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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07AMMAN3242 |
REGENT TELLS STAFFDEL GROVE: NEED UNITED FRONT [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Regent stressed to STAFFDEL Grove the need for urgent movement toward a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in order to enable a united front against Iran to emerge. Discussions with interlocutors during the STAFFDEL's visit also focused on U.S. financi [...] |
2007-08-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF JO KPAL IS IZ IR |
| 07AMMAN3260 |
Ozomatli's Music and Message Attract Thousands of [...] SUMMARY: The three-time Grammy award-winning Los Angeles-based Latino funk and hip-hop band "Ozomatli" performed a series of concerts to highly-receptive audiences during a visit to Jordan last week, captivating more than 3000 young Jordanians during their tour of the Kingdom. Ozomatli thril [...] |
2007-08-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 07AMMAN3284 |
JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: "A WEDDING FOR [...] (SBU) In contrast to 2003 (in which all mayors and half of municipal council members were appointed; ref C), this year's municipal elections generated a high national turnout and high enthusiasm, as well as some controversy that resulted in scattered disruptions and violence in the country. Th [...] |
2007-08-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KISL KWMN JO |
| 07AMMAN3286 |
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR: JORDAN'S AVIATION PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) Summary: Several privatization and restructuring efforts continue in Jordan's aviation sector with the support of the King and Parliament (ref A). The Cabinet approved privatization of 74% of Royal Jordanian's stock shares. A contract has been signed for the expansion and private manageme [...] |
2007-08-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
| 07AMMAN3288 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CO-SPONSORSHIP OF SUBMISSIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-02 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC JO |
| 07AMMAN3291 |
JORDAN SEEING INCREASE OF FAKE DRUGS IN ITS MARKETS [...] (U) Summary: Jordan has seen a disconcerting increase in fake medicine in its markets in 2007. Jordan Customs has made eight significant seizures of such products this year, the largest and most recent involving $500,000 worth of fake blood pressure pills. The Jordan Food and Drug Administrat [...] |
2007-08-05 07:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR KTIA PGOV JO IPR |
| 07AMMAN330 |
GOJ TO TAP NORWEGIAN NGO TO CONDUCT STUDY ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-24 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN3308 |
PRISON ESCAPEE CAPTURED [...] (U) Police announced August 4 the capture of Ma'adh Breizat, one of two inmates who escaped from Jordan's Jweideh prison on June 19 (ref A). According to Public Security Directorate spokesman Major Basheer Daaja, Breizat was arrested on the Zarqa-Mafraq highway several days after his escape; [...] |
2007-08-05 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC JO |
| 07AMMAN3311 |
JORDAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FALLOUT: IAF AND [...] (SBU) The political clash and war of words pitting Islamists against the Government following municipal elections held on July 31 has intensified. The Islamic Action Front (IAF), Jordan's active and legal Islamist political movement, continued over the weekend its public repudiation of the el [...] |
2007-08-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 07AMMAN3322 |
MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE LETTER TO COMMERCE [...] The Commercial Section received on August 6 a letter, dated July 19, 2007, from H.E. Minister of Industry and Trade Mr. Salim Al-Khazaleh, addressed to Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, concerning the proposed January 2008 Trade and Investment Conference in Jordan. Full text of the letter follows [...] |
2007-08-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EINV OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3326 |
OPPORTUNITIES FOR JORDAN'S GROWING FILM INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary: After several years with few major film productions, Jordan has been the site of eight feature films in 2007, bringing in approximately $10 million and creating thousands of freelance jobs. The Royal Film Commission (RFC) hopes to benefit from the number of Iraq War-themed movies a [...] |
2007-08-07 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR SCUL JO |
| 07AMMAN3328 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALEX BURKART AND JODY DANIEL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of ISN/NESS Deputy Director Alex Burkart and ISN/RA Jody Daniel to Jordan August 8 - 10, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Jordan's interest in developing a nuclear energy program. All visitors to Jordan [...] |
2007-08-07 07:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP OTRA ENRG PARM JO |
| 07AMMAN3336 |
WELCOME UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the Jordan transit of Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and Kristen Hecht on August 9, 2007. Embassy officers will meet the travelers upon arrival at Queen Alia International Airport and transport them to the King Hussein/Allenby Bridge on the Jordan-Is [...] |
2007-08-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA OVIP PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN3351 |
CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on August 7 to Khalid Takhayneh, Head of the MFA's Disarmament Section. Takhayneh expressed familiarity with the United Nations Committee Against Torture (Committee) and stated that he would be the Government of Jordan's nominee to the committee. He accept [...] |
2007-08-08 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA |
| 07AMMAN3352 |
UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 8 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of the July 26 Refugee Working Group (RWG), local press discussed the burden of assistance to Iraqis, suggesting the U.S. and its allies should pick up the tab, but also supporting the King's decision to allow all Iraqi children here access to public schools. Meanwhi [...] |
2007-08-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3353 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE RADIOACTIVE SOURCE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Mark Soo Hoo and Paul Ebel of Sandia National Laboratories, and Ian Gross of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, to Amman, Jordan from August 25 - 31, 2007 to conduct training for the Iraq Radioactive Source Regulatory Aut [...] |
2007-08-08 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3355 |
Country Clearance for Mr. Steven Welker [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance for the August 8 - 12, 2007 travel to Jordan of Mr. Steven Walker, Agricultural PRT Advisor in Iraq, to attend a meeting in Amman with New Mexico State University representatives. The traveler should carefully review this message, especially the thr [...] |
2007-08-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3356 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NSSA EMPLOYEES SANSOT AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Walter Sansot and Douglas Dahl to Amman, Jordan from August 31 - September 07, 2007, as requested reftel. The team will conduct activities in support of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative Program. Travelers shoul [...] |
2007-08-09 11:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3365 |
EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JULY 2007 [...] On July 9, EXBS Advisor met with Jerry W. Rowe, Regional Advisor-Africa & Middle East, Department of Treasury, Office of Technical Assistance Financial Enforcement (DOT-OTAFE), and Joe E. Parker, Advisor Financial Enforcement, DOT-OTAFE to discuss the EXBS program in Jordan and the region. Adv [...] |
2007-08-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO |
| 07AMMAN3366 |
EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] During July, Regional Advisor discussed the status of the MEGAPORTS Initiative MOU between Department of Energy and Yemen. There has been little change since last month. Yemeni officials continue to expect an affirmative response from the GoY concerning the MEGAPORTS Initiative MOU. B. TRA [...] |
2007-08-09 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP XF |
| 07AMMAN3369 |
GOJ RAPIDLY PREPARING SCHOOLS FOR IRAQI STUDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Education (MoE) sent a letter to all public school principals on August 6 instructing them to allow Iraqi students to register in public and private schools regardless of residence status for the 2007-08 school term. Major Jordanian daily newspapers prominently r [...] |
2007-08-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3392 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-SALAH SOCIETY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 09:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN JO |
| 07AMMAN3393 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 09:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN JO |
| 07AMMAN3397 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY ADVISOR PARKER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Advisor Mr. Joe Parker, to Jordan September 1-8, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit [...] |
2007-08-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA EFIN PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN3400 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NNSA ANDERSSON, GHANBARI, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Christina Andersson, Farajollah Ghanbari, Adriane Littlefield, and Reeve Daren of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to Amman, Jordan from Augus [...] |
2007-08-13 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3402 |
JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WOMEN MAKE GAINS [...] (SBU) Women made considerable gains in the July 31 municipal elections as compared with 2003. Almost eight times more women ran as candidates in 2007 than in 2003 (355 versus 46), and women will hold at least 241 seats in municipal councils (as opposed to 97 in 2003). The election also resul [...] |
2007-08-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KWMN SCUL KMPI JO |
| 07AMMAN3435 |
TRADE LEAD, JORDAN [...] COUNTRY: 511.... NO. OF COMMODITIES: 1 2. ATTACHE NO.07.... FOREIGN FIRM COUNTRY: 511 3. DEADLINE: 08/28/07 4. CMDTY: 01131070 5. DR. MUNTASSER AL OKLAH 6. CHAIRMAN OF TENDER COMMITTEE 7. MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY & TRADE - P.O. BOX 830 - FAX: 5684979 - TEL: 5602121/5662734 - A [...] |
2007-08-15 13:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR JO |
| 07AMMAN3436 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to Jordan, August 31 - September 07, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control office [...] |
2007-08-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO |
| 07AMMAN3441 |
WELCOME CODEL SHELBY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Shelby to Jordan from August 29-31, 2007, as requested reftels. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Dr. Deborah "Duffy" Winters [...] |
2007-08-16 07:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO OTRA |
| 07AMMAN3463 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Forest Service Assistant Director John Carpenter to Jordan, August 25 - 31, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Contro [...] |
2007-08-19 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3472 |
JORDAN SEES SLIGHT INCREASE IN TRADE DEFICIT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan saw its trade deficit widen slightly to USD 3.4 billion during the first half of 2007, due to imports that more than doubled rising exports. Despite an overall increase in total national exports, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) reported that apparel exports to [...] |
2007-08-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ELAB EAID IS IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3476 |
IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS TELL CODEL BAIRD PM MALIKI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 10 visit to Jordan, Representatives Baird (D-WA) and Shays (R-CT) met with three Iraqi Sunni deputies resident in Amman; the Iraqi Ambassador to Jordan; and Vice President al-Hashimi. The deputies shared the view that progress in Iraq could only be achieved th [...] |
2007-08-20 08:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR JO |
| 07AMMAN3477 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMMAN FSN AGRICULTURAL [...] FAS AMMAN REQUESTS APPROVAL FOR FSN AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST MOHAMMED KHRAISHY TO VISIT ISTANBUL, TURKEY, AUGUST 27-30, 2007, TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AMERICAN SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION (ASA) REGIONAL CONFERENCE. NO ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED. 2. (U) USDA FAS REGIONAL OFFICE IN CAIRO HAS SUFFECIENT GA FUN [...] |
2007-08-20 09:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA JO TU |
| 07AMMAN3482 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection employees Joyce Gouge, Jackie Ramsey, and Ronald Kihnel to Jordan, August 22 - September 01, 2007, for the purpose of conducting International Seaport Interdiction Training [...] |
2007-08-20 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3516 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE JOE HARFORD [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Joe Harford, to Jordan, September 1-5, 2007, for the purpose of conducting a site visit to the Jordan Cancer Registry. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the thre [...] |
2007-08-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA TBIO OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN352 |
GOJ ACCEPTS OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO PKO TRAINING [...] (U) MFA informed post in a note dated January 24 that Jordan accepted reftel offer of assistance under the Global Peacekeeping Operations Initiative (GPOI). The operative paragraph of the note is provided below. Brigadier General Awni Al-Adwan, Director of Military Training, in a letter of [...] |
2007-01-28 06:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS JO |
| 07AMMAN3545 |
UPDATE ON IRAQIS IN JORDAN - AUGUST 22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minster Khatib confirmed that the Governments of Iraq and Jordan agreed in principle to implement a process for issuing visas to Iraqis seeking to enter Jordan. Jordanian schools began on August 19, though with far fewer Iraqis then expected. USAID, UNICEF, UNHCR and [...] |
2007-08-22 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI EAID IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3557 |
FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER DECISION TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Summary: A government decision to maintain fuel subsidies, for now, has prompted the August 21 resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz. Fariz had sought an immediate end to the subsidy in favor of direct cash payments to low-income families, to lessen the di [...] |
2007-08-23 09:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EFIN EPET EAGR PGOV SOCI JO |
| 07AMMAN3565 |
Jordan: New Environmental Police Swings into Action [...] Summary: The Ministry of Environment's (MOE) recently formed enforcement corps of environmental rangers, known as the Environmental Police Department (EPD), has gotten off to an active start. The local press reports the EPD has issued over 4,000 violations since the beginning of the year. Th [...] |
2007-08-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN3579 |
SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON QIZ LABOR ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the Ministry of Labor (MOL) published a Plan of Action in March 2007, Jordan has been making slow but steady progress on labor issues in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). For the first time, a Jordanian court found supervisors in one factory guilty of physical abu [...] |
2007-08-26 13:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD EAID JO QIZ |
| 07AMMAN3581 |
IN PROOF OF PRINCIPLE, U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT [...] (S) In a proof of principle operation, 30 Defense Logistics Agency-leased containers transporting excess water purification units, trailers, and Humvees from Camp Taqaddum in Iraq, bound for the United States, reached the Jordan-Iraq border on August 18 at Trebil-Karama. The containers then a [...] |
2007-08-26 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MARR MOPS JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN3582 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI, [...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...] |
2007-08-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN3583 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN TELL CODEL LEVIN - DUMP MALIKI, [...] (C) In multiple meetings with prominent Iraqis living or transiting Jordan, CODEL Levin was told that the U.S. should stop supporting the Maliki government and should support a parliamentary move by moderate, non-sectarian forces in the Iraqi parliament to bring about a new government, likely t [...] |
2007-08-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN3584 |
JORDAN'S FEED SUBSIDY PROGRAM: ANIMAL CENSUS IS FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) recently concluded a livestock census, the first serious attempt since 1998 to determine the number of ruminants - sheep, goats, camels, and cattle - in Jordan. Officials told the press the survey was part of a broader effort to establish the geographic [...] |
2007-08-27 03:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI JO |
| 07AMMAN3598 |
JORDANIAN PRISONERS INJURE THEMSELVES PRIOR TO [...] (U) According to Jordanian media reports, during an August 26 visit by a Human Rights Watch (HRW) delegation to Swaqa correctional facility, approximately 100 prisoners injured themselves. A Public Security Directorate (PSD) spokesperson said that prisoners used ceramic and wood objects broken [...] |
2007-08-27 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM JO |
| 07AMMAN3599 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE COLLINS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins to Jordan, August 30 - September 16, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mon [...] |
2007-08-28 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3612 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS TEJTEL AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials Marc Tejtel and Sana Akili to Jordan, September 07 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of meeting with the Judicial Institute of Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this mes [...] |
2007-08-28 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN3615 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC/CLDP OFFICIALS FILPI AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Commerce officials James Filpi and Gregory Howell to Jordan, September 03 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending an OECD working group meeting to facilitate development of commercial law programs in th [...] |
2007-08-28 05:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN3618 |
IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: GOJ TO TAKE DECISION SOON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 06:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN3624 |
JORDAN TO MAKE SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT IRAQI LEADERS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 12:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IZ AL XF |
| 07AMMAN3626 |
RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER SETS BACK [...] (SBU) Summary: The resignation of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ziad Fariz and the government's decision to postpone liberalization of fuel prices do not bode well for the future plans of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC), according to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. [...] |
2007-08-28 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON JO |
| 07AMMAN3627 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA EMPLOYEE MOHAGHEGHI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Amir Mohagheghi to Jordan, August 30 - September 05, 2007, for the purpose of conducting an annual program review of Cooperative Mo [...] |
2007-08-28 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3629 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC SENIOR SERVICE FELLOW OLEG [...] (SBU) Ref A requested country clearance for Senior Service Fellow Oleg Bilukha to travel to Jordan August 31 - September 7, 2007. Ref B approved the request for country clearance for this travel. Ref C advised that travel to Jordan will now take place September 7 - 20. 2. (SBU) Embassy A [...] |
2007-08-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA OTRA TPHY JO |
| 07AMMAN3631 |
ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO JO |
| 07AMMAN3632 |
JORDAN'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PLAYS ELECTION BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) The rhetorical clash between the GOJ and Islamists continues, with the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), milking accusations of government fraud in the July 31 municipal elections to position itself for fall parliamentary elections. The [...] |
2007-08-28 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN3642 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Jennifer Peterson, Liza Paqueo, and Howard Horton, to Jordan, September 4-11, 2007, for the purpose of providing technical assistance to Jordan's Badia Research and Development Center and coordinating with other Jorda [...] |
2007-08-29 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3647 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NIH EMPLOYEE SHADEN KAMHAWI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of NIH employee Dr. Shaden Kamhawi, to Jordan, September 5-16, 2007, for the purpose of visiting the Sand Fly Project field site and meeting with collaborators at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. All vis [...] |
2007-08-29 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO OTRA KSCA JO |
| 07AMMAN3654 |
E-GOVERNMENT: LOTS OF POTENTIAL BUT LITTLE ACTUAL [...] (U) Summary: After years of effort with few results, Jordan launched several e-government projects this summer, including those that will allow businesses to check their tax records online and citizens to review draft legislation. Among the projects in development are an online business tradem [...] |
2007-08-30 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINT PGOV TINT KMPI JO |
| 07AMMAN3656 |
JORDAN WELCOMES MOU ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND PROPOSES [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Khaled Touqan will represent the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the September 16 Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Ministerial, and has proposed signing the Memora [...] |
2007-08-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV EPET JO |
| 07AMMAN3657 |
ICRC CLAIMS IT CONVINCED GOJ TO ALLOW TWO IRANIAN [...] (SBU) ICRC Deputy Director Kim Gordon-Bates told poloff and PRM Project Management Specialist on August 16 that ICRC succeeded in convincing the Jordanian Ministry of Interior to permit two Iranian Kurds to transit Jordan to receive medical treatment: a critically-ill woman in her 40's and her [...] |
2007-08-30 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3661 |
END OF FEED SUBSIDY PROGRAM PROVOKES PROTESTS AND SLIGHT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EFIN PGOV SOCI JO |
| 07AMMAN3666 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ EMPLOYEE GUNNISON [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Department of Justice employee Michael Gunnison to Jordan, September 04 - 06, 2007, for the purpose of attending meetings on terrorist financing. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especiall [...] |
2007-09-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA ASEC AMGT JO |
| 07AMMAN3697 |
LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS IN THREE [...] (U) As expected, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit announced September 2 the names of three ministers to replace vacancies left by recent resignations (reftels). All three new ministers are considered technocrats by observers: the new Minister of Finance was promoted from Secretary General (the nu [...] |
2007-09-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO PGOV SENV EAID EFIN PINR |
| 07AMMAN3729 |
American Basketball Clinics and English Language Programs [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Amman recently concluded its first Youth Enrichment Program. Under the auspices of this R initiative, PA Amman hosted two basketball and English-language camps in August for more than 200 underprivileged Jordanian boys and girls from several different regions of the country. [...] |
2007-09-05 12:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 07AMMAN3731 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VALI YALDA BIBO [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit to Jordan of Embassy Baghdad Economic Section employee Vali Yalda Bibo from September 12 - 23, 2007. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. ( [...] |
2007-09-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA APER IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3732 |
SHAKR AL-ABSI'S DEATH BARELY NOTED IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) The reported death of Fatah Al-Islam (FAI) leader and Jordanian national Shakr al-Absi in the fighting at Nahr al-Barid camp in Lebanon (ref A) has prompted a limited degree of media attention in Jordan, but with the focus on familial reaction rather than any political implications. 2 [...] |
2007-09-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 07AMMAN3752 |
A/S SAUERBREY CONGRATULATES GOJ ON PROVIDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Ellen Sauerbrey congratulated the GOJ for its recent decision to expand enrollment of Iraqi schoolchildren, and focused local and international media attention on the broader needs of Iraqi refugees in the region during her August 26-29 visit. Her announceme [...] |
2007-09-09 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF KPAL IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3755 |
UNABLE TO OBTAIN ITS WHEAT NEEDS FROM SYRIA, JORDAN [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan, represented by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), signed an agreement with the Syrian government on September 5 to purchase 50,000 tons of Syrian wheat. This purchase is part of an ambitious January 2007 agreement between the two countries for GOJ purcha [...] |
2007-09-09 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD PREL JO SY |
| 07AMMAN3762 |
FOLLOW-UP ON INVITATION TO THE LUNCHEON ON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA JO |
| 07AMMAN3767 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Inspector General Howard J. Krongard to Jordan from September 17 - 19, 2007, as requested reftel. Travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Man [...] |
2007-09-11 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC ASIG OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3770 |
JORDAN'S EXPANDING MOBILE TELEPHONY SERVICES PROVIDE [...] (U) Summary: In a country with just 5.6 million people, Jordan has over 4 million mobile phone subscribers. Four companies provide mobile service - 3 GSM providers and 1 push-to-talk/iDEN provider. The two largest providers just underwent large rebranding efforts (from "Fastlink" to "Zain" and [...] |
2007-09-11 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EINV JO |
| 07AMMAN3772 |
JORDAN ASSIGNS MCC POINT OF CONTACT, REASSIGNS [...] Over the course of August, Prime Minister Marouf al-Bakhit issued a series of decisions restructuring GOJ management of MCC issues. All responsibilities previously delegated to the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC) have been transferred to the Prime Ministry, includin [...] |
2007-09-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV ECON JO MCC |
| 07AMMAN3787 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP LORIA AND DOHERTY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sean Doherty and Richard Loria of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to Jordan, September 22-25, 2007, for the purpose of conducting C-TPAT validations. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, e [...] |
2007-09-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA APER JO |
| 07AMMAN3796 |
WELCOME CODEL BAUCUS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Baucus to Jordan from September 16-17, 2007, as requested in reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Mark Wilson, Economic [...] |
2007-09-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3797 |
CREDIBLE MUSLIM VOICES IN JORDAN [...] (S) Per reftel, the Embassy has identified the persons listed in paragraph 2 as credible Muslim voices. While the persons identified in this message would not approve of all or even many U.S. foreign policies, they do share a general position that terrorism and violent extremism are contrary t [...] |
2007-09-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KPAO KISL JO |
| 07AMMAN380 |
MFA DELIVERS LAST RESPONSES TO LONG-PENDING [...] (C) The legal office of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry delivered to LEGATT January 28 the final outstanding tranche of documents responding to pending Department of Justice requests for judicial cooperation. 2. (C) LEGATT obtained custody of 15 binders of certified documents. The majorit [...] |
2007-01-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PREL SNAR JO |
| 07AMMAN3806 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Balancing Development and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) manages the city of Aqaba and its surrounding 26 kilometers of Jordanian coastline. Roughly 30 percent of this strategic and precious real estate is a protected marine habitat. During meetings regarding environmental issues in [...] |
2007-09-13 11:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN3811 |
JORDAN'S PRINCE GHAZI STRIVES TO PROMOTE MODERATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 10, Prince Ghazi Bin Muhammad, Special Advisor to King Abdullah and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought, stressed that the King is committed to supporting forces of moderate Islam. Jordan, he said, ac [...] |
2007-09-13 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINR JO |
| 07AMMAN3812 |
PRIVATIZATION IN JORDAN: MOVING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE [...] (U) Summary: Having begun privatization of its significant assets in 1999, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) currently has projects underway in energy, grain storage, and water. The nature of these efforts has begun changing from privatization to "public-private partnerships (PPP)" due to a decli [...] |
2007-09-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV KPRV JO |
| 07AMMAN3813 |
KING CALLS FOR LOWER FOOD PRICES DURING RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices have been rising dramatically in Jordan in the run-up to Ramadan. Merchants and animal breeders are citing rising fuel and feed costs, but government officials question whether merchants are taking advantage of increased consumption during Ramadan to reap greater pro [...] |
2007-09-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON KISL SOCI JO |
| 07AMMAN3814 |
UPDATE ON U.S.-JORDAN TRADE ISSUES [...] (U) This message contains action request for State, USDA, and USTR; please see paragraphs 5, 7, 10, and 15. 2. (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) seeks responses to several trade proposals under the rubric of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA), as well as flexibility on a [...] |
2007-09-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
| 07AMMAN3815 |
JORDAN ISSUES FIRST JAIL SENTENCE FOR SOFTWARE PIRACY [...] (U) Summary: Jordanian judge Nihad al-Hisban, a recipient of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) training, recently issued the first-ever jail sentence and a significant fine for software piracy in Jordan. This represents a tremendous step forward for prosecution of intellectual property [...] |
2007-09-13 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN3817 |
JORDAN'S STONE AND MARBLE INDUSTRY: BETWEEN A ROCK [...] Summary: Exports to the U.S. from Jordan's stone and marble industry reached $1.3 million in 2006, representing one of the few Jordanian goods besides garments to enter the U.S. market, but still only a small fraction of the $1.4 billion in total Jordanian exports to the U.S. Although the co [...] |
2007-09-13 15:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EIND EAID JO |
| 07AMMAN3819 |
Jordan Still Waiting for Iraqi Oil [...] (SBU) Jordan has been anticipating oil shipments from Iraq since August 2006, when an agreement was signed with the Iraqi government for Jordan to import an initial 8,000 barrels/day (approximately 1,370 tons/day) with an eventual target of 30,000 barrels/day. Reportedly the agreement set a sp [...] |
2007-09-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV JO |
| 07AMMAN3822 |
(SBU) REQUEST FOR HEBREW TEST FOR MIRIAM SCHWEDT [...] (U) Post requests a FSI Language Proficiency Hebrew Test be sent to Amman. 2. (SBU) Information on employee to be tested: Miriam Schwedt XXX-XX-4507 State Hebrew October 9 by DVC POL: Jack Doutrich 3. (U) Testing materials can be sent via Federal Express to: Embassy of the USA [...] |
2007-09-16 07:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFSI APER |
| 07AMMAN3825 |
ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN SUPPORTS SPLIT CURRENCY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-16 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ICAO JO |
| 07AMMAN3826 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB OFFICER MANU [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for ESTH Hub Officer Manu Bhalla to visit Tel Aviv, Israel, September 23-26, 2007, to meet with ESTH Counselor Paul Rohrlich, tour MERC projects and have meetings regarding ESTH issues in Israel. 2. (U) Traveler requests Embassy assistance with hotel re [...] |
2007-09-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA IS |
| 07AMMAN386 |
BURST OF PROGRESS AHEAD OF DEMINING MEETING [...] (C) Jordan cleared in 2006 nearly one-half of its minefields. However, the GOJ is concerned about conventional and terrorist threats from Syria, and may delay plans to remove mines along its northern border. Jordan will host the 2007 Meeting of States Parties to the demining treaty, at whic [...] |
2007-01-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MCAP JO |
| 07AMMAN3869 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/SLAC EMPLOYEE TANTAWI [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center employee Sami Tantawi to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of presenting a lecture at the 6th User Meeting for Sesame. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review t [...] |
2007-09-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3870 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE HENRY WALKE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Henry Walke to Amman, Jordan, September 22 - 28, 2007, for the purpose of teaching classes to Iraqi Ministry of Health staff in Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especia [...] |
2007-09-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN3871 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN ENROLLING AT A MODERATE PACE; [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi enrollment in Jordanian schools reached 21,000 as of September 15, with the GOJ agreeing to extend enrollment through September 30. No consensus has emerged to fully explain the low enrollment totals. UN agencies and NGOs are actively engaged in a last-ditch effort to cla [...] |
2007-09-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF SOCI EAID IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3876 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman), to visit Beirut, Lebanon from October 18 - 21, 2007, to participate in Naef K. Basile Cancer Institute (NKBCI) dedication activities a [...] |
2007-09-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER LE |
| 07AMMAN3877 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS EMPLOYEES LARSEN AND [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of USGS employees Matthew Larsen and Verne Schneider to Jordan, September 22 - 26, 2007, for the purpose of reviewing the USGS program in Jordan. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially t [...] |
2007-09-18 12:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TPHY KSCA ECON OTRA SENV JO |
| 07AMMAN3880 |
Jordan: Planning the S&T Joint Commission Meeting [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (U) Background and summary: The U.S.-Jordan S&T Agreement entered into force on June 12, 2007 (reftel). The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is keen to hold the first Joint Commission Meeting (JCM). Dr. Walid Al-Turk, Secretary General of [...] |
2007-09-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL SENV TBIO TPHY ETRD KTIA JO |
| 07AMMAN3881 |
MENA OECD STEERING GROUP MEETS IN AMMAN TO PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) The Steering Group of the MENA OECD Investment Program met in Amman, Jordan on September 5 to review progress and prepare for its ministerial meeting. The Egyptian Prime Minister will open the November 28 Ministerial and its Investment Minister will chair the meeting. The initiative, n [...] |
2007-09-18 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV XF |
| 07AMMAN3889 |
JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-19 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN |
| 07AMMAN3902 |
ENCOURGING JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN COUNCIL OF [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 10:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN3903 |
JORDANIAN MORAL SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the Director of the Foreign Minister's Office, Thamer Al-Adwan, on Steptember 18. Adwan noted that the GOJ supports the Tribunal, but because of regional sensitivities, is taking a wait and see attitude and wants its support to be as "neutral" as poss [...] |
2007-09-20 10:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER JO |
| 07AMMAN3905 |
JORDAN AGREES ON NEED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN WIPO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC WIPO JO |
| 07AMMAN3907 |
IRAQI ENROLLMENT IN JORDANIAN SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) In response to lower-than-expected enrollment of Iraqis and anecdotal reports of stumbling blocks to Iraqi registration in Jordanian public schools (ref A), UNCHR and UNICEF convened a standing-room only meeting of NGOs and donors on September 18 to identify outstanding obstacles to Iraq [...] |
2007-09-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SOCI EAID IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN3909 |
Jordan's Economic Zones Aim to Attract Investment and [...] Summary: Jordan has taken an approach of developing geographically delineated, policy-favored commercial zones to attract investment and promote economic development. In addition to industrial estates and free zones, King Abdullah recently announced the launch of a fourth economic developmen [...] |
2007-09-23 04:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN3910 |
JORDAN'S GROWING DATE PALM INDUSTRY INCREASES REVENUES AND [...] (U) Since the mid-1990's, Jordan's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has encouraged Jordan Valley farmers to substitute conventional farming crops and methods with new cash crops that use water more efficiently, are environmentally friendly, and reap greater profits. This policy has paid off with [...] |
2007-09-23 04:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV JO |
| 07AMMAN3917 |
JORDAN APPEARS OPEN TO BACKING U.S. UNCAT NOMINEE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
| 07AMMAN3949 |
American Foreign Policy Scholar Walter Russell Mead [...] SUMMARY: During a two-day speaker's program September 3-4, Council on Foreign Relations scholar Walter Russell Mead adroitly discussed many U.S. foreign policy issues, and disabused his influential audiences of several misperceptions they held concerning the motives and processes behind the f [...] |
2007-09-25 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO SCUL JO |
| 07AMMAN3989 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SAYS IT WILL TAKE PART IN [...] (C) The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Jordan announced on September 25 that its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), will take part in parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on November 20. Yesterday's announcement followed months of IAF threats to boycott the parliamentary poll [...] |
2007-09-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 07AMMAN3992 |
Jordanian Labor Minister Continues to Focus on Improving [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paras 6-7. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a September 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor Bassem Salem provided an update on labor issues, noting that despite some intermittent problems, dramatic improvements have been made, particularl [...] |
2007-09-27 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4015 |
FIRST UNSCR 1540 OUTREACH IN ARAB REGION PROMOTES [...] (U) Summary. The Regional Seminar, "Implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) for Arab States," took place on 4-5 September 2007 in Amman, Jordan. Jordan hosted the workshop jointly with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UN ODA) in close cooperation w [...] |
2007-09-27 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP EU OSCE ARF |
| 07AMMAN4019 |
JIPTC RETURNED TO GOJ, WILL CONTINUE AS JIPTC [...] (C) The Ambassador and Jordan's Public Security Directorate Chief took part in a ceremony returning control of the Jordan International Police Training Center to the GOJ. The PSD Chief said that JIPTC would continue its mission as an international police training center, and that Jordan was i [...] |
2007-09-27 14:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MASS KPAL JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN4037 |
JORDAN TO JOIN NEGOTIATIONS ON ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Minister of Industry and Trade Salem Al-Khazaleh informed the Embassy, through a letter dated September 24 (text below), of Jordan's general support for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). NOTE: A copy of the letter was also faxed to USTR/Rachel Bae. [...] |
2007-09-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4038 |
Jordan's Textiles and Apparel Production: Still Competitive [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref D, Post provides below updated statistics and information on the textile and apparel industry in Jordan. Jordan's exports of textile and apparel slightly decreased during the first half of 2007 to USD 568 million, with over 90% going to the U.S. market. The [...] |
2007-09-30 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX JO |
| 07AMMAN4043 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMEMBASSY CAIRO AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Agricultural Minister Counselor Peter Kurz to Jordan, October 08-11, 2007, for a supervisory visit. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. [...] |
2007-10-01 10:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN4045 |
JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON RAPE AS POLICY RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Chief Ayman al-Aamiry and his deputy Hussam al-Husseini on September 27. Aamiry predicted the resolution would garner wide backing, though neither made an explicit commitment to support it. Both noted [...] |
2007-10-01 10:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI JO |
| 07AMMAN4056 |
GOJ OFFERS PRELIMINARY SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (S) The Ambassador and U.S. Security Coordinator Lt. General Dayton met with the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) chief Mohammad Dahabi October 1 to discuss plans for training 700 Palestinian National Security Forces in Jordan, scheduled to begin in late January 2008. Dahabi made it cle [...] |
2007-10-02 11:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL SNAR KPAL JO |
| 07AMMAN4060 |
STRIKES IN JORDAN'S QIZ FACTORIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Workers, predominately Bangladeshi, have gone on strike at two factories in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). The Ministry of Labor (MOL) has been monitoring situations at both factories and facilitating negotiations with management. Following receipt of informatio [...] |
2007-10-02 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4072 |
DELTA AIR LINES ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR DIRECT FLIGHTS TO AMMAN [...] (U) Summary: Delta Air Lines recently announced it plans to operate direct service between Amman's Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) and New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport beginning June 2008. This will be the only non-stop service to the United States operated by a U.S. carrier. [...] |
2007-10-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
| 07AMMAN4074 |
GULF TRAVELERS CONTRIBUTE TO A SUCCESSFUL SUMMER TOURISM [...] (U) Summary: As of the end of August 2007, the number of Gulf state-based tourists visiting Jordan had increased 3.4% compared to the same 8-month period in 2006. Gulf tourists visit Jordan primarily in the summer for the relatively temperate weather, family entertainment, and common culture. [...] |
2007-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EIND JO |
| 07AMMAN4075 |
DAMAN Pre-inspection Program Terminated; Jordan Institutes [...] (U) Director General of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) Dr. Yaseen Khayaat confirmed to EconOffs September 30 that the long-running DAMAN pre-inspection program expired on schedule on September 1, 2007 (reftel). Khayaat added that with the end of the program, Bureau [...] |
2007-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD JO |
| 07AMMAN4094 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER KFTN PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN4102 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CDC EMPLOYEE OLEG BILUKHA [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of CDC employee Oleg Bilukha to Amman, Jordan, October 28 - November 05, 2007, for the purpose of facilitating a coordination meeting on the pilot project of injury surveillance in Iraq. 2. (SBU) Control officer for t [...] |
2007-10-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA OTRA TBIO JO |
| 07AMMAN4109 |
JORDANIAN FM SEEKS DEPARTMENT "STATEMENT OF [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib on October 4 formally requested that the Ambassador convey the GOJ's desire that the USG file a "Statement of Interest" to the relevant U.S. court in response to Ahmad Chalabi's appeal of the August 2007 dismissal of his lawsuit against Jordan. [...] |
2007-10-08 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4111 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD FISSURES SHOW AS ELECTION NEARS [...] (S) As Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) names its candidates for its party (the Islamic Action Front - IAF) for November parliamentary elections, rifts between hawks and doves in the movement emerged in the media, with the doves appearing to be gaining the upper hand. A moderate-laden party [...] |
2007-10-08 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN4112 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR HHS DR. SAMIR KHLEIF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman requests approval for Dr. Samir Khleif, HHS National Cancer Institute's Chief of Cancer Vaccine Section (currently based in Amman), to visit Dubai, UAE, October 28-30, 2007, to participate in the Knowledge Conference to launch the first project of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al- [...] |
2007-10-08 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV OTRA APER TC |
| 07AMMAN4129 |
JORDAN: DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the development of our initial democratic reform strategy for Jordan (REF A), the GOJ has made progress on a wide variety of the goals set out. Post made substantial contributions to democratic reforms in Jordan through focused, well-funded programming efforts, advocacy w [...] |
2007-10-09 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV PREL |
| 07AMMAN4158 |
FORMER MP ABBADI SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR [...] (U) On October 9, Jordan's State Security Court sentenced former MP Ahmed Oweidi Al-Abbadi to a two-year prison sentence and a fine of 30 JD (USD 42) for undermining the country's reputation. Abbadi has been in custody for five months, since his publication (purportedly; see paragraph 3) of a [...] |
2007-10-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN4166 |
STRIKES OF BENGALI WORKERS CONTINUE IN JORDAN'S [...] (SBU) Representatives from Jordan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) and the Bangladeshi Embassy in Jordan tried to facilitate October 8 negotiations between management at the Cotton Craft factory in al-Tajamouat Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) and Bengali workers who have been on strike since mid-Se [...] |
2007-10-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4174 |
Jordan Continues to Strengthen Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman's Avian Influenza (AI) Task Force met October 9 with representatives from the Government of Jordan (GoJ) to share information on avian flu preparedness. The meeting focused on: tracking the progress of avian flu; surveillance and detection training; and preparedn [...] |
2007-10-11 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
| 07AMMAN4190 |
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY GROWING IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Revenues from Jordan's restaurant industry have grown 42 percent since 2006, and the total number of restaurants has increased by 18 percent. The restaurant sector currently employs about 11,000 people in Jordan, and government officials and restaurant owners believe the industr [...] |
2007-10-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EIND JO |
| 07AMMAN4199 |
PROPOSED G11 OBJECTIVES FROM JORDAN FOR SUMMIT OF G8-G11 [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) provided the Ambassador the following list of its four key objectives for the summit to be held in Berlin on November 14, 2007 between King Abdullah, as the President of the G11 Lower-Middle Income Countries, and Chancellor Angela Merkel, as the G8 Presiden [...] |
2007-10-16 14:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN JO |
| 07AMMAN4202 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE AND SNL EMPLOYEES COLLINS, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of National Nuclear Security Administration of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation employee Jimmie Collins, and Sandia National Laboratories employees Amir Mohagheghi, and Ruth Duggan to Jordan, November 2 - 13, 2007, for t [...] |
2007-10-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN4203 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE BERKLEY NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory staff scientist Zahid Hussain to Jordan, November 15 - 20, 2007, for the purpose of chairing the 6th Sesame Beamlines Committee. All visitors to Jordan should carefully review th [...] |
2007-10-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG AORC ASEC KSCA OTRA TRGY JO |
| 07AMMAN4205 |
JORDAN APPRECIATES U.S. POSITION ON DEBT BUYBACK; [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered on October 16 ref C demarche on the U.S. decision to support Jordan's debt buyback proposal in the Paris Club to Bassem Awadallah, the King's Office Director, by phone (Awadallah was in Paris). Awadallah responded that the GOJ was appreciative of U.S. support and fu [...] |
2007-10-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN4207 |
REMITTANCES EQUAL ONE-FIFTH OF JORDAN'S GDP [...] (U) Summary: An estimated 260,000 Jordanians currently work abroad, many in information technology (IT) in the Gulf due to more opportunities and higher salaries. In 2006, remittances totaled $2.54 billion, equaling 19.6% of Jordan's gross domestic product, more than any single industry, and a [...] |
2007-10-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI JO |
| 07AMMAN4217 |
OVER 40 TRUCKS OF IRAQI OIL HAVE ARRIVED AT [...] (SBU) During October 17 meetings with Econoff, senior officials at the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) confirmed that 40 trucks carrying approximately 1,200 metric tons of Iraqi crude oil had reached the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JPRC) in Zarka as of Septemb [...] |
2007-10-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PGOV JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN4226 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SNL EMPLOYEES HORAK, HAYCRAFT, [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Karl Horak, Debbie Haycraft, and Gaurav Rajen to Jordan, November 1 - 10, 2007, for the purpose of hosting a Web Access for Civil Society Initiatives meeting at the Cooperative M [...] |
2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO |
| 07AMMAN4227 |
Israeli Embassy, Japanese, and Jordanian views on Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Israeli President Peres' late September briefing of Ambassadors Jones and Hale and subsequent request for the U.S. to encourage Jordanian progress on implementing elements of the Peace Valley Project, Post has engaged Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, representativ [...] |
2007-10-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL SENV KWBG JO IS |
| 07AMMAN4235 |
Strong Jordanian Interest in Attending WIREC 2008 [...] Post highly recommends that Jordan be invited to join the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) scheduled for March 2008. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has expressed strong interest in attending the WIREC, as renewable energy is key to its national energy strategy, and [...] |
2007-10-18 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON EINV SOCI JO |
| 07AMMAN4274 |
Construction Underway for Al-Mushatta Qualifying Industrial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly established Al-Mushatta Industrial City, a designated Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) on the outskirts of Amman, aims to be the first "green" QIZ in Jordan. Al-Mushatta has partnered with an environmental services organization to screen prospective investors in the [...] |
2007-10-21 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4277 |
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN JORDAN: A PRIMER [...] (U) Summary. Preparations are well underway for November 20 elections in Jordan, in which voters will select members of the lower house (Chamber of Deputies). These elections are the second to take place under a reformed election law from 2001. 110 seats are at stake, among them six seats s [...] |
2007-10-21 15:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JO PGOV KDEM |
| 07AMMAN4278 |
Iraqi Jordanian Transport Company Claims Lack of Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General of the Iraqi Jordanian Land Transportation Company (IJLTC) Ghassan Farkouh confirmed that as of October 18, 40 of 166 trucks of Iraqi oil had reached Jordan's sole refinery in Zarka, and another 23 were about to cross the border (reftels). The whereabouts of t [...] |
2007-10-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ETRD JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN4294 |
JORDAN: PARTIAL SOLUTION EMERGING FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On October 19, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit issued a long-awaited statement on the ability of civil society organizations to monitor the upcoming November 20 election. While Bakhit effectively annulled earlier vague Interior Ministry prohibitions, by announcing that some form of [...] |
2007-10-22 14:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV |
| 07AMMAN4320 |
JORDAN: WHY VOTE? [...] (C) Summary. Contacts across the political spectrum are showing apathy towards the November 20 parliamentary elections in Jordan. Reasons include: mistrust of the government following claims of improprieties during July's municipal elections, a perception that the parliament has no power t [...] |
2007-10-24 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV |
| 07AMMAN4324 |
NOMINATION FROM EMBASSY AMMAN FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Embassy Amman is pleased to nominate Jordanian attorney Reem Abu Hassan for the Secretary of State's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage. Ms. Abu Hassan has used her legal expertise to champion equal rights and legal protection for Jordanian and Arab women as well as children, [...] |
2007-10-25 04:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM JO |
| 07AMMAN4325 |
Jordanian Media Accused of Publication Offenses [...] (U) Summary: Two newspaper editors accused of publication offenses were recently questioned by Jordanian prosecutors. If indicted, they would be the first such cases since the amendment of the main press law passed by parliament in the spring which eliminated some categories of forbidden subj [...] |
2007-10-25 04:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PGOV |
| 07AMMAN4328 |
JORDAN: MCC INDICATOR SCORECARDS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Reftel points were delivered to Nasser Shraideh, Secretary General at the Ministry of Planning, on October 23 SIPDIS by visiting MCC Director of Threshold Programs Maria Longi, accompanied by DCM and USAID officers. MCC representative Longi explained the rationale of the scorecards, [...] |
2007-10-25 06:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC |
| 07AMMAN4338 |
DESPITE INCREASED REVENUES, SECOND BUDGET SUPPLEMENT NEEDED [...] (U) Summary: Jordan's 2007 budget and initial supplementary annex estimated USD 5.6 billion in total revenues, including foreign grants, and USD 6.1 billion in expenditures. While the GOJ's revenue projections are on-track, skyrocketing fuel subsidy costs have necessitated an additional USD 7 [...] |
2007-10-25 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4339 |
UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNGA JO |
| 07AMMAN434 |
GOJ COMMITED TO RESOLVING LABOR PROBLEM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GoJ officials continue to pledge their commitment to resolving labor issues in Jordan. In response to Ambassador's warnings that congressional and U.S. investor concern is deepening, the labor minister highlighted positive steps taken to date and plans for the coming months, pa [...] |
2007-02-01 10:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
| 07AMMAN4369 |
KING ABDULLAH DISCUSSES IRAQ AND REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah said October 28 that Jordan sought strategic consultations and close coordination with the USG in the effort to help to restore stability to Iraq. He told visiting Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker that Jordan would continue to work with PM Maliki and planned to send [...] |
2007-10-29 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN4377 |
DEMARCHING JORDAN ON ARAB DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) On October 28, PolCouns conveyed reftel points to Thamer al-Adwan, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, noting U.S. support for greater Arab engagement on the Darfur issue, and urging that such contributions be in support of existing international efforts. Adwan said that [...] |
2007-10-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL JO |
| 07AMMAN4378 |
Jordan Completes First Privatization Deal in its Energy [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Government of Jordan (GOJ) finalized the privatization sale of the Central Electric Generating Company (CEGCO) - the first in Jordan's energy sector as part of a privatization program underway since 1996 (ref A). No immediate lay-offs of CEGCO's 1,600 employe [...] |
2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON EINV KPRV JO |
| 07AMMAN4379 |
FY08 PRIORITIES AND WORK-ITEMS FOR AMMAN ESTH HUB [...] The Amman ESTH Hub for the NEA Bureau was established in 1997. The current incumbent (Manu Bhalla) is the fourth Hub officer. He is supported by regional environmental specialist Rana Safadi, who has served with the Hub for eight years. Key Priorities and Work Items ----------------------- [...] |
2007-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN438 |
SCENESETTER FOR APHSCT FRANCES TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO [...] ( C ) The Jordanian government and Embassy Amman are looking forward to your visit February 3-5. Jordan is a key partner on counterterrorism and other top U.S. priorities. King Abdullah views U.S. success in Iraq as essential to his own success; he also shares our concerns on Iran and is look [...] |
2007-02-01 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN4380 |
DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTION ON CUBA EMBARGO: [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETRD PHUM UNGA UN CU JO |
| 07AMMAN4392 |
JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES ISTANBUL SIDE [...] (C) Thamer Adwan, Director of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office, reported on October 30 that the FM (currently in China with King Abdullah) welcomes the opportunity to participate in the proposed Istanbul side meeting on Lebanon (reftel). 2. (U) Adwan noted that Khatib's schedule in [...] |
2007-10-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 07AMMAN4393 |
JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES ISTANBUL SIDE [...] (C) Thamer Adwan, Director of Foreign Minister Khatib's private office, reported on October 30 that the FM (currently in China with King Abdullah) welcomes the opportunity to participate in the proposed Istanbul side meeting on Lebanon (reftel). 2. (U) Adwan noted that Khatib's schedule in [...] |
2007-10-30 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | LE PGOV PREL PTER SY JO |
| 07AMMAN4395 |
JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON REVISED RAPE AS POLICY [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) to the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Deputy Director, Hussam al-Husseini, on October 30. Husseini said he had yet to be briefed on the initial intra-GOJ consultations on the original text, but would follow up with his colleagues and consu [...] |
2007-10-31 08:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA JO |
| 07AMMAN4409 |
King Abdullah Publicly Declares His Optimism About [...] Summary: Jordan's King Abdullah has publicly expressed his full support and hope about the Annapolis conference on three different occasions recently. The first came following his October 18 meeting with the Secretary in London, followed by statements he made October 28 in Bahrain and October [...] |
2007-11-01 07:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 07AMMAN4426 |
ROYAL JORDANIAN IPO ON SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Royal Jordanian (RJ) Airlines president Samer Majali said that RJ's initial public offering is on schedule for completion in 2007. Majali expects that 60 percent of shares will be Jordanian-owned. RJ selected the GEnx engine for its previously-ordered Boeing 787s due in 2010. RJ [...] |
2007-11-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EINV KPRV JO |
| 07AMMAN4429 |
JORDAN WILL NOT ATTEND NOVEMBER 5-7 BOYCOTT MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KBCT PREL AL IS JO |
| 07AMMAN4430 |
FROM THE TRIBES TO THE STREET: THE ANATOMY OF A [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's campaign season is in full swing. Many candidates start their campaigns on the tribal level, where they compete for endorsements and the support of a unified tribe. Not all receive a unanimous verdict, but most can count on some form of tribal base. Campaign teams (both [...] |
2007-11-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
| 07AMMAN4439 |
EMBASSY WELCOMES VISIT OF MG STONE TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes the upcoming visit to Jordan of Multi-national Force Iraq (MNF-I) Deputy Commanding General for Detainee Operations MG Stone (ref A). Post strongly supports MNF-I's efforts to rehabilitate young Iraqis detained for insurgent activities. 2. (C) As noted ref B and [...] |
2007-11-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PINS PREF PREL SMIG IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4441 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Daniel Whalen to Jordan, November 1, 2007 - April 24, 2008, to undertake a TDY assignment to the Cooperative Monitoring Center-Amman. All visitors to Jordan should carefully re [...] |
2007-11-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP FARM OTRA JO |
| 07AMMAN4442 |
First Lady's Visit to Jordan Gives Boost to [...] Summary: First Lady Laura Bush's October 25-26 visit to Jordan generated tremendous goodwill among Jordanian officials and garnered extensive, positive coverage in the local and regional media. Her meeting with King Abdullah and her visit to the King Hussein Cancer Center to promote the Breas [...] |
2007-11-01 16:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 07AMMAN4444 |
DESPITE CONCERNS, SENIOR OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings with senior Jordanian government officials on October 28, Ambassador Crocker noted that the surge had been successful, stressed that opportunities remain to constrain Iran, and emphasized the importance and potential impact of an Arab diplomatic presence [...] |
2007-11-01 18:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ JO PGOV PREL |
| 07AMMAN445 |
KING AND FM ON DISPLACED IRAQIS: A NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and FM Khatib spoke recently of the movements of displaced Iraqis as a national security concern. If the USG seeks GOJ cooperation in addressing the issue of displaced Iraqis, we should factor in Jordanian sensitivity toward refugee flows, and be careful not to har [...] |
2007-02-01 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PREF CVIS IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4453 |
UNHCR AND NGOS OUTLINE ADMISSIONS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a two-day visit to Amman, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues Ambassador James Foley, accompanied by DHS Senior Advisor for Iraqi Refugees Lori Scialabba, discussed admission and assistance priorities with senior United Nations refugee officials, NGOs, and Jordania [...] |
2007-11-04 10:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV SOCI EAID IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN446 |
GOJ VIEWS ON NATO COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: A mid-level MFA official said the GoJ was "positive" on the concept of a NATO security cooperation center, but Jordan will "let the concept evolve." The GoJ continues to view NATO financing as essential. The GoJ welcomes NATO's offer to establish a Partnership for Peace Trust [...] |
2007-02-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR JO |
| 07AMMAN4463 |
JORDANIAN NATIONALS FROM GTMO TRANSFERRED TO GOJ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER KAWC JO |
| 07AMMAN4464 |
JORDAN RESPONSE TO FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN AND U.S. [...] (C) EconCouns discussed the mid-October Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on deficiencies in Iran's anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing regime and also delivered ref B demarche on U.S. domestic designation of Iranian entities and individuals to Acting Ministry of [...] |
2007-11-04 14:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PARM KNNP IR JO |
| 07AMMAN447 |
FOREIGN MINSTER SAYS GOJ IS WORKING TO RELEASE [...] (C) Recent public statements imply that the GoJ is ready and willing to receive Jordanian detainees from Guantanamo, but privately GOJ officials insist they need more information from the USG. According to press reports on January 31, Foreign Minister Khatib told two members of parliament that [...] |
2007-02-01 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4477 |
JORDAN WILL ATTEND INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-06 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR JO |
| 07AMMAN448 |
ALLEGATIONS THAT GOJ TORTURES, AND RUNS SECRET [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN RAPPORTEUR MANFRED NOWAK AGAIN PUBLICLY ACCUSED THE GOJ OF TORTURING. HIS REPORT MAY ALSO INCLUDE CHARGES THAT THE GOJ COLLABORATES WITH THE USG IN RUNNING SECRET PRISONS. MEANWHILE, A MAN ON TRIAL FOR PLOTTING TO SIPDIS KILL AMERICANS ACCUSED JORDAN,S INTELLIGENCE SERVICE [...] |
2007-02-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UN JO |
| 07AMMAN4499 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOWARD PASSELL AND JESSE ROACH [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Sandia National Laboratories employees Howard Passell and Jesse Roach to Jordan, November 09 - 24, 2007 for the purpose of holding a workshop with Iraqi engineers and hydrologists on the use of system dynamics modelin [...] |
2007-11-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP JO |
| 07AMMAN4525 |
BLUE LANTERN PRE LICENSE CHECK CASE 05-050070921 [...] (SBU) EconOff met with Suleiman Aqarbeh, Security Director at the Le Royal Hotel Amman, on November 8. At the site visit, Aqarbeh verified his hotel's order for one Fido XT Handheld Explosives Detector plus Starter Kit, with a license value of USD 24,012. Aqarbeh confirmed that he placed the o [...] |
2007-11-12 05:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC JO |
| 07AMMAN4545 |
NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THE GROWTH OF RESOURCE [...] (SBU) Jordan, unlike its southern and eastern neighbors, is virtually devoid of natural resources. Reports of probable oil reserves have not been proven, and the GOJ is hopeful that eventual development and exploitation of shale deposits will help to alleviate its dependence on imported fuel [...] |
2007-11-13 08:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EPET PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4547 |
JORDANIAN ELECTIONS: WOMEN CAMPAIGN HARD FOR [...] (C) Summary. In the November 20 parliamentary elections, voters will select the six seats (out of 110) in Jordan's lower house that are reserved for women. Activists and the NGO community failed to secure six additional quota seats they petitioned for, and as a result competition is fierce [...] |
2007-11-13 10:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN4558 |
JORDAN TO BACK RESOLUTION ON RAPE AS POLITICAL, [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA JO |
| 07AMMAN4559 |
JORDAN ELECTIONS: ECONOMY THE MAIN ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The economy seems to be the number one issue on the minds of voters and candidates in the thick of Jordan's campaign season. Despite real economic growth, rising prices and unemployment numbers show that popular perceptions of economic difficulties have some foundation. As a re [...] |
2007-11-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO ECON KDEM PGOV |
| 07AMMAN4561 |
CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING, [...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...] |
2007-11-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
| 07AMMAN4567 |
IRAQ/IRAN: IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC KHOE,I SAYS IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Anti-Iranian Iraqi Shi'a cleric Jawad al-Khoe'i (strictly protect) described to Emboff his views on Iranian perceptions of Iraq and the U.S., the current situation in Iraq and Iran (where he has been studying for ten of the last twelve years), political developments, ongoing Ir [...] |
2007-11-14 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IZ IR JO |
| 07AMMAN4571 |
CAMPAIGN DIRTY TRICKS: VOTE BUYING, MUD SLINGING, [...] (C) Summary. Campaigning for the November 20 parliamentary elections is in full swing, with candidate tents springing up like mushrooms, posters and banners blanketing the traffic circles, and numerous newspaper editorials devoted to the big questions of representation, benefits of participa [...] |
2007-11-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
| 07AMMAN4575 |
DRAFT 2008 BUDGET EXPECTS HIGH INFLATION AND SLOWING GDP [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's 2008 budget now being prepared is expected to include raises for public sector employees and pensioners, and to exclude fuel subsidies, which have necessitated budget annexes in 2007. The draft budget assumes a slow-down in GDP growth to four percent in 2008 after three [...] |
2007-11-15 05:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON ENRG PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4578 |
CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) From 2005 through 2007, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has held a series of meetings with Iraqi officials to assist them in preparing for accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (Ref A). The Technical Secretariat (TS) hosted the fourth and final me [...] |
2007-11-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4584 |
JORDAN ELECTIONS: PALESTINIANS AND THEIR [...] (C) Summary. Jordanians of Palestinian origin face difficult choices in the November 20 elections for Jordan's lower house of parliament. Candidates of Palestinian origin talk about unfairness in Jordan's electoral system and within Jordanian society, both of which lead to under-representati [...] |
2007-11-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV PREL |
| 07AMMAN4592 |
JORDAN ELECTIONS: CHRISTIAN CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. With nine designated seats in Jordan's parliament, Christian candidates are competing for votes within their own communities and among Muslim voters as well. This causes many to run a broad campaign focused on a national agenda rather than local or Christian specific concerns. [...] |
2007-11-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM |
| 07AMMAN4599 |
USPTO PROGRAM IN JORDAN BUILDS IPR AWARENESS AND NETWORKS [...] The United States Patent and Trademark Office's (USPTO) Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) conducted successful training on Law and Policy for Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Enforcement from November 5-8 in Jordan with the assistance of the Embassy and USAID. Over 100 representa [...] |
2007-11-18 09:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV JO IPR |
| 07AMMAN4604 |
JORDAN'S RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Jordanian Foreign Abdelelah al-Khatib November 18. The FM told Ambassador that the GOJ is moving to post an ambassador in Baghdad, and is currently drafting its agrement request for retired Jordanian Armed Forces General Zuhair Damour to be the next [...] |
2007-11-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4612 |
JORDAN ELECTIONS: ON ELECTION EVE, POLITICS IN AN [...] (C) Summary. In the stretch of slums and refugee camps that lies to the south and east of Amman, the campaign for Jordan's November 20 elections has a markedly different flavor than elsewhere in the country. Candidates here speak frankly about the issues that matter to their constituents: p [...] |
2007-11-19 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM ECON SENV KPAL |
| 07AMMAN4621 |
JORDAN ELECTIONS: "STACKED" DISTRICTS CREATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Candidates and voters are gearing up for election day after a smooth campaign season. The alleged transfer of voter registrations from one district to another has emerged as a major issue in the campaign leading up to Jordan's parliamentary elections on November 20. [...] |
2007-11-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KDEM PGOV |
| 07AMMAN4622 |
JORDAN IN NEED OF GSM-102 PROGRAM OR OTHER EXPORT CREDIT [...] This message contains an action message for the U.S. Export-Import Bank, the Small Business Administration, and USDA. Please see paragraphs 3 and 6. 2. Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Secretary General Montasser Oklah told EmbOffs and visiting representatives from the Foreign Agricu [...] |
2007-11-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON JO |
| 07AMMAN4623 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ELECTION STRATEGY PUT TO THE [...] (C) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is fielding 22 candidates in the November 20 election for the 110-seat lower house of parliament under the banner of its political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), with the slogan, "Islam is the Solution." IAF successes or failures in the polls will [...] |
2007-11-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN4625 |
JORDAN ELECTIONS: THE BIG PICTURE - A STEP FORWARD [...] (C) More than two million Jordanians have the chance to vote in the election for Jordan's next parliament on November 20 (refs F and G). As the campaign season ends and voting begins, Jordanian democracy has taken significant steps forward in terms of the role of women candidates and civil so [...] |
2007-11-19 17:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN4628 |
U.S.-SPONSORED WORKSHOP HELPS TO ESTABLISH VISION AND SET [...] Summary: In a strong interagency showing, five USG agencies collaborated to hold a November 12-15 workshop for the Ministry of Environment's (MOE) one-year old enforcement corps of environmental Rangers. With over 50 participants on each of the three days, the workshop resulted in a draft str [...] |
2007-11-20 10:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4638 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION INITIAL RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preliminary - but unofficial - election results released the day after Jordan's November 20 parliamentary election saw decisive victories for independent candidates, and a crushing defeat for candidates from the Muslim Brotherhood's party, the Islamic Action Front, which failed to [...] |
2007-11-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN4663 |
ON ANNAPOLIS, FLEETING HOPE LEAVENS LOW [...] (C) Summary: As the Annapolis conference approaches, we have been pulsing our Jordanian contacts on their expectations for the event, speaking to a broad range of Palestinians and East Bankers. While few of our contacts evinced optimism about the meeting, neither complaints about its expecte [...] |
2007-11-21 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL JO IS |
| 07AMMAN4674 |
BAKHIT RESIGNS, DAHABI FORMS NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) On November 22, Prime Minister Marouf Al-Bakhit submitted his resignation to King Abdullah, paving the way for a new government in the wake of parliamentary elections on November 20. On November 23, the King designated Nadir Al-Dahabi as the new Prime Minister. The new cabinet, listed b [...] |
2007-11-25 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO PGOV PREL |
| 07AMMAN4676 |
JORDAN'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: SALAH BASHIR [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's new, young, U.S.-educated Foreign Minister, Salah Bashir, is one of Jordan's leading reformists, and therefore a controversial figure among traditionalists threatened by change. As a dynamic, reforming Justice Minister, Bashir suffered a backlash against his merit-based [...] |
2007-11-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR JO |
| 07AMMAN4678 |
U.S. Remains Jordan's Top Trading Partner as Jordan Builds [...] Summary: Jordan's trade deficit increased 12.3 percent to JD 3.807 billion (USD 5.377 billion) during the first nine months of 2007. Although exports to the United States have slightly decreased in 2007, Jordan has increased imports of American goods by approximately 8.1%, yielding an overa [...] |
2007-11-25 14:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EAGR WTRO JO |
| 07AMMAN4692 |
JORDAN'S NEW KAMIKAZE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's new, technocratic cabinet is led by a Prime Minister with a track record of delivering on the King's economic reform agenda. His cabinet colleagues include some of Jordan's best-known reformists, among them four women. The poor showing of the King's main opposition, t [...] |
2007-11-26 16:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR JO |
| 07AMMAN4693 |
BIOGRAPHIES FOR JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In the wake of November 20 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit submitted his resignation to the King November 22, paving the way for a new government. On November 23, the King designated Nader Dahabi as the new Prime Minister, and the new cabinet was sworn in on November 25. [...] |
2007-11-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | JO PGOV PINR |
| 07AMMAN4712 |
DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4717 |
WIMAX ROLLS OUT IN JORDAN WITH GOAL OF HIGHER BROADBAND [...] (U) Summary: Telecommunications companies Umniah and Batelco Jordan jointly launched Jordan's first WiMAX Internet service (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) on November 12. Service is now available in Amman and Aqaba, with plans to expand to two other cities. A second WiMAX eff [...] |
2007-11-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT ECPS EINV TINT JO |
| 07AMMAN4732 |
KING ABDULLAH UPDATES CODEL INOUYE ON SYRIAN [...] (S) CODEL Inouye accompanied by Ambassador met with King Abdullah on November 28 and discussed developments in Iraq, the Annapolis meeting and a potential opportunity to change Syrian behavior. End Summary. 2. (U) Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens, Ambassador, and Minority Staff Direc [...] |
2007-11-29 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL SY JO |
| 07AMMAN4733 |
WHY JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS LOST GROUND IN [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood's Islamic Action Front (IAF) party suffered a crippling defeat in the November 20 parliamentary elections. As Jordan's political landscape realigns, the IAF is spinning its defeat several ways in the media. It is joined by the chattering classes, who have [...] |
2007-11-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KDEM KISL |
| 07AMMAN4736 |
Jordan Media Reaction to the Annapolis Meeting [...] "Annapolis: Before and After" Columnist Samih Ma'aitah in the independent, pro-business Arabic daily Al-Ghad commented November 29, "There is no need to fear that the Annapolis meeting will waste Arab and Palestinian rights. The meeting was not required to resolve the Palestinian issue but t [...] |
2007-11-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO KPAO KMDR |
| 07AMMAN4737 |
JORDAN'S OLD NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: As Jordan's new parliament convenes, early indications are that experienced members will at least initially guide the large numbers of newcomers. Five members will return as key players in the new parliament, and the race for speaker is not quite a done deal, but previous speake [...] |
2007-11-29 17:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN4738 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN UPDATE - NOVEMBER 28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hale urged new Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, Minister of Planning Suhair al-Ali, and Chief of Royal Court Bassem Awadallah to regularize the status of Iraqis in Jordan. The Ambassador attended an Iraqi Chaldean mass on November 25 and offered continued embassy [...] |
2007-11-29 17:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4762 |
CODEL ROHRABACHER MEETS WITH JORDANIAN ROYAL COURT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah and NGOs who work with Iraqi refugees, Codel Rohrabacher heard about Jordan's struggle to cope with increased demands on its overburdened infrastructure. While describing Jordan's economic direction as posit [...] |
2007-12-03 12:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO PGOV KPAL SENV |
| 07AMMAN4764 |
JORDANIANS ON ANNAPOLIS: WE WANT TO BELIEVE [...] (C) Jordanian reaction to Annapolis has been marked by the same mix of positive official comments and private cynicism and hope that was on display in the run-up to the conference (ref a). 2. (C) Public, official commentary has been positive, reflecting King Abdullah's strong public support [...] |
2007-12-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS JO |
| 07AMMAN4772 |
KING RAISES THE BAR IN OPENING SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah opened the first session of Jordan's newly elected parliament on December 2. His top issue was the economy and the imperative to improve the standard of living, followed closely by political reform. On both issues, the King challenged legislators in both houses t [...] |
2007-12-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KISL JO KDEM |
| 07AMMAN4773 |
View That Iraqis in Jordan Are Only a Burden on the Economy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prevailing view shared by the Jordanian public and government officials is that the Iraqi presence has further strained Jordan's already stretched budget, with a significant negative impact on the education and health systems, and an inflationary impact on prices. After rev [...] |
2007-12-05 06:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREF PGOV JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN4777 |
Coordinated Programming for 60th Anniversary of [...] As mentioned in Reftel, Embassy Amman has begun planning several high-impact events to commemorate 60 years of U.S.-Jordanian diplomatic relations. (While actual U.S. diplomatic recognition came in January 1949, we intend to begin our celebratory events in the summer 2008.) Given Embassy Tel [...] |
2007-12-05 10:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO IS KPAO KMDR PREL |
| 07AMMAN4790 |
JORDAN REQUESTS $1.9 BILLION IN ECONOMIC AND [...] In his first meeting with the Ambassador on November 27, new Prime Minister Nader Dahabi said that Jordan sought an immediate increase of ESF for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah subsequently conveyed a more detailed funding proposal through letters dated [...] |
2007-12-05 16:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREF JO |
| 07AMMAN4793 |
CONGRESSWOMAN MCCOLLUM DISCUSSES IMPACT OF IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 24-27 visit to Jordan of Representative Betty McCollum (D-MN), Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials described the strain that approximately 500,000 Iraqis have been placing on the Jordanian infrastructure. All stressed that while Jordan has opened up public [...] |
2007-12-06 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON PREL IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4808 |
JORDAN SUPPORTS IMMEDIATE LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-06 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY JO |
| 07AMMAN4816 |
STAFFDEL WELLS EXAMINES CONDITIONS OF IRAQIS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their five-day visit to Jordan, Staffdel Wells spoke with senior GOJ officials, refugee processing agencies, and NGOs in an effort to (1) better understanding the socioeconomic situation of Iraqi refugees in Jordan; (2) review refugee processing efforts and outcomes; and [...] |
2007-12-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV SOCI EAID JO IZ SY |
| 07AMMAN4820 |
TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT APPLAUDS GOJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 5 visit to Jordan, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt emphasized that Jordan's economic reform program made it possible for the U.S. to support the GOJ proposal to the Paris Club to buy back some of its debt. He encouraged continued reforms, especially eliminat [...] |
2007-12-09 11:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN483 |
GOJ OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON PRIVATIZATION, PESSIMISTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chairman of Jordan's Executive Privatization Commission (EPC), former Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour, painted an optimistic view of the progress of privatization in Jordan. After a record year for privatization in 2006, 2007 should also register major progress, inclu [...] |
2007-02-04 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KPRV JO |
| 07AMMAN4862 |
PERSONAL FINANCE IN JORDAN: SAVING LESS, BORROWING MORE [...] (U) Summary: On average, Jordanian households spend $1900 more than they earn annually, and pay for the gap with loans, real estate sales, and remittances. Consumer use of banks is high, more as a vehicle for debit and credit cards than for savings. Mortgages continue to grow in popularity a [...] |
2007-12-11 09:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV JO |
| 07AMMAN4884 |
IRAQIS IN JORDAN UPDATE - DECEMBER 10 [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR signed a USD 11 million agreement with the Jordanian Ministry of Health to assist the GOJ in providing primary care services to Iraqis at equivalent costs to non-insured Jordanians. UNHCR hopes that increased Iraqi usage of Jordanian primary care facilities will allow the [...] |
2007-12-11 16:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF SOCI IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN4885 |
CAN NATIONALISM FILL JORDAN'S POLITICAL VOID? [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the recently concluded election season, Post was exposed to an undercurrent of discontent with the structure of Jordan's political system. Urban elites and tribal notables alike recognized that the current fractured, incoherent political discourse prevents progress o [...] |
2007-12-12 06:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KPAL JO |
| 07AMMAN4923 |
JORDAN MARKETS ITSELF TO CHINA AS A PORTAL TO IRAQ AND THE [...] (U) King Abdullah made his fifth trip to China in late October-early November, a visit that highlighted Jordan's sustained effort to attract increased Chinese investment. China is currently Jordan's third largest foreign trade partner -- China imports chemicals, leather, and agricultural pro [...] |
2007-12-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD PREL JO CH |
| 07AMMAN4953 |
NEW UNITED NATIONS COORDINATION STRUCTURE FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings in early December with the UNHCR Donor Mission, a Baghdad-Amman VTC with donors, and the recent USAID/OFDA conference in Amman on IDPs, Deputy Special Representative for the Secretary General (DSRSG) in Iraq David Shearer presented his main priorities for the Unit [...] |
2007-12-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KUNR JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN4961 |
GOVERNMENT GETS RESOUNDING VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AS [...] (C) Summary. After presenting its platform to the newly elected parliament, the Dahabi government had its vote of confidence - by a historically high margin. Pledged to phase-out fuel and fodder subsidies early in 2008, the government is already facing skepticism in some quarters about its [...] |
2007-12-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
| 07AMMAN4962 |
Jordan's Pharmaceutical Industry Increasing Exports 50 [...] Summary: Pharmaceuticals continue to play a key role in bolstering Jordan's economy, particularly exports. During the first ten months of 2007, pharmaceutical exports increased almost 50 percent, reaching JD 253 million ($358 million). With over 40 years experience in the region and growing [...] |
2007-12-18 05:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD BTIO EINV KIPR JO |
| 07AMMAN4971 |
WHO'S YOUR DAHABI? [...] (C) Summary. There are now two Dahabis at the center of Jordanian political life. Nader Dahabi is the Prime Minister, and his brother Mohammed is entering his third year as director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). While there is little public conversation on the subject, it i [...] |
2007-12-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN4991 |
Jordan Seeing More Illegal and Violent Strikes in QIZ [...] (SBU) Jordan's garment factories in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ's) have been experiencing strikes five to six times a month, often led by Bengali workers, according to the Jordanian Ministry of Labor (MOL). MOL inspectors have seen strikes become more "illegal" in nature, normally oc [...] |
2007-12-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
| 07AMMAN4993 |
Jordan's Garment Association Cites Shortage of Labor as [...] (U) This contains an action request for USTR. See para 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Jordanian garment exports to the U.S. fell 6.4% during the first nine months of 2007. During a December 13 lunch, the newly elected Board for the Jordan Garments, Accessories, Textiles Exporters' Association (J [...] |
2007-12-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
| 07AMMAN5012 |
Jordan at Maximum Alert for Avian Influenza Monitoring [...] Despite press reports suggesting an outbreak, Jordan has been at a maximum alert for monitoring avian influenza since late October. The alert level was activated with the onset of the annual wild-bird migratory season and also as a precaution to avert a possible spillover of bird flu from neig [...] |
2007-12-26 05:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU XF JO |
| 07AMMAN5023 |
WELCOME CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Representative Lincoln Davis and delegation to Jordan on January 12, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control Officer for this visit is Co [...] |
2007-12-26 13:15:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
| 07AMMAN5026 |
WELCOME CODEL SCHUMER [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Schumer to Jordan from December 29, 2007 thru January 2, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State e [...] |
2007-12-26 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
| 07AMMAN5049 |
WELCOME CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Price to Amman, Jordan from January 9-12, as requested reftel. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic countr [...] |
2007-12-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO |
| 07AMMAN5051 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-30 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA JO |
| 07AMMAN5057 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR William Louden [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of William Louden to Jordan from 29 December through 4 January 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State elec [...] |
2007-12-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
| 07AMMAN5058 |
JORDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR James Holland [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of James Holland and Peter McGrew to Jordan from 17 January through 2 February, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Departm [...] |
2007-12-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
| 07AMMAN5060 |
WELCOME CODEL WOLF [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Wolf to Jordan from January 4-5, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 9. 2. On October 1, 2007, the Department of State electronic country clearan [...] |
2007-12-31 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT OTRA ASEC AFIN JO |
| 07AMMAN5061 |
JORDAN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION NOT YET READY [...] (C) Summary. Passed as part of a raft of reforms in October 2006, Jordan's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is still trying to get on its feet. A seven-member body protected by limited immunities, the ACC has the power to investigate claims and assemble cases for transfer to the Ministry of [...] |
2007-12-31 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV JO |
| 07AMMAN51 |
FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...] |
2007-01-07 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR JO |
| 07AMMAN519 |
GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR RESPOND POSITIVELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USTR Middle East Director met with the Ministers of Industry and Trade, Justice, and Labor and with private-sector representatives to discuss labor conditions in Jordan's garment sector during a visit January 31-February 1. With government officials, USTR emphasized three key po [...] |
2007-02-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX BG JO |
| 07AMMAN52 |
FURTHER REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations against the execution of Saddam Hussein took place in several cities after Friday prayers, January 5. Editorials continued to criticize the execution, the Iraqi government, and the USG, but also fired a number of salvos in Iran's direction. END SUMMARY. ---- [...] |
2007-01-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR JO |
| 07AMMAN528 |
LOWER HOUSE ENDORSES MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT REFORM [...] (SBU) Jordan's lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies, endorsed the government's municipal government reform bill. If also approved by the Senate and the King, the bill will lead to municipal elections in early summer. During the debate, Prime Minister Bakhit announced that his g [...] |
2007-02-06 07:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN542 |
FIRST GOVERNMENT SHELTER FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] SUMMARY: Queen Rania inaugurated a shelter for victims of domestic abuse in Amman, to be run by the Ministry of Social Development. The shelter provides emergency housing for abused women over fourteen years of age and their young children. The shelter is the first government-run facility of [...] |
2007-02-06 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KWMN JO |
| 07AMMAN543 |
NEW CENTRIST PARTY TO COUNTER ISLAMISTS [...] ( C ) SUMMARY: Establishment politicians are planning a new party to counter the Islamic Action Front (IAF) in 2007's elections. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Chamber of Deputies speaker Abdel Hadi al Majali told Ambassador January 31 that he was organizing with other establishment politicians [...] |
2007-02-06 16:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 07AMMAN551 |
GOJ TO REQUEST SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: Increasingly concerned by violence in the Palestinian areas and in Iraq, and by prospects that both conflicts could further destabilize the region, senior Jordanian officials have told Ambassador that the GOJ will soon ask the U.S. for supplemental military and economic assistan [...] |
2007-02-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MASS EAID JO |
| 07AMMAN586 |
SOMALIA SUPPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-07 13:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SO JO XF |
| 07AMMAN606 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INL TEAM TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Robert Byrnes, Gary Alexander, Michael Perez, and Hal Meawad to Amman, Jordan from February 10-15, 2007, to discuss extension of operations at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC), as requested reftel. All vis [...] |
2007-02-08 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR JO |
| 07AMMAN611 |
KING REAFFIRMS INTENT TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: KING ABDULLAH SAID HE REMAINS DETERMINED TO HOLD PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON SCHEDULE IN 2007. BUT THE ELECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE UNDER THE SAME STATUTE THAT GOVERNED THE LAST PARLIAMENTARY POLL, IN 2003. END SUMMARY. BACKGROUND: ADVOCATES FOR DIVERGENT COURSES ------------ [...] |
2007-02-08 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PTER JO |
| 07AMMAN644 |
JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER: TRAFFIC DECREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Traffic at the Jordan-Iraq border has declined in recent months, but remains considerable. The decline appears to be due to the danger of traveling to Jordan by road, and to Jordanian officials' continuing exercise of their discretion in a case-by-case adjudication of requests fo [...] |
2007-02-12 08:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PREL PTER JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN648 |
DETAINEE INFORMATION PASSED TO FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) Poloff passed ref A biographic data to Mahmoud al-Hamoud, head of the Foreign Ministry's legal office, and Thamer Adwan, head of the Foreign Minister's private office on February 11. Hamoud thanked Poloff for the data. Adwan added that it would be useful to have photos or copies of the [...] |
2007-02-12 11:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN662 |
WELCOME CODEL KYL [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes CODEL Kyl to Amman, Jordan from February 17-18, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Matthew Eussen, Political-Military Affairs Officer. Cont [...] |
2007-02-12 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ IS JO |
| 07AMMAN668 |
Unity Dam on Syria-Jordan Border Storing 3 MCM of Water, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Al Wehdah (Unity) Dam on the Yarmouk River along the Jordan-Syria border was completed in November 2006. The dam can store 110 million cubic meters (MCM) of water, but it currently holds only 3 MCM. When filled, the reservoir is designed to supply 50 MCM of drinking water [...] |
2007-02-13 06:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL PGOV SY JO |
| 07AMMAN669 |
ARABSAT AND AL-ZAWRAA TV [...] (C) Polcouns made ref B points February 12 to Thamer Adwan, the Foreign Minister's office director. Adwan, although not familiar with Al-Zawraa, agreed that the Al-Zawraa's broadcasts polcouns described were harmful to both the U.S. and to moderate Arab states like Jordan. He noted that Jord [...] |
2007-02-13 07:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN676 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) King Abdullah and Embassy Amman look forward to your return to Jordan. He welcomes your personal engagement on Israeli-Palestinian issues. He is also looking forward to his upcoming visit to the U.S., which will include an address to a joint session of Congress March 7. 2. (C) Since y [...] |
2007-02-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF KPAL IS IR JO |
| 07AMMAN679 |
IRAQIS SWAMP UNHCR OFFICES IN JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Crowds of Iraqis flocked to UNHCR offices in Amman February 12. Word appears to be spreading of UNHCR's recent policy shift, under which it now treats all south- and central-Iraqis outside Iraq as having a prima facie case that they are refugees, and as therefore eligible for refe [...] |
2007-02-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PTER JO IZ |
| 07AMMAN680 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Lawrence Butler and Bryan Payne to Amman, Jordan from February 18-20, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control of [...] |
2007-02-13 16:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KU IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN687 |
KING'S TOP ADVISORS AGREE PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-14 08:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO |
| 07AMMAN700 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S//NF) The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is unlikely to object to the proposed designation of Human Appeal International (HAI). While the GOJ does not yet have clear legal authority to administratively freeze the economic resources of persons designated pursuant to UN Security Council Resolutio [...] |
2007-02-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON |
| 07AMMAN701 |
FURTHER RESPONSE FROM GOJ ON UNSCR 1727, IRAN AND [...] (C) Elaborating on the GOJ's response (ref a) to ref B demarche, Bassem Awadallah, the director of the King's office, told Ambassador February 14 that the King made it "quite clear" to visiting Russian President Putin that Iran was a threat to the region and not to be trusted. Putin reportedl [...] |
2007-02-14 13:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR RU JO |
| 07AMMAN702 |
REACTION TO PUTIN'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MET WITH KING ABDULLAH ON REGIONAL ISSUES AND ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION DURING HIS VISIT FEBRUARY 12-13. PUTIN ALSO MET SEPARATELY WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) SEE SEPTEL FOR AN INITIAL READOUT ON PRESIDENT PUT [...] |
2007-02-14 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KPAL IS RS JO |
| 07AMMAN720 |
UN RAPPORTEUR ON TORTURE RELEASES REPORT [...] (SBU) The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) publicly released February 11 Special Rapporteur Manfred Nowak's report on torture in Jordan. Based on interviews with current detainees and observations of detention centers, Nowak alleged in his report that Jordan's General Intelligence [...] |
2007-02-15 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PTER UN JO |
| 07AMMAN726 |
RUN ON UNHCR OFFICES IS REGIONAL [...] (U) This message was cleared with Embassies Beirut, Cairo and Damascus. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref A reported that UNHCR's office in Amman is experiencing a spike in applications from Iraqis. UNHCR's offices in Damascus, Beirut and Cairo are also experiencing similar surges as UNHCR implements it [...] |
2007-02-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PTER SY LE EG IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN728 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Anne Patterson and Melanie (Brooke) Darby to Amman, Jordan from February 20-21, 2007 and Febraury 23-26, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragrap [...] |
2007-02-16 09:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN75 |
ROYAL JORDANIAN SELECTS BOEING 787 DREAMLINER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's national airline Royal Jordanian (RJ) announced it has selected Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to replace its wide-body Airbus A340's. As a first step, RJ will lease four or five of the aircraft starting in 2010. Boeing is optimistic that the leasing arrangements will lead t [...] |
2007-01-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD BEXP JO |
| 07AMMAN786 |
LOCAL UNHCR OFFICIALS APPEAL FOR HELP ON IRAQIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR officials in Jordan and Syria warn that the surge of Iraqis approaching their offices is starting to overtax their capacity. Even with increased staff and resources, UNHCR Jordan was forced to turn away hundreds of Iraqis seeking to register on February 19 so it could focus [...] |
2007-02-21 07:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV SY IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN873 |
APHSCT TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO JORDAN, FEBRUARY 3-5 [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND COUNTERTERRORISM (APHSCT) FRANCES FRAGOS TOWNSEND AND HER DELEGATION MET SEPARATELY WITH PRIME MINISTER BAKHIT, PRINCE FAISAL, GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR DAHABI, MAJOR GENERAL JAMAL SHAWABKAH (COMMANDER OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS [...] |
2007-02-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IR JO IS KPAL |
| 07AMMAN878 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SHERYL SMITH INL/RM/MS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman grants country clearance to Sheryl Smith to Amman, Jordan from February 28 to March 9, 2007. All visitors should carefully review this message, especially the threat assessment at paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Control officer for this visit is Matthew Eussen, Political-Military [...] |
2007-02-27 06:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AMGT JO |
| 07AMMAN888 |
UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1737 - JORDAN [...] (C) Per ref's A and B, Ambassador and other senior embassy officers have engaged the director of the Office of King Abdullah, the director of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate, the Foreign Minister, and the director of the private office of the Foreign Minister on ensuring effective i [...] |
2007-02-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP EFIN PREL JO IR |
| 07AMMAN898 |
SCENESETTER FOR JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT [...] (C) King Abdullah left Amman February 27 for London. He will arrive in Boston February 28, and in Washington March 4. He is scheduled to address a joint session of Congress March 7. He met with Secretary Rice February 20. 2. (C) The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will again be at the top [...] |
2007-02-27 13:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IR IZ JO |
| 07AMMAN930 |
MONITORING THE ENFORCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ASPECTS [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GoJ) customs authority uses an automated, transparent electronic system to apply customs tariffs to all products from all origins; this system has been updated and enforced for all U.S. products. 2. Monitoring the statistics related to enforcement of the [...] |
2007-03-01 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD JO |
| 07AMMAN944 |
DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 07AMMAN968 |
JORDAN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is political officer Miriam Schwedt, phone number 202-536-4173, ext. 6597 or 962-6-590-6597, fax number 962-6-592-0159. Officer spent approximately 48 hours preparing the report. Political Analyst Manal Hashweh spent 16 hours preparing the [...] |
2007-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO |
| 07AMMAN971 |
KING REAFFIRMS 2007 ELECTIONS CALENDAR [...] (SBU) King Abdullah publicly reiterated his support for GOJ plans to hold parliamentary elections late this year, preceded by municipal elections in mid-2007. In an interview with Jordanian television March 2, the King repeated previous statements of his desire to see the two elections take pl [...] |
2007-03-05 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 07AMMAN98 |
JORDANIAN SECURITY FORCES KILL ONE, CAPTURE [...] (U) Jordanian security forces engaged in a three-hour gun-battle with two gunmen early on January 9 in Irbid, Jordan's second largest city, 52 miles north of Amman. According to media, Sulayman Ghayyad al-Anjadi - a Jordanian of Palestinian origin - was killed, and another Jordanian, Ramadan [...] |
2007-01-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC JO |
| 08AMMAN1000 |
AQABA DEVELOPMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: In March, the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) was honored at the Jordan Economic Forum for its achievements, including its ability to attract $8 billion in investment pledges in seven years. Tourism accounts for about 70 percent of all investment in this port city, c [...] |
2008-04-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID JO |
| 08AMMAN1019 |
AFTER SLUGGISH START, AQABA'S INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NOW SHOWS [...] (U) Summary: Investment in the southern town of Aqaba has traditionally focused on tourism (ref A). Aqaba's Special Economic Zone, however, offers an industrial estate, the Aqaba International Industrial Estate (AIIE), which provides significant tax advantages for businesses and is also desig [...] |
2008-04-07 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID JO |
| 08AMMAN1020 |
DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING DUAL-USE ITEM [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JO |
| 08AMMAN1022 |
IRANIAN PROLIFERATORS: GOJ CLOSELY MONITORS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MNUC KNNP IR UNSC JO |
| 08AMMAN1029 |
HRC NORTH KOREA SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL JO KN |
| 08AMMAN1030 |
POLL SHOWS PM'S POPULARITY STEADY DESPITE ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: According to a recent opinion poll, public confidence in the government of PM Nader Al-Dahabi held steady in the first 100 days of his administration - reportedly the first time in the history of the poll that a PM has not suffered an initial drop in popularity. The depth of thi [...] |
2008-04-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JO |
| 08AMMAN1032 |
UNRWA EMPLOYEES IN JORDAN STAGE ONE DAY STRIKE [...] (C) Summary: Local employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) across Jordan stayed home from work on April 8 in a one-day protest over compensation. They are demanding a wage increase that will keep their salaries competitive with employees of the Jordanian government, along with ad [...] |
2008-04-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF ECON ELAB KPAL JO |
| 08AMMAN1034 |
JORDAN'S GRAIN SUBSIDY PROGRAM: INSIDERS CALL FOR CASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of the Government of Jordan's broader economic reform program, plans exist to completely liberalize the grain and feed trade, but public opposition has thwarted attempts to eliminate subsidies. A partial lift of the barley subsidy in the fall of 2007 led farmers to feed [...] |
2008-04-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO ECON JO |
| 08AMMAN104 |
JORDANIAN GID DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (C) Summary: Following reports of deportations and residency refusals of foreign missionaries, the Ambassador asked Jordan's Intelligence Director in early January for an explanation. Dahabi replied in writing on January 7 affirming Jordan's commitment to hosting minority religious sects and [...] |
2008-01-13 10:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOF KIRF JO |
| 08AMMAN1049 |
Few Iraqis in Jordan Working; Many Running Out of Funds [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqis in Jordan have long relied on personal savings and remittances from families in Iraq or abroad to make ends meet, but rising inflation, the end of subsidies, and uncertainty about the length of their tenure in Jordan have contributed to a steady deterioration of their fin [...] |
2008-04-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ |
| 08AMMAN1051 |
Jordan's Nomination for the International Transit and [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Colonel Hassan Mahmoud Al Otoum, Director of Petra Police, to participate in the International Transit and Transshipment Conference to be held in Tangier, Morocco, May 20-22, 2008. 2. Colonel Otoum's biodata follows: Personal Information: A. Fu [...] |
2008-04-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
| 08AMMAN1057 |
JORDANIAN MFA PREVIEWS BORDER SECURITY WORKING [...] (C) Poloff outlined reftel objectives for the April 13 meeting of the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in Damascus with Nawaf Tell, the MFA's Negotiations Bureau Director. According to Tell, the GOJ delegation will be headed by Ministry of Interior Secretary General Mukhaimer Abu Jammous [...] |
2008-04-10 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA |
| 08AMMAN1058 |
JORDAN LIKELY TO SEND FOREIGN MINISTER TO GCC+2 IN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-10 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO |
| 08AMMAN106 |
WELCOME STAFFDEL THIELMANN [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Mr. Gregory Thielmann, Mr. Paul Matulic, Ms. Jacqueline Russel, Ms. Jennifer Wagner, and Lt. Col. Peter Bloom to Jordan from January 16, 2008 through January 18, 2008, as requested reftel. The travelers should carefully review this message, espe [...] |
2008-01-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AU IAEA IS LB JO |
| 08AMMAN1063 |
JORDAN APPROVES NEW RULES FOR QIZ GOLDEN LIST AND SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Labor (MOL) approved new regulations for employing foreign workers in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) on April 2. The regulations set the parameters for a new "Golden List" of QIZ factories which abide by best practices regarding labor rights. Compa [...] |
2008-04-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTEX JO |
| 08AMMAN1067 |
JORDAN PROMOTES IPR FOR NEW PLANT VARIETIES [...] SUMMARY: Jordan is pursuing several initiatives to protect agriculture-related intellectual property rights (IPR). Most recently, the Jordanian private and public sectors hosted a regional conference to promote protection of new plant varieties. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) and local agric [...] |
2008-04-13 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KIPR JO |
| 08AMMAN1083 |
JORDAN'S ASPIRING JOURNALISTS DISCUSS BLEAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over two hundred aspiring young journalists discussed bleak employment prospects and fears over censorship at Jordan's first Youth Media Forum. The forum featured frank panel discussions among professional journalists, academicians, and students about issues of press freedoms in [...] |
2008-04-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SCUL JO |
| 08AMMAN1098 |
PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD COMPLETE TRAINING [...] (SBU) The first group of Palestinian Authority Presidential Guard (PG) personnel to train at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) completed their two-month training program in Jordan and took part in a graduation ceremony on April 13. United States Security Coordinator Lt. [...] |
2008-04-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KWBG KPAL JO IS |
| 08AMMAN1103 |
WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME: MAIL DELIVERY IN JORDAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Historically, Amman has had an underdeveloped street naming and numbering system that has forced businesses to develop independent mapping systems based on landmarks. The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) is actively verifying that all Amman streets have names; confirming that stre [...] |
2008-04-15 07:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS SOCI JO |
| 08AMMAN1104 |
EVANGELICALS DISCUSS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) The Ambassador met April 7 with two long-time American evangelical leaders whose residencies had been revoked and then reinstated over the preceding six months (ref A). Bob Robertson, a 33-year resident of Jordan and member of the Evangelical Free Church, and Charles Kohl, a nearly 20-ye [...] |
2008-04-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF CASC JO |
| 08AMMAN1107 |
Jordan's Implementation of the International Health [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) held a meeting March 31 of focal points from all relevant GOJ ministries, and local representatives of concerned non-governmental organizations and international organizations, to discuss requirements under the International Health Regulations (IHR). Jordan's Mi [...] |
2008-04-15 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL AORC WHO JO |
| 08AMMAN1121 |
JORDAN AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Jordan's security interests in a Palestinian state are manifold, and felt very deeply both at the senior levels and in the street. The GOJ rejects any suggestion that Jordan assume security responsibilities in the West Bank, or that the fulfillment of Palestinian national aspirations be [...] |
2008-04-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO |
| 08AMMAN1128 |
EXTRADITION TREATY RAISED WITH SENIOR GOJ OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA JO |
| 08AMMAN1136 |
Additional Jordanian Nominations for the International [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Mr. Hassouni Mheilan, Director of Trade and Storage, Ministry of Industry and Trade; Engineer Ibrahim Al Nawayseh, Assistant Director General for Technical Affairs and Projects of the Aqaba Ports Association; and Mr. Khaldoun Al Saket, Assistant Director [...] |
2008-04-16 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO |
| 08AMMAN1139 |
OVER HALF OF JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES DISBAND AS [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's new political parties law came into effect on April 15. The law requires parties to re-register with 500 "founding" members, up from the previous requirement of fifty. So far, eleven parties have made the cut, and six are anticipated to join them. Nineteen other pre-ex [...] |
2008-04-16 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 08AMMAN1140 |
EMBASSY AMMAN REQUEST FOR SCIENCE FELLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests an Embassy Science Fellow from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist the Jordanian Ministry of Environment (MOE) with environmental remediation at the Russeifah landfill. The science fellow would build upon the work that former EPA science fellow Tha [...] |
2008-04-16 14:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA EAID TSPL TPHY OTRA JO |
| 08AMMAN1142 |
HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY VISIT TO JORDAN BOLSTERS MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy's March 30-April 2 visit to Jordan included the high-profile groundbreaking for the King Hussein Institute for Biotechnology and Cancer (KHIBC) with King Abdullah and Queen Rania. In other meetings, Troy discussed Jorda [...] |
2008-04-17 07:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TBIO ETRD KIPR JO |
| 08AMMAN1149 |
GOJ WORKS TO LESSEN IMPACT OF CONTINUED INFLATION; CUTTING [...] (U) Summary: Inflation in Jordan increased by 1.73% in March due to the continued rise in electricity and food prices. The government has responded by lowering customs and taxes on several food stuffs; by making its commissary stores not-for-profit; and by executing a deal with the Government [...] |
2008-04-17 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EAGR ENRG JO |
| 08AMMAN1153 |
AS FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE DEADLINE PASSES, MANY [...] (C) Summary: Under Jordan's Financial Disclosure Law adopted in 2006, parliamentarians and other government officials had until April 13 to disclose their assets to the Ministry of Justice. As of the deadline, 63% of MPs have met the requirement. MPs we talked to were mostly resigned to com [...] |
2008-04-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR JO |
| 08AMMAN1159 |
GOJ RENEWS URGENT REQUEST FOR USG STATEMENT OF [...] (SBU) On April 14 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted to Post a diplomatic note again urging expeditious USG intervention in the Chalabi case. Text of note follows (PDF of Arabic original sent via email to NEA/ELA). 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hashe [...] |
2008-04-17 14:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL |