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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06BISHKEK1195 |
A/S BOUCHER'S MEETINGS IN BISHKEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with a range of Kyrgyz Government officials, parliamentary deputies, business and civil society leaders, and American implementing partners during his August 10-11 visit to Bishkek. A/S Boucher used the [...] |
2006-08-16 06:05:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1196 |
BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV: BOTH PLEDGING TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 11 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher, SIPDIS President Bakiyev turned straight to investment issues, urging U.S. involvement in major hydro-electric projects. Surprising everyone with an about-face, Bakiyev said that the [...] |
2006-08-16 06:37:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PGOV PREL ENRG EINV MARR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1224 |
YOUTH LEADER CLAIMS HE'S NOT TO BLAME FOR PNGS [...] (C) On August 17, PolOff met with Alisher Mamasaliyev, a member of the Forum of Young Politicians and former member of the youth movement Kel-Kel. Mamasaliyev stated that the purpose of his visit was to inform the Embassy that the SNB called him in on August 16 to repeat its request that he d [...] |
2006-08-22 07:28:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1262 |
SADYKJAN KAMALOV SPEAKS OUT ON HIS LATE BROTHER [...] (SBU) Former Mufti of Kyrgyzstan Sadykjan Kamalov broke his silence on the death of his brother Muhammadrafiq Kamalov during an interview on August 23 with a reporter from RFE/RL's local affiliate Radio Azattyk. Kamalov emphasized his brother's belief in supporting the government and public [...] |
2006-08-28 10:42:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TERR KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1268 |
KYRGYZ-UZBEK RELATIONS CONTINUING TO THAW [...] SUMMARY: Continuing the trend of the past two months (Ref C), Kyrgyz-Uzbek relations appear to be slowly warming. Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov reported progress from his August 24-25 trip to Tashkent in the areas of visa reform and border delimitation, and he was hopeful that Uzbekistan would [...] |
2006-08-29 11:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG UZ KG |
| 06BISHKEK1296 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CENTAL ASIA NUCLEAR WEAPON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche September 1 to Muratbek Baikhodjoyev, Head of the MFA's Department for International Organizations and Security. Baikhodjoyev said he would pass the points to the Foreign Minister, but pointed out that the CANWFZ signing was set for September 8. While t [...] |
2006-09-07 09:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR KNNP PARM PREL KG UN |
| 06BISHKEK1297 |
REPORT OF THE BISHKEK EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 6, 2006 to review the disappearance of Major Jill Metzger, assigned to Manas Airbase. Present at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, AID, DAO, PAS, CONS, MGT, RLA, GSO and Base Representative [...] |
2006-09-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG PINR |
| 06BISHKEK1299 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION [...] (U) On September 1, PolOff met with MFA Head of the International Organizations Department Baikhodjoyev and delivered reftel demarche urging the Kyrgyz to support Michael Matheson's candidacy for the International Law Commission and providing a copy of Mr. Matheson's bio. Baikhodjoyev promis [...] |
2006-09-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA KG |
| 06BISHKEK1300 |
INVITATION TO KAZAKH PRESENTATION FORWARDED [...] (U) On September 1, PolOff met with Kuban Kabaev, Head of the MFA's Division of International Economic Organizations, to inquire about the makeup of the planned Kyrgyz delegation to the IMU and World Bank meetings in Singapore in mid-September and to pass along reftel invitation. Kabaev was [...] |
2006-09-08 10:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECIN KG |
| 06BISHKEK1302 |
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARIAN TEKEBAYEV ARRESTED FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Speaker of Parliament and outspoken government critic Omurbek Tekebayev was arrested September 5 at the Warsaw airport. He was allegedly carrying in his luggage a matryoshka doll filled with heroin. When the story broke in Kyrgyzstan the afternoon of September 7, opposi [...] |
2006-09-08 11:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1303 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT ATTENDS SEPTEMBER 11 CEREMOPNY AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bakiyev led the Kyrgyz Government delegation to the September 11 ceremony at the Manas Air Base. Bakiyev said that it was symbolic that his first visit to the Base should come on such a momentous day, and he re-affirmed Kyrgyzstan's commitment to the war on terrorism [...] |
2006-09-11 11:43:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1305 |
TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-12 08:42:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC KG |
| 06BISHKEK1307 |
INFORMATION RESPONSE FOR INITIATIVE ON GLOBAL [...] (U) The following information, provided by USAID Bishkek, represents existing programs that contribute to the goals of Internet freedom. Funding levels listed are for the Information Technology (IT) components only. ECONOMIC GROWTH --------------- A. Project Name: Commercial Law Proje [...] |
2006-09-12 10:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1309 |
UPDATE: 61ST UNGA HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (U) Per Ref B request, the information below regarding UNGA attendance was provided by the Kyrgyz MFA on September 12. A: ATTENDANCE OF HEAD OF STATE ------------------------------ -- President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has not stated his intention to attend the 61st UN General Assembly. -- H [...] |
2006-09-12 11:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA KG |
| 06BISHKEK1310 |
TEKEBAYEV RETURNS TO KYRGYZSTAN; SECURITY SERVICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition MP Omurbek Tekebayev returned to Kyrgyzstan early September 12, after Polish authorities dropped all charges against him for carrying narcotics, as he appeared to have been framed (Ref B). At a morning rally in front of Parliament, Tekebayev accused the Kyrgyz Govern [...] |
2006-09-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1311 |
PRESS COVERAGE OF 9/11 EVENTS [...] (U) Local press provided wide coverage of the ceremony at Manas Air Base commemorating the 5th anniversary of the September 11 attacks (see reftel). Because of the participation of President Bakiyev, Prime Minister Kulov, Speaker of Parliament Sulanov, and Azreti Mufti Jumanov coverage of th [...] |
2006-09-13 02:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1316 |
"MATRYOSHKAGATE" FALL-OUT: EVERBODY WANTS TO JOIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since opposition MP Omurbek Tekebayev was cleared of drug smuggling charges in Poland and returned to Kyrgyzstan, the "Matryoshkagate" scandal has been the talk of the town -- and of Parliament. Looking relaxed and confident -- and clearly enjoying his role as a national hero -- [...] |
2006-09-14 12:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1329 |
KYRGYZ INVESTIGATE REFUGEE ABDUCTIONS; UNHCR [...] (C) On September 14, Post contacted the Procurator General's Office for an update on the investigation into the reported abductions in mid-August of four asylum seekers from Osh. Procurator General Kambarli Kongantiyev had promised Ambassador on August 24 that there would be an investigation [...] |
2006-09-15 10:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1333 |
KYRGYZSTAN OPPOSITION RALLY LESS THAN EXPECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 17 in the southern Aksy District, Kyrgyzstan's opposition staged a "Kurultai," or "people's congress," bringing together representatives from various political parties, NGO groups, and the government. A crowd of approximately 1500 heard numerous speeches, most of [...] |
2006-09-18 12:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1354 |
OMBUDSMAN SPEAKS OUT AGAINST KYRGYZ-UZBEK SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 15 the Ambassador met with Ombudsman Tursunbai Bakir-uulu to discuss Kyrgyzstan's failing refugee regime, recent crackdowns on alleged extremists in the south, and Kyrgyz-Uzbek relations. Stating that the situation in the south seemed to be getting worse, Bakir-uulu [...] |
2006-09-21 11:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1373 |
KYRGYZ TRIAL OF ALLEGED AKRAMIA MEMBERS BEGINS [...] (SBU) The Kyrgyz trial of Gulmira Maksudova, registered Uzbek refugee and daughter of Akramia founder, Akram Yuldashev, and three other alleged Akramia members (two Kyrgyz and one Uzbek national), started September 27 in Osh. The four were taken into custody on July 19, charged with illegally [...] |
2006-09-27 12:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1383 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kyrgyz President Bakiyev presented his national development strategy to the assembled parliament, diplomatic corps and other dignitaries on September 28. Speaking in Kyrgyz, he stressed the need for all branches and levels of government to work together to attract foreign inv [...] |
2006-09-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EINV KG |
| 06BISHKEK1384 |
KYRGYZ COURT ACQUITS, RELEASES ALLEGED AKRAMIA [...] (C) Two days after the Kyrgyz trial of Gulmira Maksudova and three other alleged Akramia members began, UNHCR was able to confirm, on September 29, that Maksudova and Jamshed Kadirov (also an Uzbek national) were surprisingly acquitted of all charges after both agreed to pay a 5,000 som (appro [...] |
2006-09-29 10:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1407 |
Local Media Reaction to Incident at Manas Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media reaction to the September 26 incident involving a U.S. KC-135 Stratotanker and a Kyrgyz Airlines TU-135 has largely been restrained, by local standards. Some outlets have played up the fact that the Kyrgyz plane involved in the accident occasionally transports Presi [...] |
2006-10-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1409 |
KYRGYZ UPDATE ON MAKSUDOVA, YULDASHEVA RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) UNHCR reps in Bishkek have told us that following the release from custody of her daughter Gulmira Maksudova on September 29 (Ref A), Yogdoroy Yuldasheva has re-appealed to UNHCR to assist in resettling her other daughter, 14-year-old Muyassaroy Yuldasheva, first to Germany under the guard [...] |
2006-10-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1416 |
KYRGYZ MEDIA MOGUL ALEXANDER KIM ON THE CURRENT [...] (C) Summary: On September 27, Alexander Kim, Kyrgyzstan's leading pro-government media mogul, spoke with the Ambassador on Kyrgyzstan's political leadership, recent scandals, and the state of relations with the United States. Kim described President Bakiyev as a leader easily influenced by pre [...] |
2006-10-05 10:50:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1417 |
AN IFTAR IN OSH: A TRIP TO SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28-29, the Ambassador traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second city, and met with government officials, NGO and political party representatives, and journalists. The Ambassador toured the newly renovated Drug Control Agency regional headquarters, and she met with part [...] |
2006-10-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1418 |
AMBASSADOR DEPARTED POST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-06 03:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 06BISHKEK1423 |
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION CALLS FOR DEMONSTRATION, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 29, the "For Reforms" opposition movement announced it would organize a mass demonstration beginning on November 2 to demand the resignation of President Bakiyev and Prime Minister Kulov, unless the government meets a growing list of opposition demands, including con [...] |
2006-10-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1428 |
KYRGYZ INTERIOR MINISTER APPOINTED SNB CHAIRMAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 6, Kyrgyzstan's Interior Minister, Major-General Murat Sutalinov, was named to be the new Chairman of the National Security Service (SNB). Osmonaly Gurunov, Head of MVD's Department for Combating Extremism and Illegal Migration, was named to be the new Interior Minis [...] |
2006-10-11 03:04:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1430 |
KYRGYZ PROCURATOR GENERAL RESPONDS BUT PROVIDES NO [...] (SBU) In response to the Ambassador's request for information regarding five missing Uzbek asylum seekers (ref b), the Kyrgyz Procurator General's office wrote to us on October 10 that law enforcement officials in Osh were continuing to investigate the cases, but there was no new information r [...] |
2006-10-11 08:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1431 |
KYRGYZ EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) On October 6, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy FM Sarbayev. Charge underscored the need for Kyrgyzstan to issue a public statement of concern regarding North Korea,s intention to conduct a nuclear test, especially in light of Kyrgyzstan's support for a Central Asian Nuclear We [...] |
2006-10-11 10:42:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM |
| 06BISHKEK1450 |
BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] SUMMARY: Your visit offers an opportunity to move our democracy and civil society agenda forward. Following the downturn in our relations this summer, and building on A/S Boucher's August visit, the Kyrgyz are now indicating they may have gone too far, and want to repair relations. Moving a [...] |
2006-10-13 11:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1451 |
STRAIGHT TALK FROM LOCAL KYRGYZ IN NARYN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 5-6 trip to the coldest region in Kyrgyzstan, Country Desk Officer and Poloff met with various NGO representatives and Naryn government officials about the current state of the region's economy and civil society. Local government officials were candid in voic [...] |
2006-10-13 12:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD PHUM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1454 |
KYRGYZ REFUGEE REGIME REMAINS ON EDGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 12 and 13, visiting PRM Officer and Poloff met with Kyrgyz Government officials, international organization representatives, and NGOs in Bishkek and Osh to discuss the refugee situation in Kyrgyzstan. Following recent extraditions and reported abductions (refs a and b [...] |
2006-10-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1458 |
AMBASSDOR'S RETURN TO POST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-17 09:23:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 06BISHKEK1463 |
POINTS ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-18 06:07:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM PGOV KG |
| 06BISHKEK1487 |
KYRGYZSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Yovanovitch met with Foreign Minister Alimbek Jekshenkulov October 17 in Bishkek. DAS Feigenbaum stressed our multi-dimensional commitment to Central Asia and to Kyrgyzstan. He said that a difficult period over the summer had raised questi [...] |
2006-10-23 06:10:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KG |
| 06BISHKEK1489 |
DAS FEIGENBAUM DISCUSSES ENERGY PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Having just returned from meetings with the Venice Commission on constitutional reform, Speaker of Parliament Marat Sultanov was eager to meet with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum to discuss U.S.-Kyrgyz relations, the energy sector, and draft constitutions. The candid discussions reveale [...] |
2006-10-23 08:37:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1490 |
SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETING WITH AUCA IN BISHKEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Feigenbaum and the Ambassador met with American University of Central Asia (AUCA) President Hurwitz and Vice President Beshimov on October 18 to discuss the state of AUCA and relations between the University and the Minister of Education. Though the disagreement regarding [...] |
2006-10-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1496 |
SCA DAS Feigenbaum Visit to Kyrgyzstan: Muslim [...] (U) SCA DAS Feigenbaum and the Ambassador welcomed the Chief Mufti of Kyrgyzstan, his deputy, the Human Rights Ombudsman, and a group of 40 representatives of civil and religious society to the October 17 dinner in Bishkek. This year, Embassy Bishkek held two Iftaar dinners, one in the north [...] |
2006-10-25 02:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1506 |
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION MOVING AHEAD WITH NOVEMBER 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz opposition, led by the "For Reforms" movement, is moving ahead with plans for a mass rally against the government in Bishkek on November 2. Opposition leaders say that they will protest in front of the Kyrgyz White House for an "indefinite" period, until President Baki [...] |
2006-10-26 13:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1516 |
OCTOBER 25 NUCLEAR SMUGGLING OUTREACH TALKS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 25, 2006, the Nuclear Smuggling Outreach Delegation met a Kyrgyz Republic delegation representing eight agencies and ministries to continue the discussions begun in May 2006 on improving the Kyrgyz Republic's capabilities to combat nuclear smuggling. The two delegati [...] |
2006-10-27 11:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KG KNNP PREL |
| 06BISHKEK1517 |
KYRGYZSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Yovanovitch met former Trade Minister Almaz Atambayev and MP Omurbek Tekebayev October 17 to discuss their plans for a mass protest against the government on November 2. Atambayev and Tekebayev, leaders of the "For Reforms" opposition movem [...] |
2006-10-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1518 |
DAS FEIGENBAUM DISCUSSES ISSUES OF STABILITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 and 20, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum, together with Ambassador SIPDIS Yovanovitch, traveled to southern Kyrgyzstan to discuss issues of social and political stability, as well as the impending demonstration on November 2, with local government o [...] |
2006-10-28 07:19:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1521 |
DAS FEIGENBAUM'S ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS WITH CIVIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 17 and 18, DAS Evan Feigenbaum held separate roundtable discussions with political analysts, democracy NGO leaders, economic development NGO leaders. Participants offered a range of views about what would happen as a result of planned opposition protests on November 2 [...] |
2006-10-30 09:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1532 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OFFERS TO MEET OPPOSITION AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz opposition is moving ahead with plans for a mass demonstration against the government on November 2, but there are some indications that a compromise may still be possible. President Bakiyev and all the members of his government appeared in Parliament October 30 in an [...] |
2006-10-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1535 |
SOUTHERNERS UNLIKELY TO PARTICIPATE IN BISHKEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: While traveling in Osh October 26-28 for a USAID-supported agricultural exposition and PAS-funded American rodeo event, the Ambassador met with religious leaders, political activists and university students about the overall situation in southern Kyrgyzstan and their opinions abou [...] |
2006-10-31 10:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1537 |
STALLED CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM AT CORE OF KYRGYZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stalled constitutional reform is at the center of the bitter dispute between President Bakiyev, the Parliament, civil society, and the political opposition. The constitutional reform process began in April 2005, when the interim government and its supporters agreed that a new co [...] |
2006-11-01 05:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1548 |
BAKIYEV AND KYRGYZ OPPOSITION CLOSER TO AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to opposition leaders, in a series of meetings October 31 to discuss the opposition's demands for reforms, President Bakiyev and the Kyrgyz opposition reached provisional agreement on the broad form of a new constitution, and President Bakiyev may present a draft along t [...] |
2006-11-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1551 |
KYRGYZ NOVEMBER 2 PROTEST UNDERWAY; SITUATION CALM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The situation in Bishkek is changing minute-by-minute, as the opposition mounts a protest in the central Ala-too Square, and meetings between the government and opposition continue. As of 1630 local, there was a crowd of at least 5000 on the square. Opposition MPs, who had addr [...] |
2006-11-02 11:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1554 |
KYRGYZSTAN PROTEST UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Parliament on November 3, Prime Minister Kulov said that the government had received a taped conversation of opposition leaders planning to seize government buildings and regional administrations. State Secretary Madumarov claimed the tape "made obvious" that SIPDIS there [...] |
2006-11-03 11:50:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1565 |
MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZ PROTESTS PREDICTABLE, [...] (C) Summary: The majority of media outlets in Kyrgyzstan are either government-owned or pro-government in content. News coverage of the protests have largely painted the protesters in a negative light. However, one new, small independent TV station has sided with the opposition and is providi [...] |
2006-11-06 11:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1566 |
KYRGYZSTAN PROTEST INTENSIFIES FOLLOWING QUIET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a relatively quiet weekend, the anti-government protest appears to be growing in intensity. As of 1600 local on November 6, a crowd of over 3000 protesters has pushed up against the fence of the Kyrgyz White House, while a group of opposition leaders is reportedly insid [...] |
2006-11-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1568 |
AES AND KYRGYZSTAN SIGN MEMORANDUM ON ELECTRIC [...] (U) In a brief November 6 signing ceremony attended by the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov and AES Silk Road President Dale Perry initialed a memorandum of understanding regarding the construction of 500 kilovolt electric transmission lines linking Kyrgyzstan to both Kazakhstan [...] |
2006-11-07 10:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1570 |
11/8/06 EAC MEETING REGARDING DEMONSTRATIONS IN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 8. Present at the meeting were: AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, MSG, PAS, MGT, DAO, SAO, CONS, USAID, MED, INL, EXBS, CLO, RLA, USAID, RSO, Peace Corps, and Manas Air Force Base representatives. [...] |
2006-11-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06BISHKEK1571 |
KYRGYZSTAN PROTEST "DE-ESCALATING" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on November 7, opposition and pro-government parliamentarians reached agreement on a draft of a new constitution that reportedly strengthens the role of the parliament. This latest draft follows the submission of proposed amendments to the constitution by President Bakiyev [...] |
2006-11-08 13:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK1586 |
PARLIAMENT PASSES, PRESIDENT SIGNS NEW KYRGYZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on November 8, the Kyrgyz Parliament adopted a new constitution that appears to limit the powers of the president and to increase the role of the parliament. On November 9, President Bakiyev signed the new constitution into effect, although under the terms of the agreement bo [...] |
2006-11-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK1587 |
A SNAPSHOT OF THE NEW KYRGYZ CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 9, President Bakiyev signed into law a new constitution, which is effective immediately. The text, which is based on an amended version of the existing constitution, was passed around midnight on Nov. 8 by the Kyrgyz parliament. The result of a compromise [...] |
2006-11-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1588 |
KYRGYZ WELCOME REGIONAL ELECTRICITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the October 30-31 visit of SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch and SCA RAO Leo Gallagher to Bishkek, Kyrgyz officials expressed support for developing infrastructure to export electricity, reform of the power sector and foreign investment in the Kyrgyz energy sector. However [...] |
2006-11-13 03:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1589 |
TRADE AND SECURITY ISSUES REVIEWED AT KYRGYZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19 and 20, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum visited three border posts along the Kyrgyz-Uzbek border: two closed crossings in the city of Karasuu and one in Osh, which is being reconstructed but remains open. The lack of Uzbek-Kyrgyz information-sharing across their border in [...] |
2006-11-13 03:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1602 |
EAC MEETING RE ABDUCTION OF USAID OFFICER'S SPOUSE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on November 13. Present at the meeting were: AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, MSG, PAS, MGT, DAO, SAO, CONS, USAID, MED, INL, CLO, RLA, USAID, RSO, Peace Corps, U.S. Treasury Representative, and Manas Air Forc [...] |
2006-11-14 02:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1604 |
KYRGYZSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL [...] (U) No report was published for Kyrgyzstan in last year's International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. This is a new report for Kyrgyzstan. Embassy point of contact for this report is Resident Legal Advisor Irfan Saeed, e-mail: SaeedIA@stat [...] |
2006-11-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN PGOV KG |
| 06BISHKEK1621 |
BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting late on November 16. In attendance were AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, MSG, PAS, MGT, DAO, SAO, CONS, USAID, MED, RLS, and RSO. Peace Corps and CLO were subsequently briefed by DCM. 2. (C) Ambassador said that the meeting was called to discuss new d [...] |
2006-11-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1643 |
BATTLE BEGINS OVER NEW KYRGYZ CONSTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz government, opposition, and civil society leaders are still assessing the impact of the new constitution adopted November 9, and the political maneuvering over its implementation is well underway even though the official text has yet to be published. Reactions to the new [...] |
2006-11-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK1644 |
Off the Record, Journalists Predict Political Games to [...] (SBU) Summary: In an off the record session with four of the most well-connected journalists in Bishkek, the Ambassador had a wide-ranging discussion on the state of post-protest Kyrgyzstan. The general opinion was that while the new constitution had provided both sides a face-saving compromise [...] |
2006-11-21 06:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1692 |
KYRGYZ HIPC DEBATE BECOMES POLITICAL HOT POTATO [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival this week of a World Bank team to Bishkek for 2-3 weeks of technical consultations has focused political and media attention on the HIPC initiative. According to a World Bank insider, Kyrgyz object to energy reforms proposed under the HIPC program, specifically reg [...] |
2006-11-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1705 |
POLITICS REMAIN CONTENTIOUS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three weeks have passed since President Bakiyev and the opposition reached a compromise on a new constitution. The presidential administration continues to translate the document from Russian to Kyrgyz, and we expect that a final version will be published in early December. In [...] |
2006-12-01 12:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1706 |
KYRGYZ PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATING NDI, IRI, AND IFES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Procurator General's office separately summoned the National Democratic Institute (NDI), International Republican Institute (IRI) and IFES on November 15, 24, and 27, respectively, to discuss their programs, activities, funding, and relation with USAID. IRI and IFES were cal [...] |
2006-12-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1710 |
PM KULOV: CAUTIOUSLY MOVING FORWARD IN A NEW ERA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Prime Minister Kulov November 30 to discuss a range of issues. Kulov called the new constitution "flawed" and said that the president emerged as the "big winner." He expressed little faith in the political opposition, saying they were disunited and corrupt. [...] |
2006-12-05 05:15:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK1722 |
SHOOTING INCIDENT AT MANAS AIRBASE, KYRGYZSTAN [...] (U) This is an Action Cable; see paras 11-14 below. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of December 6, A KYRGYZ NATIONAL was SHOT AND KILLED BY a U.S. AIR FORCE SECURITY AIRMAN WHILE MAKING a routine FUEL DELIVERY at Manas Coalition Airbase in Kyrgyzstan. According to the airman, the [...] |
2006-12-06 14:48:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PGOV KG |
| 06BISHKEK1723 |
ACTION REQUEST RECOMMENDING RESUMPTION OF [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request; see para 8 below. 2. (C) On November 16, 2006, the USAID office in Osh, Kyrgyz Republic temporarily suspended operations due to a perceived security threat. The perceived threat centered around the recovery of a stolen diplomatic vehicle that reap [...] |
2006-12-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1726 |
KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER ON POLITICS, ECONOMY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 1 meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov discussed the current political, economic and security situation; the Procurator General's probe into the National Democratic Institute (NDI), International Republican Institute (IRI) and IFES;, and Kyrgyz- [...] |
2006-12-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK1730 |
BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON RECOMMENDATION TO REOPEN [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting the morning of December 6. In attendance were AMB, DCM, POL/ECON, POL/RA, PAS, MGT, DAO, CONS, CLO, Peace Corps, USAID, MED, RSL, Manas Airbase, and RSO. Also attending was USAID Regional Deputy Director Delaney from Almaty. 2. (C) The Bishk [...] |
2006-12-07 11:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL |
| 06BISHKEK1732 |
AIRBASE DIP NOTE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 below. 2. (C) On December 7, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the shooting death of a Kyrgyz citizen at Manas Air Base. The note "demands" that the U.S. revoke the diplomatic immunity of the U [...] |
2006-12-07 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1733 |
PRESIDENT CALLS IN AMBASSADOR OVER 12/6 SHOOTING [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, President Bakiyev called in the Ambassador to discuss the December 6 shooting incident at the Manas Air Force Base. He requested that the U.S. keep the Airman who shot the Kyrgyz national in the country until the end of the investigation and that no constraints [...] |
2006-12-07 13:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1736 |
KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER ON SHOOTING AT AIR BASE: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov called in the Ambassador late on December 8 to discuss the shooting incident at the Manas Air Base (Ref B). Jekshenkulov gave the Ambassador two diplomatic notes: one requesting cooperation in the investigation, and the second proposing the establi [...] |
2006-12-11 03:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1737 |
KYRGYZ MEDIA: WHO'S PULLING THE STRINGS AND WHY [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables on the state of the media in Kyrgyzstan, with additional cables covering Internet news agencies, broadcast media, National TV and overall analysis to follow. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: The Kyrgyz media and political scene have become closely intertwined [...] |
2006-12-11 04:35:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1741 |
A TALE OF CORRUPTION IN THE KYRGYZ PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Parliament Speaker Alymbekov revealed to Ambassador aspects of a murky privatization deal for the Kyrgyz tin and tungsten company "ShPU." According to Alymbekov, the government inexplicably selected the lower of two bids for "ShPU," rejecting a much higher bid from a U.S. [...] |
2006-12-11 10:54:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN KG |
| 06BISHKEK1742 |
WEB-BASED NEWS MEDIA IN KYRGYZSTAN: KYRGYZ NEWS IN [...] (U) This is the second in a series of cables on the state of the media in Kyrgyzstan, with additional cables covering broadcast media, National TV and overall analysis to follow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From the far corners of the republic, an increasing number of Kyrgyz citizens have access to ne [...] |
2006-12-12 05:04:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1744 |
A PRIMER TO POLITICAL PARTIES OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kyrgyzstan's new constitution envisions an increasingly important role for political parties in the parliament and in forming the government. Under the new constitution, half of the 90 seats in the new parliament will be elected by party list, and the majority party (among thos [...] |
2006-12-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1750 |
KYRGYZ PLEDGE TO JOIN HIPC INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: World Bank-led discussions with a Kyrgyz negotiating team headed by PM Kulov yielded an agreement December 9 on Kyrgyzstan's accession to the HIPC initiative. The Kyrgyz Government has yet to make any public announcement about the agreement, but the World Bank country manager bel [...] |
2006-12-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1751 |
RESUMPTION OF OPERATIONS AT USAID OFFICE IN OSH, [...] (C) On 13 December 2006, USAID OSH office director Zach Shelton informed RSO that all three MVD guards are now armed. The pre-conditions set by the EAC in REFTEL Bishkek 1723 for resuming operations at the Osh USAID office have been met. 2. (C) In State 196694, the Department stated tha [...] |
2006-12-13 10:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
| 06BISHKEK1752 |
KYRGYZ BROADCAST MEDIA: THE INFLUENTIAL AIRWAVES [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables on the state of the media in Kyrgyzstan, with additional cables covering Kyrgyz National TV (KTR) and an overall analysis to follow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Clearly all parties in the political spectrum of Kyrgyzstan see broadcast media as the most powe [...] |
2006-12-13 10:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1753 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON AIRBASE SHOOTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 12, Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ermek Ibragimov regarding the way ahead on the Manas air base shooting incident. He agreed that the incident had become an internal political issue, making it harder to contain. He raised questions about [...] |
2006-12-13 11:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL OSCE MARR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1762 |
KYRGYZ DEPUTY FM ON MANAS AIR BASE INCIDENTS [...] (C) Summary. Speaking privately, Deputy FM Sarbayev told DCM that U.S. delay in responding to the diplomatic notes on the Manas shooting incident is creating a growing political problem for the GOKG that damages U.S. interests and that could jeopardize the continued operation of the base. [...] |
2006-12-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1763 |
KYRGYZ STATE TV: LURING THE DINOSAUR TOWARD [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of cables on the state of the media in Kyrgyzstan, with the final cable offering an overall analysis to follow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With access to the nearly every household in Kyrgyzstan, the State Television and Radio Company (KTR) is by far the dominant m [...] |
2006-12-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SCUL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1767 |
SETTLING ACCOUNTS: OPPOSITION, NGO'S FEELING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is mounting evidence that the Kyrgyz Government is targeting key opposition figures in retribution for their roles in the early November anti-government demonstrations. While President Bakiyev told Parliament December 4 that rally participants would not be persecuted, he a [...] |
2006-12-15 11:43:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1772 |
MANAS SHOOTING INCIDENT: KYRGYZ WELCOME U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Separately, on December 18, Ambassador met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Taalay Kydyrov, Deputy Chief of the Presidential Staff Medet Sadyrkulov and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ermek Ibragimov to deliver the USG responses to Kyrgyz Government diplomatic notes concern [...] |
2006-12-19 03:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1775 |
A KYRGYZ LINK TO RUSSIAN BANKER'S DEATH? [...] (C) In a conversation with emboff concerning Kyrgyz Central Bank operations (septel), former Kyrgyz Central Bank governor Ulan Sarbanov linked information he provided Russian Central Bank First Deputy Chairman Andrei Kozlov in September during a meeting in Poland to Kozlov,s subsequent murder [...] |
2006-12-19 04:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KCOR KCRM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1782 |
KYRGYZ GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OF IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyzstan's IPR agency chief Roman Omorov recently claimed that the number of confiscations of pirated audio/video products in 2006 should nearly double the 20,000 pirated items confiscated in 2005. Based on analyses by Omorov's staff, nearly 80% of items seized by police for [...] |
2006-12-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON EINV KG |
| 06BISHKEK1783 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT ON LIVE TV: REVOKE IMMUNITY FOR [...] (C) Responding to a question during a live call-in show on national television December 18, President Bakiyev said that the diplomatic status accorded U.S. soldiers at the Manas Air Base should be revoked. Referring to the December 6 security incident at Manas Air Base in which a U.S. servicem [...] |
2006-12-19 09:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1784 |
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT RESIGNS; PLOY TO FORCE NEW [...] (U) At an emergency cabinet meeting on December 19, all 14 members of the Kyrgyz government offered to resign. Prime Minister Felix Kulov said he also would submit a letter of resignation to the president. The reason given was that the resignations would create conditions to put the new cons [...] |
2006-12-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1787 |
MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS FOLLOWING KYRGYZ [...] (C) In the immediate aftermath of the surprise resignations of Prime Minister Kulov and other members of the government December 19, one thing has not changed: the government. The Prime Minister and all of the ministers are continuing in their positions as "acting" ministers, and this may co [...] |
2006-12-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1788 |
MANAS AIR BASE SHOOTING AND KRYGYZ CULTURE [...] (C) I and my staff deeply appreciate the extensive State-DOD coordination in recent days regarding the December 6 shooting incident at Manas Air Base, as well as on accelerating release of the AIB report on the September aircraft collision. Both issues have, unfortunately, raised questions [...] |
2006-12-21 02:40:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL PGOV MARR KG |
| 06BISHKEK1789 |
KYRGYZ MEDIA: HOW TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL [...] (U) This is the last in a series of cables on the state of the media in Kyrgyzstan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Many consider the Kyrgyz media to be the freest and liveliest in Central Asia, and there is no doubt that this is true. There are many options for news coverage and opinion, especially in th [...] |
2006-12-21 02:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SCUL PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1790 |
KYRGYZ MEDIA: HOW TO UNDERSTAND IT ALL [...] (U) This is the last in a series of cables on the state of the media in Kyrgyzstan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Many consider the Kyrgyz media to be the freest and liveliest in Central Asia, and there is no doubt that this is true. There are many options for news coverage and opinion, especially in th [...] |
2006-12-21 02:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SCUL PREL KPAO KG |
| 06BISHKEK1792 |
KYRGYZ BUNDLE GAS, POWER AND WATER WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz-Uzbek negotiators agreed on a $100 per thousand cubic meter rate for Uzbek natural gas for 2007, nearly doubling the current price. In response, the Kyrgyz government announced a 44% hike in natural gas rates for consumers to absorb the price increase. In a related deal [...] |
2006-12-21 07:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1795 |
PROGRESS FOR KYRGYZ HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (SBU) Summary: The first planeload of Kyrgyz pilgrims has taken off for Mecca, but the mismanagement of the last Hajj is still fresh in the minds of the Muslim community throughout Kyrgyzstan, with some calling for the Chief Mufti and state officials to resign. Following the January 2006 Ha [...] |
2006-12-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI KG |
| 06BISHKEK1807 |
NEW -- YES, YET ANOTHER -- KYRGYZ CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: The surprise resignation of the Kyrgyz government December 19 has provoked a constitutional impasse, and President Bakiyev is apparently attempting to use the crisis to regain powers that he lost under the new constitution adopted November 9. Parliament is considering a draft of [...] |
2006-12-22 12:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK1812 |
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT FAILS TO ADOPT NEW CONSTITUTION; [...] (U) The Kyrgyz Parliament narrowly failed to pass a proposed new constitution in a secret ballot on December 25. The draft received 46 votes; it needed 50 to pass. Prominent opposition MPs Omurbek Tekebayev and Azimbek Beknazarov refused to vote. Supporters of the measure said they would con [...] |
2006-12-26 10:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK1826 |
KYRGYZ MANEUVERING TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) The political maneuvering continues in Bishkek following the parliament's narrow failure to adopt a new constitution December 25 (reftel). While pro-presidential MPs vowed to put forward new amendments to the constitution, some members of the opposition For Reforms movement threatened r [...] |
2006-12-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 06BISHKEK385 |
KYRGYZ JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE (OR THE LACK THEREOF) [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of judicial independence in the Kyrgyz Republic continues to be problematic, with the judiciary little more than a tool of the executive branch. Even with the ouster of President Akayev in March 2005 and the guarded optimism that judicial reforms might follow, little [...] |
2006-03-23 05:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PGOV KMDR KG |
| 06BISHKEK419 |
KYRGYZ MOB FIGURE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced that it had approved the candidate registration of notorious mob figure Ryspek Akmatbayev, who is seeking to run for parliament. The CEC decision clears the way for Akmatbayev to run for the seat left vacant when hi [...] |
2006-03-27 10:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK435 |
BUSINESS AS USUAL - KYRGYZ PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although corruption seemed to subside immediately after the March, 2005 overthrow of the Akayev government, local and foreign businesspeople now complain that government corruption is the same as under Akayev, or in some cases worse. Many blame below subsistence-level governmen [...] |
2006-03-30 11:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR PGOV PREL KCRM EAID ECON KG |
| 06BISHKEK436 |
CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REVOKES REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) On March 30, the Central Election Commission voted 10-0 to revoke the candidate registration of notorious mob boss Ryspek Akmatbayev. Akmatbayev is running for parliament from the Issykul Oblast city of Balikchy. The CEC decision comes only nine days after its March 21 decision to appr [...] |
2006-03-30 11:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KCOR PREL KDEM KG |
| 06BISHKEK457 |
BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Ambassador Boucher, thank you for your willingness to come to Bishkek. Your visit comes as Kyrgyzstan still struggles to make sense of last year's Tulip Revolution. Although the government declared March 24 a national holiday ) "People's Revolution Day" ) and staged a Soviet-style milita [...] |
2006-04-05 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM EINV KG |
| 06BISHKEK460 |
AMBASSADOR'S TRIP, STATEMENT TOUCH A RAW NERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Yovanovitch, a clearly uncomfortable Deputy Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbaev said that Foreign Minister Jekshenkulov had asked him to express concern over the "deep resonance" left by the Ambassador's recent trip to southern Kyrgyzstan. [...] |
2006-04-06 14:05:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KG |
| 06BISHKEK496 |
COUP OR DEMONSTRATION? OPPOSITION MAKING BIG [...] (C) On April 12, President of the local NGO Coalition for Democracy and Civil Society Edil Baisalov detailed to PolOff plans for a major demonstration in Bishkek on April 29. According to Baisalov, at an April 12 meeting of the demonstration's main organizers, opposition parliamentarians re [...] |
2006-04-14 02:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KG |
| 06BISHKEK502 |
VISIT OF SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TO BISHKEK [...] (C) During a series of meetings on April 11, SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher urged the Kyrgyz Government to move forward on constitutional reform and said that the U.S. is eager to begin the next round of negotiations on Manas Coalition Airbase. He also expressed concern over the Apr [...] |
2006-04-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR EAID ECON KG |
| 06BISHKEK503 |
CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION REFUSING TO CERTIFY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 10, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Tuigunaly Abdraimov announced that the CEC would not certify organized crime kingpin Ryspek Akmatbayev as the winner of the April 9 parliamentary by-election pending the outcome of Akmatbayev's impending re-trial for three [...] |
2006-04-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCRM KCOR KG |
| 06BISHKEK504 |
GOVERNMENT STICKING TO PARTY LINE ON BAISALOV [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with Ambassador Yovanovitch to discuss the April 12 attack on civil society leader Edil Baisalov, government officials largely stuck to the party line, calling the assault "an unfortunate incident" [...] |
2006-04-17 10:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR KG |
| 06BISHKEK532 |
MFA PUBLICLY LASHES OUT AT AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On April 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a sharply worded statement, rebuking Ambassador Yovanovitch for comments she made in support of Kyrgyzstan's participation in the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative during an April 15 interview w [...] |
2006-04-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KG |
| 06BISHKEK625 |
TOUGH TALK AMID HOPES FOR LAST MINUTE COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions seemed to ease somewhat one day before the large opposition demonstration planned for April 29 in Central Bishkek. Chief organizer Almaz Atambayev told PolOff on April 28 that he hoped for 20,000 people at the demonstration, but most Embassy contacts believe 4000-6000 a [...] |
2006-04-28 12:22:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KG |
| 06BISHKEK642 |
UNHCR PREPARED TO RESETTLE FINAL FOUR UZBEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 18, UNHCR Bishkek Chief Carlos Zaccagnini told PolOff that France had agreed to accept the accused drug dealer who is one of four Uzbek refugees remaining in Kyrgyzstan. Zaccagnini said the decision to accept this refugee means that all four of the Uzbek refugees that h [...] |
2006-05-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM UZ KG |
| 06BISHKEK648 |
BAKIYEV REJECTS MINISTERS' OFFER TO RESIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 2, sixteen ministers submitted their resignations to President Bakiyev, which Bakiyev refused to accept. The offers to resign came after the Parliament on April 28 passed non-binding no-confidence votes against thirteen ministers (Parliament approved of the work of only t [...] |
2006-05-03 12:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KG |
| 06BISHKEK674 |
MAJOR GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP: OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10, the government announced a major personnel shakeup. As part of the reshuffling, National Security Service (SNB) Chairman Tashtemir Aitbayev as well as the Minister of Agriculture were dismissed, and State Secretary Dastan Sarygulov resigned. Both Vice Prime SIPDIS [...] |
2006-05-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KG |
| 06BISHKEK701 |
CRIME FIGURE WITH SUSPECTED TIES TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to press reports and the Interior Ministry (MVD), notorious mob figure and parliamentary candidate Ryspek Akmatbayev (reftels a and b) was killed by unknown persons on May 10 approximately 12 kilometers outside of Bishkek. According to the MVD, Akmatbayev was shot 28 [...] |
2006-05-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KCRM ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK766 |
LITTLE TENSION IN RUN-UP TO MAY 27 OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four days before the large opposition demonstration planned for May 27 in central Bishkek, tensions are noticeably lower than in the run-up to the April 29 opposition protest (reftel). Opposition leaders have in recent days backed away from an earlier vow to call for President [...] |
2006-05-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK778 |
BISHKEK PROPOSAL - 2006 AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post is pleased to propose PRM support through the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees for UNHCR efforts to mark World Refugee Day on June 20, particularly two cultural programs as well as an information campaign designed to highlight the rights of refugees and focus attention on th [...] |
2006-05-26 09:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF KG |
| 06BISHKEK779 |
ALL SIDES PREDICTING A PEACEFUL MAY 27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the May 27 opposition demonstration in central Bishkek (reftel), both government and opposition contacts continue to predict a violence-free demonstration. One protest organizer told the Embassy on May 26 that the opposition is expecting 30,000 demonstrators to [...] |
2006-05-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK796 |
LARGE OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION ENDS PEACEFULLY ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to Embassy observer estimates, between 12,000 and 20,000 opposition protesters demonstrated peacefully on Bishkek's main square on May 27 for approximately 3 hours. Official Kyrgyz estimates put the size of the crowd at 15,000-20,000, while protest organizers told the [...] |
2006-05-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG |
| 06BISHKEK867 |
SUPREME COURT DENIES ASYLUM TO FINAL UZBEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of a lower court to deny refugee status to the last of the remaining four Uzbek refugees who have been in detention since summer 2005. The court decision brings to an end the asylum seekers' lengthy legal battle to remain in Kyr [...] |
2006-06-13 09:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM UZ RU KG |
| 07BISHKEK100 |
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REFLECT ON PARTIES, [...] (C) Summary: During conversations with the Ambassador and visiting Central Asian Affairs Office Director Pamela Spratlen, Kyrgyz government officials defended the December 30 version of the constitution that restored numerous powers to the president. Presidential advisors stressed the need f [...] |
2007-02-01 06:01:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1001 |
KYRGYZ SEEK AUGUST MEETING ON BASE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Security Council Secretary Tokon Mamytov called in Ambassador August 8 to discuss issues related to the Manas Air Base. Ambassador delivered a copy of Ref A diplomatic note proposing to convene a meeting, with the participation of a Defense Department official, in early S [...] |
2007-08-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1015 |
KYRGYZ STAND READY FOR SCO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following months of intense preparation, Kyrgyz officials claim they are ready for the 7th annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on August 16. The Kyrgyz Government has worked feverishly to ensure all logistical and functional aspects of the summit -- from paving roa [...] |
2007-08-10 08:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK102 |
SADYRKULOV: ROSY OUTLOOK FOR KYRGYZSTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During a lengthy conversation with Ambassador, First Deputy Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov predicted his own influence would increase and that Kyrgyzstan would push forward on reforms and improved relations with the west. Ambassador emphasized the importance of resolving the legal iss [...] |
2007-02-02 02:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KG |
| 07BISHKEK104 |
AMBASSADOR DEPARTED POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-02 04:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK1048 |
SCO SUMMIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC, SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek August 16 emphasized security and economic cooperation. The formal session produced no surprises, the set speeches were unexceptional, and the summit was mostly free from the anti-American rhetoric of p [...] |
2007-08-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1068 |
AMBASSADOR DEPARTED POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-24 06:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK1070 |
AMBASSDOR'S RETURN TO POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 04:17:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK1081 |
KYRGYZ RECEIVE US CANDIDACY FOR ICRC STANDING [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-29 07:50:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC KG |
| 07BISHKEK1082 |
KYRGYZ RECEIVE US CANDIDACY FOR ICAO COUNCIL POINTS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR AORC ICAO KG |
| 07BISHKEK1083 |
KYRGYZ RECEIVE IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG KG |
| 07BISHKEK1084 |
KYRGYZ RECEIVE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-29 07:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA KG |
| 07BISHKEK1087 |
RISING BREAD PRICES SPUR KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Amidst a 20-40% increase in bread prices due in part to a three-fold increase in the price of imported Kazakh wheat, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Atambayev and other senior officials have criticized bakers for raising bread prices. However, PM Atambeyev's government has moved beyond p [...] |
2007-08-29 14:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1092 |
BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON AUGUST 27 SCHOOL [...] (C) The Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 27 August 2007 to discuss whether security conditions at post warrant continued use of USG assets to transport post dependent children to school. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, [...] |
2007-08-30 09:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1101 |
AMBASSDOR'S RETURN TO POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK113 |
EMBASSY BISHKEK BFIF PROPOSALS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Bishkek hereby submits two proposals for the use of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) resources in 2007. Details of the two proposals are outlined below. 2. The first proposal is entitled "Outreach to Kyrgyz Businessmen." Justification: Embassy [...] |
2007-02-02 08:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD KG |
| 07BISHKEK1136 |
PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE: EMBASSY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Embassy has actively supported Kyrgyzstan's burgeoning democracy, and has taken great strides to promote human rights and civil liberties through direct, public engagement with government officials and civil society, NGOs, and religious groups. U.S.-funded projects have also [...] |
2007-09-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1137 |
KYRGYZ INSIDERS PROMISE "BIG EVENTS" THIS FALL: [...] (C) Summary: After a relatively quiet summer, with attention focused on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek and vacations at Lake Issyk Kul, presidential insiders are predicting "big events" for the fall. Constitutional reform, and the question whether to adopt the amendm [...] |
2007-09-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1148 |
KYRGYZ RECEIVE OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION POINTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered revised reftel points September 14 to Nuran Niyazaliyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs. Niyazaliyev listened with interest, but noted that the Kyrgyz government might not send a delegation to the Warsaw Human [...] |
2007-09-14 11:52:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE KG |
| 07BISHKEK1154 |
Media Reaction: the Sixth Anniversary of the September 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth anniversary of the September 11th tragedy garnered substantial coverage in the local media. Much of the coverage repeated or supported conspiracy theories printed in Russian media, which is widely-read in Kyrgyzstan. Most of the coverage was critical of U.S. policy po [...] |
2007-09-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO KG |
| 07BISHKEK1155 |
"MAXIMIZING" BUSINESS IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: A prominent ex-pat businessman, Giorgio Fiacconi, has reportedly been forced to sell his Kyrgyz Credit Bank (KCB) to a close business associate of Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The associate, Latvian businessman Valery Belokon, has also acquired the failed "I [...] |
2007-09-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KCOR ECON EINV PINR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1158 |
KYRGYZ MP BAIBOLOV DETAILS CONFUSION, ANXIETY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador September 18, opposition MP Kubatbek Baibolov detailed the confusion and anxiety in parliament following the Constitutional Court's September 14 decision to invalidate the November and December 2006 constitutions (reftel). Baibolov predicted furt [...] |
2007-09-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1168 |
2007 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] (U) On September 17, poloff delivered the 2007 International Religious Freedom report for the Kyrgyz Republic to Erkin Atabekov, human rights officer in the International Organizations and Security Department of the MFA. Poloff also informed Atabekov that a Russian translation of the report w [...] |
2007-09-19 10:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1170 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT SETS REFERENDUM ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: In a nationwide address September 19, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced a national referendum for October 21 on two questions: a new version of the constitution, and a new election code. Bakiyev said that under his constitutional draft, the parliament would be electe [...] |
2007-09-19 12:17:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1173 |
KYRGYZ FEEL INFLATIONARY AND FINANCIAL PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: With "official" monthly food price inflation of 2.3%, hoarding and rapid price inflation are affecting an increasing array of foodstuffs in Kyrgyz markets. Meanwhile, the Kyrgyz Central Bank has pumped the equivalent of over $150 million into the local currency market to curb [...] |
2007-09-21 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR PGOV SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1178 |
U.S. BUSINESS SEMINAR DRAWS KYRGYZ ENTREPRENEURS [...] (U) Summary: The Embassy-hosted "Doing Business with the USA" seminar attracted approximately 220 people for a discussion on developing business relations with U.S. firms and ways to compete for U.S. government contracts at Manas air base and in Afghanistan. More than 90% of the companies we [...] |
2007-09-25 04:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1183 |
FY07 BFIF REPORTING FROM EMBASSY BISHKEK [...] Per reftel A request, Embassy Bishkek hereby submits the following report regarding the use of Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) resources in 2007 in the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. The total amount of BFIF support provided for use by Embassy Bishkek was $3,100.00. The total amount spe [...] |
2007-09-25 12:47:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV AFIN ADPM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1184 |
EARLY KYRGYZ REACTIONS TO NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyzstan will hold a national referendum October 21 on a "new edition" of the constitution. The draft text, which was released to the public September 20, calls for parliament to be elected entirely by party lists and appears to strengthen presidential control over the parliam [...] |
2007-09-25 12:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1187 |
KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER KARABAYEV'S TRIP TO THE [...] (C) Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev will travel to Washington and New York between September 26 and October 3. This is his first trip to the United States since becoming foreign minister in February 2007, and the first high-level visit since President Bakiyev and former Foreign Minister [...] |
2007-09-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK120 |
KYRGYZ REPLY TO MERCURY MINING QUERY [...] In response to an Embassy inquiry into official Kyrgyz attitudes to controls on mercury production, the Kyrgyz MFA responded via Diplomatic Note 011-14/79 dated January 25, 2007 with answers to five questions derived from reftel. The translated questions and answers are repeated below: A) [...] |
2007-02-05 12:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EMIN SENV KG |
| 07BISHKEK1200 |
NEGLECT, POLITICAL ISOLATION AND HOPE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to the eastern Kyrgyz cities of Naryn and Balykchy September 19-21, met with government officials, civil society activists, NGO representatives and educators, and found infrastructural neglect, political isolation, and high unemployment, but hope for the future. [...] |
2007-09-28 10:30:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1201 |
KYRGYZSTAN: NEXT STEPS ON MANAS AIR BASE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kyrgyz have repeatedly requested a U.S. response to their June diplomatic note, which requested changes to the protocol covering payment for access to the base, as well as information on the disposition of the case regarding the December 2006 shooting incident. We underst [...] |
2007-09-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK124 |
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARIANS WARN OF NEGATIVE AIR BASE [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz parliamentarians have told us that the December 6 base shooting and other recent incidents have led to a decline in parliament's perceptions of the U.S. Manas air base, and continued negative public reaction to the shooting could have an impact on U.S.-Kyrgyz relations. T [...] |
2007-02-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK125 |
MANAGING KYRGYZ CRITICISM OF MANAS AIR BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz domestic political turmoil in December and January over a new constitution and government has shifted public and political attention away from Manas Air Base. This welcome hiatus may prove temporary, however, once the new government is in place. Looking ahead, we see sev [...] |
2007-02-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK126 |
NEW KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE APPROVED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament approved a new government structure February 6. The new structure, proposed by Prime Minister Azim Isabekov, comprises 14 ministries, 5 committees, and 12 state agencies, including a new Ministry of Industry, Energy and Fuel Resources. The new structure marks a slight [...] |
2007-02-06 14:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1270 |
VIEWS FROM SOUTH ON THE REFERENDUM AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. On a two-day visit to the southern capitals of Jalalabad and Osh (other issues reported septel), the Ambassador met with the governors of both oblasts, NGOs, and political party representatives, who shared their views on the presidential decree announcing an October 21 national [...] |
2007-10-10 07:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK128 |
HCOC: ENCOURAGING KYRGYZSTAN TO SUBSCRIBE [...] (SBU) In December 2006, the Kyrgyz MFA contacted post to inquire how to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Post informed the ministry at that time that Kyrgyzstan could subscribe by sending a note verbale to the Government of Austria. 2. [...] |
2007-02-07 08:05:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KG |
| 07BISHKEK1280 |
Embassy Events Marking Ramadan and Orozo Ait [...] (SBU) On September 25, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for local religious leaders and members of the diplomatic corps and interfaith community. Over forty guests joined Embassy staff for this event. In her remarks, the Ambassador emphasized the positive spirit of cooperation between th [...] |
2007-10-15 10:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO SCUL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1285 |
RISING PRICES AND TIGHTER BORDERS, BUT CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to the southern capitals of Jalalabad and Osh, the Ambassador presided over a U.S.-funded border checkpoint opening, met with students, civic leaders, political parties, and NGOs, honored local religious leaders with an Iftar dinner, and visited the largest hydropow [...] |
2007-10-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1288 |
BISHKEK LAW ENFORCEMENT WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM chaired the Embassy's Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) meeting on September 19. In addition to reports from Bishkek-based officers, the meeting included presentations by the regional Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officer and the regional FBI Legal Attache. The [...] |
2007-10-17 02:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1296 |
KYRGYZSTAN REFERENDUM IS "JUST POLITICS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold a nationwide referendum on a new constitution and new electoral code on October 21, despite a recommendation from the parliament that the vote be postponed. The proposed constitution closely resembles the recently annulled December 2006 constitution, but i [...] |
2007-10-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1298 |
EMBASSY BISHKEK'S NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit its nomination for the 2008 Secretary's Woman of Courage Award. We nominate Ms. Cholpon Idinovna SIPDIS Djakupova, a well known fearless human rights activist and outspoken defender of the rights of refugees. Ms. Djakupova heads the NGO legal clinic 'Adilet' w [...] |
2007-10-19 11:19:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1304 |
BAKIYEV DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT AFTER NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission announced that, based on preliminary results, 75% of eligible voters approved a new constitution and electoral code in the October 21 referendum. The CEC claimed that nationwide turnout was over 80%, but local observers disputed that fi [...] |
2007-10-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1319 |
BISHKEK EAC MEETING RE SECURITY PROCEDURES FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Yovanovitch chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee on October 22, 2007, to discuss Security for the 232nd USMC Birthday Ball. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, PAS, POL/ECON, POL/RA, RLA, SAO, INL, MED, CLO, Peace Corp, and Manas AB Commander. MSG Detachm [...] |
2007-10-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1320 |
ETHNIC UZBEK JOURNALIST SLAIN IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outspoken ethnic Uzbek/Kyrgyz national journalist Alisher Saipov was shot and killed outside his office in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, early evening October 24. Saipov was editor-in-chief of the Uzbek-language newspaper, Siyosat (Politics), and he served as a stringer for Voice of America [...] |
2007-10-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1328 |
Kyrgyz Consular Update: US Contractors, Kazakhstan and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On October 10, Kyrgyz MFA Consular Affairs Director Beshymbiev told Con Chief there is legislation pending before the Kyrgyz and Kazakh parliaments that would allow bearers of valid Kyrgyz visas to enter Kazakhstan without obtaining a Kazakh visa. Beshymbiev a [...] |
2007-10-29 11:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KG KZ CVIS PGOV PREL |
| 07BISHKEK1333 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WALKER CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel points in support of David Walker's candidacy for the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee to the Kyrgyz MFA October 31. Embassy also requested the Ministry to instruct its UN delegation to support Mr. Walker. Any substantive response will be repor [...] |
2007-10-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA KG |
| 07BISHKEK1334 |
WELCOMING KYRGYZSTAN AS A PSI PARTICIPANT [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper welcoming Kyrgyzstan as a PSI participant to the Kyrgyz MFA on October 31. 2. (U) Embassy appreciates the Department's assistance in providing the Russian translation of the detailed non-paper. YOVANOVITCH [...] |
2007-10-31 12:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1335 |
LETTER TO AMBASSADOR FROM WIDOW OF KYRGYZ TRUCK [...] (SBU) This cable forwards the text of the fifth letter to the Ambassador from Mrs. Ivanova, the widow of the Kyrgyz truck driver who was shot on December 6, 2006 by a U.S. airman at Manas Air Base. The letter includes a long litany of alleged unfulfilled commitments by the U.S. side to coope [...] |
2007-10-31 13:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1337 |
KYRGYZ INVESTIGATION INTO SAIPOV KILLING CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz law enforcement investigation continues into the October 24 killing of journalist Alisher Saipov. The two most popular theories place blame either on the Uzbek security services or on Islamic extremist organizations Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) or the Islamic Movement of Uzbek [...] |
2007-11-01 11:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1339 |
POOR KYRGYZ OBLAST HIT HARD BY GROWING INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 ) 26, Ambassador Yovanovitch visited Naryn Oblast. Everyone she met, from local government representatives in Naryn City to farmers in remote villages, reported that the economic situation in the oblast is dire. The region, already poor, has been especially hard [...] |
2007-11-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1340 |
UPCOMING KYRGYZ ELECTIONS AND THE RECENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's October 24 - 26th trip to Naryn Oblast provided an opportunity to measure the political pulse of ordinary Kyrgyz citizens, local politicians, opposition and pro-government parties, and NGO representatives in one of Kyrgyzstan's poorest provinces. Residents of Nary [...] |
2007-11-02 12:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1342 |
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR DECEMBER 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold parliamentary elections December 16. Under the new constitution, the parliament will consist of 90 seats elected on a proportional basis by party list. The new electoral code establishes thresholds of 5% of all eligible voters as well as 0.5% of voters in [...] |
2007-11-02 13:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1354 |
KYRGYZ REJECT PRESSURE ON UKRAINE WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) Summary: A Kyrgyz MFA official asked visiting SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch November 8 to relay Bishkek's readiness for "constructive" talks with Kyiv over Ukraine's WTO accession to Washington, but argued against continued "politicization" and "third party political pressure" with res [...] |
2007-11-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO PREL KTIA ECON KG |
| 07BISHKEK1363 |
FATF IRAN STATEMENT DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points and guidance on November 6 to Ulan Danikeev, First Deputy Chairman of the Financial Intelligence Service of the Kyrgyz Republic. Although Kyrgyzstan is not a member of FATF, Danikeev welcomed the information about the FATF statement. Danikeev said [...] |
2007-11-15 08:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC ECON KG |
| 07BISHKEK1366 |
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: A GUIDE TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold early parliamentary elections on December 16. For the first time, election to parliament will be solely on a proportional basis by party list. The new electoral code sets an extremely high threshold for a party to enter parliament: 5% of all registered v [...] |
2007-11-15 10:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1367 |
KYRGYZ FEEDBACK ON PAST AND FUTURE TIFA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kyrgyz MFA official pledged to begin preparations within the Kyrgyz government for next summer's U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement meeting. While endorsing greater private sector activity under TIFA, he lamented that Kyrgyz firms were not prepared to [...] |
2007-11-15 10:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1368 |
RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: To the extent it exists here, resource nationalism in the Kyrgyz Republic has focused on gold mining operations. Political grievances over the Canadian-run Kumtor gold mine concession have generated demands for greater Kyrgyz ownership, additional tax assessments, environmental [...] |
2007-11-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV EMIN KG |
| 07BISHKEK1371 |
KYRGYZSTAN: 2007-2008 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Resident Legal Advisor Irfan Saeed, e-mail: SaeedIA@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow i [...] |
2007-11-16 06:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG |
| 07BISHKEK1383 |
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR RESULTS OF IVANOV [...] (SBU) On November 19, post received a diplomatic note from the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting the results of the U.S. investigation into the December 6, 2006 killing of Kyrgyz citizen Alexander Ivanov by an airman from Manas Airbase. Unofficial translation of the Note follows at [...] |
2007-11-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1384 |
AMBASSADOR DEPARTED POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-23 06:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK1395 |
KYRGYZ ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: While Kyrgyz Energy Minister Chudinov and other officials embrace Kyrgyz electricity exports to South Asia under the CASAREM umbrella, supply issues, particularly involving Tajikistan, color the discussion of how much electricity may be available for export. Other Kyrgyz offici [...] |
2007-11-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1399 |
KYRGYZ AIR CONTROLLERS STAGE ONE-HOUR STRIKE [...] (C) On November 26, Kyrgyz air control personnel at Manas airport conducted a one-hour work stoppage aimed at coalition aircraft operating out of Manas Air Base, which is collocated at the airport. Air Base officials, who were aware in advance of the proposed strike, had redirected aircraft [...] |
2007-11-27 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK140 |
SOME KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE [...] (SBU) On February 7 President Bakiyev appointed several cabinet ministers, including the First Vice Prime Minister and Vice Prime Minster. When all appointments have been made, the Prime Minister will then have the option to enact parliament's recommendation to put each of the ministries, com [...] |
2007-02-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1400 |
KYRGYZ STATE TV CHANGES DIRECTORS, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. Promised reforms of the Kyrgyz State Television and Radio Corporation (KTR) have ground to a halt in advance of the December 16 parliamentary elections. Acting General Director Melis Eshimkanov said that his primary problems were dealing with bloated staffing, but acknowledged t [...] |
2007-11-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO KG |
| 07BISHKEK1401 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OUSTS PM ATAMBAYEV AHEAD OF [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev dismissed Acting Prime Minister Almazbek Atambayev. The post will likely remain vacant until after the December 16 parliamentary elections. The move came the day after Jalalabad oblast governor Iskender Aidaraliyev's appointment as fir [...] |
2007-11-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1402 |
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGNING BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The official campaign period for Kyrgyzstan's early parliamentary elections opened November 26 with billboards, media ads, and public events. On November 25, the Central Election Commission (CEC) completed the registrations of 12 parties to appear on the ballot; 10 parties were [...] |
2007-11-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1419 |
OUSTED PRIME MINISTER COMMENTS ON KYRGYZ ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev told Charge November 30 that President Bakiyev, by using state resources to support the pro-presidential Ak Jol party in the parliamentary election campaign, was repeating the mistakes of former President Akayev in the 2005 elections. Atambay [...] |
2007-11-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK142 |
MORE KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE; [...] (SBU) A number of new cabinet-level appointments were made February 8, including the ministers of Foreign Affairs; Finance; and Industry, Energy and Fuel Resources. The February 8 appointments include: -- Ednan Karabayev, former Deputy Rector of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, was app [...] |
2007-02-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | TAGS |
| 07BISHKEK1421 |
KYRGYZ FM PUSHES FOR GREATER COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Central Asia Office Director Spratlen and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Karabayev November 20 in Bishkek. Spratlen stressed the importance of the upcoming parliamentary elections as an indicator of the direction of Kyrgyzstan's political reform, and she discussed [...] |
2007-12-03 07:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1424 |
KYRGYZ OFFICIALS CALL IN INTERNATIONAL REPS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Senior Kyrgyz administration officials called a meeting November 30 with some of the diplomatic and donor community to discuss the upcoming parliamentary elections. Attending the meeting were representatives from the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republi [...] |
2007-12-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1425 |
KYRGYZ PARTY LEADERS AND OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19-20 visit to Bishkek, Central Asia Officer Director Pamela Spratlen met with political party leaders, the head of the Central Election Commission, civil society activists, and other leading analysts. Discussion centered on the December 16 parliamentary electi [...] |
2007-12-04 04:09:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK143 |
IMF/WB "NOT OPTIMISTIC" AS KYRGYZ HIPC DECISION [...] (C) Summary: World Bank and IMF representatives in Kyrgyzstan have requested that Kyrgyz authorities recommit, in writing, to the December HIPC agreement by late February or risk the loss of all debt relief envisioned under HIPC. PM Isabekov's "step by step" parliamentary strategy on HIPC, de [...] |
2007-02-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK1441 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: BALLOT SCANDAL ERUPTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4, Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) decided to cancel Edil Baisalov's registration as a Social Democratic Party of Kyrgyzstan (SDPK) candidate in the December 16 parliamentary elections. Baisalov had posted a picture of a ballot on his personal blog, and [...] |
2007-12-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1442 |
AMBASSDOR'S RETURN TO POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-06 04:07:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK1460 |
KYRGYZ ANNOUNCE ARREST IN SAIPOV INVESTIGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 5, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) announced the arrest of the owner of the gun used in the October 24 murder of prominent journalist Alisher Saipov (Ref B). The MVD also released the photographs of two additional suspects in the shooting. The MVD is r [...] |
2007-12-08 04:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1461 |
ELECTION EVE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst the political wrangling preceding the December 16 Kyrgyz parliamentary elections, there have been significant economic and financial developments in the Kyrgyz Republic during the past year. Despite strong economic growth in 2007, increasing inflation and the falling v [...] |
2007-12-10 13:23:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1462 |
EMBASSY BISHKEK'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-11 08:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN KG |
| 07BISHKEK1478 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: CHARGES OF INTIMIDATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the vote scheduled for December 16, accusations of the misuse of administrative resources, intimidation of government opponents, and continued controversy over the 0.5% regional threshold dominate the last days of the campaign. Government employees have been pressured to jo [...] |
2007-12-12 13:50:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1485 |
DELIVERY OF NIE ON IRAN TO KYRGYZ OFFICIALS [...] (C) During a meeting with Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev on December 13, Ambassador delivered two non-papers regarding the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program (ref C). During discussions of key points, FM Karabayev stated that the ministry "publicly and privately [...] |
2007-12-13 12:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP PARM PREL IR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1486 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: OPPOSITION CONTINUES TO CRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahead of the December 16 parliamentary elections, senior government officials acknowledge the use of administrative resources to support the pro-presidential Ak Jol party, but attribute excesses against the opposition to over-zealous local officials. The controversial 0.5% regio [...] |
2007-12-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1504 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: IT'S NOT JUST THE VOTES CAST; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections won't be decided entirely by the votes cast on December 16. The heavy use of administrative resources virtually assures that President Bakiyev's Ak Jol party will take the vast majority of the seats, and a disproportionate regional threshold m [...] |
2007-12-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1505 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW AK JOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results showing that the pro-presidential Ak Jol party received enough votes to pass the nationwide and regional thresholds in the December 16 parliamentary elections. The opposition Ata Meken passed the nati [...] |
2007-12-18 02:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1508 |
DELIVERY OF PSI NON-PAPER TO KYRGYZ OFFICIALS [...] (U) On December 11, Ambassador delivered reftel non-paper to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ednan Karabayev. Karabayev thanked Ambassador for the information. YOVANOVITCH [...] |
2007-12-18 10:22:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL XX KG |
| 07BISHKEK1509 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT CANCELS REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz Supreme Court annulled the Central Election Commission's (CEC) interpretation of the 0.5% regional threshold December 18. The CEC had previously based the 0.5% threshold on the national voter list, meaning a party needed to gather 13,500 votes in each of the seven obl [...] |
2007-12-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1513 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...] |
2007-12-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1514 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...] |
2007-12-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1515 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...] |
2007-12-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1516 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: MISCOUNTING THE VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the relatively peaceful conduct of the Kyrgyz parliamentary vote on December 16, the Embassy's 14 teams of observers noted widespread irregularities and vote total manipulations. Observers in Osh and Jalalabad oblasts recorded numerous instances of unchallenged repeat [...] |
2007-12-20 11:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1518 |
KYRGYZ REPUBLIC: 2007 CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek,s child labor update for the Kyrgyz Republic for subsequent inclusion in the 2007 Trade and Development Act Report. Feedback below is tied to the specific questions outlined in reftel. Section A: Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child l [...] |
2007-12-21 05:37:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK1520 |
EMBASSY BISHKEK'S SERIES OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE 16 DAYS FREE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Working in conjunction with Post's Mentor Program for Women Leaders and Peace Corps, Embassy Bishkek organized a series of events around the country, including the cities of Bishkek, Osh and Naryn to commemorate the 16 days free of violence against women that run from November 25 [...] |
2007-12-21 07:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KG KWMN PHUM PREL |
| 07BISHKEK1521 |
MEETING OF THE BISHKEK EAC [...] (SBU) The Deputy Chief of Mission, Lee Litzenberger, chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 21, 2007, to evaluate the security posture for the Holiday Season. Present were the DCM, RSO, DAO, CON, MGT, POL/ECON, POL/RA, AID, CLO, MSG DET COM. 2. (SB [...] |
2007-12-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
| 07BISHKEK1525 |
KYRGYZ ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT OPENS WHILE [...] (C) Summary: With Central Election Commission election results showing opposition party Ata Meken not passing the 0.5% vote threshold in Osh city, the pro-presidential Ak Jol party collected 71 out of 90 seats in the new Kyrgyz parliament. The Social Democrats and Communists, which polled s [...] |
2007-12-21 12:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1534 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PARM PREL PTER KG |
| 07BISHKEK1535 |
GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-26 11:53:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PARM PREL PTER KG |
| 07BISHKEK1538 |
NEW KYRGYZ PM AND PARLIAMENT START WORK, WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Energy Minister and Bakiyev loyalist Igor Chudinov assumed the prime ministerial post December 24 and indicated a new cabinet would be in place by year's end. In parliament, ex-State Secretary Adakhan Madumarov was elected speaker, and the pro-presidential Ak Jol party obt [...] |
2007-12-26 12:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1539 |
ADDITIONAL KYRGYZ FM GREETING TO SECRETARY RICE [...] On December 20, the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry sent another diplomatic note to the Embassy with a separate English-language message of greetings from acting Foreign Minister Karabayev to Secretary Rice. Begin text of the message (as supplied in English by the MFA) and addressed to Secretary Ric [...] |
2007-12-27 05:40:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK154 |
BIO OF NEW KYRGYZ FM KARABAYEV [...] (SBU) Ednan Oskonovich Karabayev, Kyrgyzstan's new Foreign Minister, was appointed February 8 after spending thirteen years at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University as Vice Rector. No stranger to the MFA, FM Karabayev held the same position from 1992-1994, under former President Askar Akayev. [...] |
2007-02-09 12:02:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KG |
| 07BISHKEK1542 |
AMBASSADOR DEPARTED POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-28 03:19:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK1543 |
NEW KYRGYZ CABINET SIGNALS LITTLE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bakiyev signed a decree installing the new Cabinet under Prime Minister Chudinov December 27. The new Cabinet's structure and composition are consistent with previous PM Atambayev's Cabinet, with many holdovers and only a few new names. The positioning of experience [...] |
2007-12-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK1548 |
KYRGYZ FM WARY AS OPPOSITION EXHAUSTS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a December 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev acknowledged "problems" with the December 16 parliamentary elections, but reasoned that an Ak Jol-dominated parliament would inspire real debate with the government. To correct electoral code proble [...] |
2007-12-31 08:42:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK155 |
THE GLITTER OF KYRGYZ GOLD TAXES CANADIAN MINE [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian-run Kumtor gold mine in eastern Kyrgyzstan, which generates 4-6% of Kyrgyz GDP, is expected to double its 2006 production of 303,000 ounces by 2008. Despite the rosy projections, Kumtor Operating Company (KOC) President Andrew Lewis told Embassy that a less friendly [...] |
2007-02-09 12:14:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EINV KG |
| 07BISHKEK181 |
KYRGYZSTAN'S NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to nominate an outstanding Kyrgyz candidate for the IWOC Award. Ms. Bubusara Ryskulova is a well-known promoter of women's rights in the Kyrgyz Republic. She has tirelessly worked in the area of women issues for the last 10 years. First among her many accomplishments wo [...] |
2007-02-15 08:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO KG |
| 07BISHKEK183 |
CHARGE DEMARCHES KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT ON POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. On February 15, Charge demarched Minister of Interior and Deputy FM regarding information that Kyrgyz investigators into the December 6 shooting incident were under political pressure to charge the U.S. Airman with intentional homicide, notwithstanding the facts of the case. Bot [...] |
2007-02-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK184 |
FORMER PM KULOV THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Felix Kulov told an overflow crowd of press, diplomats, and supporters February 14 that he was joining the political opposition. Saying that he could not remain a "passive observer," Kulov vowed to "unite and lead" the forces that want "radical, positive cha [...] |
2007-02-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK194 |
KYRGYZ REJECT HIPC, SEEK ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary: Reversing its initial decision in December, the Kyrgyz government and President Bakiyev February 20 rejected participation in the HIPC debt relief initiative. President Bakiyev subsequently tasked the government with finding alternative ways to pay off Kyrgyzstan's $2 billion for [...] |
2007-02-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK196 |
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION'S NEW "UNITED FRONT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz opposition has formed a new alliance, calling for the removal of President Bakiyev and for "real" constitutional reform. Led by former Prime Minister Felix Kulov, the "United Front for Kyrgyzstan's Decent Future" has attracted many -- but not all -- opposition leaders. [...] |
2007-02-22 09:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK199 |
KYRGYZ SPEAKER VIEWS U.S. VISIT AS USEFUL, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met with Speaker of Parliament Marat Sultanov on February 14 to discuss the Speaker's recent visit to the United States (Ref A) and reported statements about renegotiating the Manas Airbase agreement; the status of the parliament's December resolution concerning the base; [...] |
2007-02-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK2 |
KYRGYZ PARLIAMENT ADOPTS NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, the Kyrgyz Parliament, under pressure from President Bakiyev, voted to adopt a new constitution. This new constitution reportedly would restore to the president powers lost in the November 2006 constitution, including control over law enforcement agencies and t [...] |
2007-01-03 12:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK200 |
AMBASSDOR'S RETURN TO POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK21 |
2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ [...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unf [...] |
2007-01-16 08:29:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG |
| 07BISHKEK210 |
KYRGYZ DOWNPLAY EXPECTED IMPACT OF NEW RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: With an estimated 500,000 Kyrgyz working in Russia, sending back an estimated half billion dollars a year in remittances, Russia's new restrictions on foreign labor and outdoor markets (Ref A) have prompted concern here about a possible sudden return of labor migrants and reductio [...] |
2007-02-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK216 |
ROADS, MINES AND IRANIANS SURFACE AT KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: Recently appointed Issyk Kul Governor Kydykbek Isayev presided over an investment conference which focused particular attention on mineral deposits in the eastern Sary Jazz region. The conference also touted development opportunities in tourism, agriculture and energy -- as well [...] |
2007-02-28 11:39:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ELTN IR KG |
| 07BISHKEK222 |
AMBASSADOR COMPLAINS TO KYRGYZ OMBUDSMAN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met February 28 with Kyrgyz Ombudsman for Human Rights Tursunbay Bakir uulu to protest the Ombudsman's "inspections" of U.S. Government-funded assistance implementers. Bakir uluu claimed it was "within his right" to investigate all foreign-funded organizations for pot [...] |
2007-03-05 02:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK227 |
NEW KYRGYZ FM KARABAYEV MORE POSITIVE ON U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev on February 26, Karabayev said he was looking forward to a productive relationship, and suggested establishing a regular schedule of meetings with the Ambassador. He said that his top priorities were [...] |
2007-03-05 11:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK228 |
KYRGYZ UNITED FRONT MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Felix Kulov said during a March 5 press conference that the opposition United Front that he founded following his ouster from office would campaign throughout the country to push for early presidential elections. Kulov argued that people had voted in 2005 f [...] |
2007-03-05 12:04:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK229 |
NEW KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting March 1, new Kyrgyz Prime Minister Azim Isabekov told the Ambassador that he looked forward to continued cooperation with the United States, particularly on economic development issues. Isabekov said that the government's priorities would be to push [...] |
2007-03-05 12:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK238 |
AMBASSADOR DEPARTED POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK239 |
KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES "PILLARS OF FOCUS" [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed new Foreign Minister Karabayev March 5 on the range of interagency U.S. assistance programs in Kyrgyzstan. Karabayev said he thought U.S. assistance was "in tune" with Kyrgyzstan's priorities, and he expressed interest in increased collaboration. Karabayev th [...] |
2007-03-07 08:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK24 |
BUS COLLISION AND MUFTI ALLEGATIONS TOP KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: A tragic bus accident, which claimed the lives of twenty-two Kyrgyz Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, clouded the conclusion of what many Kyrgyz had considered to be a successful year for the Hajj. Kyrgyz Muftiate and State Agency for Religious Affairs representatives consoled relat [...] |
2007-01-16 13:30:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK240 |
FM KARABAYEV URGES FASTER RESOLUTION OF BASE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a March 5 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Karabayev urged the U.S. to move forward to solve base issues, such as the December shooting incident and the September collision. Karabayev seemed interested in assisting the U.S. in countering the negative publicity and [...] |
2007-03-07 08:44:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD PHUM KG |
| 07BISHKEK255 |
AMBASSDOR'S RETURN TO POST [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KG |
| 07BISHKEK258 |
KYRGYZ MP BAIBOLOV URGES GREATER EFFORTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 28, the Ambassador met with opposition Member of Parliament Kubatbek Baibolov to discuss the current political situation, Kyrgyzstan's leadership, and the new constitution. Baibolov harshly criticized President Bakiyev and his administration, saying they lacked the wi [...] |
2007-03-13 10:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK259 |
KYRGYZ OFFICIALS URGE DELAY IN AIRMAN'S DEPARTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION. In a March 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Deputy National Security Adviser Oruzov warned of very strong negative reaction if the service member involved in the December 6 shooting incident departs Kyrgyzstan without coordination with the Kyrgyz g [...] |
2007-03-13 13:19:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK26 |
EMBASSY BISHKEK RESPONSE TO TOBACCO ACTIVITY [...] Post has searched available records dating back to January 2004 for any tobacco-related documentation described in reftel. Post located one item, described in paragraph 2. 2. On October 13, 2005, the Ambassador sent a letter to the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, reg [...] |
2007-01-18 04:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ATRD ECON KG |
| 07BISHKEK262 |
KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER URGENTLY REQUESTS DELAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev urgently requested that the U.S. delay the departure from Kyrgyzstan of the service member involved in the December 2006 shooting incident at the Manas Airbase. Karabayev presented a diplomatic note (un [...] |
2007-03-14 14:46:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK264 |
MEDIA REACTION: AIR BASE SHOOTING INCIDENT UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 06:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG |
| 07BISHKEK268 |
DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ MFA [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-15 12:06:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA KG |
| 07BISHKEK27 |
BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on January 11, 2007 to develop an earthquake preparedness plan. Present were the AMB, DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, USAID, CONS, DAO, MGT, MSG, PAS, and LEG. 2. (SBU) In response to recent earthquake activity l [...] |
2007-01-18 05:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL |
| 07BISHKEK270 |
CONCERN "THE GENERALS" COULD SPARK CONFLICT IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met March 12 with "Adilet" Legal Clinic director and "Za Reformi" member Cholpon Jakupova to discuss the United Front and Felix Kulov's campaign to oust President Bakiyev. Jakupova has not joined the United Front herself, but said she agreed with many of its grievances [...] |
2007-03-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK284 |
KYRGYZ ANALYSTS PREDICT POLITICAL STANDOFF TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, two leading Kyrgyz political analysts predicted that the current standoff between the government and Felix Kulov's United Front would be resolved ahead of street protests planned for April 11. Former Foreign Minister Murat Imanaliye [...] |
2007-03-19 13:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK291 |
LETTER FROM KYRGYZ FM TO SECRETARY [...] (U) Post received by diplomatic note a letter from Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev to the Secretary expressing thanks for recent correspondence (reftel). Post's unofficial translation follows. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: Her Excellency Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State of the [...] |
2007-03-20 09:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC KG |
| 07BISHKEK30 |
EMPOWERED KYRGYZ PRESIDENT NOMINATES KULOV AS PM; [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz President Bakiyev signed into law constitutional changes January 15 which restore many powers stripped from him in the November 9 Constitution. Specifically, the revised constitution restores presidential authority over judges and provincial governors. Opposition to the c [...] |
2007-01-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK316 |
GOING FOR THE KYRGYZ GOLD -- WILL USENOV TAKE THE [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Prime Minister Usenov has continued to consolidate control over Kyrgyz economic and business activity since the new cabinet was named in February. He led the (successful) campaign against the HIPC initiative, and he has advocated ousting the IMF and the World Bank a [...] |
2007-03-23 10:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK332 |
GKNB CHAIRMAN SUTALINOV CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) At the March 21 Novrooz celebration, GKNB Chairman Sutalinov approached Ambassador to register his concerns that the April demonstrations could turn violent and to enlist Ambassador's support to moderate the actions of the opposition. He also expressed hope that the U.S.-Kyrgyz bilatera [...] |
2007-03-26 09:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK334 |
BAKIYEV CHALLENGES OPPOSITION TO WORK WITH HIM ON [...] (SBU) On March 24, the Kyrgyz Government convoked the leadership of the country to celebrate the second anniversary of the 2005 "revolution." In contrast to last year's public event on Ala Too Square that included a military display and helicopter flyovers, this year's ceremony was by invitat [...] |
2007-03-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK335 |
NOVROOZ: AN EXCUSE TO DRINK AND CELEBRATE SOVIET [...] (C) The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry and resident embassies that celebrate Novrooz invited the diplomatic community to a lengthy lunch and cultural program to celebrate spring on March 21. The words that followed were no doubt heavily influenced by the vodka, which flowed freely, but were no les [...] |
2007-03-26 10:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK338 |
KYRGYZ RECEIVE CASH COURIER INQUIRY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-03-28 03:30:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KG |
| 07BISHKEK340 |
MFA LAYS NEXT STEPS ON SHOOTING INCIDENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27, Ambassador delivered ref A diplomatic note denying Kyrgyz request to extradite Airman Hatfield in connection with the December 6 shooting incident at Manas Air Base. First Deputy Foreign Minister Kydyrev was expecting this response and laid out his views on next st [...] |
2007-03-28 07:49:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK343 |
BAKIYEV FIRES USENOV, TAKES OTHER STEPS TOWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a dramatic move March 28, President Bakiyev fired powerful and controversial First Deputy Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov, four other cabinet members, and two agency heads. The firings follow a series of moves by Bakiyev to reach out to the broader opposition, as Felix Kulov's [...] |
2007-03-28 10:10:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK347 |
KYRGYZ PM ISABEKOV RESIGNS; ATAMBAYEV ASKED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28, President Bakiyev reversed Prime Minister Isabekov's decision earlier that day to fire five cabinet ministers. On March 29, Isabekov resigned, and Bakiyev named opposition figure Almaz Atambayev as Acting Prime Minister, with the instruction to form a "coalition cab [...] |
2007-03-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK350 |
PROFILE OF NEW KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER ALMAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: A northern native with a background in business, new Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev is a former parliamentarian who has previously harbored presidential ambitions. His People's Congress of Kyrgyzstan was an active player in the March 2005 revolution. Atambayev worked a [...] |
2007-03-30 13:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK351 |
NEW KYRGYZ PM CONFIRMED; WILL NAME CABINET MONDAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament overwhelmingly confirmed opposition leader Almaz Atambayev as prime minister March 30. Atambayev offered to serve as a "bridge" between the opposition and government, and he said he would propose the new cabinet by April 2. Several opposition leaders have already sai [...] |
2007-03-30 13:59:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK354 |
NOTICE OF IRAN'S DIO DESIGNATION UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-03 03:07:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR KG |
| 07BISHKEK362 |
MOST KYRGYZ CABINET APPOINTMENTS MADE; OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his March 30 confirmation, Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev announced that he would consult with all political forces -- including the opposition -- to select a new "coalition" cabinet. He then quickly reappointed the foreign minister and the power ministers. He also ann [...] |
2007-04-03 12:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK363 |
KYRGYZ PROPOSE DISCUSSIONS ON AIR BASE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Karabayev informed the Ambassador April 3 that the Kyrgyz government proposes to hold discussions with the U.S. to resolve outstanding issues connected to the operation of the Manas Air Base, including environmental concerns and questions about leased land. Karab [...] |
2007-04-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK364 |
INFORMATION REGARDING ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC KG |
| 07BISHKEK365 |
KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION RELAY VIEWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with the Ambassador April 3, the prime minister's chief of staff Medet Sadyrkulov and opposition MP Kubatbek Baibolov gave differing assessments of the impact of the appointment of Almaz Atambayev as prime minister. Sadyrkulov said that Atambayev would be ab [...] |
2007-04-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK37 |
NEW LAW BANS FOREIGN TRADERS IN KYRGYZ MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: A new Kyrgyz labor law bans foreign nationals from selling goods in the open-air markets. Coming on the heels of a similar restriction in Russia, the measure is scheduled to take effect on April 1. The State Committee on Migration and Employment claims the measure is an attemp [...] |
2007-01-22 02:38:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KG |
| 07BISHKEK373 |
BAKIYEV-DOLE: POSITIVE MEETING ON RELATIONSHIIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 4, Senator Robert Dole held a positive meeting with President Bakiyev and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Bakiyev said that he understands the importance of the Manas Air Base, but the outstanding questions, such as compensation, the September collision, the December 6 sh [...] |
2007-04-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK374 |
KULOV EXPECTS TO PREVAIL; "PROMISES" NON-VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 4, Ambassador met with United Front leader and former Kyrgyz Prime Minister Feliks Kulov. Kulov said that his goal is to build a system in which no one individual has unlimited power, as is currently the case. For this, constitutional reform is necessary, and it needs t [...] |
2007-04-05 11:42:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK375 |
KYRGYZSTAN: LEGALIZING POLYGAMY: A REAL THREAT? [...] (C) Summary: While the issue of polygamy in Kyrgyzstan has been raised before, t(e topic is now being actively debated in Kyrg9z society as a result of Parliament's recent consideration and rejection of a bill to decriminalize the practice. The wide-spread debate of this issue shows how the KY [...] |
2007-04-05 13:08:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK376 |
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION: PRESIDENT MUST TALK TO US [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings April 5, opposition MPs Omurbek Tekebayev and Omurbek Babanov stressed that President Bakiyev's direct involvement in public negotiations was necessary to resolve the current political standoff. Tekebayev believed that a compromise could be reached only after [...] |
2007-04-06 01:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | TAGS |
| 07BISHKEK377 |
KYRGYZSTAN PREPARING FOR SCO SUMMIT IN AUGUST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12, below. 2. (C) Summary. Kyrgyzstan is preparing to host the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Bishkek in August. President Bakiyev has said that the summit is Kyrgyzstan's top foreign policy priority, an [...] |
2007-04-06 07:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK383 |
BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 9, 2007 to discuss action plans for the anti-government demonstrations scheduled to start in out-lying regions of Kyrgyzstan on April 9 and in Bishkek April 11. Present were: INL, RSO, LEG, POL/ECON, PO [...] |
2007-04-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK384 |
KYRGYZ PM ATAMBAYEV ON INTERNAL POLITICAL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 6, the Ambassador met with newly appointed Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev, who said that the opposition had boxed itself into a corner by demanding the President's resignation, and it was difficult to see a face-saving way forward. Atambayev sharply criticized both fo [...] |
2007-04-09 12:16:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK385 |
GKNB REPORTS CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR KULOV [...] (C) On April 6, Ambassador met with GKNB Chairman Murat Sutalinov, who said that the Russians are supporting Kulov in exchange for Kulov selling out Manas Air Force Base when he comes to power. He also provided detail on Kulov's alleged ties to organized crime. The Kyrgyz are clearly worri [...] |
2007-04-09 12:22:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK386 |
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATIONS BEGIN; POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Felix Kulov's United Front continues to move forward with plans for an open-ended anti-government demonstration in Bishkek starting on April 11. In several northern regions of the country, smaller demonstrations were staged on April 9, and in Bishkek, over 100 United Front suppo [...] |
2007-04-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK389 |
KYRGYZSTAN ON THE EVE OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the fourth time in a year, Bishkek is bracing for a mass opposition rally on the central Ala-Too Square. Felix Kulov's United Front, with the support of the For Reforms movement, plans to begin the demonstration on the afternoon of April 11 and continue until President Bakiye [...] |
2007-04-10 12:50:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK390 |
KYRGYZ DEPUTY FM ON IRAN, SCO SUMMIT, INTERNAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR IR AF KG |
| 07BISHKEK391 |
KUMTOR RAISES THE STAKES IN KYRGYZ GOLD DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Kumtor Operating Company (KOC), the Canadian operator of the Kumtor gold mine, is holding open the possibility of fresh negotiations with the Atambayev-led government, following the government's rejection of a deal KOC negotiated with former First Deputy Prime Minister Usenov th [...] |
2007-04-10 13:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN EINV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK396 |
KYRGYZ DEMONSTRATIONS: TWO COMPETING VIEWS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting separately with the Ambassador April 11, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Parliament provided widely varying analyses of the opposition-led demonstrations beginning today in Bishkek. Speaker Sultanov told the Ambassador he thought the protests would be peaceful, and ther [...] |
2007-04-11 12:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK397 |
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION BEGINS MASS DEMONSTRATION [...] (SBU) The opposition United Front began its mass protest on Bishkek's central Ala-Too Square. Throughout the day, United Front and other party workers erected over 30 yurts and dozens of tents on the square. As of 17:00 local, the crowd had grown to approximately 4-5,000 demonstrators. Much [...] |
2007-04-11 12:43:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KG |
| 07BISHKEK405 |
KYRGYZ DEMONSTRATION CONTINUES; PARLIAMENT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a quiet night at Bishkek's central Ala-Too Square, the opposition United Front and For Reforms movements continued their "non-stop" protest on April 12, with the rally program beginning somewhat after the advertised start time of 16:00 local. Speaker of Parliament Su [...] |
2007-04-12 11:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KG |
| 07BISHKEK413 |
SCENESETTER FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S VISIT TO BISHKEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at an unsettled time in Kyrgyzstan. To this point (mid-day April 13), the "non-stop" anti-Bakiyev protest called by former Prime Minister Kulov has failed to gain momentum. The demonstration is not over, however, and there is still a risk that a misstep or a pr [...] |
2007-04-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK419 |
SPANISH FM MORATINOS OFFERS OSCE AS MEDIATOR IN [...] (C) OSCE Chairman in Office and Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos paid a four-hour visit to Kyrgyzstan on April 13, meeting separately with President Bakiyev and former Prime Minister and opposition United Front Leader Kulov. According to OSCE Ambassador Mueller, Moratinos told both men tha [...] |
2007-04-16 12:31:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK423 |
SENIOR KYRGYZ INTEREST IN ORIENTATION TRIP TO [...] (U) This is an action requesQ see para. 9 below. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Kyrgyz First Deputy Minister of Defense Oruzbaev informed DATT April 13 that the Kyrgyz government had authorized cabinet level officials to visit Afghanistan, as had been discussed during prior visits of senior U.S. milita [...] |
2007-04-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KG |
| 07BISHKEK426 |
KYRGYZ PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF: RELATIONS WILL [...] (C) Summary. SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum discussed the current political situation, prospects for Kyrgyzstan's Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Country Program, and the state of bilateral relations on April 17 with newly-appointed Presidential Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov. Sad [...] |
2007-04-18 03:35:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK427 |
DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum arrived April 15 to an unsettled political situation in Kyrgyzstan. United Front leader Felix Kulov has vowed publicly to press on with street demonstrations until President Bakiyev resigns, even though the demonstrations have failed to gain momentum. In [...] |
2007-04-18 03:40:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK434 |
ONE WEEK ON, KYRGYZ DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the end of the seventh day of anti-presidential demonstrations, opposition leaders struggle to gather momentum and the necessary turnout of demonstrators to succeed in their goals to remove President Bakiyev and achieve constitutional reforms. An increase in frustration and [...] |
2007-04-19 00:58:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KG |
| 07BISHKEK435 |
DOWNBEAT INSIDER DOUBTS EASY RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met April 17 with MP Omurbek Babanov, who was skeptical about President Bakiyev's ability to settle the current political standoff and predicted that north-south divisions could be exacerbated as a result. Babanov was more confident in PM Almaz Atambayev's [...] |
2007-04-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK436 |
BAISALOV WEIGHING OFFER TO JOIN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Late on April 18, opposition member Edil Baisalov told SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum that Presidential Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov had asked him to join the Bakiyev administration as his deputy. According to Baisalov, Sadyrkulov told him that he would be the only deputy chief of staff, he w [...] |
2007-04-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK437 |
DOWNBEAT INSIDER DOUBTS EASY RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met April 17 with MP Omurbek Babanov, who was skeptical about President Bakiyev's ability to settle the current political standoff and predicted that north-south divisions could be exacerbated as a result. Babanov was more confident in PM Almaz Atambayev's [...] |
2007-04-19 10:03:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK449 |
KULOV: SOME FLEXIBILITY, BUT NO CLEAR PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met April 17 with former Prime Minister and leader of the United Front Felix Kulov. Kulov claimed that the main goal of the "non-stop" demonstration was constitutional reform, and because President Bakiyev was stalling on reforms, the demonstrators demand [...] |
2007-04-20 04:51:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK450 |
DINNER WITH COMMENTATORS, ACTIVISTS MIRRORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a raucous dinner meeting April 18 with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum, emotions were high as local commentators and activists expressed varying viewpoints on the current political situation in Kyrgyzstan. While some advocated immediate regime change, others strongly believed ref [...] |
2007-04-20 06:25:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KG |
| 07BISHKEK452 |
BISHKEK EAC MEETING REGARDING ON-GOING [...] (U) Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Bishkek Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 20, 2007 to review demonstration-related events of the past few days and make security plans for the coming weekend. Present were: AMB, DCM, RSO, Pol/RA, RSL, DAO, Pol/Econ, PAO, MED, MGT, Peace Corps [...] |
2007-04-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK454 |
KYRGYZ OPPOSITION-LED DEMONSTRATION ENDS WITH A [...] (SBU) Late in the evening on April 19, the anti-government demonstration in Bishkek came to a halt when Ministry of Interior (MVD) forces cleared the area around the Kyrgyz White House and Ala-Too square. The action followed an apparent attempt by a small group of protesters to storm the Whit [...] |
2007-04-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK46 |
PRIME MINISTERIAL BATTLE: A VIEW FROM THE KYRGYZ [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting Central Asia Desk Director Pamela Spratlen met with Deputy Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov on January 23. Sadyrkulov said that he expected that on January 25 the Parliament would hold a secret vote on whether to accept the recommendation of the Parliamentary Commit [...] |
2007-01-24 01:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KG |
| 07BISHKEK468 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Post EXBS and SAO staff have completed thorough inspections of all night vision goggles (NVGs) transferred by the USG to the Kyrgyz Government, including those transferred under the licenses listed in Ref B. Post conducted inspections at the Ministries of Defense (MOD) and Interior (MVD [...] |
2007-04-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PREL ETTC KOMC KG |
| 07BISHKEK47 |
ANNUAL REVIEW OF STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY-ANNUAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, on January 22, 2007 the DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to review the Memorandum of Agreement Between COMS and COCOMS on Security of DOD Elements and Personnel in Foreign Areas and Additional Annex A Review. Present were: DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, C [...] |
2007-01-24 06:00:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASIG CASC KG PGOV PINR PREL AODE AMGT ASEC |
| 07BISHKEK479 |
SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH KYYRGYZ ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. In an April 19 meeting with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum, recently-nominated Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Islan Ryskulov said he sought improved dialogue and cooperation with the United States. He asked for assistance moving forward on U.S. funding for the Kyrgyz Threshold C [...] |
2007-04-24 11:34:00 | Embassy Bishkek | ||