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01TUNIS325	GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP: OBSERVERS SEE INCREASINGLY [...] (C) IN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS SINCE THE JANUARY 23 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING (REFTEL),TUNISIAN AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS HAVE ALMOST INVARIABLY DESCRIBED THE SHAKE-UP AS SOMETHING OF A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AND A SIGN OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S FIRM PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...]	2001-02-09 08:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM PHUM TS

03TUNIS1947	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a farewell call July 22 on Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. In a wide-ranging review of US-Tunisian bilateral relations, the Ambassador encouraged the GOT to build on its impressive record of economic and social development and to [...]	2003-07-23 12:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TS
05TUNIS1045	TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Tunisia has a lot of things going for it as a country, but the speedy clip of political liberalization is not one of them. The good news about Tunisia is that there is no organized extremist opposition that we know of. The bad news is that there is no organized opposition of any kind. Al [...]	2005-05-12 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI ECON PGOV KPAO AMGT TS WSIS
05TUNIS1047	ANONYMOUS COMMUNIQUES ALLEGE RCD DISCONTENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Two communiques highly critical of President Ben Ali have been issued in recent months from a newly formed group calling itself the "Destouriens Democrates." Its anonymous authors claim to be members of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party who are dissatisfied w [...]	2005-05-18 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
05TUNIS1048	TUNISIA'S ENERGY CZAR EXPLAINS POSITION ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Econoff's meeting with the head of Tunisia's electricity monopoly reveals that a U.S. investor, EnerCiel, will likely need to seek relief through the court system or reach a compromise given the hardening of legal positions and the difficulties EnerCiel is facing with moving forwa [...]	2005-05-19 06:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
05TUNIS1067	TUNISIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-20 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT TS
05TUNIS1081	LEGAL OPPOSITION LACKS POLITICAL SKILLS, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. Although results of the May 8 local elections showed a ten per cent gain in the number of municipal seats held by Tunisian opposition parties, none of these parties, either alone or in a coalition, have any significant, measurable amount of public support. In discussions during [...]	2005-05-23 14:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM TS MEPI
05TUNIS1085	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS DIVIDED OVER ASSOCIATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PGOV KDEM TS KMEPI
05TUNIS1091	Embassy Engages Tunisian Journalists on World Press [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Embassy, with financial and logistical support from Internews, provided training for over 70 Tunisian journalists on the issue of on-line journalism. On May 3, the Embassy hosted a small hands-on workshop, led by American expert [...]	2005-05-24 13:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO SOCI KMPI TS ECIP
05TUNIS1092	Mixed Tunisian reactions to Foreign Policy [...] SUMMARY: While both of the Tunisian participants in the April 2005 Foreign Policy IV program were favorably impressed by American society, their impressions of the content of the program were quite varied. Ahlem ben Ali, a Tunisian journalist, related that she had learned many interesting a [...]	2005-05-25 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TS
05TUNIS1093	Media IV Program Positively Effects Tunisian [...] SUMMARY: Abderraouf Mkadmi, an editor at the most widely-read and anti-American Tunisian daily newspaper, returned from the March "Role of the Media" program with profound respect for the American people. Mkadmi noted that, upon his return to Tunisia, he was struck at the negative ramificat [...]	2005-05-25 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL TS
05TUNIS1128	TUNISIA: REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR ADVANCING THE PEACE [...] (C) In a meeting on several topics May 26, the Ambassador delivered the points on Arab League regional support for advancing the peace process to MFA Secretary of State for American and Asian Affairs Chtioui. The Ambassador covered points reftel, stressing that the time was right to move agg [...]	2005-05-31 12:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS
05TUNIS1203	Tunis Weekly Public Diplomacy Outreach Report, June [...] On June 2, 40 high schoolers and two of their English teachers from Kelibia, a small fishing port one and a half hours from Tunis, visited the American Center as part of an educational field trip during which they spent half a day at the Embassy, touring the IRC, surfing the net and admiring t [...]	2005-06-06 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OIIP OEXC TS
05TUNIS1204	GENERAL JONES MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with MFA Deputy Foreign Minister for American and Asian Affairs Chtioui June 3, General Jones urged continued Tunisian cooperation with EUCOM and NATO as both entities expanded their scope to include Africa. Chtioui said Tunisia was ready to work together in a numb [...]	2005-06-06 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TS EU
05TUNIS1235	TUNISIA HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS: 05/25 - 06/08 [...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes significant human rights developments during the previous two week period. Topics covered are: -- Case of Mohamed Abbou -- Arab Institute of Human Rights Funding Problems -- Formation of "Committee for the Defense of Victims of Terrorism Law" -- Amnesty Int [...]	2005-06-09 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO KMPI TS
05TUNIS1257	EVE OF TIFA COUNCIL: WHERE DOES TUNISIA STAND ON [...] (C) Summary. Tunisia has taken the fundamental decision to liberalize its economy after decades of state-control, but progress has been deliberate and mostly limited to sectors that do not threaten the GOT's prerogative or ultimate "sovereignty". The GOT justifies its approach in terms of mi [...]	2005-06-06 13:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS EFTA
05TUNIS1282	ABBOU APPEAL TRIAL: SENTENCE UPHELD, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, the Court of Appeal in Tunis upheld the three and a half year sentence of lawyer/activist Mohamed Abbou (ref a). The trial was disorderly, and at times chaotic, with over 120 lawyers attempting to defend Abbou. Embassy human rights officer attended the trial along [...]	2005-06-13 14:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO KMPI TS
05TUNIS1314	MEPI: IRI PRESENTS AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR TUNISIA; GOT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: International Republican Institute (IRI) MENA Director Tom Garrett outlined proposals for increasing IRI engagement with Tunisia to MFA DG Atallah on June 14. IRI would like to hold a regional conference on public opinion polling in Tunis in September, plans to incre [...]	2005-06-16 14:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	TS KDEM PREL PHUM MEPI
05TUNIS1324	STATUS OF REQUEST FOR SOFA IN TUNISIA [...] (C) We have no Status of Forces Agreement currently with the GOT. In connection with training exercise Flintlock, we have signed an MOA (administrative agreement) that is valid for the duration of the exercise (June 3-17, 2005). We have a waiver from EUCOM for the Tunisia portion of Fl [...]	2005-06-17 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TS
05TUNIS1379	MEETING WITH SAMIA ABBOU [...] (C) Summary: Abbou supporters continue to seek USG intervention in the case of jailed lawyer/activist Mohamed Abbou (ref A). According to his wife, Abbou refused to bring his case before the Supreme Court because it would be giving too much legitimacy to what he and his supporters believe is [...]	2005-06-23 09:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
05TUNIS1438	TUNISIA: UN REFORM DEMARCHE [...] (C) In a meeting on several topics June 29, the Ambassador offered MFA Director of Americas and Asia Department Hatem Atallah (A/S equivalent) a comprehensive summary of U.S. priorities on UN reform, covering support for the Democracy Fund, management reform, the creation of a Human Rights Co [...]	2005-07-01 12:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS UN UNSC
05TUNIS1439	UK REP ON BMENA DEVELOPMENTS, LEBANON [...] SUMMARY: UK Coordinator for Outreach to the Arab World Nick Abbott offered an update on UK coordination of BMENA activities to MEPI Regional Office Director. The four civil society components are coming together: UK organizing Transparency, U.S. Rule of Law, Bahrain Businesswomen, and hope [...]	2005-07-01 14:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM PREL LE TS
05TUNIS1442	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2005 [...] Post's Visa Viper Committee met on Friday, July 1, 2005. The Ambassador chaired the meeting, which was attended by Consular, Pol/Econ, ODC, DAO, ORA, Public Affairs, Management, FSI Arabic language field school, and MEPI representatives. We reviewed the recently disseminated revised procedures [...]	2005-07-01 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT TS
05TUNIS1455	ELECTION FOR NEW CHAMBER OF ADVISORS: NO SURPRISES [...] (U) Summary: RCD loyalists won all contested seats in predictable elections on July 3 for the Chamber of Advisors, a second Parliamentary chamber created by a 2002 constitutional amendment. While GOT spokesmen congratulated the country on a substantive step towards democracy, most Tunisians w [...]	2005-07-01 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI TS
05TUNIS1456	AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO TUNISIA'S SECOND CITY - [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and Econoff traveled June 27 to Sfax, Tunisia's second largest city and the economic hub, to deliver messages on USG economic and political reform policies, on our latest development under our trade and investment dialogue, and to survey USG assistance to Sfax's high-t [...]	2005-07-05 14:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EAID TS
05TUNIS1458	GOT REACTION TO ICANN POLICY; WSIS RELATED ISSUES: [...] THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH GOT MINISTER OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES MONTASSAR OUAILI JULY 6 TO DISCUSS THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT'S RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DECISION TO RETAIN OVERSIGHT AND VETO POWER ON THE INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS (ICANN.) OUAILI WAS LESS CONCERNED [...]	2005-07-05 14:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON ECPS TS EDRC
05TUNIS1484	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 7, 2005 [...] (U) During the Tunisian American Chamber of Commerce's (TACC) recent conference on Free Trade, June 29-30, Tunisian Minister of Commerce Mondher Zenaidi, said that the GOT will continue integration with the world economy to support Tunisia's socio-economic development. Zenaidi noted that an F [...]	2005-07-07 13:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR TS ENIV
05TUNIS1495	USTR NOVELLI ADVANCES US-TUNISIA TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Trade Representative Catherine Novelli, in Tunis June 14-15 for the second TIFA Council meeting, firmly emphasized to Minister of Development and International Cooperation Jouini that the U.S. wants to expand our free trade community and is working at a modest pace, b [...]	2005-07-08 06:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS EFTA
05TUNIS1503	BEN ALI CONDEMNS LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (U) All major press July 8 carried President Ben Ali's message to Britain's Queen Elizabeth and PM Blair, in which he "condemned the odious crime" which had resulted in horrible damage and loss of life, and "expressed Tunisia's sympathy for the United Kingdom, the families of the victims and [...]	2005-07-08 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TS
05TUNIS1915	TUNISIAN JOURALISTS REACT NEGATIVELY TO NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 05:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OIIP TS KPAO PHUM
05TUNIS1934	NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE WELCOMES STRONG BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 12:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV TS
05TUNIS2075	JEDDAH LESSONS LEARNED - FOLLOW-UP [...] (S/NF) Ambassador chaired a meeting of Embassy Tunis Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 09/13/2005 to discuss reftel, Jeddah Lessons Learned. Also present were DCM, RSO, RMAS, PA, MEPI, FSI, MGT, DAO, ODC, MED, P/E. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Tunis EAC reviewed and discussed reftel in detail, con [...]	2005-09-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT
05TUNIS2353	GOT SPINS FM ABDALLAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-21 13:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
05TUNIS2418	CONTINUED GLOWING TUNISIAN PRESS COVERAGE OF FM [...] The glowing Tunisian press coverage of FM Aballah's visit to the US (detailed in reftel) continued with placements of another article on FM Abdallah's activities in the US in all but one daily newspapers on the weekend of October 22-23. While headlines differed slightly, the text of the accomp [...]	2005-10-31 15:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV ECON TS
05TUNIS2420	FM ABDALLAH CRITIQUES EMBASSY VISITS TO HUNGER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with the Foreign Minister on October 31 to discuss recent visits by the Embassy to the group of eight civil society leaders currently on a hunger strike to protest the lack of freedom of expression and association in Tunisia, and to demand the release of political p [...]	2005-10-31 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TS
05TUNIS2564	THE DICHOTOMY OF ISLAM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tunisian religious views cut across a wide spectrum of beliefs and adherence. From atheists to Christians to Muslims to Jews, Tunisians are diverse in their religious views. While Islamic extremists may have enjoyed strong popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, since then [...]	2005-11-29 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS
05TUNIS2807	TUNISIA: UPDATE FROM MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) The Ambassador December 27 reviewed a number of bilateral defense-related issues with Tunisian Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane, and briefed him on the November EUCOM Mediterranean Ambassador's conference in Stuttgart. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of linking Tunisian funding [...]	2005-12-27 15:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR TS
05TUNIS768	TUNISIAN LABOR UPDATE: UGTT SHOWS A MORE [...] (C) Summary. Labor negotiations between labor, private employers, and government take place every three years in Tunisia. The three parties negotiate 51 separate collective bargaining contracts covering Tunisia's entire active work force. Since 1990, Tunisia has had this unique system of un [...]	2005-03-25 09:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM TS
05TUNIS826	VISIT TO WIFE OF IMPRISONED LAWYER PROMPTS [...] (C) Summary. At the invitation of university economics professor and PA contact Fedhi Jerbi, Polcouns April 6 visited the wife and family of Mohamad Abbou, the lawyer who was arrested March 1 for writing an online article harshly critical of President Ben Ali and his decision to invite Prime [...]	2005-04-19 11:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM KISL TS
05TUNIS839	AMBASSADOR,S MEETING WITH THE TUNISIAN MINISTER OF [...] Summary: On April 15, the Ambassador met with Minister of Transportation Abderrahim Zouari, with Robert Jubach of the National Weather Service (NWS),and with Dr. Moncef Rajhi, the Director of the Tunisian National Institute of Meteorology (NIM) to brief him on a workshop NWS and NIM had join [...]	2005-04-20 15:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KSCA SENV TPHY KMPI TS
05TUNIS840	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HOLDS FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: Two visiting Human Rights Watch (HRW) staffers successfully held a press conference April 20 to release a new HRW report on solitary confinement of Tunisian political prisoners. The 39-page report is based on interviews of political prisoners conditionally released in the Novembe [...]	2005-04-20 17:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
05TUNIS864	TUNISIA: MILITARY GRANT ASSISTANCE: LEGAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 15:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PGOV KTIA TS
05TUNIS869	TUNISIA'S PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR: THE GOT BEGINS TO [...] On April 15, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the Ambassador's call on the Minister of Public Health on April 7 to discuss "data exclusivity" concerns under Special 301 review. 2. Post's unofficial translation of the note follows. [...]	2005-04-27 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON EINV TS
05TUNIS879	BEYWATCH: NEWS FROM TUNISIA [...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted predominantly by Post's entry level officers. We believe the different perspectives offered in each of the following paragraphs will (taken together) accurately reflect what we consider to be the country's paradoxical nature -- Tuni [...]	2005-04-28 13:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TS
05TUNIS894	ICRC REACHES AGREEMENT ON PRISON VISITS WITH GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: After a year of negotiations, the GOT signed an agreement with the ICRC to allow prison visits. This is a highly significant development for the human rights situation in this country. End Summary ICRC Announces Final Agreement On Tunisian Prison Visits --------------------- [...]	2005-04-29 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS TS ICRC
05TUNIS896	GOT RUSHES CONVICTION TO COINCIDE WITH ICRC [...] (C) Summary: A Tunisian court sentenced dissident lawyer Mohamed Abbou to a prison term of three years and six months following his one-day April 28 trial for two charges. Abbou was arrested in early March for publishing on the website/listserve "Tunisnews" an article attacking President Ben [...]	2005-04-29 17:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS KDEM TS ICRC WSIS
05TUNIS898	FREE TRADE WITH THE U.S.: ARE THE TUNISIANS READY? [...] (SBU) Summary. Booz Allen Hamilton's Emad Tinawi visited Tunis April 4 ) 8, to consult with U.S. Embassy and GOT officials, private sector representatives, and academics on U.S.-Tunisian trade and investment issues. Tinawi's visit, as a private sector consultant to the Department, aimed to a [...]	2005-05-02 09:38:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TS
05TUNIS909	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post has made appropriate inquiries to establish the legitimacy of a transaction for the export of AB205 Bell helicopter spare parts to Tunisia and concludes that it is a legitimate transaction. In addition, the post has investigated concerns regarding the end user, the Tunisian Army, a [...]	2005-05-02 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC TS
05TUNIS944	AMB. RAISES CONCERNS ON ABBOU CONVICTION; NEW [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador reiterated USG concerns about the recent conviction of dissident lawyer Mohamed Abbou to MFA DG Hatem Atallah May 4. Attallah offered a familiar refrain: Abbou broke the law; the GOT is fully committed to democratic reform; Washington should understand that only the [...]	2005-05-04 15:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS10	TRIP TO SOUTHERN TUNISIA: RESIDENTS TOUGH ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Poloff and MEPI FSN visited the southern industrial town of Gabes December 19-21 and met with ruling and opposition party leaders, NGOs, and many local residents. All interlocutors were curious, and many skeptical, about the visit of an Embassy official to this oft-overlooked so [...]	2006-01-03 13:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1021	HUNGER STRIKE BY TWO TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS NOT A [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 06:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1081	REDUCED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN: ADVANCING WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March, President Ben Ali announced that his 2004 election proposal to allow women to work for half the hours for two-thirds the pay would be enacted in 2007. (NOTE: It is not yet clear if this proposal will apply to all women in the work force or only nursing mothers. END NOTE. [...]	2006-05-08 11:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ELAB PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS1099	BEN ALI STALWART RUMORED TO HAVE US SUPPORT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since his appointment as Minister of National Defense in August 2005, Kamel Morjane's role in the domestic political scene has been a topic of increasing interest to Tunisian political observers. As Morjane spent much of his career outside of Tunisia working with the UN, few knew [...]	2006-05-09 13:59:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1155	UNION REPORTS INCREASING GOT HARASSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 10 meeting, (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General Mohammed Trabelsi told Laboff the UGTT SIPDIS continues to face GOT interference in its activities. Trabelsi said a senior GOT official (NFI) recently warned UGTT leadership, "if you interfere in our issues, we will in [...]	2006-05-15 11:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS1157	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome you to Tunisia from May 19-20. As the highest ranking State Department official to visit Tunis since former Secretary Powell in December 2003, you are in an excellent position to reinvigorate with President Ben Ali a bilateral dialogue which focuse [...]	2006-05-15 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	OVIP KDEM PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS12	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Following criticism of Tunisia's freedom of information and internet access during its November 2005 hosting of the World Summit on the Information Society, the Chamber of Deputies is debating plans to privatize Tunisia's master internet service provider (ISP) and sole international inte [...]	2006-01-03 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET EINT ELAB TS
06TUNIS1204	BAR ASSOCIATION LEADS LAWYERS IN SIT-IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Tunisian Bar Association has led a sit-in, now on its eighth day, in protest of a new law creating a training institute for lawyers which the Bar Association alleges will effectively give control of who enters the Bar to the GOT. There has been a heavy police presence surro [...]	2006-05-19 14:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1220	TUNISIA OBSERVES WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 11:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1230	Special Media Reaction: DepSec Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian print and broadcast media positively and prominently covered the May 18 - 19 DepSec Zoellick visit to Tunisia. While both the government and privately-owned press highlighted the DepSec's positive statements on Tunisian modernity and moderation, the private press also [...]	2006-05-23 12:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS1238	EMBASSY TUNIS ENGAGES TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 14:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1239	REDUCED WORK HOURS FOR WOMEN: ADVANTAGE OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In March 2006, President Ben Ali announced that his 2004 election proposal to allow women to work for half the hours for two-thirds the pay would be enacted in 2007. According to press reports, the draft law will apply to women working in the public sector with children under si [...]	2006-05-23 14:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ELAB PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS1252	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 18, 2006; 6:00 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D [...]	2006-05-25 09:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KDEM TS
06TUNIS1253	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 18, 2006; 4:30 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D S [...]	2006-05-25 09:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1254	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH TUNISIAN [...] (U) May 19, 2006; 10:00 A.M.; CARTHAGE, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson TUNISIA ------- President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President of the Republic Ossama Romdh [...]	2006-05-25 09:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS1255	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S ROUND TABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL [...] (U) MAY 18, 2006; 2:15 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D Senior Advisor Brennan Gilmore, Hu [...]	2006-05-25 09:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1274	DEMARCHE TO NAM/G-77 ON UN REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT AORC UNGA TS
06TUNIS1275	WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY FOR U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS1276	DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (S) On May 26, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial to MFA Director General for the Americas and Asia Ghazi Jomaa. Jomaa said that Deputy Foreign Minister Hatem Ben Salem would be representing Tunisia at the Ministerial and that he would pass the [...]	2006-05-26 11:42:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TS
06TUNIS1277	TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV IZ TS
06TUNIS1303	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 13:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP PARM PREL TS
06TUNIS1305	JEWISH PILGRIMAGE TO DJERBA: A TUNISIAN SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Approximately 3,500 Jewish pilgrims, including reportedly 500 Israeli citizens, descended on the Tunisian island of Djerba for the annual pilgrimage to El Ghriba synagogue on May 15-16, coinciding with the Jewish holiday Lag B'Omer. The pilgrimage took place with no reported prob [...]	2006-05-30 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS1308	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE CONGRESS VIOLENTLY [...] (C) Summary: Tunisian security forces violently blocked a national congress of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) on May 27. On the eve of the Congress, post and other western diplomatic missions received telephone calls from the MFA and Note Verbales recommending that for safety concern [...]	2006-05-30 15:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1341	TUNISIAN VIEWS ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) On June 1, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on the U.S. statement on Iran as well as the English and Arabic texts of the Secretary's statement to Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah. Ambassador stressed our desire for Tunisia to issue a public statement supporting our move, GOT en [...]	2006-06-02 09:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1343	ABBAS VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 30, Palestinian President Abbas began his three day state visit to Tunisia with a meeting with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. The GOT, ever eager to play its traditional moderate role in the Middle East Peace Process, has focused the visit on its support for [...]	2006-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1344	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW UP ON NAM STATEMENT ON [...] (C/NF) On June 1, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial statement on Iran to MFA Secretary of State Hatem Ben Salem. Ben Salem, who represented Tunisia at the Ministerial, agreed that the final statement was unhelpful. He stressed that Tunisia, alo [...]	2006-06-02 12:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TS
06TUNIS1355	TUNISIAN STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 12:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1364	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2006 TIP REPORT - TUNISIA [...] (C) On June 5, DCM, accompanied by Laboff, delivered Ref B demarche on the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to MFA Director for the Americas Fadhel Ayari. Ayari stressed that, to his knowledge and as various Ministries noted during Laboff's TIP-related meetings, there was no traffickin [...]	2006-06-05 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD KCRM TS
06TUNIS1402	SENIOR MOI OFFICIAL REMOVED: SIGN TO HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, President Ben Ali unexpectedly announced the dismissal of a senior Ministry of Interior (MOI) official who some believe to be responsible for an uptick in the GOT's harsh repression of Tunisian civil society. As Secretary of State for National Security, Mohamed Ali Gan [...]	2006-06-08 11:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
06TUNIS1424	TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY URGES SOLIDARITY TO ADVANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent national congress of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women provided a unique opportunity for independent Tunisian civil society activists to gather and express their mutual aspirations to further democracy and freedom in Tunisia. More than ten legal and illegal c [...]	2006-06-12 07:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS1425	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE QUAGMIRE CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent discussions with individuals involved in the current Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) crisis (Ref C) indicate GOT repression of the group's activities is likely to continue indefinitely. Despite recent EU efforts to engage the GOT (Ref B),there is no sign the LTDH's di [...]	2006-06-12 07:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS1428	GOT ISLAMIC CREDENTIALS UNDER ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of allegations and rumors that the GOT is violating basic Islamic principles have spread throughout Tunisia this spring, forcing the government to take aggressive action to prove its Islamic bona fides. In June, a human rights group alleged that prison officials had dese [...]	2006-06-12 12:11:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	SOCI KDEM PGOV PTER TS
06TUNIS1429	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: ANNUAL STAFFING, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 12:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON TS
06TUNIS1433	OFFICIAL INFORMAL: ABMC NORTH AFRICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 09:47:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO MARR OEXC TS
06TUNIS1493	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OIC MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 09:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TS
06TUNIS1494	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 09:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE TS
06TUNIS1565	EU PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON LACK OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C//NF) Summary: A June 15 resolution by the European Parliament noted continuing concern about the human rights situation in Tunisia in light of the Euro-Mediterannean Agreement and numerous discussions tying a strong EU-Tunisia relationship to the promotion of human rights and democracy. Eur [...]	2006-06-22 13:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1598	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINITER OF DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Hudson paid a farewel call on Minister of Development and Internationl Cooperation (MDIC) Mohamed Nouri Jouini on Jun 20, 2006. The Ambassador delivered a letter frm USTR concerning a proposed June 30, 2006 meetin between the minister and AUSTR Donnelly (SEPTEL. The di [...]	2006-06-27 13:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TS
06TUNIS1599	USTR TIFA LETTER DELIVERED TO MDIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hudson paid a farewell call on Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Mohamed Nouri Jouini on June 20, 2006. The Ambassador delivered a letter from USTR concerning a proposed June 30, 2006 meeting between the minister and Assistant United States [...]	2006-06-27 13:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTIA TS
06TUNIS1603	COM USAFE AND MINISTER OF DEFENSE DISCUSS SOFA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his June 25-26 visit, the Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe General William Hobbins met with Tunisian Minister of National Defense Kamal Morjane to discuss bilateral military relations. Morjane said the Ministry of Defense had provided the MFA with a draft response on [...]	2006-06-27 13:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KMIG TS
06TUNIS1621	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA [...] (C/NF) On June 28, NEA DAS Gordon Gray, accompanied by Ambassador, raised reftel demarche on supporting Guatemala's UNSC candidacy during a meeting with Tunisian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui. Chtioui said that it will not be difficult for Tunisia to follow th [...]	2006-06-29 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC UNGA GT VE TS
06TUNIS1622	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART I: AN ECONOMIC SUCCESS? [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 10:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1630	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART II: THE ANATOMY OF EXPLOITATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS1641	MGGZ01: TUNISIA CALLS FOR RESUMPTION OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) On June 29, Tunisia released an official statement related to the latest Israeli-Palestinian developments, reiterating its call for "resumption of dialogue and implementation of the Roadmap." Also on June 29, in a speech to newly arrived ambassadors, President Ben Ali stressed the need [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS1642	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador's farewell call on Minister of Defense Morjane was marked by mutual appreciation for the strong bilateral military relationship and guarantees of its continuation. Morjane shared his views on the broader bilateral relationship, specifically political reform. Morjane [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS1650	FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The one year anniversary of our Freedom Agenda was marked by increased USG engagement and continued GOT stagnation on political reform. This quarter, post continued its active engagement of the GOT, which was reinforced by Deputy Secretary Zoellick during his May visit and the vi [...]	2006-07-03 09:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1658	SAMIA ABBOU: GOT PRESSURE LESS SINCE GANZOUI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 meeting, Samia Abbou, wife of jailed lawyer/writer Mohamed Abbou, told Poloff that GOT harassment of her and her family had diminished following the removal of Mohamed Ali Ganzoui as Interior Ministry Secretary of State of National Security on June 5. However, she c [...]	2006-07-03 13:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1661	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING MED DIALOGUE COUNTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 13:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR TS
06TUNIS1672	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILY'S HOLDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON TS
06TUNIS1673	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART III: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD EINV KDEM TS

06TUNIS1674	ARAB SECURITY OFFICIALS DISCUSS PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to press reports, during a recent preparatory meeting for an upcoming Arab Interior Ministers meeting, Arab prison, judicial and security officials discussed plans to increase prison privatization. The discussions covered the full or partial participation of the private [...]	2006-07-05 12:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1675	DAS GRAY ENGAGES MFA ON SUDAN, UN REFORM [...] (C) During his June 28 meeting with Tunisian Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray, accompanied by Ambassador, raised reftel demarche on the transition of AMIS to a United Nations peacekeeping operation (PKO) in Darfur. Chti [...]	2006-07-05 12:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR KPKO PINS SOCI SU TS
06TUNIS1676	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with representatives of the European Commission (EC) to discuss collaboration on human rights and democracy reform in Tunisia. EC reps noted difficulty in formal collaboration due to the heavy bureauc [...]	2006-07-05 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1694	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 13:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP TS
06TUNIS1702	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH TUNISIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with Deputy Foreign Minister for the Americas and Asia, Saida Chtioui, to discuss the USG position on Libya, Tunisian relations with Iran, USG support for Guatemala for the Latin American Security Counc [...]	2006-07-06 13:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAO PGOV PHUM SMIG MARR TS
06TUNIS1741	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in the following areas: A. IPR Enforcement Strengthened B. Pending bounced check legislation C. Rising oil prices affecting balance of trade D. Oil transport contract with Algeria via pipeline E. UAE investments in Tunisia [...]	2006-07-12 08:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD ELAB KIPR TS
06TUNIS1761	GOT REQUESTS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN [...] This is an action request. Post received a dipnote from MFA June 12 seeking an exchange of support for Tunisian candidate to the UN Human Rights Committee Abdelfattah Amor and US candidate Prof. Ruth Wedgwood. Post seeks Department guidance in responding to this request. 2. Relevant text [...]	2006-07-12 14:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC TS
06TUNIS1776	RESHUFFLE OF GOVERNORS [...] (U) In a routine reshuffle announced in all daily newspapers on July 10, six governors moved from one governorate to another, two were appointed for the first time, and one, Ali Ksiki, was "called to other (unspecified) duties." Governorship changes were as follows: Name Former [...]	2006-07-14 06:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1785	TUNISIA RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO SAUDI STATEMENT; [...] (C) In his July 14 farewell call on Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Hatem Ben Salem, Ambassador provided a copy of the Saudi statement on the situation in Palestine and Lebanon (ref A). Upon reading the informal English translation, Ben Salem expressed surprise at the "new" Saudi posit [...]	2006-07-14 09:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS TS UN
06TUNIS1816	EUROMED ECONFIN MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE JUNE 25-26, [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 25-26, 2006, economic and finance ministers (ECOFIN) of the 35 countries of the Euromed zone met in Gammarth, Tunisia to discuss the future of the European Investment Bank's (EIB) Facility for Euro-Mediterranean Investment and Partnership (FEMIP) and the poss [...]	2006-07-18 09:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EU TS
06TUNIS1817	TUNIS-BASED PLO FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER SLAMS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PLO Foreign Affairs Minister Farouk Qaddoumi on July 12 convened representatives of the Americas for a rambling briefing, delivered in English, entitled, "The Latest Developments in Palestine, especially with the Current Israeli Occupation Forces Military Attacks on t [...]	2006-07-18 10:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL TU
06TUNIS1818	IPR PROTECTION IN TUNISIA [...] SUMMARY: Tunisia has taken significant steps to strengthen its intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement throughout 2005 and 2006. There has been a noted change in attitude towards IPR among Tunisian officials, legal experts, and businesses. They now consider IPR not only as a legal t [...]	2006-07-19 05:28:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON TS
06TUNIS1835	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH MINISTER OF [...] (S) On 17 July 2006, Ambassador met with the Tunisian Minister of Interior Bel Haj Kacem in his office for a 30 minute farewell call. The meeting was also attended by the MOI's Deputy to the Special Assistant on International Relations and COS and was cordial in nature. 2. (S) Ambassador r [...]	2006-07-19 12:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS1847	TFLE01: TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES [...] (C) In a July 18 farewell call by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abdallah expressed concern about the "grave" humanitarian situation in Lebanon, noting his impression that the violence was not going to end soon. As a jurist, he said, he was "shocked" that an armed group could be allowed to [...]	2006-07-19 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE IS TU
06TUNIS1851	PARTING THOUGHT FROM THE AMBASSADOR ON MEPI [...] (C/NF) I would like to share what I hope will be some impressions on the MEPI program in the hope that they might be useful to others as this program evolves. Since my arrival at post, our number one MPP priority has been support for greater democracy and human rights in Tunisia, and our post [...]	2006-07-20 12:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS1922	ANATOMY OF THE MOST POPULAR TUNISIAN NEWSPAPER: [...] (S) Summary: With a circulation of 80,000, Ash Shourouq is Tunisia,s most widely read, most anti-American, and most irresponsible Arabic language daily newspaper. Nominally private, Ash Shourouq receives direct editorial input from GOT officials in both the presidential palace and the MFA. [...]	2006-07-28 13:16:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1924	TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN LEBANON AND [...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of the current Lebanon/Israel/Gaza crisis, the GOT has stood firmly in support of its "Palestinian and Lebanese brothers", releasing statements of support, sponsoring press articles critical of Israel, and in demonstration-free Tunisia, sanctioning and partici [...]	2006-07-28 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS1939	TFLE01: GOT DECLARES THREE DAYS OF MOURNING OVER [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 11:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	TS KPAO PREL PGOV
06TUNIS1943	TFLE01: LEBANESE PARLIAMENT LEADER HARIRI VISITS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 13:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS1946	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia in the following areas: A. Prime Minister Discusses Recent Economic Reforms B. Adoption of New Economic Laws C. National Strategy for a Digital Economy D. Tunisia Ratifies International Sugar Agreement E. Whe [...]	2006-08-01 15:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR TS
06TUNIS1967	TUNISIA: GOT REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO [...] This is an action request. On August 2, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting support for Tunisian candidate Professor Hatem Kotrane for reelection as a member of the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child during elections in New York i [...]	2006-08-03 08:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC TS
06TUNIS1988	TFLE01: SITREP ON TUNISIAN SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) Summary. Media reports and anecdotal information from the past week suggest that Tunisians increasingly are viewing Hizballah as the underdog freedom fighter successfully standing up against the Israeli bully. The Qana attack stoked a round of news-driven anger against Israel. U.S. supp [...]	2006-08-04 14:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS2026	ABBAS MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BEN ALI [...] On August 9, all Tunisian newspapers carried an official GOT press agency report of a meeting between visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Tunisian President Ben Ali. Abbas visited Tunisia August 7 - 8. According to the report, the two discussed the situation in the Palestinian t [...]	2006-08-09 13:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS2036	TUNISIAN CENTRAL BANK RELEASES 2006 PRELIMINARY [...] SUMMARY: On July 24, the Tunisian Central Bank released preliminary figures of the country's macroeconomic performance for the first half of 2006 after a meeting of the Bank's Executive Board. The Bank discussed Tunisia's industrial and services output, monetary policy and inflation concerns, [...]	2006-08-10 08:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS
06TUNIS208	TIFA UPDATE: MINISTER JOUINI EXPRESSES HOPE TO U/S [...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary Timothy Adams' January 30 meeting with Development Minister Jouini discussed ways to move forward our Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process in 2006. Ambassador noted the Ministry's feedback on USTR discussion papers, which spotlighted [...]	2006-02-02 10:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EFTA ETRD TS
06TUNIS2084	TFLE01: TUNISIAN REACTION TO LEBANON/ISRAEL/GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The general Tunisian public perception of current events in Lebanon and Gaza, fueled by local and pan-Arab media, is that the U.S. is offering unlimited support to Israeli "aggression." A broad range of Tunisian contacts, who share this perception, tell us that this is consequent [...]	2006-08-11 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO ASEC TS
06TUNIS2085	DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-12 11:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU
06TUNIS2111	LEBANON: TUNISIA WELCOMES UNSCR 1701; CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has officially welcomed UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon, releasing a statement expressing its "great satisfaction" with the resolution, which it characterized as a "first step" to the return to peaceful efforts in the search for a negotiated solution. President Ben Ali on August 1 [...]	2006-08-16 13:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TS
06TUNIS2140	SUBJECT: NOTIFICATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TUNISIA [...] ON AUGUST 7, ECONOFF DELIVERED REVISED DEMARCHE POINTS TO AMOR TOUMI, THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH'S (MOH) DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR THE CONTROL OF MEDICATIONS. DEMARCHE POINTS WERE ALSO DELIVERED ON AUGUST 11, TO THE MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR GENERAL OF HEALTH, MR. NOUREDDIN [...]	2006-08-18 11:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TS
06TUNIS2141	A GROWING TUNISIAN CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY TREADS [...] (C//NOFORN) Summary: In recent interviews with Poloff, Tunisian and expatriate Christian leaders and Tunisian Christian converts described a steadily growing Tunisian Christian movement, in spite of prevalent social stigmas associated with Christianity. Through Christian TV and radio, mission [...]	2006-08-18 11:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2144	TUNISIANS PROUD OF "ISRAELI DEFEAT", BUT MANY [...] (C) Summary: With the passage of UNSCR 1701 and the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon and Israel, the tense mood amongst many Tunisians, palpable during the active fighting, has largely abated. Tunisian newspapers proclaimed victory for Hizballah, and editorials spoke of the hope "the Hizb [...]	2006-08-18 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM TS
06TUNIS2148	RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; IGL [...] Reftel requests verification of computer parts and accessories shipped to ultimate consignee: IGL Industries, route de Gabes, km8 Sfax, Tunisia. Liscense code for these products is C33 NLR. In order to arrange the on-site verification visit, commercial specialist faxed parts information and [...]	2006-08-18 15:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC TS
06TUNIS2155	MODERATE ISLAMISTS SEEK DIALOGUE WITH U.S. ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting hosted in Tunis by Washington-based Center for Islam and Democracy President Radwan Masmoudi, several self-described "moderate Islamists", including a founding member of the banned Tunisian Islamist party An-Nahdha, sought out Embassy officials to "reopen a dialogue" [...]	2006-08-21 08:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2170	Beywatch: Are You Really American? [...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted by Post's entry level officers, which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a look into everyday life in Tunisia that may not be central to more formal repor [...]	2006-08-21 09:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SCUL ECON TS
06TUNIS2173	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JULY - AUGUST 14 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Minimum Wage Increase B. Tunisian and Mauritanian Central Banks to Cooperate C. Arab Fund for Development Finances Tunisian Power Plant D. GOT to Liberalize the Cereal Sector E. GO [...]	2006-08-21 11:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB TS
06TUNIS2175	Beywatch: Where Men can be Men: Cafes in Tunisia [...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted by Post's entry level officers, which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia that may not be central to more formal repor [...]	2006-08-21 12:31:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI TS
06TUNIS2178	TUNISIA CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS FINANCIAL CLAIMS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 14:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAIR IZ TS
06TUNIS2227	TUNISIANS CONTINUE TO BE SEIZED BY EVENTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Events in Lebanon continue to dominate Tunisian newspaper headlines and cafe conversations, although less so than in previous weeks. The GOT announced delivery of humanitarian aid to Lebanon. Newspapers accused Israel of jeopardizing the cease-fire. Civil society contacts contin [...]	2006-08-25 14:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS223	ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS JANUARY 30-31 MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 23rd session of the Arab League Interior Ministers took place in Tunisia on January 30 and 31. According to press reports, ministers examined the security situations in Arab countries and discussed ways of combating terrorism, extremism, violence and organized crimes. Par [...]	2006-02-03 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER TS
06TUNIS2237	IS PRESIDENT BEN ALI CLINICALLY DEPRESSED? [...] (S/NF) The state of President Ben Ali,s health has long been a topic of conversation in Tunisia, both among diplomats and in society at large. Reftels reported on President Ben Ali's reported prostate cancer, for which he has sought treatment in Germany and Italy, along with the potential pol [...]	2006-08-29 07:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR TN
06TUNIS224	MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER COMPLAINS OF GOT ABUSE, [...] (C) Summary: The Committee of 18 October, an alliance of disparate opposition political groups and activists which grew out of the Movement of 18 October hunger strike (ref a),reported that plainclothes police "violently" blocked a committee meeting in Tunis on January 24. The following day, [...]	2006-02-03 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS2259	ANTI-U.S. INCITEMENT: ONE TUNISIAN IMAM [...] (C/NF) The imam of the main mosque in the town of Oued Ellil allegedly included severe anti-U.S. rhetoric in the course of August 18 Friday prayers. The imam is reported to have condemned the U.S. for its role in the recent fighting in Lebanon and called on Allah to "eliminate" President Bush [...]	2006-08-31 11:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAO TN
06TUNIS227	SIGNS OF INCREASED PRESS FREEDOM, BUT TUNISIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 14:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2287	TUNISIA NOT INTERESTED IN MCA [...] (SBU) In reponse to Embassy reminders for financial data for Millennium Challenge Account selection, the Government of Tunisia has declined to submit the required information, thereby withdrawing Tunisia from consideration for MCA funding. In a meeting with EconOff, MFA Deputy Director for th [...]	2006-09-05 11:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID KMCA TS
06TUNIS2292	TUNISIA AND THE U.S.-MENA PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has provided contact information on bank associations in Tunisia (ref A). In addition, EconOff met with Mr. Amor Saafi, Managing Director of the Association Professionnelle Tunisienne des Banques et des Establissements Financiers (APTBEF) - the other bank association provi [...]	2006-09-06 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN TS
06TUNIS2298	AN-NAHDHA LEADER JEBALI: MODERATE ISLAMISM IS THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an August 30 meeting, Hamadi Jebali, a former leader of the unauthorized Tunisian Islamist political party An-Nahdha, described the party's political views, continued GOT oppression, his recent release from prison, and defended "moderate Islamism" as the political future of [...]	2006-09-06 12:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TS
06TUNIS2299	LAW ADOPTED ON REDUCED HOURS FOR WOMEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies adopted a law that will allow some female employees to work part-time while still receiving two-thirds of their original salary. While the GOT states the law was motivated by a desire to allow Tunisians to balance family and professiona [...]	2006-09-06 14:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2303	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: AUGUST 15 - August 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Figures Show Climbing Inflation B. Tunisian Olive Oil Exports Fall Below GOT's Expectations C. Tunisia and Libya Continue Dialogue on Trade, Tourism D. Tunisia to Increa [...]	2006-09-07 07:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB EAIR TS
06TUNIS2321	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the Business Executives for National Security (BENS) delegation's September 13-14 2006 visit to Tunisia. This cable provides a brief overview of the political situation in Tunisia, as well as a summary of the business climate. -------------------------- [...]	2006-09-08 11:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS2329	BEN GUERDANE'S "LIBYAN SOUK": CHEAP GOODS, BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: In the "Libyan souk" of Ben Guerdane, a town 30 kilometers from the Tunisian-Libyan border, Tunisians can pay bargain prices for questionably imported, often counterfeited goods from Libya. Although the GOT asserts that it is committed to intellectual property right protection [...]	2006-09-11 09:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR LY TS
06TUNIS2408	TUNISIA: INTERFERENCE IN USG ACTIVITIES ON RISE; [...] (C) Summary. Embassy personnel are increasingly subject to GOT interference in their meetings and activities, the result of a culture of paranoia about dealing with foreign governments that appears to have spilled over from the MOI. While the phenomenon itself is not new, or targeted only at [...]	2006-09-20 13:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2414	ZARZIS FREE TRADE ZONE DISAPPOINTED BY LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten years after its opening, the Zarzis free trade zone, located in Southeastern Tunisia, has failed to create the foreign investment and job promotion intended, despite generous incentives offered by the GOT. In a meeting with EconOff, newly-designated Director General for the [...]	2006-09-21 10:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP LY TS
06TUNIS2418	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Unemployment Holds Steady at 14.2 Percent B. Tunisia and Morocco Continue Dialogue on Cooperation C. Emirates Lands in Tunisia D. Italy's Benetton Invests in Tunisian Textiles E. T [...]	2006-09-21 12:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAIR EINT ECPS KTEX TS
06TUNIS2424	MICROSOFT INKS AGREEMENT WITH GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum in South Africa July 11-12, the GOT and the Microsoft Corporation signed a partnership agreement that provides for Microsoft investment in training, research, and development, but also commits the GOT to using licensed Microsoft soft [...]	2006-09-22 10:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TINT KIPR ECPS TS
06TUNIS2464	TUNISIAN TEXTILE SECTOR ADAPTS TO POST-QUOTA [...] (U) Summary: This is the first of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. Part one addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on production and exports, as well as the sector's strategy for future competitiveness. After the end of the quota regime that existed unde [...]	2006-09-29 14:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS
06TUNIS2465	TUNISIAN TEXTILE WORKERS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a two-part series on the Tunisian textile sector. This cable addresses the impact of the end of the Multifiber Agreement on workers. While textile organizations and manufacturers viewed 2005 results as better than expected, the reality has been bleaker for [...]	2006-09-29 14:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD BEXP KTEX TS
06TUNIS2480	EU MOVES -- SLOWLY -- AFTER BLOCKED LABOR [...] (C) Summary. In early September, the GOT blocked a prominent international NGO conference on labor and employment issues, ostensibly because the organizers had not given the GOT advance notification. Privately, GOT officials made clear to the organizers, who included European NGOs, a Spanis [...]	2006-10-03 07:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU TS
06TUNIS2482	U.S.-EU COORDINATION ON TUNISIA: SHARED [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a September 27 meeting with Charge and Pol/EconCouns, European counterparts provided an update on the current EU thinking regarding Tunisia. There is a lack of EU consensus on approaching the GOT about blocked internet sites; that said, the EU may be interested in joint pri [...]	2006-10-03 10:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TS EU
06TUNIS2492	HIV/AIDS AND THE GLOBAL FUND: EMBASSY TUNIS [...] (U) Per reftel, an interagency committee, comprised of participants from the Health Unit, Public Affairs, the Political and Economic Section, and DOD's Office of Defense Cooperation reviewed the GOT submission to the Global Fund. The following comments are keyed to reftel para 8 questions: [...]	2006-10-04 09:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO TS
06TUNIS2501	EMBASSY OFFICERS BLOCKED FROM MEETING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Embassy officers traveled to the northern city of Bizerte on October 5 to meet with the local chapter of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH). Approximately seventeen plain-clothes police physically barred Emboffs from entering the LTDH compound, which is als [...]	2006-10-05 17:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS252	BEN ALI'S NEW YEAR'S SPEECH TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, Ambassador, along with the entire resident and non-resident Diplomatic Corps, was invited to present New Year's greetings to President Ben Ali. In addition to personally greeting all ambassadors, Ben Ali delivered a speech outlining GOT political priorities. The [...]	2006-02-06 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PINR TS
06TUNIS2527	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE ISSUES [...] The Bizerte Chapter of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) on October 6 issued a communique protesting the forcible blocking by plain-clothes police of a meeting the previous day between U.S. Embassy officials and members of the Bizerte LTDH branch (reftel). An informal English translatio [...]	2006-10-11 09:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS2534	HACKERS BREAK THE CODE TO AL-JAZEERA SPORTS CHANNEL [...] According to an As-Sabah Al-Ousboui newspaper article published September 25, 2006, Tunisian hackers have been able to break the encryption code for Al-Jazeera Sports Channel and are now selling bootleg access cards at cut-rate prices. The article tells its readers where they can go to procure [...]	2006-10-11 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR AG FR MO TC UK TS
06TUNIS2538	TUNISIA OUTRANKS U.S. IN COMPETITIVENESS, SAYS [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia is gloating over its ranking in the 2006 Global Competitiveness Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on September 26th. Classified as the 30th most competitive country in the world and first among African and Middle East countries, Tunisia advanced [...]	2006-10-11 15:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD TC UK MO TS
06TUNIS2539	TUNISIAN EXPATS MAKE ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE HOME [...] (U) Summary: Each summer thousands of Tunisian expatriates return on ferry boats from Europe to visit family, attend weddings, and spend their vacations. The ferry returnees are largely working class Tunisians, who moved to Europe in search of employment and a chance to improve their social s [...]	2006-10-12 09:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ELAB SMIG LY TS
06TUNIS2565	TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKS DOWN ON HIJAB [...] (C) Summary: By all accounts, the number of women wearing the hijab or adopting some Islamic-inspired headdress in Tunisia has skyrocketed in recent years. In response, the GOT's periodic campaign of words and actions against Tunisian women wearing the hijab has increased in intensity. A 198 [...]	2006-10-13 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO TS
06TUNIS257	AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation at the MFA on February 6, Ambassador and Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah discussed the Palestinian elections and future of the peace process, Iran,s nuclear ambitions, the status of SOFA negotiations, prospects for Maghreb unity, freedom of the press [...]	2006-02-06 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TS
06TUNIS2570	SUHA ARAFAT ACQUIRES TUNISIAN NATIONALITY [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia's Official Journal of September 26 published a notice that Suha Arafat, wife of the late Palestinian Authority president, and her 11-year old daughter Zahwa had acquired Tunisian nationality. Mrs. Arafat and her daughter have been living in Tunisia since the 2004 dea [...]	2006-10-17 06:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS2585	TUNISIA INSTRUCTS UN MISSION TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] (C/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef de Cabinet Hatem Atallah on October 17 convoked Charge for a one-on-one meeting to give his assurances that the GOT had instructed its UN Mission in New York to vote for Guatemala for the UNSC seat. "Don't believe anything you hear otherwise," Atallah m [...]	2006-10-17 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC GT VE AL TS
06TUNIS2586	TUNISIAN INTERFERENCE IN U.S. EMBASSY ACTIVITIES: [...] (C/NF) Summary. According to Foreign Minister Abdallah's Chef de Cabinet, recent charges of GOT interference in Embassy activities were either baseless fabrications or the result of a misinterpretation of events by Post. Alternating between feigning shock, surprise, anger, and hurt, Atallah [...]	2006-10-17 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2598	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: SEPT. 16 - OCT. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Balance Continues to Deteriorate B. Emirates Bukhatir to Build 5 Billion USD "Sports City" C. Emirati DIG Increases Stake in Karthago Airlines D. Legal Retirement Age to Be Rai [...]	2006-10-20 08:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KPRV TS
06TUNIS2639	TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]	2006-10-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2661	MOVEMENT OF 18 OCTOBER: WEAK, DIVIDED, BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Movement of 18 October, a disparate group of opposition political leaders and activists promoting freedom of expression, association, and amnesty for political prisoners, recently marked its one year anniversary. While movement leaders claim the group has sent a strong message [...]	2006-10-31 11:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2663	PSI LETTER ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS TS
06TUNIS2665	SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with GOT's e [...]	2006-10-31 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2679	WOMENS' "NGO": LESS HIJAB, MORE BEN ALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent meeting of a major pro-GOT Tunisian women's NGO to discuss Tunisian values turned into a rally in support of Ben Ali and his policies. While ostensibly a meeting in support of secular and moderate values, the October 27 event organized by the National Union of the Tunisi [...]	2006-11-01 09:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2684	TUNISIANS FEEL PINCH OF HIGH PRICES THIS RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ramadan spending combined with rising inflation hit many Tunisians in the pocket book this year. While the GOT attempted to put its best foot forward by keeping prices low and stepping up enforcement of price controls, these measures did little to address rising inflation and co [...]	2006-11-01 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TS
06TUNIS2688	EMBASSY OFFICERS BLOCKED, AGAIN, FROM MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON OCTOBER 27, EMBASSY OFFICERS TRIED FOR A SECOND TIME TO MEET WITH THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE (LTDH). THREE WEEKS EARLIER, POLICE HAD BLOCKED SUCH A MEETING, AND IN FOLLOW-ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GOT, NO VALID REASON HAD BEEN GIVEN FOR THE PROHIBITIO [...]	2006-11-01 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS2689	SCRAP THAT TENDER!! ENERCIEL VS STEG -- THE [...] (C) Summary. In recent meetings with representatives of the U.S. company UPC Wind Partners (UPC) and its subsidiary Enerciel Tunisie, Emboffs were briefed on the current status of UPC/Enerciel's wind energy investment (which already approaches USD 3 million) and their ongoing problems with G [...]	2006-11-01 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG KIDE EINV TS
06TUNIS2690	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSFER OF TUNISIAN DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 09:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR KWAC TS
06TUNIS2693	PRODI VISIT REINFORCES ITALY-TUNISIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Tunis on October 30 for meetings with Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. According to Italian embassy contacts, Prodi's visit is part of a regional tour that includes Rabat and Algiers. While focusing on bilateral cooperation, [...]	2006-11-02 12:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2702	EMBASSY TUNIS PREPARES NIV APPLICANTS FOR NEW EVAF [...] SUMMARY: For the last two months, post consular and public affairs sections have been engaged in a campaign to increase public awareness about the new EVAF requirements. Through press releases and a roundtable discussion, liaison with the host government, and by using posters and public speakin [...]	2006-11-03 08:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT SOCI LY TS
06TUNIS2742	TUNISIA - INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign currency. There is no discernible money laundering activity reported to be occurrin [...]	2006-11-09 16:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN TS
06TUNIS2743	FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH LAYS IT ON THICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH ON NOVEMBER 6 CONVOKED CHARGE, "FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON." IN REALITY, THE GOAL OF THE MEETING WAS QUITE CLEAR: ABDALLAH SOUGHT TO EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE U.S.-TUNISIAN BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH HE ENTHUSIASTICALLY CHARACTERIZED AS "TR [...]	2006-11-09 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS2744	BEN ALI CELEBRATES 19 YEARS IN POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 7, Tunisian President Ben Ali celebrated the nineteenth anniversary of his assumption of power with a speech that highlighted his accomplishments and offered a few minor policy proposals. Typically, the speech focused on economic achievements and proposals. Although [...]	2006-11-13 06:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS2749	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Oct. 16 - Oct. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT to Issue a Travel Allowance Card B. GOT Projects 5.3 percent GDP Growth for 2006 C. Central Bank Concerned About Household Debt D. Tunisia Signs Science Cooperation Deal with Chi [...]	2006-11-14 08:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB EFIN SENV KTEX TS
06TUNIS2752	BEN ALI 2009: THE CAMPAIGN BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Immediately on the heels of the nineteenth anniversary of Ben Ali's rule on November 7th, his campaign for the 2009 elections appears to have began. RCD regional entities and senior GOT officials supported the RCD-controlled Chamber of Advisors' November 9th call for Ben Ali to r [...]	2006-11-14 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS2753	United Arab Emirates Investments Target Tunisia [...] SUMMARY: In a period of less than 12 months, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the biggest single foreign investor in Tunisia, surpassing France, which, excluding energy, has been the largest investor in Tunisia over the last five years. Comment: While UAE investors have been active in [...]	2006-11-15 07:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2763	GLOBAL IMPORT REGULATIONS FOR USED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT [...] Post submits the information below in response to reftel. The Tunisian Ministry of Commerce has supplied updated information concerning the import of used medical equipment into Tunisia. 2. Current regulations and practices are as follows: A. There is no statutory prohibition on the i [...]	2006-11-15 16:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EIND ETRD TS
06TUNIS2771	Carrefour Closes its Counterfeit Optical Disc Sales [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is taking positive steps to target the retail sector for enforcement of IPR. The Tunisian franchisee of retail giant Carrefour has stopped its practice of openly selling pirated optical discs. In addition, Carrefour's circulars now contain an explicit warning against r [...]	2006-11-17 09:56:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2772	Erroneous Media Reports of a U.S./Tunisia Free Trade [...] (U) Local news media recently published an article indicating that despite a relative slowdown of talks between the two parties, the U.S. and Tunisia were exploring opportunities aimed at concluding a Free Trade Agreement and mentioning that work groups have been set up to look into the servic [...]	2006-11-17 10:10:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TS
06TUNIS2773	GOT RELEASES 55 AN-NAHDHA PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: On November 4, President Ben Ali pardoned an unspecified number of prisoners on the occasion of the November 7 holiday marking his accession to power in 1987. Among those released were 55 prisoners that had been imprisoned on charges related to their membership in the banned Tunis [...]	2006-11-17 11:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS2776	RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; [...] (SBU) EconOff was unable to conduct requested Post-Shipment Verification (reftel) despite numerous attempts to do so. The ultimate Consignee for this shipment of L72 laser sights was the Tunisian Ministry of Interior (MOI). 2. (SBU) The MOI has been reluctant to schedule an on-site visi [...]	2006-11-17 16:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD ETTC IT TS
06TUNIS2782	GERMAN FM CALLS FOR POLITICAL REFORM IN TUNISIA; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. GERMANFOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER'S NOVEMBER 16 VISIT TO TUNISIA MADE INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES FOR THE STONG MESSAGE HE CARRIED -- BALANCING PRAISE FOR TNISIA'S PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IGHTS WITH A CALL FOR GREATER POLITICAL REFORM. STEINMEIER'S MEETING WITH [...]	2006-11-20 16:20:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR EU GM TS
06TUNIS2783	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS
06TUNIS2786	BEN ALI IN PUBLIC: OLD, BUT NOT NECESSARILY OVER [...] (S/NF) Despite ongoing rumors that he is seriously ill (reftel),President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali presided over the opening of a major local event on November 21 and delivered a lengthy speech. Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Associ [...]	2006-11-21 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TS
06TUNIS2787	TUNISIA: NO AMBASSADOR TO ATTEND LEBANON'S [...] (C) On November 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche encouraging Tunisia not to attend the Lebanese National Day Reception hosted by President Lahoud on November 22 to Saida Chtioui, MFA Secretary of State for the Americas and Asia. Chtioui said that Tunisia has not had an ambassador in Le [...]	2006-11-21 16:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS2797	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 07:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI PGOV TS
06TUNIS2798	BEN ALI ANNOUNCES NEW POLICIES TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 21, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali spoke on the occasion of the opening of the 14th Congress of the Tunisian Employers' Association for Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) and delivered a speech announcing some new economic and commercial policies. Designed to [...]	2006-11-24 07:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ETRD TS
06TUNIS2801	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Godec presented a copy of his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah on November 18. In an hour long meeting, Ambassador and FM discussed a range of issues, but clearly most important to Abdallah was the point he made the week before to Charg [...]	2006-11-24 09:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS

06TUNIS2802	VISIT OF EMIR FORESHADOWS RE-OPENING OF TUNISIAN [...] (C) Qatari Ambassador Saad Ben Nasser al-Hamidi told Ambassador that the Emir of Qatar, on a private visit to Tunisia, met one-on-one with President Ben Ali on November 22. The session was an effort to resolve differences, following recent frictions between Tunisia and Qatar over satellite T [...]	2006-11-24 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2803	SECRETARY'S STRATEGY SESSION ON WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT [...] Post shared reftel's fact sheet on the Secretary's Women's Empowerment Working Session with the GOT and relevant local NGOs. Any response will be reported septel. 2. S/WE may wish to include the Tunisian Minister for Women's Affairs in future activities: Salwa Ayachi Labben Minister of W [...]	2006-11-27 07:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL UNGA TS
06TUNIS2814	GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB. [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...]	2006-11-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS
06TUNIS2823	BEN ALI STATEMENT ON SOLIDARITY WITH THE [...] (SBU) On November 28, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali issued a statement calling on the international community to protect the Palestinian people. On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (November 29),Ben Ali reinforced Tunisia's traditional suppo [...]	2006-11-30 07:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL TS
06TUNIS2826	GOT PREVENTS LEGAL OPPOSITION PARTY FROM [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) attempted to register a new newspaper on November 16, but were denied the necessary receipt from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) that would allow the would-be publishers to begin the process of au [...]	2006-11-30 14:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2843	TUNISIAN CHALLENGES FOR THE AL-JAZEERA MAGHREB [...] (C) On December 1, Lotfi Hajji, the Tunisian correspondent for al-Jazeera Satellite Channel (JSC),outlined for PolOffs the difficulties he is having in organizing Tunisian participants for the new Rabat-based nightly JSC program on the Maghreb (Ref A). Hajji, who has written articles for alj [...]	2006-12-05 11:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO OIIP KMPI TS
06TUNIS2844	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION ONE STEP CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Tunisian Journalists' Union (SJT, not authorized by the GOT) has begun coordinating with the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) to establish a journalists' union under the rubric of the UGTT. The SJT, led by al-Jazeera correspondent and opposition activist Lotfi Hajji, [...]	2006-12-05 11:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS2856	AFTER INITIAL REFUSAL, GOT AUTHORIZES NEW [...] (C) Only weeks after refusing legal opposition party Democratic Forum for Labor and Liberties (FDTL) leadership the necessary paperwork to begin the process of authorization to publish a newspaper (Ref A),the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has reversed its position and approved publication, party [...]	2006-12-06 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM TS
06TUNIS2861	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Plans to Build Nuclear Power Plant by 2020 B. Tunisie Telecom Privatization Receipts To Reduce External Debt C. Central Bank Intervenes in Bank Lending D. GOT Subsidies R [...]	2006-12-07 09:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG EAID EPET TS
06TUNIS2878	TIP GLOBAL CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 12:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SMIG KCRM PHUM AE TS
06TUNIS2880	ROLL-OUT OF SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE PHASE I [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-11 13:14:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KHLS EWWT ASEC ECON TS
06TUNIS2887	WITHER LABOR INDEPENDENCE? THE UGTT ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Tunisia's single labor confederation enters the final days before its December 14-16 congress to elect new leadership, labor activists continue to express their concerns that the results will indicate continued GOT influence over key officials. The General Union of Tunisian W [...]	2006-12-13 07:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS2899	MAGHREB LEADERS EXTOL VIRTUES OF FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent two-day conference on Maghreb business and trade, regional leaders and businessmen extolled the virtues of increased regional economic integration and lamented the currently low levels of trade and investment between the Maghreb countries. Participants hailed from al [...]	2006-12-13 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EINV TS
06TUNIS2910	Beywatch: American Passports and African Development? [...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia. For more information about Tunisia or the Embassy Tuni [...]	2006-12-14 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI CVIS SY TS
06TUNIS2911	TUNISIAN INTERACTION WITH SYRIA [...] (C) During his December 14 courtesy call with M'hamed Chelaifa, Director General for Asia and the Americas, Ambassador raised reftel demarche regarding Tunisian interaction with Syrian officials. Chelaifa said he was not aware of any high-level visits scheduled between Syria and Tunisia. He [...]	2006-12-14 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER SY TS
06TUNIS2916	ADB PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BANK'S FUTURE, WARY [...] (U) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 11 courtesy call on African Development Bank (ADB) President Donald Kaberuka, Kaberuka touched on the differing problems and varying situations of African nations and the importance of adapting the services provided by the ADB to meet these challen [...]	2006-12-15 14:53:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECIN KDEM TS
06TUNIS2926	TUNISIA NOT TO ATTEND RSSS WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 07:47:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY EG TS
06TUNIS2949	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES MOUNTING, IN SPITE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THE GOT CELEBRATED HUMAN RIGHTS DAY ON DECEMBER 10TH WITH THE USUAL SPEECHES ABOUT TUNISIA'S RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, AND WITH NEW INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. MEANWHILE, HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, OPPOSITION PARTY ACTIVISTS [...]	2006-12-20 16:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS2950	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 1 - Dec. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia to Increase Transit Capacity of Algerian Gas to Italy B. FDI Up Nearly Ten Percent in 2006 C. Inflation Down in November ------------------------------------ Tunisia to Inc [...]	2006-12-21 07:31:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EPET EAIR TS
06TUNIS2957	THE BUSINESS OF HAJJ IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. DESPITE THEIR GOVERNMENT'S SECULAR LEANINGS, THE NUMBER OF TUNISIANS WISHING TO PERFORM THE ANNUAL HAJJ PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA IS INCREASING IN PARALLEL WITH TUNISIANS GENERALLY BECOMING MORE RELIGIOUS. WHILE TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES, LIKE MOST MUSLIM GOVERNMENTS, UNDERTAKE SIGNIFICANT [...]	2006-12-22 10:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL TS
06TUNIS2963	COMMERCE MINISTRY TALKS TOUGH ON IPR [...] (SBU) Leila Fethi, in charge of implementing programs in the Economic Control Division (ECD) in the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce and Handicrafts, discussed with EconOff the recent removal of pirated optical disks from retail giant Carrefour and upcoming GOT actions on the intellectual propert [...]	2006-12-26 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TS
06TUNIS2970	EXXONMOBIL STIFLED BY EXCESSIVE GOT REGULATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with EconOff, ExxonMobil Tunisia Director General Arnaud Blouin lamented the difficulty of doing business in Tunisia and questioned whether ExxonMobil has a future in Tunisia. Blouin presented a laundry list of complaints ranging from Central Bank currenc [...]	2006-12-27 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EPET ETRD BEXP TS
06TUNIS2973	SHOOT OUT LEADS TO SECURITY CLAMP DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In what may be a first in Tunisia, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced on December 24 that a gun battle had occurred on the night of December 23 between the Tunisian police and armed individuals in a southern suburb of Tunis. With further details vague, the subsequent increa [...]	2006-12-28 13:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV TS
06TUNIS299	TUNISIAN UNION COMPLAINS OF GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting with Laboff on other topics, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Assistant Secretary General for International Affairs Mohamed Trabelsi criticized the GOT for restricting press coverage of the UGTT's 60th anniversary celebrations in January. Trabels [...]	2006-02-13 10:30:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS344	ENVIRONMENTAL WOES AND SOLUTIONS IN GABES [...] (SBU) Summary: The southern coastal town of Gabes is one of the primary industrial zones in the country. While chemical factories have provided jobs boosting the local and national economy, resulting pollution has severely damaged the local ecosystem and posed health risks to the population, [...]	2006-02-16 08:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV TS
06TUNIS358	Special Media Reaction: SecDef Visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian broadcast and print media prominently covered the February 10 - 11 visit of Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to Tunis. The local SIPDIS reporting on the visit emphasized the positive strategic alliance between the U.S. and Tunisia as well as the Secretary's laudatory r [...]	2006-02-17 13:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS373	HAMAS VICTORY: DEMOCRATIC REFORM IMPLICATIONS [...] Summary: Pro-democracy contacts from across the region were shocked by the magnitude of the recent Hamas electoral victory, but at the same time were impressed by the genuinely democratic process. Looking at the impact that these events could have on democratic reform in the region, the democr [...]	2006-02-21 16:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM PREL XT TS
06TUNIS387	ANOTHER 18 OCTOBER MEETING BLOCKED [...] (C) Summary: GOT security forces prevented a majority of members of the 18 October Committee (18OC) from attending a press conference held by the group on February 21. Although there were reports that excessive violence was used, Poloff witnessed the opposite: deliberate restraint by police [...]	2006-02-22 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS388	TUNISIAN ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC WOMEN ON GOT [...] (C) Summary: On February 9, Poloffs met with senior officials of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have at times been outspoken critic [...]	2006-02-22 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
06TUNIS392	ARAB MAGHREB UNION LABOR OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] SUMMARY. (C) During a February 17 meeting, officials of the Labor Union of Arab Maghreb Workers (USTMA),the labor entity of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),expressed pessimism about the AMU's ability to revitalize itself. Officials said the recent appointment of a former Tunisian foreign minist [...]	2006-02-23 10:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS423	NIH DIRECTOR ZERHOUNI ASSESSES POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] SUMMARY. National Institute of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Elias Zerhouni accompanied by a multi-disciplinary team, visited Tunis January 19-21 to understand research priorities and related GOT commitment. The team was impressed with the state of care and research in Tunisia; found the involve [...]	2006-02-27 15:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM TBIO KPAO SOCI NIH OVIP MEPI
06TUNIS425	GOT RELEASES MORE THAN 1600 PRISONERS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary: On February 26, all daily newspapers carried an official GOT press release stating that President Ben Ali freed 1,298 prisoners and granted "conditional freedom" to 359 others. Notable among those released were approximately 70 members of banned Tunisian Islamist party an-Nahdha, [...]	2006-02-27 15:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS435	TUNISIA CONSIDERS NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of Tunisia's ongoing energy challenges, the Tunisian press reported in mid-February that the GOT is studying the possible development of nuclear, and other alternative, power to meet its domestic energy needs to combat the challenge of rising oil prices. MFA contacts str [...]	2006-02-28 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TS
06TUNIS452	TUNISIAN RESPONSE: COLLABORATING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tunis welcomes the OES-led initiative to develop targeted activities in support of basic science and mathematics education, which are top priorities in Tunisia. Opportunities I-V, presented in reftel A, are all viable options for collaboration with Tunisian groups. In addi [...]	2006-03-02 11:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SENV KPAO TS
06TUNIS480	GOT REACTION TO PRISONER RELEASE STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, MFA Secretary of State for American and Asian Affairs Saida Chtioui summoned Charg to present a formal GOT reaction to the Department statement on the February 25 release of over 1600 Tunisian prisoners. Chtioui expressed the GOT's "surprise" that the Spokesman had ref [...]	2006-03-03 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
06TUNIS501	LTDH TRIAL HIGHLIGHTS STRICT GOT CONTROLS OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 25 court appearance of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH),which resulted in an administrative postponement, provided rare insight into the extent to which GOT security forces can prevent civil society from operating. While foreign diplomats were allowed entry a [...]	2006-03-06 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TS
06TUNIS540	MODERATE TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO CARTOON CRISIS [...] (U) Summary: Most Tunisian intellectuals and media responded with moderate and thoughtful commentary to the Danish cartoons featuring the Prophet Mohamed. While some editors used the polemic as an occasion to again criticize American foreign policy in the Arab world, most of the editorial re [...]	2006-03-09 12:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO ECIP SOCI TS
06TUNIS55	SUCCESSION IN TUNISIA: FINDING A SUCCESSOR OR FEET FIRST? [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a country that has had only one president for over eighteen years, suddenly and unusually, talk of the post-Ben Ali era is growing. Several senior and well-connected individuals have recently raised Ben Ali's intentions for the future with Ambassador and other embassy officials. On [...]	2006-01-09 15:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL TS
06TUNIS569	MEPI OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED TO 120 JUNIOR CHAMBER [...] (U) SUMMARY. In February, Embassy Tunis' MEPI Coordinator spoke to the newly-elected presidents of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) chapters in Tunisia about MEPI programs, specifically highlighting the Small Grants Program. There are approximately 2,700 JCI members in Tunisia, aged 1 [...]	2006-03-13 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KMPI PREL TS
06TUNIS584	NEW POLITICAL PARTY AUTHORIZED IN TUNISIA; CRITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, Tunisian authorities authorized the establishment of the "Green Party for Progress" (French acronym is PVP),the first new political party created since 2002. Although President Ben Ali recently said new parties would be registered (reftel),the rapid approval of a [...]	2006-03-14 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS622	SENIOR GOT OFFICIALS' COMMENTS TARGET USG AND EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent speeches by senior GOT officials have directly addressed domestic reform initiatives of (while not mentioning by name) USG, as well as other foreign entities and domestic activists. Presidential Spokesman and Advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, Minister of Social Affairs Ali Chao [...]	2006-03-16 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TS
06TUNIS629	LARGER THAN EXPECTED BIDS FOR TUNISIA'S LARGEST [...] (SBU) The larger-than-expected bids (ranging from USD 1.76 to 1.92 billion) for the partial-privatization of Tunisia's telecommunications giant - Tunisie Telecom - continues to be welcome economic news. Local media announced March 15 that the initial slate of six bidders on Tunisie Telecom had [...]	2006-03-17 15:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ECON TS
06TUNIS635	WORKING-CLASS OPINIONS AND COMMENTS IN TUNISIA [...] SUMMARY: Throughout 2005 and early 2006, Tunisians have complained about rising price levels. Everything from olive oil, to gasoline, to automobile insurance has seen price increases in recent months, and there is a rise in official and actual inflation. Middle-class to lower-income Tunisia [...]	2006-03-17 15:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET TS
06TUNIS637	Special Media Reaction: A/S Welch visit to Tunis [...] (SBU) Summary. Tunisian media provided wide and positive coverage of the March 14 -16 visit of Assistant Secretary Welch. Headlines in all papers focused on the SIPDIS strength and "excellence" of U.S.-Tunisian relations and referred to "discussions of international issues of mutual concer [...]	2006-03-17 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OIIP TS
06TUNIS645	TUNISIA: MINISTER TELLS A/S WELCH TUNISIA SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Development and International Cooperation Jouini told A/S Welch March 15 that job creation and boosting foreign investment were key challenges to Tunisia in the next ten years. Part of the strategy included diversifying trade exchanges, now primarily with the EU, to [...]	2006-03-21 09:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFTA PREL TS
06TUNIS646	A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH: ISLAMISM, TUNISIA REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting with A/S Welch, FM Abdelwahab Abdallah discussed the "dangers of political Islam", claiming there is no such thing as moderate Islamists and accusing the West of having "insufficient knowledge of Islam," and being misled by the "double-speak of Islamists" who [...]	2006-03-21 09:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI PHUM TS
06TUNIS647	A/S WELCH AND FM ABDALLAH ON IRAN, ISRAEL, SUDAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting March 15 in Tunis, FM Abdallah told A/S David Welch that during a recent trip to Iran he reinforced Tunisia's position supporting the peaceful use of nuclear energy, but condemning any proliferation of nuclear or chemical weapons. Abdallah claimed he petitioned his [...]	2006-03-21 09:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
06TUNIS666	BEN ALI'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of Tunisia's independence, President Ben Ali delivered a major speech that outlined Tunisia's achievements and set clear and lofty goals for economic achievement in the next ten years. In addition to several new tax proposals, Ben Ali [...]	2006-03-22 11:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS667	INDEPENDENCE DAY PASSES LARGELY UNNOTICED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Tunisia's fiftieth anniversary of independence from French rule was marked by official events and speeches (reftel),few Tunisians seemed to take particular pride in the event. The country was festively decorated, but the public was largely uninvolved in celebrations. A [...]	2006-03-22 11:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS669	REPORTS OF ANTI-SEMITIC STUDENT DEMONSTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: According to press reports and eyewitnesses, On March 10, approximately 100 students shouted anti-Israel and anti-Semitic slogans during a demonstration at Manouba University in Tunis at a ceremony marking the donation of books from the library of the late Jewish Tunisian histor [...]	2006-03-22 12:10:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO TS
06TUNIS670	ISLAMISTS IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent roundtable with Tunisian intellectuals and civil society activists, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities for Islamists in Tunisia. (NOTE: In this discussion, Islamists were defined as Islamic political activists. END NOTE.) While noting that di [...]	2006-03-22 13:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS73	BEYWATCH - NEWS FROM TUNISIA AT THE END OF 2005 [...] The following is one of a series of reporting cables drafted predominantly by Post's entry level officers, which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the different perspectives offered in each of the following vignettes will give the reader a look into everyday life in Tunisia that may no [...]	2006-01-17 07:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SOCI UN TS
06TUNIS730	ABBOU UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: After a year in prison, Mohamed Abbou, jailed after posting two Internet articles critical of the GOT, President Ben Ali and his family, continues to receive attention and support from local and international human rights groups. The Tunisian Human Rights League head calls Abbou [...]	2006-03-28 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TS
06TUNIS750	FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: This quarter was marked by significant USG engagement of the GOT, including visits by SecDef Rumsfeld and NEA A/S Welch. The GOT took some positive steps towards increased political reform, including pardoning approximately eighty prisoners described as political prisoners by hum [...]	2006-03-30 08:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS753	American Diplomat Builds Bridges of Understanding [...] Summary. During a March cultural program funded by the ECA Performing Arts Initiative and organized by Tunis PA, Embassy Political Officer Brennan Gilmore helped score a significant public diplomacy hit through his musical collaboration with Tunisian musician Riadh Fehri in a group called "K [...]	2006-03-30 12:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OPRC SCUL SOCI TS
06TUNIS755	Embassy Tunis Opens First American Corner in [...] Summary. In January 2006, in the presence of close to 200 Tunisians, the Ambassador inaugurated the first American Corner in the country at the Tunis AMIDEAST headquarters. In his speech to a wide range of government officials, journalists, students, academics, and civil society partners, the [...]	2006-03-30 14:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP OPRC SCUL SOCI OEXC TS
06TUNIS771	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (SBU) On March 27, Poloff met with Ahlem Belhadj and Hafidha Checkir of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD) to discuss their 2002 report on child sexual exploitation, titled "A Situational Analysis of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Tunisia." (NOTE: This report i [...]	2006-03-31 14:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TS
06TUNIS784	GOT COMBATS CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION THROUGH LAWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, Poloff met with the Ministry of Women, Family, Children and Elderly Affairs (MWFCEA),to discuss GOT efforts to prevent child sexual exploitation. (NOTE: The issue was raised in a 2002 private study and Ref A. END NOTE.) Aida Ghorbal, the Ministry's Director General [...]	2006-04-04 11:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TS
06TUNIS80	SECULARIST-ISLAMIST DIVIDE IN NEW DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Network of Democrats in the Arab World was officially launched in Casablanca on December 17, 2005. Funded by DRL, the network brings together democracy activists of both "secular" and "Islamist" leanings. While differences between those two camps emerged quick [...]	2006-01-17 15:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL
06TUNIS807	NASA SCIENTISTS ENGAGE YOUTH ON SOLAR RESEARCH IN [...] SUMMARY. On March 23-24, 2006, four NASA scientists addressed Tunisian youth interested in science and solar research at the main Tunisian public science center. Following up on a successful visit in fall 2005, the scientists participated in workshops with the Tunisian Young Scientists Associa [...]	2006-04-06 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA KPAO TS
06TUNIS808	U.S./EU LUNCH ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN TUNISIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 12:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS816	HOW THE GOT INTIMIDATES CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS [...] (C) INTRO: Tunisian officials adhere closely to President Ben Ali's claim that Tunisia is making great advances towards becoming a modern, democratic state (Ref C),but it is no secret that authorities continue to monitor, intimidate, and SIPDIS seek to discredit civil society activists of a [...]	2006-04-06 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV TS
06TUNIS845	RUSSO-TUNISIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL CREATED [...] (SBU) Russian (and local) media reported March 27 on the establishment of a Russo-Tunisian Business Council during a Tunisian delegation's visit March 23-26 that included Tunisian Minister of Tourism Tijani Haddad. The council's creation was described as part of a broader Russian push to rein [...]	2006-04-10 11:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PREL ENRG RU TS
06TUNIS872	TUNISIAN ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 13:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF TS
06TUNIS873	TUNISIA'S SECOND CHAMBER: UPDATE AND OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Advisors, Tunisia's second parliamentary body, was created during a 2002 constitutional change and began work in August 2005. The Chamber's 112 members from across the country are responsible for reviewing all draft legislation, in cooperation with Tunisia's existin [...]	2006-04-13 13:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
06TUNIS881	THE "PEOPLE'S CAR" PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of the fundamental components of President Ben Ali's national agenda is the so-called "People's Car" program, established in 1996. Designed to support the ability of Tunisians to buy cars, the program supplies a set number of small family cars at reduced prices. Given high T [...]	2006-04-14 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI TS
06TUNIS973	TUNISIA ADVERTISES GOOD TIES WITH IRAN, SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. Through its mostly-government controlled press, Tunisian officials are playing up positive economic and cultural exchanges between Tunisia and officials in Iran and Syria. Two visits to Tunis within a week--Iranian Vice President for Tourism and Heritage on April 15, and Syrian P [...]	2006-04-24 15:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ETRD SY IR TS
07TUNIS1004	HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE OPTIMISTIC AMID SOME SIGNS OF [...] (C) During a July 23 meeting, Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi told the Ambassador that the LTDH was open to any solution the GOT could offer to the League's crisis. The LTDH's only conditions would be the continued (political) independence of the League and its abi [...]	2007-07-26 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS101	BEN ALI TAKES THREE DAYS "REST" ON DOCTOR'S ORDERS [...] (U) ON JANUARY 23, THE TUNISIA AFRICA PRESS AGENCY (TAP) ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI IS TAKING THREE DAYS REST ON THE ADVICE OF HIS DOCTOR. THE TAP OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOLLOWS (INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION). BEGIN TEXT: THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TS
07TUNIS102	DAS CARPENTER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL [...] (C) During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with six leaders of Tunisian civil society. In a wide-ranging two-hour discussion, several common themes emerged: -- critiques that the United States, rhetoric was falling behind it actions in [...]	2007-01-23 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
07TUNIS1024	CALVERT SUPPORT TO TUNISIA'S ENDA [...] (U) Per reftel request, Post provides the following background information on ENDA Inter-Arabe. ENDA and co-founder Essma Ben Hamida are well-known to the Embassy. Post has no objections to the proposed OPIC guaranty of Calvert Social Investment Foundation loans to ENDA. 2. (U) ENDA was fo [...]	2007-07-31 15:19:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN TS
07TUNIS1025	ROBERT SMOLIK SPEAKS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND [...] (U) During his three day visit (July 9-11) to Tunisia, FSO and Diplomat-in-Residence Robert Smolik addressed a wide range of audiences, including businesspeople, academics, students, media, GOT officials, and members of civil society groups on the topic of "Good Governance and Economic Growth." [...]	2007-07-31 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON KCOR TS
07TUNIS1040	FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION MAIN ISSUE FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with Mohamed Harmel the outgoing Secretary General of the Renewal Movement (Et-Tajdid) party. Harmel spoke at length about the need for greater freedom of expression in Tunisia, including media access and public debate. Referring to President Bush's June [...]	2007-08-02 07:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1043	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EVENT ON LITERACY AND HEALTH [...] (SBU) Post can not report at this time if the Head of State (HOS) or Head of Government (HOG) will attend UNGA, or if the HOS/HOG will be in New York on September 24. On July 23, Post sent a diplomatic note requesting information on the Tunisian delegation to the 62nd UNGA meetings. On July 2 [...]	2007-08-03 07:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA TS
07TUNIS1044	MOHAMED ABBOU TO CONTINUE ACTIVISM FOR FREEDOM IN [...] (C) On July 31, EmbOffs met with Mohamed Abbou, a political prisoner released on July 24 after serving over two years of a three-and-a-half year sentence. He and his wife Samia expressed their appreciation for USG support of them and their family during Abbou's incarceration. Abbou discuss [...]	2007-08-03 08:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS105	MINISTER JOUINI: UNITED STATES AND TUNISIA NEED TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: During Ambassador's January 16 courtesy call on the Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC),Mohamed Nouri Jouini discussed the way forward for the US-Tunisian economic relationship. Ambassador asked Jouini what he wanted out of the relationship over the n [...]	2007-01-24 10:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS1058	OCTOBER 18TH MOVEMENT: FOCUS ON 2009 ELECTION [...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with five civil society activists involved in the October 18th movement (an alliance of disparate human rights and political activists that includes moderate Islamists). The October 18 group expressed deep concern about the lack of freedom of expression an [...]	2007-08-03 15:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1061	SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 11:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS KTIA PTER TS
07TUNIS1064	TUNISIA: PROMOTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (SBU) Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda is Post's number one Mission Strategic Plan goal. As part of our push on freedom in Tunisia, the Ambassador and other Embassy officers meet frequently with democracy and human rights advocates, opposition political party members, and civil societ [...]	2007-08-06 14:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1066	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 09:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC TS
07TUNIS1068	THE TUNISIAN SECULAR STATE: A MODEL FOR THE MUSLIM [...] (C) Following independence in 1956, Tunisia has witnessed the development of a largely secular system of government that maintains a strict separation of mosque and state. Former President Bourguiba implemented policies that, building on Tunisia's secular leanings, established Tunisia as one o [...]	2007-08-07 14:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL PTER KDEM TS
07TUNIS1069	MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. As requested in Ref C and reported in Ref A, Post undertook a number of activities in June and July to promote the Freedom Agenda and draw attention to President Bush's Prague speech. While many in civil society expressed their appreciation for the USG's ongoing support for polit [...]	2007-08-07 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS107	SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN HEARS FROM GOT THAT TUNISIA [...] (C) During a December visit to Tunisia by Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman, GOT interlocutors claimed that there was "absolutely no problem" of anti-Semitism in Tunisia, and that Tunisia's small Jewish community lived in "perfect harmony" with Tunisian Muslims. H [...]	2007-01-25 08:20:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI TS
07TUNIS1073	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Trade Gap Narrows B. President Signs US $14 Billion Emirati Project Bill C. GOT Offers Tax Amnesty for Capital Repatriation ----------------- Trade Gap Narrows ----------------- [...]	2007-08-09 11:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN KTEX TS
07TUNIS1075	OPPOSITION PARTY REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY [...] (C) Requests for more American assistance and cooperation are not something we normally hear from Tunisian opposition parties, but it was exactly what the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) wanted to talk about during the Ambassador's August 8 meeting. MDS Secretary General Ismail Boulahia ha [...]	2007-08-09 15:05:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1076	PRO-GOT HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE FACTION OPEN TO A [...] (C) On August 1, the Ambassador met with the pro-GOT faction of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH),which sued the Executive Committee of the LTDH to protest the consolidation of LTDH branches. The ensuing legal battle has virtually suspended all LTDH activities since 2005 (Ref B). The [...]	2007-08-09 16:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1085	SCENESCETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL COSTELLO [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Jerry Costello and accompanying members of CODEL Costello to Tunis from August 18 - August 20, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural reso [...]	2007-08-10 14:53:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EWWT TS
07TUNIS1095	FRENCH AMBASSADOR,S VIEWS ON TUNISIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) French Ambassador Serge Degallaix told Ambassador Godec August 8 that the French Government believes the GOT is making progress on democracy and human rights, albeit slowly. Degallaix also said: -- President Sarkozy's visit to Tunisia was excellent, but major changes in French policy vis--v [...]	2007-08-14 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER FR TS
07TUNIS111	POLITICAL FSN SENTENCED UNDER QUESTIONABLE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. HALFAOUI [...]	2007-01-25 18:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS112	TIMELINE ON EVENTS LEADING TO SENTENCING OF SENIOR [...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. POST IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND IT APPEARS THE CASE MAY BE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...]	2007-01-25 18:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1133	TUNISIAN JOURNALIST SAYS DEFAMATION TRIAL [...] (C) On August 16, Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his second court appearance in his ongoing trial for defamation. During an August 14 meeting, Mestiri opined that irregularities in the proceedings suggest that his trial is politically motivated. Mestiri was charged soon after he wro [...]	2007-08-21 15:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1134	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA TS
07TUNIS1135	MONCEF BEY: BIG SCREENS, SMALL BILLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central Tunis "Moncef Bey" market is where most Tunisians go to buy affordable imported and counterfeit electronics. From cell phones to satellite dishes, plasma televisions to washing machines, Moncef Bey has nearly every kind of electronic equipment, household appliance, [...]	2007-08-21 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR TS
07TUNIS1136	CODEL COSTELLO PROMOTES OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT AND [...] (SBU) During a August 18-20 visit to Tunisia, the 11 members of CODEL Costello were warmly welcomed by GOT officials, who were eager to highlight Tunisia's economic success and express their enthusiasm for the recently founded Tunisia caucus. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi focused on the e [...]	2007-08-21 16:30:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS
07TUNIS1157	SECURING VIABLE ASSURANCES TO RESUME DETAINEE [...] (S) Serious allegations have been made regarding the treatment by Tunisian authorities of one of the two transferred Tunisians formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay. Before we can resume the transfer of detainees, the Embassy needs to review the allegations with senior GOT officials and obtain r [...]	2007-08-22 15:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS1159	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Representative Steve Chabot to Tunis from August 29 - August 30, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, [...]	2007-08-22 15:36:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TS
07TUNIS1171	TUNISIA: GUBERNATORIAL AND RCD CHANGES; CABINET [...] (C) The last several days in Tunisia have seen a reshuffle of governors, as well as the appointment of six new secretaries-general of the ruling Constitutional Democratic SIPDIS Rally (RCD) party. Most observers here expect a cabinet reshuffle will soon follow. One informed contact specula [...]	2007-08-24 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS119	TELECOM MINISTER SINGS PRAISES OF PRIVATIZATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's January 23 courtesy call, Minister for Communications Technology Montasser Ouaili expressed enthusiasm for increasing US investment in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector, allowing more competition, and for the full privatization of par [...]	2007-01-26 14:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINT EINV BEXP OEXC TS
07TUNIS120	US COMPANIES BEMOAN COMPLEX REGULATIONS, BUT ARE [...] (U) During a January roundtable hosted by Ambassador, representatives of US companies in Tunisia highlighted a wide range of issues related to doing business in Tunisia. Common complaints included Tunisia's complex regulatory environment, excessive restrictions on importation, and poor telecom [...]	2007-01-26 14:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD EINV ECPS EINT KIPR TS
07TUNIS1202	SCENESCETTER FOR ECONOMIC DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, DAS Holly Vineyard, Elizabeth Hopkins, Paul Burkhead, and Alex Severens to Tunis from September 9 - 12, 2007. After a productive roundtable with the GOT and private sector on a US-Tunisia Free Trade Agreement and a series of Ambassador [...]	2007-08-30 16:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EAIR KIPR BEXP EFIN TS

07TUNIS121	BEN DHIA: POLFSN SHOULD APPEAL [...] (S/NF) ON JANUARY 26, MINISTER OF STATE, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY ABDELAZIZ BEN DHIA INVITED AMBASSADOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE TO FOLLOW UP ON AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 25 INQUIRY ABOUT THE LEGAL CASE OF POLFSN JAMIL HALFAOUI (REFTELS). AMBASSAD [...]	2007-01-26 15:28:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS122	AU CHAIRMANSHIP VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU TS
07TUNIS1224	CABINET RESHUFFLE HIGHLIGHTS BEN ALI FOCUS ON [...] (C) Following recent reshuffles of officials in the ruling party and regional governors (Ref A),President Ben Ali made a minor reshuffle to his cabinet on September 3. Five new ministers were appointed (for Public Health; Tourism; Trade and Handicrafts; Communications Technologies; and Women, [...]	2007-09-05 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC SOCI TS
07TUNIS1225	PLAINTIFF DROPS DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST TUNISIAN [...] (C) After Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his third court appearance in his defamation trial on August 28, the plaintiff suddenly dropped his complaint and the case was dismissed. However, Tunisian prosecutors have the power to appeal the case months or years after the fact, even in su [...]	2007-09-05 15:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1240	TUNISIAN UNGA PARTICIAPTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 11:28:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA TS
07TUNIS1248	TUNISIAN ACTIVIST CLAIMS OFFICE FIRE IS ARSON [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting, attorney and political activist Ayachi Hammami told PolOff he believes the fire that ravaged his office on August 31 was deliberately set by representatives of the government. Hammami speculated that the attack was prompted by his drafting a report on the T [...]	2007-09-13 18:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1249	ECONOMIC DELEGATION SPURS GOT ACTION [...] (C) During a September 9-12 visit to Tunisia, the interagency economic delegation headed by EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble stressed the US commitment to strengthening the bilateral economic relationship and the need for concrete action. Meetings with Minister of Development and International Coope [...]	2007-09-14 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR EINV BEXP TS
07TUNIS1257	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-17 06:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KBCT USTRPS ECON EFIN TS
07TUNIS1261	AFDB PRESIDENT AIMS TO REGAIN MEMBER CONFIDENCE [...] (SBU) In a September 11 meeting with EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble, African Development Bank (AfDB) President Donald Kaberuka outlined his vision for the AfDB's future, emphasizing the need for greater selectivity and focus in Bank lending as well as strong support for the private sector. Kaberuk [...]	2007-09-18 07:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EINV XA
07TUNIS1263	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 2: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Learning from early experience (reftel),MEPI has adopted a two-track approach to promoting reform in the Arab World: timely and flexible response to short-term reform opportunities are wedded to longer-term efforts at building and strengthening the next generation of democratic reformer [...]	2007-09-18 09:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM PGOV PREL XF EAID
07TUNIS1264	IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM COMMUNITIES [...] (S) SUMMARY. In general, it is GOT officials who speak out against religious extremism and terrorism on a regular and open basis. President Ben Ali, GOT ministers and La Presse (the official media outlet of the GOT) regularly issue statements warning against the threat of extremist ideologies [...]	2007-09-18 11:26:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	KISL KPAO PTER TS
07TUNIS1273	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 3: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since MEPI's launch in 2002, we have learned a great deal about public-diplomacy efforts towards reformers in the Arab world. Building trust and name recognition has required on-the-ground engagement by posts and the MEPI Regional Office. The primary challenges have been iden [...]	2007-09-19 09:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1277	TUNISIA: LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) In a September 19 meeting with Minister of State and Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia on September 19, the Ambassador delivered the text of Ref A letter from President Bush to President Ben Ali. He also provided a copy of Ref B official French translation. Ben Dhia expressed appreciation f [...]	2007-09-19 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPDC TS
07TUNIS1280	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 4: SMALL GRANTS - THE SECRET [...] (SBU) The MEPI Small Grants program is a highly effective tool for promoting democratic reform from the ground up in the Arab world. Small Grants allow us to respond quickly to opportunities as they emerge, have an immediate impact at the grassroots level, and link up with groups the USG often [...]	2007-09-20 09:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1283	101 WAYS TO DENY AN NGO'S EXISTANCE [...] (C) What defines an NGO? Naturally, the answer to this question varies by country. But in Tunisia the essential question is not about affiliation, size, or whether an NGO is domestic or international; rather, the defining question is, "Are they registered?" Registration status determines t [...]	2007-09-20 16:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1286	TUNISIA: US BUSINESSES BRIEF ECONOMIC DELEGATION [...] (SBU) During the September 9-12 visit of an interagency business delegation (reftels),EEB PDAS Dibble met with representatives from a cross-section of US businesses currently operating in Tunisia to discuss the business climate in general and the issues that impede their operations. PDAS Di [...]	2007-09-21 06:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS1293	TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY [...] (C) Even non-French-speaking observers of Tunisian politics use the phrase, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" to describe the country in recent years. As we review our democratic reform strategy, despite some minor achievements, our two main objectives remain promoting increased free [...]	2007-09-21 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1294	OPPOSITION PARTY TURNS TO HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced that as of September 20 PDP leaders began a hunger strike to protest what they deem a politically motivated eviction from their Tunis headquarters. During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, PDP Secretary General Maya J [...]	2007-09-21 15:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1299	TUNISIA'S TEXTILE SECTOR BOUNCES BACK [...] (U) After experiencing job loss and a drop in exports in recent years, the Tunisian textile sector appears to be back in good health. Faced with competition from cheaper, mass-produced Asian textiles, the Tunisian textile sector has regained market share in Europe and the value of exports has [...]	2007-09-24 14:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KTEX BEXP TS
07TUNIS132	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a December 15 courtesy call on Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari, Ambassador focused on Tunisia's record on political freedom and human rights, noting that these issues would be a key component of a broader strategic dialogue between the United States and Tunisia. [...]	2007-01-30 07:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS1328	TUNISIA CHARGES 29 WITH PLOTTING TO COMMIT [...] (C) Twenty-nine Tunisians have been charged by the GOT for involvement in the disrupted December 2006/January 2007 terrorist plot, according to a lawyer for the accused. Among the charges filed against the suspects were: attempting to unseat the government, attempting to commit terrorist acts [...]	2007-09-28 14:32:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER PGOV TS
07TUNIS1329	AMBASSADOR VISITS OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKERS [...] (C) As they entered day nine of their hunger strike, opposition PDP Secretary General Maya Jribi and former PDP Secretary General Nejib Chebbi both appeared wan but in good SIPDIS spirits. Jribi and Chebbi started a hunger strike on September 20 to protest their landlord,s effort, almost [...]	2007-09-28 16:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS133	THE TEN GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON NGOS: TUNISIA'S [...] (SBU) In response to the recently released "Ten Guiding Principles on NGOs" (ref A),Post offers below an annotated version, with examples of the GOT's track record on each principle. We suggest that USG officials draw from these examples when discussing human rights issues with GOT interlocu [...]	2007-01-30 09:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS1340	COURT ORDERS OPPOSITION PARTY EVICTED FROM [...] (SBU) On October 1, a Tunisian court handed down a decision evicting the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) from its party headquarters. The PDP's landlord began eviction proceedings in April (Ref A),saying the lease agreement had been violated. The eviction proceedings prompte [...]	2007-10-02 16:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1345	THE WAY AHEAD IN THE MAGHREB [...] (S) On Friday, September 14, we (Ambassadors Ford, Godec and Riley) met in Tunis to review developments in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, assess US policy, and chart a way ahead. While our three countries are different in important ways, they all face a difficult challenge from extremists and [...]	2007-10-03 15:44:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL ECON KPAO KMPI PINS PTER SCUL XI
07TUNIS1351	(S/NF) TUNISIAN REGULATION OF EXPLOSIVE PRECURSORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 16:07:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR TS
07TUNIS1353	DRL DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) On October 3, visiting DRL/NESCA Deputy Director Kari Johnstone met with opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) hunger strikers Maya Jribi and Nejib Chebbi, the President of the governmental Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties Moncer Rouissi, and members o [...]	2007-10-05 14:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1355	BEN ALI REPORTEDLY APPROVES DISCUSSIONS ON GOOD [...] (C) According to the Dutch Ambassador in Tunis, President Ben Ali has approved quiet discussions with the UNDP and Dutch Embassy on possible steps to increase political freedom and improve governance in Tunisia. The Dutch Ambassador, Rita Dulci Rahman, briefed Ambassador Godec and French Amba [...]	2007-10-05 17:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NL UN TS
07TUNIS1358	TUNISIAN ATTENDANCE AT G8-BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] (U) On October 9, MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Moez Sinaoui told PolOff that Tunisia will most likely be represented at the G8-BMENA Forum for the Future Subministerial by Tunisian Ambassador to Germany Moncef Ben Abdallah. However, Sinaoui stressed no official decision had been taken [...]	2007-10-09 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM TS
07TUNIS1366	RESPONSE TO IDENTIFYING ARAB JUDGE CANDIDATES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 14:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC KJUS KCRM LE SY TS PREL
07TUNIS137	INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] In response to reftel, Post provides the names of five influential Tunisian women: Faiza Kefi President Cour des Comptes (General Accounting Office) 25 avenue de la Liberte 1002 Tunis Belvedere Phone: 216-71-831-060 Maya Jribi Secretary General SIPDIS Parti Democrate Progressiste ( [...]	2007-01-30 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL TS
07TUNIS1371	TUNISIAN HUNGER STRIKE GATHERS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) During PolOff,s October 9 visit, opposition Progressive Democratic Party Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi indicated that their hunger strike (which began on September 20) will continue at least until November 7, the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidin [...]	2007-10-10 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1378	RECENT GOT PRESSURE ON TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Pressure on civil society activists seems to have increased in the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's November 7, 1987, assumption of the Presidency. Though generally targeted in one way or another, in recent weeks the President of the Tunisian Journal [...]	2007-10-11 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS138	AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS1380	RESPONSE TO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis is pleased to nominate Samia Abbou for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Secretary Rice remarked on International Women's Day that the day commemorates women, "who are the international defenders of what President Bush has called the non-negotiabl [...]	2007-10-15 12:55:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL PHUM KPAO TS
07TUNIS139	GOT ASSURANCES ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) On January 30, Ambassador raised GOT assurances related to the transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo with MFA Secretary of State for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui. Ambassador thanked Chtioui for the MFA diplomatic note of January 11 and requested additional clarification r [...]	2007-01-30 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR KAWC TS
07TUNIS1399	OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE: POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN [...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) held a press conference on October 19 to mark their hunger strike's first month. Though the conference had been planned for days, the topic du jour was two articles that appeared in the October 19 editions of the private (but GOT influenc [...]	2007-10-19 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS140	TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] Tunisia's 2007 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 16 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 21 -- Expropriation and Compensation 22 -- Dispute Settlement 26 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 33 -- Right to Priv [...]	2007-01-30 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
07TUNIS1404	OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS FOLLOWING COMPROMISE [...] (C) Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General SIPDIS Nejib Chebbi on October 20 ended their month-long hunger strike, which had been undertaken to protest their party,s near simultaneous eviction from nine regional offices and i [...]	2007-10-22 15:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS141	TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
07TUNIS1419	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CANDIDACY OF AVID WALKER FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 14:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UN UNGA TS
07TUNIS142	REVISED TUNISIA SOFA NOTE [...] (C) On January 23, Ambassador discussed reftel's revised Status of Forces Agreement text with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah, who led the bilateral interagency SOFA discussions in 2005 as MFA Director General for Asia and the Americas, said that he did not know who would be coordina [...]	2007-01-31 07:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TS
07TUNIS1422	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WIREC 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 15:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAID SENV KSCA EPET TRGY KGHG TS
07TUNIS1425	FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS [...] (C) Former Tunisian Guantanamo detainee Lotfi Lagha appeared before the Tunis Court of First Instance on October 24 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Lagha,s attorney plans to file an appeal. During Lagha's trial, the judge questioned Lagha and then allowed Lagha's attorneys to p [...]	2007-10-26 13:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS143	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 16 - Jan. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia and Libya Announce Reciprocal Exchange Convertibility B. ALTEK Opens Plant in Tunisia C. Gasoline Prices May Increase Three Times in 2007 D. Tunisia Repays External Debt [...]	2007-01-31 09:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EPET BEXP ECPS EAID TS
07TUNIS1433	INVESTORS GIVE TUNISIA VOTE OF "NO CONFIDENCE" [...] (C) While Tunisia can boast about its impressive economic development and steady economic growth, paltry investment rates reveal that the economy faces significant challenges. Low levels of investment, particularly domestic, not only jeopardize continued economic success and efforts to reduce [...]	2007-10-29 14:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EFIN ECON TS
07TUNIS1435	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN TS
07TUNIS1436	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICAO MONTREAL CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 15:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM TS
07TUNIS1439	TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving fo [...]	2007-10-30 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
07TUNIS1442	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE [...] On October 30, 2007, reftel points were transmitted to the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tunisian Financial Analysis Commission (Tunisia's FIU) and the Ministry of Finance. Any reactions, comments, or response received from the GOT will be reported septel. 2. In [...]	2007-10-30 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KTFN TS
07TUNIS1443	UNEMPLOYMENT IN TUNISIA: FOR WANT OF A JOB... [...] (C) Tunisia's official unemployment rate has hovered around 15 percent for almost forty years despite sustained GDP growth and continued GOT efforts to diversify the economy and promote investment that should spur new employment. Low domestic and international investment, as well as strict la [...]	2007-10-30 13:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON SMIG PTER KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS1448	TUNISIAN TRIAL FOR FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) Former Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar (al-Hajji) appeared briefly before Military Tribunal in Tunis on October 31. Due to his attorneys' request for access to additional information regarding Ben Omar's previous in absentia conviction, the judge agreed to postpone the case until [...]	2007-10-31 17:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS1450	Beywatch: Fortunate Sons Dodging the Draft [...] (U) This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" title. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader greater insight into Tunisia. It is not a comprehensive overview of the subject. 2. (SBU) The Gover [...]	2007-11-01 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PMIL SOCI TS
07TUNIS1452	TRANSLATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1454	CIVIL SOCIETY EMBARKS ON ANOTHER HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) On November 1, Poloffs spoke with journalist Slim Boukhdhir who announced that he and attorney Mohamed Nouri had begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions. Among their examples: a judge recently upheld a decision that bars Nouri from traveling, Boukhdhir has be [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1463	EU SEEKS GREATER COOPERATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, acting head of the European Commission and key members of the two mission teams met in advance of the November 12 EU-Tunisian sub-committee meeting on human rights. The US and EU missions shared the view that Tunisia has made too little progress in recent years [...]	2007-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1469	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 12:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
07TUNIS1470	20 YEARS OF BEN ALI RULE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? [...] (C) After much preparation and speculation, President Ben Ali celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his November 7, 1987 palace coup with a major public speech that announced several political, judicial, economic and cultural initiatives, including supporting opposition political parties. I [...]	2007-11-09 14:10:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1478	TRANSLATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 07:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1486	HUNGER STRIKE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED [...] (C) Mohamed Nouri and Slim Boukhdhir announced during a November 14 press conference that they would temporarily suspend their strike while negotiations with ruling party representatives took place. They also told PolOff that their families have been harassed as a result of their campaign. [...]	2007-11-15 17:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1488	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) Although the Government of Tunisia retains strong control over natural resources, the energy sector remains one of the largest sources of foreign investment in the country and the GOT actively encourages foreign investment in the sector. In 2006, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the ene [...]	2007-11-16 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV TS
07TUNIS1489	THE PNG'ING OF SUHA ARAFAT: MANY RUMORS, FEW FACTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOT's decision last summer to revoke Suha Arafat's Tunisian citizenship, which had only been granted less than a year earlier, made international headlines. Since the appearance of the official register notice on August 7, the chattering class in Tunisia has not ceased to specul [...]	2007-11-16 17:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SOCI PINR TS
07TUNIS1496	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]	2007-11-21 06:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1497	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]	2007-11-21 06:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1501	OPPOSITION PSL PARTY TOES THE (RULING) PARTY LINE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Tunisia's political scene with opposition Social Liberal Party (PSL) Secretary General Mondher Thabet on November 5. Thabet expressed his support for President Ben Ali,s policies, called for increased bilateral economic cooperation and denounced the recent PDP h [...]	2007-11-21 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1503	EU PUTS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE TABLE [...] (C) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on November 15 that he was encouraged that the November 12 EU-Tunisian Sub-Committee on Human Rights had taken up several serious issues, including torture and the 2009 elections. Philippe noted, however, there were a few missed [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1515	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW DELHI CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 14:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU EAID TBIO PREL TS
07TUNIS1516	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TUNISIA GRANTED FOR CODEL [...] Embassy Tunis grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Senator Ted Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunisia from November 25-26, 2007. 2. Point of contact for the visit is Political Officer Susannah Cooper. Contact information for Ms. Cooper [...]	2007-11-23 14:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC TS JO
07TUNIS1521	MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM FOR A 2008 TIFA COUNCIL [...] (U) After a recent series of government and private business delegations that have traveled between Tunis and Washington, it is time for a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council in early 2008. In order to be most effective, we believe such a meeting should be held in Tunisia, [...]	2007-11-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP TS
07TUNIS1525	HUNGER STRIKER ARRESTED [...] (C) Journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who recently engaged in a hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions (Ref A),was arrested on November 26 while traveling to Tunis from Sfax. According to local contacts, Boukhdhir is facing charges of verbally insulting a police officer, not presenting hi [...]	2007-11-27 16:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1528	TUNISIANS FRUSTRATED BY RISING PRICES [...] (C) Although inflation for the year is officially only 2.8 percent, Tunisians are complaining loudly about rising gas and food prices. Economists argue that official inflation fails to capture the real rise in the cost of living, which may be as high as 8 percent. Rising world oil and wheat [...]	2007-11-28 11:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS153	POLFSN'S SENTENCE SUSPENDED UNTIL SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) On January 31, the GOT Attorney General approved the request for suspended implementation of the four-month prison sentence of PolFSN Jamil Halfaoui (reftels). This suspension means Halfaoui cannot be subject to arrest prior to the completion of the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) revi [...]	2007-01-31 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1531	JOURNALISTS OF TUNISIA (TRY TO) UNITE [...] (C) The unrecognized Tunisian Journalists Syndicate (SJT, reftel) claims that its efforts to join the umbrella General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) are being blocked by the GOT. In addition to discouraging the UGTT from working with the SJT, the GOT is purported to have manufactured the [...]	2007-11-29 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1532	CODEL INOUYE PROMOTES US-TUNISIAN TIES [...] (C) During their November 25-26 visit to Tunisia, Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens were warmly welcomed by Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane and MFA Secretary of State Saida Chtioui. The GOT officials, who apologized President Ben Ali was unavailable to meet the Senators on a S [...]	2007-11-29 15:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP ECON PTER MASS TS
07TUNIS154	THE GOT AND THE TERRORIST THREAT: SHAKEN, NOT [...] (S/NF) In the weeks following its reported disruption of a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats, the GOT remains unresponsive to repeated USG -- and Tunisian public -- requests for further details on the incident. While there are reports of "hundreds" arrested and security [...]	2007-01-31 15:23:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS1544	FINDING PARALLELS BETWEEN BEN ALI AND CEAUSESCU [...] (S/NF) In a recent meeting with Ambassador, Romanian Ambassador to Tunisia Sorin-Mihail Tanasescu offered a starkly negative assessment of President Ben Ali, the GOT and Tunisia. Tanasescu suggested there are strong parallels between Tunisia today and Romania just before the fall of former P [...]	2007-11-30 15:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON KISL TS
07TUNIS1545	ABBAS STOPS IN TUNIS TO SEEK PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stopped in Tunis on November 29 and 30 to brief the GOT, Palestinian leaders and the diplomatic corps on the Annapolis conference and next steps for the peace process. According to Palestinian Ambassador Salman al-Harthy, Abbas came to Tunisia in order [...]	2007-11-30 16:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS TS
07TUNIS1548	TUNISIAN ISLAMISTS CONCERNED BY EXTREMISM, SEEK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with PolOffs, former an-Nahdha leader Ziad Daoulatli said that the GOT has created a climate of fear that discourages Tunisians from political participation. The lack of freedom of expression and association, said Daoulatli, is increasingly driving Tunisians t [...]	2007-12-03 14:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1552	GOT INFORMED OF IRAN NIE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 16:07:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM IR TS
07TUNIS1555	GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: ATTORNEY GAINS RIGHT TO [...] (C) On December 4, a Tunisian court sentenced ex-hunger striker Slim Boukhdhir to a year in prison. Boukhdhir was initially arrested November 26 on charges of insulting a police officer, using foul language, and not presenting his national ID card to security officials (Ref B). Meanwhile, [...]	2007-12-05 16:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1556	EU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE GOT COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on December 4 that the November 19 Association Council meeting with Tunisia, which was preceded by the November 12 Sub-Committee Meeting on Human Rights, had given a "boost" to EU-Tunisian relations. Philippe said the two meetin [...]	2007-12-05 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM PGOV PTER ECON PREL TS
07TUNIS1563	TUNISIAN NGO COMBATTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] In recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (reftel),the Ambassador and EmbOffs visited the National Union of Tunisian Woman's (UNFT) Tunis headquarters, women's shelter and counseling center on December 5. UNFT President Aziza Hatira and other UNFT [...]	2007-12-07 11:38:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS1564	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 13:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1566	JOURNALISTS: TUNISIA'S MOST WANTED? [...] (C) From its actions, one might think Tunisia's governing regime regards independent journalists as threats to stability. In the past six months alone, journalists have been followed, harassed, assaulted, prosecuted, and jailed; all apparently for the "crime" of writing articles for online [...]	2007-12-07 16:35:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1567	TUNISIAN INTELLECTUALS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Ambassador discussed global and local human rights issues with a group of independent Tunisian intellectuals on December 6. Though the discussion began with local concerns about the rights of Guantanamo detainees and the situatio [...]	2007-12-07 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1568	TUNISIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 16:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS
07TUNIS1575	TELLING IT LIKE IT IS: TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS [...] (C) On December 10, Matt Shelley, Director of the MEPI-funded International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Middle East North Africa (MENA) Media Project, held a roundtable discussion with Tunisian journalists on the local media environment and IREX activities in the region. Several jou [...]	2007-12-13 12:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1576	FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 16:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AMGT KWBG KPAL IS
07TUNIS1579	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 08:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IZ TS
07TUNIS1581	GOT INTERESTED IN ASSISTANCE WITH SERVICES AND FRANCHISING [...] (SBU) During a December 10 meeting, Ministry of Commerce Director of Domestic Trade Mohamed Laouini told EmbOffs that the GOT has drafted a revised services law. The legislation will also address the regulation of franchises, which are currently limited in Tunisia. Laouini shared the draft l [...]	2007-12-17 12:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON TS
07TUNIS1597	SOUTHERN TUNISIA'S ENCOMIUM TO BEN ALI [...] (C) During a December 10-13 trip to the southern cities of Djerba, Medenine, Zarzis and Tataouine, with a stop in Sfax, Ambassador Godec met with a wide-range of government officials, community leaders, and private business people, who were generally effusive in their praise of President Ben A [...]	2007-12-21 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS1598	NEW MINISTER OF COMMERCE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's December 18 courtesy call, newly appointed Minister of Commerce Ridha Touiti said that Tunisia is well prepared for the full implementation of the European Union (EU) Association Agreement on January 1, 2008. Touiti was very enthusiastic about both the upcoming [...]	2007-12-21 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV TS
07TUNIS1599	IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH [...] (C) On December 18, the Ambassador met with Mongi Khamassi, Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress (PVP) to discuss the Tunisian political landscape and US foreign policy. The smallest of the "loyal" opposition parties, the PVP emphasized the need for gradual political progress a [...]	2007-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS16	ANOTHER SHOOTOUT SOUTH OF TUNIS AMID SPECULATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: ON THE HEELS OF THE DECEMBER 23 SHOOT-OUT REPORTED BY THE TUNISIAN MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR (REF A),THE MOI ANNOUNCED TODAY A SECOND SECURITY OPERATION IN A SOUTHERN SUBURB OF TUNIS IN WHICH SECURITY FORCES REPORTEDLY SHOT AND KILLED ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF AN ARMED GROUP. THE [...]	2007-01-03 18:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EU TS
07TUNIS1616	MGPKO2: TUNISIA "FIRMLY CONDEMNS" BHUTTO [...] (SBU) Summary. Official and private Tunisians were quick to denounce the December 27 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On December 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "firmly condemned" the assassination and reasserted Tunisia's rejection of all forms of terrori [...]	2007-12-28 12:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PK TS
07TUNIS1620	30 CONVICTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007 [...] (C) On December 30, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced 30 Tunisians to punishments from death to five years in prison for their involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. Many of the defendants, known as the "Soliman Group," denied their involvement and allege [...]	2007-12-31 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
07TUNIS169	TUNISIA TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR IRAQI OFFICIALS [...] (C) On January 30, during a meeting with MFA Secretary of State Saida Chtioui, Ambassador stressed USG hope that Tunisia would find ways to contribute to efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan. Chtioui told Ambassador that Iraqi officials would be coming to Tunisia for two training programs i [...]	2007-02-02 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV AF IZ JA TS
07TUNIS17	TUNISIAN REACTION TO SADDAM EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement on December 30 expressing its "deep regret" that Saddam Hussein was executed on the first day of Eid al-Idha. This sentiment was echoed in private conversations; Tunisian contacts who passed the Eid holiday watch [...]	2007-01-03 18:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR TS
07TUNIS180	ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS CT COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The January 30-31 Arab League Interior Ministers meeting in Tunis was focused on counter-terrorism cooperation. Voicing support for Lebanon and Iraq, the Council of Arab Interior Ministers also discussed narcotics trafficking, civil protection and road safety. President Ben Ali' [...]	2007-02-05 15:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IZ SY SU TS
07TUNIS192	MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANES AND TRAINS AND MARITIME [...] (C/NF) During Ambassador's January 29 courtesy call on Abderrahim Zouari, Minister of Transport, discussion ranged from modernization of Tunisia's transportation infrastructure to the Minister's desire for a stronger relationship with US counterparts. The Minister expressed GOT interest in Op [...]	2007-02-07 13:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD EAIR ELTN EWWT ECON TS

07TUNIS193	UPDATE ON PROPOSED DETAINEE TRANSFER [...] (S/NF) Post provides an update on latest efforts to obtain necessary assurances related to the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. As instructed in Ref B, Post has repeatedly engaged the GOT in an attempt to obtain confirmation of assurances related to the transfer of T [...]	2007-02-08 07:59:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS196	FOREIGN MISSIONS CONCERNED OVER GOT SILENCE ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Following January's report by the GOT that it had disrupted a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats (reftels),security and consular representatives from several Tunis-based embassies and international organizations met on February 7 to discuss the security [...]	2007-02-08 14:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS203	IRAQI AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH MFA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Iraqi Ambassador Ghazi Tahar Khaled expressed his frustration with Tunisian bureaucracy and the GOT's (and other Arab governments') refusal to follow through on their statements of [...]	2007-02-09 10:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TS
07TUNIS205	MFA STATEMENT ON AL AQSA EXCAVATIONS [...] (SBU) In keeping with Tunisia's moderate position on Israeli-Palestinian issues, on February 8 the MFA issued a statement, announced by the Tunisia Africa Press Agency (TAP),expressing its "concern" about Israeli excavations around the al-Aqsa Mosque. 2. (U) STATEMENT TEXT (OFFICIAL TAP T [...]	2007-02-09 13:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAL TS
07TUNIS208	MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE PRESENTS WISH LIST FOR [...] (U) Summary: During the Ambassador's February 8 courtesy call, Minister of Agriculture Habib Haddad presented a list of possible projects for future collaboration with US universities. Haddad stated that liberalization of cereal imports is being studied and also asserted that the agricultural [...]	2007-02-12 16:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD BEXP KFLU OEXC TS
07TUNIS212	TUNISIAN HEALTH MINISTER: HIV/AIDS, AVIAN FLU, IPR [...] (C) During Ambassador's courtesy call on Ridha Kechrid, Minister of Public Health (MOH),topics ranging from avian influenza and HIV/AIDS to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) were discussed. The discussion was amicable, with Kechrid addressing each issue thoroughly and with seeming candor. [...]	2007-02-13 08:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KFLU KHIV KIPR TS
07TUNIS225	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Jan. 16 - Jan. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Promotes Solar Energy B. Maghreb Ministers of Commerce Discuss FTA C. GOT To Tax Offshore Companies D. 6.5 Million Tourists in 2006 ------------------------- GOT Promotes Sol [...]	2007-02-14 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
07TUNIS226	Beywatch: YOUNG TUNISIAN MEN ASK: "IS THE MARRIAGE VISA [...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader a sense of everyday life in Tunisia. END INTRODUCTION. 2. SUMMARY: This cable is a look [...]	2007-02-14 08:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD SOCI CVIS TS
07TUNIS229	TUNISIAN NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 15:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS230	FOREIGN MINISTER CONCERNED BY HUGHES CANCELLATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 13, Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked Ambassador to express his concern about the cancellation of a planned visit to Tunisia by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes. Abdallah referred to an internal "report" prepared by MFA Secretary of State Chtioui t [...]	2007-02-14 16:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS233	MFA SUPPORTS VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) During a February 13 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah, Ambassador encouraged the GOT to welcome a visit by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (Reftels). Atallah said that although the timing of Zebari's proposed visit in December had not worked, the GOT welcomed a visit fro [...]	2007-02-15 13:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TS
07TUNIS236	AMBASSADOR PUSHES GOT FOR DETAINEE ASSURANCES [...] (S/NF) During a February 13 meeting on other topics, Ambassador pressed Foreign Minister Abdallah for confirmation of GOT assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay (Ref D). Abdallah noted the request. 2. (S/NF) Ambassador later continued the convers [...]	2007-02-15 14:49:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR KAWC TS
07TUNIS246	UNION LEADER HIGHLIGHTS SHARED VALUES, DISILLUSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's February 16 courtesy call, General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Secretary General Abdessalem Jerad stressed the shared values between Tunisia and the United States. Jerad explained that the UGTT membership is representative of all political, economic and s [...]	2007-02-22 07:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM KDEM ECON TS
07TUNIS248	TUNISIAN-LIBYAN COOPERATION ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 20th meeting of the Libyan-Tunisian High Commission, held in Tripoli on February 18, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi and Libyan Secretary of the General People's Committee Mahmoudi Baghdadi signed three agreements aimed at improving cooperation between the two [...]	2007-02-22 10:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD ELAB TS LY
07TUNIS257	ICRC DIRECTOR SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT GOT TREATMENT [...] (S/NF) During a February 22 meeting, ICRC Regional Director Bernard Pfefferle (strictly protect) told Ambassador that the GOT has not granted ICRC access to Ministry of Interior detention facilities in Tunisia, in contravention of the 2005 GOT-ICRC agreement. Pfefferle characterized MOI treat [...]	2007-02-23 15:04:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KAWC PGOV TS
07TUNIS259	MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC [...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...]	2007-02-26 11:12:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS263	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Feb. 1 - Feb. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. AMU Considers Creation of Maghreb Debit Card B. GOT to Hire 12,000 Employees C. Avian Influenza: Tunisia Suspends Poultry Imports From Affected Countries -------------------------- [...]	2007-02-26 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN KFLU ELAB TS
07TUNIS271	TUNISIA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: EMBASSY INPUT [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Tunisia not be included on the 2007 Special 301 Watch List In 2006 and early 2007, Post has noted a marked change in attitude towards the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) among GOT officials, legal experts, local artisans, and business people. IPR i [...]	2007-02-27 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON TS
07TUNIS272	CONGRESSIONAL STAFF VISIT: GOT HONES ITS MESSAGE [...] (C) Increasingly focused on its public face, the GOT has begun to advertise its success story for US policy- and opinion-makers through familiarization visits. The GOT is also targeting its message to attract foreign assistance dollars. During a February 19-25 visit of a group of ten Congres [...]	2007-02-27 14:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS28	BEN ALI'S MEDICAL AILMENTS REQUIRE BI-WEEKLY [...] (S/NF) According to the German Ambassador Peter Schmidt, Tunisian President Ben Ali is suffering from multiple medical ailments, for which he is treated by a German doctor every two weeks. Amb. Schmidt said that Ben Ali's medical conditions include arthritis, insomnia, and psychological issue [...]	2007-01-04 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS287	2007 TIP REPORT INPUT [...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 6 hrs FEMC, 50 hrs FS-02. --------------------------- TUNISIA: THE SOCIAL CONTEXT ------------------- [...]	2007-03-05 08:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TS
07TUNIS29	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's December 15 courtesy call on Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, Morjane highlighted the strong bilateral relations between Tunisia and the United States. Morjane noted the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on US goals in the region, but stressed tha [...]	2007-01-04 16:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL PINR KPAL TS
07TUNIS291	NEW LABOR UNION STYMIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A YEAR-LONG EFFORT TO CREATE A NEW LABOR CONFEDERATION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY THE GOT AND HAS GARNERED LITTLE SUPPORT FROM TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY. IN MID-2006, FORMER GENERAL UNION OF TUNISIAN WORKERS (UGTT) ACTIVIST HABIB GUIZA BEGAN WORK TO ESTABLISH THE GENERAL TUNISI [...]	2007-03-05 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS296	Beywatch: Can Tunisia Cut Its Way Into the Medical Tourism [...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader greater insight into Tunisia. END INTRODUCTION. 2. SUMMARY: From Budapest to Bangkok, We [...]	2007-03-06 14:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV SOCI TS
07TUNIS306	MOI POC ON DETAINEES OFFERS NO ASSURANCES [...] (C/NF) On March 6, PolOff met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of International Cooperation Tahar Fellous Refai to discuss the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo. Fellous was identified by the MFA (Ref A) as the GOT logistical point of contact on the proposed transfe [...]	2007-03-07 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS31	TUNISIAN SECURITY OPERATIONS: DETAILS BEGIN TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to local police contacts, the January 3 security operation that took place about 35 km southeast of Tunis (Reftel) resulted in the deaths of 12 perpetrators and the arrest of at least 25. The armed group, which was described as being comprised of Salafists and led [...]	2007-01-04 17:37:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS313	Beywatch: Can Tunisia Cut Its Way Into the Medical Tourism [...] INTRODUCTION: This report is one of a series drafted by Post's entry level officers which have the "Beywatch" caption. We believe the perspectives offered in the following vignette will give the reader greater insight into Tunisia. END INTRODUCTION. 2. SUMMARY: From Budapest to Bangkok, We [...]	2007-03-07 15:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV SOCI TS
07TUNIS324	G-8 AMBASSADORS TO SEEK JOINT MEETING WITH GOT [...] (C) Summary: The G-8 Ambassadors in Tunis have agreed to seek meetings with the GOT Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior to raise Tunisia's continuing lack of cooperation on counter-terrorism. Other subjects for discussion will include energy security and African development. A fin [...]	2007-03-09 10:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ENRG EAID XF TS
07TUNIS328	TUNISIA AND IRAQ DEBT RELIEF: NO OFFICIAL DEBT? [...] (SBU) Per refs A and B, Post transmitted points and diplomatic note to the MFA November 13, 2006. The GOT has not responded to this or several repeated follow-up requests for information about any Iraqi debt to the GOT and/or prospects for debt forgiveness. During a March 8 courtesy call on [...]	2007-03-09 16:05:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ TS
07TUNIS329	COMMERCE MINISTER: LET'S TALK SPECIFICS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 7 the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts (MOC) Mondher Zenaidi. The Ambassador commended the Minister for the progress made in the campaign against counterfeit products and raised several specific issues that discourage greater US [...]	2007-03-09 16:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON TS
07TUNIS330	TUNISIAN COURT BANS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE [...] (C) On February 17, a Tunis court delivered a long-pending verdict in a case against the Tunisian Human Rights League, barring the organization from holding its national congress. While pro-GOT plaintiffs in the case hope that the ruling will force LTDH leadership to concede and allow pro-GOT [...]	2007-03-12 07:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
07TUNIS357	TUNISIAN JOURNALIST GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition journalist Mohamed Fourati was sentenced on March 9 to one year and two months in prison on charges of membership in an unauthorized organization. Fourati is currently working in Qatar, and had complained that his wife and child were denied passports to join him. Howev [...]	2007-03-16 15:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
07TUNIS365	FOR MINISTER OF TOURISM, TOURISM MORE THAN JUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's March 16 courtesy call, Minister of Tourism Tijani Haddad expressed great enthusiasm for increasing American tourism to Tunisia and made an impassioned plea for increasing the level of cultural cooperation and exchanges between our two countries. Ambassador n [...]	2007-03-22 17:36:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD OEXC EAIR KPAO TS
07TUNIS380	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 15:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG TS
07TUNIS381	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-26 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TS
07TUNIS389	TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: I HAVE A DREAM -- DEFERRED [...] (S) Fifty years after independence, Tunisia's freedom deficit is impeding its political, economic and social modernization. For years, Tunisia was a model for Arab and African countries. Tunisians took pride in having established many of the political institutions of a modern democracy and s [...]	2007-03-28 14:40:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS404	NO POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) Traditionally, President Ben Ali has announced the release of prisoners around two holidays: March 20, Tunisian Independence Day; and November 7, the holiday commemorating the palace coup that brought Ben Ali to power in 1987. These releases have in past years included members of the Isla [...]	2007-03-30 13:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TS
07TUNIS408	DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR TS
07TUNIS409	TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: EYES ON THE PRIZE (PART II) [...] (S/NF) Tunisia is ready for freedom. But Tunisia today is also a country at risk, near a key crossroads. As reftel described in detail, Tunisia could go either way -- further down the road of repression, lack of freedom, and greater instability and extremism; or it could begin to embrace -- [...]	2007-04-02 16:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS42	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON DETAINEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-05 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KAWC PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS44	FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR SALAFISTS WERE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 5, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah briefed Ambassador on the recent security situation in Tunisia (reftels). Abdallah said the group of very well trained "Salafists" involved in recent incidents with GOT security officials were targeting US and UK (and possibly Fr [...]	2007-01-05 17:23:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL CASC TS
07TUNIS45	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS UK/FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON THREAT [...] (S) On January 5, Ambassador briefed British Ambassador Alan Goulty on the information Foreign Minister Abdallah had shared regarding the threat to US and UK interests in Tunisia (septel). Goulty said that his mission had been seeking further details on the recent security incidents from GOT [...]	2007-01-05 17:23:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER ASEC CASC PGOV TS
07TUNIS453	MINISTER OF INDUSTRY SEEKS INCREASED US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's April 10 courtesy call, Minister of Industry, Energy, and Small and Medium Enterprise Afif Chelbi focused on the potential opportunities for US investment and expressed his readiness to meet with US investors. Chelbi also highlighted the broader economic cha [...]	2007-04-12 07:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND ENRG EPET ETRD EAIR TS
07TUNIS461	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OFFERS GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) SUMMARY. During an April 12 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President Abdelaziz Ben Dhia offered the most extensive and comprehensive assurances we have received to date on the repatriation of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. These assurances includ [...]	2007-04-13 08:49:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS47	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS CARPENTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome your visit on January 10-12, 2007. The Tunisian security services' December 23 and January 3 operations against a reported group of armed Salafists form the immediate backdrop to your visit. Although much about the gr [...]	2007-01-05 18:06:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV OVIP KDEM TS
07TUNIS471	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM REQUEST [...] Embassy Tunis requests an Embassy Science Fellow from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the field of engineering. The Science Fellow would identify potential partnerships between Tunisian and US educational and research institutions and participate in Embassy public outreach activities [...]	2007-04-17 07:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV KSCA KPAO TS
07TUNIS493	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN APRIL 17 PRESS CONFERENCE, PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LEADERS ACCUSED THE GOT OF ATTEMPTING TO FORCE THE PARTY OUT OF ITS TUNIS HEADQUARTERS. DAYS EARLIER, PDP RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE BUILDING'S LANDLORD TELLING THEM THAT USING THE BUILDING FOR POLITICAL PARTY [...]	2007-04-19 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
07TUNIS516	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Urges Further Reform B. Qatar Telecom Invests In Tunisia C. Consumer Price Index Continues To Rise D. Trade Deficit Grows, Industrial Production Up E. GOT Sells Stake in Banque [...]	2007-04-24 15:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS EIND KTEX KPRV TS
07TUNIS52	DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS INITIATIVES PRESENTED TO [...] (SBU) In a meeting with MFA Director General Hatem Atallah on December 28, Charge presented new USG initiatives to support human rights defenders (refs A and B). Atallah replied that the MFA would read over the new initiatives carefully. He acknowledged that the USG and Tunisia had different [...]	2007-01-08 17:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL TS
07TUNIS522	TWO BOLD POLITICAL ARTICLES IN MAINSTREAM PRESS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A RECENT ONE-WEEK PERIOD, TWO ARTICLES FEATURING BOLD POLITICAL COMMENTARY APPEARED IN MAINSTREAM TUNISIAN FRENCH-LANGUAGE PRESS. THE ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIANS, CONSTITUTED SOME OF THE MOST FRANK, OPEN DISCUSSION OF POLITICALLY SENSITIVE THEMES IN RECENT [...]	2007-04-25 15:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS53	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS SALAFIST THREAT IN [...] (S) Summary: Minister of State and Special Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia today told the Ambassador with "quasi certitude" that the Tunisian security services had finished their operations against the armed Salafist group (reftels),which had been planning to target the US and British embassie [...]	2007-01-08 18:56:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS54	COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVEALS FEW [...] (S) In a January 9 courtesy call, Minister of Interior and Local Development Rafik Belhaj Kacem revealed few new details about the recent Salafist threat in Tunisia (reftels). After initial introductions, the Ambassador broached the subject of the recent threat, underscoring the USG's concern [...]	2007-01-09 17:36:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS545	OPPOSITION PDP PARTY LEADERS: TUNISIANS DESERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEADERS OF THE INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LAMENTED THE COMPLETE POLITICAL "BLOCKAGE" IN TUNISIA IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON APRIL 26. PDP LEADERS, SAID THAT A MOVE TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS AND RAISE ITS PROFILE DOMESTICALLY HAS BEEN MET WITH [...]	2007-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TS
07TUNIS573	VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION. ABDALLAH SAID THAT, THANKS TO WISE POLITICAL, ECONOMI [...]	2007-05-09 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS574	VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH DEFMIN MORJANE [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE KAMEL MORJANE ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY COOPERATION. WHILE NOTING THE POSITIVE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP, MORJANE SA [...]	2007-05-09 10:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS59	MAKING SENSE OF THE RECENT THREAT IN TUNISIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the absence of credible, publicly available information, the rumor mills will continue to crank out speculative blather about the true nature of recent security threats. While person-on-the-street reactions will be reported septel, this cable will summarize what we have learn [...]	2007-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV TS
07TUNIS590	UNHRC: TUNISIAN SUPPORT FOR BELARUS CANNOT BE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission on May 10 delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Director Holla Bachtobji, who served at the Tunisian Mission in Geneva prior to taking up her current position, and at the GOT's UN Mission in New York prior to that. Embassy has also double-tracked the demarche, [...]	2007-05-11 18:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC TS
07TUNIS591	SFAX FACTS: TUNISIA'S BUSINESS CAPITAL WANTS [...] Ambassador conducted a familiarization tour of the southern governorate, and second largest city, Sfax from April 4-8. The visit included economic/commercial, public affairs, and humanitarian components. Interlocutors at every stop pressed for increased collaboration and assistance from the [...]	2007-05-11 18:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD KPAO SCUL TS
07TUNIS595	RHETORIC VS. REALITY IN TUNISIA ON WORLD PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A SPEECH COMMEMORATING WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY MAY 2, PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI TRUMPETED TUNISIA'S RECORD ON PRESS FREEDOM, "AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS." ON MAY 1, NGO FREEDOM HOUSE RELEASED ITS OWN ASSESSMENT OF TUNISIA'S PRESS FREEDOM RECORD, AS PART OF T [...]	2007-05-15 07:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PREL KDEM TS
07TUNIS605	BLUE LANTERN CHECK: TUNISIAN MOD LICENSES [...] THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. As instructed in reftel, on May 15 PolMilOff conducted a post-shipment end-use check on applications 05-998131 and 05-991008 for the export of F-5 aircraft spares to the Tunisian Ministry of National Defense (MND). PolMilOff met [...]	2007-05-16 10:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MARR TS
07TUNIS615	SCENESETTER FOR 22ND US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY [...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of DASD Whelan and other USG officials for the 22nd US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC). The Government of Tunisia (GOT) will see your visit and the JMC as an indication of the solid relationship it has with the United States; a relationship it consid [...]	2007-05-17 13:25:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	OTRA PREL MARR TS
07TUNIS619	FMF IS KEY TO TUNISIA'S COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS [...] (SBU) I noted with disappointment that the State Department,s Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal to Congress included only $2.064 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Tunisia. This figure is significantly lower than the Embassy Tunis Country Team request of $30 million in FMF for FY- [...]	2007-05-18 12:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS621	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BEN DHIA RESPONSE TO DEPUTY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today provided Ambassador with a letter from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia to the Deputy Secretary, in which Ben Dhia reiterates the GOT's willingness accept the three Tunisian detainees currently held at Guantanamo (reftels). The [...]	2007-05-18 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS648	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL TANNER [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative John Tanner and accompanying members of CODEL Tanner to Tunis from May 30 - June 1, 2007. Tunisian government officials may wish to discuss the latest political, economic and security issues relevant to the US-Tunisian bilateral relationship, as [...]	2007-05-24 12:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS65	TUNISIA RESPONSE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post delivered reftel dipnote regarding the transfer of Tunisian detainees currently at Guantanamo to the MFA on January 5. Post received the following response on January 11 (informal translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United St [...]	2007-01-12 07:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR KAWC PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS67	TERROR THREAT IN TUNISIA: WHAT HAPPENED, WHY AND [...] (S) Over a two-week period in late 2006 and early 2007, the Government of Tunisia conducted operations against a significant terrorist group, killing 12 and arresting 15. At least two GOT security personnel were killed and three wounded in the operations. The "Salafi" terror group, accordin [...]	2007-01-12 10:36:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS698	CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 12:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS699	BEN ALI TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CODEL TANNER [...] (C) In a meeting May 31 with Congressman John Tanner (D-TN) and nine other Representatives, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali emphasized his commitment to close ties with the United States. He also: -- asked for more US economic engagement; -- insisted the ruling political party is too str [...]	2007-06-05 12:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS70	TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT SHARES SOME FURTHER [...] (S/NF) The GOT on January 12 passed to SIMO the names of US Embassy officers found on a piece of paper at one of the sites used by "Salafist" terror suspects (reftels). SIMO is reporting this information through other channels. 2. (S) While Post is pleased that the GOT has finally come for [...]	2007-01-12 18:26:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS708	US NGO REPORTS GOT HARASSMENT OF SAMIA ABBOU, [...] (C) GOT measures to limit civil society's activities seem to apply to international and local activists alike. Representatives of the American NGO Human Rights First and the international NGO Frontline Defenders met with Pol/Econ Chief and PolOff on May 23 to discuss their joint trip to Tuni [...]	2007-06-06 12:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KPAO PREL KDEM TS
07TUNIS710	CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) During their May 30 to June 1 visit to Tunisia, the ten members of CODEL Tanner were warmly welcomed by GOT officials who stressed the history of positive bilateral relations between the United States and Tunisia. Highlighting that Tunisia is a loyal friend, FM Abdallah and Defense Ministe [...]	2007-06-06 12:37:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS722	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH'S VISIT [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH'S UPCOMING JUNE 11-15 VISIT TO WASHINGTON PRESENTS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE USG TO ENGAGE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOT, AS OFFICIAL VISITS TO WASHINGTON ARE INFREQUENT. WHILE ABDALLAH WILL LIKELY TRY TO EMPHASIZE GENERALITIES ABOUT THE US-TUNISIAN L [...]	2007-06-07 14:36:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM TS
07TUNIS753	TUNISIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CHAMBER OF ADVISORS [...] (C) In a June 8 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Chamber of Advisors President (and ruling RCD party Treasurer) Kallel focused on the necessity of taking an offensive posture in combating Islamic extremism. He noted that Tunisia had made great strides in promoting economic development, unive [...]	2007-06-13 15:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ELAB SOCI TS
07TUNIS758	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES REFORM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Ambassador's June 7 courtesy call, Central Bank (BCT) Governor Taoufik Baccar emphasized the importance of the BCT in shaping GOT economic policy and outlined his agenda for reform. Baccar is currently pursuing reform in three main areas: monetary policy, banking, and cu [...]	2007-06-15 13:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS774	TWO TUNISIAN DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) On June 18 at approximately 1300 local time, the Government of Tunisia accepted custody of two Tunisian nationals (Lufti Bin Swei Lagha (Partial ISN 660) and Abdullah Bin Omar (Partial ISN 721) formerly detained at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2. (S/NF) COMMENT. During [...]	2007-06-18 13:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS787	22ND JMC FOCUSES ON COUNTERTERRORISM NEEDS, AFRICOM [...] (S) During the May 22-23 US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission meetings in Tunis, participants reiterated the importance of the two countries' strategic partnership and strong bilateral mil-to-mil relationship and sought ways to advance cooperation. The Tunisian co-chair, Minister of National [...]	2007-06-19 13:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL MASS TS
07TUNIS791	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. IMF Concludes 2007 Article IV Mission B. Qatar Petroleum Awarded Skhira Refinery Tender -------------------------------- IMF Concludes Article IV Mission --------------------------- [...]	2007-06-20 05:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS TS
07TUNIS797	TUNISIA: FM ABDALLAH EBULLIENT OVER US TRIP; [...] (C/NF) An extremely grateful Foreign Minister Abdallah asked to see the Ambassador on June 19 to convey his pleasure over his recently concluded trip to the United States (Ref A). No less than six times in the course of the 30-minute meeting, Abdallah expressed appreciation for the warm recep [...]	2007-06-20 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS OVIP TS
07TUNIS819	IRAQI WMD SCIENTISTS REDIRECTION PROGRAM: TUNISIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S/NF) Further to Ref A response on the Iraqi WMD scientist redirection program, MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today told the Ambassador that the GOT is still considering the proposal, but that the GOT needs further information before making [...]	2007-06-22 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF TS
07TUNIS83	LABOR PROGRAMMING NEEDS IN TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Post welcomes reftel's request for input on labor programming needs in the region. Tunisia has a strong labor history pre-dating independence, and unions are active across all sectors and throughout Tunisia. The General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT),the sole labor confederation, is [...]	2007-01-17 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ECON EIND ETRD TS
07TUNIS839	BEN ALI GIVES INDEPENDENT NGO CASH GIFT [...] (C) In early June, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues, received a TD 50,000 (approximately US $40,000) gift from President Ben Ali. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have [...]	2007-06-26 14:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
07TUNIS84	DAS CARPENTER'S MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah on January 11. DAS Carpenter briefed Abdallah on the President's January 10 speech on Iraq. Abdallah stressed the importance of rooting out te [...]	2007-01-17 15:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS840	GOT DISCOURAGES CIVIL SOCIETY ANTI-DEATH PENALTY [...] (C) On June 14, a group of prominent Tunisian NGOs, led by the Tunisian chapter of Amnesty International, announced they were launching a coalition against the death penalty in Tunisia. This move is an anomaly because the Tunisian chapter of Amnesty International usually refrains from repor [...]	2007-06-26 14:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS841	RCD VP LAUDS PARTY INFLUENCE, BEMOANS OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a June 25 courtesy call with the Ambassador, ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party Vice President Hamed Karoui argued that the party was behind much of Tunisia's political, social and economic progress. The Ambassador noted that while social and economic achievements are n [...]	2007-06-26 14:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ECON EINV TS
07TUNIS856	TUNISIA: NOTIFICATION OF ARB PROCEEDINGS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 12:19:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINR PHUM TS
07TUNIS86	DAS CARPENTER'S MEETING WITH ATCE DIRECTOR ROMDHANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JANUARY 10-12 VISIT TO TUNIS, NEA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY J. SCOTT CARPENTER MET WITH OUSSAMA ROMDHANI, DIRECTOR OF THE TUNISIAN EXTERNAL PRESS AGENCY (ATCE),ON JANUARY 11. DAS CARPENTER BRIEFED ROMDHANI ON THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 10 SPEECH ON IRAQ. ROMDHANI SAID [...]	2007-01-17 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS865	TUNISIAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER ELECTS NEW BOARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the June 28 Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce (TACC) General Assembly meeting, the TACC membership elected a new board with equal Tunisian and American company representation. The election itself was notable, marking the first time in many years that there were more candi [...]	2007-06-29 12:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD BEXP EINV TS
07TUNIS869	REGIME INSIDER OUTLINES TUNISIA'S CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's June 29 courtesy call, President of the Economic and Social Council and Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party stalwart, Sadok Chaabane presented his views on trade, extremism, and democracy. Chabaane stressed the importance of reducing economic depen [...]	2007-07-02 13:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD KDEM TS
07TUNIS889	TUNISIAN MILITARY'S URGENT NEED FOR US SUPPORT [...] (S) In May, I conveyed the disappointment of the Tunis Country Team with the proposed cuts in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funding for Tunisia in Fiscal Year 2008 (Ref C). Tunisia is facing an unprecedented regional terrorist threat, particularly from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM [...]	2007-07-05 15:06:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	MASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS890	TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID OPERATION IN [...] (C) Pol/EconCouns on July 2 conveyed Ref A message to MFA Director for North American Affairs Moez Sinaoui. Acknowledging the GOT's negative responses to earlier requests for Darfur PKO support requests (Refs C and E),she urged the GOT to give further consideration to the matter. Pol/EconCoun [...]	2007-07-05 16:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS TS
07TUNIS896	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Creation of a New Agency for E-Commerce B. British Gas to Invest US $1.3 billion in Tunisia C. Central Bank June Report D. Italy and Tunisia Agree to Connect Electrical Grids ---- [...]	2007-07-06 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS ENRG EPET TS
07TUNIS899	GOT ASKS WHO IS CONTRIBUTING TO DARFUR HYBRID [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST -- PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (SBU) On July 6, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points requesting Tunisian support, in the form of police and/or military observers, for the Darfur Hybrid Operations to MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah asked w [...]	2007-07-06 14:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU TS
07TUNIS903	STOPPING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 09:27:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER SY IZ TS
07TUNIS904	AN OPPOSITION LEADER'S TAKE ON DEMOCRACY IN TUNISIA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Secretary General of the Democratic Forum for Labor and SIPDIS Liberty (FDTL),to discuss Tunisia's political situation, the link between opposition parties and human rights, and President Bush's Freedom Agenda on July 3. Although the FDT [...]	2007-07-09 10:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS932	TUNISIAN BAR ASSOCIATION RETAINS INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On July 1, Bechir Essid was elected President of the Tunisian Bar Association. Essid's election was a surprise to many, as the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) had opposed him and strongly backed other candidates. Other independents were also elected to the Bar Association's [...]	2007-07-13 12:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS936	WOMEN'S NGO URGES US ACTION ON FREEDOM DEFICIT, [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 11 courtesy call on the independent Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),Executive Board members outlined challenges for independent civil society and urged the USG to take greater steps to promote freedom of expression and association. The [...]	2007-07-16 07:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL TS
07TUNIS938	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE LOYAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) On July 10 the Ambassador met with three opposition party leaders: Mohamed Bouchiha (Secretary General of the Popular Unity Party or PUP),Mongi Khamassi (Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress or PVP),and Mondher Thabet (Secretary General of the Liberal Social Party or PSL). [...]	2007-07-16 09:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS939	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ARE THE NEWS FOR JUNE [...] (C) Rather than just reporting the news, a series of incidents involving Tunisian journalists became news during late May and June. In brief: -- On May 18, plainclothes policemen barricaded the entrance to an online newspaper and reportedly assaulted several journalists. -- On June 22, pl [...]	2007-07-16 09:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS94	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TS
07TUNIS949	TUNISIA: SARKOZY HIGHLIGHTS MEDITERRANEAN UNION, [...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's July 10-11 working visit to Tunisia, a preview to a State Visit that is planned to take place in early 2008, was focused largely on Sarkozy's proposed Euro-Mediterranean Union. The visit gave the GOT a taste of post-Chirac French foreign policy, which [...]	2007-07-16 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV TS

07TUNIS958	GOT INSIDER SAYS TUNISIA READY FOR FASTER [...] (S) During a ninety-minute courtesy call with the Ambassador on July 12, Arab League Deputy Secretary General and GOT insider Chedli Neffati told the Ambassador that, while security concerns had slowed reform in the 1990s, Tunisia today is ready for more political liberalization. However, "we [...]	2007-07-17 13:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
07TUNIS965	TUNISIA: REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Initial GOT reactions to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East have been largely favorable. Several Embassy contacts also responded positively, in particular to the call for an international conference. Several commentators, have, however offered criticisms about pa [...]	2007-07-18 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS TS
07TUNIS98	POST VIEWS ON FY-07 SECTION 1206 PROPOSALS [...] (S) In response to reftel, post provides its evaluations of the following FY-07 Section 1206 proposals applicable to Tunisia. Post notes that it shared these views directly with EUCOM via SVTCs on December 18 and 19, 2006. Post thanks NEA/MAG for facilitating these discussions. 2. (S) Pos [...]	2007-01-22 13:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	MASS PREL TS
07TUNIS984	FM ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, REGIONAL VIEWS [...] (C) The July 12-14 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki capped months of active GOT-GOI engagement. However, Foreign Minister Abdallah told Ambassador on July 24 that there is no change in Tunisia's position on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Abdallah said Mottaki made clear Iran th [...]	2007-07-24 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER KNNP IR IZ TS
07TUNIS985	TUNISIAN FM ADMITS MORE FREEDOM NEEDED [...] (S) Foreign Minister Abdallah used a July 24 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics to express his concern about Post's engagement of independent opposition figures. Ambassador reminded Abdallah of the USG's commitment to the Freedom Agenda and encouraged greater political reform. In a f [...]	2007-07-24 16:00:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS986	MOHAMMED ABBOU RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Lawyer and civil society activist Mohamed Abbou was released on July 24 and, for the first time in over two years, returned home to his family. Abbou told Pol/EconCouns he was extremely grateful to the United States for keeping his case alive and for looking after his family. Th [...]	2007-07-25 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS991	TUNISIAN UNGA PARTICIPATION NOT DECIDED [...] (SBU) On July 23, Post sent a diplomatic note requesting reftel information on the Tunisian delegation to the 62nd UNGA meetings. On July 25, Ambassador followed up with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah said that he had seen Post's diplomatic note, but that the GOT had not yet decide [...]	2007-07-26 12:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS992	TUNISIA READIES NEW IPR LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) In a July 24 meeting with EconOff, Director General of Tunisian Copyright Protection Organization (OTPDA),Mohamed Kheireddine Abdel Ali, spoke optimistically and enthusiastically about Tunisia's progress on intellectual property rights protection and an increased GOT commitment to the i [...]	2007-07-26 12:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TS
08TUNIS1007	DETAINEE LUFTI BIN SWEI LAGHA HAS NOT COMPLAINED [...] (C) Summary: Mabruk Lagha, the older brother of former Guantanamo detainee Lufti Ben Swei reported that he sees his brother about 3-4 times per month and gives him food and clothing. He did not report any mistreatment. Lutfi says his health is fine but Mabruk personally worries about his br [...]	2008-09-09 11:13:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS
08TUNIS1015	TUNISIA'S UPPER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT, A FORUM FOR [...] (SBU): Following the August 10 elections for the regional and union members of Tunisia's Chamber of Advisors, President Ben Ali appointed 20 other new members. Included among Ben Ali's appointments was Mohamed Chandoul, a senior leader of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT),who agre [...]	2008-09-10 15:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PINR TS
08TUNIS1030	GOT SUPPORT FOR TUNISIAN TOURISM: ALL TALK NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Tunisia's tourism sector, which accounts for 11 percent of GDP, grew 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008 and in 2007 generated more than 3.05 billion TD (roughly $2.5 billion) in revenue. Though overall figures look strong, they are consistent with the package-deal low-end [...]	2008-09-15 16:31:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV TS
08TUNIS104	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMBASSADOR DAILEY [...] (S/NF) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes S/CT Ambassador Dell Dailey, NEA DAS Gordon Gray and accompanying delegation to Tunis from February 10-12, 2008. Your visit takes place in the context of a generally positive bilateral relationship. While cooperation with military and intelligence services [...]	2008-02-04 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS1041	TUNIS RESPONSE ON MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH [...] (U) Embassy Tunis confirms that Andrea Donnally will be responsible for coordinating requests to the GOT for all marine scientific research authorizations. Her tour began July 2008 and is scheduled to end July 2010. Beth Mitchell, Commercial/Economic Officer is her back up. 2. (SBU) Embas [...]	2008-09-19 11:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT TS
08TUNIS1058	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CANCELING SAUDI PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In addition, the Ambassador spoke by telephone to MFA Chief-of-Staff Mahmoud Khemiri to request GOT support in canceling or delaying the Saudi proposed Ministerial-level UNSC meeting on Israeli settlement activity. K [...]	2008-09-25 15:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL UNSC IS TS
08TUNIS1059	RULING RCD PARTY RESHUFFLES THE TOP [...] (SBU) Following President Zine el Abdidine Ben Ali's Cabinet reshuffle, the ruling Democratic Constittional Rally (RCD) announced changes in the leadership of its Political Bureau (PB) September 5. In Tunisia, Cabinet Ministers fall somewhere behind the members of the RCD Political Bureau in [...]	2008-09-25 15:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TS
08TUNIS1073	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 12:30:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC IZ IR SY
08TUNIS1076	TUNISIA:NEW REPORTS OF HARRASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS [...] (C) Despite GOT claims that it permits freedom of expression, the Embassy has received three new reports of harassment and mistreatment of journalists and activists. The reports are from: -- journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who reports he was forcibly driven to an isolated area and threatened by th [...]	2008-10-05 18:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1082	DELIVERED DEMARCHE OF REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED [...] (S) Summary: We have delivered via diplomatic note the demarche requesting the GOT to consider transferring some of its M113 armored personnel vehicles (APC) to Yemen. We do not anticipate a positive response as the GOT is already stretched to secure its own difficult borders. The Ambassa [...]	2008-10-08 14:53:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL SA TS
08TUNIS1092	CITIZENS NOT SUBJECTS: OPPOSITION PARTY TIRED OF [...] (C) Leaders from the opposition at-Tajdid party opined that Tunisia is ready for, and needs, more freedom of expression during an October 6 meeting with the Ambassador. The party opposed the ruling party's presidential candidacy requirements proposal, and has not yet decided whether to conte [...]	2008-10-14 15:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1093	SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SEEK INCREASED ECONOMIC [...] (C) Ismail Boulahia, Secretary General of the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) and MDS political bureau member Taieb Mohsni, discussed the prospects for economic cooperation with the Ambassador on October 7. Boulahia explained his party's support of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rall [...]	2008-10-14 15:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1101	TUNISIA PROJECTS CONFIDENCE THAT IT WILL WEATHER [...] (U) In the face of worldwide economic volatility, the GOT is boasting about the Tunisian economy's resilience to the crisis. Most often cited reasons for Tunisia's buoyancy include the non-convertibility of the Dinar, lack of global integration, regulations prohibiting Tunisian banks from inv [...]	2008-10-16 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1105	DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON UNIFIED COMMAND STATUS OF [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche October 9 informing the GOT that US Africa Command (AFRICOM) achieved full Unified Command Status to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Any substantive response from the GOT will be reported septel. GODEC [...]	2008-10-17 11:53:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL TS
08TUNIS1106	DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC [...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 10, 2008. Any substantive response from the GOT will be reported septel. GODEC [...]	2008-10-17 11:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR MNUC PARM UNSC TS
08TUNIS1108	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN TS
08TUNIS1109	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM ABDALLAH ON DEMOCRACY [...] (S/NF) In a one-on-one meeting on October 18, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Abdallah the importance of further progress on democracy in Tunisia. The Ambassador noted the Secretary's remarks on the subject to President Ben Ali in early September (ref. A) and his request for spec [...]	2008-10-20 13:48:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS1110	FM SAYS ACCESS TO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES NOT [...] (S) During an October 18 call on Foreign Minister Abdallah, the Ambassador asked the Minister whether the GOT would provide the Embassy access to the two Guantanamo detainees returned last year. Abdallah replied that he had explained honestly the GOT point of view to NEA A/S Welch (ref. a),[...]	2008-10-20 13:51:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS
08TUNIS1111	THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FM ABDALLAH: BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18, FM Abdulwaheb Abdallah said he was making his first trip to Russia in the coming days, accompanied by 23 businessmen. An economic agreement is to be signed. The Ambassador asked for an explanation on the withdrawal of police [...]	2008-10-20 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR PINS PHUM IZ RS TS YM
08TUNIS112	TUNISIA REPORTS NOT INVITED TO MOROCCO GI [...] (SBU) In a February 4 diplomatic note, and in response to Post's January 31 delivery of reftel demarche, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that it had not yet received an invitation from the Government of Morocco to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) Seminar [...]	2008-02-06 07:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA TS
08TUNIS1124	OPPOSITION PARTIES TOSSES THEIR HATS INTO [...] (C) Two Tunisian opposition parties represented in parliament will present candidates during the 2009 presidential elections, bringing the total number of eligible candidates to four. Of the candidates, Popular Unity Party (PUP) head Mohamed Bouchiha and Democratic Unionist Union (UDU) Secr [...]	2008-10-29 16:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1126	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 08:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS
08TUNIS1128	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 07:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TS
08TUNIS113	SHOW ME THE MONEY: TUNISIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS [...] (C) Tunisian business people, current and former bankers, and even GOT officials complain that continued weakness, mismanagement and corruption in the banking sector plague Tunisia's whole financial system. The problems in the banking sector not only restrict available credit, but distort acc [...]	2008-02-06 10:37:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EFIN EINV KCOR TS
08TUNIS1132	TUNISIA DEFENDS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, BUT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C/NF) During the mid-October visit of Warren Cofsky, from DRL's Office of International Religious Freedom, Embassy officials met with a series of government officials and religious leaders involved in religious freedom issues. Though those affiliated with the government stuck closely to GOT [...]	2008-11-03 12:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KPAO TS
08TUNIS1135	GOT QUESTIONS STATUS OF AMERICAN COMMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA held a surprise meeting on October 30 to review the status of the American Community School of Tunis (ACST). In attendance were senior school and Embassy officials. The Ministry wanted clarification for the basis of the school's existence in Tunis since 1959 since it [...]	2008-11-03 16:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH PREL PGOV TS
08TUNIS1137	(S) TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: WHAT NEXT? [...] (S/NF) Over the last two years, GOT officials have said Guantanamo detainees transferred to Tunisia will not be tortured or mistreated. President Ben Ali reiterated this "promise" to the Secretary in September. They have denied reports that one of the detainees transferred in 2007 was mistr [...]	2008-11-04 11:07:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS
08TUNIS1142	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MAGNUSON STEVENS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS SENV ETRD ICCAT
08TUNIS1143	TUNISIA/EU: TUNISIA'S FAILED QUEST TO HOST THE UPM [...] (C/NF) In the aftermath of Tunisia's announcement that it was not interested in hosting the Union of the Mediterranean (UPM) or providing its Secretary General (Ref A),the diplomatic corps has been abuzz with rumors about what happened and why. European diplomatic representatives to Tunisia [...]	2008-11-06 17:05:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XI EU TS
08TUNIS1144	LEAD BY EXAMPLE: TUNISIA REACTS TO AMERICAN [...] (C) From GOT officials to the man on the street, the Tunisian reaction to Barak Obama's win in the presidential elections is overwhelmingly positive. Tunisians seem to be taking this exercise in political participation to heart, with Embassy officials hearing many variations of how Tunisia [...]	2008-11-06 17:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1145	JOURNALIST, LAWYER POSSIBLE TARGETS OF GOT [...] (C) Journalist Neziha Rejiba, better known by her pen name Om Zied, and her husband attorney Mokhtar Jallali have both had recent legal difficulties, giving rise to speculation that they are the targets of GOT harassment. As is common in Tunisia, Jallali remains in prison following a car ac [...]	2008-11-06 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1149	GOT RELEASES PRISONERS AHEAD OF NATIONAL HOLIDAY [...] (C) In the two weeks preceding November 7, the anniversary of the day President Ben Ali took power, the GOT released two large groups of prisoners. The government frequently releases prisoners before major national holidays; such was the case with journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who was released [...]	2008-11-10 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1151	DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 13:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC TS
08TUNIS1152	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri on November 12 to underscore the importance the United States attaches to the resolution on Iran, as well as the resolutions on Burma and North Korea. The Ambassador went through US views in detail with Khemiri. [...]	2008-11-12 17:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN TS
08TUNIS1153	BEN ALI'S "YOUTH PACT" MORE ABOUT BEN ALI THAN [...] (C) The GOT's youth initiative (reftel) culminated with the November 7th signing of a "Pact with Tunisian Youth." The agreement is the result of a year long "Dialogue with Youth" sponsored by the government. Though members of government and civil society have at other times dwelt on the iss [...]	2008-11-12 17:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1154	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTIES WORKING IN [...] (C) Summary: In the course of delivering petitions requesting the closure of Guantanamo Bay, the President of Amnesty International Tunisia (AIT) reported continuing difficulties operating in Tunisia because of GOT intimidation. Tactics include intervention by the Ministry of Social Affairs [...]	2008-11-14 09:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS1156	DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON OSCE MANPADS SEMINAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 07:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASEC EAIR ETTC MARR MAS MCAP MOPS OSCE
08TUNIS1166	PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S ANNIVERSARY SPEECH - GIVING [...] (C) Summary: Ben Ali's annual November 7 speech, given on the occasion of his coming to power in 1987, highlighted the upcoming elections, announced several new development initiatives, and emphasized the government's cautious go-slow attitude toward currency liberalization. In foreign affair [...]	2008-11-19 16:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS
08TUNIS1168	ECONOMIST HOSTS BUSINESS GOVERNMENT ROUNDTABLE: THE GOT [...] (U) The Economist Intelligence Unit recently hosted its first business roundtable in Tunisia with strong government and company participation. Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi gave remarks on the GOT's current economic development plan and responded to questions from business leaders and dip [...]	2008-11-20 14:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1174	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PSI: SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-21 12:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TS
08TUNIS1175	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SEEK HELP IN [...] (C) PolOffs met with representatives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on November 17 and 18. Both organizations echoed a common complaint in the diplomatic community: the GOT does not share information, restri [...]	2008-11-21 13:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN TS
08TUNIS1176	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 16:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY TS
08TUNIS1177	SCEENSETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Hastings and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 2 - 3, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastru [...]	2008-11-24 16:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1178	SCEENSETTER FOR CODEL MEEK [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Meek and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 5 - 7, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastructu [...]	2008-11-24 16:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1180	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEK [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Meek and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 5 - 7, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastructu [...]	2008-11-25 08:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1181	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Congressman Hastings and accompanying delegation to Tunis December 2 - 3, 2008. In a difficult region, Tunisia is stable and moderate, with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers education, health care, housing, infrastru [...]	2008-11-25 08:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS1186	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 07:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG AL TS
08TUNIS1192	INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PARTY'S PROBLEMS WORSEN [...] (C) On November 12 the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) learned that a legal decision could result in all of the furniture and equipment in its national headquarters being auctioned off without warning. In addition, lawsuits brought by five vegetable-oil companies against PDP l [...]	2008-12-02 17:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1193	TUNISIA: GETTING READY FOR NUCLEAR POWER [...] (SBU) GOT officials expressed strong interest in U.S. civil nuclear cooperation during the November 19 visit of Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and her interagency delegation. Wolcott discussed opportunities for increased technical exchanges, human capit [...]	2008-12-03 08:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1194	SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] (SBU) As requested in Ref A Embassy Tunis submitted an FY09 Section 1206 proposal to NEA/MAG and PM/PPA via e-mail OI November 26. The proposal titled "Tunisian Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Capability," seeks to provide approximately $8 million in immediate assistance to [...]	2008-12-03 08:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PTER MASS KITA TS
08TUNIS1196	EUROPEAN DELEGATION VISITS TUNISIA, FOCUSES ON [...] (C) The trials stemming from the January to June unemployment protests in Gafsa and Redeyef have begun to attract high level international attention. A European delegation visited Tunisia November 26-28. While in-country, they met with civil society representatives to discuss human rights, [...]	2008-12-03 17:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1199	GOT SEEKS TO "STRANGLE" PRIVATE TV STATION [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, the owner and director general of Tunisia's only private TV channel recounted several examples of GOT efforts to "strangle" his business. He sought to strengthen his ties to the Embassy and Ambassador to try to shield the station from further GO [...]	2008-12-04 11:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS KPAO PGOV PREL PHUM PREF TS
08TUNIS120	TUNIS FY 2008 BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROPOSAL [...] Summary: Embassy Tunis is pleased to submit a proposal to further the advancement of agricultural biotechnology (agbiotech) research and awareness in Tunisia. The GOT is currently drafting regulations on biotechnology and we would like them to be trade-friendly. Given that the European Union [...]	2008-02-07 16:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO TS
08TUNIS1210	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Ratchets Down Projected 2008 GDP Growth B. Tunisia Asks For an "Advanced Status" With the EU C. Tunisia to Offer Telephone License in 2009 D. Tunisia Enticing New FDI E. Tunisi [...]	2008-12-08 11:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1211	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Ratchets Down Projected 2008 GDP Growth B. Tunisia Asks For an "Advanced Status" With the EU C. Tunisia to Offer Telephone License in 2009 D. Tunisia Enticing New FDI E. Tunisi [...]	2008-12-08 11:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1213	CODEL HASTINGS PRESSES GOT ON 2009 ELECTION [...] (SBU) In December 3 meetings with Tunisia's Minister of Foreign Affairs and six parliamentarians, Representative Alcee Hastings pressed the importance of credible international election observers for Tunisia's 2009 presidential and parliamentary elections. He discussed increased multilateral [...]	2008-12-10 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS1216	CODEL MEEK PRESSES GOT ON SOFA, OBSERVES JCET [...] (C) CODEL Meek used its December 6 meeting with Defense Minister Morjane to press for a Status of Forces Agreement. Morjane noted that he would be meeting with President Ben Ali later that day and that he might raise the issue. He also planned to discuss peace-keeping operations with Ben Ali; [...]	2008-12-12 11:40:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS TS
08TUNIS1221	TUNISIAN AGRICULTURAL MINISTER TOUTS COOPERATION [...] (U) Recently appointed Minister of Agriculture Abdesselem Mansour, long a contact of the US Embassy, told the Ambassador in a December 12 meeting that he will seek to improve cooperation. Mansour asked for scholarships for Tunisian agricultural engineers and suggested the two governments explor [...]	2008-12-16 11:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD FAS ESTH TS
08TUNIS1228	TUNISIA - ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Tourism Revenue Up B. Tunisia Gets US $30.6 million Loan For Water Project C. Sotrapil Cancels Tunisian Oil Pipeline Project D. Tunisiana Banned From Third Telecoms License [...]	2008-12-17 17:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD TS
08TUNIS1229	TUNISIA - ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Tourism Revenue Up B. Tunisia Gets US $30.6 million Loan For Water Project C. Sotrapil Cancels Tunisian Oil Pipeline Project D. Tunisiana Banned From Third Telecoms License [...]	2008-12-18 07:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD TS
08TUNIS1238	STORM CLOUDS GATHER: GAFSA TRIAL EMBODIES [...] (C) Thirty-eight protestors, arrested in coQunction with the January to June unemployment protests in the southwestern mining towns of Redeyef and Gafsa, were given sentences ranging from six to ten years on December 11. According to one defense attorney, the verdict was not unanimous. The [...]	2008-12-22 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1244	MEPI SMALL BUSINESS INITIATIVE FOR WOMEN PROJECT [...] (SBU) The goals of the MEPI Small Business Initiative for Women are in line with Embassy and GOT economic development goals. In the face of chronic unemployment, particularly among university graduates, promoting the growth of entrepreneurship and building a supportive infrastructure for sm [...]	2008-12-24 07:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1249	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 14:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KNNP PARM IR TS
08TUNIS125	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE TS
08TUNIS1250	TUNISIA: Nuclear Energy Plans [...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A request for Civil Nuclear Trade Initiative related information. The bulk of the information was acquired during the November 18 - 20, 2008 visit of Special Envoy for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Jackie Wolcott (Ref B). ------------------------- Nuclea [...]	2008-12-24 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAID EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS1255	TUNISIA'S 2009 BUDGET FAVORS EDUCATION AND JOB [...] (C) The Tunisian government has approved a 2009 budget that focuses on supporting business and investment in the wake of the world financial crisis. The GOT projects a three percent budget deficit for 2009, and is targeting five percent real GDP growth despite worsening economic conditions [...]	2008-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EXIM FAO TS
08TUNIS1256	SITUATION IN GAZA: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel Arab League demarche in a December 30 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri. In doing so, he acknowledged the MFA statement of December 27, underscoring, however, that Hamas is responsible for the current situation. Meanwhile, Gaza has dominated local [...]	2008-12-30 17:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS
08TUNIS126	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS UNION - PUPPET THEATER? [...] (C) The January 14, 2008 evolution of the Tunisian Journalists Association in favor of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists was viewed by some observers, including the General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, as "historic reform." To other observers, the new [...]	2008-02-08 14:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS130	BEYWATCH: TUNISIAN BLOGGERS CENSORED BY STATE AND [...] (U) While blogging may have lost its novelty (though not its popularity)in the United States and much of the rest of the world, it is still a nascent phenomenon in Tunisia. Only in the past year or so has the Tunisian "blogosphere" begun to take shape, and its creators and contributors seem to [...]	2008-02-12 08:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO SOCI TS
08TUNIS131	UNEMPLOYMENT SPARKS PROTESTS IN TUNISIAN SOUTHWEST [...] (SBU) Summary. Since January 5, Tunisian residents of the south-central region of Gafsa have been protesting high unemployment rates and unfair labor relations with Gafsa Phosphate Company, the largest regional employer. Residents of the region, which has an official unemployment rate of over [...]	2008-02-12 14:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PTER
08TUNIS139	PROTAGONIST WHO BLOCKED PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) As his legal dispute with the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) stretches into its eighth year, Chedli Ben Younes seems both disillusioned with the GOT, on whose behest he is purported to have filed the suit, and regretful that his former colleagues on the left see him as a "sellout" fo [...]	2008-02-13 12:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS142	TUNIS ANNUAL CRIME EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE (ACEQ) [...] (U) Embassy Tunis responses to ACEQ keyed to paragraphs in reftel: 2. (paragraph 6) (U) (E) CRIMINAL ELEMENTS ROAM FREELY DAY OR NIGHT AND TARGET EMBOFF AND AFFLUENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS FOR BURGLARY. Although the Tunisian police are omnipresent, criminals take advantage of vacant residen [...]	2008-02-14 09:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER TN
08TUNIS143	TUNISIA: INPUT FOR REQUIRED CONGRESSIONAL ENERGY [...] The following is Embassy Tunis' response to reftel request for information about Post's work on energy-related matters. Responses are keyed to reftel para 4: A. The Political/Economic Section, with a staff of 14, handles energy matters. B. Pol/Econ Counselor: 2 percent Labor Officer: 5 [...]	2008-02-14 15:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD TS
08TUNIS144	OPPOSITION LEADER DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) In a February 13 press conference, the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced its former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi would be the party's candidate SIPDIS for president for the 2009 presidential elections. Chebbi's candidacy was supported by a number of prominent [...]	2008-02-14 17:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS145	GOT DISMAYED BY FY09 FMF CUTS [...] (C) On the margins of the February 10-12 visit of a delegation led by S/CT Ambassador-at-Large Dell Dailey (septel),NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray briefed Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah and Defense Minister Kamel Morjane on the expected decline in FY09 Foreign Military Finan [...]	2008-02-15 08:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PTER PREL PGOV TS
08TUNIS160	S/CT AMB. DAILEY PRESSES GOT TO COMBAT FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) During his February 10-12 visit to Tunisia, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Ambassador-at-Large Dell Dailey urged the GOT to take steps to prevent the flow of Tunisian foreign fighters into Iraq. Several senior GOT officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affa [...]	2008-02-20 13:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MARR PGOV PREL SOCI KISL TS
08TUNIS164	TUNISIA CONFIRMS 505 AGREEMENT [...] On February 19, Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated February 13, 2008, confirming Tunisia's agreement with Post's November 23, 2007 diplomatic note regarding the update of end-use, retransfer and security assurances applicable to articles and services pr [...]	2008-02-21 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PREL MASS TS
08TUNIS168	APPEALS COURT REDUCES SENTENCES OF SOME "SOLIMAN" [...] (C) Summary. On February 21, a Tunis Court of Appeals reduced the December 2007 sentences of eight individuals convicted of involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. One of those sentenced to death received a life sentence, two sentenced to life were reduced to 20 an [...]	2008-02-22 15:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
08TUNIS169	ACTIVISTS SAY TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR [...] (C) Tunisian activists and international NGOs are denouncing the recent convictions of a journalist and a comedian, saying that they are being prosecuted for criticizing the government. On January 18, a Sfax court of appeal upheld journalist Slim Boukhdhir's sentence of one year in prison f [...]	2008-02-22 15:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS170	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (S/NF) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch to Tunis next week. Your visit takes SIPDIS place in the context of a generally positive bilateral relationship, and Foreign Minister Abdallah has told us that he very much looks forward to welcoming you. You will be [...]	2008-02-22 18:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER OVIP TS
08TUNIS172	TUNISIA: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Post recommends that Tunisia not be placed on the Special 301 Watch List. GOT officials at the highest levels -- including President Ben Ali himself -- continue to publicly stress the importance of intellectual property rights (IPR),demonstrating the high-level commitment that exists f [...]	2008-02-25 10:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TS
08TUNIS183	TUNIS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (SBU) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The Government of Tunisia (GOT) is capable of controlling and dispersing any demonstration directed against U.S. facilities. That being [...]	2008-02-29 10:16:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
08TUNIS189	CODEL CRAMER FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC AND SECURITY TIES [...] (SBU) During his February 21-23 visit to Tunisia, Representative Bud Cramer (D-AL) was warmly welcomed by GOT officials, who were familiar with his role as co-founder of the Tunisia Caucus and eager to express their hopes for stronger bilateral ties. GOT officials stressed the need for more i [...]	2008-02-29 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OREP ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS193	PRESIDENT BEN ALI MEETS WITH A/S WELCH: PROGRESS [...] (S/NF) President Ben Ali and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch discussed regional and bilateral issues in a wide-ranging, warm and open meeting on Thursday, February 28. In response to A/S Welch's remarks and requests, President Ben Ali: -- promised counter-terrorism cooperation "without r [...]	2008-03-03 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV KPAL KDRG KDEM TS
08TUNIS194	A/S WELCH'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MINISTER OF [...] (S) In the course of several hours of interactions between NEA A/S Welch and Foreign Minister Abdallah on February 28, Welch conveyed the latest US thinking on Lebanon, Syria, the proposed Arab League summit, Iraq, Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and Kosovo, among other topics. [...]	2008-03-03 17:00:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR IZ SY LE SE XI
08TUNIS195	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (S/NF) In exchanges with the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Development and International Cooperation on February 28, A/S Welch underscored US commitment to advancing mutual interests in the respective areas of defense and counter-terrorism cooperation, and increasing bilateral trade [...]	2008-03-03 17:12:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PMIL PTER PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV TS
08TUNIS199	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Growing Inflationary Pressures on Tunisia's Economy B. Tunisia Posts Record US $1.6 billion FDI C. GOT Allocates US $802.94 million for Subsidies D. Tunisia, Morocco Strengthen Econo [...]	2008-03-05 10:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS206	TUNISIA -- 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The information below is provided in response to reftel. Post POC for TIP related issues is Susannah Cooper, (Tel.) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-090. Number of hours spent by rank: 2 hrs FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 50 hrs FS-02. ----------------- THE LOCAL CONTEXT ----------- [...]	2008-03-06 10:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC TU
08TUNIS210	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASSAULTED BY SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) On March 3, human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was assaulted by security forces upon her arrival in Tunisia at the port of La Goulette. Bensedrine, a longstanding critic of Tunisia's human rights situation, had just returned from Denmark where she received the 2008 Danish Peace Foun [...]	2008-03-06 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS211	TUNISIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING: A MOMENT OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes the US delegation to the TIFA Council, March 10 - 11. The TIFA Council follows a series of recent bilateral economic events and represents an opportunity to translate GOT statements of interest into concrete action. Despite the positive official GDP growth [...]	2008-03-06 17:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV KIPR TS
08TUNIS213	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF MEMBERS OF ABU [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS
08TUNIS227	AUSTRIAN NATIONALS REPORTEDLY TAKEN HOSTAGE BY [...] (C) Summary: Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has claimed via a statement posted on the Internet that it has taken hostage two Austrian tourists who were traveling in the southern Tunisian desert. An official source cited by the Tunisia Africa Press Agency confirmed that t [...]	2008-03-11 10:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL CASC AU TS

08TUNIS235	AUSTRIANS REPORTEDLY TAKEN HOSTAGE IN TUNISIA: [...] (C) In a March 11 telephone conversation with the Ambassador, the Austrian Ambassador reported that GOT officials had said the Tunisian military continues to conduct air and land search operations for the two Austrian tourists whom al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb claimed to have t [...]	2008-03-11 17:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL TS
08TUNIS237	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN TUNISIA [...] Embassy Tunis provides the following narrative in response to reftel request. 2. The Government of Tunisia's national budget is publicly available and is published in the official gazette and on the internet. According to Tunisian law, the parliamentary debates on the annual budget are ope [...]	2008-03-12 11:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PGOV TS
08TUNIS256	TUNISIANS PUBLICLY CONDEMN AQIM KIDNAPPING OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of the March 10 claim by Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) that it had kidnapped two Austrian tourists in southern Tunisia (reftels),political activists and intellectuals have condemned the targeting of civilians and the spread of extremist ideologies. The [...]	2008-03-13 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS257	THE MFA'S CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Although the Tunisian MFA is titularly responsible for coordinating bilateral cooperation, under the leadership of FM Abdallah, the Ministry has become controlling to the point of being obstructionist. Almost every demarche, program, travel or other diplomatic activity must be requeste [...]	2008-03-13 15:51:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS258	TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM I: PROMOTING A MORE [...] (C) Tunisia's 2009 presidential and legislative elections represent an important opportunity to promote the President's Freedom Agenda and to press for tangible political reform. We have long focused on promoting greater freedom and expression and association in Tunisia. In the months lead [...]	2008-03-13 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS264	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TUNISIA GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] Embassy Tunis grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Senator John Boehner and accompanying members of CODEL Boehner to Tunisia from March 25-27, 2008. 2. Points of contact for the visit are Political Officer Trina Saha and Cultural Affairs Officer Ellen Bienstock. Contact information [...]	2008-03-14 07:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC TS JO
08TUNIS265	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO TUNISIA GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] Embassy Tunis grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Senator John Boehner and accompanying members of CODEL Boehner to Tunisia from March 25-27, 2008. 2. Points of contact for the visit are Political Officer Trina Saha and Cultural Affairs Officer Ellen Bienstock. Contact information [...]	2008-03-14 07:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC TS JO
08TUNIS271	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR REGIONAL SECURITY [...] Embassy Tunis grants country clearance and warmly welcomes all officials participating in the Trans Sahara RSI Conference in Tunis on April 1, 2008. 2. Conference Point of Contacts: a) Embassy Control Officer is Political Officer Susannah Cooper. Phone 216-71-107-306 or 216-71-107-000; F [...]	2008-03-14 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC MASS OTRA TU
08TUNIS273	TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM II: VOTER APATHY [...] (C) Despite official voter registration and presidential election participation rates of almost 90 percent, most Tunisians say they prefer not to vote. Lack of transparency, allegations of fraud, and the sense that election results are a foregone conclusion are all major causes of voter apat [...]	2008-03-17 10:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS277	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes CODEL Boehner and accompanying members to Tunis from March 24 - 26, 2008. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, the Tunisian government has proven i [...]	2008-03-18 09:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS278	TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM III: AN UPHILL STRUGGLE [...] (C) Tunisian opposition parties face an uphill battle in their fight for free and fair elections. Despite a multi-party system, civil society activists credibly alleged that the outcomes of the 2004 presidential and legislative elections were predetermined, highlighting a number of procedu [...]	2008-03-18 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS282	AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR HAS LITTLE INFORMATION ON [...] (C) In a March 18 meeting, Austrian Ambassador Johann Froehlich told the Ambassador that he has been in close contact with the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the kidnapping of two Austrian citizens by Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM, reftels). However, Froehl [...]	2008-03-18 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL TS
08TUNIS286	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08TUNIS287	TIFA COUNCIL - AUSTR DONNELLY'S MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) On the margins of the March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Assistant US Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East (AUSTR) Shaun Donnelly met with Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi, Minister of Development and International Coo [...]	2008-03-19 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR ECIN ECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV TS
08TUNIS292	TUNISIA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR 2008-2010 IAEA BOARD OF [...] (SBU) The GOT has requested USG support for Tunisia's candidacy for a seat at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors for the period 2008-2010. An informal Embassy translation of the Foreign Ministry's diplomatic note is in para 2. The original has been faxed to NEA/MA [...]	2008-03-21 07:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY TSPL KNNP TS
08TUNIS293	US-TUNISIA TIFA COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) The March 10-11 US-Tunisia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council provided a productive exchange of information on areas where progress has been made, and areas where more progress is needed, in intellectual property rights (IPR),market access, services and investment. [...]	2008-03-21 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECPS EFIN ECON KIPR TS
08TUNIS298	BEN ALI EASES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 21 speech, President Ben Ali announced a constitutional amendment that will allow more opposition party candidates to run in the 2009 presidential elections. Ben Ali proposed that the head of each political party can run for president provided he/she had been elected [...]	2008-03-24 14:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM TS
08TUNIS299	SWISS: BEN ALI SON-IN-LAW WANTED RESIDENCY [...] (S/NF) Summary. XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on March 21 that President Ben Ali's son-in-law Sakher Matri had requested a residency permit for Geneva, apparently to facilitate his business interests in Europe. Faessler said that the Swiss denied Matri's request to send a signal about their fr [...]	2008-03-24 14:10:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR KDEM PREL TS
08TUNIS31	MDIC PREFERS HOLDING TIFA COUNCIL IN TUNIS ON [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Jouini discussed substance and logistics for the upcoming US-Tunisia TIFA Council (Refs A-E) during a meeting on January 8. Jouini agreed that March 10-11, 2008 are good dates to conduct the next TIFA Counci [...]	2008-01-11 08:46:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR TS
08TUNIS312	PRESIDENT BEN ALI TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] (S) On March 27, Tunis Africa Press (TAP) agency carried an official announcement that President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali will attend the Arab League Summit in Syria on March 29 - 30. The announcement represents a turnaround from earlier statements by President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Ab [...]	2008-03-27 17:33:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAL LE TS
08TUNIS314	MIN. OF INTERIOR PRAISES INTEL EXCHANGE IN REP. [...] (S/NF) During the March 25-27 visit of CODEL Boehner, Rep. Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) met with Minister of Interior Rafik Belhaj Kacem to discuss the regional terrorist threat and bilateral intelligence cooperation. Belhaj Kacem said US-Tunisian cooperation includes joint operations and sharing "a [...]	2008-03-28 11:40:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PINR TS
08TUNIS315	WHY TUNISIA NEEDS US FMF [...] (C/NF) On March 10, al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) announced it had kidnapped two Austrian tourists in Tunisia's southern desert region. While it remains unclear if the tourists were abducted on Tunisian soil, the threat of al-Qaeda to Tunisia is real and growing. It can [...]	2008-03-28 11:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS326	FOIA SEARCH TASKER REGARDING CURRENT AMNESTY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF
08TUNIS328	TUNISIAN INSURANCE SECTOR LIBERALIZED, IN THEORY [...] (SBU) New legislation liberalizing the Tunisian insurance sector now permits 100 percent foreign ownership of insurance companies. However, President of the General Commission for Insurance Abdellatif Chabaane told American International Group, Inc. (AIG) Assistant Vice President for the Middl [...]	2008-04-02 09:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV TS
08TUNIS337	OPPOSITION REJECTS PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY [...] (C) Leaders of Tunisia's two most credible independent opposition parties told the Ambassador on March 28 that President Ben Ali's March 21 announcement regarding candidacy requirements (Ref A) was specifically designed to exclude his strongest opponents from running for president in 2009. N [...]	2008-04-04 07:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS340	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Economy Posts 5.8 Percent Year-On-Year Growth B. Hike in Gasoline Prices C. Stock Market Records Largest IPO To Date D. Central Bank Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate Steady E. [...]	2008-04-04 10:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS345	JAILED TUNISIAN COMEDIAN PARDONED ON INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) On March 20 (Tunisian Independence Day),Tunisian President Ben Ali pardoned comedian Hedi Oula Baballah, after he served six weeks of his one-year prison term. Baballah was sentenced to prison and fined 1,000 TD (833 USD) on February 4 for possession of narcotics (Ref A),after police [...]	2008-04-04 15:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS347	ENGAGING THE AMU: TUNISIAN ATTENDANCE AT TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) On April 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note confirming that Mokhtar Chaouachi, MFA Director General for International Organizations and Conferences, and Tahar Refai, Ministry of Interior Director General for International Cooperation, will attend the April 9 AMU me [...]	2008-04-07 13:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR PINS TS
08TUNIS349	CALL ON CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (C) Salah Tabarki, President of the Commission of Political Affairs and External Relations in the Chamber of Deputies, told the DCM April 2 that there were strong debates in the Chamber of Deputies, notably within the commissions. In plenary sessions, party discipline is the rule. Although a [...]	2008-04-07 15:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS356	FM ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, AUSTRIAN KIDNAPPING, [...] (C) During an April 8 meeting, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah told the Ambassador that little of note had occurred at the March Arab League Summit in Damascus. While President Ben Ali had ultimately decided to attend, nothing could be accomplished in the absence of Saudi King Abdallah an [...]	2008-04-09 12:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KPAL PHUM TS
08TUNIS360	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 11:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO WHO TS
08TUNIS362	GOT CRACKS DOWN ON MINING REGION PROTESTS [...] (SBU) After several months, and the March replacement of the regional governor, the GOT took police action to disrupt economic protests in south-central Tunisia. Demonstrators, including labor activists and the unemployed, organized in January to protest high unemployment, inflation and a lack [...]	2008-04-11 11:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM TS
08TUNIS364	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM REQUEST [...] Embassy Tunis submits the following proposal for an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF). Our request for an ESF from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the field of engineering is a resubmission of our 2007 proposal (Ref B). Due to difficulties with timing, the ESF selected for Embassy Tunis w [...]	2008-04-14 09:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV KSCA KPAO TS
08TUNIS365	REAL ESTATE IN TUNISIA: AS GOOD AS GOLD? [...] (C) As Tunis' crane-filled skyline attests, real estate development is alive and well in Tunisia. While the announcement of numerous multi-billion dollar Gulf real estate projects has been dominating the headlines, the majority of real estate development represents smaller investments by Tuni [...]	2008-04-14 10:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS369	NEW TRIAL DATES SET FOR SENIOR POLITICAL FSN [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) A possibly politically motivated criminal case against the Embassy's senior political LES Jamil Halfaoui is set to be reviewed by the Tunisian Supreme Court on April 18. Halfaoui was sentenced in absentia to four months in [...]	2008-04-15 17:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
08TUNIS373	MEPI UPDATE FOR TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Tunisia remains a difficult environment for MEPI programs and activities, particularly in the area of political reform, and some organizations remain reticent about receiving MEPI, or USG, funding. We have continued, however, to look for new ways to reach out to the community and active [...]	2008-04-16 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV KMPI KIPR KPAO TS
08TUNIS376	TRANS SAHARA RSI CONFERENCE: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (S/NF) During the April 1 Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) - Trans Sahara conference, Ambassadors and other officials from missions in Trans Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) countries, as well as representatives of the interagency community, discussed the rising terrorist threat [...]	2008-04-17 11:17:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PINR TS
08TUNIS381	19 CONVICTED OF SUPPORT FOR "SOLIMAN" TERRORISTS, [...] (SBU) On April 11, the Tunis Court of First Instance convicted 18 individuals of being members of a terrorist cell from the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bou Zid, which allegedly supported those involved in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents (reftel). The defendants, who are m [...]	2008-04-17 15:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PGOV TS
08TUNIS386	MINISTER OF TOURISM READY FOR OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) During an April 17 meeting, Minister of Tourism Khelil Lajimi offered his support, and assistance, in moving forward on the proposed Open Skies Agreement. Lajimi emphasized his desire to increase tourism from the United States and acknowledged the importance of a direct flight link to a [...]	2008-04-18 08:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR ETRD TS
08TUNIS387	TUNISIAN ECONOMIC PROBLEMS BREED SOCIAL UNREST [...] (S/NF) The Tunisian economy posted solid growth in 2007 -- hitting 6.3 percent GDP growth for the year. Yet, for all the positive economic figures touted by the GOT, not everyone believes the hype. Regardless of whether the statistics are accurate, Tunisians are undisputedly feeling the pinch [...]	2008-04-18 10:04:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ETRD PGOV KDEM TS
08TUNIS39	SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR AWAY: TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi on January 8 told PolOffs that while discussions with GOT officials had initially left him optimistic about prospects for resolving the almost eight year-long standoff between the GOT and the LTDH, the GOT has failed to deliver [...]	2008-01-11 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS390	TUNISIAN CANDIDATE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL [...] (U) On April 2, the Embassy received Diplomatic Note 1146 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announcing Tunisia's candidacy for re-election to the Administration Council and the Postal Operations Council of the Universal Postal Union. The 24th session of the Universal Postal Congres [...]	2008-04-21 05:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS394	MINING REGION CALM BUT SURROUNDED [...] (C) Summary. Following months of protests, which erupted into violent confrontations between residents and security forces in early April, the southwestern mining town of Redeyef appeared calm during EmbOffs' April 18 visit. Residents reported that while large scale protests are unlikely to c [...]	2008-04-22 06:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM TS
08TUNIS408	PART II: BAD NEWS FOR TUNISIAN PRESS: OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Since March, the distribution of five editions of al-Mowqif has been blocked, putting the paper in a financially precarious situation. Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) leaders held a press conference on April 16 to announce that the editors of its Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif [...]	2008-04-24 08:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS414	APPROACH TO AIRLINES ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S) On April 24, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on stemming the flow of foreign fighters to MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for the Americas and Asia Elyas Kasri. Given the Ministry of Interior (MOI) screening system used at Tunisian airports, Kasri said the th [...]	2008-04-25 13:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER EAIR ECON TS
08TUNIS416	TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) This cable contains and action request: Please see para 3. 2. (C) During an April 25 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics, MFA Director General for the Americas and Asia Elyas Kasri asked about the recent news about Syria's covert nuclear program. Referring to reftel talking p [...]	2008-04-28 07:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KNNP DPRK SY IAEA PARM PREL TS
08TUNIS42	TRANSFERRING TUNISIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO: [...] (S/NF) As Washington agencies consider the disposition of the ten remaining Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo, we offer the following thoughts on how to move forward with their transfer to GOT custody. Following allegations that the two Tunisian detainees transferred in June 2007 were torture [...]	2008-01-14 10:11:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KDRG PGOV PINR TS
08TUNIS420	TUNISIA: NO FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 08:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI
08TUNIS43	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS USG SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary. During his January 7 visit to the Governorate of Nabeul, the Ambassador highlighted USG financial and public support for Tunisian government and civil society efforts to promote the integration of handicapped youth through local educational initiatives. The Ambassador visited t [...]	2008-01-14 15:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS434	TUNISIA SHINES, SARKOZY STUMBLES DURING APRIL [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy concluded a 48-hour visit to Tunisia on April 30, which was dominated by big business deals and strong criticism from Tunisia's human rights community. The visit paved the way for Sarkozy's planned July summit to launch the Mediterranean Union and economic [...]	2008-05-02 12:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS439	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tourism Earnings Up 8.6 Percent B. Trade Gap Widens As Oil Bill Soars C. Inflation Reaches 5.9 Percent Year-on-Year D. Tunisia Announces Transport Cooperation with Libya and Morocco [...]	2008-05-02 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS440	HIGHER COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: INDEPENDENT, [...] (C) During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties (HCHR) President Moncer Rouissi outlined the progress of new legislation giving the HCHR greater independence. The changes, however, look good on paper but may end up being mostly co [...]	2008-05-02 16:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS443	REPLY TO "MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (U) We plan to distribute an IIP-prepared package of appropriate written materials on the topic to the local press and other key contacts. 2. (SBU) Tunisia has no known exiled Cuban community and the topic of Cuba in general has no resonance with the Tunisian public, except in the context o [...]	2008-05-05 16:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL
08TUNIS444	FOREIGN MINISTER "REVOLTED" BY "UNJUST" WHITE [...] (C) The Foreign Minister summoned the Ambassador on May 5 to complain that the White House Statement commemorating World Press Freedom day had been "revolting" and "unfair" in likening the press freedom situation in Tunisia to that in countries such as Cuba, Venezuela, China, and North Korea. [...]	2008-05-05 16:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TS
08TUNIS448	SCENESETTER FOR US-TUNISIA JOINT MILITARY [...] (S) Tunisian military officials, including Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, are looking forward to the twenty-third US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission (JMC) meetings in Washington on May 12-14. The Government of Tunisia is proud of our long history of strong military cooperation [...]	2008-05-06 17:13:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS PREL PTER EAID TS
08TUNIS45	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 08:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER TS
08TUNIS493	TUNISIA: WHAT SUCCESSION SCENARIO? [...] (S/NF) Even as most Tunisians are resigned to the fact that President Ben Ali is likely to announce his candidacy for the 2009 Presidential elections this summer, who will succeed him in 2014 (when he will not be eligible to run) remains a question no one can answer. There has been no major c [...]	2008-05-09 07:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
08TUNIS495	TUNISIAN MFA STATEMENT ON CONCERN OVER SITUATION [...] (U) On May 8, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry released a statement regarding its concern about the situation in Lebanon. Text of the MFA communique (official Tunisia-Africa Press Agency translation) is as follows: BEGIN TEXT: Tunisia is following with deep concern the evolution of the secu [...]	2008-05-09 14:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LE TS
08TUNIS496	BEN ALI ADVISOR DEFENDS NEW PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 8, Minister of State and Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia defended the GOT's proposed constitutional amendment stipulating requirements for presidential candidates as more "liberal" than the stringent criteria currently in the Constitution. In [...]	2008-05-09 17:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM TS
08TUNIS497	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 06:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL TS
08TUNIS50	IMF PRAISES TUNISIAN ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) During a January 14 meeting with the Ambassador, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Mission Director Abdelhak Senhadji praised GOT economic management and characterized Tunisia's 2007 GDP growth of 6.3 percent as "remarkable" in the current international economic climate. Senhadji told t [...]	2008-01-16 14:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS51	FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO A ON BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...]	2008-01-17 11:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS
08TUNIS514	PRESS FREEDOM CASE DRAGS ON, BUT HUNGER STRIKE ENDS [...] (C) At a May 10 hearing, libel cases filed by five Tunisian companies against Rachid Khachana and Mongi Ellouz, editor-in-chief and staff-writer for the opposition Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif respectively, were postponed for May 31. Tunisian civil society has deemed the cases politically motiva [...]	2008-05-12 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS516	OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights is our first Mission Strategic Plan goal. Our approach to promoting human rights involves a broad range of mission offices using a variety of means and methods to promote the Freedom Agenda. Over the last year, Embassy officials [...]	2008-05-13 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
08TUNIS52	FOR SALE: GULF INVESTORS GO ON A BUYING SPREE IN [...] (S) Despite what many domestic and foreign investors view as weaknesses in Tunisia,s investment climate, Gulf investors have made several sizable investments in recent months, with the full support of the GOT. The latest to be announced are a US $14 billion investment by Dubai Holding to buil [...]	2008-01-17 11:20:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	EINV ECON KCOR EFIN TS
08TUNIS522	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) Rising world food prices continue to negatively impact Tunisian households, with food inflation hitting 8.7 percent for the first four months of 2008 over the same period in 2007. Overall inflation is up 5.8 percent over the same period in 2007, based on the combination of high food and [...]	2008-05-15 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD ECON KCOR TS
08TUNIS535	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 15:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO TS
08TUNIS54	FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES: TUNISIAN OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Secretary General of the opposition Popular Unity Party (PUP) Mohamed Bouchicha acknowledged to the Ambassador Jan. 15 the need to improve freedom of expression and association, but said progress should be made "without interference" by foreigners. Bouchicha added that solutions would b [...]	2008-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS540	CODEX CANDIDATE AND 31ST SESSION OF THE CODEX [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 14:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
08TUNIS558	MGLBO1: TUNISIAN MFA VOICES SATISFACTION WITH DOHA [...] (U) On May 22, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement welcoming the signature of the Doha agreement. Text of MFA communique is as follows (official Tunisia-Africa Press Agency translation): BEGIN TEXT: Tunisia welcomed with deep satisfaction the Doha agr [...]	2008-05-23 14:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY TS
08TUNIS568	BEN ALI, INC. TAKES OVER A BANK [...] (S) In the latest in a long string of questionable business deals, the Ben Ali clan has recently entered the banking business, assuming leadership of Tunisia's most profitable private bank -- Banque de Tunisie (BT). In April, Alya Abdallah, wife of Foreign Minister Abdalwahab Abdallah, became [...]	2008-05-28 12:04:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN EINV KCOR TS
08TUNIS569	ANNUAL JEWISH PILGRIMAGE PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY [...] (C) Summary: From May 22-23, between five and six thousand Jewish pilgrims visited the island of Djerba as part of an annual pilgrimage. The center of the pilgrimage is the El-Ghriba synagogue, the oldest synagogue in North Africa. The event was characterized by a visible police presence a [...]	2008-05-28 15:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KPAO IS TS
08TUNIS57	OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS: AFRICAINVEST [...] Per reftel request, Post provides the following comments about the AfricaInvest Funds II proposal. Tuninvest enjoys a strong reputation in Tunisia and is considered one of the leading private equity firms. Other Tunisian equity funds cite Tuninvest as their model for structure and management. [...]	2008-01-18 13:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN TS
08TUNIS575	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDRESSING FINANCIAL RISK AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 09:46:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AORC EAIR ICAO TS
08TUNIS58	PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR: TUNISIAN [...] (C) At a January 15 a gathering with intellectuals at the Ambassador's residence, most participants expressed the view that President Bush's visit to the region was evidence of concrete follow-up to a positive process set in motion at Annapolis. Participants criticized various aspects of the [...]	2008-01-18 13:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IR TS
08TUNIS580	TUNISIA CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTERNET CENSORSHIP [...] (C) While publicly promoting the internet as an economic tool, the Government of Tunisia is privately blocking an increasing portion of the web. Officially, only sites that promote violence or pornography are blocked in Tunisia, but in practice, sites with content critical of the GOT, such a [...]	2008-05-30 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS595	PRESS FREEDOM TRIAL DRAGS ON, OPPOSITION CANDIDATE [...] (C) In the ongoing libel cases against the editors of opposition newspaper al-Mowqif, the defense presented its argument at a May 31 hearing; no trial date has been set for the plaintiffs to present their rebuttal. In a separate court case, al-Mowqif Editor-in-Chief Nejib Chebbi is also bei [...]	2008-06-03 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS596	UNEMPLOYMENT PROTESTS SPREAD TO NEW TOWN [...] (C) Following several weeks of relative calm, demonstrations have again broken out near the Tunisian border with Algeria, this time in Feriana. There have been periodic demonstrations in the region since January, stemming from poverty, high levels of unemployment, and claims of governmental [...]	2008-06-03 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS598	EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DEMONSTRATES BENEFITS OF [...] (SBU) With the first phase of the EU Association Agreement in effect, both the EU and the GOT are largely satisfied with the results. On January 1, Tunisia eliminated tariffs on manufactured goods -- one year ahead of schedule. Aside from the protracted negotiations on processed agricultural [...]	2008-06-04 15:17:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ECIN XG TS
08TUNIS599	HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FUND: MAKING THE BEST USE [...] (S) We understand that DRL made the decision to approve two Human Rights Defenders Fund (HRDF) cases involving activists in Tunisia. Post previously expressed our concerns about these cases. In this cable we set out formally our concerns about the merits of the two cases, lay out possible ne [...]	2008-06-05 08:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PHUM TS
08TUNIS600	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 13:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREL SMIG TS
08TUNIS602	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Raises Reserve Requirement B. EIB Loans Tunisia 260 Million Euros C. GOT Adopts New Customs Code D. GOT Forecasts Growing Budget Deficit and Inflation E. Karthago Airl [...]	2008-06-06 06:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAIR EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS614	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR LET [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC UNSC TS
08TUNIS615	VIOLENT PROTESTS IN SOUTHERN MINING REGION LEAVE [...] (C) One person was shot and killed and several others were injured in violent protests in Redeyef on June 6. Two quite different narratives have emerged about the events: the official version, put out by GOT sources in a communique, stipulates that protesters instigated the violence by throwi [...]	2008-06-09 18:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS TS
08TUNIS625	TERRORISM FINANCE: US DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 06:46:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC UNSC TS
08TUNIS628	TUNISIA'S HAVE NOTS HAVE LESS [...] (SBU) Tunisia prides itself on its solid middle class and often boasts of the nation's dramatic reduction in poverty. While Tunisia's middle class is certainly impressive compared to many developing nations, many experts argue that the GOT's figure of 81 percent overstates the case. With high [...]	2008-06-11 15:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS63	GOT DECISION-MAKING: CLEAR AS MUD [...] (S/NF) As expected in a country with one leader for 20 years, key government decisions in Tunisia are made by President Ben Ali. What is unusual is that few officials, including the most senior, seem to know the process by which Ben Ali makes decisions or who has influence over him. Rumors an [...]	2008-01-22 09:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL PTER ECON TS
08TUNIS650	AMBASSADOR PROVIDES FM WITH NON-PAPER ON IMPROVING [...] (C) In a tete-a-tete meeting with the Foreign Minister on June 16, the Ambassador delivered a non-paper on steps the GOT could take to improve freedom of expression in Tunisia. Noting the White House statement on World Press Freedom Day that referenced Tunisia's problems with freedom of expres [...]	2008-06-17 05:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAO TS
08TUNIS659	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NINE NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL TS
08TUNIS662	TERRORISM FINANCE: US DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 13:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TS
08TUNIS668	LABOR NEGOTIATIONS INCH FORWARD [...] (SBU) On June 11, the latest effort to restart stalled labor negotiations between the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) and the Tunisian Union for Industry, Commerce, and Handicrafts (UTICA -- Tunisia's employers' union) got underway. After a series of 35 meetings over the last three m [...]	2008-06-20 10:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON TS
08TUNIS67	TUNISIAN MFA STATEMENT ON CONCERN OVER SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 21, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry (MFA) released a statement regarding its concern about the situation in the Palestinian Territories. The statement received broad coverage in the Tunisian press, and government and ruling party newspapers carried the story on the f [...]	2008-01-22 15:46:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL TS
08TUNIS679	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA: WHAT'S YOURS IS MINE [...] (S) According to Transparency International's annual survey and Embassy contacts' observations, corruption in Tunisia is getting worse. Whether it's cash, services, land, property, or yes, even your yacht, President Ben Ali's family is rumored to covet it and reportedly gets what it wants. Bey [...]	2008-06-23 13:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	ECON KCOR PGOV EINV EFIN SOCI TS
08TUNIS68	MINISTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH SEEKS EXPERTISE AND [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's January 17 courtesy call, recently appointed Minister of Public Health Mondher Zenaidi said that Tunisia is seeking more cooperative projects between the United States and Tunisia in the health care field. Specifically, the minister would like to see more resear [...]	2008-01-22 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR SOCI TS
08TUNIS69	TUNISIA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Tunisia's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. Topics covered include: Paragraph -- Topic 2 -- Openness to Foreign Investment 12 -- Conversion and Transfer Policies 17 -- Expropriation and Compensation 18 -- Dispute Settlement 21 -- Performance Requirements and Incentives 30 -- Right to Pri [...]	2008-01-23 13:44:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TS
08TUNIS691	FOOD AND ENERGY SUBSIDIES PUT PRESSURE ON GOT [...] (C) With the recent spike in world commodity prices, the GOT's subsidy bill has ballooned, straining public finances. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Tunisia's prudent fiscal management, which has kept budget deficits low, even with subsidies. Yet, as subsidies for energy and [...]	2008-06-26 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EAGR TS
08TUNIS693	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCOLLUM [...] Embassy Tunis grants country clearance and warmly welcomes Representative McCollum and accompanying members of CODEL McCollum to Tunisia from July 1 - 5, 2008. 2. The point of contact for the visit is Political Officer Trina Saha. Contact information for Ms. Saha is as follows: Phone: 216- [...]	2008-06-26 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS694	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO TS
08TUNIS695	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KSUM OVIP TS
08TUNIS696	FORMER TELECOM MINISTER TO HEAD TUNISIE TELECOM [...] (SBU) On June 24, the board of directors of majority state-owned Tunisie Telecom (TT) named former Minister of Communications Technologies Montasser Ouaili CEO. Ouaili leaves his current posting as Ambassador to Italy after only nine months. Ouaili will replace current CEO Ahmed Mahjoub, who [...]	2008-06-26 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS EINT ECON TS

08TUNIS697	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA-BASED HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TS
08TUNIS698	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCOLLUM [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes CODEL McCollum and accompanying members to Tunis from July 1 - 5, 2008. Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, the Tunisian government has proven itself capable of providing basic education, health care, housing and a workab [...]	2008-06-26 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
08TUNIS7	Civil Society Success: Finally Hitting the Target at the [...] (SBU) This year's BMENA Parallel Civil Society Forum (PCSF - ref a) - an annual event that prepares civil society participation in the annual Forum for the Future ministerial meeting - was a significant improvement over its predecessors. Last year's parallel forum in Jordan was particularly we [...]	2008-01-03 09:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KMPI GE PREL PGOV YM
08TUNIS71	TUNIS 2008 ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY [...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: CRIME: The Department of State rates Tunisia a medium threat country for crime. The most common criminals are pickpockets, purse-snatchers and snatch-and-run cell-phone thieves who primarily work in the high-traffic tourist areas such as the Tunis medina [...]	2008-01-24 11:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC TS
08TUNIS712	MFA SAYS FSI WRITTEN AGREEMENT WOULD CODIFY THE [...] (C) Summary: On June 28, three senior MFA officials assured the DCM and FSI school director that the GOT wishes to simply put in writing the existing arrangements for the presence of the FSI Arabic Language Field School in Tunisia. They said the prospective move onto the Embassy compound gave [...]	2008-06-30 12:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT PGOV AFSI TS
08TUNIS732	LET'S SWAP SUPPORT - CANDIDATES FOR THE [...] (U) On July 2,2008 the Embassy received Diplomatic Note 2367 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) replying to U.S. Diplomatic Note 840 (Ref B & C). In the note, the GOT proposes an exchange of support for each other's candidacy for election to the Administration Council and the Postal O [...]	2008-07-07 14:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS75	2006/2007 TERROR CELL IN TUNISIA: WHAT HAPPENED [...] (S/NF) A new narrative is emerging about the chain of events culminating in the December 2006/January 2007 disruption by Tunisian security forces of a terror cell in the southern suburbs of Tunis (Reftels). The new information derives from the public "Soliman trial," in which 30 Tunisians wer [...]	2008-01-24 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER SOCI PINR TS
08TUNIS759	CODEL MCCOLLUM TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) Over the course of a four day visit, Congresswoman Betty McCollum and Congressional Staff Member Brooke Bennett met with an impressive number of Tunisian government and civil society representatives, carrying a message of US engagement and interest in pursuing shared objectives. The gov [...]	2008-07-09 15:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS761	TUNIS: MAKING POLITICAL HAY FROM UNREST IN REDEYEF [...] (C) A month after the latest demonstrations in the phosphate mining town of Redeyef in Gafsa province near the Algerian border, the government continues to maintain a high police and security presence in the area. The police have been rounding up suspected agitators and several people have be [...]	2008-07-10 12:44:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV ELAB PHUM PINS TS
08TUNIS769	YOUTH IN TUNISIA: DREAMING ABOUT A FUTURE FAR FROM [...] (SBU) For all the advantages Tunisia seems to offer, Tunisian youth are leaving the country at a significant rate -- both legally and illegally. A recent study revealed that 41 percent of Tunisian youth hope to leave Tunisia. They leave in search of more money, better jobs, excitement, and o [...]	2008-07-11 15:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SOCI ELAB ECON PGOV SMIG TS
08TUNIS78	EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: FERTILE GROUND? [...] (S) This is the first cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses the forces behind increasing popular support for violent ideologies. Tunisia's general trend toward increased religious identification and conservatism has been marked over the past year by a relative incre [...]	2008-01-25 11:05:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS787	Tunisiair Aircraft Purchase Goes to Airbus [...] (U) Tunisian National Air Carrier, Tunisair, confirmed its order and signed a purchase agreement for 16 aircraft from European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. It also signed an industrial partnership that will create 200 jobs in the aeronautic sector in Tunisia. End Summary. ------------ [...]	2008-07-16 17:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV TS
08TUNIS788	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Alstom Signs Contract for Power Plant B. Energy and Agribusiness Widen Trade Deficit C. Gas Price Hike... D. IMF Counsels Subsidy Reform E. Tunisia's Cereal Crop and Imports Down [...]	2008-07-17 06:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
08TUNIS789	MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO SARKOZY'S "CLUB MED" [...] (C) Even while Tunisia harbors aspirations to host the headquarters of the Sarkozy-backed Union for the Mediterranean (UPM),the domestic reaction to the July 13 launch of this new entity has been mixed. From the beginning, the GOT has been supportive of the initiative, but among the busine [...]	2008-07-17 15:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU TS
08TUNIS79	EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: GETTING AT THE ROOTS [...] (S) This is the second cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses GOT efforts to combat rising extremism, what threat it represents, and how the USG should respond. The GOT regularly points out that it has been fighting terrorism since the 1980s and note it has invested [...]	2008-01-25 11:07:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS790	MINISTRY OF DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) A July 10 meeting for US, UK, and Canadian Ambassadors, respective Chambers of Commerce and businesses hosted by the Ministry of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) allowed for a healthy exchange about the Tunisian investment climate: -- All three ambassadors noted that the [...]	2008-07-17 15:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ETRD KIPR TS
08TUNIS8	MEPI ALUMNI MEETING: A CIVIL SOCIETY SPRINGBOARD [...] (SBU) Taking a "two birds with one stone" approach, the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis brought together select MEPI alumni holding civic-activist profiles to beef-up a BMENA civil society event and to hold a separate alumni meeting. The participants, from a dozen Arab countries, spent one day [...]	2008-01-03 09:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KMPI GE PREL PGOV YM
08TUNIS825	AMBASSADOR PRESSES EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS [...] (C) In a meeting Friday, July 18, Ambassador pressed Tunisian External Communications Agency Director General Oussama Romdhani on the release of imprisoned journalist Slim Boukhdhir. Romdhani acknowledged that the continued imprisonment of Boukhdhir is a problem for Tunisia internationally, [...]	2008-07-22 14:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO TS
08TUNIS827	STEADY STREAM OF CASES UNDER 2003 ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) Five Tunisians were convicted on July 12 of various terrorism-related charges, with sentences ranging from four to nine years in prison. This case represents the latest in a series of terrorism cases, of which there have been approximately 1,000 since Tunisia adopted comprehensive anti-te [...]	2008-07-23 09:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PHUM TS
08TUNIS83	TUNISIA SUPPORTS LIBYA INCLUSION IN TSCTP [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 19:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PINR PINS PREL PGOV TS
08TUNIS835	TUNISIAN LABOR NEGOTIATIONS: TOUGH SLOG AHEAD [...] (C) In a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Secretary General of the General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) Abdessalem Jerad said: -- there is no end in sight to the ongoing "social negotiations"; -- the UGTT is prepared to use strikes and all other legal levers to secure its goals, mos [...]	2008-07-24 06:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINS TS
08TUNIS841	BEN ALI ACKNOWLEDGES GAFSA UNREST -- FROM AFAR [...] (C) For the first time, President Ben Ali has publicly acknowledged the unrest that has been troubling the southwestern mining region of Gafsa since January 2008 (reftels). In July 16 remarks to members of the Gafsa governing council, the President blamed the difficulties on improper recrui [...]	2008-07-24 16:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS842	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 05:59:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP EFIN PARM
08TUNIS851	PROMULGATION OF LAW RESTRICTING ELIGIBILITY OF [...] (C) President Ben Ali on July 28 approved a law changing the criteria for presidential candidates. Among those potential candidates who will now be excluded by the new eligibility requirements are Nejib Chebbi, the announced candidate of the opposition Progressive Democratic Party. Politici [...]	2008-07-29 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS859	BEN ALI ANNOUNCES HE WILL RUN FOR REELECTION IN [...] (C) President Ben Ali announced on July 30 that he would run for reelection in 2009. His announcement was part of his speech opening the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) congress that takes place July 30 - August 2. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attended the session and ga [...]	2008-07-30 17:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
08TUNIS863	SEMI-INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PARTY SAYS RULING [...] (C) In a July 30 meeting with A/DCM, Ahmed Brahim, First Secretary of the opposition at-Tajdid (Renewal) Party, argued that Tunisia's ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) Party needs to allow increased political participation and greater freedom of expression. Brahim outlined his par [...]	2008-07-31 16:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS864	PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY: GOT SEEKS COVER WHEN [...] (C) The Government of Tunisia has a deserved reputation for silencing its perceived opponents. At the same time, the GOT has perfected the art of plausible deniability, allowing it to deflect allegations of harassment. Often, the GOT works through intermediaries, using a broad range of tool [...]	2008-07-31 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS865	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ALGERIA BASED AL-QAIDA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 09:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP EFIN PARM
08TUNIS868	CIVIL SOCIETY STRIKES BACK, OR AT LEAST IT TRIES [...] (C) Despite the harassment and intimidation of Tunisian opposition and civil society groups (Ref A),many groups persist in their activism. In spite of limits on their freedom of maneuver, several have managed to overcome government-imposed restrictions to attract attention to their causes, [...]	2008-08-01 12:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS879	WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE RCD?: RULING PARTY WRAPS UP [...] (C) The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) held its congress, which takes place once every five years, from July 30 - August 2. The most notable development came on July 30, when President Ben Ali announced he would seek re-election for a fifth five year term in 2009. The RCD also [...]	2008-08-05 11:20:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS889	AL-QADHAFI BEGINS FOUR DAY VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Libyan leader Muammer al-Qadhafi arrived in Tunis on August 3 for a four-day visit. In a meeting, President Ben Ali and al-Qadhafi reportedly discussed a range of regional and international issues, although few details have been publicly forthcoming. Al-Qadhafi attended a ribbon-cutting [...]	2008-08-06 12:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY TS
08TUNIS891	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST BROADCASTING TO [...] (C) On August 1, the Ambassador discussed reftel demarche on ARABSAT with senior GOT MFA officials. While agreeing with the broad goal of stopping extremist broadcasts, MFA officials recommended that the US Government widen its efforts to include a political solution, for example by seeking a [...]	2008-08-06 14:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER XF AL
08TUNIS894	GOVERNORS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON YOUTH, JOBS [...] (SBU) At a July 22-23 meeting of Tunisia's 24 governors, GOT officials promised to increase recruitment of Tunisians with college degrees, with a goal of creating more than 200,000 private and public sector jobs for university graduates over the next five years. Also announced was the creati [...]	2008-08-07 14:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PINS TS
08TUNIS9	TUNISIAN INTEL COOPERATION IMPROVING [...] (S/NF) Summary. After several recent high-level USG interventions with the GOT, most importantly the September letter from President Bush to President Ben Ali, it appears that the Tunisian Ministry of Interior (MOI) is making an effort to improve intelligence sharing on counterterrorism issues [...]	2008-01-03 10:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR PGOV ASEC TS
08TUNIS91	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HCOC "INREACH" [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 08:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
08TUNIS910	MAHMOUD ABBAS ATTENDANCE AT RULING PARTY CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. At a lunch on August 11, Palestinian Ambassador Salman el-Herfi said PA President Mahmoud Abbas had visited Tunis recently primarily to participate in the opening of the RCD party congress. Abbas' participation, el-Herfi said, underscored the strong and growing relations betwee [...]	2008-08-12 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KPAL IS TS
08TUNIS924	TUNISIA TO RE-OPEN EMBASSY IN QATAR [...] (C) Tunisia has announced that it will re-open its embassy in Qatar, which it closed in October 2006 to protest al-Jazeera's unfavorable coverage of domestic politics in Tunisia. Foreign Minister Abdallah had previewed this decision for NEA A/S Welch during the latter's late February visit to [...]	2008-08-19 14:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV QA TS
08TUNIS926	FUN WHILE IT LASTED - FACEBOOK BLOCKED FROM TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Summary. As of August 18, access to popular social networking web site Facebook has been blocked from Tunisia. Facebook joins the long list of political, human rights and social networking web sites blocked by the Tunisian authorities. End summary. 2. (SBU) Beginning on the evenin [...]	2008-08-19 14:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC PHUM SCUL TS
08TUNIS94	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-30 16:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC KU TS
08TUNIS962	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TUNISIA [...] (C) Madame Secretary, my team and I look forward to your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are delighted you are coming and will provide a warm welcome. They will want to hear your thoughts on regional issues and to reaffirm strong US-Tunisian relations. For us, [...]	2008-08-29 16:02:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PMIL PHUM TS
08TUNIS963	TUNISIA'S DELEGATION TO 63RD UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 16:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP TS
08TUNIS964	DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 16:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
08TUNIS965	TUNISIA DOES NOT ACCEPT THE MAURITANIAN COUP BUT [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the Mauritanian military coup during his August 29 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdelwaheb Abdallah stressing the strong and growing opposition to it. The Minister,s said the GOT responded immediately through the Arab Maghreb Union. he also cited Tunisia [...]	2008-08-29 18:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KEDM TS
08TUNIS966	CORRECTED COPY TUNISIA'S DELEGATION TO 63RD UNGA - [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-01 12:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP TS
08TUNIS970	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN NUCLEAR AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 10:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08TUNIS975	TUNISIA: NINETEEN CONVICTED IN TERRORISM TRIALS [...] (C) Nineteen Tunisians have been convicted of varying degrees of involvement in terror planning in two separate trials in the past two weeks. One of the defense attorneys who represented clients in both cases offered his assessment that a few of those convicted had indeed intended to carry ou [...]	2008-09-02 15:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL TS
08TUNIS986	BEN ALI RESHUFFLES TUNISIA'S CABINET - PARTIALLY [...] (U) On August 30, President Ben Ali partially reshuffled his cabinet. The changes affect the Education, Agriculture, and Cultural Ministries among others. Rumors persist that more changes may be coming. Comments begin in paragraph 3, and biographic data on the new Ministers is in paragraph [...]	2008-09-03 14:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TS
08TUNIS991	MICRO LENDING IN TUNISIA [...] (U) The Ambassador recently visited Tunisian micro-lender and success story, "ENDA inter-arabe", to discuss micro-lending in Tunisia and how economic conditions are affecting micro-entrepreneurs. The micro-lender has more than 78,000 clients, a 99 percent payback rate and an annual growth rat [...]	2008-09-04 15:15:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
08TUNIS992	TUNIS: BEN OMAR'S FAMILY REPORTS PSYCHOLOGICAL [...] (S) Summary: Family members of transferred Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar report he is physically fine, but weak. He faces threats, however, about his family from Ministry of Interior officials who have shown him doctored photos in which security personnel appear to be beating his so [...]	2008-09-04 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS
09TUNIS10	TUNISIA: DEMONSTRATIONS SPREAD AS ANGER GROWS [...] (C) Popular anger over the Israeli military operations in Gaza continues to increase, especially as civilian casualties mount. This sentiment is both fueled by, and reflected in, local media coverage. Impromptu demonstrations have proliferated. Most have been quickly dispersed by the police [...]	2009-01-07 17:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS104	TUNISIA ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING BAHRAIN'S [...] (U) After statements by Ali Akbar Natiq Nuri, advisor to Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, regarding Bahrain's sovereignty, an authorized source in the GOT issued a statement in support of Bahrain. 2. (U) The text of the Tunisian statement (as translated by the official Agence Tunis Afriqu [...]	2009-02-23 15:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO IR TS
09TUNIS108	BEN ALI'S SON-IN-LAW SAKHR EL-MATRI: A RISING [...] (S/NF) Mohamed Sakhr El-Matri, the President's son-in-law, is viewed by many as a possible successor to President Ben Ali. Ref B reported his election to the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party's Central Committee in July 2008. Since his election to the Central Committee, ho [...]	2009-02-26 13:59:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR TS
09TUNIS109	BEN ALI'S SON-IN-LAW SAKHR EL-MATRI: A RISING [...] (S/NF) Mohamed Sakhr El-Matri, the President's son-in-law, is viewed by many as a possible successor to President Ben Ali. Ref B reported his election to the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) party's Central Committee in July 2008. Since his election to the Central Committee, ho [...]	2009-02-26 15:15:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR TS
09TUNIS110	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Central Bank Cuts Key Rate 0.75 Basis Points B. Trade Deficit Narrows 47.3 Percent C. Tunisia Eyes Energy Surplus D. Maghreb Arab Union Still Struggling for Unity E. GOT Authorizes [...]	2009-02-27 11:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
09TUNIS115	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TO FORWARD-LEANING RECIPIENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 12:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG KNNP IAEA TS
09TUNIS126	MOHAMED ABBOU PREVENTED FROM TRAVELING FOR THE 6TH [...] (C) On March 3, security forces prevented human rights activist Mohamed Abbou from traveling to the United Kingdom (UK) and Holland. This marks the sixth time since Abbou's release from prison in 2007 that authorities have prevented him from leaving the country. Abbou was to have met offi [...]	2009-03-05 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS129	TUNIS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------- A. (SBU) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The Government of Tunisia (GOT) prohibits demonstrations that are not pre-approved and is capable of controlling [...]	2009-03-06 12:05:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER TS
09TUNIS137	2009 Special 301 Review - TUNISIA - Post Input [...] (U) Post recommends that Tunisia not be included on the 2009 Special 301 Watch List, given the GOT's improved IPR practices. While there is room for improvement in IPR enforcement efforts, particularly in the fields of optical media and software piracy, the GOT has set up inter-agency commissio [...]	2009-03-10 08:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD TS
09TUNIS14	TUNISIAN "STREET" VENTS ANGER OVER GAZA [...] (C) Anger in the Tunisian "street" continues to increase over civilian casualties in Gaza, and the GOT is taking measures to show that it is not out of step. President Ben Ali again expressed solidarity with the people of Gaza, and was credited with identifying with their plight in a key Frid [...]	2009-01-09 18:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL TS
09TUNIS140	TUNISIAN MFA, OPPOSITION GROUPS CONDEMN ICC [...] (C) Following the International Criminal Court's (ICC's)decision to issue an arrest warrant for the President of Sudan for war crimes, the GOT, opposition parties, and the press have mostly denounced the ICC's decision. The reactions incorporate some anti-American rhetoric and call for simi [...]	2009-03-10 16:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS145	PSI: INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 06:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TS
09TUNIS149	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL FACES TAX CRISIS, STATUS [...] SUMMARY: The American Cooperative School of Tunis is threatened with an Tunisian tax assessment which could force the school to close its doors. The assessment flies in the face of 50 years of past practice and agreements via diplomatic note on the school,s status. A formal bilateral acc [...]	2009-03-13 15:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCH PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS154	GOT ENGAGES IRAN, BUT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (SBU) From March 3-9, the Iran-Tunisia Joint Economic Commission held its 10th meeting to discuss potential joint economic and commercial initiatives. The Tunisian Trade and Handicrafts Minister Ridha Touiti attended the meeting in Tehran. The meeting resulted in signed memoranda of unders [...]	2009-03-17 17:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TS
09TUNIS156	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL FACES TAX CRISIS, STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The future of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) is threatened by a Tunisian tax assessment of US $6.5 million. The assessment flies in the face of 50 years of practice and diplomatic exchanges on the school,s status. A formal bilateral accord [...]	2009-03-18 11:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASCH PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS160	THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: IMPACT ON TUNISIA [...] (C) The global economic crisis is affecting Tunisia, but, so far, to a lesser degree than some other emerging market countries. Tunisia's financial sector, by virtue of its limited development and insulation from international credit markets, remains largely unscathed. However, exports, esp [...]	2009-03-19 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS167	PRESIDENT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (C) In a speech commemorating the 53rd anniversary of Tunisia's independence, President Ben Ali dwelt on the economic progress it has made and the challenges it faces. Despite the speech's emphasis on reducing unemployment, it included few concrete proposals other than to repeat a call for t [...]	2009-03-23 17:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS169	TUNISIAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] (U) In diplomatic note number 945 sent to the Embassy on March 16, 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us that Cherif Sammari will be its candidate for Vice President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and C [...]	2009-03-25 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO TS
09TUNIS171	THE ELLOUMI GROUP: A TUNISIAN COMPANY SUCCESS STORY [...] (U) The Elloumi Group calls itself Tunisia's most international company. Starting out as an electrical equipment manufacturer in the late 1940s, the group has grown to become one of Tunisia's most diverse and successful global companies, expanding operations into cable and electrical compon [...]	2009-03-26 14:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS174	TUNISIA ANGRY OVER FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) An interview of French Foreign Minister Kouchner in the French-language magazine Jeune Afrique has provoked an angry response from the GOT, which took offense at his assessment of Tunisia's record on democracy and human rights. Kouchner critiqued the human rights situation before praisi [...]	2009-03-26 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS179	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEFMIN FOR GREATER INFORMATION [...] (C) Meeting with Defense Minister Morjane in preparation for the mid-May Joint Military Commission (JMC),the Ambassador underscored the importance of a robust information exchange and closer cooperation. In addition to helping avoid the problems that led to the recent cancellation of the Atl [...]	2009-03-27 17:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PMIL MASS TS
09TUNIS182	AMERICAN SCHOOL TAX CRISIS DEEPENS: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) tax dispute has reached a critical point and the school faces possible closure. The Ministry of Finance has issued its final tax decree, which requires ACST to pay $6.8 million in 60 days, money it does not have and probably cannot borrow. T [...]	2009-03-30 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH PREL AFDB PGOV TS
09TUNIS184	AMERICAN CEMETERY PROJECT HELD HOSTAGE BY GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Tunisia is holding a major improvement project at the North Africa Cemetery and Memorial financially hostage by denying a value added tax (VAT) exoneration request valued at 220,000 Tunisian Dinars (about $160,000) until the US Mission begins to deduct and re [...]	2009-03-30 17:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ABMC OFDP ODIP TS
09TUNIS188	INTERNAL DISSENT COULD IMPEDE OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) The efforts of the independent opposition Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) to prepare for presidential and legislative elections in fall 2009 may be derailed by internal dissent. FDTL political bureau member and Editor-in-Chief of FDTL's Arabic weekly Mouatinoun Jelal Lahbi [...]	2009-03-31 13:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS191	NEW FINANCIAL PRESSURES THREATEN AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: The American Cooperative School of Tunis' (ACST) US bank has frozen $2 million of its funds to ensure that ACST does not default on its construction loan. The freeze could bring about the school's bankruptcy before the end of the academic year. The Ministry of Public Property a [...]	2009-03-31 16:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH PREL AFDB AMGT PGOV TS
09TUNIS196	GOT CONDITIONS CEMETERY VAT EXEMPTION ON LES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On March 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed us that the Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption for the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial had been granted. When the Mission actually received a copy of the letter [...]	2009-04-01 17:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OFDP ODIP ABMC TS
09TUNIS2	GAZA: TUNISIAN REACTIONS INTENSIFYING [...] (C) The Tunisian reaction against the continued Israeli air strikes in Gaza is becoming stronger. In separate statements, Ben Ali called for an immediate end to the aggression against the Palestinian people in his New Year's speech, and the Chamber of Advisors condemned the raids as "crimes [...]	2009-01-02 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS
09TUNIS20	TUNISIA OPPOSES DE-LISTING BAAZAOUI [...] (SBU) The GOT informed the Embassy on January 8 that it opposes the removal of Mondher Ben Mohsen Ben Ali Baazaoui from 1267 sanctions via the UN Focal Point. No further details were provided by the GOT. Post initially contacted the GOT in December in response to Ref B, regarding Baazaoui' [...]	2009-01-14 12:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN TS
09TUNIS203	AMERICAN SCHOOL IN TUNIS: UPDATE AND REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and action request: The Ambassador continues to press senior GOT officials to change course on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST),but still awaits an appointment with Minister of State Ben Dhia. AFDB President Kaberuka confirmed he will seek an appointment with Pre [...]	2009-04-02 18:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP ODIP PREL PGOV TS
09TUNIS205	ACTIVISTS FACE MOUNTING PRESSURE AS ELECTIONS DRAW [...] (C) With presidential and legislative elections a little more than six months away, a number of opposition parties say they are under increasing pressure from the GOT. The opposition at-Tajdid (Renewal) party says the latest issue of its Arabic-monthly Attariq al-Jadd was seized by the gove [...]	2009-04-03 10:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS210	MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION BRINGS UP OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) During an Embassy reception, a senior Tunisian official from the Ministry of Transportation told the Ambassador the GOT is very interested in having an Open Skies Agreement with the United States and wants to proceed quickly through concrete actions. He suggested bilateral meetings bet [...]	2009-04-06 07:28:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EINV TS
09TUNIS214	STUDENT UNION UNDER PRESSURE AS STUDENTS ENTER [...] (C) Since February 9, several students have engaged in a prolonged hunger strike in front of the national headquarters of the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) in Tunis. They are protesting their expulsion from their universities claiming the expulsions were politically motivated becau [...]	2009-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB TS
09TUNIS215	CEMETERY VAT EXEMPTION ISSUED [...] (SBU) On April 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note granting the value added tax exemption for the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial irrigation project. The exemption documents were available and obtained April 6 from the local tax office. The MFA note made mo [...]	2009-04-06 16:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP ODIP PREL ABMC TS
09TUNIS216	THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN TUNISIA: Potential Opportunities [...] This cable provides a comprehensive overview of the insurance sector in Tunisia. Law No. 2008-8, passed by the Tunisian Parliament on February 11, 2008, amended the insurance code and opened the sector to foreign competition. This provides opportunities for US companies to consider investing [...]	2009-04-07 09:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD EFIN TS
09TUNIS217	THE GOT STICKS TO ITS STORY: THE AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri provided the Ambassador today with a Ministry of Finance Paper that attempts to justify its tax assessment on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). Khemiri repeated many of the points GOT officials have made in previo [...]	2009-04-07 18:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS221	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia and Algeria Trade Agreement B. Gulf Investments C. Europe Submarine Internet Cable Deal D. Indian Company Fertilizer Plant E. Unemployment Increase --------------------- [...]	2009-04-08 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC EMIN TS
09TUNIS222	EUROPEANS STEP UP ON TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Immediately following the April 7 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri (Ref A),the Ambassador briefed a group of European diplomats on the ACST tax crisis. The Europeans were universally supportive, with EU ambassadors agreeing to make an informal demarche as soon [...]	2009-04-08 17:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TS ASCH OFDP PREL
09TUNIS223	GOT OFFERS NEGOTIATIONS ON AMERICAN SCHOOL, BUT [...] (S/NF) In back-to-back meetings at the Foreign Ministry today the Ambassador was given a letter from Foreign Minister Abdallah to NEA AA/S Feltman offering negotiations to resolve the American Cooperative School in Tunis (ACST) tax issue. The letter emphasized that the GOT wants to maintain fri [...]	2009-04-08 19:49:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS226	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] (C) Senator Mitchell, my team and I look forward to working with you during your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are pleased that you have included Tunisia on your itinerary and look forward to hearing first-hand your assessment of prospects for Israeli-Palesti [...]	2009-04-10 11:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL KPAL ASCH OFDP TS
09TUNIS236	HUNGER STRIKE ENDS AND STUDENT UNION IS FORCED TO [...] (SBU) Doctors convinced the five university students on a hunger strike in front of the national student union (UGET) headquarters since February 11 to end their strike April 9. The press reported the students' health had deteriorated to the point that they could no longer stand or see. In th [...]	2009-04-16 17:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV TS
09TUNIS237	AMERICAN SCHOOL CRISIS ABATES, TIME FOR [...] (C) Under mounting US and international pressure, the Tunisian authorities have offered public and private assurances of their commitment to keep the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) open and their willingness to negotiate a settlement to the current tax crisis. These gestures inc [...]	2009-04-17 14:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH AFDB PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS239	TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA [...] (U) The Government of Tunisia will receive the following foreign assistance for FY09: US$ 10 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF),and US$1.7 million in International Military Education and Training (IMET). 2. (U) The Government of Tunisia's national budget is publicly available an [...]	2009-04-21 07:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS24	SCREWS TIGHTEN ON PRIVATE TUNISIAN TV STATION [...] (C) Summary: At a December 17 dinner with the Ambassador and again at at January 9 private meeting, the director general of Tunisia's first and only private broadcast and satellite TV station detailed ongoing government interference and a surprise tax judgement against the station of almost U [...]	2009-01-14 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	TS KPAO ECPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF
09TUNIS243	GOT TO SENATOR MITCHELL ON AMERICAN SCHOOL: WE'RE [...] (SBU) Toward the end of his hour-long meeting with Prime Minister Ghannouchi and Foreign Minister Abdallah on April 15 (septel),Special Envoy George Mitchell raised the Ministry of Finance's final tax decree assessing the American Cooperative School in Tunis (ACST) for 9.1 million Tunisian D [...]	2009-04-22 10:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS249	PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW BUYS CONTROLLING SHARE OF [...] (C) Press reports confirm the recent rumor that President Ben Ali's son-in-law Sakhr El Matri is in the process of buying the Dar As-Sabah media group. Dar As-Sabah is the parent company of the French-daily Le Temps and the Arabic-daily As-Sabah, two of Tunisia,s largest daily newspapers. [...]	2009-04-22 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS256	CZECH PRESIDENT VISITS TUNISIA [...] (C/NF) During his April 15-17 visit to Tunis, Czech President Klaus met with the President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Minister of Culture and Heritage, Minister of Tourism, and members of parliament among others. The visit was used to finalize a commercial agreement and sign contr [...]	2009-04-23 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EZ TS
09TUNIS259	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE EXPECTS NO DAMAGES IN LIBEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 16:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS268	THEN AND NOW: HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) The GOT frequently tells US Government representatives that it plans to expand freedom and human rights, but that progress must be made "step by step." The question is: just how many steps has the GOT taken over the last decade? In an effort to evaluate the situation then and now, this [...]	2009-04-28 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS27	TUNISIA WILL NOT ATTEND DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Tunisia will not attend the January 16 extraordinary Arab League Summit in Doha. The Foreign Ministry released a statement to this effect on January 13 and Foreign Minister Abdallah confirmed it to the Ambassador. According to Abdallah's calculations, the pro-summit faction within the Ar [...]	2009-01-14 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS
09TUNIS270	FRENCH PM FILLON SIGNS EIGHT ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) French Prime Minister Francois Fillon wrapped up a 36-hour official visit to Tunisia on April 24, and then stayed on for a few days of personal travel. He brought with him an entourage of 100 people, including four ministers, 60 businessmen, and 10 university chancellors. He met with [...]	2009-04-30 10:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KNNP KPAO FR TS
09TUNIS271	EMBASSY TUNIS NOMINATION FOR 2009 DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) Embassy Tunis is pleased to nominate Senior Political Specialist Jamil Halfaoui (JA-MEAL HAL-FOW-WEE, FSN 11/12, PSA) as its candidate for FSN of the Year. During 31 years of government service, Jamil's hard work and dedication have directly supported the USG's policy initiatives in Tun [...]	2009-05-01 16:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	APER AMGT AFSN TS

09TUNIS276	TFFLU01: TUNISIA'S READINESS FOR AN H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) H1N1 influenza has not yet arrived in Tunisia. According to the WHO, Tunisia is reasonably prepared for a pandemic, with 100,000 doses of Tamiflu already stockpiled and heightened screening measures in place at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport. Although the GOT's testing capabi [...]	2009-05-06 16:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF PREL AMGT TF
09TUNIS278	TUNISIANS POSITIVE ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST [...] (C) During meetings with a cross-section of society, Tunisians said they had high hopes for the Obama Administration, but were still waiting for concrete steps implementing President Obama's vision. Government officials, opposition parties and activists alike reacted favorably to Obama's sp [...]	2009-05-07 16:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS284	TUNISIA: KEY AMBASSADORS AGREE TO A COMMON MESSAGE [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Ambassador Godec at the US Embassy, the French, British, Canadian, and Italian Ambassadors, along with the German DCM, agreed to coordinate their message to the GOT on the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. The group also discussed the difficulties [...]	2009-05-11 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS286	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL NEGOTIATIONS FRUITFUL, BUT [...] (C) On May 6-8, US and Tunisian delegations made substantial progress toward resolving the status and financial obligations of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT offered formal status for the school and reduced its demand for back taxes from 9.1 to 4.2 million Tunisian [...]	2009-05-12 16:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS287	JOURNALIST UNION LEADER COMES UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) The leadership of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT),the only legal journalists union, came under GOT pressure shortly after releasing the union's annual report on press freedom in Tunisia. SNJT President Neji Bghouri reportedly tried for over an hour to present the [...]	2009-05-13 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS289	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE RECEPTION BANNED [...] (C) On May 15, security forces prevented the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) from holding its annual reception commemorating its anniversary. Several Embassies, including the US, French, Belgian, and Italian Embassies received phone calls from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noting that [...]	2009-05-13 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS291	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ: THE VIEW [...] (C) This cable is in response to reftel request for information on the viability of creating new regional networks as part of the new US policy on diplomatic engagement with Iraq. Answers below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (C) Tunisia's most significant regional affiliation is with [...]	2009-05-14 17:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TS
09TUNIS293	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Economic Crisis Affecting Exports B. Foreign Investment Down 45 Percent C. Online Travel Booking System By 2010 D. Brokers Create Guarantee Fund For Non-Commercial Risks E. Low Inf [...]	2009-05-15 10:14:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC EMIN TS
09TUNIS297	FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM IN TUNISIA UNDER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 29, Embassy PAO and ECA Branch Chief Donna Ives met with Abderahman Boukricha, Director of International Cooperation for the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training (MOHE) to discuss the future of the program in Tunisia. After the abrupt denial of [...]	2009-05-18 09:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TS
09TUNIS300	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 13:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL TS KN
09TUNIS305	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SCHOOL NON-PAPER TO MINISTER [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered a non-paper to the Minister of Finance conveying USG agreement in principle on the tax aspects of a bilateral accord for the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT has yet to signal its intentions on the question of the lease of the land occupied by [...]	2009-05-19 15:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS306	AMBASSADOR VISITS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN DJERBA [...] (C) Leaders of the Jewish community on the southern island of Djerba were effusive about the support they received from the GOT when giving the Ambassador a tour of El Griba Synagogue, a local Jewish school, and a community center on May 13. The leadership of a school for disabled children [...]	2009-05-20 09:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KIRF TS
09TUNIS309	FROM ELECTIONS TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: THE GOT [...] (C) On May 19, Foreign Minister Abdallah hosted a briefing by GOT officials for Ambassadors on the impact of the economic crisis on Tunisia, the upcoming elections, H1N1 flu, and other issues. On the economic crisis, Central Bank Governor Baccar said the government's key concern is the drop i [...]	2009-05-20 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TS
09TUNIS314	US-TUNISIAN JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION PRODUCES [...] (C) The May 11-13 US-Tunisian Joint Military Commission (JMC) saw productive exchanges on a variety of topics relating to bilateral military cooperation. The Tunisians were more forthcoming than they have been in recent years about their priorities with respect to military assistance needs, a [...]	2009-05-21 17:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MARR PREL TS
09TUNIS322	SUPPORTIONG TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel, OSC Tunis submitted a FY09 Section 1206 Tranche 2 proposal to AFRICOM Security Assistance Branch via e-mail on 27 March 2009. The proposal, entitled "Tunisian Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) Vessel Enhancement Package," seeks to provide approximately $7.5 [...]	2009-05-28 17:47:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PTER KITA TS
09TUNIS338	BIOGRAPHIC UPDATE ON SAKHR EL-MATRI, GENIAL [...] (S/NF) Sakhr El-Matri President Ben Ali's son-in-law attended a reception hosted by the Ambassador May 26. He stayed for two hours talking with a wide variety of the guests, especially the Americans. He made a point of asking who he should know and stay in contact with at the Embassy. He wa [...]	2009-06-03 16:35:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS339	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL UPDATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, the Minister of State Properties and Real Estate emphasized that it should be easy to reach a solution at the working level to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) lease issue. There has been no other explicit reaction from the GOT in the two w [...]	2009-06-03 17:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS343	TUNISIANS SAY "BRAVO" TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, [...] (SBU) At a small gathering with opinion leaders and a reception for young people, as well as in exchanges with diplomatic officials, Ambassador and EmbOffs heard an overwhelmingly positive response to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. While some contacts would have liked to see the P [...]	2009-06-04 22:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS359	TUNISIAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] (U) In diplomatic note number 1684 sent to the Embassy on May 12, 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated its request for US support for Cherif Sammari, the GOT candidate for Vice President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Organization for [...]	2009-06-11 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO TL
09TUNIS361	TUNISIA: CONTINUED POSITIVE REACTIONS TO OBAMA [...] (C) One week after President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech, Tunisians continue to be generally positive. Much skepticism remains, with some commentators raising questions about actions versus words. The speech also remains a topic of conversation and discourse in the media. In fact, the cover [...]	2009-06-11 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAO KPAL TS
09TUNIS371	TUNISIA'S IT SECTOR GROWING, BUT SOME CHALLENGES [...] Tunisia's Ministry of Communications recently announced that the IT sector grew 17.8 percent from 2008 to 2009, contributing 10 percent of GDP and poised to create over 10,000 jobs per year. In the face of the economic crisis, this sector continues to grow. Already, mobile telephone penetra [...]	2009-06-16 12:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC FAO EINV TS
09TUNIS372	TUNISIAN CRITICIZES REGIME IN FORTHCOMING BOOK; [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX approached Ambassador and Pol/EconCouns XXXXXXXXXXXX to share with us XXXXXXXXXXXX the Ambassador gave him assurances that we would. XXXXXXXXXXXX shared a rare first-hand account of corruption from several years ago in which Ben Ali himself was described as asking for a 50 perc [...]	2009-06-16 18:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KCOR SOCI PREL TS
09TUNIS388	OPPOSITION PARTY GRANTED PUBLIC SPACE TO HOLD [...] (C) In an unprecedented political move, President Ben Ali granted access to a public hall for the Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) opposition party to hold its first official national congress on May 28-30. FDTL founding member Dr. Mustapha Ben Jaafar was elected party Secretary [...]	2009-06-17 12:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS394	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia: A. New Trade Minister B. Tunisia Targets Sub-Saharan Africa for Trade C. Tunisian Auto Parts Industry Rescued by FDI D. Tunisia Tourism Revenue Up Three Percent E. Morocco and Tunisia Plan Direct Currency Ex [...]	2009-06-18 10:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TS XA
09TUNIS399	ICRC: TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN MOI FACILITIES A [...] (S/NF) The International Red Cross Committee Regional (ICRC) Delegate Yves Arnoldy told the Ambassador ICRC priorities in Tunisia are overcrowding in general and treatment of prisoners in MOI facilities. The ICRC has a good working relationship with the Ministry of Justice, but the Ministry of [...]	2009-06-18 17:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PTER KDRG TS
09TUNIS407	GOT SEEKS RETURN OF TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: Saying he was acting at the request of President Ben Ali, Foreign Minister Abdallah told the Ambassador late June 18 that the GOT would like the United States to return all Tunisian Guantanamo detainees to Tunisia. Sending Tunisians to third countries (Italy, Germany and most r [...]	2009-06-19 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS
09TUNIS408	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: TUNISIA SUPPORTS PEACE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised he Arab League Ministerial with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah late June 18, asking Tunisia to demonstrate leadership and help create the context for the prompt resumption and early conclusion of peace negotiations. 2. (C) Abdallah spoke effusively about Pres [...]	2009-06-19 18:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID
09TUNIS41	TUNISIANS ANGRY BUT ORDERLY OVER GAZA [...] (C) Tunisian protests about the situation in Gaza continue daily, including one in front of the US Embassy on January 16. The protests, which have varied in size and scale, have not generally been anti-American in focus. One opposition party has met with the Ambassador to discuss its conce [...]	2009-01-16 17:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS415	GOT ASKS EUROPEANS NOT TO TAKE TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) A senior MFA official convoked the German, Italian and Spanish Chiefs of Mission June 19 to inform them the GOT wants the Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo Camp returned home. According to the European COMs, the implicit message was that their governments should not accept the US request [...]	2009-06-23 15:49:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS
09TUNIS42	RULING PARTY DEFENDS GRADUAL DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador the new Secretary General of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) Mohamed Ghariani emphasized the RCD's historical role in Tunisia and defended the party's policy that gradual democratic reform is best for the stability of the country. H [...]	2009-01-17 17:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR TS
09TUNIS434	IRENA: TUNISIA'S VOTE UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 06:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV TS
09TUNIS44	TUNISIA'S PILLARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOWING WEAR [...] (C) The GOT is struggling to manage the growing impact of the international economic crisis. The GOT recently ratcheted down 2009 GDP growth projections from five to four percent. Exporters, suffering from the downturn in Europe, are directing their focus to managing fixed costs in an effort [...]	2009-01-20 10:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS447	TWO TUNISIAN AIR FORCE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH [...] (U) Several news agencies (Reuters, AP, medialine.org) reported July 5 and 6 that nine Tunisians, including two Air Force officers were charged with planning an attack against US military personnel. 2. (U) According to the reports, the nine individuals appeared before an investigative judg [...]	2009-07-08 08:31:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR PTER TS
09TUNIS450	GOT LAYS OUT INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN 11TH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) The 11th Annual Carthage Investment Forum, held in Hammamet June 24-25, was the GOT's chance to showcase Tunisia as an investment destination. The Forum, which brought out high-level GOT representation, highlighted some non-traditional sectors of the economy, such as aviation, tech offsh [...]	2009-07-08 17:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS454	POLITICS RATTLE THE TUNISIAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF [...] (C/NF) What was to be a routine Elective General Assembly for the Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce turned out to be less so when TACC's President, Mondher Ben Ayed, announced he was not running for re-election. Popular among the membership and credited for repairing TACC's broken finance [...]	2009-07-09 16:30:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS456	AMBASSADOR RAISES THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (C) On the margins of his July 9 meeting with Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia (septel, not all addressees) the Ambassador took the opportunity to raise the issue of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He informed Ben Dhia that the Embassy had delivered to the MFA that mornin [...]	2009-07-09 18:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS457	CABINET RESHUFFLE - PROMOTION FOR WORK IN GAFSA? [...] (SBU) The GOT announced two cabinet changes recently. Ridha Ben Mosbah was promoted to Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts from CEO of the state-owned Tunisia Chemical Group and the Gafsa Phosphate Company (GPC). Ridha Touiti was moved from Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts to serve dire [...]	2009-07-10 08:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS46	IRANIAN VP RAMIMI'S VISIT TO TUNISIA "NOTHING [...] (C) During a January 12-13 visit to Tunisia, Iranian Vice President and "Special Envoy of Iranian President Ahmadinejad" Mohamed Reza Rahimi met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to discuss the situation in Gaza, as well as bilateral relations. A [...]	2009-01-21 11:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TS
09TUNIS461	PM GHANNOUCHI ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, ACST, AND THE [...] (C) During a farewell call by the Ambassador on July 10, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi: -- dismissed the reported plot against US military personnel as &banal8; -- welcomed the new policies of President Obama and offered Tunisian support on efforts for Middle East peace; -- press [...]	2009-07-13 14:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASCH TS
09TUNIS464	ARMED GROUP ATTACKS HIGH-RANKING PDP DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: A Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) delegation led by Secretary General Maya Jribi attending a celebration of the release of a PDP member in Sidi Bouzid July 6 was attacked by a group armed with sticks, stones and knives. Two PDP members sustained minor injuries and the windows [...]	2009-07-13 17:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KPAO TS
09TUNIS469	MOD MORJANE: NO SECURITY THREAT TO US MILITARY, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane stressed the excellent bilateral military relations in the Ambassador's farewell call July 10 and said there was no threat to the US military from the reported plot involving two arrested Air Force officers (Reftels A and B). Specifically he: [...]	2009-07-15 11:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS472	ICRC SAYS A FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE NEEDS [...] (S/NF) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tunisian Coordinator for Regional Protection Francesco Bruscoli (strictly protect) informed acting P/E Counselor July 14 on the margins of a reception that the ICRC had recently visited the two former Guantanamo detainees imprisoned i [...]	2009-07-15 16:20:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PTER KDRG TS
09TUNIS473	COURT ISSUES JUDGMENT AGAINST AMERICAN SCHOOL; [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: A Tunisian court ruled July 14 in favor of the Ministry of Finance stating that the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) owes 9.1 million Tunisian dinars in taxes, ignoring the negotiated settlement [...]	2009-07-15 17:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH AMGT PREL TS
09TUNIS49	TUNISIAN PROTESTS CONTINUE DESPITE CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Even after Israel declared a ceasefire on January 17, independent opposition groups and the labor federation staged three separate protests on January 17 and 19 with GOT permission. The demonstrations were characterized by a heavy police presence, and security forces did not allow obser [...]	2009-01-21 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS492	TROUBLED TUNISIA: WHAT SHOULD WE DO? [...] (S/NF) By many measures, Tunisia should be a close US ally. But it is not. While we share some key values and the country has a strong record on development, Tunisia has big problems. President Ben Ali is aging, his regime is sclerotic and there is no clear successor. Many Tunisians are frustrated [...]	2009-07-17 16:19:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO MASS PHUM TS
09TUNIS494	TUNISIAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR GETS JAIL TIME FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a case that attracted international media attention, university professor Khedija Arfaoui was sentenced to eight months in prison for posting a message about child abduction on her Facebook page. Subsequent to the sentencing, through a family member, the Tunisian Minister of J [...]	2009-07-17 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS498	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON THE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a July 17 farewell call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Ambassador --reviewed accomplishments between the two countries in recent years; --discussed President Obama's letter of the previous week to President Ben Ali about Middle East peace and encouraged a positiv [...]	2009-07-20 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASCH PGOV TS US
09TUNIS50	NOMINATIONS: FY-08 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 16:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPMI PPAO TS
09TUNIS506	CODEL SCHIFF MEETINGS WITH THE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) CODEL Schiff used its July 2 meeting with the Minister of Defense to ask the Minister about the level of cooperation between the two militaries and to, to press for more cooperation on intelligence sharing, and to learn his views on regional issues and on Tunisia's role in the region. The [...]	2009-07-22 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
09TUNIS507	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tunisia, President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo opened a window for reflection and optimism regarding US/Middle East dialogue. However, despite an enthusiastic response from Tunisian contacts and praise from senior officials, in practice we expect to see a cautious "wait-an [...]	2009-07-22 17:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL KPAO TS
09TUNIS51	TUNISIANS WELCOME INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (C) Over 200 people attended a reception hosted by the Ambassador to view the inauguration of Barack Obama. Reactions to President Obama's inauguration and speech have been overwhelmingly positive, including in most local media. One Tunisian characterized the President's speech as "genuine" an [...]	2009-01-21 16:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TS
09TUNIS516	TUNISIA: DINNER WITH SAKHER EL MATERI [...] (S) The Ambassador and his wife had dinner with Mohammad Sakher El Materi and his wife, Nesrine Ben Ali El Materi, at their Hammamet home July 17. During the lavish dinner Al Materi raised the question of the American Cooperative School of Tunis and said he would seek to "fix the problem prior to t [...]	2009-07-27 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PINR ENRG EAID TS
09TUNIS517	THE POLITICS OF SOCCER IN TUNISIA [...] (C) In a country where freedom of expression and association are limited, the stands of a soccer field are one of the few places Tunisians can voice criticism publicly. Tunisians follow the sport obsessively and political careers are born out of club notoriety. In this context, the president [...]	2009-07-27 16:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON TS
09TUNIS523	AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT BEN ALI [...] (C) Ambassador paid a brief farewell call on President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday, July 28. Ben Ali's focus was to resolve the issues around the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He did so by reinstating the May deal on taxes, agreeing to the school's proposed rent for the [...]	2009-07-28 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASCH PGOV TS
09TUNIS525	CANADA DELIVERS AIDE-MEMOIRE ON 2009 TUNISIAN [...] (C) In a conversation with the DCM July 24, Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard said that the Government of Canada (GOC) presented Tunisian Ambassador to Canada Mouldi Sakri July 23 with an Aide-Memoire detailing GOC concerns about "acts of violence, intimidation, harassment of people identified [...]	2009-07-28 16:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS539	IMF POSITIVE ON TUNISIA'S ECONOMY DESPITE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a statement released in late June, following recent Article IV consultations, the International Monetary Fund stated that Tunisia is "well positioned" to weather the economic crisis, thanks to prudent macroeconomic policies, strong foreign direct investment (FDI),steady tou [...]	2009-07-31 16:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TS
09TUNIS54	TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 12:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS
09TUNIS547	FOREIGN MINISTER REPRIMANDS CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard told the Charge late July 30 that he was recently convoked by Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to be reprimanded for the aide-memoire that Ottawa delivered on the upcoming Tunisian elections the previous week (reftel). Picard said that the conversation [...]	2009-08-03 16:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TS CA
09TUNIS557	TUNISIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THREE MONTH COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Tunisian Presidential and Legislative elections (Chamber of Deputies) are scheduled for October 25. The outcome of the Presidential election is a foregone conclusion, and issimply a question of how large a win the GOT will declare for President Ben Ali. The President was been collecting [...]	2009-08-07 18:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TS
09TUNIS56	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia and Libya Strengthen Economic Ties B. World Bank Forecasts Current Account Deficit Downward C. The GOT Adjusts Domestic Fuel Prices Down D. Tunisia 2008 Trade Deficit Jumps 3 [...]	2009-01-23 16:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
09TUNIS562	TUNISIAN PERSPECTIVES ON MAGHREB INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Tunisian opinions are plentiful and varied on the future of Maghreb integration. During a recent round table organized by Post and in the course of speaking with private sector individuals, it was apparent that Tunisians recognize the benefits of integration, but are cynical about its r [...]	2009-08-11 16:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS569	PDP TO BOYCOTT CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) In an internal meeting August 2, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) decided to boycott the presentation of its candidate for the October presidential elections to the Constitutional Council as required by the electoral calendar. The PDP still intends to have party president Nejib Cheb [...]	2009-08-14 10:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS608	NEW FRANCHISE LAW CREATES A POTENTIAL OPENING IN [...] (SBU) President Ben Ali signed a law August 12 regulating commercial distribution, which included a much-anticipated provision on franchising. Until now, Tunisia has not provided adequate protection for international franchises, which discouraged significant potential investment. The Tunis [...]	2009-08-20 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS61	GOT IMPEDES TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) On January 23, the GOT prevented Abdelhamid Amine, Secretary General of the newly formed Organization for Coordination between Human Rights Leagues in the Maghreb from entering Tunisia. The following day, security forces blocked the meeting Amine had been invited to attend with the Tuni [...]	2009-01-27 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS615	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Creates Consumer Agency B. New, More Comprehensive IPR Law C. Rain and Subsidies Result in a Strong Cereal Harvest D. US $4 million Ecotourism Project in North-West Tunisia [...]	2009-08-25 15:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TS
09TUNIS626	TUNISIA: RULING PARTY HIJACKS PRESS SYNDICATE [...] (C) A pro-government faction within the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) held an alternate special congress and elected a "new leadership" August 15 which immediately issued a statement supporting President Ben Ali's candidacy in the upcoming October elections. Independent un [...]	2009-08-27 15:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS64	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS FACE CHOICE BETWEEN [...] (C) Since the beginning of the year, several journalists have reported that they are under increased pressure to toe the party line because 2009 is a presidential election year in Tunisia. Despite being faced with threats of physical violence, incarceration or unemployment many journalists h [...]	2009-01-30 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS640	BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO TUNISIA: OLD FRIENDS, NEW [...] (C) Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi deepened their ties of friendship August 18 with a day-long personal visit. Berlusconi arrived mid-morning and stayed until late in the afternoon. The visit was so private in nature that neither the It [...]	2009-09-01 08:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TS IT
09TUNIS642	CODEL MEEKS MEETS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LEADERSHIP [...] (U) During the visit of CODEL Meeks to Tunisia August 27-30, delegation members discussed the impact of the global economic crisis on the African continent in several encounters with senior officials of the African Development Bank (AfDB). AfDB Senior Staff described the Bank's medium-term str [...]	2009-09-01 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP EAID PREL ECON AF TS
09TUNIS643	PDP WITHDRAWS FROM OCTOBER 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) At an August 25 press conference, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced its withdrawal from the October 25 Presidential elections. PDP president Nejib Chebbi stated that he will not run for president in the October elections, nor will the party field any other candidate for pre [...]	2009-09-01 16:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS644	CODEL MEEKS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) During their August 27-30 visit to Tunisia, CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)) discussed Tunisia's record on human rights and democracy with senior Tun [...]	2009-09-01 16:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL PHUM TS
09TUNIS645	FM ABDALLAH ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, IRAN, SUDAN, AND [...] (C) Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdallah told CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)),during an August 29 meeting that Tunisia strongly supported President Obama [...]	2009-09-01 16:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
09TUNIS657	CODEL MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND [...] (SBU) A congressional delegation, led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)),visited Tunisia August 27-30. Senior Tunisian officials including the Prime Minister, the Foreig [...]	2009-09-03 08:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
09TUNIS667	DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPT 9 AL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) On the morning of September 8, Charge spoke with Mahmoud Khemiri, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah. Passing him a diplomatic note and a non paper drawn from points conveyed reftel, the charge urged Tunisia to press for constructive action by the Arab League on the Ara [...]	2009-09-08 15:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS IZ SO
09TUNIS671	STAFFDEL HOGREFE DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (C) A Congressional staff delegation (Staffdel) led by Hans Hogrefe of the House International Relations Committee met with leaders of several prominent Tunisian human rights advocacy groups during an August 31-September 1 visit. The Tunisian civil society groups asserted that torture remains [...]	2009-09-09 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OREP TS
09TUNIS677	PRESS SYNDICATE LEADER BEATEN BY POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: Tunisian Police beat Neji B'ghouri, President of the National Journalists' Syndicate (SNTJ),as he attempted to access the union's headquarters on September 8. That same day, a court ruled in favor of a pro-government faction claiming leadership of the union, and ordered the evict [...]	2009-09-11 09:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV TS
09TUNIS688	AMBASSADOR RAISES MIDDLE EAST PEACE WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Abdallah September 17 of a likely telephone call from the Secretary either that day or soon thereafter. The United States is seeking concrete steps from Tunisia in support of reviving the Middle East peace process, including possible re [...]	2009-09-17 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS US IS
09TUNIS689	AMBASSADOR RAISES KOSOVO WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During his introductory call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah September 17 (ref a),the Ambassador noted that recognition of Kosovo remains important to the United States and that 62 countries have extended such recognition. Abdallah replied that Tunisia has not yet formulated a de [...]	2009-09-17 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KV TS
09TUNIS691	AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During his September 17 call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Ambasador raised the lack of sufficient Iranian cooperation with the IAEA. He encouraged the Minister to express Tunisian concerns on the issue publicly when the Minister speaks at the UN General Assembly. The Amba [...]	2009-09-17 15:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR TS
09TUNIS694	BEN ALI'S DOWNHILL BATTLE FOR REELECTION [...] (C) As the October 25 elections approach, posters lauding President (and candidate) Ben Ali are becoming increasingly ubiquitous across Tunisia. Ben Ali's key election themes are security, stability, and economic prosperity. Ben Ali technically faces three opponents, and a fourth might still [...]	2009-09-18 16:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB TS
09TUNIS696	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPEN SKIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 17:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA TU
09TUNIS702	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL LYNCH TO TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Congressman Lynch, the U.S. Embassy in Tunis warmly welcomes you and your delegation's visit to Tunisia September 27-28, 2009. Tunisia is a stable and moderate country with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers relatively high quality education, hea [...]	2009-09-23 15:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PTER MASS TS
09TUNIS707	TUNISIA: NATURAL DISASTER HITS POLITICAL HOTSPOT [...] (C) Summary: Disastrous flooding on September 23 caused at least 17 deaths, many other injuries, and an uncalculated amount of property damage in the south central region of Tunisia. The worst flooding damage appears to have been in and around Redeyef, an impoverished mining town that was the [...]	2009-09-28 06:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV EAID CASC TS
09TUNIS708	FRAUD SUMMARY - TUNIS [...] Post responses to ref A follow. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Tunis is a low-fraud post. Most detected fraud is in the form of readily identifiable falsified employment or education documents. There are no indicators of organized fraud rings or document vendors. Rather, these appear to be individu [...]	2009-09-28 13:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TS
09TUNIS709	TUNISIA: PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP (AND TAKE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Abdallah's encounters in New York with senior USG officials last week, and even his very brief exchange and handshake with President Obama at the UNSYG's lunch, have been prominently featured in the Tunisian pro-government media. On September 25, several pro-government [...]	2009-09-29 06:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
09TUNIS71	PRESIDENT'S AL-ARABIYA INTERVIEW: FACTUAL PRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's January 26 interview on al-Arabiya has garnered limited specific reaction, probably a result of al-Arabiya's lean market penetration in Tunisia. That said, those contacts who did watch the interview or read the transcript have responded favorably, especially to t [...]	2009-02-03 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO TS
09TUNIS710	SUPPORTING IRAQ IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Drawing on the points conveyed reftel, the Embassy urged the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 25 to shore up support for the Iraqi Government and the ongoing process of stabilization in Iraq in the lead up to the January 2010 elections. 2. (SBU) The Embassy will repor [...]	2009-09-29 10:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM TS IZ
09TUNIS711	PROPOSAL TO ADD HYDROFLUOROCARBONS TO THE MONTREAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 13:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC TS
09TUNIS712	TUNISIAN CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO ORGANS [...] The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of Tunisia's decision to pursue membership in several UNESCO organs during the UNESCO General Conference in Paris October 6-23, and requests U.S. support for Tunisia's candidacies. 2. According to Tunisian [...]	2009-09-29 13:47:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL TS UN
09TUNIS713	PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICAN BIO-SAFETY WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 13:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC TS XA
09TUNIS714	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO TS
09TUNIS722	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TUNISIAN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's 29 September introductory call with Tunisian Defense Minister Kamel Morjane, the Minister assured the Ambassador that the close cooperation between the U.S. and Tunisian militaries, and broader cooperation between the two governments, would make the Ambassador's j [...]	2009-10-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS TS
09TUNIS725	TUNISIA ELECTIONS UPDATE: REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE [...] (C) The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) continued to solidify its political lock on elected offices with just over three weeks left before the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. The ruling party's list of legislative candidates released September 26 revealed a str [...]	2009-10-01 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS726	REACHING OUT TO THE GOT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 09:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TS
09TUNIS727	PROSPECTS FOR THE OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Although Tunisia's current energy picture hardly includes renewables, growing unmet domestic demand and an agreement signed with Italy to provide power via an undersea cable present opportunities in this sector. A handful of Tunisian government agencies deal with renewables, among them [...]	2009-10-02 09:36:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS732	TUNISIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Tunisia has an historically strong track record of constructive contributions to the Middle East peace process. Unfortunately, like other Arab states, Tunisia's engagement has been largely dormant since the eruption of the second Intifada in 2000. Like other Arab governments, T [...]	2009-10-02 16:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP TS XF
09TUNIS74	GAFSA APPEALS COURT REDUCES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (C) On February 4, the Court of Appeals in Gafsa reduced the sentences of most of the 38 people involved in the Redeyef unemployment protests who were convicted on December 11 on charges ranging from destroying public property to leading an armed rebellion. Witness testimony yielded several [...]	2009-02-05 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS741	TUNISIA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SFAX AND SOUSSE [...] (C) Meetings with opposition leaders and ordinary Tunisians in Sfax and Sousse, Tunisia's second and third largest cities, indicate a high degree of apathy with respect to the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. Opposition figures from the Tajdid ("Renewal") party complained of [...]	2009-10-05 13:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS743	TUNISIA AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 17:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TS IZ
09TUNIS744	TUNISIA AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Ambassador to Tunisia, Ghazi Zibari, told the Ambassador on October 1 that Tunisia does not meddle in Iraqi affairs, and saw no constructive role that Tunisia might play in Iraq's January elections. Zibari appeared ill-informed on the question of Tunisian foreign fighters, [...]	2009-10-06 08:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD TS IZ

09TUNIS745	SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] (SBU) OSC Tunisia is resubmitting its FY09 Section 1206 Tranche 2 proposal to AFRICOM Security Cooperation Division, per ref e-mail exchange. The proposal,entitled "Tunisian Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) Vessel Enhancement Package," seeks to provide approximately $7.9 million in imm [...]	2009-10-06 10:55:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PTER KTIA TS
09TUNIS746	PREELECTION APATHY, ALIENATION, AND TALES OF [...] (C) On a visit to Tunisia's southeast, Poloff found citizens generally apathetic about the upcoming elections. Most expressed resignation and said they would vote for Ben Ali - "he has been there forever and will stay until we have all gone." Most Tunisian voters we encountered could name nei [...]	2009-10-06 17:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ELAB TS
09TUNIS747	EIZENSTAT WORKING TO REVIVE INITIATIVE FOR MAGHREB [...] (SBU) During an October 1 presentation to a group of elite Tunisian business leaders, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Eizenstat discussed Maghreb integration. Eizenstat chalked up the failure of his Clinton-era initiative to shifting priorities with the change of administrations [...]	2009-10-07 06:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS751	SENIOR TUNISIANS ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the latest diplomatic developments on Iran with Tunisian Prime Minister Ghannouchi on October 7 and with Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, a special advisor to President Ben Ali, on October 8. With each, the Ambassador reviewed the outcome of the October 1 tal [...]	2009-10-08 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TS IR
09TUNIS754	CITING H1N1 CONCERNS, TUNISIA "POSTPONES" THE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: The Tunisian government has announced it is "postponing" the country's participation in the annual Hajj pilgrimage, citing fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus. While the government is not actually prohibiting participation in a legal sense, the suspension of the GOT's normal [...]	2009-10-09 12:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KIRF TBIO TS
09TUNIS755	TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS INCREASED [...] (C) Tunisian Justice Minister Bechir Tekkari expressed interest in strengthening bilateral cooperation on judicial and law enforcement issues during the Ambassador's October 5 introductory call. A cordial tone prevailed in the meeting, even when it covered the contentious matter of assurances [...]	2009-10-09 16:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS TS
09TUNIS756	PRIME MINISTER GHANNOUCHI ON BILATERAL TRADE, [...] (C) Tunisian Prime Minister Ghannouchi told the Ambassador on October 7 that he hoped to find ways to increase bilateral trade and particularly to boost Tunisian exports to the U.S. The Prime Minister wished the exemptions on certain Tunisian export products under the Generalized System of Pref [...]	2009-10-09 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON TS
09TUNIS757	ESTH ENGAGEMENT IN TUNISIA - OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (SBU) We believe the positive Tunisian rhetorical response to President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech could provide an opening to activate the 2004 Science and Technology Agreement and partner with Tunisia on strategic efforts such as technology development, science diplomacy, new and renewable [...]	2009-10-13 06:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TS
09TUNIS758	TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 06:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG TS
09TUNIS759	TUNISIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL [...] (SBU) Official and unofficial Tunisian reactions to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama reflected in varying levels surprise, satisfaction, and hints of indignation, with some commentary strongly questioning the award as preliminary. A senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs offi [...]	2009-10-13 17:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
09TUNIS76	TUNISIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) The information on Tunisia in the Department of Labor's 2007 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor remains accurate, to the best of Post's knowledge. The Government of Tunisia (GOT) did not respond to Post's requests for information about its activities in this area during 2008. [...]	2009-02-10 09:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS
09TUNIS760	SENIOR BEN ALI ADVISOR DEFENDS TUNISIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Tunisia may have a tendency to move slow on democratic change, but there has been tangible progress since the Bourguiba era, senior Ben Ali advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia told the Ambassador. Two prominent political rivals lacked credibility and were more skilled at complaining than [...]	2009-10-13 17:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
09TUNIS761	TUNISIA: SENIOR BEN ALI ADVISOR ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) During an October 8 introductory call, the Ambassador pressed Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, a senior advisor and gatekeeper to President Ben Ali, for a more active Tunisian role in advancing the Middle East peace process. Ben Dhia stressed the Tunisian Government's committment to [...]	2009-10-13 17:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP TS
09TUNIS769	TUNISIA ELECTIONS UPDATE: CANDIDATE BASHES GOT ON [...] (C) One of the few dramatic moments in this pre-cooked election season came on the evening of October 12, when presidential contender Ahmed Brahim, used his half hour of "equal time" on state TV to launch an unprecedented excoriation of Ben Ali's government. Brahim cited the hegemony of a sin [...]	2009-10-16 17:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
09TUNIS775	TUNISIAN MFA PIQUED AT SOURCING OF TIP REPORT, BUT [...] (C) During an otherwise cordial courtesy call on October 13, Saida Chtoui, Secretary of State for Asia and the Americas (one of two deputies to Foreign Minister Abdallah ) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, complained to the Ambassador about Tunisia's placement on the Trafficking in Persons R [...]	2009-10-19 17:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP KWMN AORC TS
09TUNIS780	ELECTIONS 2009: DOWN AND OUT IN CENTRAL TUNISIA [...] (C) As in recent pre-election visits to Tunisia's second and third largest cities, and a trip to Tunisia's south, poloff's mid-October visit to the central Tunisian interior revealed overall public indifference and resignation toward the presidential and legislative elections set for October [...]	2009-10-20 17:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS781	TUNISIA INFORMED ABOUT U.S. INTEREST IN PARTNERING [...] (SBU) On October 19, the Ambassador passed a non-paper outlining the U.S. approach to multilateral food security efforts to Tunisian Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohammed Jouini. Jouini offered no substantive response but undertook to consult with his colleagues in the [...]	2009-10-21 15:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD TS
09TUNIS782	TUNISIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE 2009 BMENA G-8 FORUM [...] (SBU) The Embassy urged high level Tunisian diplomatic representation at the November Marrakech Forum for the Future (FfF) event in diplomatic notes conveyed to the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs first on August 19, and again on October 2. 2. (SBU) During an October 13 meeting with th [...]	2009-10-21 16:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI TS MO
09TUNIS783	TUNISIAN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO REVIVE [...] (SBU) During an October 19 introductory call, Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohammed Jouini told the Ambassador he lamented the loss of momentum in the bilateral economic dialogue since the promising TIFA Council meetings in March of 2008 and hoped to see the process re [...]	2009-10-21 17:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAIR PREL TS
09TUNIS784	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS: BEN ALI HEADED FOR A SLAM [...] (C) Summary: In what may be this election season's strangest event, on October 17 the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) held an invitation-only rally for President Ben Ali featuring a 90-minute match between the Harlem Globetrotters and their long-time rivals, the Washington General [...]	2009-10-22 07:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
09TUNIS788	U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 16:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN
09TUNIS789	REACTING TO THE OCTOBER 25 TUNISIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tunisia will hold presidential and legislative elections on October 25. In this carefully engineered, non-competitive process, President Ben Ali and the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally will win by large margins. No credible independent observers, foreign or domestic, have been in [...]	2009-10-23 17:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
09TUNIS790	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON SAKHER EL-MATERI [...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Sakher El-Materi (President Ben Ali's son-in-law, businessman, and emerging politician) received the Ambassador at the headquarters of his Princess Holding Group company October 22. El-Materi started reaching out to the Embassy earlier this year and appears to want to c [...]	2009-10-23 17:35:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS EFIN TS
09TUNIS791	TUNISIAN ELECTIONS: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1900 [...] (C) On October 25, during Tunisia's first national elections in five years, polling stations opened at 0800 and closed at 1800 local time. Ten (unaccredited) Embassy observation teams dispatched to various parts of the country reported a generally orderly process and an apparently light turn [...]	2009-10-25 17:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS792	BEN ALI, RULING PARTY CLAIM CRUSHING [...] (C) Official election results were announced in the early morning of October 26. As widely expected, President Ben Ali crushed his opponents, with 89 percent of the vote, and the ruling party received the maximum number of seats allowed by this year's voting rules (75 percent). Elections offi [...]	2009-10-26 11:35:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS795	DEMARCHE ON U.S. ICSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 10:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TS
09TUNIS796	TUNISIA ELECTIONS: FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked the Ambassador on October 28 to express Tunisia's surprise and disappointment at the Department spokesman's October 26 remarks on Tunisia's elections. Abdallah specifically rejected as "false" the notion that international observers had not been [...]	2009-10-29 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS799	TUNISIA: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE PLEDGES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Tunisian Minister of Agriculture Abdessalem Mansour discussed expanding bilateral agriculture cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering cereal production, dairy and meat production, and tree crops. The Government of Tunisia's (GOT) top priority [...]	2009-10-30 16:14:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID TS
09TUNIS800	BISHOP OF TUNIS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Underlining the October 26 release of the Department's 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, the Ambassador used the occasion of an October 27 meeting with Monsignor Maroun Lahham, (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Tunis, to seek the prelate's views on religious freedom in Tunisia. Lahha [...]	2009-10-30 16:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF TS
09TUNIS801	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TUNISIA PRESSING HARD TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph ten. 2. (SBU) Summary: A senior Foreign Ministry official convoked the Ambassador on October 30 to press for U.S. support for a Tunisian proposal before the UNGA Third Committee to designate 2010 "The Year of Youth" and organize an inter [...]	2009-10-30 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SCUL TS UN
09TUNIS803	TUNISIAN GOV'T STEPPING UP ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of assaults at Tunis Airport in early October (reftel),the last two weeks have seen, according to civil society sources, further government action against independent journalists. A journalist related to poloff how he was briefly abducted, bound, and beaten [...]	2009-11-02 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
09TUNIS807	DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS TS
09TUNIS812	WHAT NEXT AFTER TUNISIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 08:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS813	WHAT NEXT AFTER TUNISIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] (C) The crushing victory of President Ben Ali and the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) on October 25 was the carefully engineered result of a non-competitive elections process. Although the GOT has attempted to portray the latest elections as an incremental step toward democracy, [...]	2009-11-05 08:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS814	TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO THE SECRETARY'S NOVEMBER 2 ADDRESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of post's extensive efforts to obtain full coverage for the Secretary's speech at the Forum for the Future in Marrakech, including a pre-arranged interview with one of the media hub spokespersons for a local journalist, the lack of live television coverage on the satell [...]	2009-11-06 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KPAL PBTS IS TS
09TUNIS815	TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO THE SECRETARY'S NOVEMBER 2 ADDRESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of post's extensive efforts to obtain full coverage for the Secretary's speech at the Forum for the Future in Marrakech, including a pre-arranged interview with one of the media hub spokespersons for a local journalist, the lack of live television coverage on the satell [...]	2009-11-06 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TS
09TUNIS822	U.S. - TUNISIA SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) U.S.-Tunisia bilateral security ties are governed by two regularly scheduled annual meetings. The Joint Military Commission (JMC),which took place most recently in Tunis in May of 2009 and the Annual Planning Conference (APC),which last took place in Tunis in August of 2009. Please s [...]	2009-11-09 17:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS TS
09TUNIS827	TUNISIAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES OPEN SKIES AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Tunisian Minister of Finance Mohamed Rachid Kechich discussed the U.S.-Tunisian trade relationship, Open Skies, franchising, and the possibility of a U.S. trade delegation in early 2010. Kechich expressed a strong desire to improve the bilateral trade relationship, bu [...]	2009-11-12 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON TS
09TUNIS829	TUNISIA WANTS TO REVIVE TIFA TALKS, GIVES MIXED [...] (SBU) After Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Jouini expressed interest in reviving the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process (stalled since March 2008,) Tunisia Country Officer Molly Hayes and Emboffs met with the Americas Desk representatives of the M [...]	2009-11-13 06:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR EINV ECON EIPR TS
09TUNIS83	TUNISIA: NO DECISION YET ON KOVOSO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche at a February 10 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri. Khemiri, who was joined by Special Assistant to the Minister Mehrez Ben Rouma, was visibly uncomfortable in discussing the topic. He offered no substantive reply, other than to confirm tha [...]	2009-02-12 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV TS
09TUNIS830	TUNISIA AND UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) The Ambassador explained U.S. opposition to no-vote actions, and requested Tunisian support (or at least abstention) on pending human rights resolutions concerning Iran, Burma, and North Korea in a November 12 meeting with Mokhtar Chaouachi, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Internatio [...]	2009-11-13 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TS UN
09TUNIS831	TUNISIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) During the year, no reports of instances of trafficking have come to the attention of the Embassy, UNHCR, or the IOM. As of mid-November, the Tunisian Government has not taken any action this year on modifying its laws covering prostitution or child labor to specifically criminalize t [...]	2009-11-13 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM TS
09TUNIS833	PRESIDENT'S CAIRO AGENDA: EMBASSY TUNIS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis has established a steering group and begun extensive outreach in preparation for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship. With a strong private sector and a government focused on creating economic opportunity, Tunisia offers opportunities to implement the President's v [...]	2009-11-13 17:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS834	TUNISIA: BEN ALI, SWORN IN, HOLDING GRUDGES AND [...] (C) President Ben Ali was sworn in for a fifth five year term on November 12. In a speech following the ceremony, Ben Ali pledged to redouble efforts to generate employment, economic opportunity, and development, and insisted his government welcomed constructive criticism. His upbeat message [...]	2009-11-13 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS835	TUNIS VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] Embassy Tunis conducted a validation study covering all non-diplomatic non-immigrant visas (NIV) for the month of April 2009, excluding K visas. This time period was selected as it was the first complete month of visa operations after returning Libyan NIV applicants to Embassy Tripoli. 2. [...]	2009-11-16 06:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TS
09TUNIS836	NO RESPONSE FROM GOT ON SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TS
09TUNIS838	GOT NOTIFIED OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 14:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PETR UNSC TS
09TUNIS842	GOT NOTIFIED OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 15:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PETR UNSC TS
09TUNIS843	TUNISIA AND THE WORLD SUMMIT ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia (GOT) has underscored its commitment to food security by promoting itself as a leader on the issue on the domestic and international fronts. President Ben Ali attended the Rome World Summit on Food Security and all major Tunisian media outlets have devoted their [...]	2009-11-18 12:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD TS
09TUNIS844	TUNISIA URGED TO VOTE AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Embassy requested the Government of Tunisia vote against or abstain from voting on anti-Israel resolutions in the UNGA and cease lending support to the three resolutions extending the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable rights of the Palestinian People, the Division for Palesti [...]	2009-11-18 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL TS
09TUNIS849	BEN ALI RECEIVES AMBASSADOR'S CREDENTIALS, [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Ambassador presented his credentials to President Ben Ali in a group ceremony on November 19. In his remarks, Ben Ali offered warm words of welcome and friendship, but insisted that last month's elections had been fair and transparent, and politely warned foreign countries [...]	2009-11-19 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV TS
09TUNIS850	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON TIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 16:31:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN TS
09TUNIS851	PRESSING FOR TUNISIAN VOTES AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Following up on our November 18 demarche (ref a),in three separate one-on-one discussions on November 19 the Ambassador urged Tunisia to abstain from voting for anti-Israel resolutions currently circulating in the UNGA Third Committee. The Ambassador spoke with Elyes Kasri, MFA Director- [...]	2009-11-19 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TS
09TUNIS855	TUNISIA: JOURNALIST TRIED, INDEPENDENT PAPERS PUT [...] (C) The trial of Tunisian independent journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, charged with assaulting a woman in a late October incident his supporters insist was manufactured by a government seeking revenge for writings scathingly critical of Ben Ali and his government (ref C),was held in Tunis on Nove [...]	2009-11-20 16:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
09TUNIS859	BEN ALI ILLNESS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF SPANISH [...] (C) TAP, Tunisia's official press agency, announced on the morning of November 23 that President Ben Ali was suffering from a throat infection and that his doctors had ordered five days of rest. The Spanish Embassy confirmed to us later on November 23 that the visit of King Juan Carlos, who wa [...]	2009-11-23 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TS
09TUNIS86	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. FDI in Tunisia Up 51.1 Percent in 2008 B. Industry Exports Down C. GOT To Boost Maritime and Air Transport D. Tunisia and Jordan Sign 16 Cooperation Agreements E. Two Tunisian Comp [...]	2009-02-13 11:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
09TUNIS860	TUNISIA MAY SUBORDINATE LONG-TERM RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 20 meeting, the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) raised with Dr. Jelel Ezzine (the new Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)) the problems with the operation of the Fulbright program in Tunisia. Ezzine suggested that the lon [...]	2009-11-23 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
09TUNIS864	TUNISIA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) In a November 25 conversation, Pol-Econ Counselor stressed to Hatim Landaloussi, Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the USG's continuing strong concerns about Iran's incomplete and unsatisfactory cooperation with the IAEA. Drawing from points conveyed ref [...]	2009-11-25 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR TS
09TUNIS865	TUNISIA: BUDGETARY SUPPORT TO THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 14:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID OPDC WBG TS
09TUNIS867	TUNISIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TS
09TUNIS868	TUNISIA: THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) is focused on implementing President Ben Ali's 24 point governance plan, party Secretary-General Ghariani told the Ambassador on November 24. Drawing heavily from official rhetoric, the RCD leader asserted that Tunisia is a "harmo [...]	2009-11-25 16:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS869	TUNISIAN MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION RECEPTIVE TO [...] (SBU) Dr. Lazhar Bououni, the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education, voiced his support for many of the themes in the Secretary,s Marrakesh speech (including the visit of a Presidential Science Envoy) when he met with the Ambassador on November 25. In addition to science and technology, the [...]	2009-11-25 16:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL TSPL TS
09TUNIS880	TUNISIAN NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) Attached is Embassy Tunis' submission of ten nominees to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington (reftel). The list includes already-established entrepreneurs, members of entrepreneurship and student organizations, women entrepreneurs, and candidates from the priva [...]	2009-11-30 16:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS881	DEMARCHE TO TUNISIA ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Charge delivered the points conveyed reftel to Mahmoud Khemiri, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Abdallah, during a November 30 meeting. The Charge underlined the U.S. view that Israel's settlement moratorium represented a positive development. 2. (C) Khemiri offered little in the wa [...]	2009-11-30 16:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS TS
09TUNIS884	DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 16:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK TS
09TUNIS886	TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is in response to the Department's request for Post to organize activities and initiatives in honor of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) on November 25 and the "16-day Campaign." To commemorate this day, Embassy Tunis has h [...]	2009-12-02 06:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM TS
09TUNIS889	PLACEMENT OF OP-ED ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE [...] (U) Per paragraph four of Ref. A, post adapted S/GWI's suggested op-ed for relevance to Tunisia, condensing it and noting that "Tunisia has a long tradition of protecting women's rights for which it can be justifiably proud, but violence is a global problem and it requires international solutio [...]	2009-12-03 06:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM TS
09TUNIS890	TUNISIA TO UNVEIL ENFIDHA BEN ALI AIRPORT [...] (SBU) On December 4, Enfidha Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali Airport is set to receive its inaugural flight. Constructed in only 24 months, the airport is located 100 kms south of Tunis and is significantly larger than Tunis-Carthage International Airport. The first of four terminals has a capacity [...]	2009-12-03 15:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS891	SYNOPSIS OF TUNISIAN MEDIA RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S NEW [...] (U) Per paragraph four of Reftel, Embassy disseminated widely electronic copies of President's speech about his new strategic direction in Afghanistan delivered at West Point on December 2. The Information Officer (IO) emailed Arabic and French copies of the speech to post's media contacts and [...]	2009-12-05 09:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO AF TS
09TUNIS895	BEN ALI BACK IN THE SADDLE, BUT SPECULATION ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: While speculation about President Ben Ali recently suffering from a serious illness seems to have been farfetched, we have confirmation that he traveled to Germany for medical treatment. Since December 1, Ben Ali has apparently been keeping a normal schedule including at least t [...]	2009-12-10 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR TS
09TUNIS896	TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving for [...]	2009-12-10 14:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
09TUNIS901	EUROPEAN ENVOYS VENT FRUSTRATION WITH TUNISIAN [...] (C) During a December 9 lunch, 18 European ambassadors expressed frustration with the Tunisian government's tendency to view cooperation as a one-way street. "When we send them a check, they cash it right away, but when we request something via note verbale, it languishes for months," one Amb [...]	2009-12-11 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID EU TS
09TUNIS904	TUNIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE HOLIDAY SECURITY [...] (C) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 10 to address the Embassy's security posture and holiday security planning. The Core EAC was in attendance, including the DCM, P/E, MGT, ORA, DATT/OSC, MSG, MEPI, CONS, PAO, and RSO. All agreed that [...]	2009-12-14 13:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC TS
09TUNIS907	PROGRESS ON TUNISIA'S OPENING TO FOREIGN FRANCHISES [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Commerce, the Government of Tunisia (GOT) plans to issue the implementation decree for an August 2009 law governing franchises in February 2010 -- a decree that will allow international franchises to operate under Tunisian law. In addition, a Central Bank re [...]	2009-12-15 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS913	TUNISIA: THE 2010 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT TS
09TUNIS920	TUNISIA: CODEL CONAWAY RAISES INTELLIGENCE [...] (S/NF) Representative Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah discussed intelligence cooperation, the Middle East peace process, and bilateral trade, investment, and assistance during a December 19 meeting. Abdallah indicated his willingness to discuss U.S. co [...]	2009-12-21 15:18:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM OREP CONAWAY MICHAEL TS
09TUNIS921	ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: EMBASSY TUNIS OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Our engagement with public and private sector Tunisians continues to build support for the Entrepreneurship Summit and other Cairo speech initiatives. Tunisians are widely supportive of the President's vision of comprehensive engagement and partnership, and have identified the potential [...]	2009-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS924	REPRESENTATIVE CONAWAY STRESSES SECURITY [...] (C) In his December 19 meeting with Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane, visiting Rep. Michael Conaway (R-TX) said that U.S.-Tunisian bilateral relations were good but stressed the need for increased cooperation on defense planning and intelligence sharing. He noted that current U.S. budget con [...]	2009-12-22 13:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP TS
09TUNIS928	TUNISIAN HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Minister of Public Health Mondher Zenaidi discussed on December 17 Tunisia's health achievements, its efforts to reform the health insurance system and prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, and the opportunities for enhanced cooperation on health. The minister highlig [...]	2009-12-23 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED PINR PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS930	TUNISIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: THE "LOYALS" AND THE [...] (C) In recent calls on leaders of most of Tunisia's "opposition" parties, the Ambassador heard widely varying views and assessments of national political life. Several leaders of parties loyal to the government heaped slavish praise on President Ben Ali for his purported wisdom, prudence, and [...]	2009-12-24 11:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS937	TUNIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MQTING [...] (S) A core group of EAC members met December 28 to discuss the contents of reftel under the chairmanship of the DCM. Present at the meeting were SDO/DATT, P/E Couns, ARSO and Deputy ORA Chief. The discussion reviewed the contents of reftel and concluded that its very general nature did not [...]	2009-12-29 12:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	ASEC TS
09TUNIS938	Tunisia: Ambassador Highlights Cairo Goals and Trade [...] (SBU) In a December 24 courtesy call, the Ambassador and Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts Ridha Ben Mosbah discussed U.S.-Tunisia trade and investment and USG initiatives following the President's Cairo speech. While the Minister emphasized his desire for a free trade agreement (FTA) with [...]	2009-12-29 14:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR TS
09TUNIS942	TUNISIA: 2009 TERRORISM REPORT [...] The Government of Tunisia continued to place a high priority on combating extremism and terrorism in 2009. In addition to using security and law enforcement measures, the Tunisian government also used social and economic programs including health care and public education to ameliorate facto [...]	2009-12-30 11:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AMER TS
09TUNIS95	TUNISIA - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] This cable responds to taskers in Refs B and C. Post POC for TIP related issues is Laura Byergo, (Tel) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-053. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hr FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 25 hrs FS-02. 2. Begin TIP responses. Paragraphs below are keyed to the quest [...]	2009-02-20 08:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09TUNIS99	GOT FRIENDS?: FACEBOOK POPULAR, DESPITE DOMESTIC [...] (S) As one of the few social networking sites where Tunisians, especially Tunisian youth, can publicly gather and discuss issues ranging from sports to politics, Facebook has become extremely popular. Tunisian users grew by about 70,000 to 294,242 in the past month. Some people use the sit [...]	2009-02-20 17:52:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
10TUNIS101	TUNISIAN DEFENSE MINISTER GRIRA LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (C) In the course of a February 8 courtesy call on newly-appointed Defense Minister Grira, the Ambassador reviewed the historically close cooperation between the U.S. and Tunisian militaries; stressed the need to expand military engagement and cooperation in light of the threat posed by terror [...]	2010-02-09 12:13:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL TS
10TUNIS103	TUNISIA: MINISTER OF TOURISM SETS A DATE FOR OPEN [...] (SBU) In a February 4 courtesy call, the Ambassador discussed Tunisia's tourism sector with Minister of Tourism Slim Tlatli. Tlatli reported that the Government of Tunisia (GOT) intends to sign an Open Skies agreement with the United States by November 2011. The Ambassador and the Minister a [...]	2010-02-09 16:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EAIR PREL TS
10TUNIS104	TUNISIA: COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES MINISTER [...] (SBU) In a February 5 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Communication Technologies Mohamed Naceur Ammar explained the central role of information and communications technology (ICT) in Tunisia's development strategy. The Minister made a pitch for greater U.S. investment in Tunisia' [...]	2010-02-09 16:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PREL PINR TS
10TUNIS105	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR TUNISIAN DEFENSE [...] (U) Tunisian Minister of Defense Ridha Grira was appointed to his post by President Ben Ali during the cabinet shuffle announced on January 14 (ref B). Grira has served in the cabinet since 1999, when he was appointed Minister of State Properties and Real Estate. Grira has been a senior GOT [...]	2010-02-09 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR MARR TS
10TUNIS110	PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF ADVISORS DEFENDS THE [...] (C) Abdallah Kallel, the President of the Council of Advisors, gave the Ambassador a practiced defense of the GOT's goals and development strategy. He argued for continued USG support for Tunisia based on shared political values and the shared goal of eliminating terrorism. He underlined the [...]	2010-02-11 10:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR TS
10TUNIS113	SENIOR GOT OFFICIAL CALLS FOR "NEW PAGE" IN U.S.-TUNISIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Saida Chtoui, one of two de facto deputy ministers in TunisiaÂ´s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told visiting DAS Sanderson on January 26 that the U.S. and Tunisia "have a lot of work to do together," that TunisiaÂ´s new Foreign Minister is "open minded," and that Tunisia wants to "b [...]	2010-02-16 14:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP TS
10TUNIS114	TUNISIA: MINISTERS DISCUSS TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary: During (separate) January 26 meetings with Commerce Minister Ridha Ben Mosbah and Development and International Cooperation Minister Mohamed Jouini, DAS Sanderson flagged the mid-February visit of a U.S. trade delegation and welcomed Tunisian interest in resuming TIFA discussion [...]	2010-02-16 14:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL TS
10TUNIS116	TUNISIA: UPDATE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs four and five. ------------------- Science Envoy Visit ------------------- 2. (SBU) The Embassy continues to plan for the March 8-9 visit to Tunisia of U.S. Science Envoy Elias Zerhouni. Senior GOT officials have told the Ambassador [...]	2010-02-16 15:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL TS
10TUNIS122	TUNISIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN'S BUSINESS [...] Summary: The Chambre Nationale des Femmes Chefs d'Entreprises (CNFCE) proposes to launch an innovative program that aims to accelerate women's socio-economic progress in Tunisia by improving opportunities for business development, promoting sustainable job creation, and expanding economic opp [...]	2010-02-18 11:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO TRSY TS
10TUNIS123	TUNISIA: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Neither the Tunis offices of the IOM, UNHCR, or UNICEF, nor any local or international NGOs working in Tunisia, identified any specific instances of trafficking during the reporitng period. End summary. 2. (SBU) This cable responds to questions posed by the Department in re [...]	2010-02-18 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN KMCA PHUM PREF SMIG
10TUNIS134	TUNISIA: U.S. TRADE DELEGATION'S SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) A U.S. business delegation of eight companies visited Tunisia February 14-16 before the Department of Commerce-led Executive Trade Mission to Algeria and Libya. Prominent U.S. firms, including Raytheon, Boeing, and Motorola, were among those in the group. The delegates met with minister [...]	2010-02-19 16:35:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRN EINV TS
10TUNIS135	THE TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT'S CRACKDOWN ON STUDENTS [...] (C) A series of recent arrests and prosecutions of university student activists, some of whom are members of the independent student union, puts a spotlight on the GOT's attitude toward Tunisian youth. GOT officials justify their tight control of student activities as a defense against Islam [...]	2010-02-22 13:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
10TUNIS137	TUNISIA INCREASES FINES FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] (SBU) On February 19, Tunisian media reported that the Ministry of Interior had increased auto traffic fines for moving violations, including for speeding, driving without a safety belt, and using cell phones while driving. The fine for using a phone while driving increased from TD 20 (USD 14 [...]	2010-02-22 17:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI TS
10TUNIS144	DEMARCHE TO TUNISIA ON LAKE UNICEF CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 16:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID UNICEF TS
10TUNIS145	TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, ARAB [...] (C) Foreign Minister Morjane told the Ambassador on February 23 that Tunisia remained committed to playing a constructive and moderating role in Middle East peace efforts. Morjane also discussed preparations for the Arab League summit set to be hosted by Libya in late March, noting the Libyan [...]	2010-02-23 16:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM KPAL CASC IR IZ SY TS

10TUNIS146	TUNISIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) During a meeting largely devoted to regional issues (ref A),Foreign Minister Morjane told the Ambassador on February 23 he welcomed in principle the concept of a candid, detailed bilateral dialogue on human rights. Morjane acknowledged that some western governments appeared unimpressed b [...]	2010-02-23 17:20:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM TS

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