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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06BAKU1001 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's July 7 introductory call, Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev stressed that the U.S.-Azerbaijani relationship is both strategic and special and that U.S. assistance has allowed Azerbaijan to integrate closer with the West. The Minister was p [...] |
2006-07-11 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS PINR AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1010 |
EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish MFA Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President (marketing) of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss development of a new "Southern Corridor" to help Europe diversify gas supplies [...] |
2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET EFIN PREL KZ RU TR |
| 06BAKU1011 |
A NEW ENERGY AGENDA: EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 6, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Turkish Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss a new partnership on energy issues, particularly on bringing Azerbaijani gas to Europe. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Az [...] |
2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL AJ KZ RU TR |
| 06BAKU1012 |
EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Rovnag Abdullayev, President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss the southern gas corridor proposal. Abdullayev said Azerbaijan is grateful for U.S. support over [...] |
2006-07-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET EFIN AJ KZ RU TR |
| 06BAKU1019 |
AZERBAIJAN SETS MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) has announced that municipal elections will be held on October 6. Three types of elections will be held: re-run elections in the municipalities that participated in the 2004 elections in which the results were invalidated (141 municip [...] |
2006-07-13 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
| 06BAKU1022 |
AZERBAIJAN: COURT SENTENCES YENI FIKIR LEADERS TO [...] (U) Yeni Fikir Deputy Said Nuriyev reported that in a late day hearing on July 12, the Court of Grave Crimes found the three Yeni Fikir leaders guilty of attempting a coup d'etat under Article 278 of the criminal code. Presiding Judge Tofiq Pashayev sentenced Yeni Fikir leader Ruslan Bashirli t [...] |
2006-07-13 14:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1034 |
AZERBAIJAN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ACE JERRY [...] Embassy Baku grants country clearance to Director Humanitarian Programs Jerry Oberndorfer to travel to Baku 19-20 August 2006. Control officer will be Economic Officer David McCormick. Mr. McCormick can be reached at the Embassy at: Email: McCormickDL@State.Gov Mobile: (994) (50) 2 [...] |
2006-07-14 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AJ |
| 06BAKU1042 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her July 11 introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov, Ambassador Derse raised the importance of WTO accession, the GOAJ's transparency and anticorruption efforts and the importance of non-oil sector development and effective management of oil revenues. She [...] |
2006-07-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU |
| 06BAKU1044 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INFORMING PARTNERS ON THE [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref points to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov. Poloff emphasized that since Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations Human Rights council, the US Government takes seriously Azerbaijan's commitment to work constructively on human rights issues and, for this [...] |
2006-07-17 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU PGOV PHUM PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1076 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 11 hosted a breakfast with representatives from the IMF, EBRD, ADB and World Bank to review recent developments on international assistance to Azerbaijan and the status of the economy. The Ambassador explained U.S. economic priorities, highlighting the importa [...] |
2006-07-21 07:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1082 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...] |
2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU1083 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S. in law enforcement and the effort against trafficking in persons. She emphasized the need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to adhere to [...] |
2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU1084 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...] |
2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU1085 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador discussed Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S. in law enforcement and the effort against trafficking in persons. She emphasized the need for the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) to adhere to [...] |
2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCOR KCRM SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU1086 |
AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) During a July 20 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby said that the European Action Plan for Azerbaijan has basically been negotiated, and will likely be adopted by the Council in mid-October. The money will come slightly later, [...] |
2006-07-24 06:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EAID AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1091 |
AZERBAIJAN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to MFA Americas Desk officer Ilgar Mukhtarov July 24. Mukhtarov told Poloff that the GOAJ was concerned that the Israeli-Lebanese conflict might distract the international community's attention from the P5 1 incentive package negotiations and therefore inter [...] |
2006-07-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IR EU AORC AJ |
| 06BAKU1108 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on the Minister of Youth and Sport Azad Rahimov, the Ambassador discussed the importance of people-to-people exchanges and cultural diplomacy targeted at youth. Rahimov shared his concern for school-age children, noting that children who feel empty are mor [...] |
2006-07-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI ELAB KISL AJ |
| 06BAKU1109 |
ALLEGED COUP PLOT DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained former minister Farhad Aliyev and former presidential aide Akif Muradverdiyev were transferred out of the Ministry of National Security (MNS) detention facility into separate state-run medical facilities operated by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) over the past week, report [...] |
2006-07-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1117 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON CAUCASUS MUSLIM [...] (C) In a July 21 introductory call on the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board Sheikh Pashazade, the Ambassador discussed the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Azerbaijan. She highlighted Azerbaijan's leading role in promoting religious tolerance and asked how the U.S. could best re [...] |
2006-07-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF KISL AJ |
| 06BAKU1124 |
AZERBAIJAN: HAJI MAMMADOV KIDNAPPING RING TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov and his 26-member gang began on July 20. The group is charged under 50 articles of the Criminal Code, including kidnapping and manslaughter. Mammadov has plead guilty t [...] |
2006-08-01 05:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ |
| 06BAKU1134 |
AZERBAIJAN: UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the talking points as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the High Level Dialogue, but said that he would brief the MFA leadership and inform Poloff of the MFA's [...] |
2006-08-02 08:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PREF SMIG UNGA AJ |
| 06BAKU1140 |
AZERBAIJAN: UN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Officer Elchin Bashirov on August 1. Poloff left the text of the Iraq-UN statement and the U.S. statement as a nonpaper. Bashirov did not have any substantive comment on the International Compact, but said that he would brief the MFA le [...] |
2006-08-02 12:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM KISL IZ AJ |
| 06BAKU1144 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STATE BORDER SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Border Services (SBS) Commander Guliyev described regional conflict as the main source of tensions along Azerbaijan,s land borders and said narcotics trafficking and illegal migration are also a problem. He highlighted the USG-SB [...] |
2006-08-03 07:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EAID RU IR AJ KZ TX |
| 06BAKU1146 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SPEAKER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov, the Ambassador discussed the importance of Parliament in democratic reform, the need for Members of Parliament (MPs) to be provided with sufficient resources, and the importance of communication between MPs and their [...] |
2006-08-03 08:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ |
| 06BAKU1147 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT NATIONAL BANK OF [...] SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's July 28 introductory call on National Baku of Azerbaijan (NBA) President Elman Rustamov, Rustamov said Azerbaijan's year-to-date growth hovered around 40%, while inflation over the last six months was nearly six percent. Rustamov reviewed the progress that A [...] |
2006-08-03 10:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPRT PREL AJ IR RU |
| 06BAKU1153 |
EUROPEAN ACTION PLAN FOR AZERBAIJAN MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: German and Finnish diplomats separately confirmed that Azerbaijan has completed its European Action Plan (EAP). Previous hold-ups over EAP language regarding Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and Azerbaijan's August 2005 commercial flight to Northern Cyprus have been resolved [...] |
2006-08-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PBTS AJ |
| 06BAKU1156 |
IBRAHIMOGLU LEADS 70 PERSON PROTEST AT ISRAELI [...] (C) Former Juma Mosque Imam Ilgar Ibrahimoglu led a group of roughly 70 - 80 in an August 3 nonviolent protest of Israeli actions in the Middle East in front of the Israeli Embassy. Ibrahimoglu told Emboff that police officers arrived late and largely permitted the group to demonstrate without [...] |
2006-08-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL ASEC CASC IS LE AJ |
| 06BAKU1163 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 31 roundtable meeting, nine of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan's elections in 2003 and 2005 were not free and fair, citing bias in the composition of the election commissions as part of the problem. The NGO leaders stressed [...] |
2006-08-08 10:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1164 |
AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC BEGINS TO DEBATE MINSK GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the weeks since the OSCE Minsk Group core principles for a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have become public, reaction in Azerbaijan has shifted from official protestations of surprise and knee-jerk sloganeering to a more nuanced discussion of the merit [...] |
2006-08-08 10:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1176 |
AZERBAIJAN: RAISING THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE AND [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) It is strongly in the U.S. interest of securing Azerbaijan as a reliable regional and global partner on critical U.S. interests, including security, energy and human rights, to support economic reform as an essential part of our broad [...] |
2006-08-10 07:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID AJ IR RU |
| 06BAKU1182 |
AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION EDITOR DETAINED, REPORTEDLY [...] (SBU) On August 9, Shahin Agabayli, the editor of a small opposition newspaper, was detained, apparently to compel his appearance in court. Agabayli had failed to appear in court to defend libel charges brought against his paper, Milli Yol, by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA). Embassy sou [...] |
2006-08-10 13:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU1189 |
PARLIAMENT'S INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MPS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two proposals for changes to the number required for a faction in Azerbaijan's Parliament are on the horizon. Under the Azerbaijani Parliament's internal regulations, a party or faction must have 25 Members of Parliament (MPs) in order to originate draft legislation. A faction is [...] |
2006-08-11 10:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU1193 |
BP AND STATOIL UPDATE EUR DAS BRYZA ON CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) In an August 1 meeting, executives from BP and Statoil briefed EUR DAS Bryza on current prospects for increasing Caspian gas exports to European markets. BP and Statoil reported that delays in completion of the Turkish segment of the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) will force diversion of [...] |
2006-08-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL PINR RU GG AJ |
| 06BAKU1194 |
AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 8 meeting with Poloff, prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva said that she found Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arkadi Gukasyan to be open to a civil society dialogue between the Karabakhi and Azerbaijani communities. Abdullayeva led a delegation of re [...] |
2006-08-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1198 |
SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) Chairman Lugar, on behalf of Ambassador Derse who looks forward to greeting you on arrival, I warmly welcome you to Baku next week. President Aliyev's April 28 meeting with President Bush at the White House was a resounding success in advancing the bilateral relationship, and the relations [...] |
2006-08-14 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON EAID MARR AJ |
| 06BAKU1202 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN ON UNSC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-14 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE AJ |
| 06BAKU1208 |
AZERBAIJAN FALL LEGISLATURE PREVIEW: POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although several weeks remain until the October 1 start of the fall session of Parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) are already full of speculation about potential upcoming draft legislation. Two new draft laws, on education and on political parties, are expected to be on the a [...] |
2006-08-15 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
| 06BAKU1211 |
AIOC PRESIDENT BRIEFS ON SHAH DENIZ AND BTC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AIOC President Woodward briefed U.S. and UK emboffs August 15 on Shah Deniz and BTC operations. Woodward noted that Shah Deniz first gas could be delayed until October, with a official celebrations possible November 9-10 in Baku. The GOAJ, according to Woodward, is still interes [...] |
2006-08-17 04:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL IR AJ KZ RU |
| 06BAKU1215 |
IRANIAN AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) In recent statements - notably on widely watched independent ANS Television - outspoken Iranian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Afshar Suleymani repeatedly accused Israel of using excessive force and criticized the United States for its support of this "injustice" in the conflict between Israel a [...] |
2006-08-17 10:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KDEM PINR IR AJ PREL IS LE KPAO |
| 06BAKU1231 |
AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM TRENDS RAISE [...] (C) Summary: The past six months have seen the emergence of disturbing trends in Azerbaijan's media climate. Senior GOAJ officials, most prominently the Minister of the Interior, have sued numerous journalists for civil and criminal libel in response to criticism in the print press. These law [...] |
2006-08-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1242 |
UPDATE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION: NOTHING NEW IN [...] (U) On 10 August, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for Caspian Issues Mehdi Safari traveled to Baku for discussions with the GOAJ on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and the possibility of holding the next conference of littoral states in Baku. In addition, accord [...] |
2006-08-22 05:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETRD IR PBTS PGOV PREL AJ TX |
| 06BAKU1247 |
CHAIRMAN LUGAR AND ENERGY EXECUTIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman Lugar held a breakfast roundtable with international energy executives August 21 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as an international energy provider, the challenges facing the country as oil revenues increase and the GOAJ grapples with sustainable development. The ex [...] |
2006-08-22 12:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EPET ENRG AJ IR RU KZ |
| 06BAKU1248 |
CHAIRMAN LUGAR'S CALL ON SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Chairman Lugar's August 21 call on Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov, the Speaker outlined the U.S.- Azerbaijani bilateral relationship, and spoke highly of the work of the U.S.- Azerbaijani Inter-Parliamentary Working Group. Chairman Lugar shared his experience in the U.S. [...] |
2006-08-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1260 |
PRESIDENT ALIYEV LAYS OUT STRATEGIC VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 office call and subsequent dinner, President Aliyev laid out for SFRC Chairman Lugar his strategic vision for Azerbaijan's sustainable development, including plans for infrastructure improvements, investment in the non-oil sectors, poverty reduction and environmen [...] |
2006-08-24 12:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ |
| 06BAKU1266 |
AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION POLITICIAN TAKES ON ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Leader of the opposition Azerbaijan National Independence Party (ANIP) Etibar Mammadov plans to raise awareness of the plight of Iran's ethnic Azeri community. With hopes of raising the issue on both the national and international levels, Mammadov will hold an international confe [...] |
2006-08-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1267 |
FARHAD ALIYEV'S WIFE CLAIMS AUTHORITIES SEEK [...] (C) In an August 23 meeting with Poloff, Sabina Aliyeva, wife of detained ex-minister Farhad Aliyev, alleged that mid-level GOAJ officials have been pressuring Farhad Aliyev to sign a confession in return for being pardoned. Aliyeva claims that her husband has rejected the confession in part b [...] |
2006-08-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1268 |
AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER "DOES NOT RULE OUT" [...] (C) In an August 23 telephone conversation with the Ambassador, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said that he had discussed the UNIFIL mission with Jordanian officials (King Abdullah II paid an official visit to Azerbaijan August 22-23). The Jordanians, he said, do not want to [...] |
2006-08-25 12:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE AJ |
| 06BAKU1269 |
AZERBAIJAN: SEPTEMBER 2007 BAKU CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Copenhagen Business School Professor and Director for the Copenhagen Consensus Center Bjorn Lomborg and UNDP Head Marco Borsotti briefed Ambassador Derse August 24 on the planned September 2007 Baku Consensus conference organized by Lomborg. The Baku Consensus will be modeled on the May [...] |
2006-08-28 04:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIN ETRD AJ |
| 06BAKU1270 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV RALLIES HIS [...] (SBU): Summary: The GOAJ hosted its second Chiefs of Mission conference with more than 40 Ambassadors meeting in Baku the week of August 14. President Aliyev encouraged the diplomats to remain flexible and reactive to processes and events taking place in and around Azerbaijan. Aliyev also ca [...] |
2006-08-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR AJ AM |
| 06BAKU1272 |
FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA PLANS U.S. VISIT THIS [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (SBU) During an August 28 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva said that neither she nor President Aliyev will travel to New York for the United Nations General Assembly. She said that President Aliyev has other commi [...] |
2006-08-29 03:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO SCUL AJ |
| 06BAKU1274 |
BP QUIETLY LAUNCHES MACROECONOMIC MODELING UNIT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP has quietly launched an intensive effort to help the Government of Azerbaijan better manage its anticipated billions of dollars in energy revenue. After years of discussions, the GOAJ agreed to place a BP-funded macroeconomic modeling unit at the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ). BP hop [...] |
2006-08-29 04:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU1279 |
IDP COMMUNITY SPEAKS OUT ON N-K NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, Poloff met with an IDP community that lives in abandoned train cars just outside the southern Azerbaijani city of Imishli. Although one man insisted that the only way to settle the N-K conflict is through war, most members of the community remain hopeful that a peace [...] |
2006-08-29 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PBTS PHUM KDEM AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1283 |
AZERBAIJAN: PSI POINTS DELIVERED; MFA REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division of the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Citing a recent speech by Undersecretary for Arms Control Robert Joseph on PSI and the e [...] |
2006-08-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1288 |
SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on UNSCR 1701 to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the International Security Division at the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 28, 2006. Poloff emphasized that we were sharing this information in response to Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov' [...] |
2006-08-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | IR LE MARR MOPS PREL SY XG AJ |
| 06BAKU1289 |
AZERBAIJAN AND THE OIC [...] (C) Poloff delivered REF A points to Vugar Gurbanov and Mahur Gasimov of the of International Security Division of the Azerbaijani MFA on August 28. Gurbanov called Poloff on August 29 to follow up, and said that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) proposal to open an office in Bagh [...] |
2006-08-31 10:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AJ IZ |
| 06BAKU1295 |
AID COUNTRY COORDINATOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT [...] (SBU) USAID COUNTRY COORDINATOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OIL FUND (SOFAZ), SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV, AUGUST 7. MOVSUMOV OUTLINED THE PLANNED INTERNAL REORGANIZATION OF SOFAZ BASED ON A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-FALL. HE ALSO DISCUSSED THE [...] |
2006-08-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU |
| 06BAKU1301 |
AZERBAIJAN: DFM BRIEFS DIP CORPS ON OCCUPIED [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified, Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a September 1 briefing for the Baku diplomatic corps, DFM Araz Azimov explained GOAJ reasons for its UNGA draft resolution concerning the occupied territories' fires. He said Azerbaijan's revised draft resolution pre [...] |
2006-09-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREL PGOV AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1315 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REQUESTS ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadayarov told the Ambassador on September 7 that it would be an "honor and a privilege" for Azerbaijan to participate in the roundtable with President Bush on Natural Resources and Social Developm [...] |
2006-09-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SENV UNGA AJ |
| 06BAKU1316 |
AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV SAYS DUE TO VOTE SWAP, [...] (C) In a September 7 phone conversation with Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that, on the Venezuela/Guatemala UNSC question, the GOAJ had in fact long ago traded its vote to Venezuela in exchange for Venezuela's vote for Azerbaijan for the new Human Rights Council. Venezuela did in fact vote f [...] |
2006-09-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU1327 |
AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's August 28 courtesy call on Minister of Emergency Situations Kammaladdin Heydarov, Heydarov explained the difficulty of coordinating the various formerly independent agencies that were brought together to form the MES eight months ago. He requested help with [...] |
2006-09-11 12:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR KFLU PGOV PREL TBIO PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU1343 |
AZERBAIJAN: FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEVA REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister (and former Azerbaijan Ambassador to the U.S.) Hafiz Pashayev, who is assisting First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva in planning her trip to the U.S. this fall/winter, told the Ambassador that the trip will have [...] |
2006-09-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO SCUL AJ |
| 06BAKU1367 |
THE CHANGING ROLE OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOSITY IN [...] (S/NF) Summary. Fifteen years after independence, Islamic religiosity, while far from widespread, is on the rise in Azerbaijan. This slow but steady growth of religious observance stems from two factors: a natural rediscovery of Azerbaijan's Muslim religious heritage, and active proselytizing [...] |
2006-09-19 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1372 |
NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SOUTH AZERBAIJAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The National Movement of South Azerbaijan held its first-ever forum in Baku on 12 September to draw international attention to the plight of Iran's ethnic Azeris. Under the leadership of Etibar Mammadov, an Azerbaijani opposition politician (reftel), the movement is made up of r [...] |
2006-09-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1395 |
AZERBAIJAN: TDA VISIT/PROGRESS ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with the Executive Director of the State Oil Fund Shahmar Movsumov, Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and the Chairman of the State Protection Fund over the course of his visit to Azerbaijan September 10-13, Trade and Development Agency Regional Director Dan Stein dis [...] |
2006-09-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1398 |
PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS GENERAL WARD THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan wants to "increase and deepen" its relationship with the United States. He argued that US and Azerbaijani regional interests and goals "coincide," and [...] |
2006-09-25 09:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ |
| 06BAKU1405 |
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14 Ambassador Derse hosted the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group, a group consisting of representatives from the diplomatic community and international financial institutions. The group discussed the current macroeconomic environment, the challenges faci [...] |
2006-09-26 09:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU1406 |
PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS DEFENSE ISSUES, REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall, President Aliyev affirmed his commitment to a strong bilateral relationship. Aliyev emphasized that the key points of cooperation "particularly the energy spher [...] |
2006-09-26 10:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AMGT ABLD KZ AJ |
| 06BAKU1407 |
FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...] |
2006-09-26 12:15:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ |
| 06BAKU1409 |
AZERBAIJAN: CUBA-UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche September 26 to Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Mahmud Mammadguliyev. The DFM said that he was unaware of Cuba's initiative at the UNHRC to eliminate the Council's mandate on Cuba and block the participation of NGOs. The DFM appreciated USG's engagemen [...] |
2006-09-27 02:58:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM AJ |
| 06BAKU1410 |
OSD DASD MACDOUGALL'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Abiyev affirmed the importance of close cooperation with the US and NATO in a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall. MacDougall raised the importance of Azerbaijan formally notifying NATO ab [...] |
2006-09-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KZ AJ |
| 06BAKU1421 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer delivered reftel demarche concerning attempts to suspend North Korea's missile programs on September 21 to Qalib Israfilov, Director of the MFA's International Security Department. Israfilov did not have any substantive comment. He remarked, however, that he would forwa [...] |
2006-09-28 11:43:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1422 |
INVITATION DELIVERED TO AZRBAIJANI MFA FOR [...] (U) As requested reftel, post delivered invitation for a civilian GOAJ representative to attend the CDRUSCENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference via letter to Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on September 25. Poloff also delivered advance copy on September 21 to Qalib Israfilov, director [...] |
2006-09-28 11:44:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL AJ IZ |
| 06BAKU1425 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR /CARC CONFLICTS ADVISOR JOHN [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/CARC John Crosby to travel to Baku 1-2 October 2006, to support the OSCE Minsk Group's U.S. Co-Chair negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the Em [...] |
2006-09-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
| 06BAKU1426 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 2-3 October 2006, for meetings with the Minsk Group co-chair counterparts.. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the [...] |
2006-09-29 09:11:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
| 06BAKU1428 |
AZERBAIJANI APPELLATE COURT UPHOLDS YENI FIKIR [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-29 12:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1432 |
DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES CASPIAN SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting EUCOM Deputy Commander General William "Kip" Ward, Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Sabir Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran are building up their naval forces in the Caspian Sea. Abiyev complained about I [...] |
2006-10-03 05:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU |
| 06BAKU1433 |
FINNISH AMBASSADOR TERHI HAKALA DISCUSSES THE EU'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish Ambassador Terhi Hakala met with the Ambassador on September 22 to discuss Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) Action Plan. The EU Commission has approved the plan, and the EU Troika will visit Baku on October 3. Hakala said negotiating the agreement was some [...] |
2006-10-03 05:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS AR AZ |
| 06BAKU1440 |
LEADING AZERBAIJANI NEWSPAPERS, REPORTEDLY UNDER [...] (SBU) Azerbaijani press reports state that prominent Russian-language news magazine Realny Azerbaijan and its Azerbaijani language sister publication Gundelik Azerbaijan, under pressure from unidentified sources, will cease publication on October 3. Realny Azerbaijan's well-known founder and e [...] |
2006-10-03 13:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1443 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA PDAS JAMES JEFFREY AND [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Desk Officer Aaron Snipe to travel to Baku 12-13 October 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be [...] |
2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AE BA UK YM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1444 |
AZERBAIJAN'S OCTOBER 6 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to hold partial municipal elections on October 6, campaigning has proceeded quietly and calmly, with far greater interest in rural areas than in Baku. 4,562 candidates remain in competition for 1,931 seats. Candidates are actively campaigning by word-of-mout [...] |
2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON EAGR AJ |
| 06BAKU1445 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEA PDAS JAMES JEFFREY AND [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to NEA Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary James Jeffrey and NEA/IR Desk Officer Aaron Snipe to travel to Baku 12-13 October 2006, to participate in Iran-related meetings with embassy and government officials. Control officer will be [...] |
2006-10-04 08:47:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AE BA UK YM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1450 |
REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SHAH DENIZ GAS AND IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (SBU) A subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) holds a ten percent share in the consortium that is developing Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas field. BP and Statoil are the major partners in the consortium, with 25.5 percent shares ea [...] |
2006-10-04 11:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PREL IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1466 |
VOTING IN AZERBAIJAN'S OCTOBER 6 PARTIAL MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of 1900 hours on October 6, Azerbaijan's partial Municipal Elections have passed relatively smoothly, with reports of minor procedural problems that the local election officials quickly corrected. Our Embassy observers noticed many cases of family voting, and some cases of atte [...] |
2006-10-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1470 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AZERBAIJANI DESK OFFICER [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/CARC Azerbaijani Desk Officer Lane Bahl to travel to Baku 10-15 October, 2006, for consultations and area familiarization. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the Embassy at: [...] |
2006-10-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
| 06BAKU1471 |
NAKHCHIVAN - UNDERGROUND IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conventional wisdom, especially as articulated by GOAJ officials, is that Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is completely isolated and dependent upon Iran for its economic livelihood (reftel). A recent visit to Nakhchivan revealed less official rhetoric about Nakhchiva [...] |
2006-10-11 04:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1472 |
EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY AND GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov October 2 to discuss Azerbaijan's expanding role as an international energy supplier and to press Minister Sharifov to begin discussions with the Government of [...] |
2006-10-11 04:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PREL AJ RU IR TU |
| 06BAKU1473 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...] |
2006-10-11 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ |
| 06BAKU1475 |
AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (C) Summary: During her September 28 introductory call on Customs Committee Chairman Aydin Aliyev, the Ambassador reviewed Customs' critical role in Azerbaijan's economic development and its important role in WTO, emphasizing that WTO membership sends a strong positive signal to U.S. business [...] |
2006-10-11 05:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC ECON PGOV PREL PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU1476 |
AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT 2007 BUDGET PROJECTS 42 PERCENT [...] (SBU) After months of debate and anticipation, the Government of Azerbaijan is poised to submit its largest ever Consolidated State Budget to Parliament for final approval. After the huge increases in expenditures in the 2006 state budget (an 80 percent increase over the 2005 budget), all econ [...] |
2006-10-11 09:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1480 |
LACK OF OSCE LEADERSHIP UNDERCUTS DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) With Presidential elections looming in 2008, we cannot afford to continue with weak OSCE leadership in Azerbaijan. The OSCE can and should provide coordination and leadership to the international community's efforts to promote democracy, rule of law, and respect for human rights in Azerb [...] |
2006-10-11 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RU AJ |
| 06BAKU1481 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PETER ALLGEIER, [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Peter Allgeier to travel to Baku 15-18 October 2006 on a PD-sponsored Speaker program to conduct public outreach, in addition to meetings with the GOAJ on WTO accession. Control officer will be Public Diplomacy Officer Li [...] |
2006-10-12 08:01:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP OTRA ETRD ASEC AJ |
| 06BAKU1487 |
RULING PARTY WINS MAJORITY OF VOTES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 9, Azerbaijan's Central Election Commission (CEC) released the first results of the October 6 partial Municipal Elections. As expected, the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party won 60 percent of the votes, while independent candidates captured 36 percent. Total voter turn-out [...] |
2006-10-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1496 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON CENTRAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her October 4 introductory call on Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mazahir Panahov, the Ambassador highlighted the interlinked priorities in the bilateral relationship: cooperation in regional and global stability and security; energy security; and strengthening demo [...] |
2006-10-13 12:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ |
| 06BAKU1501 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Summary. In a September 27 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov reiterated the GOAJ commitment to improving the conditions of Azerbaijan's IDP population. Hassanov said that he has transformed the GOAJ relationship with the international donor commun [...] |
2006-10-16 04:55:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS MARR SNAR AJ |
| 06BAKU1515 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-19 03:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN AJ |
| 06BAKU152 |
AZERBAIJAN ENERGY: BP BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BTC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish met with AIOC President David Woodward (Strictly Protect) January 31 to review AIOC, BP and Azerbaijan energy activities. Woodward updated Ambassador Harnish on progress of the BTC pipeline, now scheduled for completion in May. Woodward explained that due to t [...] |
2006-02-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU1523 |
OSCE MEDIA FREEDOM REPRESENTATIVE ADDRESSES MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Special Representative for Media Freedom Miklos Haraszti visited Baku October 8 to 11 in response to the international community's concern over the deteriorating state of media freedom in Azerbaijan. At a October 9 briefing for OSCE member states, Haraszti reported that Presid [...] |
2006-10-19 05:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OPRC AJ |
| 06BAKU1525 |
DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV RAISES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev on October 2 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and regional security issues. Abiyev said the GOAJ advocates a peaceful resolution to the NK conflict, but there has been no concrete results in ending [...] |
2006-10-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR AJ AM IR RS GG |
| 06BAKU1527 |
AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS [...] (SBU) On October 3, a Baku court approved the GOAJ Prosecutor General's request extending the pretrial detention of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev through April 17, 2007. Aliyev was one of several prominent GOAJ officials, including former Health Minister Ali Insanov and [...] |
2006-10-20 05:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1530 |
NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: In a 12 October call on Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran and sought support for a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. DFM Khalafov, responsible for Azerbaijan's Iran policy and ser [...] |
2006-10-20 05:49:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM PINR KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1531 |
WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner October 15 with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, representatives from four international financial institutions agreed that economic reform was critical for Azerbaijan's future and that the WTO accession process could advance the [...] |
2006-10-20 06:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL AJ ETRD |
| 06BAKU1533 |
NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: During his 12 October call on President Aliyev, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged Azerbaijan to support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Reviewing recent U.S. efforts to counter the Iranian nuclear threat, PDAS Je [...] |
2006-10-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM PINR IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1534 |
READOUT ON EU TROIKA VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed the EU Troika's October 3 visit to Azerbaijan, in which the Troika announced the completion of negotiations on Azerbaijan's European Neighborhood Plan (ENP) Action Plan. During his priva [...] |
2006-10-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS EAID AJ IR AM GG |
| 06BAKU1539 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK SULLIVAN, EBRD [...] EMBASSY BAKU GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO MARK SULLIVAN, U.S. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EBRD, FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 23-27, 2006. PURPOSE OF VISIT IS TO REVIEW EBRD PROJECTS IN AZERBAIJAN, MEET WITH MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND EBRD STAFF. CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE VISIT IS ECON OFFICER DA [...] |
2006-10-21 08:28:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AJ |
| 06BAKU154 |
AZERBAIJAN: MINISTRIES OF CULTURE AND SPORTS, YOUTH, [...] (U) On January 30, President Aliyev issued a decree to establish two new ministries out of two established ministries. The Ministry of Sports, Youth, and Tourism has now become simply the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The Ministry of Culture is now the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (MCT). [...] |
2006-02-02 14:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM SCUL KPAO RU AJ |
| 06BAKU1540 |
ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...] |
2006-10-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ |
| 06BAKU1541 |
ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...] |
2006-10-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ |
| 06BAKU1549 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN MINISTER ON NORTH [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-26 05:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KN PARM |
| 06BAKU1564 |
WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 17 lunch meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, key Members of Parliament (MPs) agreed that when considering potential WTO accession, the most important point to consider is that Azerbaijan possesses the political will [...] |
2006-10-30 06:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD AJ |
| 06BAKU1565 |
ZFR///CANCEL/// FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-30 07:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM FR |
| 06BAKU1567 |
AZERBAIJAN'S ANTI-TIP PROGRESS: SHELTER OPEN, MIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, the GOAJ been quite active in its anti-TIP efforts, making progress on several fronts. In this time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has undergone restructuring by removing the anti-TIP sub-unit from the Organized Crime Unit (OCU) - notorious for [...] |
2006-10-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU157 |
RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER IVANOV'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During a January 24-26 visit to Azerbaijan, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov made a highly publicized offer to sell arms to Azerbaijan, a move President Aliyev interpreted as indicative of a sea-change in Russia's relations with Azerbaijan and Armenia. Recounting his discu [...] |
2006-02-03 09:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR RU AR AJ |
| 06BAKU1570 |
BOEING TO SELL FIVE AIRPLANES TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's AZAL airlines has agreed to purchase five airplanes from Boeing. According to Boeing's Sales Director for Europe and Central Asia Serdar Gurz, the price is still to be negotiated, but a contract has been signed and both sides are seeking to have all details finalized [...] |
2006-10-30 11:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL AJ PGOV |
| 06BAKU1572 |
AZERBAIJAN: INDEPENDENT YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16 the Baku Mayor's Office denied an application to hold a protest rally from the independent youth movement Yox, stating that a rally was "not advisable." The leader of Yox, Ali Ismayilov, announced his plans to carry on with the protest, and was subsequently detained [...] |
2006-10-30 12:46:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU1579 |
CORRECTED COPY: FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Parliament's draft law criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" has triggered a heated reaction from the Azerbaijani public, including several atempted protests at the French Embassy. Azerbaijan's parliament criticized the draft law, stating that it cast doubt on [...] |
2006-10-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM FR |
| 06BAKU1580 |
AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNGA LE IS AJ |
| 06BAKU1582 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...] |
2006-10-31 13:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1595 |
THE IMISHLI SUGAR FACTORY: A NON-OIL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Imishli Sugar Factory is credited with bringing much-needed development to the rural and impoverished Imishli region. Owned by agricultural import-export conglomerate Azersun Holding, the factory processes 5,000 tons of sugar beets and refines 1,000 tons of raw sugar daily. An [...] |
2006-11-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ETDR ECON EAGR EIND PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1606 |
AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 21 President Aliyev pardoned 106 prisoners, among them two journalists convicted of libel in 2006. The pardon was met with skepticism in the human rights community, in part because it overlooked popular political satirist, Mirza Sakit who was sentenced to prison on drug [...] |
2006-11-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1614 |
BOEING NEGOTIATIONS ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Boeing's Sales Director for Europe and Central Asia Serdar Gurz said he is "cautiously optimistic" about the sale of five Boeing airplanes to Azerbaijan. He said that AZAL's Director General Janhangir Askerov is following Boeing's ac [...] |
2006-11-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PGOV PREL ETRD AJ |
| 06BAKU1621 |
AZERBAIJAN: STATE OIL FUND ANNOUNCES YEAR-TO-DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1, the State Oil Fund announced that year-to-date budget revenues totaled USD 839.6 million while budget expenditures totaled USD 697.82 million. During the first nine months of 2006, the Oil Fund received revenue of USD 786.9 million from implementing oil and gas agr [...] |
2006-11-07 16:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1622 |
AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT EXPECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: At a November 3 meeting, the UK representative of International Advisors Working Group (IAWG), retired UK General Sir Garry Johnson said that Azerbaijan's National Security Concept (NSC) will likely be finished and approved by the end of 2006. Johnson reported that his role as advi [...] |
2006-11-08 07:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS RU IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1624 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Presidential elections only two years away, President Aliyev already is highlighting his economic progress during his presidency. In a series of public addresses during a recent trip to Azerbaijan's regions, President Aliyev highlighted the country's economic development dur [...] |
2006-11-08 15:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAGR EAID AJ |
| 06BAKU163 |
AZERBAIJAN MUM ON P5+2 STATEMENT ON IRAN, LIKELY [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref a demarche on Iran's nuclear programs to MFA Americas Desk Director Ilgar Mukhtarov on February 2. Mukhtarov had no substantive comment and, in response to emboff's query, said the GOAJ had not issued a public statement on the P5 2's agreement that the IA [...] |
2006-02-03 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP AORC EU IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1654 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-14 13:50:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU AJ |
| 06BAKU1656 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, the Chairman of the State Social Protection Fund (SPF) Salim Muslumov briefed the Ambassador on Azerbaijan's reformed pension system and the SPF's efforts to provide greater pension benefits to citizens from Azerbaijan's new oil wealth, as [...] |
2006-11-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1659 |
SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S NOVEMBER 27-28 [...] (C) Azerbaijan is at a pivotal moment in its development, with billions in energy revenue beginning to flow into government coffers, increasing fears of tensions with Iran and Russian resurgence in the region, and senior leaders taking a careful look at Azerbaijan's internal development and p [...] |
2006-11-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
| 06BAKU1661 |
BP AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS AZERBAIJAN MOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 10 Azerbaijan International Oil Company briefing, outgoing BP Azerbaijan President David Woodward told the Ambassador that according to SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev, Turkey had not agreed to forego its contracted for 2007 Shah Deniz gas deliveries as a way of helping [...] |
2006-11-15 11:38:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ PGOV PREL EPET ENRG RU |
| 06BAKU1666 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-16 06:18:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO INMARSAT EU |
| 06BAKU1667 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ UN BO |
| 06BAKU1672 |
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT FACT SHEET DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 6 Poloff delivered reftel fact sheet to Chair of the State Committee for Family, Women and Children's Issues Hijran Huseynova. Poloff left the fact sheet as a nonpaper. Huseynova expressed a high interest in engaging with the USG on women's empowerment issues. She identified [...] |
2006-11-17 06:00:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA AJ |
| 06BAKU1673 |
AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION CONCERNED BY DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings, the leaders of Azerbaijan's "big three" opposition parties - Musavat, the Popular Front Party, and the Azerbaijan Liberal Party - shared their concerns over Azerbaijan's political situation. Severe restrictions on media freedom and freedom of assem [...] |
2006-11-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1674 |
PARTY LEADERS AND POLITICAL ANALYSTS DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 7 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, a group of party leaders, Members of Parliament (MPs) and political analysts discussed the political situation in Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Leaders of the opposition parties shared their concerns about democracy [...] |
2006-11-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1677 |
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST GOAJ FOR FAILURE TO DISCLOSE [...] (C) Political analyst (as well as former Parliamentary candidate and former Embassy Baku FSN) Ilgar Mammadov, through his lawyer, filed a lawsuit November 15 against the GOAJ for failure to disclose information on roll-call votes in Parliament. Mammadov's lawsuit is based on Article 25 of the [...] |
2006-11-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU1680 |
AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ILC UNGA |
| 06BAKU1682 |
EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his trip to Azerbaijan November 7-11, J. Frank Mermoud, the Department of State's Special Representative for Business and Commercial Affairs, met with Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) ministers and officials to discuss economic reform, World Trade Organization (WTO) member [...] |
2006-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1683 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EMERGENCY SESSION OF UNGA ON ISRAELI RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNGA AJ UN IS |
| 06BAKU1684 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 14 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov provided an overview of the new ministry, created in December 2005. Jamalov, who was appointed in March, said the ministry [...] |
2006-11-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM RS TU PK UP |
| 06BAKU1687 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CWC AND BWC [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-20 10:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PREL CWC OPC CBW BWC AJ UN |
| 06BAKU1692 |
BAKU HOSTS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development hosted an investment conference for Islamic Development Bank members November 8-9 in Baku. The event included a trade exhibition, large-group presentations on potential investment projects, and sector-specific break-out sessions fo [...] |
2006-11-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KISL AJ |
| 06BAKU1693 |
AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15 Conoco-Phillips executive Steve Park told the DCM that another, higher-level Conoco-Phillips executive was coming to Azerbaijan for a November 30 meeting with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev. The subject of that meeting will be Conoco-Phillips problems with its c [...] |
2006-11-21 08:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET AJ |
| 06BAKU170 |
MINOR PROTESTS MARK MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS VISIT AS [...] (SBU) The Karabakh Liberation Organization (KLO) once again was up to its usual tactics during the visit of the three OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs January 31-February 1. Ambassador Steven Mann, US Special Negotiator for the conflict and Minsk Group Co-Chair, was met at the airport by two noisy a [...] |
2006-02-06 07:27:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM ASEC KPAO PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU1700 |
AZERBAIJANI "ANTI-ISLAM" ARTICLE PROVOKES REACTION [...] (C) Summary: On November 9, a little known Azerbaijani newspaper, Sanat, published an article described as "anti-Islamic" in conservative religious quarters. The article provoked a shrill if short-lived reaction in both Azerbaijan and Iran. In Nardaran, a village near Baku known for its reli [...] |
2006-11-24 05:59:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KISL IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1704 |
UPDATE ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the year that has passed since the November 2005 Parliamentary Elections, the GOAJ has placed severe restrictions on the right to freedom of assembly, which is recognized in Azerbaijani law. Since the violent break-up of a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2 [...] |
2006-11-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1708 |
GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Several senior GOAJ officials - most recently Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov -- have asked us whether the U.S. intends to issue a statement rejecting the constitutional referendum scheduled to be held December 10 in the so- [...] |
2006-11-24 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1709 |
ISRAELI READOUT ON MOD GILAD'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad's October 30-31 visit to Azerbaijan was low-profile and short on substance. Gilad engaged Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Abiyev in a detailed discussion of Iran' [...] |
2006-11-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETTC MASS IR IS AJ |
| 06BAKU1710 |
AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON ENERGY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a late October 2006 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan seeks a step-by-step solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and wants Armenia to share in the economic integration and prosperity of the south Caucasus. Mammadyarov characterized Russia [...] |
2006-11-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV UNGA EAID ENRG AM UAM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1713 |
AZERBAIJANI NATIONAL MEDIA REGULATOR SHUTS DOWN [...] (U) On November 24 the GOAJ state media regulator, the National TV and Radio Council (NTRC), ordered Azerbaijan's leading independent television and radio station, ANS TV and Radio, off the air. In a written instruction to ANS Chairman Vahid Mustafayev, NTRC Chairman Nurshirvan Maharammli told [...] |
2006-11-24 17:49:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1714 |
UPDATE ON OPPOSITION EVICTION; U.S, UK AND EU [...] (U) Early morning on November 25 Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Internal Affairs and city officials carried out the November 24 court-ordered eviction of the opposition Popular Front Party (PFP), the opposition newspapers Azadliq and Bizim Yol and Turan news agency from their central Baku he [...] |
2006-11-25 14:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1715 |
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SADIKOV SAYS "THE TIME IS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov November 20 to discuss Azerbaijan's priorities as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. According to Sadikov, the GOAJ seeks to "breathe new life" into the or [...] |
2006-11-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL AJ PK EG MY |
| 06BAKU1717 |
AZERBAIJAN: BP EXEC MEETS PRESIDENT ALIYEV, SOCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable relays for broader distribution informed shared earlier in ref email. In a November 2 meeting, BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis gave the Ambassador his read-out of separate meetings earlier that day with President Aliyev and with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullaye [...] |
2006-11-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET AJ PREL |
| 06BAKU1718 |
AZERBAIJAN: NOVEMBER 23 PROTEST RESULTS IN 40-50 [...] (SBU) On November 23, the Popular Front Party (PFP) attempted to hold a protest in response to the GOAJ's recent crackdown on media freedom , the fifth in a string of protests PFP has held on this topic over the past month (see ref a). The November 23 protest, held in front of the downtown Bak [...] |
2006-11-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU1719 |
POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 30 - November 1 trip to Azerbaijan's southern regions, the Ambassador met with a broad range of contacts, including representatives from local government, civil society, and a variety of businesses. The southern regions are experiencing some growth and investmen [...] |
2006-11-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO ECON ETRD AJ |
| 06BAKU1721 |
PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues), President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...] |
2006-11-28 06:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU1729 |
AZERBAIJAN IN MUTED SHOCK OVER CLOSURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani society remains in a state of muted disbelief following the GOAJ's surprise decision to close independent ANS Television and evict several independent media outlets from their downtown offices. The Coordination Council Union of Public Interest Organizations, an umbrell [...] |
2006-11-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU1730 |
DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR SHARED WITH AZERBAIJANI MFA [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IZ AJ |
| 06BAKU1731 |
MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-29 06:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AJ PINS AF |
| 06BAKU1739 |
PRESIDENT ALIYEV COMMENTS ON ANS SUSPENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 interview, President Aliyev affirmed his commitment to build a modern democratic state based on rule of law, but said that independent ANS Television (whose operations were suspended November 24) must follow the law. Aliyev also criticized the opposition for "poli [...] |
2006-11-29 17:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU1745 |
FINNISH (EU) AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) EU (Finnish) Ambassador to Azerbaijan Teri Hakala briefed the Ambassador November 30 on EU views concerning the recent ANS closure and opposition eviction. Hakala, on a previously scheduled trip to Baku, met with Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadguliyev, human rights activists, and will meet [...] |
2006-11-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU175 |
OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY TO TAKE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) On February 5 a conference of the members of opposition Musavat Party decided to allow its MPs elected on November 6 to take up their mandates and to allow its members to participate in the May 13 rerun elections of ten canceled constituencies. Musavat, as a member of the Azadliq Bloc, [...] |
2006-02-07 06:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU1752 |
GOAJ OFFERS ANS TV FREQUENCY FOR TENDER [...] (SBU) On November 30, the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) announced that it will offer ANS TV's frequency for tender. NTRC Chairman Maharammli said that ANS TV would be allowed to compete in the tender, which will be held from December 5 until January 5. ANS VP Seyfulla Mustafa [...] |
2006-12-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1753 |
UPDATE ON AZERBAIJAN'S NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Azerbaijan is continuing to move forward in its efforts to finalize its National Security Concept (NSC). Retired UK General Sir Garry Johnson, who as part of the foreign experts advisory group has been advising the GOAJ on the NS [...] |
2006-12-01 15:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS MARR MASS AJ |
| 06BAKU1754 |
AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR ON PM NOGHAIDELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan the November 30 visit of PM Noghaideli to Baku was "very positive," and highlighted Georgia's and Azerbaijan's shared strategic vision on energy security and on seeking European markets for Caspian energy. In the meeting between [...] |
2006-12-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG AJ PREL PGOV |
| 06BAKU1762 |
"FONTLINE: SEX SLAVES" SCREENING: EVENT [...] On December 2, Poloff screened the documentary film "Frontline: Sex Slaves" with a group of approximately 35 members of the American Alumni Association, an organization comprised of Azerbaijani youth, mostly in their twenties and thirties, who have studied in the U.S. 2. After viewing the f [...] |
2006-12-04 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO OIIP PRE PHUM SOCI SCUL KWMN KCRM |
| 06BAKU1763 |
AZERBAIJAN: OSCE, US, UK OFFICIALS VISIT [...] (U) On December 2, US and UK Emboffs and the OSCE Legal Advisor visited the GOAJ Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) detention facility in Baku to meet the opposition party members detained November 23 for participating in an unauthorized protest (reftel). The Ministry of Internal Affairs grant [...] |
2006-12-04 14:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1764 |
DECEMBER 4 UPDATE ON ANS TELEVISION ISSUE [...] (C) As reported reftel, Ambassador spoke to Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev December 2 to seek clarification of the apparent contradiction between the GOAJ's decision to offer ANS TV's frequency for tender and the assurances provided by President Aliyev that ANS will be allowed to [...] |
2006-12-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ |
| 06BAKU1771 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON UPCOMING GAS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on December 5 that he expected the December 8 Trilateral meeting of Energy Ministers in Tbilisi to "clarify" whether Turkey was willing to help Georgia with its winter gas problems. He said Azerbaijan [...] |
2006-12-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG GA PGOV PREL TU AJ |
| 06BAKU1777 |
AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ANS TV STATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev said on December 5 that he had instructed his government to "find a solution" to the ANS problem, but added that ANS had to "act with respect" and realize it was not above the law. To facilitate a solution, he bruited the possibility of postponing the recently a [...] |
2006-12-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU1779 |
AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: While initial GOAJ testing of dead birds from the southern region of Jalalibad did not indicate avian influenza (AI), a visiting USAID technical advisor and FAO representative who visited the region are concerned that the GOAJ test results were inconsistent with the high mortalit [...] |
2006-12-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV PREL KFLU TBIO CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU1783 |
AZERBAIJAN: SUBMISSION OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-08 08:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR AJ |
| 06BAKU1789 |
AZERBAIJAN: BP WILLING TO MAXIMIZE ACG GAS TO [...] SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told the Ambassador on December 8 that BP has come up with a proposed course of action to help Azerbaijan out of its upcoming winter gas supply shortage, part of which would be giving Azerbaijan "as much ACG associated gas as it can" over a six t [...] |
2006-12-08 13:58:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA |
| 06BAKU1791 |
DOD DAS MACDOUGALL'S DECEMBER 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador--accompanied by SIPDIS Major General Harry Wyatt of the Oklahoma National Guard and EUCOM Brigadier General Melvin Spiese--met with Defense Minister Safar Abiyev on December 7 to discuss bilate [...] |
2006-12-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHUM AJ IR |
| 06BAKU1793 |
DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador met with Deputy SIPDIS Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on December 7 to discuss the National Security Concept, Azerbaijan's relations with NATO, and USG plans for an interagency team to discuss Ir [...] |
2006-12-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM AJ |
| 06BAKU1794 |
AZERBAIJAN WILLING TO HOST DECEMBER 14 'TRILAT [...] (C) Per Ref A guidance, the Ambassador spoke with Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev on December 7 to express USG support for a December 14 follow-on Ministerial or higher level trilateral plus BP and Statoil meeting in Baku to discuss solutions for the upcoming winter's regional gas shortage. (As r [...] |
2006-12-08 14:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA |
| 06BAKU1795 |
PUBLIC REMAINS QUIETLY DISTURBED BY ANS CLOSURE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two weeks after the November 24 closure of independent ANS Television and the eviction of the residents of the Azadliq newspaper building, the public, while concerned, remains quiet. After the President's November 29 comments on the ANS "suspension," many were optimistic that he w [...] |
2006-12-08 15:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1798 |
AZERBAIJAN: IMF REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS REVENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IMF Resident Representative provided an overview of Azerbaijan's macroeconomic environment at a November 30 meeting of the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group. Azerbaijan's GDP is projected to grow by 32 percent in 2006, while the non-oil sector fiscal deficit has [...] |
2006-12-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU1799 |
GOAJ PREPARING FOR SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL [...] (SBU) Following up on her November 30 meeting with President Aliyev (REF A), Ambassador Derse met separately with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev to discuss the February 2007 inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission and to [...] |
2006-12-11 06:32:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL EAID EAGR ETRD EINV AJ |
| 06BAKU1800 |
2007 STATE BUDGET FORESEES 60 PERCENT INCREASE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's Parliament approved the 2007 State Budget on November 28. Compared to the 2006 budget, the 2007 budget plans for a 57 percent increase in revenues, a 60 percent increase in expenditures, and a small budget deficit. Government revenues are expected to total USD 6.1 [...] |
2006-12-11 06:33:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD AJ EINV |
| 06BAKU1806 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S [...] (SBU) ADCM delivered ref demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev on December 11. Mammadguliyev said that, according to his information, the EU and Africa groups were consulting in Geneva today, December 11, and that Azerbaijan supported the two groups' efforts to find a comp [...] |
2006-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KTIA SU UN IS AJ |
| 06BAKU1807 |
BP AND GOAJ CONFIRM DEAL REACHED ON SHAH DENIZ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader, during a December 9 meeting with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev, SOCAR officially informed BP as the Shah Deniz Operator that that the Energy Ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia had agreed to redistribute Turkey's 200 [...] |
2006-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RU GG TU AJ |
| 06BAKU1810 |
AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a lively December 6 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, six of Azerbaijan's most respected foreign policy analysts argued that Azerbaijan's difficult geographical position forces it to have a cautious foreign policy to balance the divergent foreign influences. They also noted th [...] |
2006-12-12 08:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR KDEM PHUM AJ |
| 06BAKU1811 |
ANS TV AND RADIO RESUME BROADCASTS [...] (C) At a December 11 press conference, National TV and Radio Council (NTRC) Chair Nushiravan Maharramli announced that independent media group ANS would be allowed to resume television and radio broadcasts on December 12. (ANS broadcasts had been suspended on November 24, when the NTRC decid [...] |
2006-12-12 13:08:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AJ |
| 06BAKU1815 |
AZERBAIJAN ENERGY MINISTER: TRILAT GAS DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY At a December 12 meeting Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev briefed US and Georgian diplomats and energy company representatives on the results of the December 8 Energy Ministers' Trilateral in Tbilisi. Aliyev said the Energy Ministers came to a general agreement that Turkey's 2007 Sh [...] |
2006-12-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV TU GA AJ |
| 06BAKU1819 |
DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 discussion with Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov said that as recent regional developments have again underscored, Azerbaijan has "no alternative" to friendship [...] |
2006-12-14 07:28:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1823 |
UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S [...] (C) Barry, I deeply appreciate your rescheduling your visit and your willingness to lead a serious and sustained dialogue with Azerbaijan in support of its democratic development. Progress on political and economic reform is a key element in our bilateral relationship and essential if we are [...] |
2006-12-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1828 |
UPDATE ON DETAINED EX-MINISTER: PROPERTY [...] (SBU) On December 12, a Baku court ruled in favor of impounding the property of detained former Minister of Economic Development, Farhad Aliyev. Head of the Azerbaijani State Property Registration Service, Arif Qarasov, told the press that according to the court ruling, because Aliyev "officia [...] |
2006-12-15 14:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU1829 |
BP AZEBAIJAN DODGES BULLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: OnDecember 12, BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told Charge that BP would be willing to give SOCAR more associated ACG gas over the whole of 2007 if it were sufficiently compensated, and that his sense of the December 8 Tbilisi Energy Minister meetings was that Turkey was wil [...] |
2006-12-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ GA TU |
| 06BAKU1830 |
CORRECTION: BP AZERBAIJAN DODGES BULLET [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 12, BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told Charge that BP would be willing to give SOCAR more associated ACG gas over the whole of 2007 if it were sufficiently compensated, and that his sense of the December 8 Tbilisi Energy Minister meetings was that Turkey was wi [...] |
2006-12-15 14:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ GA TU |
| 06BAKU1831 |
AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary: In a November 7 introductory meeting, the Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) Hidayet Orujov told the Ambassador that the GOAJ was committed both to ensuring religious freedom and to preserving Azerbaijan's history of interfaith harmony. Or [...] |
2006-12-18 07:40:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1835 |
GOAJ INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT USG POLICY [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev stated to the Ambassador that the USG and international community's policy towards Iran has "failed," that Iran is "confident, comfortable, and unconstrained," that he "does not understand USG policy on Iran" and, consequently, Azerbaijan's policy must be to "mi [...] |
2006-12-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PBTS PREL MARR AJ IR |
| 06BAKU1836 |
PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's and Polish Ambassador Krajewski's joint PSI demarche (reftel), Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov said the GOAJ politically and morally supports PSI, but it has not officially agreed to the Statement o [...] |
2006-12-20 11:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IR RS AM AJ |
| 06BAKU1837 |
DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AZIMOV SIGNALS DESIRE TO [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) In a December 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov requested that the USG engage in government-to-government consultations on the drafting of Azerbaijan's Military Doctrine and Foreign Policy Strategy. Azimov [...] |
2006-12-20 11:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MASS AJ |
| 06BAKU1839 |
AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PRODUCTION DELAYS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 19 conversation, SOCAR President Abdullayev said December 19 that the two main problems facing Azerbaijan,s 2007 winter gas balance were Turkish unwillingness to follow up on the general political agreements on gas redistribution discussed in Tbilisi, and the latest [...] |
2006-12-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL TU AJ GA |
| 06BAKU1840 |
AZERBAIJAN: BP ELABORATES ON SHAH DENIZ DELAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to BP Azerbaijan, a leak in the first Shah Deniz well, which started production on December 14, has caused production to cease. It will be early January 2007 at the earliest before the leak's cause is known, with subsequent production hinging on the cause of the leak. [...] |
2006-12-20 14:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA |
| 06BAKU1841 |
AZERBAIJAN: SOME PROGRESS IN TRILATERAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of 'First Gas' from Shah Deniz gas field beginning to flow on December 15, the question of how Turkey was to be compensated for allowing its 2007 Shah Deniz gas to be redistributed to Azerbaijan and Georgia was left undecided during December 14-15 negotiations [...] |
2006-12-20 14:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA |
| 06BAKU1842 |
AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...] |
2006-12-21 10:51:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO |
| 06BAKU1843 |
AZERBAIJAN SCRAMBLING FOR A SOLUTION WITHOUT SHAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov said on December 21 that BP had informed the GOAJ that there would be "at least a three month delay" in Shah Deniz production. He said that BP 's "poor work" on Shah Deniz was "unacceptable," and had greatly worsened the regional gas situatio [...] |
2006-12-21 13:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA ECON |
| 06BAKU1845 |
INITIAL AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ and local Azerbaijani observers are still digesting the news of Turkmen President Niyazov's death, but believe Niyazov,s death could create an opportunity to improve the traditionally poor relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani commentators believ [...] |
2006-12-21 13:53:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PBTS IR TX AJ |
| 06BAKU1856 |
AZERBAIJAN: TIP TIER 2 ACTION PLAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2006-12-22 11:22:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN SMIG AJ |
| 06BAKU1857 |
TREASURY VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN - THE IRANIAN THREAT [...] (C) Summary: During a 16-18 November visit by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes, GOAJ officials from the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Presidential Apparat reviewed Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism finance inf [...] |
2006-12-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ |
| 06BAKU1859 |
AZERBAIJAN INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS [...] (SBU) Approximately 100-150 former students of the closed Azerbaijan Independent University (AIU) remain on hunger strike in protest of the slow trial proceedings to determine their academic fate. AIU was closed by the Ministry of Education (MOE), along with 17 other private academic instituti [...] |
2006-12-22 12:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU195 |
AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL OF N-K PEACE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From separate conversations with working-level contacts among Azerbaijan's opposition political leaders, it is evident that not only do many political activists discount the sincerity of GOAJ efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, but few have any concrete ideas of thei [...] |
2006-02-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU196 |
PRESIDENT FIRES ONE MORE MINISTER, APPOINTS TWO [...] (U) On February 7 President Ilham Aliyev dismissed Minister of Labor and Social Protection Ali Naghiyev and replaced him with Fizuli Alakbarov, former head of Improtex travel agency. Additionally, the President assigned Azad Rahimov, former head of a furniture import firm, as the new Minister [...] |
2006-02-10 04:11:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU205 |
NEW MANAT SLIPS IN THE BACK DOOR AS INFLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the beginning of the new year, the Government of Azerbaijan is facing increasing macroeconomic challenges. The introduction of the newly designed manat and redenomination ultimately went smoothly, although the GOAJ decided to stagger the roll-out of all the notes over several [...] |
2006-02-10 13:11:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU206 |
MINOR CARTOON PROTEST EVOLVES OUT OF ASHURA CEREMONIES [...] (SBU) Following Ashura observances at one of Baku's main mosques on February 9, a group of around 200 protestors decided to break off from the main group to march to the French Embassy to protest the Mohammed cartoons. While the group was able to march a reasonable distance, it was finally sto [...] |
2006-02-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV KDEM ASEC AJ |
| 06BAKU207 |
AZERBAIJAN'S NEW CENTRAL ELECTION COMMITTEE [...] (U) The Milli Mejlis (Parliament) held an extraordinary session on February 7 to designate commissioners for the new Central Election Commission, as set out in the Unified Election Code (UEC). Because ten of the 125 parliamentary seats remain vacant and will be filled through the May 13 rerun [...] |
2006-02-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU208 |
AVIAN CASES OF H5N1 CONFIRMED IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOAJ announced February 10 that samples taken from birds in Azerbaijan had tested positive for H5N1 avian influenza. The tests were conducted at an international reference laboratory at Weybridge, UK. Ministers of Health and Agriculture did the right thing by quickly announci [...] |
2006-02-10 16:07:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID CASC KFLU AJ |
| 06BAKU217 |
NEW MINISTER OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary: During a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaleddin Heydarov outlined broad functions for his new ministry, ranging from civil defense to pipeline security and some counterterrorism functions. Heydarov said the new minis [...] |
2006-02-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EPET PTER PINR KFLU AJ |
| 06BAKU218 |
AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING CAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the World Bank mission, the Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Azerbaijan will focus upon the goals and projects outlined in the April 2005 Poverty Reduction Support Credit agreement between the GOAJ and the World Bank. According to the Bank mission, the total [...] |
2006-02-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV ADB IBRD AJ |
| 06BAKU219 |
AZERBAIJAN: IMF READOUT ON ECONOMY IN LATE 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF resident representative, the slowdown in inflation during the last quarter of 2005 was due primarily to a combination of nominal appreciation in the manat and a deceleration in money growth. In addition, it appears that many businesses did not raise prices [...] |
2006-02-14 13:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU234 |
AZERBAIJANI FM MEETS WITH CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met February 13 with leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Mammadyarov characterized Azerbaijan's relations with the United States as a "strategic partnership" and said that Azerbaijan wants [...] |
2006-02-15 13:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AM ENRG IR IS KZ PREL RU |
| 06BAKU235 |
AMBASSADOR AND UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 Ambassador Harnish along with representatives from UN agencies and the USAID country director met with Prime Minister Artur Rasizadeh to urge a more active response by the GOAJ to the avian influenza outbreak in Azerbaijan. In a positive step forward, Rasizadeh gav [...] |
2006-02-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU SOCI TBIO KSCA EAGR EAID CASC ASEC AJ |
| 06BAKU236 |
CEC CHAIR PROMISES AMBASSADOR COOPERATION ON MAY RERUN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 Ambassador called on Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Mezahir Panahov to discuss preparations for the May 13 reruns of ten parliamentary seats. Ambassador addressed a wide area of reforms that could be undertaken, most notably restricting local authorities [...] |
2006-02-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU240 |
RUSSIA CONVENES G-8 MEETING ON COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Summary: While participants at a Russian-chaired G-8 meeting on counter-terrorism issues agreed that Azerbaijan was a strong partner in the global war on terrorism, the meeting rapidly devolved into a discussion on Azerbaijan's reform record. Western countries argued that greater ref [...] |
2006-02-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL RU AJ |
| 06BAKU249 |
AZERBAIJAN IN 2006 LOOKS TO SOLIDIFY ITSELF AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline scheduled for late May and the South Caucasus Pipeline scheduled for October, Azerbaijan in 2006 looks to solidify itself as a regional energy hub and energy provider to foreign markets, including Europe. Over the next [...] |
2006-02-17 06:01:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU256 |
AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT, SHEIKH UL ISLAM MEET WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his private session with the leadership of the visiting Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on February 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed disappointment with the outcome of his talks in Paris with President Kocharian over the [...] |
2006-02-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KISL IS IR AJ |
| 06BAKU257 |
AZERBAIJAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: GOAJ, [...] (SBU) International pressure on the GOAJ to take avian influenza seriously appears to have prompted the GOAJ to take action. Following Ambassador and UN Resident Coordinator,s February 14 approach to Prime Minister Rasizade (reftel) and European Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner,s February 16 pitc [...] |
2006-02-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PGOV KFLU ASEC CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU267 |
AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRONG RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his introductory call on new Chairman of the State Customs Committee Aydin Aliyev, Ambassador Harnish pressed for details of the agency,s future plans and possible internal reforms. Aliyev extolled on the value of his recent trip to the U.S. and noted that he would like to cre [...] |
2006-02-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC ECON PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU269 |
NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, Ambassador and USAID Country Coordinator called on the new Speaker of Parliament, Ogtay Asadov. Asadov and Ambassador agreed on the need for May parliamentary rerun elections to be democratic and expressed confidence that Parliament would exercise a greater role [...] |
2006-02-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ECON PTER AJ |
| 06BAKU277 |
AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC DISMISSES N-K TALKS AS "TOILET [...] (SBU) Public reaction following the unsuccessful presidential talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict February 10-11 in Rambouillet, France, has been predictable. While the international press had billed the talks as having the possibility for a break-through, most Azerbaijanis remained cynica [...] |
2006-02-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KMDR KPAO PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU280 |
ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK; FEBRUARY 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 20 briefing for the diplomatic corps on avian influenza, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Abbasov reviewed the steps the GOAJ has taken and reported that the GOAJ's revised action plan had been submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. Abbasov said the GOAJ now ha [...] |
2006-02-23 04:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR KFLU EAID PGOV ASEC CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU293 |
AZERBAIJAN'S MFA AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONDEMN [...] (U) Per reftel, PAO and Pol/Econ Chief separately shared texts of statements by President Bush and Ambassador Khalilzad regarding the destruction of the Al-Askariya shrine with Azerbaijani MFA Spokesperson and Americas Desk on February 23. MFA Spokesperson Tahir Tagizade subsequently issued [...] |
2006-02-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KISL PTER IZ AJ |
| 06BAKU300 |
AZERBAIJAN: NON-PRO COURIER APPROVAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER OTRA AJ |
| 06BAKU305 |
BTC COMPLETION ON TRACK FOR MAY; BP WORRIES GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 16 meeting with DCM (attending for Ambassador) and the British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward reported that BTC appears on schedule to send oil from Ceyhan by the end of May, with public ceremonies to take place in June. However, this depends on BP achi [...] |
2006-02-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR |
| 06BAKU306 |
PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON MAY ELECTIONS, JC3, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev was in general agreement with our approach to May parliamentary re-run elections, and did not object to NDI/IRI sending observers if they were interested. He also asked to meet with IRI and NDI count [...] |
2006-02-27 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KFLU EAID EAGR MAPP AJ |
| 06BAKU309 |
AZERBAIJAN 2006 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken on combating human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, Post has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizations, [...] |
2006-02-28 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN PREF PGOV PHUM KFRD ASEC ELAB |
| 06BAKU315 |
AZERBAIJAN: GOVT CONVICTS 10 OF ELECTION FRAUD [...] (U) On February 24 First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov told Poloff that the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) has obtained criminal convictions of 10 individuals for election fraud in connection with the November 6 parliamentary elections. Few political observers were aware of these [...] |
2006-02-28 11:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU317 |
AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS PLANS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate mid-February meetings with Ambassador, three prominent opposition leaders discussed their plans for party development and election strategies this year. While Ali Kerimli's Popular Front has reconstituted the Azadliq Bloc as a political bloc (without Musavat) an [...] |
2006-02-28 14:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM ASEC PGOV PREL PINR IR AJ |
| 06BAKU322 |
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO DO MORE ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador and USAID and UNICEF representatives, Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture (and head of the presidential avian influenza commission) Abbas Abbasov showed a new interest in serious measures to address the issue. He indicated that [...] |
2006-02-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID KFLU PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU323 |
SIGNS OF LIFE IN AZERBAIJAN'S NEW PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) On February 27, Ambassador called on new Deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alasgarov (reftel). Alasgarov is a new MP who has been elected by the 41 independents in Parliament to serve as their focal point. Alasgarov appeared overwhelmed at the numerous balls he has been assigned to ju [...] |
2006-03-01 07:53:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV EAID PREL PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU324 |
AZERBAIJAN: MALL PROTEST OVER DESTRUCTION OF THE [...] (C) On February 25, fifteen miles north of Baku in the village of Nardardan, approximately 75 protesters demonstrated against the February 22 destruction of the Al-Askariya mosque in Iraq. Newspaper reports stated that Nardaran demonstrators also burned U.S., Danish and Israeli flags to expres [...] |
2006-03-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PHUM ASEC AJ |
| 06BAKU327 |
BEYOND BTC - AZERBAIJAN SEEKS FURTHER ROLE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's MFA, in cooperation with State Oil Company SOCAR, sponsored a "High-Level Meeting on the Issues of Energy Security of Europe" on February 24. Representatives of several European countries, the European Commission, and Iran attended. Although the subject matter was no [...] |
2006-03-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR RU IR |
| 06BAKU328 |
AZERBAIJAN: BRITISH HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER PUSHES UK [...] (C) Summary. In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Lord Lester, a British barrister representing jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev, probed USG interest in political asylum for Aliyev in the UK. The Ambassador eventually declined to support this approach while [...] |
2006-03-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU329 |
AZERBAIJAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tense meeting with the donor community March 1, a very agitated Deputy Prime Minister Abbas Abbasov, head of the GOAJ avian influenza commission, confirmed for the first time avian influenza in domestic poultry and one commercial poultry farm. Abbasov indicated that GOAJ lab [...] |
2006-03-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID ECON KFLU PREL PGOV CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU333 |
BP BUILDS PICTURE OF SPLIT GOAJ ON OIL TRANSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 28 meeting with Ambassador and the British Ambassador, BP Azerbaijan senior executive David Woodward reported that the South Caucasus gas pipeline project (SCP) is continuing on schedule and the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) should remain on schedule as wel [...] |
2006-03-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR |
| 06BAKU339 |
AZERBAIJAN CONSIDERS CHANGES TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS [...] (C) Summary: Rafiq Aliyev, Chairman of the State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) informed us that the GOAJ has begun writing sermons for Azerbaijan's mosques. Aliyev confirmed news reports that the GOAJ plans to amend the Law on Religious Freedoms to address the threat of [...] |
2006-03-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AJ |
| 06BAKU341 |
AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTOR GENERAL: OPPOSITION YOUTH [...] (C) First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov told us February 24 that the GOAJ criminal investigation into accused youth opposition activist Ruslan Bashirli was almost complete and the case would go to trial between March 10 and March 15. Bashirli was the first of three opposition youth le [...] |
2006-03-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHEM KDEM AJ |
| 06BAKU342 |
KHOJALI TRAGEDY: PATRIOTISM, GRIEF, AND A PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's commemoration of the Khojali Massacre (a 1992 attack by Armenian forces that resulted in the death of a reported 613 civilians) contained a decidedly political message this year, with pointed outreach to the international community and a disturbing uptick in anti-Arme [...] |
2006-03-03 13:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV KCRM SOCI AM AJ |
| 06BAKU348 |
AZERBAIJAN'S RESPONSE TO U.S.-PROPOSED AGENDA FOR [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, pol/econ chief extended PM A/S Hillen's invitation to the 2006 session of the U.S.-Azerbaijan Political-Military Consultations to Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov. Azimov was already aware of the planned March 29 talks and expressed his confidence that the talks [...] |
2006-03-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS PARM PGOG AJ |
| 06BAKU356 |
AMBASSADOR AND EU TROIKA RAISE CONCERNS WITH PM ON [...] (C) SUMAMRY: In a March 6 meeting requested by the Ambassador and EU Troika (EU Commission, German Ambassador, French Charge) to highlight common concerns about Azerbaijan's handling of avian influenza problems, Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade, welcomed international expertise in dealing with t [...] |
2006-03-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EAID PGOV KFLU CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU359 |
A SNAPSHOT OF POVERTY IN BAKU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nasib Nassibli, an opposition MP and former Fulbright scholar, took PolOff on a tour of his constituency which includes some of Baku's poorest families. The squalor in which his constituents live often goes unnoticed as more attention often goes to IDPs, refugees, and orphans. [...] |
2006-03-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ECON ELAB SOCI AJ |
| 06BAKU362 |
PRESIDENT'S DECREE GIVES GREATER POWERS TO NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 27, President Aliyev issued a decree detailing the activities the new Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) will undertake. In addition to the broad responsibilities outlined by the decree establishing the Ministry (ref b), the new decree called for: creation of a mi [...] |
2006-03-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ASEC KDEM PHUM PINR AJ |
| 06BAKU368 |
STATUS OF THE KASHAGAN-BTC IGA -- THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. International energy companies in Baku believe Azerbaijan is holding out for better terms in the draft Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Kazakhstan over trans-Caspian oil transport. Parliament Deputy Speaker Valekh Alasgarov appears to be leading the charge for President A [...] |
2006-03-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ |
| 06BAKU369 |
SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 13-14 TRIP TO [...] (S) Summary: We warmly welcome your March 13-14 visit and view it as much-needed opportunity to engage the highest levels of the GOAJ. Azerbaijan could play a critical role in advancing U.S. interests in energy security and a useful one in the resolution of the nuclear threat posed by Iran. [...] |
2006-03-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG MARR KDEM PHUM IR RU AM AJ |
| 06BAKU370 |
BARMEK'S TROUBLES PAINT GRIM PICTURE FOR POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The truce between Azerbaijan state electricity company AzerEnergy and Turkish power company Barmek, which buys electricity from AzerEnergy for distribution to consumers, has broken down. President Aliyev lent support to AzerEnergy chief Pirverdiyev's public attack on the company [...] |
2006-03-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON AJ TR |
| 06BAKU377 |
AVIAN INFLUENZA IN AZERBAIJAN: NEED FOR MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Despite significant and prolonged intervention by Post, the GOAJ continues to react poorly to the threat of avian influenza. The GOAJ's extremely poor veterinary response appears to have largely destroyed the commercial poultry industry, in addition to an unkno [...] |
2006-03-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PGOV PREL EAGR KFLU CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU383 |
NEW AZERBAIJANI YOUTH MINISTER A RARE BREATH OF [...] (SBU) Recently appointed Minister of Youth and Sports Azad Rahimov told the Ambassador March 6 that he was eager to engage on youth development issues. An affluent entrepreneur in his early forties, Rahimov said he worked closely with several of Azerbaijan's current leaders, including President [...] |
2006-03-10 14:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU407 |
MANAGING AZERBAIJAN,S LOOMING ECONOMIC STORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan faces a massive economic challenge over the near-term. With oil revenue projected to reach USD 42 billion by 2010, Azerbaijan has the opportunity to transform from a cash-poor developing nation into an economically confident regional leader. While the GOAJ in theory h [...] |
2006-03-15 13:03:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU411 |
ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING AZERBAIJANI STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ilham Aliyev is the lead economic and political decision-maker in Azeraijan. Aliyev, however, makes most economic polcy decisions relying upon a small close group ofbusiness contacts and trusted government ministers. High-level economic decision-making in Azerbaijan re [...] |
2006-03-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECON PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU412 |
EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried and Ambassador Harnish discussed the importance of strengthening Azerbaijan,s economic and financial development with Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev on March 14. Babayev told Fried that his job is to make Azerbaijan stronger economically and that h [...] |
2006-03-16 11:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN PREL PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU430 |
PRESIDENT ALIYEV LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EUR A/S Fried on March 14, President Aliyev said that the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship remains strong and reaffirmed Azerbaijan,s westward orientation. Aliyev expressed concern about the situation of ethnic Azeris in Georgia asked A/S Fried to raise the issue th [...] |
2006-03-21 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ENRG MOPS AJ |
| 06BAKU431 |
EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR A/S Fried discussed the role of the Caspian in European energy security with GOAJ, BP, TOTAL, Statoil and ConocoPhillips officials in Baku on March 14. The consensus opinion was that Caspian energy resources, particularly natural gas, could play an important role in meeting f [...] |
2006-03-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR TX |
| 06BAKU433 |
EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, IRAN, ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Azerbaijan's civil society leaders, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed democratization, Iran, and Islamic extremism. Many civil society leaders noted a disengagement from politics by the population after the November elections failed to meet their high expectations. W [...] |
2006-03-22 07:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR KISL AJ IR |
| 06BAKU444 |
WHO CONFIRMS 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that UK reference laboratory tests showed that five deaths (reftel) in Azerbaijan were caused by H5N1 avian influenza. Testing confirmed two additional H5N1 infections; one patient recovered and has been discharged fro [...] |
2006-03-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KFLU EAID PGOV EAGR TBIO CASC AJ |
| 06BAKU446 |
AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] On March 16 post received a request for Human Rights Vetting approval for members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to participate in Crime Scene Photography and Crime Scene Investigation training programs. The participants would attend Forensics Training in Baku, 3 April thru 12 May 2006. [...] |
2006-03-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS AJ |
| 06BAKU447 |
AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR'S ECONOMIC VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish traveled to Ismailly and Sheki March 9 and 10 to open a Regional Information Center and a renovated pre-school and boarding school funded by the U.S. During the trip, the Ambassador met with local government officials and discussed economic and political deve [...] |
2006-03-22 13:41:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL PGOV KFLU AJ |
| 06BAKU450 |
AZERBAIJAN ENERGY OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from energy sector companies operating in Azerbaijan discussed the Barmek crisis, Caucasus gas needs, changes in pipeline security agencies, trans-Caspian oil transport and offshore gas development at the Ambassador,s March Energy Forum. Participants reported tha [...] |
2006-03-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON ENRG AJ RU KZ |
| 06BAKU452 |
SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 29 US-AZERBAIJAN [...] (S) Summary: The March 29 political-military consultations are an important opportunity to broaden our strong security relationship. Strategically located in the heart of the Greater Middle East, Azerbaijan provides excellent cooperation on security issues and looks for opportunities to do [...] |
2006-03-23 12:15:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS MOPS PBTS AJ |
| 06BAKU454 |
REQUEST FOR U.S. REPRESENTATION AT JUNE 6-9 [...] The Thirteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held on June 6-9, 2006, here in Baku. COGS has traditionally been the largest oil and gas show in the region, attracting thousands of attendees. COGS 2005 hosted 331 exhibitors from 29 countries including a dozen major U.S. firms [...] |
2006-03-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET ENRG ECON AJ |
| 06BAKU455 |
UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the past week followed reports of ceasefire violations and an announcement that three soldiers were convicted of treason for collusion with Armenia. Meanwhile President Aliyev called on the Armenians to accept the useful suggestions [...] |
2006-03-23 13:17:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ |
| 06BAKU458 |
AZERBAIJAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM presented the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR) to Deputy Foreign Minister for Democratization, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Problems Mahmud Mamadguliyev. Mamadguliyev stated that the GOAJ recognizes the situation in Azerbaijan is ¬ ideal,8 but noted that the GOAJ was t [...] |
2006-03-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL AJ |
| 06BAKU459 |
AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF GUAM [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM delivered reftel demarche on GOAJ contributions to the GUAM Secretariat to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamadguliyev. Mamadguliyev was not immediately familiar with the issue but promised to look into the matter. HARNISH [...] |
2006-03-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM EAID EUN SNAR PGOV AJ |
| 06BAKU460 |
AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON GUATEMALAN UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On March 17 DCM delivered reftel demarche, following up on a previous demarche by Ambassador, this time to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mamadguliyev and asked for a substantive response to request to support Guatemala in its bid for a non-permanent UN Security Council seat. Mamadguliye [...] |
2006-03-24 09:18:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN UNSC GT VE AJ |
| 06BAKU467 |
AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] On March 27 post received a request for Human Rights Vetting approval for members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' participation in the Basic Firearms and Explosives Course in Budapest. The participants would attend the training in Budapest on 10-14 April 2006. The participants are: [...] |
2006-03-27 11:32:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MARR MASS AJ |