
2009-09-11 15:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE203 |
CFE/JCG:15 SEPTEMBER: 12 ALLIES CRITICIZE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In the JCG on 15 September, Russia claimed to welcome elements of the U.S. opening of round statement last week and said it was open to U.S. overtures to work in the JCG on matters other than those simply technical in nature. Bulgaria noted Russia's refusal of an inspection and [...] |
2009-09-15 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE204 |
SUBJECT: OPEN SKIES, OPENING OF ROUND: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-proposed decisions on Rules and Working Methods and on establishing an Informal working Group (IWG) for the forthcoming review conference were adopted by the Open Skies plenary on September 14. A highlight of reports on completed flights was the incident-free British- [...] |
2009-09-16 10:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE205 |
FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE MOVES FORWARD UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: After two years, the 1540 best practice guide appears to be moving forward in the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). It is now under a silence procedure and should move to the FSC plenary for adoption as early as September 30. Meanwhile, on 16 September Deputy SACEU [...] |
2009-09-22 06:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE206 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] |
2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
| 09USOSCE207 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...] |
2009-09-22 06:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU |
| 09USOSCE210 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 2009 [...] (U) In her video greeting to the September 14 opening session of the 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, Secretary Clinton spoke of the personal, societal, and economic harm caused by human trafficking. She emphasized the "three Ps" of the anti-trafficking fight - prosecu [...] |
2009-09-28 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU KZ |
| 09USOSCE211 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 22, Greek PermRep Marinaki said High Commissioner for National Minorities Vollebaek intended to visit South Ossetia in the near future, and had agreed to travel from Vladikavkaz, reversing his long-standing demand for access from the south. Vol [...] |
2009-09-28 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
| 09USOSCE212 |
FSC/SMALL ARMS REVIEW MEETING: FEW SURPRISES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Meeting to Review the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons broke no new ground and vacillated between those delegations looking to add more instrumentalities and mechanisms to the OSCE's work on SA/LW and those, such as the U.S., which advocated more effective [...] |
2009-09-29 11:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL KOMC |
| 09USOSCE213 |
CFE/JCG: 29 SEPTEMBER - SHORT MEETING REGISTERS [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Chairman (Iliev) adjourned the September 29 JCG meeting in near record time. During the short meeting, the U.S. (Neighbour) reported on Russia's latest CFE inspection rejection noting that all other CFE states continue to participate faithfully in inspections and informat [...] |
2009-09-29 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE214 |
FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE DECISION AGREED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The 1540 Best Practice Guide (1540 BPG) cleared without incident the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) on September 30. The FSC received a sobering update on the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina's political-military program from retired Briga [...] |
2009-10-02 11:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE219 |
CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 6 PLENARY - RUSSIA RAISES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-10-08 16:10:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE220 |
CFE/JCG OCT 13: RUSSIA RAISES MORE POINTS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 13 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia offered familiar comments on paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 of its aide-memoire of 5 May 2009, &Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward.8 The U.S. replied that discussions on the Parallel Actions Packag [...] |
2009-10-14 16:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE221 |
FSC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA EXCHANGE ON TAGLIAVINI [...] (SBU) Summary: The exchange between Russia and Georgia on the release of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFMCG or Tagliavini Report) dominated the October 7 FSC discussion. Russia underscored Georgia's responsibility for the outbrea [...] |
2009-10-15 06:38:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE223 |
CORFU PROCESS SESSION IV: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (SBU) On October 13 the Corfu Process tackled new, globalized threats and met with a high degree of consensus on OSCE strengths and direction. Topics covered included terrorism, cybersecurity, border security and Afghanistan, WMD nonproliferation, and arms reduction. Besides a minor verbal [...] |
2009-10-15 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
| 09USOSCE224 |
JOINT FSC-PC 14 OCTOBER: ISAF DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy ISAF Commander LTG Dutton appealed to the joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation and the Permanent Council (FSC-PC) for developing "expeditionary police" capabilities that would parallel those of the military for building capacity in Afghanistan. Dutton als [...] |
2009-10-16 13:47:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE225 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 9,2009 [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge Fuller at NATO HQ October 2, NATO international staff led by Deputy A/SYG Bob Simmons advised that NATO allies have agreed to postpone discussion of the Medvedev proposal of European Security Architecture until the conclusion of initial OSCE Corfu Process (CP) dis [...] |
2009-10-19 12:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
| 09USOSCE226 |
OPEN SKIES: OCTOBER 19 PLENARY - 2ND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6 and 19, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held an extended plenary meeting. The October 19 session included two Review Conference preparation briefings on OSCE second dimension environmental issues. The OSCC also adopted the Annual Quota Distribution [...] |
2009-10-20 10:41:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE230 |
CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 20: DELEGATIONS CONSIDER [...] (SBU) At the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary chaired by Denmark (Petersen), Turkey and Spain criticized the Russian Federation for refusing their respective October CFE inspection requests. Ten other delegations, including the U.S., supported the Turkish and Spanish statem [...] |
2009-10-21 16:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE231 |
CORFU PROCESS SESSION V: IT'S THE CONFLICTS, STUPID [...] (SBU) The fifth session of the Corfu Process dialogue made clear that the OSCE,s ability to provide early warning and prevent, manage and resolve conflict is a key overarching theme in the Corfu process. Most delegations noted that the key stumbling block to the resolution of the protracted [...] |
2009-10-21 16:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RU |
| 09USOSCE232 |
OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMITS ELECTION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expects to deploy a seven-person election support team to Afghanistan in advance of the November 7 second-round presidential elections. The team will follow final election preparations, election day proceedin [...] |
2009-10-21 16:53:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF |
| 09USOSCE233 |
OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMITS ELECTION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expects to deploy a seven-person election support team to Afghanistan in advance of the November 7 second-round presidential elections. The team will follow final election preparations, election day proceedin [...] |
2009-10-22 06:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
| 09USOSCE234 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 13 - 16, 2009 [...] (SBU) During the October 9-12, 2009, Fall Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA), more than 200 parliamentarians from the OSCE participating States (pS) met in Athens to examine challenges to achieving energy security in the region. The United States was represented by Helsinki Commi [...] |
2009-10-22 06:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
| 09USOSCE235 |
OSCE/FSC: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO REVIEW VIENNA [...] (SBU) In an informal meeting with a small group of delegations on the margins of the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Russian Head of Arms Control Delegation Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov shared a draft proposal that would task the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) to conduct a revi [...] |
2009-10-22 14:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE239 |
FSC: UNSCR 1540 TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia shared more detailed remarks in Working Group A about their Food-for-Thought paper on analyzing Vienna Document 1999 implementation, including its interest in targeting specific provisions to reflect more accurately the political-military environment. There were some mu [...] |
2009-10-23 13:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE242 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 19 - 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) In an October 20 meeting, the Russian delegation reportedly told the senior policy officer on the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center's Caucasus Desk that Moscow wanted a written proposal for the Chairmanship's "support team" and preferred a modified chain of command. The delegation sugges [...] |
2009-10-29 12:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
| 09USOSCE243 |
KAZAKHSTAN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF OSCE: A SLIPPERY SLOPE [...] Following an October 21-25 visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, some of the participating nine OSCE Chiefs of Missions shared notes and perspectives. Although the consensus was that we must take steps to ensure "normality" during the Kazakh chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010, the group suspected [...] |
2009-10-29 15:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL KZ |
| 09USOSCE244 |
CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 27: RUSSIA MOCKS ALLIED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 27 JCG plenary, Romania supported by 13 other delegations including the U.S., criticized the Russian Federation for refusing a recent CFE inspection request. Delegations discussed a draft JCG political contribution to the Ministerial declaration proposed by De [...] |
2009-10-29 15:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE245 |
FSC: TRYING TO MOVE RUSSIA ON VD99; GEARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a "sidebar" with the Russians ) and in a subsequent follow-up discussion ) Ulyanov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to "explore ways to strengthen current arms control and CSBM instruments, but not in exchange for specific language "to conduct a review of the [...] |
2009-10-30 13:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE247 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 26 - 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) A draft Ministerial Council decision on "Women,s Participation in Political and Public Life" was tabled at the October 28 Human Dimension Committee meeting. While Russia, Belarus, and a handful of other participating States said they lacked formal guidance, all expressed general support [...] |
2009-11-02 17:31:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
| 09USOSCE248 |
CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 3: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TAKES [...] (SBU) The November 3 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary was brief even by recent JCG standards. The Spanish Chair (Sabadell) observed the draft decision on the duration of the present session had been circulated (JCG.DD/2/09). It would be approved at the next JCG unless any delegation [...] |
2009-11-03 17:18:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE249 |
CORFU PROCESS SESSION VI: HUMAN DIMENSION [...] The sixth session of the Corfu Process dialogue October 27 was dedicated to the common challenges in the Human Dimension (HD), with a focus on human rights, democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the freedom of the media. Delegations catalogued ways in which HD commitments had fallen [...] |
2009-11-04 10:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE |
| 09USOSCE250 |
THE OSCE'S CORFU PROCESS STARTS TO GROW LEGS [...] (SBU) Following seven out of ten sessions of informal but carefully developed dialogue among OSCE PermReps under the umbrella of the Corfu Process (CP), a consensus has emerged that the discussions have served a useful purpose, particularly in three areas. First, the CP provides a strong an [...] |
2009-11-05 09:23:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL RU OSCE |
| 09USOSCE251 |
FSC OF NOVEMBER 4: U.S. APPEARS ISOLATED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to Russia's draft decision for Ministers to task a review of Vienna Document 1999 dominated the FSC plenary discussion. Most comments were favorable "in principle." Inter alia, Russia proposed presenting the results from a VD99 review to the next OSCE Ministerial m [...] |
2009-11-10 16:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE252 |
CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] |
2009-11-12 09:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE253 |
CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...] |
2009-11-12 09:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE255 |
DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 43RD SRCC: PARTIES AGREE TO [...] (U) Summary: The 43rd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC), representing the four parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia), met November 3-4, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Five SRCC Decisions [...] |
2009-11-16 15:33:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG |
| 09USOSCE256 |
FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] |
2009-11-16 16:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE257 |
FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...] |
2009-11-17 07:14:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE258 |
CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 17: COMMEMORATING ISTANBUL; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 17 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Greece supported by 14 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusal to its recent CFE inspection request. The French Chair commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Istanbul Summit 19 [...] |
2009-11-17 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE259 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 2 - 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) At our weekly meeting with the CiO Nov 3, Greek Ambassador Marinaki told us the CiO's Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Christopoulus, would meet with his Kazakh-proposed successor, Nurgaliev, in Vienna on Nov 5 and they would participate in the informal "Five plus Two" m [...] |
2009-11-20 08:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
| 09USOSCE260 |
FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...] |
2009-11-20 10:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE262 |
SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) The November 24 Reinforced Permanent Council provided participating States a final opportunity to outline their expectations for the December 1-2 OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens and sum up accomplishments under the 2009 Greek Chairmanship. Although the comments by Delegations were ge [...] |
2009-11-25 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
| 09USOSCE263 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG: OSCE [...] (C) We look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Athens. Your participation will help signal U.S. support for a revitalized OSCE and allow us to call for greater emphasis on democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. Your participation will also help cemen [...] |
2009-11-25 15:13:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE RU PREL |
| 09USOSCE264 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 16 - 20, 2009 [...] (C) At the weekly CiO meeting November 17, which included for the first time Kazakh Ambassador and future PC Chair Abdrakhmanov, Greek Ambassador Marinaki emphasized the Chair's desire to adopt a Political Declaration at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial. She acknowledged the Kazakh inter [...] |
2009-11-26 11:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU |
| 09USOSCE268 |
OPEN SKIES: NOVEMBER 23--PLANS TO RE-CONVENE [...] (SBU): Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission plenary addressed Russian concerns over air navigation invoices; cleared the draft Chairman's letter and paragraph contribution to the Athens Ministerial Declaration; and called for reactivating the Working Group on Notifications and Form [...] |
2009-11-27 08:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE269 |
FSC OF NOVEMBER 25: "ISSUES" AND OTHERS TO BE [...] (SBU) The Forum for Security Cooperation's Working Group B (WGB) preceded the plenary in order to determine whether any of the draft decisions intended to be presented to the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens could be moved forward. Of the four draft substantive items on the agenda only the F [...] |
2009-11-27 10:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE271 |
OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from [...] |
2009-12-08 10:45:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | AF OSCE PREL RS |
| 09USOSCE272 |
OSCE AND INCOMING CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Kazakhstanis reiterate on every occasion their commitment to the principles of the OSCE "acquis" and swear to protect the third dimension during their 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE, their negotiating style at the OSCE Ministerial Conference in Athens December 1-2 [...] |
2009-12-08 11:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ OSCE PREL |
| 09USOSCE273 |
OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from M [...] |
2009-12-09 08:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | SECRET | AF OSCE PREL RS |
| 09USOSCE274 |
FSC OF DECEMBER 9: WINDING DOWN 2009; WINDING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: At 2009's penultimate meeting of the FSC on December 9, the UK Chair (Cliff) reviewed the its accomplishments and reflected on the 2010 workload. There were no items for discussion in Working Group "B." Working Group "A" had a quick exchange on Ukraine's "Food-for-Thought" pap [...] |
2009-12-11 08:09:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE275 |
OSCE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventeenth OSCE Ministerial Council, held December 1-2, 2009 in Athens, focused mainly on the ongoing European security dialogue known as the Corfu Process. Although Russia,s proposed European security treaty (EST) dominated the headlines, the U.S. achieved its highest pri [...] |
2009-12-11 17:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE RS KZ GR PREL |
| 09USOSCE276 |
DAS KROL MEETS WITH TAJIK AND KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) In a series of meetings on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens on December 1, SCA DAS George Krol met with the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Political Director from the Lithuanian MFA ahead of Lithuania's 2011 Chairmanship of the OSCE. Taj [...] |
2009-12-14 07:08:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KG KZ TI LH |
| 09USOSCE280 |
SCA DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH OSCE INSTITUTION [...] (C) In a December 1 meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Janez Lenarcic expressed concern to SCA DAS Krol that incoming Chair in Office of the OSCE, Kazakhstan, aimed to solve the "problem" o [...] |
2009-12-15 13:07:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KZ |
| 09USOSCE281 |
UZBEK CHARGE AT OSCE MEETS WITH USOSCE CHARGE [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Ravshanbek Duschanov of the Uzbek Mission to the OSCE, said the small size of his delegation meant Uzbek diplomats could not always engage on some OSCE matters. He defended Uzbekistan's role as spoiler of the Media Freedom decision at the [...] |
2009-12-16 07:15:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UZ |
| 09USOSCE282 |
CFE/JCG DECEMBER 2009 MEETINGS - NATO, DON'T SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 8 and 15 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary meetings, Allies objected to three more cases of Russia refusing CFE inspection requests. Denmark, on behalf of NATO states, made a statement calling on Russia to provide its annual CFE Treaty information exchange d [...] |
2009-12-17 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE283 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) Cleared by Deputy Secretary Steinberg 2. (U) December 1, 2009; 5:30 pm; Athens, Greece. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon Jeff Hovenier, NSC Jim Kuykendall (Notetaker) OTHER COUNTRY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu [...] |
2009-12-18 07:25:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XH ZL NATO TU BK YI HR MW AM AJ IR |
| 09USOSCE284 |
OSCE/FSC: DECEMBER 2009 - END OF FALL SESSION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: This message constitutes an end of fall 2009 session report on the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). The last FSC plenary on December 16 denoted not only the end of the United Kingdom's FSC Chairmanship but also a review of the FSC's accomplishments and prospects in [...] |
2009-12-18 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE285 |
CFE/JCG: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 fall session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, Russia's continued focus on presenting and defending its May 2009 Aide Memoire, and preparations for the OSCE Ministerial Counci [...] |
2009-12-18 15:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE286 |
OSCE/FSC: STRUCTURING WORK ON CSBMS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary and Guidance Request: As Washington reviews policy options and ways forward on many issues in the U.S.-Russia relationship at the end of 2009, USOSCE would recommend additional attention be focused on the "Vienna Document 1999" (VD99), the OSCE's landmark CSBM vehicle. In the ten [...] |
2009-12-18 15:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE287 |
OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] |
2009-12-18 16:30:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE288 |
OPEN SKIES: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw adoption of the quota distribution decision for 2010, further preparations for the second Review Conference, and more progress on the draft decision for digital sensors. OSCC business continues to be positiv [...] |
2009-12-18 16:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE289 |
OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...] |
2009-12-21 07:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE291 |
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NEXT YEAR'S CORFU [...] (SBU) Summary. At the final session of the Corfu Process under the Greek Chairmanship participating States sought to identify ways in which the European security dialogue could advance next year under Kazakshstan's leadership. Most comments welcomed the constructive tone of the discussions [...] |
2009-12-22 14:00:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU OSCE |
| 09USOSCE292 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...] |
2009-12-24 11:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ |
| 09USOSCE293 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG MEETS KAZAKHSTANI [...] Summary: (C) In a December 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev repeatedly pressed for the U.S. to drop its opposition to Kazakhstani desires for an OSCE Summit in 2010. The Deputy Secretary ex [...] |
2009-12-30 07:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
| 09USOSCE30 |
CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 PLENARY (CONF) [...] (SBU) Summary. Allies isolated Russia again with a series of interventions contrasting its rejection of inspection notices from Germany and Turkey with the continued implementation of the inspection regime by the 29 other States Parties. Russia in turn blamed the lack of progress in resolvin [...] |
2009-02-11 15:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE34 |
FEBRUARY 11 JOINT FSC-PC: EU AND OSCE MISSIONS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of Georgia. Both Haber and OSCE Conflict Prevent [...] |
2009-02-12 11:39:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
| 09USOSCE35 |
EURO SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: ALLIES AT OSCE STAND [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary. The NATO Caucus of the OSCCE on February 10 agreed that Allies attending Russian Chief of Arms Control Mikhail Ulyanov's meeting would attend in listening mode only, maintain a united front, and report back to all Allies. Allies also agreed to consolidate questions refle [...] |
2009-02-12 18:59:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE36 |
CORRECTED COPY FSC-PC FEBRUARY 11: EU AND OSCE [...] (SBU) This corrected copy changes only the format. SUMMARY: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of [...] |
2009-02-13 10:17:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG |
| 09USOSCE38 |
FSC-PC FEBRUARY 18: DFM GRUSHKO SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Offering what he said was more a "vision" than a proposal, Russian DFM Grushko told the February 18 joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent Council that "new realities" and mounting evidence of the weakness of existing institutions necessitate [...] |
2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE39 |
CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...] |
2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 09USOSCE40 |
CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...] |
2009-02-19 07:01:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 09USOSCE41 |
OCE/FSC: BITE THE BULLET--SAFERWORLD REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the February 18, 2009 Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC), two representatives from Saferworld provided an overview of a February 2009 report on preventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The report notes the work accomplished by international organizatio [...] |
2009-02-19 12:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE44 |
CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 24, 2008 JCG -- NIL REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-02-24 09:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 09USOSCE45 |
OPEN SKIES: FEBRUARY 23 PLENARY AND IWGRP - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission adopted the "Chairperson's Statement on Specifications for Allowed Video Sensors," and the "Prolonging the Work of the Informal Working Group on Sensors into the Year 2009" decision. The U.S., the UK, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Belgium [...] |
2009-02-24 14:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE46 |
FSC FEBRUARY 25: EXPERTS SAY CFE-FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 25, international security experts from European think tanks agreed that NATO and Europe have been the victims of their own success in structuring a stable security environment for the last twenty years and, now, the security ac [...] |
2009-02-26 11:54:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE49 |
AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (U) Note: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary: While the 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) was livelier than 2008, national positions remained largely unchanged. Russia conti [...] |
2009-03-06 10:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE50 |
AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second part of a two-part cable reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. See reftel A for the first part. End note. ---------------------------------- Working Session 2: Other Documents ---------------------------------- Conventional [...] |
2009-03-06 11:02:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE51 |
CFE/JCG: DELEGATIONS SUPPORT U.S. WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 10 JCG plenary, eight delegations supported the U.S. statement, which cited two recent examples of continued implementation of the CFE Treaty in contrast to Russia's continued refusal of inspection requests. Heavy Vienna morning traffic kept the Russian reps fro [...] |
2009-03-10 13:44:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 09USOSCE55 |
FSC MARCH 11: UNSCR 1540 ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 11 Forum for Security Cooperation roundtable on UNSCR 1540 endorsed further work at the OSCE to implement the mandatory measures to prevent the proliferation of WMD to non-state actors. The speakers, including the director of counter-proliferation policy from the UK [...] |
2009-03-12 14:43:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE59 |
OSCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USOSCE has encouraged the OSCE's Office of Democratic and Human Rights (ODIHR) to respond positively to Afghanistan's request for OSCE assistance to its August 20 presidential and provincial counc [...] |
2009-03-23 15:32:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AF OSCE |
| 09USOSCE60 |
OPEN SKIES: DECISION ON COSTS FINALLY ADOPTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary on March 23 agreed on two decisions: the long-awaited Distribution of Costs and a revision to active quotas to reduce Latvia's quota this year. The U.S., which joined consensus on both decisions, reserved the right to mak [...] |
2009-03-23 16:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE |
| 09USOSCE61 |
CFE/JCG: MARCH 24: RUSSIA CRITICIZES, BUT U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 24 JCG plenary, Russia apologized for its having missed the March 10 JCG meeting due to heavy traffic. Russia also attempted, to no avail, to ensnare the U.S. delegation in a debate over who really was ready to resume negotiations on the parallel actions package. [...] |
2009-03-24 14:05:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS |
| 09USOSCE64 |
OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...] |
2009-03-25 16:06:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
| 09USOSCE65 |
OSCE/FSC: DAY TWO--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the second of a two-part cable reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Session 3: Private Users and Civil Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...] |
2009-03-25 16:22:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
| 09USOSCE66 |
U.S.- RF CYBERSECURITY BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on March 16 before the start of the OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity (March 17-18, Vienna), U.S. and Russian Federation dels met to discuss their differing approaches to cybersecurity and to identify common ground if [...] |
2009-03-25 16:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP |
| 09USOSCE71 |
FSC MARCH 25: RUSSIA CALLS FOR LIMITED REVISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian arms control delegation head Ulyanov told the March 25 Forum for Security Cooperation that half of the Vienna Document, last revised in 1999, was a "dead letter" and even its provisions for information exchange, inspections/evaluations, and contact visits were no longer [...] |
2009-03-26 15:26:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE73 |
DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 42ND SRCC: PARTIES WANT OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 42nd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC), representing the four Parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia), met March 16-19 in Split, Croatia. The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, res [...] |
2009-03-27 09:12:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE BK HR MW SR |
| 09USOSCE8 |
FSC JANUARY 21: NEW ROUND, OLD AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter 2009 session opened with no surprises with many agenda items remaining from the autumn 2008 round. The new French chair proposed a straight forward work plan for 2009 that includes long-established topics: CSBMs, small arms (SALW) and conventional ammunition (SCA), t [...] |
2009-01-22 14:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE80 |
CFE/JCG: MARCH 31: MORE PILING ON CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 31 JCG plenary Germany (supported by 9 delegations, including the U.S.) criticized Russia's latest act of noncompliance with the CFE Treaty. There was agreement to cancel the April 28 JCG plenary due to the HLTF that day. Germany's Colonel Wolfgang Richter, whose [...] |
2009-04-01 05:49:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE84 |
FSC APRIL 1: CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French chairmanship of the FSC ended with the adoption of the decision to update the Code of Conduct questionnaire to reflect new threats and missions for armed forces, after almost two years of negotiation, although three interpretive statements then followed. Denmark and [...] |
2009-04-02 08:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE85 |
CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL IN VIENNA, A SPRING [...] (C) Summary: The OSCE spring recess provides a useful occasion to take stock of conventional arms control work in Vienna. The crisis in CFE continues to overshadow all else. Most states continue to faithfully implement the Treaty, but the impasse over Russia's suspension of CFE implementation [...] |
2009-04-07 14:51:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG |
| 09USOSCE86 |
S/CRS AMB HERBST PITCHES RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] Summary: S/CRS Ambassador Herbst visited OSCE March 16 to explain evolving U.S. concepts and capabilities in reconstruction and stabilization (R&S) efforts for failed or failing states and to explore how OSCE's experience and regional role could facilitate the development of international p [...] |
2009-04-07 15:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID OSCE PREL |
| 09USOSCE89 |
U.S.-EU SPRING CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE: DETERMINING [...] (U) The EU hosted on March 6 a U.S. delegation, headed by USOSCE Charge Kyle Scott and EUR/RPM Office Director Bruce Turner, for the semi-annual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The discussions ranged over a variety of topics con [...] |
2009-04-08 13:27:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN |
| 09USOSCE9 |
CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...] |
2009-01-23 16:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 09USOSCE95 |
THE OSCE'S ROLE IN ADVANCING U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As efforts to press the reset button in our relations with Russia proceed, the OSCE can be a valuable forum to channel Russia's desire for a larger role in discussion of broad European security themes. With the London summit commitment to start a dialogue on security and stabilit [...] |
2009-04-14 10:46:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PHUM PREL RS XG |
| 09USOSCE98 |
CFE IMPASSE: HOW DID WE GET WHERE WE ARE? [...] (C) Summary: At the London Summit, Presidents Obama and Medvedev pledged to explore a comprehensive dialogue on strengthening Euro-Atlantic and European security. The CFE agreement has long been considered a "cornerstone" of Euro-Atlantic security, and at Strasbourg-Kehl, NATO reaffirmed the [...] |
2009-04-15 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 10USOSCE10 |
OSCE,S MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP LOOKS AHEAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE,s annual Mediterranean Conference was held December 14-15 in Cairo, Egypt. All six Med Partners (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) attended and took an active part in discussions that focused on conflict prevention and resolution, trafficking in pers [...] |
2010-01-15 15:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE AG EG IS JO MO TS KMPI PREL KZ |
| 10USOSCE11 |
IS RUSSIA CRACKING OPEN THE DOOR ON OSCE TRAINING [...] Summary: We could have an opportunity to advance cooperation with Russia through the OSCE in Central Asia and potentially open a crack in Russian opposition to OSCE training inside Afghanistan. In an unusually warm and persistent manner, Russian ambassador Anvar Azimov has requested a U.S. [...] |
2010-01-19 18:10:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OSCE RS AF |
| 10USOSCE14 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 22, 2009 - [...] (C) Kazakhstani DCM Suleimenov told A/DCM December 22 that Kazakhstan had received preliminary inquiries from Iran regarding the possibility of becoming an OSCE Asian Partner for Cooperation. We note that Suleimenov was previously posted to Iran, speaks the language, maintains ties there, and [...] |
2010-01-21 07:20:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG KZ RU AF IR MD TI |
| 10USOSCE15 |
OSCE CENTRAL ASIAN MISSION HEADS STRIVING TO [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on January 12 and 13 with OSCE Heads of Mission from four Central Asian States (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan), all four struck similar themes on Afghanistan, radicalization, border security, and Kazakhstan's proposal for a summit. On Afghan [...] |
2010-01-21 09:40:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PTER PREL ZK AF KZ KG TI TX UZ |
| 10USOSCE16 |
CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 - [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-21 11:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 10USOSCE17 |
CFE/JCG: 2010 WINTER OPENING-OF-ROUND, JAN 19 - [...] (U) Summary. The opening of round plenary for the winter session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was brief. The United States underscored the importance of the CFE Treaty, called on Russia to resume compliance, and looked to 2010 with renewed hope, a sentiment echoed by several Allies an [...] |
2010-01-21 12:29:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 10USOSCE18 |
FSC: JAN 20 OPENING WINTER SESSION--RUSSIA IS READY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Winter Session of the FSC Plenary garnered general support for beginning the implementation of the main themes from the Issues Decision agreed at the Athens Ministerial: CSBMs including Vienna Document 1999 (VD99), Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), Code of Conduct, and s [...] |
2010-01-22 15:24:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG |
| 10USOSCE19 |
OPEN SKIES: 2010 OPENING PLENARY - AN EFFICIENT [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-27 06:55:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 10USOSCE20 |
PROMOTING GREATER NATO/OSCE COORDINATION [...] (U) Summary: Recent IPCs and discussions during the COM conference in Washington during January emphasized the need to promote greater coordination between NATO and the OSCE, especially in view of the Russian proposals for a European Security Treaty and for a treaty in the NRC. As NATO prep [...] |
2010-01-28 10:11:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR OSCE NATO RS |
| 10USOSCE22 |
PERSPECTIVES ON KAZAKHSTAN,S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IS [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Embassy Astana DCM Pamela Spratlen to Vienna January 20-22 helped promote useful exchanges of views on Kazakhstan's Chairmanship, facilitated discussion of OSCE engagement in Afghanistan, and provided an opportunity to promote further interaction among Central Asian P [...] |
2010-01-29 07:36:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF |
| 10USOSCE25 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010 [...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...] |
2010-01-29 07:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF |
| 10USOSCE26 |
CFE/JCG: JAN 26 - JCG IS CONCLUDED IN RECORD SPEED [...] No summary [...] |
2010-01-29 07:42:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL |
| 10USOSCE27 |
OSCE - THE HUMAN DIMENSION UNDER THE KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary. The Kazakhstan Chairmanship-in-Office (CiO) has narrowly defined its priorities within the Human Dimension (HD) of the OSCE for 2010 as Tolerance and Non-Discrimination, Gender Equality, and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, bypassing more contentious and fundamental issues [...] |
2010-01-29 17:16:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM |
| 10USOSCE28 |
OSCE: 1/27 FSC RESPONSES TO RUSSIA ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Russia's insistence for clarification on why its proposed European Security Treaty (EST) cannot be discussed separately ("sectorally") from the Corfu Process or the human and economic dimensions, all interventions by participating States (pS) supported comprehens [...] |
2010-01-29 18:28:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG |
| 10USOSCE31 |
OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 25 - 29, 2010 [...] (SBU) Kazakhstani PermRep Abdrakhmanov formally presented the Chairmanship's Human Dimension (HD) calendar at the well-attended HD Committee's inaugural meeting January 22. True to the Chairmanship's stated priorities, the proposal was heavy on tolerance, gender, and trafficking events at the [...] |
2010-02-03 14:56:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE |