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08PARIS1698 |
FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART III [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy may have its most immediate impact on France's military presence in Africa. The French are planning to consolidate their military presence and want to orient it towards cooperation with Africa's sub-regional groupings (e.g., ECOWAS, SADC, et al.) and awa [...] |
2008-09-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR |
08PARIS1703 |
ELYSEE READOUT OF SARKOZY'S SEPTEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: During his September 3-4 visit to Damascus,President Sarkozy told Syrian President Bashar al-Asad that in order to establish a relationship of trust with France, Syria would need to honor its commitments and respect certain principles (e.g., Lebanon's sovereignty and the International [...] |
2008-09-09 18:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE UNSC PREL |
08PARIS1704 |
THE FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: INSTITUTIONAL GOALS IN [...] (C) Summary. French Presidency EU Advisor Fabien Raynaud provided his views on the first months of France's EU Presidency in an mid-August introductory meeting. Setting external issues aside to focus on internal EU cooperation, he said that the GOF is encouraged by progress thus far on its [...] |
2008-09-10 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1707 |
IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PREL MOPS IZ |
08PARIS1708 |
FRENCH READOUT OF EU MISSION TO MOSCOW AND NEXT [...] (C/NF) Summary. On September 10, Political M/C met with Damien Loras, Advisor to President Sarkozy on Russia and the Caucasus, who provided a readout of President Sarkozy,'s September 8 trip to Moscow and the reasoning behind the provisions in the final agreement on Georgia. Despite the dif [...] |
2008-09-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL GG RU FR EU |
08PARIS1709 |
DEMARCHE ON SNIPER RIFLES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-11 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PARM PREL MASS ETTC FGM AU IR |
08PARIS1715 |
FRANCE CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF EXPANDING ON ISAF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-12 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF FR |
08PARIS1716 |
MFA THINKING ON IRAN AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, Iran, and the Arabian Peninsula, acknowledged progress over the past year in Iraq and said that as a result, France had moved away from its previous idea of convening an international conference to promote Iraqi national reconciliation. [...] |
2008-09-12 17:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IZ IR |
08PARIS1717 |
FRENCH BELIEVE THAT ASSASSINATION OF SYRIAN [...] (S/NF) As Washington readers and others ponder French policy toward Syria, and as an expansion of para 3 in reftel, we pass along the previously unreported views of two of our GOF interlocutors from meetings in late August on the mysterious assassination earlier in the month of Syrian brigad [...] |
2008-09-12 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS PINR FR SY LE |
08PARIS1718 |
FRENCH EXPECT A PRODUCTIVE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, MFA deputy for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said the September 15-16 GAERC will focus on implementation of next steps on Georgia, including deployment of the EU observer mission by October 1. The GAERC will also decide the mandate and n [...] |
2008-09-12 18:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN RS GG ZI SO SR TU FR |
08PARIS1721 |
SOMALIA: UNSC SANCTIONS AND PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Somalia desk officer Thierry Caboche said on September 12 that France favored a 12-month time limit to the UNSC Somalia sanctions resolution now under consideration in New York, to allow the Security Council to maintain closer supervision over the sanctions process than wou [...] |
2008-09-15 09:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC EUN MOPS SO FR |
08PARIS1726 |
SUDAN/ICC/SANCTIONS: "WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Sudan Helene Le Gal stressed on September 12 that "we are not negotiating with Sudan" concerning its recent discussion with the Khartoum regime during which the French explained to the Sudanese the things Sudan needed to do to improve its standing in the [...] |
2008-09-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SU CD FR |
08PARIS1728 |
FRANCE CONSIDERING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR AFGHAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on September 15 to Francois Delmas, who is responsible for NATO and Afghanistan issues in the Strategic Affairs bureau at the MFA. Delmas said that the GOF was expecting this demarche soliciting contributions for the Afghan National Army and is currently cons [...] |
2008-09-16 08:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATEU MOPS MARR FR AF |
08PARIS1740 |
FRENCH REACTION TO ENGAGING EUORPEAN COUNTRIES ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post shared points on Argentina investment disputes with French Ministry of Finance officials on August 19. Emboff followed up with Finance Ministry officials September 16 and met with Hugo Hanne, Head of the Americas Division and Vanessa Gouret, Deputy Head of Servic [...] |
2008-09-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIDE AR FR |
08PARIS1745 |
MORE FROM EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA AND FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis Pierre Morel took a few minutes from intensive preparations for the EU/Central Asia forum to discuss his thinking about preparations for the mid-October Geneva meeting on Georgia. As noted in reftel, he plans to visit New York a [...] |
2008-09-17 17:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS MARR FR GG RS EU UN |
08PARIS1746 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Embassy contacted Defontaine planning and logistics chief, Pascal Boutin (Tel: +33-02 40 67 89 07; email: pascal-boutin@defontaine.com) and MOD Directorate General for Armements U.S. Desk officer Maj. Eng. Damien LOUISE (Tel: + 33 1 46 19 67 00; email: damien.louise@dga.defense.gouv.fr) for [...] |
2008-09-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
08PARIS1750 |
FRANCE AND RUSSIA: PRIME MINISTERS TO MEET IN [...] (C) Late on September 17, FM Kouchner's adviser on Russia/Georgia/the Balkans Isabelle Dumont told us that a French FM Fillon would go to Sochi September 19-20 for a "governmental seminar" in Sochi where he would also meet Russian PM Putin. The event, scheduled before the Georgia crisis, was [...] |
2008-09-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG FR |
08PARIS1751 |
USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...] |
2008-09-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR |
08PARIS1753 |
FRENCH UPDATES ON COUNTER-PIRACY; EU COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary. France has not yet identified another nation to take over escorting World Food Program shipments (which the French call "Operation Alcyon") once Canada's scheduled escort duty stops on September 27, according to MFA desk officers Samer Melki and Guillaume Dabouis during a Septem [...] |
2008-09-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN |
08PARIS1761 |
SUDAN: GATHERING FRENCH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with French presidential advisor Bruno Joubert in Paris on September 12 to discuss the results of Joubert's September 2 visit to Khartoum and gather support against Sudanese efforts to gain an Article 16 suspension in the UN Security Council ( [...] |
2008-09-22 09:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SU FR UN |
08PARIS1769 |
FRENCH WARILY BACK CONTINUED UN-LED TALKS ON [...] (C) France supports in principle a continuation of the UN-led talks on Western Sahara but was not prepared to commit to another round until it was clearer how the talks would proceed according to Nathalie Loiseau, PDAS-equivalent in the MFA's NEA who responded to Ref B demarche on September 1 [...] |
2008-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV UNSC FR MO AG WI |
08PARIS1771 |
AIRBUSQSYRIA TALKS ON AIRCRAFT LEASE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Recent press reporting has speculated on the possible sale or lease of Airbus aircraft to Syria's state carrier. While the GOF has downplayed the reports, speculation has centered on ways in which a deal could be structured to sidestep [...] |
2008-09-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD EAIR PREL FR |
08PARIS1777 |
ENERGY SECURITY: FRENCH GOALS ON CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 17 meeting with MFA Director for Economic Affairs Christian Masset, Special Envoy for Eurasia Energy C. Boyden Gray shared concerns over Caspian Basin supply diversification issues and the need for greater EU engagement with Central Asia. Masset told Gray the is [...] |
2008-09-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ZK PREL FR EU |
08PARIS1785 |
DEMARCHE TO GOF ON RUSSIAN INITIATIVE TO ALLOW [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-24 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC FR RU GG |
08PARIS1791 |
FRANCE JOINS U.S. IN OPPOSING NICARAGUAN [...] (C) The GOF shares USG opposition to Nicaragua's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia according to French MFA desk officer Philippe Garcia de la Rosa who spoke to poloff on September 22. Garcia said the GOF agrees with all points in reftel and further rejects efforts to liken the indepe [...] |
2008-09-25 09:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EUN GG NU RU FR |
08PARIS1793 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S. ON PNG DECISION BY BOLIVIA [...] (C) The French Government agrees with the U.S. position from reftel demarche on the decision by Bolivia and Venezuela to declare our ambassadors persona non grata (PNG), according to MFA desk officers Aurelien Lepine-Kouas and Lionel Paradisi who spoke to poloff on September 22. The MFA noted [...] |
2008-09-25 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC FR |
08PARIS1805 |
FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKING A HARD LINE ON COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, Counselor on Africa at the French Presidency, on September 19 provided a frank assessment of the situation in Mauritania in the aftermath of the August 6 coup to Ambassador Mark Boulware, stating that the French are prepared for a "divorce" with Mauritania if P [...] |
2008-09-26 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KDEM PINS MR FR |
08PARIS1817 |
PRELIMINARY FRENCH RESPONSES TO UN FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-30 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC UNGA CDG FR |
08PARIS1822 |
FRANCE CONSIDERING HUMAN RIGHT TO BROADBAND [...] (SBU) In a speech set for October 13, President Sarkozy will announce a major policy initiative on the future of the digital economy that may include support for a human right to internet broadband access. 2. (SBU) In discussions September 30 - October 1 with Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S [...] |
2008-10-01 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM ETRD KIPR FR |
08PARIS1826 |
EUROPEAN G-8 HEADS OF STATE TO DISCUSS FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) The heads of France, Germany, Britain, Italy, the Eurogroup, the European Commission and the European Central Bank will meet in Paris Saturday to "prepare the contribution of European members of the G8 to the upcoming meetings of this group devoted to the international financial crisis." [...] |
2008-10-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL FR |
08PARIS1828 |
FRANCE: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on September 12 to discuss human rights abuses in Georgia and the status of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR), the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the Khmer Rouge Tribunal [...] |
2008-10-03 09:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS1830 |
FRENCH VIEW ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. France continues to press to conclude the climate and energy package before the end of its EU presidency as a step towards consolidating an EU position before the UNFCC Poznan meeting in December 2008. France supports in principle the biofuel targets in the current draft of t [...] |
2008-10-03 13:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN |
08PARIS1836 |
FRENCH VIEW ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary. France continues to press to conclude the climate and energy package before the end of its EU presidency as a step towards consolidating an EU position before the UNFCC Poznan meeting in December 2008. France supports in principle the biofuel targets in the current draft of t [...] |
2008-10-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN |
08PARIS1845 |
FRENCH PLAN FOR RATIFICATION OF NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The MFA wants the French Parliament to approve NATO membership for Croatia and Albania before the April 2009 NATO summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, according to DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, Thierry Guichoux, who discusse [...] |
2008-10-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PARM MARR PREL KTIA FR AL CR |
08PARIS1846 |
FRANCE CONSIDERING HUMAN RIGHT TO BROADBAND [...] (SBU) In a speech set for October 13, President Sarkozy will announce a major policy initiative on the future of the digital economy that may include support for a human right to internet broadband access. 2. (SBU) In discussions September 30 - October 1 with Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S [...] |
2008-10-07 08:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PHUM ETRD KIPR FR |
08PARIS1853 |
GENERAL PETRAEUS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. During a September 25-26 visit to Paris to receive military honors, General David Petraeus met with French interlocutors including DefMin Herve Morin, PM Franois Fillon, Secretary-General of the MFA Gerard Errera (D-equivalent) and President Sarkozy's diplomatic advisor Jean-Dav [...] |
2008-10-07 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS FR AF PA SY LE IR |
08PARIS1855 |
MARCH 14 SHOOTS ITSELF IN FOOT DURING ELYSEE VISIT [...] (S) Summary: A March 14th delegation led by Lebanese MP Marwan Hamadeh that met October 2 with senior French officials may have done more harm than good, at least so far as relations with the Elysee are concerned. "What world are they living in?" Boris Boillon, Counselor for Middle East Affairs at [...] |
2008-10-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PREL PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY |
08PARIS186 |
INDIA: SARKOZY VISIT INCREASES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. President Sarkozy's January 25-27 official visit to India was political rather than commercially focused, according to DAS-equivalent Didier Leroy January 29. Leroy highlighted that France initialed a civil nuclear agreement, increased environmental cooperation, signed bilateral [...] |
2008-02-01 17:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IN |
08PARIS1862 |
SUDAN: NAFIE FAILS TO IMPRESS FRENCH, WHO HAVE NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his October 6 Paris meetings, Sudanese Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie failed to convince French officials that Sudan had made progress in areas of concern that would warrant a shift in France's position, according to MFA desk officer Frederic Bouvier. The Sudanese d [...] |
2008-10-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PHUM SU FR |
08PARIS1863 |
FRENCH SUPPORT STREAMLINING U.S. COMMAND AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) During the recent visits to Paris of USDP Eric Edelman (ref B) and General David Petraeus (ref C), both men raised with their French interlocutors the recent designation of General McKiernan as ISAF as well as OEF co [...] |
2008-10-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF FR |
08PARIS1868 |
France's Societal Preferences Trade Initiative - [...] (SBU) Summary: French initiatives to incorporate societal preferences into European trade policy were the theme of a lunch we hosted with agriculture, econ and commercial counterparts from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil, The friendlies have been watching recent developments with c [...] |
2008-10-09 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR SENV SOCI EU |
08PARIS1869 |
FRENCH ESDP INITIATIVES POST-DEAUVILLE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On October 1-2, European Union (EU) defense ministers decided on common directions for capacity-building initiatives and EU military operations at an informal ministerial in Deauville, France. As an informal ministerial, Deauville produced no formal decisions, rather [...] |
2008-10-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP MOPS EUN FR |
08PARIS187 |
BURKINA FASO/COTE D'IVOIRE: FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's January 27 visit to Burkina Faso focused on Cote d'Ivoire and the need to remain engaged on ensuring free and fair elections there, according to the MFA desk officer responsible for both countries. The main priority is to enable the e [...] |
2008-02-01 18:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UV IV FR |
08PARIS1872 |
PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 17 session, Club Chairman Musca briefed creditors on recent contacts with the Government of Argentina (GOA), which revealed that Argentina intends to clear arrears excluding late interest and resume debt service on future installments. Creditors in [...] |
2008-10-10 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS1874 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR |
08PARIS1875 |
FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: GAERC PREPARATIONS STILL IN [...] (C) Summary. On October 10, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona provided an overview of French expectations for the October GAERC. In addition to Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus, the topics of the U.S. demarche, Uzbekistan and Moldova, wil [...] |
2008-10-10 17:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FR EUN |
08PARIS188 |
FRANCE/DRC/RWANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rwanda and its troubled relations with France emerged as the key element of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's January 25-26 to the DRC and Rwanda, according to Laurent Chevallier, the MFA desk officer for both. Kouchner made a sincere, good-faith effort to display to [...] |
2008-02-01 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CG RW FR |
08PARIS1884 |
AIRBUS ON SYRIA DEAL AND USG EXPORT CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary: Airbus confirmed its commitment to acquiring U.S. export licenses, as necessary, for any aircraft sales to Syria. Apart from the proposed sale of 50 aircraft to Syria, Airbus expressed continuing frustration over the complicated U.S. export control and licensing procedures that [...] |
2008-10-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETRD EAIR PREL SY FR |
08PARIS1886 |
CUBA ALSO BLOCKS FRENCH BILATERAL HURRICANE [...] (C) The United States is not the only country or group of countries whose aide has been refused by Havana after a series of deadly hurricanes ravaged the Caribbean nation (ref a), said French MFA desk officer Anne Suard. Suard told poloff on October 14 the Cuban government is still retaliati [...] |
2008-10-15 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL CU FR |
08PARIS1890 |
BEIJING OLYMPICS FAIL TO IMPROVE FRENCH VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) The French public watched the Beijing Summer Olympics in large numbers and with interest but came away without an appreciable change in their generally downbeat views on China. Our reading from contacts in discussions since the August 24 closing ceremony is that in the current context [...] |
2008-10-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH FR |
08PARIS1893 |
FRANCE PROPOSES INFORMAL MEETING OF AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. On October 15, Pol M/C met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs advisor to FM Kouchner, to discuss the French proposal for a meeting to discuss regional cooperation among Afghanistan's neighbors. Errera apologized that t [...] |
2008-10-15 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF FR UZ TI TX IR PK |
08PARIS1894 |
CLONES AND CLONE PRODUCTS DENOUNCED BY FRENCH ADVISORY [...] Summary: The release on the market of products sourced from cloned animals and their offspring should be prohibited according to the October 14 conclusions of the French Advisory Committee on Food (Conseil national de l'Alimentation.) The CNA is an official advisory body. Its conclusions were [...] |
2008-10-15 18:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS1895 |
FRENCH SEEK FUNDAMENTAL REFORM OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL [...] (C) The French Government's objective for the summit proposed in President Sarkozy's speech to the UN General Assembly is to set an agenda for rethinking the international financial system with a view to assuring stable global growth over the long term, according to a working-level GOF contac [...] |
2008-10-16 08:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1896 |
C.A.R.: FRENCH SHARE U.S. WORRIES ON C.A.R.'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials at the Presidency, MOD, and MFA shared U.S. concerns about the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during Ambassador Frederick Cook's October 14 and 15 consultations in Paris. These concerns centered on the almost complete lack of good governance in C.A.R., Pres [...] |
2008-10-16 08:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PGOV MARR ECON CT FR |
08PARIS1902 |
AMBASSADOR-LEVITTE DISCUSSION ON CAMP DAVID MEETING [...] (C) In an October 16 meeting, Elysee Diplomatic Advisor Levitte told Ambassador he sees the October 18 meeting between President Sarkozy, European Commission President Barroso and President Bush as a brainstorming session on the summit recently agreed to by the G8. The French objective for the [...] |
2008-10-17 08:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1908 |
FRENCH PRESIDENCY REACTS TO GENEVA MEETING ON [...] (C) French presidency adviser for Russia, Central Asia, and the Americas Damien Loras on October 16 provided DCM an update on French thinking about Russia and Georgia following the October 15 meeting in Geneva. He argued that France preferred to regard the Russian withdrawal from areas adja [...] |
2008-10-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN FR RS GG |
08PARIS1914 |
FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GENEVA CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, Galharague told us October 17 that the fact that the Geneva meeting took place qualifies it as a success for the French. No one had any illusions that the Geneva meeting would be easy, given the Russian threat not to participate if South Ossetia [...] |
2008-10-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM EUN FR RS GG |
08PARIS1917 |
GLOBAL SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL SYSTEM: MFA DAS DISCUSSES GOF [...] (C) On October 16, Elysee Diplomatic Advisor Levitte gave Ambassador the broad-brush French position on when, where and why the GOF wants an international summit on the financial system. He avoided going much into the substance, arguing that he is not an expert in international finance. To get [...] |
2008-10-17 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1927 |
FRANCE PREPARES TO ENGAGE NEW US ADMINISTRATION ON [...] (S/NF) Summary/comment: France's foreign policy establishment plans to engage the new U.S. administration as soon as possible (even, perhaps, before the formal inauguration) on a range of Middle East issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Iran, and Syria/Lebanon. In the hope [...] |
2008-10-20 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | FR PREL PGOV MEPP |
08PARIS1930 |
IO DAS ANDERSON DISCUSSES UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO DAS Anderson discussed UN issues on October 10 with French MFA IO-DAS equivalent Marc Giacomini who expressed GOF support for the Immediate Plan of Action reform package being proposed at the FAO conference in Rome on November 19. He noted the importance of presenting a unifie [...] |
2008-10-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS1936 |
CHAD: CONTINUED HIGH FRENCH ENGAGEMENT IS KEY TO [...] (C) Deputy Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on October 20 that 2009 could be a "pivotal year" in Chad's history. Joubert said that French priorities in Chad centered on (a) electoral reform to achieve credible elections in Chad in 2009 an [...] |
2008-10-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR MARR CD FR |
08PARIS1942 |
USDP EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS, OCTOBER 16 [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman met with GOF officials Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Defense Ministry, and Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to Foreign Minister Kouchner. They agreed on the importance of [...] |
2008-10-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF PA IS IZ LE SY IR TU FR |
08PARIS1946 |
MAURITANIA/FRANCE: "ISOLATE AZIZ, MAKE HIM LEAVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are attempting to isolate Mauritania coup leader General Aziz, in order to force his resignation, which would lead to the return of constitutional government, Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman said on October 22. Serman said that the GOF had had some success in [...] |
2008-10-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ETTC MR FR |
08PARIS1947 |
FRENCH PRESIDENCY INSIDER ON HOW TO GET THINGS [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy's activist approach to the financial crisis is playing well with the public because the French see him as focused and statesmanlike, State Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs Roger Karoutchi told the Ambassador at a working lunch October 20. A governing UMP party ins [...] |
2008-10-23 17:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR |
08PARIS1948 |
FRENCH MFA "PRUDENT" ON MOSKALENKO CASE, CITES [...] (C) MFA desk officer for Russian internal issues Arnaud Migoux told us October 23 that the French are paying close attention to the alleged poisoning of Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko in the eastern French city of Strasbourg where she lives. However, French investigators are [...] |
2008-10-23 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV PINS PINR FR RS |
08PARIS1949 |
A EUROGROUP COUP FOR SARKOZY? [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy,s October 21 speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, touching on a number of issues related to the financial crisis, is being interpreted by some observers here as a trial balloon for a Sarkozy presidency of a transformed (head-of-state) Eurogroup. [...] |
2008-10-23 18:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV FR |
08PARIS1951 |
FRANCE IN THE FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (U) Per ref tasking, this message provides an initial read on France and the financial crisis, including immediate credit/liquidity concerns, the longer macroeconomic outlook, government actions in response to the crisis, expected domestic impact and possible effects on U.S.-French relations. [...] |
2008-10-24 07:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
08PARIS1958 |
SUDAN/QATAR: FRENCH INTERESTED BUT NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on October 23 said that France was not optimistic that the Qatar process on Sudan/Darfur would produce results, although France was interested in and supportive of Qatar's effort. In Qatar, French envoy Issa Maraut has helped convey the French m [...] |
2008-10-24 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SU AL QA FR |
08PARIS1960 |
THE POLITICS OF NYET: RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND THE COE [...] (C) Russian intransigence, lack of EU unity for meaningful action, general European desire for dialogue with Moscow at almost any price, and a cautious Council of Europe (COE) Secretariat combine to provide little hope that even minimal COE monitoring of Russia and Georgia will succeed. Incom [...] |
2008-10-24 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE FR GG RU |
08PARIS1961 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO GICNT: GI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR |
08PARIS1973 |
A EUROGROUP COUP FOR SARKOZY? [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV FR |
08PARIS1975 |
BOUCHER AND FRENCH OFFICIALS DISCUSS AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary. During an October 21-22 visit to Paris, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Richard Boucher discussed with numerous French officials the next steps of the UN "Friends of Pakistan" group and U.S. efforts to tighten security by supporting police and trainers i [...] |
2008-10-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF FR UZ TZ CH TA |
08PARIS1976 |
SARKOZY WANTS TO TALK SUBSTANCE NOVEMBER 15 [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (C) Summary: European Affairs Minister Jouyet's Chief of Staff Denis Simonneau and economic affairs advisors told EMIN not to underestimate President Sarkozy's commitment to "refounding capitalism" during the upcoming series of summits. The Fr [...] |
2008-10-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
08PARIS1978 |
CHAD: FRENCH EAGER TO DISCUSS MINURCAT II [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials suggest a conference telephone call between the Department and the French MFA on Friday, October 31, at 4:00 pm Paris time (11:00 am EDT) to allow interested parties on both sides to discuss specifics con [...] |
2008-10-28 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR UN CD FR |
08PARIS1979 |
DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles met with French MFA Human Rights Director Jacques Pellet (Please Protect Throughout) in Paris on October 23 to discuss United Nations General Assembly Third Committee resolutions and other UN issues. The French agree on the need for a strong Iran resolution, [...] |
2008-10-28 18:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC FR UN |
08PARIS1980 |
FRENCH CIVILIAN NUCLEAR: CURRENT AMBITIONS AND FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. In 10/16-17 meetings French officials and private sector representatives told Special Representative Frank Mermoud that France wants its national energy industrial groups to be leaders in the "nuclear renaissance". Expansion is being driven by energy security and climate change [...] |
2008-10-29 11:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD PREL FR GM |
08PARIS1982 |
HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT SEPTEMBER VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt traveled to France from September 8, 2008 to September 10, 2008 to promote U.S. interests in the areas of food and drug safety, pandemic influenza preparedness, and the development of medical countermeasures. [...] |
2008-10-29 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU ECON SENV AMED KSCA |
08PARIS1983 |
FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA DONORS, [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for Eurasian Affairs Alexandre Vulic told us that the Georgia donors conference in Brussels on October 22 served as confirmation that the European Union has addressed the conflict in Georgia from every angle. All pledged money will be controlled by either the E [...] |
2008-10-29 18:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EUN FR RU GG |
08PARIS1984 |
FRANCE AND THE OSCE: HDIM DISCUSSIONS IN PARIS [...] (SBU) U.S. delegation head at the recent OSCE Human Development Implementation Meeting in Warsaw Ambassador Robert Pearson, in his October 13 meeting with French MFA Director for Human Rights and International Relations Sylvie Bermann, focused on the U.S. desire to work with Europe to deline [...] |
2008-10-29 18:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV OSCE FR |
08PARIS1986 |
FRENCH MFA ECON DIRECTOR ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a 10/28 meeting MFA Economic Affairs Director Christian Masset provided an informal reaction to points contained in the President,s 10/21 letter to President Sarkozy on energy security issues. Masset said French and U.S. thinking was broadly in line on key issues. The French [...] |
2008-10-29 18:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL FR |
08PARIS1987 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] Embassy met with Eurotradia International Services Division Chief Charles de Montesquieu (Tel: +33 1 40 76 26 50; email:cdemontesquieu@eurotradia.fr) for clarification of subject shipment. 2. Montesquieu informed us that Eurotradia (established as Office Generale de l'Aeronautique I 1920) is [...] |
2008-10-30 08:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
08PARIS1994 |
FRENCH G8 FASS ON DOHA, GLOBAL ISSUES AND THE [...] (C) In response to pre-GAERC points on Doha (reftel), MFA Econ Director Christian Masset told EMIN on 10/28 that the "parameters (of Doha) had changed." In the current context it would be impossible to return to the deal with a business-as-usual approach. Getting Doha back on track would req [...] |
2008-10-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN FR |
08PARIS1996 |
FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for Eurasian affairs Alexandre Vulic told us October 24 that, although the recent elections in Belarus did not meet any democratic standards, the EU intends to proceed with small steps to ease Belarus' isolation in response to other gestures Minsk has taken, most [...] |
2008-10-30 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN EUN FR BO |
08PARIS1997 |
FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: EU DIPLOMATS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. Halfway through its six-month French EU presidency, it seems fair to say that Paris seized the opportunity for a global leadership role offered by several unexpected crises on its watch, while still making progress on its previously cited goals. Early concerns about the penchan [...] |
2008-10-30 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EUN FR |
08PARIS1998 |
MEDITERRANEAN UNION DOMINATES MUBARAK VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Unresolved issues with the Mediterranean Union -- participation of the Arab League, location of the Union's secretariat, ensuring continuing EU engagement during the Czech EU presidency (or an extension of the French co-presidency), and agreement on a declaration for the November [...] |
2008-10-30 18:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EG |
08PARIS200 |
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA - [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO WHO XG |
08PARIS2001 |
FRENCH PRESIDENCY'S GYMNICH PREVIEW: [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR |
08PARIS2003 |
UNEXEPCTED DIFFICULTIES IN PARIS CLUB NEGOTIATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. What should have been easy negotiations with Djibouti during the second day of the October 2008 Paris Club meeting turned out to be unexpectedly difficult due to a knotty problem of inter-creditor equity and to Djibouti's last-minute desire to exclude some loans that had already [...] |
2008-10-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID FR DJ |
08PARIS2004 |
PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Congo-B, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, DRC, Iraq, Liberia, the Seychelles, and Togo. Paris Club Co-Chairman Coeure reported that, in an earlier conversation with the Paris Club Secretariat, Argentine Minister Fernandez had re [...] |
2008-10-31 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS2005 |
FLIRTING WITH DISASTER: FRANCE PREPARES FOR THE [...] (C) As Paris moves into the weekend before the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) ministerial in Marseille 3-4 November, great uncertainty about its outcome and prospects for making good on the grand vision for the UPM sketched out in Paris last July prevail. A senior-level contact at the Fr [...] |
2008-10-31 18:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN XT XF FR EZ EG IS SW AL |
08PARIS2012 |
DRC/FRANCE: "NO NEW TROOPS -- FOR NOW" [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DRC deskoff Laurent Chevallier on November 3 said that France did not at present support sending new forces to DRC. Instead, MONUC should be reorganized and redeployed to address security concerns in North Kivu. The French are working to promote EU-AU consultations that w [...] |
2008-11-03 17:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PINR MARR CG FR |
08PARIS2016 |
S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on October 27 to discuss possible resettlement of Guantanamo Bay detainees in France. Williamson noted there are approximately 25 detainees considered low-threat whom the U.S. wants to release but cannot return to their [...] |
2008-11-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO FR |
08PARIS202 |
FRENCH MFA ON WESTERN SAHARA BEFORE VAN WALSUM'S [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau indicated January 29 that France is increasingly impatient with UN-led talks on Western Sahara and believes the process may even be moving backward. She blamed part of French frustration on UN Personal Envoy Peter van [...] |
2008-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG MR WS |
08PARIS2023 |
MEDITERRANEAN UNION MINISTERIAL ENDS UP A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) The Marseille ministerial on the Union for the Mediterranean concluded November 4 amid wrangling over organizational details to include in the final declaration continuing well past the allotted time for the working plenary session. French FM Kouchner and Egyptian FM Abu al-Ghayt, how [...] |
2008-11-05 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON EUN FR EG CZ IS AG TU |
08PARIS2024 |
FRANCE: INTERIOR MINISTER PLEDGES "RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: French Interior Minister Alliot- Marie made an impassioned case for the "return of the state" in economic governance and a law enforcement approach to economic security at a recent high-level business colloquium. Ambassador Stapleton was invited to speak on security and global [...] |
2008-11-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL FR |
08PARIS2027 |
OECD: "SOCIETAL CONCERNS" AND NON-TARIFF MEASURES MAJOR [...] SUMMARY: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Joint Working Party on Agriculture and Trade(JWPAT) held its 60th meeting October 16-17, 2008. During the meeting, there was discussion concerning election of the 2009 Bureau, including the position of Chair. Only one [...] |
2008-11-06 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OECD ETRD EAGR ECON SENV |
08PARIS2033 |
NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH PLO REPRESENTATIVE HIND [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will visit Paris during the week of November 9 for meetings with PM Fillon and FM Kouchner, according to PLO Representative Hind el-Khoury. She noted that the Palestinian delegation was "very pleased" with the results of the [...] |
2008-11-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
08PARIS2055 |
MFA PREVIEWS PART OF FM KOUCHNER'S MESSAGE WITH [...] (C) Summary: During his November 11 visit to Washington, FM Kouchner will share the long-awaited EU paper on the Trans-Atlantic Partnership, MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille told EUR PDAS Marcie Ries November 7. Specifically, Kouchner, whose intended audience is President-elect Obama and hi [...] |
2008-11-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR PREL |
08PARIS2056 |
FRENCH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 10 EU GAERC [...] (SBU) French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona responded on November 7 to reftel points on the upcoming EU GAERC. He began by observing that this one would be the most complicated of the current French presidency, since it would also involve a joint [...] |
2008-11-07 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EAID XA FR RS LE CG CH IZ BK |
08PARIS2079 |
FRENCH OFFICIALS: NATO UNITY REQUIRES NO DECISION [...] (C/NF) Summary. During PDAS Marcie Ries' meetings on Friday, November 7 with French officials Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Jacques Audibert, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MFA; all of he [...] |
2008-11-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO FR RU |
08PARIS2087 |
HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION ON IRAN: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR |
08PARIS2088 |
EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSES EU/RUSSIA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 10, French presidency adviser on Russia, Damien Loras, confirmed that the EU/Russia summit will conclude November 14 with the announcement that talks on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) will resume, a decision Loras argued was not a "big step" and the mo [...] |
2008-11-12 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS MARR UNSC EUN FR RS GG |
08PARIS2089 |
FRENCH REACTION TO NOVEMBER 9 QUARTET MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The November 9 Quartet meeting reaffirmed the international consensus on the need to continue the Annapolis process "exactly as we expected," said French NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli on November 12. Paoli said he was struck by an informal consensus among Arab attendees that H [...] |
2008-11-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR |
08PARIS2092 |
CAMEROON HOSTAGES: MFA PROVIDES BACKGROUND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: MFA Cameroon desk officer Daniel Westerink (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on November 12 briefed on the Cameroon hostage incident that ended with the release of the hostages on November 11. While affirming that the GOF did not pay a ransom, Westerink strongly implied that the company [...] |
2008-11-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER CM FR |
08PARIS2099 |
RWANDA/FRANCE: ROSE KABUYE'S ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French expect that Rwandan official Rose Kabuye will be extradited to France from Germany by November 21 at the latest. In France, she will testify before French judges investigating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The judges will decide, in effect, either to dismiss the case [...] |
2008-11-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS RW FR |
08PARIS2101 |
COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH RESIGNED TO DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Marie Audouard on November 14 said that France was resigned to the fact that elections in Cote d'Ivoire would not be possible by the November 30 target date, but hoped that they would take place before the beginning of the 2009 rainy season. She [...] |
2008-11-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR IV FR |
08PARIS2104 |
FRENCH REORGANIZATION IN RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the Sarkozy government France has created a "super-ministry" that merges ecology, energy, transportation, sustainable development and regional planning into a single ministry. The new organization is headed by a Minister of State senior to all other ministers. With an a [...] |
2008-11-14 17:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EGHG |
08PARIS2108 |
PARIS: SOMALIA PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-17 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR |
08PARIS2122 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Summary France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France,s shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy, and Belgium, France is a natural distribution point for drugs moving toward North America from Europe and the Middle Ea [...] |
2008-11-19 09:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL FR |
08PARIS2127 |
FRENCH GOVERNMENT PROMISES FINANCIAL PACKAGE TO ADDRESS [...] Summary: Following large-scale farmer demonstrations throughout France on November 7, the French Minister of Agriculture proposed a 250 million euro financial assistance package for the French farm sector. The package encompasses a wide range of programs, including direct payments to the Frenc [...] |
2008-11-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV EUN FR |
08PARIS2129 |
U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GRANT AWARD FOR ECTOPIC [...] ESTH Office has review the proposed research and Embassy Paris find no objection to the proposed research grant entitled "Ectopic Cushings Syndrome". STAPLETON [...] |
2008-11-20 10:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY FR |
08PARIS2130 |
U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT GRANT AWARD FOR [...] ESTH Office has review the proposed research and Embassy Paris find no objection to the proposed research grant entitled "Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy". STAPLETON [...] |
2008-11-20 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US UK PO FR SW AR BR |
08PARIS2134 |
P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...] |
2008-11-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR |
08PARIS2135 |
FRANCE TO CALL FOR NICARAGUA VOTE RECOUNT [...] (C) France shares U.S. concerns about the November 9 municipal elections in Nicaragua and will issue a new statement within days calling for a recount, Nicaragua Desk Officer Philippe Garcia de la Rosa told Poloff November 20 in response to reftel points. The new MFA statement, which is in t [...] |
2008-11-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR NU |
08PARIS214 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE [...] (SBU) Embassy poloff delivered reftel demarche together with Russian Federation terrorism expert Artem Studennikov on February 6 to Thomas Guibert, French MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Guibert expressed France's support in principle [...] |
2008-02-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA FR |
08PARIS2140 |
EGYPT GRIPING TO FRENCH ABOUT SOMALIA ANTI-PIRACY [...] (C) Egypt has been pressing French authorities about the geographic scope of EU anti-piracy operations, according to both the French MFA and the Egyptian Embassy. AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal complained November 18 to Africa Watcher about Egypt,s unhelpful stance and noted that Yemen, too [...] |
2008-11-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS SO FR |
08PARIS2141 |
FRENCH TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY FR |
08PARIS2142 |
FRENCH CAUTIOUS ON IAEA SYRIA REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 20 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's ISN-equivalent. Mentre was phlegmatic about the IAEA report on Iran, noting that Iran's enrichment seems to be on "autopilot" for the moment. As for Syria, Mentre offered as an initial impr [...] |
2008-11-21 12:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY FR |
08PARIS2146 |
FRENCH ENVIRONMENT NEGOTIATOR UNDERSTANDS US ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: French climate negotiator Brice Lalonde told EMIN that he understands that the new administration will need time to organize and he looks forward to working with Under Secretary Dobriansky in Poznan. EMIN also explained our position on the EU Renewable Fuels Directive, especiall [...] |
2008-11-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EU FR |
08PARIS2149 |
FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: MORGAN TSVANGIRAI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe visited France November 17-19, beginning in Strasbourg at the EU meeting on development. He met with FM Kouchner in Strasbourg and traveled in Kouchner's plane to Paris. In Paris on November 18, he met with Claude Gueant (Secretary-General at th [...] |
2008-11-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM ZI FR |
08PARIS215 |
FRENCH INTEREST IN IOSEA (TURTLE) MOU [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR SENV TBIO |
08PARIS2150 |
FRANCE/RWANDA: KABUYE CASE MAY OFFER A CHANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman on November 24 said that France and Rwanda were taking steps to use Rwandan official Rose Kabuye's arrest as a basis for cooperation on resolving issues relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Rwanda may allow French investigators to visit [...] |
2008-11-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS RW FR |
08PARIS2151 |
TOGO: PRESIDENT FAURE GNASSINGBE'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo President Faure Gnassingbe's visit to Paris the week of November 17 was largely uneventful but allowed the two sides to touch base, and provided France the opportunity to remind Faure of the importance of carrying out democratic reform and holding meaningful dialogue with th [...] |
2008-11-25 10:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV SNAR TO BN FR |
08PARIS2156 |
EU DIPLOMATS PREDICT LITTLE PROGRESS WITH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. A quick survey of EU diplomats in Paris in November 2008 produced consensus that expectations for Turkey-EU relations in 2009 should be modest. Though the incoming Czech and then Swedish EU presidencies are more pro-Turkey than President Sarkozy's France, our contacts agree wit [...] |
2008-11-26 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN TU FR |
08PARIS2158 |
SENIOR FRENCH ADVISOR DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL AND [...] (SBU) Senior advisor in the office of the French President Damien Loras and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Skelton and colleagues engaged in a lively discussion of the financial and economic crisis during a meeting November 24. They also briefly discussed relations with Russia. Part [...] |
2008-11-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL OREP FR |
08PARIS216 |
LATEST ELYSEE TAKE ON LEBANON [...] (C) French Presidency adviser on NEA affairs Boris Boillon told us February 1 that France has run out of "levers, carrots, and sticks" to use in resolving the continued political impasse in Lebanon. The word from the French embassy in Damascus, he added, was that Syrian President Asad has s [...] |
2008-02-06 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY |
08PARIS2162 |
FRENCH CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANSION OF [...] (C) On November 26, Post delivered reftel demarche supporting the expansion of the Afghan National Army at the NATO Foreign Ministerial meeting to Nicolas Niemtchinow, Sous-Director (DAS-equivalent) of Strategic Affairs at the MFA. Niemtchinow appreciated our comments and noted general Frenc [...] |
2008-11-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF FR |
08PARIS2178 |
BURMA: FRANCE CONCERNED ABOUT BANK MEASURES IN EU [...] (C) France wants to adjust EU sanctions on Burma to address banking sector concerns but will not accept any weakening of measures against the Junta, MFA DAS- equivalent for Southeast Asia Frederic Laplanche told us December 1 in response to reftel points. With respect to restructuring specif [...] |
2008-12-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EREL ETTC EFIN FR EU MY |
08PARIS2182 |
FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM [...] (C) Summary: Eric Besson, the Junior Minister organizing the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Conference (now titled "New World: New Capitalism; Values, Development and Regulation"), dropped by a scheduled Embassy meeting with his staff December 2 to underline that this conference is "not a [...] |
2008-12-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS2183 |
FRENCH WELCOME BIOFUELS "SUSTAINABILITY" DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy delivered reftel points to French Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Environment. The Agriculture Ministry told us that the EU is still discussing the biofuels sustainability and criteria issue, and that they still hope to resolve the issue by the end of the French P [...] |
2008-12-03 07:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU FR |
08PARIS2184 |
FRENCH ENVIRONMENT NEGOTIATOR UNDERSTANDS US ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: French climate negotiator Brice Lalonde told EMIN that he understands that the new administration will need time to organize and he looks forward to working with Under Secretary Dobriansky in Poznan. EMIN also explained our position on the EU Renewable Fuels Directive, especiall [...] |
2008-12-03 07:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EU FR |
08PARIS2190 |
IEA Standing Group on Emergency Questions, November 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IEA OECD |
08PARIS2195 |
FRANCE PREPARES FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF is preparing to require financial institutions to report all transactions with Iran, and is also examining the possibility of banning or further restricting such transactions. The Senior Elysee diplomatic advisor urged increased pressure on Iran and deferral of any nego [...] |
2008-12-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP PTER PARM EUN UNSC IR UZ FR |
08PARIS2196 |
FRANCE-RUSSIA RELATIONS: DIALOGUE IS KEY [...] (C) The France-Russia relationship has been rather turbulent since France assumed the rotating EU presidency in July. The short August war between Georgian and Russian troops heightened tensions in the region and presented President Sarkozy with the perfect opportunity to showcase both his [...] |
2008-12-04 12:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR RS |
08PARIS2203 |
EU AVIATION AND ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT ON EMISSIONS TRADING [...] (SBU) Summary: At the November 17-19 EU Aviation Summit in Bordeaux the GOF gave no signs of backing off commitments to include aviation in ETS, but it provided no guidance on regulating international flights. Opponents of ETS including aviation called for greater reliance on ICAO for emissio [...] |
2008-12-05 07:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KGHG SENV EIND ETRD FR |
08PARIS2212 |
FRENCH SAY SYRIA DELIVERING ON ALL FRONTS [...] (S) Summary: "We think Syria is delivering on the key dossier," French Presidency Advisor for the Middle East Boris Boillon said December 5, as he recapped his November 30 visit to Damascus with Presidency Secretary General Claude Gueant and NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte. In contrast to his col [...] |
2008-12-05 18:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR |
08PARIS2213 |
French welcome Biofuels "sustainability" Demarche [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, the Embassy has reached out to French Government officials in the Ministries of Agriculture, Economy and Environment. The Agriculture Ministry told us that the EU is still discussing the biofuels sustainability and criteria issue, and that they still hope [...] |
2008-12-08 07:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU FR |
08PARIS2222 |
FRANCE PUSHES RENEWABLE ENERGIES DESPITE COUNTERCURRENTS [...] Summary. France has unveiled an ambitious national plan to double the share of renewables in total energy consumption to 23 percent by 2020. At present, hydropower accounts for 12 percent. Apart from biofuels for transportation, the new renewable electricity plan will target photovoltaic (PV) [...] |
2008-12-08 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EU FR |
08PARIS2223 |
French Agriculture Minister's Letter to Commerce Secretary [...] (SBU) French Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP) Minister Barnier sent a letter to US Commerce Secretary Gutierrez responding to the Embassy's demarches requesting information for the January 2009 Magnuson-Stevens Act report now being prepared by the Commerce Department's National Marine Fisheries [...] |
2008-12-08 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS ETRD SENV ICCAT EU FR |
08PARIS2225 |
FRENCH MFA ON CHAD; SEES LIBYA ANGLING TO DELIVER [...] (C) Summary: Chad President Deby's military gains have outpaced consolidation of his political position, French AF DAS-Equivalent for Western and Central Africa Christine Fages commented in a brief December 5 meeting with AF/SPG Director Timothy Shortley and Africa Watcher. A Deby-Bashir mee [...] |
2008-12-09 10:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO SU CD FR |
08PARIS2226 |
FRANCE AND CUBA: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION [...] (C) The following paragraphs are responses to the request for information on the relationship between France and the Cuban government and the implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act(ref a): 2. (C) Has France, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and hu [...] |
2008-12-09 11:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FR |
08PARIS2229 |
FRENCH MFA IN A BIND OVER EGYPTIAN UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] (S/NF) IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman, expressing a personal view that she suggested many colleagues shared, conceded to Pol M/C that the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Director-General (DG) was a "shocking nomination" but she stressed France was in awkward st [...] |
2008-12-09 18:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | UNESCO FR |
08PARIS2248 |
EU ENERGY SECURITY STRATEGY SEMINAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Participants in a December 1 EU Presidency seminar in Paris on energy security concluded that EU goals on energy security, energy efficiency, and the fight against climate change are mutually reinforcing. The financial crisis and economic downturn has boosted EU solidarity and [...] |
2008-12-11 13:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON SENV EUN |
08PARIS2249 |
FRENCH BIOTECH AUTHORITY CREATED AS ECJ FINES FRANCE [...] Summary: On December 7, France announced the creation of a new biotech evaluation authority in the French Official Journal. The declaration of the new "competent authority," called The High Biotech Committee, preceded, but did not halt, the imposition of a 10 million euro fine by the European C [...] |
2008-12-11 14:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS2250 |
ZIMBABWE/FRANCE: AU SHOULD RE-ASSERT OWNERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, on December 10 said that the African Union should try to re-assert control over the Zimbabwe issue, with SADC and Mbeki having failed to mount unified and firm pressure on Mugabe to leave, which was the only course available gi [...] |
2008-12-11 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI FR |
08PARIS2251 |
SUDAN/DARFUR: DECEMBER 5 P-3 CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, Ambassador Richard Williamson, met with P-3 counterparts in Paris on December 5 and, separately, with AU-UN Mediator Djibril Bassole to discuss Sudan, Darfur, and the Qatar process. In the P-3 meeting, the UK and France agreed with Willi [...] |
2008-12-11 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS PINR SU FR |
08PARIS2252 |
SUDAN/FRANCE: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR NOTES EROSION [...] (C) Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, on December 10 reviewed Sudan-related issues (discussions of Mauritania and Zimbabwe reported septels). Serman said that ICC prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo had consulted with the GOF earlier the same day. Moreno-Ocampo predicted that the ICC [...] |
2008-12-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS SU FR |
08PARIS2253 |
MAURITANIA/FRANCE: POLITICAL PROCESS AT AN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, said on December 10 that the political process in Mauritania was blocked, with neither Aziz, President Abdallahi, nor opposition leader Amed Ould Daddah willing to compromise to reach a solution. Serman said that internal GOF [...] |
2008-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR KDEM MR FR |
08PARIS2256 |
P-3 PLUS GERMANY DISCUSS COUNTER-PIRACY AND THE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a 12/2 meeting hosted by the French MFA on combatting piracy off the Horn of Africa, the P-3 plus Germany agreed in principle to the creation of an international Contact Group (CG) and deliberated on the timing of its roll-out with respect to a planned UNSC Ministerial Mee [...] |
2008-12-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR EWWT KPKO UNSC FR PHSA |
08PARIS2259 |
FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM - INVITATION TO NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has received a formal invitation from the GOF inviting Ambassador Stapleton and representatives of the new U.S. Administration to participate in the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Colloquium on: New World, New Capitalism. Copies of the invitation and draft program [...] |
2008-12-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS2266 |
IBC MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING [...] The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of UNESCO met October 28-29, 2008, followed, October 30-31, by a joint meeting of the IBC and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC), to discuss what the IBC should recommend to the Director General on possible action by UNESCO with respect [...] |
2008-12-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO TBIO |
08PARIS2272 |
FRENCH REAFFIRM SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PREL FR |
08PARIS228 |
THE ATTALI REPORT: A NEW PATH TO REFORM AND GOVERNING [...] (SBU) President Sarkozy on January 23 pledged to enact -- with three exceptions -- recommendations for spurring economic growth devised by a commission headed by Jacques Attali, former political adviser to Socialist President Mitterrand. These proposals range from boosting competition in the r [...] |
2008-02-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
08PARIS2284 |
RUSSIA/GEORGIA: FRENCH PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a December 16 meeting with Pol MC, French Presidency (Elysee) advisor for Russia and the Americas Damien Loras asked for our assistance dealing with Georgia. Per Loras, President Sarkozy used the coming end of the French EU presidency to write to Russian President Medvedev in earl [...] |
2008-12-17 17:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MCAP MARR FR GG RU |
08PARIS2285 |
FRANCE'S PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SAYS BIOTECH, GENERICS KEY [...] (U) Summary: Lack of innovation, due in part to pricing and information controls, has caused the French pharmaceutical industry, once a world leader, to fall behind its competitors. The French government has taken steps to support the industry, rewarding innovators and promoting research and [...] |
2008-12-18 09:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD FR |
08PARIS2302 |
FRANCE GOES GLOBAL --REFORM AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed reform at the French Ministry of Foreign and European affairs (MFA) will create a new "globalization" directorate (to be headed by E equivalent Christian Masset), designed to encourage proactive policy in dealing with global issues. In development, the MFA will focus o [...] |
2008-12-19 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON AMGT SENV PREL FR |
08PARIS2304 |
GOF STRUGGLES OVER EGYPTIAN UNESCO CANDIDATE; [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S-Equivalent Berman confirmed December 11 to IO A/S Hook, CDA and Pol M/C the grave reservations at the MFA about the Egyptian candidate for UNESCO Director-General, whom she labeled an anti-Semite. She spoke frankly of the difficulties stemming from Sarkozy's 2007 commitme [...] |
2008-12-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO KPKO FR |
08PARIS2309 |
STAFFDEL WEIL MEETINGS IN PARIS ON PUBLIC OUTREACH [...] Lynne Weil, Communications Director for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, received a comprehensive overview of Embassy Paris' active Muslim and diversity outreach programs in a series of meetings with embassy, government, NGO and media representatives December 8-10. Public Affairs progra [...] |
2008-12-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI FR |
08PARIS2317 |
SANCTIONS ON EU PRODUCTS DUE TO HORMONE-BEEF BAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Embassy Paris recommends modification of proposed list of French exports targeted under revised sanctions. Country Team believes that, to be effective, sanctions need to target major corporate interests with political clout. Sanctions that target artisanal p [...] |
2008-12-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR FR |
08PARIS2319 |
FRENCH MEETING ON AGRICULTURE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA FOCUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French EU Presidency hosted a December 8 high-level meeting on Investing for Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. The following day, a seminar on West African regional agricultural policy launched discussion of a regional agricultural policy (ECOWAP) modeled on the EU's Commo [...] |
2008-12-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID FR |
08PARIS2322 |
FRENCH SUPPORT SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC SO FR |
08PARIS2325 |
FRENCH COOL ON SOMALIA PKO DRAFT, OPEN FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-12-24 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC SO FR |
08PARIS2328 |
FRANCE AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL [...] Economic Minister-Counselor, Agricultural Minister-Counselor, Public Affairs Minister-Counselor and Science Counselor present this joint request for support from EEB FY 2009 biotech outreach funds for critical public outreach in France. France remains an influential country both in the EU and [...] |
2008-12-24 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON TBIO ETRD KPAO FR |
08PARIS234 |
THE SOCIETE GENERALE DEBACLE: SOME POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS [...] (U) The release of Finance Minister Lagarde's report on Societe Generale's 4.9 billion euro loss by a "rogue" trader confirms details that we have heard from banking contacts and which have now been widely and well reported in the financial press. Insiders comment that "rogue traders happen" a [...] |
2008-02-11 11:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
08PARIS2341 |
FRANCE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIA - UKRAINE GAS SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Russia/Ukraine gas dispute with MFA Acting Director for Economic and Financial Affairs Philippe Meunier on 12/30. Meunier said guidance issued by the MFA on 12/22 remained extant: France had been in touch with other EU member states as well as t [...] |
2008-12-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL UP EU FR |
08PARIS2343 |
FRANCE AND THE WAY FORWARD ON GEORGIA'S SEPARATIST [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref a points December 29 to French MFA acting DAS-equivalent for Russia/CIS Affairs Eric Millet and to the office of vacationing French presidency adviser for Russia/the Americas Damien Loras. Millet said he would distribute the points among interested offices at the MFA bu [...] |
2008-12-30 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GG RS |
08PARIS2344 |
PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Pakistan, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and Togo. Argentine Economy Minister Fernandez had told the Secretariat that repayment was [...] |
2008-12-31 08:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS235 |
FRANCE AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL [...] (U) Economic Minister-Counselor, Agricultural Minister-Counselor, Public Affairs Minister-Counselor and Science Counselor present this joint request for support from EEB FY 2008 biotech outreach funds for critical public outreach in France. In the wake of late 2007 GOF broad-based environmenta [...] |
2008-02-11 11:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON TBIO ETRD KPAO FR |
08PARIS243 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON CONDEMNING THE [...] (SBU) The GOF, per ref A, responded rapidly to the January 28 arrest of Riad Seif and other activists with a public statement the next day condemning the action and calling on Syria to respect its commitments under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. As previously repo [...] |
2008-02-11 17:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI FR SY |
08PARIS244 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON SUPPORTING LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-12 07:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE SY |
08PARIS245 |
P3 MEETING ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (S) Summary. On February 7, Acting U/S John Rood and his delegation met his French and British P3 counterparts, Philippe Carre and Mariot Leslie respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. Unusually, the French were closer to the U.S. than were t [...] |
2008-02-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL NATO PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH EG IN RU |
08PARIS247 |
MGCD01: CHAD: FRENCH SUPPORT TO RESUME OPERATION [...] (C) Embassy Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on February 8 and followed with verbal clarifications that day and over the weekend of February 9-10. MFA Chad desk officer Loic Mizon on February 12 provided a formal response to acting Africa-watcher concerning assistance requested of Fr [...] |
2008-02-12 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ASEC CD FR |
08PARIS258 |
FRANCE LOBBYING OSCE CAPITALS ON KOSOVO ISSUE [...] (C) Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for OSCE affairs, thanked the U.S. on February 13 for its engagement with capitals on efforts to prevent Serbia from invoking the Berlin Mechanism at the OSCE over the Kosovo issue. Grand explained that Paris began similar demarches in OSCE capitals last [...] |
2008-02-13 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE FR |
08PARIS265 |
PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's January 22-24 session, the U.S. and other creditors signed an accord with Guinea to resume interim debt relief under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The Paris Club (PC) also granted The Gambia 100 percent cancellation of its [...] |
2008-02-14 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OECD EAID FR XA XB XF XM |
08PARIS267 |
FRENCH RESPONSE ON MACEDONIA'S NATO ASPIRATIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche discussing Macedonia's NATO candidacy and the name dispute with Greece to Philippe Carre, Director of the Strategic Affairs bureau at the MFA (A/S equivalent). Carre said that France had been worried that Macedonia was treating the name dispute with Greece too [...] |
2008-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL GR MK FR |
08PARIS272 |
FRANCE EVALUATING EU SANCTIONS ON UZBEKISTAN; FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is currently working with its EU partners to review the utility of ongoing EU sanctions on Uzbekistan, MFA officials told us on February 12. The sanctions come up for official review in May 2008. While France does not believe that the Karimov regime has made a radically p [...] |
2008-02-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EU EUN UZ FR |
08PARIS273 |
CHAD/SUDAN: FRENCH IDEAS ON POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on February 14 sketched out possible next steps concerning Chad and Sudan jointly to acting Africa Watcher and UK Emboff. Serman prioritized stabilizing Chad, promoting reconciliation between Deby and the rebels, improving Chad-Suda [...] |
2008-02-15 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS CD SU FR |
08PARIS279 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE [...] (U) Embassy contacted Francois-Regis Boulvert, international cooperation chief at CELAR, the foreign end-user. (Reftel stated that CELAR is an "unfamiliar foreign party" but according to post files, we have handled other license checks where CELAR was the end-user, e.g., 05-1001124.) He con [...] |
2008-02-15 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
08PARIS284 |
BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] (U) Embassy contacted Major Karin Sonier of Flotte Transport Ecoles, Simmad Base Aerienne 217, the end user (Tel: +33-1-69-23-86-40; fte.simmad@inet.air.defense.gouv.fr). She confirmed that the Portugese firm OGMA Industria Aeronautica is the base's sole supplier of C-130 parts and accessor [...] |
2008-02-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
08PARIS294 |
FRANCE SUPPORTS UNSCR ON THE FDLR [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-19 17:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC ASEC ETTC RW FR |
08PARIS295 |
FRANCE TO CONSIDER U.S. IDEAS ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-19 18:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV SO FR |
08PARIS3 |
PAKISTAN: AMBASSADOR STAPLETON DELIVERS POINTS TO [...] (SBU) On December 31, in a telephone conversation with Foreign Minsiter Kouchner, Ambassador Stapleton delivered reftel demarche. Without responding directly to the points, Kouchner indicated his overall agreement with them. The next day, January 1, Kouchner departed for a two day visit to [...] |
2008-01-02 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK FR |
08PARIS300 |
S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA WITH [...] (C) During meetings in Paris February 14-15 largely devoted to Iraq, S/I David Satterfield discussed Lebanon and Syria at the French Presidency and the MFA. Diplomatic adviser to the French president Jean-David Levitte on February 14 said that France has tried everything but was not present [...] |
2008-02-20 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM FR LE SY SA |
08PARIS304 |
S/I SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: S/I Satterfield discussed Iraq at the French Presidency and the MFA February 14 and 15. The French provided their formal response to the paper Satterfield had presented at the end of December. In addition to briefing the French on our view of the situation in Iraq, Satterfield [...] |
2008-02-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN SHUM FR IZ |
08PARIS305 |
GOF: U.S. PUSHING FOR "TOO MUCH, TOO SOON" ON [...] (S) Summary. In two meetings on February 14, one with Philippe Carre, the Director of Strategic Affairs bureau at the MFA and the second with Philippe Errera, the Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner, the French expressed disappointment that an agreement that they understood had been rea [...] |
2008-02-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MOPS NATO PREL FR EZ PL |
08PARIS307 |
Partnership for Democratic Governance - Readout on [...] Summary. The PDG Steering Group convened for the first time on February 13-14 in Paris. Secretary General Gurria chaired the meeting, which was attended by the nine Steering Group countries, plus the UNDP. Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel S. Sullivan re [...] |
2008-02-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON KDEM OECD |
08PARIS308 |
COMOROS: FRANCE SUPPORTS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials told us on February 20 that France would support military action by the Union of the Comoros to take control of Anjouan from Colonel Mohamed Bacar, should Bacar not heed the counsel of the multinational mission preparing to meet with and deliver to him an u [...] |
2008-02-21 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN FR |
08PARIS31 |
S/I SATTERFIELD'S DECEMBER 28 MEETINGS PRECEDE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-08 12:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY |
08PARIS327 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CHINA, INDIA [...] (SBU) EEB A/S Daniel Sullivan raised reftel demarche points with MFA Director for Economic and Financial Affairs Christian Masset February 13. Masset said he believed the beginnings of a GOF consensus on the issue were emerging. As a general principle President Sarkozy was in favor of greater [...] |
2008-02-25 13:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IEA ENRG FR |
08PARIS328 |
UN COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) French MFA contacts told us that France supports the U.S. position on the upcoming UN discussions on the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, and, like the U.S., intends to avoid providing a formal response to the Greek proposal until after having the benefit of considering [...] |
2008-02-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR |
08PARIS33 |
FRENCH PETROLEUM INSTITUTE - RESEARCHING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY [...] SUMMARY. ESTH officers visited the French Petroleum Institute (Institut Francais du Petrole or 'IFP'), a public research center focused on industrial R&D research in energy and transportation. The visit's purposes were to assess IFP's strategic priorities, obtain an understanding of its researc [...] |
2008-01-08 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY FR |
08PARIS338 |
SARKOZY PROMISES UKRAINE POSITIVE SIGNAL AT [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Damien Loras, President Sarkozy's Counselor for Ukraine (as well as Russia, Central Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Americas), told us on February 25 that Sarkozy told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko during their meeting in Paris on February 20 that he will seek [...] |
2008-02-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO MARR PREL UP FR |
08PARIS34 |
S/I SATTERFIELD'S DECEMBER 28 MEETINGS PRECEDE [...] (C) Summary: S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield on December 28 urged French Presidency diplomatic adviser Levitte and MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Felix-Paganon in separate meetings to strengthen the Siniora government in Lebanon pending election of a president and to consider using the Arab Leag [...] |
2008-01-08 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY |
08PARIS341 |
FRANCE: INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] (SBU) The following information provides input on post's energy-related activities per reftel. 2. (SBU) Which section or sections of the Embassy handle energy matters? What is the total number of staff in this section or sections? Environment, Science, Technology & Health (ESTH) 5 staff [...] |
2008-02-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV APER ABUD FR |
08PARIS342 |
FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY ADVOCATES EARLY CAP REFORM, [...] Summary: At the opening of the annual Paris Agricultural Show on Saturday February 23, French President Sarkozy gave a major address on agricultural policy announcing his intention to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as early as 2009. He also reiterated his opposition to any WTO agr [...] |
2008-02-26 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN FR INR |
08PARIS344 |
ELYSEE READOUT ON LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S FEBRUARY [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon on 26 February provided a quick readout of Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's February 21 meetings with French President Sarkozy and Prime Minister Fillon. Boillon stressed that the main message was one of French support to Lebanon's head of go [...] |
2008-02-27 09:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EASS EFIN FR LE SY |
08PARIS348 |
COMOROS: FRANCE TO ASSIST TANZANIA, NOT SENEGAL; [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, Beatrice Lederle (acting MFA Comoros desk officer) said on February 27 that France would provide transportation and logistical support to Tanzanian troops slated to participate in military operations against Colonel Bacar in Anjouan. She said that France wo [...] |
2008-02-27 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR CN FR |
08PARIS350 |
FRENCH VISION FOR THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 15, Alain Le Roy, Ambassador at Large charged by President Sarkozy with development of the Union for the Mediterranean, presented Pol M-C with the French vision for the initiative. Le Roy, who works under the supervision of influential Sarkozy adviser and speechwri [...] |
2008-02-27 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
08PARIS354 |
FRENCH SENATOR ON BIOTECH: FRANCE WILL SEEK TO BROADEN [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, EMIN and AGR officers met with French Senator Jean-Francois Le Grand to discuss French perspectives on biotech. Le Grand, who played a key role in the QGrenelle consultative process that ultimately resulted in French invocation of the safeguard clause on MON810 [...] |
2008-02-28 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS360 |
RECENT FRENCH MFA PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAN/IAEA [...] (SBU) We passed non-paper texts in reftels February 28 and 29 to the relevant French MFA officials in the Strategic Affairs and Middle East/North Africa directorates. Although the MFA has not offered any comments on the non-papers, we would note in the interim that the French have been very [...] |
2008-02-29 18:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR IR |
08PARIS361 |
FRENCH OPEN TO REFORMING THE SOMALIA INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 06:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV SO FR |
08PARIS362 |
FRENCH VIEWS ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA is generally favorable to the notion of UNSC action on Somalia and piracy (reftel). However, the French would hope that a UNSC mandate would contain specifics setting forth clearly the legal basis of any resulting operation and the responsibilities of, and limita [...] |
2008-03-03 06:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO FR |
08PARIS365 |
GOF WANTS TO IMPROVE NATO-EU COOPERATION [...] (C) On February 29, Political M/C met with Philippe Carre, A/S-equivalent for Strategic Affairs at the MFA, to discuss the demarche on improving NATO-EU cooperation (reftel). Carre was pleased to receive our message, because the current impasse has been both frustrating and worrisome for the [...] |
2008-03-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS EU FR TU CY |
08PARIS382 |
CONCURRENCE FOR INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE [...] The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache, Paris, France requests the assistance of the Regional Security Office, Nouakchott, Mauritania in support of the investigation of Samba SALL, an asylee in the U.S. who may have misrepresented his former occupation in Mauritania. If th [...] |
2008-03-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PHUM FR XY |
08PARIS383 |
FRANCE: ONE MONTH FROM NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST [...] Summary. (C) With the NATO summit in Bucharest only a month away, the French are solidifying their positions and anxious to find consensus on the key issues on the agenda: NATO enlargement, missile defense and Afghanistan. GOF officials believe that the Bucharest summit, President Sarkozy' [...] |
2008-03-04 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO FR AF GG UK |
08PARIS384 |
NON-PAPER ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-04 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR |
08PARIS386 |
FRENCH RECEPTIVE TO A/S SULLIVAN'S PITCH ON TEC [...] (U) Embassy Action Request Para 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: In February 13-14 meetings French Trade Minister Novelli, MFA Economic Director Masset and PM Diplomatic Advisor Lapouge told A/S Dan Sullivan they would be supportive of the Trans-Atlantic Economic Council (TEC) as an important part of [...] |
2008-03-04 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG PREL EAGR EUR FR |
08PARIS398 |
FRENCH PLANS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan Coordinator Patrick Moon met MFA DAS for South Asia Didier Leroy on February 27 to discuss next steps in Afghanistan, including an Afghanistan Donors conference and potential increases in French military contributions to the security effort. Leroy noted the Afghan D [...] |
2008-03-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EAID NATO AF FR |
08PARIS400 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING BALANCED [...] (C) We conveyed points in reftel to the NEA and IO directorates at the French MFA on March 5. DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille responded that France was "in accord" with us on the substance (Hamas' fundamental responsibility for the current situation and the importance of not d [...] |
2008-03-05 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL FR IS |
08PARIS401 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SEEKING BALANCED [...] (C) We conveyed points in reftel to the NEA and IO directorates at the French MFA on March 5. DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille responded that France was "in accord" with us on the substance (Hamas' fundamental responsibility for the current situation and the importance of not d [...] |
2008-03-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL FR IS |
08PARIS403 |
MAKING THE KOREAN DMZ A WORLD HERITAGE SITE [...] The Belgian Embassy assembled United States, Canadian, Australian, Luxembourg, and South Korean diplomats March 3 to listen to a proposal by Baron Simon-Pierre Nothomb, head of Belgium's association of Korean War Veterans. Nothomb suggested that a fitting memorial to the Korean War dead would b [...] |
2008-03-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL TBIO KS KN |
08PARIS404 |
UNMEE: FRANCE AGREES WITH U.S. BUT CAN'T IDENTIFY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French agree with U.S. views on UNMEE (reftel), MFA Eritrea/Ethiopia desk officer Thierry Caboche told us on March 4. He said, however, that finding useful leverage to use against Eritrea to encourage cooperative behavior was difficult, given Eritrea's self-imposed isolati [...] |
2008-03-05 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO ER ET FR |
08PARIS406 |
FRANCE: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] After mission-wide consultation, Embassy Paris did not identify any physical infrastructure or resources in France whose loss would immediately affect the security, national economic security, and/or national public health or safety of the United States. Our CI/KR report is therefore negative. [...] |
2008-03-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EAGER EFIN |
08PARIS408 |
FRANCE'S MUNICIPAL AND CANTONAL ELECTIONS -- [...] (U) In a two-round election Sunday March 9 and Sunday March 16, France's voters will go to the polls to elect the municipal councils of their -- nearly 37,000 - communes of residence. These communal (also called municipal) councils in turn elect, from among their members, the country's nearly [...] |
2008-03-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR |
08PARIS409 |
FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2008 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2008 Special 301 Watch List. Cost containment efforts on the part of the national healthcare system create a challenging environment for the pharmaceutical industry, bu [...] |
2008-03-06 17:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EUN FR |
08PARIS416 |
FRANCE ON TAIWAN AND THE OECD [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL OECD CM TW FR |
08PARIS431 |
DEATH OF EUFOR SOLDIER IN SUDAN: FRENCH [...] (C) Romain Serman, AF-advisor at the French Presidency, briefed acting AF-watcher and UK Embassy Paris AF-watcher Lucy Joyce on March 10 concerning Chad/Sudan/EUFOR. Septels will report other parts of the briefing. Serman provided a detailed account of the death of the EUFOR solider in Suda [...] |
2008-03-10 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC AU SU CD EU FR |
08PARIS432 |
FRANCE/SOUTH AFRICA: SARKOZY'S VISIT AND HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Sarkozy's February 28-29 visit to South Africa was a success, with both sides taking steps to further the strategic partnership they seek to develop, MFA South Africa deskoff Frederic Chole said on March 6. Sarkozy set forth his vision of France's policy towar [...] |
2008-03-10 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON SF FR |
08PARIS438 |
UNESCO: MEETING WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's Deputy Director, Marcio Barbosa, expressed his pride regarding UNESCO's role in the technical discussions on the Mughrabi Gate; his efforts to improve UNESCO's visibility and communications, and his work in relation to the Science sector review. He also spoke about nex [...] |
2008-03-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS |
08PARIS452 |
FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT MARCH 14 CONFERENCE IN BEIRUT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-11 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV FR LE |
08PARIS455 |
NOMINATION OF ANTI-TIP HERO JEAN CLAUDE MBVOUMIN [...] (U) Post nominates Jean Claude Mbvoumin as a 2008 anti-TIP hero. Mr. Mbvoumin founded and runs the Soccer Culture Solidarity Association (Associate Culture Foot Solidaire (CFS)), which seeks to raise awareness and combat trafficking in young soccer players from Africa. As a former soccer pl [...] |
2008-03-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF USAID FR |
08PARIS456 |
"LUKE-WARM" FRENCH-RUSSIAN MARCH 11 SECURITY [...] (C//NF) In a meeting on March 12, French MFA officials characterized French/Russian March 11 security talks as "luke-warm," and producing almost no results. Alexandre Vulic, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia, told us that the day-long annual talks between foreign and defense ministers, know [...] |
2008-03-12 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PGOV RU CD SU FR |
08PARIS460 |
BETANCOURT HOSTAGE SITUATION RENDERS "POOR" [...] (C) On March 6, Colombian Ambassador to France Fernando Cepeda Ulloa described Franco-Colombian relations as "poor" in a breakfast meeting with Ambassador Stapleton and WHA PDAS Craig Kelly. Cepeda encapsulated the current distrust between the two governments by suggesting that the GOF considers Co [...] |
2008-03-12 18:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL FR CO |
08PARIS461 |
CHAD/SUDAN/EUFOR: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SARKOZY’S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF-advisor at the French Presidency, on March 10 reviewed Sarkozy's February 28 visit to Chad and discussed possible next steps. In Chad, Sarkozy stressed to Deby the importance of determining the fate of the missing opposition leaders and to develop a meaningful politic [...] |
2008-03-13 06:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN MARR PHUM CD SU FR |
08PARIS468 |
FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON IMMINENT IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) We passed reftel message to French MFA Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux, along with NEA/IR's draft press statement, on March 12. In his response on March 13, Pescheux noted the following: --France shares fully our concern about the selection of candidates. French estimates of the nu [...] |
2008-03-14 08:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR IR |
08PARIS481 |
FRENCH MFA VIEWS ON IMMINENT IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) We passed reftel message to French MFA Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux, along with NEA/IR's draft press statement, on March 12. In his response on March 13, Pescheux noted the following: --France shares fully our concern about the selection of candidates. French estimates of the nu [...] |
2008-03-17 10:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM FR IR |
08PARIS498 |
MINIMAL FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR FOURTH ROUND OF [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau told us March 12 that the GOF continued to have extremely low expectations for the fourth round of UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara set for early next week in Manhasset. Indeed, the French are so pessimistic that they hope [...] |
2008-03-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG SA |
08PARIS500 |
FRANCE: CIVIL NUCLEAR EXPORTS BOOM [...] (SBU) French President Sarkozy has announced contract signings or preliminary discussions for the eventual export of French nuclear technology during several recent trips abroad. Both France's nuclear powerhouse Areva (reftel) and French government officials emphasize that the export boom is f [...] |
2008-03-17 17:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EIND ETRD KNNP PREL FR |
08PARIS501 |
LATIN AMERICA: FRENCH SHARE SENSE OF POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PDAS Craig Kelly reviewed Latin American priorities with MFA PDAS for Latin America Jean-Marc Laforet and DAS for Central America Jose Gomez on March 6. They concurred with Kelly,s assessment that the democratic governance and regional cooperation were improving across the regi [...] |
2008-03-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM FR CO EC BR CU |
08PARIS513 |
CHAD/SUDAN: FRENCH AGREEABLE TO P5+1 DEMARCHE BUT [...] (C) MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Helene Le Gal informed us on March 14 that France was agreeable to the two-step P5 1 demarche sequence set forth in Ref A involving Chad and Sudan in order to persuade both to cease supporting the other's rebel factions. However, she said that she doub [...] |
2008-03-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH UK LY RS CD SU KPKO FR |
08PARIS514 |
AGRICULTURAL TRADE IMPLICATIONS OF UPCOMING FRENCH EU [...] SUMMARY: France will seek to use its considerable influence on agricultural policy to affect the direction and pace of CAP reform as well as to broaden the consideration of biotech dossiers at the EU level. France's influence could have negative trade implications for U.S. agriculture in sever [...] |
2008-03-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN FR INR |
08PARIS529 |
UNESCO - GROUP I MEETING PRE-EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] Summary: The US candidate for the IPDC Bureau was endorsed by Group I at its first Israeli-chaired meeting. Other candidates for IPDC and IFAP were also approved by the Group. Norway briefed the Discussion Group on Executive Board issues, with special mention regarding procedures for the ele [...] |
2008-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
08PARIS538 |
BURMA REFERENDUM: FRANCE SEEKS P-3 UNITY BEFORE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR BR |
08PARIS550 |
FRANCE'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE LYON CONSULAR DISTRICT [...] (SBU) In the March 9 and 16 municipal elections (ref), the left maintained control of the major cities in the Lyon consular district: Lyon, Dijon, Grenoble, and Clermont Ferrand. The winning incumbents in these cities are business-friendly moderates who retained public support because of their [...] |
2008-03-21 17:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV FR |
08PARIS555 |
FRENCH STRESS MARKETS IN DEPSEC KIMMITT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 13, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer, Elysee diplomatic and economic advisors and private sector bankers to discuss the Transatlantic Economic Council, financial market turmoil, [...] |
2008-03-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EINV ETTC PARM IR FR |
08PARIS568 |
UNESCO - DECENTRALIZATION AND THE ONE UN [...] Summary: Briefing Member States on UNESCO's progress regarding decentralization and the "One UN", D-G Matsuura indicated he is pleased with the efforts made to date to integrate UNESCO into the concept, and that he will work to improve issues of concern like staff rotation and program coordin [...] |
2008-03-26 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
08PARIS570 |
UNESCO - PREAH VIHEAR TECHNICAL MEETING PARIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Without the Thai or American experts present, UNESCO's Culture Sector organized a two-day technical meeting on Preah Vihear in Paris March 25-26. It was clear that there are many serious issues that have not been thought through by the Cambodians. These will require agreement w [...] |
2008-03-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL |
08PARIS572 |
FRENCH THINKING ON LEBANON PRIOR TO THE ARAB [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA has publicly repeated its concern over the continuing political impasse in Lebanon but seems to have few ideas about what to do next to elect a new president or address the what appears to be an increasingly tense situation in that country. DAS-equivalent for the [...] |
2008-03-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS574 |
SOMALIA: FRENCH SUPPORT ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS, MAY [...] (C) France continues to support anti-piracy efforts concerning Somalia, MFA Somalia desk officer Thierry Caboche said on March 27, in response to reftel. He expressed appreciation for reftel's detailed points and for the USG's understanding of France's activities in the region. Caboche sai [...] |
2008-03-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW FR |
08PARIS575 |
CHAD-SUDAN AGREEMENT: BORDER CONTROL OPERATION [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA AF DAS-equivalent Christine Fages (responsible for Chad) said on March 27 that the most important step in ensuring the effectiveness of the Dakar Chad-Sudan Peace Agreement would be the formation and deployment of a border monitoring operation. She said that s [...] |
2008-03-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CF CT CD SY SG FR |
08PARIS589 |
COMOROS: EXILE OR EXTRADITION FOR BACAR? [...] (C) MFA Comoros desk officer Jacques Biau on March 27 said that renegade Anjouan leader Colonel Bacar had requested political asylum in France. Comoros has also requested Bacar's extradition to stand trial. Biau said that Bacar fled Anjouan when it became apparent that Union of the Comoros [...] |
2008-03-28 14:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN FR |
08PARIS599 |
COMOROS/FRANCE: MARCH 31 UPDATE ON BACAR'S [...] (C) MFA Comoros desk officer Jacques Biau on March 31 provided an update on former Anjouan leader Col. Bacar. Biau reported that Bacar and his 22-member entourage were in French custody at an airbase in Reunion. Biau said that there were three separate but related legal proceedings in prog [...] |
2008-03-31 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN FR |
08PARIS614 |
FRENCH TV FILM ATTACKS US BIOTECH REGIME [...] Summary: On March 11, French public TV channel ARTE broadcasted a film entitled "The World According to Monsanto," by freelance journalist Marie-Monique Robin. A book by the same name was released soon thereafter. Given the wide publicity generated by this film (for sale on line on ARTE's w [...] |
2008-04-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS624 |
FRENCH PRESIDENCY THINKING ON LEBANON AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: The recent Arab summit in Damascus was a "failure" but the French still have no ideas about how to move the situation in Lebanon forward, according to French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon. He told us April 1 that the status quo seems to suit everyone for different reaso [...] |
2008-04-04 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER FR LE SY |
08PARIS628 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (S) Summary: The French generally reacted favorably to reftel message on Western Sahara in meetings we held with the French Presidency and the MFA April 1 and 2. The key first priority seems to be engaging UNSYG Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum and other key Secretariat officials to encourag [...] |
2008-04-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF MARR UNSC FR MO AG |
08PARIS630 |
FRENCH SUPPORT CONSOLIDATED EU AND MULTILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF supports the P-3,s ongoing efforts to have a PRST issued on Burma to bring more universal pressure to bear on the regime. It presumes the EU will renew its current bilateral sanctions measures at the upcoming GAERC, and will subsequently consider further measures and/ [...] |
2008-04-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PHUM MY FR |
08PARIS633 |
PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2008 DISCUSSION OF POLICY AND [...] (SBU) The Paris Club met on March 13 to discuss 16 countries and other policy and methodological issues. Creditors reported on contacts with the new Argentine government, which has been arguing against an IMF agreement and for minimizing external payments in seeking a Paris Club deal. The IM [...] |
2008-04-07 10:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON OECD EAID FR |
08PARIS662 |
JAPAN'S GROWING DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's diplomatic presence in Africa is growing, with new embassies in Mali, Botswana, Malawi, Mauritania, and Burkina Faso in 2008-2009. Hiroki Nakamura, the new Africa-watcher at Japan's embassy in Paris, told us on April 8 that this was an effort to raise Japan's profile i [...] |
2008-04-10 08:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC EAID XA JA FR |
08PARIS663 |
FRANCE: OFFICIALS SPELL OUT EU PRESIDENCY ENERGY OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) In a March 28 meeting with MFA Director for Economic Affairs Christian Masset, U/S Reuben Jeffery underscored the need for cooperation in addressing potential intermediate-term bottlenecks on global energy markets. Masset sketched out French EU presidency energy priorities designed in p [...] |
2008-04-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PREL FR |
08PARIS669 |
UNESCO - WORLD HERITAGE BANDARIN DEBRIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: Preah Vihear and Jerusalem were the key subjects in an hour-long discussion with World Heritage Director Bandarin, noting several issues that could provide difficulties during the World Heritage Committee meeting in July. End summary. 2. (SBU) State Department IO Deputy Assis [...] |
2008-04-10 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL |
08PARIS671 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 10:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS674 |
FRANCE OFFERS VIEWS ON FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA AND WIPO [...] (SBU) IO DAS Gerry Anderson met with MFA Deputy Director for United Nations and International Organization Affairs Marc Giacomini and several staffers April 10 for a tour d'horizon of a number of current IO issues, including financing, reform and upcoming elections at FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA [...] |
2008-04-11 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL FAO UNESCO UNDP IAEA WIPO FR |
08PARIS676 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS677 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS678 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS679 |
FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] |
2008-04-11 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PARIS680 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS681 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS682 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS683 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS684 |
FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] |
2008-04-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PARIS685 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS686 |
FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] |
2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PARIS687 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS688 |
SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES FOLEY MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: French MFA officials told Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugees James Foley on March 31 that France expects to receive perhaps 500 Iraqi refugees this year via UNHCR referrals in Jordan and Syria as well as processed directly by the French embassy in Baghdad. Defining criteri [...] |
2008-04-11 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM FR IZ JO SY LE |
08PARIS689 |
FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-11 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY |
08PARIS690 |
FRENCH MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) French MFA desk officer Olivier Masseret on April 9 took note of the main points of our latest message on Iraq (reftel) and said he would include them in briefing papers being assembled for FM Kouchner, who will represent France at the upcoming Iraq neighbors meeting in Kuwait. He indica [...] |
2008-04-11 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF FR IQ |
08PARIS713 |
STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE: FORMAL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On April 7, the diplomatic advisor to Defense Minister Morin, Frederic Mondoloni, sent a letter to the Political Minister-Counselor to respond formally to the November 2006 USG request for a Status of Forces Agreemen [...] |
2008-04-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP MOPS PAC PREL FR |
08PARIS714 |
FOOD FIGHT IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OVER BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 9 the National Assembly adopted a new biotech bill by a vote of 249 to 228 (the narrowest margin since President Sarkozy took office) after 36 hours of tense debate. The bill, which will now go to the Senate for a second reading, establishes a framework for biotech app [...] |
2008-04-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
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CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: FRANCE TO PROVIDE MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: France will provide helicopters and additional troops, heretofore lacking, that will enable the EU-led peacekeeping mission to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.), MFA DAS-equivalent Christine Fages informed us on January 10. She said the EU would discuss [...] |
2008-01-11 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
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FM KOUCHNER'S TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The main goals of FM Kouchner's April 11-12 visit to Afghanistan were to advance preparations for the upcoming Afghanistan support conference, scheduled for June 12 in Paris, and to intensify contacts with Afghanistan's regional neighbors. The trip was also designed to showcase [...] |
2008-04-15 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON FR AF |
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AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE) [...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG), which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...] |
2008-04-17 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR |
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SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Kouchner and other GOF officials during April 14 consultations in Paris, Sudan Special Envoy Richard Williamson stressed the need to accelerate deployment of UNAMID and to exploit the possibility that the Khartoum regime might be willing to seek [...] |
2008-04-18 11:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR MOPS UNSC SU FR |
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FRENCH PROMOTE COMPROMISE, BUT WON'T PRESSURE [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post has raised with various French officials the need to urge the Greeks to renew their commitment to finding a mutually acceptable solution to the Macedonia name issue. However, in the post-Bucharest environment, French officials have not retreated from their ear [...] |
2008-04-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR FR |
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CENTRAL ASIA: A/DAS SPRATLEN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4 meetings with French officials responsible for Central Asia, SCA A/DAS Pamela Spratlen was briefed on GOF plans for future engagement in the region, including FM Kouchner's April 10-11 visits to Ashgabat and Dushanbe as well as France's priorities for the region during [...] |
2008-04-18 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZK UZ TI KZ KG TX FR |
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AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B), (D), (E), and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW -------------------- [...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in mem |