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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06PARIS6835 | UNESCO: PHILANTHROPY EXPERT SPEAKS ON PRIVATE SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: On September 14, 2006 Craig Kennedy, President of the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, participated in UNESCO's Day of Reflection and Dialogue on Extrabudgetary Activities where he emphasized the need for UNESCO to develop more effective ways to build private-sector p [...] | 2006-10-17 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO UNESCO |
06PARIS6836 | POLISH AMBASSADOR ON RUSSIA AND FRENCH/EU TIMIDITY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Polish Ambassador to France Jan Tombinski expressed concern about the increasing concentration of power in the Kremlin and criticized President Chirac for French reluctance to confront the Russians over their increasingly negative p [...] | 2006-10-17 11:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR RU EU GG MD |
06PARIS6837 | UNESCO: BRASILIA FIELD OFFICE INVESTIGATION NOW OF [...] (C) This is an action request; please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary. On Friday, October 13, the U.S. Mission was discreetly provided a copy of a letter addressed to UNESCO Director-General Matsuura signed by two Brazilian Federal Prosecutors who informed the D-G that the previously civil inv [...] | 2006-10-17 12:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO SCUL BR |
06PARIS6842 | MFA DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S) Summary: In a meeting on October 16, MFA DAS-equivalent for Security in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, Pierre Thenard, outlined generally positive French views on the Terrorist Inciters/Facilitators Initiative. Thenard inquired about [...] | 2006-10-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
06PARIS6843 | FRENCH PONDER NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: While the French MFA's NEA and IO equivalents are convinced of the need to support PM Siniora, implement UNSCR 1701, and ensure UNIFIL's credibility, they have not yet ironed out differences in their thinking on potential next steps -- and may be seriously overestimating the poten [...] | 2006-10-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS6844 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC FR |
06PARIS6845 | CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER ON UNSC ELECTIONS, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: DCM met with Presidential African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 12 to follow up on French advocacy with Francophone sub-Saharan Africans to bolster the Security Council candidacy of Guatemala. Bonnecorse confirmed his intervention with the AU President and wi [...] | 2006-10-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SU IV FR |
06PARIS685 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - State of the Union [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 12:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
06PARIS686 | FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE [...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. France's foreign trade deficit widened in 2005 --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) France's trade deficit widened last November, leading many experts to conclude that France is heading for [...] | 2006-02-02 12:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR |
06PARIS6896 | FRENCH DEFENSE BUDGET STABLE AMID WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's 2007 budget would increase defense spending a modest 2.2 percent to 47.7 billion euros, according to the draft budget presented by Finance Minister Thierry Breton on September 27. The draft budget dispels earlier rumors that defense spending could diminis [...] | 2006-10-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP EFIN PINS KCFE FR |
06PARIS6906 | FRENCH CAUTION GOI AGAINST LAUNCHING BROADER GAZA [...] (S) Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Levant, told us Oct. 19 that the Quai is alarmed by "multiple indications" that Israel intends to launch a broad Gaza offensive immediately after the Eid al-Fitr holiday (approximately October 26). The Quai fears that Prime Minister Olmer [...] | 2006-10-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IS PGOV PREL |
06PARIS6907 | TALABANI VISIT ON TRACK [...] (C) On Oct. 19, PolMC briefed Iraqi Ambassador Mouaffak Abboud on the results (reported Ref B) of our latest demarche to the French on supporting the Iraq Compact. PolMC noted that the UK Embassy delivered a similar demarche to the French in mid-September and urged Abboud to also raise the po [...] | 2006-10-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN ETRD FR IZ PGOV PREL |
06PARIS6908 | FRANCE/UNSC VOTE: NO BENEFIT TO PRESSURE ON ITALY, [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini in absence of IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman, who had earlier discussed the Italian abstention with Political Minister-Counselor (ref B). Giacomini relayed that the Italian delegation in New York, in response to a French approach, h [...] | 2006-10-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC IT FR |
06PARIS6921 | TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, EB DAS for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total International Relations Senior Vice President Hubert Loiseleur des Longchamps on Total's prospective investments in Iran. Simons explained that Congress had recently passed the Iran Freedom [...] | 2006-10-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC EINV EPET FIR IR |
06PARIS6938 | FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...] | 2006-10-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS6943 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: DPRK SANCTIONS, IRAQ AND FRENCH-TURKISH [...] (SBU) This week's commentary led with items on potential sanctions following North Korea's nuclear test and the difficulty of finding a balance between a firm stance and China's concerns over the "disintegration" of North Korea (DPRK),with a number of media linking the DPRK and Iran. Iraq sta [...] | 2006-10-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
06PARIS6945 | FRENCH PRAGMATIC ON LEBANON, PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: An authoritative contact at the French MFA advocated a gradual elimination of Israeli overflights of Lebanon, evinced interest in promoting Nabih Berri as an alternative to Hizballah, and provided an update on French thinking about an international conference on the Middle East -- [...] | 2006-10-20 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS6946 | MFA A/S-EQUIVALENT PESSIMISTIC ON TURKEY-EU TRAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S-equivalent for European Union affairs Gilles Briatta told us October 20 that Turkey understood that the French National Assembly's passage of legislation criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" was only a first parliamentary step, and that Turkey had managed the [...] | 2006-10-23 06:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EU TU CY PGOV RS ENRG ETRD |
06PARIS6968 | FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR [...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...] | 2006-10-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV FR |
06PARIS6969 | FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR [...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...] | 2006-10-23 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV FR |
06PARIS6986 | FRENCH FM DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND NEW DELHI [...] (C) On October 23, we conveyed U.S. support for and encouraged French attendance at the New Delhi Regional Economic Cooperation Conference (RECC) to Pierre Fournier, Afghanistan desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fournier responded that Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy woul [...] | 2006-10-24 13:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV PREL |
06PARIS6993 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT [...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...] | 2006-10-24 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
06PARIS6995 | YOUNG FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER HIGHLIGHTS GENERATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ahmed Gouffi, a young French-born Muslim civic leader, criticized the leaders of France's main Muslim organizations as out of touch with young Muslims born in France. His comments echo those of other young French Muslim contacts, and highlight a generational divide between Frenc [...] | 2006-10-24 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL INR PTER SCUL FR |
06PARIS7013 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 10:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PHUM PREL PTER UNGA |
06PARIS7021 | UNESCO SEMINAR EXPLORES ACCESS TO ENERGY FOR DEVELOPING [...] Summary: Representatives from UNESCO, private companies, government agencies, and NGOs gathered for the seminar "Access to Energy for All." The conference, attended by 30 people, took place at UNESCO, but was actually organized by an NGO with ties to UNESCO. Several UNESCO secretariat members d [...] | 2006-10-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO ENRG PHUM |
06PARIS7023 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL AT UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS PREL UNGA |
06PARIS7024 | SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S NOVEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) When you meet him, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's focus will be on some of the same subjects that are currently preoccupying us: Iran, Syria/Lebanon and NATO (global partnerships, Afghanistan.) We would expect MGM to be in his usual cooperative, problem-solving mode on the first two, wher [...] | 2006-10-25 17:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR NATO KNNP IR IZ LE SY IS RS GG |
06PARIS7025 | FRANCE/CHAD: STORM HAS BLOWN OVER [...] (C) Bruno Foucher, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent assured Africa Watcher late October 25 that the rebel attacks near Mongo had petered out and the rebels were dispersing -- some headed toward the southern border with the Central African Republic, others toward the north. Foucher, who leaves in Novemb [...] | 2006-10-25 17:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CD FR |
06PARIS7054 | HAGUE CONVENTION COMMITTEE MEETING MISFIRES [...] The first meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict at UNESCO ended practically before it got started today, after member states complained that the key document to be considered had not been distributed in sufficient time for consultations [...] | 2006-10-26 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
06PARIS7056 | FRENCH MFA ON IRAQ COMPACT PG MEETING, TALABANI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq, and Bernard Chappedelaine, Iraq desk officer, on October 26. Chappedelaine said France would be represented at the 10/31 Preparatory Group meeting by Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, Inter-Ministerial Coordinato [...] | 2006-10-26 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN FR IZ PGOV PREL |
06PARIS7057 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...] | 2006-10-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR |
06PARIS706 | SCENESETTER FOR PARIS VISIT HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome you to Paris to meet with Health Minister Bertrand and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Alice Dautry. The Embassy works closely with the Ministry of Health on a range of matters, including avian flu, AIDS and the Global [...] | 2006-02-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL ECON SOCI FR |
06PARIS7076 | NOTE FROM U/S JOSEPH ON STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP RS UK FR |
06PARIS7084 | THE FUSE AND THE POWDER KEG: FRANCE ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after violent unrest lit up France's underclass suburbs for three weeks, the country's poor suburban neighborhoods remain troubled. Religious identity in these largely Muslim areas was not a significant causal factor then, nor has it become one now. Instead, failure [...] | 2006-10-27 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB FR PGOV |
06PARIS7086 | SERBIA PUSHING FRANCE TO REOPEN SAA NEGOTIATIONS [...] SUMMARY: (S) Serbian Senior Presidential Advisor Vuk Jeremic held talks in Paris at the MFA and French Presidency on October 25-26 to push for a reopening of EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) negotiations with Serbia, lay out President Tadic,s vision for elections, and plead for [...] | 2006-10-27 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI FR |
06PARIS7090 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: SUBURBAN UNREST; IRAN'S REACH INTO SHIITE [...] (SBU) A number of media outlets commented on recent vandalism and violence in the Paris suburbs in conjunction with the anniversary of last year's suburban unrest and discussed the undercurrents of lingering tensions. Commentators analyzed the situation in the light of a confidential intellige [...] | 2006-10-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
06PARIS7094 | UNESCO -- EDUCATION ISSUES AT THE 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) EDUCATION SECTOR REFORMS In September, the First Lady hosted her highly successful Literacy Conference in New York City, attended by the President and UNESCO's Director General Matsuura. Despite the goodwill generated by the conference and interventions by most members of the Executive [...] | 2006-10-27 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL KPAO |
06PARIS7095 | MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY ISSUE AT UNESCO 175TH EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (U) MEDIUM TERM STRATEGY The Medium Term Strategy (MTS) for 2008-2013 (34 C/4) was the source of hours of discussion and a major "thematic" debate on UNESCO's role in the world. (Comment: we know of no other organization that is as self-absorbed as UNESCO and wastes as much time discussing i [...] | 2006-10-27 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL PO IS BR LE CU EU |
06PARIS7096 | G/TIP: FRANCE MAKES CASE FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jean-Michel Colombani, Chief of the Interior Ministry's Central Office for the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, made the case during an October 25 meeting that France has a strong record in preventing and addressing the trafficking of persons and continues to make significant [...] | 2006-10-27 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KWMN FR |
06PARIS7098 | (U) USUNESCO - MORE INFORMATION ON BRASILIA OFFICE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss for reason 1.4 (d) 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Powell delivered her talking points on Brasilia to Director-General (DG) Matsuura during their meeting on October 24. Following that meeting, Ambassador Oliver had a private session with the DG to dis [...] | 2006-10-27 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO SCUL BR |
06PARIS7101 | FRANCE CONFIRMS TO S/CRS HERBST THAT IT HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: October 19, visiting S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met with both working and senior-level French counterparts to share the USG experience in establishing a central coordinating office for reconstruction and stabilization activities and to encourage creation of a similar structure [...] | 2006-10-30 09:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FR |
06PARIS7102 | DAS BRYZA AND MOI DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Minister of Interior Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor, David Martinon, expressed interest in U.S. thinking on Muslim integration in Europe and highlighted the various ways in which the GOF has approached the problem in recent years. Sa [...] | 2006-10-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER FR TU PINS XT |
06PARIS7104 | AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE AND NATO: EVOLVING FRENCH [...] (C) In a follow up to the widely-rumored, but not yet publicly announced, French decision to withdraw its Special Forces (SOF) contribution to OEF in Afghanistan, we inquired of MOD and MFA contacts as to France's commitment to ISAF and OEF. MFA Strategic Affairs Advisor in the Cabinet Francoi [...] | 2006-10-30 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO AF FR |
06PARIS7108 | MFA SEES LITTLE CHANCE OF TALKS BETWEEN POLISARIO [...] (C) Summary: The MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, Christian Testo, assessed there was little likelihood either Morocco or Algeria would agree to direct Moroccan-Polisario talks in the near future. In Testo's analysis, both Algeria and Tunisia were obsessed with their respective presidential [...] | 2006-10-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AG FR MO PGOV |
06PARIS7109 | FRANCE: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA [...] (C) Summary: In October 18-19 meetings with WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA affairs Parfait agreed that Cuba was likely entering a period of transition and needed international support in evolving toward democratic governance, while cautioning against interference in Cuban [...] | 2006-10-30 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CU FR NU VE EAID ETTC PHUM PREL |
06PARIS7118 | ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON [...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...] | 2006-10-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7119 | FRENCH TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS FROM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: GOF Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry Information and Communications Technologies Director Emmanuel Gabla told us on October 19 that he was discussing with EU counterparts whether to regulate next generation fiber networks used for broadband and cable TV. Gabla admitted [...] | 2006-10-30 17:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON FR |
06PARIS7126 | MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT UNESCO'S 175th EXECUTIVE BOARD (FALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY With the military conflict between Israel and Lebanon still very much on the minds of delegates, the UNESCO Executive Board was set to face the always sensitive issues of Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. This time, with the scars of war still open and emotions running hig [...] | 2006-10-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS LE |
06PARIS7127 | EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION [...] (U) The question of EU ambassadorial delegation switching - which provoked strong, negative reactions at the Spring 2006 Executive Board session - was followed up with determination by the Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) States (led by India and Japan, and joined by Afghanistan, China, Indonesia) to have [...] | 2006-10-31 09:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN |
06PARIS7135 | 2007 INCSR REPORT FOR FRANCE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) BELOW FOLLOWS THE 2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) FOR THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN: I. SUMMARY French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of St. Martin, and St. Barthe [...] | 2006-10-31 12:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR FR |
06PARIS7139 | MINISTER CONVOKES AMBASSADOR OVER COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Minister Girardin convoked the Ambassador October 31 to urge U.S. support for the French draft Security Council resolution on Cote d'Ivoire, pleading that France was in a very difficult situation. After taking into account core U.S. objections, the draft now represented [...] | 2006-10-31 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC IV FR KPKO |
06PARIS715 | EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-03 07:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR MARR MCAP PREL |
06PARIS7151 | FRANCE SUPPORTS STRONG ENFORCEMENT OF UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) Poloff delivered Under Secretary's letter (reftel) October 30 to Benoit Guidee, IO office director-equivalent at the MFA. Guidee reiterated France's "total solidarity" with the U.S. and agreed that the U.N. Security Council must maintain a firm stance on the North Korean nuclear tests. The [...] | 2006-10-31 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS FR KN |
06PARIS7153 | TOGO: GILCHRIST OLYMPIO'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio on October 23 told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn that the UFC would be willing to participate in Togo's government of national unity under certain conditions, such as naming a UFC member to head a notional new ministry charged with over [...] | 2006-11-02 07:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
06PARIS7177 | FRANCE SEES POST-DEBY CHAD APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's African Affairs Counselor Michel de Bonnecorse admitted to visiting U.S. Ambassador to Chad Marc Wall in an October 20 meeting that Deby's Presidency could be nearing its close, with assassination a growing possibility. The manner and place of Deby's demise - [...] | 2006-11-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KPKO SU CD FR |
06PARIS7178 | FRANCE PROMISES VIGILANCE TOWARD KOMID AND OTHER [...] (C) This is an action message; see paragraph 3. Poloff called November 2 upon Arnaud Mentre, desk officer for non-proliferation in the MFA's bureau of strategic affairs, to deliver demarche (reftel A). Mentre said France is aware of the Korea Mining Development Trading Corporation (KOMID) and [...] | 2006-11-02 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM FR MNUC KNNP KN |
06PARIS718 | EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...] | 2006-02-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MCAP FR |
06PARIS7182 | TOGO: FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR'S OCTOBER 26 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Africa Advisor Michel de Bonnecorse on October 26 said that the recently announced Togolese government was a "reasonable formula," in a meeting with transiting Ambassador David Dunn. He characterized Gilchrist Olympio, his UFC associates, and other non-participant [...] | 2006-11-03 07:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
06PARIS719 | EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MCAP FR |
06PARIS7199 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- SFR takes over Tele2 and becomes the second fully integrated operator after France Telecom (FT)(para 2) -- Neuf Cegetel acquir [...] | 2006-11-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
06PARIS720 | EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-03 10:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MCAP FR |
06PARIS7200 | TOGO/FRENCH MFA: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn, MFA DAS-equivalent Bruno Foucher said that Togo was evolving well. He complained that German caution was impeding the unblocking of EU funding for Togo; resuming economic assistance rapidly would help prevent To [...] | 2006-11-03 13:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
06PARIS7201 | PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...] | 2006-11-03 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH |
06PARIS7202 | TOGO/FRENCH MOD: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn met with French Ministry of Defense officials on August 24. The discussion focused on Togo's military and how to decrease its involvement in internal security affairs, which should be handled by the police and gendarmerie. However, defining a [...] | 2006-11-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR TO FR |
06PARIS7206 | UNESCO - MUSEUM PROGRAMS UPDATE [...] The Ambassador met on 3 November with Laurent Levi-Strauss, Director of UNESCO's Museums Section. Levi-Strauss also provided us with a memo (which will be forwarded separately by e-mail) detailing the current status of UNESCO's museum pilot program. 2. Levi-Strauss described the 11 pilot pr [...] | 2006-11-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
06PARIS7208 | FRENCH FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: A number of environmental developments have occurred in France recently: - The release of State of the Environment IFEN Report 2006; - President Chirac's announcement of an international conference to be held in Paris in early 2007 to press for a UN Environment Organization; - [...] | 2006-11-03 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV FR |
06PARIS7209 | CESR CHANGES OPERATIONAL TASKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) has amended its charter in response to a report issued by the EU Council of Ministers earlier this year. The move is part of a broader effort to promote regulatory convergence and improve supervision of the financial markets [...] | 2006-11-03 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
06PARIS7210 | UNESCO - EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD [...] Summary. Mission has picked up some murmurs about the desire of a few UNESCO member states to have UNESCO draft a convention that would treat education as a public good and attempt to remove education from the purview of the WTO, much along the lines of what was attempted during the drafting [...] | 2006-11-03 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL ETRD |
06PARIS7211 | "WE'RE STUCK": FRENCH GLUM ON LEBANON, [...] (S) Summary: In an Oct. 31 meeting with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter, MFA A/S-equivalent for the Middle East and North Africa Jean Felix-Pagagnon said FM Douste-Blazy was unlikely to attend the November 30 session of the Forum For the Future in Jordan. Felix-Pagagnon went on to offer a remarkably [...] | 2006-11-03 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7212 | U/S LAVIN RAISES COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION CONCERNS WITH GOF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR |
06PARIS7213 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, NATO'S [...] (SBU) Speculation about the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections and the impact of the war in Iraq elicited widespread conjecture about the prospects for a new U.S. strategy for Iraq. President Talabani's visit to Paris prompted additional discussion of the need for international support for his c [...] | 2006-11-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
06PARIS7228 | CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI AT THE OECD: RAISING THE BAR? [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: China and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) continue to spar over Taiwan's participation, as a non-member, in the work of the OECD -- work for which statehood is not a requirement. In recent developments, Chinese Taipei has applied to participate in the activities of t [...] | 2006-11-06 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL SENV EU CH TW OECD FR |
06PARIS7242 | MFA POLICY PLANNER SEES YEARS OF VIOLENCE AHEAD IN [...] (C) Christian Nakhle, head of the Middle East and North Africa cell at the Centre d'Analyse et de Prevision (i.e., the "CAP," the Quai's S/P-equivalent),shared his views of Lebanon and Iraq with NEA Watcher on 11/3. Nakhle, whose analyses are distributed within the MFA but do not constitute [...] | 2006-11-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7243 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In a November 3 meeting, Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, expressed general support for the U.S.-led UNGA resolution on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. Bouchez expressed surprise, however, that the U.S. had already sent a demarche t [...] | 2006-11-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR |
06PARIS7251 | DAILY NEWSPAPERS: FIRST IN A SERIES ON THE FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for the 2006-2007 to determine the appropriate attention to keep on traditional print media while pivoting to expand our efforts with radio and TV media, as well as with the new Internet media. This analysis of French [...] | 2006-11-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
06PARIS7256 | UNESCO - PILOT PORTAL PROJECT PROPOSAL ON RECOGNIZED HIGHER [...] Summary. On November 13-14, 2006, UNESCO is hosting a meeting of the pilot project steering committee for the UNESCO portal on recognized higher education institutions. Judith Eaton, President of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, is the designated US steering committee member. [...] | 2006-11-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
06PARIS7266 | DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel November 3 to Aurelia Bouchez, MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. Bouchez commented that the suspension of the Chisinau rail link came as a surprise to France, which had expected Russia to avoid provocations on Transnistria in order to d [...] | 2006-11-07 14:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELTN RS MD UP FR |
06PARIS7269 | (S/NF) G7 CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] SUMMARY: (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada) France hosted an experts-level meeting on October 25 with G7 partners and the EU to discus how to implement the G8 Gleneagles commitment to develop financial measures to combat WMD proliferation. Participants exchanged information on [...] | 2006-11-07 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV FR |
06PARIS7278 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted the French company CEO Jean-Marc Gardin regarding export license DA1023-06, involving the export of components for flight simulators to Canadian firm CAE. According to Garden, the distribution agreement between Thales Electronics, BE [...] | 2006-11-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR CA |
06PARIS728 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and Democracy - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
06PARIS7282 | USUNESCO - AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT INAUGURATION [...] SUMMARY: On October 3, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura joined Ambassador Oliver and architectural historian & photographer John Margolies, to inaugurate the "American Roadside Architecture" exhibit at UNESCO Headquarters. The exhibit featured over 50 photographs of mid-twentieth cent [...] | 2006-11-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KPAO |
06PARIS7284 | USUNESCO - FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell, gave remarks at the Closing Plenary Session of the Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) Symposium in at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 24, 2006. The Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsu [...] | 2006-11-08 09:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KPAO SCUL EAID |
06PARIS7290 | HAL - FRANCE'S PORTAL FOR SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS [...] All major French research organizations, the conference of university presidents (CPU),the conference of 'Grandes Ecoles' (France's elite universities),and the Pasteur Institute recently signed a Joint Draft Agreement defining a coordinated approach, at the national level, for open-access [...] | 2006-11-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TINT TNGD FR |
06PARIS7302 | FRANCE UNLIKELY TO GRANT FURTHER DEBT RELIEF TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Embassy raised reftel points on Iraqi debt forgiveness with the head of France's Inter-ministerial Mission for Iraq Reconstruction, Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, on November 6. Guinhut said there would be considerable resistance to going beyond the 80% forgiveness France had committed t [...] | 2006-11-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EZ FR |
06PARIS7318 | INTERNATIONAL UNION'S LUNG CONFERENCE - PUNCHING ABOVE ITS [...] SUMMARY: The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease convened the 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health from October 31 to November 4, 2006 in Paris, France. The Union's annual conference is the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts dedicate [...] | 2006-11-09 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KHIV KFLU FR |
06PARIS7321 | EGYPTIAN EMBASSY OFFICIAL: NABIH BERRI IS A JOKE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Paris NEA Watcher met 11/7 with his Egyptian counterpart, Yahya Oda, and 11/8 with Lebanese Charge d'Affaires Ghady al-Khoury (protect),to discuss political developments in Lebanon. While Oda predicted the current dialogue between the March 14 Group and Hizballah/Aounist [...] | 2006-11-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7322 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...] | 2006-11-09 11:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7325 | U.S. Organics Program Presented to French Audiences [...] Summary: On October 26, Katherine DiMatteo, representing the U.S. Organic Trade Association (OTA),met with two French agricultural journalists and participated in a round table with 20 people from the French organic industry and regulatory services. In these events, organized by FAS and PAO [...] | 2006-11-09 13:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
06PARIS7327 | VIOLENCE ESCALATES AROUND BIOTECH CORN [...] Summary: On November 4, anti biotech activists, including Jose Bove, damaged 2,000 MT of GM corn worth at least 365,000 Euros at a farm near Bordeaux. The concerned farmer reacted by firing shots in the air and using his vehicle to damage demonstrators' vehicles. While the police briefly det [...] | 2006-11-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
06PARIS7328 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, VERDICT [...] (SBU) Debate over the impact of the war in Iraq continued to fuel widespread speculation prior to November 7 about a "lame duck presidency," while most commentary on the results concluded that the vote had "punished" President Bush's Iraq policy. Journalists analyzed the verdict in the Saddam [...] | 2006-11-09 13:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
06PARIS7329 | FRANCE 2007 INCSR Report, Part II [...] (SBU) Below is the proposed 2006-2007 INCSR Report for France, Part II, Financial crimes and money laundering. 2. (SBU) France France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods [...] | 2006-11-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KCRM KTFN FR |
06PARIS7335 | TOGO: MEETING WITH ERIC AMERDING (UFC) [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senior UFC member Eric Amerding on November 8 said that he had discussed Togo with EU Commission members on November 7, in response to an EU request for UFC views on developments in Togo. Amerding told the EU representatives that the Faure regime was not acting in [...] | 2006-11-09 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TO FR |
06PARIS7337 | FRANCE/GAERC: GOF MAD ON LEBANON; SKEPTICAL ON [...] (U) We shared reftel points November 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Herve Besancenot, DAS-equivalent for Iran Franck Gellet, DAS-equivalent for Nonproliferation (Iran) Philippe Errera and Deputy David Bertolotti, and DAS-equivalent for CFSP Emmanuel Cohet. Separately, we raised [...] | 2006-11-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK CG IS |
06PARIS7339 | UNESCO - Literacy Prizes [...] Summary. On Friday, November 3, 2006, UNESCO awarded the 2006 Literacy prizes to literacy programs in Pakistan, Turkey, Cuba, India, and Morocco. A program in China received an Honorable Mention. Pakistan received the International Reading Association Literacy Prize. IRA is a U.S. associatio [...] | 2006-11-09 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
06PARIS7340 | FRENCH AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING REFORM [...] (C) French DAS-equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, confirmed on November 3 that France would continue strongly to support reform efforts in the Ukraine, particularly in the defense field. Bouchez noted that although France in theory was in favor of a NATO m [...] | 2006-11-09 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS UP FR |
06PARIS7341 | USUNESCO - A/S POWELL MEETS DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting characterized as "highly positive" by the UNESCO Secretariat, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura and raised the First Lady's Literacy conference, Powell's upcom [...] | 2006-11-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO KPAO |
06PARIS7345 | France Ponders 2007 Social Security Budget [...] SUMMARY: As part of efforts to reduce the overall budget deficit to 2.5 percent of GDP in 2007, Health Minister Xavier Bertrand unveiled a 2007 social security budget with a cap on health spending, reducing the social security deficit to 8.0 billion euros (12.2 billion dollars). The social se [...] | 2006-11-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
06PARIS7358 | CSTD PARIS PANEL MEETING ON WSIS OUTCOME PRODUCES GUIDANCE [...] (U) Summary: The November 6-8, 2006 Paris Panel Meeting of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Panel Meeting on WSIS outcome "Promoting the building of people-centered, development-oriented, and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital oppo [...] | 2006-11-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS TINT KWWW PREL FR |
06PARIS7363 | CHAIRMAN,S SUMMARY ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-14 09:44:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV FR |
06PARIS7364 | FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal provided the following biographical information to Africa Watcher on Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) (Ref A). Le Gal confirmed on November 7 that Ibrahim remains in France, where he has been unable to renew his tr [...] | 2006-11-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PTER PINS CD SU FR |
06PARIS738 | S/CRS DELEGATION FINDS FRENCH IN LISTENING MODE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: French interlocutors were in active listening mode during 24-25 January briefings by Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Marcia Wong and NSC Director for Stabilization Clint Williamson. Wong and Williamson invited feedback on the non-pa [...] | 2006-02-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA CT FR |
06PARIS7393 | COTE D'IVOIRE/FRANCE: INVESTIGATION OF NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's judicial investigation of the November 6, 2004, bombing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire by the Ivoirian Air Force may be drawing to a close, according to recent developments reported by the press. Nine French military personnel and an Amcit civilian were killed in t [...] | 2006-11-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IV TO BO RS UP FR |
06PARIS7394 | ARMS TRADE TREATY: FRANCE VIEWS IT AS A GOOD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal discussion, an MFA DAS-equivalent contact expressed qualified support for the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),even though France believes such a treaty, to be acceptable to all, would be initially weaker than the strong export control regimes already in place [...] | 2006-11-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL EIND ETTC KTIA FR |
06PARIS741 | TOGO: EX-MINISTER BOKO DISCUSSES RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko on January 31 discussed Togo-Cote d'Ivoire arms trafficking (planes piloted by Belarusian mercenaries were involved in the November 2004 bombings in Cote d'Ivoire and had transited Togo, but France did not pursue information Boko says [...] | 2006-02-03 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR PINR TO FR |
06PARIS7417 | FRENCH HOPEFUL ON NABIH BERRI, CAUTIOUS ON [...] (C) On November 15, Damien Loras, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor on the Middle East, said the Quai d'Orsay was encouraged by Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's role in trying to bridge the gap between Hizballah and the March 14 forces. Loras conceded that the resignati [...] | 2006-11-16 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7419 | FRENCH RESPONSES TO SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 9 Poloff delivered demarches seeking French support for defeating any procedural moves that could prevent voting on the substance of any resolution before the Third Committee, and defeating retaliatory resolutions brought by Iran and Belarus against Canada and the United State [...] | 2006-11-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CA FR IR BM KN BO UZ |
06PARIS7422 | FRENCH ENERGY BILL PRIVATIZES GDF, FREEZES ELECTRICITY AND [...] (SBU) On November 14, the European Commission announced that the French energy conglomerate Suez and the 70 percent GOF-owned Gaz de France (GDF) had satisfied concerns about the proposed merger's impact on competition after the two firms promised to sell off some prime assets in Belgium. GDF [...] | 2006-11-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS7424 | SEGOLENE ROYAL'S VICTORY MOVES HER CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Segolene Royal's overwhelming first-round victory in the November 16 Socialist Party (PS) presidential primary makes it official -- she will be the candidate of the center-left in next year's presidential election, likely in a tight race against the center-right's Nicolas Sarkozy. [...] | 2006-11-17 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
06PARIS7425 | FRANCE: PARIS AIRPORT SECURITY UNDER INCREASING [...] (U) Airport security has come in for increasing public scrutiny with the airing by the Euronews network November 15 of a September videotape purporting to show holes in security arrangements at Paris' Charles De Gaulle airport (CDG). The footage demonstrated how cleared airport baggage handle [...] | 2006-11-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER PREL KHLS FR |
06PARIS7435 | MFA ADVISOR WORRIED ABOUT BULGARIAN NURSES, ASKS [...] (C) Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's Advisor for the Persian Gulf and North Africa, told NEA Watcher November 16 that he was seriously concerned about the outcome of the re-trial of the Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV (some t [...] | 2006-11-17 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LY PGOV PREL |
06PARIS7436 | FRENCH MOD COORDINATOR FOR MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Vice-Admiral Jean-Marie Van Huffel, France's Coordinator for Military Assistance to Lebanon, told Emboffs November 17 that he looks forward to cooperating with the USG on meeting the equipment needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces. He spoke highly of his Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) c [...] | 2006-11-17 16:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM LE MARR PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7437 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA action officers for Middle East UN issues Nicolas Kassianides and Selena Grenet on November 17. Grenet noted that -- due to the opposition of the UK and Germany -- the EU had been unable to come to a common position with respect to the text referred [...] | 2006-11-17 16:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS PREL UNGA |
06PARIS7439 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS/ MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) The U.S. mid-term election results fueled speculation about a possible shift in U.S. Middle East policy beyond Iraq. Commentators used the occasion of the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Washington and the Beit Hanoun incident to discuss Washington's support to Israel in the context of [...] | 2006-11-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
06PARIS744 | ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...] | 2006-02-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IZ FR |
06PARIS7444 | IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION [...] (C) David Bertolloti, office director in the MFA's Bureau of Disarmament and Non-proliferation, said the GoF "completely subscribes" to the U.S. approach toward Iran's proposed IAEA technical cooperation proposals (ref A). He said that the MFA also regards the Arak heavy water research reacto [...] | 2006-11-17 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC FR |
06PARIS7445 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 17 to Nicolas Kassianides, MFA action officer for UN Middle East issues. Kassianides said that France wanted to be helpful, and that the MFA agreed "almost fully" with the draft text. He noted that the French Mission to the UN had already sugge [...] | 2006-11-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IZ PARM PREL |
06PARIS7446 | UNESCO-MEETING ON PROMOTION OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN [...] Summary. A two-day workshop, "Re-engineering Development: Engendering ICT" was held November 13-14 at UNESCO. Though sponsored by UNESCO, the event was organized by the Centers for Women and Information Technology; Women in Global Science and Technology; and the European Association of Women [...] | 2006-11-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI TNGD PHUM |
06PARIS7448 | UNESCO HIGHER EDUCATION PORTAL MEETING [...] Summary. U.S. delegation to the first meeting of the "Steering group of the UNESCO Portal on Recognized Higher Education Institutions - Pilot Project" (Nov. 13-14) played a key role in having the meeting reach consensus on an approach that is consistent with one of the USG's key objectives for [...] | 2006-11-20 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO UNESCO |
06PARIS7450 | UNESCO GENEVA GROUP UPDATE [...] UNESCO's Geneva Group met November 15, and was briefed by two senior UNESCO staff members on the status of the drafting of the 34 C/4 Medium Term Strategy (MTS) and 34 C/5 Program and Budget documents which will provide the foundations for the direction and funding of the organization during th [...] | 2006-11-20 11:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN |
06PARIS7451 | UNESCO: MAN AND BIOSPHERE COORDINATING COUNCIL PONDERS [...] Summary. The 19th session of the MAB Coordinating Council focused on the need to define the program's future, particularly in the context of the formulation of the new UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013. Issues debated included: the need to devise an appropriate approach to identifying t [...] | 2006-11-20 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI SENV EAID SP |
06PARIS7455 | UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The November 7 meeting of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee focused on the agenda for the Committee's June 23-July 2, 2007 meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Bureau heard progress reports from the WH Secretariat on a policy paper on the effects of climate change on Wor [...] | 2006-11-20 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO |
06PARIS7461 | UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...] | 2006-11-20 14:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO KPAO |
06PARIS7462 | UNESCO AND ITS RIGHT TO THE CITY PROGRAM [...] Summary. Despite concerns raised by the U.S. Mission, UNESCO continues to pursue its "Right to the City" program and will be holding a December 11-12 meeting on "Urban Policies and the Right to the City." Despite UNESCO's support of this program, it is clear from a recent meeting with the org [...] | 2006-11-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KPAO UNESCO |
06PARIS7477 | FRENCH GDP STAGNATES IN THIRD QUARTER [...] SUMMARY: Based on a French National Statistical Agency preliminary estimate (which may be subject to revisions),GDP growth stagnated in Q-3. The results disappointed the government, which was counting on growth to reduce unemployment ahead of the April 2007 presidential elections. However, [...] | 2006-11-21 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
06PARIS7478 | DEMARCHE TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points November 14 to MFA Office Director-equivalent for Asylum and Immigration Pierre Brethes, MFA Desk officer-equivalent for the United States Sameh Safty, and MFA Desk officer-equivalent for Cuba Othman El Kashtoul, urging the French government to consider re [...] | 2006-11-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF FR SMIG SZ |
06PARIS7481 | REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO MEET WITH PLO REP HIND [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) During a November 20 conversation with Ambassador Stapleton, French Senator Aymeri de Montesquiou offered to host a lunch for the Ambassador and Ms. Hind Al-Khoury, the PLO General Representative to Paris. Montesquiou argued forcefully that [...] | 2006-11-21 14:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KPAL PREL |
06PARIS7482 | FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...] | 2006-11-21 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR |
06PARIS7483 | URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...] | 2006-11-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR |
06PARIS7484 | TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] | 2006-11-21 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
06PARIS7485 | URBAN VIOLENCE TAKES A DOWNTURN; POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Violence in France's suburban ghettos, perpetrated primarily by marginalized and underprivileged youth (often but not exclusively of Muslim origin),continues to simmer despite the current calm. A recent downturn in violence appears attributable to widespread shock and horror fol [...] | 2006-11-21 14:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR |
06PARIS7486 | TRANSNISTRIA: GOF AGREES IN SUBSTANCE ON PCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus, explained on November 17 that France did not disagree in substance about the need for a multilateral peacekeeping mission in Transnistria, but was doubtful that the Russians would easily be convinced. She [...] | 2006-11-21 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP FR |
06PARIS7490 | FRANCE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 16 to Eric Berder, Ministry of Transportation Deputy Director for Maritime Safety. Berder noted that the EU had developed a common position on the issue, to which France adhered. They viewed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and th [...] | 2006-11-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS FR |
06PARIS7491 | PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...] | 2006-11-21 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
06PARIS7493 | FORMER SUDANESE FM ISMAIL ASSURES SUDAN ENVOY THAT [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios met with Bashir presidential advisor and former Sudanese FM Mustafa Osman Ismail in Paris on November 18. Natsios, who arrived from the Addis Ababa consultations on Darfur, sought an unambiguous public statement of GoS support for the Addis [...] | 2006-11-21 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO FR SU |
06PARIS7504 | FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted Rockwell Collins France regarding export license 05-1001634 involving the delivery of helicopter parts and communication system components. The Department was concerned about the excessive number of intermediate consignees. Rockwell [...] | 2006-11-22 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
06PARIS7507 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING ON SPAIN'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 22 to Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS equivalent for the Levant. In response, Besancenot made the following three points: First, the isolation of the Hamas-led PA government is radicalizing the Palestinian population; second, a continuation of the st [...] | 2006-11-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PGOV PREL SP SY |
06PARIS7508 | APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...] | 2006-11-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO |
06PARIS7511 | TELECOM ATTORNEY ON FRANCE'S ICT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 16, Hogan and Hartson Attorney (and long-time observer of the French telecoms sector) Winston Maxwell told us that poor consumer protection and nonpublic frequency management were the two areas detracting from France's otherwise robust implementation of EU directives [...] | 2006-11-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON FR |
06PARIS7517 | UNESCO'S D-G URGES MEMBER STATES TO RATIFY THE 2001 [...] (U) Action requested: see paragraph 10 below. 2. (U) Summary. At a well-attended information meeting hosted at UNESCO's Headquarters on November 21, 2006, and personally chaired by Director-General Matsuura, the D-G issued an appeal to UNESCO Member States to move with greater speed to incr [...] | 2006-11-24 06:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL KPAO UNESCO |
06PARIS7523 | ASMARA FACILITATION IS A NON-STARTER, SLM LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met SLM Abdulwahid El-Nur on October 18. Nur said he and the SLM felt shunted aside by the U.S. and appealed for a strategic alliance to end the genocide in Darfur. SE Natsios emphasized the need to unify Darfur rebel factions and bring DPA non-sig [...] | 2006-11-24 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ER SU FR |
06PARIS7533 | POSSIBLE RE-TRANSFER OF USML FROM FRANCE TO FRENCH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
06PARIS7534 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: SYRIA AND IRAN IN MIDDLE-EAST POWER PLAY, [...] (SBU) The media speculated at great length about Syria's role in the assassination of Lebanese Pierre Gemayel and on its broader agenda in the Middle East. By November 24, right-of-center Le Figaro warned that "Washington would pay dearly for Iraq when it turned to Tehran and Damascus to help [...] | 2006-11-24 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
06PARIS754 | CONTROVERSY OVER MUHAMMAD CARICATURES CONTINUES IN [...] (C) Summary: France has joined Denmark, but to a lesser degree, as a target of ire in Muslim countries following a French daily's February 1 publication of Danish-origin Muhammad caricatures (ref A),which have since appeared in other French media. Palestinian militants threw a grenade at the [...] | 2006-02-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAL XF FR |
06PARIS7541 | FRENCH STRESS REGIONAL FALL-OUT OF DARFUR, PLEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios and Ambassador Stapleton met on November 18 with French Presidential Africa Counselor Bonnecorse and MFA/AF A/S-Equivalent de Gliniasty Bonnecorse stressed French concern at the regional fallout of the Darfur catastrophe. The Sudanese program of [...] | 2006-11-27 08:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO PINR CD CT SU FR |
06PARIS7548 | CHAD: FRENCH BELIEVE REBEL OFFENSIVE HAS RUNS ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials on November 27 said that the rebel offensive in Chad seemed to be subsiding after gains that peaked during the weekend. They believed that rebel elements were withdrawing eastward towards Sudan. President Deby, in contact with French officials in N'djamena, seeme [...] | 2006-11-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MOPS PGOV PINS CD FR |
06PARIS7549 | RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO" [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RW FR |
06PARIS755 | MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...] | 2006-02-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
06PARIS7551 | HEAD OF AFGHAN SENATE CONDEMNS PAKISTAN DURING [...] (C) Summary: In private meetings at the French Senate and MFA November 14-16, head of the Afghan Senate Sibghatullah Mujaddedi had only one aim: forcefully and obsessively to denounce alleged Pakistani support of Taliban insurgents and to call for international condemnation of Pakistan. The [...] | 2006-11-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR AF PK |
06PARIS7553 | UNESCO - FIRST INTERGOVERNMENTAL MEETING OF INTANGIBLE [...] (U) Begin Summary. The first meeting of the Inter-Governmental Committee (IGC) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Algiers November 18-19, 2006. The UNESCO D-G laid out a detailed timetable of proposed IGC and General Assembly meetings over the next two years t [...] | 2006-11-28 06:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL UNESCO KPAO |
06PARIS7562 | UNESCO: JOINT EXPERT GROUP DEBATES RIGHT TO EDUCATION [...] Summary: Experts from UNESCO's Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR) and the Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (CESCR) convened the fifth Joint Expert Group Session on the right to free education at UNESCO Paris on November 17, 2006. During discussions on the framew [...] | 2006-11-28 12:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL PHUM LAW |
06PARIS7567 | SIGIR Stuart Bowen's PD Program in France, Nov 20 - 22, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) took advantage of the visit to France of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen, November 20-22, 2006, to program him as a "target of opportunity" speaker in both Paris and Lille. Presenting updated informati [...] | 2006-11-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KDEM IZ FR |
06PARIS7568 | FCC AND ARCEP COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS NEXT GENERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Tate discussed telecommunications regulatory issues with her French counterpart telecommunications regulator Autorite de Regulation des Communication Electronique et des Postes (ARCEP) Commissioner Gabrielle Gauthey on November 10. Ga [...] | 2006-11-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ECON FR |
06PARIS7575 | FRANCE: AIR TRANSPORT FOR AFGHANS TO HAJJ DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche November 22 to Nicole Taillefer, Head of the Energy, Transport and Infrastructure Department in the MFA's Economics Directorate. She was unaware of any Government of Afghanistan request for support in transportation of Hajjis, but said she would follow [...] | 2006-11-28 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID EAIR FR AF |
06PARIS7579 | GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...] | 2006-11-29 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
06PARIS7580 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PARIS RSI PARTICIPANTS [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for visiting USG officials participating in the Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative Chiefs of Mission Conference to travel to Paris, France from December 4 to December 8, 2006. The RSI conference will bring together [...] | 2006-11-29 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER FR |
06PARIS7581 | ITER JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR $10 BILLION FUSION [...] Summary: On November 21, representatives of the European Union, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States signed the agreement creating the ITER international organization charged with building, operating and dismantling, at a cost of some $10 billion, a first-o [...] | 2006-11-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY SENV KPAO FR |
06PARIS7584 | FRENCH SERIOUS ABOUT CARBON TAX PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND SENV PGOV WTRO FR |
06PARIS7586 | COTE D'IVOIRE: GOF UPSET OVER GBAGBO'S TAKE-OVER [...] (C) MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel on November 29 said that the GOF was extremely upset over Cote d'Ivoire President Gbagbo's recent actions that in effect represented a take-over of the RTI broadcasting station, Cote d'Ivoire's state-owned and principal radio and television [...] | 2006-11-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IV FR |
06PARIS7604 | France Energy Policy Maker on energy independence, energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Energy Director General Dominique Maillard told us that France has diversified its energy sources so that it is not dependent on any one overseas market. A large proportion of its energy comes from nuclear energy, and no more than one- [...] | 2006-12-01 05:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET FR |
06PARIS7612 | UNESCO: AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION SWITCHING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Reftel reported on a recent UNESCO Executive Board (EB) decision (175th session, fall 2006) with respect to a controversial European Union-initiated practice of ambassadorial switching (or surrogate representation among ambassadors) dur [...] | 2006-12-01 05:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL UNESCO KPAO XG |
06PARIS762 | FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR AN EU ENERGY POLICY [...] (U) As part of an on-going EU debate on an integrated energy policy, France recently presented a memorandum highlighting the contribution of nuclear power to the security of supply and the fight against climate change. France also stressed the importance of energy-saving initiatives and grea [...] | 2006-02-06 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET SENV EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS7623 | IVLP ALUMNI BREAKFAST DISCUSSES DIVERSITY IN FRANCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently hosted a breakfast discussion for IVLP returnees, the eighth in a series that has now become an established routine here. This latest event brought together eight recent IVLP and VolVis alumni - including government officials, researchers, entrepreneurs, and NG [...] | 2006-12-01 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PGOV KPAO FR |
06PARIS7625 | IVLP ALUMNI BREAKFAST DISCUSSES LOCAL GOVERNMENT ISSUES [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently hosted a breakfast discussion for IVLP returnees, the seventh in a series that has now become an established routine here. This latest event brought together eight recent IVLP alumni who are locally elected officials from different regions and cities in France [...] | 2006-12-01 11:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PGOV KPAO FR |
06PARIS7633 | French Digital Copyright Law Demarche [...] (SBU) Summary: Per Ref A, Embassy officers have reiterated USG concerns relating to the proposed decree (Ref B),which would implement France's controversial new copyright legislation. We will use the upcoming visit of DUSTR Veroneau December 8 to underscore the importance of this issue for th [...] | 2006-12-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR |
06PARIS7635 | WEEKLY MAGAZINES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2006-2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of French weekly magazines is the second in a series of cables ana [...] | 2006-12-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
06PARIS7636 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: NATO SUMMIT AND AFGHANISTAN; TURKEY--THE [...] (SBU) The NATO Summit in Riga and President Bush's support for a Global Partnership Initiative elicited commentary highlighting divergent French and American views, while discussion on Afghanistan illustrated the "urgent need to help NATO reverse the growing impression it was losing its grip." [...] | 2006-12-01 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
06PARIS7639 | GOF EXTENDS BAN ON GM RAPESEEDS [...] On November 24, the Government of France extended its ban on two biotech-rapeseed products to April 18, 2007, despite the WTO decision that Member State bans were not supported by scientific evidence and were inconsistent with WTO rules. These decrees are available at: www.legifrance.gouv.fr. [...] | 2006-12-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SIPDIS EU FR |
06PARIS7641 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ESS REGISTER OF DAMAGES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 17:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA FR IS |
06PARIS7642 | PARIS III UPDATE FROM JOUYET [...] (C) Summary: Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chirac's Special Envoy for the Lebanon Donors' Conference (i.e., Paris III),told us on November 30 that he anticipates holding a Core Group meeting in Paris between January 8 and 10, prior to the conference on January 25. Chirac issued invitations on November [...] | 2006-12-04 05:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL |
06PARIS7657 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7661 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 1 to Arnaud Pescheux, MFA desk officer for Iran. Pescheux agreed with our analysis of the circular nature of the Iranian system. He also agreed that the new Iranian elections would likely fail to meet international standards of fairness and openne [...] | 2006-12-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IR KDEM PGOV PREL |
06PARIS7666 | U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...] | 2006-12-05 08:47:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR |
06PARIS7668 | FRENCH MFA EVER MORE PESSIMISTIC ON LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: Damien Loras, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East, told us December 4 that he was "quite pessimistic" about Lebanon's future and doubtful that PM Siniora's government would survive. Nevertheless, he said the MFA was not inclined at present to favor [...] | 2006-12-05 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7680 | FRANCE'S CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL POSTPONES GDF [...] (SBU) On November 30, the French Constitutional Council indicated that the GOF energy bill was constitutional with two changes: 1) the Suez-Gaz de France (GDF) merger cannot legally take place before July 1, 2007, when GDF loses its monopoly to supply gas to private homes; 2) the GOF energy bi [...] | 2006-12-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR |
06PARIS7684 | DOD U/S EDELMAN'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH CHIRAC'S [...] (S) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with DoD U/S Edelman devoted primarily to Syria/Lebanon, French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) assessed that Syria was the weakest link in the Hizballah-Syria-Iran axis and wondered whether Israel could apply more pressure on Syria, a questi [...] | 2006-12-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7698 | LEBANESE DIPLOMAT THINKS HIZBALLAH HAS THE UPPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEBANESE A/DCM GHADY EL-KHOURY TOLD US DECEMBER 6 HE BELIEVED HIZBALLAH HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON THANKS IN LARGE PART TO ITS DOMINATION OF LEBANON'S SHI'A COMMUNITY. EL-KHOURY ASSESSED THAT MANY LEBANESE SHIITES WITH NO LOVE OF NASRALLAH'S IDEOLOGY -- IN [...] | 2006-12-07 11:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7699 | DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...] | 2006-12-07 11:54:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR |
06PARIS77 | USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] Mission received a message today from the French delegation (new chair of Electoral Group I) convening a meeting on January 16 to discuss Executive Board rotation. The meeting is an outgrowth of the General Conference resolution (33/RES/92) that invites the President of the General Conferenc [...] | 2006-01-06 09:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO |
06PARIS7705 | EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...] | 2006-12-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV FR |
06PARIS7712 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on December 7 to Salina Grenet, MFA IO action officer for the Middle East. Grenet said that Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy had not yet decided whether to attend the thematic meeting due to a scheduling conflict (he has another engagement in Asia); she hinted t [...] | 2006-12-07 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS PREL UNSC |
06PARIS7714 | FRANCE PROPOSES INTELLIGENCE-SHARING CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: (C) According to the MFA non-proliferatio officer, France shares the U.S.'s conviction that financial and transportation networks that facilitate North Korea's proliferation activities must be curbed. To that end, the GoF believes there is room for more coordination and intelligence [...] | 2006-12-08 09:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN FR |
06PARIS7715 | INTEGRATION AND "REPUBLICAN CITIZENSHIP" IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Francois Garay, the avowedly leftist mayor of Les Mureaux, a town of 32,000 inhabitants 25 miles northeast of Paris where October civil unrest left seven police officers injured and two automobiles destroyed, explicitly rejected economic, racial, and religious explanations as t [...] | 2006-12-08 12:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PGOV PHUM |
06PARIS7716 | NEA DAS GORDON GRAY'S DECEMBER 5 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 5 meeting with NEA DAS Gordon Gray, Franck Gellet, the MFA DAS-equivalent for the Persian Gulf, observed that the Gulf states were privately alarmed by Iran's nuclear ambitions, although their public discourse was not particularly helpful. He asked whether the U.S. h [...] | 2006-12-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM PGOV PREL |
06PARIS7724 | Widespread interest in US crop insurance programs [...] Summary: James Callan, Associate Administrator, Risk Management Agency, USDA, visited Paris November 13 and 14 and met with representatives from various agricultural sectors and French parliamentarians to discuss the US crop insurance program. All interlocutors expressed strong interest in US [...] | 2006-12-08 14:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
06PARIS7727 | ISRAELI FM LIVNI'S DECEMBER 5-6 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Livni had a fairly terse exchange with FM Douste-Blazy on the status of the Sheba Farms and the need for the Palestinians to explicitly accept the Quartet principles. Douste-Blazy, to the surprise of his MFA underlings, asked Livni to consider entering into secret talk [...] | 2006-12-08 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7729 | MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED, CASTRO FADES; FOREIGN [...] (SBU) The Chavez re-election and Raoul Castro's "gesture" towards Washington illustrated French views on Latin America's relationship with the U.S. during the first part of the week, while a fierce domestic debate raged about Socialist presidential candidate Royal's controversial trip to the Mi [...] | 2006-12-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
06PARIS7731 | FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES EXCEPT [...] (U) We shared refs A and B points December 5 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points),DAS-equivalent for industrial questions and sensitive exports Marc Abensour (China embargo),DAS-equivalent for the Levant Herve Besancenot (Israel-Palestinian conflict and Leb [...] | 2006-12-08 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UN YI SR BK IS LE IR |
06PARIS7732 | TERRORIST LISTS - FRANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER FR |
06PARIS7755 | A/S FRIED AND FRENCH NSA-EQUIVALENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried's December 7 meeting with presidential diplomatic advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) focused largely on Russia, with France in a defensive posture. MGM raised the aborted Putin-Chirac dinner on the margins of the NATO Riga Summit, saying it had been instigated b [...] | 2006-12-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN NATO RS UNO SR YI TU CY |
06PARIS7756 | AMBASSADOR GODEC'S DECEMBER 7 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia Robert Godec held bilateral meetings on December 7 with Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa, and Jean-Pierre Filiu, Associate Professor at Sciences Po and former French DCM in Tunis. Testo and Filiu each described their Tunisian interlo [...] | 2006-12-12 13:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR KDEM PGOV PREL TS |
06PARIS7770 | A/S FRIED AND MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and MFA Political Director Araud on December 6 discussed whether Russia would wield a veto at the UNSC to thwart Kosovar independence. Araud called for a resolution that would facilitate a Russian abstention. A/S Fried agreed, but insisted there must be a common diplomat [...] | 2006-12-12 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RU TU SR FR |
06PARIS7780 | FRANCE SUPPORTS PASSING UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] (SBU) We delivered December 13 reftel demarche to Fabrice Mauries, DAS-equivalent for Southeast Asia at the MFA. Mauries said France fully supports a UNSC resolution on Burma and agrees with the U.S. assessment that like-minded members of the Security Council must move forward to pass the res [...] | 2006-12-14 07:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
06PARIS7781 | FRANCE AVAILABLE FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS AT WILTON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 07:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR |
06PARIS7787 | CHIRAC ADVISER HINTS AT SOFTENING IN FRENCH [...] (S) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Dominique Boche (President Chirac's Middle East adviser) hinted at a possible softening in France's position on establishing an international tribunal for Lebanon. Boche said that France would support whatever position the Government of Lebanon (GOL) too [...] | 2006-12-14 10:09:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7788 | LILLE INSTITUTE CONCEIVED TO PROMULGATE MODERATE [...] (SBU) Summary: APP Lille Consul and Embassy Poloff called November 29 on Mohamed Bechari, Chairman of the recently inaugurated Institut Avicenne des Sciences Humaines (IASH),a multi-disciplinary private educational establishment devoted to the study of Islamic theology, history and the Arab [...] | 2006-12-14 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PGOV PHUM SCUL |
06PARIS7795 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH JACQUES [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Fried met with recognized intellectual and long-time Segolene Royal confidant Jacques Attali on December 6. Attali underlined that Royal, even though she is a leading contender for France's presidency in next spring's elections, has had very little experience making and [...] | 2006-12-14 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EUN PINR SOCI ECON PREL FR |
06PARIS7796 | USUNESCO - BRASILIA OFFICE UPDATE [...] (U) Classified by USUNESCO DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) During a meeting on 6 December by Mission Political Assistant with Mrs. Lamia Salman-el Madini, Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Field Coordination, the subject of the Brasilia field office was raised, as she had [...] | 2006-12-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL UNESCO BR |
06PARIS7800 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Poloff and Russian counterpart delivered reftel to Hughes de Longevialle, French deputy coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Longevialle welcomed the various papers and agreed to initiate an interagency process to develop possible French proposals for the pl [...] | 2006-12-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL AS CA CH RFE GM IT JA |
06PARIS7802 | GOF TO BE CONDEMNED BY EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE [...] On December 12, the EU Commission proposed that the European Court of Justice (ECJ) fine the GOF a lump sum of 38 million euros and a daily penalty of 366,744 euros for not transposing EU Directive 2001/18 (the EU legal framework on the deliberate release of biotech products into the environme [...] | 2006-12-14 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
06PARIS7803 | HARIRI ALLY SEES MARCH 14 IN STRONG POSITION [...] (C) Basile Yared, Sa'ad Hariri's representative in Paris, told Poloff on December 14 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa had a "difficult" meeting with Hizballah and Amal officials late December 13. According to Yared, Hizballah stunned Moussa by insisting not only that it obtain a blocking minor [...] | 2006-12-15 05:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
06PARIS7805 | USUNESCO: THIRD WORKING GROUP SESSION ON THE RIGHT TO THE [...] Summary: Participants in the Third Working Group Session on the "Right to the City," a joint project between UNESCO and UN Habitat, developed a project plan for the next two years leading up to the Nanjing, China World Urban Forum in 2008. Participants agreed to undertake regional inventories [...] | 2006-12-15 09:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL KPAO |
06PARIS7806 | USUNESCO: 13th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS [...] Summary: The 13th session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) examined the preliminary reports of its working groups on social responsibility and health and on consent. During the debate on social responsibility and health, IBC members reiterated their independence from UNESCO itsel [...] | 2006-12-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO TBIO US KSCI FR |
06PARIS7813 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PINOCHET'S DEATH; IRAN AND THE [...] (SBU) French Media coverage of ex-Chilean President Augusto Pinochet's death was unanimous in lamenting his "escape from justice" but noted that Chile had "turned a page" with the election of Michele Bachelet. A few commentators argued that overall, Latin America was on the road to democracy. [...] | 2006-12-15 16:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
06PARIS7815 | GDP GROWTH CONFRONTS GLOBAL 2007 SLOWDOWN [...] SUMMARY: In its December overview of the French economy, the French National Statistical Agency forecast GDP growth to rebound to 3.6 percent (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2006 after no growth in the third quarter. The forecast puts 2006 GDP growth at 2.1 percent, the bottom of the 2. [...] | 2006-12-18 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
06PARIS7828 | UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR PONDERS POTENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Executive Director Susanna Connaughton used her December meetings with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector to query them on the ongoing review of the Sciences sectors, and on how they assess the impact of their programs. Her interlocutors, [...] | 2006-12-18 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID |
06PARIS7835 | PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...] | 2006-12-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
06PARIS7844 | GOF SUPPORTIVE OF ROBUST MONITORING OF OECD BRIBERY [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the work of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) with MFA DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre on December 14. Pierre said France was fully supportive of U.S. efforts to continue with a robust post-Phase II monitoring mechanism. Parties to the Conventi [...] | 2006-12-19 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OECD KCOR FR |
06PARIS7847 | S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...] | 2006-12-20 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL FR IR |
06PARIS7858 | Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER FR |
06PARIS7861 | FLURRY OF FRENCH CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] Summary: To reach Kyoto Protocol commitments, the government of France recently announced: -- Its updated 'National Plan' to fight climate change (PNLCC) aimed at saving an extra 6 to 8 million tons equivalent CO2 per year (MtCO2) for the period 2008-2010. -- In the context of the EU Emis [...] | 2006-12-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG FR |
06PARIS7864 | OECD: COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET, MAY MINISTERIAL AS WELL AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OECD Council met all day on December 14 for its last regularly scheduled session in 2006. PermReps considered the program of work and budget (PWB) for 2007-2008 (see reftel),enlargement and enhanced engagement as well as planning for the May 2007 Meeting of the Council at [...] | 2006-12-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EFIN ETRD EAID |
06PARIS7873 | UPDATE ON DEPLOYMENT OF FRENCH UAVS TO LEBANON [...] (C) On December 20, we met with Alexandra Novosseloff, desk officer in the MOD's Crisis Management bureau, to clarify the status of France's deployment of reconnaissance drones (SDTI) to Lebanon (reftels). She noted that, contrary to press reports, the drones have not yet been deployed in Leb [...] | 2006-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE FR |
06PARIS7882 | FRANCE'S NEW SCIENTIFIC/INNOVATION SYSTEM [...] Summary: In the past two years France has undertaken remarkable reforms in its scientific/innovation system. These include the creation of a High Council for Science and Technology, a National Research Agency, and numerous 'competitiveness clusters,' among other structures. The government has [...] | 2006-12-21 12:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL PGOV FR |
06PARIS7884 | FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...] | 2006-12-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO |
06PARIS7885 | FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...] | 2006-12-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF FR |
06PARIS7887 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FRANCE DECLINES REQUEST TO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered answers to follow-up questions from reftel A. on Cuban and Haitian protected migrants (see also reftels B. and C.) on December 8 to Pierre Brethes, MFA officer in the Office of Asylum and Immigration. Brethes responded that illegal immigration to France from its oversea [...] | 2006-12-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PREF CU HA SOCI |
06PARIS7892 | SHAREHOLDERS APPROVE NYSE-EURONEXT MERGER [...] SUMMARY: As expected, NYSE and Euronext shareholders voted in favor of a merger, clearing the most significant remaining hurdle to creating a transatlantic stock exchange. Opposition to the merger largely crumbled after NYSE's surging stock price made its offer too attractive to refuse, and a [...] | 2006-12-22 09:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
06PARIS7898 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: HAMAS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR; LE [...] (SBU) The threat of civil war in Gaza and Palestinian President Abbas's proposal for new elections led to speculation about the Middle East as a spawning ground for civil strife. France's National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen received widespread attention in the context of an alleged "softer [...] | 2006-12-22 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
06PARIS7902 | FRENCH UPDATE ON THE TFTP [...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains cautious about the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP). It is still debating internally how to respond to the European Commission's queries, mindful of the priority to ensure that counter-terrorism cooperation continues. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Drawing on po [...] | 2006-12-26 06:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON FR |
06PARIS7904 | S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND [...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...] | 2006-12-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM FR |
06PARIS7918 | FRENCH DOUBT GOA/POLISARIO WILL AGREE TO A REFUGEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb on December 28. Testo agreed that resolving the number of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria is "a critical question," but doubted that the Polisario would agree to a census outside the context of a final res [...] | 2006-12-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM AG FR PREF PREL |
06PARIS792 | WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...] | 2006-02-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA |
06PARIS7928 | THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...] | 2006-12-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO |
06PARIS798 | DEPSEC ZOELLICK REVIEWS INVESTMENT BARRIERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Zoellick reviewed French economic reforms, new GoF restrictive investment rules, and the current state of the Doha Round trade negotiations with Christine Lagarde, France's Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade. Lagarde said France was "open for business", and [...] | 2006-02-08 11:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL OTRA ETRD EINV EFIN EUN FR |
06PARIS8 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
06PARIS823 | FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24 [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...] | 2006-02-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS |
06PARIS824 | FRANCE: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 25 MEETING [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met French Minister of the Interior Nicholas Sarkozy for the first time in Paris on January 25. Sarkozy was accompanied by Diplomatic Advisor David Martinon, National Police Director General Michel Gaudin, and Director of the MOI Office [...] | 2006-02-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER FR CVIS |
06PARIS827 | FRENCH ON TURKISH PLAN FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France not only sees nothing new in the January 24 "Gul proposal," but considers it essentially as a step backward, according to MFA DAS-equivalents responsible for Cyprus in the EU and UN. In their view, Turkey is already obliged to fulfill its Ankara protocol commitments on o [...] | 2006-02-08 17:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU FR EUN |
06PARIS840 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
06PARIS846 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GOF [...] (C) Summary: The Deputy Secretary met separately on February 3 with Presidential Counselor for African Affairs Michel de Bonnecorse and Chief of Defense General Henri Bentegeat for exchanges on Sudan and Chad. French interlocutors concurred AMIS should transition into a UN mission, while em [...] | 2006-02-09 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF IV CD SU FR |
06PARIS850 | UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE [...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...] | 2006-02-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CU VE UNESCO |
06PARIS851 | France and ISTA Executive Committee [...] Per REFTEL, FAS/Paris sent the talking points to Joel Lechappe, French Delegate to the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA),and discussed the points with him in a follow-up conversation. 2. Joel Lechappe said that he will be the French Delegate at the ISTA Executive Committee m [...] | 2006-02-09 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV TBIO FR WTRO EUN |
06PARIS853 | MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...] | 2006-02-09 18:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS FR |
06PARIS854 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE [...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...] | 2006-02-10 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG |
06PARIS862 | MOD BACKGROUND COMMENTS ON FRANCE'S EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: MOD Diplomatic advisor Camille Grand reiterated Feb 8 that President Chirac had not sought to break significant new ground on France's nuclear deterrence strategy in his January 19 speech, but rather was adapting French deterrence policy to the evolving "strategic environment." F [...] | 2006-02-10 11:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC MARR PREL PTER FR |
06PARIS887 | SEEKING USG PARTICIPATION IN MICHELIN [...] Michelin senior representatives contacted Embassy to urge U.S. participation in the next Michelin Challenge Bibendum that will take place in Paris from 9 to 12 June 2006. This event, which has gained international recognition as the premier "clean and safe vehicle event" worldwide provides an [...] | 2006-02-10 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY ELTN SENV KPAO FR |
06PARIS891 | UNESCO MARTI PRIZE, REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance?see para. 4. 2. (C) Though the newly arrived Brazilian ambassador has told Ambassador Oliver that he wants to put the negative atmosphere of the cultural diversity convention behind us and work with USDEL, his nomination of Hugo Chavez for the Marti prize [...] | 2006-02-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | VE CU UNESCO |
06PARIS892 | U.S.-FRENCH GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) Summary: U.S. and French delegations met to discuss the U.S. proposal for a Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). Both sides made presentations on their R&D agendas on closing the fuel cycle. The French side expressed strong support for the direction of the U.S. GNEP proposal, and a [...] | 2006-02-10 17:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG TRGY FR |
06PARIS897 | FRENCH APPRECIATE USG OVERTURE ON WTO TRADE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. French services negotiators told USG negotiators they appreciated the visit by the USG's WTO services negotiators and told them that France shared the United States' high-level of ambition. GOF officials told acting Assistant USTR Christine Bliss February 2 that they saw consi [...] | 2006-02-13 11:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON FR WTRO |
06PARIS907 | PSI: INTERAGENCY BILATERAL MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. An interagency delegation met in Paris with French officials on January 16 to discuss the pending export to China of a vibration/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) by the U.S. company Data Physics and the French Company Actidyn Systemes. French technical experts disagreed wit [...] | 2006-02-13 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR CH |
06PARIS91 | MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mideast: Sharon's Health and [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR FR |
06PARIS915 | FRENCH MUSLIM PROTESTS OF MOHAMMED CARTOONS GROW [...] (C) Summary: Two weekend protests in Paris and Strasbourg were the largest so far in France on the cartoon controversy, but the gatherings remained peaceful and took place without incident. Both gatherings were initiated by groups outside the mainstream of French Muslim organizations, which h [...] | 2006-02-13 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KDEM PTER IR TU FR |
06PARIS929 | FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN Q4 2005 [...] SUMMARY. France's Q-4 GDP growth of 0.8% (annualized) means that GDP only increased 1.4% in 2005, down from 2.1% in 2004. Foreign trade contributed negatively to GDP growth, posting a record deficit. The Government reiterated it still would meet its objective to reduce the budget deficit to [...] | 2006-02-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
06PARIS937 | PRESIDENT CHIRAC SPURS MICROCREDIT DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: As another way to quiet the unrest in French suburbs, President Chirac personally turned his attention to the development of micro-credit, notably in disadvantaged areas. At a recent roundtable, Chirac proposed giving more money to the social cohesion fund ("Fonds de Cohesion Sociale [...] | 2006-02-14 14:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
06PARIS945 | MFA CONTACTS STRESS GOF POSITION ON HAMAS [...] (C) In conversations with us February 13, senior MFA contacts stressed that the GoF position on Hamas remained unchanged and they downplayed press reports suggesting that the GoF had endorsed Russia's initiative to invite Hamas leaders to Moscow. MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herv Besan [...] | 2006-02-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS KPAL PTER FR |
06PARIS953 | EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...] | 2006-02-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
06PARIS955 | EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEBRUARY 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: French MOD Diplomatic Adviser Besancenot and deputy Grand gave EUR PDAS Volker February 3 a preview of the points that MOD Alliot-Marie planned to make at the Annual Security Conference in Germany the following day and at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerial at Taormina February [...] | 2006-02-14 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO EUN AF FR |
06PARIS96 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...] | 2006-01-06 14:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN FR |
06PARIS963 | SUDAN/AMIS RE-HATTING: FRENCH ON BOARD, YET FACE [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IO/PSC Director Anderson and Embassy Africa Watcher shared the non-paper on AMIS re-hatting with the French Presidency and the MFA, encouraging France to engage in a complementary effort with AU partners (reftel). Presidential Advisor Labriolle maintained France was on [...] | 2006-02-14 18:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SU FR |
06PARIS98 | USUNESCO - DG'S SURPRISE CHRISTMAS SHAKE-UP [...] Just before UNESCO closed for the Christmas holidays, Director General Matsuura, on December 23, issued an internal memorandum shaking up parts of both the education and social science sectors. In a surprise move, the DG reassigned Wataru Iwamoto (Japan),the head of the Education Sector's S [...] | 2006-01-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL FR UNESCO |
06PARIS984 | French Conclusions to WTO Panel Decision [...] SUMMARY: While there was no official reaction by the GOF to the recently announced WTO interim panel decision on the biotech case, the national press covered the issue widely. The French biotech bill was presented to the Council of Ministers the day after the WTO ruling was released, fuelin [...] | 2006-02-15 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN |
06PARIS986 | COMOROS PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES U.S. FRIENDSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Comoros President Assoumani Azali underscored to the Ambassador his cooperative relationship with the USG, including signature of an Article 98 agreement and counter-terrorism efforts. He regretted the absence of an accredited American ambassador to the Comoros. Azali related [...] | 2006-02-15 18:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR PTER CN FR |
06PARIS99 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This is part 1 of the INCSR submission for France. A section on the French Caribbean and French Guiana follows at the end of this message. I. SUMMARY: France is a transshipment point for drugs moving into, from and within Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduit [...] | 2006-01-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR FR |
06PARIS993 | UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL PARRIES WITH EXECUTIVE [...] Summary: On January 19, 2006 the UNESCO Executive Board met for an information meeting with UNESCO Director-General (DG) Matsuura. Members of the Executive Board were invited to submit questions in advance of the meeting. Rather than answer questions directly, the DG read prepared remarks t [...] | 2006-02-16 11:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL AORC SOCI UNESCO |
07PARIS1 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: SOMALIA, THE ETHIOPIAN OFFENSIVE; [...] (SBU) The conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia, conducted with alleged "tacit" or "explicit" U.S. support dominated the international news in France this week. The French press denounced the pending execution of Saddam Hussein and complained that he is being put to death before being tried fo [...] | 2007-01-03 05:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS1011 | UNESCO DG REACTS TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS [...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura continues to engage member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." At a March 9 question and answer session with member states, the D [...] | 2007-03-15 13:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID |
07PARIS1026 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] | 2007-03-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1027 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PRESIDENT BUSH IN LATIN AMERICA; [...] (SBU) In a week dominated by President Chirac's address to the nation (March 11),domestic politics led the national agenda, whether questions about Chirac's legacy, centrist presidential candidate Bayrou's rise in the polls, or the essence of French identity. On the international front, Presi [...] | 2007-03-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS1033 | FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...] | 2007-03-16 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR |
07PARIS1034 | EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...] | 2007-03-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU |
07PARIS1038 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] | 2007-03-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1040 | FRANCE SUPPORTS U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES PLUS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points March 14 to Olivier Berthelot, Technical Counselor for Aviation to Minister of Transportation Dominique Perben. Berthelot reiterated French support for the draft agreement, and said that Perben would be calling allies on the issue (mentioning the Netherland [...] | 2007-03-16 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL FR |
07PARIS1062 | FRANCE/DARFUR: ALIGNMENT ON HSP, DIVERGENCE ON [...] (C) Africa Watcher met March 16 with MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal to discuss Sudanese President Bashir's rejection of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur (Ref A). Le Gal expressed French concurrence with the USG effort to muster public denunciations of the Bashir letter, and she [...] | 2007-03-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR |
07PARIS1063 | DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...] | 2007-03-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE |
07PARIS1065 | TOTAL DISCUSSES PROSPECTIVE IRANIAN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) On March 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy, Sanctions, and Commodities Paul Simons met with Total Exploration and Production President Yves-Louis Darricarrere to discourage Total's prospective energy sector investments in Iran. Darricarrere said that Total would not make a final in [...] | 2007-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EINV EPET FR IR |
07PARIS1066 | (SBU) UNESCO -- INFORMATION MEETING ON TECHNICAL MISSION [...] (U) Summary and background: Six Arab state members of UNESCO have requested an extraordinary and unprecedented special meeting of the UNESCO Executive Board to discuss Israeli archaeological work on the ramp leading to the al-Mughrabi Gate on the Temple Mount. At the invitation of the Israeli [...] | 2007-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS |
07PARIS1067 | FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: LINKING THE OUAGA ACCORD TO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA AF DAS-Equivalent for West Africa Francis Blondet reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire during a March 14 meeting with AF/W Deputy Donald L. Heflin. Blondet did not deviate from the supportive French stance toward the Ouagadougou Accord; however, he reiterated French c [...] | 2007-03-19 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR IV FR |
07PARIS1074 | INTERNET RIGHTS FORUM DISCUSSES PROPOSED INTERNET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 08:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS1075 | FRANCE?S COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF is promoting the establishment of competitiveness clusters ("poles de competitivite" in French),combining the efforts of enterprises, research entities, and higher education institutions to develop technologies into products with practical applications. The GOF hopes t [...] | 2007-03-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ECPS EAIR ENRG EIND TNGD TRGY |
07PARIS1076 | FRANCE'S AEROSPACE CLUSTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: As part of France's new scientific and innovation policy (see ref a),France embarked on an ambitious program of naming competitiveness clusters throughout the country (ref b). Possibly the most visible of these clusters focuses on aerospace and embedded systems in the Midi-Pyrene [...] | 2007-03-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL EINV EAIR TSPA TNGD EIND ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS108 | DOWNSIDES TO CHIRAC'S FEBRUARY 2-3 ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The French Embassy in Washington recently invited Interior Secretary Kempthorne and EPA Administrator Johnson to attend the Conference for Global Ecological Governance to be held in Paris in early February. Given the characterization of agenda issues and the s [...] | 2007-01-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC PREL FR |
07PARIS1090 | FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...] | 2007-03-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
07PARIS1103 | FRANCE ON BURMA: IT'S ALL ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the defeat of the Burma resolution in the U.N. Security Council, the MFA -- never fully convinced of the value of a resolution over a presidential statement -- believes Burma is a dead letter in the UNSC and fears further UNSC action would provoke the Chinese, whose coop [...] | 2007-03-21 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
07PARIS1104 | FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: LOOKING FOR AFRICANS TO TAKE THE [...] (C) MFA interlocutors report a shift in French thinking on Zimbabwe and greater readiness to engage and bring pressure to bear on the regime through multilateral fora. France nonetheless emphasizes the importance of getting Africans into the lead and holds out hopes that SADC will take a stro [...] | 2007-03-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC UNO IR KNNP ZI FR |
07PARIS1111 | GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...] | 2007-03-22 08:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MNUC PARM FR |
07PARIS1115 | GENERAL OBERING'S MARCH 16 MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: MOD and MFA officials welcomed briefings by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LT. General Obering on March 16. The MOD was primarily in a listening mode, raising only a few key questions. General Obering stressed that: 1) the Iranian ICBM, IRBM, SRBM threat is real, growing a [...] | 2007-03-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MNUC PARM FR |
07PARIS1116 | OECD: MARCH 20 COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF ENLARGEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 20 Council discussion of enlargement and enhanced engagement broke no new ground, with OECD Members holding to longstanding positions. Secretary General (SG) Gurria focused on the latest version of his informal paper, which continues to advocate opening discussions w [...] | 2007-03-22 13:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
07PARIS1119 | PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) The March 14 meeting of the Paris Club reviewed the debt status of 24 countries, taking steps to prepare for debt treatments in the coming months for the Central African Republic (likely in April),the Gambia (in May),Sao Tome and Principe (in May),and Liberia. Creditors confirmed the [...] | 2007-03-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS112 | FRENCH SHARE VIEWS ON LEBANON CONFERENCE, UNSCR [...] (S) Summary: EB PDAS Liz Dibble and NEA DAS Robert Danin met with the MFA's Herve Besancenot (DAS-equivalent for the Levant) and the Elysee's Dominique Boche (Chirac's Middle East advisor) on January 9 to discuss preparations for the January 25 Lebanon conference (septel to follow) and options [...] | 2007-01-10 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS1137 | MFA CRITICAL OF SYG'S WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S CHRISTIAN TESTO (DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB) AGREED THAT IT MADE SENSE TO PRESS FOR DIRECT MOROCCAN/POLISARIO TALKS. HE WAS CRITICAL OF PETER VAN WALSUM, THE UN SYG'S PERSONAL ENVOY FOR THE WESTERN SAHARA. TURNING TO UNSC DYNAMICS, HE [...] | 2007-03-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AG FR MO PREL SP UK WI UNSC |
07PARIS1146 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MISSILE DEFENSE; IRAQ--FOUR YEAR [...] (SBU) Most media outlets portrayed the issue of U.S. missile defense installations in the Czech Republic and Poland as splitting Europe on its 50th anniversary. The four year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq was also cause for reflection on the status of the conflict and the U.S [...] | 2007-03-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS1154 | TALIBAN EXCHANGE: FRANCE AGREES SERIOUS; [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarche March 23 to DAS-equivalent for Security Affairs Pierre Thenard and desk officer Francois Revardeaux, highlighting (also to dispel some press rumors that have circulated) failed U.S. attempts to dissuade the Italians and Afghans from proceeding with suc [...] | 2007-03-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PREL AF IT NATO FR EUN |
07PARIS1155 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LEADERS HOLDING STEADY ONE [...] (U) With one month to go before the April 22 first round of France's presidential election, the campaigns of all twelve candidates are in high gear. Nicolas Sarkozy, who leaves his post as Interior Minister on March 26 to dedicate himself full-time to the presidential race, continues to lead [...] | 2007-03-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1157 | UNSCR 1267: FRENCH REACTION TO UPDATING TALIBAN NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL UNSC FR |
07PARIS1170 | FRENCH AGREE CIRCUMVENTION OF HRC WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PHUM PREL UNHCR |
07PARIS1173 | FRANCE LOBBIES STATE OFFICIALS ON GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION [...] Summary : On March 9 to 13, the Government of France (GOF) invited four state agricultural officials to France to convince them that France's approach to the Geographic Indications (GI) Issue could benefit their constituencies as well. Agricultural officials from Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas a [...] | 2007-03-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS1190 | OECD: AMBASSADOR MORELLA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON THE PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Ambassador Morella briefed the OECD Council March 20 on the status of the U.S. initiative for a "Partnership for Democratic Governance" (see speaking notes in Para 5 below). Due to the late hour, discussion was limited; however, several key OECD Members expressed strong support for the [...] | 2007-03-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
07PARIS1192 | UNESCO INTERNAL AUDITOR ON EDUCATION SECTOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary. In an off-the-record conversation (please protect),UNESCO's Director of Internal Oversight Services (IOS): (i) offered a harsh professional view of the overall quality of the External Auditor's recent report on contracting procedures used to carry out UNESCO Education Sector refo [...] | 2007-03-26 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNESCO |
07PARIS1193 | FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...] | 2007-03-26 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR |
07PARIS1220 | FRANCE/GYMNICH: FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT ON ALL ISSUES [...] (U) We shared reftel points with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet (all points),Bosnian desk officer Michel Clerx (Bonsia points),and Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume (Serbia and Kosovo points). 2. (C) Bosnia: Clerx said Bosnia is not on the Gymnich agenda. That said, the French agre [...] | 2007-03-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI |
07PARIS1228 | A/S O'BRIEN MEETINGS ON IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (S) Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Patrick O'Brien consulted March 15-16 with French officials to discuss implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran sanctions, share information on individuals and entities involved in Iran's nuclear weapons program, learn the status of [...] | 2007-03-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR |
07PARIS123 | UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR AWAITS CONCLUSIONS [...] Summary: On the margins of the January 9-12 meeting of the panel established to review UNESCO's Natural Sciences sector and Social and Human Sciences sector, there is uncertainty both in the delegations and in the secretariat as to what the review exercise might yield. This includes concern [...] | 2007-01-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID |
07PARIS1233 | MILD FRENCH GDP GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 [...] SUMMARY. In its March overview of the French economy, the National Statistical Agency INSEE forecast GDP growth to stay on an annual pace close to 2.0 percent in the first half of 2007. Economic growth is forecast to remain dependent on household consumption. Presidential elections are not ex [...] | 2007-03-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR |
07PARIS124 | FRENCH AND G7/EU REACTIONS TO ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: France appreciated early notice of the US decision to designate domestically Bank Sepah delivered per ref A, but will probably defer to the EU for any possible further action against the bank, since it lacks independent national authority on proliferation matters. Separately, Fra [...] | 2007-01-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV ETTC UNSC FR |
07PARIS1242 | FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD [...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...] | 2007-03-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK |
07PARIS125 | FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC NATO FR |
07PARIS1252 | CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...] | 2007-03-29 11:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR |
07PARIS126 | FRENCH URGE DELAY ON BURMA VOTE: NOT ENOUGH TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM FR |
07PARIS1262 | FRENCH LAW ON DIGITAL TELEVISION TAXES TELCO PROVIDERS [...] (U) On February 22, the French Parliament approved a GOF-drafted bill that will replace analog with digital television by 2011, launch high definition television (HDTV),and provide for handheld portable TV services. The GOF has not yet decided how it will allocate the spectrum freed by the en [...] | 2007-03-30 06:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS127 | FRENCH URGE DELAY ON BURMA VOTE: NOT ENOUGH TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 06:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM FR |
07PARIS1270 | FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT APRIL [...] (SBU) We would like to extend a warm welcome to Codel Oberstar for your April 3 - 6 visit to France. During your stay here you will have meetings with senior French officials, including Transportation Minister Dominique Perben, Minister Delegate for Trade Christine Lagarde, and Director Genera [...] | 2007-03-30 10:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETRD PREL FR |
07PARIS1283 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: UNINFORMATIVE POLLS, URBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first-round of France's presidential election, center-right former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal remain in the lead. Francois Bayrou, head of the centrist Union for French Democra [...] | 2007-03-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1288 | MFA SHARES SKEPTICISM ON SYRIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 07:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS1294 | JAMES MURPHY'S MEETING WITH KEY FRENCH AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: James Murphy, Assistant US Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs, met with high-level French agricultural officials to discuss a number of U.S./EU ag trade issues. Mr. Murphy was accompanied by Embassy staff from FAS and ECON. The French participants were: Francois Ri [...] | 2007-04-02 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS1306 | FRENCH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747: BANK SEPAH [...] (S) France clamped down on Bank Sepah just before adoption of UNSCR 1747, ensuring no capital flight would occur and thereby allow Iran to elude an asset freeze. The French Banking Commission acted in advance of French or EU implementing texts. END SUMMARY. Bank of France Pre-Action ----- [...] | 2007-04-02 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR FR |
07PARIS1307 | JOHNNY ABDO: DISTRUSTFUL OF SAUDI DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Summary: In a March 30 meeting, Former Lebanese Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he distrusts the recent flurry of Saudi diplomatic activity on Lebanon, and faulted the Saudis for not taking Saad Hariri seriously. A March 14 supporter, Abdo nevertheless criticized the March 14 leadersh [...] | 2007-04-02 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS1312 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE SUGGESTS NEED FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials told PM Acting DAS Ruggiero that the GoF also opposes an international ban on cluster munitions and fears that Norway's push to establish a legally binding instrument could provoke the same fruitless debates between states that followed the Ottowa Convention on la [...] | 2007-04-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PGOV NATO FR |
07PARIS1332 | FRANCE WARY OF SHARING NSG'S EXPORT DENIAL [...] (C) Poloff met April 4 to deliver reftel demarche to the MFA's Luis Vassy, desk officer for the NSG, and David Bertolloti, desk officer for Iranian non-proliferation, in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs to deliver reftel demarche. Vassy said the MFA would have difficulty supporting the U.S. pro [...] | 2007-04-04 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC KNNP IAEA IR |
07PARIS1334 | OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...] | 2007-04-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
07PARIS1361 | A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...] | 2007-04-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR |
07PARIS1364 | JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL TRACING [...] (U) On April 5, German Embasssy First Secretary Stefan Krawielicki and Poloff delivered a joint demarche to French MFA Director of Archives Jean Mendelson concerning the opening of the International Tracing Service (ITS) archives for the purpose of research and the provision of copies of arch [...] | 2007-04-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BE FR GM GR IS IT LU PHUM PL UK |
07PARIS1383 | FRANCE ON SHAMBA VISA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-06 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG UNSC FR |
07PARIS1386 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: PERSONAL ATTACKS INTENSIFY AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the two leading candidates have intensified their attacks on each others' character as they aim to sway the undecided to vote against their opponent. Polls released during the week of March 31 - April [...] | 2007-04-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR |
07PARIS1418 | France Telecom's Transformational Strategy [...] (SBU) On March 30, France Telecom (FT) executives told us that FT had to expand into new areas, both geographically and functionally, since telecom services were minimally profitable in France. FT emphasized that value-added services delivered through broadband and mobile telephony would be th [...] | 2007-04-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS1424 | FRANCE NOT INITIALLY ENCOURAGING ON RECEIVING GTMO [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarches March 22 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Security Pierre Thenard and, following the meeting, provided ref B points March 23 as an aide memoire. Recalling the MFA's reaction to a U.S. approach several months ago to accept Uighers as "completely negative," Th [...] | 2007-04-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG EUN |
07PARIS143 | NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO MINSK WILL DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) French MFA Belarus desk officer told us on January 12 that France's new Ambassador to Minsk, Mireille Musso, intends to deliver a strong message to President Lukashenko when she presents her credentials. Musso is expected to arrive in Minsk on January 16 and will request that her credenti [...] | 2007-01-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR BO |
07PARIS1448 | NEW BIOTECH DEVELOPMENTS - FRANCE [...] Summary: Biotech issues continue to make headlines in France. An anti-biotech lobby reported on health risks associated with MON863 biotech corn, while the President and Director of Greenpeace France were charged with an ?incentive or direct provocation of GMO destruction? in a lawsuit. [...] | 2007-04-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS1456 | FRENCH PONDER UNSC MOVES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRENCH MFA OFFICIALS ARE SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT THE POLISARIO -- IN THE HOPE OF PREEMPTING ANY USG ENDORSEMENT OF THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN -- WILL AGREE TO DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS WITH RABAT "WITHOUT PRECONDITIONS," WHILE INSISTING THAT THE MOROCCAN AUTONOMY PLAN CANNOT SERVE AS A [...] | 2007-04-11 15:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL UNSC MO AG WI |
07PARIS1462 | FRENCH PUBLIC DEBT RATIO DROPS IN 2006 [...] SUMMARY: French public debt decreased to 63.9 percent of GDP, based on Maastricht definitions used to report budget data to the European Commission. A reduction in the central government deficit, sales of shares in state-owned companies, and better management of government short-term securiti [...] | 2007-04-12 10:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR |
07PARIS147 | Reporting Cable: NINTH OECD WORKING GROUP ON WASTE [...] The draft agenda (ENV/EPOC/WGWPR/A(2006)1) was accepted without comment, as was the Summary Record of the Eighth Meeting. AGENDA ITEM 3: ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS --------------------------------------------- --- 2. Several countries including the US, gave brief synopse [...] | 2007-01-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA SENV KSCA TPHY FR |
07PARIS1472 | France's New DRM Authority [...] (SBU) French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres announced on April 6 the establishment of the Technical Measures Regulation Authority (TMRA),which will decide on issues of interoperability of digital rights management (DRM) systems, as well as rights to copy original works for priv [...] | 2007-04-12 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECPS KIPR FR |
07PARIS1476 | HARIRI ADVISOR: CHIRAC DETERMINED TO PURSUE [...] (S) Summary: President Chirac has concluded that there is no way to establish the International Tribunal for Lebanon other than via Chapter VII action by the UNSC, and will exert all his influence to make that happen before leaving office next month, according to Basile Yared, the Paris-based [...] | 2007-04-12 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS1491 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: WITH TEN DAYS TO GO - SARKOZY [...] (U) With less than ten days remaining before the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the relative standing of the leading candidates in the polls remains essentially unchanged from what is was mid-March (refs). Heading into the home stretch, former Interior Minister Nicol [...] | 2007-04-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR |
07PARIS150 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR [...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...] | 2007-01-12 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS151 | COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...] | 2007-01-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
07PARIS1530 | FRENCH HEDGE ON COMPACT SIGNING EVENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel points to MFA Senior Iraq Desk Officer Bernard Chappedelaine on April 16. Chappedelaine noted that it might be difficult to secure French ministerial representation at the Compact signing event due to the French presidential elections; he predicted that the French w [...] | 2007-04-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR EAID EFIN EG IC PGOV PREL UN GCC EU |
07PARIS1537 | France's Presidential Candidates' Views on the Digital [...] (SBU) The emergence of a new generation of candidates and voters is helping define France's response to Internet growth and regulation, electronic commerce, and new technologies. For the first time in a presidential campaign, this is an issue of political debate. The Forum of Internet Rights, [...] | 2007-04-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS KIPR ETRD FR |
07PARIS1566 | THE ABC'S OF FRANCE'S APRIL 22 AND MAY 6 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The French presidential election is a single, national election in two rounds; it is, above all, a personal election by universal, direct suffrage absent reference to party affiliation. France's voters (except for the small portion that will use electronic voting machines) will [...] | 2007-04-18 17:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS158 | UPDATE ON LEBANON DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: FRANCE IS ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF LEBANON'S PROPOSED ECONOMIC PROGRAM TO GARNER DONOR SUPPORT, AND IS RELATIVELY WELL-ADVANCED IN PREPARATIONS FOR THE JANUARY 25 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LEBANON. THE LEBANESE ECONOMIC TEAM GAVE A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION OF ITS ECONOMIC [...] | 2007-01-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL LE SY FR |
07PARIS1581 | CHIRAC SENDS ENVOY TO TEHRAN, BUT ENVOY HAS [...] (S) Several months after his plans to send a secret envoy to Tehran were frustrated by a press leak, President Chirac quietly dispatched Jean Felix-Pagagnon (NEA A/S-equivalent) and Damien Loras (FM Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East) to Iran on April 17 for a two-day visit. Do [...] | 2007-04-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LY SY IR PGOV PREL |
07PARIS1585 | MAIN FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGRICULTURE PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the farm population makes up less than 4 percent of the French electorate it's political influence has been, during the tenure of President Chirac, disproportionately strong. In this Presidential campaign, the agricultural policies of the main candidates have not been a [...] | 2007-04-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR |
07PARIS1587 | COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH REMAIN WARY, INTEND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Cote d'Ivoire desk officer Charlotte Montel said on April 18 that outward signs in Cote d'Ivoire remained positive but that France remained wary that the situation could take a turn for the worse. The GOF was not convinced of President Gbagbo's good intentions over the long [...] | 2007-04-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IV FR |
07PARIS1588 | FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...] | 2007-04-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR |
07PARIS159 | FRANCE SEEKS EU COVER ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 16 to MFA Iran Desk Officer Arnaud Pescheux, who indicated that France had not budgeted any funds for democracy promotion in Iran. "If we were to do something, it would undoubtedly be via Brussels," Pescheux said. He noted that France "anticipate [...] | 2007-01-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM LE PGOV PREL FR IR |
07PARIS1592 | FRANCE WANTS TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: After welcoming reftel demarche, MFA nuclear non-proliferation expert, Delphine Hournau, requested Washington's views on a larger role for the GOF in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. France is particu [...] | 2007-04-19 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIC PARM PREL AM CB MK RO FR |
07PARIS1593 | CHIRAC'S ENDGAME IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary/comment: President Chirac does not believe Russia will veto a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche. Although the Russians have not yet proposed any quid pro quo for their support or abstention, the French w [...] | 2007-04-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE SY PGOV PREL UNSC |
07PARIS1595 | ELECTION EVE: BETWEEN SARKOZY AND ROYAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the final days before the April 22 first round of the French presidential election, the latest polls continue to predict that center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, followed by Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, will be the two victors for the May 7 run-off. Ce [...] | 2007-04-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1596 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche April 18 and ref B demarche April 20 to Jean-Louis Falconi, head of Common Foreign and Security Policy at the MFA. Falconi said he would review our points carefully and said he understood U.S. views. However, due to staffing shortfalls and pressing tasks [...] | 2007-04-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF FR |
07PARIS1597 | MUBARAK AND ABBAS BID ADIEU TO CHIRAC [...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac received Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris on April 16, and then met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on April 17. While both visits were essentially courtesy calls, Chirac seized the opportunity to press Mubarak for support on [...] | 2007-04-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL EG FR IS PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS1608 | FRANCE: IMPACT OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES' ECONOMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. According to an evaluation of the leading French presidential candidates' job-creation proposals by a prominent think tank aligned with French business groups, only center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy's policy proposals would create jobs and add to GDP growth; centrist UDF [...] | 2007-04-20 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR |
07PARIS1609 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
07PARIS1610 | FRANCE QUIETLY SUPPORTS SPANISH APPROACH ON CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Cuba Blandine Kreiss defended FM Moratinos' visit to Cuba, arguing the necessity of re-establishing government-to-government relations between Cuba and the EU and the need to give the human rights mechanism more time before judging its effectiveness. More [...] | 2007-04-20 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CU FR EUN |
07PARIS1611 | SARKOZY LEADS ROYAL INTO SECOND ROUND OF [...] (U) In the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, center-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy clearly bested center-left candidate Segolene Royal, with centrist candidate Francois Bayrou coming in third. As expected, therefore, Royal and Sarkozy will go on to the second round of the [...] | 2007-04-22 20:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1623 | C.A.R.: FRENCH HOPEFUL BUT NOT CONVINCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. desk officer Daniel Westerink on April 28 said that the GOF was encouraged by the recent peace pact engineered by President Bozize and UFDR leader Damane but was not convinced that this arrangement would prove significant because of uncertainty over whether other UFD [...] | 2007-04-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CT FR |
07PARIS1654 | NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN OSLO -- FRENCH AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following up on the U.S. agenda for the Oslo Ministerial, the MFA confirmed April 24 that France agrees that NATO should focus on Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Missile Defense. In the context of Missile Defense, France will propose that NATO highlight the 10th anniversary of the NATO- [...] | 2007-04-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO EUN FR |
07PARIS1659 | FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...] | 2007-04-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER |
07PARIS1660 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 15:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP PARM IR FR |
07PARIS168 | UNESCO CONFERENCE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND MEDIA [...] (SBU) UNESCO hosted a three-day international conference on the "Freedom of Expression and Media Development in Iraq" January 8-10 in Paris, bringing together over 300 participants, including 200 Iraqi journalists, some 20 members of the Iraqi parliament, government officials, and media owners [...] | 2007-01-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL KDEM IZ |
07PARIS1689 | SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. (S)2. On April 25, econoff met with MFA Director for Export Control Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the results of the GOF investigation into French company Paul Boye Manufacturing's dealings with two subsidiaries of the Iranian Defense Industrie [...] | 2007-04-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS1692 | (S) TERRORIST ABDALLAH IN THE HOSPITAL; SIGNS GOOD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Convicted terrorist and political assassin, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, remains in prison. His parole request is not likely to be decided until June 2007. The Ministry of Justice has assured the Ambassador that it opposes parole. Abdallah's worsening health, however, could potent [...] | 2007-04-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PTER FR |
07PARIS1693 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN FIRST WEEK OF SECOND-ROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With a little more than a week to go, center-right Presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy continues to hold a distinct lead over center-left candidate Segolene Royal in all polls of second-round voter intentions, with 53 percent for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Royal. Sarkozy an [...] | 2007-04-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1694 | FRANCE WITH U.S. ON MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI FR |
07PARIS1695 | AF DAS THOMPSON'S MFA DISCUSSIONS ON ZIMBABWE, [...] (C) Summary: AF DAS Carol Thompson pushed for active engagement on Zimbabwe and mapped out USG public health initiatives in Africa, e.g. PEPFAR and the President's Malaria initiative, in a meeting with MFA AF A/S-Equivalent Jean de Gliniasty. Gliniasty called for letting Africans take the le [...] | 2007-04-27 14:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ZI FR |
07PARIS170 | CHIRAC'S ENVOY TO IRAN -- WHAT'S PROMPTING THIS [...] (S) LE MONDE'S JAN. 17 EDITION RAN A FRONT-PAGE STORY ON CHIRAC,S INTEREST IN PURSUING A DIALOGUE WITH IRAN ON LEBANON, THUS CONFIRMING WHAT MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR GERARD ARAUD TOLD THE AMBASSADOR DURING THEIR JAN. 15 MEETING. WE FACE THE PROSPECT OF UNTOWARD POLICY INITIATIVES BY CHIRAC DUR [...] | 2007-01-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IR LE PGOV PREL |
07PARIS1707 | FRANCE DRAWS FIRE FOR HONORING CHINESE CENSOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA defended its decision to award the Legion of Honor to Long Xinmin, former head of the Chinese agency that controls and censors the press, against complaints from a French NGO and the media that such an honor compromises France's stated commitment to freedom of the p [...] | 2007-04-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CH FR |
07PARIS1708 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the French April 26 to discuss Iraq and Iran. Officials remained positive about the Iraq Compact's goals, but were unable to confirm ministerial participation at the Compact launch due to French elections. On Iran, both of the president [...] | 2007-04-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR |
07PARIS1709 | CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT TO FRANCE, APRIL 3-6 2007 [...] (SBU) Chairman James Oberstar and seven members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee visited France April 3-6. They met with the Minister of Transportation, the Minister Delegate for Trade, the Director General of Civil Aviation, as well as CEOs from Airbus, Air France and [...] | 2007-04-27 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL FR |
07PARIS1710 | FRANCE: DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT DISCUSSES G8 ISSUES, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with Xavier Musca, DG for Economic Policy, April 27 to discuss G8 issues, Iraq, Iran and Liberia. Musca indicated concerns that European-led sanctions would lead to a vacuum to be filled in Iran by China and Russia. He promised to look into [...] | 2007-04-27 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PREL ETTC PARM IR IQ FR LI |
07PARIS1717 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 12, emboffs conducted a pre-license check on application 050038126 for the export of 12 filter assemblies to Sabena Technics in France via the UK. Sabena Technics has a good reputation in the aircraft maintenance field, and post has no derogatory information about the [...] | 2007-04-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
07PARIS1718 | ISSAM FARES: NO PLANS TO RETURN TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares told us April 27 that he has no plans to return to Lebanon, saying that he preferred to remain focused on his business interests. He categorically denied rumors that Lebanese President Lahoud would appoint him as a caretaker Prime [...] | 2007-04-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL |
07PARIS1723 | FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL [...] (C) On April 30th, we raised reftel demarche on Russia and its CFE obligations with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE. Roux observed that France shared our concern with respect to Russian intentions, especially if Russia is looking to abandon its commitment to the CFE regime [...] | 2007-04-30 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RU FR |
07PARIS1742 | PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND CAR NEGOTIATION [...] (SBU) At the April 19-20, 2007 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided debt relief to the Central African Republic in recognition of its eligibility for the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Initiative and to facilitate the newly signed Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) wit [...] | 2007-05-02 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS1763 | CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE [...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...] | 2007-05-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR |
07PARIS1784 | ELECTION EVE: SARKOZY EXTENDS HIS LEAD GOING INTO [...] (U) On the eve of the run-off election between former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal, France's electorate is looking forward -- though not without some apprehension -- to the choice of direction for France that it will make in electing a [...] | 2007-05-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1785 | DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...] | 2007-05-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR |
07PARIS1789 | U.S. ECONOMIC STAKES IN FRANCE'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Going into the second round of France's presidential elections the stakes are modest for near to medium-term U.S. economic interests. We see little difference between the candidates on key foreign economic policy issues: a Doha deal would happen in spite of, not thanks to, France [...] | 2007-05-04 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV FR |
07PARIS1790 | FRANCE BACKS EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENT WITH ERITREA [...] (C) France supports EU and EC efforts to engage Eritrea, including the invitation by the European Commission for President Isaias Afwerki to visit Brussels, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helen Le Gal informed Africa Watcher on May 3 in response to demarche (Ref A). Le Gal remarked that the invitation [...] | 2007-05-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ER FR |
07PARIS1791 | IT'S PRESIDENT SARKOZY -- IN A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY [...] (SBU) Nicolas Sarkozy has won France's presidency by a clear cut, 53 percent majority. Official results -- 53 percent of the vote for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Socialist Segolene Royal -- were announced by France's Interior Ministry 8 P.M. Paris time on Sunday May 6. President Bush called [...] | 2007-05-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1799 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY.: Government and NGO sources report an overall increase in anti-Semitic incidents in 2006, with a much sharper increase in physical attacks on persons. More recently, March and April witnessed a spate of anti-Semitic crimes including cemetery profanations and physical attacks. P [...] | 2007-05-07 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF SCUL SMIG SOCI FR |
07PARIS18 | FRANCE'S ENERGY SECURITY POLICY [...] (C) Summary. The GOF is enhancing its energy security through diversification of supply sources and increasing the percentage of nuclear and renewables in its energy mix, while decreasing the use of oil and coal. While these changes are guided partially by a desire to become more energy indep [...] | 2007-01-03 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EPET ENRG KPRP ECON FR |
07PARIS1817 | THE FRENCH ELECT SARKOZY -- WHAT THEIR CHOICE MEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In electing Nicolas Sarkozy as France's sixth President under the Fifth Republic (ref),French voters: -- entrusted their country's highest office to an intensely ambitious and passionately action-oriented politician; -- endorsed the wide-ranging program of reforms -- includi [...] | 2007-05-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS1844 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...] | 2007-05-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS |
07PARIS186 | RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...] | 2007-01-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR |
07PARIS1870 | CWC CONSULTATIONS WITH FRANCE, UK AND GERMANY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French hosted consultations on the Chemical Weapons Convention with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 3, 2007 preceded on May 2 by biological weapons discussions (reported Septel). Due to new French and UK Heads of Delegation, this round of Close Allies discussions brou [...] | 2007-05-11 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL FR GM UK |
07PARIS1879 | SAAD HARIRI'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) PRESIDENT-ELECT SARKOZY ASSURED PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND LEBANESE MP SAAD HARIRI ON MAY 10 THAT HE WILL STAY THE COURSE ON PURSUING A CHAPTER VII UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON. ACCORDING TO READOUTS WE RECEIVED AFTER THE MEETING FROM DOMINIQUE BOCHE, CHIRAC'S MIDDLE EAST [...] | 2007-05-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL LE SY |
07PARIS1882 | FRENCH VIEWS ON TAKING CARE OF BRAMMERTZ. THE ICTY [...] (C) France is backing Serge Brammertz to succeed Carla Del Ponte as ICTY Chief Prosecutor from a belief that Brammertz will otherwise refuse to extend his mandate at the UN International Investigative Commission (UNIIIC),an outcome the French characterize as disastrous. MFA UN/Middle East Ac [...] | 2007-05-11 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC SY LE FR |
07PARIS1883 | HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AOUN'S HENCHMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: WE MET MAY 10 WITH MICHEL AOUN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS, SIMON ABI RAMIA, AND CHALLENGED HIS TEDIOUS ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. SHOULD REGARD AOUN AS AN ALLY. WE ARGUED, INTER ALIA, THAT AOUN IS BEING USED BY HIZBALLAH, THAT ABI RAMIA'S "AOUN IS YOUR ALLY" MESSAGE HAS LOST ALL CRED [...] | 2007-05-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL LE SY |
07PARIS1885 | DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT INFORMATION ON FRANCE EXPAT [...] (U) John L. Espinoza is Paris Embassy Point of Contact for detainee issues. He can be contacted by classified email at EspinozaJL@state.sgov.gov, by unclassified email at EspinozaJohnL@state.gov, and by phone at 33(0)1-43-12-25-75. ------------------------------- RELEVANT EXPATRIATE COMMUNI [...] | 2007-05-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PINR FR |
07PARIS1887 | FRANCE: GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON GAERC ISSUES [...] (U) We shared reftel points on May 11 with MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Western Balkans: Cohet indicated that Bosnia is unlikely to be discussed. Regarding Serbia, he indicated that France shares our position on the new government and on cooperation with the ICTY. On Kosovo, [...] | 2007-05-11 17:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF |
07PARIS1888 | FRANCE AND LEBANON: UPDATE ON CHAPTER VII [...] (C) NEA Watcher met May 11 with Damien Loras, FM Douste-Blazy,s cabinet advisor for the Middle East, to discuss French thinking on the content and timing of a Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. On content, Loras noted that the French disagreed with essential [...] | 2007-05-11 17:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL LE SY |
07PARIS189 | COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...] | 2007-01-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR |
07PARIS1892 | COMOROS: FRANCE SHARES U.S. ASSESSMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Claude Brunet on May 10 said that France shared USG views (refs A and B) on the current situation in the Comoros. The situation had calmed in the past few days, but much depended on how President Sambi now responded to Anjouan "President" Bacar's con [...] | 2007-05-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN FR |
07PARIS1914 | FRENCH POISED TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH VAN WALSUM [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL DEMARCHE, THE MFA'S DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE MAGHREB, CHRISTIAN TESTO, TOLD US ON MAY 14 THAT FRANCE AND THE U.S. ARE ON "EXACTLY THE SAME WAVELENGTH" WITH REGARD TO UN WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY PETER VAN WALSUM. TESTO NOTED THAT THE FRENCH ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED BY SIG [...] | 2007-05-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PREL PGOV AG MO WI |
07PARIS1938 | UK READOUT OF BLAIR-SARKOZY MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK PM Blair's May 11 meeting with French President-elect Sarkozy focused primarily on next steps on the EU constitutional treaty in advance of Sarkozy's May 16 meeting with German Chancellor Merkel, according to UK DCM Hitchens; the UK hope is that the Blair, Sarkozy and Merkel will re [...] | 2007-05-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV ETRD UK GM TU PINR |
07PARIS1946 | IRAN-VENEZUELA: FRANCE TOUGH ON NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In response to ref A demarche, MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard assured us May 16 that President Chirac had taken a hard line with Chavez on Iran's nuclear weapons program during their last phone conversation before Chirac leaves office on May 16, and surm [...] | 2007-05-15 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR |
07PARIS1947 | MAY 2 BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) The French hosted consultations on biological weapons (BW) nonproliferation with the U.S., UK, and Germany in Paris, May 2, 2007. (May 3 chemical weapons discussions are reported reftel). New French and UK Heads of Delegation for this round of "Close Allies" reinvigorated discussions, fa [...] | 2007-05-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL GM UK FR |
07PARIS195 | MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...] | 2007-01-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR |
07PARIS1983 | G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: NO RADICAL FRENCH RETHINKING [...] (C) On May 10, we delivered reftel demarche to Philippe Errera, DAS-equivalent Director of the MFA's Nonproliferation and Disarmament bureau. In a follow-up conversation on May 15, Errera responded that, until the new French Government has been able to review the issue, he would be unable to m [...] | 2007-05-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY FR |
07PARIS1984 | FRENCH MFA WELCOMES CALL FOR VIGILANCE ON IRANIAN [...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, MFA IO Action Officer for Iran remarked favorably on the reftel demarche points regarding the diplomatic and reputational costs of allowing individuals designated under resolutions 1737 and 1747 to travel to or through UN member-state territory. Moscow had been deeply [...] | 2007-05-16 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP PREL UNSC RS IR FR |
07PARIS1995 | THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...] | 2007-05-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV |
07PARIS1999 | OECD: EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan addressed the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Meeting of the Council at Ministerial Level (MCM) during the May 16 session on "Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement." A/S Sullivan applauded on the decision to enhance relatio [...] | 2007-05-18 10:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
07PARIS2 | French telecom officials discuss next generation network [...] (SBU) French telecom regulator ARCEP is using persuasion to cajole telecommunications operators that are constructing next generation fiber optic telecom networks to rent their infrastructure to competitors ("unbundle the local loop"). While historic operator France Telecom is resisting, their [...] | 2007-01-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS2002 | FRANCE: UN OPERATION IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO UNSC IC FR |
07PARIS2003 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY TAKES ON FRANCE'S WORK ETHIC [...] (SBU) President Nicolas Sarkozy has pledged to move swiftly to enact sweeping reforms to make good on his promise of an economic revolution. His first months in power have already been carefully planned. During, an "extraordinary session" of the French parliament in July the new government [...] | 2007-05-18 12:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS2004 | ENGAGING SARKOZY'S GOVERNMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Further to the recommendations made reftel on engaging President Sarkozy's government on a number of key foreign policy issues (including Iraq and Iran),this cable provides additional thoughts on how we might strengthen our partnership with France on the broad range of our mutual [...] | 2007-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL LE SY MEPP |
07PARIS2005 | FRANCE: NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA on May 16 expressed reservations about reftel ideas on next steps for Darfur peacekeeping, in particular an approach to the AU and UN to revisit AU PSC decisions taken in November 2006. At the same time, France does continue to support an effective PKO for Darfur meetin [...] | 2007-05-18 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO SU FR |
07PARIS2027 | THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED [...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...] | 2007-05-18 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS2065 | FRANCE'S NEW, GREEN, SUPER MINISTRY TO BE HEADED BY FORMER [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Prime Minister Alain Juppe has been tapped to become the Minister of State for a new, super Ministry for Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Sustainable Planning in the May 17 government named by President Sarkozy. Juppe will rank third, after President Sarkozy and new [...] | 2007-05-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TPHY PINR EAIR FR |
07PARIS2072 | VICE FM ASANO ON KOREAN ABDUCTIONS, U.S.-JAPAN TRADE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the ECD Ministerial Council Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Katsuhito Asano. Asano proposed that President Bush and Prime M [...] | 2007-05-21 12:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID OECD JA KN AF |
07PARIS2073 | GURRIA PLEASED WITH RUSSIAN INCLUSION IN OECD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met on May 15 on the margins of the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting with OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria. Gurria expressed satisfaction that Russia's inclusion in [...] | 2007-05-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OECD RS |
07PARIS2088 | FRANCE: FIRST QUARTER GDP GROWTH DISAPPOINTING [...] SUMMARY: French GDP growth did not accelerate in the first quarter contrary to expectations, increasing only 2.0 percent (annualized) compared to the fourth quarter of 2006. GDP growth was still heavily dependent on consumption, but export growth rebounded. INSEE is now using European and U.S [...] | 2007-05-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS2089 | SARKOZY'S TAX CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposed fiscal and macro-economic policy reforms are every bit as ambitious as his micro-economic agenda (reftel). In short order we expect Sarkozy to propose eliminating payroll taxes on hours worked above 35 hours, cutting inheritance taxes, intro [...] | 2007-05-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS2094 | FRENCH MFA SEES IRAN'S MULLAHS AS DOING OUR JOB [...] (C) In a May 18 meeting with Franck Gellet, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Persian Gulf, NEA Senior Advisor David Denehy explained the U.S. approach to democracy promotion in Iran. Denehy expressed interest in coordinating efforts with France and other like-minded states, and outlined a specific [...] | 2007-05-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PREL PGOV MEPI |
07PARIS2095 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...] | 2007-05-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU |
07PARIS2113 | FRENCH DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON CHAPTER VII [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE UNSC PREL PTER |
07PARIS2136 | FRANCE ON CHINA/TAIWAN OIE DISPUTE: POSTPONEMENT [...] (U) POL Deputy delivered ref A demarche May 23 to MFA Bureau of International Organizations Affairs PDAS-equivalent Marc Giacomini, stressing the U.S. preference for delaying a vote on a China-sponsored resolution pending negotiation between China and Taiwan of a mutually acceptable solution [...] | 2007-05-23 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAGR AORG TW CH FR EUN |
07PARIS2137 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...] | 2007-05-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR |
07PARIS2154 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] (U) This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Telecom Policy Gets a New Home (para 2) -- Fourth Mobile License (para 3) -- High Speed Internet Success in France (para 4) -- Alcatel-Luc [...] | 2007-05-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS218 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN; SECRETARY RICE IN THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Iran dominated international news this week with the visit to Latin America of Iranian president Ahmadinejad, the deployment of an American aircraft carrier to the Gulf (described as a "warning to Iran" by right-of-center Le Figaro on January 16); and President Chirac's initiative to send [...] | 2007-01-19 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS2194 | FRENCH CONSIDER DELAYING TRIBUNAL VOTE TO APPEASE [...] (C) SELENA GRENET, THE MFA'S IO ACTION OFFICER FOR THE MIDDLE EAST, TOLD US MAY 25 THAT FRANCE IS INCLINED TO ACCEPT DELAYING THE VOTE BY ONE DAY (TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 30) ON THE UNSCR TO ESTABLISH THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON IN ORDER TO APPEASE RUSSIA. GRENET SAID THE RUSSIAN DELEGATI [...] | 2007-05-25 14:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE UNSC PREL |
07PARIS2196 | GOF RESTRUCTURING: IMPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Reorganization of the French government's economic, social and transportation ministries (reftels) will create new challenges and opportunities for our interaction with the French on economic issues. The incorporation of transport and energy into Minister of State Alain Juppe' [...] | 2007-05-25 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ETRD FR |
07PARIS2197 | FRANCE: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED RUSSIAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 25 to Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for Disarmament. Grand explained that, like the U.S., France remained concerned about Russian intentions to change the fundamental nature of the OSCE. Russian declarations about modernization of the organizatio [...] | 2007-05-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV RS FR |
07PARIS2198 | DARFUR: FRANCE SEEKING BROADER ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on May 25 said that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was likely to phone Secretary Rice later on May 25 to discuss Darfur. Kouchner may raise with the Secretary the possibility of France hosting a minister-level meeting of Darfur Contact Gro [...] | 2007-05-25 17:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM SU FR |
07PARIS2202 | STAYING IN SYNCH WITH FRANCE ON SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: FM Kouchner's May 24 comments in Beirut have fed speculation here that France is on the verge of revising its policy toward Syria. While the French position remains somewhat murky (Kouchner appeared to walk back his comments on May [...] | 2007-05-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE SY PREL |
07PARIS2224 | FRANCE'S NEW RESEARCH MINISTER TO REFORM UNIVERSITIES [...] Summary: On May 18, parliamentarian and spokesperson for France's center right UMP party, Valerie Pecresse, was appointed as a full minister for Higher Education and Research in the new Sarkozy government. (In the previous government a 'junior' minister held the same portfolio.) Pecresse will [...] | 2007-05-30 11:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL SENV PINR KPAO FR |
07PARIS223 | FRANCE/GAERC: AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES, BUT [...] (U) Poloff shared reftel points January 19 with MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet said France and the U.S. are in complete agreement on the need for unity between the U.S. and EU, particularly in supporting UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari. 3. (C) Serbi [...] | 2007-01-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN YI SR BK IS IR |
07PARIS2263 | FRENCH INITIATIVES ON DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: The French Government is finalizing an accelerated policy review of options on Darfur that promises a substantial uptick in diplomatic and other engagement, including a proposed ministerial-level Contact Group meeting in Paris on June 25 (Ref A). President Sarkozy will receive FM [...] | 2007-05-31 13:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR |
07PARIS2269 | FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF ZOELLICK NOMINATION [...] (SBU) The Charge raised reftel points on nomination of Robert Zoellick as World Bank president with GOF Treasury Director Xavier Musca on May 30. Musca said that France was likely to support the nomination, and referred to remarks made by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner earlier in the day on [...] | 2007-05-31 13:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IBRD FR |
07PARIS2286 | JOHNNY ABDO TELLS THE LAF NOT TO PLAY INTO SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, former Lebanese Military Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he recently advised LAF Commander Michel Suleiman not to play into Syria's hands in resolving the crisis in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp. Abdo said Syria's strategy was to goad the LAF into a pitched battle [...] | 2007-05-31 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE PGOV |
07PARIS2318 | FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative 2. (C) Separately, Econ Counselor raised reftel points with Acting MFA 3. (C) Maillard noted that the proposed initiative -Q and remaining day STAPLETON [...] | 2007-06-01 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR |
07PARIS2319 | FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative 2. (C) Separately, Econ Counselor raised reftel points with Acting MFA 3. (C) Maillard noted that the proposed initiative -Q and remaining day STAPLETON [...] | 2007-06-01 17:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR |
07PARIS232 | FRANCE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] | 2007-01-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR |
07PARIS2320 | FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative 2. (C) Separately, Econ Counselor raised reftel points with Acting MFA 3. (C) Maillard noted that the proposed initiative -Q and remaining day STAPLETON [...] | 2007-06-01 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR |
07PARIS2321 | FRANCE ON THE PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the President's climate change initiative with President Sarkozy's National Security Advisor Jean-David Levitte on June 1. The Ambassador referred to public encouragement from Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Blair, and urged a statement of support from Sarkozy. [...] | 2007-06-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON CLMT ENRG FR |
07PARIS2359 | FRENCH WILL NOT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN; LESS PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Gerard Araud told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Sarkozy had made a decision the previous day that France would not leave Afghanistan, but did want to begin discussing an exit strategy in a restricted format (Germany, the UK, the U.S., and France). [...] | 2007-06-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR IR FR |
07PARIS2374 | PARIS CLUB - MAY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND PERU AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) At the May 22-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed to allow Peru to prepay at face value as much as $2.5 billion in previously rescheduled non-concessional debt in order to support its efforts to implement sound debt management policies. The Secretariat reported on technical [...] | 2007-06-05 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS2384 | FRANCE REACTS TO PRESIDENT'S MAY 31 CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: Generally, the French government has been cautiously positive about the President's climate initiative. At the same time, it continues to stress the importance of involuntary constraints on greenhouse gas emissions. In a G-8 'tour d'horizon' with journalists, President Sarkozy w [...] | 2007-06-06 07:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG FR GB SENV |
07PARIS240 | LIST OF UK/FRENCH-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS IN UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-22 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP IR FR |
07PARIS2405 | MFA MIDDLE EAST CHIEF: A MIDDLE EAST LANDSCAPE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 6, JEAN FELIX-PAGAGNON, DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S MIDDLE EAST BUREAU, PAINTED A RELENTLESSLY DEPRESSING TABLEAU OF THE MIDDLE EAST. AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, HE TRACED PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES, BEGINNING WITH NORTH AFRICA (VITAL TO SARKOZY'S PLANS TO RESHAPE FRANCES IMMI [...] | 2007-06-07 14:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR LE PREL |
07PARIS242 | AMBASSADOR STAPLETON'S VISIT TO USS OAK HILL [...] (U) CDR Stapf and LTCOL Arentz, I feel privileged to have spent time with the fine Navy and Marine Corps team aboard Oak Hill. The visit was first class, an excellent lunch and an outstanding tour of such a clean ship. Particularly, I was impressed with the men and women I met, all with high [...] | 2007-01-22 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL OTRA FR |
07PARIS243 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24-25 VISIT TO [...] (C) MADAM SECRETARY, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE JANUARY 25 PAGE 02 RUEHFRA0243 C O N F I D E N T I A L INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LEBANON, AND THE STRONG U.S. FINANCIAL PACKAGE YOU BRING TO THE TABLE, WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR LEBANON AND THUS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE FRENCH AND CHIRA [...] | 2007-01-22 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE FR |
07PARIS2440 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN/IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRANCK GELLET, FRENCH DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE PAGE 02 RUEHFRA2440 C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 002440 PERSIAN GULF, SHARED HIS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ ON JUNE 7. GELLET ASSESSED THAT THE IRANIANS ARE OVERCONFIDENT AND VULNERABLE TO A BAN ON INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL. HIS ASSESSMENT [...] | 2007-06-07 17:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IZ PGOV |
07PARIS2450 | FRENCH PROMISE TO BE HELPFUL ON MNF-I REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 11:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IZ UNSC |
07PARIS2485 | FRENCH MFA: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO; VETO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours before President Sarkozy announced his proposal at the G-8 to delay a Kosovo final status UNSCR for six months while the parties could continue discussions (reftel),MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Balkans and Russia, Isabelle Dumont, told us on June 7 that FM Kouchner wanted mo [...] | 2007-06-08 16:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PHUM PBTS KPAO YI FR |
07PARIS2488 | REVEREND MOON'S REQUEST TO VISIT FRANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: International Unification Church founder, Dr. Sun Myung Moon, and his wife, currently designated as "dangerous persons" and banned from entering France under the Schengen Information System, hope that the recent ruling of a German court to overturn the ban [...] | 2007-06-11 10:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PROP PINS PHUM FR GM |
07PARIS2511 | FRANCE SHARES HRC "RED LINES" BUT DEMURS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet. Pellet stated that France wanted to maintain the country-specific rapporteur mandates, consistent with the EU position. Pellet equally agreed on the necessity to avoid any specific ant [...] | 2007-06-12 09:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM HR PREL UNGA FR |
07PARIS2516 | GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...] | 2007-06-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR |
07PARIS253 | PARIS CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROTECTION IN [...] Action request contained in para 8. . 2. Summary. France will host a high-level international conference entitled, "Health Protection in Developing Countries: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Disease and Poverty," in Paris, March 15-16. This is an initiative of President Chirac, first pr [...] | 2007-01-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAID AORC PREL FR |
07PARIS254 | UNESCO - FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH'S UNESCO ROUNDTABLE ON [...] Summary. On January 15, 2007, Ambassador Oliver moderated a Roundtable at UNESCO hosted by First Lady Laura Bush and Director General Matsuura on the topic, "Teacher Training and Literacy". The purpose of this roundtable was to highlight the First Lady's role as Honorary Ambassador for the UN [...] | 2007-01-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL KPAO |
07PARIS256 | FRENCH THOUGHTS ON NORWEGIAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 22, we discussed with Mr. Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for CB disarmament and the control of conventional weapons, the February 22-23 Norwegian conference in Oslo on cluster munitions. In response to our presentation of U.S. views (reftel),Grand observed that the [...] | 2007-01-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO FR |
07PARIS257 | FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE [...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...] | 2007-01-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS259 | FRANCE SIGNS ASEAN TREATY [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA A/S-Equivalent Michel Filhot explained that France had now signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) at the instigation of President Chirac. France sought to deepen regional ties and to encourage other EU m [...] | 2007-01-23 07:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREL PINR BM FR |
07PARIS2604 | FRANCE/GAERC: LARGELY IN SYNCH WITH U.S. POSITIONS [...] (C) On June 15, MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet indicated France's general agreement with U.S. views in advance of the June General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. Of note, he said that the EU Common Position on Cuba will not be weakened or strengthened and that decisiv [...] | 2007-06-15 17:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETRD KPAL XG IS IR AF FR |
07PARIS2605 | FRANCE AND THE JUNE 17 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A NIACT demarche on June 16 to MFA duty officer Jean-Louis Falconi and MFA DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet Union countries, Aurelia Bouchez. Falconi undertook to discuss the demarche with the appropriate MFA officials. DAS Bouchez agreed to contact the [...] | 2007-06-16 13:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHCR PREL FR |
07PARIS2606 | GOF: NO GSP FOR MINSK; BEWARE ANOTHER KOZAK PLAN [...] SUMMARY: (C) The MFA desk officer for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova told poloff on June 14 that France fully supported the EU's decision to remove Belarus from the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program and saw it as a test for Lukashenko. On Moldova, Gosset was concerned about Presi [...] | 2007-06-17 13:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XG EU BO MD UP RS FR |
07PARIS261 | FRANCE: TSA BRIEFS DATA PRIVACY AUTHORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: TSA provided an extensive briefing on U.S. aviation security arrangements to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) in a meeting January 12. Because of the current risk that the CNIL may wish to review all U.S. airlines' aviation security practices regarding implementation of [...] | 2007-01-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER FR |
07PARIS2617 | GOF WILL NOT BAN MON 810 BIOTECH CORN [...] (U) On June 14, the French Biomolecular Committee (the competent authority for reviewing biotech products) stated that in much as there was no new adverse information calling into question the environmental assessment of MON 810, the French Ministers of Ecology and Agriculture found that no mor [...] | 2007-06-18 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS2634 | INDUSTRY SOURCE DISCUSSES GALILEO WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy officers recently heard a litany of frustrations about the European Galileo Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) project from an EADS contact who had worked on various aspects of the project. According to the contact, financing has been only one of a number of trenc [...] | 2007-06-19 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA ECPS FR |
07PARIS2643 | YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...] | 2007-06-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS265 | NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN - FRANCE [...] SUMMARY: In response reftel, Mission France identified ten (10) influential women in politics, business, civil society and media. END SUMMARY. 2. Retel asked posts to contribute names to a worldwide roster of women leaders for contact use by the Secretary and other Department principals. L [...] | 2007-01-23 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KWMN PHUM PREL FR |
07PARIS2652 | KOSOVO QUINT PARIS MINISTERIAL?; AHTISAARI'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kouchner's Balkans advisor told us on June 19 that Kouchner views the Secretary's participation in his proposed Kosovo Quint Paris ministerial as absolutely essential. The Secretary would be able to engage directly with Italian FM D'Alema on the way forward. The meeting will p [...] | 2007-06-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT GM FR |
07PARIS266 | UNESCO: AFRICAN MIGRATION MEETING WITH ADG PIERRE SANE [...] An informal consultative meeting was held Wednesday, 17 January 2007 at UNESCO to discuss the issue of African Migration, in connection with the Executive Board resolution number 57, initially put forward by Senegal. 2. The meeting chaired by Pierre Sane, UNESCO's Assistant Director General [...] | 2007-01-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL SOCI SMIG |
07PARIS2663 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 08:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR FR |
07PARIS2685 | GOF: LEBANON CONFERENCE AND DIALOGUE WITH SYRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Boillon, President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor, told us on June 21 that France would await the results of the Arab League's national dialogue conference in Beirut, scheduled for next week, before ultimately committing to host a similar event in Paris. As a result, the noti [...] | 2007-06-21 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
07PARIS27 | FLYING IN STYLE: FRENCH STARTUP ELYSAIR EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: French start-up Elysair inaugurated flights on its Paris-New York route January 3 using its all business-class "L,Avion" brand. Touting fares that are 50% lower than Air France business-class and the convenience of using nearby airports at Orly and Newark, Elysair hopes to grab [...] | 2007-01-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON FR |
07PARIS2704 | FRENCH APPROVAL OF MANUEL NORIEGA EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, POL Deputy discussed June 22 urgency of Manuel Noriega extradition proceedings with MFA Americas PDAS-equivalent Marc Laforet. Laforet was joined by DAS-equivalent for Cuba and Central America Blandine Kreiss and desk officers from the U.S. and Central American desks. 2. [...] | 2007-06-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR CJAN |
07PARIS2723 | A/S FRIED'S JUNE 24 MEETING WITH FRENCH SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and Department Counselor Cohen met June 24 with French Special Envoy Cousseran, FM Kouchner's point man for the Lebanese dialogue meeting to be held in Paris in mid-July. Cousseran had just concluded a visit to Tehran, meeting there with national security chief Larija [...] | 2007-06-25 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE FR SY |
07PARIS2725 | ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...] | 2007-06-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS |
07PARIS2726 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...] | 2007-06-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR |
07PARIS2741 | FRENCH TAX REFORM PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY: New French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde introduced a tax reform bill on June 20 "in favor of labor, employment and purchasing power". The cost of the tax package could mean the government budget deficit in 2007 and 2008 will again exceed the EU-imposed limit of 3 percent of GDP [...] | 2007-06-26 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS2743 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...] | 2007-06-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR |
07PARIS2744 | FRANCE: MCC DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT FINANCE [...] (SBU) Maureen Harrington, VP for Policy and International Relations, and Richard Morford, Managing Director for Donor and Multilateral Relations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation met with French development officials Friday, June 15. They discussed approaches to the private sector, aid [...] | 2007-06-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON AF FR |
07PARIS2746 | MICHEL BARNIER OUTLINES GOALS AS NEW FRENCH MINISTER OF [...] SUMMARY: THE NEW FRENCH MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE MICHEL BARNIER (REFTEL A) DELIVERED HIS FIRST OFFICIAL SPEECH AT THE YOUNG FRENCH FARMERS' UNION ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN EPINAL ON JUNE 21. BARNIER ASSURED THE AUDIENCE THAT HE WILL DEFEND THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY, WILL ADVOCATE AN INCREASE IN [...] | 2007-06-26 16:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN FR PINR |
07PARIS2787 | A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...] | 2007-06-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS2791 | FRENCH GDP GROWTH REMAINS MODERATE [...] SUMMARY: In its June overview, the National Statistical Agency INSEE forecast French GDP growth to increase 2.1 percent in 2007 compared to 2.2 percent in 2006. It stressed that GDP growth would reach 2.5 percent in Q-4 over Q-4 2006 due to solid household consumption. INSEE confirmed that th [...] | 2007-06-28 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS2802 | FRANCE INCREASING JUSTICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, MFA sources confirmed that that the new French administration is showing much more interest in Afghanistan, and that France plans to increase civil assistance to Afghanistan in a number of ways. The GOF has decided to provide an expert and some funding for a regional [...] | 2007-06-29 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL SA AF IBRD FR |
07PARIS2820 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007 [...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...] | 2007-06-29 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU |
07PARIS2825 | GOVERNMENT SELLS ADDITIONAL 2.5 PERCENT STAKE IN FRANCE [...] SUMMARY: To reduce the public debt, the government sold shares in France Telecom, the French telephone provider, reducing its stake in the company by 5.0 percent to 27.4 percent. The demand from institutional investors was not sufficient to sell a larger stake. The proceeds (2.65 billion euro [...] | 2007-06-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS2827 | U/S BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH SARKOZY DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 3:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Political Minister-Counselor Rosenblatt P Staff Bame Poloff Waller (notetaker) France Amb. Jean-David Levitte, Diplomatic Advisor to the President Francois Richier, Counselor for Strat [...] | 2007-07-02 07:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV FR LE UNSC PREL |
07PARIS2835 | SUDAN: JUNE 24 ABDULWAHID MEETING WITH SE NATSIOS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS SU FR |
07PARIS2837 | SARKOZY SAYS TACKLE DARFUR FIRST, CHAD SECOND [...] (C) President Sarkozy decided in a June 27 internal meeting that France would focus first on advancing the UN-AU Hybrid deployment and on bringing clarity to AMIS finances before taking action on an MFA proposal for a French-EU-African force in Chad. Presidential adviser Romain Serman explain [...] | 2007-07-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR |
07PARIS285 | FRANCE STANDS BY ITS RIGA COMMITMENTS; NO NEW [...] (C) On January 22, the Ambassador raised our agenda for the Informal NATO Foreign Ministerial with Elysee NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM). Per ref C, MGM expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the NATO Summit at Riga, and, looking ahead to the Informal Ministerial on Janua [...] | 2007-01-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF FR |
07PARIS2884 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEEKING REGIONAL SUPPORT TO [...] (S) Reftel demarche was delivered on July 3 to Gilles Bonnaud, MFA PDAS-equivalent for Middle East affairs. Bonnaud commented that he was not surprised that Damascus had failed to demonstrate the good will it offered at Sharm Al Shayk. He agreed to consider the request to conduct a joint dema [...] | 2007-07-03 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PTER SY IZ FR |
07PARIS2888 | CODEL WEXLER STAFFERS DISCUSS EU-TURKEY AT MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Representative Wexler's Staff Director, MFA officials offered a broad overview of French reasoning behind Sarkozy's opposition to Turkish EU membership; his proposal for an EU discussion before the end of the year on fixing the EU's final borders; his com [...] | 2007-07-03 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN TU CY AR UNO |
07PARIS2889 | CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH SARKOZY'S [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Wexler and Presidential Diplomatic Adviser Jean-David Levitte discussed Hizbollah and Lebanon, Darfur, Kosovo, Turkey and Iran during a July 2 meeting. Levitte emphasized that Sarkozy continued to hold to the view he espoused during the presidential campaign that Hiz [...] | 2007-07-05 07:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR |
07PARIS2890 | CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...] | 2007-07-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS2899 | PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors agreed in principle to accept Gabon's offer to buy back its previously rescheduled debt at a discount. Terms will be negotiated at the July meeting. This would be the first time the Paris Club has conducted a standalone mark [...] | 2007-07-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS2912 | SUDAN - SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE [...] (C) Summary. China Special Envoy for Sudan Liu Guijin told Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Andrew Natsios on June 25 that a new Security Council resolution would bring official endorsement of the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force. A new resolution need not refer to UNSCR 1706, but [...] | 2007-07-06 08:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU |
07PARIS2913 | SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE 25, 2007 [...] (C) Summary. French Presidential Advisor on Africa Bruno Joubert said on June 25 that Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner would hold a meeting with President Sarkozy within a week to gain his support to station French troops (along with local gendarmes and an international police force) in Easte [...] | 2007-07-06 08:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU |
07PARIS2914 | FRANCE/KOSOVO: OK TO SECURITY SECTOR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On July 5, we received an interim response to reftel demarche from MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow noting that the MFA had nothing against such consultations in principle. He did not go into further details. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http: [...] | 2007-07-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL KV FR |
07PARIS2927 | FRANCE: ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHES ON KEY POSITIONS AND [...] (SBU) Econoff and FAA senior representative discussed reftel demarches June 28 with Jean-Michel Bour, head of the Office of International Affairs at the French Civil Aviation authority. Though key advisors on aviation and environment have not yet been officially appointed in the recently reorga [...] | 2007-07-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD SENV FR |
07PARIS2939 | OECD -- GUIDANCE REQUEST -- ESTABLISHING OECD SUPPORT UNIT [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 Council will be asked to take a decision on establishing a Support Unit for the Heiligendamm Dialogue Process (HDP) agreed at the G-8 Summit. Although the Germans, as G-8 President, are pushing for a quick decision in order to initiate the process in the fall, they [...] | 2007-07-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
07PARIS2967 | BRIEFING ON DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND [...] (U) As instructed reftel, on July 9, ESTH Counselor, together with Russian Embassy disarmament expert, Dr. Igor Kondratskiy, called on Martin Briens, Head of the Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation Office, and Jean Cazalet, Adviser on Civilian Nuclear Matters, Economic Affairs Department [...] | 2007-07-10 09:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM FR |
07PARIS2971 | DEMARCHE DELIVED: REVEREND MOON'S REQUEST TO VISIT [...] (SBU) Poloff on July 5 conveyed USG request that France consider lifting the Schengen ban on Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon and his wife to Denis Fromaget, Deputy Councelor for Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fromaget responded that he saw no immediate other r [...] | 2007-07-10 14:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM FR GM PINS PROP SCUL SOCI KIRF |
07PARIS3014 | OECD: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE PDG)- COUNCIL [...] (SBU) The OECD Council on July 12 agreed to the establishment at the OECD of an Advisory Unit (AU) for the proposed Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) The decision was taken as an "A" point - consensus having been reached prior to the Council meeting, with no discussion by Permanent [...] | 2007-07-12 11:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD OECD |
07PARIS3024 | FRENCH RECEPTIVE TO IOM CANDIDACY OF AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini told poloff on July 10 that the MFA was open to the candidacy of Ambassador William Lacy Swing for Director-General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The MFA concurred with the U.S. "in principle" that tenure in senior UN offices [...] | 2007-07-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF ELAB FR |
07PARIS3027 | FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON LIBYAN CW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officers for CW issues Olivier Sigaud and Minh-di Tang. Sigaud related that the GOF understood that, as of late 2006, Libya was considering the U.S. and French proposals. He commented that the U.S. proposal was expensive, but [...] | 2007-07-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC GM IT LY FR |
07PARIS303 | GUINEA: FRENCH WATCH CLOSELY, MAKE READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are observing events in Guinea and readying for an evacuation if events turn for the worst. A small GOF interagency team is in place and focusing on operational needs should an evacuation be necessary. The French believe that the situation is uncertain and volatile, w [...] | 2007-01-25 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR ASEC CASC AEMR GV FR |
07PARIS3032 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...] | 2007-07-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
07PARIS3039 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...] | 2007-07-13 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
07PARIS306 | ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES - FRANCE [...] Summary: The Ambassador and all of Mission France support a sustained and focused effort to engage France's Muslim minorities, recognizing that organizing and executing such an effort will continue to require considerable discretion, sensitivity and tact on our part. Although there is some ev [...] | 2007-01-25 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL PHUM KPAO KISL FR XG |
07PARIS3062 | FRENCH-HOSTED LEBANESE GATHERING MEETS LOW [...] (U) The French-hosted "inter-Lebanese meeting" just outside Paris concluded the evening of July 15 with no dramatic breakthroughs and in accord with the modest expectations French officials had expressed in the days leading up to it. French FM Bernard Kouchner told a July 15 press conferenc [...] | 2007-07-16 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07PARIS307 | A/S WELCH PRESSES FRENCH TO CAPITALIZE ON LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch met separately January 24 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East Advisor, and Jean Felix-Pagagnon, his French MFA counterpart. Welch strongly urged the French to take advantage of the political moment created by the Lebanon Conference, noting that [...] | 2007-01-26 09:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR IR IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PREL |
07PARIS3077 | IVLP ALUM MEET IN FRANCE [...] Summary: Alumni from the 2003 European biotech and food safety group of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) met June 10-12 in Toulouse, France to continue their review of agricultural biotech issues. Representatives from FAS/Paris and the American Presence Post in Toulouse co [...] | 2007-07-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3079 | FRANCE INCREASES BORDER CONTROLS ON CHINESE FEED AND FOOD [...] (SBU) Following the lead of the U.S. to tighten border controls following the discovery of melanine tainted feed from China, the European Commission has asked Member States to reinforce safety controls on Chinese imports. The French Ministry of Agriculture (animal and animal product imports) [...] | 2007-07-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3080 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON STATE OF PLAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 11, Turkish Ambassador Koroturk told the Ambassador that Sarkozy's declared opposition to Turkish EU membership is presenting challenges for French-Turkish relations on a practical level as the French bureaucracy rushes to implement what it interprets as Sarkozy's will, [...] | 2007-07-17 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN TU CY AR FR |
07PARIS309 | NEA DAS DANIN PITCHES INFORMAL LEBANON CONTACT [...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Robert Danin met separately on January 23 with his MFA counterpart, Herve Besancenot, and with President Chirac's Middle East adviser, Dominique Boche. Danin proposed establishing a contact group on Lebanon (with the likely participation of the U.S., France, Italy and Ger [...] | 2007-01-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS3107 | FRANCE/LEBANON: TO DAMASCUS AND BEYOND [...] (U) The unexpected July 17 visit to Damascus by French envoy for Lebanon Jean-Claude Cousseran has for the past couple of days vied with news about an expected imminent visit to Libya by President Sarkozy in connection with the "Bulgarian medics" case as the top international story. This wa [...] | 2007-07-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07PARIS312 | OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: USOECD reiterates the importance of having the OECD's impending enlargement include a major emerging economy to ensure the Organization's viability and its effectiveness as a tool to promote a U.S.-friendly global economic system. As a virtual invitee since 1997, Russia presen [...] | 2007-01-26 14:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD AORC |
07PARIS3132 | FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN [...] (S) Summary: In July 10 - 11 meetings with Elysee, GOF and Banque de France officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey, ISN A/S John Rood and accompanying delegation pressed France to consider ratcheting up pressure on Iran by targeting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC),entities it contro [...] | 2007-07-23 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM IR FR |
07PARIS3138 | FRANCE'S NEW DEVELOPMENT AID POLICY GOALS: EFFICIENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: French State Secretary for Cooperation and Francophone Affairs Jean-Marie Bockel recently outlined France's public development aid priorities, which include developing clear strategic aims (such as support for good governance and democracy) through a variety of players, including [...] | 2007-07-23 14:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV FR |
07PARIS3147 | DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...] | 2007-07-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR |
07PARIS3166 | AMBASSADOR TO NATO NULAND'S JULY 19-20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 20 meetings with Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Levitte, MFA Political Director Araud, and MOD Strategic Affairs Director Ponton d'Amecourt, Ambassador to NATO Nuland previewed U.S. preliminary thinking on preparations for the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, highlighting the [...] | 2007-07-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO FR PARM RS |
07PARIS317 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: LEBANON DONORS' CONFERENCE, STATE [...] (SBU) The Lebanon Donors' Conference, held in Paris in the presence of Secretary Rice and Lebanese PM Siniora, received a fair amount of coverage and gave President Chirac personally a publicity boost in France, while the rioting prior to Siniora's departure from Beirut elicited commentary on L [...] | 2007-01-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS3179 | U/S REUBEN JEFFERY MEETS WITH FRENCH ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, in his first official visit to France July 18-21, underscored the breadth of U.S. economic ties with France and reaffirmed U.S. support for OECD and IEA (septel). In Jeffery's bilateral meeti [...] | 2007-07-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ELAB EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
07PARIS3181 | OECD: REPORT OF MARCH 12-14, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its March 12-14 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) conducted Phase 2 peer-review evaluations of Portugal and Ireland's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention ("Convention"). The WGB called on Portugal to raise awareness of foreign bribery in both th [...] | 2007-07-25 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
07PARIS3183 | FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24 [...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...] | 2007-07-25 17:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07PARIS3184 | FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24 [...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...] | 2007-07-25 18:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07PARIS319 | PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...] | 2007-01-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP |
07PARIS3193 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LIBYA SETS HIGH HOPES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Having achieved the desired political effect of burnishing his image as a man who can help resolve intractable issues, French President Nicolas Sarkozy used his July 25 visit to Libya following the release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to boost economic and t [...] | 2007-07-26 16:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON FR |
07PARIS3195 | FRENCH REPRESENTATION AT UPCOMING NPT-RELATED [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA NPT desk officer Arnaud Mentre told us July 26 upcoming NPT-related meetings would be attended by their relevant Ambassadors. However, the policymaking and preparation lead will remain in Paris. 2. (SBU) For the IAEA meetings in September, Francois-Xavier [...] | 2007-07-26 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT FR |
07PARIS3198 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...] | 2007-07-27 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR |
07PARIS3199 | CFE: DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting with Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, PDAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs, DAS Kramer explained that Russian DFM Kislyak would be in the U.S. the last week of July to discuss missile defense and CFE issues. Though not optimistic, we hoped to obtain a better unders [...] | 2007-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RS FR KCFE |
07PARIS32 | MFA REMAINS LEERY OF CHAPTER VII OPTION FOR [...] (C) On January 4, Poloff reviewed legal options for establishing the Special Tribunal for Lebanon with Salina Grenet, MFA Action Officer for Middle East issues at the UN. Grenet said the Quai is still taking a "wait and see" approach to the tribunal in hopes that the March 14 coalition will ye [...] | 2007-01-05 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS3200 | SCENESETTER CABLE: CODEL OBEY AUGUST 5-7 [...] (SBU) You will be arriving in a France whose mood is decidedly up-beat. President Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French electorate's decision [...] | 2007-07-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL FR EUN ETRD ECON PGOV SENV UNO |
07PARIS3202 | DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 PARIS QUAD MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Kramer met with his "Quad" (UK, France, Germany) counterparts on July 20 in Paris. (Their last meeting had been in London, April 2007.) Discussions included support for reform in Ukraine and key areas for further policy engagement there. Ukraine, all agreed, was generally m [...] | 2007-07-27 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV EU XH ZL FR |
07PARIS3209 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...] | 2007-07-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS321 | UNESCO: SEEKING NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Summary: Ref A calls for posts to supply the names of influential women to be included in a roster of women leaders worldwide. We at the U.S. Mission believe that UNESCO can act as an effective multiplier on global issues, including those involving women's empowerment. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2007-01-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO KWMN PHUM PREL |
07PARIS3210 | FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, JULY 24 [...] (C) The French are starting to worry about the clock ticking down in Lebanon and the decreasing likelihood of a carefully sequenced settlement that addresses the need to elect a successor to President Lahoud as well as form a new government representing the different factions. NEA A/S-Equiv [...] | 2007-07-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
07PARIS3213 | FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...] | 2007-07-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR |
07PARIS322 | C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS [...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...] | 2007-01-26 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW |
07PARIS3227 | DARFUR: FRENCH READY TO ADOPT UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO SU FR |
07PARIS3237 | FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...] | 2007-07-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO |
07PARIS3250 | FRANCE WILL BEGIN RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR THE [...] (SBU) French MFA counterterrorism official, Francois Revardeaux, told poloff at the end of July that the MFA will begin working in September 2007 on ratification of the UN International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism. The Convention's ratification, Revardeaux said [...] | 2007-08-01 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL FR |
07PARIS3251 | "MINIMUM SERVICE" LABOR REFORM BILL CHALLENGES FRANCE'S [...] (SBU) A bill to be adopted by Parliament at the end of this summer's extraordinary session requires public transport providers to maintain minimum service during strikes -- a key campaign promise by President Nicolas Sarkozy (ref A). Regarded as the most symbolic of Sarkozy's social reforms, [...] | 2007-08-02 05:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS3268 | GAO VISIT ON FRENCH FDI REGIME AND PRACTICES [...] (U) SUMMARY: French interlocutors confirmed to the GAO (during the visit of a GAO team to Paris from July 2 through July 5) that France welcomes Foreign Direct Investment despite a 2005 decree regulating FDI in sensitive sectors. The screening process implemented subsequent to the decree did [...] | 2007-08-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS3269 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY AND FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY [...] (C) President Nicolas Sarkozy's calls for a more aggressive industrial policy have elicited criticism in some quarters of the EU, but largely favorable responses at home. Sarkozy's perspective is in line with France's long- time perception of an EC liberal "bias" (a perception partly behind [...] | 2007-08-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS3273 | DRC ARMS EMBARGO: FRANCE CONSIDERING [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, MFA Acting DRC Desk Officer Claude Blevin said on August 2 that the GOF was considering ways to modify the arms embargo affecting the DRC under the UNSC's sanctions regime, but that France was not yet ready to support the USG proposal. Blevin was familiar [...] | 2007-08-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL DR FR |
07PARIS3274 | GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMNARY: UFC leader Gilchrist Olympio told us on August 2 that he would travel to Togo within the next few days, arriving in Lome probably on August 6 or 7. He expressed cautious optimism about the legislative elections, which he believed would take place in mid-October, although he di [...] | 2007-08-03 09:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KDEM TO FR |
07PARIS328 | PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MACEDONIA & [...] (SBU) During the January 23-24 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors granted Sierra Leone completion point treatment under the enhanced HIPC initiative, cancelling 100 percent ($363 million) of Sierra Leone's bilateral debt to the Club. The United States wrote off $44 million in USDA concession [...] | 2007-01-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS3292 | NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...] | 2007-08-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR |
07PARIS3295 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Paris is an important early opportunity to engage with the Sarkozy government's economic team on a wide range of issues, as well as touch base with OECD and IEA leadership. You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkoz [...] | 2007-08-06 07:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
07PARIS3296 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 18-21 VISIT TO PARIS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-06 07:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EUN PREL SENV UNO FR |
07PARIS3298 | FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON AWAIT CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: As of August 3, France was waiting until after the August 5 parliamentary by-elections to decide what to do next in Lebanon, including the possibility of a restricted meeting of Lebanese factions in Beirut per reftel. The MFA's Syria/Lebanon desk officer thought the weekend of [...] | 2007-08-06 08:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PTER FR LE SY IR |
07PARIS3319 | FRANCE REOPENS MONETARY DEBATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the euro has come off its recent highs against the U.S. dollar, President Nicolas Sarkozy is unlikely to give up efforts to convince Eurogroup partners that European governments should discuss European Central Bank (ECB) monetary and exchange rate policy. France, which [...] | 2007-08-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS3336 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...] | 2007-08-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
07PARIS3340 | THE WAR ON TERROR: FRANCE ON U.S. PROPOSALS FOR [...] SUMMARY: (C) Poloff shared reftel non-paper in late July with Louis Blin, Acting MFA DAS-Equivalent for Security and Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs. Following up in an August 7 meeting, Blin told poloff that the GOF was particularly impressed with the U.S. initiative, espe [...] | 2007-08-08 11:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KTFN FR |
07PARIS3341 | FRENCH INTENTIONS FOR AFRICA-RELATED MEETINGS AT [...] (SBU) MFA AF PDAS Caroline Dumas on August 3 provided the following information on Africa-related meetings the French would like to see held on the margins of this year's UNGA. She provided this information in response to our request for clarification in view of the different signals we had [...] | 2007-08-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA XA FR |
07PARIS3342 | AMISOM: FRENCH MFA SAYS NEW RESOURCES NOT LIKELY [...] (C) France is not likely to provide additional resources to assist Burundi and the AU to facilitate Burundi's participation in AMISOM, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche explained on August 8 in response to reftel. Caboche noted the contributions France is already making bilaterally a [...] | 2007-08-08 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO FR |
07PARIS3344 | COUNTERTERRORISM IN FRANCE: PKK, LTTE, ETA, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Poloff met on August 7 with Louis Blin, the MFA's Acting DAS-equivalent for security and counterterrorism in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, to discuss current U.S./France counterterrorism cases. Blin expressed disappointment (but not surprise) at Vienna's release and assist [...] | 2007-08-08 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL EFIN PGOV AU IZ PO SP TU FR |
07PARIS3348 | AS A SECULAR COUNTRY, FRANCE DOES NOT OFFICIALLY CERTIFY [...] In response to reftel, FAS Paris confirms that the Governement of France (GOF) has not signed any agreement, nor is currently in negotiation with, Malaysia regarding any halal related issue. As halal is perceived as a religious attestation and not a phytosanitary requirement, France has no gove [...] | 2007-08-09 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR MY |
07PARIS3363 | COMOROS: FRENCH MFA SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Comoros Desk Officer Stephane Le Brech said on August 7 that there appeared to be no ready solution to the current crisis in the Comoros, because of Anjouan "President" Bacar's intransigence and the improbability of any military solution to the impasse. Le Brech said that t [...] | 2007-08-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN FR |
07PARIS3385 | METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...] | 2007-08-10 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR |
07PARIS3386 | METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...] | 2007-08-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR |
07PARIS3392 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from France's Ministry of Ecology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Minister's office, to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. The French were supportive of the initiat [...] | 2007-08-13 10:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG ECON FR |
07PARIS3399 | FRENCH BIOTECH FARMERS FACE MULTIPLE PROBLEMS AND [...] Summary. French biotech farmers are facing multiple challenges as they expand biotech corn acreage four fold in 2007. Despite this increase, talk of a biotech moratorium during the presidential campaign and new reporting requirements chilled what was expected to be an even larger amount follo [...] | 2007-08-13 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS34 | FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) We passed the information about the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum to our contacts in the French Finance and Foreign Ministries. At the MFA, our contacts lauded USG plans to host the Forum, but regretted that a timing conflict with the biennial Africa-France summit of heads of stat [...] | 2007-01-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR |
07PARIS3401 | FRENCH BUDGET DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The French parliament approved on August 1 one of France's largest-ever tax packages, a tax reform bill "in favor of labor, employment and purchasing power." The tax cuts are intended to improve France's competitiveness, but may have a modest impact on economic growth in the ne [...] | 2007-08-13 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS3402 | MUSLIM OUTREACH -- SENIOR ADVISOR FARAH PANDITH'S [...] (SBU) In meetings in Paris July 25 - 26 with a wide range of figures from France's large and diverse Muslim community and France,s new government, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith underlined U.S. interest in respectful dialogue and exchange of ideas with France's Muslim population, the larges [...] | 2007-08-14 07:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI PTER PGOV EUN FR PINR ECON |
07PARIS341 | GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...] | 2007-01-30 11:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN |
07PARIS3414 | SARKOZY'S SHAKE-UP OF FRENCH PUBLIC BROADCASTING [...] (SBU) French public radio and television, long a stable and dominant force in the French media scene, looks set to make some changes in the coming year. We expect these changes will leave it with a leaner management structure and with at least some overlapping functions eliminated in an effort [...] | 2007-08-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO OPRC FR |
07PARIS342 | GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritoria [...] | 2007-01-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN |
07PARIS3423 | DJIBOUTI/PSI: GOF INFORMED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-16 13:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT DJ FR |
07PARIS3429 | BIOTECH OPPONENTS MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTRY, THREATEN [...] In mid July 2007, approximately 500 activists, led by Jose Bove, a noted anti-biotech activist, gathered in Brittany calling for the destruction of the entire GM corn crop in France before it pollinates. On July 23rd, close to 150 activists blocked the Port of Saint Nazaire, denouncing the imp [...] | 2007-08-16 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS343 | OFFICIAL - INFORMAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | AMGT FR |
07PARIS3480 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to both the Strategic Affairs/ Non-proliferation and the United Nations bureaus at the French MFA. Our interlocuters were unfamiliar with the South African and Ind [...] | 2007-08-21 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ID KNNP PREL PTER SF KPAO |
07PARIS3496 | STARTING AN IMPORT SAFETY DIALOGUE WITH FRANCE [...] (U) Post shared reftel points on starting an import safety dialogue with Sophie Hubert at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for the Americas (Office of North America),and with Francis Amand, Head of Security and Regulations at the Ministry of Economy and Finance's Directorate for Con [...] | 2007-08-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN KIPR FR |
07PARIS350 | GOF DECLINES TO RESPOND IN DETAIL TO LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After the MFA Cuba desk officer delayed for a month responding to USG reftel requests for an update on French activities in Cuba during 2006, then stated he did not intend to do so, DAS-equivalent Blandine Kreiss affirmed January 26 that the GOF objected to the extraterritorial [...] | 2007-01-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC CU FR PINS PREL PROP EUN |
07PARIS3534 | FRENCH MFA "REFLECTING" ON IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner's visit to Iraq allowed France to re-engage meaningfully with a wide range of Iraqi political and confessional/ethnic leaders and left Kouchner "moved" by the extent of destruction in that country. The French MFA told us August 24 that Kouchner and his staff are [...] | 2007-08-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IZ US |
07PARIS356 | GOF POSTS LOWER 2006 BUDGET DEFICIT, PLANS FOR WITHHOLDING [...] SUMMARY: France's central budget deficit decreased more than expected to 2.0 percent of GDP in 2006, prompting the government to announce that the overall budget deficit (including local government and social security budgets) would not exceed 2.6 percent of GDP. Nonetheless, the European Comm [...] | 2007-01-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS3577 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSES KOUCHNER VISIT TO IRAQ AT [...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA A/S Welch used the beginning of his August 21 meeting with the director of French FM Kouchner's private office, Philippe Etienne, to ask about Kouchner's then ongoing visit to Iraq (other subjects reported separately). Etienne expressed pleasure at the generally p [...] | 2007-08-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL FR IZ |
07PARIS3579 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...] | 2007-08-28 18:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR FR |
07PARIS3600 | FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON US CANDIDACY FOR ICAO ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Jean-Michel Bour, Deputy Director of European and International Affairs of France's Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) August 23. Bour took note of the U.S. request for support, but stopped short of indicating how France would vote. He reminded Econoff [...] | 2007-08-30 07:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL ICAO AORC FR |
07PARIS363 | A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...] | 2007-01-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR |
07PARIS3631 | FRENCH NOT PREPARED TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT ON [...] (C) France does not intend to issue a public declaration on Syrian dissident Riad Seif (reftel),according to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge. He indicated August 31 that France had delivered a joint EU demarche on August 29 to Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Miqdad asking [...] | 2007-08-31 15:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM FR SY LE |
07PARIS3663 | NEAR-TERM ANTI AL-QAIDA COMMUNICATION ACTIONS [...] This is Embassy Paris Anti Al-Qaida Communication Plan (ACAP) report number 1, as tasked reftel A. Task 1 (Encouraging French CT Internet effort) No activities to report. Task 2 (Support to surrogates, "credible voices") Post currently provides small PA program grants to French NGOs [...] | 2007-09-04 18:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER OIIP KPAO FR |
07PARIS3668 | FRENCH MFA READOUT ON AUGUST 23 TEHRAN VISIT BY [...] (C) Summary: The GOF took a hard line during an August 23 trip to Tehran by French presidency strategic affairs adviser Richier and French MFA DAS-equivalent Gellet that Iranian leader Khamanei's foreign policy adviser Velayati hoped would open a new channel to Paris. Gellet explained Augu [...] | 2007-09-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IR |
07PARIS3672 | FRENCH MFA STAFF "REFLECTS" ON IRAQ: UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, the French MFA's DAS covering Iraq, stressed August 31 that the lack of progress toward national reconciliation in that country is the main obstacle to internal peace and reconstruction. In that context, he believes the notion of France providing assistance to i [...] | 2007-09-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IZ |
07PARIS3708 | RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE [...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...] | 2007-09-07 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ICJ RW FR |
07PARIS3709 | DJIBOUTI: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BORREL CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa Helene Le Gal told us on September 5 that a court in Versailles had issued warrants against Djibouti's chief prosecutor Djama Souleiman and secret service chief Hassan Said, for allegedly suborning the testimony of a witness involved i [...] | 2007-09-07 11:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ DJ FR |
07PARIS3727 | UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Per reftel para 4 here below updated contact information for key French government officials as requested. HEAD OF STATE ------------- 2. (SBU) President of the French Republic Nicolas SARKOZY - Office telephone number 011 33 1 42 92 81 00 - Residence telephone number 011 33 1 42 9 [...] | 2007-09-07 15:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PGOV FR |
07PARIS3733 | FRENCH ELYSEE NEA ADVISER RECOUNTS TOUGH LINE [...] (C) Following up on reftel, Polmincouns and poloff asked French presidential adviser for NEA issues Boris Boillon September 6 about the visit to Tehran by French Presidency official Richier and MFA DAS Gellet. Polmincouns noted the stark phrasing in President Sarkozy's speech to French amba [...] | 2007-09-07 18:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IR |
07PARIS3734 | FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS" [...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...] | 2007-09-07 18:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR LE SY IR |
07PARIS3735 | FRENCH REEPHASIZE THE PRIORITY FOR A "CONSENSUS" [...] (C) Summary: Nabih Berri's recent initiatives to resolve Lebanon's political crisis has caused the GOF to reemphasize its position that the next president of Lebanon needs to be a consensus figure. Meetings at the Presidency and the MFA confirmed that the GOF believes "extremists" in March [...] | 2007-09-07 18:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR LE SY IR |
07PARIS3737 | GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR |
07PARIS3738 | GYMNICH: FRENCH VIEWS GENERALLY IN STEP WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 6, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the informal Gymnich meeting of EU foreign ministers. Approaches converge most on Kosovo and Iran. Cohet said France vie [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PGOV PREL RS YI CH FR |
07PARIS3739 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL [...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal),French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR LI |
07PARIS3740 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY NEA ADVISER ON THE "COLOSSAL [...] (C) In the course of a September 6 meeting largely devoted to Lebanon (septel notal),French Presidency adviser on NEA issues Boris Boillon spoke briefly about France's role in securing the release of Bulgarian "medics" from Libyan custody. Boillon stated that he was one of only three people other [...] | 2007-09-10 05:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR LI |
07PARIS3741 | GOF PUTS GROWTH FRONT AND CENTER [...] (SBU) The Sarkozy government has spent the political rentree talking up proposals to stimulate economic growth. Despite the OECD's September 5 downward revision of French growth estimates to 1.8%, the government is maintaining its 2.25% projection. In an August 30 keynote speech to the annual [...] | 2007-09-10 06:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS3750 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 12:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS3772 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche late the afternoon of September 7 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille. He was a bit surprised to receive such a message so late, i.e., after FM Kouchner had already left to attend the Gymnich. After confirming the message was address [...] | 2007-09-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY EU |
07PARIS379 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS3791 | FRENCH WELCOME U.S. DEMARCHE ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On September 12, poloff met with the MFA Burma desk officer, Jeremy Petit, and presented reftel points. Petit, who agreed with all points, then handed poloff a September 12 op-ed from French daily Le Figaro by MFA Secretary of State for Human Rights Rama Yade. In the article, Yade calls [...] | 2007-09-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNSC BU FR |
07PARIS3798 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...] | 2007-09-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR |
07PARIS3799 | (S/NF)MFA BRIEFS ON FURTHER ACTION AGAINST IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, MFA Security Affairs Director Philippe Carr told Treasury A/S O,Brien that he foresees trade-offs if Russia and China are to be kept on board for a third UN Security Council Resolution against Iran. In any case, France is prepared to "go beyond" multilateral Ira [...] | 2007-09-13 11:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL ETTC EFIN UNSC FR |
07PARIS380 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS3808 | A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...] | 2007-09-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD |
07PARIS3823 | KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...] | 2007-09-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR |
07PARIS3825 | TOGO: GILCHRIST OLYMPIO REMAINS "CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's UFC opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio told us on September 13 that he remained "cautiously optimistic" about the integrity of the upcoming October 14 legislative elections in Togo and upbeat about the UFC's chances. He intends to travel to Ghana on September 15 and th [...] | 2007-09-14 10:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KDEM UNGA TO FR |
07PARIS3827 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FRENCH FOLLOWUP ON SAUDI FIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
07PARIS384 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...] | 2007-01-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS3873 | FRENCH NEA A/S EQUIVALENT ON IRAN, SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) We used a September 17 meeting with French MFA NEA A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon to ask for his take on French FM Kouchner's statements in an interview the previous day on the possibility of war with Iran as part of the ongoing crisis over that country's nuclear program (summarized i [...] | 2007-09-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM ETTC FR IR EU |
07PARIS3874 | FRENCH NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON THE [...] (C) Polmincouns called on French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon September 17 to request a readout from FM Kouchner's visit September 10-14 to the Levant before Kouchner travels to Washington. Felix-Paganon, accompanied by DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, focused on [...] | 2007-09-17 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE |
07PARIS3875 | A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...] | 2007-09-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR |
07PARIS3876 | FRANCE SUPPORTS MINUSTAH RENEWAL [...] (SBU) On September 17, poloff demarched Marianne Peron-Doise, acting MFA desk officer for the United Nations and International Organizations, concerning the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Peron-Doise agreed with U.S. points and said that France supports an extension of MINUST [...] | 2007-09-18 09:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO EAID EFIN PGOV HA FR |
07PARIS389 | CHIRAC ADVISER: FRANCE'S IRAN POLICY HAS NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East advisor, Chirac's comments on Iran (reported in the February 1 edition of the International Herald Tribune) did not contradict official policy or Chirac's own professed views. "France's (Iran) policy has not changed," B [...] | 2007-02-01 10:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV PINR IR FR |
07PARIS3892 | ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL -FRENCH CONSIDERING [...] (U) Econoff delivered on September 14 reftel points and nonpaper advocating accountability for WIPO Director General to Jean-Baptiste Mozziconacci, Head of bilateral affairs and international cooperation at the National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI). 2. (SBU) Mozziconacci noted [...] | 2007-09-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR FR |
07PARIS3909 | MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING - AMBASSADOR GRAY ENGAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 17, IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 27-28 MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING (MEM),AND WITH THE MFA'S DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, USEU AMBASSADOR GRAY ADDRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS AND HIGHLIGHTED U.S. MEM O [...] | 2007-09-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV FR |
07PARIS3911 | NSDD 38 - DOD/DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY STAFFING [...] (C//NF) The Chief of Mission approves the proposal to add two U.S. Direct Hire positions - an Assistant Air Attache (A/AIRA) on a one-time basis, and a Secretary, and to abolish two U.S. Direct Hire positions - Bilingual Research Technicians (BLRT). 2. (C) The proposed staffing change is no [...] | 2007-09-18 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AODE FR PINR KMRS |
07PARIS3919 | FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...] | 2007-09-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS3921 | FRENCH MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT ON LEBANON, [...] (C) French MFA NEA A/S-Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon reviewed with Polmincouns September 17 FM Kouchner's visit to Beirut during Kouchner's recent swing through the Levant. He provided little detail and began the discussion of Lebanon as a carryover from a preceding discussion of the peace p [...] | 2007-09-19 11:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR |
07PARIS3926 | FRANCE AND COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV FR |
07PARIS3941 | FARC HOSTAGES: GOF LEAVING "NO STONE UNTURNED" TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The French determination to explore all options that could lead to the release of Franco-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt has led them to support Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,s offer to mediate a humanitarian accord between the Colombian government and FARC guerillas. MFA officials a [...] | 2007-09-19 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PINR FR CO |
07PARIS3942 | SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES SUDAN, CHAD C.A.R. WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed Darfur and related issues with French officials on September 15. Both sides agreed that Abdulwahid el-Nur's continued failure to participate in peace talks, including the October 27 meeting in Libya, posed serious problems, and [...] | 2007-09-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID UNGA MARR SU CD CT FR |
07PARIS3955 | OVERVIEW OF FRENCH TREATY RATIFICATION PROCESS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy surveyed the French treaty ratification process. The French treaty ratification process is complex and generally takes at least a year, although this depends heavily on the legislative calendar and may sometimes take longer. Article 53 of the French Constitutio [...] | 2007-09-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA FR |
07PARIS3956 | KOUCHNER EXPECTED TO MEET IRANIAN COUNTERPART AT [...] (C) During a September 19 call on French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, we asked whether he had heard anything that might indicate FM Kouchner or any other French officials planned to meet with Iranian President Ahmadi Nejad in New York. Pouille shook his head no on Ahma [...] | 2007-09-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM FR IR |
07PARIS3964 | USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE [...] (U) Please see paragraphs 4 and 7 for requested Washington follow-up actions. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, USD/P Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with French Political Director Gerard Araud to discuss Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Missile Defense, CFE and Kosovo [...] | 2007-09-21 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP FR RU SR IZ IR AF |
07PARIS3967 | "LE GRENELLE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sarkozy administration has organized "The Grenelle for the Environment" to develop an environmental compact with the French people. The Grenelle brings together a range of stakeholders impacted by Sarkozy's projected "greening" of all social and economic policy areas. Th [...] | 2007-09-21 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ELAB SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3970 | PRESS REPORTING FRENCH MORATORIUM ON COMMERCIAL BIOTECH [...] Summary: On September 20, a "Le Monde" article, titled "France Turns Towards the End of GMOs," reported that the French government is considering freezing the sale of biotech seeds in 2008 pending legislation to more rigorously control biotechnology in France. This disclosure reportedly took a [...] | 2007-09-21 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS3971 | INVITATION LETTER DELIVERED -- UNDER SECRETARY [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel letter of invitation to MFA September 20. PolOff also spoke with Lionel Paradisi, Senior Country Officer equivalent for Colombia at Quai d'Orsay who assured us that GoF sincerely appreciated the invitation and would send a formal reply as soon as possible. Please vi [...] | 2007-09-21 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PTER PHUM UNGA CO FR |
07PARIS3972 | FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...] | 2007-09-21 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS |
07PARIS3973 | FRANCE: STILL RESERVED ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Emboffs have discussed the Partnership for Democratic governance (PDG) on several occasions with French officials in recent weeks. They have told us they do not believe France will join as a founding member, but have not excluded deeper involvement at some later date. 2. (SBU) In a [...] | 2007-09-21 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM EAID FR |
07PARIS3994 | PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's September 12 Tour d'Horizon, creditors welcomed in principle Jordan's proposal to buy back debt and generally supported the Secretariat's assessment of a 6-8 percent market discount. In a significant move, the Secretariat and creditors agreed with the U.S. [...] | 2007-09-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS3996 | IRAN,S BANK MARKAZI OPENS NEW ACCOUNTS IN EUROPE [...] (S) On September 21, Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper on Iranian Central Bank activity to the MFA Non-Proliferation Office and the Finance Ministry,s International Financial Affairs Office. Both stressed France,s forward-leaning approach to applying economic pressure on Iran and said they [...] | 2007-09-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KNNP MNUC EFIN IR FR |
07PARIS3997 | FRENCH ON EU BORDER MISSION ON LEBANON AND LEBANON [...] (C) We presented reftel demarches to French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille on September 19. On the EU border mission for Lebanon, Pouille said that France agreed with all of the points as conveyed and made the following additional points: --Coordination has not been easy on this withi [...] | 2007-09-24 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR FR LE SY |
07PARIS400 | FRENCH REACTION TO LIBERIA ARREARS CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR FR |
07PARIS403 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...] | 2007-02-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS4069 | SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN FRANCE-ANGOLA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Angola desk officer Carole Blestel told us on September 26 that Angola was apparently seeking to improve relations with France, citing the meeting between Presidents Dos Santos and Sarkozy on September 24 in New York. She said that Angola had initiated the meeting and that [...] | 2007-09-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AO FR |
07PARIS407 | INITIAL FRENCH REACTION TO HALTING IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, we raised the issue of current levels of sovereign and non-sovereign exposure to Iran with our working-level contacts in the Finance Ministry. France is interested in ratcheting up the pressure on Iran to convince it to give up its nuclear weapons program, but is not [...] | 2007-02-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
07PARIS4071 | FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...] | 2007-09-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR |
07PARIS408 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR THE TERROR FINANCE TRACKING PROGRAM [...] (C) France's Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, replied to the Ambassador's letter encouraging continued support for the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP, per reftels) on January 16. Sarkozy underscored the need to balance terrorism concerns with privacy concerns, and that the program [...] | 2007-02-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ECON FR |
07PARIS4083 | SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS YADE'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pol M/C and Poloff met on September 25 with the Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State for Human Rights Brigitte Collet and Counselor Pierre Thenard to discuss Rama Yade,s role and priorities in her newly created position, Yade,s recent visit to Haiti, her upcoming visit to [...] | 2007-09-28 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI UNSC FR HA BM |
07PARIS4084 | UNAMID: FRENCH WANT SEPARATE DEMARCHES; MINURCAT [...] (C) MFA AF DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal told us on September 28 that France preferred that the U.S., UK, and France carry out separate demarches rather than a joint one regarding contributions by other countries to the UNAMID operation for Darfur (reftel). 2. (C) Le Gal said that she ha [...] | 2007-09-28 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS409 | SHIELD S32-06: FRENCH COMPANY COOPERATION WITH [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. On February 1, econoff met with MFA DAS-equivalent for Export Control Marc Abensour and his Deputy Jacques Raharinaivo to discuss the possibility that a French company, Paul Boye Manufacturing, may have negotiated a Memorandum of Understandi [...] | 2007-02-01 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS4109 | PAULSON DISCUSSES FINANCIAL MARKETS, IRAN WITH SARKOZY, [...] (C) Summary: In successive meetings Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson told Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde and President Nicolas Sarkozy that it was important not to overreact to financial market turbulence. Sarkozy asked for U.S. support for Dominique Strauss-Kahn's candidacy for IMF Mana [...] | 2007-10-01 10:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
07PARIS412 | French Elections and the Politics of Globalization [...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...] | 2007-02-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR |
07PARIS4130 | FRANCE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On October 1 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremy Petit, who described France,s position as "totally parallel" to the U.S. position. Petit expects the EU to announce new sanctions on Burma on October 3 and speculated these sanctions could add names to [...] | 2007-10-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM FR |
07PARIS4131 | FRANCE'S NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO [...] (U) SUMMARY. French Defense Minister Herve Morin used the September 10 - 11 "Summer Defense University" (an annual conference organized by the two houses of French parliament) to lay the foundation for a transformation of France's armed forces including a new relationship with NATO. END SUMMAR [...] | 2007-10-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS4139 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOCUSES INWARDLY ON ENVIRONMENT: [...] (SBU) Summary: While the world debates global climate issues, France's environmental attention is inward-focused. Sarkozy and State Minister Borloo of the 'mega' Environment Ministry - together with a range of stakeholders - are shaping environmental policies which will largely determine Franc [...] | 2007-10-02 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS414 | FRENCH INFORMED U.S. WILL NOT ATTEND PARIS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 1 to MFA IO DAS-Equivalent Jacques Pellet to convey the U.S. decision not/not to participate in the February 5-6 Ministerial Conference in Paris entitled "Free the Children from War. Poloff explained that the U.S. decision did not/not reflect di [...] | 2007-02-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC FR |
07PARIS4170 | FRANCE REEVALUATES BIOTECH POLICY; MUCH AT STAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4176 | French Textile and Apparel Industry [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Federation of the French Textile and Apparel Industry (UIT - Union des Industries Textiles) provided us with an update on developments in 2006 and initial estimates for sector performance in 2007. In 2006, the French textile sector experienced growth in household c [...] | 2007-10-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON FR |
07PARIS4183 | SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: UPDATE ON FRENCH VIEWS TOWARDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France now agrees to carry out joint demarches with the U.S. and the UK regarding contributions to the UNAMID mission for Darfur (refs A and B),but only/only with respect to non-EU potential donors. The French will demarche EU members separately, taking into account the need [...] | 2007-10-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS4201 | FRANCE: DAS ANDERSON BILATS ON UN REFORM, WIPO, ICAO, UNEP, [...] (SBU) On October 3, DAS Gerald Anderson met with MFA PDAS-equivalents Marc Giacomini of the Directorate for UN and International organizations, and Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel of the Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament. Anderson presented an overview of the U.S. transparenc [...] | 2007-10-05 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON UN ETRD EAIR FR |
07PARIS4215 | RWANDA: FRANCE READY TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM RW FR |
07PARIS422 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHIRAC's IRAN-GAFFE, IPCC CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Left-of-center weekly Le Nouvel Observateur devoted its cover story to climate change with an interview of President Chirac, which the magazine characterized as "The President's Legacy for the Environment." In this interview the French President stated: "I want the U.S. to adopt Kyoto and [...] | 2007-02-02 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS4223 | TERRORIST ABDALLAH DENIED PAROLE; APPEAL EXPECTED [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris was informed by Embassy Counsel Georges Kiejman on the afternoon of October 10 that the Paris Tribunal refused parole for convicted terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. We expect that Abdallah will file an appeal with the Paris Court of Appeals within the next ten days (the [...] | 2007-10-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL FR |
07PARIS424 | UNESCO REACTS TO UN HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT "DELIVERING AS [...] This is a guidance request, see para 4. 2. Summary: After some initial hesitation, UNESCO's Director General Matsuura is engaging member states on the results of the UN high level panel report "Delivering as One." In a recent standing-room-only information session attended by UNESCO staf [...] | 2007-02-02 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID |
07PARIS4254 | FRANCE/GAERC: BROAD AGREEMENT ON MOST ISSUES [...] (C) On October 9, PolOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy Emmanuel Cohet, who indicated general agreement between U.S. views and French positions in advance of the October 15-16 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers. On October 12, PolOff delivered ref B demarche to MFA DAS-equiva [...] | 2007-10-15 05:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL YI RS LY IS IZ |
07PARIS4255 | FRANCE'S ABSTENTION AT EU REGULATORY COMMITTEE ON OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD SENV EU FR |
07PARIS4258 | PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 12, Embassy DutyOff transmitted reftel NIACT demarche to Martin Briens, MFA DAS-equivalent for Nuclear Non-Proliferation. PolOff followed up with Briens during business hours to answer any questions; however, the MFA requested no additional information. Please visit Paris' C [...] | 2007-10-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EWWT GR FR KN SY |
07PARIS4265 | FRENCH FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TO BURMA PASSES THROUGH [...] (SBU) On October 12, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to DAS equivalent for SE Asia, Fabrice Mauries who replied France does not provide any direct assistance to Burma. Mauries expressed interest in assistance that promotes democracy but noted that all French assistance goes through the EU. [...] | 2007-10-15 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM FR |
07PARIS4270 | U.S. DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "CONDEMNING THE USE OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Raphael Trapp, MFA desk officer covering the Rights of Women and Children on October 16. Trapp said the French support the resolution in principle, but national preferences aside, they are obligated to join the EU consensus. 2. (SBU) Without d [...] | 2007-10-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN PHUM KWMN SOCI FR |
07PARIS4271 | SUDAN/CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH PUSHING HARD ON ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, an AF advisor at the French presidency, told us on October 16 that President Sarkozy remains personally engaged on Darfur-related issues and is pushing for rapid progress on UNAMID and, especially, MINURCAT. Force generation and financial issues regarding MINURC [...] | 2007-10-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR SU CT CD FR |
07PARIS4273 | FRENCH NATIONAL STATISTICAL AGENCY REVISES DOWNWARD 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: INSEE, the French National Statistical Agency, forecasts real GDP to increase 1.8 percent in 2007 compared with 2.2 percent in 2006. Similar to OECD and European Commission forecasts, INSEE's projections are below the lower bound of the GOF's 2.0-2.5 percent forecast. Nonetheles [...] | 2007-10-16 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS4276 | MINFIN OFFICIAL BRIEFS DEPSEC KIMMITT ON WEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 12 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Finance Ministry Director General Xavier Musca highlighted his concerns regarding sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments, particularly when not made via intermediaries. When the Deputy Secretary inquired as to how [...] | 2007-10-16 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN UNSC IR FR |
07PARIS430 | FRANCE ASSERTS NO CHANGE IN ITS IRAN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In line with their earlier statements (reftel) on the matter, French MFA officials continued on February 2 to emphasize to us that there has been no change in official French policy with respect to Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions. End summary. MFA Commentary -------------- [...] | 2007-02-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PINR IR FR |
07PARIS4309 | FRANCE PREPARING TO ANNOUNCE NEW AFRICA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France is planning to announce a major shift in its Africa policy, to be unveiled by President Sarkozy during his scheduled visit to South Africa in February 2008, according to Romain Serman, an AF-advisor at the French Presidency. The change in policy is intended to minimize, [...] | 2007-10-18 13:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XA FR |
07PARIS4311 | OUTREACH TO WOMEN LEADERS IN FRANCE [...] October 10-12, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State for Women's Empowerment Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kheli conducted outreach to women leaders at the Deauville Women's Economic Forum and in Paris, reaching audiences from leaders in French politics to women social workers in underserved areas [...] | 2007-10-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL FR PHUM |
07PARIS4313 | FRENCH UPDATE ON LEBANON, AS THE "THREE MINISTERS" [...] (C) Summary: France does not believe the October 23 session of the Lebanese parliament will result in the election of a new Lebanese president and sees the visit by French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers October 19-20 as a way to remind Lebanese political figures of their &responsib [...] | 2007-10-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR IT SP |
07PARIS4314 | ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWEICH BRIEFS FRENCH [...] (C) On October 10, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Thomas Schweich briefed French officials on the 2007 U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy for Afghanistan. Ambassador Jean-Pierre Vidon, Ambassador for the Fight Against Organized Crime, and [...] | 2007-10-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL FR MARR MOPS PINS SNAR AF |
07PARIS4315 | THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - REFORM OF GOODS AND SERVICES [...] (SBU) French President Nicolas Sarkozy has made goods and services market reform an important element of his plans to boost purchasing power and create a more dynamic French economy. He has announced a series of proposals to liberalize retail distribution, open up competition in goods and ser [...] | 2007-10-19 10:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS4320 | NON-COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1267 OBLIGATIONS: HASSAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PREL PTER UNSC |
07PARIS4327 | THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA - LABOR MARKET REFORM [...] (SBU) France's labor market rigidities are a key impediment to stronger growth and lower unemployment. President Sarkozy has dusted off reforms proposed during his time as Finance Minister to jumpstart the French economy. The key labor market initiative is a more flexible contract between wor [...] | 2007-10-23 08:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS433 | CWC: FRANCE SHARES OPPOSITION TO IRAN AS EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Poloff met February 2 with Frederick Junge, desk officer in the office of Chemical and Biological Weapons Disarmament at the MFA and delivered reftel demarche. Junge said the MFA shares the USG's strong opposition to Iran as Executive Council Chair of the Organization for the Prohibition [...] | 2007-02-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FR |
07PARIS4349 | THE SARKOZY ECONOMIC AGENDA: FISCAL ADJUSTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy took office pledging to reduce France's public debt of nearly 65% of GDP and to boost growth rates by one percentage point. Annual budget deficits have moved below the Maastricht criteria of 3% of GDP as a result of increasing revenues rather than cuts to publ [...] | 2007-10-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS4352 | PARIS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Paris nominates Fadela Amara, Secretary of State for Urban Policies and founder of the NGO "Ni Putes Ni Soumises" for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Born in France to an impoverished family of Alger [...] | 2007-10-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL FR |
07PARIS4353 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) We delivered the non-paper and fact sheet October 25 to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet and Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux. Gellet, who did not seem aware of the announcement of the designations in Washington earlier in the day, rapidly read [...] | 2007-10-25 17:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EFIN FR IR |
07PARIS4356 | PSI UPDATE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 24, PolOff transmitted reftel A demarche to Luis Vassy and Melanie Rosselet, MFA desk officers for nuclear non-proliferation. Vassy thanked us for the close cooperation, including the reftel A update. He said that the GOF is still evaluating whether UNSCR 1718 will apply, and [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC EWWT KNNP GR SY TU FR |
07PARIS4357 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR |
07PARIS4358 | FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON [...] (C) In an unfortunately abbreviated meeting, French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille gave us a quick update October 25 on how the French intend to move forward on Lebanon over the next couple of weeks. --FM Kouchner intends to continue his process of pressing the Lebanese [...] | 2007-10-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR |
07PARIS4362 | YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...] | 2007-10-26 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR |
07PARIS4363 | FRENCH POLICY ON BURMA: FREEZE NEW INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jeremy Petit, MFA desk officer for Burma on October 24. Petit said the EU is currently considering increased financial sanctions; however, he could not provide specifics. Petit noted France supported a complete freeze of all new investments in Burma [...] | 2007-10-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CVIS EFIN BM FR |
07PARIS4364 | SARKOZY ANNOUNCES MARSHALL PLAN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, Nicolas Sarkozy, flanked by Al Gore, Wangari Maathai and Manuel Barroso, concluded the four-month French 'Grenelle' environment process calling for a series of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, cut pesticide use, and implement a "freeze" on planting GMOs [...] | 2007-10-26 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS4368 | AG BIOTECH FREEZE IN FRANCE: NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy announced October 25 a number of significant steps on the environment following the conclusion of the "Grenelle" consultative process (Septel). Environment is a key focal point for his administration and, in contrast to key foreign policy issues, is an area in [...] | 2007-10-29 07:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAG PREL SENV FR |
07PARIS437 | LITTLE FRENCH REACTION TO USDA PROPOSED FARM BILL [...] Reaction among French authorities and media to the recent announcement by USDA of its Farm Bill proposal has been minimal. To date, the daily economic newspaper "Les Echos" has been the only one dedicating a full article on this topic providing primarily factual info as compared to policy ana [...] | 2007-02-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4373 | BOLIVIA'S SUPPORT OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Aurelien Lepine-Kouas, French MFA desk officer for Bolivia on October 26. Poloff stressed U.S. concern over Bolivia's support of Iran's nuclear program, and provided the GOF with a text of Chocquehuanc's statements. Lepine-Kouas said the GOF had no [...] | 2007-10-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PGOV PREL IAEA USUN BO IR FR |
07PARIS4378 | IRAN/FRANCE: THE RELATIONSHIP "UNRAVELS" [...] (C) In the course of an October 25 conversation about the recent U.S. decision to designate Iranian entities and individuals for WMD and terrorist activities (reftel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet described French/Iranian relations as &unraveling [...] | 2007-10-29 16:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IR |
07PARIS4382 | DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES BMENA WITH FRENCH [...] (SBU) Visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, accompanied by poloff and pol LES, met October 25 at the French MFA with DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, Director of the office of cooperation for the Middle East Jean-Michel Ledain, and the MFA's coordinator for BMENA Nicolas Fondraz [...] | 2007-10-30 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM BMENA FR EG |
07PARIS4393 | LUKEWARM FRENCH INTEREST IN ISTANBUL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) We contacted French FM Kouchner,s adviser on NEA issues, Christophe Bigot, October 29, who indicated that Kouchner,s priority was to have a one-on-one with the Secretary to discuss Lebanon as well as the SIPDIS Israeli/Palestinian peace process (before the Secretary,s next visit to Is [...] | 2007-10-30 15:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR LE |
07PARIS4398 | FRENCH CONTINUE TO PRESS ASEAN ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA desk officers for Burma, Jeremie Petit and Marie-Pierre Giron. This demarche was timely as Petit was preparing Foreign Minister Kouchner's visit to Thailand, Singapore and China on October 28. Marie-Pierre Giron responded that the [...] | 2007-10-31 11:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM FR |
07PARIS4399 | PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2007 REPORTING CABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Paris Club agreed to accept a buyback of previously rescheduled Jordanian debt at an average discount of 11 percent off face value. This figure is significantly above the 5-7% figure that the Paris Club Secretariat initially estimated to be a fair market disco [...] | 2007-10-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS4401 | PKK: GOF AGREES WITH U.S. AND WANTS INFO ON ALTUN [...] (S) Embassy delivered ref A talking points to MFA counterterrorism officials on October 26. The GOF fully agrees with the U.S. assessment of the PKK and promised to continue encouraging its European partners to take action against PKK operatives in Europe. Poloff was told in the meeting that [...] | 2007-10-31 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN FR |
07PARIS4412 | FRANCE: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 12:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KEMS PHUM PREL UNGA FR |
07PARIS4420 | DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. On October 24-25 in Paris, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and Embassy staff advanced U.S. positions regarding thematic and country-specific resolutions proposed for the upcoming UN Third Committee with DAS-equivalent for Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs Jacques Pellet, [...] | 2007-11-06 08:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN FR |
07PARIS4428 | SARKOZY HEARS FISHERMEN'S COMPLAINTS BEFORE TRAVELING TO [...] (U) Nicholas Sarkozy traveled to Brittany to meet with fishermen protesting the increased cost of diesel fuel just before his departure for the United States Tuesday November 6. In a contentious meeting-punctuated by protesters' insults and presidential disdain and anger in response, Sarkozy p [...] | 2007-11-06 15:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL EFIS FR |
07PARIS4430 | INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR FR |
07PARIS4432 | FRANCE QUESTIONS BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY [...] In announcing the conclusions of the "Grenelle of the Environment" on October 25, President Sarkozy said that in France, the development of biofuels will be reassessed. He specifically targeted first generation biofuels (produced from food and feed crops) and suggested that a priority should b [...] | 2007-11-06 17:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4439 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...] | 2007-11-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR |
07PARIS444 | EMBASSY RESPONSE TO FDA REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF [...] U.S. Consul at Embassy's subsidiary American Presence Post in Toulouse, France met with ORFAGEN President Patrick Dupuy on 1 February in response to request in referenced telegram. Consul confirms that a spin-off of Pierre Fabre Laboratories, ORFAGEN, specializes in developing dermatological [...] | 2007-02-05 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO FR |
07PARIS445 | WHO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] Embassy science officer delivered demarche in REFTEL to Emmanuel Jean, Head of European and International Affairs at the French Ministry of Health, on 11 December 2006. Ms. Jean referred the demarche to AFSSAPS, the French agency for the sanitary security of health products, which is responsib [...] | 2007-02-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR UNCND UNCRIME FR |
07PARIS4455 | ERITREA/ETHIOPIA: FRANCE CONCURS ON APPROACH FOR [...] (C) Africa Watcher conveyed reftel demarche to MFA AF DAS for East Africa Helene Le Gal on November 8. Le Gal commented that France agreed on the need to support U/SYG Pascoe's efforts and to allow space for the parties alone, as signatories of the Algiers Agreements, to decide the effect o [...] | 2007-11-09 14:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM PINR ET ER FR |
07PARIS4456 | HANS PETERSON MURDER CASE: EMBASSY'S DELIVERY OF [...] (U) Embassy drew on talking points and delivered reftel letter from the Cook County, Illinois State Attorney's Office on October 24 to the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy requested that the letter be forwarded to the letter's addressed recipient, Jean-Marie Huet, Dire [...] | 2007-11-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS446 | OECD: SG GURRIA NOMINATES DEPUTIES SECRETARIES GENERAL [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of the February 5 Council, SG Gurria distributed a letter to delegation heads (see para 4) putting forward his proposal for the four Deputy Secretaries General. He will formally present these to the Council on February 20 for agreement (by consensus). 2. (SBU) The [...] | 2007-02-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD ETRD EAID EFIN AORC IT JAPAN NL |
07PARIS4463 | ELYSEE SECRETARY GENERAL FLIES TO BEIRUT NOVEMBER 9 [...] (C) Summary: Claude Gueant, secretary general of the French presidency, arrived in Beirut November 9 for meetings with Lebanese focused on the presidential election -- with an expected emphasis on securing the Maronite Patriarch,s agreement to develop an acceptable list of names. Speculatio [...] | 2007-11-09 17:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY |
07PARIS4483 | FRENCH TRADE MINISTER NOVELLI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: KEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary Herve Novelli, the junior minister responsible for international trade, visits Washington and Miami November 13-15. Novelli's visit provides an opportunity to underline key economic issues -- the Transatlantic Economic Council, agricultural biotechnology, intell [...] | 2007-11-13 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS4506 | FRANCE STILL INTENDS TO CO-SPONSOR RAPE RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 13 to MFA desk officer for International Organizations Fanny Benedetti. Benedetti said that discussions within the French government concerning the resolution were ongoing in Paris and New York. As a co-sponsor of the current draft, France i [...] | 2007-11-15 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA FR |
07PARIS451 | PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC [...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...] | 2007-02-05 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC FR |
07PARIS4511 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] SUMMARY: France has had measures in place and investigative units dedicated to money laundering detection and prosecution since 1990. Cross-border movements of cash and other negotiable instruments worth 10,000 euros or more must be declared to Customs. In 2006, Customs seized 126 million eu [...] | 2007-11-16 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KCRM KTFN PREL PTER FR |
07PARIS4513 | CHAD/C.A.R: FRENCH VIEWS ON FORCE GENERATION [...] (C) Following receipt of reftel, we spoke with MFA Strategic Affairs desk officer Alexis Morel, who is responsible for force generation issues regarding the peacekeeping operation the EU has decided to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic. Morel said that "we were not surprised" [...] | 2007-11-16 12:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR |
07PARIS4514 | OSCE: FRANCE'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials told us on November 13 that France is not optimistic that there will be significant developments at the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial. Due to Russian intransigence on so many issues, even a Ministerial declaration appears increasingly unlikely, the Fr [...] | 2007-11-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE FR |
07PARIS4515 | FORMER FRENCH COOPERATION MINISTER TO LEAD FRENCH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM BMENA FR YE AG |
07PARIS4516 | GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the November 19-20 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. EU-CHINA SUMMIT: The GOF agrees with the USG position on worki [...] | 2007-11-16 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK |
07PARIS452 | PARIS ECOLOGICAL GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE: CHIRAC [...] (U) Summary: The Paris Conference on Ecological Governance - as anticipated - reiterated the call for the creation of a United Nations Environment Organization (UNEO),as well as the adoption of a Universal Declaration of Environmental Rights and Duties. Following on the heels of the strong [...] | 2007-02-05 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC FR |
07PARIS4520 | FRANCE SUPPORTS TOUGHER FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) 1. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on November 15 to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremie Petit. Petit agreed that stronger sanctions are needed to pressure the Burmese regime. He noted the GOF is currently considering ways to "touch the regime's bank accounts." Petit also mentio [...] | 2007-11-16 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EFIN BM FR |
07PARIS4521 | TOGO: AMBASSADOR DUNN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE [...] (C) SUBJECT: UFC opposition party leader Gilchrist Olympio told visiting U.S. Ambassador to Togo David Dunn on November 8 that he thought that his opposition party deserved a prominent role in Togo's government given the roughly 50 percent of the vote that it won during the October 14 legis [...] | 2007-11-16 17:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID TO FR |
07PARIS4522 | USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...] | 2007-11-19 09:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR |
07PARIS4523 | CHAVEZ VISIT TO FRANCE: HOSTAGES SOLE FOCUS OF GOF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE FR |
07PARIS4529 | USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...] | 2007-11-19 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR |
07PARIS4533 | FRENCH MFA OVERVIEW OF NORTH AFRICAN ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: We reviewed a number of North African issues with French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau earlier this month. She called President Sarkozy,s state visit to Morocco positive and, despite the failure to sell the Moroccans Rafale fighters, excellent for French comm [...] | 2007-11-20 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PINR FR MO AG TU LY |
07PARIS4534 | PKO FOR CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH WORST CASE SCENARIO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, AF Advisor at the French Presidency, said on November 19 that, if there are no further significant contributions to the French led-EU/UN peacekeeping operation for Chad and the C.A.R., two options could be presented to President Sarkozy for his decision: 1) that [...] | 2007-11-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS EUN PHUM CD CT FR |
07PARIS4549 | CHAVEZ DISAPPOINTS IN PARIS: IN MEETING WITH [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Venezuelan President Chavez's November 20 discussions with French President Sarkozy focused "99 percent" on the FARC hostages. Chavez's unfilled promise to bring "proof of life" of Ingrid Betancourt disappointed the French, and left the GOF with lowered expectations for pro [...] | 2007-11-21 18:52:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR FR CO |
07PARIS4564 | FRANCE AND GMO LOW LEVEL PRESENCE [...] Per reftel, Post delivered talking points to French Ministries of Agriculture (MinAg),Environment, and Economy on low levels of unapproved biotech products in imports. 2. French MinAg does not foresee any change in the general EU policy on low-level presence of biotech products not author [...] | 2007-11-23 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EEB TPP ABT BTT SENV ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4574 | FRENCH, BRITISH SHARE CONCERNS ON CHINESE IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the annual OECD Executive Committee meetings on November 12, A/S Sullivan met with UK FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues Scott Wightman and subsequently with French MFA DG for Economic Affairs Christian Masset. The principal subject of their discussion [...] | 2007-11-26 18:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC PARM CM IR FR |
07PARIS4581 | DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REQUESTING FRANCE'S SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 14:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA FR |
07PARIS4584 | BLUE LANTERN PRELICENSE CHECK 05-050069775 [...] (U) Embassy has contacted reftel end user, Delegation General pour l'Armement - Etablissment d'Experimentation Technique de Bourges (DGA-ETBS, i.e., Ministry of Defense Procurement Agency Technical Testing Center) at Bourges, France. Technical Procurement Specialist for Sensors Patrick Chantel [...] | 2007-11-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC DA FR |
07PARIS4586 | CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR |
07PARIS4592 | MAURITANIA: AMBASSADOR BOULWARE'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Mauritania Mark Boulware in Paris on November 19 hailed Mauritania's transition to democracy, which the French said they would tout as an example to other African countries and use to justify rewarding Mauritania for its good beh [...] | 2007-11-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID ECON MR FR |
07PARIS4594 | OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL: GOF DEMARCHE REPONSE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel A talking points on November 19 to French MFA officials in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs responsible for OSCE affairs. Our interlocutors agreed to notify the U.S. (either in Paris or Vienna) of any significant shift in French positions regarding the issues presente [...] | 2007-11-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE FR |
07PARIS4602 | ELSYEE TAKE ON LEBANON: THE INITIATIVE TO ELECT [...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told PolMinCouns and poloff November 29 that he is concerned that the March 14-backed initiative to elect LAF commander Michel Sleiman as president has already failed. He criticized the maladroit way he claimed March 14 had prematurely announce [...] | 2007-11-29 17:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR |
07PARIS4606 | FRANCE'S DRAFT BIOTECH BILL: MON-810 AT RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: Following France's months-long internal environmental review (ref A, B and C),French authorities have generated a draft biotech bill for review by the Council of State then the National Assembly and Senate, where it will be debated before becoming law. A preliminary version, s [...] | 2007-11-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS461 | DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN EUROSATORY 2008 [...] IN ANTICIPATION OF JUNE 2008 EUROSATORY, U.S. EMBASSY PARIS STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THIS IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENT. 2. THE WORLD LARGEST LAND AND AIR DEFENSE ARMAMENT TRADE SHOW, SCHEDULED FOR 16-20 JUNE 2008, PROVIDES AN UNEQUAL [...] | 2007-02-06 14:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MILI PINS ETRD MARR FR |
07PARIS4615 | WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM FRANCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, President Sarkozy addressed the U.S. Congress and announced that France will "remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes," marking a deepening commitment to Afghanistan under the Sarkozy presidency. Currently, the French Joint Staff is considering proposals for [...] | 2007-11-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS PREL MARR FR |
07PARIS4616 | INPUT ON FRANCE RE COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR [...] (U) The following information is keyed to the questions contained in reftel request for information related to Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act. France ------ 2. (C) What is the nature of investment that host country businesses have in Cuba? Frenc [...] | 2007-11-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU FR |
07PARIS4617 | FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PETERS AND [...] (SBU) Paris extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your visit comes close to six months into President Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term, a period in which the strong U.S.-French bilateral relationship has been reinvigorated. Sarkozy's personal initiative is already visible in ne [...] | 2007-11-30 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL FR |
07PARIS4618 | CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and French approaches to reducing GHG emissions diverge dramatically. Jean-Louis Borloo, State Minister for the 'super' Ministry for the Environment told the Ambassador pointedly that, in his opinion, the U.S. was not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the [...] | 2007-11-30 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR |
07PARIS4619 | A "FURIOUS" SARKOZY DECIDES TO PROCEED WITH HIS [...] (U) Just as the French government was on the verge of cancelling President Sarkozy,s state visit to Algeria next week (see refs),Algerian President Bouteflika phoned Sarkozy November 29 to calm things down. He reportedly assured Sarkozy that the minister who was publicly quoted making anti [...] | 2007-11-30 17:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR AG |
07PARIS4622 | PARIS CLUB - November 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 14, 2007 Paris Club tour d'horizon, Chairman Musca urged countries to stay on message in their contacts with the government of Argentina - Argentina should clear its arrears. Iraq's recent agreement with Bulgaria was deemed roughly comparable to Iraq's Paris Club agreement, [...] | 2007-12-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
07PARIS4634 | TV COOP HIGHLIGHTS FRENCH GOSPEL SINGER IN THE UNITED [...] (SBU) Based on a proposal from APP Lille and with funding from PA, regional television affiliate France 3 Nord-Picardie produced a twenty-six minute magazine feature on Sabrina Adel, a young musician of Muslim origin whose lifelong dream was to study American gospel music in the U.S. France 3 [...] | 2007-12-04 16:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC KPAO SCUL FR |
07PARIS4635 | FRENCH REACTION TO THE NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) We passed the key judgments for the Iran nuclear NIE and accompanying non-paper to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Franck Gellet late December 3 and followed up with an office call December 4 (when we gave him the secret releasable paper). We also gave the French Presidency [...] | 2007-12-04 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR |
07PARIS4636 | SARKOZY SENDS WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO PUTIN ON [...] (C) Damien Loras, Deputy Diplomatic Advisor for the Americas, Russia, Balkans, Caucuses, and Central Asia, told POL M/C on December 4 that, as reported in the press, President Sarkozy had indeed called and warmly congratulated President Putin on the Duma elections. Terming Sarkozy and Putin f [...] | 2007-12-04 18:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS FR |
07PARIS4637 | SARKOZY RACKS UP SALES, BOLSTERS ROLE FOR ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 25-27 visit to China French President Sarkozy highlighted to Chinese leaders the global responsibilities that come with being a global power, according to the MFA. Using this broad theme, Sarkozy addressed economic, political and environmental issues while at t [...] | 2007-12-04 18:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN FR CH TW |
07PARIS4646 | FRANCE'S DRAFT BIOTECH BILL [...] (SBU) The final version of the French biotech bill, transmitted on November 30 to the Council of State (in French, "Conseil d'Etat) for review, is very similar to the preliminary version described in reftel with the notable exception that not only farmers but seed companies will be held liable [...] | 2007-12-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4650 | SARKOZY EAGER TO ACT ON COLOMBIA HOSTAGE SITUATION [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY. Franco-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt's "proof of life" letter had a profound impact on President Sarkozy and only reinforced his personal engagement, according to Presidential Advisor for the Americas' Damien Loras. Sarkozy is reviewing options following a December 1 telep [...] | 2007-12-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR SNAR PINS CO FR |
07PARIS4653 | FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In November 29 meetings with MFA, Finance Ministry and French Central Bank officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey sought an update on status of current French and EU measures against Iranian entities and discussed further actions. The MFA Political Director expressed frustration at [...] | 2007-12-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KNNP PARM IR FR |
07PARIS4660 | FRANCE SUSPENDS MON810/ CREATES BIOTECH PLANNING AUTHORITY [...] Summary: On December 6, the government published a ministerial order suspending the sale and use of MON810 corn seeds, and a decree instituting a new interim biotech committee on GMOs. This authority will have two subcommittees, one will be scientific, while the other will focus on social, e [...] | 2007-12-07 07:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4661 | CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: "20 HELICOPTERS ARE HOLDING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF Presidential Advisor Romain Serman told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on December 6 that the issue of financing 20 helicopters was holding up the establishment and deployment of EUFOR to Chad and the Central African Republic. Serman said that France would continue to [...] | 2007-12-07 08:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
07PARIS4667 | FRENCH EUROPEAN AFFAIRS SECRETARY SHARES VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 4, Ambassador Stapleton and DCM Pekala met with Jean-Pierre Jouyet, State Secretary for European Affairs at the MFA. Jouyet stated his expectation of quick French ratification of the simplified EU treaty and outlined France's priorities of immigration, energy and en [...] | 2007-12-07 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN FR |
07PARIS4670 | DECEMBER GAERC: FRENCH POSITIONS CLOSE TO U.S.' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the December GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. KOSOVO: Cohet said that the U.S. and France share an approach, fully [...] | 2007-12-07 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN IR IZ IS BM SU KV FR |
07PARIS4678 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4679 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4680 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4681 | PETERSON CASE: FRENCH MOJ RESPONSE TO COOK COUNTY, [...] (SBU) Embassy received a response from Jean-Marie Huet, A/S-equivalent for Criminal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, on December 10, to the Office of the State's Attorney for Cook County, Illinois's request (reftel B) that the French government reconsider the nationality claim of Hans Peter [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CJAN KCRM FR |
07PARIS4682 | CHAD: AMBASSADOR NIGRO'S DECEMBER 10 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MOD and MFA officials expressed both concern and optimism over force generation issues related to the EU's planned mission for Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) during December 10 meetings with U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro. The lack of helicopters re [...] | 2007-12-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR |
07PARIS4683 | USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...] | 2007-12-11 10:28:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR |
07PARIS4685 | YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...] | 2007-12-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | OVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR |
07PARIS4693 | AF A/S FRAZER'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AF A/S Jendayi Frazer met with Darfur rebel leader Abdul Wahid al Nur and, separately, with Presidential Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert and MFA AF A/S Jean de Gliniasty on November 27. Abdul Wahid requested a range of U.S. assistance, professed his support for the U.S [...] | 2007-12-12 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EUN SU IV CD CT SG FR |
07PARIS4694 | FRENCH AGREE TO DRAFT MNF-I UNSCR TEXT WITH MINOR [...] (C) We conveyed to the French MFA, per reftel, key points along with the texts of the draft UNSR on MNF-I renewal and draft U.S. and Iraqi letters to the UNSC on December 11. On December 12, we followed up, accompanied by UK emboff with instructions to present a joint demarche with us on th [...] | 2007-12-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR EFIN UNSC FR IZ |
07PARIS4695 | FRANCE INCSR 2007-2008 [...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: I. SUMMARY France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy and Belgium, France is a n [...] | 2007-12-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR FR |
07PARIS4696 | FRANCE CARIBBEAN INSCR FOR 2007-2008 [...] (U) Following is post's draft of the France Caribbean INSCR for 2007-2008. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: France Caribbean I. Summary French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, the French side of Saint Martin and St. Barthelemy are all overseas departments of France and therefore subject to Fren [...] | 2007-12-13 10:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR FR |
07PARIS4704 | FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TLSA [...] (C) On December 11, MFA desk officer for strategic affairs Paul Zajac confirmed that France will participate in the Transportation and Logistics Support Arrangement (TLSA). He named two contact points: Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, Deputy Director (PDAS-equivalent) of Strategic Affairs, Security [...] | 2007-12-14 10:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS KPKO EUN FR |
07PARIS4709 | FRENCH SEARCHING FOR WAYS TO PRESSURE BURMA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 13 to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremie Petit. Petit reiterated French interest in maintaining pressure on the Burmese regime, and worried that the international pressure on Burma and other Asian countries to start a dialogue on humanitarian [...] | 2007-12-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BM FR |
07PARIS4710 | PRESSING THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: On December 12, Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood met with French officials to brief them on the situation in Afghanistan and to press the GOF to host an Afghan Donors Conference in May or June of 2008. Both Christian Masset, Director General for Economi [...] | 2007-12-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM AF FR |
07PARIS4718 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Embassy contacted Laurent Dufraix, Purchasing Manager for Sogerma Services, the foreign consignee. He confirmed that the end-user of the entire consignment of C-130 parts cited in the export license is the Cameroon Air Force. He provided the following point of contact regarding C-130 acti [...] | 2007-12-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MCAP CM FR |
07PARIS4719 | FRENCH SUGAR BEET GROWERS SUPPORT BIOTECH [...] During its annual conference in Paris on December 4, the French Sugar Beet Growers' Association (CGB),representing 35,000 French sugar beet growers, openly expressed its support for biotechnology. The chairman, Dominique Ducroquet, reiterated that in order to remain competitive, French sugar b [...] | 2007-12-14 15:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4722 | XXXXXXXXXXXX DESCRIBES CAUTIOUS, [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 10 meeting, XXXXXXXXXXXX, said the December 7 Merkel-Sarkozy meetings in Paris were very productive even though Merkel and Sarkozy's personalities are like "fire and water." XXXXXXXXXXXX described Sarkozy's management style as exhausting and said many expected a reshuffli [...] | 2007-12-14 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV EUN GM FR |
07PARIS4723 | FRANCE AND THE WTO AG BIOTECH CASE [...] (C) Summary: Mission Paris recommends that that the USG reinforce our negotiating position with the EU on agricultural biotechnology by publishing a retaliation list when the extend "Reasonable Time Period" expires. In our view, Europe is moving backwards not forwards on this issue with France play [...] | 2007-12-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV SENV FR |
07PARIS4731 | SCIENTISTS PETITION SUPPORTING MON810 [...] On December 7, more than 300 scientists (from France and world-wide) publicly stated in French and English their opposition to France's MON810 suspension. See http://nonaumoratoire.free.fr/english.htm 2. The petition was initiated by members of the French Association for Scientific Inform [...] | 2007-12-17 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS4732 | FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...] | 2007-12-17 17:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR |
07PARIS4742 | FRENCH MFA LEVANT DAS ON LEBANON, DECEMBER 18, 2007 [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on December 18 said France was pleased the overall results of the previous day,s Lebanon ministerial. He particularly praised the Secretary's performance at the meeting in the face of initial Egyptian, Arab League, Saudi, Spanish, [...] | 2007-12-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR FR LE SY SA EG SP IT |
07PARIS4743 | FRENCH BELIEVE MAJOR PUSH ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA [...] (C) We passed reftel points November 27 to French MFA desk officer for Israel/Palestinian affairs Adrien Pinelli, who had no immediate response but said he would pass them to the appropriate people in his immediate chain of command as well as to the MFA,s IO directorate. We followed up with [...] | 2007-12-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL FR IS |
07PARIS4750 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC ADVISER RICHIER [...] (C) We passed reftel points to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States Franck Gellet on December 13. PolMinCouns and poloff also passed these points on December 13 to French Presidency strategic affairs adviser Francois Richier. Richier commented that the points were [...] | 2007-12-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNUP FR IR EU RU CH |
07PARIS4751 | FORMER GTMO DETAINEES CONVICTED IN FRANCE; GOF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Five of six French nationals transferred from the Guantanamo detainee facility to France were convicted in Paris on December 19 of "criminal conspiracy with a terrorist organization." A sixth defendant was acquitted. The court ruled entirely in accordance with the (less than maxi [...] | 2007-12-20 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER FR |
07PARIS4752 | FRENCH MFA POSITION ON UN BUDGET FAVORS TARGETED [...] (C) We carried out reftel demarche on December 20 with MFA IO Desk Officer Olivier Guerot. He said that France, in tandem with the UK and Germany, had been working to identify specific areas where budget savings could be realized and had come up with about USD 200 million that could be saved [...] | 2007-12-20 17:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA XA XD FR |
07PARIS476 | PSI: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON VIBRAFUGE MATTER (S) [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C/NF) Subsequent to reftel, Embassy has engaged the French authorities on the pending export to China from France of vibrafuge/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) partly manufactured by the U.S. Company Data Physics and assembled for export by the Fr [...] | 2007-02-07 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR |
07PARIS4765 | FRANCE WILL USE EU PRESIDENCY TO PRESSURE [...] (C) On December 20, MFA DAS-equivalent for Central Asia Alexandre Vulic told us that France will use its EU presidency, and bilateral initiatives, to push Kazakhstan to fulfill commitments the Kazakhs made at the OSCE November 2007 Madrid Ministerial where they secured the Chair-in-Office (CiO [...] | 2007-12-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PGOV PREL FR |
07PARIS480 | FRANCE?S AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC PLANNING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. --------------------------------------------- ------ Paris Eager For Collaboration With U.S. Authorities --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) Embassy ESTH officers recently met with Ministry of Health officials, who expr [...] | 2007-02-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU FR AIAG |
07PARIS483 | France raises AI vigilance level [...] On February 5th, following the announcement by UK's DEFRA of the first reported case of AI in a commercial turkey farm in Great Britain, the French Ministry of Agriculture raised its AI risk assessment and vigilance from level 2 (negligible risk) to level 3 (low risk). Impacts of this change i [...] | 2007-02-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD TBIO FR |
07PARIS484 | FRENCH POLICE ARREST KEY EUROPEAN PKK TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 7 French authorities confirmed to us that French national counterterrorism police had arrested on February 5 ten individuals who are suspected of having links with Kurdish separatist movements in Turkey and Iraq. French police refer to these groups variously as the [...] | 2007-02-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR |
07PARIS486 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...] | 2007-02-08 08:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR |
07PARIS499 | FRANCE TV COOP [...] France 3, a regional state television channel, will send a team led by Serge Guynier, anchor for France 3's Aquitaine news shows, who has extensive experience in the U.S. and speaks fluent English. He will be assisted by Thierry Julien and Jean Marc Ceccaldi. They will focus on the following [...] | 2007-02-08 11:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC OIIP KPAO FR |
07PARIS508 | FRANCE: NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Paris nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference entitled, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Philippe Carre, A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarma [...] | 2007-02-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER NATEU MARR MOPS KISL |
07PARIS510 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Stapleton met on February 6 with Michel Barnier, former foreign minister (2004 - 2005) and now Senior Foreign Affairs advisor to Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) presidential nominee Nicolas Sarkozy. Barnier addressed the state-of-play in the French presidential campaign and [...] | 2007-02-08 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS514 | FRENCH AGRICULTURAL ELECTIONS REFLECT SOME CHANGES [...] Summary. French agricultural stakeholders recently held elections to choose their representatives to the Agricultural Chamber of Commerce, an influential organization for French agriculture that works with the Government of France to manage and implement farm policy. Election results showe [...] | 2007-02-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS515 | U.S. BIOTECH COMPANIES CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, 2007, Embassy FAS, Econ, Science and Regional Security Officers met with representatives of three U.S. companies involved in agricultural biotechnology in France: Monsanto, Dupont/Pioneer, Dow Agro-Sciences. The companies raised concerns about security conditions [...] | 2007-02-09 05:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS516 | FRENCH WELCOME FORMATION OF PALESTINIAN UNITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on February 9 to Herv Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant. Besancenot said that the MFA was finalizing a statement that would be put out later that same day, possibly by FM Douste-Blazy himself. The statement would welcome the formation of the NUG [...] | 2007-02-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS KDEM KPAL PGOV PREL |
07PARIS525 | OECD: MISSION VIEWS ON ENLARGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OECD members are divided on a number of key issues regarding enlargement and enhanced engagement. A February 5 Council discussion highlighted differing views on how to deal with the BRICS, whether Russia should be invited to begin discussions on accession negotiations, whether [...] | 2007-02-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD OECD |
07PARIS528 | FRENCH REACTION TO LIBERIA ARREARS CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref C message about Liberia's arrears to the office of Cooperation Minister Girardin on February 7, and to the MFA on February 8. According to the MFA, France is quite close to re-opening its embassy in Monrovia. The French have asked the Liberian government for agrement f [...] | 2007-02-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PINR FR |
07PARIS530 | GOOGLE WARNS OF GROWING DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS IN FRANCE AND [...] (SBU) Google tells us that it faces several liability and public relations issues because its customers' data are stored in the U.S. Potential business customers are nervous about storing data on U.S.-based servers where U.S. law enforcement officials can easily gain access and where tougher E [...] | 2007-02-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD ECON KIPR FR |
07PARIS533 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE NSF: VISIT TO FRANCE OF NSF OFFICIAL ANNA [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Anna Kerttula de Echave, Program Director in the Office of Polar Programs (OPP),National Science Foundation, who will attend the European Science Foundation BOREAS Cyber-Infrastructure Workshop in Paris from February 18 to 21, 2007. Dr. Ke [...] | 2007-02-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT TPHY KSCA FR |
07PARIS538 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: MIDDLE EAST (IRAQ, PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Following last week's major conferences on the environment, international conferences in Paris this week on child soldiers and on enforced disappearances offered new media opportunities for French officials to portray themselves in opposition to U.S. policy. Moreover, U.S.-French differe [...] | 2007-02-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS540 | US-DESIGNATED TERRORIST GROUP SUING WIESENTHAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The public trial for defamation brought against Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, by the Committee for Welfare and Aid to the Palestinians (CBSP) concluded on February 2, after two days and 13 hours of testimony. The CBSP, [...] | 2007-02-09 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PTER PREL PREF PINS PHUM EAID FR IS |
07PARIS541 | MINUSTAH MANDATE RENEWAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 9. We thanked GOF for its participation in the Haiti Contact Group meeting on February 1 and requested that the GOF urge China to support a one-year MINUSTAH mandate renewal. We delivered demarche to MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central Amer [...] | 2007-02-09 16:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA EUN SF ID PE |
07PARIS542 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMABT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche about plans for outreach regarding the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Arms Control Department official Philippe Errera on February 9. Russian interlocutors were unavailable to deliver the demarche jointly. GoF officials provided no res [...] | 2007-02-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KNNP RU CH |
07PARIS543 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO ON [...] (U) Embassy received diplomatic note number 2001-08229 dated February 5, 2007 from the Principality of Monaco announcing the accession of Romania to the Convention of the International Hydrographic Organization. Informal translation: "The Department of External Relations of the Principalit [...] | 2007-02-09 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY OPDC RO FR |
07PARIS544 | FRANCE TIGHTENS POLICY ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: France ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by publicly announcing a change in its export credit policy. It will strictly apply UNSCR 1737, ask companies to screen all transactions with its export credit agency, and lower its exposure to Iran. The announcement marks a u-turn in Fr [...] | 2007-02-09 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR |
07PARIS546 | EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE - [...] (U) France will send the following participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Alain A. Nicaud Agency: Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministere de l'Economie des Finances et de L'Industrie) Title: Direct [...] | 2007-02-09 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO |
07PARIS568 | FRANCE DEFENDS AVIATION EMISSIONS TRADING; WILLING [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points on the EU's proposed aviation emissions trading scheme (ETS) January 26 with Jean-Michel Bour, Civil Aviation Authority Director of International and Multilateral Relations, and February 7 with Olivier Berthelot, Advisor for Aviation to the Minister of Tra [...] | 2007-02-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON SENV EUN FR |
07PARIS571 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE TO FRANCEREF: [...] (SBU): We shared reftel points February 7 with MFA DAS-equivalent fo CFSP Emmanuel Cohet, who responded with the following comments on February 12. 2. (C) Kosovo: Cohet stressed that while the GoF shares USG support for Ahtisaari, the MFA does not believe short delays in resolving the matte [...] | 2007-02-12 15:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KPAL |
07PARIS572 | FY-2007 Voluntary Visitor Program: Madame Sylvie [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL FR |
07PARIS575 | FRANCE: GOF TO PERMIT AIR FRANCE TO SCREEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reversing several years of reticence, the French Civil Aviation Authority indicated in an e-mail January 29 that it was now prepared to allow Air France to fully implement TSA Emergency Amendments concerning No-fly, Selectees, and the Master-Crew List. This is good news. The G [...] | 2007-02-13 13:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER FR |
07PARIS577 | FRANCE RESTRICTS TRANSACTIONS WITH ENTITIES AND [...] (C) On February 12, per ref b, we raised with the MFA's Nonproliferation office the need to freeze assets of Iranian entities and persons not specifically listed in the annex of UNSC 1737. David Bertolotti, deputy to the DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation, took note of our demarche, [...] | 2007-02-13 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC EUN PARM IR FR |
07PARIS578 | FRANCE/AFRICA: SUMMIT NO-SHOWS AND MUGABE; MFA AMBIVALENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: There is MFA speculation that Zimbabwean leader Mugabe, angry at his own exclusion, has tried, with mixed results, to promote a SADC boycott of the 2/15-2/16 Africa-France Summi in Cannes. On Darfur, MFA is resisting a campaign by Khartoum for Frenc mediation between Deby and Bas [...] | 2007-02-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR SU SO ZI FR |
07PARIS579 | FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: THE MESSAGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) As campaigning picks up for France's Presidential elections in April, business groups and think tanks are making their voices heard in unusual ways to "ensure that key economic issues are not ignored." All forms of communication -- from special web sites, to books and jamboree-style mee [...] | 2007-02-13 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS585 | FRANCE: FUEL TAX EXONERATION FOR U.S. RESEARCH VESSELS [...] Embassy received from the MFA diplomatic note number 82/AME dated 24 January 2007 (Ref A). Informal Embassy Translation follows. 2. QUOTE: In its Diplomatic Note number 460 dated 14 September 2006, the Embassy had asked the Ministry whether U.S. vessels conducting scientific research co [...] | 2007-02-14 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY KRVC EWWT FR |
07PARIS598 | USUNESCO: INDIAN RESOLUTION ON RUMI INVOLVES US, IRAN, [...] (C) Classified by: PAO Caitlin Bergin for reasons 1.4; B/D 2. (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission was invited by the Indian delegation to a preview of a film by the Indian Film Director Muzaffar Ali on the prose of Mawlana Jalal-ud-Din Balkhi Rumi, 12th century writer and mystic. In [...] | 2007-02-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO KPAO PREL |
07PARIS599 | FRENCH WELCOME SIX-PARTY TALKS AGREEMENT AS [...] (C) On February 14, we shared ref A text of agreement and nonpaper with key MFA offices, including the Asia Directorate, the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Directorate, the political Director's office, and the Minister's Cabinet advisor for Strategic Affairs. 2. (C) Arnaud Mentre, nonprol [...] | 2007-02-15 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN IR FR |
07PARIS6 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 09:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL |
07PARIS600 | PKK MEMBERS REMAIN IN CUSTODY; MFA COMMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM spoke with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff, Pierre Vimont, on February 12, and with Political Director Gerard Araud on the 13th to express appreciation for the government's arrest of suspected PKK terrorist financiers and to encourage a successful prosecution. French MFA [...] | 2007-02-15 16:23:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER EFIN PINR PREL KCRM TU FR |
07PARIS609 | EXBS: EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE - [...] (U) France wishes to add a second participant to the March 6-8 Eighth Annual International Export Control Conference in Bucharest: Participant: Navy Captain Patrick Beau Agency: Prime Minister's Office, Secretariat General for National Defense Itinerary: Arriving during the evening of [...] | 2007-02-16 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC FR RO |
07PARIS613 | GHASSAN SALAME: LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER LEBANESE CULTURE MINISTER GHASSAN SALAME SHARED WITH US ON FEBRUARY 14 A BLEAK ASSESSMENT OF LEBANON'S POLITICAL SITUATION. SALAME SAID LEBANON'S POLITICAL SYSTEM WAS BROKEN, THAT BOTH SIDES WERE LOSING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS, THAT SYRIA WAS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, AND THA [...] | 2007-02-16 11:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS627 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...] | 2007-02-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS633 | FY 2007 AG BIOTECH OUTREACH - FRANCE [...] Summary: There is a strong disconnect in France between farmers, consumers and politicians on the issues of need, utilization and implementation of biotechnology. The Embassy can help create opportunities for stakeholders to explore their differences and find common ground for acceptance of [...] | 2007-02-16 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD KPAO EU FR |
07PARIS634 | UNESCO REFORM: SECRETARIAT AND EXPERTS SPLIT ON WAY FORWARD [...] Summary: In recent weeks, there have been a number of meetings relating to the ongoing review of the Natural Sciences and Social and Human Sciences sectors. The panel itself met January 9-12. During that week, the Indian Ambassador held a January 10 dinner where guests included some panel ex [...] | 2007-02-16 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID |
07PARIS636 | GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...] | 2007-02-20 07:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS |
07PARIS637 | FRANCE: MFA ON DEVELOPMENT, GOVERNANCE, STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor and Econoff met February 14 with Jerome Walter, Counselor to Minister Delegate for Cooperation and Development Brigitte Girardin, and Herve Magro, Deputy Director for Governance in the MFA's General Directorate for International Cooperation and Development, to tak [...] | 2007-02-20 12:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM KCRS FR |
07PARIS647 | ARCEP RESPONSE TO COMPTEL 1377 COMPLAINT [...] (U) Summary. On October 9, 2006 French telecoms regulator ARCEP issued a decision on the business leased lines market, which introduced a more transparent framework for price setting. ARCEP hosts a meeting every other month with all operators, including France Telecom (FT),to compare prices [...] | 2007-02-20 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS648 | BOSNIA PIC MEETING: FRENCH AGREE WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) French MFA Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) desk officer, Michel Clerx, told us on February 20 that France fully supported all of the points in the U.S. non-paper provided in reftel, including an extension of the Office of the High Representative's (OHR) mandate, and the reform agenda. He n [...] | 2007-02-21 07:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BK FR |
07PARIS652 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL (HAI) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 09:56:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON FR |
07PARIS653 | CPI AND UNEMPLOYMENT DATA ENTER POLITICAL DEBATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Domestic issues - purchasing power, inflation and unemployment - continue to dominate the French presidential campaign. One consequence is that public perceptions of being less well-off, and the confusing barrage of competing statistics, have caused some to question the validity [...] | 2007-02-21 09:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR |
07PARIS654 | AMBASSADOR'S REVIEW OF ELECTORAL SITUATION WITH [...] (C) At a meeting February 15, Ambassador reviewed the state of play in the French presidential election with noted author and political insider Jacques Attali. Attali, whose dense network of friendships includes decades-long relationships with President Chirac and the two leading contenders [...] | 2007-02-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS661 | FRANCE READY TO PUSH FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA maintains its longstanding position that the international community should pressure Burma to move toward democracy and a respect for human rights, but MFA desk officers Benoit Guidee and Jeremie Petit were skeptical, following the UNSC resolution's failure, that ac [...] | 2007-02-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH FR |
07PARIS663 | FRENCH PUSH MOROCCANS TO ENSURE CREDIBLE AUTONOMY [...] (C) On February 20, Poloff delivered reftel demarche separately to Christian Testo, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb, and Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for North Africa. Both said the GoF would continue to stress to the Moroccans the importance of producing a credible a [...] | 2007-02-21 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL WI |
07PARIS685 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...] | 2007-02-22 16:35:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EZ FR PL |
07PARIS688 | JAPAN/AFRICA: JAPANESE EMBOFF DISCUSSES WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chie Kinumaki, an Africa Watcher at Japan's Embassy in Paris, on February 21 discussed efforts to assist 30 Japanese nationals in leaving Guinea; the impasse in Cote d'Ivoire; concerns about China's lack of interest in promoting democracy, human rights, and sound business pract [...] | 2007-02-23 09:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR CONS ASEC XY GV IV CH JA FR |
07PARIS692 | FRENCH SEEKING TO OPEN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After five years of cool relations, France hopes to open a "strategic dialogue" with Pakistan based on shared security concerns. Notwithstanding the 2002 terrorist attack in Karachi that killed 11 French nationals, the Pakistan desk officer said the MFA now believes it would only [...] | 2007-02-23 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF PK FR MASS KNNP |
07PARIS693 | FRANCE STILL DUBIOUS ABOUT POSITIVE DDA OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Paris AGR and ECON officials transmitted the reftel talking points to Philippe Duclaud, Foreign Affairs Adviser to the French Minister of Agriculture, Christian Ligeard, the Head of the International Affairs Office at the Ministry of Agriculture and Raphael Alomar, Agricultural Adviser to [...] | 2007-02-23 18:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS701 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...] | 2007-02-23 18:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS702 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: TRIPARTITE SUMMIT ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The leading international story was the tripartite meeting in Jerusalem between Condoleezza Rice, Mahmoud Abbas and Ehoud Olmert. Media called it a "summit for nothing," achieving only the goal of agreeing to meet again. The announcement from London of the upcoming British troop withdra [...] | 2007-02-23 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS703 | NEW SATELLITE TV CHANNELS: THIRD IN A SERIES ON FRENCH [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of satellite providers is the third in a series of cables analyzing the media [...] | 2007-02-23 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS704 | FRENCH GDP GROWTH SLUGGISH AT TWO PERCENT IN 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French GDP increased two percent in 2006. Export growth recovered in Q-4, but GDP growth was still heavily dependent on consumption. Job creation was lower than expected, although the unemployment rate (ILO definition) fell to 8.6 percent. Sluggish growth could further complic [...] | 2007-02-23 18:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
07PARIS709 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY AND ROYAL STILL THE [...] (U) Nine weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy still dominate the field of presidential hopefuls. They remain strong favorites to win, on April 22, the first round of the Presidential elections. That said, French voters have a [...] | 2007-02-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS710 | CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...] | 2007-02-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS711 | SECURITY OFFICIALS VIGILANT IN ADVANCE OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Christophe Chaboud, Director of the Ministry of Interior,s Coordination Unit for the Fight Against Terrorism (UCLAT),told us February 21 that the terrorism threat in France remains elevated, and that security officials are especially vigilant in the run up to the French president [...] | 2007-02-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
07PARIS72 | FRENCH THINKING ON UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: France continues to support the UNSC resolution on Burma as the optimal outcome, but would accept a PRST if necessary to avoid a Chinese veto. Whether a UNSCR or a PRST, the MFA highlighted two points that remain "non-negotiable:" support for U/SYG Gambari's good offices mission [...] | 2007-01-08 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM FR |
07PARIS722 | FY 2007 NOMINATION FOR USUNESCO VOLUNTARY VISITOR AURORA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 05:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
07PARIS723 | FY 2007 NOMINATION OF MOKTAR GAOUAD FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-27 05:07:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
07PARIS73 | CHIRAC REMAINS TRUE TO FORM IN NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (C) In the traditional New Year's remarks to the Diplomatic Corps on January 5, President Chirac delivered a distillation -- with only a few months left in office, perhaps his last -- of his exceedingly "Gaullist" (France-centric) world view. He broke no new ground, restating long-held Frenc [...] | 2007-01-08 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS735 | A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY, OECD, G8 ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On February 14 A/S Dan Sullivan briefed French FASS Jacques Lapouge on the state-of-play on Caspian energy and his recent trip to the Caspian region. Sullivan said the U.S. was "very interested" in the French proposal for an "IPR FATF" tabled by Finance Minister Breton. On OECD e [...] | 2007-02-27 09:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ENRG FR |
07PARIS741 | YOUR MEETING WITH FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT VALERY [...] (C) Steve, Thank you for agreeing to a brief meeting with former French president Valery Giscard d'Estaing. The historical perspective Giscard brings to his assessment of international developments are unmatched. I believe you will also find his views on the current French presidential elec [...] | 2007-02-27 12:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR PINR SOCI ECON EU |
07PARIS743 | CODEL TANNER: MEETING WITH FRENCH POLITICAL [...] (C) During a meeting with Codel Tanner on February 22, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud reviewed the current state of the bilateral relationship, commented on NATO's continuing purpose, and compared France's and Britain's historically distinct orientations towards the U.S. He also [...] | 2007-02-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR |
07PARIS775 | ACTION REQUEST; TERRORIST ABDALLAH UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On February 27 we were contacted by, and subsequently received a letter to the Ambassador from Georges Kiejman who was legal counsel for the USG (as a civil party) during the prosecution of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. Abdullah was con [...] | 2007-02-28 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER FR |
07PARIS776 | FRENCH POLICY PLANNER SHARES VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Christian Nakhle, the MFA's lead policy planner for the Middle East, told us on February 27 that he just returned from a 10-day trip to the Gulf and was deeply worried about Bahrain's internal stability, saying he foresaw the possibility of serious political unrest developing withi [...] | 2007-02-28 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IR IS IZ LE PGOV PREL SY |
07PARIS777 | SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY [...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...] | 2007-02-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL |
07PARIS779 | JERUSALEM ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The excavation work at the Temple Mount site in Jerusalem has prompted calls at UNESCO by six Arab states for a rare special session of the Executive Board. Based on the its interpretation of a resolution negotiated between the Palestinian observer and the Israeli Ambassador i [...] | 2007-03-01 05:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL IS |
07PARIS792 | EU C/T LIST IN TROUBLE; SOMALIA; PANDITH VISIT [...] (S) SUMMARY: French diplomats from the MFA,s strategic affairs, security directorate expressed concern on February 27 about the future of the EU terrorist designations list, and explained their rationale for seeking the UN 1267 committee's designation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM). Officials [...] | 2007-03-01 13:35:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EU PTER FR |
07PARIS797 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] Answers below are keyed to section and paragraph numbers in reftel. Embassy Paris TIP point of contact is Charlie Davis, daviscr3@state.gov. Phone 33 1 43 12 23 93 (or IVG 8-498-2393),fax 33 1 43 12 26 63. Time spent on TIP report: FS-04 poloff: 50 hours. LES-9 50 hours. FS-1 Deputy [...] | 2007-03-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07PARIS798 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-01 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
07PARIS805 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Personnel Changes in ARCEP (paras 2-3),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (para 4) -- ARCEP President Says No to CSA-ARCEP Merger (para 5) -- Fourt [...] | 2007-03-02 12:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS807 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN -- AMERICAN INTERVENTION?; [...] (SBU) Iran and Iraq dominated French media coverage, with editorialists playing up stories about the possibilities of an eventual American intervention in Iran (although all coming to the conclusion that intervention was unlikely for the moment). Journalists also emphasized what they termed a " [...] | 2007-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS809 | France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This update covers recent news in the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Personnel Changes in ARCEP (paras 2-3),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (para 4) -- ARCEP President Says No to CSA-ARCEP Merger (para 5) -- Fourt [...] | 2007-03-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
07PARIS812 | FRENCH ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points Feb 28 to MFA CFSP Unit Deputy (DAS- equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet (all points) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Affairs Director Natacha Rimbon (Energy Issues). 2. (C) Energy: Rimbon told us that France would push for a target of 20 percent renewable [...] | 2007-03-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV PHUM UNAUS YI SR BK IS LE |
07PARIS815 | FRANCE: AIRBUS RESTRUCTURES; UNIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European aviation giant Airbus presented its "Power 8" restructuring plan February 28, after more than a week of Franco-German wrangling over how job cuts and future production would be distributed between the two countries. The restructuring includes a 10,000 workforce reducti [...] | 2007-03-02 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL FR |
07PARIS829 | OECD: U.K.'S BRIEFING ON TERMINATED BAE/SAUDI ARABIA [...] (SBU) The January 16-18, 2007 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) included a separate session on January 16th devoted to the U.K.'s termination of an investigation into BAE plc and a defense contract with Saudi Arabia. A condensed readout of that session was included in an over [...] | 2007-03-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
07PARIS830 | OECD: REPORT OF JANUARY 16-18, 2007 MEETING OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its January 16-18 meeting, the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) heard remarks from Secretary General Gurria on the need for the WGB to combat corruption. The WGB also conducted a Phase 2 peer-review evaluation assessing Poland's implementation of its OECD Anti-Bribery Conv [...] | 2007-03-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
07PARIS834 | FRANCE - SPECIAL 301 2007 ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Following PhRMA's nomination of France for the 2007 Watch List, Embassy officers have met with two of France's major interlocutors in the pharmaceutical sector: the French Pharmaceutical Companies Association LEEM, and the Price Negotiating Committee (CEPS) for reimbursable drugs [...] | 2007-03-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EUN FR |
07PARIS835 | French President opposes further EU concessions in DDA [...] During an opening speech at the annual agricultural show in Paris on March 3rd, French President Jacques Chirac stated that he was -quote- extremely shocked by Mr Mandelson's giving more and more concessions without receiving compensation from the United States for concessions on agriculture an [...] | 2007-03-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
07PARIS847 | PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...] | 2007-03-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR |
07PARIS848 | PART II: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT -- THE DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac, on the margins of the XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes, facilitated a February 15 Mini-Summit on the regional spillover of the Darfur crisis. Ghana President Kufuor, in his capacity as Chairman of the African Union, presided over the event, which took place in [...] | 2007-03-06 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA SU CD CT FR |
07PARIS849 | PART III: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - AVOIDING A MUGABE [...] (C) Summary: For the 2007 Africa-France Summit at Cannes, President Chirac made a watershed policy choice to abide by the EU travel ban and exclude Zimbabwean pariah leader Robert Mugabe. Chirac had invited Mugabe four years earlier to the 2003 Paris Summit, amid concerns about the risk of a b [...] | 2007-03-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA ZI FR |
07PARIS861 | GUINEA: FRANCE OFFERS NEW ASSISTANCE AS "CARROT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: France was quick to respond to the February 25 naming of Lansana Kouyate as Guinea's Prime Minister, sending Minister-Delegate Brigitte Girardin (Cooperation, Development, Francophonie) to Conakry for a lightning visit on March 1. She met with Kouyate and announced a 1.1 milli [...] | 2007-03-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID KDEM GV FR |
07PARIS864 | BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...] | 2007-03-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK |
07PARIS889 | A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH HIS MFA COUNTERPART ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe and Central Asia, told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher on March 1 that France supported Germany,s engagement in Central Asia and fully backed EU Special Representative (EUSR) Pierre More [...] | 2007-03-08 10:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR ZK |
07PARIS902 | FRANCE KICKS OFF IPY RESEARCH [...] Summary: Following the March 1 launch of the fourth International Polar Year (IPY) in Paris, 70 French research teams plan to participate in 55 approved programs, evidencing keen French interest in glaciology, biology and astronomy in the polar regions. A number of the programs France will lea [...] | 2007-03-09 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR |
07PARIS904 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SARKOZY'S "COMPETENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven weeks from the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, the leading candidates -- Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes region President Segolene Royal -- seem to be turning to accentuating their candidacies' respective electoral strengths. Sar [...] | 2007-03-09 09:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EUN FR PINR SOCI ECON |
07PARIS91 | DARFUR REBEL LEADER PROLONGS EUROPEAN TOUR [...] (SBU) Abdulwahid El-Nur, SLM/A leader and Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) rejectionist, met January 6 with Africa Watcher at El-Nur's request. Nur, who has been traveling in Western Europe, including the Netherlands, explained that he had returned temporarily to Paris in order to extend his Sche [...] | 2007-01-09 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR SU FR |
07PARIS915 | USUNESCO - ADEQUATE MISSION STAFFING [...] I am very concerned about this mission's continuing ability to support the Secretary's program of transformational diplomacy after the departure this fall of our remaining reporting officer, Nancy Cooper. At that point the only Foreign Service Officers on my staff will be the DCM and the PAO. [...] | 2007-03-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | APER UNESCO |
07PARIS917 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: AIRBUS MANEUVERING; IRAQ WAR--TAKING [...] (SBU) Domestic issues dominated headlines this week, focused on Airbus's plans to restructure, anticipated job cuts and the presidential candidates' support for the ailing company. "Airbus caught in campaign turbulence" and "Airbus trapped in the campaign" were the headlines of economic daily [...] | 2007-03-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
07PARIS921 | FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...] | 2007-03-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM |
07PARIS922 | SOME FRENCH THOUGHTS ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) On March 9, in a follow-up to ref B missile defense discussions at NATO, and in the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera, we met with Melanie Rosselet and Luis Vassy, nonproliferation desk officers at the MFA. Vassy noted that France understood U.S. [...] | 2007-03-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL NATO FR |
07PARIS923 | SIGIR STUART BOWEN RAISES AWARENESS OF IRAQ [...] (C) Post took advantage of the presence of Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, to inform a broad array of GOF officials and press outlets of the points in reftel. Bowen, en route to Washington from Iraq, had scheduled, in a public diplomacy effort, a series of meetings wi [...] | 2007-03-09 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OIC ARAB LEAGUE UN IZ FR |
07PARIS965 | CONFERENCE ON FRENCH GROWTH GAP [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 6 Prime Minister De Villepin hosted a conference on economic growth. There was much talk of the Scandinavian-inspired concept of "flexisecurity," as well as GOF policies designed to support innovation. But real reforms required to boost GDP growth in the medium-term hav [...] | 2007-03-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV ELAB FR |
07PARIS98 | MTCR: ASSURANCES OF MTCR CATEGORIZATION FOR BLACK [...] (S) ESTH Officer delivered note verbale in reftel to David Bertolotti, in the Bureau of Disarmament and Nonproliferation at the MFA, on January 9. In response, Bertolotti expressed his government's gratitude for the favorable result of USG deliberations on the missile system in question. Al [...] | 2007-01-10 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KSCA PARM PREL ETTC TSPA MTCR FR UK |
08PARIS1004 | France on Food Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the President's global food security initiative with Francois Giovalucchi, advisor to Cooperation Minister Joyandet, and Florence Lasbennes, Cooperation Economic and Agricultural Development Office Chief, on May 19. Giovalucchi and Lasben [...] | 2008-05-28 09:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO FR |
08PARIS1005 | SUDAN/CHAD: FRENCH WILL CONSIDER SANCTIONING FOUR [...] (C) GOF MFA Sudan desk officer Frederic Bouvier on May 28 said that the French would seriously consider joining us in seeking sanctions against the four individuals named in reftel. He said that the GOF would have to study reftel demarche before coming to a decision but he indicated that, a [...] | 2008-05-28 11:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU FR |
08PARIS1011 | S/CRS HERBST DISCUSSES CIVIL-MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (C) On May 16, S/CRS John Herbst met with French Government and OECD officials to brief on S/CRS activities and discuss potential areas for cooperation. At the MFA, Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel, PDAS for Strategic Affairs, discussed French activities to promote civil-military cooperation within [...] | 2008-05-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PGOV PREL KCRS AF FR |
08PARIS1024 | FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA PASSED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-29 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS KDEM EAID ECON FR IZ |
08PARIS1026 | UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FOR GOVERNMENT OF [...] (U) Per reftel para 5 here below updated contact information for key French government officials as requested. HEAD OF STATE ------------- 2. (SBU) President of the French Republic Nicolas SARKOZY - Office telephone number 011 33 1 42 92 81 00 - Residence telephone number 011 33 1 42 92 [...] | 2008-05-29 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV FR |
08PARIS1029 | UNESCO SPRING EXECUTIVE BOARD: POLITICAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's April 1-17 Executive Board was a success for the United States. On the whole, we enjoyed good working relations with countries in other geographic groups. Regional voting blocs and economic and other groupings, such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G-77 initi [...] | 2008-05-30 09:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CU IR KPAL KV PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO VE XF |
08PARIS1035 | NON-PAPER ON U.S. RESPONSE TO LATEST IAEA REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-30 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA FR IR |
08PARIS1038 | UNMEE, CHAD/SUDAN, DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF/C/E DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that she understood that Belgium would draft a letter on behalf of the UNSC to be sent to Eritrea and Ethiopia to determine their views on UNMEE's future, which could indicate a preferred course of action should one or both reject co [...] | 2008-06-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER ET |
08PARIS1054 | UNESCO - ISRAEL AMBASSADOR'S VISIT 28 MAY [...] (U) Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO Kornbluth met with Ambassador Oliver on May 28 to review possible issues of concern that might be raised during the upcoming World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec next month. Negative Sites on the World Heritage List 2. (SBU) Ambassador Kornbluth b [...] | 2008-06-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL KPAL XF FR IS JO |
08PARIS1070 | IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR BILL SWING: [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-04 12:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREF PREL SMIG FR |
08PARIS1071 | FRENCH BIOTECH FINALLY ADOPTED - MORE TO COME [...] Summary: On May 22, France adopted a biotech bill after weeks of rancorous debate within the Parliament. The bill theoretically guarantees French farmers and consumers the right to produce and consume with or without GMOs. However, ministerial decrees implementing the legislation will define [...] | 2008-06-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS1073 | WORLD HERITAGE WORKING GROUP ON ELECTION OF MEMBERS - PARIS [...] (U) Summary: The second session of the Working Group meeting to examine issues concerning the election of members of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) made little progress, as expected, but advanced on defining the key points to consider. End summary. 2. (U) The open-ended Working Group [...] | 2008-06-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
08PARIS1078 | AIRBUS: FEARS OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS HURT U.S. EXPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of significant efforts to accelerate processing of export control licenses at the State Department, U.S. and European aerospace companies continue to be sharply critical of the USG export control system. Their perception affects a major American export industry -- U.S. a [...] | 2008-06-05 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ECON ETTC KOMC ETRD EAIR PREL FR |
08PARIS1083 | FRANCE URGES INCREASED PRESSURE ON BURMA TO SPEED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM BM FR |
08PARIS1084 | FRENCH SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC UN UNSC SWMN PHUM FR |
08PARIS1085 | FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: AGRICULTURAL POLICY GOALS [...] Summary: France hopes to have the CAP health check reforms passed during its EU presidency and will initiate discussions on a post 2013 CAP policy and budget. The GOF's three main objectives will be to maintain EU food sovereignty; maintain the economic and territorial health of EU agricultur [...] | 2008-06-06 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO EUN FR INR |
08PARIS1086 | USDP DISCUSSES LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND [...] (S) Summary. On May 29, Eric Edelman, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, met with French interlocutors including Gerard Araud, Political Director at the MFA, Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD and Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor at the Elysee, to discus [...] | 2008-06-09 07:52:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MOPS MCAP AF LE PK IR SY FR |
08PARIS109 | FRANCE CRITICIZE ARRESTS OF SYRIAN ACTIVISTS BUT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge on January 14. He did not have an immediate response and stated he would have to get back to us. We used a January 17 meeting between visiting Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Securit [...] | 2008-01-22 17:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI FR SY |
08PARIS1100 | FRANCE AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON RWANDAN FDLR [...] (S) MFA Great Lakes desk officer Laurent Chevallier on June 9 told AF/C Director Wycoff that France agreed with the USG approach to Rwandan FDLR sanctions as expressed reftel (other aspects of the discussion reported separately). Chevallier said that seven of the eight names on the U.S. list [...] | 2008-06-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC XA FR |
08PARIS1101 | AL-SHABAAB: FRANCE OPEN TO SANCTIONS BUT NEEDS TO [...] (S) MFA Somalia Desk Officer Thierry Caboche on June 10 said, in response to reftel, that France would study further our case for imposing UN sanctions on the al-Shabaab organization based in Somalia. (NOTE: DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal our normal interlocutor on such an issue, is out of t [...] | 2008-06-11 06:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KCRM SO BG FR |
08PARIS1104 | SUDAN/CHAD: FRANCE STILL OPPOSED TO USG APPROACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on June 9, 10, and 11 reiterated France's opposition to the USG position on sanctioning four individuals in connection with Sudan and Chad, particularly with respect to Daoussa Deby Itno, indicating that sanctioning Daoussa was a vir [...] | 2008-06-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC SU CD FR |
08PARIS1116 | DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: FRENCH MFA ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINS ER DJ FR |
08PARIS1117 | ZIMBABWE: FRENCH AMENABLE TO FORMAL UNSC MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNSC ZI FR |
08PARIS1118 | OECD/Export Credits: Plenary Covers Tied Aid Project, [...] (SBU) Summary: The OECD's Working Party on Export Credits and Credit Guarantees (ECG) and the Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement (Participants) held their semi-annual plenary sessions and Aircraft Sector Understanding (ASU) meetings in Paris on April 21-25, 2008. The U.S. obtained s [...] | 2008-06-13 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN ETRD EINV EXIM EAIR ECON OECD KCOR CH IN |
08PARIS1130 | FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA [...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...] | 2008-06-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EUN ZI SO IR IZ IS CU FR |
08PARIS1131 | PREVENTING ASSET FLIGHT FROM BANK MELLI IN THE EU3 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | KNNP EFIN ETTC PARM PTER FR |
08PARIS1132 | FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE: CUBA, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA [...] (C) Summary. On June 13, MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona said Cuba will be the primary focus of the June GAERC. Carmona said that the COREPER meeting ran late into the evening of June 12 and that some of the resulting agenda items were a surprise; he commented that the S [...] | 2008-06-13 16:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL EUN FR ZI IR IZ IS CU |
08PARIS1138 | ENERGY SECURITY: FRANCE WANTS EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CASPIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, Coordinator for Central Asian Energy Issues met May 29 with GOF officials, who outlined French plans to promote energy security during its upcoming presidency of the EU Council. Specific ideas included greater political engagement with Caspian countries, [...] | 2008-06-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ZK PREL FR |
08PARIS1139 | FRENCH PRESIDENCY READOUT ON GUEANT/LEVITTE JUNE [...] (C) French presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon gave us a quick readout June 16 of the visit made to Damascus a day earlier by Elysee SecGen Claude Gueant, Diplomatic Adviser Jean David Levitte, and Boillon. The trio met with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad for about an hour, followed up by [...] | 2008-06-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR SY LE |
08PARIS114 | SARKOZY, KOUCHNER ADVISERS ON NATO, RUSSIA, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Joseph Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, met with Philippe Errera, strategic affairs adviser to FM Kouchner, and Francois Richier, strategic affairs adviser to President Sarkozy. Errera and Richier provided their views on [...] | 2008-01-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO FR RU IR GG UP AG |
08PARIS1144 | FRANCE WILL ATTEND VIENNA CONFERENCE ON NAHR [...] (U) Embassy passed reftel message on the Vienna conference on Nahr al-Barid to the French MFA's equivalent to the NEA bureau as well as to the staff of French Cooperation Ministeron Alain Joyandet June 9. The French MFA had already publicly saluted the Austrian initiative in a June 5 statem [...] | 2008-06-17 07:38:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM KPAL UNRWA FR LE |
08PARIS1160 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-19 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PBTS PHUM KPAL EUN FR IS |
08PARIS1168 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...] | 2008-06-20 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ |
08PARIS1169 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAN AT THE FRENCH [...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Iran; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S David Welch --Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwar [...] | 2008-06-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETTC MNUC KNNP EUN FR IR IZ |
08PARIS1170 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT FRENCH MFA, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER PINS EUN FR IZ IR |
08PARIS1172 | THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FRENCH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY OF BELGIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. agencies, including those involved in international trade agreements, need to keep a careful eye on the efforts of the government of Belgium's French-speaking community to enlist UNESCO -- in an unhelpful way -- in the fight against fly-by-night diploma mills in Africa and [...] | 2008-06-23 06:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL ETRD ECA BE XA |
08PARIS1174 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF WESTERN SAHARA, UNION [...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Western Sahara and the Union for the Mediterranean; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S Davi [...] | 2008-06-23 06:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN FR AG LY SY MO |
08PARIS1177 | UNESCO - UPDATE ON HOLOCAUST RESOLUTION NEXT STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Warning that Washington's end of fiscal year budget priorities will be finalized soon, the US again asked UNESCO's education sector for details on the recommendations it will present to the upcoming Executive Board on Holocaust education. ADG Education Burnett promised to deliver [...] | 2008-06-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL |
08PARIS118 | INFORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO S/I SATTERFIELD'S [...] (U) See action request in the second sub-tick of para 3. 2. (C) French MFA Iraq desk officer Olivier Masseret on January 8 gave us an "informal" response to the paper S/I David Satterfield passed to the Elysee and the MFA on December 28. Masseret explained that we would receive an "off [...] | 2008-01-23 16:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM FR IZ |
08PARIS1183 | FRANCE ACCEPTS IN PRINCIPLE SEEKING A PRST ON [...] (SBU) We passed reftel points to the French MFA early on June 23, including to the AF and IO/UNP equivalents. DCM subsequently raised the subject with French MFA Political Affairs Director (P-equivalent) Gerard Araud. He stated general French agreement with our points and general assessmen [...] | 2008-06-23 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC FR ZI |
08PARIS1187 | FRANCE -- INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] (U) Post conferred with French Ministry of Labor officials who track allegations of forced labor and child labor. They confirmed (ref (A) para 2) that, in France, "there is no record of forced labor or child labor in the production of goods." Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: htt [...] | 2008-06-24 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB SOCI FR |
08PARIS1188 | FRENCH REQUEST FOR U.S. DEMARCHE TO EU MEMBERS ON [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Toward the end of a June 23 meeting DCM had with French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud (P-equivalent) focused on Iran and Zimbabwe (septels),Araud brought up the prospect of the EU rescinding its designation of the MEK as a terrorist group. Ar [...] | 2008-06-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER FR IR |
08PARIS1199 | 1267 MONITORING TEAM: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR DRAFT [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Strategic Affairs bureau took on board reftel points and text and subsequently informed Embassy of three points relating to the preamble, notifications and list reviews, all of which were included in MFA instructions sent to the French mission to the UN. The GOF wants t [...] | 2008-06-25 12:23:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER UNSC |
08PARIS120 | S/WCI AMB WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA legal advisor Edwige Belliard met with S/WCI Ambassador Williamson on January 7 to discuss the possible transfer of releasable Guantanamo detainees to EU countries, the debate within the ICC Assembly of States Parties (ASP) on the Crime of Aggression, and the future out [...] | 2008-01-23 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM FR |
08PARIS1200 | POLDIR PROPOSES FURTHER TARGETED IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Political Director Gerard Araud summoned DCM to talk about Iran. He said his guess was that little would change in the coming months so the question was how to avoid the extremes of acquiescing or resorting to military force. He advocated a two-pronged approach invo [...] | 2008-06-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PREL KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR FR |
08PARIS1201 | PARIS CLUB: June 2008 Session, Private Sector Meeting, [...] Summary: At the Paris Club's June 10-12 session, the tour d'horizon addressed Burundi, Central African Republic, Grenada, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, Sudan and Togo. Germany requested an informal update on Argentina; Russia sought resolution of its promissory note issue. As for methodological iss [...] | 2008-06-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS1202 | AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF'S JUNE 9 PARIS CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 9 meetings with AF/C Director Wycoff, French Presidency and MFA officials reiterated French differences with the U.S. on sanctions regarding Chad and Sudan, with the French arguing for pressure on all parties (including sanctions and the threat of sanctions) to encour [...] | 2008-06-25 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER PINR SU CD CT RW FR |
08PARIS1203 | PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: DONORS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $20 billion at the Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan on June 12. This amount doubled the pledge total achieved at the 2006 London Conference and demonstrated th [...] | 2008-06-25 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PREL PGOV AORC FR AF XB XF XG XR |
08PARIS1221 | FRENCH MFA DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE LEVANT ON [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ludovic Pouille on June 26 provided a rundown of key issues in his area of responsibility, most notably Sarkozy's visit to Israel, French views of where Israel is with Syria and Lebanon, Syria and the July 13 Paris summit, rumors of a Sarkozy visit to [...] | 2008-06-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL FR IS SY LE SA |
08PARIS1225 | NOTIFICATION REGARDING NASA-CNSA CIVIL SPACE [...] (C) Per instructions reftel, on June 27 at 0900 hrs Paris local time, NASA Europe Representative Barry presented Mr. Peter Hulsroj, Director Legal Affairs and External Relations, European Space Agency, with subject non-paper which Hulsroj appreciated receiving. He noted that ESA has some exper [...] | 2008-06-27 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL |
08PARIS1227 | SOLICITING PLEDGES TO FUND THE NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (SBU) On June 27, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer delivered to Martin Briens, Director of the Office of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, reftel demarche regarding the need to raise matching funds to support the proposal under the Nuclear Threat Initiative to create a nuclear fuel ban [...] | 2008-06-30 06:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | FR KNNP IAEA ENRG |
08PARIS123 | S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY:On January 7, Ambassador Williamson met with acting A/S-equivalent for international organizations Marc Giacomini and Christian Bernier, Special Assistant for international tribunals, to discuss various war crimes issues, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC) and res [...] | 2008-01-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR |
08PARIS1240 | FRENCH SEEK TO INCORPORATE SOCIETAL PREFERENCES INTO EU [...] Summary: In a memorandum submitted to the European Council on June 23, France moved forward with its plans to require that imported products conform to standards for EU production. The stated goal is to offset higher costs of European producers due to EU "societal" standards for food producti [...] | 2008-06-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD PGOV WTRO PINR FR |
08PARIS1241 | FRANCE "REGRETS" U.S. DECISION REGARDING THE UN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to MFA PDAS equivalent for International Organizations, Marc Giacomini, on June 16. Giacomini expressed France's "regret" for the U.S. decision to no longer participate in HRC sessions or activites and noted France's desire to continue working with the U.S. to ad [...] | 2008-07-01 07:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | FR PHUM PREL |
08PARIS1242 | FRANCE: SIX-PARTY TALKS SECOND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 07:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PARM FR |
08PARIS1245 | UNSCR CHAPTER VII ON ZIMBABWE: FRENCH SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 14:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KEDM UNSC ZI FR |
08PARIS1248 | UNSC/ZIMBABWE: FRENCH CONTINUE TO AGREE WITH U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI FR |
08PARIS1261 | FRANCE/SYRIA: WAITING FOR BASHAR [...] (C) In addition to what was reported in ref, French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon discussed Syria and Lebanon with us July 2. French President Sarkozy, according to Boillon, raised the status of the indirect dialogue between Syria and Israel via Turkey with Israeli PM Olmert. The Isr [...] | 2008-07-03 18:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE IS SA |
08PARIS1267 | FINANCING THE U.S. NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE: FRANCE PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: French Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac told visiting Senators Murkowski and Craig June 30 that France would like to see DoE tender investment guarantees more expeditiously, and proposed making French export financing available to help fund nuclear reactor construction in the U.S [...] | 2008-07-07 16:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EIND ETRD PREL FR |
08PARIS1284 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS |
08PARIS1285 | SUDAN: FRENCH CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE ICC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA Sudan Desk Officer Frederic Bouvier on July 7 expressed concern that ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo might soon seek to indict Sudan President Bashir for war crimes, which the French believe could have a negative impact on events in the region. Bouvier said France woul [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS SU FR |
08PARIS1286 | ZIMBABWE: FRANCE FAVORS SANCTIONING GIDEON GONO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI FR |
08PARIS1287 | SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: FRENCH URGE USG AGREE TO [...] (C) During a conversation mostly focused on Syria/Lebanon (reported septel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on July 8 asked that the USG consider negotiations on the wording of a UNSCR based on the Libyan draft currently in play. He understood the draft had not bee [...] | 2008-07-08 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR PA IS |
08PARIS129 | TOGO: COOPERATION MINISTER BAWARA'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo Cooperation Minister Bawara focused on restarting bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs for Togo during his January 16-18 visit to France. According to MFA Desk Officer Daniel Westerink, Togo has developed a possible roadmap that could result in the r [...] | 2008-01-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN MARR TO FR |
08PARIS1291 | FRANCE SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL MEASURES ON IRISL CARGO [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 7 to Martin Briens, Office Director for Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation at the MFA. Briens was highly supportive of the U.S. approach, noting that France had been behind the original listing of the two Iranian companies in UNSC [...] | 2008-07-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN FR |
08PARIS1292 | FRENCH MFA ON KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT, PARIS DONORS [...] (SBU) We informed French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille July 8 of the substance of reftel demarche on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. Pouille agreed with our assessment that Arab contributors tend to be the laggards in terms of meeting pledges they made at last D [...] | 2008-07-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG EAID ECON FR IS |
08PARIS1293 | AID FOR HORN OF AFRICA: FRANCE DISCUSSING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 13:57:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO FR |
08PARIS130 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY ARTICULATES HIS FRAMEWORK FOR [...] (U) In this annual New Year's message to the Diplomatic Corps on delivered on January 18, President Sarkozy laid out a theoretical justification for recasting France's role on the international scene in the twin challenges before the international community: climate change and the "return of [...] | 2008-01-24 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV FR |
08PARIS1304 | ZIMBABWE/UNSCR: FRENCH "REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC" OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU UK FR |
08PARIS1305 | STRONG FRENCH SUPPORT FOR ADDITIONAL EU SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of France (GOF) is pressing EU counterparts to adopt a "Common Position" that transposes UNSCR 1803 in a forward-leaning way, including tougher measures on export credits, dual use exports, financial due diligence, and cargo inspections. The French hope this poli [...] | 2008-07-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP IR FR |
08PARIS1306 | HORN OF AFRICA: FURTHER ON FRENCH ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 14:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO FR |
08PARIS1315 | EMISSIONS CONSENSUS WITH A GMO KICKER CLAIMED FOR EU ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 16:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAGR EU FR |
08PARIS1316 | FRANCE NONCOMMITTAL ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs event to the French MFA on July 2 but did not receive a substantive response. After multiple follow-ups, DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet told PolOff on July 10 that the GOF is still consulting EU par [...] | 2008-07-10 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PHUM KDEM |
08PARIS1317 | FRANCE REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR SHAB'A FARMS MENTION [...] (C) In consecutive meetings at the French MFA July 8 and 9, officials in the NEA bureau-equivalent have asked for U.S. support for French mention of Shab'a Farms in the draft PRST the French mission to the UN will present in response to the UNSYG's latest report on UNSCR 1701. DAS-equivalent [...] | 2008-07-10 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER UNSC FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS1318 | LIBYAN DRAFT UNSCR ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS: [...] (C) Unaware of fast-moving events in New York (per ref A),we met late July 9 with French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli to discuss the Libyan draft UNSCR and other topics (reported separately). Paoli noted his earlier conversation the same day with NEA A/S Welch. We presented Paoli [...] | 2008-07-10 18:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC FR IS LY |
08PARIS1323 | SYRIAN FM MU'ALLIM VISITS PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Syrian Foreign Minister Mu'allim visited Paris July 4 -- the same day Ingrid Betancourt triumphantly returned to France following her liberation from captivity in Colombia -- and met French FM Kouchner as well as French presidency officials (including a drop by from an otherwise [...] | 2008-07-11 11:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER FR SY LE IS |
08PARIS1325 | THALES PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK [...] (SBU) On July 10, Thales Alenia Space President/CEO Reynald Seznec and Thales Group Senior VP for EU and NATO cooperation met with Econ Mincouns and Econoff in response to Embassy's letter relaying DTCC request for information (reftel). They previewed their pending written response, leaving a [...] | 2008-07-11 11:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC FR |
08PARIS1326 | French Rhetoric on WTO Doha Negotiations - Rebuttal [...] (U) This is an Action Request for State and USTR. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: French Trade Minister Idrac will chair a special EU Council meeting July 18 and seek to "rebalance and set the line" for the European Commission prior to the WTO mini-Ministerial July 21. In addition to Pr [...] | 2008-07-11 15:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL WTO FR |
08PARIS1329 | FRENCH MFA ON MIDEAST PEACE ISSUES AT THE JULY 13 [...] (C) During a July 9 discussion of the pending Libyan draft UNSCR on Israeli settlements, French MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Patrice Paoli observed that the impasse over the UNSCR underscored how such short-term annoyances took away from the relatively good prospects for peace over the longer term [...] | 2008-07-11 16:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EUN FR IS SY |
08PARIS1330 | SARKOZY'S PRIORITIES FOR ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY DURING [...] (U) Summary: France has made energy and climate change the top priority for its EU Presidency. The EU Work Program, recent actions by the European Parliament, and the meetings of Environment and Energy Ministers from the 27 member countries shed further light on the French Presidency's objecti [...] | 2008-07-11 16:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV FR EU |
08PARIS1331 | BETANCOURT "INSIDER" HINTS AT FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Board Member of the Committee in Support of Ingrid Betancourt told Poloff on July 11 that former hostage/presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt will focus her energy on securing the release of all remaining FARC and ELN hostages in Colombia and he strongly hinted Betancourt wo [...] | 2008-07-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM FR EUN PGOV PTER PREF CO SP |
08PARIS1333 | COUNSELOR COHEN ENGAGES FRENCH ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On July 8 and 9, State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen discussed Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, terrorism, ESDP, and the French Defense White Paper with officials from the French MFA, Elysee, MOD, and Secretariat General of National Defense (SGDN). MFA interloc [...] | 2008-07-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MCAP PGOV PREL EUN AF PA IR IZ FR |
08PARIS1337 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1816 (SOMALIA PIRACY) [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, MFA Horn of Africa Desk Officer Thierry Caboche reviewed assistance France has been providing to Africa (refs B-C),particularly France's engagement in naval patrols to counter piracy in the Horn of Africa and its efforts to engage Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sw [...] | 2008-07-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHAS PREL SO XA XW FR |
08PARIS135 | FRENCH HAVE NO INFORMATION ON THE FATE OF MISSING [...] (SBU) The embassy passed reftel message concerning missing Amcit Robert Levinson to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet as well as Iran desk officer Arnaud Pescheux on December 13. We stressed the request for any information the GOF or its embassy in Tehran [...] | 2008-01-25 10:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CASC PHUM FR IR |
08PARIS1351 | AMBASSADOR STAPLETON PRESSES FRENCH MFA ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 15:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR PGOV |
08PARIS1353 | FRENCH TRADE MINISTER GIVES NO GROUND ON DOHA - EXPRESSES [...] (C) Summary: French Trade Minister Idrac gave Ambassador Stapleton no indication that France is prepared to support a WTO agreement at this time. She described the July 18 Special EU Council meeting as "normal" in advance of the July 21 mini-Ministerial on Doha, and underlined that France will [...] | 2008-07-16 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL WTO EU FR |
08PARIS1358 | THE SYRIA/LEBANON SIDESHOW LARGELY UPSTAGES THE [...] (C) Summary: The GOF is pleased with what it considers to have been a major diplomatic triumph by using Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's participation in the recent Paris summit on the Mediterranean to achieve a public commitment from the Lebanese and Syrian presidents to normalize relatio [...] | 2008-07-17 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS ECON FR SY LE IS IR |
08PARIS1360 | FRENCH VIEWS ON NATO TRAINING MISSION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ FR |
08PARIS1366 | FRANCE/ZIMBABWE: FRENCH TO PROPOSE STRENGTHENING [...] (U) This is an action request (para 4). 2. (C) MFA Zimbabwe Desk Officer Isabelle de Boisgelen said on July 17 that France would propose to EU partners at the July 22-23 GAERC that the EU strengthen existing sanctions against Zimbabwe in the wake of the sham election and the failure to [...] | 2008-07-18 13:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL KDEM ZI FR |
08PARIS1367 | DRC: PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRC President Kabila's July 16-17 visit to Paris went smoothly, MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on July 17, with an emphasis on economic issues centered on reducing or canceling DRC's IFI debts. Debt reduction has been complicated by new debts DRC has incurred with C [...] | 2008-07-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN PINS CG FR |
08PARIS1368 | SUDAN: ICC ISSUE DOMINATES ALL OTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that the possible ICC prosecution of Sudan President Bashir was dominating the Sudan/Darfur debate, reinforced during Sudan FM Deng Alor's July 16 consultations with the French in Paris. This was the only subject he discussed, seeking ways [...] | 2008-07-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR MOPS SU FR |
08PARIS1369 | OECD: REPORT OF JUNE 2008 MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. The OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) met June 16-20, 2008 at OECD headquarters in Paris. The agenda for the plenary session included the following topics: Responses by stakeholders to WGB Consultation Paper Argentina Phase 2 report Australia post-Phase 2 written report Es [...] | 2008-07-18 15:04:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR ECON EINV ETRD PREL OECD |
08PARIS137 | CUBAN MIGRANTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-25 15:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SMIG FR IC UK |
08PARIS1372 | FRENCH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE 63RD UN [...] . (C) Post raised reftel demarche with newly-appointed MFA Americas Director Elizabeth Beton-Delegue, who replied both President Sarkozy and FM Kouchner would take part in the 63rd UNGA. FM Kouchner would seek a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rice at UNGA. The MFA provided no additional [...] | 2008-07-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR |
08PARIS1376 | FRENCH MFA PUBLICLY ENDORSES THE PRINCIPLE OF UN [...] (U) French MFA spokesperson Eric Chevallier told reporters July 15 that France supported in principle the option of placing the disputed Shab'a Farms territory in southern Lebanon under UN supervision. The context of his exchange with reporters leading to this subject is unclear from the tr [...] | 2008-07-18 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS FR LE SY IS |
08PARIS1377 | A NEW BURST OF FRENCH ACTIVISM ON [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the July 13 Paris summit on the Mediterranean, French FM Kouchner has called on the EU to reflect at an early September meeting in Avignon (informal EU FM meeting or "gymnich")on how it can play a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations. He cla [...] | 2008-07-21 11:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL PBTS KWBG FR IS |
08PARIS138 | FRANCE CONSIDERING WTO IMPLICATIONS BEFORE BANNING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to MFA desk officer Jeremy Petite. Petite responded that France is currently considering WTO implications of a ban and will make a decision in line with EU partners. When questioned about France's willingness to sanction the three Burmese [...] | 2008-01-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM BM FR |
08PARIS1380 | FRENCH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC: UKRAINE, ZIMBABWE, [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, MFA Deputy Office Chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona reviewed the agenda items for the July GAERC meeting. Carmona said that the French Presidency had, at FM Kouchner's request, proposed a reduced list of topics, but that other member [...] | 2008-07-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV EUN IR SO SU CD IZ UP GG FR |
08PARIS1385 | FRANCE SUPPORTS SENDING HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN AORC |
08PARIS1386 | FRANCE SUPPORTS OAS LANGUAGE TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) On July 18, Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to French MFA Colombia and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. While the GOF was in agreement with the USG regarding efforts to free the remaining hostages, end the guerilla movement of the FARC, and close the drug trade, GOF views do n [...] | 2008-07-21 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PTER COLOMBO PLAN VE HR AF SNAR |
08PARIS139 | A/S SILVERBERG REVIEWS UN ISSUES WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Kristen Silverberg reviewed international organization issues with French counterpart Sylvie Bermann on January 22 in Paris. Bermann signaled doubt that France would host an International Compact on Iraq, described the aftermath of the NIE on Iran as "disastrous," reiterate [...] | 2008-01-25 15:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA PHUM KPKO AF ET ER CD |
08PARIS1391 | Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation - July 16-18 [...] (U) On July 6-8, Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Sherry E. Little led a delegation of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials, Congressional Representatives, and private sector participants to a conference in Lyon that FTA co-sponsored with the GOF on public-private partnerships (PP [...] | 2008-07-22 17:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ETRD EAIR EWWT FR |
08PARIS141 | FRANCE 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...] | 2008-01-28 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR |
08PARIS1412 | GOF CONSULTING ON ANIMAL CLONING [...] Summary and Background: The French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) is currently holding consultations on animal cloning in order to prepare a national regulatory framework on the issue. The MinAg is using the French Advisory Committee on Food (in French, "Conseil national de l'Alimentation", [...] | 2008-07-23 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR |
08PARIS1418 | UNESCO BRIEFING ON THE NOVEMBER 2008 INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: On June 27, 2008, UNESCO briefed Member States on the organization of the November 2008 International Conference on Education (ICE) sponsored by UNESCO's Bureau of International Education (IBE) to be held in Geneva. The topic of this conference is "Inclusive Education: The Way of the [...] | 2008-07-24 14:20:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL BE |
08PARIS1423 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Paris Club's July 7-8 session, the Vice Chairman briefed creditors on his recent meetings in Kinshasa with the Ministers of Economy and Finance, noting concern that a proposed infrastructure deal involving a DRC sovereign guarantee was at odds with the Paris Club's project [...] | 2008-07-24 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
08PARIS1424 | FRANCE LOOKS BEYOND 1803 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOF supports using insurance to put further pressure on Iran, including its shipping, and is prepared to meet July 25 in Paris to begin work with a handful of like-minded countries on actions of this sort. Senior officials see as "possible" the adoption of an EU Common Pos [...] | 2008-07-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP PARM EUN IR FR |
08PARIS1426 | FRENCH MFA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEALING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 Poloffs delivered reftel points to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge and European Affairs officer Anne Predour. Auge said a Sarkozy visit to Damascus was highly likely but subject to a last-minute cancellation depending on events in Lebanon and whether [...] | 2008-07-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR SY LE PHUM |
08PARIS1436 | GOF HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING ON GLOBAL FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: On 7/23 FranceQs Ministry of Agriculture hosted an informal meeting with international partners to further thinking on a Qglobal partnership for food and agriculture.Q The proposal fleshes out an initiative initially raised by President Sarkozy at the June 3 High-level Food S [...] | 2008-07-28 16:12:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON FR |
08PARIS1439 | S/E CUMBER'S JULY 21 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber stressed the importance of Muslim integration, social cohesion and individual accountability during his visit to Paris July 21. At the Institute of the Arab World, he outlined the U.S. Government's effort to [...] | 2008-07-29 07:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KIRF FR |
08PARIS1446 | FRANCE PROMISES A "MORE VOCAL" EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: State DRL and IO officials met with French MFA International Organizations and Human Rights officials on July 17 to discuss upcoming resolutions, declarations and strategy for the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York. French International Organizations A/S-equivalent Sylvie Berman [...] | 2008-07-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN |
08PARIS1447 | SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY [...] (U) Summary. On July 20-21, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to Paris for consultations on civil nuclear supply criteria in light of the anticipated expansion in nuclear energy. Meetings were held with officia [...] | 2008-07-29 16:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR |
08PARIS1464 | EU-SOUTH AFRICA SUMMIT: NO BREAKTHROUGHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There were no breakthroughs at the July 25 EU-South Africa Summit in Bordeaux. As was expected, the two sides did not reach agreement on an EU-South Africa Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) because of South Africa's insistence that it be accorded certain privileges available [...] | 2008-07-31 08:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON PHUM ETRD EUN SF FR |
08PARIS147 | FRENCH ANTICIPATE MAJOR PUSHBACK ON NEXT UNSCR ON [...] (C) At the end of a late January 25 meeting on Iraq (septel),we informed French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet that we were mobilizing to begin talking to non-P-5 members of the UNSC on elements for a new UNSCR on Iran. Gellet said he appreciated the informat [...] | 2008-01-29 06:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UNSC FR IR |
08PARIS149 | MFA AND PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S for the Americas Daniel Parfait described an uncertain way forward to secure the release of FARC hostages following the January 21 visit of Colombian President Uribe to France. While a determined President Sarkozy continues to press the MFA for proposals to obtain Ingrid [...] | 2008-01-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM FR CO VZ SP SZ VT |
08PARIS15 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Kristen Silverberg met in Paris on December 21 with her French counterpart, Sylvie Bermann. They discussed a range of issues currently before the UN Security Council (UNSC). Bermann pushed for a UNSC endorsemen [...] | 2008-01-04 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KWMN PHUM PREL UNGA EUN UNHRC FR |
08PARIS1501 | FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART I [...] (C) SUMMARY: The revised Africa policy President Nicolas Sarkozy announced after taking office in May 2007 is taking shape. This new policy features a reduction and consolidation of France's military presence to align it more closely with Africa's regional structures, more "business-like" rela [...] | 2008-08-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR |
08PARIS1505 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: FRANCE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS JO |
08PARIS1513 | ECONOMIC AND LABOR REFORMS THAT WILL CHANGE THE [...] (SBU) The French National Assembly has adopted four key economic and labor reforms that will ease many services and labor market constraints, boost purchasing power, promote entrepreneurship, and allow individual firms to negotiate overtime hours with their employees. The fours laws in questi [...] | 2008-08-04 17:21:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
08PARIS1519 | SUDAN/DARFUR: EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French have discussed with Sudan FM Deng Alor things that Sudan could do, in its own interests, that might alleviate pressure stemming from a possible ICC indictment of President Bashir, but have not promised that if Sudan behaved in a certain way that France would try to st [...] | 2008-08-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM UNSC SU FR |
08PARIS1529 | FRANCE: MEASURED APPROVAL FOR NEW U.S. BURMA [...] (C) France welcomes new U.S. sanctions on Burma and is open to strengthening existing EU sanctions as long as they do not interfere with provision of humanitarian aid, Burma Desk Officer Jeremie Petit said August 6 in response to reftel points. He added that EU experts are reviewing Europe's [...] | 2008-08-07 08:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD FR BM |
08PARIS1545 | UPCOMING CHANGES IN FRENCH INTERNATIONAL MEDIA IDENTITY [...] (SBU) Changes President Sarkozy has set in motion to revitalize the public television industry will likely have a significant impact on France's international media presence. Reforms will consolidate France's internationally broadcast public networks under a new holding company modeled after t [...] | 2008-08-11 08:16:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO OPRC FR |
08PARIS155 | FRENCH MFA EMPHASIZES THAT IRAQ'S PROBLEMS ARE [...] (U) Action request at para 7. 2. (C) At the end of a January 25 briefing by visiting Washington analysts on transition/security issues in Iraq, French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf Franck Gellet expanded on French reluctance to host the next meeting on the Iraq Compact [...] | 2008-01-29 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM FR IZ UN |
08PARIS156 | FRANCE AND IPR - OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: As France prepares for its 2008 EU Presidency, President Sarkozy is placing a high priority on Intellectual Property Rights, pushing forward several initiatives that could influence the global evolution of online IPR. The Olivennes Commission Report on digital piracy, commission [...] | 2008-01-29 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIPR ETRD PGOV FR |
08PARIS1561 | WORKING WITH FRANCE TO ADVANCE A SOLUTION TO THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 07:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PGOV PREL PBTS EUN FR GE RU GG |
08PARIS1568 | FRANCE’S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART II (FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy has received mixed reviews from Africans uncertain as France moves away from the "France-Afrique" model. Some Africans seem to accept the outlines of the new policy, some have expressed misgivings about replacing the familiar with the unknown, and some have p [...] | 2008-08-13 17:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR |
08PARIS1584 | RWANDA: FRENCH REACTION TO GENOCIDE ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting MFA Rwanda desk officer Claude Blevin said on August 14 that France was waiting to see if Rwanda would act on the recent Rwandan report accusing France of involvement in the 1994 genocide. He said the report was politically motivated and an attempt by Rwanda to have Fran [...] | 2008-08-18 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KJUS RW FR |
08PARIS1587 | TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...] | 2008-08-18 18:24:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS16 | FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S JANUARY 1-2 VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the first high-level Western official to visit Pakistan since Benazir Bhutto's death, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner carried a strong message to President Musharraf that free and fair elections must go forward as soon as possible. While in Pakistan January 1- 2, Ko [...] | 2008-01-04 18:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER PARM SHUM IN PK FR |
08PARIS1600 | TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...] | 2008-08-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS1601 | TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...] | 2008-08-21 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS1616 | TFGG01: FRENCH VIEW OSCE MONITORS IN GEORGIA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, French Elysee Advisor Boris Boillon and MFA A/S for Eurasia Roland Galharague, who traveled with FM Kouchner to the region, provided us with a consistent interpretation of the arrival of OSCE monitors: the new monitors are responding to the emergency situation; they [...] | 2008-08-21 18:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN |
08PARIS1625 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON SUPPORTING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) We delivered reftel message on supporting Afghanistan's candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Levantine affairs Ludovic Pouille on 19 August. Prior to that meeting, we had previewed the pitch we would be making on August 13 to [...] | 2008-08-22 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA FR SY IR AF |
08PARIS1626 | THE GOF TURNS TO DEFICIT CUTTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although part of the Sarkozy teamQs campaign platform, fiscal adjustment was put on the back burner in favor of other reform priorities following the 2007 elections. Now under considerable budgetary pressure, the GOF has ruled out further tax cuts (with an exception for reform [...] | 2008-08-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
08PARIS1627 | NO SUBSTANTIVE FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 17:31:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN ECON PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP FR SY IR |
08PARIS163 | TWO-MONTH TARGET TO PRIORITIZE FRENCH MILITARY [...] (S) Summary. French military and civilian authorities are "feeling the pressure" to step up France's military engagement in Afghanistan and are actively reviewing options that they plan to announce at the NATO summit in Bucharest. In addition to planning associated with President Sarkozy's [...] | 2008-01-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MOPS NATO FR AF |
08PARIS1647 | FRENCH ON SERBIA: QUIET OPPOSITION TO ICJ, AND [...] (C) On August 28, MFA desk officer for Serbia Felix Buttin, along with Kosovo desk officer Herve Boisguillaume, provided updates in French thinking on the Serbian proposal for an ICJ resolution, progress in the EU's interim trade agreement with Serbia, and the lifting of the Karadzic family's [...] | 2008-08-29 15:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN KV FR |
08PARIS1648 | FRENCH VIEW PAKISTAN THROUGH PRISM OF AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA desk officer Nicolas Bergeret told Poloff on August 28 that while the GOF is not necessarily sad to see President Musharraf depart, they hope the new Pakistani president to be elected on September 6 commits to strengthening democratic institutions and respect for the ru [...] | 2008-08-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PHUM PTER PGOV FR PK |
08PARIS1649 | TREASURY D/S KIMMITT AND MINFIN LAGARDE DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 17:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PREL FR |
08PARIS1650 | TREASURY D/S KIMMITT, FRENCH NSA LEVITTE ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: On August 29 President Sarkozy,s Diplomatic Advisor Jean-David Levitte and Deputy Advisor for Security Affairs Francois Richier outlined for Treasury D/S Robert Kimmitt GOF thinking on &quick, effective and sharp8 next steps on Iran. The GOF would present its ideas more fully in [...] | 2008-08-30 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ECON EFIN FR PREL RS IR |
08PARIS1660 | FRANCE SUPPORTS EXPANSION OF AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On September 2 we conveyed reftel demarche in support of the expansion of the Afghan National Army from 86,000 to 134,000 at the September 10 Joint Coordination Board Meeting in Kabul to Nicolas Niemtc [...] | 2008-09-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP AF FR |
08PARIS167 | SATELLITE RE-ENTRY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH, [...] (C) On January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to Philippe Errera, MFA Advisor to FM Kouchner for Strategic Affairs, following initial contact with the MFA duty officer on January 27 and subsequent guidance from the MFA. Also on January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to the European Spa [...] | 2008-01-30 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY KTIA ESA NASA GM UK |
08PARIS1671 | SUDAN: FRENCH OFFER NO "DEAL" BUT BELIEVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidency official Romain Serman on September 4 said that Sudanese officials seemed to be acknowledging reality and the need for them to change their behavior following consultations in Khartoum that Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Joubert and Serman held on September 2 with [...] | 2008-09-04 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KAWC SU FR |
08PARIS1672 | FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, MFA CFSP Deputy Mathieu Carmona shared his expectations for the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, responding to reftel demarches A and B. Carmona advised that Friday's discussion will focus on Transatlantic Relations, with an emphasis on mai [...] | 2008-09-05 11:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU FR |
08PARIS1694 | FUTURE U.S.-EU RELATIONS AND GEORGIA/RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Gathered in Avignon for the Gymnich informal September 5-6, EU Foreign Ministers, the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),and European Commission members discussed the future of U.S.-EU relations, updating the European Security Strategy, the Georgia [...] | 2008-09-08 17:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN FR |
08PARIS1696 | SARKOZY PLANS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT [...] (S/NF) Summary. In a September 5 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, Francois Richier, the Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, discussed EU plans for the September 8 meeting with Russian President Medvedev (other topics will be reported septel). Present for the Sep [...] | 2008-09-09 08:36:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS RU GG FR UN |
08PARIS1697 | U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. On September 5-6, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met with Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy and Michel Miraillet, the Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to di [...] | 2008-09-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO FR AF PK SO |