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08ASTANA2175	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL'S CANDID CONVERSATION WITH UK EURASIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 31, energy officer was the only non-British government official invited to a briefing by Neil Carmichael (protect),Shell's General Manager for Business Development in Central Asia, given to British ene [...]	2008-11-04 11:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ

08ASTANA2179	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC CRISIS AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a meeting of SCO heads of government in Astana on October 30. All four SCO observer states, as well as Afghanistan, also sent high-level representatives to the event. The SCO heads of government called for greater coordination in [...]	2008-11-04 11:46:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET AF KZ
08ASTANA2182	KAZAKHSTAN: ELECTION EVENTS RAISE AWARENESS OF AMERICAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Mission Kazakhstan conducted a wide variety of events to raise awareness of the 2008 U.S. elections in Kazakhstan and underscore our commitment to democratic values. Activities included distributing election-related [...]	2008-11-05 11:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL OIIP KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2194	KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION AND CULTURE MINISTER SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador stressed to Information and Culture Minister Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed the importance of Kazakhstan's follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Kul-Mukh [...]	2008-11-07 06:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2225	KAZAKHSTAN: PUSH ON RENEWABLE ENERGY, KYOTO PROTOCOL IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A Presidential Administration official told us on October 31 that a draft law on renewable energy currently in Parliament is expected to be passed before the end of the year. The Ministry of Energy will create a ne [...]	2008-11-10 02:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EINV SENV KZ
08ASTANA2231	KAZAKHSTAN: WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN ACCOMPLISH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Capital Partners develops luxury projects in Almaty, Astana, Moscow, and Istanbul, including for J.W. Marriott and its related Ritz-Carlton brand. In Almaty, Capital Partners is developing for Marrio [...]	2008-11-10 11:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2232	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZATOMPROM PLAYS LEAD ROLE IN COUNTRY'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan has more than one million tons of uranium reserves, 15% of the world's total and the largest reserves after Australia. The country is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Canada a [...]	2008-11-10 11:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2249	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leaders of four key opposition parties in Almaty on November 6. They told him that while they expect "great change" from the new U.S. Administration, they do not foresee any drastic shifts [...]	2008-11-13 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO RS KZ
08ASTANA225	KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AND KMG DISCUSS KASHAGAN, OIL AND [...] (C) Senior Kazakhstani officials and KazMunaiGaz (KMG) executives told visiting Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Mann on January 25 that they welcomed the Administration's decision to reestablish the energy coordinator's office. They explained that the GOK pressed to renegotia [...]	2008-02-04 13:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON PREL KZ
08ASTANA2252	KAZAKHSTAN: ATYRAU AKIM EAGER FOR UNBIASED NEWS, ANXIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Ambassador held his first meeting with Atyrau oblast governor (Akim) Bergey Ryskaliyev, a 41-year old former oil company director appointed in October 2006. Ryskaliyev greeted the Ambassador wa [...]	2008-11-14 07:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2255	KAZAKHSTAN: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR SAYS ELITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli Ambassador in Astana asserts many in the elite are dissatisfied about President Nazarbayev,s alleged isolation and lack of a plan of succession. The Israeli Embassy,s main functional interest is trade, with &modest military sales8 that include unmanned aerial vehicl [...]	2008-11-14 09:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD MASS KIRF UZ TI IS KZ
08ASTANA2259	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR TOURS TENGIZ AND KASHAGAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador toured the supergiant oil fields Tengiz and Kashagan on November 11 and 12 respectively, discovering in the process new facts about future production, transportation options, public perceptions, lab [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SENV KZ
08ASTANA2266	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS AND SOCAR SIGN AGREEMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14, the state oil companies of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan signed an agreement outlining the basic principles for implementation of a trans-Caspian oil transportation system. The agreement defines the r [...]	2008-11-18 10:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2276	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS FIRST VP IDENOV ON SWAPS WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, KazMunaiGas (KMG) First Vice President Maksat Idenov briefed the Ambassador on KMG's trans-Caspian oil transportation agreement with the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR),indica [...]	2008-11-19 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV SOCI KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2277	KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Transport and Communications Serik Akhmetov told the Ambassador on November 19 that Kazakhstan aims to improve its transport infrastructure and develop itself as a transit corridor. The capacity of th [...]	2008-11-19 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAIR ELTN EINV MARR AF KZ
08ASTANA2283	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, October 26 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- State to Purchase Shares of Top Banks -- ArcelorMittal-Temirtau: Mandatory Leave Rescinded -- Will Democrats Grant Rapid Accession to the WTO? -- New Flight From Almaty [...]	2008-11-20 08:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2291	KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, Timur Kulibayev, newly-appointed Deputy Chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, gave the Ambassador his assessment of the domestic impact of the global financial crisis and an update o [...]	2008-11-21 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EPET EINV SOCI KPAO RS IR AJ
08ASTANA2293	KAZAKHSTAN: OCTOBER ENVIRONMENT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. [...]	2008-11-24 04:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON EAGR TSPL ZK KZ
08ASTANA2297	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Minister of Defense Akhmetov and, separately, Deputy Minister of Defense General Sembinov on November 19. The two meetings illustrate the generally sound U.S.-Kazakhstan military relationship, but they also illustrate Kazakhstan's multi-vector foreign [...]	2008-11-24 08:19:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
08ASTANA2317	KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL SHIPPING COMPANY OPTIMISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with Kazakhstan,s National Shipping company, Kazmortransflot (KMTF),to discuss its business structure and operations. KMTF identified the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System [...]	2008-11-24 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EPET EWWT AJ KZ
08ASTANA2318	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL ROLE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his speech to Kazakhstan's top diplomats on November 19, President Nazarbayev asked the MFA to develop a new foreign policy concept that underscores Kazakhstan's growing role on the global scene. He n [...]	2008-11-24 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2350	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPORTUNITY IN MANGYSTAU OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and poloff visited the port-city of Aktau, the capital of Mangystau oblast, during November 5-6. In addition to attending the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Pr [...]	2008-11-25 15:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EPET KPAO KDEM AE
08ASTANA2352	KAZAKHSTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The fundamental strategic aim of the U.S. Mission is a stable, secure, democratic and prosperous Kazakhstan. The strategic partnership between the United States and Kazakhstan for border security is based on our common security interests including bolstering Central Asian sovere [...]	2008-11-26 02:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC SNAR KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA2353	KAZAKHSTAN: TWO FRONTS IN "THE WAR OF IDEAS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is facing a "War of Ideas" on two separate fronts. As a Muslim-majority country, Kazakhstan is susceptible to religious extremism from its neighbors to the south. As a former Soviet and largely Ru [...]	2008-11-26 02:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KISL KPAO ZK RS KZ
08ASTANA2364	CHINESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHINA'S WIDE-RANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Guoping Cheng called on the Ambassador to brief him on Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's visit to Kazakhstan for the October 29 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial meeting in Astana, and Cheng's views on the role [...]	2008-11-26 11:51:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CH RS TX UZ KZ
08ASTANA2365	KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN OFFERS TO CONSULT WITH THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Ambassador Hoagland met with Senate Chairman Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev. Tokayev told the Ambassador that the Senate's priorities are to pass a package of "Madrid" amendments now making their way throug [...]	2008-11-26 12:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2374	KAZAKHSTANI BORDER GUARDS EAGER FOR INL-SUPPORTED OSCE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM, INL chief and Legatt visited Uralsk, the capital of the Western Kazakhstan oblast (region). While in Uralsk, the DCM and INL chief dedicated an INL-funded Border Guard training facility. Following Soviet tr [...]	2008-12-01 02:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2380	KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR REPORT, PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, please find below Part 1 of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is still affected by the expansion of international drug trafficking [...]	2008-12-02 01:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA2391	GE REGIONAL CEO DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, DCM and energyoff met Ron Pollett, President and CEO of General Electric (GE) Russia/CIS, who said that GE will break ground in 2009 on a locomotive production facility in Astana. Konstantin Nazar [...]	2008-12-03 13:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND ENRG ETRD BEXP BTIO KZ
08ASTANA2392	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, November 9 - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- National Bank Eases Reserve Requirements -- Use of the National Fund Criticized -- New Appointme [...]	2008-12-04 01:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2398	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE MADRID LAWS, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a group of Western diplomats met with leading opposition parties to gather their reactio [...]	2008-12-04 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2403	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) From November 10-14, the ninth session of the Kazakhstan-Russian demarcation commission took place in Almaty. Discussed at this session was the determination of locations for the installation of border markers. The 6,846 kilometer border between Kazakhstan and Russia is the longest co [...]	2008-12-05 09:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
08ASTANA2404	HIV OUTBREAKS AMONG CHILDREN HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR REFORM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent outbreaks of HIV and AIDS among children in three countries of Central Asia point to dangerous and unnecessary medical procedures being performed throughout the region. A recent assessment conducted by USA [...]	2008-12-05 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KG TI TX UZ KZ
08ASTANA2407	KAZAKHSTAN: WAS THAT AN INSULT? OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Yermurat Bapi, Editor-in-Chief of Taszhargan newspaper. Taszhargan is a weekly opposition paper printed in Russian and Kazakh with a total circulation of 72,000. Bapi re [...]	2008-12-05 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2408	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL COMMITTED TO CONTINUED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Shell Kazakhstan,s Asset Manager for Kashagan, Devin Garrity, and County Chairman Campbell Keir met with CDA Kevin Milas on December 3 to provide an update on Shell operations in the Caspian Sea region. Offering [...]	2008-12-05 12:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET KZ PGOV
08ASTANA2445	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR IDRISOV ON RAKHAT ALIYEV, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met Kazakhstan's Ambassador Erlan Idrisov for lunch at the Georgetown Club in Washington on December 5. They discussed -- President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law and how he is an irritant in the U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relationship; -- presid [...]	2008-12-10 11:00:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KDEM RS KZ
08ASTANA2447	KAZAKHSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, the text of Part II of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. The INCSR currently covers only the first n [...]	2008-12-10 14:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN KCRM KCOR SNAR KZ
08ASTANA2449	KARACHAGANAK: KAZAKHSTAN'S UNSUNG SUPERGIANT OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 2-4, Energy Officer toured the vast Karachaganak oil and gas field near the small town of Aksai (pop. 35,000),40 kilometers from the Russian border in northwestern Kazakhstan. Although less well-know [...]	2008-12-11 03:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV RS KZ
08ASTANA2469	KAZAKHSTAN: THE STATE OF THE MEDIA - STILL A LONG WAY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, the Kazakhstani Press Club hosted a conference on the state of the media in Kazakhstan. Some 200 people -- including media experts, representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations [...]	2008-12-18 16:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2470	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, NOVEMBER 23 - [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Budget Code Signed by President -- Regional Trade News -- ArcelorMittal Guarantees Employment to Share Purchasers -- Renaissance Capital Advisor for Distressed A [...]	2008-12-18 16:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2471	KAZAKHSTAN: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Talmas movement leader Aynur Kurmanov. Kurmanov discussed the impact of the current financial crisis and the creation of a "new poor class" from members of the middle cla [...]	2008-12-18 16:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2473	KAZAKHSTAN ESTH UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2008 [...] The information for this update on environmental, science, technology, and health issues in Kazakhstan is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. -- Enterprises Rated on Environmental Efficiency -- Amendments to the Environmental Code -- Expanded Environmental [...]	2008-12-18 16:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
08ASTANA2475	KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...]	2008-12-18 16:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ
08ASTANA2479	KAZAKHSTAN: SOCAR DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, Energy Officer met with Vurgun Jafarov, State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) Country Director for Kazakhstan, and Fuad Khodjayev, SOCAR Country Manager, to discuss the November 14 a [...]	2008-12-18 17:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV AJ KZ
08ASTANA2481	KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL BORDER TOWN BALANCES RUSSIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aksai is a small, provincial border town in northern Kazakhstan much like many others -- with the notable exception that it has billions of dollars worth of oil and gas buried in its backyard. Unfortunately, it w [...]	2008-12-19 02:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SOCI PBTS RS KZ
08ASTANA2522	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER ZHOVTIS: "I'D RATHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting in Almaty with the Ambassador, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau Director Yevgeniy Zhovtis offered his views on democracy, human rights, and the political situation in Kazakh [...]	2008-12-22 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2523	KAZAKHSTAN: ARTICLES ACCUSE OIL COMPANIES OF CAUSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Russian-language, independent weekly newspaper "Svoboda Slova" launched a series of inflammatory articles written by journalist Igor Larra called, "Defending the Caspian." The paper has publish [...]	2008-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SENV KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2530	KAZAKHSTAN: FIRST INTERNATIONAL BIOTECH CONFERENCE HELD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First International Conference "Astana Biotech 2008" took place on December 12-13, at the National Center for Biotechnology in Astana, Kazakhstan. Its stated goal was to develop further Kazakhstan's overall sci [...]	2008-12-22 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV EIND TBIO KZ
08ASTANA2534	KAZAKHSTAN: NSDP LEADER TUYAKBAY - AN HONORABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, the chair of the National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) Zharmakhan Tuyakbay argued that Kazakhstan's democratic hopes were dashed in mid-1990s when Presi [...]	2008-12-23 03:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2535	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, this report summarizes the structure, plans, projects, and players of Kazakhstan's civilian nuclear energy sector. Kazakhstan has the world's second largest uranium reserves after Australia and is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Ca [...]	2008-12-23 06:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KGIC KNNP EINV ENRG KZ
08ASTANA2545	KAZAKHSTAN'S DUVANOV: "YOU'RE LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Independent journalist Sergei Duvanov judges: -- the United States is losing the information war with Russia in Kazakhstan because we are doing little effective to provide an alternative to Russia's massive domi [...]	2008-12-24 02:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP SOCI KDEM RS KZ
08ASTANA2551	KAZAKHSTAN HANDS OVER NON-PAPER AND COURT DOSSIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A government of Kazakhstan non-paper alleges that President Nursultan Nazarbayev's exiled ex-son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev has hired U.S. public relations firms to build the case that he is a political dissident standing up to a tyrannical and corrupt Nazarbayev, with the ultimate go [...]	2008-12-24 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PROP KCRM KZ
08ASTANA2553	KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY TO APPROVE TRANSCOM'S NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazahkstan is close to making a positive decision to participate in TRANSCOM'S Northern Distribution Network. On December 26, Security Council Secretary Kairbek Suleymenov said he would instruct his staff immediately to draft a decision memo for President Nursultan Nazarbayev. [...]	2008-12-29 04:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KZ
08ASTANA2561	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, December 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Ready to Negotiate Debt Restructuring -- Banks to Receive Government Assistance by March -- Conservative Scenario for 2009 National Budget -- Economic S [...]	2008-12-30 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2566	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA RESHUFFLES SENIOR DIPLOMATS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. MFA RESHUFFLE 2. (SBU) On December 29, Kairat Sarybay, until December 26 the Deputy Foreign Minister, was appointed senior foreign policy advisor to President Nazarbayev, succeeding Yerzhan Kazykhanov, who was named Kazakhstan's [...]	2008-12-30 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP KZ
08ASTANA2567	KAZAKHSTAN: WATER RESOURCE COMMITTEE DEPUTY CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministry of Agriculture Water Resource Committee Deputy Chairman Amirkhan Kenshimov highlighted the recent political agreement by the five Central Asian presidents on water use and energy delivery for the winter of [...]	2008-12-30 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV KZ
08ASTANA2570	KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA AND BELARUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's WTO negotiator told the Ambassador on December 24 Kazakhstan is ready to accelerate WTO accession negotiations with the United States. However, the international financial crisis is making some Kazah [...]	2008-12-30 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN RS KZ
08ASTANA2576	KAZAKHSTAN: DINNER WITH STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's self-described Number Two and President Nazarbayev's confidante, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev, told the Ambassador on December 29: -- Kazakhstan would give TRANSCOM a positive reply to the U.S. request to include Kazakhstan as an essential link in the Northern [...]	2008-12-31 05:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON MARR RS KZ
08ASTANA2577	KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE: "DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's OSCE Madrid-commitment legislation (reftels A and B). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador hosted a working lunch for ambassadors [...]	2008-12-31 08:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2583	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE FIFTH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In conjunction with the Ambassador from the Netherlands and a representative from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, PolOff delivered reftel A points on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's upco [...]	2008-12-31 09:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC KZ
08ASTANA280	NAZARBAYEV'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) President Nazarbayev's 2009 state of the nation address focused largely on the economy, as well as on government social programs. He only touched briefly on foreign policy, highlighting Kazakhstan's selection as OSCE chairman for 2010. He said little about democratic reforms. End Summary [...]	2008-02-08 02:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA281	SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your trip to Kazakhstan follows January visits from Senator Lugar, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Mann, and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Central Asia Shivers. The steady traffic of high-level visitors to and from Kazakhstan (Prime Minister M [...]	2008-02-08 02:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA282	Kazakhstani Koreans Wield Disproportionate Influence [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's ethnic Korean minority has made great strides in the country's business and political spheres since independence, with a number of them holding influential positions. The success Kazakhstani Koreans have achieved in the post-Soviet era is a product of their higher ra [...]	2008-02-08 02:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KZ
08ASTANA284	EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, Republican leader of the Foreign Relations Committee, visited Kazakhstan on January 10-11, 2008, to discuss energy cooperation, as well as Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program implementation. Subsequent to this trip, Senator Lugar introduced legislatio [...]	2008-02-08 02:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA305	KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] Summary: In response to the Solicitation for Proposals by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (G/TIP),Post has reviewed, vetted, and selected five proposals addressing human trafficking in Kazakhstan. Post would welcome the opportunity to discuss and supply additional information co [...]	2008-02-12 01:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
08ASTANA330	CORRUPT POLICE OFFICIAL CONVICTED FOR PROTECTING A [...] On February 12, the Almaty regional court sentenced Captain Igor Morozov, the former head of the anti-trafficking in persons unit of the Ministry of Interior (MVD),and Olga Kodonidi, the infamous madam he protected. 2. Captain Igor Morozov was convicted of abuse of professional functions a [...]	2008-02-15 09:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SOCI KCRM KZ
08ASTANA341	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES, [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov told Assistant Secretary Boucher during a February 11 meeting that he was seeking to implement further structural economic reforms in Kazakhstan, including tax reform. The government would also be focusing greater attention on developing human capital. Masimov stre [...]	2008-02-19 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL WTO KZ
08ASTANA342	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (S) President Nazarbayev thanked Assistant Secretary Boucher for U.S. support for Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship bid during a February 11 meeting. (Septel provides details of their discussion of the commitments on democratic reform that Kazakhstan made at the OSCE Madrid ministerial.) Nazarba [...]	2008-02-19 03:53:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL OSCE ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA352	KAZAKHSTAN: TYPHOON COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION [...] Summary: Law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with the assistance of Afghanistan, broke up one of the largest Central Asian trafficking organizations. As a result of the multi-stage operation "Typhoon" conducted over the past three years, law enforcement [...]	2008-02-20 03:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA358	KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME REPORT FOR 2007 [...] According to the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, 10,502 drug-related crimes were committed during 2007. The number of individuals that committed these crimes decreased 1.2% to 8,147. Drug seizures in 2007 decreased 6.2% from the previous year. Total seizures in 2007 w [...]	2008-02-21 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA362	KAZAKHSTAN: 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] In 2007, Post provided equipment to GOK institutions throughout Kazakhstan. These include the Statistics Committee of the Procurator General's Office, the Ministry of the Interior's Committee on Combating Narcotics, the Legal Institute of the Ministry of the Interior, Border Guard Service of [...]	2008-02-22 09:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
08ASTANA366	KAZAKHSTAN: USE OF MOBILE GROUPS ON THE BORDER [...] Summary: The Kazakhstani Border Guard Service (BGS) is interested in establishing mobile border guard groups to combat both trafficking and corruption. End Summary. 2. On November 29, Lieutenant-General Nikolai Rybalkin, Deputy Head of the Border Guard Service of the Russian Federal Secu [...]	2008-02-22 13:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA367	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 19 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- WTO accession: updates and comments -- Socially Responsible Business in Kazakhstan -- New Special Economic Zone -- Inflation in January -- Energy Minister Proposes Oil [...]	2008-02-22 13:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA40	CPC PIPELINE EXPANSION MOVES FORWARD, BUT [...] Summary: (C) During his December 20 visit to Moscow, President Nazarbayev announced that Russia and Kazakhstan have agreed in principle to increase the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline. Arman Darbayev, KazMunayGas Executive Director for Oil Transportation, later told [...]	2008-01-09 11:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL KZ
08ASTANA422	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 11 - 22, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. KNB Trying to Discredit Alga? ----------------------------- 2. The National Security Co [...]	2008-03-04 10:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
08ASTANA437	EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (FEBRUARY [...] U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher visited Kazakhstan from February 9-11, 2008. On February 11, 2008, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev and discussed Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship, energy issues, and re [...]	2008-03-07 03:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA473	KAZAKHSTAN: ASSESSMENT TRIP [...] Summary: From February 25 through 27, Post assessed the premises of the Border Guard Service in two cities for the establishment of a new classroom. The Border Guard Divisions on the Kazakhstani-Russian border discussed additional needs with the representatives of the Embassy and the Interna [...]	2008-03-11 01:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA474	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2 - 22, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Bilateral Talks with Canada Completed -- New Head of Samgau Holding Appointed -- General Electric Begins New Era of Cooperation -- EBRD to Invest over $1 Bln in Kazakhs [...]	2008-03-11 01:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA480	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESSURE BUILDING FOR NEW OIL EXPORT [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan General Manager Steven Rose gave the Ambassador a detailed overview of ExxonMobil's presentation to Kazakhstan on the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS). ExxonMobil is attempting to be the Kashagan consortium's lead voice in KCT [...]	2008-03-11 09:37:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA485	KAZAKHSTAN BEGINS THE DIFFICULT AND DELICATE TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Kazakhstan is slowly transitioning from Russian to Kazakh as the primary language of governance. Spoken by only a minority of Kazakhstanis at the time of independence, demographic shifts and government programs have increased the prevalence of Kazakh in Kazakhstani society. However, the [...]	2008-03-12 04:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA494	KAZAKHSTAN'S GAS EXPORTS: NOT YET ABUNDANT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan, along with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, plans to sell its gas exports at "European prices" in 2009. KazMunayGas President Uzakbay Karabalin announced Kazakhstan's intent at a meeting in Moscow between Gazprom and energy officials from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uz [...]	2008-03-12 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PRL EPET KZ
08ASTANA498	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 25 - March 7, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. --------------------------------------------- - True Ak Zhol Changes Name, Shuffles Leadersh [...]	2008-03-13 06:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
08ASTANA50	KAZAKHSTAN: PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is home to the world's largest Russian language Christian satellite television network and a steadily growing, openly evangelical Pentecostal church, surprising facts considering the negative attention the country sometimes receives for its treatment of groups that are [...]	2008-01-11 11:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KZ PGOV PHUM PREL
08ASTANA522	YUSHCHENKO'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN PAYS NO IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Yushchenko and Nazarbayev both described Kazakhstan - Ukraine relations as excellent during Yushchenko's March 5-6 visit to Kazakhstan. No agreements were reached, however, on energy cooperation. Instead, President Nazarbayev publicly pronounced that Kazakhstan will n [...]	2008-03-17 08:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA525	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...]	2008-03-17 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ
08ASTANA54	EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (DECEMBER 2007) [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 12:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA555	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...]	2008-03-19 03:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ
08ASTANA584	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Over the past year, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has continued to demonstrate a commitment to the development and modernization of its IPR protection regime. Despite an increase in the domestic production of pirated CD's and DVD's in Kazakhstan's two largest cities, the GOK, and mor [...]	2008-03-19 04:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ
08ASTANA611	KAZAKHSTAN - SHYMKENT IS YOUNG, MUSLIM, AND GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) South Kazakhstan oblast and its capital, Shymkent, are experiencing rapid population growth due to high birth rates, an influx of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad, and labor migration from Uzbekistan. While local officials claim local media is largely independent, civil society representatives [...]	2008-03-21 05:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASTANA615	KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - BIOTECH AND [...] EST Officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's Science and Technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This cable focuses [...]	2008-03-21 11:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL EAGR KSCA PREL PGOV KZ
08ASTANA618	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Quota for Sugar Imports -- Financial Sector News -- Results of 2005 EITI Report -- KazMunayGas To Explore Zhambyl Block of Caspian Shelf -- Kazakhstan-China Joint Vent [...]	2008-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA64	KAZAKHSTAN: PROGRESS ON PFP TRAINING CENTER, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan appears poised to move forward on opening up a Partnership for Peace (PfP) training center, as it had promised to do by the end of 2008. However, concerns remain about progress in Kazakhstan's cooperation with NATO. End Summary. 2. (C) Tugay Tuncer, Astana-based NA [...]	2008-01-14 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ NATO PREL
08ASTANA66	SENATOR LUGAR MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: During his January 9-11 visit to Astana Senator Richard Lugar discussed energy, non-proliferation, regional security, and economic cooperation issues in a series of meetings with high-ranking officials. Kazakhstani officials praised Senator Lugar for his long support of Kazakhsta [...]	2008-01-14 11:34:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG KZ
08ASTANA665	KAZAKHSTAN: RECORD DRUG SEIZURE ON BORDER [...] Summary: On the morning of March 27, the Customs Service of Kazakhstan seized 537 kilos of heroin, the largest single seizure ever recorded in the country. This single seizure is also larger than the total amount of heroin seized in Kazakhstan last year. The drugs were seized at the Kairak [...]	2008-04-02 04:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA672	KAZAKHSTAN - CSTO COUNTER-NARCOTICS MEETING [...] Summary: On March 27, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kazakhstan (MVD) held a meeting in Astana of the Coordination Council of the Heads of Competent Bodies on Combating Illegal Drugs Trafficking (CCBCD) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The participants discussed th [...]	2008-04-03 11:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM KZ
08ASTANA691	EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (MARCH [...] President Bush nominated Richard E. Hoagland to be U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan. Mr. Hoagland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, currently serves as Charge d' Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Turkmenistan. Prior to this, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan. Earlier in his [...]	2008-04-09 11:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
08ASTANA701	KAZAKHSTAN - IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] Summary: In response to reftel, CDC representatives met with the Republican Sanitary and Epidemiological Station (RSES) to discuss implementation of International Health Regulations (IHR) in Kazakhstan. RSES is the point of contact on IHR implementation in Kazakhstan. RSES will coordinate wit [...]	2008-04-10 07:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL WHO KZ
08ASTANA703	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, FEBRUARY-MARCH 2008 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. -- Koksaray Water Reservoir To Be Built in South Kazakhstan -- Ecological Tax To Replace Pollution Fees -- Kazakhstan Expects Russia To Cut Toxic Rocket Fuel Use -- Science Funding To Soar By [...]	2008-04-10 10:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON ENRG EPET KZ
08ASTANA729	WITH IGA ON TRANS-CASPIAN OIL TRANSPORT RATIFIED, [...] (C) Summary: On March 26, Kazakhstan's Parliament ratified an intergovernmental agreement with Azerbaijan on trans-Caspian oil transportation. According to the Kazakhstanis, Azerbaijan appears "not in a hurry" in trans-Caspian talks and, sensing Kazakhstan's vulnerabilities, is driving a hard [...]	2008-04-15 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ

08ASTANA760	LIFESTYLES OF THE KAZAZHSTANI LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Kazakhstan's political elites appear to enjoy typical hobbies -- such as travel, horseback riding, and skiing. Not surprisingly, however, they are able to indulge in their hobbies on a grand scale, whether flying Elton John to Kazakhstan for a concert or trading domestic property for a pal [...]	2008-04-17 10:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KZ
08ASTANA767	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGISLATION THREATENS RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On April 2, a group of parliamentarians introduced draft amendments to Kazakhstan's laws governing religious organizations. Among other things, the amendments would require all religious groups in the country to re-register under more restrictive procedures; limit the activities of smal [...]	2008-04-18 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KDEM PREL KZ
08ASTANA768	KAZAKHSTAN AND INDIA SEEK TO REVIVE BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) Bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and India started off strongly following Kazakhstani independence, but the momentum has slowed since then. Both sides appear to be interested in reviving ties, and President Nazarbayev is expected to visit to India in November -- his first trip ther [...]	2008-04-18 12:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD KZ IN
08ASTANA769	AMBASSADOR OPENS AMERICAN CORNER, MEETS WITH KEY [...] (C) The Ambassador attended the official opening of the eighth American Corner in Kazakhstan on April 8 at the Aktobe branch of the Republican Science Technical Library. While in Aktobe, he also held meetings with oblast (regional) and city officials, NGO's representatives, and local businessm [...]	2008-04-18 12:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI KZ
08ASTANA779	GOK INCREASES PRESSURE ON TENGHIZCHEVROIL OVER [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities continue to closely scrutinize TenghizChevroil (TCO),which has already paid hundreds of millions of dollars in fines in recent years. Consortium representatives describe a working environment made difficult by government harassment and constant requests fo [...]	2008-04-21 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA798	KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on discouraging Russia from upgrading relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev promised to relay the substance to his MFA superiors. He reminded Pol-Econ Chief that Kazakhstan ha [...]	2008-04-25 06:32:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS KZ
08ASTANA870	KAZAKHSTAN - ALL IS CALM IN ALMATY OBLAST, AND THAT'S HOW [...] (SBU) All is calm in Almaty Oblast and its capital, Taldykorgan, and residents are enjoying a steadily improving quality of life, at least according to oblast officials. The urban population is growing, though the oblast remains largely rural and agricultural. Taldykorgan itself has experience [...]	2008-05-06 07:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASTANA871	AKTAU: A CENTRAL HUB FOR THE CASPIAN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Aktau, situated on the Caspian coast and the capital of Mangystau Oblast, is poised to become Kazakhstan's next boomtown. With four major ports in operation or under construction and improving road and rail infrastructure in Mangystau Oblast, Aktau is perfectly situated to beco [...]	2008-05-06 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ EPET
08ASTANA905	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG EXPERT DISCUSSES CPC EXPANSION, [...] (C) Summary: KazMunaiGas' Executive Director for Oil Transportation Arman Darbayev believes that Russia has, for the first time, created a framework that may make CPC expansion possible. He disputes reports, however, that expansion will be directly linked to Kazakhstan's supplying oil to the [...]	2008-05-13 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EPET KZ
08ASTANA970	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RAHALL'S MAY 25-27 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Kazakhstan comes at a particularly opportune time. With its thriving energy sector and recent selection as 2010 chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),Kazakhstan is showing increasing confidence on the international stage. The [...]	2008-05-22 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET OVIP OTRA KZ
08ASTANA971	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 19 - MAY 3, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan Commercial Ties -- Trade Increases within Eurasian Economic Community -- Astana Finance Enters Russian Market -- Return of Ex-Finance Minister -- [...]	2008-05-22 07:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASUNCION43	AN ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF DUARTE'S TENURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Duarte,s 2003-2007 economic performance yielded mixed results. Macroeconomic stability was achieved but a rigid expenditure structure, a visible bias to support current expenses instead of public investments, and a political rather than an economic spending rationale un [...]	2008-01-18 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PA
08ATHENS1019	GAZPROM "REPAIR ISSUES" LEAVE GREECE WITH FIVE [...] (C) Claiming the need to undertake extensive "repair works" on its natural gas pipeline through Bulgaria, Gazprom has drastically reduced gas flows to Greece. According to Natural Gas Company of Greece (DEPA) President Makis Papageorgiou in a July 16 conversation with A/DCM, the cuts leave G [...]	2008-07-16 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GR
08ATHENS1023	SCENE SETTER FOR ATHENS GREECE (U) [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Athens, we look forward to your important visit which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Since your visit last July, ADM Fitzgerald (2-3 April),Lt Gen McFann (2 July),and LTG Eikenberry (3 July) visited Athens and met with key Greek m [...]	2008-07-17 08:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO TU MK GR
08ATHENS1043	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S JULY 27 - 29 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. I am pleased that you are coming and the Embassy stands ready to make your visit a success. Your visit is opportune, as the Greeks are thinking carefully about Iran. On the one hand, those handling non-proliferation matters largely share international community concern [...]	2008-07-23 08:28:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR
08ATHENS1053	GREECE WELCOMES KARADZIC ARREST [...] (SBU) GOG officials, including FM Bakoyannis, and the main opposition party have welcomed Serbia's arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and have emphasized that this action further opens Serbia's path to Europe. The only discordant note was sounded by Greece's Communist Party [...]	2008-07-23 14:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BK SR GR
08ATHENS1109	UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna Ambassador Greg Schulte visited Athens on July 28 to discuss Iran-related developments at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),and the broad two-track approach to negotiations with Iran and [...]	2008-08-01 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR
08ATHENS1152	GEORGIA CRISIS: GREEKS SCRAMBLING TO FORMULATE [...] (C) Charge delivere U.S. position on a Qdemning Russian militar Constantinos Bitsios, @M Karamanlis, and to Ha FM Bakoyannis. Bitsiososition had not yet be(###) need for calm in deliberations. Lalacos likewise demurred from providing a Greek position, noting that FM Bakoyannis would enunciate [...]	2008-08-11 14:24:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT KFLO GR
08ATHENS1156	TFGG01: GREEKS WILL FOLLOW FRENCH LEAD ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOG has still not announced an official position on the crisis in Georgia, probably due to its concerns about alienating either the Russians or Georgians, with both of whom Greece maintains close ties. But our conversations with MFA and other high-placed interlocutors indicate Gree [...]	2008-08-12 15:26:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG GR
08ATHENS1183	TFGG1: GREEK FM ON GEORGIA CRISIS, OSCE MONITORS [...] (C) Following the August 19 NATO Special Ministerial to address the on-going crisis in Georgia (reftel),Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis issued a statement, which contained both favorable and unfavorable elements in terms of U.S. policy and generally adhered to the positions of the "old Europe" NATO [...]	2008-08-20 15:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG GR
08ATHENS1188	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: ATHENS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA and MOD officials are saying the right things on Greece's support for Georgia's territorial integrity and the early withdrawal of Russian forces from Georgia. At the same time, a team of Russian defense industry experts is scheduled to visit Athens next week to discuss [...]	2008-08-22 16:55:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	GR PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08ATHENS1203	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR LAGON'S SEPTEMBER 1-3 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to press Greece to show progress on TIP issues if it wishes to avoid a Tier-Two Watch-List rating. Your visit comes at a particularly delicate moment in U.S.-Greece relations. A NATO ally and EU member, Greece has been helpful in [...]	2008-08-26 15:37:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PGOV PHUM PREL
08ATHENS1205	ADDITIONAL REASONS NOT TO REMOVE 17N FROM FTO LIST [...] (S) Embassy Athens remains strongly opposed to the removal of the Greek terrorist organization 17 November (17N) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. We offer the following new factual elements to supplement information provided in refs A, B, and C. 2. (S/NF) There are, as w [...]	2008-08-26 16:07:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GR
08ATHENS1216	TFGG01: GREECE'S BUSINESS-AS-USUAL WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite strong statements at NATO and the EU by FM Bakoyannis supporting Georgian territorial integrity and condemning Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, the GOG at the same time is moving ahead with several "business-as-usual" events with Ru [...]	2008-08-28 17:51:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG GR RS
08ATHENS1243	GREECE/EU: GYMNICH POINTS DELIVERED [...] (C) On September 2, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on Georgia and EU/Russia relations in advance of the September 5-6 Gymnich, and ref B points on other issues on the Gymnich agenda to MFA European correspondent Antonia Katzoulou. Katzoulou had the following observations: -- [...]	2008-09-03 15:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG GR RU
08ATHENS128	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRIVATE-SECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 15:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER KGIC GR
08ATHENS1287	GREEK VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref A and C points on the September 15-16 meeting of EU foreign ministers (GAERC) to MFA European Correspondent Ant/nia Katzourou and took the oppo2tunity 4o ask for a readout of the September 5-6 G9mnich meeting. On the latter, Katzourou said 3he had ngt gotten a de [...]	2008-09-10 11:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GR RS SU ZI YI EUN
08ATHENS1290	GREECE/CYPRUS: GOG SUPPORTS UN PROCESS BUT WORRIED [...] (C) PM Karamanlis and FM Bakoyannis are pleased with the momentum on Cyprus, sending positive signals about the September 3 start of UN-brokered talks. Cyprus has been center stage in Athens with visits from UN Special Envoy Downer and Cypriot Foreign Minister Kyprianou. PM Karamanlis and F [...]	2008-09-10 14:50:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR CY UN
08ATHENS1294	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRAPSAS' VISIT TO D.C. [...] (C) The visit of General Demetrius Grapsas, Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, to Washington is an important opportunity to recognize Greece's support of multiple U.S. Navy and Air Force operations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, including Iraq through ove [...]	2008-09-11 14:27:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS1303	GREECE/IRAN: AMBASSADOR WARNS MFA SECGEN TO CANCEL [...] (S) At a September 9 dinner hosted by the Turkish Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard he was planning a trip to Teheran in the near future. Ambassador warned him to cancel the visit, given UN and EU sanctions against Iran and the current state of Iran's rela [...]	2008-09-12 15:16:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR IR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS1336	APPROACHING GREECE ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) DCM discussed ref A points on rebutting Russia's claims against Georgia with the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios. She noted the speciousness of the Russian claims of genocide, the lack of supporting evidence from international NGOs, and our request for Greece to u [...]	2008-09-19 12:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GR GG RS
08ATHENS1348	GREECE/NATO: POINTS DELIVERED ON "NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) On 22 September, Poloff delivered ref points on "no business as usual" in NATO-Russia relations to Andreas Kintis, NATO desk officer in the MFA's D2 Directorate for NATO and Western European Union (WEU) Affairs. Kintis said he would forward the information to his superiors and to the Gr [...]	2008-09-22 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL GR GG RS
08ATHENS1396	U.S. MESSAGE CLEAR AS GREECE'S ANSWER TO "60 MINUTES" [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Greece's elite, progressive SKAI TV devoted the September 29 season premiere of its popular "60 Minutes"-style investigative show "Neoi Fakkeloi" (The New Files, or Folders) to the Georgia-Russia crisis, featuring an interview conducted on location in Tbilisi wit [...]	2008-10-02 14:08:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO SOCI MOPS GR RU GE
08ATHENS1432	GREEK VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- ZIMBABWE: Katzourou did not expect a long discussion. Conclusions had already been f [...]	2008-10-10 14:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN PHUM GR
08ATHENS1452	GREECE: ADVANCING THE U.S. AGENDA ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) The October 23 - 24 meeting of the High Level Consultative Commission (HLCC - a policy-level bilateral on political-military issues mandated by the U.S./Greece treaty that establishes basing rights in Greece) is an important opportunity to advance our agenda on Afghanistan. We recommend [...]	2008-10-17 09:34:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS MARR GR
08ATHENS1455	MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...]	2008-10-17 16:03:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL
08ATHENS1457	DAS GRAFFY MEETS WITH GREEK PARLIAMENTARIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Public Diplomacy for Europe and EurAsia Colleen Graffy met with several Members of Parliament (MP) from the Greek Special Standing Committee on Protection of the Environment. The discussion focused largely on managing carbon [...]	2008-10-20 06:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV OSCE AF GR
08ATHENS1463	GREEK GOVERNMENT'S PLANS FOR OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, the Embassy raised reftel A points regarding the October 22 Georgia Donors' Conference with the MFA and the head of Hellenic Aid. Both indicated that while additional funding may potentially be forthcoming, the GoG does not appear prepared to make a pledge durin [...]	2008-10-21 12:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA KCRS EAID EFIN PREL GR
08ATHENS1495	GREEK VIEWS ON NOVEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (S) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered ref A points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou and her future successor Niki Kamba. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- RUSSIA: Katzourou noted that the Medvedev Security Treaty Proposal had not been di [...]	2008-10-31 13:01:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD GR EUN
08ATHENS1517	GREECE/RUSSIA: KEEPING THE GOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 12:13:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PGOV ENRG RS IR NATO PREL CY IT TU OSCE GR
08ATHENS152	NO INVITATION FOR MACEDONIAN CHURCH LEADERS TO [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Skopje. 2. (C) After news emerged Wednesday that leaders of the Macedonian Orthodox Church intended to attend the funeral liturgy of Greek Archbishop Christodoulos in Athens on Thursday, Greek Church authorities declared that the Macedonians were [...]	2008-02-01 15:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF MK GR
08ATHENS1534	GREEKS GET RUSSIA MESSAGE IN TIME FOR GAERC [...] (SBU) On November 8, DepPolCouns discussed reftel GAERC points on dealing with Russia with Haris Lalacos, head of the MFA A11 Directorate for the EU CFSP. Lalacos was grateful to receive the information over the weekend because he was departing along with the rest of FM Bakoyannis' party on S [...]	2008-11-10 12:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PGOV PREL RS GR
08ATHENS1539	GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...]	2008-11-10 15:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG
08ATHENS1589	GREECE/OSCE: FM BAKOYANNIS LAYS OUT OSCE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who will be OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO) in 2009, laid out her priorities for the OSCE in a November 13 speech at the Greek Foreign Ministry. She emphasized the importance of OSCE cooperation with other IOs, including the UN, the EU, and NATO. Sh [...]	2008-11-25 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE GR RS NATO EUN GG
08ATHENS1605	GREECE/OSCE: GREEK VIEWS ON HELSINKI MINISTERIAL [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met 11/28 with Deputy Head of the MFA OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, Louis-Alkiviadis Abadis, to deliver reftel points on the U.S. priorities for the Helsinki OSCE Ministerial. Abadis had the following comments on our points: -- Ministerial Declaration: He noted t [...]	2008-11-28 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GR RS GG AM AJ
08ATHENS1635	GREECE/CHINA: GREEKS SEE PRC AS MORE "AGGRESSIVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Embassy and Greek MFA readouts painted very different pictures of Chinese President Hu's recent visit to Athens. The Chinese saw the visit as fulfilling three goals: repaying Greece for President Papoulias' visit during the Olympics; cementing the Chinese-Greece "comprehe [...]	2008-12-05 14:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD GR PGOV PREL CH
08ATHENS1660	END-OF-FIRE SEASON UPDATE IN GREECE: SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Greece had a low-intensity fire season in 2008 with one major fire in July on the island of Rhodes that destroyed 13,000 hectares of land. Fires reappeared in early December, hitting Rhodes again and burning over 3,700 hectares of land. The GoG continues to lack coordination i [...]	2008-12-11 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR RU
08ATHENS1693	PROTECTIN TGI: GREECE'S REGULATORY AUTHORITY FOR [...] (C) Smmary. Greece's Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) is in the forefront of efforts to advance TGI's completion. In a December 15 conversation, RAE's Vice-President, Michael Thomadakis, outlined his organization's work to creQa faiQd transparent gas network code that promotes energy di [...]	2008-12-18 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GR
08ATHENS1715	GREECE: DECEMBER 2008 TIP UPDATE [...] (U) This is Embassy Athens' third regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). REFTELS refer to previous TIP update cables. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek anti-TIP police continued aggressively tackling trafficking rings, successfully completing two major investigatio [...]	2008-12-23 13:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP GR
08ATHENS1730	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: U.S./DUTCH/RUSSIAN TEAM [...] (U) On December 22, Poloff, together with Dutch Ambassador Von Rij and Russian Poloff Dimitriy Novikov, delivered reftel demarche on the Fifth Global Initiative Meeting in June 2009 to Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, Head of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organization [...]	2008-12-31 09:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GR PARM PINR PINS KGIC
08ATHENS196	OSCE/KOSOVO: GREECE OPPOSES BERLIN MECHANISM [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met with MFA Ambassador Petros Avierinos, Director of the D3 Directorate for OSCE and Council of Europe Affairs, to make reftel points on the possibility of Serbia invoking the OSCE's Berlin Mechanism following a declaration of independence from Kosovo. Avierinos was [...]	2008-02-12 13:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI KV EU OSCE GR
08ATHENS20	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit, which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Greece is a NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. The center-right New Democracy governm [...]	2008-01-04 17:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON GR
08ATHENS201	IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN [...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...]	2008-02-13 12:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS21	PM KARAMANLIS TOUGH ON MACEDONIA NAME, PRAGMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis took a hard line on te Macedonia name issue, saying he had "done hs part," while Skopje had become increasingly intransigent. A mutually acceptable solution -- which could include a composite name of "New, [...]	2008-01-05 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS217	GREEK MFA ON RUSSIA/ABKHAZIA AND GREECE/RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA Russian affairs directorate chief Ambassador Tsamados said Greece had seen little evidence indicating Russia was serious about recognizing Abkhazia as independent and had no interest in altering Soviet-era borders. The GOG was not pleased by Putin's recent comments comp [...]	2008-02-15 16:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PGOV PREL GG RU KNAR
08ATHENS227	GREECE: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] Summary and Introduction: News of Kosovo's declaration of independence this weekend arrived during a rare heavy snowfall in Athens, simultaneous with surprising results from the elections in Cyprus and just ahead of another round of negotiations on the Macedonia name issue. In this heavy envi [...]	2008-02-20 05:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO YI KV KMDR GR
08ATHENS254	TFKV01: KOSOVO: GREECE "YAWNS" [...] (U) Notwithstanding Greece's special relationship with Serbia and Greece's previous history of large demonstrations against NATO and "the West" in response to Kosovo activities, there has been relatively little public reaction to Kosovo's declaration of independence. Greek media coverage has [...]	2008-02-25 12:51:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC YI KV GR
08ATHENS257	BSEC THINK-TANKERS ON BLACK SEA PROSPECTS [...] (C) On February 20, Ambassador hosted Dr. Dimitrios Triantaphyllou and Amb. Tedo Japaridze, respectively, director and deputy director of the International Center for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS),the think tank of the organization for Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In a wide-ranging dis [...]	2008-02-25 14:26:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR ZS XH
08ATHENS262	PROMETHEUS GAS CHAIRMAN: NO SOUTHSTREAM THROUGH [...] (C) Prometheus Gas Chairman Dimitri Copelouzos told the Ambassador and the acting Economic Deputy in a meeting on February 15 that he does not see Gazprom moving ahead with Southstream through Greece for many years. Copelouzos also indicated Prometheus Gas could supply another 3 bcm to Gree [...]	2008-02-26 05:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
08ATHENS322	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR
08ATHENS345	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR
08ATHENS354	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:30:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW GR
08ATHENS362	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008- PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitiv but Unclassified -- Protect Accordingly. 2.(SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece continued domestic and regional effo [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS364	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 3 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution" Section. This is the third of four cables. 2. (SBU) INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS: ------------------------------------ [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS365	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 2 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 2. (SBU) PREVENTION: ----------- -- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a problem in that [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS366	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 4 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS411	GREECE/CFE: NON-PAPER ON FLANK AND NATIONAL [...] (C) On the margins of March 17 meetings on OSCE matters with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Finley and A/DAS Robbins, Greek MFA Director General for International Organizations and International Security and Cooperation Ambassador Nicolaos Kalantzianos said he had an important CFE issue to address [...]	2008-03-18 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS KCFE NATO GR
08ATHENS427	GREECE/OSCE: BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON 2009 [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Athens/USOSCE Cable. 2. (C) Summary. USOSCE Ambassador Finley, EUR A/DAS Robbins, and Embassy Athens and USOSCE personnel met March 17 with Greek officials to consult on Greek plans for the upcoming 2009 Chairmanship of the OSCE. The Greeks have identified ke [...]	2008-03-20 08:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KRIF GR AF ZL
08ATHENS438	ENERGY: GREEKS SEE BAKU READY TO COOPERATE, ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Development Folias told the Ambassador he had found a spirit of "excellent cooperation" in Baku during his March 17 trip there. Folias was particularly pleased to hear from Baku that Azerbaijan had "lots of gas", some of which was available immediately. Unfortunately [...]	2008-03-21 11:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
08ATHENS469	SCENESETTER: ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISITS ATHENS [...] (SBU) Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit which comes at an important time, during the Bucharest Summit, in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. As you know, Greece is an important NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. [...]	2008-03-31 07:47:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR NATO ODC PARM PGOV PREL
08ATHENS548	MACEDONIA NAME, KOSOVO STIR HEATED EXCHANGES AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Rhetoric on Balkan policy from the Macedonia name issue to Kosovo independence continues to dominate the political scene in Greece. At a high-level conference on Balkan policy, Greek Foreign Minister Bakoyiannis reiterated standard themes of Greek policy toward the Balkans, no [...]	2008-04-18 07:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS563	GREEK PM MAY RAISE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Charge, MFA SecGen Agathocles and PM deputy diplomatic advisor Bitsios affirmed Greek support for Georgian sovereignty and the worrisome nature of the Kremlin's latest moves to establish "mechanisms" in dealing with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel). B [...]	2008-04-21 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS GR
08ATHENS575	GREEK VIEWS ON APRIL 29 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On April 23, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be addressed at the April 29 EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Katzourou said the GAERC agenda was to be announced on April 24 but agreed that many of the following topics were likely [...]	2008-04-23 13:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN GR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS576	DAS BRYZA'S APRIL 10-12 VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Summary. Arriving in the wake of the Bucharest Summit, EUR DAS Bryza found his Greek counterparts expressing a strong commitment to work with the United States on a range of issues including, but not limited to, the Macedonia name issue. On Macedonia, his counterparts promised that Greece [...]	2008-04-23 16:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET GR
08ATHENS598	P.M. KARAMANLIS TRIP TO RUSSIA: ENERGY [...] (C) According to Raphael Moisis, Chairman of the Greek Energy Council, P.M. Karamanlis and Russian President Putin signed "an important but general" inter-governmental agreement during Karamanlis' April 28-29 visit to Moscow. The IGA, he said, includes provisions that: a. an international hol [...]	2008-04-30 14:38:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET GR
08ATHENS665	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO RHODES DURING USS TRUMAN [...] (U) Ambassador Speckhard visited Rhodes May 7-9 in conjunction with the visit of the USS Truman, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier transiting the Mediterranean on its return to Norfolk from nearly seven months in the Persian Gulf. The visit afforded the Ambassador the opportunity [...]	2008-05-15 06:50:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU GR PARM NATO
08ATHENS716	Scenesetter for Representative Sarbanes and former [...] (SBU) Dear Senator and Congressman, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you ar [...]	2008-05-22 11:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS734	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...]	2008-05-28 13:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR
08ATHENS743	Scenesetter for Ambassador Tahir-Kheli's visit, June 2-5 [...] (SBU) Dear Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you are [...]	2008-05-30 09:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS833	GREEK TEHERAN ENVOY URGES U.S.-IRAN TALKS, OFFERS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In seperate coversations with A/PolCouns and DepPolCouns, former Greek Ambassador to Iran and new head of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Merkourios Karafotias offered his interpretation of Iranian motives in recent events and urged the U.S. to open discrete [...]	2008-06-11 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR IR POV PREL
08ATHENS842	GREEK, TURKISH JOURNALISTS BRING "EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) Meeting for the fifth time since 1999's "earthquake diplomacy" brought them together openly, some 70 members of the loosely-organized "Contact Group of Greek and Turkish Journalists" spent the weekend of June 6-8 at a luxury resort in Crete. Greece's Minister of Tourism (and former gov [...]	2008-06-13 09:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO TU GR
08ATHENS874	GREECE ON IRAN: CARROTS BETTER THAN STICKS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA officials dealing with various aspects of Iran issues indicated that Greece did not intend to break an EU consensus on stiffening Iran sanctions, but that it had concerns about the direction of Iran policy. Greece believed the evidence did not indicate the Iranians were [...]	2008-06-19 14:24:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	AORC EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN
08ATHENS896	U.S./GREECE MIL-TO-MIL COOPERATION: THE GOOD, THE [...] (C) The U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship is facing a particularly difficult time, as Washington and Athens have differing views on issues such as the Macedonian name, the independence of Kosovo, and relations with Russia. However, the U.S./Greek military-to-military relationship and the wor [...]	2008-06-24 12:09:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS925	JOINT EXERISE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT GREEK, ISRAELI [...] (S) In a June 25 conversation with DCM, PM Karamanlis' diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios confirmed that the military exercise that took place in the eastern Mediterranean over Greek airspace in early June and reported in the NY Times June 20 was a joint Israeli-Greek exercise. Bitsios ex [...]	2008-06-27 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV GR IR IS
08ATHENS952	KOSOVO: GREEKS NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE BUT [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard spoke with FM Bakoyannis July 3 to urge that Greece recognize Kosovo independence, emphasizing the need to take steps that foster regional stability, and noting that it is time for Greece to join the other 20 EU states that have recognized Kosovo. Bakoyannis said Gre [...]	2008-07-03 11:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV KPKO UN YI EU KV GR
08ATHENS996	GREEK PARLIAMENT'S STEFANOU ON TGI, SOUTH STREAM, [...] (C) In a meeting on July 10, the Secretary General of Parliament, Nikos Stefanou, voiced his support for the TGI pipeline and confirmed the GoG,s strong support for this project. At the same time, he expressed skepticism on South Stream, implying there is no concrete plan in place for its dev [...]	2008-07-14 05:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GR PGOV PREL RS CVIS KCRM EU EPET
08BAGHDAD1180	Oil Ministry announces qualification results [...] Anadarko Iraq Company, USA 2. BG International, UK 3. BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd., Australia 4. BP, UK 5. Chevron Iraq Ltd., USA 6. CNOOC China Ltd, China 7. CNPC, China 8. Conoco Phillips, USA 9. Edison International SPA, Italy 10. ENI, Italy 11. Exxonmobil, USA [...]	2008-04-15 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD1426	THE AMBASSADOR'S MAY 6 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, accompanied by DPM Barham Saleh, told the Ambassador that he had advised PM Maliki to wait and see whether Iran implemented its promises to not support Shi'a militants before deciding whether to visit Tehran. Talabani said he warned Iranian Ambassador Qomi ear [...]	2008-05-07 18:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1518	BARHAM SALIH ON SFA/SOFA, JORDAN TRIP, TALABANI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on May 13 updated the Ambassador on the Iraqi side of SFA/SOFA negotiations. He highlighted the Iraqis' top two concerns at present: a stronger pledge to protect Iraq against external aggression, and stronger protection of Iraqi assets against [...]	2008-05-15 17:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1603	GOI KURDS ON SFA/SOFA, TIES WITH THE NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) The Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on May 20 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, May 21 with Salih and President Talabani, and May 22 with Salih and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. On the Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreements ( [...]	2008-05-26 05:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1694	RRT ERBIL: FRENCH FM KOUCHNER OPENS DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team Message. 2. (SBU) Summary: During a well-choreographed June 1 visit to Erbil, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner held talks with Kurdistan Regional government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and President Massoud Barzani, led [...]	2008-06-04 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR FR IZ
08BAGHDAD1918	DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...]	2008-06-23 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ
08BAGHDAD2770	ELECTRICITY MINISTER OBTAINS RUSSIAN SUPPORT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq (CETI) Ambassador Charles Ries and incoming CETI Ambassador Marc Wall met with Electricity Minister Karim Wahid al-Hasan on August 24. Karim, who had just returned from Moscow, reported that the Russians would be sending a te [...]	2008-08-28 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV PREL RS IZ
08BAGHDAD2808	DEMARCHE EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs U/S for Policy Planning Labeed Abbawi. Abbawi said he would pass the points to Foreign Minister Zebari's office. BUTENIS [...]	2008-09-01 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2915	CHINESE EMBASSY ON WASIT OIL DEAL AND BUSINESS IN [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the China National Petroleum Company to develop the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province are not yet complete, despite an August signing ceremony in Beijing, said Chinese Embassy Economic and Trade Counselor Zhue Yuesheng on Sept [...]	2008-09-09 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EAID PREL PINR CH IZ
08BAGHDAD2962	AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS ELECTIONS, GOI/KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on September 11 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General MNF-I General David Petraeus discussed the elections law, relations between the KRG and GOI, foreign business investment in Iraq, crude oil processing [...]	2008-09-14 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD2969	VP HASHIMI: DEFENDING THE SOFA WILL BE DIFFICULT, [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 7, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told the Ambassador that he anticipated major problems trying to defend the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in parliament, and he worried about the destabilization that would result if the Iraqi government mishandled the Sons of Ir [...]	2008-09-15 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3	AMBASSADOR AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS URGENT TOPICS [...] (S) Summary. In a December 30 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),suggesting that the GOI establish a negotiating team parallel to the U.S. delegation. On the Tuwaitha shipment, FM Zebari agreed to send a letter to the [...]	2008-01-02 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR ENRG PHUM MOPS NBTS IZ
08BAGHDAD3031	AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS SOFA, SOI, AMBASSADOR'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on 18 September 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I General Raymond Odierno discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA),Sons of Iraq (SOI),the Ambassador's trip to KRG and relations bet [...]	2008-09-21 13:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD3062	PRESIDENT BARZANI - NOTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, an agitated Kurdistan President Barzani told the Ambassador that he had lost trust in Prime Minister Maliki and if the Prime Minister pushed too far with Iraqi army units there would be armed conflict. Barzani inferred that Maliki has betrayed their friendship [...]	2008-09-23 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ IR TU

08BAGHDAD3097	DPM SALIH ON: THE SOFA, KURDISH ISOLATION, THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 20 with DPM Barham Salih for an exchange of views that included: the status of the SOFA negotiations, increasing Kurdish isolation, the crisis of confidence resulting from recent tensions between the Kurds and the GOI, and the need to tackle the core issu [...]	2008-09-25 17:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3194	UNAMI WANTS TO DECONFLICT ARTICLE 140 REPORTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: The UN will finish its Article 140 reports on the Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) issues by early November, but UNAMI Deputy Gilmour told S/A Krajeski October 2 that they want to avoid disturbing the political atmosphere prior to conclusion of U.S.-Iraq SFA negotiations. He h [...]	2008-10-03 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3241	IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL PREPARES TO INVITE IN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Iraq will launch talks with international oil and gas companies on long-term Technical Service Contracts (TSCs) at a conference in London on October 13. Oil Minister Shahristani will meet with representatives of 41 pre-qualified companies to invite their participation in six oil [...]	2008-10-07 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3341	SAHWA LEADER TO AMB CROCKER: WE MUST HAVE [...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the leader of Anbar's Iraqi Awakening Conference (Sahwa) party, and prominent Anbari politician Sa'adoun Duleimi, told Ambassador that Anbar province needs investment from U.S. companies. Sheikh Ahmed bemoaned the current weak state of the economy in Anbar, partic [...]	2008-10-16 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3498	IRAQI TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES GRAIN IMPORT [...] (SBU) FAS and FCS Attaches met October 27 with Minister of Trade Dr. Abdul-Falah Hassan Al-Sudani and other MoT officials to discuss the Iraqi grain import situation, planned GOI renovations at the port of Umm Qasr, and the Public Distribution System (PDS),the GOI's subsidized food distributi [...]	2008-11-04 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3566	IRAQ PRESSES FOR OIL FOR FOOD MEETING [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (C) EMIN met November 10 with Ambassador Srood Najib, Director of the Iraqi MFA Americas Department, to discuss the Oil-for-Food (OFF) program. This was EMIN's first meeting and Najib, who has covered this issue for years, spent much of his t [...]	2008-11-12 07:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN UNSC UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3825	RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROTEST OF U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (S) Summary: The Russian MFA has filed protests in Washington and Moscow regarding a November 19 traffic accident on the Baghdad airport highway in which the GoR alleges a U.S. military vehicle forced a Russian diplomatic vehicle off the road, resulting in injuries to the passengers. After a [...]	2008-12-07 07:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ RS
08BAGHDAD3852	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD BRIEFS VP HASHIMI ON IRAQI [...] (C) On December 2, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad told Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi that Iraq must request a new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution to extend Chapter VII protection over its financial assets. Claiming that "no one is satisfied [...]	2008-12-10 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3855	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF IRAQI [...] (C) On December 1, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad discussed with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki next steps to protect Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) assets through a new United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR). Khalilzad urged Iraq to quickly submit a dr [...]	2008-12-10 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
08BAGHDAD3896	VP MAHDI PRAISES POLITICAL BLOCS FOR OVERCOMING [...] (C) U.S. Representative to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad on December 1 reported to Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi that Iraq must request a new United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution to protect its financial assets. Mahdi characterized the post-SoFA political environme [...]	2008-12-14 09:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
08BAGHDAD3931	SRSG AND AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSS IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad strategized ways to assist Iraq with Chapter 7 status as well as UNAMI's future in Iraq at a December 2 meeting. Ambassador Khalilzad pointed out three separate issues with Ch [...]	2008-12-16 12:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3933	INCREASING FINANCIAL PRESSURE ON IRAN - JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italian, French, British and US Chiefs of Mission (COM) delivered subject demarche to Iraqi Foreign Minister (FM) Zebari, emphasizing their governments' unified commitment to implementing rigorously all relevant UNSC, EU and bilateral sanctions and to pressuring Iran to turn away [...]	2008-12-16 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN MNUC IR GM KNNP
08BAGHDAD430	FCO'S HOWELLS:BRITISH ELECTORATE MONITORING IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting, UK Foreign Office Minister of State Kim Howells told Ambassador Crocker that he had not gotten the sense from intense U.K. Cabinet discussions that the British were going to relinquish responsibility in Basrah. Howells was clear, however, that the U.K. [...]	2008-02-13 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UK
08BAGHDAD470	NEA/DAS BUTLER MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 14 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told NEA DAS Lawrence Butler that he thought Iran postponed the trilat scheduled for February 15 because of the February 12 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Zebari confirmed that Iranian Pre [...]	2008-02-19 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD486	ZEBARI PESSIMISTIC ABOUT KOSOVO RECOGNITION; [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 16 meeting, Foreign Minster Zebari told Ambassador Crocker he pushed visiting UNHCR High Representative Guterres to expand UNHCR's Baghdad office and to stress positive developments in Iraq. The GOI/GOR MOU Zebari signed in Moscow provides no preferential treatment [...]	2008-02-20 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD806	DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP, THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 16 call on Pol-Mil M/C, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi discussed preparations for the next Border Security Working Group in Damascus and Iraqi participation in the Arab League Summit. PM Maliki would lead Iraq's delegation to the latter in what Abbawi attempted to portray as [...]	2008-03-17 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER EG IR IZ LE RU SY
08BAKU1012	SOCAR WILLING TO PROVIDE GAS TO GEORGIA BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Azerbaijan's State Oil Company, Azerbaijan is prepared to provide necessary volumes of gas to Georgia during the winter months, but prefers to do so on more commercial vice concessionary terms. According to SOCAR and BP Azerbaijan sources, Georgian winter gas needs a [...]	2008-10-22 12:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AZ ENRG GA
08BAKU1013	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador reviewed with President Aliyev's International Relations Advisor Novruz Mammadov USG comments on Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election and shared observations on the assessment of the elections by international observers. The U.S. will continue to support a [...]	2008-10-22 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU1018	HAIDAR ALIYEV'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON IRAN [...] (S) During a wide-ranging tour d'horizon with Embassy Iran watcher, former President Haidar Aliyev's chief foreign relations advisor, and regionally prominent international affairs commentator, Vafa Guluzadeh provided recommendations for USG Iran strategy and discussed Iran's economic "Achille [...]	2008-10-24 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL ECON PGOV IR RU AJ
08BAKU1026	SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPURTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election, which resulted in a landslide victory for President Ilham Aliyev. This fall also marked a troublesome time for the region, with Russia's invasion of Georgia casting a shadow on security and [...]	2008-10-27 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG PREL AJ GG
08BAKU1039	PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS BENS HE SEEKS GREATER US [...] (C) Summary: Just ahead of his inauguration, President Aliyev told visiting U.S. business executives that Azerbaijan is a force for stability in an insecure neighborhood. During his second administration, Nagorno-Karabakh will remain "issue number one." By occupying Azerbaijan's territories, [...]	2008-10-29 12:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM
08BAKU1062	GOAJ MAY TAKE RADIO LIBERTY AND VOA OFF AIRWAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4 Embassy officials met with Nushiravan Maharramov, Chairman of the National Television and Radio Council, regarding his announcement that foreign broadcasters would be banned from Azerbaijan's airwaves starting in 2009, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and V [...]	2008-11-06 07:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1068	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sullivan October 28 that economic reform and diversification would be among his top priorities in a second term. The GOAJ, while facing lower oil prices and declining revenues, will continue to promote the Azerbaijan Investment Com [...]	2008-11-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU1069	IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW [...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...]	2008-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ
08BAKU1083	MINISTER SHARIFOV DISCUSSES EPC, BUDGET AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan Minister of Finance Sharifov heads to Washington next week for EPC meetings and WTO discussions with views on the international financial crisis -- and lower oil prices -- formed in part by Russian Minister of Finance Kudrin, who recently hosted a CIS financial summit. [...]	2008-11-12 08:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EIND PGOV AJ
08BAKU1094	SENATOR CORKER MEETS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 the Ambassador held a dinner for Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and five members of Azerbaijan's parliament. These MPs represent a wide range of political opinions. While all guests agreed that Azerbaijan has to further reform its education system and to fight corrupt [...]	2008-11-17 04:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1097	BAKU ENERGY SUMMIT ADVANCES U.S. EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13-14 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev hosted the IV Energy Summit in Baku, following up on previous energy summits in Krakow (May 2007),Vilnius (October 2007) and Kyiv (May 2008). Prominent attendees included the Heads of State of Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuan [...]	2008-11-17 13:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TK
08BAKU1098	SECRETARY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary. Secretary Bodman, accompanied by Ambassador and DAS Matthew Bryza, met Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on November 12 in Baku before the opening of the Baku Energy Summit. During or in the weeks following the Summit, Azerbaijan intends to sign a memorandum of intent with Turke [...]	2008-11-18 03:37:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	AJ AM PREL PGOV RU TU TX
08BAKU1118	TRANSCOM GEN MCNABB MEETS AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE [...] (C) On November 18 Commander USTRANSCOM General Duncan McNabb, met Azerbaijani DefMin General Colonel Safar Abiyev to discuss GOAJ support for overland transport of supplies to U.S. and Coalition forces in Afghanistan. Abiyev responded favorably to the concept, but steered the discussion on al [...]	2008-11-25 09:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF AM AJ IZ TX KZ
08BAKU1125	AZERBAIJAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HOSTS GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff met with prominent Azerbaijan Human Rights activist Novella Jafaroglu (aka Novella Jafarova) about preparations for the upcoming (partially USG-funded) regional meeting she is co-sponsoring in Istanbul. Jafaroglu has an international reputation as a women,s rights and human rights [...]	2008-11-26 07:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AM GG RU AJ
08BAKU1130	SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER,S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: On 21-22 November, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber met with Azerbaijan's envoy to the OIC Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Vagif Sadikhov. The DFM was receptive to Special Envoy Cumber,s call for increased Azerbaijani leadership b [...]	2008-11-28 11:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ
08BAKU1136	DRL A/S KRAMER, PRESIDENT ALIYEV DEBATE PACE OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On November 18 DRL A/S David Kramer and the Ambassador met with President Ilham Aliyev for a two-hour discussion of democracy and human rights issues. Most of the discussion centered on the deteriorating state of media freedom in Azerbaijan, including the jailed journal [...]	2008-12-01 05:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1138	USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE - PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In a November 24 meeting with USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore, President Aliyev welcomed intensified cooperation with USAID, especially in five key areas: water and sanitation, agriculture, IT/telecoms, environmental remediation and anti-corruption. Azerbijan,s leadership fee [...]	2008-12-01 07:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AJ
08BAKU1147	PRESIDENT GUL TELLS SECRETARY BODMAN OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 13 meeting with President Gul, Energy Secretary Bodman stressed U.S. support for the region and the Southern Corridor, with Gul expressing appreciation for USG support and noting its importance to future projects. Gul indicated that Turkey and Azerbaijan are close t [...]	2008-12-03 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
08BAKU1148	DRL A/S KRAMER: DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: On November 19 DRL A/S David Kramer and the Ambassador attended a marathon meeting at the Foreign Ministry with a wide range of government and non-government officials, chaired by a Deputy Foreign Minister, on the full realm of democracy and human rights issues. Attendees gave b [...]	2008-12-04 04:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU1153	BBG VISIT TO BAKU TO SUPPORT USG BROADCASTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3 a delegation from the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Radio free Europe/Radio Liberty visited Baku to discuss the GOAJ's possible removal of Voice of America and Radio Liberty broadcasts from national frequencies. The delegation met with the chairman of the Nat [...]	2008-12-05 08:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1157	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GUARDEDLY [...] (C) Ambassador Derse, accompanied by EUR/CARC Office Director Baxter Hunt, met Novruz Mammadov, chief foreign policy advisor at the Presidential Apparat, on December 3. Ambassador unequivocally warned Mammadov that closure of United States-sponsored broadcasting in Azerbaijan would cause a ser [...]	2008-12-05 09:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU1158	USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND DIRECTOR OF [...] SUMMARY: The visit of USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore to Azerbaijan capitalized on the existing USG strong host-country counterpart relationships. During her three-day visit, Administrator Fore held meetings with AzerbaijanQs President (see reftel),[...]	2008-12-05 09:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET ADPM AJ
08BAKU1176	AZERBAIJAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:27:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL AJ
08BAKU1183	AZERBAIJAN: POSSIBLE REFERENDUM ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Several recent reports have surfaced in the Azerbaijani press of proposals in the Milli Majlis (Parliament) for a referendum on removing the constitutional prohibition against an individual serving more than two terms as president, which at present requires President Aliyev to st [...]	2008-12-18 11:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AJ
08BAKU1186	AZERBAIJAN: WHERE WE ARE WITH SHAH DENIZ PHASES [...] (C) SUMMARY (CONT): As 2008 ends, the 16-month long stasis surrounding the marketing of Shah Deniz Phase Two (SD2) gas continues, as Turkey and Azerbaijan remain unable to agree on a gas marketing mechanism which would allow them to agree on volumes, prices, and transit. Price negotiations f [...]	2008-12-19 13:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU1196	AZERBAIJAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref. A tasking, this report summarizes the structure plans and potential players in Azerbaijan's nascent civil nuclear energy sector. End Summary. OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------- 2. As noted in Azerbaijan's 2004 r [...]	2008-12-24 06:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AJ
08BAKU12	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU1205	AZERBAIJAN: READOUT OF PRESIDENT ALIYEV NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Italian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, during President Aliyev's November 25 visit to Italy he expressed a clear preference for the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline project over the Nabucco one, citing it as achievable in the short-term. It is unclear to Embassy how accu [...]	2008-12-30 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TK
08BAKU122	SCENESETTER FOR S/CT FRANK URBANCIC'S VISIT TO BAKU [...] (C) Frank: My team and I look forward to your February 13-16 visit. Your visit provides a valuable opportunity to address key security issues with the GOAJ, particularly extending our non-intelligence CT cooperation and pushing the GOAJ to address its energy infrastructure gaps. 2. (C) [...]	2008-02-11 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ
08BAKU123	CORRECTED COPY: AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...]	2008-02-12 06:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ
08BAKU126	CORRECTED COPY OF SCENESETTER FOR S/CT FRANK [...] (C) Frank: My team and I look forward to your February 13-16 visit. Your visit provides a valuable opportunity to address key security issues with the GOAJ, particularly extending our non-intelligence CT cooperation and pushing the GOAJ to address its energy infrastructure gaps. 2. (C) [...]	2008-02-12 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ
08BAKU129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LIKELY AZERBAIJANI REACTION [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Kosovo's anticipated declaration of independence in a February 12 meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (other topics septel). Noting that he had discussed this issue with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried in Munich, Mammadyarov [...]	2008-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UNAUS UNMIK OSCE AJ
08BAKU132	AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, January 15, 2008 - January [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. - VAT RATE MAY BE REDUCED - KAPITAL BANK TO BE FULLY PRIV [...]	2008-02-13 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU135	EU TROIKA VISIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 4 visit to Baku, the EU Troika opened the European Commission Delegation and discussed energy, democracy and human rights and the NK conflict with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and EU embassy contacts separatel [...]	2008-02-13 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EAID AJ
08BAKU136	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY PLAYERS GIVE STATUS UPDATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Azerbaijan energy interlocutors agree the key to timely development of the Shah Deniz Stage Two gas project is settling issues of gas transit through Turkey. BP and Statoil claim that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is moving too slowly in signing commercial cont [...]	2008-02-13 15:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PBTS TU AJ
08BAKU14	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHUSTER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 12:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU140	AZERBAIJAN'S OIL COMPANY UPBEAT ON COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR President Abdullayev was very upbeat upon hearing of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's willingness to increase bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijan and looked forward to follow up discussions with the USG as soon as possible. He denied European charges that SOCAR was no [...]	2008-02-14 14:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS TU TX AJ
08BAKU146	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO [...] (C) DCM delivered ref a points regarding possible Russian recognition of Abkhazia in a February 15 meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov. Noting that Georgia is a neighbor with whom the GOAJ maintains close cooperation on a number of areas of mutual, strategic inter [...]	2008-02-15 13:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS GG RU YI AJ
08BAKU147	AZERBAIJAN KEEPING WARY EYE ON ARMENIAN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Senior Azerbaijani leaders are keeping a wary eye on Armenia's February 19 presidential election, worrying that the hotly contested election could have implications for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Minister of National Security Mahmudov confirmed that the GOAJ has information [...]	2008-02-15 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PINR AM AJ
08BAKU149	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BROWNBACK'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe and to use its energy resources to drive growth and development in the region, make it an important U.S. partne [...]	2008-02-15 15:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON AJ
08BAKU150	AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The GOAJ's initial response to Kosovo's declaration of independence is to reject Kosovo's decision. MFA spokesperson Khazar Ibrahimov's February 18 statement was the first official reaction to Kosovo's independence. In the statement, Ibrahimov characterized Kosovo's independence as a "u [...]	2008-02-19 13:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU151	AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The GOAJ's initial response to Kosovo's declaration of independence is to reject Kosovo's decision. MFA spokesperson Khazar Ibrahimov's February 18 statement was the first official reaction to Kosovo's independence. In the statement, Ibrahimov characterized Kosovo's independence as a "u [...]	2008-02-19 13:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU160	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov on February 20 (FM Mammadyarov was out of the country). Despite Azerbaijan's opposition to Kosovo's independence, Azimov said, he had instructed the MFA to be "measured" in its public statements, making only two [...]	2008-02-21 15:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS UN AZ
08BAKU163	THE EMPRESS HAS NO CLOTHES: A LOOK AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A 2007 press report speculating that a "new" pro-government party, the Democratic Azerbaijan World Party, was being created to support the First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva's 2013 presidential bid continues to resonate, creating rumors that Aliyeva is launching a move against the rulin [...]	2008-02-22 13:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ
08BAKU178	S/CT URBANCIC DISCUSSES ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic's February 14-15 visit to Baku reaffirmed USG appreciation for Azerbaijan's cooperation in the war on terror and underscored USG interest in deepening bilateral CT cooperation. GOAJ officials confirmed they are work [...]	2008-02-29 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ
08BAKU182	AZERBAIJAN: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Paragraph 4 below provides Embassy Baku's submission on the status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Azerbaijan are conducted under the direction of the Deputy Ministe [...]	2008-03-03 08:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
08BAKU185	IDEAS FOR PROMOTING A U.S.-AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Ankara and Baku. 2. (C) Embassy Ankara and Embassy Baku provide the following informal suggestions to follow up with EUR A/S Fried's December 2007 speech at the Mayflower Hotel on a strategic partnership among the U.S, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Bo [...]	2008-03-04 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG TU AJ
08BAKU186	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES AG, ENERGY AND CARGILL WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 28 meeting with Prime Minister Rasizadeh, the Ambassador discussed the importance of developing the non-energy sector, especially the agricultural sector, and offered U.S. assistance to the GOAJ in implementing its new agricultural strategy. The Ambassador also rais [...]	2008-03-04 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PGOV ETRD AJ
08BAKU187	DFM AZIMOV REQUESTS USG SUPPORT ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov requested a meeting with Ambassador Derse on February 29 to discuss Azerbaijan's pending UNGA resolution "on the situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" (other topics septel). European embassies were similarly summoned to a gr [...]	2008-03-04 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS UN AZ
08BAKU191	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN TALKS ENERGY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev seeks enhanced cooperation with Turkmenistan on offshore energy development, and is willing to be minority partner with the GOTX in developing the Serdar-Kapaz field. Aliyev seeks concrete action from Turkmenistan showing it is interested in such cooperation, an [...]	2008-03-05 08:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU193	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR AZERBAIJAN FOR S/CT [...] (C) The Embassy provides the following response to ref A's request for information on Azerbaijan's critical infrastructure (CI) and key resources (KI),which would "have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" if destroyed. Embassy recommends that Azerbaijan's primary energ [...]	2008-03-05 11:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU194	AZERBAIJAN: INTERIM SECURITY DIALOGUE REVIEW WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting PM/RSAT office director David Bame and OSD Eurasia Policy Director Colonel Jon Chicky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on February 26 for an interim review of the bilateral security dialogue. Azimov said Kosovo's independence creates a harmful perception of [...]	2008-03-05 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG AJ
08BAKU196	UPDATE ON CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: According to President Aliyev on March 5, the situation along the Line of Contact has de-escalated and Azerbaijan did not instigate the firefight and would not "take advantage of the situation." Based on our conversations with other GOAJ officials, initial press reports, and pu [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ASEC AM AJ
08BAKU21	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN, [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-08 10:29:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR MASS AJ
08BAKU211	UPDATE ON U.S. MISSLE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 12:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS NATO AJ RU
08BAKU224	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN TALKS ENERGY WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eurasian Energy Coordinator Ambassador Mann told Foreign Minister Mammadyarov that BTC expansion was "imperative." On Turkmenistan, Mann said President Aliyev and Azerbaijan could provide a good example to Berdimuhamedov of how to invite foreign energy companies into a productive [...]	2008-03-11 07:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX ENRG
08BAKU232	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Referring to Shah Deniz Stage Two, ACG Associated and Deep Gas and the offshore "Umid" field which Socar is developing, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan will have much gas available for export. He told Ambassador for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Mann that "it was important for [...]	2008-03-12 05:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU234	AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, February 15 - 29, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. END SUMMARY. 2. RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ------------------------- [...]	2008-03-12 08:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU238	ARAZ AZIMOV'S COMMENTS ON DRAFT UNGA RESOLUTION ON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on March 12 relayed GOAJ responses to the USG's comments on Azerbaijan's draft UNGA resolution on the situation in the occupied territories (ref a). Azimov provided line-by-line comments on the U.S. recommendations, but his overriding con [...]	2008-03-12 15:13:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM
08BAKU242	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR PRESIDENT SAYS ANY PUBLICITY BAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues to seek a 'zero publicity' policy in relation to its efforts to strengthen energy ties with Europe. Specifically, Socar President Abdullayev asked that USG officials not refer publicly to the current GOT-GOAJ dispute over tas tran [...]	2008-03-13 06:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU250	SENATOR BROWNBACK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Aliyev affirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to developing new Caspian gas reserves and export routes to Europe in spite of increasing pressure from Russia and Iran. He said that continued U.S. support would be key to these i [...]	2008-03-14 06:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD PBTS AJ
08BAKU251	AZERBAIJANIS SEEK REPEAL OF SECTION 907 IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate February 20 meetings, the AmCham Board of Directors, Deputy Foreign Minister Pashayev and a group of reform-minded MPS told Senator Brownback (R-KS) that Azerbaijan sought to deepen its ties with the United States. In recognition of Azerbaijan's growing partnership [...]	2008-03-14 06:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG ECON KPAO AJ
08BAKU256	NATO ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR ATTRACTS DIVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's 68th Rose-Roth Seminar, focused on "Security in the Caspian Region," was held in Baku March 6-8. Speakers included a range of parliamentarians, scholars and government officials from Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; this was the first time that Central Asian states [...]	2008-03-14 10:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARK MASS PBTS NATO AJ
08BAKU262	AZERBAIJAN: 2007 HRR ROLLS OUT TO MIXED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12 press event, the Ambassador rolled out the 2007 Human Rights Report to a group of human rights activists, representatives of the Human Rights Ombudswoman's office, and Parliament's Human Rights Commission Chair. Although the Human Rights Commission Chair questioned [...]	2008-03-17 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU277	LOOKING TO ARMENIA,"AZERBAIJAN NOW SYMBOL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clearly pleased President Aliyev branded the recent Armenian Presidential elections "a fraud," the incoming and outgoing Armenian President "criminals," and said that the sham elections and subsequent violence, where the Armenian government was forced to kill its own people, al [...]	2008-03-25 05:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX AR ENRG
08BAKU279	ACTION REQUEST: AZERBAIJAN REQUESTS CONFIRMATION [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (SBU) On March 19, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the GOAJ, requesting that the U.S. "confirm officially and in written form its adherence to respect and support of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Azer [...]	2008-03-25 12:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AJ
08BAKU280	DAS BRYZA PROMOTES DEMOCRACY AGENDA WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate March 4-5 meetings with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, EUR/DAS Bryza reviewed election assistance and the issue of our bilateral democracy dialogue agenda with Azerbaijan, underscoring the importance of democratic ref [...]	2008-03-26 05:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR GA AJ
08BAKU282	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY COOPERATION WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 4-5 visit to Baku, EUR/DAS Bryza discussed energy cooperation in separate meetings with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev, and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alasgarov. Bryza briefed Mammadyarov on his recent e [...]	2008-03-26 06:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU284	AZERBAIJANI MUSLIM IVP'ER CAUGHT UP IN MNS [...] (C) Azerbaijani Islamic commentator Elshad Miri told the Embassy that Ministry of National Security (MNS) officers raided his office on February 27, shortly after he returned from the U.S., where he participated in an International Visitors Program (IVP) for Azerbaijani Muslim believers. Miri [...]	2008-03-26 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KPAO AJ
08BAKU292	REQUEST FOR U/S JEFFREY TO VISIT BAKU IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Baku requests that Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III consider visiting Azerbaijan June 3-4, in conjunction with the June 3-6 International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Confer [...]	2008-03-28 09:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP AJ ENRG
08BAKU293	REQUEST FOR U/S JEFFERY TO VISIT BAKU IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Baku requests that Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III consider visiting Azerbaijan June 3-4, in conjunction with the June 3-6 International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Confer [...]	2008-03-28 10:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP AJ ENRG
08BAKU3	AZERBAIJAN'S INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In the past few years and especially the last year as oil revenues have come on-line, the GOAJ has adopted a strikingly more confident and activist foreign policy. The GOAJ's new activism is reflected in a high volume of foreign visits to and from Azerbaijan, the large number o [...]	2008-01-03 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAKU320	UPDATE ON AZERBAIJANI FRUSTRATION WITH CO-CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Public attention on the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries' vote against Azerbaijan's "Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan" UNGA resolution continues, as do GOAJ official statements and some orchestrated political activities. While the issue has gradually slipp [...]	2008-04-04 11:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KPAO AJ
08BAKU34	AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL COMPANY APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENTS [...] (U) On December 27, 2007, President Ilham Aliyev appointed three new vice presidents of the State Oil Company (SOCAR). Under the decree, Qorkhmaz Huseynov was appointed VP for social issues, Mukhtar Babayev VP for ecology issues, and Khalik Mammadov VP for personnel, regime, and information t [...]	2008-01-15 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU348	AZERBAIJAN PLANS A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE RAILWAY SYSTEM [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan plans a five-year, USD 1.5 billion overhaul of the state railway system, expected to be launched by the end of the year. The plan envisions a major reorganization of the railway agency, as well as new construction, reconstruction, and procurement effo [...]	2008-04-10 06:50:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN BEXP BTIO IR RU AJ
08BAKU35	CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...]	2008-01-15 11:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ
08BAKU353	CANDIDATES BEGIN JOCKEYING FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months out from Azerbaijan's October presidential election, four contenders have thrown their hats in the ring to run against incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, who seeks a second -- and per the Azerbaijani Constitution, final -- term in office. The presidential hopefuls inclu [...]	2008-04-10 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU358	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RAMIZ MEHDIYEV LAYS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, echoing President Aliyev (ref a),laid down a tough new line on democracy assistance. He said that the National Democratic Institute must conduct joint training for pro-government and oppositi [...]	2008-04-11 16:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU371	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 22-23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Energy continues to figure prominently in Azerbaijan's geostrategic vision, economic development, and partnership with the United States. President Aliyev and his senior advisors have repeatedly expressed their commitment to working with the U.S. on a new phase of energy coopera [...]	2008-04-17 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV PBTS AJ
08BAKU376	LEGAL CONFERENCE SEEKS TO BOLSTER AZERBAIJAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 11:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU377	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REJECTS CRITICISM ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting with visiting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Jeff Gedmin, President Aliyev firmly denied that Azerbaijan has any problems in the area of media freedom, and accused the U.S. of applying a "double standard" in its criticisms. The Preside [...]	2008-04-21 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS KDEM KISL AJ
08BAKU38	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),President Aliyev said he was confident about winning the October Presidential election, due to his government's accomplishments and the opposition's inability to introduce fresh faces. Aliyev said Azerbaijan is [...]	2008-01-15 12:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU380	RUSSIA REPORTEDLY SEEKS APPROVAL TO TRANSIT [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 9. 2. (S) Summary: An Azerbaijani MFA officer informed us that the Azerbaijani Government has received repeated requests from the Russian Government to allow the transit of unspecified equipment to Iran's light water reactor at Bushehr. The [...]	2008-04-21 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ
08BAKU382	AZERBAIJAN HALTS RUSSIAN SHIPMENT TO BUSHEHR AT [...] (S) Summary: Azerbaijani officials, including Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, confirmed press reports that the GOAJ had detained at the southern Astara border crossing a Russian shipment destined for Iran's Bushehr reactor. Mammadyarov said that the Russian Government still had not provided an [...]	2008-04-22 14:34:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR RS AJ

08BAKU383	FATA-ALIYEV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial one-hour meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata on April 16, President Aliyev delivered a direct plea for greater US support for Azerbaijan's security in the face of growing regional pressures, especiall [...]	2008-04-23 08:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ
08BAKU389	AZERBAIJAN'S HEAD OF CUSTOMS CLARIFIES STATUS OF [...] (C) In an April 23rd conversation with the Ambassador, Aydin Aliyev, Chairman of Azerbaijan's Customs Service, provided further details on the Russian shipment halted at the Astara border crossing (reftel). Aliyev said that per usual GoAJ procedures, Customs has the right to allow goods to en [...]	2008-04-23 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR RS AJ
08BAKU390	AZERBAIJAN OPPOSES RUSSIAN MOVES TO UPGRADE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov during an April 22 meeting with visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III (other topics septel). Mammadyarov responded that Azerbaijan supports Georgia's territorial in [...]	2008-04-23 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS GG RS AJ
08BAKU392	FATA-MAMMADYAROV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 16 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored increasing volatility in the region and pressure from Azerbaijan's neighbors, especially in connection with Azerbaijan's commitmen [...]	2008-04-24 06:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ
08BAKU395	AZERBAIJAN: TGI FIGHTING NABUCCO, EU AND TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Edison SpA Business Manager Elio Ruggieri, one of the main executives involved in promoting the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas pipeline, TGI needs nine bcm/a of Shah Deniz Two gas for sanctioning. The minimum amount it sought was six bcm/a, although this limited amou [...]	2008-04-25 08:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG
08BAKU42	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER REVIEWS REGIONAL, DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with Congressman Wexler, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov provided an overview of Azerbaijan's relations with Iran and Russia, suggesting that Azerbaijan would be willing to play a mediating role between the U.S. and Iran. In separate January 9 me [...]	2008-01-16 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IR RU AJ
08BAKU422	MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT PURSUES ECONOMIC TIES DURING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 23-24 visit, Moldovan President Voronin focused on economic issues, including a new agreement to have Azerbaijani specialists examine Moldovan oil and gas reserves. They also discussed possible Azerbaijani investment in the privatization of Moldovan industries, th [...]	2008-05-02 07:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENERG ECON AJ
08BAKU434	BUSHEHR LIGHTWATER REACTOR-BOUND EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Further to reftels regarding the stranded Busheher lightwater-reactor bound nuclear equipment that was being held on the Iranian-Azerbaijani border at Astara, On May 2 Poloff spoke with Azerbaijani MFA First Secretary for Arms Control and Disarmament Yusuf Mammadaliyev. Mammadaliyev said [...]	2008-05-05 13:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC AORC UNSC IR AJ
08BAKU44	AZERBAIJAN'S INTENTIONAL AMBIGUITY TOWARD NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) has not publicly defined its ultimate goal with respect to NATO membership, nor do we expect it to do so. Azerbaijan's NATO policy appears to be movement toward the organization while intentionally remaining silent on the question of ultimatel [...]	2008-01-17 08:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARK MASS PBTS NATO AJ
08BAKU446	U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH KEY AZERBAIJANI MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 22 visit to Baku, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery III discussed with the Foreign Minister and State Oil Company president the importance of gas transit and securing Caspia [...]	2008-05-12 05:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU460	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan. [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU461	GOVERNMENT "SHARKS" PUSH LARGE AMERICAN INVESTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a sign of the difficult business environment in Azerbaijan, a major foreign investor has decided to sell its investment and leave Azerbaijan. Russia's Baltika Breweries, a subsidiary of Carlsberg, announced the purchase of Baku Castel on May 15. CEO of the local brewery Baku C [...]	2008-05-16 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU467	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SHARES HIS VISION WITH U/S JEFFERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 22 conversation with U/S Jeffery and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he was seeking "greater clarity" from the Nabucco countries as to their real intentions, and from Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on how active the GOTX will be in seeking energy cooper [...]	2008-05-21 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU473	AZERBAIJANI MFA READOUT ON MAY WTO WORKING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadguliyev provided a positive assessment of Azerbaijan's May WTO Working Party meeting and bilateral negotiations with the U.S. Azerbaijan plans to complete concordance within the next two months and hopes to complete its WTO Action Plan and submit [...]	2008-05-22 13:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL EAGR WTRO AJ
08BAKU481	OPPOSITION JOURNALIST FEARS FOR LIFE, SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil told us May 22 that he faces continuing pressure and threats following February and March assaults against him and subsequent smear campaign. A May 7 assault and attempted kidnapping prompted him to stop working and flee to his [...]	2008-05-23 14:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM PREL AJ
08BAKU482	INITIAL READOUT OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku was a significant step in the ongoing improvement of bilateral relations. According to SOCAR President Abdullayev, although the two heads of state seems to have reached no specific agreement on offshore energy devel [...]	2008-05-23 15:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TX
08BAKU494	AZERBAIJAN SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on the success of the BTC and SCP pipelines, Azerbaijan could become a still more important producer and transit country for Caspian energy reserves. Several key issues must be resolved. Azerbaijan is working quietly with Turkmenistan to improve their relationship, sett [...]	2008-05-30 04:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV PREL ENRG
08BAKU499	RECOMMENDING GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH AZERBAIJAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan is an increasingly important partner for the United States. A Muslim country bordered by Russia and Iran, it is a firmly secular, pro-American partner in a region beset by radical Islam. Our security cooperation is excellent and growing, and could take on still m [...]	2008-05-30 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENRG MOPS KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU51	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS SENATOR LUGAR HE WANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Aliyev said that the Turkmen President is moving too slowly on trans-Caspian gas discussions while at the same time continuing to sign deals with Russia. Aliyev said that he needs a political signal in the next six months to [...]	2008-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG MARR AJ RS IR
08BAKU541	PRESIDENT ALIYEV "HURT" BY U.S. CRITICISMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, President Aliyev bluntly detailed his personal sense of "hurt" over statements by the Secretary and President that were critical of Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. He views the statements as part of a trend -- the UNGA vote, the Presidential statement [...]	2008-06-10 11:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU547	NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE SPLITS WORLD AZERBAIJANIS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Sabir Rustamxanli and current World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) President Ghulamriza Sabri-Tabrizi are both claiming leadership of the organization and organizing rival annual congresses. The organization's split appears to be driven by differen [...]	2008-06-12 10:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ
08BAKU552	AZERBAIJAN: SE GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, accompanied by EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Eurasian Energy Coordinator Ambassador Steven Mann, Ambassador Richard Hoagland, and Ambassador Anne Derse, met separately with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Energy Minist [...]	2008-06-17 10:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG PINR PGOV PREL AJ TX
08BAKU553	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF CONTINUES TO EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev told visiting EUR DAS Bryza that, as a strategic partner, Azerbaijan expects the U.S. to take a more active role in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. Mehdiyev said greater U.S. activism and pressure is needed to balance Rus [...]	2008-06-17 10:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM AJ
08BAKU565	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS ENERGY COOPERATION MUST [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 2 meeting with Special Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Steve Mann, President Aliyev said the recent visit of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov helped moved forward the bilateral relationship, which could well lead to expanded cooperation on energy sector devel [...]	2008-06-18 11:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG PGOV PREL TU TX
08BAKU566	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR TELLS SE GRAY EVERYONE WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev told a USG delegation on June 2 that in addition to competition among the Nabucco, TGI and TAP pipeline projects for Shah Deniz Phase Two gas, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Russia have each individually notified SOCAR that they wish to purchase all o [...]	2008-06-18 11:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX TK
08BAKU584	AZERBAIJAN: RWE, TGI, OMV, DEPA ALL SAY 'TIME IS NOW' FOR SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO DECISON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Companies involve with TGI and Nabucco, two of the three pipelineprojects seeking to buy Shah Deniz Phase Two gas agree that the next six months are crucial for rogress in the Southern Corridor project, and that main stumbling block currently is the issue of gas transit through T [...]	2008-06-20 14:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG
08BAKU585	AZERBAIJAN: PENDING BREAKTHROUGH IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on June 20 that the June 19 Ashgabat visit of a delegation headed by SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev went well, and that Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan "may have some news on gas soon." In a separate conversation, SOCAR Marketing Vice-President [...]	2008-06-20 15:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX TU
08BAKU593	AZERBAIJAN: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. This cable contains proprietary business information and should be handled accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to request in reftel for information on current business disputes and expropriation claims for inclusion in the Department's annual report to [...]	2008-06-24 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIDE PGOV AJ
08BAKU602	PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...]	2008-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU604	CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 24 meeting with Representative Schiff and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored Azerbaijan's interest in an early peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict and the benefits that increased cooperation with a rapidly developing Azerbaija [...]	2008-06-26 10:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU620	AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR UPBEAT ON TURKMENISTAN; WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 24 meeting, SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev told the Ambassador that during a recent meeting in Ashgabat he had outlined to Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov a vision of bilateral energy cooperation between the two countries. Berdimuhamedov struck him as a reasona [...]	2008-06-30 13:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TK ENRG
08BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IN THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first state visit to Baku on July 3-4, following on the heels of recent stops in Azerbaijan from the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin, and Speaker of the Lower House of the Duma Boris G [...]	2008-07-02 04:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU629	P-1 REFERRAL FOR U.S. RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy has identified Azerbaijani journalist Agil Khalil as a candidate for the U.S. Resettlement Program as a Priority One referral. Khalil submitted a written request for refugee resettlement in the U.S. to the Embassy. In this request, Khalil alleges that he is in dange [...]	2008-07-02 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM CVIS AJ
08BAKU638	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) On July 1 the Ambassador met with Eldar Namazov, head of the "For the Sake of Azerbaijan" forum, and a likely candidate in the October presidential election. Namazov requested this meeting in advance of his trip to Washington, D.C. during the week of July 7, which is sponsored by the [...]	2008-07-03 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU646	RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV DISCUSSES ENERGY AND NK [...] (C) Summary: During his July 3-4 visit to Baku, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed energy and Nagorno-Karabakh with President Aliyev. Despite the usual public rhetoric of friendly relations, public statements from the leaders and press reporting indicate that no substantive agreement [...]	2008-07-07 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU649	EEB/CBA MERMOUD DISCUSSES EPC AND COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with GOAJ officials, Special Representative for Economic and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud proposed a September 8 meeting of the Economic Partnership Commission; Minister of Finance Sharifov indicated that the date could be difficult due to GOAJ budget preparation [...]	2008-07-08 06:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV KCOR PREL AJ
08BAKU652	DRL A/S KRAMER URGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: In a very frank June 27 meeting, DRL A/S Kramer urged President Aliyev to "turn an area of friction into an area of improvement" in the bilateral relationship by taking concrete steps to address Azerbaijan's human rights problems. Although initially cool and somewhat testy, Pre [...]	2008-07-08 08:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU658	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Kramer and Foreign Minister Mammadaryov conducted the fourth round of the DRL-led U.S.-Azerbaijan Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue on June 27 in Baku. Mammadyarov defended Azerbaijan's recent electoral changes as in keeping with European standards and agreed that imp [...]	2008-07-09 07:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF PBTS AJ
08BAKU67	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RAMIZ MEHDIYEV REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev repeated long-standing policy that Azerbaijan is prepared to give Nagorno Karabakh "the highest autonomous status" but cannot agree to "give territory to Armenia." Arguing that [...]	2008-01-28 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU671	AZERBAIJAN SCENESETTER FOR JULY 14 VISIT OF [...] (C) Your second visit to Baku comes on the heels of your early June participation in the Fifteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (ref A),and your subsequent early July letter to President Aliyev providing input for next steps we can take together to pursue joint USG-GOAJ ene [...]	2008-07-11 09:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU674	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS NO COUNTRY HAS RIGHT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a speech delivered to the biannual conference of all Azerbaijani heads of diplomatic missions, President Aliyev pushed for a strong public diplomacy effort to bolster Azerbaijan's position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, presented a confident vision of Azerbaijan's place in [...]	2008-07-11 15:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU675	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S VISIT MEANT TO TELL [...] (C) Summary: According to the Russian Ambassador to Baku Vasily Istratov, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Baku had one major purpose: to convey the message to the GOAJ that "Azerbaijan matters" to Russia. Defining the new relationships as "same book, different page," Istratov c [...]	2008-07-11 15:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU71	AZERBAIJAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] This cable contains post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. The Statement includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requir [...]	2008-01-28 11:39:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD OPIC PGOV AJ
08BAKU717	AZERBAIJAN STICKS TO ITS STORY ON CONFRONTATION [...] (S) Summary: Embassy contacts have provided a consistent account of an incident in early April during which they claim a Turkmen oil exploration rig, accompanied by a Russian research vessel, crossed into Azerbaijani waters from Turkmenistan. The GOAJ's description of the events differs wid [...]	2008-07-31 13:22:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX
08BAKU719	AZERBAIJAN,S SOCAR DISCUSSES TURKMEN NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 16 conversation, SOCAR Marketing Vice-President Elshad Nassirov and Eurasian Energy Coordinator Steven Mann discussed prospects for an "early gas" project getting Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan, with both agreeing that the first, and key, step was the Turkmen President makin [...]	2008-07-31 15:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX
08BAKU726	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT, SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 14 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, President Aliyev sought USG views on how to best proceed on the Southern Corridor project. SE Gray reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to work with Turkey and the EU to enable gas transit. To entice Turkmenistan into shipping gas west, [...]	2008-08-04 10:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU
08BAKU728	SOCAR VP, SE GRAY DISCUSS NEXT STEPS RE TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR Marketing Vice-President Elshad Nassirov, one of President Aliyev's key energy advisors, told SE Gray that selling any more than four billion cubic meters (bcm) of Shah Deniz Phase Two gas (SD2) to Turkey would "kill the Southern Corridor project." He said Turkey sought ei [...]	2008-08-05 04:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL AZ TU
08BAKU73	AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov remained noncommittal on a U.S. request to deploy an additional company to Iraq and a provision of a battalion for Afghanistan in the context of a potential TEP offer. Azimov said President Al [...]	2008-01-29 05:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PBTS IZ AJ
08BAKU733	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRE-ELECTION AZERBAIJAN WITH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby won President Aliyev's commitment to launch an EU democracy dialogue with Azerbaijan, but met some resistance from the Foreign Minister, who suggested expanding the theme of the discussions. Azerbaijan's leaders have [...]	2008-08-05 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG AZ
08BAKU739	PRESIDENT ALIYEV WELCOMES HIGHEST-LEVEL USG [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting OVP Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Joe Wood, President Aliyev welcomed the proposed visit of the Vice President, expressing general satisfaction with the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship. Identifying Nagorno-Kar [...]	2008-08-06 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ
08BAKU740	PROBLEM WITH BTC PIPELINE IN TURKEY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) According to press reports, an explosion took place on August 6 at 0200 on a section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline located in a remote, mountainous area in eastern Turkey. Murat Heydarov, who is the Advisor to the President for the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR),to [...]	2008-08-06 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG AJ GG TU
08BAKU757	AZERBAIJAN-IRAN COOPERATE ON NATURAL GAS, CONSIDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijan-Iran natural gas relationship is expanding and will continue to be strategically important to both countries. This opinion was conveyed to polecon officer in separate meetings with Azerigaz Vice-Chairman, Nazim Sadmed-zadeh; State oil Company of Azerbaijan Vice P [...]	2008-08-11 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR ENRG PREL PGOV
08BAKU761	AZERBAIJAN SCALES BACK PRODUCTION, LOOKS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 04:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ GG TU
08BAKU765	AZERBAIJAN OIL & GAS EXPORT WOES: BAKU-SUPSA, SCP [...] (C) BP External Affairs and Policy Forum Manager Seymour Khalilov briefed Embassy officers August 12 on developments in oil and gas production and transport in light of fire damage to the BTC pipeline and the Russia-Georgia conflict over South Ossetia. Khalilov confirmed that the BTC fire was [...]	2008-08-13 04:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TU
08BAKU768	AZERBAIJAN'S LOW-PROFILE RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG AJ
08BAKU771	AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST'S COURT SAGA UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: Embattled opposition Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil left Azerbaijan on July 24, flying to Paris after receiving assistance from the French Embassy. Khalil had sought to leave Azerbaijan on July 21, but poor GOAJ inter-ministerial communication and perhaps intervention fr [...]	2008-08-14 11:17:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU773	IRANIAN STUDENTS IN BAKU SPEAK OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY The Iranian public is keen for more opportunities to engage with the United States. Three Iranian students studying in Baku conveyed this sentiment to polecon officer during two wide-ranging discussions on life in Iran. Polecon officer outlined the ways the USG reaches out to the [...]	2008-08-15 05:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AZ PGOV PREL
08BAKU774	SNAPSHOT: AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER ACTIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cross-border activity between Azerbaijan and Iran at the pedestrian and truck crossing in Astara seems fairly limited but has increased over the past few years. Continued expansion is projected at both locations as Iranians seek more opportunities in Azerbaijan and as trade expa [...]	2008-08-15 09:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PREL PGOV
08BAKU787	AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR: OIL & GAS TRANSIT THROUGH [...] (C) Embassy officers met August 20 with State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) Deputy Vice President Vitaliy Baylarbayov to discuss oil and gas production and transport in light of the ongoing security crisis in Georgia. Baylarbayov offered the following observations on specific export routes [...]	2008-08-21 04:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AZ TX TU
08BAKU789	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VP VISIT, PRESSES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador August 6 highlighted to Head of the Presidential Apparat Remiz Mehdiyev the historical significance of the Vice President's upcoming visit to Azerbaijan. The Ambassador also pressed Mehdiyev on free and fair presidential elections, including the need for internati [...]	2008-08-21 09:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU79	AZERBAIJAN UPBEAT ON TURKMAN RELATIONS AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In conversations with the Ambassador, GOAJ officials were highly positive about he January 17 GOAJ-GOTX Intergovernmental Commission meeting and the bright prospects they now see to accelerate the improvement in relations with Turkmenistan. Ascribing improved relations largely to [...]	2008-01-30 13:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ TU PREL PGOV ENRG
08BAKU790	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT: I DIDNâ€™T STAND BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, President Aliyev told visiting British Petroleum CEO Inglis that Azerbaijan is taking quiet steps to support Georgia, although Aliyev himself did not publicly support the Georgian President. For example, Azerbaijanis are repairing a critical rail bridge destroyed by the R [...]	2008-08-22 04:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU TR
08BAKU796	TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN PITCHES CAUCASUS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Embassy First Secretary Cem Ornekol told the Embassy the goal of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's August 20 visit to Baku was to gain Azerbaijan's support for Turkey's proposed Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Ornekol said President Aliyev was receptive to th [...]	2008-08-22 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ IR
08BAKU797	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S AUGUST 24-25 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Baku warmly welcomes Senator Lugar back to Azerbaijan. This visit comes at a particularly critical time, during the ongoing Georgia-Russia conflict and in the wake of several public USG-GOAJ bilateral disagreements. While the GOAJ, and President Aliyev in particular, ha [...]	2008-08-22 14:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ GG PGOV PREL OTRA
08BAKU804	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The unfolding Russia-Georgia conflict has critical and sensitive ramifications for Azerbaijan. In particular, President Aliyev worries about the implications of the crisis in terms of resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its impact on Azerbaijan's westward oil and gas exp [...]	2008-08-25 15:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA CHENEY RICHARD AJ GG
08BAKU812	FOREIGN MINISTER: RUSSIAN INVANSION SENDS MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador August 26 that the Russian invasion of Georgia was primarily intended to send a message to the U.S. that Russian power in the region "is back." He warned that Russian insistence on buffer zones in Georgia around the conflict areas will af [...]	2008-08-27 13:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG GG PREL RS
08BAKU813	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES GEORGIA, ENERGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Senator Lugar August 25 that his visit to Azerbaijan was very important and timely, coming on the heels of a stopover in Tbilisi. Azerbaijan, the President said, was first to send assistance to Georgia and will continue to do so, despite grave errors and "ir [...]	2008-08-28 03:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU815	BP BRIEFS SENATOR LUGAR ON CASPIAN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Russia-Georgia conflict, according to BP, may be forcing Azerbaijan to re-examine needs for regional stability and security, perhaps with leaders concluding that a large foreign presence in Azerbaijan and the region is necessary to create an environment of greater security, predict [...]	2008-08-28 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINT PREL AJ TX TU GG
08BAKU816	AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Natbiladze told the Ambassador on August 26 that Russian President Medvedev's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia was a "shocking" figleaf for an "occupation." Natbiladze argued that Russia's goal is to change Georgia's government and gain influ [...]	2008-08-28 11:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG AJ
08BAKU821	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR FEARS RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev's International Relations Advisor sees Russian actions in Georgia as "the beginning of a new era," with Azerbaijan's energy export routes, and consequently, the country's independence and sovereignty, ultimately at risk. Russia's acts were premeditated, with a g [...]	2008-09-02 10:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KPKO MARR AJ GG RU
08BAKU833	AZERBAIJAN: VICE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Richard Cheney's September 3-4 visit to Baku was widely seen as significant and timely given concerns about energy and security in the wake of the Russian invasion of Georgia. Azerbaijan's media gave extensive and decidedly positive coverage to VP Cheney's visit [...]	2008-09-05 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BAKU837	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO ICJ UNGA RESOLUTION DELIVERED [...] (C) Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche on Serbia's proposal to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice regarding Kosovo to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs Department Chief Galib Israfilov on September 5. Israfilov said the GOAJ's position is "not [...]	2008-09-08 11:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV AJ
08BAKU845	WORLD BANK TO NAME AZERBAIJAN NUMBER ONE REFORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Echoing comments relayed by GOAJ officials and other observers in Baku, World Bank officials told Ambassador recently that Russia's real target in Georgia was Azerbaijan's oil and gas assets. Even outside the energy sector, the conflict has had a negative impact on Azerbaijan's [...]	2008-09-09 12:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU850	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani performance in assuring freedom of assembly has been positive from the standpoint of new legislation and presidential statements. The Venice Commission positively assessed Azerbaijan's revised law on freedom of assembly. From a legal and technical point of view, th [...]	2008-09-10 12:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU852	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION, GEORGIA WITH HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 29, leading Azerbaijani human rights activists Novella Jafaroglu-Appelbaum, Saida Gojamanly, and Saadat Benanyarly discussed with the Ambassador their concern over the conflict in Georgia and the threat it poses for Azerbaijan. In a surprising twist, they explained that [...]	2008-09-10 13:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ GG
08BAKU856	MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTIES SIGN JOINT BOYCOTT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 5 the heads of the five largest opposition parties signed a public statement boycotting the October 15 presidential election. This represents a step forward in organization for the normally fractured opposition. Discussions with opposition party leadership reveal, [...]	2008-09-11 11:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RS AJ
08BAKU865	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS JOINT EFFORTS MUST [...] (C) Summary. In a September 9 meeting with a USG delegation headed by Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray, President Aliyev said he was pleased with Vice-President's Cheney's recent visit, in which he and the Vice President agreed that a strong bilateral relationship was even more important followin [...]	2008-09-12 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX ENRG TU
08BAKU867	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER FOCUSED ON IRAQI GAS FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a September 9 meeting with Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray, GOT Energy Minister Hilmi Guler stressed that his focus was on solving Turkey's short-term gas needs. Between Iraqi and Turkmen gas, Iraqi gas seemed a more realistic option, and he sought USG help in ensuring that gas [...]	2008-09-12 13:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU868	SOCAR STILL SEEKING SOLUTIONS FOR TURKISH TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: SOCAR continues to seek to find a way to convince Turkey to allow transit to Europe for its Shah Deniz Phase Two gas. However, according to SOCAR Marketing Vice-President Elshad Nassirov, Turkey continues to insist as a prelude to granting transit that Azerbaijan must sell it an [...]	2008-09-12 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU870	TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL SEEKS TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish President Gul's September 10 visit to Baku probably focused on reassuring the GOAJ and the general public that Gul's attendance at a soccer match in Yerevan would not degrade Turkey's "special relationship" with Azerbaijan. The GOAJ almost certainly is nervous about a t [...]	2008-09-15 05:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM AJ
08BAKU879	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DISCUSSES THE [...] (C) Summary: Head of the President's Socio-Political Department Ali Hasanov described for the Ambassador a highly successful and productive visit to the United States in August, including attendance at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and meetings in Washington, DC. Hasanov pledg [...]	2008-09-17 07:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU880	AZERBAIJAN: LITTLE PROGRESS ON CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a September 15 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov related that no progress in resolving the Caspian delimitation issue resulted from the latest meeting of the five Caspian state working group held in Baku on September 4-5. He claimed, however, that construc [...]	2008-09-17 12:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL AJ IR TX
08BAKU883	AZERBAIJAN: GAS LEAK SLASHES OIL PRODUCTION IN [...] (C) According to BP Azerbaijan Vice-President for Communications and External Affairs Seymour Khalilov, at 0820 hours Baku local time Central Azeri Offshore oil platform workers noticed gas bubbles "about one-third the size of soccer balls" coming to the water's surface around the platform. S [...]	2008-09-17 13:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ CASC ENRG PGOV PREL
08BAKU891	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS FOR U.S. TO FILL VOID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, International Relations Advisor to President Aliyev Novruz Mammadov said he did not think that withdrawal of Azerbaijani forces from Iraq by the end of 2008 "would be a problem." (reftel) Mammadov also shared his views on a number [...]	2008-09-18 11:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ IR TU RS
08BAKU893	AZERBAIJAN LAYS OUT A VISION OF, AND SEEKS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 18 meeting with DAS Bryza and Ambassador Derse, SOCAR Marketing VP Elshad Nassirov outlined a sober and comprehensive approach to catalyzing our Southern Corridor efforts. Driven by the shock of recent events in Georgia, Nassirov reflected a level of urgency shared [...]	2008-09-18 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU9	AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARGUE PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 28 meeting with the Ambassador, eight of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists said GOAJ pressure against government critics is rising, with the GOAJ relying on political charges such as espionage, libel, and terrorism to silence or intimidate critics. T [...]	2008-01-04 11:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU90	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appeared unaware that Iran may soon move the Alborz oil rig, while noting that Azerbaijan would respond through diplomatic and legal means if Iran moves the rig into disputed waters. Mammadyarov raised the need for an EU energy summit in Brussels, co [...]	2008-02-01 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ IR
08BAKU904	UNODC REPORTS MAJOR UPSURGE IN HEROIN FROM IRAN, [...] (S) Summary: UNODC Baku reports that trans-shipment of heroin and other opiates from Iran through Azerbaijan has skyrocketed. Total heroin seizures by GOAJ security authorities increased from twenty kilos to over 250 kilos in 2007. These seizures accounted for less than five percent of the [...]	2008-09-23 11:19:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PINR AJ AM TU
08BAKU912	AZERBAIJAN: WORSHIPERS FRUSTRATED WITH CLOSURE OF [...] (C) Summary: The Abu Bakr mosque, which is an important symbolic mosque in Azerbaijan's Islamic landscape and was attacked on August 17, is closed for prayers. On August 17, an unknown attacker threw a grenade into the mosque during prayers, killing three worshipers. The mosque ostensibly w [...]	2008-09-25 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU914	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev presented a sober view of the impact of regional developments on Azerbaijan's key interests to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on September 18. He repeated his longstanding contention that Azerbaijan is "alone" in facing serious regional pressures, underscoring again tha [...]	2008-09-25 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ
08BAKU915	AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER PROMOTES TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 12 meeting with Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy C. Boyden Gray, GOAJ FM Mammadyarov said that the GOAJ was encouraging Turkey to purchase gas from Turkmenistan at the Turkmen border. He explained that the April Caspian incident in which GOAJ vessels co [...]	2008-09-26 08:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX ENRG
08BAKU917	UNODC REPORTS MAJOR UPSURGE IN HEROIN FROM IRAN, SUGGESTS SIGNIFICANT IRANIAN DRUG PROCESSING ACTIVITY (BAKU 911 CORRECTED COPY) [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 10:39:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PINR IR AJ AM TU
08BAKU920	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes as the Russia-Georgia conflict continues to unfold, with critical and sensitive ramifications for Azerbaijan. Baku quietly supported Georgia from the start, providing immediate assistance to Tbilisi in the form of food and other commodities, financial aid to ba [...]	2008-09-26 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA AJ
08BAKU923	EUR DAS BRYZA'S SEPTEMBER 18 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Safar Abiyev told EUR DAS Matthew Bryza that Russia's invasion of Georgia altered regional security dynamics, and he was open to expanding U.S.-Azerbaijani security cooperation. Presidential Administration Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev subsequently said that Az [...]	2008-09-29 10:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG AJ
08BAKU93	AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST LADY: FINDING HER OWN VOICE [...] (C) Summary: The Azerbaijani Government is making a new effort to present First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva as a significant political leader in meetings with senior U.S. officials. The Foreign Ministry, including her uncle who serves as Deputy Foreign Minister, is helping to shape this new image [...]	2008-02-04 09:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV PINR
08BAKU934	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY MAJLIS SPEAKER SHOWS IRE WITH [...] (C) During a discussion with DAS Bryza, Deputy Parliament Speaker and Head of the Parliament's Energy Committee Valeh Aleskerov complained about alleged European cultural arrogance and lack of strategic vision, citing recent developments in Azerbaijan-European Euro-Integration negotiations an [...]	2008-10-03 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RS TN AJ
08BAKU937	AZERBAIJANI CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS HOST [...] (C) Summary: The Azerbaijan National Committee for European Integration (ANCEI) hosted a conference entitled "The Russia - Georgia Conflict and Its Security, Economic, and Humanitarian Implications" in Baku on September 29. During the first panel on international security in the aftermath of [...]	2008-10-06 05:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG AJ
08BAKU945	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner October 1 with the Deputy Secretary, key Azerbaijani foreign policy thinkers discussed the role of Russia and Iran in the Caucasus, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and efforts to intensify the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship. Participants highlighted Azerbaijan's diffic [...]	2008-10-08 08:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM ENRG GG PGOV PREL RS
08BAKU946	AZERBAIJANI FONMIN AND DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaiijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov affirmed the importance of deepening bilateral cooperation, especially in the context of Vice President Cheney's recent trip and Azerbaijan's "vulnerable" geopolitical position in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Georgia. M [...]	2008-10-08 08:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ
08BAKU947	AZERBAIJAN SEEKS TO DEVELOP ACG DEEP GAS, CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told USG interlocutors that there will be "plenty of gas" for Azerbaijan to sell to Georgia this winter. This is a result of oil production problems at the offshore ACG oil mega-field, which continues to cost the GOAJ tens of millions of dollars in [...]	2008-10-08 10:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU

08BAKU963	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DAS DYCK VISITS U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his September 25-28 visit to Azerbaijan, Department of Commerce DAS Paul Dyck met with GOAJ officials and representatives of several U.S.-based companies, and toured business facilities in Azerbaijan. Business leaders complained of corruption and inefficiencies, despite gains [...]	2008-10-10 06:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN BBSR BEXP BMGT
08BAKU969	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: Media contacts state that media in Azerbaijan has worsened under a "personally insecure" president, who has condoned a clampdown on influential, critical media outlets. They point to a number of factors behind the gradual, but steady, decline in media freedom since Ilham Aliyev [...]	2008-10-10 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU970	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy -Secretary Negroponte on October 2, lauded the timely September visit of Vice President Cheney and re-emphasized the importance of further enhancing U.S.-Azerbaijan relations in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia conflict. President Aliyev, [...]	2008-10-10 14:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAKU971	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 2 and 3 Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Deputy Assistant Secretary Bryza met with representatives of the international community and with local NGOs working in Azerbaijan. Representatives of the international community agreed that it is unclear whether democratizatio [...]	2008-10-14 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU972	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 2 and 3 Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Deputy Assistant Secretary Bryza met with representatives of the international community and with local NGOs working in Azerbaijan. Representatives of the international community agreed that it is unclear whether democratizatio [...]	2008-10-14 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU978	AZERBAIJAN ELECTION 2008: VIEW FROM CIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9 Embassy officials met with Yevgeniy Sloboda, head of the CIS Election Observation Mission and a citizen of Belarus. The CIS Mission has 23 long-term and 400 short-term observers in Azerbaijan for the election. Sloboda stated that Azerbaijan has all conditions nece [...]	2008-10-14 09:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAMAKO199	ALL THAT GLITTERS COULD BE ZINC: ARRESTS HIGHLIGHT [...] SUMMARY: Gold has become the centerpiece of the Malian government's budget, but the recent arrest of gold smugglers highlights the risky nature of exporting gold. Three foreign nationals were caught red-handed trying to smuggle what may - or may not - have been three bags of gold through Cust [...]	2008-02-27 12:17:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ML
08BAMAKO238	MALI NAMES NEW AMBASSADOR TO THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 14:14:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ML
08BAMAKO364	AS NORTHERN CRISIS DEEPENS, MALI DRIFTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 14:15:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO758	MALI ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) Dueling Demarches: Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Lamine Keita August 29 to discuss reftel demarche urging that Mali join in rejecting Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Ambassador Keita pointed to a paper on his coffee table, and said it [...]	2008-09-02 07:34:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU KV
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN147	BRUNEI REJECTS GAS CARTEL [...] (C) In the most definitive statement we've heard to date, Minister of Energy Pehin Yahya rejected the idea of a natural gas cartel along the lines of OPEC, although he acknowledged the concept has strong backing from Russia, Iran, and Qatar. Evolving market conditions are pushing natural gas aw [...]	2008-05-13 05:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL BX
08BANGKOK1209	AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH THE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) I attended a dinner last night hosted by Russian Ambassador Yevgeny Afanasiev in honor of the Foreign Minister. Also in attendance were the UK Ambassador, Quinton Quayle; Dr. Michael Williams, visiting UK Special Representative for the Middle East and Special Projects; and wives. In a free-flow [...]	2008-04-18 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON TH
08BANGKOK1218	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE PADILLA [...] (U) Summary. Your visit to Thailand gives you the opportunity to affirm our strong economic relationship with Thailand as we celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce. After being led for 15 months by an interim military-appointed government following a coup in Sept [...]	2008-04-22 10:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN OVIP PGOV PREL TH
08BANGKOK125	THAILAND TO STUDY KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] (C) DCM met with MFA Director General for European Affairs Ambassador Suthee Na Lumpang on January 11 to deliver reftel points on the resolution of Kosovo's status and emphasized that the USG intends to recognize Kosovo once independence is declared. The USG hopes Thailand will do the same. A [...]	2008-01-14 00:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI TH
08BANGKOK1425	U.S. Wins Concessions on UNESCAP 64th Commission Session [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) held its 64th annual commission session in Bangkok April 22-30. This year's theme was "Energy Security and Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific." After several days (and nights) of n [...]	2008-05-09 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG UN IR CH IN KS JA PK RS AS XB
08BANGKOK1611	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your June 1-2 visit as an opportunity to advance key U.S. foreign policy interests. Your meeting with Prime Minister/Defense Minister Samak Sundaravej will provide an opportunity to emphasize the importance of Thailand to our r [...]	2008-05-23 12:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2028	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO [...] (C) Acting DCM on July 2 delivered ref A points to MFA Director General for European Affairs Ambassador Suthee Na Lumpang. Suthee said the RTG position remained as it was when the Ambassador earlier engaged on Kosovo (ref B and C) -- the RTG was reluctant to recognize Kosovo's independence. S [...]	2008-07-03 07:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV TH
08BANGKOK2343	AMBASSADOR AND THAI FM TEJ DISCUSS POTUS VISIT, [...] (C) The Ambassador and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag agreed in a July 31 courtesy call that all arrangements were proceeding smoothly for the upcoming visit to Thailand of President Bush. Tej expressed appreciation for USG assistance in preventing the UN Security Council from fo [...]	2008-08-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF PARM KJUS UNSC UNGA ASEAN
08BANGKOK2536	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: THAIS POSITIVE ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Central and Eastern Europe Pachuen Phornmongkol on August 22. Pachuen said that the MFA and RTG had not formed a position on the Russia-Georgia conflict. She reacted positively to points about facilitating humanitarian assistance to Georgia [...]	2008-08-25 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GG RU MARR
08BANGKOK2545	RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: THAIS NONCOMMITTAL [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref A points on Russia's position on South Ossetia and Abkhazia to MFA Director for Central and Eastern Europe Pachuen Phornmongkol on August 26, following up the previous demarche (ref B). Pachuen assured us that the RTG viewpoint on the conflict would be in line with past [...]	2008-08-26 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GG RU MARR TH
08BANGKOK2554	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: [...] (SBU) We discussed ref A points on Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia with MFA Director for Central and Eastern Europe Pachuen Phornmongkol on August 27, following up on the previous demarche on August 26 (ref B). Pachuen reiterated that Thailand was not a stakeholder in the co [...]	2008-08-27 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RU TH
08BANGKOK2644	THAIS STILL FORMULATING STANCE ON KOSOVO ICJ [...] (C) We discussed ref A points on Serbia's proposal for an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Kosovo's declaration of independence with MFA First Secretary for Central and Eastern Europe Nabhasporn Bhuttarichval on September 4. Nabhasporn told us that Thail [...]	2008-09-05 00:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV TH
08BANGKOK2720	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH THAI POLITICAL AND BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador John met with political and business leaders in the wake of the September 9 Constitutional Court decision against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to ascertain developments and to continue to urge for a peaceful and legal resolution of the current standoff. A consensus [...]	2008-09-10 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2940	ENGAGING NEW THAI FM SOMPONG AT UNGA: THE CURRENT [...] (C) Newly-inaugurated Deputy Prime Minister Sompong Amornwiwat, who serves concurrently as Foreign Minister, will make a short visit to UNGA/New York, arriving late September 27 with meetings on September 29-30. Post recommends an appropriate USG high-level interlocutor meet with Sompong in N [...]	2008-09-26 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KJUS ETRD UNGA TH
08BANGKOK3069	THAILAND BELIEVES CAMBODIA RECENTLY PLACED MINES [...] (C) Two Thai soldiers were severely injured October 6 by landmines that the Thai government believes were recently placed by the Cambodian military in disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple. The Thai government is analyzing fragments from the landmines in hopes of proving whether the [...]	2008-10-10 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3094	THAI AND CAMBODIAN TROOPS CLASH NEAR DISPUTED [...] (C) Despite initial indications that tensions surrounding the Preah Vihear border dispute had eased (ref A),Thai and Cambodia troops exchanged fire mid-afternoon October 15 in the area near the temple. Initial media reports indicated that at least four Thai soldiers had been injured in the [...]	2008-10-15 11:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CASC ASEC TH CB
08BANGKOK3120	SITUATION CALM OCTOBER 16 AROUND DISPUTED PREAH [...] (C) The situation in the Preah Vihear temple area appeared calm October 16 as the two sides reportedly agreed to conduct joint patrols in the disputed area. The Thai MFA asserted in a briefing for the diplomatic corps that Cambodia had recently placed mines in the disputed area and presented w [...]	2008-10-16 11:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3144	THAI GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The RTG agreed October 14 to a series of measures aimed at helping offset the impact of the global financial crisis and shoring up economic growth. The plan calls for expanding of tax exemptions for long-term personal investments; accelerating budget disbursements and increase [...]	2008-10-17 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3227	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES THAI FM SOMPONG ON CAMBODIA, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and PolCounselor, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sompong Amornvivat late October 27. Fresh from the ASEM meetings in Beijing October 23-25, FM Sompong described the positive atmosphere of Thai-Cambodian meetings and highlighted [...]	2008-10-28 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF BMGT CB TH
08BANGKOK3491	THAILAND PREPARES FOR ASEAN SUMMITS AMIDST [...] (SBU) Thailand will be ready for the ASEAN Summit meetings December 15-18, MFA Deputy Director General for ASEAN Affairs Manasvi Srisodapol told us on November 25 when we met to discuss the upcoming ASEAN and related summits (reftel). ASEAN Secretary General and former Thai Foreign Minister Su [...]	2008-11-26 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL PGOV ASEAN TH
08BANGKOK3700	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW THAI PM ABHISIT ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and political counselor, met new Thai PM Abhisit Vejjavija late December 18 to congratulate him and lay the groundwork for our engagement with the next Thai government in advance of the rollout of the new Cabinet. Abhisit said his most urgent task w [...]	2008-12-19 06:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TH
08BANGKOK3757	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW THAI FM KASIT ON ASEAN, [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and poloff, paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya. The Ambassador was the first member of Thailand's diplomatic community to call on Kasit. He congratulated Kasit on his appointment and took the oppo [...]	2008-12-29 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK408	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thailand shares the United States' interest in enhancing the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Secretariat and the need to more clearly define the mandate and focus of ARF, according to a key officer in the Thai MFA. Thailand seeks U.S. consideration and support for having the ASEAN Secr [...]	2008-02-07 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ARF TH
08BANGKOK829	MID-FEBRUARY BANGKOK LOCAL G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) On February 19, DCM attended the Bangkok meeting of the G8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG),hosted by the Ambassador of Japan, Hideakik Kobayashi. Representatives from the embassies of Australia, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland, also attended the [...]	2008-03-14 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM PINR TH
08BANGKOK966	AMBASSADOR AND JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) Justice Minister Somphong Amornwiwat told the Ambassador March 26 he was directing his Ministry (MOJ) to reexamine the case of disappeared Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit; MOJ personnel would continue providing protection for Somchai's wife, and Somphong hoped to meet with her in the nea [...]	2008-03-27 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS SNAR SA TH
08BEIJING1210	TIBET: MFA ORGANIZES TIGHTLY CONTROLLED TRIP TO [...] (C) With less than 24-hours notice to participating Embassies, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Government, organized an overnight trip to Lhasa March 28 to 29. Fifteen Beijing-based diplomats, including PolOff, participated. Diplomats we [...]	2008-03-31 13:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NP IN JA BR GM CA IT
08BEIJING125	MFA AND SCHOLARS DESCRIBE CHINAâ€™S EFFORTS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current "stand [...]	2008-01-11 11:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING128	MFA and Scholars Describe China's Efforts on Burma [...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current [...]	2008-01-12 04:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1625	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. United States Department of State Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud met with Ministry of Housing Urban-Rural Construction (MHURC) officials and construction industry leaders on April 21 and 22 to follow-up on the March 4th United States [...]	2008-04-27 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG EFIN BTIO IAEA CH
08BEIJING1727	DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: BILATERAL [...] (C) DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's April 26-29 visit to Shanghai and Beijing was a reciprocal visit for PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's visit to North Korea last July, said MFA Asian Affairs Department Korea Division Deputy Director Fang Kun. Pak met with Vice President Xi Jinping, St [...]	2008-05-06 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING1771	MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA, ZIMBABWE, HU JAPAN VISIT, [...] Key points at the May 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China urged the Burmese Government to cooperate and consult with the international community on disaster aid. -- Contrary to media reports, the Chinese arms shipment did not reach Zimbabwe. -- President Hu Jintao reached an important co [...]	2008-05-08 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY KS JA VT ZI BM
08BEIJING178	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...]	2008-01-18 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS
08BEIJING1955	MAY 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the May 20 MFA press briefing were: -- China is grateful for foreign assistance and condolences. -- The Six-Party Talks have maintained momentum and China hopes recent meetings will produce results. -- Taiwan is "ineligible" for observer status at the World Health Assembly [...]	2008-05-20 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY KS GM RS IR TW
08BEIJING2087	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2143	JUNE 3 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights, Sichuan [...] Key points at the June 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China believes there is a "new opportunity" in the Six-Party Talks and hopes the relevant parties will show "flexibility" in overcoming differences. -- The U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue was "candid," "positive" and "constructive," helping [...]	2008-06-03 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EAID IN JN KS KN CH
08BEIJING2281	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS
08BEIJING2303	PRC/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT CAST AS REAFFIRMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 23-24 visit of Russian President Medvedev to Beijing aimed to reaffirm the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," to emphasize the two countries' shared desire for a more multi-polar world, and to demonstrate their common approach to international hot-spot issues, said MFA [...]	2008-06-12 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG MASS KOLY RS CH
08BEIJING2304	JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Iran, Arms Sales to Taiwan, [...] Key points at the June 12 MFA press briefing are: -- AFM Liu Jieyi will join EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and representatives from Russia, France, Germany and the UK on June 14 in delivering a "talk resumption plan" to Iran. -- China requests that the United States honor the commi [...]	2008-06-12 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY ENVR PHUM KS KN JP FR UN RS XU XV
08BEIJING2305	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...]	2008-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING2322	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR
08BEIJING2436	PRC/IRAN: CHINA URGES DIALOGUE, SEEKS "COMMON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Arms Control Department DDG Wu Haitao told Acting PolMinCouns that the atmosphere around Javier Solana's June 14 presentation of the P5-plus-1 incentives package to Iran was "active and constructive." Wu argued that the P5-plus-1 preconditions for negotiations could be reso [...]	2008-06-20 11:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING2530	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HRD DELEGATION WORKING DINNER WITH [...] (C) Making human rights a positive aspect of the U.S.-China relationship is our shared goal, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer during a working dinner on May 26 following the conclusion of the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) earlier that d [...]	2008-06-26 23:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2548	PRC/IRAN: AMBASSADOR SCHULTE EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The international community must use a dual track approach of incentives backed by diplomatic pressure and sanctions to ensure Iran does not continue to develop its enrichment program in violation of its Security Council obligations, U.S. Ambassador to the International Atomic En [...]	2008-06-27 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG MARR CH IR
08BEIJING259	PRC/RUSSIA: OBSERVERS SAY WARMING TREND IS REAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese and Russian leaders are celebrating a relationship they call "the best in history." Chinese scholars say the warming trend is rooted in a new alignment of PRC and Russian interests. This convergence of interests stems from expanding trade, shared perceptions of external [...]	2008-01-24 09:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG MASS RS CH
08BEIJING2628	CHINESE COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS STILL [...] (S) Chinese counterterrorism officials expressed interest in visiting the U.S. National Counterterorrism Center (NCTC) after the Olympic Games, MFA External Security Affairs Department Deputy Director Wu Shifan told Poloffs June 17. Wu proposed setting up bi-monthly meetings with the U.S. Emba [...]	2008-07-03 07:03:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	CH KOLY PINR PREL PTER
08BEIJING2718	AMBASSADOR URGES PRC SUPPORT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi the Ambassador pushed strongly for China to support bringing a resolution on Zimbabwe to a vote in the UN Security Council and to vote for that resolution. AFM Liu said China opposes the draft resolution and claimed that the [...]	2008-07-11 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU CH
08BEIJING2753	JULY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN AND INTERNATIONAL [...] Key points at the July 15 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is "gravely concerned" over the charges filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. -- China is in consultations with other nations regarding a potential U.N. resolution pro [...]	2008-07-15 22:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP RS SU
08BEIJING2795	JULY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN, DIAOYU ISLANDS, IVORY [...] Key points at the July 17 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is willing to exchange views with "relevant countries" who seek to avoid the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if Sudan hands over other war criminals. -- China holds that it has "indisputable sovereignty" [...]	2008-07-17 22:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH
08BEIJING2861	MEDIA REACTION: OLYMPICS, NORTH KOREA, U.S. MILITARY [...] OLYMPICS "Chinese people have the right to get respect" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(07/23): "Western media have run different understandings about what President Bush said at the farewell to the American delegation to the Olympi [...]	2008-07-23 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING2876	JULY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Nepal, Six-Party Talks, [...] Key points at the July 24 MFA Press Briefing: -- China rejects the accusation that it pressured the Government of Nepal to arrest Tibetan protestors. -- Much progress has been made towards the denuclearization of North Korea. All parties involved laud China's positive efforts in the Six-P [...]	2008-07-24 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP
08BEIJING2891	CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO [...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...]	2008-07-25 07:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING2928	JULY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECURITY, INTERNET CENSORSHIP, [...] Key points at the July 29 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The Kunming bus bombings were not connected to the Olympics, and China is focused on ensuring the safety of those who attend the games. -- You can "get all the information you need" from the Internet in China, but some foreig [...]	2008-07-29 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KOLY ENRG PHUM RS FR
08BEIJING2964	JULY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Bush Visit, Bush Meeting with [...] Key points at the July 31 MFA Press Briefing: -- President Bush will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and Vice-President Xi Jinping during the Olympics to hold discussions to develop bilateral ties, Liu said. They will discuss "many different issues" of mutual interest. [...]	2008-07-31 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY OVIP FR EZ RS KN KS BU HU JA
08BEIJING2987	IRANIAN SCO MEMBERSHIP LOOKS UNLIKELY, SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat, Chinese MFA and Russian Embassy told PolOff separately that it is unlikely Iran will join the SCO in the near future. Rather than adding new members, the SCO intends to have "dialogue partners" to promote cooper [...]	2008-08-01 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN IR MG PK RS
08BEIJING2988	PRC/RUSSIA: BOTH SIDES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 21-22 visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and July 26-27 visit of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Beijing reinforced the "strategic partnership" between China and Russia and provided another sign of warming ties between the former adversaries, according [...]	2008-08-01 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD ENRG RS CH
08BEIJING3055	CHINA BUILDING INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR PLANT CONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting convened by the DOE China Office, Westinghouse China provided an update on China's nuclear reactor program, including progress at the Westinghouse AP1000 sites, plans for new reactors, and an assessment of China's overall current and future capacity to build new nuc [...]	2008-08-07 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3067	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/10/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers [...]	2008-08-10 07:09:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3107	CHINA WILLING TO ENGAGE IN UNSC DISCUSSIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING3109	AUGUST 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BUSH VISIT, DRUM TOWER [...] Key points at the August 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Asked to provide a reaction to President Bush's comments regarding religious freedom, the spokesman said that the Chinese government safeguards the rights of its citizens, including religious freedom. -- China expressed its [...]	2008-08-13 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH KN JA GG RS PK
08BEIJING3122	TFGG01: GEORGIA DISAPPOINTED WITH CHINA'S RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING317	JANUARY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, KIM [...] Key points at the January 29 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China considers progress made so far on the Six-Party Talks to be "hard-won" and "worth treasuring," and parties should show patience and implement Six-Party agreements. -- The spokesperson had no information or comments on Kim Jong I [...]	2008-01-29 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY CH TW JA ID KS KN RS
08BEIJING3208	AUGUST 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, GEORGIA CEASE FIRE, [...] Key points at the August 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All protestors require approval of the Public Security Bureau, however, pro-Tibet independence activities will not be welcomed by the Chinese people. -- China welcomes the cease fire between Russia and Georgia and hopes it [...]	2008-08-20 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KOLY PHUM CH JA GG RS PK KS
08BEIJING3220	CHINA HOPES FOR "UTMOST CONSENSUS" IN UN DEBATE ON [...] (C) Responding to reftel points on the Georgia-Russia conflict, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Attache Yang Zhiyu told PolOff August 21 that China is pushing for "utmost consensus" in the UN Security Council (UNSC) debate on the Russia-Georgia co [...]	2008-08-21 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING3244	AMBASSADOR URGES CHINESE SUPPORT ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) In an August 22 telephone call to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Director General Wu Hailong, the Ambassador urged China to express in international and multilateral fora unequivocal support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity withi [...]	2008-08-22 09:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS CH GG
08BEIJING3303	PRC FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS' SNAP JUDGMENTS ON [...] (C) In the aftermath of the Olympics there will be no great changes to China's traditional foreign policy emphasis on consensus and non-intervention, Chinese foreign policy experts stressed in recent meetings with PolOffs. Nonetheless, the coming months may be rocky because China and foreign n [...]	2008-08-26 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING3305	AUGUST 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Olympics, Russia-Georgia [...] Key points at the August 26 MFA Press Briefing: -- On Russia-Georgia, China "hopes that relevant countries can work through dialogue to find solution to the issue." -- China rejects the Dalai Lama's recent claims that Chinese security forces fired on ethnic Tibetans in Western Sichuan. - [...]	2008-08-26 22:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP
08BEIJING3318	ABKHAZIA AND OSSETIA: CHINA WILL NEITHER RECOGNIZE [...] (C) China will not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, but will not publicly reject Russia's recognition of the two breakaway regions, a Chinese MFA official indicated August 27. China will continue to urge Russia, including in private discussions at the Shanghai Coopera [...]	2008-08-27 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RU CH
08BEIJING332	Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission on Sino-German [...] (C) At the January 25 bi-weekly G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, German Ambassador Schaefer described the recent reconciliation between China and Germany, announced upcoming visits by the Vice-Chancellor and Minister of the Environment and called the recent P5-plus-1 meeting a "good show of solidar [...]	2008-01-30 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH FR GM JA UK BM
08BEIJING3335	RUSSIAN EMBOFFS EXPRESS SATISFACTION WITH CHINA'S [...] (C) In separate meetings August 27 and August 28 with PolOff, two Russian Embassy Officers said they are "quite satisfied" with China's response to the Russia-Georgia conflict. Russian Embassy Officers Andrey Chernyshov and Denis Agafonov both expressed satisfaction with China's unwillingness [...]	2008-08-28 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UNGA RS CH GG
08BEIJING3337	POSSIBLE UNSC EMERGENCY SESSION ON GEORGIA AND [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on August 28 delivered to MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Li Junhua ref A points on rejecting Russia's recognition of Abkhazian and South Ossetian independence and ref B points on opposing Abkhazian and South Ossetian participation in UN Sec [...]	2008-08-28 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR GG RU CH
08BEIJING3342	AUGUST 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Six-Party Talks, [...] Key points at the August 28 MFA Press Briefing: -- China calls on parties to "stay patient," to "show wisdom and flexibility" and to try to "meet each other halfway" to overcome present difficulties in the North Korean denuclearization process. -- China is concerned by the latest developmen [...]	2008-08-28 22:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY MNUC PARM UNGA EINV CH TW RU
08BEIJING3361	GEORGIAN EMBASSY SEEKS DEMINING EQUIPMENT FROM [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with PolOff, Georgian EmbOff Ioseb Abashidze said "we are pleased" with the Chinese position on the Russia-Georgia conflict as reflected in the final declaration of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit, particularly the statement in support of "territo [...]	2008-08-29 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS UNGA RS CH GG
08BEIJING3362	EFFECTIVE NUCLEAR ADVOCACY IN CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Effective advocacy for U.S. nuclear suppliers is essential to ensuring access to China's rapidly growing civil nuclear power market. With the exception of the bidding process that resulted in a contract for four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors, all reactor purchases t [...]	2008-08-29 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP TPHY PREL CH
08BEIJING3387	SEPTEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FUKUDA RESIGNATION, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 2 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda is an internal matter of Japan, but the spokesperson noted Fukuda's "great contributions to bilateral relations." -- China "hopes the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will f [...]	2008-09-02 23:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EAID PTER EFIN CH KN JA
08BEIJING3427	SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION, [...] Key points at the September 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Relevant parties should "join hands" to solve the recent problems in the Korean denuclearization process. -- China has submitted a report on its military expenditures to the UN which is more complete than the report subm [...]	2008-09-04 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EFIN CH KN GG RS
08BEIJING3551	VFM ZHANG YESUI STRESSES TAIWAN ARMS SALES WILL [...] (C) In a September 11 meeting called by the Chinese side, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui stressed to the Ambassador that if the United States goes forward with a rumored USD eleven billion arms sale to Taiwan, then China will react strongly. Such a sale would jeopardize the progress in bil [...]	2008-09-11 13:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MARR MOPS CH TW UN
08BEIJING3588	PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS SAY PRC INFLUENCE LIMITED AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes international efforts to deal with Iran's nuclear program have entered a "new phase" in which an increasingly confident Iran is rethinking the significance of its nuclear development, according to a PRC scholar who recently met with observers in Tehran. Chinese le [...]	2008-09-16 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING3636	SCO: PRC VIEWS DUSHANBE SUMMIT AS TURNING POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: China believes the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO's) August 28 Dushanbe summit marked a transition to a more "mature" organization that has developed a strong foundation for increasing trust and strategic consultation among members, according to an MFA contact. Security [...]	2008-09-19 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
08BEIJING3703	MFA AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY PREVIEW SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC [...] (C) At least three Foreign Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC" nations) will meet September 25 on the margins of the UN General Assembly (UNGA),according to a Chinese MFA official. Items for discussion will include international development cooperation and the Millenniu [...]	2008-09-24 10:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SENV ENRG CH RU BR IN
08BEIJING3712	ACTING EAP DAS JOHN NORRIS DISCUSSES POST-OLYMPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: China in the post-Olympics period will focus on domestic issues and maintain a low-key foreign policy, according to three Chinese scholars who met with visiting Acting EAP DAS John Norris September 20. Although they regard the Olympics as a success, the scholars pointed out that [...]	2008-09-25 02:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RS GG
08BEIJING3729	SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ VISIT, MILK [...] Key points at the September 25 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China did not discuss military cooperation with President Chavez during his recent visit, despite claims by Chavez that such cooperation was discussed. The two sides signed energy and trade agreements during the visit. [...]	2008-09-25 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ENRG EAGR PHUM TSPA CH VE KN JP
08BEIJING3750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 07:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG CH RS
08BEIJING3877	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL [...] (U) Senator Hagel, your visit comes at a momentous time in China's history and in our bilateral relationship. January 1, 2009, will mark the 30th anniversary of official United States-China relations. During those thirty years, the U.S. Government presence in China has grown dramatically. Th [...]	2008-10-10 03:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING3911	October 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: President Zadari's Visit, [...] Key points at the October 14 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China welcomes Pakistani President Zadari and looks forward to "in-depth discussions" and the signing of several "deals." -- China regains control of half of Heixiazi Island from Russia. -- China will "communicate and c [...]	2008-10-14 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PINR CH KN KS EC CS PK HK MC
08BEIJING4006	October 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TERRORIST LIST, NUCLEAR [...] Key points at the October 21 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that "relevant countries will work with China to bring eight terrorists to justice." -- China's cooperation with Pakistan on civilian nuclear energy is "subject to International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA [...]	2008-10-21 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER PK IN SU XG
08BEIJING4023	MFA REVIEWS SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Responding to ongoing global financial turbulence, climate change and issues related to the G8-plus-5 grouping were the topics at the September 25 meeting of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC forum"),according to an MFA contact. Despite the regional and cu [...]	2008-10-22 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CH ECON EG ENRG GG IN MX PREL RS SENV SF
08BEIJING4145	ASEM IN CHINA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, CLIMATE [...] (C) The seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, in Beijing October 24-25, focused on the current global financial crisis but also covered climate change, Iran, the DPRK and Burma. ASEM leaders reached consensus on increasing regulation and transparency in global financial markets, as well [...]	2008-11-06 06:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD GM RU AF KN BM IR CH
08BEIJING4155	11/6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. ELECTION/WHITE HOUSE [...] Key points at the November 6 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's leaders have congratulated President-elect Obama on his victory and China will work to help ensure smooth bilateral relations during the transition to the next administration. -- Taiwan is the most sensitive of th [...]	2008-11-06 23:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PHUM KIPR KS KN BM RU BG IN
08BEIJING4223	HIGHLIGHTS OF WORKSHOP ON SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] (C) Participants in an October 24 mixed government-academic-think tank workshop in Beijing on the Six-Party Talks generally viewed the Six-Party Talks as a useful mechanism to solve the nuclear issue, although some criticized North Korea-specific agreements that appear to be at odds with inter [...]	2008-11-14 06:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC KN CH KS
08BEIJING4252	NOVEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TIBET, [...] Key points at the November 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States should lift recently announced restrictions on Chinese imports "sooner rather than later." -- China hopes the United States will "retain" the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in the next administration. [...]	2008-11-18 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN IN TW CH RS CU PE CO SO

08BEIJING4280	NOVEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TAIWAN, [...] Key points at the November 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has "already established" a "full export inspection system," and products found to be below standard will not be exported. -- China hopes that the two sides will continue to "show mutual respect, accommodate each oth [...]	2008-11-20 23:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM TW CH RS PE
08BEIJING4290	MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. DIPLOMACY [...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "China prepares for the world's economic winter" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/21): "Recently, the Chinese Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security denied the rumor of massive lay-offs and migrant worker [...]	2008-11-21 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4324	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, TAIWAN, CHINA'S RISE [...] U.S. DIPLOMACY "Obama is not focused on China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/25): "An American expert has said that in the U.S., China studies programs are far less emphasized than studies concerning Europe, Russia, and the Mid [...]	2008-11-25 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4375	CHANGING PRC VIEWS OF "OVERSEAS CHINESE" [...] (C) The Chinese Government claims 30-50 million "overseas Chinese" lend it political support by opposing Taiwan independence and supporting China on "patriotic issues." This past summer, PRC officials praised ethnic Chinese counter-demonstrators at Olympic Torch Run protests abroad as examples [...]	2008-12-02 01:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG EINV SCUL CH TW
08BEIJING4479	PRC SCHOLARS SAY XINJIANG SECURITY IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary: China seeks to improve political and economic relations with Central Asia primarily to ensure PRC domestic security, especially in the restive Xinjiang region given deep cultural and religious links between China's western ethnic minorities and Central Asia, according to PRC scho [...]	2008-12-09 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS CH ZK
08BEIJING4480	PRC-UZBEKISTAN: BEIJING FOCUSED ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: An Uzbek diplomat based in China reported that one PRC goal in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is for SCO members to cooperate on immediate dangers like transnational terrorist groups, such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT),which China believes are a direct threat to security in [...]	2008-12-09 11:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER UZ CH
08BEIJING4488	MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS [...] CHINA "Don't assume that the era of China has come" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (12/10): "China is relatively less affected by the financial crisis. The reason for this is not because China is more capable than other countries b [...]	2008-12-10 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4540	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, GREECE [...] U.S. DIOPLOMACY a. "Obama doesn't love Japan and doesn't necessarily love China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (12/15): "During the American transition, the Chinese and Japanese media are usually very enthusiastic in discussing wh [...]	2008-12-15 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4572	IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267, [...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...]	2008-12-17 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH
08BEIJING4575	A NORTHEAST ASIAN SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: BEIJING [...] (C) Summary: While the Six-Party Talks might eventually evolve into a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM),most experts in Beijing believe a NEAPSM will only be possible after complete denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and the United States and Japan normalize diplomat [...]	2008-12-18 00:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH JA KS
08BEIJING4625	MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC CRISIS, CENTRAL ASIA [...] ECONOMIC CRISIS a. "China should learn to deal with a high unemployment rate in order to develop" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/22): "The slowing economy has led factories to cut jobs. Joblessness in China is rising, prompting [...]	2008-12-22 08:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4646	A LIVING BUDDHA SPEAKS: LIFE DIFFICULT AFTER LHASA [...] (C) Life remains very difficult for Tibetans even as the March unrest fades into memory, according to a living Buddha at Lucang Monastery in Guinan, Qinghai Province (strictly protect). Although PRC authorities accused 128 Lucang monks of taking part in the March unrest, this living Buddha re [...]	2008-12-23 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING4667	MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR WEAPON, CHINA'S NATIONAL DEFENCE [...] NUCLEAR WEAPON "Are nuclear weapons still useful?" Peng Guangqian, a renowned analyst of nuclear and military strategy and one of the founders of Global Zero, expressed in the official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (12/24): "U.S. Defense Secre [...]	2008-12-24 07:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING4686	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, SOMALIA [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S. report sets tones for U.S.-China trade" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/26): "On the day before Christmas, the U.S. issued a report on China's compliance with commitments it made since it joined [...]	2008-12-29 09:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH
08BEIJING522	February 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SPACE WEAPONS BAN, SPY [...] Key points at the February 14, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China believes its joint proposal for a space weapons ban is in the interests of the international community. -- U.S. allegations of spying are "groundless" and China is "tired" of such "fabrications." -- China regrets Steve [...]	2008-02-14 23:12:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA IN RS SU SR
08BEIJING602	GAMBARI CONFIRMS MARCH VISIT TO BURMA; ASKS USG [...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari February 19 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of March," though the Burmese Government has not yet confirmed the date [...]	2008-02-20 07:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING605	GAMBARI CONFIRMS MARCH VISIT TO BURMA; ASKS USG [...] (C) Summary: Drawing from Ref A talking points, the Ambassador encouraged UN Special Envoy Gambari February 19 to push for more concrete progress in Burma. Gambari confirmed that he will return to Burma "in the first week of March," though the Burmese Government has not yet confirmed the date [...]	2008-02-20 08:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING647	CHINA'S ANGST OVER U.S. SATELLITE INTERCEPTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 10:12:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	CH ESA ETTC KTIA NASA PNAT PREL TPHY TSPA
08BEIJING682	PRC-TAJIKISTAN: CHINA DISPLACING RUSSIA, NO BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS TI CH
08BEIJING687	PRC-Tajikistan: China Displacing Russia, No [...] (C) Summary: According to a diplomat at the Tajikistan Embassy, Tajikistan increasingly tilts toward China, which it regards as the best hope in the region for a patron, supplanting Russia's historical role. PRC-funded economic development projects (primarily infrastructure investment) furth [...]	2008-02-26 12:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS TI CH
08BEIJING791	MARCH 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PENTAGON REPORT ON PRC [...] Key points at the March 4, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China dismissed the Pentagon report on the Chinese military as "a serious distortion of facts" and accused the United States of adopting a "Cold War mentality." -- China does not encourage Chinese hackers to launch cyber-attacks o [...]	2008-03-04 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD CH JA RS IR KN
08BEIJING809	PREMIER'S NPC REPORT PLEDGES MORE REFORM, TACKLES [...] (C) The State Council's annual "Government Work Report," read by Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) on March 5, reviewed China's major hot-button economic, administrative and social issues and provided general policy priorities to tackle them. Th [...]	2008-03-05 13:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON KCUL PHUM CH
08BEIJING845	PRC SPECIAL ENVOY LIU GUIJIN ON CHINESE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Solving the situation in Darfur requires pressure from the international community on both the Government of Sudan and rebel forces, Chinese Special Envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin said in a March 7 briefing for diplomats and the press on his February 21-March 6 trip to the UK, Fra [...]	2008-03-07 09:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KPKO MARR UNSC SU CH
08BEIJING931	MARCH 12 CPPCC OLYMPIC PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, [...] (U) Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),the largely ceremonial advisory body that is currently in session in Beijing, held a press conference March 12 to discuss preparations for the August Olympic Games. CPPCC members present included Beijing Vice Mayor [...]	2008-03-13 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KOLY ASEC PHUM CH
08BEIRUT1111	LEBANON: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER WHOLEHEARTEDLY [...] (C) The well-informed new Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar emphasized his commitment to the Special Tribunal, while stressing that he will not be as outspoken as his predecessor, Charles Rizk. He plans to urge other countries for additional financial contributions to the Tribunal. Najjar inten [...]	2008-07-29 16:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1145	LEBANON: MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT FOCUSED ON FOREST [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of Environment Tony Karam discussed his priorities for the ministry with Charge in a August 4 courtesy call. First, Karam intends to work with civilian groups to enforce current environmental protection laws. Second, he would like to create an elite firefighting [...]	2008-08-05 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID SENV UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1286	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE URGES THAT PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) NEA DAS David Hale, accompanied by DCM and Poloffs, stressed to two of President Michel Sleiman's senior staff and an unofficial advisor the importance of Sleiman visiting Washington before or after his address to the UNGA in September. For their part, the advisors expressed concerns abou [...]	2008-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1349	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI GRATEFUL FOR U.S. SUPPORT, [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Majority leader Saad Hariri reported on his successful effort to broker a reconciliation between opposing groups in Tripoli and his trip to the Bekaa Valley, noting that his efforts would continue in other areas of Lebanon. He warned that in [...]	2008-09-15 14:23:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER UNSC IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1473	LEBANON: WITH MARCH 14, DAS HALE STRESSES U.S. [...] (C) March 14 leaders shared their concerns about regional developments with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, especially perceived western (especially French) rapprochement with Syria and possible focus of the next U.S. administration on Iran, at Lebanon's expense. The March [...]	2008-10-10 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1489	LEBANON: HARIRI CONCERNED ABOUT ISRAEL AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging October 15 discussion with the Ambassador, majority leader Saad Hariri said he anticipated meeting Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah "soon," explaining that such a meeting would fulfill his own political agenda by giving other Shia a green light to enter into d [...]	2008-10-15 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR RS LE
08BEIRUT1499	LEBANON: ARMY DESTROYS ITS FIRST MANPAD [...] (C) On October 16, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) demolition experts destroyed their first MANPAD (Man-Portable Air Defense System),a Russian made SA-7 (serial# 9()54M-04-73-04774, 9M32M-04774). This demolition reflects an agreement with the Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Ab [...]	2008-10-20 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1666	LEBANON: BLOOMFIELD PROMOTES MANPADS DESTRUCTION [...] (C) Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Special Envoy for Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS),addressed the need for control of MANPAD weapons with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Kahwaji, took a tour of LAF munitions storage depots, and met with several Lebanese interl [...]	2008-11-24 06:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT167	LEBANON: MARCH 14: HIGH HOPES FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) March 14 leaders have stepped up their own lobbying efforts recently to convince key countries to contribute to the Special Tribunal, reportedly securing commitments from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Russia. Many view the Tribunal as the primary -- if not only -- vehicle for ending [...]	2008-02-04 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM SY LE
08BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: MURR CONCERNED ABOUT HARIRI IN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr, in a November 21 meeting with visiting CENTCOM J2 Brigadier General Stephen Fogarty, visiting NEA ELA Officer Director Nicole Shampaine, and the Ambassador, said he would travel to Damascus as soon as border cooperation, missing Lebanese soldiers, and the trans [...]	2008-11-25 12:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1748	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS AN AOUN VICTORY [...] (C) In a December 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr assessed that President Michel Sleiman, annoyed at the royal treatment Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun received during his trip to Syria, feels threatened by the prospect of a decisive Aoun victory in the [...]	2008-12-11 19:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS RS LE SY
08BEIRUT1768	Lebanon: Media Reaction - December 17, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:28:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1771	Lebanon: Media Reaction - December 19, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 12:54:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1773	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, MIKATI CALLS HIZBALLAH A [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told visiting NEA DAS Hale and the Ambassador that Sunni leader Saad Hariri, with whom Mikati acknowledged seeking an electoral alliance, would win the Tripoli district in Lebanon's 2009 parliamentary elections. Mikati said he would refuse the position o [...]	2008-12-19 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1780	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR EXPLAINS RUSSIANS' "SURPRISE" [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr struggled to explain that the Russians "surprised" him with a grant aid offer of 77 free T-72 or T-90 tanks and 130 mm mortars, among other equipment, to which he reportedly declined and made the "completely unrealis [...]	2008-12-22 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS RS LE SY
08BEIRUT1783	LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS DAS HALE RUSSIAN MIGS ARE [...] (C) In a December 17 dinner with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale and the Ambassador, Parliamentary Majority Leader Saad Hariri said the Russian deal to provide ten MiG-29 aircraft to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),provided with no strings attached, threatened Hizballah and [...]	2008-12-23 07:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE SY RU
08BEIRUT1787	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, CHATAH SHARES THOUGHTS ON [...] (C) Joking that, in addition to his continued role as advisor to PM Siniora, he was "moonlighting" at the Ministry of Finance, Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah met with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Hale, Ambassador, visiting NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin, and acti [...]	2008-12-23 13:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN MASS IS LE SA QA RU
08BEIRUT1788	SINIORA SWEET ON CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Flush with March 14's victory in parliament's election of Constitutional Council members on December 18, PM Siniora and aide Rola Noureddine met with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Hale, Ambassador, and NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin on December 19. Siniora br [...]	2008-12-23 13:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS PREL UNSC MARR LE SY IS
08BEIRUT1793	LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS DAS HALE TO "WAIT AND SEE" [...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale and the Ambassador, President Michel Sleiman said everyone should &wait and see8 what comes out of the Russian MiG-29 offer to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). He said the entire GOL had been surprised by the offer, and the LAF wou [...]	2008-12-24 09:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1794	LEBANON: BERRI ON U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE; SAYS [...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri questioned NEA DAS David Hale as to why the U.S. had not provided high-profile military hardware to Lebanon. Berri said he welcomed the Russian offer of MiG-29s, provided it came without conditions or costs. The U.S. did not view the Russian offer as com [...]	2008-12-24 09:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
08BEIRUT1799	LEBANON: GEAGEA DESCRIBES SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS [...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) head Samir Geagea received visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Ambassador, and NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin on December 19. Geagea detailed progress in March 14's electoral preparations, including a plan to back independent Christian candidat [...]	2008-12-30 10:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1800	LEBANON: AN ENTHUSIASTIC JUMBLATT TALKS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt received visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Ambassador, and NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin on December 18. Jumblatt delved into the details of intra-March 14 discussions on electoral strategy and candidate selection. He agreed that the [...]	2008-12-30 10:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SY LE
08BEIRUT1801	SALLOUKH SKEPTICAL ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE [...] (C) Visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, Ambassador, and visiting NEA Lebanon Desk Officer met Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on December 19. Salloukh noted general respect for the Doha agreement in advance of the 2009 parliamentary elections, which he expected to occur in late [...]	2008-12-30 13:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MASS KPAL IS LE
08BEIRUT1803	LEBANON: KHAWAJI BRISTLES AT CRITICISM OF RUSSIAN [...] (C) Accepting a last-minute December 18 meeting to discuss Russia's offer of 10 MiG-29 fighter jets, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwaji received visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Hale, Ambassador, visiting NEA Lebanon Desk Officer Matthew Irwin, and LTC James [...]	2008-12-30 14:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP RU LE
08BEIRUT183	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PESSIMISTIC ON ARAB LEAGUE, [...] (C) The Special Tribunal, the Arab League initiative and Amr Moussa's return to Lebanon, preparations for the February 14 commemoration of the assassination of PM Rafiq Hariri, and Hizballah arms were among the topics of conversation at a February 7 lunch hosted for the Ambassador by Druse lead [...]	2008-02-07 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT205	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ORGANIZING BETTER; ESTABLISHES [...] (C) At long last, the March 14 pro-government coalition has set up a secretariat for internal coordination to develop strategies to boost public (both domestic and international) support and create a unified public relations message. March 14 leaders already have begun an intensive diplomatic [...]	2008-02-11 12:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT251	LEBANON: PM GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE PRESIDENT'S STRONG [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense Edelman delivered the President's personal letter to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora during their meeting in Beirut on February 12. The Prime Minister was grateful for the letter, saying he was pleased to see such "strong and firm support on many important issues." [...]	2008-02-15 12:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNSC PTER SY IS LE
08BEIRUT304	LEBANON: SINIORA ON ARAB LEAGUE, REQUESTS TO ARAB [...] Action Request - see para 13. 2. SUMMARY. Informed by Charge that U.S. would ask Arab League and GCC capitals to support Lebanon ahead of the March 5-6 Arab League meeting and GCC Ministerial, Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora asked that the U.S. be more specific in describing the Lebanese politic [...]	2008-02-26 19:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ENRG EAID CASC SY KV AL IZ
08BEIRUT548	LEBANON: WITH WELCH, JUMBLATT AND COMPANY DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. support for Lebanon, the April 22 Friends of Lebanon ministerial, the Special Tribunal, concerns about renewed regional conflict, the upcoming U.S. presidential election, and March 14's next steps dominated NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's discussion with key March 14 leaders at [...]	2008-04-22 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT561	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER AGAIN PUSHES FOR [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk reiterated his urgent appeal for UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare to assume his role as Prosecutor, clarifying that he was not calling for "dual-hatting." Citing recent intimidation aimed against one of the Lebanese judges working with UNIIIC, Rizk stresse [...]	2008-04-23 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT704	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA, [...] (C) Future Movement leader Saad Hariri confirmed the death of top Hizballah military leader General Abu al-Fadl in a May 15 meeting with the Charge. Political leaders were preparing to meet in Doha on May 16 to relaunch the National Dialogue, though both enthusiasm and expectations for the tal [...]	2008-05-15 22:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT711	LEBANON: WHAT DOES HIZBALLAH HAVE IN STORE FOR [...] (C) This is part one of a three-part series of cables looking at where Lebanon is headed after violence erupted following the Siniora government's May 5 decisions to confront Hizballah (Ref A). This message (part one) deals with Hizballah's intentions now that it has withdrawn its militants fr [...]	2008-05-16 18:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT772	LEBANON: STOCKS SOAR/INVESTMENTS PICK UP FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Prices of Lebanese stocks soared on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) on May 21 and 22 after Lebanese political leaders reached an agreement in Doha. Real estate consortium Solidere and some bank shares reached the BSE cap on daily price fluctuations. The market saw some profit-taking on M [...]	2008-05-27 12:47:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BELGRADE1100	SERBIA AND THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT - [...] One year after Serbia ratified the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) Serbian trade with its regional partners is expanding, but Serbian integration into a regional market is still far from a reality. CEFTA's founders envisaged the elimination of all trade barriers and the formatio [...]	2008-10-23 13:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1108	SERBIA: EX-RADICALS TOUT OPENNESS AND CHANGE AT FOUNDING [...] (SBU) At the founding congress of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS),newly elected president Tomislav Nikolic and his deputy Aleksandar Vucic emphasized themes of open dialogue and change in tackling Serbia's political challenges. Seeking to appear moderate and to distance themselves from t [...]	2008-10-24 13:19:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE111	MY SWEET LITTLE SERBIAN VILLAGE [...] (C) DCM re-visited the central Serbian town of Kraljevo where she lived as an exchange student 34 year years ago, and found her "typical" Serbian family galvanized by the presidential elections and traumatized by the thought of returning to the '90's under a Radical government. Coincidentall [...]	2008-01-29 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SR
08BELGRADE118	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ENTERS FINAL STRETCH STILL [...] (SBU) In the final week of campaigning, Serbia's two presidential candidates are hot after the votes and each other. President Boris Tadic is taking two campaign messages to the people: A vote for Tadic is a vote for Serbia's European future and economic well-being; and a vote for Radical Par [...]	2008-01-30 16:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1201	SERBIA: 2008-2009 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING [...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding its international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. BEGIN INCSR II TEXT Serbia: Not a Financial Center -------------- [...]	2008-11-21 14:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR
08BELGRADE1243	SERBIA: ATTACKS ON G-17 PLUS CREATE UNCERTAINTY IN [...] (SBU) A rising crescendo of public criticism of G-17 Plus leader Mladjan Dinkic and high-profile party appointees such as the director of Belgrade "Nikola Tesla" airport has prompted speculation that some within President Tadic's Democratic Party are seeking to oust G-17 Plus from the governme [...]	2008-12-03 15:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE1268	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...]	2008-12-10 14:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR
08BELGRADE1270	SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 19-20 VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Your visit to Serbia comes as we are rebuilding high-level contacts with a new, pro-European Serbian government in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence. The recent agreement in the UN Security Council on the deployment of the European Union's Rule of Law mission was a crucia [...]	2008-12-10 14:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR SR
08BELGRADE1302	SERBIA: GAZPROM NIS PURCHASE CONTINUES TO DIVIDE SERBIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 05:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
08BELGRADE131	SERBIA: AS CAMPAIGN CLOSES, PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TOO [...] (SBU) As Serbia's presidential election campaign drew to a close, both candidates made their final pitch to voters in an effort to secure what could be a narrow victory or a contested win on Sunday's election day. In a televised debate and rallies, Boris Tadic promoted his European agenda, and [...]	2008-02-01 17:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE1332	SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF IN OPEN [...] (SBU) A simmering conflict between Serbia's civilian and military defense leaders burst into the open with a front-page interview in which Army Chief of Staff Zdravko Ponos boldly criticized Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac and alleged that Serbia had neither a national security strategy n [...]	2008-12-26 13:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SR
08BELGRADE1333	SERBIA: ALMOST A DONE DEAL - TADIC AND MEDVEDEV TO SIGN [...] The Serbian government announced that on December 24 in Moscow, a Serbian delegation headed by President Boris Tadic and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would officially sign three separate contracts to sell Serbian state owned oil company NIS to Russian Gazprom, construct the South Stream p [...]	2008-12-29 06:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
08BELGRADE1338	CONGRESSMAN POE'S MEETING WITH SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Tangible progress toward European integration in 2009 - namely EU candidacy status and visa liberalization - is necessary for Serbia to weather the coming economic crisis and avoid destabilization, Foreign Minister Jeremic told Congressman Ted Poe on December 19. Jeremic asked for U.S. [...]	2008-12-29 09:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR SR
08BELGRADE1341	SERBIA MADE AWARE OF JUNE 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 12:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SR
08BELGRADE1343	SERBIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST NINE SERBIAN-CITIZEN ALBANIANS [...] (SBU) On December 26 in southern Serbia's Presevo Valley, authorities arrested nine Serbian-citizen Albanians on allegations of war crimes committed against Serbs in neighboring Kosovo in 1999. Police are searching for an additional eight suspects while judicial proceedings have begun in Belg [...]	2008-12-30 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR KV
08BELGRADE145	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT STUCK [...] (SBU) The continuing political crisis in the Serbia has brought the government to a standstill. Prime Minister Kostunica refuses to convene his Cabinet and the Speaker refuses to convene Parliament. The first casualty of the show-down between the members of the ruling coalition is the interim [...]	2008-02-06 17:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE146	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT STUCK [...] (SBU) The continuing political crisis in Serbia has brought the government to a standstill. Prime Minister Kostunica refuses to convene his Cabinet and the Speaker refuses to convene Parliament. The first casualty of the show-down between the members of the ruling coalition is the interim agr [...]	2008-02-06 18:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EUN SR XG
08BELGRADE150	BELGRADE HOPES FOR SLOW CHANGE IN KOSOVO STATUS [...] (SBU) Kosovo Ministry officials told visiting State and Defense Department representatives on January 30 that only a compromise on Kosovo final status would lead to a durable solution. Assistant Kosovo Ministers urged "incremental" changes in Kosovo and said a "surge to independence" would de [...]	2008-02-08 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE155	SERBIA: DESPITE GOVERNMENT CRISIS SERBIA FINALIZES MINING [...] (U) While the Serbian Government spent the week largely paralyzed due to Prime Minister Kostunica's (DSS) refusal to call a government session, on February 7 a conference call among ministers approved the privatization sale of mining firm RTB Bor to Austrian A-Tec. The government needed to ap [...]	2008-02-08 16:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV SR
08BELGRADE171	SERBIA ON THE EVE OF KOSOVO'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders and activists are preparing for Kosovo's imminent declaration of independence and the European Union's decision to deploy a mission to Kosovo. Ruling parties plan to convene parliament to oppose both moves, while nationalist groups have announced protests calling an EU [...]	2008-02-14 06:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE216	SERBIAN ECONOMISTS WORRIED OVER FUTURE--AS WELL THEY SHOULD [...] The most prominent Serbian economists, business and economic leaders, and some government officials expressed concern about the country's economic future at the traditional winter conference of the Association of Economists of Serbia. A majority of the participants criticized the slowdown of [...]	2008-03-11 09:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN SR
08BELGRADE22	CANDIDATES FOR SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Nine candidates submitted and met the requirements to run in Serbia's presidential elections, scheduled for January 20. The nine candidates include Radical Party deputy Tomas Nikolic; Serbia's President, Boris Tadic of the Democratic Party; Liberal Democratic Party head Cedomir Jovanovic; [...]	2008-01-04 17:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SR
08BELGRADE26	SERBIA STILL DEALING WITH RUSSIA ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) In a January 4 meeting with Serbia's Energy Minister Aleksandar Popovic, the Charge emphasized U.S. concerns regarding potential nontransparent deals between Serbia and Russia's energy giant, Gazprom, and encouraged Serbia not to limit any future options for developing or supplying Serbi [...]	2008-01-08 08:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE299	SERBIA: SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH BISHOP IRINEJ ON KOSOVO AND [...] (SBU) Novi Sad Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) said although the Church disagreed with U.S. policy on Kosovo, he renounced recent violence and said the Church should continue dialogue with the diplomatic community. Irinej did not feel Kosovo independence was a utopia and w [...]	2008-03-27 09:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF SR
08BELGRADE322	SERBIA: UN OFFICE BELGRADE SEEKING NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) The United Nations Office in Belgrade is assessing the Government of Serbia's willingness to negotiate with the UN on breaking the impasse on Kosovo. UNOB Head Richard Wilcox told the Ambassador that if the GOS is willing, UNHQ would try to negotiate a solution by the end of April, but [...]	2008-04-02 08:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MW PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE335	SERBIA: TYCOON MISKOVIC WINS AUCTION - INTERCON BUYS ITS [...] (U) In a March 31 televised auction, a holding company owned by controversial Serbian tycoon Miroslav Miskovic purchased the New Belgrade property holdings of the once well-known Yugoslav firm Genex. In the $235 million purchase, Miskovic bought the hotel formerly licensed as Intercontinental [...]	2008-04-04 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SR
08BELGRADE336	SERBIAN'S ENERGY DEAL WITH RUSSIA POSTPONED [...] At the April 3rd session, Serbia's caretaker government denied PM Kostunica's proposal to send the draft law on the Serbian-Russian energy agreement to parliament for ratification. Belgrade and Moscow signed the deal on January 25, 2008. The DSS-NS coalition used the failure as a political t [...]	2008-04-04 14:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR MW
08BELGRADE365	GOS CANCELS RTB BOR SALE TO THE AUSTRIANS [...] Serbia's caretaker government, on April 10, voted to cancel the sale of copper mining company and smelting RTB Bor to Austrian company A-Tec even after the Austrian government pledged financial backing. The decision came one day after a government steering committee of G17 and DS ministers r [...]	2008-04-10 16:06:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
08BELGRADE382	RUSSIAN ENERGY ACTIVITIES IN SERBIA - NOTHING TO SEE HERE? [...] (U) On April 14 the Serbian state power company EPS signed an agreement with Russian electricity firm Inter RAO that gives Inter RAO the opportunity to partner with EPS in building new power generation capacity in Serbia. The agreement is seen as a politically-driven opening for additional Ru [...]	2008-04-16 15:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG SR RS
08BELGRADE397	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL [...] (SBU) On April 11, refcoord participated in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) bi-monthly Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) working group featuring the Kosovo Ministry's Coordination Center President Vuko Antonijevic. Participants included a number of IDP associations [...]	2008-04-18 15:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE414	FOREIGN MINISTER: SERBIA MUST CHOOSE EU, BUT ONLY WITH [...] (SBU) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told political science students and foreign diplomats that Serbia was at a crossroads and must choose to join the EU to bring stability and economic prosperity to the country. Playing the Kosovo card, Jeremic insisted Serbia would join the EU intact. [...]	2008-04-22 15:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE418	SERBIA: TO BRUSSELS OR MOSCOW? SAA AND GAZPROM DEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders and media have seized on two pending agreements, the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and a bilateral energy deal with Russia, as symbols of the struggle between political allies turned adversaries to chart the country's direction. President Boris Tadic l [...]	2008-04-23 15:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE436	SERBIA: UN PEACEKEEPING CHIEF GUEHENNO ON NORTHERN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 5, UN Under Secretary General for Peace-Keeping Operations (DPKO) Jean-Marie Guehenno briefed Contact Group ambassadors in Belgrade about his efforts to obtain buy-in for "practical arrangements" for future EULEX and UNMIK involvement in northern Kosovo. Guehenno, in Belgrade on h [...]	2008-05-06 10:44:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SR KV
08BELGRADE452	SERBIA: IF THE RADICALS WIN [...] (SBU) A victory of the war crimes indictee Vojislav Seselj-led Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in the May 11 parliamentary elections would bring to power a leadership with no international experience and little common ground on the U.S. or EU priorities for democratic and economic development in [...]	2008-05-07 13:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TAGS
08BELGRADE455	THE SERBIAN RADICAL PARTY'S ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) As the Serbian election campaign wraps up, the Radical party is trying to reassure international investors that they should not fear a Radical-led government. Party leader Nikolic delivered that message to international media, but undercut his own message by reiterating Radical skeptici [...]	2008-05-08 15:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SR
08BELGRADE488	SERBIAN CIVIL AVIATION, NOT MAKING HEADWAY [...] As the rest of the world moves to liberalize the aviation market, Serbia's aviation industry remains at a standstill with key civil aviation legislation stalled and privatization plans grounded. A lack of political will, extended breakdowns of the government, and the fallout over Kosovo indep [...]	2008-05-16 07:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EINV SR MW
08BELGRADE517	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MAY 15 [...] (SBU) Budget and staffing cuts for 2009 continue to afflict The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Serbia. Representative Lennart Kotsalainen told refcoord May 15 he had reluctantly agreed to cut six local positions and one international post, per UNHCR Geneva instructio [...]	2008-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM SR KV
08BELGRADE579	SERBIA: COMING CLOSER TO CLOSING THE DEAL ON A PRO-EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) Although there has been no public announcement, it appears that President Boris Tadic and Socialist leader Ivica Dacic have reached agreement in principle on a pro-European coalition government. Dacic is expected to take a deputy premier position. We believe the Prime Minister slot has [...]	2008-06-12 11:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE677	SERBIA: DEMOCRATS AND SOCIALISTS FORM NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) After almost two months of coalition negotiations, Serbia's new European-oriented government under Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic was formed on July 7. The cabinet, a mix of old faces and new, contains representatives of seven political parties. The government enjoys the support of a sl [...]	2008-07-08 18:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE684	SERBIA: SENIOR LEADERS SYMPATHETIC ON CONTACT POLICY, [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Mladjan Dinkic and Dragan Djilas, the Democratic Party's candidate for mayor of Belgrade, both believe that the Serbian government's policy of restricting high-level contacts with countries that have recognized Kosovo is ill-advised. They say that the Kovacevic case [...]	2008-07-11 17:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE718	SERBIA ARRESTS ACCUSED WAR CRIMINAL KARADZIC [...] (SBU) Serbian security forces arrested Hague Tribunal indictee Radovan Karadzic late on July 21 in Belgrade, where he had reportedly been living under an assumed identity. The Serbian War Crimes court ruled the same night that he could be transferred to The Hague, a process that could take sev [...]	2008-07-22 17:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC SR
08BELGRADE75	Serbia: Bulgarian DCM Say Serbs Don't Cooperate on Energy [...] (SBU) On January 17, the DCM met with her Bulgarian counterpart, Plamen Atanasov, to discuss energy issues and Gazprom. Atanasov said that he had approached Serbian Energy Minister Popovic in the past to discuss sharing information or cooperating in the negotiation process with Gazprom over t [...]	2008-01-18 14:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE76	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 16:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR

08BELGRADE77	SERBIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (SBU) Democratic Party candidate for reelection, President Boris Tadic, faces stiff competition from Radical contender Tomislav Nikolic in Serbia's January 20 presidential elections, and Tadic is losing ground. Nikolic's slick campaign reinvented the candidate as a kind, trustworthy grandfath [...]	2008-01-18 18:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE788	SERBIA: PRIVATIZATION WELL ON ITS WAY [...] On July 30, the Embassy met with State Secretary of Economy and Privatization Nebojsa Ciric of the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development. Fresh from negotiations with Fiat, Ciric was confident that the remaining 450 state-owned will soon be privatized while the 400 socially-owned compa [...]	2008-08-04 08:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SR MW
08BELGRADE818	TFGGO1: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SILENT ON GEORGIA, BUT RADICAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government has not taken an official position on the Georgia situation (Ref A),hoping to avoid a diplomatic Catch 22 with regard to Kosovo and aggravating either Russia or the West. Government officials, the local press, and Russia's ambassador to Serbia, however, have drawn [...]	2008-08-14 05:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE852	SERBIA ASKS USG UNDERSTANDING FOR SENSITIVITIES ON GEORGIA [...] (U) During an August 21 meeting, MFA Political Director Borislav Stefanovic asked DCM for USG "understanding" for Serbia's specific circumstances vis-a-vis Russia and Georgia (Ref A). DCM Brush stressed that it was important for Serbia to know what the United States was communicating to countr [...]	2008-08-21 15:04:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL RU GG SR
08BELGRADE878	SERBIA: CITY OF NIS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) After four years under the control of reactionary nationalist parties, the city of Nis is under "new management" by pro-European forces. The new mayor is intent on opening his city for engagement with the west in an effort to attract assistance and investment. Although he is a newcomer [...]	2008-08-28 09:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID PINR SR
08BELGRADE88	Serbia: DPM Djelic Outlines a European Economic Future [...] (SBU) During a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Djelic (DS) outlined the government's vision of a European economic future for Serbia. Djelic focused on Serbia's preparations for EU negotiations and hopes to sign an SAA as soon as January 28. Djelic admitted that [...]	2008-01-23 11:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG SR
08BELGRADE885	SERBIA UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (U) Pol Chief delivered Ref A demarche to Damjan Krnjevic Miskovic, senior advisor to Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, on August 27, emphasizing the unacceptability of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and its failure to abide by the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Miskovic sa [...]	2008-08-29 08:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL RU GG SR
08BELGRADE890	SERBIA: RUSSIAN INVESTMENT - THREAT OR MIRAGE? [...] (U) Russia is the largest exporter to Serbia exporting $2.6 billion in mainly oil and gas in 2007, while Serbia exported only $450 million to Russia. Although Russian trade accounts for 14.3% of Serbia's 2007 total imports, Russian foreign direct investment is low and investors are non-committ [...]	2008-09-02 13:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SR RU MW
08BELGRADE929	SERBIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES STABILIZATION AGREEMENT WITH EU [...] (SBU) On September 9, Serbia's Parliament approved both the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU and its energy deal with Russia, ending months of gridlock over the two agreements. Getting the SAA agreement approved was a priority of the new pro-European government led by the D [...]	2008-09-09 15:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE95	SERBIA: ONE WEEK FROM DECISION DAY, DEAD HEAT FOR ELECTION [...] (SBU) Incumbent President Boris Tadic and presidential hopeful Radical Party Tomislav Nikolic continue neck-to-neck in the run-up to the run-off for Serbia's presidency. In the days since the January 20 first round of voting, the candidates have begun to differentiate their visions for Serbia [...]	2008-01-25 10:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SR
08BELGRADE965	SERBIA CONTINUES TO OPPOSE U.S. DEPUTY FOR UNMIK [...] (C) Summary: Serbia opposes the appointment of an American as SRSG Lambert Zannier's deputy on the grounds that the top two UNMIK positions should not be filled by states that have recognized Kosovo. A top Foreign Ministry advisor suggested that Serbia would drop its opposition if the UN Sec [...]	2008-09-15 15:58:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SR KV
08BELGRADE966	ENERGY DEAL WITH RUSSIA RATIFIED - DEAL OR NO DEAL? [...] (U) On September 9 the Serbian Parliament voted 214 to 18 to approve the energy framework agreement with Russia that includes the sale of state oil firm NIS to Gazprom. Ratification of the deal received nearly unanimous support from all sides in the deal. With the framework agreement ratified [...]	2008-09-16 05:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN SR
08BELMOPAN378	BELIZE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 20:48:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU BH
08BERLIN1006	MERKEL TRIP COMMUNICATES STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel delivered a sobering message on MAP and an EU membership perspective for Ukraine during her July 21 visit to Kiev. According to Chancellery Russia and Eastern Europe Division chief Norman Walter. Merkel made clear that Germany supported Ukraine's eventual membership in [...]	2008-07-24 10:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1095	TFGG01: GERMANY CITES FRENCH-LED "PROGRESS" [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel points August 11 to Chancellor Merkel's Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber. We also discussed Georgia with Office Directors for NATO and Caucasus affairs. Chancellor Will Go to Sochi August 15 ----- [...]	2008-08-11 15:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG
08BERLIN1101	GERMANY'S VIEW OF GEORGIA: FRUSTRATION RISING BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DCM accompanied by POLOFF delivered REF (A) points to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber on August 12. Haber expressed the MFA's frustration with Russian actions in Georgia but stressed Germany's decision to wait for a readout from French Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-08-12 12:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08BERLIN1129	BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK CASE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel questions, Litef GmbH provided us with the following: -- Annual Sales reports for 2006 and 2007. Litef said that the agreement took effect in May 2006. They also said that they have had no sales under this DA to date in 2008. -- The reports provided state tha [...]	2008-08-15 11:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC GM
08BERLIN1166	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR LUGAR'S VISIT TO BERLIN, [...] (U) Mr. Senator: Mission Germany warmly welcomes you to Berlin. Your visit comes on the heels of the historic opening of our new Embassy on Pariser Platz on July 4, preceded by the separate June visits of President Bush and Secretary Rice. I am pleased that we will be able to host two of your [...]	2008-08-21 13:17:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1173	GERMANY: HUMANITARIAN AID LIMITED BY RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF met August 21 with Deputy Head of the Task Force for Humanitarian Aid and Mine Action Oliver Owcza and Desk Officer Miriam Lenz to discuss the findings of the delegation to Georgia August 20 and 21 (Ref A). Owcza and Lenz charged that the Russians had interfered with the d [...]	2008-08-22 13:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1175	GERMANY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier August 20 welcomed the release of Belarusian political prisoners Andrey Kim and Syarhey Parsyukevich and noted that Belarus had taken an important step towards improving relations with the EU. PolOffs met with MFA desk officer for Belarus, [...]	2008-08-22 15:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1176	GERMANY CAREFULLY WATCHING RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel to discuss the Russian troop withdrawal from Georgia on August 22. Reichel emphasized that Russia's actions over the next day are vital for mitigating damage to its relations and reputation. Although confusi [...]	2008-08-22 16:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1181	TFGG01: CHANCELLOR MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA HAS NOT [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Merkel said in an interview August 24 that Russia had not fulfilled its obligations under the ceasefire agreement and called Russia's credibility into question. A Chancellery spokesman criticized the Russian legislature's recommendation of recognition of South [...]	2008-08-25 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GM GG RS
08BERLIN1187	GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...]	2008-08-26 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN122	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]	2008-01-29 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1222	GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 5-6 EU GYMNICH MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post provided talking points from reftels to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb September 2 and followed up with him September 4 to get Germany's perspective on the Avignon meeting. Schieb indicated there was little daylight between the U.S. and Germany on the way [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GM GG RU
08BERLIN1229	SCENE SETTER FOR TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Germany September 11-12 is well-timed. Your key interlocutors are now back from summer vacation and attending to the implementation of the EU's August 8th Common Position. Following Iran's failure to respond to the refreshed P5 1 incentive package, EU discussions [...]	2008-09-08 11:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GM IR AADP
08BERLIN1244	LUGAR CODEL: GERMANS EMPHASIZE NEED FOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: During Senator Lugar's September 1-2 visit to Berlin, which focused on energy security, the range of interlocutors (government, business, parliament) told Lugar that Germany has had a long history of cooperation with Russia on energy, that Russia consistently has been a reli [...]	2008-09-10 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG OVIP GM
08BERLIN1259	GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 EU GAERC FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany expects the EU Council on September 15 to agree on creating a small "coordination cell" in Brussels to help coordinate the existing anti-piracy contributions of EU members and prepare the way for a possible future ESDP mission off the coast of Somalia. The Council is also [...]	2008-09-12 14:51:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM PGOV GM ZL ZI SO SR BO
08BERLIN1261	GERMANY/GEORGIA: STATUS OF EU OBSERVER MISSION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government is using numerous bilateral and multilateral tools to assist Georgia in its recovery from the recent war with Russia. Germany strongly supports the EU observer mission in Georgia and seems determined to meet the October 1 deployment deadline. Chancellor Merk [...]	2008-09-12 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN1273	GERMANY: NO PLANS FOR FORMAL REJECTION OF RUSSIAN [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points to Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel September 14. 2. (C) While agreeing that the Russian claim was unfounded, Reichel said the GOG viewed it as unnecessary to issue a formal statement. At this time, Germany also has no intention of pu [...]	2008-09-16 14:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM GG RS GM XG XH
08BERLIN1276	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier met on September 15 in Berlin with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki. The meeting, which took place at Mottaki's request, was only announced that morning, but reportedly was in the works since September 11 at the latest. The C [...]	2008-09-16 16:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR GM
08BERLIN1286	GERMANY: MOVING FORWARD WITH EU OBSERVER MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany plans to have 18 of the 40 observers it has pledged for the EU observer mission on the ground in Georgia early next week, with the additional 22 on standby should the EU need them. Contacts at MFA and the German Government Center for International Peace Operations (Zentru [...]	2008-09-18 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EUN
08BERLIN1295	GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...]	2008-09-19 13:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1318	GERMANY LOOKING FOR SMALL STEP FORWARD IN BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA and Chancellery contacts appeared in agreement regarding Belarus and expected the EU to ease restrictions following the Belarussian parliamentary elections on September 28. The GOG hopes that the elections will reflect "an improvement over last time," which in conjunction wi [...]	2008-09-24 11:57:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM PREL PHUM RU GG PGOV BO
08BERLIN1355	GERMANY/RUSSIA: ON THE EVE OF THE OCTOBER 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials were surprised to hear that attacks against civilians in the Russian-controlled areas of Georgia remain a problem and asked for more information about the source of these reports. Germany plans to use the October 2 bilateral government consultations in St. Peter [...]	2008-10-01 17:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GM RS GG
08BERLIN1356	U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...]	2008-10-02 08:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1359	GERMANY ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1835 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MUNC PARM IR GM
08BERLIN1365	GERMAN VIEWS ON MAP, STRASBOURG/KEHL SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials at the Chancellery and MFA told visiting EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner October 2 that while they saw little chance of extending MAP to Georgia or Ukraine at the December NATO foreign ministerial, they agreed it was necessary to agree on a way ahead to fulfill the [...]	2008-10-06 16:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EUN OSCE GG GM RS FR
08BERLIN1377	GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...]	2008-10-09 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1386	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb October 9 and followed up with him October 10 to get his reactions. Schieb noted that the GAERC will not only issue its own conclusions, but help prepare those to be released by the October 15-16 Eur [...]	2008-10-10 16:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GG RS ZI UZ BO MD
08BERLIN1389	THE VIEW FROM BERLIN: NO EUROPE-WIDE BAILOUT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 9, Thomas de Maiziere, Head of the Federal Chancellery, signaled the possibility of greater European coordination following the upcoming EU summit. The Chancellery is critical of the way the UK and Ir [...]	2008-10-14 05:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1407	GERMANY: UNCERTAIN ABOUT AID PACKAGE AND MIXED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Office Director for South Caucasus and Central Asia Maria Gosse on October 14, who stressed that Germany plans on delivering an aid package for Georgia and the region, but is unlikely to provide direct budget support. Gosse also shared [...]	2008-10-17 13:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM
08BERLIN1422	GERMANY REQUESTS FEEDBACK ON MTCR EXPORT CONTROL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (C) On October 17, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck provided EconOff with the text of the German "Proposal for an Export Control Seminar on Risk Assessment in Licensing." Due to the rapidly approaching MTCR Canberra [...]	2008-10-21 06:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN1441	(C) MTCR: GERMANY ACCEPTS USG FEEDBACK ON RISK [...] (C) MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck welcomed REF B USG feedback on the REF A German MTCR Export Control Seminar nonpaper. During an October 23 meeting, Reck thanked the USG for the timely response and said that the feedback was sufficient for the GoG to move the proposal o [...]	2008-10-23 15:05:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL KSCA TSPA ETTC FR AS GM
08BERLIN1468	READ OUT OF TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (S) SUMMARY During meetings with a comprehensive slate of senior Chancellery and Finance, Economic and Foreign Ministry officials on September 11, 2008, U/S Levey focused on three main topics: 1) The recent U.S. designation of IRISL as a proliferation-related entity using deceptive financial [...]	2008-10-30 08:41:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	EFIN PRELM IR GM
08BERLIN1484	GERMAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) In addition to transatlantic relations, EU foreign ministers are expected to use their November 3 informal "Gymnich" lunch in Marseille to discuss options for EU support of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including the possibility of deploying an EU battlegroup Germany [...]	2008-10-31 15:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS IS AF PK SY LE SO IR
08BERLIN151	SENIOR BUNDESTAG MP URGES THAW IN U.S.- IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 26 meeting, Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ruprecht Polenz (CDU) gave the Ambassador a read-out of his mid-January trips to Israel and Iran. Repeatedly commenting that he did not believe only in "containment," Polenz asserted that the Iranian leaders' to [...]	2008-02-07 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL PTER IS IR GM
08BERLIN1515	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Elections, Russia, EU [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Outcome of U.S. Elections 3. (Russia) Medvedev Address 4. (EU) Accession Report Â [...]	2008-11-06 11:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1517	DAS GARBER IN BERLIN: GERMANY SIGNALS ITS INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber's meetings with MFA and Chancellery officials on October 22, contacts shared concern as to whether the Russian actions in Georgia were a "one-off occurrence" or reflected a new pattern in Russian foreign policy. MFA and Chance [...]	2008-11-06 14:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1518	DAS GARBER'S DISCUSSION WITH GERMAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber on October 22 met with Ministry of Economics officials to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade Law and Export Control Karl Wendling and Head of North Africa and Near and Middle East Division Jue [...]	2008-11-06 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IR AZ PREL ECON EAID IZ AF GM
08BERLIN1524	MEDIA REACTION: Indonesia, Economic, MEPP, U.S., Russia, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Indonesia) Execution Of Terrorists 3. (Economic) Financial Crisis, Chinese Economic Program 4. (MEPP) Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Aftermath Of U.S. Elections 6. (Russia) Foreign Policy, Accident On Nuclear Submarine 7. (U.S.-Spain) Relations [...]	2008-11-10 11:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1526	GERMANY EXPECTS RESUMPTION OF EU PCA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel. Reichel expected the resumption of PCA negotiations to be approved at a ministers' lunch today during the GAERC, and did not share the concern that Russian President Medvedev's security proposal [...]	2008-11-10 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS
08BERLIN1529	MEDIA REACTION: Financial Crisis, Economic, EU-Russia, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) Financial Crisis 3. (Economic) U.S. Car Industry Problems 4. (EU-Russia) Energy Policy, Partnership Agreement 5. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Future Policy 6. (U.S.-EU) Future Cooperation 7. (Mideast) Peace Process 8. (U.S.) Obama [...]	2008-11-12 12:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN153	GERMAN ENERGY GIANT RWE JOINS NABUCCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After negotiations lasting nearly a year, German energy giant RWE became the sixth member of the Nabucco Gas Pipeline consortium. RWE joins energy companies from Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey in the EU-supported project to pipe gas from the Caspian region to [...]	2008-02-08 09:28:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM
08BERLIN1542	GERMANY REMAINS STUBBORN ON MAP AND ADDITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top German government officials emphasized to visiting USNATO Ambassador Kurt Volker November 10-11 that Germany remains strongly opposed to granting Ukraine and Georgia member action plan (MAP) status at the December 2-3 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. While open to giving the appl [...]	2008-11-14 18:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF RS GG UP GM
08BERLIN1543	MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]	2008-11-14 18:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF
08BERLIN1544	MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...]	2008-11-17 05:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF
08BERLIN1554	GERMANY: EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR NOVEMBER 19 GENEVA [...] (C)SUMMARY. Contacts at the MFA and the Chancellery remain hopeful that the Geneva Talks will succeed in bringing all parties--especially Abkhazia and South Ossetia--to the table on November 19. Poloffs met with Chancellery Desk Officer for South Caucasus and Central Asia Agapi Nehring, who [...]	2008-11-18 09:47:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN1555	IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE VIEWS ON SANCTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA/IR Office Director Todd Schwartz discussed a range of Iran-related issues with representatives of the Chancellery, MFA, and Ministry of Economics during November 12 meetings. Emphasizing their belief that sanctions are working, all three agencies repeated Germany's long-st [...]	2008-11-18 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KNNP KDEM GM IR IZ
08BERLIN1561	"YES WE CEM": GREENS ELECT GERMANY'S FIRST ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Greens elected pragmatic Cem Oezdemir party co-chair -- Germany's first ethnic Turkish national party leader -- during its November 14-16 party convention and sought to jump-start its sagging polls with a "Green New Deal" combining financial market reforms with investment in [...]	2008-11-19 11:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL AF GM
08BERLIN1562	MEDIA REACTION: Somalia, Georgia, Economic, Obama [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Somalia) Hijacked Supertanker 3. (Georgia) Geneva Talks 4. (Economic) Finance Crisis 5. (U.S.) Obama Administration Â [...]	2008-11-19 11:53:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1567	GERMANY SUPPORTS EU'S DOUBLE-EDGED APPROACH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany appears satisfied with how the EU-Russia Summit unfolded in Nice on November 14, according to contacts in the Chancellery and MFA. Germany was eager to restart Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) negotiations, but supports launching an Eastern Partnership with c [...]	2008-11-21 09:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN1628	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 EU GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany says it is "completely in line" with the U.S. on the way forward in Bosnia, while acknowledging a few "nuances" regarding the conditions for the transition to a EU Special Representative. The discussion of EU enlargement at the December 8-9 GAERC will focus on the Wester [...]	2008-12-05 16:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL RS IS TU GM
08BERLIN1629	GERMANY SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON RETURN OF HEU TO [...] (SBU) In the interest of enlisting German MFA support to expedite preparations for the return of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) from the Rossendorf Research Reactor in Saxony, Germany to Russia by the end of 2010, Berlin EMIN delivered the reftel DOE letter with cover letter to MFA Deputy Dire [...]	2008-12-05 17:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM
08BERLIN1649	MEDIA REACTION: UK-Iraq, Economic, EU Summit, Greece, [...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on the controversy between the CSU and CDU on lowering taxes, on German participation in the EU mission to combat piracy, and on the government's most recent personal data protection measures. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with a story [...]	2008-12-11 12:07:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1663	GERMANS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT RELATIONS WITH POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA and Chancellery contacts viewed Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's visit to Berlin on December 5-6 and the bilateral government consultations in Warsaw on December 8 as the culmination of a year's worth of hard work by both countries to improve relations. However, Germany is [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL GM
08BERLIN1669	GERMANY: POST-MORTEM ON KEY ISSUES FOLLOWING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials are generally satisfied with the hard-fought compromises on MAP and NATO-Russian relations in the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers communique. On MAP, there is hope that this contentious issue can finally be put to the side for the medium term. While conceding [...]	2008-12-15 11:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO RS AF GM
08BERLIN1671	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Iraq, Russia, Rumsfeld, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Iraq) Bush in Baghdad 3. (Russia) New Opposition Party/Antigovernment Protests 4. (U.S.) Report on Rumsfeld Regarding Detainees 5. (U.S.) Financial Crisis 6. (U.S.) Car Industry 7. (EU) Reaction To EU Summit 8. (Germany) Reac [...]	2008-12-15 12:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1690	GERMANY: VISIT OF KUNAR AND WARDAK GOVERNORS HELPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18 visit to Berlin, the governors of Kunar and Wardak provinces pressed for greater German assistance with the training and equipping of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). In a surprise announcement, the Interior Ministry revealed tha [...]	2008-12-19 13:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM AF TU
08BERLIN1692	GERMANY: MIXED VIEWS OF THE NEW EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. German contacts support the EU's new Eastern Partnership (EP) in part because it offers increased cooperation with eastern neighbors while falling short of moving toward membership and in part because it responds to Russian aggression in Georgia by bringing the eastern neighbors [...]	2008-12-19 13:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU SW GM RS
08BERLIN1695	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of December 3, Germany had 7,200 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,700 in July),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with t [...]	2008-12-19 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1703	GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM
08BERLIN1724	GERMANY ENCOURAGING UKRAINE AND RUSSIA TO SETTLE [...] (C) Summary: We discussed reftel points with the Chancellery and Foreign Office December 30. German officials confirmed that Russia has carried out an effective lobbying campaign on the question of gas debts. We were told that Germany shares U.S. goals and is encouraging Ukraine and Russia [...]	2008-12-30 16:19:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL UP EU GM
08BERLIN173	GERMANY AGREES THAT OSLO PROCESS TEXT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Pol-mil chief delivered reftel talking points to MFA conventional arms control desk officer Burkhard Ducoffre February 13, stressing U.S. concerns that several provisions in the draft Oslo Process text that will be considered at the Feb. 18-22 meeting in Wellington could have a severe impa [...]	2008-02-13 16:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN180	IRAN: GERMAN OFFICIALS SHARE THOUGHTS ON NIE, P5+1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Greg Schulte's January 31-February 1 discussions with key German officials covered a range of proliferation issues, including Iran, U.S.-India Civil Nuclear cooperation, and international nuclear fuel bank proposals. On Iran, German officials repeated their strong [...]	2008-02-14 10:42:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PARM KNNP IR GM IN CH
08BERLIN188	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES IRAN, ANNAPOLIS, SYRIA, AND [...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Reinhard Silberberg told A/S Welch in a February 11 meeting that the MFA does not agree that it is necessary to push for an immediate UNSC Iran sanctions resolution before the next IAEA report is issued, although Germany is not against such a push. A/S Welch [...]	2008-02-15 12:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL SY IS GM IR
08BERLIN210	AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. INPUT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 16:48:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL CBW GM
08BERLIN256	GERMANY - 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission point of contact is Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-03-03 08:58:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV GM
08BERLIN264	MUNICH SATELLITE NAVIGATION SUMMIT: WORLDWIDE GNSS [...] (SBU) REPRESENTATIVES FROM RUSSIA, CHINA, JAPAN, INDIA, AND AUSTRALIA PRESENTED UPDATES ON DEPLOYMENT OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS) AT THE 6TH ANNUAL MUNICH SATELLITE AND NAVIGATION SUMMIT HELD FEBRUARY 19-21, 2008. WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, RUSSIA'S GLONASS PROGRAM IS PROJEC [...]	2008-03-03 17:09:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN FR GM
08BERLIN303	GERMANY/RUSSIA: MEREL GOES TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel traveledto Moscow March 8, becoming the first foreign leder to meet with Russian President-elect Medvede since his election a week ago. During her one-day visit, she also met and held a joint press confrence with President Putin. At a March 10 de-briefing for t [...]	2008-03-10 19:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MAR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN313	(C) STEINMEIER COULD ECLIPSE BECK AS SPD [...] (C) Summary. A physically and politically weakened SPD Chairman Kurt Beck returned to work March 10 after a two-week illness and botched political machinations amidst rampant speculation about his political future. SPD sources tell us that although Beck will likely remain SPD party chairman, h [...]	2008-03-12 12:36:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN333	GERMANY/IRAN - EXPORTERS AND BANKS "DOING THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: German exporters and banks have responded to Government pressure to curtail Iran-related business by exercising extreme vigilance on new contracts, stepping up due diligence, and requesting licensing-related guidance from Government regulators at record levels. German firms' a [...]	2008-03-14 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EPET ETTC KNNP PREL IR GM
08BERLIN356	WSJ OP-ED: GERMANS PUSHING FOR MORE DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Summary: Germany is a challenge for the U.S. on the issue of arms control and disarmament, often critical of our efforts and poorly informed about our activities. The January 15 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, and Nunn -- which supported inter alia the goal of elim [...]	2008-03-20 09:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO PGOV NRRC GM MARR KCFE
08BERLIN358	GERMANY: STILL NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior German officials told visiting MDA Director Lt. Gen. Obering that at the upcoming Bucharest Summit, Germany can support tasking NATO authorities to develop options for how the Alliance might provide MD for NATO territory not covered by the planned U.S. European-based MD sy [...]	2008-03-20 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GM
08BERLIN379	GERMAN VIEWS ON APRIL 28-29 GYMNICH [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the April 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-26 17:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN381	CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on April 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-27 08:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN382	CORRECTED DATES: GERMAN VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 [...] (U) PolOff discussed German reaction to REFTEL points with MFA European Correspondent Michael Fluegger on March 26 points regarding the March 28-29 GYMNICH meeting. Western Balkans --------------- 2. (C) Fluegger noted that Germany and the U.S. are on the same page "on all points" regar [...]	2008-03-27 08:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN492	GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials at both the MFA and the Chancellery share U.S. concerns regarding recent Russian presidential instructions issued in regard to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and are open to delivering a joint demarche with the U.S. and others to Moscow on the matter. Meanwhile, the [...]	2008-04-18 16:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS GM
08BERLIN537	IRAN: DFM SAFARI VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and the Americas Mehdi Safari made his first official visit to Berlin April 17-18 to hold discussions with the MFA and Interior Ministry. Safari's visit has been characterized as "nothing revolutionary" by MFA officials. He delivered t [...]	2008-04-25 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR GM
08BERLIN541	GERMANY ON APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol-mil/external chief met with MFA Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb April 25 to discuss reftel points on key issues to be discussed at the April 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). The Western Balkans, the Middle East, Burma, Zimbabwe and [...]	2008-04-25 17:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL GM IR RS KV BK BM IZ ZI PK ZL
08BERLIN558	BERLIN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) Originally intended as a venue for formally rolling out German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's proposal to establish a new IAEA-run uranium enrichment facility, the scaled-back "International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Supply: Challenges and Opportunities," hosted by Germany, the Netherlan [...]	2008-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC IAEA KNPP ENRG GM
08BERLIN562	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Summary: The recent press coverage of rising food prices has prompted the German Government to review its current policies affecting food and feed supplies. Domestically, there are a variety of factors contributing to rising food and feed prices. As expected, farmers have responded to hi [...]	2008-04-30 15:15:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FAS
08BERLIN566	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (U) Summary: The recent press coverage of rising food prices has prompted the German Government to review its current policies affecting food and feed supplies. Domestically, there are a variety of factors contributing to rising food and feed prices. As expected, farmers have responded to hi [...]	2008-05-02 05:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL FAS
08BERLIN657	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]	2008-05-19 15:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN709	GERMANY INVITED TO SPEAK AT THE JUNE 16-18 MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 11:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP PARM PREL KGIC SP GM
08BERLIN744	GETTING GERMANY ON BOARD FOR MAP FOR GEORGIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. We will have to engage regularly with the German government at very senior levels over the next several months to have any hope of getting the Germans on board with extending MAP to Georgia and Ukraine at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in December. The German "nein" at Bucha [...]	2008-06-05 14:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GM RS UP GG
08BERLIN749	GERMANY/RUSSIA: CHANCELLERY VIEWS ON MAP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russian political developments and Ukrainian/Georgian MAP with Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and Chancellery Director for East European and Central Asian Affairs Norman Walter June 4. Because of DAS Merkel's lon [...]	2008-06-06 11:58:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GM RS GG UP
08BERLIN754	GERMAN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN ARMS SALES DEMARCHE [...] (S) On 4 June 2008, visiting DAS David Merkel delivered reftel demarche to Rolf Nikel, Chancellery Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor. Nikel acknowledged the importance of addressing the issue with Russia and agreed to discuss it with Merkel prior to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Be [...]	2008-06-06 15:55:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08BERLIN755	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited Berlin on June 5 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials, his first trip to Europe as Russian President. In what was described by the German Federal Chancellery as a meeting to build rapport and a positive relati [...]	2008-06-06 17:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN772	IRAN TRADE - CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S MORAL SUASION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel's moral suasion campaign -- along with UN/EU sanctions and a host of other factors -- has convinced major German banks and big business to curtail trade and financial ties with Iran. The result will be a further downward trend in German exports to Iran, accordin [...]	2008-06-11 13:01:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	ETRD PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN EPET IR GM

08BERLIN795	CODEL ROHRABACHER AND ROSCOSMOS DIRECTOR PERMINOV [...] (SBU) On May 28, 2008 CODEL Rohrabacher met with Roscosmos Director Anatoliy Perminov at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin to discuss a variety of U.S./Russia space cooperation issues focusing on how to strengthen bi-lateral civil space cooperation policy and exploring new areas of future research c [...]	2008-06-16 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL TSPA RS IR GM
08BERLIN801	KOSOVO 120 DAYS LATER -- GERMANY REMAINS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since Kosovo's coordinated declaration of independence on February 17 and through the transfer of power from the UN to the government of Kosovo following the entry-into-force of its constitution on June 15, Germany has continued to coordinate closely with the United States and oth [...]	2008-06-18 06:44:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GM KV
08BERLIN802	MEDIA REACTION: Mideast, Iran, France [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Mideast) Israeli-Hamas Peace Talks 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (France) White Book On Defense Â [...]	2008-06-18 11:56:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN811	JUNE 12 MEETING IN BERLIN OF THE WESTERN FRIENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 meeting of the Western Friends of Georgia focused mainly on a German-drafted non-paper, which proposes a three-stage plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, beginning with security and confidence building measures (CBMs),including declarations of [...]	2008-06-19 15:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG
08BERLIN829	MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ZIMBABWE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Palestinian Conference in Berlin 3. EU Sanctions against Iran 4. U.S. Nuclear Weapons 5. Zimbabwe 6. Oil Price 7. Berlin Airlift Anniversary 8. French President Sarkozy in Israel Â [...]	2008-06-24 12:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN840	GEORGIAN PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S JUNE 25 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili held a 90-minute lunch meeting June 25 in Berlin. According to the Chancellery, the atmosphere of the meeting was constructive. The majority of the discussion was taken up by Saakashvili's description of G [...]	2008-06-26 17:13:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EUN GM RS
08BERLIN87	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 22-23. In addition to discussions with your P5-plus-1 counterparts on Iran, your bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Steinmeier will provide an important opportunity to advance our cooperation. Germany [...]	2008-01-18 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN879	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. President: My Mission and I look forward to welcoming you to Germany June 10-11. Your visit is an opportunity to focus the German public on the excellent state of U.S.-German bilateral relations, for which you and Chancellor Merkel should take deserved credit. Our cooperation in mee [...]	2008-07-03 10:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN906	JUNE 30 GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING: AD REF AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 30 meeting in Berlin, the Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia agreed ad ref to a three-phase approach for the settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia. The resulting document is far less detailed and prescriptive than the original German draft, proposed on Jun [...]	2008-07-10 10:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG
08BERLIN908	GERMANY "DISAPPOINTED" WITH NEW U.S. POSITION ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the newly-arrived head of the MFA's Conventional Arms Control Division, Mr. Gregor Koebel on July 10. Koebel had received a "leaked copy of the DoD points through an NGO contact" on July 9 and was therefore already familiar with many of the points about th [...]	2008-07-10 14:54:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN942	GERMANY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IAEA-INDIA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) On July 15, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Desk Officer for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Joerg Polster regarding rallying support for the India-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement. Polster said that although he [...]	2008-07-16 16:41:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG ETTC IN GM
08BERLIN945	EU's Solana Welcomes US Participation in [...] (SBU) On July 15-16, EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana joined a number of high-ranking former and current foreign policy officials in Berlin at a conference entitled "Managing Global Insecurity (MGI)". During the course of the conference, Solana offered generalized comments about the mu [...]	2008-07-17 11:54:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC IR GM
08BERN122	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:55:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
08BERN552	DAS GARBER'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS AND LIECHTENSTEIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting with DAS Garber, senior Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) contacts outlined their priorities for U.S.-Swiss relations. EDA Americas Division Head Yvonne Baumann requested support for another round of senior-level U.S.-Swiss bilateral meeting [...]	2008-10-29 09:34:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN SZ
08BERN570	LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN: SWISS ARE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered message in reftel to Riccardo Sansonetti, Head of International Finance and Monetary Policy Division, Swiss Federal Department of Finance. Sansonetti reported that he was in attendance at the FATF meeting the week of October 13 and was aware of the declaration and gui [...]	2008-11-06 16:17:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP SZ
08BERN600	IAEA REPORTS ON IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMS [...] (U) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on November 24 to Jean-Daniel Praz, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section and POC for IAEA issues at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). ---- IRAN ---- 2. (C) Praz said that the GOS was not surprised by the latest [...]	2008-11-24 18:18:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SY
08BERN612	BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 14:39:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ
08BERN650	CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP OF THE TRADE PROMOTION COORDINATING COMMITTEE (TPCC) REQUESTS INFORMATION SUPPORT ON COUNTRIES' PLANS TO EXPAND NUCLEAR ENERGY: SWITZERLAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 11:36:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO ENRG SZ TRGY
08BERN656	INFORMING SWITZERLAND OF THE FIFTH GLOBAL [...] Poloff coordinated with local Dutch embassy DCM Karin Moessenlechner to deliver the reftel announcement to appropriate Swiss government colleagues regarding the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),which will be hosted by the Netherlands in June 2 [...]	2008-12-24 07:17:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER SZ
08BISHKEK1000	OSH TRIP: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION REPS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with representatives of international organizations and donor agencies based in southern Kyrgyzstan during her trip to Osh on September 16-17. The group expressed serious concern about the energy crisis, and also about corruption, social discord, and the fail [...]	2008-10-02 07:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KG
08BISHKEK1002	KYRGYZSTAN UNDER "ENORMOUS PRESSURE" FROM RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov told the Ambassador October 2 that Kyrgyzstan was under "enormous pressure" from Russia to close Manas Air Base. Sadyrkulov claimed that Russia had cut a deal with Uzbekistan, by which Uzbekistan would push to close the base during the Octob [...]	2008-10-02 09:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1015	KYRGYZSTAN: MORE TALK ABOUT MANAS IN RUN-UP TO [...] (C) Summary: During an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Karabayev offered some assurance about the continued presence of Manas Air Base; he said the Kyrgyz government was working to manage the issue at the CIS Summit and would not close Manas Air Base "to please someone [...]	2008-10-03 12:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1016	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR REACHES OUT TO BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Ambassador has met American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) members to gauge local business conditions. Some AmCham members suspect that the recent greater scrutiny of foreign companies is an attempt to "squeeze" more funds from their operations. On a positi [...]	2008-10-03 12:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1023	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 01:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1026	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 05:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1031	FRENCH CHARGE: KYRGYZSTAN IN RUSSIAN SPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 6 courtesy call, French Charge Jean-Pierre Godart told the Ambassador that he believed the Russians would help Kyrgyzstan through this winter's challenges. In Godart's view, Kyrgyzstan is in the Russian sphere of influence, and for that reason, it is foolish to dem [...]	2008-10-07 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1034	CENTRAL ASIA'S FIRST REGIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1-2, 2008, Embassy Bishkek hosted the first Central Asian regional anti-fraud conference at Lake Issyk Kul. With fourteen participants from posts in Central Asia and representatives from USCIS Moscow, the conference was a great success as it highlighted the commonalit [...]	2008-10-08 09:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1037	AMBASSADOR GFOELLER DECLARES DISASTER IN OSH [...] Summary and Action Request: Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller declares a humanitarian disaster in the Osh Oblast located in southern Kyrgyz Republic following an earthquake on October 5, 2008. The Ambassador and the Regional Mission request that DCHA/OFDA immediately commit USD 50,000 to purchase b [...]	2008-10-08 11:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KG
08BISHKEK1039	A/S KRAMER DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: During an October 3-4 visit to Kyrgyzstan, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer reviewed human rights developments and legislative initiatives with the Kyrgyz government and civil society representatives. During meetings with A/S Kramer, the Omb [...]	2008-10-09 01:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK104	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR KYRGYZSTAN [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unfortunately, these laws are not implemented consistently. Fo [...]	2008-01-31 02:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR KG
08BISHKEK1045	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO KYRGYZ PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gfoeller presented her credentials to President Bakiyev on October 14 in a ceremony at the Kyrgyz White House full of military precision, pomp, and circumstance. Other Ambassadors participating in the presentation ceremony were from Argentina, Finland, Japan, Mala [...]	2008-10-14 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1048	RESULTS OF BISHKEK CIS SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kyrgyzstan views the CIS Summit, and the first-ever summit of the five Central Asian heads of state, as unqualified successes. The question of recognizing Ossetia and Abkhazia was apparently not discussed, but Foreign Minister Karabayev announced that it woul [...]	2008-10-15 08:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1053	BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV REASSURE EACH OTHER ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary. In an hour long meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev stated his commitment to working with the United States and others to fight terrorism and narcotics in Afghanistan and reaffirmed his country's multi-vector forei [...]	2008-10-17 15:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PINR KG
08BISHKEK1059	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On the margins of the Embassy-hosted American Chamber of Commerce's Members Day reception on October 21, Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev, the guest speaker, approached the Ambassador. He commented that it was extremely helpful to have had the Secretary call President Bakiyev on Septem [...]	2008-10-22 05:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1063	UPDATE ON EARTHQUAKE IN OSH OBLAST, KYRGYZ REPUBLIC [...] SUMMARY: On October 8, 2008 Ambassador declared a humanitarian disaster in the Osh oblast located in southern Kyrgyz Republic following an earthquake on October 5, 2008. Post worked closely with the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the donor community to meet the immediate needs of the af [...]	2008-10-23 11:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KG
08BISHKEK1091	KYRGYZSTAN FEARS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CONTAGION [...] (C) Summary: According to an IMF source, Kyrgyz Central Bank officials fear that a Russian financial crisis could trigger a run on Kyrgyz banks with extensive international exposure. The Kyrgyz government is trying to determine appropriate steps to mitigate the impact of the global financial [...]	2008-10-29 04:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1092	(C) KOREAN AMBASSADOR IN KYRGYZSTAN FAVORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 16 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the new South Korean ambassador to Kyrgyzstan outlined his two objectives: 1) protecting Korea's Christian missionaries in Kyrgyzstan, and 2) promoting Korean economic investment. Ambassador Kim said he viewed Ambassador Ha-Jo [...]	2008-10-29 05:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KS KG
08BISHKEK1095	CANDID DISCUSSION WITH PRINCE ANDREW ON THE KYRGYZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28, the Ambassador participated in a two-hour brunch to brief HRH the Duke of York ahead of his meetings with the Kyrgyz Prime Minister and other high-level officials. She was the only non-subject of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth invited to participate by the Britis [...]	2008-10-29 12:07:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KG
08BISHKEK1100	SECURING KYRGYZ SUPPORT FOR MANAS AIRBASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thanks in large part to the Secretary's and Assistant Secretary Boucher's direct outreach to Kyrgyz President Bakiyev before and after the October 9 CIS summit, Manas Air Base appears safe for now. We have apparently dodged a bullet this time, with the Kyrgyz successfully resi [...]	2008-10-31 10:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1116	OSCE BRIEFS BISHKEK AMBASSADORS; PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Andrew Tesoriere, chief of the Bishkek OSCE Center, convened an October 15 meeting of OSCE member state Ambassadors to outline OSCE goals and programs, which he claimed arose from Kyrgyz requests. Key among these activities is OSCE's ongoing police reform program, where cooper [...]	2008-11-03 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KG OSCE
08BISHKEK1132	TURKS COUNSEL KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER ON INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic briefed the Ambassador November 5 on Kyrgyz Prime Minister Chudinov's recent visit to Turkey. While not making any explicit promises regarding Chudinov's request for $60 million in bilateral debt forgiveness, the Turkish Ambassador [...]	2008-11-06 10:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV KG
08BISHKEK1133	Embassy Election Events a Hit with Kyrgyz Elites and [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bishkek hosted sx public events November 5 to mark the U.S. presidential elections. The events took place at the Chief of Mission's Residence (CMR); the American Corners in Jalalabad, Kant, and Karakol; and the American Centers in Bishkek and Osh. Prominent opposition p [...]	2008-11-06 11:02:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK1134	KYRGYZ DEPUTY GOVERNOR BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Issyk Kul Oblast Deputy Governor Alishbayev briefed the Ambassador October 23 about the Oblast's agricultural, mining and industrial sectors. The Oblast's greatest potential, however, appears to be further development of its tourism sector. While air links are limited, inter [...]	2008-11-06 11:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1136	SPEAK INTO MY SAMOVAR: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR EAGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over tea in the Ambassador's office, Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov shared his frustration that the Kyrgyz often perceive Russia and America as antagonists in the region playing a renewed version of the Great Game. In some cases, he thought this was the better to "milk" eac [...]	2008-11-06 11:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1165	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS ISSYK KUL CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings October 23 in Karakol, the Ambassador fielded questions about the U.S. political system, learned about civil society programs and fundraising activities, and obtained insights into efforts to improve primary healthcare in Issyk Kul oblast. Representatives of t [...]	2008-11-14 07:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1173	KYRGYZSTAN: VIEWS FROM ISSYK KUL'S SOUTH SHORE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Issyk Kul regional chief briefed the Ambassador October 24 on the shift of his region's economic foundation largely to agricultural and livestock pursuits. While the Soviet Union's collapse took its toll on major industrial and tourist facilities, the chief expressed hope t [...]	2008-11-18 03:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1174	KYRGYZ RELIANT ON FRAYING WINTER POWER PATCHWORK [...] (C) Summary: The Kyrgyz Republic will be relying on a patchwork of external support, strained infrastructure, and good fortune to keep the lights on this winter. A Russian-brokered plan to ensure winter supplies of electricity in the Kyrgyz Republic is fraying as proposed imports of Kazakh [...]	2008-11-18 03:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1182	KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR SEE EYE TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Prime Minister Chudinov discussed bilateral issues during a warm first meeting on November 20. Chudinov expressed deep appreciation for USAID's assistance, in particular the planned provision of back-up generators to hospitals for the winter. Chudinov advised tha [...]	2008-11-21 11:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON MARR KG
08BISHKEK1185	ETHNIC TENSIONS AND GROWING FUNDAMENTALISM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A trip by EmbOff to the southern Kyrgyz city of Jalalabad, the third largest in the country, to promote the U.S. elections shed light on several worrying issues. An eager crowd of students gathered at Jalalabad State University's (JSU) American Center for an Embassy-hosted electi [...]	2008-11-26 04:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KG
08BISHKEK1186	RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA SCORES POINTS AT KYRGYZ STUDENT [...] (C) A conference on U.S. policy in Central Asia showed the success of Russian mass media domination in convincing Kyrgyz students that Russia is their friend and savior, and America only wants to weaken and exploit them. The conference was organized on November 13 by President Boris Yeltsin Ky [...]	2008-11-26 05:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL KG
08BISHKEK1200	NO MORE COFFEE: NEW KYRGYZ ENERGY MINISTER BACKS [...] (C) Summary: As concerns mount over winter electricity supplies, President Bakiyev replaced Energy Minister Saparbek Balkibekov November 25 with electricity sector veteran Ilias Davidov. Immediately after assuming his post, Davidov called for more stringent cuts in power consumption in order [...]	2008-12-01 10:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL SOCI PINR KG
08BISHKEK1206	KYRGYZSTAN: 2008-2009 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] (U) No report was published for the Kyrgyz Republic in the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Embassy point of contact for this report is Pol-Econ Chief Robert Burgess, email: burgessrg@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Follow is Em [...]	2008-12-03 02:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PGOV KG
08BISHKEK1209	ANALYZING CHINESE TRADERS IN KYRGYZ MARKETS [...] (SBU) Summary: A university survey of traders at two Chinese-dominated markets identified a "lack of market competition" as a main reason for Chinese "migration" to the Kyrgyz Republic. Despite large increases in visa and work permit costs, Chinese entrepreneurs continue to trade in bazaars [...]	2008-12-03 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1266	KYRGYZ ADMINISTRATION REFUTES MEDIA REPORTS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge December 19, Kyrgyz Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Ryskulov refuted as "disinformation" an Agence France-Presse story that the Kyrgyz government was preparing to demand withdrawal of the Manas Air Base. Ryskulov said that the United States and Kyrgy [...]	2008-12-18 12:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
08BISHKEK1282	NO KYRGYZ APPROVAL YET FOR MANAS AIRBASE PARKING [...] (C) Summary. Following months of discussion between Manas Air Base and Manas International Airport, Airport authorities now support a proposed $37 million infrastructure project to build three new parking aprons and a hot cargo pad for use by coalition aircraft at Manas Air Base. Though ne [...]	2008-12-30 05:44:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
08BISHKEK143	CHRISTIAN LEADERS FEAR PROPOSED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Minority Christian groups are concerned that changes proposed in a draft Law on Religious Freedom would restrict their ability to operate in Kyrgyzstan. Among the changes, the draft law would require each church to have 200 members to be eligible to register; current registration [...]	2008-02-07 12:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK187	KYRGYZ NGO LEADERS: PRESSURE, BUT OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings over the past month, NGO and youth leaders described a civil society that is reeling from relentless government pressure and intimidation. They agreed that the Bakiyev government has effectively consolidated political power through the falsified parliamen [...]	2008-02-25 10:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KG
08BISHKEK192	KYRGYZSTAN: STATUS OF BERLIN DECLARATION ON TUBERCULOSIS [...] (U) Reftel requested a report on the status of implementation of the World Health Organization's Berlin Declaration on Tuberculosis. The Berlin Declaration, which was signed October 22, 2007, contains specific commitments for combating the disease. 2. (U) Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the [...]	2008-02-27 07:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TBIO WHO KG
08BISHKEK198	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS DEFEND PROPOSED CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: At a February 20 roundtable discussion on religious issues, Kyrgyz government officials said that a proposed Law on Religious Freedom was necessary to prevent religious conflict and combat the spread of extremism. Representatives from the Muftiate, the Russian Orthodox Church, an [...]	2008-02-28 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KG
08BISHKEK211	KYRGYZSTAN 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Bishkek's 2008 Trafficking in Persons report. The report follows the response format outlined in reftel. U.S. Embassy Bishkek trafficking point of contact: Valerie J. Chittenden, Consul Tel: (996-312) 551-241 x 4441 Fax: (996-312) 551-264 Email: ChittendenVJ@stat [...]	2008-02-29 11:38:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC KG
08BISHKEK281	U.S., KYRGYZSTAN SIGN MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: A/DAS Pamela Spratlen led the U.S. delegation at a low-key March 14 signing of Kyrgyzstan's Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Country Program assistance agreement. Spratlen subsequently met with senior Kyrgyz government officials responsible for the program to discuss U.S. [...]	2008-03-25 09:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KG
08BISHKEK282	A/DAS SPRATLEN'S MARCH 14-19 VISIT TO BISHKEK: [...] (U) During a busy March 14-19 visit to Bishkek, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Pamela Spratlen led the second Comprehensive Policy Dialogue with Foreign Minister Karabayev (Ref A),and she witnessed the signing of Kyrgyzstan's Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Country Program assistanc [...]	2008-03-25 09:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK3	A SKETCH OF THE NEW, PRO-PRESIDENTIAL KYRGYZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's new parliament, the first ever elected on the basis of party lists, includes 23 women, a number of influential business leaders, some suspected organized crime figures, and a former ambassador to the United States. Although the party list requirements ensured female [...]	2008-01-03 07:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK369	Follow-Up on Arrest Case of Fuad Peygumbari [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 08:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KG
08BISHKEK38	Local Kyrgyz Election Coverage Far From Fair and Balanced [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Embassy's election monitoring program, a Democracy Commission grant was awarded to a local NGO to study the use of broadcast and print media in the run-up to the December 21 parliamentary elections. The results were unsurprising. The results confirm the trend ove [...]	2008-01-11 08:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK385	KYRGYZ BANKING CONSOLIDATION RAISES FLAGS [...] (S) Summary: The past year has witnessed at least two Kyrgyz banks, Kyrgyz Credit Bank and Kyrgyzpromstroibank (KPSB),fall into a network of businesses allegedly controlled by President Bakiyev's son, Maxim. The Kyrgyz central bank actively participated in shifting ownership of KPSB to ass [...]	2008-04-18 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK386	EMBASSY CAUTIONS AGAINST OPIC ROLE IN KYRGYZ BANK [...] (C) Summary: Asia Universal Bank (AUB) is seeking $10 million in Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) financing to expand its retail lending activities in the Kyrgyz Republic. AUB's request comes as AUB claims to be implementing anti-money laundering (AML) procedures, following it [...]	2008-04-18 10:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV KG
08BISHKEK392	Kyrgyz Women Debate Merits of Legalized Prostitution [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Women's Political Discussion Club, which wields increasing influence in Kyrgyz politics, held a heated discussion on prostitution in Kyrgyzstan and plans to raise the issue in Parliament. Widely reported as an effort to "legalize" prostitution, it is, in fact, an effort to ra [...]	2008-04-22 05:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF KG
08BISHKEK422	Kyrgyz Media Reaction on Shooting of Russian Officer Based [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, April 20th, there was an altercation between Russian servicemen and Kyrgyz traffic police outside Bishkek. As a result, Kyrgyz traffic police shot a Russian officer based at the Russian air base in Kant, who was severely injured, losing a rib and his spleen. While the [...]	2008-04-30 10:56:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK478	KYRGYZSTAN - NOTES FROM THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: On April 29, 2008, Ambassador Yovanovitch traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan and met with representatives from the Osh Governor's Office, members of local political parties, and the Kyrgyz Drug Control Agency's Southern Command. Water shortages, rolling black-outs, rising prices and cor [...]	2008-05-15 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KCOR SNAR KG
08BISHKEK499	KYRGYZ SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON U.S. OFFER TO BUILD [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyz National Security Council Secretary Mamytov informed the Ambassador on May 13 that the Kyrgyz government had decided against the U.S. proposal to invest approximately $30 million to construct a strategic ramp at Manas Airport for the use of coalition aircraft. Prior to [...]	2008-05-16 11:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK5	A PROFILE OF NEW KYRGYZ PM IGOR CHUDINOV [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz President Bakiyev's December 24 appointment of Igor Chudinov as the new Kyrgyz prime minister marks the apex of Chudinov's rapid ascent from relative political obscurity. After years as a communist functionary and businessman, Chudinov secured the top position at the Kyrg [...]	2008-01-04 08:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK501	WATER AND ELECTRICITY WOES SHOCK KYRGYZ INTO ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Water shortfalls in the Kyrgyz hydroelectric cascade have resulted in power blackouts throughout the country as well as irrigation shortages for downstream farmers. While Kyrgyz officials advocate multilateral solutions to regional water issues, President Bakiyev ventured to Ta [...]	2008-05-19 04:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL SOCI KG
08BISHKEK530	A RAMP TOO FAR? KYRGYZ OFFER SOME INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary. In a May 23 meeting, Kyrgyz Security Council Deputy Secretary informed Charge that the Kyrgyz decision to disapprove the U.S. proposal to invest $30 million to construct a strategic parking ramp at Manas Airport for use by coalition forces was final, and the decision had been ta [...]	2008-05-23 11:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK531	RFE/RL UZBEK-LANGUAGE BROADCASTS FROM KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with local Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) representatives to investigate reported shut down of RFE/RL's Uzbek-language radio broadcasts from Kyrgyzstan. Broadcasts in the UKV frequencies have apparently been stopped since April 30; local representatives specula [...]	2008-05-23 13:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK586	U.S. RAMP PROPOSAL FOR MANAS AIR BASE STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Security Council Chairman, Presidential Chief of Staff, and Presidential Economic Advisor, Ambassador pressed the issue of the U.S. proposal to invest $30 million in Manas Airport to build a ramp for coalition aircraft. All [...]	2008-06-09 10:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK608	IIP Speaker Fierman Wins Over Kyrgyz Audience [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dr. William Fierman, Director of Indiana University's Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center and Professor of Central Asian Studies, participated in an IIP Speaker Program in Kyrgyzstan June 1 - 8, 2008. During his visit, he met with over 200 professors, students, jour [...]	2008-06-13 07:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KG
08BISHKEK614	KYRGYZSTAN HONORS AUTHOR CHINGIZ AITMATOV WITH [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyzstan held its first-ever state funeral on June 14 in honor of author and statesman Chingiz Aitmatov, who died in Germany on June 11 at age 79. Aitmatov's fame extended across the then-Soviet space and the Turkic world, and delegations representing both regions eulogized th [...]	2008-06-17 03:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK668	KYRGYZ BUSINESS CLIMATE CHALLENGES GOLD AND STEEL [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian operators of the Kumtor gold mine continue to face serious difficulties. Negotiations with the government over a new framework agreement are stalled (Ref A),and a Kyrgyz court entered a $2.6 million judgment against Kumtor Operating Company (KOC) for a land tax le [...]	2008-06-27 04:27:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ECON PREL KG
08BISHKEK670	SCO ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: CONFERENCE SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 11-12 conference in Kyrgyzstan examined the possible role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Afghanistan's security and development. Afghan speakers described a bleak situation in the country and called for more foreign aid to focus on fighting terrorism [...]	2008-06-27 07:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF KG
08BISHKEK676	SOCIAL DEMOCRATS CRITICAL ON POLITICAL CLIMATE [...] (C) Summary: In a farewell meeting with Ambassador June 26, ex-Prime Minister and Social Democratic Party (SDPK) leader Almaz Atambayev and SDPK MPs Bakyt Beshimov and Roza Otunbayeva offered a negative assessment of Kyrgyzstan's economic and political climate and were particularly critical o [...]	2008-06-30 12:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK679	DAS KROL'S MEETINGS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (U) Summary: During a June 19-22 visit to Kyrgyzstan, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Security Council Secretary Isakov, Prime Minister Chudinov, Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov, and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Krol also held roundtable discussions with political oppos [...]	2008-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
08BISHKEK699	KYRGYZ MINISTER SEES OUTSIDERS AIDING ELECTRICITY [...] (C) Summary: With reservoirs at the main hydroelectric network far below last year's levels, Kyrgyz authorities have instituted forced blackouts to conserve water and reduce electricity consumption. Energy Minister Balkibekov has confirmed plans to privatize the Bishkek thermal plant, the S [...]	2008-07-03 10:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL SOCI KG
08BISHKEK710	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW KYRGYZ SPEAKER [...] (C) On July 1, Ambassador and DCM met with the new Speaker of Parliament, Aitibai Tagayev. Tagayev, an MP from the Ak Jol party, was a relative unknown in Kyrgyz politics prior to being selected to replace Adahkan Madumarov, who was ousted as Speaker on May 29 (reftel). During the brief meeti [...]	2008-07-07 12:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK715	FORMER DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ORUZBAYEV ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador recently met with former Deputy Defense Minister Oruzbayev, who confirmed that his forced resignation was due to his chairmanship of the government commission established to review the proposed parking ramp project at the Manas Air Force Base. He also provided a [...]	2008-07-10 10:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK721	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: President Bakiyev's Chief of Staff Medet Sadyrkulov informed the Ambassador July 11 of his new focus on economic and energy issues, and welcomed the recent visit of U.S. energy firm AES. He pledged to push for a rapid (positive) decision on the proposed Manas Airbase ramp proje [...]	2008-07-14 05:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ENRG ECON KG
08BISHKEK724	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CABLE: REFLECTIONS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since its independence over 16 years ago, Kyrgyzstan has been hailed for the relative openness of its political discourse, and the March 2005 "Tulip Revolution" raised hopes of greater reform. In the past three years, however, I have seen real political and economic reform put o [...]	2008-07-14 11:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK743	Kyrgyz Education Roundtable Identifies Worrying Trends [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Yovanovitch participated in a roundtable discussion of education systems with Russian television host Vladimir Posner on May 28 at the American University of Central Asia. The group, which included Kyrgyz officials, did not agree on one best model for Kyrgyzstan. Some [...]	2008-07-18 10:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK747	Kyrgyz Media Embed in Afghanistan Counters Misinformation [...] (U) SUMMARY: Four Kyrgyz journalists were embedded June 21-27 in Afghanistan to allow them better to understand Coalition military and reconstruction efforts and the critical role of Manas Air Base in supporting those efforts. The journalists, who spent time at Bagram Air Base and a Provincia [...]	2008-07-21 07:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK820	TFGG01: Reactions in Kyrgyz Media to the Crisis in Georgia [...] (SBU) Summary: Most Kyrgyz newspapers continue in a sporadic summer publishing schedule, and only a few analysts have spoken out on the events in Georgia. Television media is overwhelmingly dominated by reports based on information from Russian sources. Internet forums are overflowing with mi [...]	2008-08-12 10:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK824	TFGG01: KYRGYZ DEPUTY FM ON GEORGIA CRISIS, CIS [...] (C) On August 13, Kyrgyz Deputy Foreign Minister Ibraimov provided his ministry's views on the conflict in Georgia and Kyrgyzstan's effort, as CIS chair, to mediate. Ibraimov explained that the CIS operates primarily in the cultural and humanitarian sphere, and has very little authority to a [...]	2008-08-13 11:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK836	CODEL REID'S MEETINGS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Reid met with President Bakiyev for an hour on August 5. Senator Reid and the other senators thanked Bakiyev for Kyrgyzstan's support for the Manas Coalition Air Base, and they urged Bakiyev to make renewed efforts on democratic and economic reform. Senator Reid warned th [...]	2008-08-15 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP OTRA KG
08BISHKEK886	DEMARCHES ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Over the past week, Charge has engaged repeatedly with senior Kyrgyz officials to discuss the Russia-Georgia conflict and Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Charge delivered points during separate meetings with Deputy Foreign Minister Ermek Ibraimov, MFA Western Countries [...]	2008-08-28 10:13:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK892	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered copies of her credentials to Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Karabayev during a brief introductory meeting September 2. Ambassador stressed that she hoped to strengthen the bilateral relationship in areas of shared values and interests, including security cooperatio [...]	2008-09-02 11:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK895	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KYRGYZ FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential foreign policy advisor Ryskulov warmly welcomed the Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan during a September 3 introductory meeting. He told the Ambassador that while the September 5 Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting in Moscow would discuss the situation in [...]	2008-09-03 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG MARR KG
08BISHKEK896	FINAL UPDATE ON ARREST CASE OF FUAD PEYGUMBARI [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 02:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KG
08BISHKEK898	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER LTG DEMPSEY MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an August 2-4 visit to Bishkek, acting CENTCOM Commander Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey met separately with Kyrgyz Minister of Defense Kalyev and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ibraimov to discuss ongoing U.S.-Kyrgyz military cooperation, Manas Air Base and its role [...]	2008-09-05 05:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK924	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN ENVOY [...] (C) Begin Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov, which turned into an hour and a half-long conversation ranging from Chechnya to the Russian Embassy's sports trophies. While Vlasov attacked the U.S. position on Georgia from both common and uncommon [...]	2008-09-12 07:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK937	KYRGYZ MINISTER PROVIDES ECONOMIC TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Minister of Economic Development and Trade Japarov sketched a rosy image of Kyrgyz economic conditions and assured the Ambassador, in a September 12 meeting, that the Kyrgyz government would be able to manage food and energy concerns for the upcoming winter. Japarov conf [...]	2008-09-16 05:39:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EINV PGOV KG
08BISHKEK938	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER FM IMANALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 11 with former Foreign Minister Muratbek Imanaliyev to discuss Kyrgyzstan's foreign policy. Imanaliyev claimed to be confident that Kyrgyzstan would continue its multi-vectoral foreign policy, but acknowledged that everything would have to be re-calcul [...]	2008-09-16 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG

08BISHKEK94	Kyrgyzstan Hosts TIP Roundtable for CIS Countries [...] (U) Summary: On December 13-14, 2007, the Kyrgyz State Committee on Migration and Employment with the OSCE hosted a regional round table entitled "Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in Central Asia: State Policies, Dynamics and Ways Forward." Participants included representatives from both N [...]	2008-01-29 09:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SMIG KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM KG XH ZK ZJ
08BISHKEK953	OSH TRIP: AMBASSADOR VISITS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's visit to the Russian Orthodox Church in Osh, Father Victor Reemghen spoke of the church's relationship with the local administration, the hierarchical structure of the church, and the stability of the parish community. One of ten Russian Orthodox churches [...]	2008-09-19 10:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
08BISHKEK954	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF SPEECH WITH KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 15 with Kyrgyz State Television and Radio Company (KTR) Director Eshimkanov to discuss the state of the media and the prospects for the development of public television. Eshimkanov claimed credit for recent reforms and restructuring at KTR, but expressed [...]	2008-09-22 06:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK963	Kyrgyz Press and Public Opinion Still Overwhelmingly [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty days after the beginning of the Georgian conflict, opinions on the conflict in the Kyrgyz media are resoundingly pro-Russian. Reader reactions to an Embassy op-ed indicate that the U.S. version of events has little support. On the contrary, the events in Georgia appear to [...]	2008-09-23 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK966	OSH TRIP: IFTAR MEETING REVEALS WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of her trip to the southern city of Osh during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for religious and civic leaders on September 16. The evening was intended to introduce her to the Muslim community in the south, though secular leaders an [...]	2008-09-24 08:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL KIRF KG
08BISHKEK986	OSH TRIP: VISITS TO USAID PROJECTS REVEAL IMPACT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador visited three USAID projects as part of her trip to the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh on September 16-17. The stops at a bakery, a seamstress's shop and a center for the visually impaired showed the trouble caused by electricity shortages in a region already beset by [...]	2008-09-26 08:52:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KG
08BISHKEK993	KYRGYZ CHIEF OF STAFF TELLS AMBASSADOR HE'LL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held an introductory meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov September 23. The Ambassador briefed Sadyrkulov on her meeting with the Prosecutor General earlier in the day and the apparent escalation of the weapons case (Ref A). Sadyrkulov assured the Amba [...]	2008-09-26 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK996	KYRGYZ ANALYST CRITICIZES USG'S MUSLIM OUTREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A local expert on Islam, Kadyr Malikov,wrote an article sharply critical of U.S. Muslim outreach in Kyrgyzstan. Malikov charged that U.S. outreach -- educational programs, Iftar dinners, exchange visitor trips -- was designed to promote religious extremism and possibly to incite [...]	2008-09-30 04:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KG KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL
08BISHKEK998	KYRGYZSTAN: TEARS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S IFTAR [...] (C) Summary: Things got off to a tense start at the Dip Corps Iftar hosted September 29 by Foreign Minister Karabayev over Russian bullying on Georgia. Improbably, however, the evening then dissolved into a lachrymose fest of nostalgia for the Soviet Union. END SUMMARY. TENSION AT TABLE N [...]	2008-09-30 08:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BOGOTA1642	POST DELIVERS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] On April 22, post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes, and reiterated Russian and Spanish joint interest in the issue. Cortes thanked us for the information and said the [...]	2008-05-02 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL CO
08BOGOTA3990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: At an October 23 meeting, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez provided the Ambassador with a proposed MFA-MOD rewrite of the Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement and said he foresaw a resolution by the end of the year. Bermudez commented that his October 17 meeting with V [...]	2008-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL VE CO
08BOGOTA4577	GOC REPORTS ON WEALTH TAX EXPENDITURES [...] (C) The Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) reported in November 2008 that the four-year "wealth tax" imposed on Colombia's richest citizens and enterprises to fund the democratic security policy would total $3.7 billion from 2007-2011. Approximately 80% is directed towards the internal confl [...]	2008-12-24 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS MCAP CO
08BRASILIA1061	BRAZIL'S NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER COMPETITION TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting the July 31, deadline for responses to Brazil's request for information (RFI) on a next generation fighter aircraft (FX2),Boeing and Lockheed Martin submitted their proposals on July 30 and 31 respectively. The Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) is expected to review the propo [...]	2008-08-05 14:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR ETTC
08BRASILIA1122	EXPANDING THE ENERGY REALTIONSHIP WITH BRAZIL: KUPFER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffery Kupfer and his delegation visited Brazil August 4 - 7. They met with a wide variety of private sector and government officials to discuss a broad range of energy issues. In Rio on August 4, Kupfer discussed primarily oil issues, in Bras [...]	2008-08-21 15:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EINV SENV KSCA BR IN
08BRASILIA113	CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRASILIA AND BELEM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Bill Nelson visited Brazil November 27-30, 2007, focusing primarily on environmental issues, biofuels, and national security matters. He met with key Brazilians in the national gove [...]	2008-01-22 11:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG EAGR TRGY BR
08BRASILIA1151	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...]	2008-08-27 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1183	GEORGIA: BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON SITUATION [...] (C) Post has held a series of discussions with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) using the points and themes contained in reftels. Consistent with its normal practice, the Brazilian government has avoided taking a strong position on a situation distant from Brazil's borders [...]	2008-09-08 11:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1218	LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS CONTINUITY, IRAN, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings with Senator Hagel, President Lula and Foreign Minister Amorim shared common views about the need for the next U.S. Administration to continue building on the remarkable progress achieved in the past several years in bringing the two countries closer. Bo [...]	2008-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1219	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 112 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2008-09-12 15:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA1265	LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS TRADE, CUBA, UNSC REFORM WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 21:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA129	BRAZILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON DCA, TRIP TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told the Ambassador January 17 that he would like to sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA, ref A) when he visits Washington in March, but that he faces stiff opposition in the Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty). He brie [...]	2008-01-25 14:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAIR PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1325	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR CEO FORUM - OCT 9/10 - SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 13:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1373	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER COMPETITION - THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On September 29th, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) announced its three finalists for Brazil's next generation fighter aircraft (FX2): the Boeing F18 Super Hornet, the Dassault Rafale and the Saab Gripen. The winner of the c [...]	2008-10-16 20:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR ETTC
08BRASILIA1398	Ambassador Schulte Visit to Brasilia - Nuclear Issues [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 13 visit to Brasilia, Ambassador Gregory Schulte discussed Iran, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issues and Brazil's nuclear program. Brazil wants to play a constructive role with the UN on nuclear issues, particularly with Iran. Completing an Additional Pro [...]	2008-10-24 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG MNUC PARM UN BR
08BRASILIA1405	BRAZILIANS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) During his October 17 visit to Brazil, Under Secretary Bill Burns was told repeatedly by GOB officials and others that relations between the United States and Brazil are excellent and that they hope a new U.S. administration will make an early effort to build on them. GOB officials focused [...]	2008-10-24 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG BR
08BRASILIA1572	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 115 [...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]	2008-12-08 18:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA159	REGIONAL STABILITY, GLOBAL ASPIRATIONS BEHIND NEW [...] (S) Summary. Discussions between Ambassador Sobel and Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, along with Brazilian defense-related activities with France and Russia and in South America suggest the key elements shaping Brazil's new defense posture. The military's traditional role in maintaining inter [...]	2008-01-31 13:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	MARR MCAP PREL
08BRASILIA1590	THE BRAZIL-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP: COFFEE AND SYMPATHY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The late November visit to Brazil by Russian President Medvedev provided an opportunity for both countries to express their interest in enhanced economic ties, science and defense cooperation, energy and development of the BRIC grouping as a more regular international forum. Br [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD EAGR ENGR BR RS
08BRASILIA1652	UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the USG to reconsider its earlier position and now support the Ukrainian-Brazilian space launch venture that will operate out of Alcantara, allowing U.S. satellite firms to benefit from these facilities. While the Ukrainians noted some [...]	2008-12-23 15:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
08BRASILIA1660	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP REQUEST FOR [...] THIS IS A RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. SUMMARY. Due to its overwhelming dependence on hydro power and growing electricity demand, Brazil is looking to diversify its energy matrix and increase capacity with plans that include expansion of its civil nuclear program. Th [...]	2008-12-24 09:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08BRASILIA429	THOUGHTS ON THE VISIT OF DEFENSE MINISTER JOBIM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jobim's March 18-21 visit to Washington focused on Brazil's efforts to modernize its defense institutions and on possible avenues for bilateral cooperation and identified several areas for further work, particularly completion of a General Security of Information [...]	2008-03-31 18:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR MARR OVIP
08BRASILIA469	SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-04-04 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BR
08BRASILIA516	BRAZIL: DEFENSE PLAN PREVIEW GETS THUMBS UP IN [...] (U) Summary: Previewing their Strategic Plan on National Defense (scheduled to be unveiled on September 7, 2008) in Congress for the first time on April 9, Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim and Long-Term Planning Minister Mangabeira Unger were met with an overwhelmingly positive response from m [...]	2008-04-17 10:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MCAP PREL BR
08BRASILIA523	BRAZIL: SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN CONCERNED [...] (S) Summary. Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee Chairman Heraclito Fortes (strictly protect) (Democrats Party, opposition; of Piaui) told Ambassador Sobel on March 28 he is deeply concerned about signs of terrorists in Brazil. He cited a published report (reftel) of a [...]	2008-04-18 15:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER PREL FARC BR VE EC CO XR BO
08BRASILIA531	AMBASSADOR, BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister for External Relations Celso Amorim on April 3 to review the state of play on several bilateral initiatives. Amorim agreed to help move forward the Tropical Forests Conservation Act (TFCA) debt swap and the counternarcotics letter of agreement (L [...]	2008-04-22 12:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SNAR EINV MARR SOCI SENV ENRG BO
08BRASILIA534	BRAZIL: CHINA AND BRAZIL STRENGTHEN RELATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Sino-Brazilian relations are officially excellent, characterized by a booming economic relationship and a political relationship that has become increasingly closer, especially since 2004. Both governments are taking a long-term view and are trying to focus on crafting a pati [...]	2008-04-22 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV BR CH XR
08BRASILIA540	BRAZIL "MONITORS" ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's surprising decision to participate in monitoring Zimbabwe's elections was not what it initially appeared. Although Brazil was among those countries invited to serve as an observer, it was the participation of a federal deputy as an observer on behalf of an NGO that fo [...]	2008-04-23 12:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL AF
08BRASILIA618	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 109 [...] The following is the 109th in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2008-05-09 10:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA643	BRAZIL,S MILITARY PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANCE: TRUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent meeting of Presidents Lula and Sarkozy and the visit of Defense Minister Jobim to Paris triggered a wave of Francophilia within the Brazilian foreign policy establishment, particularly with regard to the strategic partnership. Despite heavy coverage in the press of [...]	2008-05-13 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM BR MASS
08BRASILIA756	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON HOLDS FIRST STRATEGIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary. S/P Director Dr. David Gordon held four hours of talks April 9 in Brasilia with Ministry of External Relations (MRE, or Itamaraty) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas. The wide-ranging talks focused generally on the trends that are likely to ch [...]	2008-06-04 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA847	U.S. AIRCRAFT IN CONTENTION TO BE BRAZIL'S NEXT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 10, MLO Brasilia obtained an unofficial copy of a Request for Information (RFI - passed electronically to Washington agencies) from the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) concerning the upcoming competition for Brazil,s next fighter aircraft. One U.S. origin fighter, the F- [...]	2008-06-20 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR ETTC BR PREL ETRD EAIR EIND
08BRASILIA849	BRAZIL AND EUROPE: PRIORITIES AND PARADOX [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although relations with Europe do not figure highly in Brazilian public statements of foreign policy priorities, Brazil,s relations with the EU and with major European governments are gaining in importance and complexity. As with the United States, Brazilian leaders sometimes [...]	2008-06-20 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR EU
08BRASILIA896	CONSTRAINING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BRAZIL [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Brazil's participation in the Annapolis peace conference is now cited by every Itamaraty contact, from Foreign Minister Amorim to Middle East desk officers, as the cornerstone of its growing efforts to exert global lead [...]	2008-07-01 22:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BR
08BRASILIA93	BRAZIL'S NUCLEAR SUBMARINE AMBITIONS [...] (U) This is n action request - see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's leadership, including President Lula and Defense Minister Jobim, have expressed support for production of a Brazilian nuclear submarine in recent months. While serious questions exist as to the proposed vessel's military u [...]	2008-01-15 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	NPT PARM PREL MASS MNUC
08BRATISLAVA1	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In their courtesy call meeting on December 28, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Jan Kubis discussed a range of foreign policy issues, with an emphasis on the Western Balkans. Kubis was in typical form, cordial and guarded, but gave additional insight on several topics, su [...]	2008-01-02 12:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KVIR EU LO
08BRATISLAVA124	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH NEW SLOVAK [...] (C) Summary. In their first official meeting, Ambassador Obsitnik and new Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska discussed Afghanistan, missile defense, and the MOD's pending transport aircraft tender. Baska confirmed that Slovakia had signed an MOU with the Dutch on the second phase of deplo [...]	2008-03-20 07:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA128	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In an one-on-one meeting conducted in Slovak on March 19, President Gasparovic stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Slovak and U.S.-EU ties; urged a NATO agreed approach to missile defense; and expressed concerns about the potential precedent Kosovo sets for Slovakia's Hungari [...]	2008-03-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA132	SLOVAKIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH PROPOSED NATO [...] (U) DCM and German DCM Klaus-Jochen Richard Guhlke delivered the letter and proposed statement as per reftel to Karol Mistrik, Director of the Disarmament, OSCE and Counter Terrorism Department at the Slovak MFA on March 26. Mistrik had already received the letter and draft statement through N [...]	2008-03-26 17:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD
08BRATISLAVA137	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MARCH 27 LUNCHEON WITH PRIME [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para 7. 2.(C) Summary: In a cordial and collegial, hour-long conversation (entirely in Slovak) over lunch, Ambassador Obsitnik and Prime Minister Fico discussed domestic politics, VWP, the NATO Summit and Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, the [...]	2008-03-28 15:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS KVIR PHUM AF LO
08BRATISLAVA148	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR NATO SUMMIT SUCCESS, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Obsitnik met on March 31 to discuss U.S. priorities for the NATO Summit and to register his concern regarding an interview Prime Minister Fico gave to Czech television on March 30 in which he stated that the Slovak "government" was opposed to missile defense and that [...]	2008-04-02 10:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LO AF PHUM
08BRATISLAVA160	ZUBKOV VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SLOVAKIA'S ECONOMIC TIES [...] (C) Summary - Russian Prime Minister Zubkov's April 3-4 visit to Slovakia primarily focused on strengthening the broader economic and energy relationship, but lacked a big announcement on gas or nuclear cooperation that many had expected. Trade between the two countries has increased considera [...]	2008-04-10 14:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL LO RU
08BRATISLAVA161	UKRAINIANS PRESSING SLOVAKS TO BATCH CASPIAN CRUDE [...] (C) The Ukrainian pipeline operator UkrTransNafta is aggressively pushing a one-day trial to "batch" 40,000 tons of Caspian crude from Brody in Ukraine to the Kralupy refinery in the Czech Republic. The goal, according to Bratislava-based UkrTransNafta representative Mikulas Rakovsky, is to t [...]	2008-04-10 14:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET LO RU UP
08BRATISLAVA164	FICO GETS HIS PRESS LAW AND LISBON TREATY TOO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak Parliament passed the ruling coalition's media law bill April 9; the bill will now be submitted to President Gasparovic for signing. The controversial "right to reply" remains largely unchanged despite indications over the past week from the coalition and the opposi [...]	2008-04-10 17:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA175	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 16:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	GG LO PREL RS
08BRATISLAVA183	SLOVAKS FORMALLY EXPRESS CONCERN OVER RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 19:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	GG LO PREL RS
08BRATISLAVA239	USING SLOVAKIA'S ELECTION TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Slovakia's election on May 21 to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is seen here as a significant step in the country's effort to carve out a bigger space for itself in the international arena. Following its successful tenure on the UN Security Council (2006-7),the HRC bid was the logical [...]	2008-05-22 15:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA240	GAERC MEETING: SLOVAKIA HOPES TO BECOME "LEADER ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on May 22. In preparing for the upcoming GAERC, FM Kubis is, according to Otruba, putting the greatest effort into a speech on his recent trip to Afghanistan (Ref B). Otruba speculated that the Foreign Minister wants [...]	2008-05-23 10:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO AF
08BRATISLAVA274	PROGRESS ON TRANSPETROL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Slovak government is moving forward with discussions to buy back the 49 percent stake in the Transpetrol oil pipeline from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance. Both sides have completed valuations and are scheduled to begin pricing negotiations on June 17 in London. A few legal [...]	2008-06-11 14:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET LO RU
08BRATISLAVA29	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S COURTESY CALL ON FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 16:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	LO PO PREL PGOV
08BRATISLAVA290	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a one-on-one meeting on June 18, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Kubis had a wide-ranging discussion that touched on Kosovo, Afghanistan, Slovak-Hungarian relations, the Lisbon Treaty, energy issues and the Foreign Minister's role and future. Kubis noted GOS support [...]	2008-06-18 15:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KVIR EU LO
08BRATISLAVA310	EUR DAS BRYZA'S JULY 1 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Matt Bryza, accompanied by Ambassador Obsitnik and Pol-Econoff, met with Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 1 for a wide-ranging dicussion on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Georgia-Abkhazia, Turkmenistan and the Nabucco gas pipeline, Transpetrol, increased transparency in Ukr [...]	2008-07-03 18:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL AM AJ GG TX UP RS PL
08BRATISLAVA32	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S COURTESY CALL ON FORMER [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial and lively one-hour conversation, former Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda outlined his strategy for wooing voters back to his party, the Social Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU). In an series of public meetings throughout the country over the next several months, [...]	2008-01-24 13:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	LO PO PREL PGOV
08BRATISLAVA338	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna, Gregory Schulte, conducted consultations July 9 with the Slovak Government regarding Iran's nuclear activities and Syria's clandestine program. Ambassador Schulte met with President Gasparovic, senior officials from [...]	2008-07-21 16:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA LO SY IR
08BRATISLAVA339	PM FICO EQUATES KARADZIC ARREST WITH NEED TO [...] (SBU) While the Slovak MFA issued a predictably positive statement welcoming the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, PM Fico expressed a different personal opinion in a comment during a July 22 press conference. The MFA issued the following statement: "The Ministry of Foreig [...]	2008-07-24 13:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KAWC LO
08BRATISLAVA341	FORMER AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ON SLOVAK PLANS FOR [...] (C) During a cordial one-on-one luncheon July 25 with Ambassador Obsitnik, former Ambassador to the U.S., Rasto Kacer, stated that he had been told by a well-connected source that PM Fico has made a secret deal with Russia to resell a portion of the Transpetrol pipeline after the GOS purchases [...]	2008-07-29 07:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET LO RU
08BRATISLAVA342	PM FICO RIDING HIGH...SO, WHAT AILS HIM? [...] (C) Summary. By most measures, Robert Fico has enjoyed great success in his two years as Slovakia's Prime Minister. Buoyed by economic statistics that are the envy of his regional counterparts, Fico's popularity is extraordinarily high among voters (ranging between 42-48 percent). Unemploymen [...]	2008-07-30 16:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA35	SLOVAKS TO NEGOTIATE FOR TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary - In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said that the GOS has resumed its efforts to buy back the 49 percent Transpetrol stake from Dutch-based Yukos Finance (YF). Jahnatek stated that he had concurrence from the Russian side to go ahead wit [...]	2008-01-25 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL LO RS
08BRATISLAVA372	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT STRONG NAC STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel points to Acting Foreign Minister Olga Algayerova on August 11. Algayerova said that Slovakia will "of course" support a strong statement from the NAC, and that she will also support a firm united statement from the EU at the August 13 GAERC meeting. [...]	2008-08-11 15:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL RU GG LO
08BRATISLAVA377	SLOVAK MFA EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 17:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA382	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA WILL URGE RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 13:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA390	GASPAROVIC'S REASSURANCES ON GEORGIA CONTRAST WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with Slovak President Gasparovic August 19 to underscore the U.S. position on Georgia (reftel and previous); to urge continued constructive Slovak engagement within NATO, the EU, and the OSCE; and to note that the U.S. disagreed with Prime Minister Fico,s unhelpful public st [...]	2008-08-20 09:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID RS GG LO
08BRATISLAVA392	40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 INVASION SLIPS BY QUIETLY [...] (SBU) The fortieth anniversary of the Warsaw Pact's August 21, 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia was observed in small, lightly attended ceremonies around Slovakia. Czech President Vaclav Klaus attended a short wreath-laying ceremony near Comenius University in Bratislava with Slovak President G [...]	2008-08-22 10:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CZ LO
08BRATISLAVA397	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA REJECTS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PREL MARR GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA418	SLOVAK CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIALS: MORE [...] (C) Summary. PM Fico hosted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Secin for an interministerial working lunch on September 10. In a subsequent press conference, Secin and Fico confirmed that the "Slovak-Russian intergovernmental Committee" would henceforth meet quarterly, vice twice yearly, to intensif [...]	2008-09-19 06:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RU LO GA
08BRATISLAVA423	SLOVAK REACTION TO "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met September 22 with Juraj Podhorsky, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Division, to deliver reftel points. Podhorsky said that the GOS would give serious consideration to U.S. views as outlined reftel, but that it had not yet taken a position regarding the advisabilit [...]	2008-09-22 15:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA446	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) I met with President Gasparovic September 30, and from his perspective the timing of his visit to Washington could not be more auspicious. The trip will link him in the minds of Slovak voters with accession to the Visa Waiver Program, one of the brightest spots in our bilateral relations. [...]	2008-10-02 12:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LO
08BRATISLAVA455	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 30 with President Gasparovic, in preparation for the Slovak leader's October 9 visit to the White House. While Slovak entry into the Visa Waiver Program would obviously be one positive topic of the meeting, to ensure a successful visit the Ambassador urge [...]	2008-10-06 15:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA463	SYRIAN FM MOALLEM'S VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. At the SARG's request, Syrian FM Moallem stopped in Bratislava on September 30 for a meeting with Foreign Minister Kubis en route to Damascus from the UNGA. According to Klara Novotna, Director of the MFA Office for Middle East and African Affairs, FM Kubis raised with Moallem t [...]	2008-10-09 11:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LO EU
08BRATISLAVA467	SLOVAK GAERC POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA, on October 9. Slovak views on Zimbabwe, Belarus and Georgia are all nearly aligned with U.S. views. Slovakia will support lifting visa restrictions and the Arms Embargo against Uzbekistan. Otruba ex [...]	2008-10-10 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA487	MOVING SLOVAKIA CLOSER TO "YES" ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Although the Government of Slovakia shows no signs of softening its opposition to Kosovo's independence, per my recent consultations with you and Assistant Secretary Fried, I plan to use recent key recognitions, i.e., by Montenegro, Portugal and Macedonia, to press the Slovaks toward a more [...]	2008-10-24 13:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO KVIR
08BRATISLAVA496	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S OCTOBER 28 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. The October 28 visit of Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff to Bratislava successfully completed Slovakia's long effort to qualify for entry into the Visa Waiver Program. During the six-hour stop, Chertoff met with President Gasparovic and Interior Minister Kalinak, with who [...]	2008-10-30 11:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS LO
08BRATISLAVA522	SLOVAKIA: RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTARY GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA547	SLOVAKIA CLAMPS DOWN ON GAS PRICES [...] (U) A new law aimed at Slovak natural gas monopoly SPP gives the government a veto over price hikes. The law is the latest installment in a long-running dispute over SPP's attempts to raise consumer gas prices, in which Fico has publicly lambasted SPP's foreign shareholders, who hold manageme [...]	2008-11-21 12:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ENRG LO
08BRATISLAVA559	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-11-28 14:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRATISLAVA562	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-12-01 09:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRATISLAVA580	SLOVAK PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 08:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM LO
08BRATISLAVA597	CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) Responses to reftel questions follow. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Slovakia currently has five 440 megawatt (MW) nuclear reactors in operation. One of them will be shut down in December 2008. Two 440 MW reactors are currently [...]	2008-12-23 16:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO EPET PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA76	WHERE IS SLOVAKIA ON MISSILE DEFENSE? [...] (U) Slovak Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek, a nominee of the PM's Smer-SD party, expressed concerns about US Missile Defense (MD) plans following a February 19 meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergej Naryshkin in Bratislava. Jahnatek said "Every rational person knows this is a t [...]	2008-02-20 17:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO PARM LO RU
08BRATISLAVA83	GOS KOSOVO RHETORIC: MORE SOUND THAN FURY [...] (C) Summary and comment. Although the general reaction among most Slovak politicians, media and the public to Kosovo's declaration of independence has been relatively restrained, top officials from governing coalition parties, including the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Caplovic, and [...]	2008-02-26 07:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YU KO LO
08BRATISLAVA9	DRAFT LAW ON NGOS DEEMED SIGNIFICANT THREAT BY [...] (C) Slovakia's NGO community has launched a full-scale campaign seeking the withdrawal of a sweeping new draft Ministry of Interior law strictly regulating NGOs. According to leading NGO representatives, one of the most damaging aspects of the draft text, published December 11, is a requireme [...]	2008-01-08 13:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA93	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...]	2008-03-03 16:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRIDGETOWN163	TIP SUBMISSION - BARBADOS [...] (U) Below are Post's responses to questions regarding Barbados for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. ------------------ Para 27 - Overview ------------------ 2. (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, o [...]	2008-03-11 12:28:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM ELAB KFRD ASEC KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BB XL
08BRUSSELS100	IRAN'S NSA JALILI SNUBBED BY EU OFFICIALS BUT SET [...] (C) During his visit to Brussels the week of January 21 en route to Davos, Iran's National Security Advisor Said Jalili is scheduled to address an open session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. However, the European Commission and Council Secretariat have refused Jalili' [...]	2008-01-18 13:57:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC UNSC ETTC KNNP IR EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1008	EU POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Work continues in Brussels to push forward UNSCR 1803 implementation, but doubts remain about whether it will be possible to act at France's first GAERC session (July 22-23). EU Political Director Cooper requested additional information from Treasury about shifting flows of [...]	2008-07-02 15:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1021	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV GETS A GOOD REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 15:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD ETTC EINV ECON PBTS EUN
08BRUSSELS1034	EC NON-PROLIFERATION WORKSHOPS YIELD IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Building on cooperative efforts that began in March, U.S. non-proliferation officials participated in European Commission (EC)-hosted workshops focused on determining the EC's priorities for programming EU Stability Instrument funding on non-proliferation and identifying opportunities f [...]	2008-07-09 09:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08BRUSSELS1055	FRIENDS OF BELARUS: ELECTIONS AND KOZULIN [...] (C) Summary. On July 3, EUR A/S Daniel Fried participated in an informal gathering of the informal Friends of Belarus contact group to encourage continued Transatlantic policy cooperation. The meeting was convened by the Lithuanian Political Director on the margins of the U.S.-EU Political [...]	2008-07-14 08:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM KDEM EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1117	JUNE 26 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON DRUG ISSUES [...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) officials discussed counter-drug trends and developments during a wide-ranging U.S.-EU Troika Meeting on Drug Issues on June 26. The discussions demonstrated considerable convergence on these issues, including strategies to use at Commission on Narcotic Drugs [...]	2008-07-22 15:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1120	QUAD POLDIRS ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH
08BRUSSELS1138	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED ENCOURAGES EU TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors that the situation in Georgia was growing increasingly tense. He noted U.S. support for a German-drafted Western Friends' three-phase plan to reach a settlement [...]	2008-07-25 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH

08BRUSSELS1149	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES BARROSO AND JOUYET ON IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At her presentation of credentials on July 22, the Ambassador met successively with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and French State Secretary Jean Pierre Jouyet. Both somewhat deflected attempts by the Ambassador to pin the EU down to action on Iran san [...]	2008-07-28 17:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN IR KV FR
08BRUSSELS1189	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH EU ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 28, 2008 meeting with Ambassador Silverberg, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs laid out his goals and concerns for the coming months. On the environment, Piebalgs argued for the need for the US, the EU, and Japan to adopt a common position going into the Copenh [...]	2008-07-31 15:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV
08BRUSSELS1238	RWE'S VIEWS ON THE NABUCCO PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 15 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, RWE's Chief Commercial Officer Stephan Judisch shared his views on the current progress on the Nabucco Pipeline project and the challenges he sees going forward. From Judisch's standpoint, the biggest challenge on Nabucco is lining [...]	2008-08-11 12:45:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1239	BP BULLISH ON SOUTH CASPIAN GAS PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 16, 2008 meeting with Special Envoy Gray, Bill Schrader (President of BP Azerbaijan) and Herb Vogel (Head of BP Global Gas) presented BP's planning scenarios for potential gas supplies from Azerbaijan and offshore Turkmenistan. BP predicts Europe will face a big sup [...]	2008-08-11 12:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1244	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...]	2008-08-12 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF
08BRUSSELS1245	TFGG01: GAERC LIKELY TO SUPPORT FRENCH MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Read-outs from back-to-back PSC and COREPER II meetings held August 12 indicate that there may not be formal Conclusions from the GAERC on August 13. Rather, there will likely be a French EU Presidency declaration representing EU consensus for support for its mediation efforts, [...]	2008-08-12 18:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU
08BRUSSELS1257	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG MEETS EU POLICY PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 19:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGY EUN GG BO SY
08BRUSSELS1260	TFGG01: GEORGIA CRISIS: BELGIUM SEES NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium, as with other EU members, continues to be concerned about the agreement reached between Russia and Georgia. Belgium agrees on the urgency of establishing a mechanism to support international observers in Georgia, with reliance on the OSCE observers already on the grou [...]	2008-08-14 11:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV RU GO PBTS BE
08BRUSSELS1273	SCENESETTER FOR LUGAR CODEL MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes as the EU struggles to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. One goal of the French EU Presidency is to reach political agreement by the end of the year on the EU Commission proposals on internal energy market liberalization a [...]	2008-08-18 14:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1276	TFGG01: AMBASSADOR MEETS EU ENLARGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 18:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU TU YI
08BRUSSELS1324	EULEX: UN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES UNRESOLVED; EU [...] (C) Summary: The EU's negotiations with the UN over privileges and immunities (Ps and Is) for EULEX personnel remain stalled. The EU has, however, secured the Government of Kosovo's agreement to extend Ps and Is to the mission. EULEX planners, while admitting that deployment under only Gov [...]	2008-08-27 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN KV UNMIK
08BRUSSELS1329	EU: GEORGIA HUMANITARIAN AID DELIVERY SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 07:23:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL GG EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS1337	TFGG01 - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON BELGIAN MFA (CURRENT [...] (C) SEE URGENT DEVELOPMENT IN PARA 4 (BELOW). The MFA of Belgium, which this month chairs the UNSC, is in the process of refining its instructions to Amb. Jan Grauls in New York for today's emergency UNSC meeting that is being convened at the request of the Government of Georgia. Before Polof [...]	2008-08-28 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG BE
08BRUSSELS1345	DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES RUSSIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova with EU officials in Brussels August 24 and 25. EU officials discussed their expectations for an extraordinary European Council meeting on Georgia and Russia September 1. Just back from Mins [...]	2008-08-29 14:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN OSCE UK RU BO MD GG
08BRUSSELS1348	EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL ON [...] (SBU) In an August 28 meeting with members of a U.S. economic delegation returning from an assessment trip to Georgia, European Commission (EC) officials expressed skepticism about some aspects of the Georgian request for assistance, especially the GOGQs plea for budget support. According to [...]	2008-09-02 05:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL GG RS
08BRUSSELS1354	DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...]	2008-09-02 17:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE
08BRUSSELS1379	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: A/S FRIED MEETS QUAD POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried met with political directors of the UK, Germany and France Sept. 3 to discuss potential EU-U.S. next steps with Russia to achieve their implementation of the Ceasefire on Georgia. French Deputy Political Director Veronique Bujon-Barre (Araud did not attend) said Presiden [...]	2008-09-05 09:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1390	FM DE GUCHT ENCOUNTERS RESOLUTE FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov told Belgian FM De Gucht September 3 that OSCE monitors would not be acceptable in South Ossetia, unless South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity approves them, nor would Russian troops be withdrawn from South Ossetia and Abkhazia because those troops are there [...]	2008-09-05 18:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE GG RU
08BRUSSELS1430	NEW EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA MEETS WITH DAS [...] (SBU) The EU's new Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis, Pierre Morel, met with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel September 15. During their lunch, Morel got "the call" that his new position had been made official at the EU Foreign Ministers GAERC. Morel told Merkel t [...]	2008-09-15 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN GG KZ OSCE PGOV PREL TU UZ
08BRUSSELS1431	GAERC OUTLINES EU OBSERVER MISSION AND AID TO [...] (U) Summary: Meeting in Brussels September 15, EU Foreign Ministers formally established an independent civilian monitoring mission of at least 200 in Georgia, to be deployed by October 1. They designated Pierre Morel as EU Special Representative for the crisis in Georgia. Welcoming the the [...]	2008-09-15 18:10:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN RU GG SO ZI YI BO
08BRUSSELS1440	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Lugar met separately this week with EU Competition Commissioner Nellie Kroes and EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. The meeting with Commissioner Kroes focused on the EU's efforts to liberalize the internal market for natural gas and electricity. Kroes provided t [...]	2008-09-17 14:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1457	FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the Belgian take on reftel demarche, PM Leterme's current trade and investment trip to Sochi, Russia, and the EU's evolving energy policy. The GoB was well aware [...]	2008-09-19 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE
08BRUSSELS1459	BELGIAN BANK WILL LOOK INTO REPORTS OF ITS DOING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Belgian officials were receptive to Treasury U/S Levey,s explanation of Iranian deceptive banking practices and guarded over any suggested implications of Belgium,s KBC Bank in illicit Iranian financial transactions. KBC Bank showed surprise and dismay at the suggestion that [...]	2008-09-22 14:45:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN KNNP ETTC BE IR
08BRUSSELS1464	BELGIUM: "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" DOESN'T EXCLUDE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pol De Witte, the Director for Security Policy and NATO Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium takes a more "moderate line" than the U.S. on NATO-Russia meetings and sees value in dialogue. Poloff argued that Russia's re [...]	2008-09-22 15:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS BE
08BRUSSELS1465	EU ENERGY SECURITY GOALS FOR THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Econ Officer spoke with Ulrich Eckle, Principal Administrator for Relations with the United States and Canada at DG-RELEX, on September 19 about the EU position on energy security going into the U.S./EU Senior Leadership Group (SLG) meeting. 2. (SBU) According to Eckle, the EU,s numbe [...]	2008-09-22 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1468	IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...]	2008-09-23 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR
08BRUSSELS1474	TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two different Congolese political groups (Union Socialiste Congolaise and the Movement des Patriots Congolais). These groups did not participate in the electoral [...]	2008-09-23 15:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG BE
08BRUSSELS1493	FRIENDS OF BELARUS ASSESS POLICY IN LIGHT OF NEW [...] (C) On September 15, EUR DAS David Merkel and U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belarus Jonathan Moore participated in a Friends of Belarus meeting convened at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the EU, in Brussels. Other participants included EU Political Directors and other senior officials from L [...]	2008-09-24 15:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC CVIS EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1501	INGUSH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK ATTENTION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 24, Poloff met with two Ingush human rights activists, Ibragim Muharbekovich Lianov and Alik Osdoev. They described human rights violations in Ingushetia since 1992. They said that Russia intends to abolish the Republic of Ingushetia and merge it with Chechnya in O [...]	2008-09-26 14:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RU BE GG
08BRUSSELS1504	DAS DOUG HENGEL'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. In September 11 meetings with EU officials visiting DAS Doug Hengel learned that energy security is getting more focused attention at high levels with many initiatives underway. While the process going forward will be complex, the EU is focused on internal reforms (with compe [...]	2008-09-26 15:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1526	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY'S MEETINGS ON THE NABUCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray met separately on September 25 with Hungary's Nabucco Ambassador Mihaly Bayer and Jeremy Ellis, the head of the Nabucco Project for Germany's RWE. Bayer laid out Hungary's plans to host a high-level Nabucco summit on January 26 [...]	2008-09-30 15:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1532	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 23-24 Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray met with EU officials to discuss the way forward on the EU's Southern Corridor strategy. Energy Commissioner Piebalgs said that the Nabucco project remains a high priority for the EU but that negotiations wit [...]	2008-10-01 11:54:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1533	ITALIAN PSC AMBASSADOR REVIEWS GEORGIA DEPLOYMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Italian PSC Ambassador Andrea Meloni and his counselors covered a range of high priority topics at a lunch hosted for Charge, Political Minister-Counselor and Deputy Minister-Counselor. Meloni described the start-up of the deployment to Georgia of the approximately 265 EU mo [...]	2008-10-01 14:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN PTER
08BRUSSELS1579	COMPETING PIPELINES [...] (SBU) On September 25 Eurogas, an industrial association of 44 gas companies and federations, held its annual policy conference in Brussels. One of the sessions, "Key Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of Major Infrastructures," was comprised of presentations on the major East-W [...]	2008-10-10 15:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1588	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS, MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG, [...] Begin Introduction and Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg October 13, the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the 27 EU Foreign Ministers reviewed draft Presidency conclusions for the European Council meeting of EU-27 heads of state/government to take place in Brussels on Oc [...]	2008-10-14 15:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU BO UZ CG IR ZI MX MO
08BRUSSELS1600	JHA HAPPENINGS [...] (U) This is the inaugural edition of "JHA Happenings," a periodical on United States - European Union cooperation on transnational crimes and terrorism, which comprise the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) portfolio in European Union (EU) circles. We intend for these updates to complement the Mi [...]	2008-10-17 12:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1627	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG,S CONVERSATION WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Silverberg and Spanish PermRep to the EU Carlos Bastarreche Sagues discussed a range of issues during a courtesy call on September 29. Bastarreche described an EU that had made considerable progress since his first posting to Brussels in 1979, but that still struggled [...]	2008-10-21 13:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SENV ECON
08BRUSSELS1641	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH EU DIRECTOR GENERAL ROBERT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: A/S Fried used his October 22 meeting with EU Director General Robert Cooper to press for the EU to keep pressure on the Russians to comply with their obligations under the cease fire. While Cooper indicated that he believed the EU would unfreeze its discussions with the R [...]	2008-10-24 09:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN PHUM
08BRUSSELS1649	BELGIUM LIKELY TO VOTE YES ON DE-ALERTING, ABSTAIN [...] (C) Summary: Belgium intends to vote yes on the UN First Committee resolution on de-alerting after abstaining in 2007. It will not co-sponsor the resolution, but it does want to increase pressure on nuclear weapons states to disarm. It would like to see more attention paid to targeting of nuc [...]	2008-10-24 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1663	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO EU ON GEORGIA, ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 16:43:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EFIN MARR RU GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1685	DEPSEC KUPFER DISCUSSES EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 6-7, 2008 Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer met with EU and industry officials to discuss developments in European energy security and also discussed a wide range of topics including climate change and energy research. Research Commissioner Potocnik [...]	2008-10-31 15:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1697	EU ENERGY COMMISSIONER TO SEEK &POLITICAL ACCORD8 [...] (C) Andris Kesteris, Chef de Cabinet to the Energy Commissioner said Andris Piebalgs would be visiting Ankara and Baku November 6 and 7 to promote the opening of the Southern Corridor. Piebalgs does not seek to sign any deals but rather to reach an informal political agreement with Erdogan. [...]	2008-11-05 16:44:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1709	EDISON CEO QUADRINO BULLISH ON PROSPECTS FOR TGI [...] (SBU) On November 6, 2008 Ambassador Silverberg met with Umberto Quadrino, CEO of the Italian energy firm Edison. Quadrino was in town for meetings with EU officials, notably Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. His objective was to promote the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas pipeline project [...]	2008-11-06 14:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1720	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-10 16:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1725	PIEBALGS OPTIMISTIC FOLLOWING VISITS TO TURKEY AND [...] (C) Ambassador Silverberg and Special Envoy Gray met with EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on November 11 to discuss his November 5-7 visit to Ankara and Baku. Piebalgs expressed his gratitude for the efforts of the USG to open the Southern Corridor and added the Turks appreciated the O [...]	2008-11-12 12:23:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1734	PDAS RIES DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, CONGO, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marcie Ries met on November 5 with Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Director for International Relations at the Ministy of Defense of Belgium. Mertens is a close advisor of Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem and a former Ambassador to Russia from B [...]	2008-11-13 17:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BE AF CG GG RU UP
08BRUSSELS1740	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-14 13:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1741	EU WILL RESUME TALKS WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel instructions, USEU spoke to French presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission contacts about how the EU will deal with Russia at the November 10 GAERC and at the November 13-14 EU-Russia summit. All contacts told us that the EU would resume talks with Russia on [...]	2008-11-14 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD RU GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1746	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN MFA [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, Congressman Robert Wexler, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe, met with Dirk Achtens, Director General for Bilateral Affairs of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vincente Van Assche, Secretary to the Director General. B [...]	2008-11-17 16:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE AF IS RU GG UP
08BRUSSELS1761	EU STRATEGIC ENERGY REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 13, EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs presented the Commission's 2nd Strategic Energy Review (SER) to the Parliament. The SER contains a new five-point "EU Energy Security and Solidarity Action Plan," focused on: infrastructure needs and diversification of e [...]	2008-11-20 17:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1774	A/S FRIED AND ROBERT COOPER DISCUSS KOSOVO, [...] (C)SUMMARY: In successive meetings at the European Union on November 20, EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and Ambassador Kristen Silverberg obtained consent from the French Presidency and Robert Cooper of the EU Council Secretariat that the UNSYG Statement on Kosovo should include both the si [...]	2008-11-24 11:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KK GG BK EUN
08BRUSSELS1776	THE EU'S "CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION" PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On 14 November, and in a series of earlier meetings, DG-TREN Officials explained the concept of the "Caspin Development Corporation" (CDC) to Econ Offices. As proposed by the EU Commission, the CDC would have the mandate to aggregate gas demand from European buyers and presen [...]	2008-11-24 13:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1808	EU'S EASTERN PARTNERSHIP HOPES TO RECOGNIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to EU officials and the Czech Permanent Representation, the European Commission will release the first week in December a report containing proposals for the Eastern Partnership program first proposed by Poland and Sweden in May 2008. The report will recommend signi [...]	2008-12-01 16:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PREL
08BRUSSELS1824	U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) led the U.S. delegation to the semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP). The discussions covered a wide range of subjects in th [...]	2008-12-02 18:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP EUN IR KN SY RS CH MY
08BRUSSELS1826	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HELSINKI OSCE [...] (U) Emboff delivered reftel points on the upcoming Helsinki OSCE Ministerial on December 1 to Mr. Thierry Vuylsteke, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Director of its OSCE Department. 2. (C) Vuylsteke, who has followed OSCE issues since 2001 and will be part of Belgium's approximately 15 [...]	2008-12-03 13:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU BE
08BRUSSELS1858	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (U) Economic officer delivered reftel demarche in a meeting on December 5 to Mr. Henk Mahieu, General Counsellor for Economic Issues, Ms. Karla Basselier, attache for Kimberley Process Issues, and Ms. Annick de Smedt, attache for Zimbabwean affairs, all from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign A [...]	2008-12-08 11:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI
08BRUSSELS1862	BARROSO LETTER TO POTUS ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (SBU) EU Commission Officials provided USEU with a copy a letter dated November 27, 2008 from EU Commission President Jose Manual Barroso's to POTUS in response to the POTUS letter to President Barroso on Energy Security. Text Follows: Begin Text. ----------------------------- [...]	2008-12-10 14:02:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1873	READ-OUT OF U.S.-EU TASK FORCE MEETING, DECEMBER 8, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S.-EU Task Force covered a range of top priority political, economic, and other bilateral issues during a December 8 meeting in Brussels. The U.S. team was led by EUR/PDAS Marcie Ries and USEU Charge Christopher Murray, and included NSC Director for Europe Kristina Kvien a [...]	2008-12-12 10:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EUN
08BRUSSELS1879	DISCUSSIONS AT NOVEMBER 14 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING [...] (C) Discussions at the November 14 U.S.-European Union (EU) Troika meeting on Drug Issues confirmed U.S.-EU convergence on most drug issues. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs David Johnson led the inter-agency U.S. Delegation as a sign [...]	2008-12-12 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1886	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's Foreign Minister is still seeking participation by other European countries in providing a bridging military force for Eastern Congo. He views Congo as a failed state with the potential to be come another Somalia and believes failed states will be the biggest challen [...]	2008-12-14 07:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR BE XF
08BRUSSELS1907	RWE PROPOSES TWO NEW APPROACHES TO GET NABUCCO [...] (SBU) In a December 9 meeting with Econ Officers, an official from German RWE raised two new approaches RWE is pursuing to advance the Nabucco gas pipeline project. The first approach he outlined would be for RWE and Austrian OMV to form a "Caspian Energy Corporation" to negotiate directly w [...]	2008-12-16 15:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EUN
08BRUSSELS1930	BELGIUM NOTIFIED OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel notification of the planned Fried-Antonov meeting in Geneva on December 17 to Francois De Kerchove, deputy director of the Department of Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Kerchove said that the news of the Fried-Antonov meeting [...]	2008-12-18 17:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREF PARM NATO RS BE
08BRUSSELS1937	EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...]	2008-12-22 06:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08BRUSSELS1945	JANUARY 1 - "GROUNDHOG DAY" IN UKRAINE? [...] (SBU) Ambassador Silverberg spoke with Ukraine Ambassador to the EU Andri Veselovsky on December 22 to discuss the dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the terms of the gas supply contract. Veselovsky said the Russians claim $2 billion is due on the contract and will not enter into a new a [...]	2008-12-22 16:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EUN RS UP
08BRUSSELS226	USEU SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY JEFFERY'S [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes at an opportune time, as the EU is struggling to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. Recent Commission proposals on internal market liberalization and climate change measures have met with considerable skepticism from member [...]	2008-02-08 18:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU SENV
08BRUSSELS23	DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 14:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH
08BRUSSELS240	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE
08BRUSSELS255	BELGIUM PLEDGES EARLY RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO, WILL [...] (C) The Belgian government will be at the "front" of the line of countries recognizing Kosovo's independence, according to senior officials in both the Prime Minister's office and the Foreign Minister's private office. The "core cabinet" of senior party leaders had approved this position alre [...]	2008-02-14 14:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL BE
08BRUSSELS284	US/EU ENERGY SECURITY DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery and Special Envoy Gray learned during February 12 meetings with EU Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, CFSP High Representative Javier Solana, and industry reps [...]	2008-02-21 06:30:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU
08BRUSSELS306	PIEBALGS UPBEAT ON EU ENERGY SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs was surprisingly optimistic about Nabucco and European gas supply diversification in general during a February 22 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza and Special Envoy Gray. Piebalgs point [...]	2008-02-27 11:41:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU
08BRUSSELS311	EUROPE TRENDING TOWARD INCREASED USE OF SPACE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The debate over security and space policy in Europe tends to favor expanding the role of space for security, and military, purposes. The vast majority of those in attendance at a recent European Parliament workshop, representing the EU, the European Space Agency (ESA),and priv [...]	2008-02-28 16:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EUN TSPA TSPL
08BRUSSELS314	OMV ARGUES FOR ACCESS TO IRANIAN GAS FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza and Econ Officer, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer argued that the Nabucco project is at a critical stage, with his most important concern being gas supplies. Ruttenstorfer la [...]	2008-02-29 10:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU RS IR
08BRUSSELS388	NSC'S WILSON AND EU DISCUSS U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with EU officials March 5 and 6, Damon Wilson, NSC Senior Director for European Affairs, said the upcoming U.S.-EU Summit should focus on global issues where the transatlantic partnership has led to tangible results. Kosovo independence, development and di [...]	2008-03-14 14:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS EUN
08BRUSSELS410	DAS KRAMER AND AMB STEWART DISCUSS BELARUS WITH EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 17:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS421	EU: NO CLARITY FROM UN BUT MEMBERS AGREED ON EULEX [...] (C) Summary: EULEX representatives returned from meetings with UN officials in New York frustrated by the UN's inability to provide strategic-level clarity on the planning, logistics, and mechanics of reconfiguration of UNMIK and transition to the EU's rule of law mission. However, the EU re [...]	2008-03-19 17:08:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN UNMIK KV SR
08BRUSSELS458	BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS467	BELGIUM ARTICULATES ITS POSITIONS GOING INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tour d'horizon on issues to be discussed at the Bucharest summit, Belgium's Political Director for Multilateral Affairs told PolCouns on March 27 that: (1) CFE must survive; Belgium (GOB) welcomed Acting U/S Fried's continued openness in dealing with Russia on its concerns [...]	2008-03-28 16:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR KFE RS GG MD BE
08BRUSSELS534	EU STRATEGY FOR THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In an April 7 meeting, EU Commission officials discussed the EU's strategy for the Southern Gas Corridor to bring gas from the Caspian region to Europe. Jozias Van Aartsen, the EU's Coordinator for the Southern Gas Corridor, believes the EU and Turkey need to agree to prioriti [...]	2008-04-09 05:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU TU
08BRUSSELS590	IRAQ PLEDGES 5 BCM/Y OF GAS TO EUROPE [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings in Brussels this week Iraq's Oil Minister pledged to supply Europe with 5 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/y) of gas. The gas would come from development of Iraq's western Akkas field and would be supplied to Europe by building pipeline interconnections between [...]	2008-04-18 15:59:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU IZ SY TU
08BRUSSELS608	EU AMENDS ITS LEGISLATION ON COMBATING [...] EU Home Affairs ministers in the April 18 JHA Council agreed to amend the 2002 EU Framework Decision on combating terrorism by making public provocation to commit a terrorist offense, and recruitment and training for terrorism punishable acts throughout the EU, including when committed thro [...]	2008-04-22 15:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CVIS PREL KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS651	EU INSTITUTIONS AGREE ON GALILEO GOVERNANCE; FINAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 22, the European Parliament endorsed a compromise text on the governance and financing of the EU's Galileo global satellite navigation system (GNSS). The adoption of the Regulation, which already received the backing of the EU member states at the Transport, Telecommuni [...]	2008-04-29 13:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EU EUN TSPA TSPL
08BRUSSELS700	U/S FRIED URGES EU TO SUPPORT KOSOVO, GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting U/S Fried urged PSC Ambassadors May 7 to resist Russian pressure and continue integrating Kosovo and Georgia into the Euro-Atlantic sphere. He criticized UNMIK's slow transition of authority to EULEX in Kosovo, and emphasized that discussions between the Serbian government [...]	2008-05-09 14:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP EFIN BO GG RS IR EUN
08BRUSSELS704	YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13 TRANSATLANTIC [...] The U.S. Mission to the European Union and I welcome you to Brussels for the May 13 meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council. This meeting will help realize President Bush and Chancellor Merkel's aspiration for greater transatlantic economic integration, but much will depend on the app [...]	2008-05-09 15:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG WTO EUN
08BRUSSELS714	EU DISCUSSES CONCERNS, FUTURE OF EULEX KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. EU and member state officials discussed their operational and political concerns regarding the stalled UNMIK-EULEX transition with South Central European Affairs Office Director Chris Hoh on the margins of U.S.-EU Western Balkans consultations (to be reported septel). EU poli [...]	2008-05-14 08:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK EUN KV
08BRUSSELS729	U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 09:59:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH
08BRUSSELS748	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON WESTERN BALKANS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh discussed Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the EU's enlargement process with EU and member state officials during the May 7 U.S.-EU troika consultations on Western Balkans (COWEB) and during separate meetings on the margins. On Kosov [...]	2008-05-19 07:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID EUN ZL
08BRUSSELS777	PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: PDAS Kurt Volker discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Georgia, and Iran at a lunch May 19 with Director General for Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper and other EU officials. Cooper outlined EU priorities for the June 12 Support Conference for Afghanistan, including the need [...]	2008-05-23 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08BRUSSELS832	BELGIUM SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE UNMEE DILEMMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points June 2 to Wilm Geurts and Rudi Brieven of the Belgian MFA UN Directorate, Security Council, and also shared the points with the MFA Eritrea and Ethiopia Desk Officer Isabelle Maduda-Lukebamoko. Although they have no specific instructions yet, they said B [...]	2008-06-02 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE
08BRUSSELS833	SUBJECT: EU STRATEGIC ENERGY ISSUES: LOOKING [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting EEB Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel, EU officials said that they were committed to diversifying their sources and routes for gas into the EU but agreed that the EU,s professed aim to speak with one voice on external policy had not yet been a su [...]	2008-06-03 05:38:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EUN EINV
08BRUSSELS881	LUNCH SESSION OF TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: At the May 13 U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council meeting in Brussels, principals held a private lunch where they discussed how to combat protectionism, responses to food crises, biotechnology and biofuels, and our respective approaches to Russia. On combating protectionism, p [...]	2008-06-11 13:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EAGR EIND EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD EUN RU
08BRUSSELS894	IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...]	2008-06-12 15:16:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS924	STATUS ON EU SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY:Our diplomatic and political efforts to speed up European implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and related financial sanctions appear to be gaining traction following the President,s trip to European capitals and a trip by the European Union,s High Repr [...]	2008-06-17 16:49:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS928	EU READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 17, EU Council contact characterized HiRep Solana's June 14 meetings in Tehran as "better than expected." FM Motaki insisted on linking Iran's response to the P5 1 incentives package to a P5 1 response to Iran's proposals, but Jalili said Iran would "carefully study" [...]	2008-06-18 13:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM EFIN PTER KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN AORC
08BRUSSELS943	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The EU's Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) increasingly drives Europe's foreign policy agenda. Practically, the monthly GAERC meetings set the timetable for foreign policy decision-making; theologically, "EU unity" is a compelling political message that no member state [...]	2008-06-20 08:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN CFSP PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS952	EU WORKING ON A GAS TRANSIT DEAL WITH TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. After working level discussions with Turkey last week, the EU Commission is optimistic they may be nearing an agreement with Turkey on gas transit. Turkey appears willing to drop its hold-up tactics, allow direct contracting between gas consumers and gas suppliers, will require [...]	2008-06-24 07:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EU
08BRUSSELS955	SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...]	2008-06-24 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN
08BRUSSELS962	DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND [...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]	2008-06-25 12:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BRUSSELS963	BLACK SEA SYNERGY INITIATIVE MARKS FIRST [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first anniversary of the European Commission's Black Sea Synergy Initiative provides a useful opportunity to highlight regional cooperation. As the initiative moves from "launch" to "implementation," funding will be available to support local civil society groups committed [...]	2008-06-25 13:01:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EUN ZJ XH
08BUCHAREST140	ROMANIA: ROMPETROL'S DINU PATRICIU ON ENERGY IN [...] (C) In a meeting with econoffs on February 6, Dinu Patriciu, Romania's richest man and CEO of the Rompetrol oil company, discussed his views on regional energy security and the announced deal between Gazprom and Serbia to sell a 51% stake in NIS, the Serbian state-owned oil company. According [...]	2008-02-21 11:28:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST141	ROMANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) EMBOFF delivered ref. a demarche on February 20 to MFA State Secretary for Europe Raduta Matache; FM Cioroianu was traveling in Israel at the time. Matache noted that Romania was not going to recognize Kosovo's independence, referring to public comments and commitments made by President Ba [...]	2008-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV RO

08BUCHAREST143	ROMANIA/ENERGY: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS [...] The following is Embassy Bucharest's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on aspects of the Department's work on energy-related matters. Responses to questions A, B, C and D of reftel follow: 2. QUESTION A: The Economic Section is responsible for energy [...]	2008-02-25 07:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD RO

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