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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06CAIRO7200 |
EGYPT: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2006 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course [...] |
2006-12-20 13:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EG |
| 06CAIRO7206 |
EGYPT PROPOSES STRENGTHENED TIES BETWEEN UN [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Massoum Marzouk, convoked the Charge on December 19 to describe Egypt's proposal to strengthen institutional linkages between the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The [...] |
2006-12-21 07:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNGA ECON EFIN EG |
| 06CAIRO7208 |
EGYPTIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WARMING IN PUBLIC ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Visits by Iranian FM Motakki to Cairo and other high-level meetings between Egyptian and Iranian officials in 2006 have created public perceptions of a thaw in the historically chilly relationship, but GOE contacts stress privately that they remain deeply suspicious about Tehran' [...] |
2006-12-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR EG |
| 06CAIRO721 |
EGYPTIAN STUDENTS FRET OVER MB INFLUENCE, FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent encounter, secular Egyptian university students expressed worry over the growing influence of Islamists on and off campus and blamed GOE-imposed restrictions on student life for fueling support for the MB. The students discussed their on-campus efforts to counter w [...] |
2006-02-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL ELAB KDEM EG |
| 06CAIRO7211 |
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: COMING SOON, BUT [...] (C) Summary: President Mubarak is expected to submit his long-awaited constitutional amendments package to the Egyptian legislature on December 25. While precise details of the substance of the proposed changes are still scarce, likely amendments can be roughly divided into four broad catego [...] |
2006-12-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 06CAIRO7218 |
EGYPT SNAPSHOT: VIOLENCE SURROUNDS CLOSURE OF FISH [...] (SBU) Summary: Citing public health concerns, GOE officials recently ordered police in the northern Delta to remove thousands of fish-rearing cages from the Nile, prompting clashes that led to the deaths of three fishermen and the injury of thirty more. While scientists, environmentalists, [...] |
2006-12-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON EFIS SOCI TBIO PHUM PGOV ELAB EG |
| 06CAIRO7219 |
EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS CONTINUE TO RISE, LABOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TWO YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE QUALIFIED INDUSTRIAL ZONE (QIZ) AGREEMENT BY EGYPT, ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, EGYPTIAN QIZ EXPORTS ARE CONTINUING TO RISE SHARPLY. FACTORY OWNERS ARE SCRAMBLING TO FIND ENOUGH WORKERS TO STAFF THEIR NEW PRODUCTION LINES, EVEN AS THEY MOVE [...] |
2006-12-21 14:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ELAB EG |
| 06CAIRO7232 |
EGYPT COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737; [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Office Director Hossam Aly, seeking Egyptian reactions to the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 and its likely impact on Iran's nuclear activities. Aly believed the final resolution language was caref [...] |
2006-12-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC EG IR |
| 06CAIRO7249 |
EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES [...] (SBU) Officials from the Central Public Health Lab at the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and NAMRU-3 confirmed on December 24 two new cases of H5N1 and a probable third in a family in the northern governorate of Gharbia, the most recent human cases since October (reftel). All three [...] |
2006-12-28 09:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
| 06CAIRO7250 |
SUEZ CANAL ENJOYS RECORD YEAR, PLANS AHEAD [...] (SBU) Egypt's Suez Canal revenues will reach record levels for 2006, and sustained high energy prices and ever-increasing Chinese container traffic to the U.S. and Europe bode well for the strategic waterway's near future. Completion of an ongoing dredging program in 2007 will facilitate great [...] |
2006-12-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD EPET EG |
| 06CAIRO7251 |
MUBARAK SUBMITS CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM PACKAGE TO [...] (C) On December 26, in accordance with procedural requirements for amending the Egyptian constitution, President Hosni Mubarak submitted to the People's Assembly and the Shoura Council a letter proposing the amendment of 34 constitutional articles. As anticipated reftel, the proposed changes [...] |
2006-12-28 11:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 06CAIRO7256 |
EGYPT LABOR STRIKES FORCE GOE CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU) Seeming to catch the GOE off-guard, a major strike crippled one of Egypt's largest textile companies this month, successfully extracted financial concessions from the company and GOE, and encouraged spillover strikes. While the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) was happy to jump on the workers' b [...] |
2006-12-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV EG |
| 06CAIRO7260 |
SOMALIA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WORKING TO [...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Marsoum Marzouk, detailed Egyptian concerns and responses to the current fighting between Ethiopian forces and the Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). Responding to ref A demarche, Marzouk noted that Egypt was an unlikely transit [...] |
2006-12-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EG SO |
| 06CAIRO73 |
American Business Leadership Trainers Reach [...] SUMMARY: American business leadership trainers Kay Westerfield and Kathy Holland captivated audiences of Egyptian women entrepreneurs and other business people in workshops Dec. 8-15. The programs reached everyone from veteran businesswomen in Cairo and Alexandria to aspiring Minya entrepre [...] |
2006-01-04 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP EG |
| 06CAIRO75 |
EGYPTIAN, EUROPEAN SOURCES CONFIRM RAFAH BORDER [...] (C) In separate conversations January 4, MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib and European Union Deputy Director Oliver Nette confirmed that the Egyptian-Gaza border terminals at Rafah remain open, despite press reports that Gaza militants closed the PA-controlled terminal. Lab [...] |
2006-01-04 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS |
| 06CAIRO765 |
HAMAS DELEGATION ENDS CAIRO TALKS, CONTINUES [...] (SBU) A delegation of senior Hamas political figures wrapped up several days of talks in Cairo February 8, including a full day of internal deliberations February 6 among internal and external leaders of the Islamic organization. Press reports assert that part of the team departed for Gaza w [...] |
2006-02-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN |
| 06CAIRO776 |
GOE ANNOUNCES ICT INITIATIVES, TIMELINE FOR MOBILE [...] (U) At the tenth annual Cairo Information and Communications Technology (ICT) trade fair on February 5, Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr. Tarek Kamel made several announcements of note: - The GOE would issue the long-awaited Request For Proposals (RFP) to license [...] |
2006-02-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT |
| 06CAIRO783 |
SUDAN REFUGEES: ALL UNHCR `PERSONS OF CONCERN' [...] (SBU) Emboffs met separately February 9 with MFA and UNHCR to discuss the status of Sudanese asylum seekers in Cairo. All UNHCR `persons of concern' have been released, leaving the fate of the remaining 156 detainees in question. MFA contacts rule out deportations in the short term, and belie [...] |
2006-02-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
| 06CAIRO798 |
FERRY DISASTER: RIPPLES HITTING CAIRO [...] (C) The emerging picture of negligence on the part of the "Al Salam 98" crew and ownership, coupled with a GOE response perceived as ineffective, has caused tempers to flare among victims' families. Opposition politicians and press are casting the tragedy as an indicator of GOE corruption and [...] |
2006-02-09 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG |
| 06CAIRO799 |
DEFEATING VENEZUELA, SUPPORTING GUATEMALA FOR UN [...] (C) Post intends to raise the issue of Guatemala's UN Security Council candidacy when the Ambassador meets next with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, following the latter's return to Egypt from regional travel. Post will also engage with the Guatemalan Ambassador in Cairo to coordinate diplomat [...] |
2006-02-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG GT VE UN UNSC |
| 06CAIRO800 |
DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY: GOE WORKING TO DEFUSE [...] (C) According to our European colleagues, GOE officials, and our own analysis, the GOE and Egyptian public remain deeply angered over the cartoon controversy and believe additional steps can be taken by the Danes to defuse the current tensions. The issue of physical security for the Danish an [...] |
2006-02-09 18:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC EG DA |
| 06CAIRO82 |
EGYPT CHANGES COURSE ON DEPORTING SUDANESE ASYLUM [...] (C) Following a series of high-level Embassy demarches, the GOE informed post late January 4 that Egypt will permit the UNHCR access to the 631 Sudanese detainees it plans to deport. Egypt will delay the deportations until January 8 to allow UNHCR staff to interview the detainees. UNHCR Cair [...] |
2006-01-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG SU PREF |
| 06CAIRO83 |
PALESTINIANS BREAK THROUGH BORDER WITH EGYPT: TWO [...] (C) Summary: GOE contacts from the Foreign Ministry and Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) confirmed that on the evening of January 4, a group of Palestinians allegedly from the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade broke through the security wall between Egypt and Gaza allowing nearly 1,000 Pales [...] |
2006-01-05 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EG |
| 06CAIRO835 |
BANKING SECTOR UPDATE: U.S. INVESTMENT FIRM [...] (U) Ripplewood Holdings, a New York based investment company, recently led a group of investment firms in the purchase of all of the public shares in Commercial International Bank (CIB), the largest joint venture (JV) bank in Egypt. The Ripplewood-led consortium purchased 18.7% of CIB, which [...] |
2006-02-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID EG |
| 06CAIRO855 |
SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit for nonproliferation discussions. Nonproliferation has been a key agenda item in the U.S.- Egyptian bilateral relationship in recent months, and expanding our dialogue will facilitate greater cooperation. Because Egypt takes seriously its role a [...] |
2006-02-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR EG KPAL KNNP IAEA |
| 06CAIRO861 |
EGYPT: SENIOR JUDGE PREDICTS OUTCOME OF AYMAN NOUR [...] (C) During a meeting with several senior judicial officials on February 12, Judge Ahmed Khalifa (strictly protect), President of Egypt's Supreme Court of Appeals, pulled poloff aside to provide an apparently well-informed prediction about the legal case of imprisoned opposition leader Ayman No [...] |
2006-02-13 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 06CAIRO862 |
EGYPT: GOE SET TO POSTPONE LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: At the direction of President Mubarak, parliament is expected to pass shortly legislation that will postpone by two years local council elections which had been due in April. Senior GOE contacts put the move in the context of broader reforms that will overhaul and modernize Egyp [...] |
2006-02-13 13:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 06CAIRO87 |
EGYPT QUESTIONS RE-HATTING AFRICAN UNION MISSION [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche January 5 to MFA Sudan Affairs Office Director Marsam Marzouk, seeking GOE support within the African Union (AU) to "re-hat" the AU's Darfur mission. Marzouk said that there was little support within Africa for such a move, as it signified AU "failure" in it [...] |
2006-01-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SU UNSC |
| 06CAIRO873 |
EGYPT FREES REMAINING SUDANESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-13 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU |
| 06CAIRO90 |
EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES GENERIC COPY OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Representatives of Eli Lilly met with trade officer January 4 to provide information on a recently approved and marketed Egyptian generic copy of one of its innovator drugs. According to Lilly, sometime in December 2005, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) gave approval to Ape [...] |
2006-01-05 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EG USTR |
| 06CAIRO941 |
FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S VISIT TO EGYPTREF: CAIRO 493 [...] (C) During his February 8-9 visit to Egypt FBI Director Robert Mueller held a series of cordial and productive meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Soliman, Interior Minister Adly, and State Security Director Abdel Rahman. The strength of the bilateral security relationship, and mean [...] |
2006-02-15 07:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL EG |
| 06CAIRO968 |
ISRAELI DEFMIN VISITS CAIRO: MUBARAK DELIVERS [...] (C) According to Egyptian Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad, the visit to Egypt by Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz went extremely well. Awad told the DCM shortly after the conclusion of the February 14 visit that Mofaz's meeting with President Mubarak had been "very fruitful." The messa [...] |
2006-02-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MEPN |
| 06CAIRO970 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON RE-HATTING AMIS [...] (C) During a February 13 meeting with MFA UN Affairs Office Director Hani Saleem, poloff discussed GOE views on re-hatting the African Union's Darfur Mission (AMIS-II) to a UN operation (reftel). Saleem noted that Egypt had concerns regarding the impact that such a transition might have on th [...] |
2006-02-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO EG SU UNSC |
| 06CAIRO971 |
IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WELCOME FINAL [...] (U) Following the public release February 17 of final election results by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), both the Government of Egypt and Arab League publicly welcomed the conclusion of Iraq's electoral process and called for the rapid formation of a government of nation [...] |
2006-02-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAO OPRC EG IZ |
| 06CAIRO972 |
AYMAN NOUR SEEMS HEALTHY, RELAXED IN PRISON [...] (SBU) During a regularly scheduled consular visit to several American Citizens incarcerated at the Torah Prison complex, just south of Cairo, conoff had a "chance" encounter with detained political opposition leader Ayman Nour. Shortly after conoff was admitted to the prison warden's office an [...] |
2006-02-15 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM EG |
| 06CAIRO981 |
AI CONCERNS IN EGYPT IMPACT MARKET CONDITIONS [...] Avian Influenza The poultry industry in Egypt is in severe crisis. Consumer fears, fueled by reports of the presence of avian influenza (AI) in neighboring countries, have caused a precipitous drop in consumption of poultry meat and eggs. The Egyptian Parliament has taken the unprecedented [...] |
2006-02-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR BEXP ETRD EG USTR |
| 06EFTOCAIRO6192 |
EMBASSY CAIRO RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS AND THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo comments on the the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria Parallel Review Process follow. Responses are keyed to format in reftel. 2. Country: Egypt Region: Middle East Title: Support for the National Plan for the Control of TB Plus A. Proposing Gro [...] |
2006-10-03 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV EAID SOCI TBIO EG |
| 07CAIRO1029 |
EMBASSY CAIRO ASSESSMENT OF CHILD PROSTITUTION AND [...] (C) Embassy Cairo has met with key Egyptian civil society advocates for women's and children's issues, and has reviewed the available literature on trafficking. We have seen no evidence that confirms that child prostitution and forced or temporary marriages are occurring on any significant, [...] |
2007-04-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRIM KWMN EG |
| 07CAIRO1047 |
EGYPT: EVALUATION OF OUTBREAK COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES IN [...] (U) In response to reftel, the Government of Egypt finalized an Avian Influenza (AI) Communication Strategy in May 2006, focusing on the prevention phase, in strict accordance with WHO guidelines for outbreak communication. The GOE prepared this plan in cooperation with Egypt's AI communica [...] |
2007-04-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU KPAO SENV EG |
| 07CAIRO1049 |
ALLEGATIONS OF POW KILLINGS DURING 1967 WAR [...] (C) The controversy sparked by an Israeli documentary film alleging that 250 Egyptian POWs were killed by the IDF at the end of the 1967 war has dropped from the front pages, but remains close to the surface and will likely continue as a source of irritation in the bilateral relationship with [...] |
2007-04-12 16:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PHUM EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1097 |
EGYPT MOVES AHEAD ON CHILD PROTECTION, SUPPORTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE's National Council for Childhood and Motherhood is drafting legislation for new child protection measures which include tough new anti-trafficking articles. USAID is poised to provide major technical and programmatic support to the Council and its partners as Egypt t [...] |
2007-04-16 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN KCRM EG |
| 07CAIRO110 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CSC PATRICIA [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of HHS/SCS Medical Officer, Patricia Simone, to Cairo, Egypt January 23-26 to discuss and finalize plans for 2007 activities and to be introduced to the strategic partners at the Ministry of Health, NAMRU-3 and the WHO regional of [...] |
2007-01-16 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA US EG CDC |
| 07CAIRO111 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CSC MELINDA FROST [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of HHS/CDC Acting Associate Director, Melinda Frost, to Cairo, Egypt February 11-16 to attend the WHO Global Communications Conference. 2. Post understands that no assistance is required for this visit. 3. Science & Tech [...] |
2007-01-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA US EG CDC |
| 07CAIRO112 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HHS/CDC BASSAM JARRAR [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of HHS/CDC Public Health Advisor, Bassam Jarrar, to Cairo, Egypt January 30-February 3 to discuss and finalize plans for 2007 activities and to meet with various GOE and USG officials. 2. Post understands that no assistance i [...] |
2007-01-16 13:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA US EG CDC |
| 07CAIRO1125 |
EGYPTIANS REVIEWING DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Poloff and Treasury Attach made reftel demarche to Amal Mourad, Foreign Ministry Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, on April 16. Mourad was well-briefed on the issue of Iraqi debt and knew Finance Minister Boutros-Ghali had discussed the issue with Iraqi authorities and Treasury [...] |
2007-04-17 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID EG IZ |
| 07CAIRO1127 |
REPORT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP IN EGYPT, MARCH 19-21, 2007 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-04-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR |
| 07CAIRO1128 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD TO CONTEST SHURA ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has announced it will run "no more than twenty candidates" in the June Shura Council elections, and, despite a recent constitutional change banning "any political activity or political parties" based on religion, the group still plans to campaign using i [...] |
2007-04-17 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO1170 |
SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT WILL CONSIDER AN ARRAY OF SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL LEGISLATION DURING ITS CURRENT SESSION (WHICH ENDS APRIL 24 FOR THE SHURA COUNCIL, AND JULY 15 FOR THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY), AS WELL AS IN THE SUBSEQUENT SESSION (BEGINNING NOVEMBER 15). SEVERAL OF THE LAWS ARE THE L [...] |
2007-04-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PTER EG |
| 07CAIRO1176 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS STATEMENT ON ARAB [...] (U) Foreign ministers of the Arab League's committee assigned to follow up on the League's Arab Peace Initiative (API) -- or Beirut 2002 Initiative -- met in Cairo on April 18 to determine the manner in which the League will seek to market the API with Israel and the international community. [...] |
2007-04-22 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MEPN KPAL ARABL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1188 |
AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Satterfield discussed security and political developments in Iraq, as well as preparations for the International Compact on Iraq and expanded Neighbors conferences in separate April 19 meetings with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre [...] |
2007-04-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IZ IR EG |
| 07CAIRO1189 |
EGYPT COUNSELS DIALOGUE ON DARFUR, NOT SANCTIONS; [...] (C) Summary: During an April 22 meeting to deliver ref demarches, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Maasoum Marzouk said Egypt would commit "large numbers" of troops for the UN Darfur peacekeeping operation (DPKO) once an effective political solution is reached between the government [...] |
2007-04-23 10:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1204 |
EGYPT PLEASED WITH MALIKI VISIT, MUBARAK EXPRESSES [...] (C) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is in Egypt April 22-24 to meet the Egyptian leadership and to begin the process of normalizing strained relations, overcoming mutual suspicions, discussing commercial opportunities, and preparing for upcoming international meetings on Iraq. Maliki has [...] |
2007-04-23 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON EFIN EG IZ |
| 07CAIRO1207 |
NAZIF READOUT ON BASHIR AND DARFUR: COOL AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif on April 23 told the Ambassador that his recent meeting with Sudanese President Bashir and Vice President Ali Osman Taha in Khartoum had been "cool." Bashir was "unreceptive" and "not interested in cooperating" on the issues Nazif raised, including Darfur. Nazif said [...] |
2007-04-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1242 |
EGYPT TELLS HAMAS TO HALT GAZA ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (C) Egypt has warned Hamas to halt rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel, according to wire service and other reports. These reports are consistent with information provided to Embassy Cairo by senior GOE security officials. Note: The Jerusalem Post and the independent Cairo daily Al-Mas [...] |
2007-04-26 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MEPN MOPS KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1249 |
EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION THWARTS PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) An Egyptian official responsible for border security issues told poloff on April 27 that Egyptian security forces confronted two suspected Palestinian terrorists in a "heavily tunneled" area along the Egyptian-Gaza border at dawn on April 26 after Israeli liaison alerted them to a poten [...] |
2007-04-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MEPN KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1252 |
EGYPT OFFERS TROOPS FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, Egypt publicly offered a significant contribution for the AU/UN Darfur heavy support package (HSP), contingent upon Sudanese government approval. MOD contacts confirmed that the GOE has offered between 1200 and 1900 troops. Egypt has asked the UN to provide further [...] |
2007-04-29 10:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS UNSC KPKO EG SU PHUM |
| 07CAIRO1258 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO SHARM EL [...] (C) PM Maliki,s April 22-24 visit to Cairo marked an important warming in Egyptian-Iraqi relations, despite deep and lingering mutual suspicions. Mubarak, PM Nazif, and other officials warmly received Maliki, reassured him of Egypt's support, and set a positive tone for the May 3-4 discussion [...] |
2007-04-29 16:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON IZ EG |
| 07CAIRO1276 |
RESPONDING TO EGYPT'S CRACKDOWN ON THE MUSLIM [...] (C) The GOE has ratcheted up its campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) by arresting two MB parliamentarians on April 29. At least 300 members of the banned Islamist organization have been detained since December, 40 of whom (including the group's third-most senior leader) will face mil [...] |
2007-04-30 14:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO1279 |
DARFUR: ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF RESPONDS TO [...] (C) The Ambassador had the opportunity on April 30 to discuss with Arab League Secretary General Moussa a recent Congressional Resolution on Darfur that explicitly criticizes the Arab League over the conflict there. Moussa conveyed that he was personally affronted by the resolution, and said [...] |
2007-05-02 09:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON UNSC MOPS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1283 |
EGYPT LABOR UPDATE: GOE SHUTS DOWN LABOR NGO, [...] (SBU) The GOE's closure of the Center for Trade Union and Workers Services (CTUWS), combined with recent public statements, may indicate its tolerance of ongoing wildcat strikes is eroding. Some public sector brickworks employees, dairy workers, textile workers, and garbage men are currently [...] |
2007-05-02 14:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1302 |
EGYPT: ARAB LEAGUE AND MFA ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner and Ambassador Ricciardone met with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on April 30, soliciting support for Kosovo's independence following an anticipated May vote in [...] |
2007-05-03 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNSC KSAC EG |
| 07CAIRO1325 |
MFO TWIN OTTER CRASHES, KILLING ALL NINE ON BOARD [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-06 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMFO EG |
| 07CAIRO1330 |
VISIT TO PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN [...] (C) Poloff conducted a human rights monitoring visit to prisoner Nabil Soliman on May 6. Returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002, Soliman was subsequently convicted of membership in the Islamic Jihad, and sentenced to five years in prison. He is now being held at the Torah Liman Prison, a [...] |
2007-05-07 08:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER CASC KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO1338 |
ROSY REPORTS OF NEW INVESTMENT IN EGYPTIAN TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent press report of new Jordanian investment in the Egyptian textile industry is indicative of a trend of increasing FDI in Egypt and expansion of the textile industry in particular, as foreign investors eye the rapidly expanding Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) program for [...] |
2007-05-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH JO EG TU |
| 07CAIRO1339 |
EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Cairo and the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MEPI RO Tunis and Embassy Cairo Political Section staff canvassed MEPI and BMENA partners and other leading reformers in Egypt to seek their views on the Forum for th [...] |
2007-05-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI EG |
| 07CAIRO1353 |
ARAB LEAGUE MEDIATING IN THE COMOROS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-09 07:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG |
| 07CAIRO1360 |
SUDAN: EGYPTIANS PROPOSE UN/AU ENVOYS DRAFT A [...] (C) During a May 9 meeting, MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for African affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told poloff that the foreign minister was putting the final touches on an oral message on Darfur which would be transmitted later the same day. The message would be addressed, he said, to Secr [...] |
2007-05-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1361 |
COURT RULES AGAINST MILITARY TRIBUNALS FOR MUSLIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 8, EGYPT'S SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OVERTURNED THE FEBRUARY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE THAT ORDERED 40 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS TO STAND BEFORE A MILITARY TRIBUNAL, AND RULED THAT THE MB DEFENDANTS BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY. THE WIDESPREAD EXPECTATION AMONG OUR JUDICIAL CON [...] |
2007-05-09 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PREL KDEM PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO1362 |
EGYPT: SAAD EDDIN IBRAHIM COMMENTS ON HIS [...] (S) Subsequent to inflammatory, anti-GOE statements made by self-styled labor activist Ali Al-Badry at an Ibn Khaldun Center symposium on April 24 (reftel), and acting on Embassy Cairo concerns about Al-Badry's bona fides, ECPO MinCouns and Poloff met on May 8 with Egyptian-American democracy [...] |
2007-05-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO1366 |
EGYPT EXPECTS NO ACTION AGAINST USG ON GATS [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Waleed El Nozahay, head of the WTO department in the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry, on May 10. El Nozahay said that he was familiar with the issue and that he did not expect the GOE to pursue a claim under Article XXI of the General Agreem [...] |
2007-05-10 10:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO EG |
| 07CAIRO1373 |
BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050042160 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KOMC EG TU |
| 07CAIRO1380 |
SOMALIA: EU ENVOY VISITS CAIRO, HEARS ARAB VIEWS [...] (C) New European envoy for Somalia, Jean-Christophe Belliard, was in Cairo May 8-9 for meetings with senior officials at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and Arab League to discuss ways forward on the political track in Mogadishu. UK poloff Martin Hetherington told emboff on May 9 that Belliard [...] |
2007-05-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
| 07CAIRO1381 |
EGYPT'S POSITION ON BELARUS'S CANDIDATURE FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-10 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL EG UNHRC |
| 07CAIRO1382 |
ROSY REPORTS OF NEW INVESTMENT IN EGYPTIAN TEXTILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent press report of new Jordanian investment in the Egyptian textile industry is indicative of a trend of increasing FDI in Egypt and expansion of the textile industry in particular, a foreign investors eye the rapidly expanding Quaified Industrial Zone (QIZ) program for du [...] |
2007-05-10 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD CH JO EG TU |
| 07CAIRO1386 |
SUDAN: EGYPT'S SLIPPERY DARFUR PLEDGE AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOE is awaiting UN response on its seemingly robust offer of troops for the AU/UN Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur. However, as with past Egyptian offers for Darfur, the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) is unlikely to fully accept this offer. The GOE h [...] |
2007-05-10 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1388 |
SUDAN: EGYPT'S SLIPPERY DARFUR PLEDGE AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOE is awaiting UN response on its seemingly robust offer of troops for the AU/UN Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur. However, as with past Egyptian offers for Darfur, the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) is unlikely to fully accept this offer. The GOE h [...] |
2007-05-13 04:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1395 |
ALEXANDRIA JUDGES CLUB CHIEF ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting, Mahmoud Khodiry (head of the Alexandria Judges Club, a respected judicial figure and frequent critic of the GOE), criticized the curtailment of a judicial role in Egypt's elections, opining that, "the government has no interest in truly free elections, so has [...] |
2007-05-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1406 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MAY 10 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, MINISTER OF STATE FOR LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MUFEED SHEHAB NOTED THAT THE GOE PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD ON REVISING THE CURRENT CHILDREN'S LAW TO INCLUDE TOUGH NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROVISIONS. SHEHAB WELCOMED CONSULTING WITH THE EMBAS [...] |
2007-05-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KWMN KCRM PTER EG |
| 07CAIRO1407 |
EU-EGYPTIAN TRADE REGIME COULD CREATE HURDLES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trade between Egypt and the European Union has increased dramatically during the last three years, thanks in part to lower trade barriers under Egypt's Association Agreement with the EU. However, US-Egyptian trade has also expanded during that time and continues to grow robustl [...] |
2007-05-13 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EG |
| 07CAIRO1408 |
SUPREME ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO BE FORMED, SHURA [...] (C) Summary: Following vigorous parliamentary debate, on May 10 the People's Assembly approved several elections-related changes to the 1956 Political Rights Law, including the creation of a new Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) to oversee Egypt's electoral contests. Opposition lawmakers bi [...] |
2007-05-13 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO1417 |
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF EGYPTIAN POLITICS. DESPITE INCESSANT WHISPERED DISCUSSIONS, NO ONE IN EGYPT HAS ANY CERTAINTY ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED MUBARAK, OR HOW THE SUCCESSION WILL HAPPEN. MUBARAK HIMSELF SEEMS TO BE TRUSTING TO GOD AND [...] |
2007-05-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1419 |
GOVERNOR PLANS FOR A CLEANER, GREENER CAIRO [...] (U) Cairo Governor Abdel-Azim Wazir presented his vision for grappling with Cairo's burgeoning population, congested traffic, and environmental degradation in an April 30 meeting with former Ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner and Management Counselor. Wazir's vision will be codified in a plan [...] |
2007-05-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECON SOCI EG |
| 07CAIRO1420 |
EGYPT: SECTARIAN CLASHES NEAR CAIRO [...] (SBU) A MAY 11 CLASH BETWEEN MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN VILLAGERS SOUTH OF CAIRO OVER A CHURCH CONSTRUCTION CONTROVERSY -- WHICH NOW APPEARS TO BE CONTAINED BY A PROMPT SECURITY SERVICE REACTION -- SERVES AS A REMINDER OF THE UNDERCURRENTS OF SECTARIAN TENSION THAT EXIST IN EGYPT. WITH MANY HOUSES [...] |
2007-05-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO1424 |
EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DECRY EGYPT'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A COALITION OF 19 EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS HAS PROTESTED THE GOE'S CANDIDACY FOR MEMBERSHIP (REFTELS) IN THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) AND EXPRESSED "AMAZEMENT" AT WHAT IT ALLEGED WERE "FALSIFICATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT,S TRUE STANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS" INCLUD [...] |
2007-05-15 11:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC EG |
| 07CAIRO1427 |
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY REMAINS PROBLEMATIC IN [...] (C) Conversion to Christianity, or any faith other than Islam, remains an intensely problematic issue in Egypt, despite constitutional protection of the principle of freedom of religion. An April 24 court decision against the right of 45 Muslim citizens (who were born Christians) to re-conve [...] |
2007-05-15 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO144 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ANNOUNCES INTENT TO FORM [...] (C) Summary: Muslim Brotherhood (MB) leaders have publicly announced the organization's intent to form a political party within "a few weeks," an unprecedented step for the 79-year old organization. The new party would reportedly be "a civil party with an Islamic reference," and will not submi [...] |
2007-01-18 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO1442 |
IRAN: "SURPRISING" OVERTURE TO EGYPT BY AHMEDINEJAD [...] (C) Wire services reported late on May 15 that Iranian President Ahmedinejad, upon return from a visit to Oman and the Emirates, responded to an Egyptian reporter's question by saying Tehran was prepared to restore full diplomatic relations with Egypt that "very day" were the Egyptian governm [...] |
2007-05-16 13:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IR |
| 07CAIRO1443 |
SUDAN: NDA LEADER MIRGHANI TO RETURN TO KHARTOUM, [...] (C) Offering a read-out of his May 7 meeting in Cairo with Sudanese President Omar Bashir, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) head and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Chief Mohamed Osman Al Mirghani told emboffs that he received Bashir's support for a plan to organize a national reconciliation [...] |
2007-05-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1448 |
EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND CIVIL SOCIETY PROMOTE [...] Summary. Government of Egypt and civil society representatives hosted two successful events in recognition of the first United Nations Global Road Safety Week, April 23-29. Several hundred participants attended events at the World Health Organization's regional office on April 22, and an ex [...] |
2007-05-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELTN AID UNGA WHO EG |
| 07CAIRO1457 |
JUSTICE MINISTER: WELCOMES CONSULTATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 16 THE AMBASSADOR PRESSED JUSTICE MINISTER MAMDOUH MAREI FOR ANY LEGAL RELIEF FOR THE IMPRISONMENT OF AYMAN NOUR. MINISTER MAREI PUSHED BACK, ARGUING THAT THE GOE WOULD UNDERMINE ITS JUSTICE SYSTEM IF IT GRANTED RELIEF TO NOUR OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE LAW. AS A LIFELON [...] |
2007-05-17 13:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1458 |
USSC AND EGYPTIAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) US Security Coordinator (USSC) representatives asked Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials to consider training Palestinian Presidential Guard (PG) forces and toured a potential training facility during their May 16-17 visit to Cairo. MoD officials expressed unambiguous interest [...] |
2007-05-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1462 |
EGYPT BUYS KAZAKH WHEAT TO CUT LOSSES ON SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Egyptian trade mission to Kazakhstan was aimed in part at securing low-cost Kazakh wheat for Egypt's highly subsidized bread. Egyptian imports of higher-quality U.S. wheat have declined in recent years as the GOE sought to reduce its losses on "baladi" bread, the sine [...] |
2007-05-20 03:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR PINR EG |
| 07CAIRO1488 |
EGYPTIANS DISMISS IDEA TO OPEN IRANIAN-EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Amid continuing press speculation about a warming in Iranian-Egyptian relations, Egyptian trade and diplomatic officials dismiss the likelihood of the establishment of an Iranian-Egyptian Chamber of Commerce. A senior MFA official told PolCons separately that the only person who [...] |
2007-05-21 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG IR |
| 07CAIRO1491 |
LEBANON: EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE ON SOUTH AFRICA AND [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Cabinet Staff Member Nazih Al Negeiry on May 21, seeking Egyptian help in pressing South Africa and Indonesia to support a UN Security Council Chapter VII-based tribunal for Lebanon. Negeiry said that Indonesia may abstain on a UNSC vote, and that E [...] |
2007-05-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC EG LE |
| 07CAIRO1499 |
IBN KHALDUN CENTER CONTINUES TO PUSH REFORM IN [...] (SBU) Under the leadership of Egyptian-American sociologist Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI), the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies (IKC) continues to play a central role in advocating political reform in Egypt. Through weekly seminars in Cairo, conferences and workshops, and through SEI's [...] |
2007-05-22 09:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ELAB KDEM KMPI EG |
| 07CAIRO15 |
ARRESTS OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS CONTINUE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The mid-December arrests of between 140-200 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members (reftel) have been followed by further detentions of an estimated 58-67 MB members in recent days, coupled with the reported closure of some MB-owned businesses. In the wake of the December 10 Al-Azhar U [...] |
2007-01-04 11:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1502 |
AYMAN NOUR'S APPEAL FOR HEALTH PAROLE DEFERRED [...] (SBU) Egypt's State Council, the judicial body to which imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour had appealed for a health-based release, ruled on May 22 that a governmental medical committee that had previously issued a report on Nour's health (reftel), should review the "contradictions" in [...] |
2007-05-22 15:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1503 |
ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENSE REJECTS US OFFER OF [...] (C) The OMC Chief asked the Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al Assar and the Assistant Minister for Armament MG Fouad Abd el Halim on May 21 if Egypt is prepared to proceed with the US proposal to use FMF to fund a border security assessment. MG Al Assar said Egypt reje [...] |
2007-05-23 04:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1518 |
SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON AMISOM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL ARABL SO |
| 07CAIRO1519 |
ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS [...] AFRICAN AFFAIRS SAMIR HOSNI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT ON HIS MAY 8 - 11 TRIP TO THE COMOROS, ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S 22 MEMBER STATES, TO MEDIATE THE CONFLICT THERE. HOSNI SAID THAT HE AND AFRICAN UNION ENVOY MANDELA NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH ISLAND PRESIDENT BACAR STEPPED DOWN FROM OFFICE [...] |
2007-05-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG |
| 07CAIRO1526 |
END USE MONITORING LIAISON POSITION FOR EGYPT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-05-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTTC EG |
| 07CAIRO153 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH WIFE OF AYMAN NOUR [...] (C) IN A CAREFULLY CHOREOGRAPHED JANUARY 17 MEETING AT THE DCM'S RESIDENCE, GAMEELA ISMAIL TOLD THE AMBASSADOR THAT THE HEALTH OF HER HUSBAND, AYMAN NOUR, CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE, AND THAT PRISON OFFICIALS HAVE NOT APPROVED HIS REQUEST TO SEE NON-PRISON PHYSICIANS. ACCORDING TO ISMAIL, ONLY P [...] |
2007-01-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1531 |
EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER HINTS AT BROADER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a pointed and wide-ranging speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Rachid called for reform of Egyptian education, infrastructure, energy policy, and other areas far removed from his trade portfolio. The ambitious speech encoura [...] |
2007-05-24 06:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PINR PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO154 |
EGYPT: 19TH HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASE SHOWS NO [...] (SBU) Scientists at NAMRU-3 reported to Emboff on January 21 that the H5N1 avian influenza virus responsible for the death of an Egyptian woman on January 19 does not contain the genetic mutation (N294S) that shows resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu). (Note: On January 16, alarm bells sounded [...] |
2007-01-22 05:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU KSTH TBIO ECON PREL WHO EG |
| 07CAIRO1542 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Representative Price, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Egypt. You are scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Speaker of the People's Assembly Ahmed Fathy Sorour and other parliamentarians. You will also mee [...] |
2007-05-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL IAEA EG IZ SO SU |
| 07CAIRO1543 |
DARFUR: "OPERATIONAL ISSUES SHOULD BE WORKED OUT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A/B demarches to MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid on May 24. Abu Zeid warned of potential fallout from pressing Khartoum too hard on "operational issues" related to the AU/UN Darfur peace keeping operation; issues he felt should be worked out by UN/AU/GOS e [...] |
2007-05-24 11:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1595 |
LABOR STRIKES: GOE APPROACH UNSUCCESSFUL IN [...] (SBU) Unsanctioned industrial actions continue to spread throughout Egypt. The GOE thus far has chosen to deal with the various strikes on a case-by-case basis rather than pursuing a broader labor dialogue, a tactic that has been successful in conciliating some striking workers, but cannot add [...] |
2007-05-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO160 |
EGYPT DISCUSSING NATIONAL POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poloff discussed the movement to develop a legally binding treaty to restrict the use of cluster munitions (CM) with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that representatives of several ministries discussed CM at a recent "National Committee" meeting [...] |
2007-01-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO EG |
| 07CAIRO1602 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A WIDE-RANGING MAY 29 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR HABIB EL ADLY, THE AMBASSADOR AGAIN PUSHED THE GOE TO CHANGE ITS POLICY OF LISTING ONLY THREE RELIGIONS ON NATIONAL ID CARDS, AND ASKED THAT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) ENSURE THE SAFETY OF RECENTLY RELEASED CONVERT TO [...] |
2007-05-30 17:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KWMN KCRM EG |
| 07CAIRO1603 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A WIDE-RANGING MAY 29 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR HABIB EL ADLY, THE AMBASSADOR AGAIN PUSHED THE GOE TO CHANGE ITS POLICY OF LISTING ONLY THREE RELIGIONS ON NATIONAL ID CARDS, AND ASKED THAT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) ENSURE THE SAFETY OF RECENTLY RELEASED CONVERT TO [...] |
2007-05-30 18:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KWMN KCRM EG |
| 07CAIRO1625 |
SURPRISE HEARING DENIES AYMAN NOUR'S RELEASE ON [...] (SBU) IN A SURPRISE MAY 31 HEARING AT THE NEW CAIRO FELONIES COURT, A REPORTED REQUEST BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ABDEL MEGUID MAHMOUD (EGYPT'S ATTORNEY GENERAL EQUIVALENT) TO RELEASE IMPRISONED AL GHAD PARTY LEADER AYMAN NOUR ON HEALTH GROUNDS WAS REFUSED. THE HOPES OF NOUR'S FAMILY AND LAWYER HAD [...] |
2007-05-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1627 |
EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE PUBLICLY OPPOSE SUDAN [...] (SBU) Responding to ref A demarche, MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid referenced Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit's May 30 statement criticizing increased U.S. bilateral economic sanctions on Sudan. Aboul Gheit criticized escalating sanctions on Sudan "at a time when the political process [...] |
2007-05-31 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1641 |
CODEL PRICE MEETING AT PARLIAMENT ELICITS PUBLIC [...] (SBU) IN A MAY 27 MEETING AT THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, PRESIDED OVER BY SPEAKER FATHI SUROUR, CODEL PRICE MET WITH SEVERAL EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS, INCLUDING HEAD OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) PARLIAMENTARY BLOC MOHAMED SAAD AL KATANI, NDP PARLIAMENTARY LEADER ABDEL AHAD GAMALEDDIN, AL WAFD LEADER [...] |
2007-05-31 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO1678 |
SOMALIA: EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE WANT COURTS MODERATES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche on June 3 to both MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid and Arab League Secretariat advisor Zeid Sabban. Abu Zeid said that Egypt SIPDIS supports including moderate members of the now defunct Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in reconciliation talks, [...] |
2007-06-04 11:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL ARABL EG SO |
| 07CAIRO1682 |
NEW LIBERAL POLITICAL PARTY APPROVED, AFFILIATED [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's Political Parties Committee on May 24 approved the registration of the Democratic Front Party (DFP), a new liberal group led by prominent intellectuals Osama Al Ghazali Harb and Yehya Al Gamal. The party's broad goals for the next six months are to build a "nationwide ins [...] |
2007-06-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO1690 |
EGYPT: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PRESS SLAMS DOHA [...] (C) Editorials in the GOE-controlled press (Refs A-C) have strongly criticized the May 27-29 conference in Doha on "Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World." The attacks have singled out the Doha meeting's most prominent Egyptian participant, Egyptian-American democracy activist Sa [...] |
2007-06-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG QA |
| 07CAIRO171 |
IRAQ: EGYPTIAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE KIDNAPPED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM EG IZ |
| 07CAIRO1717 |
SHURA COUNCIL ELECTIONS OVERVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Elections for one-third of the seats in Egypt's Shura Council (upper parliamentary chamber) will be held on June 11, with run-offs to be conducted as needed on June 18. With minimal participation by legal opposition parties, attention is focused on the 19 races in which National [...] |
2007-06-07 08:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO172 |
DARFUR: ARAB LEAGUE TO CONTRIBUTE USD 15 MILLION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ARABL EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1722 |
EGYPT'S EXPECTED CHANGES IN EXPORT SUPPORT [...] (U) During a meeting on May 23 with key economic advisors and export industry leaders, Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid announced he will consider reorganizing the Export Support Fund, according to press accounts. The Export Support Fund is designed to increase the quantity and qua [...] |
2007-06-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EG |
| 07CAIRO1727 |
EGYPT: REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S PRAGUE SPEECH [...] (C) THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT, AND GOVERNMENT-DOMINATED MEDIA, HAVE REJECTED PRESIDENT BUSH'S JUNE 5 SPEECH IN PRAGUE, PARTICULARLY THE CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF AYMAN NOUR. THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TOOK EXCEPTION TO THE REFERENCE TO AYMAN NOUR. THE ST [...] |
2007-06-07 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1737 |
EGYPTIANS WELCOME PALESTINIAN TRADE, GAZA EXPORT [...] SUMMARY: (C) EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE-SECTOR CONTACTS SAY THEY WELCOME INCREASED TRADE WITH PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING A TRADE CORRIDOR FOR GAZA EXPORTS THROUGH EGYPT. MERCHANTS IN THE NORTH SINAI CAPITAL OF EL-ARISH ARE ALREADY DOING SMALL-SCALE BUSINESS WITH PALESTINIANS WHO MANAGE TO P [...] |
2007-06-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG |
| 07CAIRO1738 |
UPDATE ON CUSTOMS ISSUES AT RAFAH BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met on May 31 with Egyptian officials at the Rafah border. The officials indicated that the border opens only infrequently, taxing border staff's ability to process the large number of travelers attempting to cross during these short openings. Gazans who cross during [...] |
2007-06-07 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 07CAIRO174 |
EGYPT ACCEPTS INVITATION TO VISIT IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Poloff raised reftel concerns over Egypt's decision to accept Iran's invitation to visit Iranian nuclear sites with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that Egypt is well aware of the various ways in which Iran will seek to exploit the visit, but FM [...] |
2007-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM IAEA ENERG EG IR KNNP |
| 07CAIRO175 |
RAFAH BORDER GATES RE-OPEN TEMPORARILY; EGYPT MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy contacts at the Egypt/Gaza border confirmed on January 23 that both the Egyptian border crossing at Rafah and the Palestinian border terminal opened on January 22 for civilian crossings, and would remain open on January 23. The contacts said that approximately 1,600 Palestinians [...] |
2007-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO176 |
LEBANON, PARIS III CONFERENCE: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, Amal Mourad, told poloff on January 22 that Egyptian Finance Minister Yousef Boutros-Ghali would lead Egypt's delegation to the upcoming Paris III conference on Lebanon, departing Cairo on January 24 and returning on January 26. Boutros-Ghal [...] |
2007-01-24 05:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG LE |
| 07CAIRO1766 |
SCENE SETTER FOR AFRICOM CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Mr. Henry, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Cairo for AFRICOM consultations with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials. A series of difficult, but unrelated issues have brought the mil-to-mil relationship to a sensitive juncture, and your primary interlocutor, Assistant Ministe [...] |
2007-06-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL KMFO EAID EG IS IR SU IZ |
| 07CAIRO1775 |
NEW OUTBREAK OF CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM FIGHTING IN ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) CLASHES BROKE OUT OVER THE WEEKEND BETWEEN COPTIC CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS IN THE VILLAGE OF ABDEL QADER, WEST OF ALEXANDRIA, AFTER A PERSONAL DISPUTE BETWEEN TWO VILLAGERS ERUPTED INTO A WIDER CONFLICT. THE SITUATION REMAINED TENSE THE MORNING OF JUNE 11, ACCORDING TO CHURCH OFFICIALS, WI [...] |
2007-06-11 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO1776 |
EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (C) MFA's working-level official responsible for Trafficking in Persons, First Secretary Amira Fahmy, told poloff in a June 11 meeting that the GOE was displeased that the 2007 TIP report (reftel) said that some Egyptian cities may be "sex tourism" destinations. Poloff explained that this s [...] |
2007-06-11 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN EG |
| 07CAIRO1777 |
LOW TURNOUT IN SHURA COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) THE MEDIA AND DOMESTIC EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORS, ALONG WITH EMBASSY OFFICERS AND THIRD COUNTRY DIPLOMATS, REPORTED LOW VOTER TURN-OUT, A SIGNIFICANT SECURITY PRESENCE IN SELECT AREAS, AND AN ISOLATED INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE DURING THE JUNE 11 ELECTIONS FOR 77 SEATS OF THE 264-MEMBE [...] |
2007-06-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1793 |
AYMAN NOUR APPRECIATIVE OF PRESIDENT'S PRAGUE [...] (C) In a positive June 10 meeting with Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour, and Amir Salem (Nour's lawyer), Ismail told poloff that Nour is "deeply appreciative" that the President mentioned him in his June 5 speech in Prague. Ismail read to poloff a letter from [...] |
2007-06-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1794 |
RULING ON HEALTH PAROLE FOR AYMAN NOUR DELAYED [...] (SBU) At a June 12 hearing of Egypt's State Council (the judicial body to which imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour has appealed for a health-based release), presiding judge Mohamed Al Husseini ruled that a decision on Nour's appeal be delayed until June 26. Additionally, as no new med [...] |
2007-06-12 10:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1816 |
BACKGROUND ON SAMEL SAMI KHOUZAM EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Recent press reports have focused on the possible extradition of Egyptian citizen Sameh Sami Khouzam from the United States to Egypt; some of these reports have been inaccurate. The purpose of this cable is to describe the history of the case itself. Khouzam is an Egyptian citizen who f [...] |
2007-06-14 04:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO1822 |
DAS GRAY DISCUSSES ARAB ISSUES WITH MFA ASSISTANT [...] (C) During a June 13 meeting on regional topics with MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hany Khallaf, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed Egypt-Iraq relations, Iran, Libya, and the situation in Gaza. Khallaf said that Baghdad recently requested agrement from the GOE on [...] |
2007-06-14 09:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IZ IR LY |
| 07CAIRO1823 |
SHURA COUNCIL ELECTIONS: NDP "WINS" SWEEPING [...] (C) Summary: The official results of the June 11 Shura Council elections, released amid widespread claims of fraud, are that the ruling National Democratic Party won 59 seats (out of the 77 seats in contention). The opposition Taggamu Party won one. No Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidates won [...] |
2007-06-14 10:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1825 |
EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS QUESTION QIZ PROGRAM [...] (U) More than 140 members of Egypt's People's Assembly recently petitioned the government to reevaluate the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) agreement, according to June 8 press accounts. The parliamentarians requested an analysis of the economic performance of the agreement since 2004, when [...] |
2007-06-14 11:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IS EG |
| 07CAIRO1828 |
NOMINATION OF HP EGYPT FOR SECRETARY'S CORPORATE [...] HP Egypt is actively addressing the pre-eminent economic problems in Egypt, both through its business practices and direct support to build the skills of the Egyptian workforce, thereby contributing to Egypt's sustainable economic development. HP Egypt not only provides funds to directly ass [...] |
2007-06-14 12:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EINV ELAB ETRD EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO1831 |
ITALY AND EGYPT RENEW DEBT SWAP AGREEMENT [...] On June 3, 2007, Egypt and Italy renewed their "Debt for Development Swap" agreement which converts bilateral debt owed to Italy into Egyptian pounds to be used for development projects. The program, inaugurated in 2001, cancels Official Development Assistance (ODA) bilateral debt in exchange [...] |
2007-06-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON POL AID EG |
| 07CAIRO1832 |
DAS GRAY DISCUSSES MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE AND [...] (C) On June 13, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed the potential for a draw-down in the U.S. troop contribution to the Multi-National Force and Observers (MFO) with MFA Acting Assistant Minister for Legal Affairs and Treaties Hussein Mubarak. The meeting was convened at Muba [...] |
2007-06-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KMFO KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1833 |
DAS GRAY DISCUSSES QUARTET MEETING, REGIONAL [...] (C) During a June 14 meeting with Arab League Cabinet Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur, and Western Sahara. Youssef outlined League views on the upcoming Quartet meeting in Cairo, reiterating the League [...] |
2007-06-14 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS IZ SU |
| 07CAIRO1834 |
NEGATIVE MEDIA SURROUNDS U.S. WHEAT SHIPMENT [...] (U) On May 27, 2007, the vessel Fu Zhou Hai arrived at Damietta Port in Egypt carrying 62,010.19 metric tons of U.S. soft red winter wheat. The cargo was inspected by Egyptian Quarantine authorities, and live insects were found, indicating possible irregularities in the fumigation procedures [...] |
2007-06-17 04:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EAG EG |
| 07CAIRO1855 |
SAAD EDDIN IBRAHIM ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE AND [...] (U) Egyptian newspapers reported on June 18 that renowned Egyptian-American democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI), recently the target of a smear campaign in Egypt's government-backed press for his attendance at President Bush's June 5 Prague speech (reftel), has been accused of "damagin [...] |
2007-06-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO1856 |
SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM - EGYPT'S ROLE [...] (S) In support of the Iraqi Scientist Redirection Program, Post recently secured initial visa approval for two Iraqi scientists, Dr. Anton Al-Banna and Dr. Al-Abbasi Obaid, to do one year fellowships at NAMRU-3, the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo. Securing these visas required exte [...] |
2007-06-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PARM PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER TBIO EG |
| 07CAIRO1863 |
ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS CONDEMN EIDO ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) Arab League foreign ministers, meeting late on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo, addressed Lebanon in addition to their previously-scheduled Hamas agenda at the request of PM Siniora. The AL statement (full text paragraph 2) condemns the assassination of Lebanese MP Walid Eido, offers [...] |
2007-06-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL IS LE EG |
| 07CAIRO1870 |
A DIVIDED ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS "CRIMINAL" ACTS IN [...] (U) Arab League (AL) foreign ministers, at the request of Egypt, met on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo to address Hamas's take-over of the Gaza Strip, next steps by - and assistance for - PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), and the situation in Lebabon (septel). The ministers (from 1 [...] |
2007-06-19 05:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO1877 |
EGYPT LABOR: STRIKES ONGOING, GOE REFUTES ILO [...] (SBU) Although no broad-based alternative worker movement has yet to coalesce, the Kefaya movement's actions in solidarity with striking textile workers in Mansoura could hint at future coordination. Strong GOE rebukes greeted the release of an ILO report that cited employment discrimination [...] |
2007-06-19 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO1879 |
REMOVING AL-ZAWRAA AND MANAR FROM ARABSAT [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche to Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on June 11, ahead of a ministerial meeting of Arab Information Ministers expected to convene in Cairo from June 20-24. Poloff focused on the Arab League's role as founder of the ArabSat organization. 2. (C) Yousse [...] |
2007-06-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KPAO PTER EG IZ LE |
| 07CAIRO1880 |
RESULTS OF SHURA COUNCIL RUN-OFF ELECTIONS: AND [...] (SBU) On June 19, Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) announced the results of the June 18 Shura Council run-off elections, in which the remaining seventeen seats of the upper parliamentary chamber were contested (out of the total 88 seats up for election this year). Fourteen National [...] |
2007-06-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1887 |
ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS CONDEMN EIDO ASSASSINATION [...] Arab League foreign ministers, meeting late on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo, addressed Lebanon in addition to their previously-scheduled Hamas agenda at the request of PM Siniora. The AL statement (full text paragraph 2) condemns the assassination of Lebanese MP Walid Eido, offers yet- [...] |
2007-06-20 11:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL IS LE EG |
| 07CAIRO1888 |
FITCH UPGRADES EGYPT'S CREDIT RATING [...] (U) In a press release issued June 18, Fitch Ratings upgraded Egypt's Long-term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) Outlook from Stable to Positive, but maintained the overall rating of "BB+." Fitch also maintained the Long-term Local Currency IDR at "BBB" with a Stable Outlook, the [...] |
2007-06-20 12:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 07CAIRO1889 |
AFRICOM CONSULTATIONS IN EGYPT [...] (C) Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry, accompanied by an interagency delegation, briefed Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials on USG planning for AFRICOM on June 12. The MoD delegation included the Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy, MG Al Assar, [...] |
2007-06-20 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MOPS EG |
| 07CAIRO1890 |
REMITTANCES AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF MIGRATION [...] (U) Remittances constitute the third largest source of hard currency income in Egypt, after Suez Canal revenues and tourism receipts. Most remittances come from the U.S., but in the last few years, a growing percentage has come from workers in Gulf countries. Workers in Gulf countries tend t [...] |
2007-06-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 07CAIRO1901 |
IRAQI REFUGEE NUMBERS IN EGYPT SWELL, UNDER A [...] (SBU) Egyptian authorities are watching cautiously as Iraqi refugee numbers in Egypt approach the 100,000 mark, according to official estimates, amid signs of an increasingly restless Iraqi community. The GOE offers few social services to the Iraqis (similar to other large refugee communitie [...] |
2007-06-21 10:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EG IZ |
| 07CAIRO1911 |
DARFUR: MEETING WITH CAIRO-BASED JEM LEADER [...] (C) Summary and action requested: In a June 20 introductory meeting with Cairo-based Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Presidency Chief of Staff Gammali Hassan Galaleddin, Galaleddin requested further contact with the USG and emphasized that "peace is our only option" in Darfur. G [...] |
2007-06-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU |
| 07CAIRO1931 |
AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE EXPECTS POSITIVE RULING ON JUNE [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, told poloff that she expects a "ruling in Nour's favor," at a June 26 hearing of Nour's appeal for health-based parole. Ismail is optimistic because the presiding judge at the State Council, Mohamed [...] |
2007-06-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1932 |
FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM: AUDITING ISSUES [...] (SBU) The GOE's progress on meeting the remaining benchmarks in the Financial Sector MOU, signed in 2005, has been slow. Four hundred and twenty-five million dollars is tied to completion of benchmarks to improve the transparency and soundness of the banking system. To determine if these be [...] |
2007-06-24 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EG |
| 07CAIRO1933 |
GOE-BEDOUIN TENSION OVER SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Tension between the Bedouin of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the GOE has remained high since late April when up to 2,000 Bedouin staged a sit-in on Egypt's border with Israel, alleging that GOE security and development policies discriminate against them. Despite several meetings between B [...] |
2007-06-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO1934 |
AYMAN NOUR LETTERS TO POTUS AND THE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, following are the texts, as translated by Embassy Cairo staff, of two separate letters from imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour to President Bush and to the Secretary. Nour's wife passed the letters to poloff on June 22, and asked that they not be passed to President [...] |
2007-06-25 09:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO1938 |
QURANISTS CHARGED WITH "RELIGIOUS DEFAMATION" [...] (SBU) On June 21, the Supreme State Security Court announced that it will charge five detainees with "religious defamation" following a series of arrests in late May. Amr Tharwat, a member of the "Quranist" movement and an employee of the USG-supported civil society organization, Ibn Khaldun [...] |
2007-06-25 13:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF KISL PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO1948 |
MUFTI ISSUES FATWA AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL [...] (U) On June 23, Dr. Ali Gomaa, Egypt,s Mufti, issued an official fatwa on Al-Mehwar satellite TV banning female genital mutilation (FGM). His fatwa, proclaiming that it is "religiously prohibited to circumcise girls," was issued following Egyptian press coverage of the death of a 12 year old [...] |
2007-06-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV KWMN KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO1949 |
RULING ON AYMAN NOUR'S HEALTH PAROLE DELAYED UNTIL [...] (SBU) At the June 26 hearing of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour's appeal for health parole, Mohamed al Husseini (presiding judge of the State Council's Administrative Court) ruled that he could not yet issue a decision on Nour's case, because a governmental forensic medical committe [...] |
2007-06-26 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO197 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PARLIAMENTARY BLOC LEADER CALLS [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) made a recent public statement indicating a desire to initiate a "constructive dialogue" with Western governments, including the USG. Meanwhile, opposition press and Cairo think tanks are rife with rumors that some recent [...] |
2007-01-24 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO198 |
ALEXANDRIAN BLOGGER AT RISK OF JAIL TIME [...] (U) THIS IS AN APP ALEXANDRIA MESSAGE. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EGYPTIAN BLOGGER ABDEL KARIM NABIL SOLIMAN FACES A FINAL HEARING AND SENTENCING IN AN EGYPTIAN COURT ON JANUARY 25 ON CHARGES THAT INCLUDE "INCITING HATRED OF ISLAM AND INSULTING THE PROPHET MOHAMED," "DEFAMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE R [...] |
2007-01-24 17:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO1981 |
EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON MAPUTO PLAN AT AU ACCRA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-28 13:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI EG |
| 07CAIRO1988 |
EGYPT: MORE CORRUPTION CHARGES, AD HOC RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: A recent report of a Shura Council member arrested for smuggling, corruption accusations in the People's Assembly by a Muslim Brotherhood (MB) legislator against businessmen affiliated with the National Democratic Party (NDP), and suspicions about the bidding process for a govern [...] |
2007-07-01 11:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR PINR EG |
| 07CAIRO2005 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PARLIAMENTARIANS ATTEND [...] (U) According to Egyptian press reports, five Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentarians, in an unusual and notable development, participated in a recent event at the Presidential Palace. President Mubarak reportedly hosted a June 23 breakfast to celebrate the signing of new education-related l [...] |
2007-07-01 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2008 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRIME MINISTER ON ARREST OF [...] (C) In a meeting June 28 with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, the Ambassador emphasized USG concerns that Amr Tharwat's imprisonment was inconsistent with the Egyptian constitutional guarantee of free worship and could pose difficulties for bilateral relations. Ambassador noted that Tharwat, a m [...] |
2007-07-02 07:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF PINR EG |
| 07CAIRO2015 |
AMBASSADOR URGES GOE TO PROVIDE DEBT RELIEF FOR [...] (C) Meeting June 28 with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, Ambassador urged the GOE to restart negotiations to provide debt relief for Iraq and move toward fulfilling its commitment under the International Compact on Iraq (ref A). 2. (C) Nazif responded that the GOE is still considering the iss [...] |
2007-07-02 10:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL IZ EG |
| 07CAIRO2030 |
EGYPT: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CHILDHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 7 and 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Jones met with National Council on Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) chief, Ambassador Mushira Khattab on June 25 to discuss Egypt's anti-trafficking strategy of the coming year. Khattab elaborated on efforts to push th [...] |
2007-07-03 09:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO2035 |
DARFUR: EGYPT STILL RETICENT ON DEPLOYING TROOPS, [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid on July 1. Abu Zeid confirmed that Sudanese President Bashir's acceptance of the UN/AU hybrid force lowered a barrier to deploying peacekeepers, but that deployment of Egyptian troops still depends on the "con [...] |
2007-07-03 12:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO2036 |
DECISION ON AYMAN NOUR HEALTH PAROLE APPEAL DUE IN [...] (U) At a July 3 hearing at the State Council's Administrative Court, presiding judge Mohamed al Husseini ruled that he will issue "within three weeks" a final decision on imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour's appeal for health parole. Husseini's ruling came after over an hour of questi [...] |
2007-07-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2041 |
JUNE 28 DCM MEETING WITH DR. MOHAMED MATTAR REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, the DCM met with Dr. Mohamed Mattar for an update on his USAID-funded research project into human trafficking in Egypt. Dr. Mattar is an internationally recognized trafficking expert and the Executive Director of the Protection Project at Johns Hopkins University. He b [...] |
2007-07-03 14:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG KWMN |
| 07CAIRO2042 |
PRISONER NABIL SOLIMAN RELEASED [...] (SBU) Following Embassy queries over the past two weeks as to the whereabouts of Nabil Soliman, State Security contacts informed us on July 3 that Soliman had been released from Torah Liman Prison. Soliman was returned by the U.S. to Egypt in June 2002, subsequently convicted of membership in [...] |
2007-07-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER CASC KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO2067 |
LOOMING REVISIONS TO NGO LAW [...] (U) Recent press reports predict that Egypt's NGO Law (Law 84) and related provisions of Egyptian civil law are likely to be revised, with the new legislation reportedly to be debated and passed in the next parliamentary session. Embassy and USAID contacts also anticipate changes to NGO-relate [...] |
2007-07-05 10:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2080 |
CONGRESSMEN TOUR EGPYT'S RAFAH BORDER; EGYPTIANS [...] (SBU) CODEL McCollum, comprising Betty McCollum, (D) Wisconsin, Lincoln Davis (D) Tennesee, and staff toured Egypt,s Rafah Terminal and border on July 3. Major General Nagy Kamal, from the Egyptian Department of Military Intelligence (DMI), briefed on anti-smuggling efforts and escorted the t [...] |
2007-07-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2087 |
EGYPT'S HEALTH MINISTRY BANS FGM; FORMAL ANTI-FGM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the June 23 issuance of a televised fatwa banning female genital mutilation (FGM) by Egypt's Mufti (Ref A), Health Minister Dr. Hatem Al-Gabaly issued a decree on June 28 banning the practice. Formal legislation affirming the Health Minister's decree is pending until [...] |
2007-07-08 10:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PREL PGOV KWMN KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO2093 |
DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT OUTLINES ITS [...] (C) Summary: On July 5, Cairo-based Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdullah, leader of the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Army - Union Front (SLM/A-UF), outlined his goal to reunify the factions of the former SLM/A into a single face in peace negotiations with the Sudanese government. His new group's [...] |
2007-07-08 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO2100 |
FIRST TRANCHE OF AMMUNITION TRANSFER COMPLETE [...] (C) Embassy confirmed with Embassy Beirut that the first tranche of the third party transfer of ammunition from the Government of Egypt to the Government of Lebanon (refs) is complete; all four Jordanian Air Force C-130 flights landed and offloaded a total of 768 155 millimeter rounds July 8. [...] |
2007-07-09 11:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EG LE |
| 07CAIRO2109 |
SUDAN: SADIQ AL MAHDI TO WASHINGTON IF U.S. "READY [...] (SBU) During a July 5 courtesy call at his Cairo office, Sadiq Al Mahdi, head of the Sudanese opposition National Umma Party, Imam of the Ansar, and former prime minister of Sudan told poloff that he might visit Washington for consultations on Sudan, but only if U.S. officials are "ready to lis [...] |
2007-07-09 13:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO2111 |
RUMORS CONTINUE ABOUT SHIPMENT OF U.S. WHEAT [...] (U) The Egyptian media reported on June 28 that the Ministry of Trade and Industry had received a "refund" of the cost of a 62,000 ton shipment of U.S. wheat that was denied entry into Egypt by the Egyptian Quarantine Authority because of alleged insect infestation (reftel). The report quoted [...] |
2007-07-10 03:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EAG EG |
| 07CAIRO214 |
EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE WANT AFRICAN UNION FORCE, [...] (C) Summary: With the impending withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia, Egypt and the Arab League are encouraging deployment of an African Union (AU) peace-keeping operation (PKO) as soon as possible. Both are also pressing for national reconciliation, to include members of the Islamic C [...] |
2007-01-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PGOV PTER EG SO |
| 07CAIRO2143 |
USAID SPONSORS MBA STUDENTS FROM MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador attended a July 2 media event with Minister of Health and Population Dr. Hatem El-Gabaly and seven MOHP employees who will attend USAID funded MBA programs in the U.S. El-Gabaly plans a U.S. visit in December. End Summary. 2. (U) On July 2, the Ambassador attend [...] |
2007-07-11 08:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OEXC OVIP OPRC KPAO PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2147 |
ELECTION PLATFORM OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: [...] (SBU) Summary: In early June, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) released a 39-page platform in advance of the June 11 Shura Council elections, detailing the group's views on issues ranging from tourism to Copts. The MB document offers an unprecedented detailing of a consolidated MB position [...] |
2007-07-11 09:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2148 |
MB PLATFORM CALLS FOR "MIXED" PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) In preparation for the Shura Council elections, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) issued a platform that included an extensive economic component. The document, our first in-depth look at the MB's economic views, criticizes capitalism and free markets in general, particularly the GOE's econom [...] |
2007-07-11 10:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EG |
| 07CAIRO2162 |
CODEL LINCOLN-MCCOLLUM MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional delegation comprised of Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Lincoln Davis (D-TN) met with Egyptian Peoples' Assembly Speaker Fathi Surour and fellow members of parliament on July 2. Surour and his colleagues were highly critical of USG bilateral and regio [...] |
2007-07-11 13:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO2165 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MP'S COMPLAIN: WHY WERE WE [...] (U) As reported ref A, on July 2, CODEL McCollum (comprised of Representative Betty McCollum (D-WI) and Representative Lincoln Davis (D-TN)), met with parliamentary speaker Fathi Surour and several other MP's. CODEL McCollum was the first in a series of exchange visits between Congress and th [...] |
2007-07-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO2167 |
2007/2008 BUDGET APPROVED [...] (U) The Egyptian budget covering fiscal year 2007/2008 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) was recently approved and the preliminary results from the just-ended fiscal year were released as well. Revenue collection remained robust (although not as strong as last year) and growth of expenditures tapere [...] |
2007-07-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 07CAIRO2173 |
EGYPT: NO DECISION YET ON CANDIDATURE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-12 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG EG |
| 07CAIRO2174 |
EGYPT: EDUCATION REFORM LAW PASSES, AMIDST PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 21, President Mubarak signed the "Teacher's Cadre" education law establishing a new system for hiring, training, and promoting teachers. The change is aimed at reforming Egypt's broken education system, where teachers are poorly paid and trained and not promoted accordi [...] |
2007-07-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMPI KISL KPAO ECON EG |
| 07CAIRO2175 |
FINANCIAL SECTOR: INSURANCE SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Egyptian Insurance Holding Company will move ahead to privatize the insurance sector by combining the main public companies into one large "champion" company that will be privatized in phases. The GOE will continue to own a real estate insurance company, a "national" company that wi [...] |
2007-07-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 07CAIRO2188 |
IN SURPRISE MOVE, GOE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO SELL BANQUE DU [...] (SBU) On July 8, Egypt's Central Bank announced that it would sell the publicly-owned Banque du Caire, the third largest bank in the country. The announcement caught many off guard, as the GOE had previously indicated it would not privatize any other public banks after last year's sale of Ban [...] |
2007-07-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
| 07CAIRO2190 |
GOE'S NATIONAL POPULATION COUNCIL REORGANIZED WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOE recently announced the reorganization of Egypt's National Population Council (NPC) to coordinate GOE-led family planning and population assistance activities. NPC programming has stagnated in past years as a result of weakened authority, inefficient bureaucracy, and a de [...] |
2007-07-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON SOCI PGOV KWMN EG |
| 07CAIRO2195 |
EGYPT: DEAL WITH ISRAEL ON SUDANESE REFUGEES STILL [...] (C) Despite Israeli press reports on an Israeli-Egyptian deal for Israel to return Sudanese refugees who illegally entered Israel through the Sinai to Egypt, GOE officials deny that such a deal has been concluded. On July 11, MFA Cabinet Advisor for U.S. Affairs Ahmed El Fadly told poloff that [...] |
2007-07-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PTER EG IS SU |
| 07CAIRO22 |
EGYPT: UPDATE ON RECENT HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES [...] (SBU) Summary. Scientists at NAMRU-3 conducted a detailed examination of the H5N1 avian influenza virus responsible for the deaths of three family members in late December in the Gharbiya governorate (ref A). Early results show that the virus has undergone mutations and acquired some chara [...] |
2007-01-04 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
| 07CAIRO220 |
DARFUR: EGYPTIANS PREPARED TO OFFER TROOPS, APCS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO2200 |
AMENDING THE NGO LAW AND REVAMPING THE BREAD [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Solidarity Ali El-Moselhy informed the Ambassador that he had initiated GOE studies to revise the NGO Law (84/2002). The Ambassador pressed Moselhy to seek an amended NGO law that protects and expands freedom of association and operations by all legitimate n [...] |
2007-07-17 13:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2202 |
IRAQI CENTRAL BANKERS RECEIVE TRAINING IN CAIRO [...] (U) During the week of July 15-20 the IMF is providing training to 25 officials from the Iraqi Central Bank at the offices of the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI), the Central Bank of Egypt's primary banking training facility. The training is part of the IMF response to U.N. Security Council R [...] |
2007-07-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV EG |
| 07CAIRO2206 |
ADVANCING THE FREEDOM AGENDA IN EGYPT [...] Embassy Cairo continues forceful advocacy of the President's Freedom Agenda. Per paras 11, 14, and 15 of ref A, it is standard Embassy Cairo practice, led by the Ambassador, to meet with democracy and human rights activists, oppositionists, and dissidents; to engage in public speaking opport [...] |
2007-07-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV KMPI XF EG |
| 07CAIRO2207 |
EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND ARAB LEAGUE PUBLIC [...] The official Egyptian and Arab League initial public reactions to the President's July 16 speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were mostly favorable. Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awwad said (according to an unofficial embassy translation) that, as President Mubarak has repeat [...] |
2007-07-17 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2241 |
SUDANESE OFFICIAL, JEM REPRESENTATIVE ON IBRAHIM [...] (C) On July 19, poloff discussed with Sudanese Embassy Political Counselor Mohamed Al Rashid the peace agreement between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Ibrahim Yehia Abdul Rahman, representing a faction of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Local press had reported that this agreement [...] |
2007-07-19 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO2242 |
AMRE MOUSSA REVIEWS SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador in a July 17 meeting (reftel) that "time is running out," and that there is a lot of groundwork to be done before the Lebanese presidential election (required to be held by mid-November). At the same time, he expressed the hope [...] |
2007-07-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE SY IS |
| 07CAIRO2243 |
EGYPTIAN MOD ON BORDER GUARD FORCE AT RAFAH [...] (C) Major General Mohamad Said El Assar (Advisor for Policy to Defmin Field Marshal Tantawi) called Ambassador July 17, and again on July 19, to request that the USG press the Israelis to engage directly with the MOD, through Egyptian-Israeli military liaison channels, regarding the number of [...] |
2007-07-19 16:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2279 |
GCC+2 MEETING THEMES - EGYPTIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Alaa Al-Hadidy, Minister Plenipotentiary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 22. Hadidy agreed that objectives in reftel (i.e. Iraq, Lebanon, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, WMD proliferation, and terror) should all be addressed at the meeting, [...] |
2007-07-24 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2280 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 31 VISIT OF SECRETARIES [...] (C) The Egyptians welcome the joint visit of the Secretaries of State and Defense as a clear signal of mutual SIPDIS recognition of shared strategic interests, despite recent highly publicized bilateral tensions. President Mubarak and ministers Aboul Gheit, Tantawi, and Soliman, expect the [...] |
2007-07-24 17:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON EFIN KPAL MARR PGOV PREL SU EG IS IZ IR |
| 07CAIRO2290 |
AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) The Ambassador, A/USAID Director John Groarke, USAID Strategy, Coordination and Support Director Steffi Meyer and econoff met with Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga on July 19 to discuss ESF. Aboul Naga noted that if ESF levels decline to $150-200 million annually be [...] |
2007-07-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO2292 |
STATE SECURITY RESPONDS TO REPORTED MISTREATMENT [...] (C) Summary: State Security Investigations Service (SSIS) Brigadier General Mohamed Youssef told A/Polcouns that Egyptian security personnel had not/not mistreated Muslim-born convert to Christianity Shaymaa Mohamed El-Sayed during her July 16-23 detention and that, upon her release from po [...] |
2007-07-25 16:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO2305 |
EGYPTIAN GOVT WIRE SERVICE MISTAKENLY REPORTS [...] (SBU) Egypt's official wire service, the Middle East News Agency (MENA), created brief confusion on 7/26 when it disseminated a text message to mobile phone subscribers which reported that National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El-Sherif had announced that "The coming confe [...] |
2007-07-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EG KN |
| 07CAIRO2306 |
FM ABOUL GHEIT ON GOE MEETING WITH NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-07-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG KN |
| 07CAIRO2307 |
PARLIAMENT APPROVES SALE OF BANQUE DU CAIRE [...] (SBU) The Economic Committee of the People's Assembly approved the Central Bank's plan to sell the state-owned Banque du Caire, despite strong criticism from opposition parties. Criticism focused on a perceived lack of transparency, as CBE had previously stated it would not sell any public ba [...] |
2007-07-26 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
| 07CAIRO2320 |
EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS: INTERDICTION OF SUDANESE DUE [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs pressed for a more humane GOE approach to migrants and asylum seekers attempting to enter Israel with MFA contacts on July 25, reinforcing points on July 29 per ref A demarche. Separately, emboff informed the UNHCR/Cairo office of our request for UNHCR/Geneva to take the [...] |
2007-07-29 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EG IS SU |
| 07CAIRO2321 |
STRANDED PALESTINIANS BEGIN TO DEPART RAFAH FOR [...] (C) Egyptian military intelligence told Assistant Army Attache who was visiting North Sinai on July 29 that 101 Palestinians, among the estimated 6000 who have been stranded in Egypt since the June 9 closure of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, have begun to make their homeward journey. [...] |
2007-07-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPAL IS EG |
| 07CAIRO233 |
KEFAYA DEMONSTRATES AGAINST RISING INFLATION [...] (U) Opposition movement "Kefaya" held a demonstration on January 18, the 30th anniversary of the 1977 Bread Intifada, to protest increases in prices of basic commodities and express solidarity with workers from the Nile Delta towns of Helwan and Mahalla, who went on strike in December over pro [...] |
2007-01-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2332 |
POPE SHENOUDA III ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, RELATIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador raised religious freedom issues with the Coptic Orthodox Pope, Shenouda III, on July 26. In an extended and unusually substantive response, Shenouda addressed his concerns about some "critical" matters, including controversies over conversion as well as what he alleged wa [...] |
2007-07-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO2350 |
EGYPT: COURT REJECTS AYMAN NOUR REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Judge Mohamed El-Husseiny, of the State Council's Court of Administrative Justice, rejected Ayman Nour's health-based request to be paroled from prison, in a court session on July 31. Before the verdict was read, Nour's lawyer Amir Salem told poloff that if the verdict went against No [...] |
2007-07-31 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO |
| 07CAIRO2364 |
EGYPTIAN ATTENDENCE AT 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA EG |
| 07CAIRO2365 |
EGYPT WELCOMES UNSCR 1769 ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) On August 1, MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told poloff that Egypt welcomes UN Security Council Resolution 1769 authorizing the UN/AU hybrid force for Darfur (UNAMID). Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is planning to release a statement to that effect, he said, [...] |
2007-08-01 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO2380 |
EGYPTIAN NPT INTERLOCUTORS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-02 13:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO2438 |
SOLICITATION FOR OVERSEAS FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] FULL NAME AND TITLE 2. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 3. PHONE NUMBER AND SUPERVISOR 4. CURRENT POST OF DUTY 5. FAX NUMBER IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT PROGRAM COORDINATOR, SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT DENNIS LINDSEY BY FIREBIRD (DENNIS LINDSEY) OR TELEPHONE AT 703-632 [...] |
2007-08-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KDEM EFIN ECON ASEC AMGT OTRA EG |
| 07CAIRO2440 |
EGYPT: GROWING ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian-Chinese relations have expanded over the last several years, primarily in the economic realm. Egypt is courting Chinese trade and investment but is wary that China could undercut Egypt in low-cost, labor-intensive sectors, complicating Egyptian efforts to combat persistent [...] |
2007-08-07 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ECON CH EG |
| 07CAIRO245 |
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian parliament, having accepted "in principle" President Hosni Mubarak's constitutional amendments package, will discuss its specifics and language in committee over the next two months, before the full People's Assembly and Shoura Council resume debate on the issue on M [...] |
2007-01-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2455 |
GOE BEGINS CONSULTATIONS TO REMOVE STRUCTURES [...] (C) A Ministry of Defense official with direct knowledge of Gaza border security issues told poloff on August 6 that GOE security services had started deliberations over the possible removal of buildings located closest to Egypt's border with Gaza. He said that to improve tunnel detection an [...] |
2007-08-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IS EG |
| 07CAIRO2459 |
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VP ON HUMAN [...] (C) The Ambassador raised a range of human rights and religious freedom issues with National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Vice President Ahmad Kamal Aboul Magd. In addition to reviewing recent religious conversion controversies, Ayman Nour, military tribunals against the Muslim Brotherho [...] |
2007-08-08 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO2470 |
EGYPT TO AMEND ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, EXPAND SCOPE [...] (U) Recent press reports indicate that the GOE is planning to amend the 2002 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law to re-enforce the authority of the Central Bank's Money Laundering Combating Unit (MLCU) to handling economic and financial crimes connected to terrorist finance or threatening the nati [...] |
2007-08-12 05:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER EG |
| 07CAIRO2474 |
2007 527 REPORT FOR EGYPT [...] a. Claimant A b. 2001 c. In June 2001, the Alexandria Governorate took approximately 6,000 square meters from Claimant A's land (on which a factory had been built) to widen the adjoining highway. The Governorate's ensuing construction work also damaged a wall and some property. As [...] |
2007-08-12 05:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV KIDE EG |
| 07CAIRO2497 |
NOTIFICATION TO GOE OF UPCOMING ARB III PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL PTER EG |
| 07CAIRO2511 |
AL GHAD PARTY WOES [...] (C) Summary: In a potential death-blow to Ayman Nour's Ghad Party, on July 31 Egypt's Political Parties Committee (PPC) ruled that Musa Mustafa Musa, an alleged government-backed rival of Nour's, be named leader of the party. This was the culmination of two years of legal wrangling between N [...] |
2007-08-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO252 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of NNSA Michael Bedke 14 to Cairo, Egypt February 1-20 to meet with Port Authority and Egyptian Customs officials and conduct an engineering survey of the Port of Alexandria. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in pa [...] |
2007-01-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM EG |
| 07CAIRO2520 |
MUSLIM-BORN CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY DESCRIBES [...] (C) Marian Elly Salib Abdel Masih, a Muslim-born convert to Christianity formerly known as Shaymaa Mohamed El-Sayed, met with poloff on August 12 to discuss her July detention by the police in Alexandria (reftel). Marian provided details about her conversion to Christianity, her resultant a [...] |
2007-08-14 11:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO2536 |
EGYPT: TIP ISSUES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This summer we have seen modest but genuine GOE progress on TIP. The GOE has announced the establishment of an inter-ministerial committee to combat TIP in Egypt. People's Assembly (PA) representative Georgette Qellini announced in June that she would introduce a draft law [...] |
2007-08-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PGOV KWMN KCRM EG |
| 07CAIRO2537 |
EGYPT: UPDATE ON IRI, NDI, AND IFES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On August 4, the Assistant Minister for American Affairs, Hatem Seif Al-Nasr, convoked the Ambassador to complain "on instructions" about IRI activities in Egypt. Al Nasr charged that IRI Country Director, Keith Kidd, had been traveling in the governorates and maintained a heavy schedule [...] |
2007-08-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2552 |
WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO BANQUE DU CAIRE SALE [...] (U) Recent press reports claimed that the GOE had postponed indefinitely the selection of a sale advisor for Banque du Caire, due to public opposition to the sale. Central Bank officials denied these reports, and indicated that an advisor would be selected by the end of the month. Opposition [...] |
2007-08-16 12:16:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EG |
| 07CAIRO2559 |
EGYPT SEEKS TO CONTINUE USE OF AWGA-NITZANA FOR [...] (C) A representative of the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) told poloff during an August 15 meeting at the Awga-Nitzana border crossing that Egyptian-Israeli coordination for the return of 6,372 Palestinians to Gaza (via Israel) during the period July 29-August 12 was [...] |
2007-08-16 13:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2560 |
KHARTOUM CDA FERNANDEZ MEETS WITH DUP [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
| 07CAIRO2575 |
BOEING SCORES SUCCESS IN EGYPT AIR LONG-HAUL [...] (SBU) Continuing the augmentation and upgrading of its long-haul fleet, Egypt Air has agreed to lease six Boeing 777-300R aircraft, with the possibility of a direct purchase or lease of two more. The decision follows shortly after the airline concluded an agreement with Airbus to lease two A33 [...] |
2007-08-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO2576 |
BOEING SCORES SUCCESS IN EGYPT AIR LONG-HAUL [...] (SBU) Continuing the augmentation and upgrading of its long-haul fleet, Egypt Air has agreed to lease six Boeing 777-300R aircraft, with the possibility of a direct purchase or lease of two more. The decision follows shortly after the airline concluded an agreement with Airbus to lease two A33 [...] |
2007-08-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO2577 |
RUMORS OF A CABINET RESHUFFLE AND CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Cairo is abuzz with rumors of a looming cabinet reshuffle, with conjecture focusing on expected changes in the ministries of Justice, Social Solidarity, Culture, Housing, and perhaps a change of the Prime Minister. Speculation also abounds about an imminent shake-up in the leader [...] |
2007-08-20 06:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG |
| 07CAIRO258 |
COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON RELEASE OF NIGHT VISION [...] (C) Description: The USG has offered the GOE two excess defense article OSPREY Class Mine Hunter Craft under the Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2005. The US Navy transferred these ships to the Egyptian Navy (EN) in January 2007. The following Night Vision Devices (NVDs) are routinely included [...] |
2007-01-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG |
| 07CAIRO2581 |
EGYPT: MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SOLIDARITY DISCUSSES [...] (C) In an August 15 meeting with Minister of Social Solidarity (MSS) Ali Al-Moselhy, USAID Acting Director followed up on the Ambassador's July meeting with Moselhy (ref A), and expressed USG concern about the new draft NGO law. Press reporting about the yet-to-be-publicized new law suggest [...] |
2007-08-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2584 |
MOD CALLS DEPLOYMENT OF BORDER GUARD FORCES AN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-20 12:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2588 |
WHEAT SHORTAGE? [...] (U) Shortfalls in wheat and flour have lead to rising prices and fears of a bread shortage in the coming weeks leading up to Ramadan. Media reports claim wheat reserves will not last through August, but GOE officials counter that supplies are sufficient to last until January 2008. Minister o [...] |
2007-08-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2600 |
CONVICTIONS IN 2005 KHAN AL KHALILI BOMBING CASE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-22 07:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CASC EG |
| 07CAIRO2601 |
DINNER WITH DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS: FRUSTRATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging three-and-a-half hour-long August 15 dinner, a group of five leading Egyptian democracy activists told the Ambassador and Pol-Econ Minister-Counselor that Egypt's domestic "deterioration" across the board has resulted in increased frustration and anger on the part [...] |
2007-08-22 09:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2603 |
KHARTOUM CDA FERNANDEZ' AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary and introduction. Visiting Khartoum Charge d'Affairs Alberto Fernandez met with Hisham Yousef, Chief of Staff to Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, on August 14 in Cairo. Yousef expressed optimism that Darfur is "on the right track" and has a better chance of successful r [...] |
2007-08-22 13:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SU |
| 07CAIRO2620 |
EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR CASH TRANSFER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) After several months of waiting for the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to provide draft terms of reference (TORs) for international audit firms' work in the state-owned banks, we now have bilaterally-agreed TORs and the auditors can get down to business. This ends the worrisome delay in the [...] |
2007-08-23 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO2622 |
(U) EGYPT: CHRISTIAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER [...] (C) Summary: Yousef Sidhom, a Christian publisher and chief editor of Watany newspaper, told the Ambassador that recent public debates in Egypt over conversion away from Islam are a "healthy" development. Sidhom opined that any direct public intervention by the USG in this complex and sens [...] |
2007-08-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO2627 |
EGYPT MONTHLY MILITARY WRAP-UP [...] (C) Emboffs discussed border security, prospects for a secure communications agreement, plans for the 2007 Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) meetings, political release of defense systems, and BRIGHT STAR (BS) with Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Al Assar, Assistant Minister of [...] |
2007-08-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EAID EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2642 |
MUBARAK SAYS PEACE SUMMIT LACKS FRAMEWORK [...] (U) During an exclusive interview with the Chief Editor of Akhbar el-Youm on August 25, President Mubarak said that the framework for the proposed fall Middle East peace summit has not yet been drawn up. He said "Egypt supports the necessity of consensus around all the outstanding cases for [...] |
2007-08-27 12:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG |
| 07CAIRO2643 |
BLUE LANTERN-PRE LICENSE CHECK ON 05-050048861 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC KOMC EG TU |
| 07CAIRO2654 |
EGYPT'S MUFTI ON U.S. VISIT, IRAQ, REFORMING [...] (C) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting on August 26, the Ambassador and the Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma'a, discussed the Mufti's possible travel to the U.S. and Canada in December, and a mid-August meeting in Cairo of Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a leaders with Egyptian Muslim leaders, orchestrated [...] |
2007-08-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER KIRF IZ EG |
| 07CAIRO2669 |
GAMAL MUBARAK ADVISOR DISCUSSES EGYPT'S ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Mohamed Farnawany, senior advisor to Gamal Mubarak, told poloff on August 27 that the GOE is not happy that the USG never responded to the ESF proposal to create an endowment. Poloff reminded Farnawany that the U.S. did respond, explaining the difficulties with the concept. Farnawany said [...] |
2007-08-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO2670 |
EGYPTIANS REACT SHARPLY TO ESF REDUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Egyptian's strong reaction to diminished ESF levels reflects concern about political play on the new Israeli military assistance package. They are now trying for face-saving consultations. Ambassador Nabil Fahmy has been instructed to bring new ideas in de [...] |
2007-08-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL EAID ECON PGOV EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2680 |
ARAB LEAGUE AGAINST PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Samir Hosni, head of the Arab League Office of African Affairs, on August 30. Drawing from reftel, poloff argued that including Canada and Yemen as Permanent Observers to the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) would increase the ICG's abil [...] |
2007-08-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG SO |
| 07CAIRO2683 |
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian government's campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is continuing, with the recent arrests of a prominent moderate official, two MB parliamentarians, and other senior officials, upping the ante. The latest detentions occur against the backdrop of the ongoing mi [...] |
2007-08-30 12:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO2686 |
EGYPT AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATES: VACCINATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) participated in two field investigations of human Avian Influenza (AI) outbreaks with Government of Egypt (GOE) teams in Qena and Damietta where the use of improper field techniques by GOE teams and uncooperative local citizens ini [...] |
2007-08-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA KFLU EAGR PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2689 |
SINAI RESIDENTS ANGRY OVER POTENTIAL GOE PLANS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS EG |
| 07CAIRO2691 |
STATUS OF PALESTINIANS HELD IN THE SINAI [...] (C) A Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) contact has refuted press reports alleging that 180 Palestinians being held in camps in the Sinai have launched a hunger strike. He said that the Palestinians, who are detained because they lack legal papers and permission to remain in Egypt ( [...] |
2007-08-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2692 |
INVESTMENT MINISTER ENCOURAGING ON RENEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOE experts on bilateral investment treaties (BIT) are currently analyzing a USG proposal to update the US-Egypt BIT and plan to be ready for a technical discussion during a visit to Washington in late October, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin told visiting USTR Director [...] |
2007-08-30 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EG |
| 07CAIRO2697 |
COOPERATION MINISTER ABUL NAGA ON FY 09 ESF; [...] (SBU) On September 2, Ambassador met with Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Abul Naga , accompanied by Acting USAID Mission Director John Groarke and Econcouns (notetaker). The meeting was at Abul Naga's request, and focused on the recent notification by the USG to the GOE of the [...] |
2007-09-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV KIRF EG |
| 07CAIRO2711 |
CAIRO-BASED ARAB DARFUR REBEL GROUP SENDS LETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Popular Front (DPF), a mostly Arab Darfur group with representation in Cairo, recently gave an Arabic-language letter to pol LES for delivery to President Bush, requesting U.S. support for the DPF to fulfill its "responsibilities" in the coming phase of the peace [...] |
2007-09-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO MASS EG SU |
| 07CAIRO2725 |
SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN EGYPT: ELITES TAKING A TURN FOR [...] (C) Summary: An increased Islamic consciousness, a marked phenomenon for the past two decades among the lower and mid-echelons of Egyptian society, now appears to be on the rise among the country's upper class as well. This cable explores the burgeoning piety of Egypt's well-heeled, as seen [...] |
2007-09-06 13:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI ECON KWMN EG |
| 07CAIRO2726 |
ECONOMIC REFORMS SHOWING RESULTS, BUT SLOWING [...] (U) Summary and introduction: Since 2004, the Nazif government has cut tariffs and tax rates, fixed the current exchange system and eliminated the black market, rationalized fiscal cash managements with its Single Treasury Account, partially privatized and recapitalized the banking sector, [...] |
2007-09-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2729 |
EGYPT TO STUDY IAEA/IRAN PLAN OF ACTION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA IR EG |
| 07CAIRO2730 |
ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS: MIDDLE EAST PEACE MUST BE [...] (U) During its September 5 annual ministerial meeting, Arab League (AL) foreign ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed meeting for Middle East peace, but stressed a comprehensive approach producing tangible results. AL Secretary General Amre Moussa said in a press con [...] |
2007-09-06 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS IZ XP |
| 07CAIRO2731 |
EGYPT'S MFA DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON PEACE SUMMIT [...] (C) During a meeting with Economic and Political Minister Counselor on September 6, foreign ministry spokesman Ambassador Hossam Zaki delivered a non-paper (see para two) reflecting Egypt's views on the peace summit proposed by President Bush, and asked the Embassy to forward it to the Secret [...] |
2007-09-06 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS EG SY LE |
| 07CAIRO2733 |
GRAND SHAYKH OF AL AZHAR ON EXTREMISM AND IRAQ [...] (SBU) In a September 5 meeting, the Shaykh of Al Azhar, Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, stressed to the Ambassador his focus on the need for tolerance, cooperation, and understanding between religions. Asserting that "all humans are brothers," the Shaykh decried violence in the name of religion, and h [...] |
2007-09-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL PTER IZ EG |
| 07CAIRO2734 |
EGYPT: RULING PARTY TRIES, WITH PARTIAL SUCCESS, [...] (C) The Cairo representative of the International Republican Institute (IRI), Keith Kidd, told us on September 2 that senior members of the National Democratic Party were attempting to prevent individual NDP members from taking part in an "offshore" training session organized in Morocco for [...] |
2007-09-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2735 |
EGYPTIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL ON IPR [...] (SBU) Summary: GOE health officials and advisors view many of the action items in the Special 301 Initiative for Egypt as "TRIPS plus," exceeding Egypt's obligations under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property agreement, and therefore feel no obligation to implement them, health [...] |
2007-09-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR EG |
| 07CAIRO2736 |
EGYPT ASKS USG SUPPORT AT IAEA ON "ALL" OF THE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IAEA IR EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2751 |
EGYPT: PRISON SUICIDE OF KEY AYMAN NOUR WITNESS [...] (C) According to unnamed GOE sources quoted in press accounts, the September 6 death in prison of Ayman Ismail Hassan, who played a pivotal role in the GOE's prosecution of opposition leader Ayman Nour in 2005 (reftel), has been ruled a suicide by hanging. Ayman Nour's supporters are, howeve [...] |
2007-09-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2769 |
ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFING FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 5 [...] Summary. In a briefing for foreign diplomats on the Arab League's (AL) annual September 5 ministerial, AL Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef said that the ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed international meeting for Middle East peace and noted their strong desire to rea [...] |
2007-09-12 14:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAL PREF EG SO IS IZ SU XP |
| 07CAIRO2777 |
EGYPT TO CONSIDER WIPO ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-13 11:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC WIPO EG |
| 07CAIRO2781 |
EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTER NOT FLEXIBLE ON IAEA [...] (C) On September 13, the Ambassador urged Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to work towards a consensus agreement with Israel on the "Application of IAEA Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT) agenda item. He said the U.S. did not see the p [...] |
2007-09-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2787 |
MINISTER OF TRADE RACHID ON QIZ, WHEAT AND [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with Ambassador, Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid confirmed reports we have heard from the Israeli embassy here that Egypt and Israel have agreed to reduce the required Israeli content in Egyptian exports from the QIZs from 11.7 to 10.5 perc [...] |
2007-09-16 06:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV EG |
| 07CAIRO2798 |
EGYPT: INPUT ON DISCUSSIONS OF THE COMPLEMENTARY [...] (C) Per reftel request regarding Egypt's planned participation in the mid-November Community of Democracies ministerial in Mali, on September 16 the staff of Ambassador Raouf Saad, the MFA's BMENA coordinator (who also handles CD matters), told poloff that the MFA "had just received notificati [...] |
2007-09-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG |
| 07CAIRO2799 |
EGYPT: ACTIVISTS RALLY TO PROTEST CLOSURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of Cairo's human rights and democracy activist community rallied on September 16 at a downtown demonstration to protest the GOE's September 8 closure of the Association for Human Rights and Legal Aid (AHRLA), apparently for accepting foreign funding, including from th [...] |
2007-09-16 15:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO2800 |
EGYPT - SEPTEMBER MILITARY WRAP-UP [...] (C) The Chief of the Office of Military Cooperation ("OMC Chief") discussed the annual Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) meeting, the slow disbursement of FMF, border security and prospects for a secure communications agreement with Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Al Assar and [...] |
2007-09-16 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR EAID EG |
| 07CAIRO2801 |
DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI ON MIL-TO-MIL RELATIONS [...] (C) On September 16, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and the Ambassador discussed the impact of the FMF debates on the overall relationship, the state of mil-to-mil relations, border security, the under-disbursement of FMF in FY07, and the peace process. Tantawi said that the U.S. [...] |
2007-09-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2805 |
IRAQIS IN EGYPT FACE CHALLENGES OBTAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqis in Egypt are finding it difficult to obtain education, health services and job opportunities. More established Iraqi residents are depleting their savings, and newer arrivals are less wealthy than their predecessors. Although the GOE is publicly committed to providing ed [...] |
2007-09-17 09:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM PREF EG IZ |
| 07CAIRO2808 |
ANOTHER EGYPTIAN COURT RULES AGAINST MILITARY [...] (SBU) Following on three previous rulings by other courts, another Egyptian civil court has ruled against the GOE's use of military tribunals against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). On September 10, the Cairo Court of Summary Jurisdiction reportedly rejected the Egyptian government's appeal of a M [...] |
2007-09-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL KJUS EG |
| 07CAIRO2809 |
AYMAN NOUR APPRECIATIVE OF AMBASSADOR'S RECENT [...] (C) On September 16, a handwritten letter from imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour was delivered to poloff's residence by Nour's wife, Gameela Ismail. The letter thanks the Ambassador for his recent public comments on Nour's case, both at a September 9 American Chamber of Commerce event [...] |
2007-09-17 10:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG |
| 07CAIRO2816 |
EGYPT SEIZED WITH GROWING AFRICAN MIGRANT PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Pol Econ Minister Counselor delivered refs A and B demarches to MFA Counselor for Refugee Affairs Mohamed Fathi on September 16. Fathi described continued active GOE interagency efforts to develop a comprehensive solution to the issue of African migrants attempting to reach Israe [...] |
2007-09-17 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM EG IS |
| 07CAIRO2825 |
MUBARAK HEALTH RUMORS LEAD TO CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Reporting in the independent daily Al Dostour on rumors of President Mubarak's poor health have led to a criminal suit against its editor-in-chief, Ibrahim Eissa, in the Supreme State Emergency Criminal Court. The complaint, filed by State Security prosecution on September 11 [...] |
2007-09-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO PHUM EG |
| 07CAIRO2827 |
EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DOWNPLAYS SIGNIFICANCE [...] (SBU) Egyptian government-owned press reported on September 18 that Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Abbas Iraq was holding talks with Egyptian Foreign Ministry officials. Iraq was to meeting MFA Assistant Minister for Asian Affairs Hussein Darar and Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affa [...] |
2007-09-18 17:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IR |
| 07CAIRO2835 |
LEADING AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPERT, DR. DAVID SWAYNE, VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. David Swayne, Director of the Southeast Poultry Research Lab and leading expert on Avian Influenza (AI), met with the week of August 26 with Government of Egypt (GOE), non-government organization (NGO) and private sector poultry entities. USAID approved USD 8.2 million in f [...] |
2007-09-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSCA KFLU EAGR PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2836 |
SINAI: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Emboffs visited El Arish, capital of North Sinai governorate, September 12, to discuss economic development with local business leaders. Members of the North Sinai Businessmen's Association (NSBA) and the Al-Fawakhreya Association for Economic Development told Emboffs that the local eco [...] |
2007-09-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD EG |
| 07CAIRO2839 |
Thirst on the Nile [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Although significant progress has been made in improving infrastructure for potable water and sanitation, including $3.3 billion in USAID assistance since 1977, poor maintenance due to poor management practices, combined with population pressures, mean that many [...] |
2007-09-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI EG |
| 07CAIRO2841 |
MUBARAK'S LEGAL ADVISOR ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a September 19 meeting, presidential legal advisor Mohamed Dakroury discussed a range of upcoming legislation with DCM and poloff. In addition to his influential position as "the president's lawyer," through which he appears to have a drafting or oversight role for virtually all new Egy [...] |
2007-09-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KJUS EG |
| 07CAIRO2845 |
EGYPT: POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) On September 2-5, Embassy Cairo sponsored a four-day workshop for twenty-four Egyptian National Police (ENP) Generals and other senior police officials. This Senior Leadership Workshop is part of the larger USG-Egyptian Police project funded by the USG and sub-contracted by State-INL to [...] |
2007-09-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG |
| 07CAIRO2846 |
OIL DISCOVERY IN UPPER EGYPT [...] (SBU) Egypt's Petroleum Minister is hailing a crude oil discovery in Upper Egypt as a potential economic savior for the region, but some industry experts, citing questions over recoverable reserves, quality, and local refining capability, have their doubts. Their skepticism meshes with broader [...] |
2007-09-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PINR EG |
| 07CAIRO2855 |
SEEKING ARAB SUPPORT FOR LEBANON BORDER MISSION [...] (C) DCM and poloff delivered points in reftel to Arab League and the Egyptian MFA September 19-20. The Arab League welcomed USG interest on providing technical assistance for the Syrian-Lebanese border, but was wary of deploying personnel immediately. The MFA was supportive in principle, bu [...] |
2007-09-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG LE |
| 07CAIRO2856 |
SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT AD HOC LIAISON [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-20 15:39 | |||